- Det. Inspector Craddock: You will be careful, won't you?
- Miss Jane Marple: Oh, of course. A policeman asking questions is open to the gravest suspicion, but an old lady asking questions is just an old lady asking questions.
- Myrna Harris: My mum said that I'd be an... an accessory before the fact.
- Det. Inspector Craddock: Do you know what that means?
- Myrna Harris: [shaking head] It sounded 'orrible.
- Det. Inspector Craddock: [gently] I'm sure your mother's wrong.