The Divorce of Lady X (1938)

H.B. Hallam: Jefferies - The Butler

Quotes 

• Lord Steele : I'm appalled to think that my granddaughter should leave this house at nine in the evening and return at nine in the morning.

  Jefferies : You know perfectly well, there are some girls you can't trust to go out and post a letter, but Miss Leslie you can trust to the North Pole.

  Lord Steele : Isn't it my duty to ask her for a full account of her doings?

  Jefferies : Well look, Tom, you're not a prying, meddlesome judge - you're an adoring grandpa.

  [Lord Steele chuckles] 

• Lord Steele : You've been messing this paper about. Been trying to do the crossword puzzle.

  Jefferies : I don't read your paper. I have my own, and you know it.

  Lord Steele : Altogether, I know too much about you.

  Jefferies : Then I had better go, altogether.

  Lord Steele : That is exactly what I wanted to tell you.

• Leslie : Good morning, grandpa.

  Lord Steele : Is it? Where have you been?

  Leslie : Hasn't Jeffries told you?

  Jefferies : I most certainly did tell you. You know perfectly well there was a fog last night and Miss Leslie spent the night at the Royal Parks Hotel.

  Lord Steele : Her father and mother are in India, and I'm responsible for her.

  Jefferies : So am I.

  Lord Steele : You? I'm her grandfather.

  Jefferies : Seems I know her better.