Ladies in Lavender (2004)

Miriam Margolyes: Dorcas

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• [Dorcas comes into Andrea's room, carrying a sack of potatoes and two buckets] 

  Dorcas : I got a job for you...

  [They sit, peeling the potatoes] 

  Dorcas : [indicating the two buckets]  You put the peel in here, and the spuds in here. You have done this before, haven't you?

  [Andrea looks bored. He purposely throws a peel into the spud bucket] 

  Dorcas : No!

  [She fishes the peel out] 

  Dorcas : You put the peel in *here* and the *spuds* in here!

  Andrea Marowski : "Spuds"?

  Dorcas : Yes. Proper name's "potato," but we calls them "spuds".

  [She holds up the potato she's been peeling] 

  Dorcas : Potato. Potato!

  Andrea Marowski : Ah, "ziemniak".

  Dorcas : What?

  Andrea Marowski : [forcefully]  "Ziemniak"!

  Dorcas : Right.

  Andrea Marowski : [speaks in Polish, subtitled]  You look like a potato.

  Dorcas : What?

  Andrea Marowski : [speaks in Polish, subtitled]  Actually, you look like a sack of potatoes.

  Dorcas : It's no good, I can't understand a word you's saying.

  [He shows her his potato, into which he has cut two eyes and a mouth] 

  Dorcas : And don't get artistic, just *peel* the blooming thing.

• [Dorcas stuffs a chicken while Janet listens to the radio in the next room and Andrea practices upstairs. Janet turns off the radio and comes into the kitchen] 

  Janet Widdington : Doesn't sound good. I can't listen anymore.

  Dorcas : Don't know how you can stand it. Sounds like a strangled cat.

  Janet Widdington : I meant the news!

  Dorcas : Oh, right.

  Janet Widdington : Do we have any parsnips?

  Dorcas : Bit early for parsnips. Plenty of spuds, though.

  Janet Widdington : Well, we shall have to have extra spuds. Potatoes.

• [Ursula sits by Andrea's bed, watching him sleep. Dorcas bursts in] 

  Dorcas : Tea.

  Ursula Widdington : Shhh!

  Dorcas : [she glances at Andrea, then says just as loudly,]  Do you want tea?

  Ursula Widdington : [whispering]  Shh! You'll wake him up! I think I'll wait until Janet gets up from her nap.

  Dorcas : Well, she's up.

  Ursula Widdington : [still whispering]  Is she? She hasn't been long. All right, I'll be down directly.

  [she turns back to Andrea] 

  Dorcas : He isn't gonna run off.

  [Ursula shoots her a look. Dorcas slams the door as she leaves, waking Andrea] 

• [Mr. Penruddocke arrives to play his violin for Andrea] 

  Dorcas : Wipe your feet.

  [he does] 

  Dorcas : All right.

  [she motions him inside] 

  Dorcas : Just a minute, lift them up.

  [he lifts one and shows her the bottom of his shoe] 

  Dorcas : And the other one.

  [he lifts the other] 

  Dorcas : All right.