Five and Ten (1931)

Mary Duncan: Muriel Preston

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• John Rarick : [overheard from corridor]  If I give you this money, what assurance have I that you'll keep your word?

  Jennifer Rarick : [overheard from corridor]  You give me one hundred thousand now, and the rest when I get the divorce. I'll take *your* word, Mr. Rarick.

  John Rarick : I've dealt with a lot of merchandise - this is the first time I've bought a husband.

  Jennifer Rarick : And it's the first time I've ever sold one.

  [Jennifer enters and grabs the check] 

  Jennifer Rarick : No you don't. You're not selling any husband to me!

  Muriel Preston : You want Berry, don't you?

  Jennifer Rarick : Not this way, no! I've tried it once, but I'm not trying to buy Berry again. He's not for sale.

  Muriel Preston : Oh... well I won't divorce him.

  Jennifer Rarick : You think I'm afraid of a scandal... Well I'm not!

  John Rarick : Jennifer!

  Jennifer Rarick : [to her father]  I love Berry. He's all that matters to me...

  Jennifer Rarick : [turns back to Muriel]  ... And you can't make me lose him again.

  Muriel Preston : [chuckles]  Lose him. That's a little far fetched, isn't it? He's hardly yours to lose.

  Jennifer Rarick : Isn't he. He loves me. You *know* he loves me. No matter what you think, he's been fair to you. I've told Berry that I wouldn't see him again until you talked things fairly and gave him up. But I won't bother to be fair any longer.

  Muriel Preston : You're very foolish, my dear. Goodbye, Mr. Rarick. Perhaps you can make Jennifer realize that the only permanent hold on a man like Berry is a wedding ring.

  Jennifer Rarick : Is it? That's how well you know Berry!

  Muriel Preston : I know men, my dear, and Berry is no different from the rest.

• Leslie : [at the swimming pool]  Hello, Rarick! Good to see you. I can't shake hands with you, I'm all dripping.

  [to Berry and Muriel] 

  Leslie : So, you know Jennifer Rarick, don't you? She's a new patron at my home for wayward girls.

  Muriel Preston : Oh, really, how interesting. Come on, Berry, let's go for a swim.

  Berry Rhodes : Could I get a room there?

• Muriel Preston : Just a minute, you don't seem to realize that Berry is engaged to me, Miss Rarick.

  Jennifer Rarick : Is he?

  Muriel Preston : Yes. And in our set it isn't very sporty to play around with a man who belongs to someone else. Of course, you wouldn't be expected to know that. You don't like to hear the truth, do you? Just because you bought yourself into a weekend, doesn't mean that you belong. Berry may step outside his own class, to play around. But, that's all it means.