- Phryne Fisher: So I did the only thing I could in the circumstance.
- Detective John 'Jack' Robinson: You called for help?
- Phryne Fisher: I stabbed him in the shoulder.
- Phryne Fisher: If a tree falls in a forest...
- Detective John 'Jack' Robinson: [finishing the sentence for her] You were very likely somewhere close by, wielding the axe.
- Detective John 'Jack' Robinson: Do you have a match, Constable?
- Hugh Collins: What are you trying to match, sir?
- Detective John 'Jack' Robinson: My wits against Miss Fisher's.
- Miss Leigh: Tongues wag cruelly around this neighborhood.
- Phryne Fisher: Tongues wag cruelly all around this town.
- Phryne Fisher: Speaking of your faith, Mr. Abrahams, should you be sitting this close to a lady Gentile?
- Simon Abrahams: As long as I don't hold your hand or dance with you, or kiss you goodnight... but I'm happy to tempt fate.