3.1 Remains of the Day Quotes Flashcards
Quote 2: traits
The most irritating of traits within an employer - inconsistency
Quote 1: In a manner
In a manner worthy of one’s position
Quote 3: Symmons
Most marvellous view over miles of the surrounding countryside
Quote 4: Restraint
I would say it was the very lack of obvious drama… What is the calmness of that beauty, it’s sense of restraint
Quote 5: stone
We’re received as though hewn on tablets of stone
Quote 6: trimmings
Our generation has been too preoccupied with the trimmings
Quote 7: Monkey
Being displayed as a kind of performing monkey
Quote 8: Dignity
Dignity has to do crucially with a butler’s ability not to abandon the professional being he inhabits
Quote 9: Englishman
A great butler, he is bound, by definition, to be an Englishman
Quote 10: waste
To a life that has become so dominated by a sense of waste
Quote 11: shafts
Orange shafts from the sunset breaking the gloom
Quote 12: pride
I am today proud to have given my best years of service to
Quote 13: battle
As a general might prepare for a battle
14: Amateur
But his lordship is an amateur
15 Crying
You look as though you’re crying
16: Triumph
I find I do so with a large sense of triumph
17: Employee
It is not customary in England for an employee to discuss past employers
18: Halifax
Put him in a different frame of mind altogether
19: pretend
Why mr Stevens? Why, why, why do you always have to pretend?
20: Command
Develop a command of the English language
22 illogical
It is quite illogical I should feel any shame or regret on my own account
21: Smith Dignity
There’s no dignity in being a slave… Privileges of being born English
23: intention
It wasn’t my intention to deceive anyone
24: Unable to assist
I am sorry, sir, but I am unable to assist on this matter
25: surface
On the surface quite convivial
26: Downcast
At first, my mood was - I do not mind admitting it - downcast
27: turning back
After all, there’s no point in turning back the clock now
28: Breaking heart
At that moment my heart was breaking
30: renewed effort
I will begin practicing with a renewed effort
29: All to Darlington
I gave it all to lord Darlington
31: Lesser Butlers
Lesser butlers will abandon their professional being for their private one at the least provocation
32: father dignity
my father not only manifests, but comes close to being the personification of dignity
