The Age of Innocence (1934)

Laura Hope Crews: Mrs. Welland

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• Mrs. Welland : Oh, I hope you don't think my parents were as lax as we are today. We were brought up to think too much familiarity during the engagement took the bloom off things.

• Mrs. Welland : The way engaged young couples act today makes one wonder if there's anything left for the honeymoon.

• Mrs. Welland : Couldn't you drop her a little hint?

  Granny Manson Mingott : Hint? I told her in the plainest terms!

  Mrs. Welland : What his reputation was?

  Granny Manson Mingott : I told her he didn't have much reputation. I told her no nice woman would be seen walking up Fifth Avenue in broad daylight with Julius Beaufort. And what do you think she said?

  [laughs] 

  Granny Manson Mingott : She said, darling, would you rather I walk with him at night?

• Mrs. Welland : Where is this place?

  Ellen : West 23rd Street.

  Mrs. Welland : West 23rd Street! Where all those dreadful people live.

  Ellen : Dreadful people?

  [to Beaufort] 

  Ellen : You told me it was respectable?

  Julius Beaufort : Well, in my experience, I've always found it very respectable.

  Mrs. Welland : You know perfectly well, the sort of persons who live there. All kinds of odds and ends. Bird-stuffers. Dreadful people who write. Dressmakers. Musicians. Painters.

  Ellen : Musicians, painters. I've always liked Bohemians. My husband's house was always full of them.

  Mrs. Welland : In deed.

• Mr. Welland : [to Newland]  It seems that over there, they're views are somewhat different from ours. And, eh, marriage doesn't seem to hold the same sacred responsibilities.

  Mrs. Welland : The truth is, poor Ellen, has left her husband. And, there's talk of a scandal. Oh, I don't know any of the details. I only ask not to.

• Mrs. Welland : Do you think your mother...

  Newland Archer : I'll talk to mother. She'll understand.

  Mr. Welland : We shouldn't like her to think that even though the Countess is our relative, that we condone a woman who has exposed herself by unconventional actions to offensive insinuation.

• Ellen : What difference does it make where one lives?

  Mrs. Welland : That's just it, my dear. It makes all the difference!