The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2 Page #9

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No. I mean no!

Well, why not? What's been stopping you?

Well, you have.

What?

That's not fair.

Do you mean I didn't need to be

carrying on with any of these men?

There's more than one?

I am only out there

because I thought you were.

Look, I'm not "out" at all.

I couldn't be more "in."

You know, when we met...

you said you were lonely.

I was. It doesn't mean I was celibate.

I don't want to be

that lonely again, Norman.

Neither do I.

Mr. Norman Cousins and Miss Carol Parr.

Both here!

Miss Theresa Beech.

Present.

If no longer correct.

- Miss Madge Hardcastle.

- Here.

Mrs. Muriel Donnelly.

Just about.

Mr. Douglas Ainslie.

Learning my speech.

A couple of days, I'll be fine.

Mrs. Evelyn Greenslade.

Not back yet. Which is a surprise.

Mr. Guy Chambers.

Now whether you want

my good wishes or not...

you'll have them on your wedding day.

Thank you.

I don't care what you are.

I still would.

How will you rate us?

Not that it matters now, but...

what will the report say?

Shall I be frank?

A welcome change.

To say that...

there is huge room for improvement

in the running of this hotel...

would be to understate the surreally

haphazard nature of your operation.

Thank you... for your feedback.

But the fact that

you get away with it...

I mean, it's a testament to the...

to the reservoirs of affection

in which you're held

by the residents here.

No-one can put a price on that.

So, I would have said...

that with a new and better-equipped

facility like the Supreme Quality...

you would have had my endorsement.

Would have?

Well, I'm resigning.

My position is totally compromised here.

I see.

But you've got another inspector

right here.

I don't like the people she works for

but if that's the only game in town...

We've spoken already.

Her recommendation is also based upon

the acquisition of

the Supreme Quality Hotel.

Why don't you just do a deal with him?

If only for the sake

of your beautiful bride.

Right, well I'll be, I'll be staying

at the Viceroy until my plane leaves.

Could you... Would you please

tell your mother...

Would you please tell her

that I'm quitting my job?

What are you going to do?

Write my book.

She knows the story.

Mr. Chambers.

Allow me to offer you

a lift to the Viceroy Club.

Vikram's beautiful minibus awaits.

Please.

Good.

Careful. You'll never get back up again.

Well, you're still in one

slightly sagging piece, I see.

Barely. The plane was diverted

just before landing.

A cow on the runway. Not exactly

the way I always wanted to go.

Death by cow.

I suppose it would make people

sit up and take notice.

Yeah, I wouldn't want that.

I'd like everyone to turn around

one day and realize I've already gone.

Tell me about Mumbai.

Did you find your spine?

Well, I'm taking the job.

I thought I wouldn't. I thought...

"How many new lives can we have?"

And then I thought, "As many as we like."

While we can.

Be a lot of traveling.

How else could I come home afterwards?

You'd be missed.

You do know that? You must know that.

Anyway, Mrs. Greenslade,

the wedding is nearly upon us.

You got your glad rags ready?

I'm a bit nervous, actually.

It's a big day.

For all of us.

I never understood why anyone

would want to get married.

I barely found a bugger

I could spend a week with...

let alone a life.

But I've been looking forward to this.

And it turns out some things

really are worth the wait.

I'm not good with special occasions...

or the gifts that go with them.

So you'll have to make do

with this letter instead.

Written from the heart

to the children I never had.

I said at your party, I don't do advice.

I do opinions.

And my opinion of the groom is this:

he gets plenty wrong...

but never when it counts.

And when he's right...

My friends...

it is something to behold.

I must tell you, the reception cannot

take place at the Best

Exotic Marigold Hotel.

A bride as radiant as this one...

deserves a more splendid setting

for her wedding party...

and I have just the place.

Please, step into

Vikram's beautiful minibus.

And for those who are less close to it,

or just move slower...

you may use either

of his cousin's and together...

we shall ride to my new hotel!

- Don't look at me.

- No, no, no. Don't look at him.

Although, as the future unfolds,

perhaps we will also take the Supreme

Quality Hotel under our wing...

and my old friend

Kushal shall find himself

working but a short

distance beneath me...

such is the level

of my victorious magnanimity.

But for now, to your chariots!

And let us travel

to the new jewel in my crown!

The apple of my eye!

Let us travel to the pearl in my oyster!

No longer the Viceroy Club...

but my gift on her wedding day...

to the girl of my dreams,

where I will welcome you.

- Ladies and gentle gentlemen...

- Oh, yes.

...to the Second Best

Exotic Marigold Hotel!

That is for you! Come!

You see?

Ladies and Germs...

...I wonder if I could have

your attention just for a moment.

I have a few words I'd like to say:

I cannot rest from travel:

I will drink

Life to the lees

All times have I enjoyed greatly...

For always roaming with a hungry heart

Much have I seen and known;

I am a part of all that I have met;

Life piled on life Were all too little,

and of one to me

Little remains:
but every hour is saved

From that eternal silence,

something more,

A bringer of new things.

A few words of Alfred, Lord Tennyson...

speaking to something which we all know,

and should never forget.

That every hour brings new things.

And Sonny and Sunaina

have today announced...

that they want to face those hours...

...those things, this life together.

...those things, this life together.

And it's a privilege to be able...

to send them on their way

in such remarkable style.

Actually, talking of style...

I had a fairytale wedding myself.

I had a fairy tale wedding myself.

Although mine was Grimm.

Pause for laugh.

Moving on...

The two things we can give

our children, it seems to me...

it seems to me, are roots and wings.

And Sonny and Sunaina's wonderful

families have given them roots...

- And now...

- ...they can take flight together.

Read this.

...and as they embark on this...

Vegetarian, non-vegetarian...

journey, um, yeah, uh...

journey on which we send them

with all our love...

and, and, and tremendous...

you know...

not obviously...

This is what the...

the young...

This is what the young

make us remember...

For this is what the young

make us remember...

that in the end...

that in the end, it's all very simple...

that all it takes is

to look into someone's eyes...

and say... "Yes...

"this is what I want."

And for them to reply...

"it's what I want, too...

"and there's nothing to be afraid of."

Evelyn and I would like

to wish the two of you...

all the love and luck in the world.

And so say all of us.

Sonny and Sunaina!

If you really want to try monogamy,

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