- Sophie Straw: [at the audition] You're Clive, aren't ya.
- Clive Richardson: [proudly] Yes, um, you've seen me on the stage.
- Bill Gardiner: Did you catch his Coriolanus?
- Sophie Straw: No, I had the vaccine.
- Barbara Parker: [in the customer trying on a fur hat] Mother of the bride is it.
- Barbara Parker: [pointing to another hat] Uh, well, uh, perhaps this hat might suit madame better.
- Female Customer in Hats: [looking a herself in the mirror with the fur hat on] I like this one. What do you think?
- Barbara Parker: Have you ever seen a dead badger on the side of the road?
- Female Customer in Hats: [in an offended tone] I beg your pardon?
- Barbara Parker: You did ask.
- Barbara Parker: [going to talk to some of the other salesgirls within close distance] She did ask, didn't she.
- Miss Sykes: [coming onto the scene] Is there a problem, Barbara?
- Barbara Parker: No, no, Miss Sykes. I, I... was just explaining to madame that this hat makes her head look a little like, um...
- Female Customer in Hats: *Roadkill*!