- Julius Trent: [looking out at the rain] A retired man's paradise. The only thing out here that's heavier than the rain is the taxes.
- Douglas - the Gardener: [looking at business opportunities in the newspaper] For sale - ladies millinery establishment. That's not for you.
- Julius Trent: No, that's not for me. That's for Rosewater.
- Douglas - the Gardener: Who?
- Julius Trent: Oh, ah, you wouldn't know him. He's a man - or something - back in my factory.