- Canfield: I understand Anthony Blake is a man who spent some years of his life in prison, unjustly. He made good his escape against rather exceptional odds and he became a kind of crusader--a man who battled windmills, both real and imaginary. I think he needed absolute proof that the girl he loved died.
- Max Pomeroy: You know, no one minds a man being clever, so long as it doesn't make them look foolish.