- [first lines]
- Jessica Fletcher: Oh, did you reach them?
- Sheriff Amos Tupper: Yeah, said we'd be there about 8:00. Probably miss the hors d'oeuvres.
- Jessica Fletcher: Well, no serious loss, I'm sure.
- Sheriff Amos Tupper: Ms. Fletcher, the Main Sheriffs' Association lays out the finest spread east of the Alleghenies.
- [last lines]
- Sheriff Amos Tupper: After his speech they had a drawing for the big TV set? I knew we should've been there.
- Jessica Fletcher: Oh, Amos, I'm so sorry. But as nice as that TV set might've been, I'm sure you can live without it.
- Sheriff Amos Tupper: But it wasn't my name they drew, Ms. Fletcher... It was yours.
- Jessica Fletcher: What?
- Sheriff Amos Tupper: I mean, you're gonna have those fellas eatin' out of your hand.
- Jessica Fletcher: Sounds a bit messy to me, Amos.