- Sergeant George Gudgett: Sir, I can handle this case myself, without help from a writer and a magician.
- Arthur Conan Doyle: I'm quite familiar with police protocol.
- Sergeant George Gudgett: Yes, you regularly mock them and us in your stories.
- Arthur Conan Doyle: I have an idea. If he has something to hide, I imagine he'll run.
- Constable Adelaide Stratton: And if he doesn't?
- Arthur Conan Doyle: I imagine he'll beat me rather badly.
- Harry Houdini: Want to say a hundred bucks?
- Arthur Conan Doyle: You do know this country has its own currency.
- Harry Houdini: I had an epiphany!
- Arthur Conan Doyle: Do you know who the murderer is?
- Harry Houdini: No, but I...
- Arthur Conan Doyle: Then my epiphany trumps yours.