- Magnum: And there'll be... all sorts of people, blue bloods and all that?
- Higgins: Precisely. Which is why I want to talk to you.
- Magnum: Don't bother, Higgins. I already know what you're going to say.
- Higgins: You do?
- Magnum: Sure. You don't want to seem... impolite or insensitive, but you'd really rather I'd make myself scarce during the day of the auction, in exchange for which you will *undoubtedly* make some kind of... minor concession regarding the car or the wine cellar or the tennis court, right?
- Higgins: Sometimes you amaze me, Magnum. Truly. Your intuitive grasp of human nature is so... so...
- Magnum: Perceptive?
- Higgins: Pre-adolescent!
- Higgins: [has something on his mind] I say, Magnum!
- Magnum: [back from canoe paddle] Higgins! You'll be interested in this. The strangest thing just happened. I was sailing along just as slick as you please, and all of a sudden, I just fell off!
- [laughs]
- Magnum: This was weird! And then I couldn't get back on the thing. It's the strangest thing!
- Higgins: Magnum, I keep hoping against hope that at some propitious juncture you'll recognize that there are more important things in life than your aquatic pursuits.
- Magnum: Forget it.
- [notices the parked limousine]
- Magnum: Nice set of wheels.
- Higgins: A Rolls Royce is considerably more than 'a nice set of wheels', Magnum.