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Lord Darlington
The new owner of Darlington Hall, Mr. Farraday is one of a number of wealthy Americans who moved to Britain and bought up old country houses after World War II when the estates’ original owners were ruined financially or (as in Lord Darlington’s case) by public opinion. Farraday is more informal and jocular than what Stevens is used to, but at the same time Farraday is fascinated by Stevens as a relic of a former age—an age he wants to be able to purchase, in some way, for himself. Matching Farraday’s witty banter, nonetheless, is Stevens’s professional challenge for much of the book.
Mr. John Farraday Quotes in The Remains of the Day
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Prologue: July 1956
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It is quite possible, then, that my employer fully expects me to respond to his bantering in a like manner, and considers my failure to do so a form of negligence. This is, as I say, a matter which has given me much concern.
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Day Three: Morning
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I had been rather pleased with my witticism when it had first come into my head, and I must confess I was slightly disappointed it had not been better received than it was. I was particularly disappointed, I suppose, because I have been devoting some time and effort over recent months to improving my skill in this very area. That is to say, I have been endeavouring to add this skill to my professional armoury so as to fulfil with confidence all Mr. Farraday’s expectations with respect to bantering.
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Mr. John Farraday Quotes in The Remains of the Day
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Prologue: July 1956
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It is quite possible, then, that my employer fully expects me to respond to his bantering in a like manner, and considers my failure to do so a form of negligence. This is, as I say, a matter which has given me much concern.
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Day Three: Morning
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I had been rather pleased with my witticism when it had first come into my head, and I must confess I was slightly disappointed it had not been better received than it was. I was particularly disappointed, I suppose, because I have been devoting some time and effort over recent months to improving my skill in this very area. That is to say, I have been endeavouring to add this skill to my professional armoury so as to fulfil with confidence all Mr. Farraday’s expectations with respect to bantering.
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