Midsomer Murders (TV Series)
Death of a Hollow Man (1998)
Ed Waters: Nicholas Bentley
Quotes
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Nicholas Bentley : [looking at Kitty's black eye] Hey, what happened to you?
Kitty Carmichael : Walked into an accountant.
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Esslyn Carmichael : Salieri is the lead in this play. It is me the people come to see over and over again.
Nicholas Bentley : Only because they couldn't believe their eyes the first time.
Esslyn Carmichael : How dare you!
Nicholas Bentley : Oh, don't be so pompous. Everyone knows you're only an accountant.
Esslyn Carmichael : And everyone knows your chances of getting into the professional theater.
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Esslyn Carmichael : There she was, sniveling in the corner. What's the matter, Deidre, I said. Apparently her senile old fool of a father forgot to take his tablets and gone out directing traffic at Badger's Drift.
[laughter]
Esslyn Carmichael : How terrible, says I. Yes, says Deidre. He doesn't know that area at all.
[more laughter]
David Smy : [quietly] Very funny.
Esslyn Carmichael : Thank you.
Nicholas Bentley : You know your problem, Esslyn?
Esslyn Carmichael : What might that be, Nicholas?
Nicholas Bentley : Too full of the milk of human kindness.
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[last lines]
D.C.I. Barnaby , Joyce Barnaby , Cully Barnaby , Nicholas Bentley : The theater!