[Nicholas and Danny have just chased down a speeding vehicle. Nicholas confronts the driver, Martin Blower and his partner Eve Draper]Martin Blower: [unctiously] Was I going a tad fast, officer?Nicholas Angel: [reading his license] Yes you were Mister... Blower.Martin Blower: Well now you see, we are staging a homage to William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and we're a little late for the dress rehearsal. I'm playing the eponymous hero. Romeo, not Juliet. [Eve Draper giggles, annoyingly][he sees that Nicholas is copying down everything that he is saying on his notepad]Martin Blower: What are you writing?Nicholas Angel: Everything you're saying, I might need to refer to it later.Martin Blower: Now officer, I am a respected solicitor so there's no need to-- look, just stop writing. Look, I am merely trying to explain why I might have exceeded the speed limit.Nicholas Angel: [reading from his notepad] You're playing the male lead in a homage to William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and you're late for the dress rehearsal. Do you think this is a sufficient reason to travel at 48 in a 30 zone?Martin Blower: But I--Nicholas Angel: To flout speed limits specifically put in place to save lives?Martin Blower: Oh, now this is preposterous!Nicholas Angel: [writing] 'Preposterous.'Martin Blower: [exasperated] Look! Stop WRITING!Nicholas Angel: 'Stop writing.'
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