- Sergeant Malley: You really think Meadow was murdered?
- Detective Inspector Purbright: I'm absolutely positive.
- Sergeant Malley: How?
- Sergeant Malley: I don't know how, but it was done... somehow or other it was done.
- Sergeant Malley: Then do you know who did it?
- Detective Inspector Purbright: Uh, yes. I know who, and I think I know why, but I don't know how.
- Lucilla Teatime: [to Brother Joe] On one hand it could be most beneficial if the story were to gain ground that little fenwort put lead in the pencil of elderly gentlemen.