- [first lines]
- Jessica Fletcher: Oh, Ames, I'm so grateful to you for inviting me to loll around your estate for a few days. You know, that writer's conference really wore me out.
- Prof. Ames Caulfield: Nonsense. You loved it. And they loved you, he admitted enviously.
- [last lines]
- Cassie Latham Burns: Good-bye, Linda.
- [they hug]
- Linda Bonner: Mmm! Don't worry. My daddy is not too fond of this either. So, I promised him we'd be back before the holidays.