- Jackie: That was a wonderful supper, Tembo. I'm full and happy, and not afraid anymore.
- Tembo: To be not afraid is to be careless.
- Jackie: [to Komba the bushbaby] What is there to fear, eh, Komba?
- Tembo: The galago fears little because he knows little. The lion is wise and fears much because he knows much.
- Jackie: [to Komba] Did you hear what he said? He thinks you're stupid. You're not stupid, are you, Komba?
- Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw: [to Tembo from a distance] I'll see you hanged for this, you bloody devil. You mark my words. There's still some law and order left in this country!
- Tilison: Your wife was killed in the uprising.
- John Leeds: That was an accident.
- Tilison: In 1956 your houseboy, Tembo Murumbi, was suspected of Mau Mau activities.
- John Leeds: [irritated] What are you trying to say?
- Tilison: We all know the African mentality.
- John Leeds: Do we?
- Tilison: It's very likely that he has a resentment against you.
- John Leeds: No...
- Tilison: You do admit the possibility?
- Steward: [after walking into Jackie's cabin and discovering something moving inside a basket] Blimey!
- Jackie: It's alright, I can make up my own bed.
- Steward: What in heaven's name you got in there, miss?
- Jackie: Nothing...
- Steward: Well, a bit noisy for nothing.
- Jackie: I'll show you if you promise not to say anything.
- Steward: It ain't a snake, is it?
- Jackie: No.
- [pulls out Komba the galago]
- Jackie: Bushbaby!
- Steward: Queer, ain't it? It looks a bit like a monkey!
- Jackie: Would you like to hold him? He's very gentle.
- Steward: [hesitatingly] I'll take your word for it, miss.
- John Leeds: [Jackie and her father are standing next to a gravestone marked "In loving memory of Penelope Leeds, who died in the uprising of 1961"] I've arranged for Tembo to keep the flowers watered.
- Jackie: I wish Tembo were coming with us.
- John Leeds: He'll be at the boat to see us off.
- [noticing Jackie's discontentment]
- John Leeds: Jackie... Tembo belongs in Africa.
- Jackie: Like Komba?
- [she walks away from her father]
- Jackie: I belong here, too. I was born here. I don't want to go away.
- John Leeds: It can't be helped Jackie. I don't want to leave Africa any more than you do.
- Jackie: It isn't only Africa, I have to leave everything!
- John Leeds: If it is Tembo with Jackie, I don't want him arrested. You know what would happen.
- Tilison: Isn't the important thing your daughter's safety?
- John Leeds: If she is with Tembo she is safe.
- Rev. Barlow: [after Komba has disrupted the choir song] Is that the devil in our midst, miss Leeds? Or as I suspect, a heavenly cherub.
- [the members of the church laugh]
- Rev. Barlow: Since it appears the Christian soldiers have lost the battle to a bushbaby, I suggest you all take your seats and we shall continue the service.
- Tembo: [after Jackie wakes up] Do you feel better, mtoto?
- Jackie: Mm, much better. I'm not hot anymore.
- Tembo: [in approval] Hm.
- Jackie: The pain in my arm's gone.
- Tembo: [again in approval] Hmm!
- Jackie: Oh, where's Cranky?
- Tembo: Do not be angry, but I could not let him take you in his airship because many times I've heard your father say that it is not safe. So I took you from that place when he was not looking.
- Jackie: [with surprise at the object Tembo is now carrying] Where did you get the gun?
- Tembo: I took it from the bwana doctor.
- Jackie: Why I hope you didn't hurt poor old Cranky.
- Tembo: Why should I hurt him? He's only a foolish old man. I only took the gun so he would not hurt me.
- [first lines]
- Jackie: [Jackie and Tembo are chasing a small galago around a baobab tree] Where is he?
- Tembo: Sshh!
- Jackie: [after Tembo catches the creature he hands it to Jackie] Oh! Oh, he's so tiny!
- Tembo: He's a young one.
- Jackie: What shall I call him?
- Tembo: He has many names: bushbaby, galago... In Swahili he's called "Komba."
- Jackie: Komba! That's marvelous.
- [to Komba]
- Jackie: Hey Komba, Komba...!
- [to Tembo]
- Jackie: Oh, thank you, Tembo. Asante sana!
- Tembo: Stahere, mtoto.