- Evelyn Lang: [referring to Nicola the manservant] I declare, every time I see him, he's shrunk another inch.
- Brett Kingsford: Yes, poor chap, destined for ultimate evaporation, I'm afraid.
- Brett Kingsford: Evelyn, there is this much to be said for you - you don't just enter a room, you invade it!
- Evelyn Lang: You saucy thing - you'd turn any girl's head with your flattery.
- Brett Kingsford: Ah Nikola, if only the rest of the world knew what we know, huh?
- Nikola: If they did sir, nobody would get a decent night's sleep.
- Evelyn Lang: [reading a Latin phrase mounted on the wall] Omnia Exeunt in Mysterium?
- Brett Kingsford: Everything ends in mystery.
- Evelyn Lang: Everything except marriage.
- Harvey Misbach: You seem to specialize in obscure acquaintances.
- Brett Kingsford: Yes, fortunately for you commissioner.