- Nat Jeffcote: I don't understand your reasoning. Why do you have to get mixed up with a straight girl? I never kept you short of brass. And if you had to have a straight girl, aren't there enough at the other mills? Do you have to pick the daughter of my oldest friend?
- Alan Jeffcote: You're the only one I've ever loved. You know that!
- Beatrice Farrar: How? Fanny's the only one who's had proof.