Forgive me, ma'am, but I was having a smoke out on that gallery and I couldn't help but overhear... I wasn't eavesdropping.

8 seconds sound clip from the The Alamo (1960) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:40:39.222 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I am acceptable to Santa Anna. And if he should be defeated, I will manage to become acceptable to his successors.

- Oh!

- That's the trick. To be acceptable to the powers that be.

- And let's not pretend you're a broken-hearted widow. You barely knew the man. The marriage was as much arranged as this one would be. Your family picked him up.

- That's the way of my people.

- You'll say yes. It's your only possible path. Like all women, you'll postpone the decision. But you will say yes.

- Forgive me, ma'am, but I was having a smoke out on that gallery and I couldn't help but overhear... I wasn't eavesdropping.

- But it rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.

- You haven't seen me before tonight, but I am offering you my services.

- If that fella's making you stay in Bexar, I'm ready, willing and able to provide you a transport to wherever you wanna go.

- And on the other hand, if you choose to stay in Bexar, I'm ready, willing and able to see that he don't bother you.

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