Gérard Philipe credited as playing...
Le lieutenant Armand de la Verne
- Le lieutenant Armand de la Verne: I feel so alone! You know what I say, each night in my room? "She doesn't love me. She'll never love me. I try to escape yet I always return. I wish I could die, yet each morning, I beg for one day to see her again."
- Madame Mathilde: What hussy makes you suffer like that?
- Le lieutenant Armand de la Verne: I don't know her yet!
- Le lieutenant Armand de la Verne: Madame! Madame! Just one thing, your last phrase intrigues me. Why must you be seen to leave alone?
- Marie-Louise Rivière: I thought you understood. I'm a stranger here, a Parisian, and even worse, I'm divorced.
- Le lieutenant Armand de la Verne: Now I get it! You worry what people might say. You protect your reputation.
- Marie-Louise Rivière: I'm exhausted.
- Le lieutenant Armand de la Verne: Women say that to get rid of someone!
- Marie-Louise Rivière: Exactly.
- Le lieutenant Armand de la Verne: I left in a fit of anger. That's very good. It impresses them. First be firm, then be kind. If kindness doesn't work, use the whip!
- Le lieutenant Armand de la Verne: [Last line] Tomorrow, when the regiment passes, open your window, so I can leave knowing you forgive me, that I haven't lost you.