- Imlac Defraits: Any luck?
- Oldenshaw: There is no such thing. Have you ever noticed, when people tell you you're lucky it means that they dislike your success?
- [Imlac has answered the phone, to be told Hogben's been arrested]
- Imlac Defraits: Bail?
- [to Oldenshaw]
- Imlac Defraits: How much is Hogben worth to you?
- Oldenshaw: Tuppence ha'penny.
- Imlac Defraits: Don't be mean. You must be realistic.
- [Into phone]
- Imlac Defraits: How about thruppence ha'penny?