Well, couldn't we speak of something more pleasant?
6 seconds sound clip from the The Bitter Tea of General Yen movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:57:39 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- But don't forget he is a Chinaman.
- If you're through, Mr. Jones, I'll do as I please.
- All right, young lady. It's no skin off my nose.
- Well, Miss Davis. What I have done to deserve the honor of your visit at this hour?
- You have ordered the murder of Mah-Li.
- Well, couldn't we speak of something more pleasant?
- 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.
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