Mah-Li has been betraying military secrets to my enemies.

5 seconds sound clip from the The Bitter Tea of General Yen movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:58:10 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You have ordered the murder of Mah-Li.

- Well, couldn't we speak of something more pleasant?

- Here I have some excellent brandy. It's supposed to be over 1000 years old. Would you like to try it?

- You're murdering her just to satisfy a cruel jealous revenge.

- May I?

- Mah-Li has been betraying military secrets to my enemies.

- Can't you silence her in some other way?

- Yes. In the old days, in the days of the Manchus, I could have had her tongue cut out.

- But now that you missionaries have taught her to read and write, she's a constant menace as long as she's alive.

- I feel sorry for you, General Yen.

- A powerful man like you afraid of a poor little slave.

[...]

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