Daily Dialogue — July 16, 2017
Monsignor: To be brief, the bishop and I both have the feeling that your long and faithful years should now be recompensed. That you…
Monsignor: To be brief, the bishop and I both have the feeling that your long and faithful years should now be recompensed. That you should… uh… retire.
Father Francis Chisholm: I have no wish to retire.
Monsignor: I’m sure you’ll understand this has been a somewhat painful experience for me, Father, this week of investigation.
— The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Nunnally Johnson, novel by A.J. Cronin
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Church.
Dialogue On Dialogue: Classic example of a setup in the present which sets the framework for a jump in time to the past.