The Foreign Office:
Do you mean to say, Northbrook, that you know nothing about Carpathia whatever?
Northbrook: Don't even know where the beastly place is for a start.
The Foreign Office: How long have you been in the foreign office?
Northbrook: Fifteen years, sir, but I'm in the Far Eastern Department.
The Foreign Office: Now that's no excuse. What would you think if I knew nothing of Siam?
Northbrook: Don't think I'd mind much.
The Foreign Office: That sort of remark will get you nowhere, Northbrook.
Northbrook: Not even out of this job?
The Foreign Office: Certainly not! Your predecessor has had a riding accident and you are now in his saddle.
--David Horne (as ) in The Prince and the Showgirl
Northbrook: Don't even know where the beastly place is for a start.
The Foreign Office: How long have you been in the foreign office?
Northbrook: Fifteen years, sir, but I'm in the Far Eastern Department.
The Foreign Office: Now that's no excuse. What would you think if I knew nothing of Siam?
Northbrook: Don't think I'd mind much.
The Foreign Office: That sort of remark will get you nowhere, Northbrook.
Northbrook: Not even out of this job?
The Foreign Office: Certainly not! Your predecessor has had a riding accident and you are now in his saddle.
--David Horne (as ) in The Prince and the Showgirl
The Queen Dowager:
Most impressive. And the soldiers facing the procession too. Such a change from the last coronation I attended, the Vas Arabies'. Guns going off like kettle drums and infernal machines and the sky black with smoke. Happily, no fatalities. Except in the crowd. But it all left a very bad impression.
--David Horne (as ) in The Prince and the Showgirl
--David Horne (as ) in The Prince and the Showgirl
The Queen Dowager:
Mr. Northbrook, who was that creature? Was it an anarchist?
Northbrook: No, ma'am!
The Queen Dowager: Then who was it?
Northbrook: A young lady, ma'am, called Miss Elsie Marina.
The Queen Dowager: [pause] Ah. Fetch her to me.
--David Horne (as ) in The Prince and the Showgirl
Northbrook: No, ma'am!
The Queen Dowager: Then who was it?
Northbrook: A young lady, ma'am, called Miss Elsie Marina.
The Queen Dowager: [pause] Ah. Fetch her to me.
--David Horne (as ) in The Prince and the Showgirl
The Queen Dowager:
Sweetly pretty. She should use more mascara. When one is young, one should use a lot of mascara. When one is older, one should use much more.
--David Horne (as ) in The Prince and the Showgirl
--David Horne (as ) in The Prince and the Showgirl
[last lines]
Mr. Justice Langton: It is right and proper, and a part of my duty which I shall gladly discharge, to recognise to the full the courage, devotion and sacrifice of each of these men. I should not like to leave this case without thanking everybody concerned for having given me the best working day of my life, in listening to the very modest recital of some gallant gentlemen concerning a memorable achievement.
--David Horne (as ) in San Demetrio London
Mr. Justice Langton: It is right and proper, and a part of my duty which I shall gladly discharge, to recognise to the full the courage, devotion and sacrifice of each of these men. I should not like to leave this case without thanking everybody concerned for having given me the best working day of my life, in listening to the very modest recital of some gallant gentlemen concerning a memorable achievement.
--David Horne (as ) in San Demetrio London