- [first lines]
- Dr. Julia Ogden: I think that's enough for today.
- Sarah Bosen: Good; now please get that thing away from me!
- Harry Phelps: It's nothing but a spider. I still don't understand how anyone can be frightened of a spider.
- Pauline Kerr: How about a horse? Who could be frightened of such a beautiful creature?
- Dr. Julia Ogden: Mrs. Kerr, please. And Mr. Phelps, that's enough. Sarah, you tolerated much better today; well done.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: William Murdoch, the possessor of the most logical mind I know, being frightened of butterflies?
- Detective William Murdoch: They make me uneasy, is all.
- Detective William Murdoch: Have you ever watched them? They're completely unpredictable. First they fly left, then they fly right, then straight at you. They defy logic.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: Dragonflies do the same.
- Detective William Murdoch: Dragonflies are different.
- Dr. Julia Ogden: Why?
- Detective William Murdoch: I don't know. They just are.