- [first lines]
- Phyllis Clover: Mr. Gordon...
- Abner Gordon: Well, don't stand there mumbling. Speak up. What do you want?
- Phyllis Clover: It's time for your medication.
- Abner Gordon: I don't want it.
- Phyllis Clover: 'm sorry, Mr. Gordon, but Doctor Lambert insists you must have it.
- Abner Gordon: Addlepated jackass!
- [last lines]
- Perry Mason: Della, you know what Justice Holmes said in reference to negligence? It also applies to clues. He said...
- Della Street: "Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked."
- Phyllis Clover: [Referring to Abner Gordon's condition] It's the third time it's happened. Tonight I thought he was really going.
- Dr. Lambert: He's too full of hate. Even death despises him.