Hugh Grant: Anson
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Quotes
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George Garrad : Can't be too careful in foreign climes.
Reginald Anson : It's only Wales.
George Garrad : It's still foreign!
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Reginald Anson : Look, sorry, could I PLEASE get a pint of bitter?
Morgan the Goat : No need to get all English about it.
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[Anson and Garrad have explained they must go and calculate the height]
Thomas Twp Too : And how d'you know later?
Reginald Anson : Well, w-we've made, um, we've made measurements with those two hills, and w-we already know the height of Newton Beacon and Whitchurch Hill...
Thomas Twp : But how were they measured?
Reginald Anson : The same way, by comparing them with other hills.
Thomas Twp Too : But who measured the first hill?
Rev. Robert Jones : [whispering] God. God, my boy. God.
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[Betty is cutting flowers from the garden]
Reginald Anson : They're pretty.
Betty : Mmm, yes. Not as pretty as me... YOU'RE supposed to say that.
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Reginald Anson : Pleasant enough sort of place, isn't it?
George Garrad : I suppose so, considering it's Wales.
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Reginald Anson : We're cartographers. Mapmakers.
Sgt. Thomas : Ho! Very useful, I'm sure.
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[the resurvey could not be completed by nightfall]
Reginald Anson : Well, i-i-it will be measured again! I mean, uh, perhaps we'll even come back through here on our return, and...
Betty : You won't be back. This isn't a place that people like you come back to.
Reginald Anson : Well, I'll try, I'll, I'll really try...
Betty : I'll try! Is that the best you can do?
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Betty : There's nothing very special about me. I'm the kind of girl you usually don't notice: I scuttle in with a tray of tea, bow my head, and scuttle out.
Reginald Anson : I'd notice.
Betty : No, you wouldn't. Not usually.
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Reginald Anson : Um, I'm not sure that I can rely on Mr. Garrad. But, um, the thing is, I-I will need an assistant. I, uh - you wouldn't, um?
Betty : Me?
Reginald Anson : Well, why not?
Betty : Well... I've never been to Abyssinia!
Reginald Anson : Heh.
Betty : Or Aden, or Sevastopol. And I can't speak with a posh accent for long.
Reginald Anson : Well, I-I-I-I think we can get over that.
Betty : I'm just a maidservant!
Reginald Anson : Well, I-I don't think the word just could apply to you about anything.
Betty : Was that a compliment?
Reginald Anson : Yes. Yes. Now, n-now I'm going to blush, so, um, would you help me... please?
Betty : Since you said please. And you're blushing!
Reginald Anson : Ohh.
Betty : Yes, I will.
Reginald Anson : Good. Then, um, prepare the engineer's transit.
Betty : What?
Reginald Anson : I'll show you.
