Payment Deferred (1932)
Verree Teasdale: Mme. Collins
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Quotes
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Marguerite Collins : Here I am, tied to a little shop. Ah well. We must try to smile, eh? But it is lonely. My husband is in a hospital in France. The war.
William Marble : Where was he wounded?
Marguerite Collins : Ohhh...
[shakes head]
Marguerite Collins : . That I cannot tell you. Oh, it is terrible!
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Marguerite Collins : Oh!
[Noticing a painting on the wall of a stag]
Marguerite Collins : How interesting. It's so... male.
William Marble : Beg your pardon?
Marguerite Collins : It so, what you say, he-man.
William Marble : Oh, I see.
Marguerite Collins : Ha-ha-ha. Ha-ha-ha. Oh!
[Noticing a charcoal painting of nude]
Marguerite Collins : Oh-la-la! Ha-ha-ha.
William Marble : Oh, do you smoke?
Marguerite Collins : Thank you, yes.
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William Marble : I say, what's your name?
Marguerite Collins : Marguerite. But, my friends, they call me Rita.
William Marble : Including me?
Marguerite Collins : If you like. I think your wife would be a little, eh, surprised, eh?
William Marble : Shouldn't call you that in front of her.
Marguerite Collins : Oh, I think you are a very naughty man.
William Marble : It's your fault, you know, if I am.
Marguerite Collins : My fault? But why, if you please?
William Marble : Oh, your, I should like to have a talk with you, sometime. Your so wonderful. I've never met anyone like you before. I wonder if you and I...
Marguerite Collins : Ha-ha-ha.
William Marble : What are you laughing at?
Marguerite Collins : Oh, you amuse me so much. You big masterful men. No sooner have you thought of something that you want, when, voila... but, what about me? Have I nothing to say in the matter?
William Marble : Of course. but, I sort of thought, if you're lonely, well, I'm lonely, too.
Marguerite Collins : Oh. Ha-ha. But, I only tease you.
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William Marble : You must go away at once. My wife is ill, terribly ill
Marguerite Collins : What?
William Marble : She mustn't know you are here. It would upset her.
Marguerite Collins : Ha-ha-ha. So, you are so fond of her now?
William Marble : Yes, I am.
Marguerite Collins : What? That old bundle of rags.
William Marble : Keep your filthy mouth shut!
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Marguerite Collins : 500 pounds, please. I should ask for much more. Only I remember how much I love you, once.
William Marble : You're as hard as nails, aren't you?
Marguerite Collins : Well, you used to think so, once.
William Marble : When I think I ever could have wanted you, it makes me feel sick.
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Mr. Evans : My word, a taxi, if you please! I say, take look at our neighbors, will you. They're off to the seaside.
Marguerite Collins : Is it true, they have made some money?
Mr. Evans : Some money? He made a fortune!
Marguerite Collins : Oh. Is that his wife, in the dreadful clothes?
Mr. Evans : Yes. And that's his kid. The stuck up little baggage!