- Because he's handsome and pleasant to be with.
- Not enough.
- Well, then, because he'll be rich someday! And I'll be the finest lady in the county.
9 seconds sound clip from the Wuthering Heights (1939)) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:21:13 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- Oh, Ellen, I have some wonderful news for you...
- Well, the kitchen's no place for that dress. Come inside.
- No, no, listen. Edgar has asked me to marry him.
- Well, I'm to give him my answer tomorrow.
- Of course. Why? Now, isn't that a silly question?
- Because he's handsome and pleasant to be with.
- Well, then, because he'll be rich someday! And I'll be the finest lady in the county.
- Oh, Ellen, it would be heaven to escape from here.
- You know he gets worse every day.
- It would degrade me to marry him. I wish he'd never come back.
- I think... Oh, nothing. The wind perhaps.
[...]