Watership Down (1978)

Hannah Gordon: Hyzenthlay

Quotes 

• Bigwig : Hyzenthlay.

  Hyzenthlay : Sir?

  Bigwig : I'd like to talk with you.

  Hyzenthlay : I'm in the mark and under your orders, sir.

  Bigwig : Do you remember a pale grey rabbit called Holly you helped escape some while ago?

  Hyzenthlay : You've made a mistake, sir.

  Bigwig : Listen, Hyzenthlay. Listen carefully. I'm from a warren where life is free. Where you can do is as you wish. I've come to bring you all out of Efrafra.

  Hyzenthlay : You might be a spy sent by the council.

  Bigwig : You know I'm not. Will you join us? And persuade your friends as well, trust me. My friends are not far away.

  Hyzenthlay : [Voice is breaking]  My courage, my... spirit is so much less than it was.

  Bigwig : We can escape Efrafra. Believe me.

  Hyzenthlay : Yes... I think I do.

  [She smiles] 

• General Woundwort : Your name?

  Hyzenthlay : Hyzenthlay, sir.

  General Woundwort : I'll be frank with you. You're safe here. Well get on with it!

  Hyzenthlay : Sir, several of us propose an expedition for a new warren. Somewhere else.

  General Woundwort : A new warren? Out of the question!

  Hyzenthlay : But you don't understand. The system is breaking down.

  General Woundwort : Explain that.

  Hyzenthlay : Some of us can't produce litters, we're overcrowded.

  General Woundwort : I want no further discussion about it.

  Hyzenthlay : We'll go as far as you like!

  General Woundwort : Here or anywhere else!

  Hyzenthlay : I...

  [she is approached threateningly by Campion] 

  Hyzenthlay : [meekly]  Thank you, sir.

  [she leaves] 

  General Woundwort : Campion, have her watched.

• Hyzenthlay : [discussing the escape plan with Bigwig]  Sometimes I can tell when things are true. Sometimes... I can see it... The high down with trees, and...

  [shakes head] 

  Hyzenthlay : I've become foolish.

  Bigwig : [referring to Fiver]  You'll have to meet this friend of mine. He talks just like that.