The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
Ralph Richardson: Lord Mere
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Logan : Think back to that sacred ceremony. There she stood... an innocent girl about to face the most perilous moment in her life.
Lord Mere : Look here, Logan, you've got this slightly mixed. She's not an innocent girl. Before she married me, she was divorced from Lord Lauderdale... trains race hoses.
Logan : Oh.
Lord Mere : Uh huh, and you can say "Oh!" again. Before she married Lord Lauderdale, she was divorced from the Baron de Brussac who makes an inferior grade of brandy.
Logan : She's a French woman?
Lord Mere : An American. Her first husband was called Wild Man Cavanaugh - a professional wrestler by trade. She got rid of him at Reno.
Logan : She's impossible! Four marriages, and she's so young.
Lord Mere : Who said she was so young?
Logan : Uh, you did, didn't you?
Lord Mere : Ah hah. As a matter of fact, she looks young - enchantingly so. But, she's a serpent, you know... a viper. Coils herself about the heart of an innocent man and then strikes. I must get rid of her or face certain ruin.
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Lord Mere : What's your opinion of women, Peters?
Peters, Club Attendant : Well, me lord, they have their uses as we know, but as to consulting with them, as you might say, I've only dabbled with them.
Lord Mere : Well, why don't we leave it at that? Women are a menace... a menace, Peters. Look at Eden.
Peters, Club Attendant : What, the foreign secretary, sir?
Lord Mere : No, you fool. The Garden of Eden - Adam and Eve. You know the story?
Peters, Club Attendant : Well, yes, I remember... but it was a little bit before my time.
Lord Mere : Well, it's still going on. The woman leads the man up the garden path and leaves him in the lurch for a snake in the grass.
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Leslie : [At the fox hunt at Mere Hall] Who's the man she's talking to?
Lord Mere : By gad, it's that cad, Limmet.
Leslie : Well, why a cad?
Lord Mere : Awful fella. Shoots foxes all the time and rides over hounds half the winter.
Leslie : And what does he do with his spare time?
Lord Mere : Makes love to other fellow's wives. But if he thinks he's got a chance with Clare, he's barking up the wrong tree.
[Switch to Lady Mere telling Limmet she'll meet him somewhere]