- Detective Sergeant Lewis: [Concerning Redpath's explanations] What do you think?
- Chief Inspector Morse: I've never heard so many lies. It was like sitting through an election campaign.
- Chief Inspector Morse: We're not exactly bosom friends, and I don't like the idea of not being trusted to do my job.
- Catherine Dawson: Oh no. No, no, you'd be wrong to believe that, Inspector; I mean, Patrick thinks your a very good detective. Poor policeman and a very good detective.
- Chief Inspector Morse: [laughs] Really?
- Catherine Dawson: [Before sipping her wine] O-o-oh.
- Chief Inspector Morse: Well, I suppose, half a compliment is better than none.
- Catherine Dawson: Yes.
- [the pathologist has just given Morse a post-mortem report including some rather glib descriptions]
- Chief Inspector Morse: [sarcastically] "Lights-out"? "Whammo"? Are those medical terms, doctor?
- Pathologist: I prefer to keep things simple, Chief Inspector. Especially when dealing with policemen.
- Chief Inspector Morse: The connection is Frederick Redpath.
- Detective Chief Inspector Patrick Dawson: Why would he go back the following day? It's irrational.
- Chief Inspector Morse: Murder is irrational... and murderers.
- [last lines]
- Detective Sergeant Lewis: That badge of yours, why did you keep it?
- Chief Inspector Morse: Vanity, I suppose. It was my first public speech.
- Detective Sergeant Lewis: Did you win?
- Chief Inspector Morse: No. We lost.