- Prior Robert: Brother Cadfael was a soldier.
- Prior Herluin: He came to God late then?
- Brother Cadfael: I came when he called.
- Prior Herluin: If you think I've walked 200 miles so you can sing with a tavern slut, you can think again.
- Daalny: You mean it's just bones?
- Prior Herluin: Those bones connect the earth to Heaven, and your presence defiles them.
- Lady Donata Blount: [Smelling Cadfael's medicine] Ooh... snails again!
- Brother Cadfael: It'll help with the pain.