- [first lines]
- Detective William Murdoch: Now, Henry!
- Constable Henry Higgins: Sir, I...
- Detective William Murdoch: It's all right; don't be afraid1
- [laughs triumphantly as bulbs light up]
- Constable Henry Higgins: What's that, sir?
- Detective William Murdoch: Something I've been experimenting with. It's, uh, an induction balance machine.
- Constable Henry Higgins: OK, sir. And it turns on lights, does it? 'cause we have switches for that.
- Detective William Murdoch: It's capable of far more than that.
- Constable George Crabtree: [enters] Sir, it seems there's been...
- [his whistle flies out horizontally on its chain]
- Constable George Crabtree: Sweet Mother of...
- Detective William Murdoch: You see, it can detect metal. Could be very useful in gathering evidence.
- Constable George Crabtree: Yes, sir. Make it stop please.
- Winston Churchill: Oh, look, a bulldog. I always thought they should be enshrined as our national symbol.
- Detective William Murdoch: Because of their stubborn tenacity?
- Winston Churchill: No, because they look so much like our queen. Of course, given my fondness for food and drink, I may end up looking like one myself someday.
- Detective William Murdoch: Well, you've had an eventful stay, Mr. Churchill. Perhaps material for your memoirs someday.
- Winston Churchill: I rather think I'll restrict my memoirs to the events I actually remember, Detective. This hasn't exactly been my finest hour.
- [last lines]
- Detective William Murdoch: Julia. I *will* stand by you. If you divorce, I will marry you.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: And your faith, how will you reconcile that?
- Detective William Murdoch: I'll accept the consequences of my decision. No matter what the Church says, I refuse to believe that love, any love, could be wrong. And I love *you*.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: And I you.