The Little Princess (1939)
Arthur Treacher: Bertie Minchin
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Quotes
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Sara Crewe : Mr. Bertie, will it be all right if I come again tomorrow?
Bertie Minchin : I shouldn't run away too often, princess. You might get punished, you know. I'll keep a sharp look out whenever the wounded come in.
Sara Crewe : You don't really believe he'll ever come, do you?
Bertie Minchin : Yes, yes, of course I do. I told you missing men often turn up.
Sara Crewe : Then I'd better come. You might not know if he's very much changed.
Bertie Minchin : All right, dear. You come.
Sara Crewe : Goodbye Mr. Bertie.
Bertie Minchin : Goodbye dear.
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Bertie Minchin : Today, my good woman, the British army is behind me.
Amanda Minchin : Hubert, that uniform! You're not going to war?
Bertie Minchin : Quite. To the very cannon's mouth, if need be!
Amanda Minchin : But why?
Bertie Minchin : Because, old girl, I'm fed to the teeth with your bullying. And your treatment of Rose and little Sara is the last straw! I prefer the less painful horrors of the battlefield.
Amanda Minchin : Are you daring to criticize me?
Bertie Minchin : Astonishing, isn't it? But it proves that I'm competent to lead my men into the very jaws of death!
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Sara Crewe : Please sir, were you with the troops at Mafeking?
Traumatized Young Soldier : Yes, of course I was. That's where I ran away, you know.
Sara Crewe : Did you know my father, Captain Crewe?
Traumatized Young Soldier : [cutting out a paper soldier] Yes, yes of course. That's a fine-looking officer, isn't he? He ought to do well.
Sara Crewe : But where did you see my father last? Where is he now?
Traumatized Young Soldier : Where is who?
Sara Crewe : My father!
Traumatized Young Soldier : Of course one soldier more or less doesn't make any difference, you know. That's why I'm making thousands and thousands of troops for England. See? Good strong fellows who won't be afraid as I was. I was afraid. That's why I ran away, you know.
Sara Crewe : Mr. Bertie, he says he knows my father, but he won't tell.
Bertie Minchin : He's living in a dream, Sara. He doesn't know what he's saying.
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Bertie Minchin : Don't be ridiculous, Amanda.
Amanda Minchin : Then, how do you account for those silk coverlets, those robes and other things that are there?
Bertie Minchin : Perhaps a little bird brought them in. Perhaps they grew legs and walked in. I don't know. All I do know is that little Sara wouldn't steal.
Colonel : Bertie!
Bertie Minchin : Yes?
Colonel : Bertie, what do you think has happened? The little princess found her father!
Bertie Minchin : She's found him!
Amanda Minchin : Captain Crewe is alive?
Bertie Minchin : Of course, he's alive! How could she find him, if he wasn't alive?
Sara Crewe : Oh, Mr. Bertie! I've found my father!
Bertie Minchin : Darling, I'm so glad!