- Paul Drake: Don, I know I had you on another assignment, but this is important. I'd go myself, but the switchboard girl at the Worden apartments know me by sight.
- Operative: Is there a good-looking girl in Los Angeles that doesn't know you by sight?
- Perry Mason: How did you manage to propose? In person? By telephone? By letter?
- Ralph Quentin: That was arranged by my father.
- Perry Mason: [a brief smile] Are you sure Miss Worden wasn't getting married to your father?
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- Joe Davies: [regarding Miriam Coffey] The girl positively amazes me. This never-ending enthusiasm. What am I gonna do with her?
- Grace Davies: I, um, have a feeling you'll think of something.
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- Newscaster: The Adam York party, now three days overdue, must have been caught in the sudden flash floods that turned rivers into raging torrents. Little or no hope is held that any of the three men in the fishing party could have survived the rapids in the desolate north country. Canadian authorities have organized ground search parties, while Royal Canadian and American Air Force helicopters are combing the area. We will bring you further developments as we get them.
- Seward Quentin: Uh, Kerry I won't waste a lot of your time but I would like to ask you one question. Exactly how much is love worth?
- Kerry Worden: That's not a question. That sounds like an opening gambit and proposition.