Neverwhere (TV Mini Series)
Blackfriars (1996)
Gary Bakewell: Richard Mayhew
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Quotes
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[On learning he must face an ordeal]
Richard Oliver Mayhew : Is it the kind of ordeal like visiting a rather bad tempered, elderly female relative is an ordeal, or is it more the plunging your hand into a pot of scalding water to see how quickly it strips the skin off sort of ordeal?
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Richard Oliver Mayhew : This ordeal of yours, how much of an ordeal is it? Is this the kind of ordeal like going to visit a rather elderly, ill-kempt, and female relative is an ordeal? Or is this kind of ordeal more like a... like a plunging your hand into scalding hot water to see how fast it takes off the skin sort of ordeal?
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The Abbott of the Black Friars : Now for the nice cup of tea.
Richard Oliver Mayhew : Is this part of the ordeal?
The Abbott of the Black Friars : Part of the ordeal for us...
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Richard Oliver Mayhew : Lead on Macduff
The Abbott of the Black Friars : It's Lay on Macduff but I hadn't the heart to correct him.