Filmsite Movie Review 100 Greatest Films Rebecca (1940) The
Story (continued)  After he has abruptly proposed to her, he
invites her to his room-service breakfast table:  de Winter: My
suggestion didn't seem to go at all well. Sorry. Woman: Oh, but
you don't understand. It's that I, well, I'm not the sort of
person men marry. de Winter: I don't know what you mean. Woman:
I don't belong in your sort of world, for, for one thing. de
Winter: Well, what is 'my sort of world?' Woman: Oh well,
Manderley, you know what I mean. de Winter: Well, I'm the best
judge of whether you belong there or not. Of course, if you
don't love me, that's a different theorem. A fine blow to my
conceit, that's all. de Winter: (He touches her hand.) Bless you
for that. I'll remind you of this one day. You won't believe me.
It's a pity you have to grow up.  After the young woman accepts
his untraditional proposal, he asks that she pour him some
coffee, with two ounces of sugar and some milk. Mrs. Van Hopper
is invited to Maxim's hotel ro