noble restraint

Tiara 2022-03-20 09:01:59

This British housekeeper has dedicated his life to his work. He is proud of the noble dignity commensurate with his position. The kind of noble restraint he said—but, his control extended to the level of life... When the housekeeper was crying bitterly in the room, when she repeatedly wanted to grab the book in his hand and read the name, When she loudly announced in the hallway that she had accepted someone else's marriage proposal...these situations would have been an inspiration to the English housekeeper, one by one, to make something clear, and then the situation changed and progressed, which became another story. Perhaps, however, that is not the story of the English housekeeper. I like this film, maybe because of its noble restraint.

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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.