Stella Dallas
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Would it cost too awfully much
for us to have a house...

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with our own front door
and a little garden and flowers...

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and a room for each of us?
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Just in case sometimes we wanted
somebody to stay all night.

:51:12
Mother, not a great big
expensive house like Mrs. Morrison's...

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but just a little tiny place.
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Say, tell me
about this Mrs. Morrison.

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- What's she like?
- Mother, she's lovely.

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She's sort of--
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Well, she reminds me
of a flower...

:51:31
that grows up in Maine.
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All pale and delicate,
but strong too.

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I don't know what you call it.
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I don't care what kind
of a flower she looks like.

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Is she tall or short,
dark or light, fat or thin?

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- How old is she?
- She's not any special age.

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She's like one of those goddesses
in my mythology book that way.

:51:55
Come now. You can tell
whether she's 20 or 40.

:51:59
Oh, she's not 40, no.
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I guess maybe she's about 25.
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And how did your father
happen to meet this goddess?

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It's like a story.
Con told me all about it.

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Con. Is that her husband?
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Oh, no, he's dead.
Didn't I write you?

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Dead, is he?
Well, that's convenient.

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No, it isn't a bit convenient.
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When Mr. Morrison died,
he left a whole lot of houses...

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and horses and money.
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Mrs. Morrison has to look out
for them all by herself.

:52:30
She said she wouldn't know
what to do...

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without Father to help her
and advise her.

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Yeah. I can just imagine.
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I just remembered.
I've got some snapshots of her.

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- I just want to look at you.
- I want you to see her.

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She's beautiful.
You'll be crazy about her!

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The funny thing about her is that
she's not only beautiful all dressed...

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but even when she wakes up
in the morning.

:52:59
She spends hardly any time
on her face.


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