[Sitting on the edge of the desk] You don't have to be at the press conference.
[Sighs] Who has a motive for wanting to cause Mike Balfour distress, the money apart?
Yes... who?
And why return the clothes at all, and in that way?
[Nodding at the tape player] Are you suggesting that's David Balfour's voice?
It's well disguised if it is.
If you're accusing David Balfour of kidnapping and murdering his brother's child, be careful.
I'm not accusing anyone!
Get a comparison voiceprint first, that's an order.
You forget, sir, I'm off this case! [The phone rings. Taggart answers it.] Taggart.
[At the other end] Jim, we received a tape of the baby crying. The letter, it suggests the kidnapper didn't see what happened in the park.
[Puts the phone down] The kidnapper's been in contact again.
[Gets up from the desk and picks up the phone handset] They'll have telexed that by now. [He dials a number] ...Get me the Press Association in London. [Checks his watch, then turns to Taggart and shakes his head] We're not going to make it.
More from this episode
All quotes from this episode →More Taggart quotes · These quotes come from Wikiquote's Taggart pages and are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

