- Arthur Page: Do you believe in coincidence, Miss Marsh?
- Julie Marsh: What?
- Arthur Page: You remind me of a girl I once knew. She's gone now. They all are.
- Arthur Page: [Holding a screaming, shuddering Julie] It's ridiculous, quite ridiculous!
- Julie Marsh: I can't bear them!
- Arthur Page: Such a tiny rodent.
- Julie Marsh: Rats! They sicken me.
- Arthur Page: One rat and a small one. You'll agree it was a small one?
- Julie Marsh: I don't know. I didn't stop to see.
- Arthur Page: It was a very tiny one. That's what's so peculiar. You run from a creature probably more frightened of you, a creature too small to present any threat to you, and yet you don't run from me.
- Julie Marsh: You? Why should I?
- Arthur Page: Well, I'm bigger than a rat.
- Arthur Page: I think I may plant carnations all around the house. Red carnations. A sea of them. Like the Red Sea. A blood-red sea.
- Baverstock: Well, I must say in one respect this is encouraging.
- Detective Sergeant: Encouraging?
- Baverstock: The idea of Julie being a thief has been killing me.
- Detective Sergeant: Well, I wouldn't get too encouraged - Page may be killing her.