A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (TV Series)
Gaudy Night: Episode One (1987)
Harriet Walter: Harriet Vane
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Quotes
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[Harriet calls Peter to talk at a restaurant with a dance hall]
Lord Peter Wimsey : Tell me, what's the matter?
Harriet Vane : I'm not sure I should.
Lord Peter Wimsey : Tell me or tango.
Harriet Vane : You know I can't tango!
Lord Peter Wimsey : You've no choice then, have you?
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Miss Burrows : Excuse my saying so, Miss Vane, but given your own terrible experience, I wonder that you should still decide to write the sort of books you do.
Harriet Vane : You're saying that anyone with proper feelings would rather scrub floors for a living? Well, I should scrub floors very badly, and I write mysteries rather well.