- [first lines]
- Hyacinth: Listen to that. Doesn't he play beautifully!
- The Neighbour: Yes, he does.
- Hyacinth: Brahms, I think.
- The Neighbour: Mendelssohn, surely.
- Hyacinth: Hm?
- [laughs self-consciously]
- Hyacinth: Just testing.
- [the neighbour leaves]
- Hyacinth: Know-all.
- [last lines]
- Mrs. Fortescue: You have very interesting relatives, Mrs. Bucket.
- Hyacinth: It's Bouquet. Yes, they are. Very... interesting.
- [a man wearing a medieval dress waves at them]
- Richard: Wasn't that Bruce!
- Hyacinth: Keep your eyes on the road, dear.
- [talking on the phone with her sister Violet]
- Hyacinth: What's wrong with your husband, dear?
- Hyacinth: Whims and fancies.
- [chuckles]
- Hyacinth: They all have their whims and fancies.
- Hyacinth: In what way is Bruce going strange?
- Hyacinth: [laughs] Well, I'm sorry, Violet, but I thought for a moment there that you said he wanted you both to dress up as Robin Hood and Maid Marian.
- [chuckles]
- Hyacinth: Oh, he does want you both to dress up as Robin Hood and Maid Marian.
- Hyacinth: What do you mean I haven't heard the worst part?
- Hyacinth: He wants to be Maid Marian.
- Hyacinth: Watch the cyclist.
- Richard: I'm watching the cyclist.
- Hyacinth: She shouldn't be riding a bicycle wearing skirts as short as that.
- Hyacinth: [Richard is looking over to the side] Keep your eyes on the road, dear.
- Richard: [looking in the rear-view mirror] But you just told me to watch the cyclist.
- Hyacinth: Just watch the road.
- [Richard has waved to Onslow who rides past on his bicycle]
- Mrs. Fortescue: Who was that?
- Hyacinth: [pretending she hadn't noticed] Who was what?
- Mrs. Fortescue: That man your husband was waving at.
- Hyacinth: Oh he wasn't waving Mrs Fortescue, he was just signalling a turn.
- Richard: Much more of this and I think I'll have a turn!
- Mrs. Fortescue: Didn't look like anyone I would expect you to know.
- Hyacinth: [obviously pleased] How very perceptive of you to recognise that, Mrs Fortescue.