- Catherine Gale: It's rather unusual to send an operator out on a job that involves him personally, isn't it?
- John Steed: You've been reading the Official Handbook again, haven't you?
- Catherine Gale: [unperturbed] But it is, isn't it?
- Catherine Gale: [about Hal Anderson] What kind of a man is he?
- John Steed: He's reliable. Heh. By the books he shouldn't be; he's a lousy shot, he can't swim... writes poetry. But, he's reliable.
- Catherine Gale: All the evidence you have against Steed is second hand.
- Oliver: Yes, it's an ugly trade. It's rules aren't those of justice, but expediency.
- Catherine Gale: Everybody's guilty until proved innocent.
- Oliver: Precisely.