The Bushbaby (1969)

Donald Houston: John Leeds

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Quotes 

• Tilison : Your wife was killed in the uprising.

  John Leeds : That was an accident.

  Tilison : In 1956 your houseboy, Tembo Murumbi, was suspected of Mau Mau activities.

  John Leeds : [irritated]  What are you trying to say?

  Tilison : We all know the African mentality.

  John Leeds : Do we?

  Tilison : It's very likely that he has a resentment against you.

  John Leeds : No...

  Tilison : You do admit the possibility?

• John Leeds : [Jackie and her father are standing next to a gravestone marked "In loving memory of Penelope Leeds, who died in the uprising of 1961"]  I've arranged for Tembo to keep the flowers watered.

  Jackie : I wish Tembo were coming with us.

  John Leeds : He'll be at the boat to see us off.

  [noticing Jackie's discontentment] 

  John Leeds : Jackie... Tembo belongs in Africa.

  Jackie : Like Komba?

  [she walks away from her father] 

  Jackie : I belong here, too. I was born here. I don't want to go away.

  John Leeds : It can't be helped Jackie. I don't want to leave Africa any more than you do.

  Jackie : It isn't only Africa, I have to leave everything!

• John Leeds : If it is Tembo with Jackie, I don't want him arrested. You know what would happen.

  Tilison : Isn't the important thing your daughter's safety?

  John Leeds : If she is with Tembo she is safe.