- Mrs. Caypor: Do you understand German, Mr. Marvin?
- Robert Marvin: Not a word -- but I speak it fluently.
- Edgar Brodie: Oh, I'm to have an assistant, am I?
- 'R': Yes, and in the circumstances, a very useful one. We call him the "Hairless Mexican".
- Edgar Brodie: Oh? Why?
- 'R': Chiefly because he's got a lot of curly hair and isn't a Mexican. You can call him The General. He isn't a general, but he'll appreciate the compliment.
- Edgar Brodie: We aren't hunting a fox, we're hunting a man. He's an oldish man, with a wife. Oh, I know it's war and it's our job to do it, but that doesn't prevent it being murder, does it? Simple murder.
- [repeated line]
- The General: [every time he introduces himself] General Pompellio Montezuma De La Vilia De Conde De La Rue.
- The General: [introducing himself] General Pompellio Montezuma De La Vilia De Conde De La Rue
- Robert Marvin: Do you mind if I call you Charlie?
- The General: I mind.
- 'R': Did you have a good crossing from France?
- Edgar Brodie: Excellent, thank you, only to find out as soon as I landed in England that I was dead.
- 'R': Very sad. Casualties have been very heavy of late.
- Edgar Brodie: Look here, Sir... I don't even know what your name is.
- 'R': You can call me 'R'.
- Edgar Brodie: 'R' is commission?
- 'R': No, 'R' for rhododendron.