Since You Went Away Quote

Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: I know! Why don't we take somebody into the house? You know, a roomer!
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Oh, well, if you're going to throw away aces, Jane, that's fine with me.
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: But Mother, listen to me, why shouldn't we rent a room? There's such a terrible shortage.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Go away. Down with five.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: It's perfectly ridiculous, Brig. A stranger in our home. Where you get your ideas is beyond me.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Certainly it's ridiculous. It's communism, that's what it is!
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: Oh, pooh! We could get an officer maybe. And it might be sort of like having Pop back.
Jane Deborah Hilton: An officer? You know, Mother, I think maybe she's right. I understand there's not a room to be had in town. It might be very patriotic of us to take an officer into our house.
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: Patriotism hasn't anything to do with it. You're just crazy about uniforms, that's all. Ha! Patriotic!
Jane Deborah Hilton: I think we should do everything we can for our soldiers. That's being patriotic, I -
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Brig, Jane, now that's enough. Do you want to finish this game, or don't you?
Jane Deborah Hilton: 102. It's a blitz.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Turn out the dining room lights, Brig.
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: Suppose Pop were looking for a room in some crowded city like this.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Hurry up, Jane, it can't be that hard to figure out.
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: And suppose there were a nice family like ours that had three bedrooms

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