A New Leaf (1971)

George Rose: Harold

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• Harold : How many men these days require the services of a gentleman's gentleman? How many men have your devotion to form, sir? You have managed, in your own lifetime Mr. Graham, to keep alive traditions that were dead before you were born.

• Henry Graham : What will I do?

  Harold : What any gentleman of similar breeding and temperament would do in your position, sir.

  Henry Graham : Suicide?

  Harold : No, sir, I was not going to suggest suicide, I was going to suggest marriage.

  Henry Graham : Marriage? You mean to a woman?

  Harold : Yes sir, that is what I had in mind. It's the only way to acquire property without labor. There is inheritance, but I think your uncle has already stated his intention to leave everything he owns to Radio Free Europe.

  Henry Graham : Oh, I can't, Harold. I couldn't. I mean she'd be there, asking where I'd been, talking to me, talking. I wouldn't be able to bear it.

  Harold : Well, it was only a suggestion, sir, but the alternatives are very limited and unspeakably depressing, sir. If you do not commit suicide, sir, you will be poor.

  Henry Graham : Poor?

  Harold : Poor in the only real sense of the word sir, in that you will not be rich. You will have a little after you've sold everything, but in a country where every man is what he has, he who has very little is nobody very much. There is no such thing as genteel poverty here, sir.

• Harold : Should I serve you breakfast in bed, or would you like me to follow you about with the tray?

• Harold : ...in a country where every man is what he has, he who has very little is nobody very much.

• Henry Graham : Oh, no. I forgot to check her before she went to school this morning. She'll be walking around all day with price tags dangling from her sleeves.

  Harold : I took the liberty, sir.

  Henry Graham : Thank you, Harold. Was she free of crumbs?

  Harold : Only a slight sprinkling, sir.

• Harold : Oh, I'm so glad you found a nice suitable young lady.

  Henry Graham : She is NOT suitable. She's primitive, she has no spirit, no wit, no conversation, and she has to be vacuumed every time she eats.

  Harold : Oh, she must be very wealthy sir...

• Harold : I, I think you ought to prepare yourself, sir. Mrs. Graham's household is incredibly democratic.