Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series)
Rumpole and the Younger Generation (1978)
Edward de Souza: Mr Bernard
Quotes
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Horace Rumpole : [musing to himself] Ah, the Timsons, en famille, in all their glory. It's like an old school reunion. I've never seen so many ex-clients at one go.
[out loud]
Horace Rumpole : Ah, Mr. Bernard. You're instructing me?
Mr. Bernard : Always, in a Timson case, Mr. Rumpole.
Fred Timson : Nothing but the best for the Timsons. Best solicitor, best barrister going. Shall I do the honours? Vi, my wife.
Horace Rumpole : [to himself] I got Vi off on a handling charge, after the Croydon bank raid. Well, there was really no evidence.
Fred Timson : ...Uncle Cyril...
Horace Rumpole : [to himself] What was his last outing, exactly? Carrying housebreaking instruments by night.
Fred Timson : ...Uncle Dennis. Oh, you remember Den, surely ?
Horace Rumpole : [to himself] Oh yes. Conspiracy to forge log books.
Fred Timson : ...and Den's Doris...
Horace Rumpole : [to himself] A bit of receiving a vast quantity of stolen scampi. Yes, acquitted by a majority.
Fred Timson : ...and yours truly, Frederick Timson, the boy's father.
Horace Rumpole : [to himself] Ah, we had a slip-up with Fred's last spot of bother. I was away, with flu. George Frobisher took it over. He got three years. He must only just have got out.
Fred Timson : Well, now you know the whole family, Mr. Rumpole.
Horace Rumpole : [to himself] A family to breed from, the Timsons! Without them, the Old Bailey would go out of business.