- Rev. Kenneth Bartlett: Aye, ye cannae mourn forever and a day.
- 'Quaint' Irene Coles: And after five months, the Padre's speaking Scots again!
- Elizabeth Mapp: But if we hadn't bumped into the boat in that fog...
- Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas: Quite, dear, but we did bump into it. Pity it wasn't British, but drowing beggars can't be choosers.
- Elizabeth Mapp: [passing the graveyard] Oh look, a new stone! Who do you think has died?
- Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas: [reading the stone] Good heavens, it's us!
- 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.
- Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas: If you were about to embark on a mésalliance, would you honestly expect me to stay mum?
- Georgie Pillson: Honestly?
- Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas: Yes.
- Georgie Pillson: No.
- Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas: Well, there you are. Or if I was, wouldn't you be the first to point out the positive dangers?
- Georgie Pillson: Well, yes and no.
- Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas: Which?
- Georgie Pillson: No.
- Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas: Well! I couldn't sleep with a clear conscience if I didn't... what's the phrase?
- Georgie Pillson: Put your oar in?
- Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas: That's *not* what I was going to say!