- [first lines]
- Daniel O'Shea: You'll be late for the mass. You looked so much like an angel, I thought it a sin to wake you.
- [Daniel and Angelica's kiss is interrupted by a nun pounding at the door]
- Daniel O'Shea: Last night was but one golden moment to be kept hidden in your heart and revisited whenever life is cruel.
- [Daniel flees out of Angelica's window]
- [holding Angelica's golden pendant and chain]
- Daniel O'Shea: Lord, I humbly thank you for the wealthy and may they continue to send their daughters to convents.
- Sir Thomas Grey: Why does everyone think being a knight is so damned splendid? Most die in their first battle.
- Sir Thomas Grey: You're going with the bishop to his monastery in Scotland.
- Cedric Grey: No.
- Armus Grey: The clergy can be a wonderful life of spirituality and peace.
- Cedric Grey: Good. Then you can go in my place.
- Armus Grey: Well, I would gladly, but for that celibacy problem.
- Sir Thomas Grey: You're not helping, you know.
- Eleanor Grey: Isn't that John Mullens' coach?
- Richard Grey: Yes and I do believe that's Mullens about to receive the sharp end of a highwayman's sword.
- Eleanor Grey: So we've come just in time.
- Richard Grey: Yes, we did.
- Eleanor Grey: Maybe we should...
- Richard Grey: Intervene?
- Eleanor Grey: Well, it would be the noble thing to do.
- Richard Grey: ...Very well - but let's not push the horses.
- John Mullens: I was about to overpower him when you appeared.
- Daniel O'Shea: It's true. He had my sword expertly blocked... with his throat.
- Bishop: [to Cedric] You're dressed more like a knight than a cleric.
- Sir Thomas Grey: He's young, your grace. He has a romanticized view of combat.
- Bishop: Well, there can be no greater battle than the war over men's souls.
- Daniel O'Shea: Don't go. Come and have a good look at your caged animal... or were you coming to have a look at yourself?
- Eleanor Grey: Myself?
- Daniel O'Shea: We're both the same under the skin.
- Eleanor Grey: I'm no outlaw.
- Daniel O'Shea: No? You running around in pants shooting a crossbow as well as any man? Your noble father couldn't approve of that.
- Daniel O'Shea: [to Eleanor] Oh, you're an outlaw, all right - against noble behavior and the rules that restrict women like a girdle.
- John Mullens: It would be wise for you to teach your children some manners, Sir Thomas.
- Sir Thomas Grey: You're quite right. Richard, the next time you shove John Mullens over a table, say "Excuse me."
- [Eleanor has helped Daniel to escape from the dungeon]
- Sir Thomas Grey: You're to stay in your room.
- Eleanor Grey: Like a child.
- Sir Thomas Grey: For doing a childish thing.
- Eleanor Grey: And what if I refuse to stay?
- Sir Thomas Grey: You seem fond of the dungeon lately. Perhaps you'll be more comfortable there.
- Armus Grey: If you do well in the tournament, I assume you'll be heading for the crusades straight away.
- Cedric Grey: I hadn't really thought about that.
- Armus Grey: You've campaigned so hard I think Father would insist on it. Besides, you'll have at least six months travel just to find the front.
- Cedric Grey: Six months?
- Armus Grey: Ah, but it's worth it once you get there. You'll see.
- Cedric Grey: Exciting is it?
- Armus Grey: I'll say. Nothing gets the heart pounding like the constant fear of having your head sliced off. And just wait until you taste the food.
- Cedric Grey: It's good, is it?
- Armus Grey: Excellent - when we had some. 'Course, we had some lean days. I got to picking grubs and such right up off the ground. Some of those little beasts can be pretty tasty cooked in oil and swamp grass.
- Daniel O'Shea: Have you any plans for the evenin'? The moon is ripe for a ride.
- Eleanor Grey: I'm confined to my room like a child.
- Daniel O'Shea: Then I'll release you, as you did me. Vines can be a handy way of avoiding fathers.
- Eleanor Grey: It would be in total defiance of his orders. He'd be infuriated to the point of raving. I'll just need a moment to change.
- Eleanor Grey: I can't rob a coach.
- Daniel O'Shea: Of course you can. You have all the necessary skills and I can promise you, it's most entertaining.
- Eleanor Grey: I'm not a thief.
- Daniel O'Shea: You're the lover of a thief - that proves you have poor judgment. Why not step completely off the cliff.
- Eleanor Grey: I was wrong and stupid. You were right about everything.
- Sir Thomas Grey: I was?
- Eleanor Grey: I should yield more to your experience.
- Sir Thomas Grey: And I to your heart, which is that what makes me love you so.
- Lady Elizabeth: Cedric is certainly putting his heart into this.
- Bishop: Then his heart is misplaced. He will find it again in the church.
- Lady Elizabeth: Not if he wins.
- Bishop: I see you believe in miracles.
- Lady Elizabeth: Well, don't you?
- [to Armus and Richard]
- Cedric Grey: I wanted to win this - not to go to war, but to prove I was worthy of going... to Father, perhaps to myself - but you never showed me the respect of asking.