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Barry was treated with great civility and was asked a thousand questionsabout England, which he answered as best he could, inventing a thousand stories. He described the king and the ministers, boasted that the British ambassadorin Berlin was his uncle and even offered Captain Potzdorfa letter of introduction. His host seemed quite satisfiedwith these stories. But at the same time he led Barry on with a skillful combinationof questions and flattery. You will have to pardon me.I know so little about your country of England. Except that you arethe bravest nation in the world and that we are really fortunateto have such allies. Lieutenant Fakenham, let us drink to the friendshipof our two great nations. To our two great nations
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Barry was treated with great civility
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and was asked a thousand questions about England
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which he answered as best he could
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inventing a thousand stories
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He described the king and the ministers
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boasted that the British ambassador in Berlin was his uncle
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and even offered Captain Potzdorf a letter of introduction
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His host seemed quite satisfied with these stories
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But at the same time he led Barry on
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with a skillful combination of questions and flattery
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You will have to pardon me I know so little about your country of England
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Except that you are the bravest nation in the world
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and that we are really fortunate to have such allies
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Lieutenant Fakenham
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let us drink to the friendship of our two great nations
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To our two great nations
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Movie Summary
An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.
