The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series)

The Elusive Chauvelin (1955)

Marius Goring: Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel

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• Christine Hobson : You know, sometimes I wonder about you.

  Sir Percy Blakeney : Oh?

  Christine Hobson : I wonder if a lot of what you say and do isn't just a pose.

  Sir Percy Blakeney : What on earth makes you say that?

  Christine Hobson : I'd like to think that you're not really lazy and only interested in trivialities.

  Sir Percy Blakeney : More like the Scarlet Pimpernel, eh? Seems to have turned the heads of all the girls at court. Most fatiguing character.

  Christine Hobson : You may think so but I don't. And nor does my brother, George. He'd do anything to be able to join the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. In fact, he's on his way to do something about it now.

  Sir Percy Blakeney : What?

  Christine Hobson : He's gone to the Traveller's Rest at Rochester. He thinks the Pimpernel will go too and he'll meet him there.

  Sir Percy Blakeney : Most fatiguing character, your brother George. Listens to his heart more than his intelligence.

  Christine Hobson : As the poet says, the heart is a small thing but desireth great matters.

  Sir Percy Blakeney : Never had much use for poetry myself.

  Christine Hobson : No, but my brother follows his heart, Sir Percy, and that's something you will never do.

  Sir Percy Blakeney : No, my dear, I wouldn't.