Ted - First Mate of the Congo Queen Quotes in White Cargo (1942)
Ted - First Mate of the Congo Queen Quotes:
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Skipper of the Congo Queen: Who do you think we see last trip back in Sierra Leone?
Ted - First Mate of the Congo Queen: You know, that short, little Cleopatra.
Wilbur Ashley: Tondelayo.
The Doctor: Tondelayo.
Mr. Harry Witzel: Tondelayo.
Mr. Langford: Well, ha-ha-ha, who is this Tondelayo?
Ted - First Mate of the Congo Queen: Oh, quite an eyeful if you should ask me.
Skipper of the Congo Queen: Up to her tricks again at the convent. You should see the traders, what got religion just to get around there to take a squint at that half-bred.
The Reverend Dr. Roberts: Its the hardest fight we have. As soon as we teach a few women to cook and sew and speak a few dozen words of our language, some white tries to turn her into his own advantage.
Skipper of the Congo Queen: Why shouldn't he?
The Reverend Dr. Roberts: Because the end is always in the beginning. Its always the whites that become the more degraded.
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