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- Any idea what they're talking about in there?
- I'm afraid not, sir.

5 seconds sound clip from the The Remains of the Day movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:50:20 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I do wish you'd sit down, Stevens. I mean, I'm trying to talk to a friend, and you're standing there holding that blasted tray as if you're about to wander off any second! I can't. Sit down, damn it!

- Thanks, sir.

- Better.

- Now, look... tell me. I don't suppose the Prime Minister is in the library, is he?

- Prime Minister, sir?

- Over in the library... That's all right. You don't have to confirm it... are our Prime Minister, our Foreign Secretary and the German ambassador.

- Any idea what they're talking about in there?

- I'm afraid not, sir.

- Tell me, Stevens, don't you care at all? I mean, aren't you in the least bit curious?

- It's not my place to be curious about such matters.

- Not your place...

- And supposing I told you that His Lordship is presently trying to persuade the Prime Minister to enter into a pact with that bunch of criminals in Berlin?

- I'm certain His Lordship is acting from the highest and noblest motives, sir.

- Don't you see? That's exactly what makes it so abominable! That they should take these high and noble motives and twist them to their own foul ends!

[...]

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The Remains of the Day Sound Clip

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A selection of the most important quotes from The Remains of the Day (1993 film), featuring short sound bites.

Actors: Anthony Hopkins (Mr Stevens), Emma Thompson (Miss Kenton), Christopher Reeve (Congressman Jack Lewis), Hugh Grant (Reginald Cardinal), James Fox (Lord Darlington), Michael Lonsdale (Dupont d'Ivry)

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