- Peter Gunn: What can I do for you, Miss Harrington?
- Martha Harrington: Mrs. Harrington. People say you're for hire.
- Peter Gunn: Anything within reason.
- Martha Harrington: What about murder?
- Peter Gunn: That doesn't sound very reasonable.
- Lieutenant Jacoby: I don't like to go around asking people if they committed murder. They usually say no.