Miss Price
Mr. Browne
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[An old man is playing dreary music on a piano which he is selling.] Oh, Grandpa, you don't expect to sell a piano like that, do you?
Charlie
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Dialogue
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[A British Army officer's car stops at a junction on a country road where an elderly man is painting over signposts.]
Captain Greer: You there! Which way to Pepperinge Eye?
Elderly Man: Couldn't say, sir—said on the wireless to paint out the signposts in case the Nazis drop in.
Captain Greer: I'm not a Nazi, I'm a British officer!
Elderly Man: That's what you say if you was a Nazi, isn't it sir?
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Miss Price: Supper is at six. You will wash, thoroughly—
Charlie: Wash?!
Miss Price: You will wash yourselves, otherwise there will be no supper, is that clear?
[Miss Price leaves the room.]
Charlie: A house of horrors, that's what we've come to.
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[Charlie notices an odd bottle on a shelf in Miss Price's office.]
Charlie: Poisoned dragon's liver?!
Miss Price: Poisoned dragon's liver.
Paul: Do you poison the dragon or just the liver?
Miss Price: It comes prepared. It's part of the school equipment.
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[
as Secretary Bird sees that King Leonidas' star necklace is missing, he reacts, then stutters, and points]
King Leonidas: [
growls] Stop jibbering. [
hits Secretary Bird on the head] What's the matter with you?
Secretary Bird: [
blubbing] Your Royal Star! They've stolen your royal star!
King Leonidas: [
laughs] Don't be ridiculous. What do you think this is? [
dangles a whistle in front of Secretary Bird, who blows on it, and when he sees the whistle, King Leonidas realizes and roars so loudly, that blows Secretary Bird's clothes off]
WHYYYYYYYY DIDDDDDN'T YOUUUUUUUUUUUU SAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?!! Partager la citation sur facebook
Mr. Browne: I found the door open, the curtains closed—the house was deserted.
Miss Price: Why on earth would someone do a thing like that?
Mr. Browne: I would say this may have something to do with it…
[gestures toward an unexploded bomb]
Miss Price: Merciful heavens! I should be terrified at the very idea of living here.
Mr. Browne: You would have thought so, wouldn't you? I am, by nature, a little bit of a coward—but then I pondered, as I often do: in the perverse nature of things, this diabolical object is probably the best friend I ever had. It has enabled me for the first time in my life to live like a king. Shall we go in?
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Charlie: Why d'you keep the curtains closed?
Mr. Browne: So we can enjoy our cheese and wine in the gentle glow of candlelight.
Charlie: I bet it's so the coppers won't catch you hiding out here.
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Paul: What is this—a toyshop?
Carrie: No, it's a nursery. Ain't you ever seen a nursery?
Charlie:
[to Carrie] No, and neither have you.
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[Miss Price is searching in Mr. Browne's library, standing on a ladder attached to a rail on the high shelves.]
Mr. Browne: What's your name?
Miss Price:
[disinterestedly] Miss Price.
Mr. Browne: No, I mean your first name.
Miss Price: Eglantine.
Mr. Browne: Eglantine...Eglantine...
[He pushes the ladder upon which Miss Price is standing along the rail, startling her.] Oh, how you shine!
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Miss Price:
[reading from the book she has found at last] Ah! "Substitutiary locomotion. The ancient art of..."
[She reads for a few moments in a whisper.] Ah! Here we are: "The spell which creates this force is five mystic words. These words are—"
[She pauses incredulously, and turns over the tattered leaves of the book.] ...But the rest of the book is missing!
Mr. Browne: Now you see why I closed down the college.
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Mr. Browne: I will cause the bed and all its occupants to disappear.
Bookman: Disappear? I'd like to see a cheap jack entertainer do a trick like that.
Mr. Browne: Cheap jack entertainer. Now that was naughty.
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[Miss Price's belongings inadvertently come to life after she recites an ancient magical spell. Mr. Browne begins to dance with a nightdress.]
Miss Price: That's my nightgown!
Mr. Browne: Is it really, my dear?
Miss Price: Yes, and I'm not responsible for its behavior.
Mr. Browne: Obviously not, my dear.
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[Miss Price and the children are being held captive in her house by German soldiers.]
Colonel: No,
fraulein, this is not the invasion. Just a little excercise. A minor raid to induce panic and to spread a little mischef. When you English get it through your head that the German forces can land at will whenever and wherever we please, perhaps you will consider a reasonable peace.
Charlie: Not bloody likely!
Paul: Go on, Miss Price. Do it to him.
Miss Price: I must say, it's very tempting. Colonel, how would you feel about being turned into a nice white rabbit?
[The colonel speaks German to a soldier, ignoring Miss Price] I said, how would you feel about being turned into a nice white rabbit?
[Paul smiles]
Colonel: Be quiet, please.
[Miss Price stands up, points at the Colonel, but cannot remember the correct words to the incantation]
Miss Price: Filigree, apogee, epigee...!
Charlie: Not again.
Carrie: Your memory, Miss Price.
Miss Price: Charles, would you kindly fetch me my notebook from the workroom, please?
Charlie: Righto.
[He attempts to run, but a German officer restrains Charlie. Miss Price and Paul attempt to retrieve Charlie in much commotion. The colonel, annoyed, turns to them]
Colonel: SILENCE!!
[The commotion stops] Fraulein, we have work to do. I am sorry, but I must send all of you someplace where you will no longer be a nuisance.
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[Carrie tries on some elaborate jewellery at a market stall and admires herself in a mirror.]
Stallkeeper: Who do you think you are, the Queen of Sheba?
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Charlie: Hurt your foot, Miss Price?
Miss Price: Oh, just twisted my ankle.
Charlie: Sorry to hear that.
Miss Price: Thank you. It's nothing serious.
Charlie: Lovely weather for flying last night.
[heavy pause]
Miss Price: Why did you say that, Charles?
Charlie:
[bringing out her broken broomstick] Game's up, Miss Price. We know what you are.
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