Harry O (TV Series)

The Admiral's Lady (1974)

David Janssen: Harry Orwell

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Harry Orwell : It was one of those afternoons. The crossword puzzle annoyed me. I didn't feel like working on the boat and the fog was getting ready. I could feel it coming in my back.

• Harry Orwell : You knew her?

  Mrs. Lucas : Only casually. But then that's the way I know everybody.

  Harry Orwell : Sometimes that's a matter of choice.

  Mrs. Lucas : Don't be so smug, Mr. Orwell. What do you know about my choices? You think I choose to have my husband gone half of his life? Running up his expense account on some young... Do you think that I'm going to choose to turn 40? Do you think that? Don't be so damned smug.

• Harry Orwell : The time for gentlemanly behavior is past. You have to tell me about your wife, about the way she lives, about the men she spends her afternoons with.

• [last lines] 

  Harry Orwell : The tumult and the shouting dies. The Captains and the Kings depart. Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, an humble and a contrite heart. Good luck, Admiral.

• Harry Orwell : What did he look like?

  Hutchins : Uh... you know, serve-and-rush-the-net type. Aggressive.