- [last lines]
- Dr. Watson: A happy ending to a brilliant case. I congratulate you, Holmes.
- Sherlock Holmes: I thank you. I must admit there were certain aspects to this case which even *I* did not anticipate.
- [first lines]
- James McCarthy: Look father, we have been through all this before...
- William McCarthy: Do as I tell you, boy. You damned disobedient little bastard! Give me the gun!
- James McCarthy: It's *my* life, and I'm going to run it the way I like!
- William McCarthy: Get off out of it!
- Dr. Watson: Many men have been hanged on far slighter evidence.
- Sherlock Holmes: So they have. And many men have been hanged wrongfully.