Dear old digitalis…

   
Can anyone guess in which film (and presumably which novel) Aunt Julie utters the line “Dear old digitalis.”

UPDATE: Karen’s comment made me go off to the Google and I couldn’t find the answer. I wonder what search terms she used. What I did find out was that Aunt Julie is actually Aunt Juley. It has been decades since I read the book, but I have seen the film a million times. And, as Karen says, Googling is cheating.

And here is another quote from Aunt Juley in the same film/book:

All the [insert family name] are exceptional. They are British to the backbone, of course, but their father was German, which is why they care for literature and art.

5 thoughts on “Dear old digitalis…

  1. Karen K. June 3, 2011 / 10:03 am

    I had no idea so I had to google it! Now I know but I won't say since I had to cheat and find the answer.

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  2. rhapsodyinbooks June 3, 2011 / 4:09 pm

    Hmm, I don't understand why you couldn't find it on Google. I googled it and the first two hits were of this post, and then the rest were all referencing Howard's End, without even having to click on the hits.

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  3. StuckInABook June 3, 2011 / 4:19 pm

    I knew I'd read it this year, from that quotation, and yet I still couldn't think of it without cheating…

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  4. Mary June 4, 2011 / 11:40 pm

    My book club is reading that book this month. I love the color of the foxglove in the picture.

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  5. Thomas at My Porch June 5, 2011 / 1:14 pm

    Karen: Have you read it?

    Rhapsody: The only thing I found had to do with Edith Wharton oddly enough. Spelling Aunt Juley correctly makes all the differences.

    Simon: I probably wouldn't have remembered if I hadn't seen the movie a million times.

    Mary: I hope you are enjoying it.

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