Cluny Brown (1946)

Reginald Gardiner: Hilary Ames

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• Cluny Brown : I can't quite describe it. I feel chirrupy.

  Hilary Ames : Chirrupy? I don't ever remember feeling chirrupy.

  Adam Belinski : I'm afraid you never will, my dear Ames. There is not a chirrup in you.

• Hilary Ames : Relieve the drain, relieve the strain, eh?

• Hilary Ames : Hang it all. If plumbing's going to make a go of it in this country, the plumbers jolly well better get into the spirit of the thing.

• Hilary Ames : I'm expecting 50 guests, including such people as the honorable Betty Cream, and she doesn't go everywhere you know?

• Adam Belinski : You're the most selfish man I've ever seen.

  Hilary Ames : What?

  Adam Belinski : You don't even know me, and already you're not interested in me.

• Hilary Ames : Relieve the drain, remove the strain. Bit of a poet, eh? Heh, heh.

• Hilary Ames : But look here, are you a plumber?

  Cluny Brown : Oh, no. But I've been around pipes and sewers and taps and things, ever since I came to live with Uncle Arn. And, of course, I've watched him work. He's a good plumber. But if you ask me, much too conservative.

• Adam Belinski : What if the thing does go wrong. Let's assume the whole place gets flooded, and there is no party. You save your liquor. Is that bad? But if the girl succeeds...

  Cluny Brown : Please, sir, do let me.

  Hilary Ames : Why yes, I'll do it. Yes, I'll do it. Come on. Relieve the drain, relieve the strain, eh?

• Cluny Brown : What a wonderful day this has been for me. My first sink, and my first cocktail - a martini cocktail... with an olive.

  Adam Belinski : Have some more.

  Hilary Ames : Should she?

  Adam Belinski : Definitely!

  Cluny Brown : Oh yeah, thank you.