- Phyllis Crane: [Observing Sister Monica Joan removing rat poison from a tin receptacle] Fred has put down rat poison for a reason. Poplar is in the middle of an infestation.
- Sister Monica Joan: As a herbivore, you cannot condone this cull.
- Phyllis Crane: The rat is a vehicle for disease.
- Sister Monica Joan: Poison the rat, and through clouds of time and space, you poison man.
- [Trixie enters]
- Sister Monica Joan: We are all essentially the rat.
- Trixie Franklin: Speak for yourself. I've had enough of hearing about the wretched things, it's quite ghastly.
- [Trixie exits]
- Sister Monica Joan: The rats concur!