- [last lines]
- Lionel: There it was, all faded in a glass case. A letter from Second Lieutenant Hardcastle to Nurse Jean Pargetter, posted in Korea.
- Jean: But it never arrived. How could it have ended up in the Imperial War Museum?
- Lionel: I haven't the faintest idea.
- Jean: Well, we've got to see it.
- Lionel: No, it's all right. They photocopied it for me.
- Jean: [seeing the copy] Aah!
- Lionel: There. Sorry it's a bit late.
- Jean: [reading] My darling Jean.
- [long pause as she reads]
- Jean: What's that word?
- Lionel: Uh, miracle.
- Jean: [sighs] If I'd have got that.
- Lionel: No ifs.
- Jean: Oh, it's a beautiful letter, Lionel. You really did love me.
- Lionel: I still do.
- [first lines]
- Jean: Lionel.
- Lionel: Yes?
- Jean: I'd like to go out.
- Lionel: What, now?
- Jean: No, not now. More often.
- Lionel: We went out today.
- Jean: That was to the cooker showroom. That doesn't count. I mean to dinner, things like that.
- Lionel: We went out for a curry last week.
- Jean: That wasn't last week, that was a month ago.
- Lionel: Are you sure?
- Jean: Well, five weeks ago to be precise.
- Lionel: As long ago as that?
- Jean: Yes.
- Lionel: The weeks just fly by, don't they?