Grizel Dane: [very curious] Proutie, who was Lark?
Proutie: She was old Mr. Dane's ward, miss.
Grizel Dane: Uncle Rollo's ward?
Proutie: Oh, dear, no, Miss Lark was Mr. Rollo's father's ward, miss. She grew up with Mr. Rollo and all the Dane children.
Grizel Dane: And you were here even then?
Proutie: Oh, yes, miss. My old auntie was in service with Mr. Rollo's father. I remember Miss Lark well. One doesn't forget Miss Lark.
[changing the subject]
Proutie: Dinner will be served at 7.00 miss. The General likes to dress.
Grizel Dane: Good. It'll be a pleasant change, we're allowed to be feminine off-duty. Proutie, you haven't told me what happened to Lark.
Proutie: Nothing happened to her, miss.

Grizel Dane: I sent him away.
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Then if I were you, I'd go and find him. Don't cheat yourself of love the way I did. Listen to me! Don't stop to bargain for happiness, for in one wasted moment, a door may close, a ship may sail, a train may leave, a man may die. Go after him or make your mind you'll never see him again.

Pilot Officer Pax Masterson: I used to play hide and seek in these rooms.
Grizel Dane: How interesting since you never set foot here before.
Pilot Officer Pax Masterson: Imaginary hide and seek. When I was little my aunt taught me where every room was. She wanted to know this house as she remembered it, she grew up here.
Grizel Dane: Was your aunt by any chance called Lark?
Pilot Officer Pax Masterson: Yes, Lark Ingoldsby. I was brought up by her. She made me promise to visit this house if I ever got to London.
Grizel Dane: You begin to make sense.

Lark Ingoldsby: [singing] "I'll list for my soldier/And follow my love..."
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: [interrupting] Now I know why they call you "Lark".
Lark Ingoldsby: [turning around] Were you there? Listening all the time?
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: You've grown up.
Lark Ingoldsby: A little.
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: I didn't know you could sing like that.
Lark Ingoldsby: You didn't know I was growing up either.
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Do you know what happened to this room?
Lark Ingoldsby: No.
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: It's full of light, sunshine and flowers.

Lark Ingoldsby: [to Selina] As long as I am in this house. This is my room.
[shouts]
Lark Ingoldsby: Get out of it!

Lark Ingoldsby: We'll have seven children and a million pounds a year.
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: What was that?
Lark Ingoldsby: I was thinking when we were children. You've forgotten.
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Shouldn't I share your thoughts?
Lark Ingoldsby: We shall always be in love, won't we?
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Always.
Lark Ingoldsby: Even when we're old?
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Even when we're old.

Lark Ingoldsby: You'll listen to reason, not to me. The Danes have always listened to the reasons instead of their hearts.
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Let's not get angry.
Lark Ingoldsby: I am not angry, I'm lost. Pelham is in love with me. I can't stay here and hurt him.
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Pelham?
Lark Ingoldsby: Selina knows that if you go without me I must leave this house, too. I can't wait for you, Rollo!

Selina Dane: We'll be so proud of you: General Sir Roland Dane.
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: No. If I have to choose between my army career and Lark. I know which I want. I want Lark!
Selina Dane: You can't mean that.
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Believe me, I do.

General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: There's no such thing as an empty room.