The Heiress
1949
Marion Almond: Well, she has the prospect of $30,000 a year. Austin Sloper: I see you appreciate her. Marion Almond: I don't mean it's her only merit. But you always have a way of alluding to her as an unmarriageble girl. Austin Sloper: My allusions are just as kind as yours.
Catharine Sloper: Don't be kind to me, father. It doesn't become you.
Aunt Penniman: Now, Catherine, if you will stay by me this evening, you will see that what I say is not always of the greatest importance, but dear, that doesn't keep me from talking.
Catharine Sloper: Yes, I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters.
Catherine Sloper: He's grown greedier over the years. Before he only wanted my money; now he wants my love as well. Well, he came to the wrong house - and he came twice. I shall see that he does not come a third time.
Austin Sloper: You have found a tongue at last, Catherine. 'Tis only to say such terrible things to me. Catherine Sloper: Yes. This is a field where you will not compare me to my mother.