Mariette Hartley credited as playing...
Ruth Knight
- Ruth Knight: You kissed me as if you found me prowling up and down the waterfront at Mombassa.
- Kasongo: Ruth?
- Ruth Knight: Miss Knight, to you, Mr. Moore.
- David Moore: You're very beautiful when you laugh.
- [aggressively kisses Ruth]
- Ruth Knight: It's a pity you did that.
- David Moore: Didn't you like it?
- Ruth Knight: I liked it as much as if you said, "I've absolutely no respect for women."
- David Moore: How do you become working at a mission, of all places?
- Ruth Knight: Well, why shouldn't I?
- David Moore: Rather dull for a pretty girl like you, isn't it?
- Ruth Knight: Men say the stupidest things. Why should it be any duller for a pretty girl than a plan one?
- David Moore: Well, if you don't know why, I'm certainly not going to tell you.
- Ruth Knight: How long have you been there?
- David Moore: Oh, a couple of hours.
- Ruth Knight: Liar.
- David Moore: I like watching ladies have baths. You look very pretty.
- Ruth Knight: I'd like you to kiss me again.
- David Moore: Well, that is an approach, if you like.
- [kiss]
- David Moore: Was that better?
- Ruth Knight: How do you mean, better?
- David Moore: Well, did it show more respect than last time?
- Ruth Knight: A bit too much, I think.
- David Moore: You're quite a girl.
- [longer kiss]
- Ruth Knight: All right, I'm an idiot. He's an attractive man and that's a species I don't see many of.
- Ruth Knight: There's something so lonely about death, always.
- David Moore: There's something pretty lonely about life...
- Ruth Knight: [drums in the distant] What are they saying, Kasongo?
- Kasongo: Nothing, Miss Ruth. Just - drum talk.
- Ruth Knight: Go on, hit me! Show us how brave you are. You're not a man! You're an animal.
- Chavera: I am a little of both - like most men.
- Ruth Knight: Oh, it's funny. I've read about people falling in love. But, I've thought, if it's all that wonderful, why are they always so miserable? Now I understand.
- David Moore: I don't think you're in love with me, Ruth.
- Ruth Knight: Why? Cause you don't want to think it?