Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Elizabeth Spriggs: Mrs. Jennings
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Quotes
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Mrs Jennings : There you are, Pigeon. Have you missed me?
Pigeon : Very much, ma'am.
Mrs Jennings : Ah, you always say so and I never believe you.
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Mrs Jennings : [hoping to cheer up Marianne who is grieving her loss of Willoughby] Does she care for olives?
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Mrs Jennings : Lovers' quarrels are swift to heal.
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Mrs Jennings : I declare, they are the loveliest girls I ever set eyes on. Can you not get them married, Mrs. Dashwood?
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Mrs Jennings : I think I've unearthed a secret.
Sir John Middleton : Oh, no, have you sniffled one out already, Mother? You're worse than my best pointer Flossie!
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Mrs Jennings : I will brook no refusal, Miss Dashwood. Let us strike hands on the bargain. And if I do not have the three of you married by michaelmas, it will not be my fault.
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Mrs Jennings : An entertainment, I declare. I cannot remember when's the last we had a songbird in the house.
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Mrs Jennings : I don't want to hear another word about the ham bone, Pigeon. You and Cartwright must sort that out between you.
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Mrs Jennings : Ah, now, do not fret, my dear. I have been told that this good weather is keeping many of our sportsmen in the country at present, but the frost will soon drive them to town. Depend on it.
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Mrs Jennings : [to Pigeon] Don't talk to me of coals.
Mrs Jennings : [to the parrot] Ah, there you are Pooter. Still alive I see.
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Mrs Jennings : What sort of man is he, Miss Dashwood? Is he butcher, baker, candlestick maker? I shall winkle it out of you somehow, you know!
Sir John Middleton : She's horribly good at winkling.
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Mrs Jennings : You are in lonely country now, Miss Dashwood. None of us has any secrets here.