The Crash (1932)

Paul Cavanagh: Ronnie Sanderson

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• Ronnie Sanderson : I've seen you before, you know. In Hamilton, before you came here.

  Linda Gault : Where? In the bar? That's right. I was trying to drink myself to death. Oh, but it wasn't my fault, you know. I'm so young and women are so helpless.

  Ronnie Sanderson : Women aren't helpless. They're the most dangerous creatures alive.

  Linda Gault : Splendid! You look like a man who can face danger. Shall we take a walk?

• Ronnie Sanderson : I don't care how I get you. I want you so.

• Ronnie Sanderson : Do you think that's quite square?

• Geoffrey Gault : Tell me, are you really a sheepherder?

  Ronnie Sanderson : I raise sheep.

• Linda Gault : How did you happen to have a... "station" in Australia?

  Ronnie Sanderson : Nothing to tell, really. I went broke after the War. Most of us did, you know. So I went off to Australia and began raising sheep.

  Linda Gault : Hmm. I'm glad to know what one does when one goes broke. So that's it: you raise sheep.

  Ronnie Sanderson : [dismissively]  Hmph. It's a smelly business.

• Linda Gault : Why don't you ever talk to me?

  Ronnie Sanderson : Why don't you ever stop drinking?

  Linda Gault : I'll stop drinking, if you start talking.

• Ronnie Sanderson : How's it going to end?

  Linda Gault : With me? Oh, I don't know. I thought someday the stock market will go up again, and I'll go back to New York, same ol' rounds... I've tried very hard to be honest with you, Ronnie, because you're honest with me. Australia doesn't tempt me - and you do. But I'm not going to give way to temptation. I'm not a very happy woman, Ronnie. But sometime, I may be able to have again the things that I need: Paris, The Lido, Palm Beach.

• Ronnie Sanderson : [speaking to Linda]  I can't be kicked from heaven into hell and then put back in heaven again. It's too dangerous for me. And for you.

• Linda Gault : What do we talk about? Australia?

  Ronnie Sanderson : Why Australia?

  Linda Gault : [sounding a bit too glib]  Oh, I don't know. It fascinates me. Cool winds from the south, and those *miles* of sheep. You know, I think a woman might be very happy there, Ronnie dear.

  Ronnie Sanderson : That isn't true. All you want is money, and safety, and a good time. You can't get those things in Australia without working for them.

• Ronnie Sanderson : You remind me of a Russian woman I once knew - Princess Karaikin.

  Linda Gault : Oh? What did she do?

  Ronnie Sanderson : She got caught in Russia, during the Revolution. She was a good woman, but she didn't want to starve. So she sold her jewelry, and then her fur coat... Last I heard, she was a common sight on the streets of Moscow.

  Linda Gault : Oh, you're disgusting! And it isn't true. Are you in the habit of insulting women like that?

  Ronnie Sanderson : It is true. This morning you heard that your husband had gone broke. Now, you're after me.

• Geoffrey Gault : I'm afraid your trip from Bermuda is a waste of time.

  Ronnie Sanderson : Seeing Linda is never a waste of time.

  Geoffrey Gault : I ought to sock you for that. I don't know what I'm standing here for. I ought to punch you right in the face.

  Ronnie Sanderson : Why don't you try?

  Geoffrey Gault : I will - if you don't let her alone.

  Ronnie Sanderson : I'm not going to let her alone.

  Geoffrey Gault : Come out on the street!

  Ronnie Sanderson : I expected that. Knowing your attitude in this mess, I hardly expected to find you a gentleman.

  Geoffrey Gault : My "attitude"?

  Ronnie Sanderson : Your vile efforts to hold a woman when she's struggling so hard for her liberty.

  Geoffrey Gault : Oh, let her go to you. I'd die first. She's *my* wife.

  Ronnie Sanderson : I assure you, she'll be mine soon.