- [first lines]
- Johnny Midnight: [Narration] Maine in the summer is famous for its blueberries, fishing, and its straw hat theater.
- Barry: It's the old, old story, Johnny. She can't face middle age.
- Johnny Midnight: Middle age? She's not even 40 yet.
- Barry: She's 39.
- Johnny Midnight: Well, c'mon, you make it sound as if it were 99.
- Barry: Well, to Bess it is.
- Johnny Midnight: When do you expect Judge Dawson back?
- Chief of Police Maxwell: Now how would I know a thing like that? Fish bitin', likely not to show for the rest of the week. Not bitin', likely to come putt-puttin' up Main Street by lunch time.