Cherish your heart and don't spit it out

Janie 2022-04-19 09:02:14

To Mr. Stephens, the dignity of a gentleman is more important than anything else. If there is a so-called craftsmanship, this is it. Even if his father died, he could endure the grief and continue his work. In the face of his lover, he was reserved and restrained, met again after decades, and finally said goodbye. He never expressed his feelings. Miss Kenton knew that he loved her, and he also knew that Miss Kenton knew that he loved her. As long as he said a word, Mrs Ben is Mrs Stephens, like Charlie and Lisa, but Kenton is in tears and he's talking about work.

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The Remains of the Day quotes

  • Miss Kenton: [about a new housemaid] You don't like having pretty girls on the staff, I've noticed.

    [teasing]

    Miss Kenton: Might it be that our Mr Stevens fears distraction? Can it be that our Mr Stevens is flesh and blood after all and doesn't trust himself?

    Stevens: [with the faintest trace of a smile] You know what I'm doing, Miss Kenton? I'm placing my thoughts elsewhere as you chatter away.

    Miss Kenton: ...then why is that guilty smile still on your face?

    Stevens: Oh it's not a guilty smile. I'm simply amused by the sheer nonsense you sometimes talk.

    Miss Kenton: It *is* a guilty smile. You can hardly bear to look at her. That's why you didn't want to take her on, she's too pretty.

    Stevens: Well, you must be right Miss Kenton, you always are.

  • Miss Kenton: I don't know what my future is. Ever since Katherine, my daughter, got married last year, my life has been empty. The years stretch before me and if only I knew how to fill them. But, I would like to be useful again.