Outside theDaily Planetoffice, Clark jaywalked to reach Lois across the street, and was directly hit in the legs - but unhurt - by a Checker taxi, which suffered major front-end damage.Prince: Is that the only reason for liking him?Marian: Isn""t that reason enough for a royal ward...?Prince: Nay, I not force you, my lady.But he""s our most powerful friend in these shires.And he""s already in love with you.If I could promise him marriage to a royal ward, it might help my plans.Marian: Perhaps when I know him better.Prince: Of course.You""re a very wise young woman.Without real concern or sincerity, the Prince asks everyone: "Any more objections to the new tax from our Saxon friends?" One of the nobles responds:Noble: Objections your Highness? With a Saxon dangling from every gallows tree.The screenplay by Grover Jones and Samson Raphaelson, about a pair of sophisticated thieves (played exquisitely by Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins), was based on the playThe Honest Finder, by Aladar Laszlo (incorrectly transposed in the credits).The famous lines in the film about "calla lilies" were taken from the unsuccessful 1933 Broadway playThe Lake, in which Hepburn had starred (the dialogue became parody material for Hepburn impersonators for he remainder of the star""s legendary career).