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- Lt. Rod Blake: Oh, hello. I'm Rod Blake, chief investigator for the Nevada state troopers. You know, Nevada is proud of its school system, from the elementary right up to the college level. It's especially proud of its college of agriculture and mining. I want to make it plain the activities in the case you're going to see, though they occured on and around a college campus, were strictly extracurricular. Even this book, which figured in tonight's case, turned out to be more lethal than literary. In a moment, you'll meet "The Sweetheart of Sigmund Kaye". This was her book.
- Lt. Rod Blake: Well, nine out of ten missing persons show up, generally with a good excuse. Was that their bath?
- Doris Green: Yes. Evidently, the sheriff didn't share you're believe about nine out of ten... otherwise, he wouldn't have sent you out here.
- Lt. Rod Blake: The sheriff always worries about that tenth one.
- Lt. Rod Blake: She said her parents liked Sigmund.
- Doc Brennan: Ah yes, Sigmund. I invariably come back to Sigmund, also.
- Lt. Rod Blake: Well, they told me they were going to be married.
- Doc Brennan: Yes, unless I'm right. Sigmund comes from very poor but very proud people.
- Lt. Rod Blake: How'd her family feel about the marriage?
- Doc Brennan: Well, they forbade it to start with. See, Sigmund has continental ideas about marriage and dowries. He couldn't understand why they should have to wait as long as her parents were wealthy. I think he took a shortcut through the cemetery.