- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: You got a choice one, Radcliffe. Wealthy socialite throws himself out a window. Turns out he was poisoned by a loyal servant.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: You mean I finally get a case where the butler did it?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Hey, good help's hard to find.
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: Suspect's name's Hector Ocala. Cops found the poison in his room. Lab says it was Haitian, just like Hector.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: Awfully damning. Do we have a motive?
- Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell: His boss left him $50,000 in his will.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: That'll do.
- Alexander Ross: What can I do for you, Catherine Chandler?
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: Well, I've been told that you're an authority on voodoo.
- Alexander Ross: [with an amused laugh] Yeah. Yeah, much to the chagrin of my colleagues in science.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: We have a murder suspect in custody. His defense attorneys claim that he's a voodoo priest.
- Alexander Ross: Well, if he's committed murder, he's not a priest. More liklely a sorcerer.
- Alexander Ross: [Catherine's apartment has been trashed] If you hadn't phoned this morning, I was gonna call you and warn you. You ought to see what they did to my place.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: But why? And who?
- Alexander Ross: Ocala's followers, I imagine. Catherine, I don't want to frighten you, but this thing isn't over yet. Ocala's followers will avenge his death. They liken themselves to the stars; working at night, touching everything, and invisible during the day.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: Well, if they think they can frighten me off, they're wrong.
- Alexander Ross: Catherine, I don't think you understand. They're not trying to scare you off the case. They're trying to scare you to death.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: I will not drop this. I have two suspicious deaths, and more questions than answers.
- Alexander Ross: Well, then obviously, I will do everything I can to help you.