Correspondence Quotes

John 'The Hangman' Ruth: [while reading Warren's "Lincoln Letter"] "Ole Mary Todd's calling, so I guess it must be time for bed."
[pause]
John 'The Hangman' Ruth: Ole Mary Todd...
[to Warren]
John 'The Hangman' Ruth: That gets me.
Major Marquis Warren: [smiles warmly] That gets me, too.

John 'The Hangman' Ruth: [turn to Daisy] You know what this is, tramp? It's a letter from Lincoln. It's a letter from Lincoln to him.
[points at the Major]
John 'The Hangman' Ruth: They shared a correspondence during the war. They was pen pals. This is just one of the letters.
[Daisy studies the letter and suddenly spits a huge wad on it;

Marquis leans over and punches her violently in the face. Daisy falls out of the moving stagecoach with John Ruth shackled with her; they both tumble out in the snow]

Allen Dulles: Best that this all remains confidential. Let's not discuss any of this with Mary or with anyone else. Share the correspondence only with us. Let us know what they want to do and when.
James Donovan: I've got no client, no wife, no country. Don't know what I'm doing or when - or who for.
Allen Dulles: You're doing it for

your country, but your country doesn't know that yet.
James Donovan: What about my client, the other person in this equation? My guy.
Allen Dulles: Your guy? You mean the Russian? He's not your guy anymore, Counselor. Your guy is Francis Gary Powers now.
James Donovan: What do I tell Rudolf Abel?
Allen

Dulles: Tell him not to drop dead.

J.F. Villefort, Chief Magistrate: Well, I must say, Dantes, you don't have the look of a traitor.
Edmond Dantes: Traitor?
J.F. Villefort, Chief Magistrate: Now, attend me well, Dantes, for your life may depend on it. Did you have any personal contact with Napoleon when you were on Elba?
Edmond Dantes: Elba.

Yes, I did. Well, we did. I was with the Count Mondego's son, Fernand, almost the entire time. Do you know Fernand?
J.F. Villefort, Chief Magistrate: He's a recent acquaintance, yes.
Edmond Dantes: Oh, there you are. He'll vouch for me.
J.F. Villefort, Chief Magistrate: No doubt, but you said "almost the entire time."

Edmond Dantes: Except for when Napoleon asked me to deliver a personal letter to a friend in Marseilles.
J.F. Villefort, Chief Magistrate: Well, Dantes, it is for accepting that treasonous correspondence that you have been denounced by your own first mate, a monsieur Danglars.
Edmond Dantes: What?