Before Dawn (1933)
Gertrude Hoffman: Mattie
Quotes
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Mattie : [upon seeing Merrick's dead body] There will always be death when men seek to take what ain't theirs.
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Police Chief John F. O'Hara : Now, what we're here for, Mattie, is for you to show us exactly what happened on the night Mrs. Marble died.
Mattie : [referring, suspiciously, to Patricia] What's she here for?
Police Chief John F. O'Hara : Well, the young lady is a, uh.. medium. She's going to try to tell us who it was that Mrs. Marble saw up there in the dark.
Mattie : [sternly] I don't hold with having no traffic with spirits in this house.
Police Chief John F. O'Hara : Well, what you hold with doesn't concern us in the least. Now, pick up that lamp and bring it over here.
