Judi Dench credited as playing...
Jean Pargetter
- [first lines]
- [Lionel can be heard grunting in the change cubicle]
- Jean: He's not fighting someone in there, is he?
- Suit Salesman: I'll inquire. Ahem. Is Sir all right in there?
- Lionel: No, Sir is not all right in here. Sir is hot, and sick and tired of getting in and out of suits, and taking his shoes off and putting them back on again. In fact Sir is becoming claustrophobic and completely brassed off.
- Suit Salesman: Well, that was an outburst.
- Jean: Railing.
- Suit Salesman: I beg your pardon?
- Jean: Railing. He does that sometimes.
- Suit Salesman: About trying on suits?
- Jean: Oh, about anything. You name it; he can rail against it.
- Suit Salesman: Well, I wouldn't like his blood pressure.
- Jean: Oh, no, once he's had a good rail, he's quite himself again.
- [last lines]
- Lionel: You see, just getting by isn't enough any more.
- Jean: Are you suggesting that I'm expensive?
- Lionel: I'm suggesting that for me, 'getting by' isn't enough any more. And I don't want to go back to Kenya.
- Jean: Why?
- Lionel: Oh, that's a pretty coy question.
- Jean: I'd like to know.
- Lionel: Well, let's face it, we can't wait another thirty-eight years before we see each other again, can we?