- Professor Abel Gordon: I don't have time to talk to you right now. Especially about that girl.
- Clark Kent: I'm not so sure she's guilty.
- Professor Abel Gordon: [chuckling] How dense can you be? The janitor saw her in the lab after Jeff and I left, and the ether was found in her locker.
- Clark Kent: Bear with me for one moment. Let's-let's... let's say she really is innocent.
- Professor Abel Gordon: No, no, no, no, no. I trust Jeff unequivocally.
- Clark Kent: I wasn't thinking of Jeff.
- Professor Abel Gordon: Your subtlety astounds me. Why would I discredit my own formula?
- Clark Kent: I'm just covering all the bases.
- Professor Abel Gordon: If Superboy hadn't saved me, I would have been killed in that explosion. I'm a physicist. I know the power of explosives. Would I be stupid enough to cause an explosion that might kill me?