Quotes
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DI Fred Thursday : [Morse is uninterested in the World Cup games being televised] When it comes to talking football with you, I might as well be showing a dog the three-card trick!
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DI Fred Thursday : [about her secret relationship with Black] How long have you been seeing him?
Miss Victoria Danby : Two months, on and off.
DI Fred Thursday : More on than off.
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Stephen Fitzowen : If you'd like to take a seat, I've taken the liberty.
DI Fred Thursday : A magic lantern show.
Stephen Fitzowen : I believe it may prove instructive.
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DI Bart Church : [at Blythe Mount School] Queer old place, this, ain't it? Between you and me, the staff seem as batty as the pupils.
DI Fred Thursday : Different in term-time, I expect. Four hundred girls, fifty-odd staff. Only now...
DI Bart Church : Yeah. "Marie Celeste". I wouldn't spend the summer here. Just the nine of them, rattling around like peas in a drum.
DI Fred Thursday : [grimly] Only eight now.
