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- We have some refugee girls on the staff at the moment, I believe.
- We do, My Lord. Two housemaids, Elsa and Irma.
- You'll have to let them go, I'm afraid.

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

You can hear this line at 01:07:58 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I'd be lost without her. A first-rate housekeeper is essential in a house like this where great affairs are decided between these walls.

- We certainly do the Jews no injustice when we say that the revelation of Christ is simply something incomprehensible and hateful to them. Although He apparently sprang from their midst, he embodies never the less the negation of their whole nature.

- A matter in which the Jews are far more sensitive than we are.

- This clear demonstration of the deep cleft that separates us Europeans from the Jew is by no means given in order to let religious prejudice with its dangerous bias, settle the matter...

- But because I think the perception of two so fundamentally different natures reveals a real gulf.

- We have some refugee girls on the staff at the moment, I believe.

- We do, My Lord. Two housemaids, Elsa and Irma.

- You'll have to let them go, I'm afraid.

- Let them go, My Lord?

- It's regrettable, but we... We have no choice.

- You got to see the whole thing in context. I have the well-being of my guests to consider.

- My Lord, may I say, they work extremely well. They're intelligent, polite and very clean.

- I'm sorry, but I've looked into this matter very carefully. There are larger issues at stake. I'm sorry, but there it is. They're Jews.

- Yes, My Lord. Thank you.

[...]

The Remains of the Day Sound Clip

The Remains of the Day poster

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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