- Perry Mason: What kind of poison was in that candy?
- Paul Drake: Verinol. Two more pieces and she would have been very easy to get along with today. Also, very dead. They're releasing her this morning.
- Mildred Kimber: Why are you doing all this?
- Lola Florey: The oldest motive in the books, honey--the woman scorned.
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- Mildred Kimber: It's just beautiful, Mr. Tulloch. It was worth waiting seven years to get a bloom.