That's a very fun exchange.
Yes, and Joan Bennett performed her part perfectly.
The scene in the drawing room with Daniel, Quentin, Flora, and Desmond was very sweet, and especially sweet when you remember that Edmonds, Selby, Bennett, and Karlen also played Edward, Quentin, Judith, and Carl squabbling in that very same room when Grandmama's will was read in in 1897. Flora was so very solicitous of old Daniel! And Quentin was so filial towards his father! And Desmond, unlike Carl, wasn't ready to burst into tears!
Daphne's quite an accomplished young woman if she can talk her way into a newspaper job on a moment's notice. Is this the first time we've seen the office of the Collinsport Star? And shouldn't a girl in her first day on the job be a little more careful before handing out old copies of the paper? But I suppose that fact that Desmond was a Collins would make all the difference to Daphne's boss.
