- [first lines]
- Mrs Warboys: As I say, Mrs Meldrew swore me to complete secrecy over the entire episode. I mean, there are some things too personal and too upsetting to be just blethered all round the houses as idle gossip. Well, as far as anyone can tell, the roots of it all started one morning last June. A few of us were round having a bit of a chin-wag over coffee, and somehow or other the subject had drifted onto weird dreams and nightmares.
- Victor Meldrew: Then I'm going up to town to buy that Noel Edmonds sweater.
- Margaret Meldrew: I see. Just to be obstinate you're going to pollute the environment with that eyesore, are you? Off a knitting pattern from hell. It's a wonder the girls who handle them aren't given safety goggles.
- [last lines]
- Mrs Warboys: I'd better dash. As I say, I'd rather all this didn't go any further if you would. Because a lot of it was told to me in the strictest confidence, so... All the best to you both, then. Bye.
- Lady in Tea Shop: Bye.
- Lady in Tea Shop: Bye.
- Lady in Tea Shop: Nice woman.
- Lady in Tea Shop: Yes. Wonder who she was.