The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

[Robert Donat's final line in his final film]

The Mandarin:
We shall not see each other again, I think. Farewell, Jen-Ai.

[first lines]

Gladys Aylward:
My name is Gladys Aylward. I've written to the head of the missionary society. His reply stated that he'd see me if I ever came to London. If he's busy, I can wait.

[last lines]

Jen-Ai:
Dr. Robinson, do you remember me? My name used to be Gladys Aylward.

Dr. Robinson:
Yes, I remember you. Gladys Aylward, who wasn't qualified to come to China. Will you come with us to our children's village? I can think of no one who would be more valuable.

Jen-Ai:
Thank you, but I'm going back to Yang Cheng. I'm going home.

Capt. Lin Nan:
[after Jen-ai adopts a baby girl] Don't you see how stupid and pointless this is? What are you going to do with her?

Jen-Ai:
Call her Six-Pence I think. Do you like it?

Capt. Lin Nan:
I said what are you going to do with her? What do you know about babies?

Jen-Ai:
What is there to know? When they're dirty you wash them, when they're hungry you feed them.

Gladys Aylward:
You're confusing me.

The Mandarin:
Many people are confused these days.

The Mandarin:
What is a foreigner Captain? How would you describe yourself?

Capt. Lin Nan:
My heart and my mind are Chinese, only my blood is mixed.

The Mandarin:
If I have offended a guest in my home, I shall not forgive myself.

Capt. Lin Nan:
It is my own mixed blood which offends me.

Capt. Lin Nan:
It's an interesting problem. I shall be happy to hear when you have solved it.

The Mandarin:
[after a moment's thought] Then be happy Captain, I just solved it!

The Mandarin:
[without emotion] I'm delighted.

Jen-Ai:
I like China the way it is.

Capt. Lin Nan:
Filthy? Ignorant? Backward?

Jen-Ai:
No, but if your house is dirty you can clean it.

Gladys Aylward:
[handing a Chinese girl to her father] Here, the next time you want her feet bound, bind them yourself, not the woman, and you listen to her screams.

Gladys Aylward:
You have to interfere with what you feel is wrong, if you hope to make it right.