Therese Du Flos Verlaine:
[as Therese prepares to leave for French Indochina, she says goodbye to her father, the Colonel] Aren't you going to let me forget just for five minutes that I'm a soldier's daughter?
Col. Du Flos:
From now on, you'll have to remember it more than ever. You're going out to marry Andr?, but that is not enough. You'll live in a place where it is impossible to live; you'll make your home where no home can be. Have you sufficient strength for that?
Therese Du Flos Verlaine:
I hope so, sir.
Col. Du Flos:
I believe you have, but so has the jungle. Don't let it engulf you. Don't let it break Andr?. Take to him your race for a wedding gift, the prestige of the White man. That means everything you stand for, and it is the only weapon you two will have--prestige--but it is enough to preserve you. Now--wasn't that a pretty speech?
Therese Du Flos Verlaine:
Yes, sir, it was. And I'll try to remember it, if you'll kiss me.
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