- Horatio Flowerdew: Hold hard - before we go any further, I want to put you wise
- Greta Gynt: About what?
- Horatio Flowerdew: About me. I'm a "PACIC"
- Greta Gynt: A what?
- Horatio Flowerdew: A P-A-C-I-C; Peckham Amateur Crime Investigation Club. I'm vice-chairman!
- Greta Gynt: What do you do?
- Horatio Flowerdew: Well, we read all the thrillers and then we meet every fortnight and solve a crime. Makes a change from window cleaning.
- Inspector Craddock: Well one thing's certain. The House isn't going to talk.
- Greta Gynt: I wonder if we could make it?