Hindle Wakes (1931)

Belle Chrystall: Jenny Hawthorne

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Quotes 

• Jenny Hawthorne : I've been to Blackpool with Mary Hollins!

  Chris Hawthorne : No, you've not.

• Alan Jeffcote : I know why you won't marry me.

  Jenny Hawthorne : Do you? Well, spit it out, lad.

  Alan Jeffcote : You're doing it for my sake.

  Jenny Hawthorne : How do you make that out?

  Alan Jeffcote : You don't want to spoil my life.

  Jenny Hawthorne : Thanks - much obliged for the compliment.

  Alan Jeffcote : Well, I don't see what else it could be.

  Jenny Hawthorne : Don't kid yourself, my lad. It isn't because I'm afraid of spoiling your life that I'm refusing you - it's because I'm afraid spoiling mine.

• Alan Jeffcote : You liked me well enough. You wouldn't have gone to Llandudno if you hadn't.

  Jenny Hawthorne : Oh yes, I liked you.

  Alan Jeffcote : And you don't like me now?

  Jenny Hawthorne : You're a nice lad - oh, I like you right enough.

  Alan Jeffcote : But you never really loved me.

  Jenny Hawthorne : Love you? Good heavens, of course not! Why on earth should I love you? You were just someone to have a bit of fun with. You were an amusement, a lark.

  Alan Jeffcote : Is that all you cared for me?

  Jenny Hawthorne : How much more did you care for me?

  Alan Jeffcote : It's not the same - I'm a man.

  Jenny Hawthorne : You're a man, and I was your little fancy. Well, I'm a woman, and you were my little fancy.

• Bob Parker : Jenny!

  Jenny Hawthorne : It's alright, Bob. I shan't starve. I'm a Lancashire lass, and as long as there's weaving sheds in Lancashire, I shall earn enough brass to keep me going. You've no need to be afraid

  [exit] 

  Jenny Hawthorne : .