Captain Reginald Crewe Quotes in The Little Princess (1939)

Sara Crewe: Daddy?

Captain Reginald Crewe: Sara...

Sara Crewe: Daddy! Oh, Daddy! It is you! I found you! I found you! They said you were dead, but I knew you weren't! I knew you'd come back! Oh, Daddy, hold me, hold me close. You won't ever go away again, will you? Will you, Daddy? What's the matter, Daddy? Why don't you talk to me?

Captain Reginald Crewe: Sara...

Sara Crewe: Don't you know me, Daddy? I'm Sara! I'm Sara!

Captain Reginald Crewe: Sara... Where is my daughter...

Sara Crewe: Oh, Daddy! Something's happened to you! Mr. Bertie! Mr. Bertie! Oh, Daddy, you've got to know me! Look at me! Look at me! Oh, Daddy...

[sobs]

Captain Reginald Crewe: You musn't cry. You musn't cry. We must be good soldiers, you know.

Sara Crewe: But, I have been a good soldier, Daddy! And you don't know me!

Captain Reginald Crewe: My little Sara never cries...

Sara Crewe: But, I'm Sara! I'm Sara!

Captain Reginald Crewe: Sara... Sara! My little... My darling...

Sara Crewe: Oh, Daddy! You know me! You know me!

Captain Reginald Crewe: Sara, my darling! My baby Sara! Sara! Poor Sara, darling!

Captain Reginald Crewe: Sara has no mother, and we've never been separated for more than a few days.

Amanda Minchin of Minchin Seminary for Girls: How touching.

Captain Reginald Crewe: This is going to be very hard on her.

Amanda Minchin of Minchin Seminary for Girls: Have no fear, Captain Crewe. I'm a mother to all my little girls.

Captain Reginald Crewe: Let's pretend we're back in India, and I'm going away with the troops for a few days. We've fought this kind of battle before, haven't we? And you never cried once when I went away, remember?

Sara Crewe: Yes, Daddy.

Captain Reginald Crewe: Well, this is going to be our hardest battle. We'll be good soldiers, won't we?

Sara Crewe: Yes, Daddy.

Captain Reginald Crewe: Shall we say goodbye like we used to at home?

Sara Crewe: Yes, Daddy.

Captain Reginald Crewe: You learning me by heart little Sara?

Sara Crewe: No daddy, I know you by heart. You're inside my heart.

[first lines]

Sara Crewe: Why are they sending so many soldiers, daddy, if it's only going to be a little war?

Captain Reginald Crewe: To make those stubborn Boers take us seriously this time, my darling. When they realize Her Majesty intends to put a stop to their nonsense, they'll quiet down.

Sara Crewe: They'd better. Anyhow, when you get there, you'll stop them. Won't you, daddy?

Captain Reginald Crewe: I'll do my best, dear.

[repeated line]

Captain Reginald Crewe: Sara, Sara.