Quotes
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Joan Thursday : [exasperated by Morse] I know you're smart. We all know you're smart. You don't have to prove it all the time. Take a day off.
DS Endeavour Morse : [sarcastic] Well, thank you very much for all your help!
[exits angrily]
Viv Wall : Boyfriend?
Joan Thursday : Another one of Dad's.
Viv Wall : Doesn't look much like a copper.
Joan Thursday : [with finality] No.
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Flora Humbolt : [to Morse, after he and Joan Thursday have found her and Matthew] I've been reading. According to Cherokee myth, there was a race called the Moon-Eyed People...
Joan Thursday : [to Matthew, whilst Flora is speaking] Let's get your stuff.
Flora Humbolt : [continuing] They called them that because they didn't see well in the daylight. Their eyes were more suited to the night. Maybe you're one of them.
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DS Jim Strange : [discussing Flora Humboldt with Joan] Some of 'em are born under a bad sign. All the welfare in the world won't save 'em.
Joan Thursday : Maybe, but thirteen's a bit young to be written off, don't you think?
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DS Endeavour Morse : [Flora and Matthew have disappeared, following Morse's interview with them] Sometimes, you've got to throw a stone into the pool, stir the silt.
Joan Thursday : [angry with him] And never mind who gets hurt? They're children! If something happens...
DS Endeavour Morse : They've not been taken by anyone. They're not in any danger. It's not the first time a child has run away from home. We'll circulate some photos and a description. They can't have got far. We will find them.
Joan Thursday : You'd better!
