- After all, he's only lived here three weeks. You can't expect him to fling himself at you.
- Well, that's true.
6 seconds sound clip from the Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:07:40.420 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- There's the poor old maid now.
- Esther. Esther! He's out there.
- Now, be perfectly calm. We have the perfect right to sit on our own front porch.
- Isn't it a lovely day, Esther, dear?
- Heavenly, Rose. Simply heavenly.
- Well. He's not very neighborly, I must say.
- After all, he's only lived here three weeks. You can't expect him to fling himself at you.
- Besides, meeting him across the lawn for the first time would be so ordinary.
- I'll get George Briggs to bring him to Lon's going-away party on Saturday.
- Rose. Esther. The water's hot. If you're going to wash your hair, you'd better do it now.
[...]