Rupert Venneker quotes from The Sundowners (1960)

Do me a favor, will you? If you're gonna be a drover, look like a drover. Get rid of that silly flaming hat.

Rupert Venneker

Let me tell you about this silly flaming hat, my good man.

And don't call me that. I'm not your good man.

Rupert Venneker

Would you prefer boss?

Wouldn't be a bad idea.

Rupert Venneker

This cap belonged to a ship's master in the China trade.

Oh, what happened to him?

Rupert Venneker

Nothing happened to him. He's just not going to call you boss, that's all.

Why'd you leave?

Rupert Venneker

My stomach. I was a notoriously bad sailor.

Dad says you must have been a better sailor than you are a horseman.

Rupert Venneker

What the devil is he talking about? I was cashiered from the 17th Lancers before he knew one end of a horse from the other! NOT that he does now! Hah!

What does cashiered mean?

Rupert Venneker

Uh - kind of promotion from the army into civilian life.

Gee, it's gonna be fun. This is the first time I've ever been away from home.

What, with your mom and dad not fifty yards outside that window, and you call that being away from home?

Rupert Venneker

Certainly. Being out in the world is a state of mind, not of geography. The distance between that tent and this bunker is the longest journey you will ever make in your life.