The Bad Seed (1956)
Eileen Heckart: Mrs. Hortense Daigle
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Quotes
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Hortense Daigle : [drunkenly] I just want to have a talk with your little girl. She was one of the last to see my Claude alive.
Christine Penmark : I know.
Hortense Daigle : Where do you keep the perfect little lady who was the last to see Claude? I thought I'd hold her in my arms and we'd have a little talk where maybe she'd remember some little thing... any little thing.
Christine Penmark : She's out playing, I think.
Hortense Daigle : Well, I'm unfortunate, that's all. Drunk and unfortunate, ladies and gentlemen.
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Hortense Daigle : Children can be nasty, don't you think?
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Hortense Daigle : He was such a lovely, dear little boy. He used to say I was his sweetheart and he was going to marry me when he grew up. I would laugh so. "No you won't. You'll forget about me long before then. You'll find a prettier girl and marry her." And do you know what he said then? "No, I won't. 'Cause there isn't a prettier girl in the whole world than you are."
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Hortense Daigle : I always considered Christine a gentle name. Hortense sounds fat. That's me, Hortense. "My girl Hortense", they used to sing of me, "hasn't got much sense. Let's write her name on the privy fence!"
[laughs]
Hortense Daigle : Children can be nasty, don't you think?
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Hortense Daigle : I'm drunk. It's a pleasure to stay drunk when your little boy's been killed.
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Hortense Daigle : Miss Fern dyes her hair.
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Henry Daigle : Come, Hortense. It's time to go home.
Hortense Daigle : Oh, my god! My god! It's time to go home!