The Family Way

Ezra Fitton:
He walked in 'ere like it were a public convenience

Ezra Fitton:
All this reading books he does, it's not natural.

Lucy Fitton:
You wouldn't know what natural is.

Ezra Fitton:
My father always used to say if it were natural you'd see animals doing it. I never saw a horse reading.

[last lines]

Ezra Fitton:
That's life, son. At your age it'll make you laugh but one day it'll make you bloody cry!

Ezra Fitton:
It says here if the Chinese go on increasing, there'll not be enough food left to go around. Someone ought to tell them Chinese to stop it.

Lucy Fitton:
Why don't you? They might take notice.

Lucy Fitton:
Would you say there was anything odd or queer about a fellow that went on his honeymoon and took his pal with him?

Lucy Fitton:
Some men never grow up, do they?

Liz Piper:
[softly sobbing]

Jenny Fitton:
What's up with you, mum?

Lucy Fitton:
It's a big moment for a mother, luv. A daughter's first night.

Liz Piper:
[continues sobbing] I just can't believe she's ready about it. I feel there was so much I should have told her.

Molly Thompson:
I'll give you a couple of tips, luv. Never show pleasure. You know what I mean, don't you?

Lucy Fitton:
Not that there ever is much.

Molly Thompson:
Aye, you're right there. Never actually refuse, though. It makes a man feel small. And they take it out of your house-keeping money.

Mrs. Harris:
Remember Mrs. Evans, the woman who lived up Canal? She uses to charge her husband.

Mrs. Lee:
Eugh, I think that's disgusting.

Mrs. Harris:
Oh, I don't know. She used to put the money in a kitty towards the holidays. First year they went to Spain

Lucy Fitton:
[bitter about her husband's behavior over their honeymoon] Every blessed morning, off they'd go, happy as sunboys, without as much as a goodbye kiss.

Ezra Fitton:
I was never one to take liberties.

Liz Piper:
But she was your wife, Mr. Fitton.

Ezra Fitton:
I know, but you can still show respect, can't you? I mean, kissing a nineteen year old girl while she's still asleep?

Liz Piper:
But she slept beside you all night...

Ezra Fitton:
I slept beside my brother Tom for years, but I never bloody kissed him!