Keeping Up Appearances (TV Series)

The Hostess (1995)

Patricia Routledge: Hyacinth

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Quotes 

• Hyacinth : The Bouquet residence, the lady of the house speaking!

  Hyacinth : No, I do not have a special offer on spicy prawn balls. This is not the Chinese takeaway. And will you please get off my white slimline telephone with last number redial.

• Hyacinth : Now, what shall I wear to answer the telephone?

• Hyacinth : I could become the Barbara Cartland of the West Midlands social circuit.

• [first lines] 

  Hyacinth : Was that the papers? Are you asleep, Richard? I'm surprised you can sleep. You know it's an important day for me. Mm?

  [she pokes him] 

  Hyacinth : I'll be surprised if you can sleep much longer. Did you bolt the door?

  Richard : Door?

  Hyacinth : It's that thing that stops there being a hole in the wall.

  Richard : It's the early hours of the morning.

  Hyacinth : A particularly dangerous time for intruders.

  Richard : Why? What happens to them?

• Hyacinth : Good morning, Emmet. Off to work then?

  Emmet : No, no. I thought I'd just pop out and begin strangling overpowering ladies.

  Hyacinth : Oh, that's nice; have you seen the paperboy?

• [last lines] 

  Hyacinth : Now don't get settled, Richard. You have one last task to perform.

  Richard : Well, what's that?

  Hyacinth : To go back into number 24A.

  Richard : Why, for goodness' sake?

  Hyacinth : To get Daddy out!