- [first lines]
- Donald Brocklebank: [answering phone] Hello? Hello? Yes, yes I know. No, I didn't know that. No, that's not good at all. No, she doesn't know. Hmm. Hmm. Exactly. Okay, goodbye.
- James: They going to make it?
- Donald Brocklebank: No, they're not.
- James: Can I look after mummy this time.
- Donald Brocklebank: I'm not going away.
- James: But you always say that, you always do.
- James: [knocking] Some one's at the door!
- [starts running]
- Donald Brocklebank: Stop James, I said stop!
- James: But I want to see who it is...
- Donald Brocklebank: We both know what you're like with people you don't know.
- James: But I like people.
- Donald Brocklebank: Yes, but they don't like you. Now quick, hide.
- James: I'm going to prove to both of you that you *can* trust me. When daddy gets back, you're going to be better.
- Nancy Brocklebank: In that case, I need to go to the loo.
- James: Oh.