Housemaster (1938)

Michael Shepley: Victor Beamish

Quotes 

• Victor Beamish : [Spotting Donkin's lit fireplace]  A bit hot for a fire in May, isn't it?

  Charles Donkin : Not in my opinion.

• Victor Beamish : You know, really, our new headmaster, and his innovations, is getting rather boring. I always think that you ought of been headmaster, Donkin. You are at least comparatively human.

  Charles Donkin : Oh, thank you. We needn't discuss the head mastership. The post is filled by a very brilliant man.

  Victor Beamish : Can you tell me one thing about him that is brilliant?

  Charles Donkin : Certainly. He's a magnificent organizer, a genuine scholar and a born leader That's three things to start with.

  Victor Beamish : And he hasn't got the beginning of an idea of what goes on in a boy's head.

  Charles Donkin : Oh, my dear fellow, how many of us have?

  Victor Beamish : You have.

  Charles Donkin : Well, anyway, he's the head and we've got to back him up.