- Col. Staquait: Privates Hugo and Hooft, I hereby place you under arrest again. It's a shame you can only be executed once for your crimes.
- Jane Porter: Executed? What on Earth for?
- Col. Staquait: The worst crime a soldier can commit, my dear: refusing to obey a direct order.
- Jane Porter: Insubordination? Is that so serious?
- Col. Staquait: It is, when I'm giving the order.
- Jane Porter: And what was the order?
- Hugo: Well, Staquait ordered us to burn down a village!
- Hooft: But we wouldn't do it!
- Hugo: No!
- Col. Staquait: When an officer gives an order, a soldier carries it out! He doesn't whine nonsense about women and children!
- [to Jane]
- Col. Staquait: Now, if you will excuse us, these two have a date with the executioner.