2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/engines/sherlock/scene.cpp b/engines/sherlock/scene.cpp
index 7b885a2cb9..f6fe8c8671 100644
--- a/engines/sherlock/scene.cpp
+++ b/engines/sherlock/scene.cpp
@@ -1014,6 +1014,9 @@ int Scene::startCAnim(int cAnimNum, int playRate) {
 			while (--temp > 0) {
 				cObj._frameNumber--;
 				doBgAnim();
+
+				if (_vm->shouldQuit())
+					return 0;
 			}
 
 			cObj._frameNumber += dir;
diff --git a/engines/sherlock/talk.cpp b/engines/sherlock/talk.cpp
index ea2cb16252..427be09cc3 100644
--- a/engines/sherlock/talk.cpp
+++ b/engines/sherlock/talk.cpp
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ void Talk::doScript(const Common::String &script) {
 				// doing bg anims in the next call, so we need to know where to return to
 				++str;
 				_scriptCurrentIndex = (str + 1) - script.c_str();
-				scene.startCAnim(((byte)str[0] - 1) & 127, 1 + ((byte)str[0] & 128));
+				scene.startCAnim(((byte)str[0] - 1) & 127, ((byte)str[0] & 128) ? -1 : 1);
 				if (_talkToAbort)
 					return;