- Demelza Poldark: Why don't you just let Henshawe blast the tunnel? There...
- Ross Poldark: It's dangerous there. You can't tell what may happen in an old mine. It's damened unpredictable... like a woman.
- Demelza Poldark: Huh? Not like a man, I suppose.
- George Warleggan: [Referring to Ross] Forgive me, Elizabeth, but he's the last man to advise anyone on anything. His own situation is desperate.
- Elizabeth Poldark: That's how Ross likes to live... on the edge of the pit.
- George Warleggan: Too hot a place for most of us,