Mapp & Lucia1985

Elizabeth Mapp:
Then she sat with that sailor or this, with her fingers entwined in his...

Godiva Plaistow:
No! Actually...?

Elizabeth Mapp:
Yes!

Godiva Plaistow:
And?

Elizabeth Mapp:
He would pretend to teach her a clove hitch.

Godiva Plaistow:
[aghast] No!

Elizabeth Mapp:
That's a knot, isn't it? Probably with some improper meaning as well.

Godiva Plaistow:
And?

Elizabeth Mapp:
Such flirtation - at her age too - but I don't judge her and I beg you won't. Thank heavens a British ship appeared in the nick of time before she went too far.