Hindle Wakes (1931)
Belle Chrystall: Jenny Hawthorne
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Quotes
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Jenny Hawthorne : I've been to Blackpool with Mary Hollins!
Chris Hawthorne : No, you've not.
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Alan Jeffcote : I know why you won't marry me.
Jenny Hawthorne : Do you? Well, spit it out, lad.
Alan Jeffcote : You're doing it for my sake.
Jenny Hawthorne : How do you make that out?
Alan Jeffcote : You don't want to spoil my life.
Jenny Hawthorne : Thanks - much obliged for the compliment.
Alan Jeffcote : Well, I don't see what else it could be.
Jenny Hawthorne : Don't kid yourself, my lad. It isn't because I'm afraid of spoiling your life that I'm refusing you - it's because I'm afraid spoiling mine.
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Alan Jeffcote : You liked me well enough. You wouldn't have gone to Llandudno if you hadn't.
Jenny Hawthorne : Oh yes, I liked you.
Alan Jeffcote : And you don't like me now?
Jenny Hawthorne : You're a nice lad - oh, I like you right enough.
Alan Jeffcote : But you never really loved me.
Jenny Hawthorne : Love you? Good heavens, of course not! Why on earth should I love you? You were just someone to have a bit of fun with. You were an amusement, a lark.
Alan Jeffcote : Is that all you cared for me?
Jenny Hawthorne : How much more did you care for me?
Alan Jeffcote : It's not the same - I'm a man.
Jenny Hawthorne : You're a man, and I was your little fancy. Well, I'm a woman, and you were my little fancy.
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Bob Parker : Jenny!
Jenny Hawthorne : It's alright, Bob. I shan't starve. I'm a Lancashire lass, and as long as there's weaving sheds in Lancashire, I shall earn enough brass to keep me going. You've no need to be afraid
[exit]
Jenny Hawthorne : .