- [while convalescing after being shot, Wycliffe is staying in a hotel. In the hotel dining room, one of the other guests voices his opinions about criminals]
- David Miller: The more villains we can put six feet under, the better. Eh?
- [Wycliffe stands up and bangs the dining table]
- Det. Supt. Charles Wycliffe: Now this may come as something of a shock to you, but I don't regard the taking of a life as being even remotely funny.
- Det. Supt. Charles Wycliffe: [shouts] Your attitude is an *insult* and represents *everything* that I *hate* about this job.
- [Wycliffe walks out of the dining room]
- David Miller: [to the other diners] Bit unsociable, isn't he?