- [last lines]
- Clegg: Who married Whitehorn's lass?
- Billy: Tall kid from Denby Street.
- Truly: Venables.
- Billy: Took to drink.
- Truly: I thought that was you.
- Clegg: Didn't we go to his funeral?
- Billy: He's still alive!
- Clegg: Oh well, we probably didn't then.
- Truly: That was another Venables.
- Billy: A dead one. You'd think some people'ld know the difference.
- Alvin: [climbing out of river] I'm Alvin, swimmer of rivers.