- Martha Clarendon: When they tell you the world's coming to an end, they want to sell you cereal. When they tell you not to panic, it's serious.
- Robbie Beals: David Hopewell. What are you doing, running down the road making a spectacle of yourself?
- Davey Hopewell: [panting] Someone killed Mrs. Clarendon!
- Robbie Beals: That's nonsense, what are you talking about?
- Davey Hopewell: [panting] There's blood everywhere, and one of her eyes is out! It's...
- Jane Kingsbury: Davey, just calm down...
- Davey Hopewell: [panting] It's on her cheek!