- Maija Länsilehto: In this house it seems to be so that when the host drinks it is the hostess that gets drunk. That's very unfortunate to me, bacause I have never liked drunken women.
- Viktor Sundvall: [to his wife] Yes, I know what you're thinking. Alcohol, that's right! I use too much alcohol, you're so right about that! But I do it only because I suffer from these defective conditions. You know that, Saima. It would be no problem to me to give up alcohol, if only my life was in oder. But that is not the reason. The reason is this bloody channel that harrasses me. It makes me drink, although I don't want to do it.