Marple (TV Series)

The Murder at the Vicarage (2004)

Derek Jacobi: Colonel Protheroe

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• Colonel Protheroe : [Reading the Bible during the church service]  But every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then, when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin, and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth... death. Here endeth the lesson.

• Colonel Protheroe : [referring to the artist, Lawrence Redding, while at the dinner table]  I forbid you to see him again!

  Lettice Protheroe : He was only painting me.

  Colonel Protheroe : [disbelieving]  Oh!

  Lettice Protheroe : But I wish he were doing something, with all the stupid fuss you're making.

  Colonel Protheroe : Don't be common!

  Lettice Protheroe : Well, don't be horrid, then! You've already driven the DuFosses to bed because of your foul mood.

  Colonel Protheroe : Well, you can go, too!

  Lettice Protheroe : Gladly!

  [throws napkin on the table, gets up and walks off] 

• [Colonel Protheroe discovers that the artist Lawrence Redding has been painting a portrait of his daughter in her bathing suit] 

  Lettice Protheroe : It - it's more artistic.

  Colonel Protheroe : There's art, and there's SMUT! How dare he! And how dare you!

• Miss Jane Marple : You are quite sure?

  Mrs. Price-Ridley : I always put a pound note into the box on the anniversary of poor Bruce's passing.

  Miss Jane Marple : I know, but perhaps this time...

  Colonel Protheroe : Oh, come on, Miss Marple! If Marjorie said she put a pound in, then she did! So where's it gone? Well, I thought you'd be straining at the leash to sniff out the culprit. You do have a reputation to maintain.

  Miss Jane Marple : My reputation, Colonel Protheroe, if I have one, and how very kind of you to suggest I do, is neither here nor there. I merely wonder if it's a little early to talk of culprits.

  Colonel Protheroe : Nonsense!

  Anne Protheroe : [touches his shoulder in an effort to calm him]  Lucius...

  Colonel Protheroe : Anne, don't paw me! Now, look, I'm a churchwarden, and I was in intelligence. I know when something smells fishy! This could be just the tip of the iceberg! Eh... Vicar!

  [marches off to confront the vicar]