- Philo Vance: [after smashing a garish statue of an angel] The man who destroys a monstrosity like this does more than a man who creates a masterpiece.
- Lynn: Got a gum?
- Philo Vance: No.
- [He is searched anyway]
- Lynn: Sit down.
- [after Vance sits]
- Lynn: Surprised?
- Philo Vance: No, it's all in this letter to Markham.
- [Vance starts to reach for the letter]
- Lynn: Keep your hand down. I'll take that!
- [He takes the letter]
- Lynn: I'm gonna burn it before I drill yuh.
- Philo Vance: Without seeing how near I came to guessing right. It's very short really. Read it.
- Lynn: [Ordering] You read it! I'll let you live until you're finished.
- Philo Vance: I wish it were longer. For the sake of brevity, I put it in synopsis form.
- Priscilla Kinkaid Llewellyn: Priscilla Kinkaid Llewellyn Oh no, no. We can't have that half-nude woman right next to Father.
- Richard Kinkaid: Richard Kinkaid Oh, he wouldn't mind.