Judi Dench credited as playing...
Jean Pargetter
- Lionel Hardcastle: I once got kicked in the teeth by a mule.
- Jean Mary Pargetter: Where?
- Lionel Hardcastle: Korea.
- Jean Mary Pargetter: They look very good.
- Lionel Hardcastle: What do?
- Jean Mary Pargetter: The teeth.
- Lionel Hardcastle: These are my own!
- Jean Mary Pargetter: Oh, must have been a very puny mule.
- Lionel Hardcastle: All right, I embroidered. It nearly kicked me in the teeth.
- Jean Mary Pargetter: Were you wounded in Korea?
- Lionel Hardcastle: Only by the mule.
- Lionel Hardcastle: Why should you turn down a rich, handsome barrister?
- Jean Mary Pargetter: I didn't say he was rich.
- Lionel Hardcastle: Have you ever heard of a poor barrister?
- Jean Mary Pargetter: I was tempted.
- Lionel Hardcastle: What, security?
- Jean Mary Pargetter: No. Sex!
- Lionel Hardcastle: Oh!
- [chuckles]
- Jean Mary Pargetter: You remember the kind of thing?
- Lionel Hardcastle: Of course I remember the kind of thing.
- Jean Mary Pargetter: But you thought I didn't.
- Lionel Hardcastle: I thought nothing of the sort.
- Jean Mary Pargetter: You know, it's typical, isn't it? It's fine for men. A man is sexually active as long as he gets one foot out of the wheelchair. A woman passes 50 and her idea of sexual activity is supposed to be soaking her feet and listening to James Last.
- [last lines]
- Judith Hanson: Well, well, well. He dedicated his book to you, and he hadn't seen you for thirty-eight years.
- Jean Pargetter: A dull book.
- Judith Hanson: Nevertheless... Let's go and see him in Norwich.
- Jean Pargetter: Oh, don't be silly!
- Judith Hanson: "To Pooh".
- Jean Pargetter: Don't be silly.
- [first lines]
- Judith: Is that you, Mum?
- Jean: Yes.
- [Judith enters, wrapped in a towel]
- Jean: Well, dressed like that it had better be.
- Judith: You work late?
- Jean: I've a lot to catch up on.
- Judith: You're always working late.
- Jean: I got into the habit. There was never much to come home to.
- Judith: Well, thanks!
- Jean: When you were married, I mean.
- Judith: Which time?
- Jean: Both times. Have you eaten?
- Judith: No. Want me to whip us up something?
- Jean: That offer lacked conviction. We'll eat out.
- Judith: Right. I'll get dressed.