The Letter (1929)

Herbert Marshall: Geoffrey Hammond

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• Geoffrey Hammond : [Reading aloud an unattributed poem by Oscar Wilde]  Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss,The brave man with a sword.

• Leslie Crosbie : Geoffrey, what is that Chinese woman doing in your house?

  Geoffrey Hammond : My dear, what are you talking about?

  Leslie Crosbie : Don't take me for the perfect fool. Don't you think I know that you've been living with a Chinese woman for months!

• Leslie Crosbie : I want to know what you're - doing - with that Chinese woman in your house.

  Geoffrey Hammond : I didn't know there was a China woman about.

  Leslie Crosbie : I have seen her.

  Geoffrey Hammond : What's she like?

  Leslie Crosbie : Common. Vulgar.

  Geoffrey Hammond : You're not paying me a very pretty compliment.

  Leslie Crosbie : Geoffrey, will you swear to me that she is not your mistress.

• Geoffrey Hammond : Leslie, dear, I'm terribly sorry, but the facts are there and you've got to face them. This is the end and you've got to make the best of it.

  Leslie Crosbie : You wouldn't treat a dog like you you're treating me.

  Geoffrey Hammond : Is it my fault if I don't love you? Dammit all, one either loves or one doesn't.

• Geoffrey Hammond : I have no patience with you. You're enough to drive anyone out of his senses. You can do what you like.

• Geoffrey Hammond : The China woman is my mistress - and I don't care who knows it. If you ask me to chose between you and her - I chose her. You wanted the truth. Alright, then. Now, you have it.