- Tuppence Cowley: Two young adventurers for hire... willing to do anything, go anywhere... Pay must be good, no reasonable offer refused.
- Tommy Beresford: I should think that any offer we got to that would be pretty unreasonable one.
- Tuppence Cowley: Tommy, you're a genius. That's much more chic: no unreasonable offer refused.
- Julius P. Hersheimmer: [Tuppence says she works as Rita's parlor maid] You mean you're a menial?
- Tuppence Cowley: I'm a special agent pretending to be a menial.
- Tommy Beresford: I've tried all the orthodox ways of making money.
- Tuppence Cowley: How about the unorthodox?
- [first lines]
- Tommy Beresford: Tuppence?
- Tuppence Cowley: Tommy! You! Of all people, you.
- [They embrace. Tuppence shows Tommy the bread crumbs in her hand]
- Tuppence Cowley: Ducks.
- Tommy Beresford: Of course.
- Tuppence Cowley: Oh, dear old bean.