- Yvon Mageot: Listen, Erica, before you say anything, I'm not very proud of that little stunt I pulled back in Cairo.
- Erica Baron: Some of the most charming men in history have been utter cads, Yvon.
- Erica Baron: I'm cured. I'm cured of men. The only man that interest me now is my friend Mernephtah.
- Yvon Mageot: [to Erica] I'm sorry I slapped you. If you want to hit me back, feel perfectly free; but, for God's sake, *stop* screaming.
- Abdu-Hamdi: Nowadays, I do mostly a routine trade in scarabs.
- [hands Erica a scarab]
- Erica Baron: It's very nice.
- Abdu-Hamdi: What dynasty would you guess it was from?
- Erica Baron: I would say middle to late - Abdu-Hamdi.
- Abdu-Hamdi: I see that I am dealing with an expert.
- Erica Baron: It does look authentic. How do you do it?
- Abdu-Hamdi: It's all in the aging process. We feed them to turkeys. One passing makes a perfect patina.
- [Erica hands back the scarab]
- Abdu-Hamdi: Please, keep it - to remember me.
- Erica Baron: Thank you. I'll think of you every Thanksgiving.
- Abdu-Hamdi: There is no bad time for speaking to a beautiful woman - a beautiful Egyptologist. This surpasses in miracles the invention of steam.
- Erica Baron: I only met him this afternoon.
- Akmed Khazzan: And do you often go out with men in the evening whom you meet in the afternoon?
- Erica Baron: This is your country and your office and your little tea party, Doctor *Khazzan*; but, I've got to tell you, you're the rudest sonntofabitch I've ever met in my life.
- Erica Baron: I'm sorry. I haven't even thanked you for saving my life.
- Yvon Mageot: So, why don't we have dinner. You shouldn't be alone tonight.
- Erica Baron: I don't think I'm in the mood.
- Yvon Mageot: I wouldn't get overwrought with grief, if I were you. Hamdi had a rather nasty side to him. You don't acquire a shop like his in a place like this without dealing with some pretty dirty people.
- Don: Mount up! Mrs. Ahlquist, you look great from this angle. Is that your end or the camel's I'm looking at?
- Don: Okay, this way. This way. Watch your step. Watch your step along here. If you can't feel your way, feel the person next to you. If you can't feel the person next to you, feel me. Wahoo!
- Erica Baron: [after being discovered hiding under her hotel bed] I was just checking to make sure that the mattress tag hadn't been ripped off. Because, it's against the law.
- Don: Okay, gang, now listen, the lights down here date from the dark ages and you'll forgive the pun. So, I want you all to stick close to each other. All except for Mrs. Ahlquist, who can stick close to me. Just kidding, Mr. Ahlquist.
- Yvon Mageot: Now what?
- Erica Baron: I suppose the next thing is to go to Luxor. That's where most of Mernephtah's major work was at.
- Yvon Mageot: I think I can get us on the sleeping car this afternoon.
- Erica Baron: Us?
- Yvon Mageot: You seem very forgiving all of the sudden.
- Erica Baron: I have a very forgiving nature.
- Yvon Mageot: Yes - and I think perhaps you also want something from me.
- Erica Baron: Do you know what the chances of getting anywhere in Egyptology *through* the normal routes are for a woman? Do you know how many times you're passed over in favor of your so-called colleagues because of an accident of fate that happened 10 million years ago when somebody had to get up, leave the cave, go out and strangle an animal for dinner. It was *their* gender and not mine that was dumb enough, hostile enough, and big enough to do it.
- Yvon Mageot: Does this mean I'm forgiven?
- Erica Baron: Well, it could mean a lot of things if you play your cards right.