Since You Went Away1944

Bridget 'Brig' Hilton:
I know! Why don't we take somebody into the house? You know, a roomer!

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
Oh, well, if you're going to throw away aces, Jane, that's fine with me.

Bridget 'Brig' Hilton:
But Mother, listen to me, why shouldn't we rent a room? There's such a terrible shortage.

Jane Deborah Hilton:
Go away. Down with five.

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
It's perfectly ridiculous, Brig. A stranger in our home. Where you get your ideas is beyond me.

Jane Deborah Hilton:
Certainly it's ridiculous. It's communism, that's what it is!

Bridget 'Brig' Hilton:
Oh, pooh! We could get an officer maybe. And it might be sort of like having Pop back.

Jane Deborah Hilton:
An officer? You know, Mother, I think maybe she's right. I understand there's not a room to be had in town. It might be very patriotic of us to take an officer into our house.

Bridget 'Brig' Hilton:
Patriotism hasn't anything to do with it. You're just crazy about uniforms, that's all. Ha! Patriotic!

Jane Deborah Hilton:
I think we should do everything we can for our soldiers. That's being patriotic, I -

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
Brig, Jane, now that's enough. Do you want to finish this game, or don't you?

Jane Deborah Hilton:
102. It's a blitz.

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
Turn out the dining room lights, Brig.

Bridget 'Brig' Hilton:
Suppose Pop were looking for a room in some crowded city like this.

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
Hurry up, Jane, it can't be that hard to figure out.

Bridget 'Brig' Hilton:
And suppose there were a nice family like ours that had three bedrooms for three people. Don't you think it would be just malicious of them not to want to rent a room to Pop?

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
Well, Jane?

Jane Deborah Hilton:
I won almost $6,000. 592 points at $10 a point.

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
All right, deduct it from what you owe me.

Bridget 'Brig' Hilton:
And poor Pop, sleeping in the park!

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
All right, all right. Pop is sleeping in the park, and the people are all malicious, and we decide to rent him a room. Now you satisfied?

Jane Deborah Hilton:
You will, Mother? You'll do it?

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
I didn't say I'd do it. I'll think about it.

Bridget 'Brig' Hilton:
I just knew you couldn't be mean like those characters in that other city. I wonder how much we can get for Jane's room.

Jane Deborah Hilton:
My room?