- Dr. Watson: Forgive me sir, I cannot recall... are you certain that we know each other?
- Professor Moriarty: Oh yes indeed, Doctor Watson. Though I admit that until this moment we have not actually met face to face.
- Dr. Watson: Ah. Really.
- Professor Moriarty: You've written about me several times in your sycophantic accounts concerning the doings of Sherlock Holmes.
- Dr. Watson: Sycophantic?
- Professor Moriarty: Surely you recoginize the author of The Dynamics of an Asteroid?
- Dr. Watson: Moriarty.
- Professor Moriarty: Professor Moriarty, if you please.
- Professor Moriarty: I am about to execute one of the most brilliant of my many projects.
- Dr. Watson: Crimes, Moriarty, crimes!
- Professor Moriarty: And no one will be allowed to stand in my way. Would you care to learn what I intend? With Holmes in the bag, as it were, I can afford to let the cat out of it, can't I?
- Inspector Lestrade: This was a daring, and carefully planned crime. It would not surprise me if Moriarty himself was behind it.