Christine Sockol: The Contessa, Carmen Sandiego

Quotes 

• The Contessa : [on the phone with Carmen]  Get me out of this town! These Americans are so uncultured!

  Carmen Sandiego : Relax! I'm sending you to a country that's so cultured their president is a writer.

  The Contessa : Ah! Tell me more.

  Carmen Sandiego : His name is Václav Havel. The old government jailed him for his beliefs, but now he's in charge of the new one.

  The Contessa : I am intrigued! Where will I be going?

  Carmen Sandiego : To a city below the Carpathian Mountains on the Danube River.

  The Contessa : [gasps]  Ah, the Danube! I hear a waltz already!

  Carmen Sandiego : Lay low, or you'll hear sirens!

• [the Contessa calling the gumshoe from jail during this season] 

  The Contessa : Honor among thieves? Surely you jest! If I'm going to prison, I'm taking Carmen with me. Look for her in

  [names the continent to look for her in]