- Jonas Pike: Never mind the debate! Are you gonna sign it or not?
- Jonathan Garrett: No.
- Jonas Pike: Lieutenant Greville won't like that.
- Jonathan Garrett: Well, that's too bad.
- Jonas Pike: I'm warning you, Garrett. You'll be a marked man!
- Jonathan Garrett: [takes swig from his drink] It's all right.
- Jonas Pike: You run a strong risk of being deported on the first boat out of this Colony.
- Jonathan Garrett: [as Mary watches worriedly] Well, that's a risk I'm prepared to take.
- Jonas Pike: It's more than a risk, Garrett!
- Polly McNamara: [re the illegal still] Oh, Mary, where would we be without it? Let me tell you. Jonathan, out in the fields, breaking his back. And for what? Sixpence an acre, wasn't it? With Pike and Greville taking a handsome profit from Jonathan's sweat.
- Mary Mulvane: I know, but... sometimes it... feels we're just as bad as they are.
- Polly McNamara: You're a marvel! Honest to God you are!