They talk about his having bought the centry, sir, to put up more chimneys there. That's why he wants the cottages.
11 seconds sound clip from the The Skin Game (1931) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:06:38 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- He's no gentleman, sir. He put it so brisk.
- We've been there 30 years. So now we don't know what to do.
- I hope you'll excuse us coming round, sir.
- I certainly would never have sold if I had known he was going to do this.
- And your father owned it and his father before him.
- I hope you're going to stop it, sir. It does put us about.
- I said to Jackie, mr. Hillcrist will stand up for us, I know.
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