Penelope Wilton: Jean Ainslie
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Jean : Are you insane? Avoid all food not from a reputable vendor. It'll be washed in impure water.
Douglas Ainslie : It's just a sandwich.
Jean : Oh, marvelous. Then I'll have ham, cheese, and streptococcus. Or perhaps bacteria, lettuce, and tomato.
Douglas Ainslie : Would you like some of this? I believe it's called aloo ka paratha.
Muriel : No, if I can't pronounce it, I don't want to eat it.
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Jean : The whole thing is actually tremendously exciting. Not just getting on the plane, but getting on the plane and turning left.
Norman Cousins : Turning left?
Jean : First class. And home in time for our fortieth wedding anniversary. We haven't quite decided how to mark the occasion.
Madge Hardcastle : Perhaps a minute's silence.
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Douglas Ainslie : She was upset.
Jean : Oh, spare me your explanation. Do you think I'm jealous?
Douglas Ainslie : I don't see why else you would have embarrassed me... and Evelyn.
Jean : You seem to be doing a perfectly good job of embarrassing yourself. Can you imagine how ghastly it is for everyone to see you mooning around after that simpering, doe-eyed ex-housewife, taking advantage of her loneliness...
Douglas Ainslie : Look. Can you hear yourself? Can you? Do you have any idea what a terrible person you have become? All you give out is this endless negativity, a refusal to see any kind of light and joy, even when it's staring you in the face, and a desperate need to squash any sign of happiness in me or... or... or... anyone else. It's a wonder that I don't fling myself at the first kind word or gesture that comes my way, but I don't, ou... ou... ou... out of some sense of dried-up loyalty and respect, neither of which I ever bloody get in return.
Jean : [long pause] I checked my emails. There's one from Laura.
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Jean : [to Douglas Ainslie] When I want your opinion I'll tell you what it is.
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Jean : In fact, I think I've been looking for you for a very long time.
Graham Dashwood : Mrs. Ainslie.
Jean : "Jean"
Graham Dashwood : I'm gay.
Jean : ...As in... happy?
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Graham Dashwood : Good evening, Mrs. Ainslie. You have a good day? What did you get up to?
Jean : Well, I started in my bedroom where I spent a happy couple of hours giving all the cockroaches names. And then after lunch, that will long have a place in my heartburn, I came out here and stared blindly at a book waiting for someone - anyone - to rescue me. And how glad I am it was you.
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Jean : As long as such a fall happens to occur right next to the panic button.