- Sir Geoffrey Norton: The Macedonians insist that it's our case; I think that it's theirs. They say that although the man's heart was evidently in Macedonia, his feet were on British territory.
- Oldenshaw: [Reading report] Dimmock! The knife was Spanish, the blade was ground in Bayonne and the money in the dead man's pocket was Italian lira. How can you resist the international flavour of such a case?
- Dimmock: Very easily.
- Oldenshaw: This, I take it, is a photograph of the dead man?
- Sir Geoffrey Norton: Yes. It shows his position midway between the two countries, so to speak.
- Oldenshaw: It also shows his clothes - a poor quality and an outrageous cut.
- Sir Geoffrey Norton: He's hardly looking his best.
- Oldenshaw: Off the peg, south of Naples, I should say. What do you think, Dimmock?
- Dimmock: I think it is a police case and I think they should get on with it.
- Oldenshaw: You are very hard at times, Dimmock. The police is overworked and understaffed.
- Dimmock: So are the railways. Do you suggest we go to King's Cross and drive a train?
- Ambassadress: There's a bell ringing Roberto, can't you hear it? I have told you before: never keep the British waiting or they will immediately form a queue.
- Sir Geoffrey Norton: I've just had the Embassy on the phone, they've given me hell.
- Dimmock: Did you accept it?