The Wreck of the Mary Deare

Gideon Patch:
I have to ask you to trust me just for a few days until the inquiry.

John Sands:
Give me one reason. Why should I, Captain?

Gideon Patch:
You've trusted me already. When you were dangling on the end of a rope over the side of the Mary Deare, you trusted me!

John Sands:
I haven't forgotten.

Gideon Patch:
Well, now I'm on the end of a rope. You can haul me in or let me drown!

Gideon Patch:
[after a long silence] Do I have to beg, Mr. Sands?

Gideon Patch:
You listen! I didn't ask you to come on board, and I'm in command here! Now, if you don't like it, you can go over the side and swim!

Gideon Patch:
I'm asking you to do something for me as one man to another!

Sir Wilfred Falcett:
[During court testimony] After the loss of the Silver Isle, you found yourself, as the saying goes, "on the beach" for some considerable time, did you not?

Gideon Patch:
Yes.

Sir Wilfred Falcett:
You were glad to be taken on as a third officer?

Gideon Patch:
Yes.

Sir Wilfred Falcett:
That must have been a bitter experience for you, the sort of experience ends to put a chip on a man's shoulder. Wouldn't you agree?

Gideon Patch:
That depends on the man!