Oliver Twist (1948)

Mary Clare: Mrs. Corney

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Quotes 

• Oliver Twist : Please, sir. I want some more.

  Workhouse Master : What?

  Mrs. Corney : What?

  Mr. Bumble : What?

  Chairman of the Board : Ask for more?

• Mr. Bumble : I name all our foundlings in alphabetical order. The last was an "S." "Swabble" I named him. This was a "T." "Twist" I named him.

  Mrs. Corney : Why, you're quite a literary character, sir.

  Mr. Bumble : Well, well, perhaps I may be, Mrs. Corney. Perhaps I may be.

• Mrs. Corney : Are you gonna sit there snoring all day?

  Mr. Bumble : I shall sit here as long as I think proper, ma'am. And though I was not snoring, I shall snore, gape, sneeze, laugh or cry - as the humor strikes me, such being my prerogative.

  Mrs. Corney : Your prerogative.

  Mr. Bumble : I said the word, ma'am. The prerogative of a man is to command.

  Mrs. Corney : And what's the prerogative of a woman, in the name of goodness?

  Mr. Bumble : To obey, ma'am.

  Mrs. Corney : Huh!

  Mr. Bumble : As your late, unfortunate husband should have taught you. And then, perhaps, he might have been alive now. I wish he were a poor man.

  Mrs. Corney : You brute!

  [begins to crying out] 

  Mr. Bumble : [stands up]  Cry your hardest, ma'am. It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper. So, cry away.

  [He begins to leave, takes the hat. She begins to throws things at him. He turns around shocked, she charges angrily and slaps him] 

  Mrs. Corney : Brute!

  [beating him up with a parasol] 

  Mrs. Corney : You blasphemer!

  [slaps him in the face] 

  Mrs. Corney : Talk about your prerogative again if you dare! Get up. Get away from here, or I might do something desperate!

  Mr. Bumble : Certainly, my dear. Certainly.

  [begins to leave]