- [first lines]
- Dorie Sparling: [on answering machine] Phil, darling, I wish there was a nicer way to tell you this, but it's over. I guess it has been for a long time. There isn't much more that I can say, except by the time you hear this, Graham and I will be long gone. Anyway, Phil, I hope some day you'll find it in your heart to...
- [last lines]
- Charlie Garrett: So when are you heading back?
- Jessica Fletcher: Well, not until after I've had a vacation, thank you.
- Charlie Garrett: You mean, you haven't been having a vacation? All this time I thought you were resting.
- Jessica Fletcher: Rest? Listen, I've got tennis in half an hour, and then Jeff's giving me a scuba lesson. Charlie, it's not too late for you to try it.