- Tommy Albright: [referring to Charlie's enthusiasm over his upcoming wedding] Well, I'm getting married next month and I've managed to contain my exuberance.
- Fiona McLaren: You're getting married?
- Tommy Albright: Yes. Yes, to a soap heiress.
- Fiona McLaren: Well, I think it's very important for a wife to be able to make good soap.
- [Sarcastically]
- Fiona McLaren: I'm sure you'll be very happy.
- Tommy Albright: Well, I'm not.
- Fiona McLaren: Then why de ye ask her to marry ye?
- Tommy Albright: I don't know; I think there was a lull in the conversation and I didn't know what else to say.
- Andrew McLaren: Now, lad, always remember - a woman is like a bagpipe. "Why?", you ask?
- Charlie Dalrymple: [suddenly realizing he has to answer] Oh! Why, why?
- Andrew McLaren: Because, if you tuck her under your arm and you squeeze 'er, och! She'll play a merry tune that you'll long remember.
- Mr.Lundie: Sometimes, in my sleep, I think I hear voices.
- Tommy Albright: Voices?
- Mr.Lundie: Aye, voices filled with fearful longing. And I think I'm hearing the outside world drownin' - drownin' in its centuries.