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Explain this. I have the very same mark on me, when I was taken prisoner in Africa. What is it? You tell me. You don't speak, but you do have answers. You do. And you will give me answers.
Delaney [to Brace]
Now we know the savage boy is cunning, too. And when peace comes, and this border is drawn, it will not be by soldiers, but by more fucking lawyers. And not only can we not resolve this disaster by killing Delaney, it is now in our urgent interest to keep the bastard alive.
Strange
Prince Regent: Who is this man?
Coop: An adventurer, of very poor repute. Stories of madness, savagery, theft, and worse.
Prince Regent: Then, Mr. Coop, he is a man that you will be able to do business with.
Dumbarton: So what do you want?
Delaney: Tea.
Dumbarton: Tea?
Delaney: You tell Carlsbad that I want tea.
Dumbarton: You know, Carlsbad said that Delaney might just be crazy enough to take us all on: The King, the Company, and the free 15. Maybe she was right.
Delaney: Well, you tell Carlsbad, from me, that I will cede sovereignty of Nootka Sound to whichever nation offers me the monopoly of the trade of furs for tea, from Fort George to Canton. A monopoly. That's what I want. All the tea in China.
The British want you dead. We want you alive, so that's something, huh? You take pain like a stone. That's something you picked up in Africa, maybe.
Dumbarton
Delaney: Well, I have no love for the theater.
Lorna: And I spend very little time in German brothels.
Dumbarton: You were mad to even come here. We are an angry nation.
Delaney: I'm counting on it.
Brace: I made some coffee: it will be stone cold.
Delaney; Aren't we all?
Delaney: I like to see what lies beneath. You have goodness in you. You do. I can see it in your eyes. And you have the same eyes as her: Winter. She's your daughter, isn't she? And that's why you don't rent her. Am I wrong? I would rather that you work with me, rather than against me.
Helga: Work at what?
Delaney: Necessary evil. And whorehouses are full of secrets. I need to know where Mr. Silvertooth is hiding.
Delaney: Who are you?
Winter: Winter.
Delaney: Miss Winter.
Winter: No, just Winter.
Delaney: Just Winter.
Winter: I live with the whores, but I'm a virgin.
Delaney: Why are you following me?
Winter: To save your life. Mistress Helga gave information to a man with a silver tooth. The man meant to do you harm.
Atticus: What's the smallest thing you've ever seen?
Delaney: Human kindness.
Strange: Where did he get the money to buy a ship? Jesus Christ, am I the only one in this company with a brain? They got to him first: either in Africa, or on the journey back to London. One of their agents approached him, briefed him, gave him money, and secured his services.
Lackey: Who did, sir?
Strange: THE FUCKING AMERICANS!
