Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Kenneth Hadley: Pidgeon

Quotes 

• Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : I do apologize, sir, that neither I nor Schwenck was here to welcome you on your arrival last night.

  Gilbert's Father : I do not appreciate being left upon the doorstep like a hawker!

  Gilbert : If you'll only take the trouble to press the electric bell, Father, you'll be admitted at once. Is that not so, Pidgeon?

  Pidgeon, Gilbert's Houseman : Indeed it is, sir.

  Gilbert's Father : I have no intention of placing my life in danger, sir!

  Gilbert : How many doorstep deaths have we had thus far, Pidgeon?

  Pidgeon, Gilbert's Houseman : None to my certain knowledge, sir.

  Gilbert : There you are, Father. The odds would appear to be in your favour.

• [Gilbert brings a samurai sword home from the Japanese exhibition] 

  Pidgeon, Gilbert's Houseman : It's a fine-looking instrument, sir. Now would that be Spanish or Italian?

  Gilbert : Neither, Pidgeon.

  Pidgeon, Gilbert's Houseman : Of course, sir.