[about automobiles]
It's wonderful the damage one of these little machines can do. You'd never believe it.
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Narrator There were people, grown people they were, who expressed themselves longingly. They did hope to live to see the day, they said, when that boy would get his come-uppance.
Wife His what?
Husband His come-uppance! Something's bound to take him down someday. I only want to be there.
Isabel You must promise me never to use those bad words again.
George I promise not to... [pause] unless I get mad at somebody.
Fanny The important thing is that Wilbur did get her, and not only got her, but kept her.
Eugene There's another important thing, that is, for me. In fact, it's the only thing that makes me forgive that bass viol for getting in my way...Lucy.
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