And Then There Were None (TV Mini Series)

Episode #1.1 (2015)

Maeve Dermody: Vera Claythorne

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Quotes 

• Vera Claythorne : A drink Mr Marston?

  Anthony Marston : Pink gin. Pink as a virgin's blush.

• Vera Claythorne : An island. By the sea.

  Isaac Morris : Islands are generally by the sea.

• Emily Brent : I'm not at all sure about these, they look very... pagan.

  Vera Claythorne : They're the Ten Little Soldier Boys, you know, from the poem.

  General John MacArthur : Ah yes, I know it off by heart. My nanny used to recite it to me when I was a little boy, to terrify me into being good. I imagine I was a rather dull boy.

  Emily Brent : I can't imagine that, General, but you shouldn't call it a poem Miss Claythorne, it's a doggerel. Poetry should be uplifting.

  Detective Sergeant William Blore : I agree with you Miss Brent.

  Emily Brent : Well, that goes to show how wrong first impressions are. I didn't imagine you as a gentleman to appreciate poetry.

  Philip Lombard : Mr. Davis has hidden depths.

• Philip Lombard : Oh, alright Miss Claythorne, if it will make you happy, I am sorry for staring.

  Vera Claythorne : Mr Lombard, I doubt you are sorry for anything.

  Philip Lombard : Smart girl.

• Ethel Rogers : [Vera is approaching the wood room]  . Miss? Is there something you were looking for, Miss? Because this is the below stairs, Miss. For staff.

  Vera Claythorne : Well. I am staff.

  Ethel Rogers : Miss, we had very strict instructions that you were to be treated as a guest. Guests don't come below stairs.

  Vera Claythorne : It rather sounds as though you're asking me to leave.

  [Mrs. Rogers says nothing] 

  Vera Claythorne : How many more are you expecting, with the Owens?

  Ethel Rogers : We shall know when they arrive.

  Vera Claythorne : And how will you cope, just the two of you?

  Ethel Rogers : Rogers and myself is competent, more than. So, if you please... .

  [she gestures to the door leading to the rest of the house] 

  Thomas Rogers : [Vera leaves. Rogers has been watching from the wood room]  Well done, girl.

• Vera Claythorne : I'm Miss Claythorne. Are you Mr. Narracott?

  Fred Narracott : There's no one else holdin' the sign, I've already taken two over. Some fussy old maid and some flashy young man. Been in an' outta this harbor like a fiddler's elbow!

  General John MacArthur : Sea dogs. They have their own etiquette.

• Vera Claythorne : I'm Miss Claythorne. Are you Mr. Narracott?

  Fred Narracott : There's nobody else holding the sign. I've already taken two over - some fussy old maid and some flashy young lad. Been in and out of this harbor like a fiddler's elbow.

  General John MacArthur : Sea dogs. Have their own etiquette.