- Catherine Gale: [Steed has several ideas for Cathy's campaign speeches] Couldn't I write my own clichés?
- John Steed: [trying out St. John's typewriter] Blunt F, squint I, H above the line...
- Catherine Gale: What's that?
- John Steed: A very good description of my Auntie Queenie.
- Major Gavin Swinburne: I'm afraid I can hardly discuss that with a stranger.
- John Steed: But you are my M.P., major, so demographically speaking, I'm entitled to your political opinion.