Quinlan mumbles to his long time partner Sgt.Pete Menzies (Joseph Calleia): "Did they, uh, toss it in, or was it, uh, planted ahead of time?" He rejects the idea of questioning the dead man""s daughter.Seething with anger and revenge, Sean Miller was jailed, but refused to name his accomplices who deserted him.There""s gotta be a pitch....I picked up a girl.If she hadn""t gotten in my way, I wouldn""t have stopped.She must be connected with somethin"" big.Disdainful, Murphy assumes that Hammer""s own underworld investigation will be brutal, callous, self-serving, and shabby, like his own demeaning profession:Too many people like you have contempt for anything hat has to do with the law." To his consternation when they discuss their upcoming marriage, Alice expresses her obsessed dedication to his work as an extension of their marriage.