Midnight Lace

Tony Preston:
Come on, darling, fair exchange. One fib for a broken date.

Tony Preston:
Practical jokers have particular talents. Not commendable, but highly special.

Tony Preston:
Nora won the Irish Sweep, madam, and left. I'm the new maid.

Kit Preston:
With or without onions?

Peggy Thompson:
With! When your husband's 10,000 miles away, what does it matter?

Aunt Bea:
If he cares enough, he'll find me.

Tony Preston:
Take Bea. She's a gay soul. At least you'll have a chuckle or two.

Kit Preston:
That's the way I've always dreamed of going to Venice. The moon on the Grand Canal, and the gondolier singing, and Aunt Bea beside me... chuckling.

Tony Preston:
You wouldn't want an irresponsible husband.

Kit Preston:
No, darling. Just a husband.

Charles Manning:
There's nothing wrong about money that having it can't cure.

Kit Preston:
Don't ever change.

Aunt Bea:
I try not to, but the bills at the beauty parlor get bigger every year.

Peggy Thompson:
At least your husband comes home at night. All I have of Roy is a signature at the bottom of a weekly letter. Try cuddling up with THAT.

Inspector Byrnes:
Sometimes I think the Blitz left us with more derelict minds than derelict buildings.

Inspector Byrnes:
No, not at all, Mr. Preston. We're here to be disturbed.

Tony Preston:
How's Bea? Did she bring any stuffed heads back with her?

Kit Preston:
One. She met him on the plane.

Aunt Bea:
Thank heavens there are no tigers in London.

Aunt Bea:
Ah, the jungle of finance. Men must work, and women must weep!

Aunt Bea:
I was once in Dublin for the horse show, and I got a call at the Sheldon Room from a man who wanted to dress me in black underwear. Personally, mind you! It was the most *stimulating* minute-and-a-half I spent in Ireland!

Tony Preston:
Anyway, we'd better let the Inspector know. No reason why he shouldn't have insomnia with the rest of us.

Brian Younger:
Before the war I planned on being an architect. But that meant an office and four walls. I even sleep out under the stars whenever I can. Camping trips and things like that.

Kit Preston:
That's fine if you're married to a Girl Scout.

Aunt Bea:
'Swan Lake' makes me terribly thirsty.

Charles Manning:
Must have something to do with those long necks.

Inspector Byrnes:
Now, Mrs. Covent. Do you recollect exactly what your niece said to you on the phone?

Aunt Bea:
Yes. She said, "Aunt Bea, help me, help me."

Inspector Byrnes:
And what did you assume she meant, Mrs. Covent?

Aunt Bea:
That she needed help, Inspector!

Tony Preston:
Doesn't he think it's dangerous leaving an attractive girl alone for months on end?