- Joe Mannix: [sees Vic Stanley walk out of a bedroom in Ellen's broken-in apartment] Hold it!
- Ellen Gray: Vic!
- Vic Stanley: Ellen, who is this guy?
- Ellen Gray: It's all right, Vic. Mr. Mannix is a private investigator.
- Vic Stanley: What's he investigating?
- Joe Mannix: Among other things, how you got into this house.
- Vic Stanley: The door was open when I got here.
- Joe Mannix: When was that?
- Vic Stanley: Just a few minutes ago. When Ellen didn't answer, I got worried and came in to see if she was all right. Look, I could use a drink. Anyone joining me?
- Ellen Gray: Mr. Mannix?
- Joe Mannix: No thanks.
- Ellen Gray: Vic's the best friend I have. A very good friend.
- Joe Mannix: Then you won't mind answering a few questions.
- Vic Stanley: About what?
- Joe Mannix: Mart Gray. How well did you know him?
- Vic Stanley: About as well as any man alive, I guess. Mart and I flew together in Vietnam. We both got out of the Air Force about the same time. Mart went to Hong Kong. I came home.
- Joe Mannix: Why did he choose Hong Kong?
- Vic Stanley: He had some business offers, I believe.
- Joe Mannix: What kind of offers?
- Vic Stanley: He never talked about them.
- Ellen Gray: Mr. Stanley came to Hong Kong and took care of all the arrangements for me. The police reports, immigration, everything. I'd have been lost without him.
- Joe Mannix: Did you know that Mart was in trouble?
- Vic Stanley: Not until Ellen told me. It really shook me up, too. I mean, Mart was always a patsy for the easy buck, but... well, I never thought he'd pull anything crooked.
- Joe Mannix: What makes you think it was crooked.
- Vic Stanley: Oh, come on, Mannix, what else could it be?
- Joe Mannix: Did you mention that to the Hong Kong police?
- Vic Stanley: Well... no, I never got around to it, but I...
- Joe Mannix: Your friend committed suicide, his wife is followed and probably in danger, and you never got around to mentioning it?
- Vic Stanley: Now, look, Mannix. You're really jumping...
- Ellen Gray: Look!
- [sees a man who was stalking her in Hong Kong, who flees. Mannix and Stanley chase after him]