"A little Biblical quotation wouldn't go so bad right in there,"
he said, when they had finally established the Great Sacrifice
for a Woman. "We'll let Roderick have a line like: 'Greater love
hath no man than laying down his life to save another's.'" He
touched a page of the manuscript with his finger. "There's a
good place for it."
"Aren't you afraid it would sound a little--smug?" Canby asked
timidly. "The way we've got him now, Roderick seems to me to be
always seeing himself as a splendid man and sort of pointing it
out to the--"
"Good gracious!" cried Potter, astounded. "Hasn't it got to be
pointed out? The audience hasn't got a whole lifetime to study
him in; it's only got about two hours. Besides, I don't see what
you say; I don't see it at all! It seems to me I've worked him
around into being a perfectly natural character."
"I suppose you're right," said Canby, meekly scribbling.
"Biblical quotations never do any harm to the box-office,"
Potter added. "You may not get a hand on 'em, but you'll never
get a cough, either." He looked dreamily at the ceiling.
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