- [first lines]
- Belle: [to the viewer, as she gets out of taxi] I suppose sometimes you have to go far away just so you can come back home.
- Belle: [sharing wisdom with the viewer in her bathroom mirror] When life knocks you down, the secret is to get straight back in the ring.
- Belle: [on cellphone] Did you assume control of the agency whilst I was away?
- Charlotte: [glossy purple wig] I never assume control of anything. I just take it.
- Belle: Right, okay. Well, I've come back to...
- Charlotte: You've come back to a well-oiled machine, and you're welcome, by the way.
- Belle: Okay, I'm sorry, all right? I've got a very upset and frankly rather frightened client to whom you've offered your own distinctive services.
- Charlotte: Fear is a necessary impulse. It keeps animals alive in the wild.
- Belle: [sarcastically, to David, regarding his escort] Going in for something slightly harder these days, are you?
- Charlotte: [huffy] Excuse me?
- David: [to Belle] Well, no. It was you who... opened my eyes to new possibilities. I was just...
- Belle: No, you... you don't have to explain. I mean, it's not like we're...
- [laughs]
- Belle: It's not like you've... betrayed me or anything.
- [looks down]
- Belle: And I've been very busy lately. I'm actually running the agency at the moment.
- Charlotte: [sarcastically] In a manner of speaking.
- [looks thoroughly displeased]
- Belle: [wiping hair from eyes] And, uhm, I... just got back from New York. Which was fabulous!
- [laughs, with David joining in]
- Belle: Yeah. You know, I was there, er, talking about a big movie. Yeah. A big Hollywood hit movie. So, I've been busy.
- David: Wow! Really?
- Belle: Mm.
- David: I'm really pleased for you.
- Charlotte: [all impatience] Tick-tock, tick-tock...
- David: Sorry. We should be... uhm...
- Belle: No, no. Go.
- Charlotte: [in taxi] The truth is, I had heard you were good. Your reputation precedes you.
- Belle: I suppose we should have just sorted these things out in the beginning... instead of letting things drag on.
- Charlotte: Speaking of which... there's a human rights lawyer shackled to my boiler. I suppose I should go and release him.