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Darlington. Wasn't there a Lord Darlington involved in all that appeasement business that got us into the war?

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

You can hear this line at 01:20:32 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- No, no, sir. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were extremely kind.

- I say, I hope you don't think me very rude, but you aren't a manservant of some sort, are you?

- Em... Yes, sir. I am, indeed. In fact, I'm the butler of Darlington Hall, near Oxford.

- It wasn't my intention to deceive anyone, sir.

- No need to explain. I can quite see how it happened.

- Darlington. Wasn't there a Lord Darlington involved in all that appeasement business that got us into the war?

- Sorry, sir. I never knew that Lord Darlington.

- My employer's an American gentleman, Mr. Lewis.

- Yes, Lord Darlington was among those who tried to make a deal with Hitler.

- Then, there was a case after the war where he sued a newspaper for libel. The Express, was it? News Chronicle?

- I couldn't say, sir.

- Anyway, he lost.

- He was lucky, really, not to have been tried for treason.

[...]

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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