Julian Richings: Camier

Quotes 

• Murphy : That would be like acquiring a new soul!

  Camier : [sounding slightly depressed]  ... I consider it myself from time to time...

• Murphy : [surprised]  Hope?... Hope for liaison with Li-Anne?

  Camier : [awkwardly glancing away]  I don't wish to discuss it!

  Murphy : Why?

  [laughing in a mocking way when he realizes that Camier is in love with Li-Anne] 

  Murphy : Mr. Camier, do you mean to tell me that your heart beats upward when Li-Anne comes into view?

  Camier : A man can dream...

  Murphy : You betray me, Mr. Camier.

  Camier : [vexed and desperate]  I HAVE to keep dreaming...

  Murphy : ALL dreams betray us in the end.

• Murphy : How exactly will we kill him

  [referring to the Irish terrorist] 

  Murphy : when he comes?

  Camier : [morose]  It's not important. Is there anything wrong with the usual?

  Murphy : The gun is ruined!

  Camier : I'd forgotten... an injection, then?

  Murphy : [grinning creepily]  A high fall from some location...

  Camier : Where from? We're INDOORS!

  Murphy : So, you've conceded!

  Camier : For the topic of discussion only! I continue to suspect an outside lookout...

  [Camier notices a large tree nearby and points at it with his umbrella] 

  Camier : ... We could hang him...

  Murphy : [curious]  Could that tree take the weight...?

  Camier : [holds up his briefcase of "cleaning" supplies]  An experiment will verify...

  [Camier finds a thick rope and Murphy begins to tie it into a noose. Camier stares at it nervously when it is revealed that he's going to be the guinea pig for the hanging test, so to speak] 

  Camier : ... Adorn me.

  [Murphy attaches the noose to Camier and attempts to hang him from the tree, but Camier notices that the branch is too short to hang anybody from] 

  Camier : The drop is insufficient...

  Murphy : If we hoist him up?

  Camier : What does Mr. Burroughs look like...?

  Murphy : [puzzled]  I don't remember!

  Camier : Nor do I...

  [both men stand in silent confusion and Camier puts the noose away] 

  Murphy : ...I am blank. And now that I consider it, I'm not sure I've ever seen him.

  Camier : I'm not sure, either...

  [shivers with sudden stress] 

  Camier : ... Perhaps he doesn't exist...

  Murphy : [trying to be reassuring to his colleague]  Perhaps he will not come.

  Camier : [frightened]  Perhaps... he... is... US.

  [glances around in fear] 

  Camier : What must we do?

  Murphy : ...I suppose that we must wait.

  [both Murphy and Camier kneel down on the ground beside each other, looking overwhelmed] 

• Camier : You must have faith, Mr. Murphy.

  Murphy : [incredulous]  ... Faith? I would laugh if it were in my power.