- John Bacchus: [hesitantly, embarrassed] So you are... you know... a practising homosexual?
- Francis Walsh: [laughs] I'm well beyond practising, Sergeant.
- George Gently: Come on.
- John Bacchus: Where are we going?
- George Gently: To see Scott Tanner's psychiatrist.
- John Bacchus: Must be plenty of money in listening to folk sit and whinge all day.
- George Gently: I should get a bonus then, shouldn't I - listening to you all day.
- George Gently: I know there's something else going on, from when Scott was still serving in the Army.
- Mark Tanner: Serving? Aye. We served. Follow your orders, no questions asked, whatever they had you do; ey Mr. Gently? Y'know, we used to be the good guys. That's what I always thought. That's why I signed up.
- George Gently: So, what changed?
- Mark Tanner: My eyes were opened. Do you think the Americans had a monopoly on baby-killing and massacres? I was in Kenya. And we did things. Called it soldiering. You tell men the enemy are less than human - bad things happen.