The Secret Garden (1949)

Elsa Lanchester: Martha

Quotes 

• Martha : My brother Dickon will be coming up to see thee.

  Mary Lennox : Your brother?

  Martha : Aye, thou'll like Dickon. What a one he is for growing things and the animals. Half lives on it, he does, almost like an animal himself.

• Mary Lennox : Wait a minute. Aren't you going to dress me?

  Martha : What?

  Mary Lennox : Well, in India, it's the custom.

  Martha : Thou cannot dress thyself?

  Mary Lennox : Of course I can. It's just -

  [Martha laughs] 

• Mary Lennox : Martha, I heard someone crying last night, as I was going to bed. I'm sure I heard someone crying.

  Martha : Aye, it was the scullery maid. It was last night. She had a toothache. What a fearful row!

  Mary Lennox : Mrs. Medlock said it was the wind.

  Martha : Oh, she did?

• Mary Lennox : Wait a minute. Aren't you going to dress me?

  Martha : What?

  Mary Lennox : Well, in India, it's the custom.

  Martha : Thou cannot dress thyself?

  Mary Lennox : Of course I can. It's just--

  [Martha laughs]