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[last lines] Mrs. St. Maugham:
[on the verge of tears]
Is it a crime to want to be remembered? Miss Madrigal:
No. The Pharaohs built the pyramids for that reason. Mrs. St. Maugham:
What do women do in my case? Miss Madrigal:
It wouldn't hurt to go on gardening. Mrs. St. Maugham:
Have I've a muddle of my garden... and my heart? Will Olivia forgive me? Miss Madrigal:
In time, perhaps. Mrs. St. Maugham:
Would you stay with me? Would you? Miss Madrigal:
I'll stay... as long as I'm wanted. You know, we could make this place so full of life - a good life - and people would come from everywhere to see us. What do you think? Mrs. St. Maugham:
I must know one thing. Miss Madrigal:
What's that? Mrs. St. Maugham:
Did you do it? Miss Madrigal:
What many learned men at the top of their profession couldn't find out after a long, long trial. Why should you know. Mrs. St. Maugham:
Forty years ago, I should have said the same thing, but I warn you, before I die, I'll find out. [the two walk off together]
[on the verge of tears]
Is it a crime to want to be remembered? Miss Madrigal:
No. The Pharaohs built the pyramids for that reason. Mrs. St. Maugham:
What do women do in my case? Miss Madrigal:
It wouldn't hurt to go on gardening. Mrs. St. Maugham:
Have I've a muddle of my garden... and my heart? Will Olivia forgive me? Miss Madrigal:
In time, perhaps. Mrs. St. Maugham:
Would you stay with me? Would you? Miss Madrigal:
I'll stay... as long as I'm wanted. You know, we could make this place so full of life - a good life - and people would come from everywhere to see us. What do you think? Mrs. St. Maugham:
I must know one thing. Miss Madrigal:
What's that? Mrs. St. Maugham:
Did you do it? Miss Madrigal:
What many learned men at the top of their profession couldn't find out after a long, long trial. Why should you know. Mrs. St. Maugham:
Forty years ago, I should have said the same thing, but I warn you, before I die, I'll find out. [the two walk off together]
Full Transcript
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I don't like to be read to
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Then you read to me
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Stuffy I can tell by the cover
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What's it about
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It's about a little girl very much like I was
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a girl who has everything
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except the one thing she wants
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And what's that
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A friend
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Well I must go and tell Maitland
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he's forgotten to lay the bonfire
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He didn't forget I told him not to
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Never again
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You don't know what I'm liable to do
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Movie Summary
An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed and spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice, as an example of love, and grows into a better person.
Actors
Mrs. St. Maugham
Miss Madrigal
