A scene from The 39 Steps 1935
Hannay

Well, I've never been to Glasgow. I've been to Edinburgh and Montreal and London. I'll tell you all about London at supper.

Margaret

John wouldn't approve of that, I doubt.

Hannay

Why not?

Margaret

He says it's best not to think of such places and all the wickedness that goes on there.

Hannay

Well, why not listen now, before he comes back? What did you want to know?

Margaret

Well, is it true that all the ladies paint their toenails?

Hannay

Some of them.

Margaret

Do London ladies look beautiful?

Hannay

They do. But they wouldn't if you were beside them. [John enters the house]

Margaret

You ought not to say that.

John

What ought you not to say?

Hannay

I was just saying to your wife that I prefer living in town than the country.

John

God made the country. Is the supper ready, woman?

In this scene

John John Laurie
Margaret Peggy Ashcroft

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