The Painted Veil (1934)
Forrester Harvey: Waddington
Quotes
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Deputy Commissioner Waddington : [Offering scotch whiskey to Fane] Stay full of this. Leaves no room for the cholera.
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Dr. Walter Fane : I'm glad you're still alive.
Deputy Commissioner Waddington : By Jove, so am I. You know, only three sisters up in the convent. We three, makes six white people within hundreds of miles.
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Deputy Commissioner Waddington : What was I saying? Oh yes, you don't have babies. Of course, I don't have babies. Well, I don't have anything. Of course, I'm glad I was born. But, if I were a woman, in this cheery vail of tears, I'm hanged if I -
[Katrin stands up, distressed]
Deputy Commissioner Waddington : I say, I didn't mean, I never do. I never mean anything. You know, dash well, if you ever decide to have a little one...
Katrin Koerber Fane : Oh, please...
Deputy Commissioner Waddington : I'd mother it, father it, I'd great grand-father it...
Katrin Koerber Fane : Will you stop raving.
Deputy Commissioner Waddington : You're not taking me seriously?
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Deputy Commissioner Waddington : I feel jolly well a blithering idiot. And why not? I am! Well, cheer-o. See you later, eh?