The Witches (1990)

Anne Lambton: Woman in Black

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Quotes 

• Elsie : Wait! Wait!

  [Miss Ernst and the others stop and turn around] 

  Elsie : I smell... dogs' droppings.

  [all the witches gasp and begin to sniff around] 

  Woman in Black : Ugh! The smell!

  Miss Ernst : She's right! Search out this small lump of dung! Find it! It must be exterminated immediatly!

• Woman in Black : Hello, young man. What a magnificent tree-house. Did you build it yourself?

  Luke : My dad and I did.

  Woman in Black : [opening her purse]  I've got something for you here. Something I think you'll like.

  [Her eyes glow. Luke gasps] 

  Woman in Black : Jump down, and I'll show you.

  Luke : No!

  Woman in Black : What?

  Luke : No, thank you very much.

  Woman in Black : It's worth a lot of money...

  Luke : This is private property.

  Woman in Black : [pulling a snake out of her purse]  There's nothing to be frightened of, I just wanted to give you this. I find him on my walks, he's quite harmless. See? Little boys love snakes. Here, he's yours.

  Luke : [calling]  Grandma!

  Woman in Black : Look, I'll leave him here if you like, then you can come down on your own and get him. They wriggle away quite quickly... UNLESS you tell them not to.

  [she whispers to the snake] 

• [after being transformed into a mouse] 

  Witch Chef : [runs in the restaurant to warn the other witches]  Don't touch it! It's in the soup! Don't touch the soup!

  [Miss Ernst looks down and sees a mouse, shrieks] 

  Woman in Black : A child!

  [she stomps on the mouse killing her instantly] 

  Miss Ernst : Good.

• Grand High Witch : Witches of England... You are a disgrace! Miserable witches... You are good-for-nothing worms! Everywhere I look, I see the repulsive sight of hundreds, thousands of revolting little children... I ask you!

  [points] 

  Grand High Witch : Why? One child a week is no good to me!

  Woman in Black : [stands]  We will do better! We will do much better!

  Grand High Witch : Better is no good either! I demand maximum results!

• [before the meeting, a witch is scratching underneath her wig, another witch next to her notices this and stops her] 

  Woman in Black : [quietly enunciates]  NOT! YET!