Keeping Up Appearances (TV Series)

The Country House Sale (1995)

Patricia Routledge: Hyacinth

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Richard : Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!

  Hyacinth : Richard, what's the matter?

  Richard : You know what's the matter. It's the sale tomorrow.

  Hyacinth : Ahh, I know, I am excited too.

  Richard : I'm not excited, I'm terrified.

  Hyacinth : Mmm?

  Richard : The thought of you at a sale.

  Hyacinth : Oh, I do love a sale!

  Richard : Especially the thought of you at a country house sa...

  Hyacinth : Especially country house sales.

  Richard : You get carried away! You think that because things have belonged to the aristocracy, they must be worth twice as much!

  Hyacinth : You know, the truth is I always think that because things have belonged to the aristocracy they must be worth twice as much!

• [last lines] 

  Hyacinth : I do hope you'll all join me in a bottle of the Dowager Lady Ursula's hame-mode geeseberry woon.

  Hyacinth : [to Onslow]  Hellooo.

• Hyacinth : Today could be the day I'm mistaken for somebody important.