- Sir Brian Brooke: I'm sure you don't mean to behave badly, May...
- May Drummond: Why don't you keep your smug advice for somebody who really has behaved badly?
- Sir Brian Brooke: What do you mean by that?
- May Drummond: The doctors didn't really cure your blindness, did they?
- Sir Brian Brooke: I fail to find that amusing, May.
- May Drummond: I dare say you don't find yourself amusing. But others do. Half the people in this room are laughing at you