Watership Down (1978)
Hannah Gordon: Hyzenthlay
Quotes
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Bigwig : Hyzenthlay.
Hyzenthlay : Sir?
Bigwig : I'd like to talk with you.
Hyzenthlay : I'm in the mark and under your orders, sir.
Bigwig : Do you remember a pale grey rabbit called Holly you helped escape some while ago?
Hyzenthlay : You've made a mistake, sir.
Bigwig : Listen, Hyzenthlay. Listen carefully. I'm from a warren where life is free. Where you can do is as you wish. I've come to bring you all out of Efrafra.
Hyzenthlay : You might be a spy sent by the council.
Bigwig : You know I'm not. Will you join us? And persuade your friends as well, trust me. My friends are not far away.
Hyzenthlay : [Voice is breaking] My courage, my... spirit is so much less than it was.
Bigwig : We can escape Efrafra. Believe me.
Hyzenthlay : Yes... I think I do.
[She smiles]
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General Woundwort : Your name?
Hyzenthlay : Hyzenthlay, sir.
General Woundwort : I'll be frank with you. You're safe here. Well get on with it!
Hyzenthlay : Sir, several of us propose an expedition for a new warren. Somewhere else.
General Woundwort : A new warren? Out of the question!
Hyzenthlay : But you don't understand. The system is breaking down.
General Woundwort : Explain that.
Hyzenthlay : Some of us can't produce litters, we're overcrowded.
General Woundwort : I want no further discussion about it.
Hyzenthlay : We'll go as far as you like!
General Woundwort : Here or anywhere else!
Hyzenthlay : I...
[she is approached threateningly by Campion]
Hyzenthlay : [meekly] Thank you, sir.
[she leaves]
General Woundwort : Campion, have her watched.
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Hyzenthlay : [discussing the escape plan with Bigwig] Sometimes I can tell when things are true. Sometimes... I can see it... The high down with trees, and...
[shakes head]
Hyzenthlay : I've become foolish.
Bigwig : [referring to Fiver] You'll have to meet this friend of mine. He talks just like that.