The Countess Scarlioni quotes from Doctor Who

The Countess Scarlioni

I was rather under the impression that it was Mr. Duggan who was following me.

Ah. Well, you're a beautiful woman, probably; and Duggan was trying to sum up the courage to ask you to dinner. Weren't you, Duggan?

The Countess Scarlioni

Who sent you?

Who sent me what?

How very curious. Two thieves enter the Louvre Gallery and come out.. With a bracelet! Couldn't you think of anything more interesting to steal?

Well, I just thought it was awfully pretty, er... terribly unusual design. 'Course it would have been much nicer to have stolen one of the pictures, but I've tried that before, and all sorts of alarms go off, which disturbs the concentration.

Hah-hah, yes it would. So you stole the bracelet simply because it's... pretty.

Yes. ...Well, I think it is; don't you?

Yes...

The Countess Scarlioni

My dear, I don't think he's as stupid as he seems.

My dear, nobody could be as stupid as he seems.

How long have you been married to the Count?

The Countess Scarlioni

Long enough.

Oh, "long enou..." I like that. Discretion and charm. So civilized. So terribly unhelpful.

The Countess Scarlioni

Discretion and charm. Hm. I couldn't live without it, especially in matters concerning the Count.

There is such a thing as discretion. There's also such a thing as willful blindness.

The Countess Scarlioni

Blind? I help him to steal the Mona Lisa, the greatest crime in the century, and you call me blind?

Yes! You see the Count as a master criminal, an art dealer, an insanely wealthy man. And you'd like to see yourself as his consort. But what's he doing in the cellar?

The Countess Scarlioni

[bitterly] ...Tinkering. Every man must have his hobby.

Man? Are you sure of that? A man with one eye, and green skin, eh? Ransacking the art treasures of history to help him make a machine to reunite him with his people, the Jaggeroth?

And you didn't notice anything. How discreet. How charming.