The Bushbaby (1969)
Donald Houston: John Leeds
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Quotes
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Tilison : Your wife was killed in the uprising.
John Leeds : That was an accident.
Tilison : In 1956 your houseboy, Tembo Murumbi, was suspected of Mau Mau activities.
John Leeds : [irritated] What are you trying to say?
Tilison : We all know the African mentality.
John Leeds : Do we?
Tilison : It's very likely that he has a resentment against you.
John Leeds : No...
Tilison : You do admit the possibility?
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John Leeds : [Jackie and her father are standing next to a gravestone marked "In loving memory of Penelope Leeds, who died in the uprising of 1961"] I've arranged for Tembo to keep the flowers watered.
Jackie : I wish Tembo were coming with us.
John Leeds : He'll be at the boat to see us off.
[noticing Jackie's discontentment]
John Leeds : Jackie... Tembo belongs in Africa.
Jackie : Like Komba?
[she walks away from her father]
Jackie : I belong here, too. I was born here. I don't want to go away.
John Leeds : It can't be helped Jackie. I don't want to leave Africa any more than you do.
Jackie : It isn't only Africa, I have to leave everything!
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John Leeds : If it is Tembo with Jackie, I don't want him arrested. You know what would happen.
Tilison : Isn't the important thing your daughter's safety?
John Leeds : If she is with Tembo she is safe.