- James Bellamy: [Referring to her mother] Only her idea of marrying well is not the same as mine.
- James Bellamy: What is?
- James Bellamy: I believe marriage should be something more than agreeing to share the same house and butler. I sometimes wish I was born in something-or-other B.C., when people lived in caves, and men and women got married just to huddle together for warmth and stop each other from being frightened of the dark.
- Miss Celia Grey: [working a jigsaw puzzle] Oh, Mrs. Cochrane-Danby, I found your piece of sky.
- Mrs. Cochrane-Danby: That is almost too exciting to bear. Perhaps you'd very kindly put it in for me, Miss Grey?
- Miss Celia Grey: Yes, of course.
- Mrs. Cochrane-Danby: Oh, it really is appallingly cold. Miss Grey, I wonder if you'd ring the bell for the footman to make up the fire?
- Miss Celia Grey: Yes, of course.
- [pauses]
- Miss Celia Grey: Umm. Do you think we should?
- Mrs. Cochrane-Danby: Well, since the alternative is to freeze to death, I'm quite sure we should.
- Max Weinberg: [appreciating Hudson's capabilities and manner] Remarkable loader you have there,
- Hudson: Oh, no, he's really our butler, but he acts as valet sometimes.
- Max Weinberg: Butler, valet, loader and diplomat. Quite a valuable object!
- James Bellamy: [during shooting] Tell me, do you ever regret not becoming a gamekeeper like your father?
- Hudson: I never believe in dwelling on what might have been. sir.