- Loretta Haggers: [Referring to the Lombardi family] Someone just shot 'em.
- Mary Hartman: Oh my God. The whole family?
- Loretta Haggers: All five of them, plus two goats and eight chickens.
- Mary Hartman: I can't believe that. What kind of a madman would shoot two goats and eight chickens.
- [after a pause]
- Mary Hartman: And the people... the people, of course.
- Mary Hartman: [On the phone] Grandpa Larkin's at the police station?
- Sgt. Foley: Yes he is.
- Mary Hartman: Is he alright?
- Sgt. Foley: Well, not exactly.
- Mary Hartman: Is he hurt? I mean, what did he have, an accident?
- Sgt. Foley: No, he's not hurt. And I'm afraid what happened to him was not an accident.
- Mary Hartman: I don't know what you mean.
- Sgt. Foley: I'm afraid he did it deliberately. That's why he was arrested.
- Mary Hartman: What was he arrested for?
- Sgt. Foley: Indecent exposure.
- Mary Hartman: [Puzzled] Indecent exposure?
- Sgt. Foley: That's right. I'm afraid Miss Hartman that your grandfather is the Fernwood flasher.
- Mary Hartman: [to Sergeant Foley, stunned] Listen. Uh, um... I can't talk now. I'm on the phone.