- Paul Held: Hello, Bill
- Bill - a murderer: Hello, Mr. Held
- Paul Held: Well, you'll be out of here soon.
- Bill - a murderer: I have been out. I broke out. KIlled the wife and her boyfriend, now I'm in for good.
- Paul Held: That's too bad.
- Bill - a murderer: Too bad, nothing. I'm happy. Wondering where that woman was all the time used to drive me crazy.
- Paul Held: Yeah, well you know where she is now.
- Bill - a murderer: I know where I hope she is!
- [he laughs]
- Paul Held: Schultz?
- Schultz: Yes, sir.
- Paul Held: You've been drinking again.
- Schultz: Of *course.*
- Paul Held: Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
- Schultz: No. If it weren't for the alcohol I'd go to the dogs. Copying these murder papers depresses me, drops me down, and drink lifts me up.
- Paul Held: Hmm, your life must be a series of ups and downs.
- Maria Held: You're a funny creature. What are you, a lawyer, or a new kind of woman?
- Hilda Frey: By day I'm a lawyer. At night... well, you might be surprised.
- Maria Held: Why don't you get married?
- Hilda Frey: Being single has its points... at least no one will ever murder me.
- Paul Held: You may take the afternoon off, Hilda.
- Paul Held: Ohh, thank you. I'll make the most of it.
- Paul Held: Doing what, Hilda - I'm curious to know what a lady lawyer does with her spare time.
- Hilda Frey: Probably forgets that she *is* a lawyer... and sometimes forgets that she's a lady.
- Maria Held: Uh, what is the news - how is the case going?
- Schultz: Court is adjourned for lunch. The jury is having boiled beef and beer, to make them see the truth more clearly.
- Paul Held: [Hilda enters the room] Sit down, Hilda. Tell me, how do you think the case looks?
- Hilda Frey: Not too good. So many wife murderers have been acquitted on the same defense I fear reaction. The jury is liable to doubt the existence of enough lovers to go around.
- Paul Held: No, you're wrong, Hilda. No matter how low a woman may fall, there's always a man waiting for her.
- Hilda Frey: Then there's still hope for me.