Beshraavi Quotes in Arabesque (1966)

Beshraavi: Before you came home, I received word that... Mr. Pollock had arrived safely in his rooms at Oxford.

Yasmin Azir: A hearty race, the Americans.

Beshraavi: I was also told that he was riding a bicycle... and singing a very strange song.

Yasmin Azir: A hearty and fun-loving race.

Beshraavi: What do you suppose happened to Mustafa? He hasn't come back yet.

Yasmin Azir: Dead, I'm afraid.

Beshraavi: And servants so hard to come by these days...

Yasmin Azir: I saw several possible replacements at the zoo.

Beshraavi: Mr. Pollock, very good of you to reonsider my proposal.

David Pollock: I always try my best to cooperate with the very rich Mr. Beshraavi.

Beshraavi: Must you mismanage everything?

Beshraavi: Oh - and if I don't hear from you by noon tomorrow - try and think of some remote corner of the world where I won't find you. I don't think you can - but try.

Beshraavi: You mustn't mind Hassan, Mr. Pollock.

David Pollock: 'Hassan'?

Beshraavi: He's a peregrine falcon. I've named him Hassan Jena after our beloved prime minister. They share so many sterling qualities. A sharp eye, a fierce dedication, and *very* sharp claws. Hassan won't harm you, Mr. Pollock, if you don't separate him from his master. He is excessively loyal.

David Pollock: You keep him well fed, I trust.

Beshraavi: Of course. Nobody's *that* loyal.

Beshraavi: [Offering Pollock a small platter of dried dates] Take a date, Mr. Pollock, as a gesture of friendship. I'm a very Arabian Arab, I'm afraid.

David Pollock: [Takes a date, then offers one to the falcon] Friends?

Beshraavi: Flesh, Mr. Pollock. Hassan eats only flesh.

David Pollock: I thought he looked at it wistfully.

Beshraavi: It must have been your fingers.

Beshraavi: Mr. Pollock, some Bedouins are in the habit of saying to their guests, "All that I possess is yours"... I am not one of them.

Beshraavi: Extraordinary sensation. Perhaps it was the way he looked at you?

Yasmin Azir: Who?

Beshraavi: Pollock

Yasmin Azir: Darling, if you start getting jealous over everyone who looks at me, it will do terrible things to your blood pressure. I don't think you have to worry about college professors.

Beshraavi: Why not?

Yasmin Azir: They're only interested in work.

Beshraavi: They're the most dangerous kind, my love. They're such expert peekers.

Yasmin Azir: Don't worry. If I were standing stark naked in front of Mr. Pollock, he'd probably yawn.