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“Are you learning me by heart, little Sara?" he said, stroking her hair.
"No," she answered. "I know you by heart. You are inside my heart.” And they put their arms round each other, and kissed as if they would never let each other go.
From the movie:
Ralph Crewe as Sarah touches his face: What are you doing? Memorizing me by heart?
Sara: No. I already know you by heart.
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"What I believe about dolls,"she said, "is that they can do things they will not let us know about. Perhaps, really, Emily can read and talk and walk, but she will only do it when people are out of the room. That is her secret. You see, if people knew that dolls could do things, they would make them do work. So perhaps, they have promised each other to keep it a secret. If you stay in the room, Emily will just sit there and stare, but if you go out, she will begin to read, perhaps, or go out and look out of the window. Then if she heard either of us coming, she would just run back and jump into her chair and pretend she had been there all the time." pp. 19
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Sara is talking to Ermengarde about Emily:
"Let us go very quietly to the door," she whispered, "and then I will open it quite suddenly; perhaps we may catch her."
pp. 33
They made not the least noise until they reached the door. Then Sara suddenly turned the handle, and threw it wide open. Its opening revealed the room, quite neat and quiet, a fire gently burning in the grate, and a wonderful doll sitting in a chair by it, apparently reading a book.
"Oh, she got back to her seat before we could see her!" Sara exclaimed. "Of course, they always do. They are as quick as lightning."
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Sara: "Ermengarde, this is Emily. Would you like to hold her?"
1995 movie
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Sara sat upon the hearth-rug and told her strange things. She sat rather huddled up, and her green eyes shone and her cheeks flushed. She told stories of the voyage, and stories of India; but what fascinated Ermengarde the most was her fancy about the dolls who walked and talked, and who could do anything they chose when the human beings were out of the room, but who must keep their powers a secret and so flew back to their places 'like lightning' when people returned to the room.
"We couldn't do it," said Sara seriously. "You see, it's a kind of magic."
Storytelling is really important to Sara's character, and to the little girls who like to listen to her stories :)
In the 1995 movie, Sara's stories about India have more weight than they do in the book.
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One of Miss Minchin's chief secret annoyances was that she did not speak French herself, and was desirous of concealing the irritating fact. She, therefore, had no intention of discussing the matter and laying herself open to innocent questing by a new little pupil." pp. 22
"Ah, madame, he said, "there is not much I can teach her. She has not learned French, she is French. Her accent is exquisite." - Monsieur Dufarge pp.24
From the movie:
M. Dufarge: "This child doesn't need to learn French, she practically is French. Says she learned it from her father...Well perhaps she can tutor the younger children, and she might just be able to help you with your pronunciation, Miss Minchin.I liked this scene because it was another nod to the book. Another reason why she felt threatened by Sara, or a resentment anyway. She felt that Sara "showed her up ( ... )
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Also the soundtrack is so beautiful. "let your heart kindle my heart"
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