- Simon Congreve: Haven't much time left, have I, Ira?
- Dr. Ira P. Strickland: Does Ella know, Simon?
- Simon Congreve: No. No, I've gone to great lengths to keep her it from her.
- Dr. Ira P. Strickland: Why in the name of heaven, man? Doesn't she have the right, the right of a daughter to give comfort?
- Simon Congreve: Why should I make an exception at this late date? I've cheated her out of every other right, including the right to choose her own happiness.
- Simon Congreve: You've got to make up your mind! What do you want out of life, Ella? What Hardie can give you or what you can find out there on that stage? You can't have both!
- Jim Hardie: She must have had a hundred chances in the past to take those jewels. What do you suppose made her decide to take them now?
- Sheriff: What or who?
- [last lines]
- Ella Congreve: To remember me by?
- [Ella gives Jim a soft kiss]
- Jim Hardie: I wouldn't remember that once you were out of town.
- [Jim grabs Ella and they kiss passionately]
- Ella Congreve: Jim, there's something you don't know about me. I'm famous for coming back for encores.
- Jim Hardie: As a prima donna or as a woman?
- Ella Congreve: Both.