- Inspector Morel: Well, after 30 years of police work, I can safely tell you that greed has trapped more criminals than all the fingerprints in the world.
- [first lines]
- Barbara Calloway: You just can't break old habits, can you, darling?
- Peter Templeton: Well, it would be a little awkward if somebody caught me standing outside your door, now, wouldn't it?
- [last lines]
- Chef Robert: I want you to have this.
- Jessica Fletcher: Sauce Claudine! Robert! I don't know what to say.
- Chef Robert: Do with it what you will. Sell it to McDonald's or Taco Bell. It's small payment for what you have done for Madam Floret.
- Jessica Fletcher: Oh, but Robert, why would I sell anything so magnificent that I can enjoy? Oh, veal stock. Mm-hmm. Brandy garlic... uh, bay leaf, thyme. I knew that much. Ah, but there's a soupçon. Some mysterious ingredient that I can't place. Uh, anise would be too obvious, and I went through the lighter herbs and, uh... I guess I'll never know.