Memorable Quotes from Tuppence Middleton
1 quoteDebate on Agreement Among Colleagues
Hugh Alexander
So who do you agree with? Alan or myself?
Helen
Well, Alan, of course.
Alan Turing
I'm very flattered really, but I... I don't think that...
[stammering; Joan kicks him under the table]
Hugh Alexander
Rubbish.
Helen
Well, I work beside a man every day, and I can't help but have developed a bit of a crush on him.
Hugh Alexander
Well, who is this man? So I can kick his arse.
Helen
Oh, there's no need to worry, it's been chaste. We've never even met. He's a German.
Hugh Alexander
Now I really want to kill him.
Alan Turing
Er... How... How do you mean you work alongside a German?
Helen
Well, each of us intercepts messages from a specific German radio tower. So we have a counterpart on the other side, who's tip-tapping out the messages. Everyone types a touch differently, so you get to know the rhythm of your counterpart. It's strangely intimate. I feel as if I know him so well. It's a pity he has a girlfriend, but that's why I disagree with you, Mr. Alexander, because I'm in love with a coworker of sorts and we've never even met.
Hugh Alexander
Well, allow me to buy you another pint and I'll tell you why you're wrong.
Helen
Let's.
Hugh Alexander
Excellent.
Joan Clarke
In case you were wondering, that's what flirting looks like.
Alan Turing
HELEN!
[loudly]
Joan Clarke
Alan!
[slightly embarrassed, as his shout has drawn attention to them]
Helen
Yes, Alan?
Alan Turing
Why do you think your German counterpart has a girlfriend?
[gets up and faces her]
Helen
It's just a stupid joke. Don't worry about it.
Alan Turing
No, no, no, no, no, tell me.
Helen
Well, each of his messages begins with the same five letters. C-I-L-L-Y. So I suspect that Cilly must be the name of his amore.
Alan Turing
But that's impossible. The Germans are instructed to use five random letters at the start of every message.
Helen
Well, this bloke doesn't.
Hugh Alexander
Love will make a man do strange things, I suppose.
Alan Turing
In this case.... love just lost Germany the whole bloody war!
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