- Kasongo: The boat will be here in a few minutes. Maybe the white men are on board.
- Jack Cuortemayn: I imagine they are.
- Kasongo: You go down and meet them, Mr. Courtemayn, sir. This is correct.
- Jack Cuortemayn: No, you go down to meet them.
- Kasongo: This is *not* correct.
- Jack Cuortemayn: What did I have you educated for, Kasongo? To know that you could pick up all the white man's most worthless values?
- David Moore: I read somewhere that there are at this moment, something like ten thousand million women in this world. Let's say half of them were born lovely - that's five thousand million. Let's say half of the lovely ones are ready to play games. That's two thousand five hundred million. Why bother your head about the virtuous ones like Miss Ruth Knight? Life's too short.
- 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.
- Brian Ferrers: [singing] Very few can find, The river love, For no one knows, Just where it flows, The river love...
- Kasongo: The slave hunters have passed this way. There has been destruction, killing. You do well to cross here, Bwana. The drums speak of great danger!
- Jack Cuortemayn: Am I misjudging you?
- David Moore: I don't know. People can change.
- Jack Cuortemayn: They can; but, do they?
- 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?
- Jack Cuortemayn: None of us have any right to gamble with other people's lives. You're a strong man and a brave one. But, like all selfish people, you're a destroyer!
- Brian Ferrers: Can we overtake the slavers? Can we get to Ruth in time?
- Kasongo: Maybe, with canoes and a prayer.