- Mrs. Langdon-Humphries: We were so young and so in love but they wouldn't let us marry. It all seems like some strange dream now. But they sent him to the colonies. And then Vanessa was born.
- The Chaplain: Have you had any news yet?
- Margaret Hallam: No.
- The Chaplain: Ah well, you may soon.
- Margaret Hallam: Soon? It'll be too late.
- The Chaplain: No, there's still time, you know.
- Margaret Hallam: Three and a half days. 85 hours. I've been counting the minutes. It'll take a miracle now.
- The Chaplain: Chesterton once said, "The wonderful thing about miracles is they sometimes happen."
- Margaret Hallam: I hope he was right. God, I hope he was right.