- Jim Heeler: Aye,you've to bait your hook to catch fish Henry.
- Henry Horatio Hobson: Then I'll none go fishing!
- Maggie Hobson: Show me your hands.
- William Mossup: They're dirty.
- Maggie Hobson: They're dirty, but clever. You're a natural genius at making boots. It's a pity you're a natural fool at all else.
- Henry Horatio Hobson: Since your mother died there's been a gradual increase of uppishness towards me.