- Michael Hagarty: My car's downstairs. You've plenty of time to catch your plane.
- Jessica Fletcher: Oh, you're very sweet, but I hate to put you to all this trouble.
- Michael Hagarty: Trouble? Not a bit of it. But there is one thing. I promised my chief I'd do him a favor, pick up some microfilm from one of our undercover agents in Chinatown. It won't take a minute. It's on our way.
- Jessica Fletcher: Grady...
- Jessica Fletcher, Grady Fletcher: Call a cab.
- [first lines]
- Ivanov: [knock on the door] What?
- Michael Hagarty: [from hallway] It's the maintenance man. They sent me out to fix that bad pipe.
- Ivanov: Pipe? No, no, no. Come back later.
- Michael Hagarty: No, I- I can't do that. I get off in half an hour. They want it fixed now. Open up.
- Veronica: Gee, honey, I had you figured for shoplifting or maybe kiting checks. But murder? Jessica, I knew you had class.