I've appointed him as my secretary at the conference. And so far, he's been jolly thorough in helping me to prepare.
8 seconds sound clip from the The Remains of the Day movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:36:30 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- 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?
- I'm afraid I don't quite follow you, sir.
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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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