Little House on the Prairie (TV Series)
The Lost Ones (Part One) (1981)
Ketty Lester: Hester-Sue Terhune
Quotes
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Charles Ingalls : [after Charles asks Hester Sue if James and Cassandra can live at the blind school] What do you say?
Hester-Sue Terhune : I don't know what to say.
Charles Ingalls : There's some money. It's not a lot, but they're not gonna be a burden for a while.
Hester-Sue Terhune : Charles...
Charles Ingalls : Jonathan and me, we could scrape up more when you have to have it.
Hester-Sue Terhune : I've never seen you like this.
Charles Ingalls : Hester Sue, I have to do something.
Hester-Sue Terhune : I know, but this is a blind school. They wouldn't fit in. It wouldn't be right.
Charles Ingalls : Just let them live here. They could go to regular school.
Hester-Sue Terhune : Two white children?
Charles Ingalls : You have white students here.
Hester-Sue Terhune : Blind students, Charles. And the blind don't seem to have any problems with color.
Charles Ingalls : What, do you think James and Cassandra would?
Hester-Sue Terhune : No. What I'm saying is... for them to live here with me, I would have to legally adopt them and there's no way the state would allow that.
Charles Ingalls : [long pause] I suppose you're right.
Hester-Sue Terhune : Charles, you know me well enough to know that if I could take those children, I would.
Charles Ingalls : I know.