- Lydia Sloan: Agnes is rather eccentric about living things, Captain. She enjoys destroying spiders and ants. She pulls off their legs. She had a kitten once - she strangled it.
- Sara Sloan: When Father died, Lydia wanted her room for herself. Well, I returned home first from the funeral; the room has been mine ever since. If I left the house, Lydia would take it from me. She might even destroy my paintings!
- [Captain Ross rescues Kane from the knife-wielding Lydia in a nick of time]
- Martin Kane: What a way to make a living!