- Dr. Martin Ellingham: Come back to the surgery this afternoon, and I'll dress this wound properly. And you must stay off work for at least two days.
- Paul Hale: I can't do that, Doc!
- Dr. Martin Ellingham: [brusquely] Fine. Go back to work. Wait till the soft tissue becomes infected - then I'll gladly amputate your hand when it becomes gangrenous.
- Dr. Martin Ellingham: How was London, this time?
- Ruth Ellingham: Noise, crowds, heat, pollution... I loved it.
- Ruth Ellingham: It's nice of you to fit me in. I'd like to say I produced these eggs myself, so to speak, but I didn't. The girls won't cooperate.
- Dr. Martin Ellingham: Well, you're not exactly the farming type, are you?
- Ruth Ellingham: They're chickens. They lay eggs. How hard can it be?