Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)

William Post Jr.: Gerald P. North

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• Gerald P. North : I hate to tell you how much I missed you.

  Pamela North : For just one day?

  Gerald P. North : Didn't you?

  Pamela North : Well, of course! But, then, I'm a woman.

• Pamela North : I only stayed a little while.

  Gerald P. North : Why didn't you tell me?

  Pamela North : Well, I didn't tell you because, well, you would have asked did I take a drink and if I'd said yes, then you would have worried. And I hate to have you worry.

  Gerald P. North : Did you take a drink?

  Pamela North : Well, only one. But, it's good for me Gerry. It's good my driving. It gives me confidence.

• Pamela North : I don't know who it is, but I know it's someone. Someone's been in this room while we were away, I'm sure of it.

  Jane Wilson : What makes you think so?

  Pamela North : Well, my hand mirror was on the dressing table, right-side up, and was on the wrong side of the powder box. Now, it's on the right side and that's the wrong side and...

  Stuart Blanton : The right side is the wrong side?

  Gerald P. North : Don't try to understand it, just at first, it takes time.

  Pamela North : The wrong side is the right side and nobody but a burglar would put anything on my dressing table on the right side. I never do!

• Pamela North : That makes things look pretty bad for us, doesn't it?

  Gerald P. North : It makes things look awful bad.

  Pamela North : But, in a way, it's a judgment on you. You never should have told me what I couldn't do.

• Gerald P. North : By George, he's that English author we're trying to land. She's right. I did go to the Pierre, but he was surrounded by a bunch of newspapermen and adoring dames, that I stayed only about 10 minutes.

• Gerald P. North : There's only one thing for me to do. I'm going out and get drunk!