- [first lines]
- Hayward Small: [watching a injured man being driven into town] Hadn't you better go help, Lillian? After all, he's sort of a relative.
- Lillian Bradisson: In a minute.
- [last lines]
- Paul Drake: [to Perry and Della] I'm kind of thinking of going into the mining business. This morning, Sandy Bowen showed me a mine he had for sale. Gold just lying around all over the place.
- Sandy Bowen: Say, you ain't suspicionin' me, are you? I told you I was wheelin' into town when the shots were fired. I''d have gone after the varmint, knowed what he's up to.
- George Moffgat: And Mr. Mason, I must say your reputation has been greatly exaggerated.
- Perry Mason: My reputation?
- George Moffgat: As being a difficult man to come to terms with.
- Perry Mason: When the occasion requires, Mr. Moffgat, I can be difficult. Quite difficult.