- Hill: Hilton, I've been a prison officer for 25 years and believe me I'm right when I tell you that if you accept your punishment, don't fight it, you'll find it far easier to bear.
- Jim Lancaster: Your husband - what's he going to say about all this?
- Mary Hilton: Oh, he'll get over it. All he ever thinks about is his work. Never seems to notice whether I'm there or not.
- Jim Lancaster: Well, that's marriage I guess.
- Mary Hilton: What do you know about it? You've never been married.
- Jim Lancaster: What difference does that make? You don't have to go down a coal mine to know that it's dark and dirty.
- MacFarlane: Whatever else you may think, she's still your mother.
- Mary Hilton: No, I won't see her - I won't! She always said I'd come to a bad end and now she just wants to gloat at me because she was right. Why does she keep coming here, why?
- MacFarlane: Be quiet! Can't you think of anyone but yourself even now. Don't you know what this time must be like for your family?Whatever happens it's going to be with them for the rest of their lives.