The House of Mirth (2000)

Laura Linney: Bertha Dorset

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• Bertha Dorset : I wish the men would always stay away. It's really much nicer without them. Oh, you don't count, George. One never talks to one's husband.

  Judy Trenor : But, wives never like their husbands talking to other women.

  Bertha Dorset : Only if the women in question are slightly too eligible - or divorced.

  George Dorset : Wives may do as they wish. Husbands are expected to be like money - influential, but silent.

  Augustus 'Gus' Trenor : If divorcees were more acceptable, I might be tempted.

  Judy Trenor : Gus!

• Bertha Dorset : I came across this morning from Mount Kisco in the motor car. I had to kick up my heels at Garrisons for an hour without even a cigarette.