The Virgin Spring (1960)

Birgitta Valberg: Märeta

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  Märeta : [calmly, on being offered for sale the fine dress of her missing daughter]  I must ask my husband what a fitting reward would be for such a valuable garment.

• Märeta : You're much too conscious about duty and honor when it concerns Karin.

  Töre : You're much too soft and weak when it concerns her.

• Märeta : If you always get your way, you'll please the devil so much that the saints will punish you with boils.

• Märeta : Karin's not well today.

  Ingeri : She'll sleep through morning mass and then feel just fine.

  Märeta : I think she has a fever. Her skin was so warm.

  Ingeri : She certainly burned with fever at the dance last night.

  Frida : Watch your tongue!

  Märeta : I'm not afraid my daughter will walk in your filthy footsteps. You two have always been as different as the rose and the thorn. You've always pricked others and made them suffer!

• Märeta : You're behaving like a little child. If I'd used that tone of voice with my parents at your age, I'd have gotten a good thrashing and nothing to eat.

  Karin : [smiles]  Then give me a thrashing and nothing to eat.

• Märeta : If you always get your way, you'll give the devil such joy that the saints will punish you with boils and toothaches.

  Karin : Why are you always talking about the devil? Father never does.

  Märeta : Because the devil seduces the innocent and seeks to destroy goodness before it can blossom.

  Karin : I always say my prayers, Mother.