- Chickenhound: Hello? Is somebody there?
- Asmodeus: Asssssssssssmodeusssss! Come with me, young foxie, I will show you eternity.
- [Basil stops Cornflower from climbing a wall to save Matthias]
- Basil: Forgive my hand but dash it, wasn't it a wise, young kitchen mouse who only this very morning insisted that climbing was best left to squirrels, what?
- Cornflower: That was this morning. A lot has happened since then.
- Basil: Seems to me, one way or another a lot happens since morning every day at Redwall. Haha! N'haha! What? N'hahaha!
- [Basil is hiding]
- Matthias: Come out... show yourself!
- Basil: Show myself? How many pairs of eyes d'you need, what? Eh? Eh?
- Matthias: I'm in no mood for games... come out!
- [Basil appears behind him]
- Basil: Basil Stag Hare, sir! At your service: expert scout, hind leg fighter, wilderness guide and... camouflage expert!
- [Matthias looks at him like he's crazy]
- Basil: Read your mind, sir! Neither mad, nor dangerous. Delighted to meet you, dear!
- [Constance holds up Sela the vixen]
- Constance: And what about this traitor?
- Abbot Mortimer: Oh, dear... yes, I suppose there must be some form of punishment, mustn't there?
- Basil: Bury her up to her neck in red ants, then hang the wretch from the tower before you draw and quarter her? Or, we could let her go!
- Constance: Are you crazy?
- Basil: Not really, but Cluny is... I'm sure he will know how to deal with her!
- Cluny: [mocking tone] Oh, my! Are you scared?
- Cornflower: Yes... but I'll get over it. *You* are ugly, and there's no cure for that.
- [Cluny is berating his captains]
- Cluny: I hate failure! There is only one punishment for failure.
- [slowly unsheathes blade]
- Cluny: What... is... it?
- Killconey: Death! Death by execution!
- Cluny: Give me one good reason why I shouldn't add two more heads to my banner.
- Killconey: We'll try much harder next time, Chief.
- Darkclaw: Yes! Definitely much much harder!
- Cluny: That's the best you can come up with?
- Killconey: We're not that good with words.
- Cluny: Silence!
- Warbeak: Warbeak killee killee killee killee! King Bull Sparra got 'em big sword. Chop all mouses up!
- Mangiz the Seer: I will not stand here and be insulted by this... hedgepig!
- Ambrose Spike: Then stand somewhere else and I'll insult you there, featherbag!
- [Ragear is thinking of a good story to impress Cluny after his failure]
- Ragear: All right... twenty there were, chief. I got nineteen but one escaped! Heh heh... yes, that's it. I let one go as a warning to the others...
- Slagar the Cruel: I am Slagar the Cruel, and you are my slaves. Now listen closely - when I say you walk, you walk. When I say you run, you run. If I decide that you live, you live.
- [pulls out bolas and starts twirling]
- Slagar the Cruel: If I take it into my hands that you may not live... then you will die.
- [smashes bench]
- Slagar the Cruel: Now, move!
- Matthias: [trying to get Cheek to give information about the young ones' kidnapping] Let him go, Basil. *We've just enough time for a late lunch.* Then we'll be on our way. Whta do you say to a vegetable pasty and a drop of cider?
- Jess: Thanks, but I'd rather down a couple of *bilsberry muffins* and a *nice thick chunk of cheese*.
- Basil Stag Hare: Sliced nut breat and candied chestnuts. Eh, that should do it for me.
- Cheek: [licks his lips and scutters over] I'm 'ungry.
- Basil Stag Hare: Funny. I thought you were Cheek!
- [chuckles]
- Cheek: Heh. Heh. He's funny, he is.
- [pauses for several seconds, then licks his lips]
- Matthias: Then let's put it to good use and start by freeing Basil.
- Basil Stag Hare: *Ah,* greatly appreciated, doncha know.
- Slagar the Cruel: What are you staring at, *mouse?*
- Mattimeo: You should have killed me while you could, *fox.*
- Slagar the Cruel: No. I've decided to let you live. To suffer.
- Mattimeo: Then you're not only a cowardly murdering scum, you're a fool. Because from now on I live with one purpose only. To kill you.
- Log-A-Log: But don't worry. We'll have you out in time for supper, Basil.
- Matthias: Did you hear that?
- Basil Stag Hare: Yes. *Supper!*
- Flugg: You traitor!
- Slagar the Cruel: Much like yourself, you traitorous shrew, *only I am good at it!*
- Mangiz the Seer: And we will prevail!
- Foremole: Prevail my paw! Shut it, you crazy bridbag! Redwall be *ours!*
- Father Mordalfus: [Sister May comes up with a dastardly plot] Sister May! I'm shocked and surprised at you!... But what a good *idea!*
- Sir Harry the Muse: [In awe] Though I'm the most poetic of birds, right now I'm at a loss for *words!*
- Matthias: Basil, if this doesn't work, make a run for the surface.
- Basil Stag Hare: *Run?* Steady on there, lad! Maybe we should talk this over?
- Mattimeo: [In the midst of battle] What took you so long?
- Basil Stag Hare: Not that easy, doncha know.
- [Fights off another rat]
- Basil Stag Hare: Sooner we get this finished, the sooner we can *eat* again!
- Constance: [Fighting the birds after escaping from the locked gatehouse] Sorry I'm late. Some creature *locked* me up.