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What does Estella say in French?


In the scene where she comes to his house after the cocktail party when they are teenagers, she says something as she is leaving?

She ends with 'quel dommage', which is 'too bad or what a shame' more or less, but she says something else before that, does anyone know?

I think there was an 'allez' in there, meaning 'go'...



I'm here...without permission

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I don't know for sure, but I'm assuming she says something like "I'm going to France (or abroad or wherever she ended up going) tomorrow. What a shame."

The next day when Finn goes to Dinsmor's house Estella has left for Europe and Dinsmor says something like "Didn't she tell you? I bet she meant to." IE, Estella didn't know how to tell Finn she was leaving because of her feelings for him, so she said it in French.

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Yep, that's right. She says: "Je vais aller en France, demain" (I'm leaving for France tomorrow). To which Finn says, I don't speak french, and she replies "Quel dommage" (that's a shame).

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