- Capt. Daniel Gregg: Indulgence is the stepping stone to weakness.
- Carolyn Muir: Ah, but don't confuse indulgence with understanding.
- [Claymore can't be bothered to come out and fix Mrs. Muir's broken window, but she knows just which of his buttons to push]
- Claymore Gregg: I can't possibly get away. I can't possibly.
- Carolyn Muir: Well, I suppose a few more days won't do any harm. After all, they ARE old drapes.
- Claymore Gregg: Drapes! My silk brocade drapes, Mrs. Muir. Have they been damaged?
- Carolyn Muir: Oh, no. No, I was just thinking what MIGHT happen if, uh... it should rain today.
- Claymore Gregg: "Rain today!" But Mrs. Muir, it is a beautiful day, please! I-I can''t be running out to Gull Cottage on a silly little chance that it might rain.
- Carolyn Muir: No, of course you can't. And, besides, what could a little downpour do to your Persian rugs?
- Claymore Gregg: My Persian rugs?
- Carolyn Muir: I mean, it would take a real cloudburst to warp your lovely floors.
- Claymore Gregg: My hardwood f-f-f-f-f... Mrs. Muir, you KNOW it's not going to rain today, PLEASE!
- Carolyn Muir: Of course not, Claymore, unless you-know-who loses his temper.
- [frightened, Claymore runs off]
- Capt. Daniel Gregg: I had nothing whatever to do with that rodent abandoning ship.
- Carolyn Muir: Well, something scared him out of there.
- Capt. Daniel Gregg: Madam, that ninny could be scared by an angry termite.
- Seaman Elroy Applegate: Captain, if you help me, I'll-I'll-I'll never come back. You'll never have to see me again.
- Capt. Daniel Gregg: Never?
- Seaman Elroy Applegate: Never.
- Capt. Daniel Gregg: That's an inducement.
- Seaman Elroy Applegate: I thought it would be.