Oliver! (1968)
Hylda Baker: Mrs. Sowerberry
Quotes
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Sowerberry : Well, having a rest Mr. Bumble?
Noah Claypole : He's sitting on Oliver.
Sowerberry : Quite right, we must all sit on Oliver.
Mrs. Sowerberry : Have you been drinking again?
Sowerberry : [wistfully] I met a friend in the cemetery...
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Mrs. Sowerberry : He's gone mad, Mr. Bumble, or he wouldn't dare to speak to you like that.
Mr. Bumble : It's not madness, ma'am, it's meat.
Mrs. Sowerberry : Meat?
Mr. Bumble : Meat, ma'am, meat. You've overfed the boy, ma'am. It raised an artificial spirit in the lad unbecoming to his station in life. This would never have happened if you kept him on gruel.
Mrs. Sowerberry : Gruel?
Mr. Bumble : I'll be glad to give you the recipe.
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Mr. Bumble : [grabs Oliver] Now then, what's your explanation, you young scalawag?
Oliver Twist : He called my mother names!
Mrs. Sowerberry : And what if he did? You ungrateful little wretch! She deserves what he said, and worse!
Oliver Twist : She didn't!
Mrs. Sowerberry : She did!
Oliver Twist : It's a lie!
Mr. Bumble : Hold your tongue, boy!
Mrs. Sowerberry : Put him in the cellar, Mr. Bumble! That'll teach him!
Sowerberry : My love?
Mrs. Sowerberry : Yes?
Sowerberry : It's really quite comfortable.
[She sighs]
Mr. Bumble : [pushes Oliver down to the cellar] You will stay down there until we decide what's to be done with you!
Noah Claypole : Here's your baggage, workhouse!
Mrs. Sowerberry : £3, indeed! You can take him back!