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1	* Gilbert attempts to get a disenchanted Sullivan interested in his new libretto:
2	-->'''Gilbert''': Now, the local alchemist is killed in an explosion, and there, amongst his effects, a chorus of villagers discover a potion.
3	-->'''Sullivan''': Magic, no doubt.
4	-->'''Gilbert''': Indeed.
5	-->'''Sullivan''': I thought as much.
6	-->'''Gilbert''': The effect of this magic potion is to transform the character who takes it into whatever he or she is pretending to be.
7	-->'''Sullivan''': ''[good-humoured, but exasperated]'' Oh, Gilbert! You and your world of topsy-turvydom. In 1881 it was a magic coin, and before that it was a magic lozenge, and in 1877 it was an elixir.
8	-->'''Gilbert''': ''[beat]'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint ...In this instance, it is a magic potion.]]
9	* Most of what comes out of Mr. Temple’s mouth.
10	-->'''Temple''': I fear that dear Mr. Gilbert has run out of ideas.
11	-->'''Lely''': No!
12	-->'''Temple''': He doesn't know what to do with me. Ponder this: he thrusts me into a gamut of tight-fitting pots, pans, and pails, and poaches me like a fucking haddock! —Forgive my Anglo-Saxon, Mr. Butt. Do please have a biscuit.
13	-->'''Mr. Butt, Lely’s dresser''': Thank you, Mr. Temple. I’ll take one home for me tea.
14	* Lely breaks the news to Temple about Grossmith and Barrington's oyster-related embarrassment:
15	-->'''Lely''': Dickie, have you heard the real news of the day?
16	-->'''Temple''': Yes, the Fenian bomb. Oh, dreadful.
17	-->'''Lely''': No - Grossmith and Barrington.
18	-->'''Temple''': [''shocked''] What?
19	-->'''Lely''': They're off tonight.
20	-->'''Temple''': No!
21	-->'''Lely''': Yes.
22	-->'''Temple''': Both of them?
23	-->'''Lely''': Yes.
24	-->'''Temple''': Why?
25	-->'''Lely''': Oysters...
26	-->'''Temple''': [''gasps'']
27	-->'''Lely''': We shared luncheon together.
28	-->'''Temple''': Did you swallow?
29	-->'''Lely''': No, I chose the sole.
30	-->'''Temple''': Off the bone?
31	-->'''Lely''': Yes, it was rather succulent.
32	-->'''Temple''': Wise man. Oysters can kill, you know.
33	-->'''Lely''': Oh, unquestionably.
34	-->'''Temple''': I had an aunt choked on a scallop at Herne Bay.
35	-->'''Lely''': Really?
36	-->'''Temple''': Tragic.
37	* The entire rehearsal scene with Gilbert, Grossmith, Jessie Bond and Barker.
38	-->'''Jessie''': "She has a left elbow which people come miles to see."
39	-->'''Barrington''': "I'mtoldherright ''heeeeel'' ismuchad'''mired''' by connois'''seeuuuurs'''."

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