- [first lines]
- Jessica Fletcher: [entering room] Cyrus.
- Cyrus Ramsey: Oh, Jessica. Oh, I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to see you again. How was your flight down?
- Jessica Fletcher: Oh, it was wonderful and I got in last night. But I was just told that you'd had a break-in. So if this is a bad time...
- Cyrus Ramsey: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. The day is yours. I've cleared the calendar.
- [last lines]
- María: Oh, before you go, I may be a little out of practice, but I'd love to read your palm.
- Jessica Fletcher: Why not?
- María: Oh, yes. You're going to go on a long journey.
- Jessica Fletcher: Oh, I like that.
- María: And you're going to meet a handsome stranger... With a dagger in his back.
- Jessica Fletcher: Oh, no, you don't.
- Consuella Montejano: Words have power, so they must be kept pure and unblemished. otherwise, they lose their power. like failed promises, or... broken vows.