“If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion....” – Lady Trentham, Gosford Park ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Gosford Park 2001

Lady Trentham Maggie Smith

If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.

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