- Miss Jane Marple: We are not put in this world to avoid danger - not when an innocent person's life is at stake!
- Miss Jane Marple: Oh, forgive me, Superintendent, but I hope you don't wa... how should I put it?... find me irratating.
- Superintendent Nash: [In a condescendingly emphatic tone] Dismiss the thought, Miss Marple!
- Miss Jane Marple: Oh, good. I'm so glad. Thank you... yes.
- Gerry Burton: [Trying to get a loose end cleared up] But WHY did she?
- Superintendent Nash: Ask Miss Marple. She usually has the right answers.