- Joe Mannix: [Kathy tells him about a dream she had in which he died] I was dead? And that's why you're here?
- Kathy Warren: Yes. I'm afraid it might actually happen.
- Joe Mannix: Because of your dream?
- Kathy Warren: I don't know how to explain my dreams to you, Mr. Mannix... except that they do come true. I saw you killed, on a black horse like Major.
- Joe Mannix: Major?
- Kathy Warren: Yes, at the riding club. One of the stable hands rides him a lot. I saw you there. There was blood on your hand from... from where'd you fallen.
- [Joe shows her his hands to reveal that there is no blood on them]
- Kathy Warren: Oh, I know how tempting it must be for you to laugh at me, Mr. Mannix.
- Joe Mannix: There is one thing, Miss Warren. Considering we've never met before, I was wondering how I happened to be in your dream in the first place?
- Kathy Warren: Oh, I... I don't know.
- [Peggy knocks on Joe's office door]
- Joe Mannix: Yeah, Peggy?
- Peggy Fair: Excuse me. Correspondence from New York. You wanted it the minute you came in. Morning paper. And the press is still hounding us for information.
- Joe Mannix: Yeah, well, it can wait. Thanks, Peggy.
- Kathy Warren: [looks at the newspaper Peggy brought in] Maybe here!
- Joe Mannix: What?
- Kathy Warren: Maybe this is how you got into my dream. I read about you in last night's paper.
- Joe Mannix: Oh.
- Kathy Warren: It's quite a novelty these days. A man risking his life to do something positive for someone else. It's possible I... I just felt that you were something worth saving. I know that only makes it seem more ridiculous to you.
- Joe Mannix: Well, I can certainly see that *you* believe in your dream?
- Kathy Warren: Oh, it's not a gift, you know. It's not an easy way to pick winners in horse races or lotteries. I can only imagine things when something important is involved, like... pain, sorrow, or death.
- Joe Mannix: Go on.
- Kathy Warren: Could you do me a favor?
- Joe Mannix: If I can.
- Kathy Warren: I... I haven't told you the rest of the dream, and I'm not going to now, 'cause you really wouldn't be able to keep a straight face. On this particular day, be careful of lightning.
- Joe Mannix: Lightning?
- Kathy Warren: Yes. On a street that begins with the letter "W".
- Joe Mannix: "W"?
- [the intercom on his desk buzzes]
- Joe Mannix: Excuse me.
- [talks into the intercom]
- Joe Mannix: Yeah, Peggy?
- Peggy Fair: Lieutenant Malcolm on the line. He says it's important.
- Joe Mannix: Yeah, well, uh, in just a second.
- Kathy Warren: You really aren't laughing at me, are you?
- Joe Mannix: For going out of your way to try and help a total stranger? No, I'm not laughing at you.
- Kathy Warren: Well, you made this a lot easier than I expected it to be. I'll remember that when we meet again.
- Joe Mannix: Oh? Are we going to meet again?
- Kathy Warren: Yes, about 2:00. You see, we're in this together.
- Joe Mannix: Huh.
- Kathy Warren: Good-bye, Mr. Mannix.
- Joe Mannix: Good-bye, Miss Warren.
- Lt. Art Malcolm: The time has come, the walrus said, to speak of many things.
- Joe Mannix: Not the least of them, Murder.