- [Last lines]
- Richard Herncastle: [voice over] And I had my Nancy at last, and I intended to keep her.
- Nick Ollanton: [to Richard] Seems you were wrong about everything, lad. Perhaps you'll get smarter as you get older.
- Richard Herncastle: [voice over] The outbreak of war came sooner than even I expected. The effect on most people was unbelievable, or so it seemed to me. It was as if a never ending national holiday had been declared instead of a world war.
- Richard Herncastle: [voice over] The soldiers were all brave handsome heroes. They had yet to turn into corpses.