The following is absolutely brilliant, especially when delivered by these 3 actors. Was it really from Sam Hall??--
Roger: "I'm sorry, Elizabeth, but you know that Paul was a scoundrel; he was a worthless man. He caused this family nothing but trouble since he married you. Let's not let his death cause more problems. I think we should inquire into it privately but hush it up publicly. That's all I meant to say."
Carolyn: "And you said it brilliantly, Uncle Roger. All in the Collins tradition. It should be a motto on our family emblem: Hypocrisy Above All."
Liz: "Carolyn, there's no point in upsetting yourself."
Carolyn: "My father was murdered."
Liz: "The autopsy showed..."
Carolyn: "The autopsy told only part of the story-- the acceptable part. The part that would hurt no one."
Liz: "Carolyn, technically, his death was..."
Carolyn: "I intend to find out who killed him."
Liz: "Oh Carolyn."
Carolyn: "I loved him, Mother."
Roger: "You barely knew him, Carolyn."
Carolyn: "I knew him. And I'm glad I had the chance. I knew him, perhaps just intuitively, because I'm part of him. Mother, surely you can remember loving him. Because you must have, once, you must have!"
Roger: "Try to control yourself, Kitten. It's all going to be much more difficult if you don't."
Carolyn: "Collinses are not supposed to cry. Well, this is the Stoddard part of me-- the part that lets me feel."
Liz: "Carolyn, you must try, really. Come." (takes her into the drawing room)
[clock chimes]
Roger: "It's time we're going, Elizabeth."
Liz: "Not like this! [to Carolyn:] I know how difficult it is for you. Believe me, we're all trying to make it through..." (closes the doors, leaving Roger in the foyer)
“THE paaaaast!” I love how Joan Bennett says past!
Yes! It rhymed with
lost. And later, she tells Barnabas, "You
can't be serious," and it sounds like
want.