Margaret Rutherford
(as Miss Marple)
Craddock:
Have they got any other servants?
Miss Marple: Yes they have, Inspector.
Craddock: Good Lord! You!
Miss Marple: Yes. Dotty old me.
Miss Marple: Yes they have, Inspector.
Craddock: Good Lord! You!
Miss Marple: Yes. Dotty old me.
Margaret Rutherford
(as Miss Marple)
Craddock:
We have come to the conclusion that what you saw on the train was... uh... well, a man and a woman...
Miss Marple: Yes, as I said.
Craddock: I mean, perhaps they were honeymooners.
Miss Marple: I may be what is termed a spinster, but I do know the difference between horseplay and murder.
Miss Marple: Yes, as I said.
Craddock: I mean, perhaps they were honeymooners.
Miss Marple: I may be what is termed a spinster, but I do know the difference between horseplay and murder.
Margaret Rutherford
(as Miss Marple)
Craddock:
Withholding information from the police is a very serious matter.
Miss Marple: Oh, I know, Inspector, and I'm most awfully sorry. Will you take tea?
Miss Marple: Oh, I know, Inspector, and I'm most awfully sorry. Will you take tea?
Margaret Rutherford
(as Miss Marple)
Ackenthorpe:
Cod's as good as lobster any day, and much cheaper.
Miss Marple: Well, that depends on whether or not one has a palate unsullied by cheap opiates.
Ackenthorpe: If you mean what I think you mean, I'll have you know this cheroot cost two shillings!
Miss Marple: Yes. Quite.
Miss Marple: Well, that depends on whether or not one has a palate unsullied by cheap opiates.
Ackenthorpe: If you mean what I think you mean, I'll have you know this cheroot cost two shillings!
Miss Marple: Yes. Quite.
James Robertson Justice
(as Ackenthorpe)
James Robertson Justice
(as Ackenthorpe)
Ackenthorpe:
I hope it'll be a long time before I have to put up with the whole pack of them again.
Miss Marple: Not a very nice way to talk about one's family.
Ackenthorpe: Not a very nice family.
Miss Marple: Not a very nice way to talk about one's family.
Ackenthorpe: Not a very nice family.
James Robertson Justice
(as Ackenthorpe)
Margaret Rutherford
(as Miss Marple)
Ackenthorpe:
If you don't shut those windows you'll be fired.
Miss Marple: In that case I shall require four weeks' wages in lieu of notice.
Ackenthorpe: Get out of my sight, woman!
Miss Marple: With pleasure!
Miss Marple: In that case I shall require four weeks' wages in lieu of notice.
Ackenthorpe: Get out of my sight, woman!
Miss Marple: With pleasure!
James Robertson Justice
(as Ackenthorpe)
Margaret Rutherford
(as Miss Marple)
Ackenthorpe:
There is one thing I cannot tolerate, and that is impertinence.
Miss Marple: Well, we should get on admirably. Neither can I!
Miss Marple: Well, we should get on admirably. Neither can I!