- Nicholas Warleggan: I know you have certain moves afoot against Prescott's Bank.
- George Warleggan: Moves that we cannot make until that old fool Pearce expires. For a man who's been expected to meet his maker at any time during the past six weeks, he's showing a remarkable facility for holding off the appointment.
- Monk Adderley: I swear I have never refused a duel but once, muh dear. That was when my father called me out.
- Caroline Enys: Your father challenged you?
- Monk Adderley: I'd taken a fancy to a lady who turned out to be his mistress. He called for pistols.
- Dr. Dwight Enys: [Entering] I was wondering what had become of you.
- Caroline Enys: I was in the library with Captain Adderley. Captain Adderley has been telling me about duelling exploits.
- Dr. Dwight Enys: I've always thought dueling a very extravagant reaction to a quarrel.
- Monk Adderley: There's no other way between gentlemen, muh dear.
- Caroline Enys: At least you declined to fight your father.
- Monk Adderley: Certainly. By no stretch of the imagination could my father be accounted a gentleman.