The Sandpiper (1965)
Eva Marie Saint: Claire Hewitt
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Quotes
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Claire Hewitt : Jack Rogers is willing to make a substantial donation to the building fund - *if* his boy stays in school. So, quite naturally, Ward wants your answer.
Dr. Edward Hewitt : Mm hmm. What would you do in my shoes?
Claire Hewitt : Wear them?
Dr. Edward Hewitt : Very well... if, um, Jack Rogers' contribution falls within the range of $2,000, that quality of mercy which runs through my blood like a fever whenever money is mentioned will be strained yet once more to give the Rogers boy another chance. His, uh, third, I believe.
Claire Hewitt : I'll tell him.
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Dr. Edward Hewitt : Apparently she thought I was behaving like a pompous idiot.
Claire Hewitt : Were you?
Dr. Edward Hewitt : Probably.
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Claire Hewitt : It will be like taming a bird. Two birds really.
Dr. Edward Hewitt : Why two?
Claire Hewitt : The mother will need as much help as the boy.
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Claire Hewitt : He was reciting the prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Old English.
Dr. Edward Hewitt : You're not serious.
Claire Hewitt : I'm completely so - so was he. So, apparently was his mother when she taught him. It sounded perfect.
Dr. Edward Hewitt : Now, you see the problem.
Walter Robinson : It's rather pleasantly different.
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Claire Hewitt : All I want after Mrs. Richards is a hot bath and an early bed.