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"[about the mirror] But in a queer sort of way, it fascinates me. I feel as though that room, the one in the mirror, were trying to... to claim me. To draw me into it. It almost becomes the real room, and my own bedroom imaginary. [He takes a drag off his cigarette with a shaking hand] And I know that there's something waiting for me on the other side of the mirror. Something evil. Monstrously evil. And if I cross that dividing line, something awful will happen."
"[about their upcoming wedding] The cake's under control. Oh, and I've had a lot more answers. The Laughtons can't come, thank Heaven. And we've got some perfectly frightful presents. You know, darling, I really think we'll have to turn that spare room of ours into a Chamber of Horrors."
"It's entirely your fault: you can't cheat a ghost!"
"You're dead? How about a nice cup of tea?"
"Really, Eliot! That story is totally incredible and decidedly improper!"
"Oh, Mr. Craig. Now that you've met us, I sure that you wouldn't dream of dreaming about us again."
"Roland Culver — Eliot Foley"
"Renee Gadd — Mrs. Craig"
"Sally Ann Howes — Sally O'Hara"
"Mervyn Johns — Walter Craig"
"Anthony Baird — Hugh Grainger"
"Judy Kelly — Joyce Grainger"
"Barbara Leake — Mrs. O'Hara"
"Mary Merrall — Mrs. Foley"
"Frederick Valk — Dr. van Straaten"
"Googie Withers — Joan Cortland"
"Ralph Michael — Peter Cortland"
"Peggy Bryan — Mary Lee"
"Basil Radford — George Parratt"
"Naunton Wayne — Larry Potter"
"Allan Jeayes — Maurice Olcott"
"Magda Kun — Mitzi"
"Miles Malleson — the jailer"
"Garry Marsh — Harry Parker"
"Hartley Power — Sylvester Kee"
"Michael Redgrave — Maxwell Frere"
"Elisabeth Welch — Beulah"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.