The House of Mirth (2000)
Jodhi May: Grace Julia Stepney
Quotes
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Mrs. Peniston : To grow richer, when at a time when most people's investments are shrinking strikes me as being in very bad taste.
Grace : But society still uses such men if only obliquely.
Lily Bart : If obliquity were a vice, we should all be tainted.
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Lawrence Selden : How is life at Richfield?
Grace : Quiet. Aunt Peniston sees very little company.
Lawrence Selden : I'm sure your being there gave her much pleasure.
Grace : Yes, I am as reliable as roast mutton.
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Grace : Mr Selden tells me that socially Mr Rosedale is very ubiquitous now.
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Mrs. Peniston : Do people say he's in love with her?
Grace : People *always* say unpleasant things.
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Mrs. Peniston : Does he mean to divorce then marry her?
Grace : No, it's - it's a flirtation, nothing more.
Mrs. Peniston : A flirtation? With a married man? Such things were never heard of in my day.