- [first lines]
- Marjorie Forrester: Unky, may I have the women's page.
- Throckmorton P. 'Gildy' Gildersleeve: Well, I'm looking at it, Marjorie.
- Marjorie Forrester: Well, if you want to read something, you might take a look at Leroy's birthday list.
- Throckmorton P. 'Gildy' Gildersleeve: Oh? How many birthdays is that supposed to cover?
- [reading from the list of birthday presents that Leroy wants]
- Throckmorton P. 'Gildy' Gildersleeve: One length of sewer pipe? That's important?
- Marjorie Forrester: It is to Leroy.
- Throckmorton P. 'Gildy' Gildersleeve: Fifty pounds of gunpowder? Oh, that boy.
- Marjorie Forrester: That's to put in the sewer pipe. He's making a rocket.
- Throckmorton P. 'Gildy' Gildersleeve: Oh. He wants something as ordinary as a bicycle?
- Marjorie Forrester: Well, that's to make a fast getaway after he's lit the gunpowder.