- [Dalziel has just learned that Rosie Pascoe, who is his god-daughter, has meningitis and is in a coma in hospital; he takes a few moments away from the case he is investigating and goes to a church where he looks in the air above the altar]
- Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel: Hey! You up there! That line you shoot - "Suffer the little children" and all that. It's time to show you're not all mouth and no trousers. OK? She'd better come though this. D'you here? I'm warning you.
- [Dalzel has arrived at Pascoe's barbecue wearing a very gaudy Caribbean-style shirt]
- Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe: I hope you've got a licence for that shirt!