The Rules of the Game (1939)

Paulette Dubost: Lisette, sa camériste

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• Lisette, sa camériste : Friendship with a man? That's asking for moonlight at midday.

• Christine de la Cheyniest : Give me my evening lipstick.

  Lisette, sa camériste : I don't know where it is.

  Christine de la Cheyniest : Oh, yes, you do.

  Lisette, sa camériste : I don't like it. Too purple. It doesn't look natural.

  Christine de la Cheyniest : What's natural nowadays?

• Christine de la Cheyniest : And your lovers... what do they say to you?

  Lisette, sa camériste : Not much.

  Christine de la Cheyniest : Do they kiss you?

  Lisette, sa camériste : If I let them.

  Christine de la Cheyniest : Do they hold your hand?

  Lisette, sa camériste : It depends.

  Christine de la Cheyniest : And then what?

  Lisette, sa camériste : Then what? Same old story: The more you give, the more they want.

• Christine de la Cheyniest : Tell me, Lisette, how long have you been married?

  Lisette, sa camériste : Almost two years, Madame.

  Christine de la Cheyniest : That's true. How time flies! Are you happy?

  Lisette, sa camériste : My husband's no trouble. He's in service at the château and I'm in Paris. With you, Madame, I'm very happy.

  Christine de la Cheyniest : Do you have lovers?

  Lisette, sa camériste : That's a big word.

  Christine de la Cheyniest : Of course, you do.

• Lisette, sa camériste : So, Mr. Octave! No hello?

  Octave : Hello, Lisette.

  [kiss on the neck] 

  Octave : Fresh as a rose.

  Lisette, sa camériste : But you look awful.

• Lisette, sa camériste : You're not mad at me?

  Christine de la Cheyniest : Not at all. It's not our fault if men are all mad.

• Lisette, sa camériste : For living together, the young are for the young and the old for the old.

• Jackie, nièce de Christine : I can't bear it!

  Lisette, sa camériste : Be strong, Miss Jackie. An educated young lady like you has to put on a brave face.

  Christine de la Cheyniest : People are watching.