- Tom Hardwick: [after the Boy has stabbed the hotel owner] Finish what you start, that is my policy. Now he's likely to come back on you.
- The Englishman's Boy: Not likely. He's a coward.
- Tom Hardwick: True enough... he'll hire himself sufficient courage. There's roustabouts here on the levee, snap the legs off you for a handful of dollars. Word of advice: unless you have friends, I'd scoot.
- Tom Hardwick: Most of you men know me, so this is for those who don't. I don't tolerate a slacker and I do not break bread with a coward. You just remember that.