- If the child gives the effect another turn of the screw, what do you say to two children-?" p. 3 Douglas to the crowd before he promises to tell his story.
- "There were plenty of people to help, but of course the young lady who should go down as governess would be in supreme authority." p. 8 The master's promise to the governess.
- "I'm rather easily carried away." p. 14 The governess to Mrs. Grose.
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"It was all the romance of the nursery and the poetry of the schoolroom." p. 26 The governess about her relationship with the children.
"'But how do you know?'" - 'I know, I know, I know!' My exaltation grew. 'And you know, my dear." P. 35 The governess telling Mrs. Grose that Quint wants Miles.
- "Then again I shifted my eyes-I faced what I had to face." (40) p. 40 The governess the first time she sees Miss Jessel.
- "They're not mine-they're not ours. They're his and they're hers!" p. 64 The governess talking of the children to Mrs. Grose.
- "How can I retrace to-day the strange steps of my obsession?" (68) p. 68 The governess musing on her relationship with the children.
- "And should you like him to write our story?" (80) p. 80 The governess to Mrs. Grose about having the bailiff write to the master.
- "We were alone with the quiet day, and his little heart, dispossessed, had stopped." p. 113 The governess about Miles's death.
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