Maverick (TV Series)
The Belcastle Brand (1958)
Joan Elan: Lady Ellen Belcastle
Quotes
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[Maverick feeds the starving hunting party raw rattlesnake meat]
Lady Ellen Belcastle : I don't like it.
Bret Maverick : I don't suppose you've ever been in the Army. The first thing we were taught, you're not required to like it, you're just required to eat it.
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Lady Ellen Belcastle : Are you truly a professional gambler, Bret?
Bret Maverick : Lady Ellen, I'm not a professional anything. I'm too lazy.
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Bret Maverick : When you're talking to a Marquis, what do you call him?
Lady Ellen Belcastle : Most people say, "Lord Belcastle" or "Milord."
Bret Maverick : I guess I'd better call him Lord Belcastle. The other sounds like swearing.
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Bret Maverick : One other thing. How do I call a Lady?
Lady Ellen Belcastle : You ring the little bell beside your bed.
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Norbert Belcastle : I say, Maybrill...
Bret Maverick : Maverick.
Norbert Belcastle : What what?
Lady Ellen Belcastle : His name's not Maybrill, Father, it's Maverick.
Norbert Belcastle : Tosh! There's no such name as Maverick. What would it mean?
Bret Maverick : Well, back home in Texas, a maverick is a calf that's lost its mother and his father has run off with another cow.
Norbert Belcastle : A foundling.
Bret Maverick : No, it's just a lostling.
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Lady Ellen Belcastle : There's a look in Father's eye. I suspect he's going to invite you to come back with us to England.
Bret Maverick : Do you think I should go?
Lady Ellen Belcastle : England's a wonderful place... for the English.
Bret Maverick : Yeah. Now, if you were going some place where it was more civilized, like, say, Denver.
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Bret Maverick : Uh, what's a Marquis?
Lady Ellen Belcastle : A Marquis is something between a Duke and an Earl. Technically, it's a royal officer guarding the border regions or marches.
Bret Maverick : Like Wyoming?
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Lady Ellen Belcastle : I say, Maverick, my horse seems to have picked up a pebble.
Bret Maverick : If he can do that, maybe you can teach him to juggle.