Mapp & Lucia (TV Series)
The Owl and the Pussycat (1985)
Prunella Scales: Miss Elizabeth Mapp
Quotes
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Elizabeth Mapp : But if we hadn't bumped into the boat in that fog...
Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas : Quite, dear, but we did bump into it. Pity it wasn't British, but drowing beggars can't be choosers.
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Elizabeth Mapp : [passing the graveyard] Oh look, a new stone! Who do you think has died?
Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas : [reading the stone] Good heavens, it's us!
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Elizabeth Mapp : Then she sat with that sailor or this, with her fingers entwined in his...
Godiva Plaistow : No! Actually...?
Elizabeth Mapp : Yes!
Godiva Plaistow : And?
Elizabeth Mapp : He would pretend to teach her a clove hitch.
Godiva Plaistow : [aghast] No!
Elizabeth Mapp : That's a knot, isn't it? Probably with some improper meaning as well.
Godiva Plaistow : And?
Elizabeth Mapp : Such flirtation - at her age too - but I don't judge her and I beg you won't. Thank heavens a British ship appeared in the nick of time before she went too far.