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You have what we can call a roving commission. In other words, you can exercise your own judgment within certain limits, of course.

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

You can hear this line at 00:33:11 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- It's also been decided that you should no longer carry heavy trays.

- Now, here's a revised list of your duties.

- Look, I fell, because of those paving stones. They're crooked. Why don't you get them put right before someone else does the same thing?

- You will read the revised list of your duties, father.

- Get those stones put right. You don't want all those gentlemen of stature tripping up and breaking their necks, do you?

- No, indeed, I don't.

- You have what we can call a roving commission. In other words, you can exercise your own judgment within certain limits, of course.

- Now, here are the mops, and... here.

- Are these me mops?

- Right.

- Your brushes.

- And me brushes?

- And me mops.

- That's right.

- What do you want me to do with them?

- Well, I think you know well enough what to do with them, father. Look for dust and dirt.

- If I find any dust or dirt, I go over them with this mop.

- That's right.

- Yes. Now, what I suggest you start off with are... are the brasses on the doors.

- There's that door there. Then the door that's open. And then there's this door here.

[...]

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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