- Sheriff Aaron Whitaker: What's wrong with him?
- Dr. Druten: He's had a fit.
- Sheriff Aaron Whitaker: Doctor, you were third in your class. I never went to college. I knew he was having a fit when he started having it.
- [news of a brutal murder spreads rapidly, and causes a large number of men to gather at the scene]
- Sheriff Aaron Whitaker: Who else knows about it?
- Tom Gurmandy Jr.: Only Preacher Biggers. I called him after I called you.
- Sheriff Aaron Whitaker: What for?
- Tom Gurmandy Jr.: Well, I figured somebody oughta tell her brother what happened to her. Preacher Biggers' the only one in Frenchtown that's got a telephone.
- Sheriff Aaron Whitaker: Well, we're lucky you ain't got a pocketful of dimes, aren't we?
- Louise Rodanthe: Aaron! Aaron it... it's his dialect! Lu-ka-luk! He's saying Loup-garou! Werewolf! He's saying werewolf! He says I'm his next victim!
- Tom Gurmandy Jr.: [opening lines] Oh sweet Jesus! It's Ellie Burrifors, Pa!
- Tom Gurmandy Sr.: Ellie Burr?
- Tom Gurmandy Jr.: Ya!
- Tom Gurmandy Sr.: Dead?
- Tom Gurmandy Jr.: Ellie dead I think by an hour!
- Tom Gurmandy Sr.: Wild dogs got themselves a taste of human blood! Ain't nobody gonna be safe out on the island! We get together, or they wipe out the island! You go call the sheriff!
- Tom Gurmandy Jr.: Yes Pa!