Since You Went Away1944

Lieutenant Tony Willett:
Now I don't want to shock you, but it's no wonder those Italians can paint. There was a dame standing right in the middle of the street with a big tub of spaghetti, and she had - she had -

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
Now never mind what she had. I have a little imagination.

Lieutenant Tony Willett:
Yeah. Well, even as I looked at her, I thought, "She's good, but what are they all? What are all the women in the world compared with Anne?"

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
Tony, will you never stop?

Lieutenant Tony Willett:
No, I'll never stop, Anne. As long as I can dream about you.

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
If you ever thought the dream had a chance of coming true, you'd -

Lieutenant Tony Willett:
I'd what, Anne?

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
Finish it yourself.

Lieutenant Tony Willett:
You make it pretty tough for me. I'd feel I'd been wrong about you all my life. I'd have to go looking for a new ideal. I'm afraid it's a little late for that.

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
What's more, you'd run for your life. But first you'd wring my neck, as I'd expect you to.

Lieutenant Tony Willett:
That's right, and what would be the fun in that? I'd never be able to break my heart over you anymore.

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
Oh, Tony. Never grow up. Never, never. Or I'd lose something very dear to me. Something very dear to all of us.

Lieutenant Tony Willett:
All right, but I'm going to sound awful silly someday making verbal passes at you when we're both in wheelchairs.

Mrs. Anne Hilton:
[laughing] You are looking forward to that.