- James T. West: Back to Washington, huh, Ned?
- Ned Brown: Nope. I'm off on a well-deserved vacation.
- James T. West: London, Paris or Rome?
- Ned Brown: [Shaking head no] I'm going to make a big dream come true. And do you know what my big dream is? I'm going to spend my vacation all alone... on a desert island.
- James T. West: Ned, there goes our main lead. He's now a customer of his own establishment.
- Ned Brown: Swanson's dead?
- James T. West: A small matter of murder. Before he could tell me what the key opens... That leaves us with Sabitini's girlfriend.
- Ned Brown: She's not who we expected, Jim. She's a lovely girl of 18, and she's blind.
- James T. West: Well... what about the Madonna statue?
- Ned Brown: Seems a the logical place to look for a Madonna would be in a church.
- James T. West: The local church burned down years ago.
- Ned Brown: Which leaves the cemetery; might be on a headstone.
- James T. West: Why don't you try the cemetery? I'm gonna take a ride out to the Noland home. Mrs. Noland should know quite a bit about this old town.
- Sheriff Chayne: [walks towards Ned and Jim] I thought I heard a ruckus going on here.
- [to Ned]
- Sheriff Chayne: Who are you? If you don't mind my asking.
- Ned Brown: Not at all. My name is Tobias.
- Sheriff Chayne: You don't say.
- Ned Brown: On the contrary, I do say, sir.
- [to Jim, pretending to not know who he is]
- Ned Brown: Good evening to you, sir...
- [turns back to the sheriff]
- Ned Brown: ... and Sheriff.
- James T. West: Good evening.
- Sheriff Chayne: What's his business here?
- James T. West: It's your town, Sheriff.
- Sheriff Chayne: Did you finish your business with Mr. Swanson?
- James T. West: It's finished for me.
- Sheriff Chayne: What exactly does that mean?
- James T. West: He's dead.
- [puts on his hat and leaves]