O Mrs Higden, Mrs Higden, you was a woman and a mother, and a mangler in a million million."

"If you could see my legs when I take my boots off, you'd form some idea of what unrequited affection is."

She is come at last - at last - and all is gas and gaiters!

"I want to know what it says . . . The sea, Floy, what it is that it keeps on saying."

"Battledore and shuttlecock's a wery good game, vhen you an't the shuttlecock and two lawyers the battledores, in which case it gets too excitin' to be pleasant."