Adele Cecil quotes from Inspector Morse

Adele Cecil

This anagram, "around eve" — I've tried and I've tried, but all I can come up with is "Endeavour". And no-one's called Endeavour, surely?

I told you — my mother was a Quaker, and Quakers sometimes call their children names like 'Hope', and 'Patience'. My father was obsessed with Captain Cook, and his ship was called Endeavour. Why aren't you both laughing?

Lewis

You poor sod!

Adele Cecil

I'm not calling you "Endeavour".

Lewis

Call him "Sir". He likes that.

Adele Cecil

Oh, no, no,— I'll stick to "Morse", like everyone else.

[Raises his glass of beer.] Cheers!

That which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Adele Cecil

I had no idea you were so poetic, Chief Inspector.

I'm not, it's what my mother used to say.

Adele Cecil

No idea, but have you learned the simple dues of fellowship?

I believe I have, do you know, Kershaw?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sir