A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

Claude Gillingwater: Jarvis Lorry Jr.

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• Sydney Carton : Yours is a long life to look back on, Mr. Lorry?

  Jarvis Lorry Jr. : I'm 78.

  Sydney Carton : Long life... useful one.

  Jarvis Lorry Jr. : A solitary bachelor - nobody would weep for me.

  Sydney Carton : Wouldn't SHE weep for you?

  [refers to Lucie] 

  Jarvis Lorry Jr. : Yes, thank God. I didn't quite mean what I said.

  Sydney Carton : It is a thing to thank God for, isn't it. Tell me, if you looked back on that long life and saw that you had gained neither love, gratitude nor respect of any human being... it would be a bitter reflection, wouldn't it?

  Jarvis Lorry Jr. : Why yes, surely.

• Miss Pross : Mr. Carton, the infant has expressed a desire to say good night to you.

  Sydney Carton : The infant's desire shall be gratified immediately, Prossy.

  [he goes] 

  Jarvis Lorry Jr. : I suppose it's none of my business, but I wouldn't allow that fellow to handle a child of mine.

  Miss Pross : As to that, you haven't got one... and from the looks of you, you're not likely to have one.

• [after Darnay is acquitted, Jarvis Lorry, Jr. shakes his hand] 

  Jarvis Lorry Jr. : My boy, never for a moment did I doubt your innocence.

  Sydney Carton : So, Mr. Lorry, respectable men of business may speak to Mr. Darnay in public, now he's acquitted.

  Jarvis Lorry Jr. : You have mentioned that before, sir. We men of business must think of the house we serve more than ourselves.

  Sydney Carton : Yes, yes. Banking, of course, imposes its own restrictions and silences.

  Jarvis Lorry Jr. : And, indeed, sir, I don't know that it is any of your business.

  Sydney Carton : Oh, bless you, I have no business.

  Jarvis Lorry Jr. : And if you had, sir, perhaps you would attend to it.

  Sydney Carton : Lord love you, no I wouldn't!