- Robert Norman: Shall I get my solicitor to draw up the papers?
- Lily Bates: What papers?
- Robert Norman: Well, there'll have to be a legal document, you know.
- Lily Bates: I won't sign anything.
- Robert Norman: Well, really!
- Lily Bates: I'm giving you my baby to bring up because I trust you. Not because of a lot of words on a bit of paper.
- Frances Norman: Of course, Lily. There's no need for us to worry about agreements.
- Robert Norman: All right, but as a businessman...
- Frances Norman: As a businessman, darling, you'd make a very poor mother.