Marple (TV Series)

By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006)

Greta Scacchi: Tuppence Beresford

Quotes 

• Tommy Beresford : [Tuppence asks Tommy to drive so she can continue reading her copy of Macbeth. Tommy chuckles in response]  I was in Macbeth at my prep school. "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day."

  Tuppence Beresford : [gets in car on passenger side]  I heard you were marvelous.

  Tommy Beresford : Who from?

  Tuppence Beresford : You.

  Tommy Beresford : Hmm.

  [gets in car and starts engine] 

  Tommy Beresford : "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."

• Septimus Bligh : Why do you drink?

  Tuppence Beresford : Why do you?

  Septimus Bligh : [Bitterly]  Because life is empty of meaning.

• Septimus Bligh : You're after a drink? I recognize a fellow soak when I see one. Do you hide your bottles under hedges or behind books on bookshelves?

  Tuppence Beresford : Why do you drink?

  Septimus Bligh : Because life is empty of meaning.