- Angela Burr: So why does Jonathan Pine, respected hotelier, risks his career by snitching on his guests? First in Cairo, then here.
- Jonathan Pine: I don't know.
- Angela Burr: Yes you do.
- Jonathan Pine: Something stirred, I suppose.
- Angela Burr: What stirred?
- Jonathan Pine: Well I suppose...
- Angela Burr: What stirred?
- Jonathan Pine: Listen, if there's a man selling a private arsenal to an Egyptian crook, and he's English, and you're English, and those weapons can cause a lot of pain to a lot of people. Then you just do it. Anyone would do it.
- Angela Burr: Plenty wouldn't.
- Rex Mayhew: I have to be at my club in fifteen minutes. I would invite you, but, er, I'm obliged to observe club rules. I trust you to do the same.
- Angela Burr: I can't believe you're still a member of a club that won't allow women. Have a lovely time. Apparently the food's shit!
- Sophie Alekan: Who did you show the papers to? It's OK, you can tell me. Freddie Hamid was just here. He said he had just spoken to a man from Iron Last.
- Jonathan Pine: Which man?
- Sophie Alekan: Richard Roper, the worst man in the world. Roper told Freddie that the deal was off. Apparently Roper had been warned.
- Jonathan Pine: Who by?
- Sophie Alekan: [gets up and shows her bruised face] You tell me, Mr Pine.
- [last lines]
- Angela Burr: I know you can't forgive Richard Roper for what he did. The question is, what are you prepared to do about it?
- Jonathan Pine: Why is Roper the worst man in the world?
- Sophie Alekan: Because he sells destruction, pain and death.