- Boatswain's Mate Styles: Don't worry, kid. Stick with me you'll grow up as bitter as the rest of us.
- [last lines]
- Cmmdre. Sir Edward Pellew: So you believe the Captain's behaviour was due to him falling down the hold.
- 3rd Lt. Horatio Hornblower: That's what seemed to push him over the edge.
- Cmmdre. Sir Edward Pellew: That's an interesting choice of words, Mr. Hornblower.
- [walks towards Hornblower]
- Cmmdre. Sir Edward Pellew: How did the Captain come to fall?