- [first lines]
- Richard: Is this tie all right?
- Hyacinth: For where we're going, any tie's a novelty.
- Richard: It's no good being like that about it; it's a family occasion. The thing is to make the best of it. Anyway, I always think there's something rather nice about a christening.
- Hyacinth: There's something even nicer if there's been a wedding first.
- [last lines]
- The Vicar: It's a lovely baby. Which one's the father?
- Hyacinth: Let's go into the church, shall we? Richard, don't dally.
- Richard: Hardly dallying, Hyacinth.
- Hyacinth: If we go in first, we can hide behind the pillar.
- The Vicar: Is it the tall one?
- Hyacinth: Well, at least it's stopped raining. Tell me, Vicar...