“Something had happened, a thing which years ago had been the eagerest...” – Narrator, The Magnificent Ambersons ... Movie Quotes Database

Something had happened, a thing which years ago had been the eagerest hope of many, many good citizens of the town. And now it came at last: George Amberson Minafer had got his comeuppance. He'd got it three times filled and running over. But those who had longed for it were not there to see it. And they never knew it, those who were still living had forgotten all about it, and all about him.

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