- Title Card: ...the death, then, of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world... -Edgar Allan Poe
- Dr. Simon Jordan: She could be a true amnesiac.
- Reverend: That is our strong feeling on the matter.
- Dr. Simon Jordan: Or, she could be simply guilty. She could be insane, with the dangerous plausibility of the experienced maniac.
- Grace Marks: But having a thought is not the same as doing it. If we were all on trial for our thoughts, we should all be hanged.