- Nat Jeffcote: I've never kept thee short o' the brass. Why hadn't tha the sense to pay for thy pleasures, instead o' mixin' thaself up with a straight girl?
- Nat Jeffcote: There's only one lass tha can honestly wed now, and that's Jenny Hawthorne. And by God I'm going to see that tha does it!
- Alan Jeffcote: I know why you won't marry me.
- Jenny Hawthorne: Do you? Well, spit it out, lad.
- Alan Jeffcote: You're doing it for my sake.
- Jenny Hawthorne: How do you make that out?
- Alan Jeffcote: You don't want to spoil my life.
- Jenny Hawthorne: Thanks - much obliged for the compliment.
- Alan Jeffcote: Well, I don't see what else it could be.
- Jenny Hawthorne: Don't kid yourself, my lad. It isn't because I'm afraid of spoiling your life that I'm refusing you - it's because I'm afraid spoiling mine.
- Alan Jeffcote: You liked me well enough. You wouldn't have gone to Llandudno if you hadn't.
- Jenny Hawthorne: Oh yes, I liked you.
- Alan Jeffcote: And you don't like me now?
- Jenny Hawthorne: You're a nice lad - oh, I like you right enough.
- Alan Jeffcote: But you never really loved me.
- Jenny Hawthorne: Love you? Good heavens, of course not! Why on earth should I love you? You were just someone to have a bit of fun with. You were an amusement, a lark.
- Alan Jeffcote: Is that all you cared for me?
- Jenny Hawthorne: How much more did you care for me?
- Alan Jeffcote: It's not the same - I'm a man.
- Jenny Hawthorne: You're a man, and I was your little fancy. Well, I'm a woman, and you were my little fancy.
- Bob Parker: Jenny!
- Jenny Hawthorne: It's alright, Bob. I shan't starve. I'm a Lancashire lass, and as long as there's weaving sheds in Lancashire, I shall earn enough brass to keep me going. You've no need to be afraid
- [exit]
- Jenny Hawthorne: .