- Dr. Mac: What's going on?
- Phryne Fisher: [about the case] Oh, well, I'd need to know his routine, who was the last to be seen...
- Dr. Mac: With you and Jack Robinson.
- Phryne Fisher: That might take a while.
- Dr. Mac: Short version.
- Phryne Fisher: He had a nasty scare. Thought I'd killed myself in a car accident, and now he thinks I'm too much trouble.
- Dr. Mac: You are.
- Phryne Fisher: So he's running scared.
- Dr. Mac: Coward.
- Phryne Fisher: I don't mind you walking in front occasionally, Inspector, though behind would be more gallant. What if I were attacked by en masse sword-wielding Japanese mathematicians?
- Detective John 'Jack' Robinson: What're you doing, Miss Fisher?
- Phryne Fisher: What we do best, Jack, and I'm afraid I'm going to have to touch you.