- Bancroft: Why if I'm dying do I feel so randy all the time?
- Ward Sister: What makes you think you're dying?
- Bancroft: Your embarrassment with the word for one thing.
- [Ward sister cannot look at him]
- Walter Bancroft: [Bancroft's parents come to visit him in hospital] How are you son?
- [goes to shake Bancroft's hand]
- Vivian Bancroft: Oh put it away. He has no wish to be impressed with your wrestling grip.
- Walter Bancroft: [slightly thrown off his stride] You're looking good...He is you know.
- Bancroft: [quiet but angrily to his father] She just insulted you...don't you care?
- Deckermensky, 'Decker': [Coma patient Mr. Lightowler passes gas] Does he do that a lot?
- Bancroft: It's his one little vanity. He likes to keep the impression he's still alive.
- Deckermensky, 'Decker': So, what do you do when you're not wearing funny noses?
- Bancroft: I'm a solicitor.