As for today's quote -
Page 34 - Barnabas: 'A home. With your permission, I'd like to restore the old manor house. (off their surprise) I took the liberty of walking the grounds earlier today.'
- the "A home" part is dropped. But given that it's in response to Elizabeth's dropped question, no surprise there - though it does reveal what Barnabas' actual desire is - or rather it would have had it been included in the pilot.
Also dropped is the "(off their surprise) I took the liberty of walking the grounds earlier today" part.
So, the way things play out in the pilot is that after Barnabas says (back in the quote for the 16th) that he's decided it's time to reclaim his heritage, he goes immediately to "With your permission, I'd like to restore the old manor house." And that does flow nicely from the heritage line, but it's still a bit of a shame that the whole "cynic" exchange in the script was dropped because I like it. However, P. J. Hogan didn't consult me as to what he should or shouldn't have dropped while shooting the pilot.
And in closing for this post, after Barnabas' quote the script indicates:
Roger and Elizabeth exchange astonished looks.But then, regardless of the version of DS, don't they always whenever Barnabas says he wants to restore the Old House?