- Robert Wainthropp: [With ennui] You've seen one leaning tower, you've seen 'em all.
- Hetty Wainthropp: [Reprovingly] Robert!
- Hetty Wainthropp: [to Robert] If you can eat tripe, you can eat octopus. It's two sides of the same coin.
- Hetty Wainthropp: [to Geoffrey] This box of nougats is for you. Robert and I don't eat nougats. It's death for teeth!