- Dr. Frankie Wharton: [Referring to a small bottle found with a corpse] What is it?
- Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd: Water.
- Dr. Frankie Wharton: Just water?
- Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd: Not if you re a believer.
- Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd: That's the problem with this bloody job! All the people you want to talk to are dead!
- Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd: Aren't we just dealing with archaeology here?
- Dr. Frankie Wharton: Whattaya mean?
- Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd: Somebody found a lot of old bones and poured concrete over them because they couldn't be bothered to deal with it.
- Dr. Frankie Wharton: No, because there's liquefaction, and that sickly smell. Now, that body was flesh and blood when it was put in there, concrete pored on the top. You will see that the flesh has turned into a sort of syrup. I mean, one sniff and you'll never want to eat another mince pie!
- Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd: Was it a male mince pie or a female mince pie?
- James Bowen: Was it a man or a woman... the body you found?
- Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd: Why do you ask?
- James Bowen: Well, we're holding a vigil to prray for th soull of the deceased
- Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd: Do souls have a gender then?
- James Bowen: No, people do.