:14:01
Miss Brodie, I am not
asking you to say anything.
:14:03
I am asking... demanding...
:14:05
that you put your signature,
your own signature...
:14:09
on a letter of resignation
which I have prepared for you.
:14:27
I will not resign.
:14:29
If you will not resign,
you will force me to dismiss you.
:14:33
I will not resign...
:14:35
and you will not dismiss me,
Miss Mackay.
:14:39
You will not use
the excuse of that pathetic...
:14:41
that humorous document
to blackmail me!
:14:47
Mr. Lowther,
you are a witness to this.
:14:51
Miss Mackay has made totally unsupported
accusations against my name and yours.
:14:56
If she has one
authentic shred of evidence...
:14:58
just one,
let her bring it forth!
:15:01
Otherwise, if one more word of this
outrageous calumny reaches my ears, I shall sue!
:15:06
I shall take Miss Mackay
to the public courts...
:15:08
and I shall sue the trustees of Marcia Blaine,
if they support her.
:15:11
I will not stand quietly by
and allow myself to be crucified...
:15:15
by a woman whose fetid frustration
has overcome her judgment!
:15:19
If scandal is to your taste,
Miss Mackay, I shall give you a feast!
:15:23
- Miss Brodie!
- I am a teacher!
:15:26
I am a teacher,
first, last, always!
:15:28
Do you imagine
that for one instant...
:15:30
I will let that be taken
from me without a fight?
:15:33
I have dedicated, sacrificed
my life to this profession.
:15:37
And I will not stand by
like an inky little slacker...
:15:39
and watch you rob me
of it and for what?
:15:42
For what reason?
For jealousy!
:15:44
Because I have the gift
of claiming girls for my own.
:15:46
It is true I am
a strong influence on my girls.
:15:49
I am proud of it!
:15:51
I influence them to be
aware of all the possibilities of life...
:15:55
of beauty, honor, courage.
:15:57
I do not, Miss Mackay, influence them
to look for slime where it does not exist!