A scene from Adam's Rib 1949
Adam Bonner

What are ya? Sore about a little slap?

Amanda Bonner

No.

Adam Bonner

Well, what then?

Amanda Bonner

[outraged]

You meant that, didn't you? You really meant that.

Adam Bonner

Why, no, I...

Amanda Bonner

Yes, you did. I can tell. I know your type. I know a slap from a slug.

Adam Bonner

Well, OK, OK.

Amanda Bonner

I'm not so sure it is. I'm not so sure I care to expose myself to typical instinctive masculine brutality.

Adam Bonner

Oh come now.

Amanda Bonner

And it felt not only as though you meant it, but as though you felt you had a right to. I can tell.

Adam Bonner

What've you got back there? Radar equipment?

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