Josephine Hull credited as playing...
Abby Brewster
- Reverend Harper: Have you ever tried to persuade him that he wasn't Teddy Roosevelt?
- Abby Brewster: Oh, no.
- Martha Brewster: Oh, he's so happy being Teddy Roosevelt.
- Abby Brewster: Oh... Do you remember, Martha, once, a long time ago, we thought if he'd be George Washington, it might be a change for him, and we suggested it.
- Martha Brewster: And do you know what happened? He just stayed under his bed for days and wouldn't be anybody.
- Mortimer Brewster: I saw a play last week, it had a character in it, reminded me of Jonathon.
- Abby Brewster: Oh, really?
- Mortimer Brewster: Yeah, a honey of a lunatic. One of those whodunits called "Murder Will Out".
- Abby Brewster: Oh, dear!
- Mortimer Brewster: Yeah, what a play. When the curtain goes up the first thing you see is a dead body. The next thing...
- [opens the window seat and finds a dead body]
- Mortimer Brewster: Aunt Abby, how can I believe you? There are twelve men down in the cellar and you admit you poisoned them.
- Aunt Abby Brewster: Yes, I did. But you don't think I'd stoop to telling a fib.
- Mortimer Brewster: Look, Aunt Martha, men don't just get into window seats and die!
- Abby Brewster: We know, dear. He died first.
- Mortimer Brewster: Wait a minute! Stop all this. Now, look, darling, how did he die?
- Abby Brewster: Oh, Mortimer, don't be so inquisitive. The gentleman died because he drank some wine with poison in it.
- Mortimer Brewster: How did the poison get in the wine?
- Martha Brewster: Well, we put it in wine, because it's less noticeable. When it's in tea, it has a distinct odor.
- Mortimer Brewster: You mean, you... You put it in the wine!
- Abby Brewster: Yes. And I put Mr. Hoskins in the window seat, because Reverend Harper was coming.
- Mortimer Brewster: Now, look at me, darling. You mean, you mean you knew what you'd done and you didn't want the Reverend Harper to see the body?
- Abby Brewster: Well, not at tea. That wouldn't have been very nice.
- Mortimer Brewster: Oh, it's first-degree.
- Abby Brewster: Now, Mortimer, you know all about it and just forget about it. I do think that Aunt Martha and I have the right to our own little secrets.
- Mortimer Brewster: But there's a body in the window seat!
- Aunt Abby: Yes, dear, we know.
- Mortimer Brewster: You know?
- Martha Brewster: Of course!
- Aunt Abby: Yes, but it has nothing to do with Teddy. Now, Mortimer, you just forget about it. Forget you ever saw the gentleman.
- Mortimer Brewster: Forget?
- Aunt Abby: We never dreamed you'd peek.
- Mortimer Brewster: What the...?
- Martha Brewster: [about the men they have poisoned] Let me see, now. This is eleven, isn't it, Abby?
- Abby Brewster: Oh, no, dear. This makes twelve.
- Martha Brewster: Abby, dear. I think you're wrong. This one is only eleven.
- Abby Brewster: No, dear, because I remember when Mr. Hoskins first came in, it occurred to me that he'd make just an even dozen.
- Martha Brewster: But, Abby, dear. I really don't think you should count the first one.
- Abby Brewster: Oh, I was counting the first one, and that makes it twelve.
- Martha Brewster: It does? Well, she's probably right. Abby usually is. I get them mixed up sometimes.
- Mortimer Brewster: Makes it twelve? Twelve.
- Teddy Brewster: [His first line] I must be catching cold.
- Abby Brewster: No, dear, it was Reverend Harper who sneezed.
- Mortimer Brewster: Now look, darling, how did he die?
- Abby Brewster: Oh, Mortimer, don't be so inquisitive. The gentleman died because he drank some wine with poison in it.
- Mortimer Brewster: Well, how did the poison get in the wine?
- Martha Brewster: Well, we put in wine because it's less noticeable. When it's in tea it has a distinct odor.
- Aunt Abby Brewster: Just the thought of Jonathan frightens me. Do you remember how he used to cut worms in two with his teeth?
- Mortimer Brewster: Oh, Jonathan? He's probably in prison or hanged or something by now.
- Mortimer Brewster: You didn't want the reverend to see the body?
- Aunt Abby: Well, not at tea. That wouldn't have been very nice.
- Aunt Abby: [to Mortimer] Now, Mortimer, you behave. You're too old to be flying off the handle like this!
- Teddy Brewster: [after charging up the stairs] Charge the blockhouse!
- Reverend Harper: Blockhouse?
- Aunt Abby: Yes. The stairs are always San Juan Hill.
- Mortimer Brewster: Mortimer Brewster: "Aunt Abbey, how can I believe you? There are 12 men in the cellar and you admit you poisoned them!"
- Abby Brewster: Abbey Brewster: "Yes, I did, but you don't think I would stoop to telling a fib!"
