- Lord Peter Wimsey: So, your client won't see us?
- Mr. Pritchard: Can you think of any reason why she should?
- Lord Peter Wimsey: Well, establish the truth perhaps. Next to the good and the beautiful, the truth is always said to be a proper object of service.
- Lord Peter Wimsey: [to Prichard] What an acid man you are, Mr. Prichard! No reverence... no faith. Do lawyers ever go to heaven?
- Mr. Pritchard: I don't think I quite understand.
- Lord Peter Wimsey: There are times, Mr. Prichaed. when I hardly understand myself.