- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: [in the jail] It's a bit gloomy, isn't it?
- Warden Browning: Well, we're not running one of Mr. Kellogg's sanitoriums.
- [first lines]
- Samuel MacGinnis: Gloves are worthless. I'll take the dress though. Two bits.
- Louise Butler: Please. It cost near three dollars. My mother gave it to...
- Samuel MacGinnis: To me it's worth two bits. Accept it or not.
- [she considers the offer]
- Samuel MacGinnis: I'll even throw in this.
- [he tosses her a gray bundle of cloth]
- Samuel MacGinnis: You can change behind there.
- [she goes through the curtain]
- Samuel MacGinnis: Need some help back there?
- Louise Butler: I'm all right.
- Samuel MacGinnis: Long as you're sure.
- [last lines]
- Detective William Murdoch: Sir, the Prince of Wales has said that any man who wins the Victoria Cross should keep it, even if he's to be hanged.
- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: The Prince of Wales *said* that?
- Detective William Murdoch: That's as it was reported. Food for thought.
- [Murdoch leaves]
- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: [as he writes a letter] Your Royal Highness. I am writing to you on behalf of Master Corporal Reginald Pullen. He was stripped of his Victoria Cross for Meritorious Service...