- Eustace Charleton Haney: [describes Tessie] And from what I have heard, she strongly resembled you, Mrs. Douglas. She was as purddy as a birch tree in a field of rhododendrons.
- Oliver Wendell Douglas: Rhododendrons?
- Eustace Charleton Haney: And like you Mrs. Douglas, she came from the old country.
- Lisa Douglas: What old country?
- Eustace Charleton Haney: Any old country. She couldn't get a passport.