- Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs: Althea, how could you...
- Althea Tibbs: How could I what?
- Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs: Nothing.
- Althea Tibbs: How could I what, Virgil? How could I WHAT? How could I LET him do that to me?
- Linda Ainslee: Am I supposed to dissolve into a puddle of tears here? Sorry, you lose again.
- Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie: I know what you are. You're an accomplice. You're a sadistic silent partner, and you make me sick. You make me sick!
- [goes out the door]
- Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie: You-make-me-sick!
- Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs: I hate what he did to you.
- Althea Tibbs: You hate it? At least you got to punch him out! I'm the one with the medications and the ointments in my body! I'm the one waiting to see what kind of diseases I might have!
- Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner: Say Chief, What you say I take the music man for an old time ride before I bring him in , huh?
- Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie: Bubba, Please leave that kind of talk in the past. Will you just go get the man?
- Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner: Yes sir.
- Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie: And don't touch him more than you have to make a lawful arrest.
- Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner: Yea.
- [Turns to walk away]
- Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner: . Yea.
- Stephen Ainslee: What's going on?
- Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner: Why don't we talk about that someplace else, huh?
- [Begins to talk quietly]
- Stephen Ainslee: Is it Linda? Did something happen to my wife?
- Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner: You know what happened, and it sure as hell wasn't with your wife now come on lets go.
- Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner: Come here.
- [Motions Stephen to come closer]
- Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner: . Don't you mess with me. I'll wrap you up in that piano wire and drag you out of here if I have to. Or maybe you'd me to tell this class how you assaulted a certain teacher at this school huh?
- Stephen Ainslee: [Looks surprised and starts to talk]
- Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner: Get along.
- Stephen Ainslee: Well listen Chief Gillespie, my wife is sitting out there, scared to death.
- Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner: Well can you really blame her? She's lying and she's married to you?
- Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner: Well then, Mr. Ainslee, tell me this. Why in the world do you think that Mrs. Tibbs positively identified you as the man who raped her, huh?
- Stephen Ainslee: I don't know. Maybe she's disturbed or having some sort of hysterical reaction or something.
- Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie: I think I'm going to have "some sort of hysterical reaction or something" if I don't get you out of my sight.
- Stephen Ainslee: Only too glad to leave.
- Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie: But you're not leaving.
- Stephen Ainslee: Where we going?
- Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie: Where we going? Bubba, tell him where he's going.
- Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner: Why, you're going to a cell.