- [last lines]
- Sarah Barnaby: So you're free, then?
- DCI John Barnaby: Absolutely. So, um, why don't we go to the park, and then I can take us all out for a meal. A bit of, uh, quality family time.
- Sarah Barnaby: Great, love to.
- DCI John Barnaby: Me, too.
- [the baby sneezes]
- DCI John Barnaby: Ah, little...
- Sarah Barnaby: Or... can I be honest?
- DCI John Barnaby: Please.
- Sarah Barnaby: We could just stay in.
- DCI John Barnaby: Can we?
- Sarah Barnaby: Why didn't you just say?
- DCI John Barnaby: Why didn't you?
- Sarah Barnaby: It's exhausting having a baby, isn't it?
- DCI John Barnaby: Totally. And absolutely wonderful.
- [Sykes whimpers and growls, holding his leash in his mouth]
- DCI John Barnaby: Come on, then.
- [Sykes barks joyfully]
- DCI John Barnaby: If you need a hand with the yoga, I'm good at the deep breathing.
- Sarah Barnaby: Snoring, I think you'll find it's called.
- Jeannie Summersbee: That's very generous of you.
- Audrey Braylesford: Not really. I get a lovely view from the moral high ground.
- DCI John Barnaby: Suzie Colebrooke clearly illustrated Jed Dagger novels.
- DS Charlie Nelson: Who?
- DCI John Barnaby: Jed Dagger, gambling detective. The sleuthing hero of a series of novels set in the sixties written by George Summersbee.
- DS Charlie Nelson: Maybe we could pick up a few tips.
- DCI John Barnaby: Hmph. Dagger was good, but not *that* good.
- [first lines]
- Suzie Colebrooke: Miles, you back?
- [she see the mess and checks a desk drawer then dials 999]
- 999 Operator: What service do you require?
- Suzie Colebrooke: I'd like to report a break-in.
- Jeannie Summersbee: What do you want, Miles? The manuscript? Or have you got it?
- Miles Rattigan: Well, that would be telling, wouldn't it. The art of negotiation is never to reveal the strength of your hand.