- Michael O'Malley: What's the matter?
- Rachel Mathias: It's Hector.
- Michael O'Malley: Has he run away?
- Rachel Mathias: He's dead. I looked in his cage this morning and he wouldn't wake up. Mummy said it was old age.
- Michael O'Malley: Poor old Hector.
- Rachel Mathias: I wrapped him in my best hankie.
- Michael O'Malley: We'll have a proper funeral.
- Rachel Mathias: Let's.
- Michael O'Malley: We'll bury him just outside the door. I'll be the priest.
- Rachel Mathias: But, but he's a Jewish mouse. He's mine.
- Michael O'Malley: He's not.
- Rachel Mathias: Yes, he is. You gave him to me.
- Michael O'Malley: But he was mine first. So that makes him a Catholic.