Quality Street (1937)

Katharine Hepburn: Phoebe Throssel

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• Dr. Valentine Brown : You know, Miss Phoebe.

  Phoebe Throssel : [Nervously]  Yes, Mr. Brow... Brown.

  Dr. Valentine Brown : To me you'll always be like this quiet, old-fashioned garden full of the flowers I love best because I've known them longest. The daisy that stands for innocence, the hyacinth for constancy, the modest violet, and the rose.

  Phoebe Throssel : It's a pretty speech, sir.

  Dr. Valentine Brown : And from the heart.

• Susan Throssel : A misunderstanding.

  Phoebe Throssel : Just a mistake.

  Susan Throssel : We can let it down. Other gentlemen have been attracted by you, Phoebe.

  Phoebe Throssel : I didn't want them.

  Susan Throssel : They will come again. And others.

  Phoebe Throssel : No. Never speak of that to me anymore. I let him kiss me.

  Susan Throssel : You could not prevent him.

  Phoebe Throssel : Yes, I could. I know I could now. I wanted him to do it. Oh, never speak to me of others after that. Perhaps he saw I wanted him to do it and did it to please me. But I meant it. Indeed, I did. And I gave it to him with all my love. Sister, I could bear all the rest... But I've been unladylike.