The Dresser (1983)
Eileen Atkins: Madge
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Quotes
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Madge : No, I haven't been happy. Yes, it's been worth it.
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Sir : Madge, dear, in my will I've left you my press-cutting books.
Madge : I don't want to hear what you've left me in your...
Sir : [cutting her off sharply] And I have something else for you. If possessions can be dear, then this ring is the dearest thing I own. This ring was worn by Edmund Kean in a play whose title is an apt inscription for how I feel, "A New Way to Pay Old Debts". When you talk of it, say "Edmund Kean and I wore it."
Sir : [presses the ring into her hand; she looks uncomfortable] I once had it in mind to give it to you years ago. But you were younger then... I thought you would misunderstand.
Madge : Yes. A ring from a man to a woman... is easily misunderstood.
