The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Raymond Massey: Chauvelin
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Quotes
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Citizen Chauvelin : [after Percy recites his poem to Chauvelin] Delightful.
Percy Blakeney : What?
Citizen Chauvelin : Especially that line, "Those Frenchies seek him everywhere."
Percy Blakeney : Yes, I like that, too, because you see, I hear that they do and that gives the line a sort of something... sort of gives it... uh... uh... something. Uh... u-uh... if I make myself clear.
Citizen Chauvelin : Clear as crystal.
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Percy Blakeney : Devilish clever race, the French. How they speak that unspeakable language of theirs defeats me.
Citizen Chauvelin : You flatter us, Sir Percy.
Percy Blakeney : No, no. You've got the cleverest heads in the world. The only trouble is, you all go to pieces around the neck.