- Hetty Wainthropp: [to Arkwright] You know what I mean. In my experience when a person's intent on vengeance, everybody ends up getting hurt... including the avenger.
- Robert Wainthropp: She's right about that, of course.
- Hetty Wainthropp: Who is?
- Robert Wainthropp: Mrs. Langley - when she said the two events could be entirely unconnected.
- Hetty Wainthropp: Well, of course, she's right, but then again, Robert, it seems to me that it's too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence.