Memorable Quotes from David Lodge
1 quoteTelephone Troubles in Nice
Inspector Clouseau
... I am from the Nice Telephone Company; there is some trouble with your phone.
[at Lytton Manor in Nice, while working undercover as a telephone repairman, Clouseau has already annihilated the Lyttons' doorbell!]
Mac
...I don't think there's any trouble with the telephones here.
Inspector Clouseau
I know when there is a trouble, and when there is not a trouble, and you may rest assured that there is a trouble.
Mac
Since when?
Inspector Clouseau
Since it was reported.
Mac
By whom? And what sort of trouble is it?
Inspector Clouseau
If I knew that, I could simply call you up and tell you what the trouble with your telephone is!
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