- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: I find it hard to believe that such a precise model was built by an imbecile!
- Constable George Crabtree: [Trying to be politically correct] Ooooh-sir, uh, I believe such people as Lydia are no longer referred to as imbecile. It's felt to be demeaning. The correct term nowadays is moron.
- Detective William Murdoch: We need to determine which boarders left without notice prior to that date.
- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: Looking for wayward boarding house tenants? Now there's a bloody needle in the haystack.