Marple (TV Series)

The Moving Finger (2006)

John Sessions: Cardew Pye

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Quotes 

• Miss Marple : I sometimes wonder if the tale bearer is as guilty as the tale maker.

  Cardew Pye : Oops, my dear Miss Marple! You're being moral and forget you're among friends.

• Cardew Pye : I often find the most unlikely people doing the most surprising things. Don't you agree, Miss Marple?

  Miss Marple : On the contrary, Mr. Pye, I usually find the most likely people behaving exactly as I would have expected.

• Cardew Pye : Have you met the reverend?

  Jerry Burton : Oh yes.

  Cardew Pye : A being more remote from everyday life I have yet to encounter. He always has his nose buried in Horace or the younger Pliny. He will insist on spouting Latin. I tend more towards the Greek.

  [Suggestively eyeing Jerry Burton] 

  Cardew Pye : And you, Mr Burton? What is your inclination?

  Jerry Burton : [Gulps, unable to speak] 

  Joanna Burton : Head first over the handlebars, eh Jerry?

  Cardew Pye : [Squeals in delightful surprise]  Oh, a tongue with a tang!

• Cardew Pye : Not at all my dear. They'll just think you're a little queer and what, I ask, is wrong with that?