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Craddock:
Have they got any other servants?
Miss Marple: Yes they have, Inspector. Craddock: Good Lord! You! Miss Marple: Yes. Dotty old me.
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Margaret Rutherford
(as Miss Marple)
in
Murder, She Said
(1961)
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Craddock:
We have come to the conclusion that what you saw on the train was... uh... well, a man and a woman...
Miss Marple: Yes, as I said. Craddock: I mean, perhaps they were honeymooners. Miss Marple: I may be what is termed a spinster, but I do know the difference between horseplay and murder.
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Margaret Rutherford
(as Miss Marple)
in
Murder, She Said
(1961)
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Craddock:
Withholding information from the police is a very serious matter.
Miss Marple: Oh, I know, Inspector, and I'm most awfully sorry. Will you take tea?
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Margaret Rutherford
(as Miss Marple)
in
Murder, She Said
(1961)
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Ackenthorpe:
Cod's as good as lobster any day, and much cheaper.
Miss Marple: Well, that depends on whether or not one has a palate unsullied by cheap opiates. Ackenthorpe: If you mean what I think you mean, I'll have you know this cheroot cost two shillings! Miss Marple: Yes. Quite.
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Margaret Rutherford
(as Miss Marple)
in
Murder, She Said
(1961)
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Ackenthorpe:
Don't you think I've seen a corpse before? Be one myself soon!
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James Robertson Justice
(as Ackenthorpe)
in
Murder, She Said
(1961)
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Ackenthorpe:
I hope it'll be a long time before I have to put up with the whole pack of them again.
Miss Marple: Not a very nice way to talk about one's family. Ackenthorpe: Not a very nice family.
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James Robertson Justice
(as Ackenthorpe)
in
Murder, She Said
(1961)
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Ackenthorpe:
I live here because I want to, not because I can afford it.
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James Robertson Justice
(as Ackenthorpe)
in
Murder, She Said
(1961)
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Ackenthorpe:
If you don't shut those windows you'll be fired.
Miss Marple: In that case I shall require four weeks' wages in lieu of notice. Ackenthorpe: Get out of my sight, woman! Miss Marple: With pleasure!
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Margaret Rutherford
(as Miss Marple)
in
Murder, She Said
(1961)
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Ackenthorpe:
Marple her name, marble her nature.
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James Robertson Justice
(as Ackenthorpe)
in
Murder, She Said
(1961)
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Ackenthorpe:
There is one thing I cannot tolerate, and that is impertinence.
Miss Marple: Well, we should get on admirably. Neither can I!
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Margaret Rutherford
(as Miss Marple)
in
Murder, She Said
(1961)
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