- Claymore Gregg: Oh, Martha, for tomorrow, what would you say to escargot a la bergonio, shish kabob and baked Alaska?
- Martha Grant: You want me to answer that in front of the children?
- Claymore Gregg: [concerned about the Captain] What if, what if, what if, what if he finds out that I'm staying.
- Carolyn Muir: Oh, he won't bother you.
- Claymore Gregg: No, but he hates me.
- Carolyn Muir: He DOESN'T hate you.
- Claymore Gregg: He detests me.
- Carolyn Muir: He DOESN'T hate you.
- Claymore Gregg: Well, just the same, Mr. Muir... Please?
- Carolyn Muir: Oh, Claymore, speaking for the Captain as well as myself, I want you to know that you are as welcome here...
- Capt. Daniel Gregg: ...as an outbreak of scurvy!