Inspector Morse (TV Series)
The Wolvercote Tongue (1987)
John Thaw: Chief Inspector Morse
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Quotes
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Chief Inspector Morse : They say sex can be very good for the over sixty-fives.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Oh, do they?
Chief Inspector Morse : Especially if you didn't get much before sixty-five.
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Chief Inspector Morse : I'm sorry, sir, thieves almost never give things back.
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Chief Inspector Morse : I don't think, Lewis, I deduce. I only ever deduce.
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Chief Inspector Morse : How long was he in the water?
Max : Oh, I couldn't possibly say.
Chief Inspector Morse : Roughly?
Max : Ah, not more than six hours.
Chief Inspector Morse : Oh, for God's sake! It's less than six hours since I saw him.
Max : Well, there you are. You know better than me - as usual. Any witnesses?
Chief Inspector Morse : To what?
Max : To your meeting with the victim.
Chief Inspector Morse : None that I know of.
Max : Then you'd better arrest yourself, Morse. You work on the principle that the last person to see someone alive must be his killer, don't you?
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Chief Inspector Morse : If anyone wants me, they'll find me looking at fish... through the bottom of a beer glass.
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Chief Inspector Morse : Is this a dagger which I see before me? I'd rather see a pint.
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Chief Inspector Morse : Never, never interrupt me when I'm booking my seat for the opera, Lewis.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : I'm sorry, sir.
Chief Inspector Morse : I might get Madame Butterfly instead of Berlioz. Might get Handel, for God's sake. Now, what's the problem?
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Max : Ah, Morse. Now you're a pathologist, I expect you'd like to give your opinion before you see the corpse. Poindexter you say his name was?
Chief Inspector Morse : Suicide by drowning.
Max : Back to school for you, I'm afraid. Wrong on both counts. Go and see for yourself.
Chief Inspector Morse : Max!
Max : No, no, no. You're the expert.
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Chief Inspector Morse : Drink?
Theodore Kemp : No, no, better keep a clear head.
Chief Inspector Morse : Really, sir. What for?
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Chief Inspector Morse : Where are you off to? High table somewhere?
Max : Area Health Authority Annual Dinner. Dr. Swain will be there I'll give him your compliments, shall I? Good night , Lewis.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Good night, sir.
Max : Try not to let Morse drink so much, won't you? It's rotting his powers of reason.
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Chief Inspector Morse : Where does Mrs. Williams live? Did you find out?
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Cutteslowe 11 Markham Avenue.
Chief Inspector Morse : That's upstream of here. She did have a motive, didn't she?
Detective Sergeant Lewis : You think a woman could have done that to him?
Chief Inspector Morse : Hell hath no fury, Lewis.
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : I think I'all just pop down and see Aunt Cissy.
[Morse laughs]
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Well, you don't want us to do me back in again, do you?
Chief Inspector Morse : You do what you like, Lewis. I'm going to stay and look at the water for a while.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : You? Water?
Chief Inspector Morse : If anyone wants me they'll find me looking at fish... through the bottom of a beer glass.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : I'll see you, then.
Chief Inspector Morse : See you.
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Sheila Williams : I don't know whether I'm in shock, or I've got a hangover.
Chief Inspector Morse : It's a bit of both, I expect.