The Skin Game (1931)
Phyllis Konstam: Chloe Hornblower
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Quotes
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Mr. Hornblower - The Hornblowers : I've had a note - from that woman.
[shows Chloe the note]
Mr. Hornblower - The Hornblowers : Well, what's the meaning of it, eh? Is it shear impudence or lunacy or what?
Chloe Hornblower : I don't know.
Mr. Hornblower - The Hornblowers : Aw, Chloe, if there's anything, you better tell me. Forewarned is forearmed, you know.
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Rolf Hornblower : How's the head?
Chloe Hornblower : Oh, beastly. Thanks. I say, let's go in the study for a minute.
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Chloe Hornblower : You are playing a game with me. Aren't you ashamed? What harm have I done you? Do you call this cricket?
Dawker : No, my girl, business.
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Chloe Hornblower : Oh, leave me alone. Do! I'm happy here. Be a sport. Oh, be a sport!
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Chloe Hornblower : Don't stop loving me, Charlie.
Charles Hornblower : Stop? Not much!
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Mr. Hornblower - The Hornblowers : Now then, let's have this impudent story torn to rags.
Chloe Hornblower : What story?
Mr. Hornblower - The Hornblowers : That you, my dear, were a woman who, oh it's too shocking, I don't know how to tell you!
Chloe Hornblower : Go on.
Mr. Hornblower - The Hornblowers : Were a woman that went with men to get them their divorce.
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Chloe Hornblower : Don't tell Charlie. Don't tell Charlie!
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Chloe Hornblower : I've been on hot bricks all this month, ever sense the row started and Dawker began to spy on me. I knew it was in the wind! What gets in the wind never gets out. Never! It just blows and then blows home.
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Chloe Hornblower : A man isn't going to be satisfied when there's something he suspects about his wife.
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Chloe Hornblower : I don't know what I'll do. I've got soft, being looked after. He does love me. And if he throws me off, I shall go under, that's all.