- Mrs. Minton: Jeremy, why didn't you tell me?
- Jeremy Fox: She's dead, Ann.
- Mrs. Minton: Not to you, Jeremy. That's why we had to leave the islands, isn't it? To come back here to this cursed house, her house. It would have been better for both of us if you'd told me.
- Jeremy Fox: So that you could give me the benefit of your compassion?
- Mrs. Minton: No, Jeremy, but at least I would have known what lay ahead of me. I would have known how foolish I was to be jealous of the others. The women that you play with to fill the emptiness which is your life!