- Lucy Ballance: Clay, have you been followin' us?
- Marshal Simon Fry: Just as fast as I could, Miss Ballance.
- Lucy Ballance: Things haven't been the same since Simon Fry stepped on board.
- Clay McCord: He's my boss not my guardian.
- Marshal Simon Fry: Passenger list didn't tell much.
- Clay McCord: Well, I guess a man doesn't get in the habit of writing 'Gunman' after his name.
- Marshal Simon Fry: Thought maybe you'd like to join me for breakfast.
- Lucy Ballance: Are you sure you can spare the time from your official duties?
- Marshal Simon Fry: Oh, I'll be workin', but there's no point in not enjoyin' the job a little.
- Lucy Ballance: I am surprised, Marshal.
- Marshal Simon Fry: Kinda surprised myself. I ain't gonna say I'm glad Clay was hurt, but it's an ill wind that don't blow somebody some good.
- Marshal Simon Fry: She looks right through a man, Clay.
- Clay McCord: All day long?
- Marshal Simon Fry: Well, don't get the wrong idea. As long as I'm standing guard over her, I might as well make it sociable.
- Clay McCord: Oh, I just hope you're not gettin' in deep water, Simon.
- Marshal Simon Fry: You worried I don't know how to swim?
- Marshal Simon Fry: I didn't figure on you for a man to do his own dirty work.
- Samuel Forceman: It is contrary to family tradition.
- Samuel Forceman: We were a plantation family - owned 200 slaves before the war. Now I can't afford more than 30 hired hands.
- Marshal Simon Fry: Plus half a dozen hired killers. Must be runnin' out of 'em about now. That it?
- Samuel Forceman: You have quite a talent for appraisin' the situation, Mr. Fry.
- Marshal Simon Fry: Got a late start this time. Looks like it might be fatal.
- [last lines]
- Marshal Simon Fry: [discussing Lucy] Faxcinatin' girl. Like's to play as long as she can keep out of trouble... which I guess ain't a bad idea. But like you said, it took a lot of work to get her on that stand.
- Clay McCord: Oh, I can't see as how you suffered so much from all that hard labor.
- Marshal Simon Fry: No, can't say as I did. Bein' a marshal, you gotta learn to take things as they come.