A Chump at Oxford (1940)

Wilfred Lucas: Dean Williams

Quotes 

• Dean Williams : Might I presume to ask you a favor?

  Lord Paddington : Why, certainly.

  Dean Williams : Professor Einstein has just arrived from Princeton and, uh, h... he's a bit confused about his theory.

  Lord Paddington : You don't say?

  Dean Williams : He wondered if could, uh, straighten him out?

  Lord Paddington : Would be a pleasure.

  Dean Williams : When could you give him a few moments?

  Lord Paddington : Uh, let me see, uh... Oh, Fatty, uh... uh, hand me my memorandum. Let me see now, uh, Monday? No. Tuesday and, uh...? Suppose we make it Ash Wednesday?

  Dean Williams : Oh, thank you, your lordship! The Professor will be so very grateful to you.

  Lord Paddington : That's perfectly all right. Uh, incidentally, you may invite him to have lunch with me.

  Dean Williams : Oh.

  Dean Williams , Lord Paddington : Uh, I'm having pancakes.

• Ollie : Tea, your lordship. The Dean wishes to speak with you, your lordship.

  Lord Paddington : Oh, come right in. Come right in. You may... you may remain here, Fatty.

  Lord Paddington : [to the Dean]  Eh, good morning, good morning. Eh, would you care to join me in a spot of tea?

  Dean Williams : No, thanks. Not any for me, thank you.

  Lord Paddington : [to Ollie]  Eh, don't stand there like a dummy. Get a chair for the Dean.

  Lord Paddington : [to the Dean]  Pardon my, uh - valet - for being so horribly, uh, stupid. He's not quite broken in yet. Rather thick, as it were.

  Dean Williams : Why do you tolerate him?

  Lord Paddington : Oh, I don't know. He's, uh... He got a jolly old face, you know, uh... Breaks the monotony and, uh, helps to fill up the, uh... room, and, uh... Besides, he's someone to talk to. You understand.

• Dean Williams : Well, a thousand congratulations for all the wonderful things you've accomplished since your return to Oxford.

  Lord Paddington : Oh, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut.