Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series)
Rumpole's Last Case (1987)
Patricia Hodge: Phyllida Erskine-Brown
Quotes
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Horace Rumpole : [Looking at a wine label and addressing Hearthstoke with disdain] Oh, dear! "Méthode Champenoise!" You disappoint me, Hearthrug!
Phyllida 'Portia' Erskine-Brown : Actually, Charles, it's quite delicious.
Horace Rumpole : What? Grape juice and gas?
[With sarcasm]
Horace Rumpole : Wait for the headache!
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Phyllida 'Portia' Erskine-Brown : [to Cyril, her client] Oh, you know Rumpole's advising Dennis. "Don't let us cut each other's throats, old darling. Honour among thieves." All that sort of nonsense.
Cyril Timson : What are you sayin'?
Phyllida 'Portia' Erskine-Brown : Well, you are a thief, Mr. Timson!
Cyril Timson : That is very true.
Phyllida 'Portia' Erskine-Brown : But you aren't a gunman!
Cyril Timson : On my baby's head I'm not!
Claude Erskine-Brown : How old's your baby?
Cyril Timson : Thirty-one - in window cleanin'.