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John Steed
- John Steed: You've had warning of the flood?
- Jonah Barnard: Oh, indeed I have.
- John Steed: [taps an old barometer] Something more positive than this, I hope?
- Jonah Barnard: Butterflies.
- John Steed: In the stomach?
- Jonah Barnard: In the district!
- Joyce Jason: Can I help you?
- John Steed: [brightens up at the sight of her] Any time! Eh, Steed, John Steed of Steed, Steed, Steed, Steed, Steed and Jacques Limited, wine merchants extraordinary.
- [hands over his card]
- Joyce Jason: How did Jacques get in?
- John Steed: He didn't, he doesn't exist. But in the wine trade, you must have that French touch, so I invented Jacques, heh.
- Joyce Jason: Do your relatives approve?
- John Steed: Eh?
- Joyce Jason: Steed, Steed, Steed...
- John Steed: Oh, as a matter of fact, I invented them too, looks better on the card, heh.
- Emma Peel: [Mrs. Peel is trapped in a wine press. Steed and Jonah arrive through a secret entrance in the floor] Gentlemen should knock before entering.
- John Steed: [quickly walks up to Emma] What are you, a sparkle in a seaweed soda?
- Emma Peel: No, I'm the kick in the nettle noggin.
- John Steed: Never mind, I'll have you out of here in two shakes of a swizzle stick.
- John Steed: Good evening.
- Jonah Barnard: Good evening, Mr. Steed.
- John Steed: You haven't by any chance seen a young lady?
- Jonah Barnard: Mrs. Peel?
- John Steed: Yes, I told her to meet me here.
- Jonah Barnard: Well, she was in. Some time ago. Tell me... is she a very sinful woman?
- John Steed: I beg your pardon?
- Jonah Barnard: This Mrs. Peel... She looks so charming. But then you can never tell by appearances.
- John Steed: Are you sure we're talking about the same person?
- Jonah Barnard: Yes, Mrs. Peel. Tall, slim, very attractive. It's a pity, a great pity, because she doesn't seem a sinful woman.
- John Steed: Then why should you think she is?
- Jonah Barnard: It's what she said! She came in, left a message for you, but you're not to worry. She was going into the pit of iniquity.