- Michael Banks: [after Georgie opens the door to reveal Mary Poppins's entrance; he stares partially open-mouthed] Mary...
- Jane Banks: Poppins!
- Mary Poppins: Close your mouth, please, Michael, we are *still* not a codfish.
- [he does so, then Jane giggles briefly]
- Mary Poppins: Jane Banks, still rather inclined to giggle, I see.
- [she sets her carpet bag down on a small couch]
- Michael Banks: Good heavens, it really is you! You seem hardly to have aged at all!
- Mary Poppins: *Really*? How incredibly rude! One *never* discusses a woman's age, Michael. Would have hoped I taught you better.
- Michael Banks: I'm sorry, I didn't mean...
- Jane Banks: [interuppts] You came back! I thought we'd never see you again.
- Michael Banks: It is wonderful to see you!
- Mary Poppins: [primping herself in the mirror] Yes it 'tis, isn't it?
- Jane Banks: [to Mary Poppins] What brings you here after all this time?
- Mary Poppins: Same thing that brought me the first time: I've come to look after the Banks children.
- Anabel Banks: *Us*?
- Mary Poppins: Oh yes, you, too.
- Anabel Banks: But we don't need a nanny.
- John Banks: We have grown up a good deal in the past year.
- Mary Poppins: [looking around the nursery room] Well, we'll have to see what can be done about that.
- Balloon Lady: Of course, the grown-ups will all forget by tomorrow.
- Mary Poppins: They always do.
- Balloon Lady: Only one balloon left, Mary Poppins. I think it must be yours.
- Mary Poppins: I suppose it must. Practically perfect in every way.
- Balloon Lady: Why don't you go first, sir?
- Michael Banks: Me? Oh no, those days are long behind me. I haven't held a balloon since I was a child.
- Balloon Lady: Then you've forgotten what it's like.
- Michael Banks: To hold a balloon?
- Balloon Lady: To be a child.
- Jane Banks: [to the children] When your father and I were young, we used to imagine Mary Poppins could do all *sorts* of impossible things! Those things didn't really...
- Michael Banks: Happen?
- Jane Banks: No, of course not.
- Michael Banks: Ridiculous.
- [They say this oblivious to the fact that Mary Poppins is sliding up the bannister again behind them]
- Georgie Banks: How'd she do that?
- Jack: One thing you should know about Mary Poppins: she never explains anything.
- Mary Poppins: When you change the view from where you stood, the things you view will change for good.
- Mary Poppins: [singing] Some people like to splash and play; can you imagine that? And take a seaside holiday; can you imagine that?
- Mary Poppins: [singing] So, perhaps we've learnt when day is done, some stuff and nonsense could be fun!
- Mary Poppins, Georgie Banks, Anabel Banks, John Banks: [all singing] Can you im-ag-ine that?
- Jack: May I assure you, you look lovely as always!
- Mary Poppins: Do you really think so? Nice to see you, Jack.
- Jack: Good to see you, too, Mary Poppins.
- Georgie Banks: [seeing Mary Poppins catch her carpetbag and umbrella] How'd you do that?
- Mary Poppins: Do what?
- Ellen: [about the visiting lawyers] The wolves are at the door.
- Michael Banks: What do they want?
- Ellen: Well, a good thrashing, if you ask me.
- Mary Poppins: [to John and Anabel] If you two are going to keep up all of this whispering, I'd like you to practice doing so as loudly as possible. It will still be bad manners, but at least then we'll all be in on the secret.
- Michael Banks: Did you have something to do with them trying to save the house?
- Mary Poppins: I never said a word. It was all the children's idea.
- Michael Banks: The whole time I've been looking after them, they've been looking after me. I had it all backward.
- Mary Poppins: A Banks family trait.
- Michael Banks: What was I thinking?
- Mary Poppins: Some people think a great deal too much. Of that I'm certain.
- Michael Banks: [as he gazes at the snow globe of St. Paul's Cathedral, then bringing out his and Jane's kite] I honestly can't remember why we kept most of this stuff to begin with. Why on earth did we save this old, broken thing?
- Jane Banks: [snatching the kite away then smiling and gazing at it] Don't you remember that kite? We used to love flying that with Mother and Father.
- Michael Banks: Well, it won't fly anymore. Out it goes; no looking back.
- Jack: [as he and Georgie see Mary Poppins descending on his kite, then they reel it in] As I live and breathe...
- [Mr. Dawes, Jr. arrives at the bank]
- Mr. Dawes Jr.: He has you there, Willy.
- Wilkins: Uncle Dawes? What on earth are you doing here?
- Mr. Dawes Jr.: A little bird told me.
- [turns to the parrot umbrella, winks and parrot umbrella winks at him back]
- Mary Poppins: [seeing the mess Michael and Jane leave] My goodness, gracious, glory me. You'd think by now they'd have learned to pick up after themselves.
- Mary Poppins: Good heavens Annabel, what have you done to your clothes? You could grow a *garden* with that much soil.
- Georgie Banks: What are you doing?
