Inspector Lewis (TV Series)
Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things (2011)
Kevin Whately: DI Robert Lewis
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Quotes
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[Lewis and Hathaway are questioning friends of a murder victim]
Lakshmi Eyre : Look, do you know how long we're going to have to hang on here? I've work to get back to.
DS Hathaway : On a weekend?
Lakshmi Eyre : [grinning] I'm CEO of Guilty Secrets.
DS Hathaway : What's Guilty Secrets?
DI Robert Lewis : It's a lingerie chain. Sergeant Hathaway doesn't get out much.
[Lakshmi gives Hathaway a seductive look]
DI Robert Lewis : [after leaving Lakshmi, Lewis and Hathaway walk across the quad]
DS Hathaway : Regular customer, are you, Sir, at Guilty Secrets? Loyalty card holder?
DI Robert Lewis : Every high street's got one - it's a major chain. Online and what-have-you.
DS Hathaway : Online? Well.
DI Robert Lewis : Just because I've heard of something you've not.
DS Hathaway : My mind is on a higher plane.
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DI Robert Lewis : What sort of name is that for a place?
DS Hathaway : It's from Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan.
[pauses]
DS Hathaway : Didn't you go to Sunday School?
DI Robert Lewis : No. A couple of missionaries made it up to Newcastle once. Ended up in the cooking pot I think.
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DI Robert Lewis : Anything?
DS James Hathaway : According to the bank statements, been a lot of money withdrawn in the last year from a hole in the wall.
DI Robert Lewis : How much is a lot?
DS James Hathaway : More than you could possibly spend unless you'd suddenly developed a crack habit.
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DI Robert Lewis : Sergeant Hathaway tells me you're a journalist, Miss. Carlyle. On The Post.
Freya Carlisle : Columnist.
DI Robert Lewis : Is there a difference?
Freya Carlisle : About 40K per annum and my picture above the copy. 'Sex and the Single Girl' is mine. Can the modern miss have it all?
DS James Hathaway : What's the verdict?
Freya Carlisle : The jury's still out.
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DI Robert Lewis : I'm just trying to find out who killed your friend, Professor.
Diana Ellerby : And are you any closer to doing that, do you think?
DI Robert Lewis : I believe so, but i could use some help. I'm not the enemy.
Diana Ellerby : Of course, you are. You just don't realize it.
