Miss Pettigrew

MML #13: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

"A good, solid man. You would call him dull, no doubt, but he smiled whenever he saw me and we could've built a life on that."

~*~

Joe: Forgive the intrusion. I'm glad to see you're safe.
Guinevere: Oh yes, quite safe.
Joe: Am I right in thinking you're no longer employed, Miss Pettigrew?
Guinevere: Quite correct.
Joe: So you're free?
Guinevere: Quite free. Might you be looking for a social secretary?
Joe: No, absolutely not.
Guinevere: Oh.
Joe: I'm looking for you.
Guinevere: Me?
Joe: I've been looking for you all night, and I believe, all of my life. If you'll have me.
[Miss Pettigrew is stunned in silence]
Joe: A nod of the head will do me fine.
[Miss Pettigrew nods]
Joe: And I am, at a stroke, the happiest man in London.

~*~

"Not everything comes along just when we want it. There are times when decisions just have to be made, or you certainly will miss out."

~*~

"I am not an expert on love, I am an expert on the lack of love, Delysia, and that is a fate from which I wish most fervently to save you."

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[after Delysia has refused to sing]
Michael: She said no.
Nick: What, and she does what you say?
Michael: Never once, as a matter of fact, but that's not the point.

~*~

"I'm done with it. I'm going back to gentlemen's hosiery. You know where you are with an honest pair of socks."