- [Norma has thrown Alec out of the house because of his part in framing Pop Larkin. In the morning, after sleeping on a park bench, he comes back to apologise]
- Alec Norman: I felt I needed to show contrition somehow.
- [he hands her a small box that might contain a ring or a necklace]
- Alec Norman: Let's start again, Norma.
- [she opens it to reveal a small orange cube nestling where a ring would be]
- Alec Norman: It's the cheese we shared on our magical first date. Saint Nectaire. I hoped it might mean more than a ring - as well as being cheaper. I've got the rest in my pocket.
- [making a drunken admission to Ma Larkin about her husband's part in the Jerebohms' framing of Pop Larkin]
- Norma Norman: You jump into bed with a man. And thirty years later you realise it was probably the wrong man.