- [First lines]
- Paladin: Mutiny's a big word, Hodges. Panic, I understand, but mutiny? What gave Colonel Burgess life and death autonomy over these people?
- Arthur - Beatrice's Husband: The quick smile, the empty promise, the moist handshake, that's what you look for. And when you feel the sudden thrust of the knife between your shoulders, that's when you know you've found Courtnay Burgess.
- Beatrice - Burgess' Sister: My husband's merchant's mind fails to acknowledge that some men are born special, destined for more than keeping ledgers.