Mother and Son (TV Series)

The Aunt (1985)

Ruth Cracknell: Maggie Beare

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Maggie Beare : [searching the phone book]  Connell, Connelly, Connell. What time is it?

  Arthur Beare : About four.

  Maggie Beare : About four? I thought that's when you said they were coming.

  Arthur Beare : Yes, about four.

  Maggie Beare : And what time is it now?

  Arthur Beare : About four.

  Maggie Beare : They're late.

• Arthur Beare : [Maggie expecting a surprise visitor]  Mum, it's not the royal family.

  Maggie Beare : I know that. They couldn't all come.

• Arthur Beare : [to Lorna]  I know in the letter I said mum wanted to see you, but I didn't actually say anything to mum.

  Maggie Beare : Why not?

  Arthur Beare : Because I wanted it to be a surprise.

  Maggie Beare : Well the next time you want to give me a surprise, you just ask me first.

  Arthur Beare : Then it won't be a surprise.

  Maggie Beare : At least it won't be a shock.

• Arthur Beare : What's so special about this broach?

  Lorna : It was mum's. And she promised it to me before she died.

  Maggie Beare : She promised it to me.

  Lorna : She didn't even like you much.

  Lorna : She always told me how pretty I was. She never said that to you.

  Maggie Beare : Yes, she did.

  Lorna : No, Margaret. Not with those bucked teeth of yours.

  Maggie Beare : I haven't got bucked teeth.

  Lorna : Yes, we paid a fortune to get them straightened.

  Maggie Beare : At least it was better than those goggle-eyed glasses and squinty little eyes.

  Lorna : My eyes are beautiful.

  [to Arthur] 

  Lorna : Aren't they?

  Maggie Beare : [to Arthur]  Mine are nicer.

  Lorna : [to Arthur]  What do you think?

  Maggie Beare : You be the judge.

  Arthur Beare : Oh, gosh, it's so hard to choose.

• Arthur Beare : And mum, next time you want to do some washing, put some soap in.

  Maggie Beare : I did put soap in.

  Arthur Beare : Soap powder, it doesn't work with a cake of Palmolive.

• [last lines] 

  Arthur Beare : [to Wendy]  Well, I suppose we could go. Couldn't we?

  Wendy : Alright.

  Arthur Beare : [to Lorna]  See you later, Auntie.

  Maggie Beare : Yes, yes. Bye-bye Lorna. It was nice seeing you again.

  Arthur Beare : You're not coming.

  Maggie Beare : [points to Lorna]  Well I'm not staying here with her.

  Lorna : I'm not staying on my own.

  Arthur Beare : You're both staying here.

  Wendy : Well, I suppose they could always come with us. They might like it. It's alright with me.

  Maggie Beare : Oh... Oh, I say, Arthur, this is the sort of surprise I like. I think this one likes me.