I feel very responsible for the boy. Not only is he my godson, but his father Sir David was my closest friend, as you know. And now that he's gone, well I feel in place of a father to the boy.
14 seconds sound clip from the The Remains of the Day movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:36:17 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Mr. Lewis, the American gentleman has arrived.
- He wasn't expected until tomorrow. What have you done with him?
- Mr. Lewis has been shown upstairs, My Lord.
- My godson, Cardinal, tells me he shortly becoming engaged to be married.
- Indeed, sir. I offer my congratulations.
- Stevens, I realize this is a somewhat irregular thing to ask you to do.
- I should be very glad to be of any assistance, My Lord.
- Sorry to bring up a thing like this, but I just can't see how on earth to make it go away.
- You are familiar, I take it, with the facts of life? Birds, bees. You are familiar, aren't you?
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