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Well, perhaps the... the birds and the flowers, then or the... the shrubs... the bees...

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

You can hear this line at 00:38:30 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Look here. There's no need to make a song and dance of it. Just convey the basic facts and be done with it.

- God! Stevens!

- Sorry. Most sorry, sir. But I do have something to convey you rather urgently, sir. If I may be permitted, I'll come straight to the point.

- Perhaps you would have noticed this morning, sir, the ducks and the geese by the pond?

- Ducks and geese? No, I don't think so.

- Well, perhaps the... the birds and the flowers, then or the... the shrubs... the bees...

- No, I don't see any bees.

- Yes... Well, this is in fact not the best time here to see them with their full glory, sir.

- What, the bees?

- And, also, what I'm trying to say is that, with the arrival of spring we shall see a most remarkable and profound change in all these surroundings, sir.

- Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure that's right. Probably, the grounds are not at their best now.

- Yes, sir.

- I... I have to say I wasn't paying much attention to the ol' glories of nature because... it's one of the worrying, you know...

- Dupont D'Ivry has just arrived in a foulest mood imaginable, which is the last thing anyone wants.

[...]

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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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