Cate Blanchett credited as playing...
Florence Zimmerman
- [while Jonathan is playing the saxophone]
- Mrs. Zimmerman: [to Lewis] Be a dear - fetch a knife and stab me in the ears.
- Lewis Barnavelt: This all feels weird.
- Florence Zimmerman: What's wrong with weird? Weird's like the nuts in my cookies. It's the nuts that make things interesting.
- Lewis Barnavelt: So, how long have you lived next door to Uncle Jonathan?
- Florence Zimmerman: Oh, we've been friends forever, ever since I came here. Ran here, actually. From Paris. After the War.
- Florence Zimmerman: [notices Lewis giving her a sly grin] And NO, to answer that look you're giving me, your uncle and I aren't anything kissy-faced.
- Jonathan Barnavelt: [in another room, but he overheard that] Gross!
- Mrs. Zimmerman: [talking to Lewis, about Isaac Izard] All he said was he was lost in the Black Forest. Now, that is a very old place with very old magic. It's where the Brothers Grimm wrote their histories.
- Lewis Barnavelt: You mean fairy tales?
- [Zimmerman gives him a sly look with knowing smile]
- [the clock strikes]
- Jonathan Barnavelt: Three gongs... last time it was four. What happens when it gets down to one?
- Mrs. Zimmerman: Nothing good, that's for certain.
- Lewis Barnavelt: [after preparing for Issac Izzard to come] Uncle Jonathan. This is my fault.
- Jonathan Barnavelt: Lewis, you helped us. You're the one who decoded the blueprints.
- Lewis Barnavelt: No. I mean I'm the one who brought Isaac back.
- Mrs. Zimmerman: Lewis?
- Jonathan Barnavelt: What are you talking about?
- Lewis Barnavelt: I opened the cabinet. I used your book. I-I'm so, so, so sorry.
- Jonathan Barnavelt: No, you couldn't have. You don't know enough magic to pull off a spell like that.
- Lewis Barnavelt: I just followed the directions. I bled onto the book.
- Mrs. Zimmerman: Oh, Lewis. Blood magic?
- Jonathan Barnavelt: That was my one rule.
- Lewis Barnavelt: I-I know. I'm sorry.
- Jonathan Barnavelt: And you broke it?
- Lewis Barnavelt: I didn't mean to.
- Jonathan Barnavelt: So you opened a forbidden cabinet and performed an unholy ritual on accident?
- Lewis Barnavelt: I didn't know Isaac was evil. You never told me.
- Jonathan Barnavelt: Oh, so this is my fault?
- Lewis Barnavelt: I didn't say that.
- Jonathan Barnavelt: [furious now] Then what are you saying? What the hell were you thinking?
- Lewis Barnavelt: [sobbing now] I just wanted Tarby to be my friend again. And I want my parents back. And I figured, if it worked here, I could go home and try it on them. I just want my mom.
- Jonathan Barnavelt: [more calmly] I'm sorry. It was a mistake. You coming here.