Four Star Playhouse (TV Series)

A String of Beads (1954)

Brenda Forbes: Edythe Livingstone

Quotes 

• Edith Livingston : Such a depressing middle-class gentility about governesses, don't you think?

  Count Bocelli : Maybe so, but if that lady represents middle-class gentility, it is interesting that she should be the one to wear a string of pearls worth at least 50,000 pounds.

• Edith Livingston : Forgive me for saying this, but are you sure?

  Count Bocelli : How can anyone be sure of anything in this uncertain and capricious world?

  [Turning to the governess] 

  Count Bocelli : I beg your pardon, Miss Robinson, but may I examine your pearls more closely?

  Joan Robinson : Why, yes. Yes, of course.

  Count Bocelli : You were right, Mrs. Livingston. I was mistaken.

  Edith Livingston : I felt sure that you must be.

  Count Bocelli : I said they were worth 50,000 pounds. They are worth at least 60.

  Edith Livingston : What? Miss Robinson, where did those pearls come from?

  Joan Robinson : Well, I don't remember where I bought them, Mrs. Livingston, but I assure you I didn't pay 60,000 pounds for them.

  Count Bocelli : I haven't seen pearls like those since I appraised the Duchess of Melford's ten years ago. They are not only perfectly matched, but very, very old.

  Joan Robinson : But I don't understand. I mean, they couldn't be.

  Edith Livingston : Miss Robinson, Count Borselli ought to know. What I'd like to know is how you...

• Count Bocelli : Mrs. Livingston, this has been a most enjoyable evening for me.

  Edith Livingston : It must have seemed quite like a busman's holiday to you, Count, discovering those pearls.

  Count Bocelli : Ah yes, the pearls. But then, their great value is only a faithful reflection of the lady who wears them.