- Lt. Tragg: [Mrs. Albright is at the morgue to identify her husband] l'm sorry Mrs. Albright but we had to get an identification. If you're all right, you can go now.
- Ida Albright: Lieutenant, may I have another look?
- Lt. Tragg: Aren't you positive?
- Ida Albright: Oh, yes, yes, it's Herman all right. Where did he get that coat? And that vest... what on Earth?
- Lt. Tragg: Well, that's just the way he was found.
- Ida Albright: Don't be ridiculous. Herman never wore clothes like that in his life.
- Lt. Tragg: You sure about those clothes, Mrs. Albright?
- Ida Albright: Lieutenant, we were married for 11 years. Herman never wore anything but Oxford gray suits and black ties. As for that ghastly vest, he wouldn't be caught dead in... .
- [last lines]
- Buddy Frye: But suppose Ida Albright had done it?
- Perry Mason: No, Albright may have seen himself in all sorts of romantic situations, but to Ida he was just a poor goose about to lay a golden egg. A $5,000 golden egg.
- Perry Mason: It was a member of the agency that wanted to get Grace into trouble.
- Walter Caffrey: Well now, I wouldn't be too sure which shoe is on which foot there. I've known Herman Albright a great many years. Any girl who could inspire a mash note like the one he wrote her must have used a few sparks on the old punk.
- [first lines]
- Young Man: Mr. Albright?
- Herman Albright: Yes. Where's my wife?
- Young Man: She's in the office here... waiting for you.