- [at the mill, before Broadbent's funeral, the employees are speculating on the size of his estate]
- Mr. Hall: How much d'you think he's left?
- Duke Popplewell: Well, if he'd been in shoddy, I should have said about...
- Duke Popplewell: [whispers, confidentially] ... a hundred and fifty thousand.
- Duke Popplewell: But seeing as how he were only a rag merchant...
- Duke Popplewell: [whispers, confidentially] ... not more than forty thousand.
- Mr. Hall: Get away with you! I bet it's not a penny less than...
- Mr. Hall: [whispers, confidentially] fifty thousand.
- Duke Popplewell: No, never!
- Mr. Hall: Eh, Limpy?
- Limpy: I'm with the family. I'm not saying anything. But...
- [Limpy checks that he can't be overheard]
- Limpy: ...I'll wager young Chayley'll double it before his turn comes to lie there.
- Mrs. Perkins: So you're the actress. No doubt you'll want to see the bedroom. There you are. And that's the bed John Henry breathed his last in. Will you be wanting anything else?
- Ruthine West: Well, if there's time, I would like a bath.
- Mrs. Perkins: A bath! The taps aren't connected up. I suppose I could boil you up a kettle if you're that mucky. Oh and should you need it, it's in the yard.
- Ruthine West: In the yard?
- Mrs. Perkins: But I warn you. Don't pull the chain too hard or you'll get a shower from the tank. It wants seeing to. I'm always telling him.
- Ruthine West: Joy, darling! I've made a terrible mess of things.
- Joy: Well, that's nothing new for you.
- Ethel: I've only seen you on TV.
- Ruthine West: Oh, that? That was nothing. That was just a favour I did for the producer.
- Ethel: I suppose in your business you're always doing favours for the producer...
- Broadbent Snr. in Photograph: She's been living on the fat of the land! Your fat, son! No, dammit, my fat an' all.
- Chayley Broadbent: You can't really blame her, she's never had much money.
- Broadbent Snr. in Photograph: She's makin' up for it now - she's found a soft touch. Now, make an end of it while you've still got the price of a bus fare. Come on, come on - get weavin'!