Memorable Quotes from John Halliday
2 quotesA Conversation About Care and Responsibility
Donald Gibson
Listen, Harrington. Nancy cares for you.
Sir Guy Harrington
Does she?
Gibson
You can't let her down.
Harrington
What is it, exactly, you wish me to do?
Gibson
Well I want you to get rid of Peggy, and give Nancy a square deal.
Harrington
Am I to understand that you are suggesting that I should devote myself in the future to your wife?
Gibson
Yes, that's it. You'll never regret it.
[Hesitates.; Steps away again, then quickly turns back.]
Harrington
You may be right, and you may be wrong. But isn't that a rather noble attitude on your part? ... You're not trying to shift Nancy over to me so that you can go away with Peggy, are you?
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Gibson
No, you don't understand, Harrington. You see ... when you really love someone, you want them to be happy. No matter what it costs.
Harrington
You know, I'm beginning to like you, Gibson.
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Anticipation of Arrival Home
Nancy Gibson
Well, did you find out?
[Emerging from a brief catnap, she first turns to see an empty deck chair, then looks up just in time to acknowledge her traveling companion's return.]
Sir Guy Harrington
Yes, the captain assures me we'll dock by noon tomorrow.
Gibson
Oh, then we are making up time. I was so afraid we'd be late.
Harrington
So you're really... happy to be getting home.
Gibson
Oh, so happy.
Harrington
Just what does home mean to you, if I may ask?
Gibson
Why, it means ... everything I love! ... My house, my garden ... my husband...
Harrington
By Jove, I believe you mean it. It's most refreshing.
[Pauses to take a drag on his cigarette.]
Gibson
What's refreshing?
[Turns and regards her traveling companion quizzically.]
Harrington
Oh, to find, in this day and age, a woman who truly loves her husband. You know, I thought all American women were restless and dissatisfied.
Gibson
That just shows you haven't been to America.
Harrington
No, but I've met a good number of your countrywomen on the continent.
Gibson
Well, that accounts for it; our happy women stay home.
Harrington
You didn't.
[Gently]
Gibson
Oh, but that's different: my mother was ill in Paris, they cabled for me, now she's all right.
Harrington
You know, I must meet this exceptional husband of yours.
Gibson
He'll be on the dock tomorrow.
[Smiles]
Harrington
Aren't husbands the faithful old things.
[Takes another drag, ruefully conceding his defeat.; This elicits one more quizzical sidelong glance before Gibson laughs along with Sir Guy, perhaps belatedly grasping what has just taken place.]
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