- Fred Palmer: I didn't tell Nan I called you. It would only make her more upset.
- Michael Shayne: Did you find out what caused her to faint last night?
- Fred Palmer: She said she saw someone in the house - a man.
- Michael Shayne: Do you believe her?
- Fred Palmer: I don't really know what to believe. I'd like to think she's just imagining things... but someone did open that trunk. I didn't tell Nan this, but the fuse wasn't burned out. Someone had pulled the master switch.
- Michael Shayne: You'd like me to find out who he is.
- Fred Palmer: I want you to find out who he is, what he wants, who emptied that trunk and why.
- Michael Shayne: Well, if I were you, I think I'd call the police. Their rates are a lot cheaper than mine.
- Taffy Tobias: I simply don't understand married women. Do you?
- Michael Shayne: I don't have to.
- Taffy Tobias: They're so possessive don't you think?
- Michael Shayne: Married women or women in general?
- Taffy Tobias: All women... except me.
- Fred Palmer: Oh, I'd better get dressed for our dinner date. Do I dare leave you here alone with Taffy?
- Michael Shayne: Taffy's leaving, too.
- Taffy Tobias: Coward!
- Taffy Tobias: The only person who was popular with Mr. Moon was Mrs. Moon. He worshiped the ground she walked on.
- Michael Shayne: And he probably buried her under it.
- [Mike is trying to pick a lock on a large trunk]
- Michael Shayne: Come on, Taffy. Let's get this closer to the light. C'mon, shove.
- Taffy Tobias: [grunts] I'm the seductive type. You're forcing me to step out of character.
- Michael Shayne: Shove!
- [discussing Moon's dead wife]
- Michael Shayne: You must have loved her very much.
- Dana Moon: She was the most beautiful thing I ever owned.
- [Taffy saves Mike's life by pistol-whipping his assailant]
- Michael Shayne: Big help you were giving me an unloaded gun.
- Taffy Tobias: Silly, you were using the wrong end.
- [last lines]
- [rummaging through the day's mail]
- Michael Shayne: The gas bill... electric... Harry's Bar and Grill... Pete's Tavern... a letter from Fred and Nan Palmer!
- Lucy Carr: Do they send bills, too?
- Michael Shayne: I hope not. Ah, they sold that old hard luck house for a good price, put the profits in the bank and moved in with mother.
- Lucy Carr: I thought he couldn't stand her mother?
- Michael Shayne: This is *his* mother.