Don't Take It to Heart! (1944)

Edward Rigby: Butler

Quotes 

• Lord Chaunduyt : Well, our fortunes seem to be on the turn, Bucket. If we go on like this, we'll soon be paying wages again.

  Butler : A refreshing prospect, my Lord.

• Pike : So that youngster's your nephew, eh?

  Butler : No, sir. He's my uncle.

• Lord Chaunduyt : Are there any guest rooms that still have ceilings?

  Butler : Only in the old wing, me lord.

  Lord Chaunduyt : Well, I suppose you can get it ready.

  Butler : Yes, me lord. It'll mean turning the owls out of the bath.

  Lord Chaunduyt : Oh, that's a pity. Oh, I doubt if they'd care to stay.

  Butler : No, me lord.

• Butler : [as they hear the telephone ring]  We haven't heard that since Easter '41.

  Maid : Naw. It was the year the Germans went into Norway.

  Granfer : No, it wasn't. It was the year I put a new handle on my old broom.

  Cook : Well, aren't you going to answer it?

  Butler : Yeah. Where was it? Oh, yes, I remember.

• Harriet : Bucket, who's that young man in the garden?

  Butler : That's a professor, ma'am. He's working on the old manuscripts.

  Harriet : Hmmm. At the moment he seems to be working on my niece.

• Harriet : He looks very virile for a professor.

  Butler : I find him a very pleasant young gentleman, ma'am.

  Harriet : Oh, you do, do you?

• Woman in courtroom : Why do they keep on going back?

  Butler : That's the law. It's a question of which can go back farthest.

• Lord Chaunduyt : My sister-in-law seems to be recovering.

  Butler : Very regrettable.

  Lord Chaunduyt : I rather agree.

• Butler : There's nothing else I can do for you, sir?

  Peter Hayward : [after tipping him a third time]  No. Not until I've been to the bank.