- [Gooding and Frye gasps]
- Wilkins: Well, well, if it isn't the boy who cracked the bowl. We've waited a long time for you Banks children to come and visited. So, he could pay and visit to your nursery.
- Georgie Banks: But... But, those are our things.
- Wilkins: Oh, not anymore, they aren't.
- Georgie Banks: [sees Gilly in the box] Give Gilly back!
- Anabel Banks: [glancing at the repaired bowl] John, look. Mary Poppins' scarf. It wasn't a dream after all.
- John Banks: Shall we tell her?
- Anabel Banks: Better not. I expect she already knows.
- Anabel Banks: Can you please get the door? I've got the plumbers here.
- Ellen: That was quick work, wasn't it?
- [handing a mop and towels to Georgie]
- Ellen: Here, Georgie. Take them.
- [the knocking on the front door continues]
- Ellen: Yes, I'm coming! Blimey.
- Gooding: [as she opens the door] Ah! Good morning, mum.
- Ellen: They don't look much like plumbers to me.
- Anabel Banks: I meant on the phone.
- Gooding: We are not plumbers, we are lawyers.
- Ellen: Lawyers? And here's me hoping you might prove useful.
- Michael Banks: [tearfully to Georgie, Anabel, and John] We're about to lose our home! Everything's fallen to pieces since your mother...
- Mary Poppins: [after she lands in the park with the kite, which Jack and Georgie reeled in earlier] You need to be more careful when the wind rises, George; you nearly lost your kite.
- [to Anabel and John]
- Mary Poppins: And you two nearly lost your Georgie. He might have got away completely had I not been holding on to the other end of that string.
- Georgie Banks: Father, Aunt Jane, come quick! Quickly!
- Michael Banks: [as he and Jane enter from upstairs] What is it, Georgie?
- Jane Banks: Did something happen?
- Georgie Banks: I was flying the kite, and it got caught on a nanny!
- Jane Banks: Whatever are you talking about?
- Georgie Banks: [taking Michael by the hand and leading him and Jane downstairs] Come, come look!
- Michael Banks: Wait, where did you get that kite?
- Georgie Banks: I found it in the park.
- [he opens the door to reveal Mary Poppins]
- Georgie Banks: *She* kept it from blowing away.
- John Banks: What's a leerie?
- Jack: Why, it's what we lamplighters call ourselves, of course. Leeries, trip the lights and lead the way!
- Anabel Banks: Where are we?
- Jack: [tapping a glass leaf] Looks like we're in china, so to speak.
- Mary Poppins: Over here, everyone. This wheel won't fix itself. Now, tread lightly; this is fine porcelain, and we don't want to chip the glaze.
- Anabel Banks: Which way do we go, Mary Poppins?
- Mary Poppins: Now, why would you ask me? The three of you are leading the way, after all.
- Anabel Banks: Us?
- John Banks: But we were...
- Mary Poppins: Walking around in a fog.
- Anabel Banks: No, we weren't. I mean, we are in a fog, but...
- John Banks: We were only talking.
- Mary Poppins: Yes, too focused on where you've been to pay attention to where you're going.
- John Banks: But Father told us to go straight home.
- Anabel Banks: He'll be furious if we're late.
- Mary Poppins: Not much to be done about that now, is there?
- Mary Poppins: We need you to fix this bowl, dear.
- Cousin Topsy: No, no, no, no, no. It is as I have told to you, second Wednesday of the month, when everything is turning turtle.
- Anabel Banks: Turning turtle? What exactly does that mean?
- Cousin Topsy: It means my whole world goes flippity-flop like a turtle on his back. And I don't know my up from my down, my east from my west, my topsy from my bottomsy.
- Mary Poppins: Yes, I think we've all grasped the concept.
- Cousin Topsy: Good. That's quick for you.
- Anabel Banks: Mother always had us take our baths in the evening.
- Mary Poppins: Well, in my experience, Anabel, the perfect time of day to have a bath is when one needs a wash. Georgie, you will go first.
- John Banks: [stopping Georgie as he moves forward] We are perfectly capable of drawing our own baths.
- Mary Poppins: How very helpful, John. In that case, you may turn off the tap.
- [he moves to do so]
- Mary Poppins: But not quite yet. Still need to put in the bubbles.
- John Banks: But I don't like soap bubbles.
- Mary Poppins: Well, then you shall have to try to avoid them at all costs.
- John Banks: She's a tough nut, isn't she?
- Jack: You see, there's nothing to it.
- Anabel Banks: Can you speak leerie, Mary Poppins?
- Mary Poppins: Can I speak leerie?
- Jack: Of course she can; she's Mary Poppins!
- Georgie Banks: Can we do it with you?
- Anabel Banks, John Banks: Please?
- Mary Poppins: Oh, very well then.
- Ellen: How exactly am I supposed to make breakfast when there's nothing in the larder but pickled herrings and marmalade?
- Michael Banks: The groceries. I meant to go yesterday.
- Ellen: Very well. Pickled herrings for breakfast and marmalade for lunch.
- Mary Poppins: Georgie, this is a nursery, let me remind you, not a music hall.
- Georgie Banks: Can we have another bath?
- Mary Poppins: Oh, pish-posh.