Well, if I have to be quarantined, I couldn't pick prettier company. I'm sorry. Actually, I wish you weren't here at all, that you were safe away. That's what I really mean. That's what I should have said.
17 seconds sound clip from the Isle of the Dead (1945) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:22:08.694 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I will be glad to explain my wife's plight.
- No one may leave the island.
- But you must have observed that my wife is an invalid.
- What about yourself, General? What about the army?
- It's better to have no General than one carrying the plague.
- The doctor will tell you what to do and I will see that you do it. We will fight the plague.
- What nonsense the old woman talks.
- It sounds no stranger to me than some of the things you've been saying.
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