- Capt. Donald Gordon King: You and I have been shunted from the real show in Flanders, Mohammed, but there's a soldier's job in India for both of us.
- Mohammed Khan: King sahib.
- Capt. Donald Gordon King: There'll be no glory in it. You'll not be riding at the head of a hundred lancers. No pennant flying. No pipes playing. A dirty job, at the best.