Daily Dialogue — September 10, 2013

As the smoke on the station platform clears, Bobbie sees her father who has just been released from prison.

Bobbie Waterbury: Daddy! My Daddy!

— The Railway Children (1970), screenplay by Lionel Jeffries, novel E. Nesbit

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is reunion, suggested by Laura Deerfield. Today’s suggestion by Liz Swan.

Trivia: Lionel Jeffries bought the film rights to the novel himself.

Dialogue On Dialogue: A reunion between a father and daughter, held apart by circumstances and time. Lump in your throat time.