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Sorry, sir. I never knew that Lord Darlington.

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

You can hear this line at 01:20:41 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- There it is, just ahead.

[...]

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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