- [first lines]
- Alvin: [riding a bicycle with a sidecar] Hop on. Your carriage awaits.
- Nora Batty: I don't accept lifts from strangers.
- Alvin: Strangers! I live next door.
- Nora Batty: And damn strange you are too. What do you need that thing for when you're on your own?
- Alvin: They said, "Nora Batty is a different woman in a sidecar." So I thought, "A different Nora Batty? It's worth a try."
- Nora Batty: Who said?
- Alvin: So I thought, "Go for it, Alvin. Sweeten up the old bat. Take her for a spin now and then. Bring a bit of colour to her life."
- Nora Batty: Have you any idea how close you are to being spoken of in the past tense?
- [last lines]
- Clegg: Do you think you can ever really be forgiven for insulting a hat?
- Truly: Huh. People used to laugh at me when I was a bobby, but I found if you smiled and were forgiving you could usually get the beggars later.
- Billy: Sometimes they laugh at me for wearing such a big feather.
- Clegg: Well, you should try wearing it in your hat.
- Nora Batty: What do you want?
- Alvin: No, not "What do you want?" Try "Hello, Alvin."
- Nora Batty: What do you want?