City Gardener

下午茶四點
八點進晚宴
謀殺在半夜
--Gosford Park--英國鄉間幽默睿智的《東方快車謀殺案》



不知道為什麼，每次受點風寒在家休息，總是喜歡裹著大毛毯，躺在客廳看英國電影。
大概這是為什麼《A Room With A View》，會被我看過十遍以上了吧！
但這次感冒卻突然想念起另一部電影－四年前的《Gosford Park》。
其實是有原因的，只是說來話長．．．
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電影中的對白:

Henry Denton (Ryan Phillipe): You British really don't have a sense of humor do you?
Elsie -- Head Housemaid (Emily Watson): We do if something's funny.

Morris Weissman: Oh, is it like a buffet today?
Baron Raymond Stockbridge: The Englishman is never waited on at breakfast.
Morris Weissman: Well, that's interesting, because an American always is.


Jeremy Northam (右) 扮演 Ivor Novello在電影中演唱And Her Mother Came too

And Her Mother Came Too(1921)

I seem to be the victim of a cruel jest,
It dogs my footsteps with the girl I love the best.
She's just the sweetest thing that I have ever known,
But still we never get the chance to be alone.

My car will meet her — And her mother comes too!
It's a two-seater — Still her mother comes too!
At Ciro's when I am free,
At dinner, supper or tea,
She loves to shimmy with me — And her mother does too!

We buy her trouseau — And her mother comes too!
Asked not to do so — Still her mother comes too!
She simply can't take a snub, I go and sulk at the club,
Then have a bath and a rub — And her brother comes too!

There may be times when couples need a chaperone,
But mothers ought to learn to leave a chap alone.
I wish they'd have a heart and use their common sense
For three's a crowd, and more, it's treble the expense.

We lunch at Maxim's — And her mother comes too!
How large a snack seems — When her mother comes too!
And when they're visiting me,
We finish afternoon tea,
She loves to sit on my knee — And her mother does too!

To golf we started — And her mother came too!
Three bags I carted — When her mother came too!
She fainted just off the tee,
My darling whisper'd to me — "Jack, dear, at last we are free!"
But her mother came to!

Music by Ivor Novello
Words by Dion Titheradge