Miss Scarlet & the Duke (TV Series)

Deeds Not Words (2020)

Kate Phillips: Eliza Scarlet

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• William 'The Duke' Wellington : So you wish me to be chivalrous when it suits but treat you as an equal when it does not? Are you a woman or a detective?

  Eliza Scarlet : Why should there be a distinction? I would not ask you if you were a man or an inspector.

  William 'The Duke' Wellington : That is completely different.

  Eliza Scarlet : Enlighten me as to why?

  William 'The Duke' Wellington : Well, there is a level of self-control that is vital when doing this job.

  Eliza Scarlet : Self-control? You have rouge on your collar and you reek of whiskey.

• Henry Scarlet : Oh, why must you, a female detective, have to prove yourself? That is your question?

  Eliza Scarlet : Uh, it's not fair!

  Henry Scarlet : Spoken like a woman. Do not be cross! It is you putting these words in my mouth. When a man loses his temper, he is seen as strong and forthright. But a woman, no, she is seen as emotional, hysterical, incapable of rational thought. Now give men reason, give them logic. Give them cold, hard facts. That will truly confuse them.

• Eliza Scarlet : You're right.

  William 'The Duke' Wellington : Can I have that in writing?

• Eliza Scarlet : I'm a private detective working for Inspector Wellington.

  PC Clarence Honeychurch : You're a private detective?

  Eliza Scarlet : Yes.

  PC Clarence Honeychurch : You?

  Eliza Scarlet : Yes.

  PC Clarence Honeychurch : You're a private detective?

  Eliza Scarlet : Is this going to take much longer? Because I have work to do.

• William 'The Duke' Wellington : Because I've seen spoilt wealthy women a great deal in my job. All of whom would have benefitted from a firmer hand from their father.

  Eliza Scarlet : My father never raised his hand to me.

  William 'The Duke' Wellington : Point proved, I think.

• William 'The Duke' Wellington : I have been working a most complex investigation.

  Eliza Scarlet : Investigating how much whiskey you can drink in one night?

  William 'The Duke' Wellington : Do you speak like this to all your clients?

  Eliza Scarlet : Only the ones who are two hours late.

• Margaret Fairfax : I've seen that look many times before. As the look of having battled with a man or a spoilt child.

  Eliza Scarlet : Are they not one and the same?

• Eliza Scarlet : I'm not who you think I am.

  Margaret Fairfax : No one is. All that matters is that we are on the same side.

• Mr. Potts : Inspector, I thought I made it clear that it was inappropriate for ladies, even those who purport to be private detectives, to be on these premises.

  Eliza Scarlet : Oh for goodness sake! I have been here before and lived to tell the tale.

• William 'The Duke' Wellington : It was a crime of passion.

  Eliza Scarlet : Of course you would think that. That's the easiest option.

  William 'The Duke' Wellington : Meaning what exactly?

  Eliza Scarlet : Well, that you were happy to take the path of least resistance, that you increasingly rest on your laurels. That is why you resent my opinions because they stir you from a self-imposed slumber.