Lady Beston Quotes in Jamaica Inn (1939)

Lady Beston: Last summer we made a tour of the lakes. Which lake did you admire the most, Sir Humphrey?

Sir Humphrey Pengallan: Chadwick! Which lake did I admire most?

Chadwick: Windermere, sir.

Sir Humphrey Pengallan: Windermere.

Sir Humphrey Pengallan: Do you want to see beauty alive? Chadwick! Ask Sam how long Nancy is going to be?

Sir Humphrey's Friend: Nancy?

Sir Humphrey Pengallan: The most beautiful creature west of Exeter.

Sir Humphrey's Friend: You see, Lady Beston, that's why he stays here and never comes to London any more. He keeps a girl here, the monster.

Lady Beston: Then I would prefer not to make her acquaintance.

Sir Humphrey's Friend: No, no, no. I'm curious!