- [talking about Patrick Alderman]
- Det. Sgt. Edgar Wield: I watched him deadheading the roses. It was like watching a painter or a surgeon.
- Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel: [ironically] Have you checked he's got a licence for his secateurs?
- Det. Sgt. Edgar Wield: He doesn't use secateurs. He uses a pruning knife.
- Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe: [grinning] Ah, a "non-secateur".