- [talking about Sarah Quin and Joseph who used to fancy her when they were teenagers]
- Farmer: You knew she'd work someone up into a real passion one day. Joseph carried a *real* torch for her.
- Inspector Masters: But not Eddie?
- Farmer: No. He was just a simple lad. He wouldn't have harmed a fly. But Joseph: the only way that lad got through the winter was thinking about her coming down during the summer.
- Inspector Masters: Did she like him?
- Farmer: She liked both the lads, but she weren't about to get hitched up at sixteen year old.
- Inspector Masters: Is Joseph still around?
- Farmer: Went away. Made a bit of a fool of his-self over Sarah. Got ragged about it. Couldn't take it. Well it weren't Sarah's fault. What he couldn't understand was that her coming here was just *one* thing that happened in her life, but she was the *only* thing that happened in his.
- Sarah Quin: [Flirtatiously] I wanted to experience everything new.
- Michael Quin: And now?
- Sarah Quin: Now I want the best one: your baby!
- Chief Inspector Moore: The governor's just informed me that the Home Office is threatening to bring the Yard in to take over the inquiry.
- Inspector Masters: [Groans] Yes?
- Chief Inspector Moore: We've now got two ticking clocks against us - "when will he kill again?" and "when are we off the job?".
- Sergeant Holt: He just didn't kill women, I bet!
- Inspector Masters: No, our jack-o-lantern, he's doing that for pleasure.