The Little Princess (1939)

Deidre Gale: Jessie

Quotes 

• [Sara comes in Lavinia's room to clean out the fireplace where] 

  Lavinia : I hear you're being punished.

  [turns to Jessie] 

  Lavinia : Do you think we ought to offer her a chocolate?

  Jessie : You might let her smell them.

  Lavinia : Miss Minchin surely couldn't object to that. Would you care to?

  Sara Crewe : I don't want to smell them and I don't want to eat them, thank you.

  Lavinia : You don't? Why not?

  Sara Crewe : I've had much nicer things than chocolate this morning.

  Lavinia : [giggles at this]  Listen to the princess, pretending again.

  Sara Crewe : I'm not pretending. I had the most wonderful things to eat that anyone ever had.

  Lavinia : [frowns]  Why, you little liar. You haven't even had breakfast.

  Sara Crewe : Pardon me, but I really have; and if you'll excuse me for saying so, it isn't polite to call people liars.

  Lavinia : How dare you talk back to me.

  Sara Crewe : [sarcastically]  Was I doing that? My goodness!

  [Sara dumps ashes all over Lavinia and Jessie as they scream] 

  Sara Crewe : So sorry!

  [runs off laughing] 

  Lavinia : [shouts]  You wait till I tell Miss Minchin on you!

  [sees that ashes covered, screaming and sobs]