- Major Swindon: What will history say, sir?
- General John Burgoyne: History, sir, will tell lies, as usual!
- Dick Dudgeon: [to Anderson] You know, I've never met a minister that doesn't ask you to dinner and give you a sermon.
- Dick Dudgeon: The rest of this story is pure fiction. Rest assured, you can believe every word of it.
- Major Swindon: I can only do my best sir, and rely on the devotion of our countrymen.
- General John Burgoyne: May I ask, Major, are you writing a melodrama?
- Major Swindon: No, sir.
- General John Burgoyne: [sarcastically] What a pity! WHAT a pity!