Mapp & Lucia (TV Series)

The Owl and the Pussycat (1985)

Mary MacLeod: Godiva 'Diva' Plaistow

Quotes 

• Elizabeth Mapp : Then she sat with that sailor or this, with her fingers entwined in his...

  Godiva Plaistow : No! Actually...?

  Elizabeth Mapp : Yes!

  Godiva Plaistow : And?

  Elizabeth Mapp : He would pretend to teach her a clove hitch.

  Godiva Plaistow : [aghast]  No!

  Elizabeth Mapp : That's a knot, isn't it? Probably with some improper meaning as well.

  Godiva Plaistow : And?

  Elizabeth Mapp : Such flirtation - at her age too - but I don't judge her and I beg you won't. Thank heavens a British ship appeared in the nick of time before she went too far.