The 39 Steps (1935)

Peggy Ashcroft: Crofter's Wife

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• Crofter's Wife : Do London ladies look beautiful?

  Richard Hannay : They do. But they wouldn't if you were beside them.

  Crofter's Wife : [to Hannay as her husband walks in]  You ought not say that.

  Crofter : What ought he not to say?

  Richard Hannay : I was just saying to your wife that I prefer living in town than the country.

  Crofter : God made the country. Is the supper ready, woman?

  Crofter's Wife : Aye.

• Crofter's Wife : Is it true that all the ladies paint their toenails?

• Richard Hannay : I've never been to Glasgow, but I've been to Edinburgh and Montreal and London. I'll tell you all about London at supper.

  Crofter's Wife : John wouldn't approve of that. I doubt.

  Richard Hannay : Why not?

  Crofter's Wife : He says it's best not to think of such places and the wickedness that goes on there.

• Crofter's Wife : I'm from Glasgow. Did you ever see it?

  Richard Hannay : No.

  Crofter's Wife : Oh, you should see Sauchiohall Street with all its fine shops - and Argyll Street on a Saturday night - with the trams and the lights - and the cinema palaces and their crowds. And it's Saturday night tonight.

• Crofter's Wife : You'll be tired.

  Richard Hannay : I'll say I am. I'm on the tramp, looking for a job.

• Richard Hannay : What will happen to you?

  Crofter's Wife : Oh, I'll say I couldn't stop you.

  Richard Hannay : He'll not ill treat you?

  Crofter's Wife : No. He'll pray at me, but no more.

• Crofter's Wife : Your jacket's a terrible light-colored. I'm a-feared they'll see you.