Miss Lettie Blacklock:
Is this your idea of a joke, Patrick?
Patrick Simmons:
I can think of much better jokes than announcing a murder in the local rag!
[
Edmund has made an unpleasant remark]
Patrick Simmons:
It's usually me who spoils the party with a bad joke.
[
Mrs Harmon nearly trips over her cat]
Mrs. Harmon:
Oh, do be careful, Delilah!
Det. Inspector Craddock:
Delilah?
Mrs. Harmon:
My husband named her that. I'm afraid her moral standards are rather similar!
Hannah:
[
when asked about the murder] The door bell rings, I answer the door, the door bell rings again, I answer the door again,the door bell rings again, I answer the door again, the door bell rings again...
Det. Inspector Craddock:
After the guests have all arived
Hannah:
Oh... I go to the dinning room to clean the silver, I hear shots, I scream, somebody turns the key and lets me out, I scream again, somebody hits me! I see blood.
Det. Inspector Craddock:
You scream again?
Hannah:
I think so. Are you going to arrest me?
Det. Inspector Craddock:
[
smiles] Not today.
Mrs. Swettenham:
People don't announce murders! Marriages yes, but not murders. Put that dreadful paper down, and have a look.
Edmund Swettenham:
[
Reading the Daily Worker] It isn't a dreadful paper.
Mrs. Swettenham:
You're not even a worker!
Edmund Swettenham:
I'm writing a book!
Mrs. Swettenham:
I mean real work.
Dora Bunner:
Well, young Edmund Swettenham moons around her a bit. He's a very odd young man - writes books - and I - I have heard that he's a - a Communist!
Miss Jane Marple:
Oh really, yes, well he must be rather lonely in Chipping Cleghorn.
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