A Little Princess (1995)

Arthur Malet: Charles Randolph

Quotes 

• [the amnesiac Capt. Crewe comes across Sara crying in a corner of a darkened room in Randolph's house] 

  Capt. Crewe : What is it? Why are you crying? Please tell me. I won't hurt you. Won't you tell me your name?

  Sara Crewe : [sobbing]  Sara.

  Capt. Crewe : 'Sara'... that's such a pretty name. Sara...

  Sara Crewe : [there is a flash of lightening, and the lights suddenly come back on]  Papa...

  [she rises, and stares at Crewe in shock] 

  Sara Crewe : Papa...

  Capt. Crewe : What did you say?

  Sara Crewe : [she runs to him, and he tries to hold her away]  Papa...

  Capt. Crewe : I'm sorry...

  Sara Crewe : Papa, it's me! It's Sara!

  Capt. Crewe : Sara, do you know me?

  Sara Crewe : Oh, God, papa, don't you remember me?

  Miss Minchin : [faintly]  She must be in here!

  Sara Crewe : Papa, please! You've got to know me! It's Sara, remember? Remember India and Maya? Remember the Ramayana... and Emily? And the locket with Mama's picture in it?

  Capt. Crewe : [still struggling to push her away]  No...

  Sara Crewe : Oh, God, papa, please!

  Miss Minchin : [entering the room with the policemen and Randolph]  Sara!

  Sara Crewe : Papa, please!

  Charles Randolph : Do you know this man?

  Sara Crewe : Papa, tell them!

  Miss Minchin : [recognizes Captain Crewe]  This child has no father. Take her away!

  Sara Crewe : [a policeman tears Sara away and carries her, kicking and screaming, from the room]  No! No! Papa!

  Capt. Crewe : I'm so sorry...

• [Randolph and his servant are at a military hospital, where Randolph has discovered that the amnesiac soldier there is not his son John] 

  Charles Randolph : All the hoping... you must think me a fool.

  Ram Dass : Is it your wish to be wise, sahib?

  Charles Randolph : I don't know. I suppose a wise man wouldn't have come here at all.

  Ram Dass : But if he had, he would have looked more closely upon the soldier's face.

  Charles Randolph : And what would he have seen?

  Ram Dass : Pain, sahib. He needs to be cared for.

  Charles Randolph : He's not my responsibility.

  Ram Dass : A wise man would remember that this soldier was in John's regiment. If his memory returns... he might tell sahib what happened to his son. Perhaps sahib would learn that John is in British hospital now wishing a kind man would take him home... away from his pain.

• Miss Minchin : A child from the school has escaped into your house.

  Charles Randolph : Ram Dass, what's going on here?

  Miss Minchin : I'm sorry to bother you, but there's a child hiding in your house unlawfully!

  Charles Randolph : What?

  Miss Minchin : Search the rooms upstairs!