'What's your name, by the way?' 'Teri.' 'Terry?' She spelt it for him. 'But you can call me Miss Teri.' Rebus smiled. 'I'll assume that's an assumed name. Maybe I'll see you around, Miss Teri.'

The engineers detonated the dynamite and watched the old building collapse.

[Asian sage:] You have a great, great fear of Officer Pupp. Ain't you, mouse? / [Ignatz:] Yes. / [Asian sage:] I can tell you how to overcome it. / [Ignatz:] Tell me. / [Asian sage:] Gimme dime, I tell. / [Ignatz:] Here it is. / [Asian sage, walking away from an aghast Ignatz:] Don't be afraid of the big gink. / [Officer Pupp, incoming:] Gink? What gink?

‘And do not leave Furnaux in a pool of blood, however much he ires you. He has his uses.’