"I can't explain that, dear. You know the Targoffian Ambassador personally. Perhaps he can."
"But if there was no food value in any of that stuff, we still haven't eaten dinner."
"You're supposed to eat concentrates first, dear. I just wanted to surprise you, that's all. Well, how do you like it?"
"I want it out of this house tomorrow," said Channing, raising his voice.
"You don't have to holler at me."
"I'm sorry. But that cabinet goes."
"Why? Give me one good reason."
"Because—because it isn't natural. That's why. Not natural."
"And you're supposed to be the broad-minded whiz-kid of the State Department."
"I'm no kid any more."