Jamaica Inn (1939)

William Devlin: Burdkin - Sir Humphrey's Tenant

Quotes 

• Burdkin - Sir Humphrey's Tenant : I'm here to complain. I want my rights.

  Sir Humphrey Pengallan : Your rights? I don't listen to that sort of talk.

  Burdkin - Sir Humphrey's Tenant : I've the law on my side.

  Sir Humphrey Pengallan : You haven't! I'm the law here in Pengallan, and you haven't me on your side, and won't have, while you take that tone. Next, you'll be telling me you're as good as I am.

  Burdkin - Sir Humphrey's Tenant : I'm a man, same as you.

  Sir Humphrey Pengallan : Put that out of your head, my friend, before it lands you in the hulks. You're not as good as I am, and never will be. Nature was against it from the start, and everything has been against it ever since. I'm a gentleman.

  [Turns to his administrator] 

  Sir Humphrey Pengallan : Have him run out, Davis! Give him twenty-four hours.