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What was shouted at George when he left Connie Sachs

posted 19 years ago by zooeyhall
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In the scene at Connie Sachs' farm, when George is leaving and Connie's girlfriend (or whatever) is opening the gate, she is screaming something at George Smiley as he drives away. It seems to be something like "fascist!" and "woman hater!"

The DVD of this series has terrible audio in places, and I may be mistaken about what was said/heard. Can someone answer two questions for me:

1) Is this actually what was shouted at George?

and

2) If it was, was it true about his character?

Thanks for any help any fans of the series can give!

[–] saareman 19 years ago

If you turn on the Close Captioning on your TV you can double check the text:
1. Hilary shouts at Smiley in the car as he is leaving: "Don't ever come back!" "Fascist pig!" "Woman hater!" "Bastard!".
2. I just took this to mean that she still resented being let go from the Circus due to her "nervous breakdown" and still having Smiley remind her of her official Oath of Secrecy (just a few minutes earlier when she came back in with Connie & Smiley by the fireplace). The novel probably filled in a few more details on the background here, but it has been too long since I've read it to remember for sure.