The Avengers (TV Series)

A Surfeit of H2O (1965)

Noel Purcell: Jonah Barnard

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• 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!

• 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.