The Littlest Rebel (1935)
John Boles: Capt. Herbert Cary
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Quotes
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Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Daddy, did something happen to Mommy?
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : Something beautiful, dear. That's the way you must always think of it. Mommy will never be ill again, or frightened, or discouraged. Just think of it as beautiful.
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Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : You remember how Mommy always taught you never to tell a lie?
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : I never have, Daddy.
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : And Mommy's proud of you for it, but if those Yankees should come in here, you've got to tell a lie.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : You want me to tell a lie?
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : Just this once for Daddy. And in a case like this, it really isn't a lie. If they should ask you, you must tell them that I was here but I left an hour ago and you saw me cross the river. Be brave and do this for me, dear.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Daddy, would General Lee want me to tell that lie?
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : Yes, dear.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : All right, then, I'll tell a whopper!
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Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Daddy, you told a fib.
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : Well, this is war, honey.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Why isn't it a sin to tell a fib in war?
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : I don't know why it isn't a sin to do anything we do in war.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : What's the Seventy-Second Vermont?
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : That's a regiment of men I have no intention of meeting.
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Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Can you stay long this time, Daddy?
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : Not this time either, darling. I've got to be right off.
Mrs. Cary : I'll see if Rosabelle has your lunch for you.
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : Are they getting a fresh horse for me?
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Everybody knows just what to do. We practice it every day.
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : God love you.
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Col. Morrison : You're not leaving without saying goodbye to me, are you?
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Oh no, I was going to kiss you goodbye. And then tomorrow when I come, I'll do all my talking with you.
Col. Morrison : Oh, you switch around, eh?
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Well, Daddy said you tried to help us, so I made you my second daddy.
Col. Morrison : Nothing so nice ever happened to me.
Uncle Billy : We got's to hurry, missy.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Goodbye, Yankee.
Col. Morrison : Goodbye, rebel darling.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Goodbye, Daddy.
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : God love you, honey.
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Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : Southerners never cry.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : What are these, then?
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : Raindrops.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : On a sunshiney day?
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Uncle Billy : Oh, Master Cary, thank the Lord I found you, sir.
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : What is it, Uncle Billy?
Uncle Billy : Mrs. Cary, she's awful sick, sir. I's afraid, sir. She keeps asking for you.
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : What happened?
Uncle Billy : They fought right in front of the house, sir. The house burned down. Mrs. Cary, she catch her death of cold.
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : How long has this been going on?
Uncle Billy : She sick for three weeks and gettin' worse.
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Yankee Guard : Where are you going, sir?
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : I'm taking this child to her father just beyond our lines. Colonel Morrison sent me. Here's his pass.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Have you got a little girl, mister?
Yankee Guard : No, I've got a boy. Where'd you come from?
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : Cary's plantation.
Yankee Guard : Why aren't you using the main roads?
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : We'd heard about Cary going the other way.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : How old's your little boy?
Yankee Guard : Five.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Oh, I'm six.
Yankee Guard : My boy's bigger than you. This looks all right, but I don't know. We have special orders to be on the watch for Captain Cary, a rebel scout.
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : Didn't you hear? They caught him this morning.
Yankee Guard : They did?
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : Yes, Morrison and his men, at his own plantation.
Yankee Guard : That's all right, then, go ahead.
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Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : Tell me what you've been doing.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Well, I sewed up a hole in my dress, and Miss Robin let me sweep the stoop.
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : Why, you're becoming a regular little housewife!
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Daddy, when will they let you out?
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : No, no, come on now and tell me what you've been doing.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : Well, there's a little girl that lives across the street, and she has a pony, and she let me ride on it.
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : That's grand!
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary : And she gave me some candy, and she's a yank, and she said she didn't care whether I was a rebel or not. And I said I didn't care if she was a yank. Daddy, if she's so nice, and Colonel Morrison's so nice, and Miss Robin, why do the rest of the people have to kill each other?
Capt. Herbert Cary, aka 'Master Cary' : I don't know, honey. We grown-ups haven't as much sense as you children.