The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV Series)
In the Guise of Death (2005)
Nathaniel Parker: Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley
Quotes
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Lady Sarah Keach : I take it you don't have much time for London society?
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley : I decided when I was in my early twenties that it was rather like a treadmill with canapes, so that's really not for me.
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Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley : I just sense there's more to him than meets the eye.
Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers : With due respect Sir, you sensing that Lachlan's behind this all isn't the same as evidence that he actually is.
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley : Fair point.
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DC Tremayne : Quiet as a grave down here. Anything on your end?
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley : You'll be the first to know, Tremayne. That's why we have walkie-talkies.
DC Tremayne : Just keeping you informed, Inspector.
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Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley : What's Cornwall famous for?
Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers : Pasties.
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley : Yeah, well, besides that?
Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers : Smoked fish.
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley : Forget the food!
Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers : I wish I could, but we came out here without breakfast, remember?
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Barbara Havers : [sleepy-eyed] I thought you said we were meeting Tremayne at 9?
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley : [all dressed, ready to go] Yeah, we are.
Barbara Havers : So why've you got me out of bed at 7?
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley : Because a thought occurred to me at half-past 6
Barbara Havers : Couldn't you have quietly mulled it over to yourself?
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley : No. Now come on, Havers, follow me.
Barbara Havers : [indignant] See? Now you want my help, it's bye-bye 'Barbara', hello 'Havers'.
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Mrs. Tremayne : Tell me, Inspector Lynley: How do I tell my children that the daddy they had breakfast with yesterday is gone forever?
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley : I don't know.
Mrs. Tremayne : No? Neither do I.
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Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley : It's that we try that makes us heroes. Not that we necessarily succeed.