{1629}{1733}I shall never forget|the weekend Laura died.

{1735}{1872}A silver sun burned through the sky|like a huge magnifying glass.
{1874}{1975}It was the hottest Sunday|in my recollection.
{1977}{2074}I felt as if I were the only human being|left in New York.
{2118}{2201}For with Laura's|horrible death, I was alone.
{2237}{2307}I, Waldo Lydecker...
{2309}{2381}was the only one|who really knew her...
{2419}{2517}and I hadjust begun|to write Laura's story when...
{2520}{2598}another of those detectives|came to see me.
{2624}{2671}I had him wait.
{2746}{2812}I could watch him|through the half-open door.
{3137}{3208}I noted that his attention|was fixed upon my clock.
{3239}{3295}There was only one other|in existence...
{3297}{3361}and that was|in Laura's apartment...
{3364}{3433}in the very room|where she was murdered.
{3535}{3602}Careful there.|That stuff is priceless.
{3631}{3678}Come in here, please.
{3841}{3886}Mr. Lydecker?
{3889}{3945}Ah, you recognize me.|How splendid.
{3948}{3995}Sit down, please.
{4068}{4122}Nice little place|you have here, Mr. Lydecker.
{4125}{4200}It's lavish,|but I call it home.
{4203}{4276}I suppose you're here|about the Laura Hunt murder.
{4279}{4332}Yesterday morning,|after Laura's body was found...
{4334}{4413}I was questioned|by Sergeants McAvity and Schultz...
{4415}{4462}and I stated...
{4465}{4540}"On Friday night, Laura had a dinner|engagement with me...
{4542}{4622}"after which she was ostensibly|going out of town.
{4625}{4724}"She phoned and canceled|our engagement at exactly 7:00.
{4726}{4773}- After that I-''|- You "ate a lonely dinner...
{4775}{4853}then got into the tub to read.''
{4855}{4901}Why did you|write it down?
{4903}{4957}Afraid you'd forget it?
{4959}{5045}I am the most widely|misquoted man in America.
{5048}{5108}When my friends do it,|I resent it.
{5110}{5191}From Sergeants McAvity and Schultz,|I should find it intolerable.
{5193}{5258}Hand me that washcloth,|please, Mr.{5261}{5313}Mr.{5316}{5361}McPherson.
{5364}{5429}McPherson. McPherson.
{5431}{5497}Mark McPherson-|the siege of Babylon, Long Island.
{5500}{5557}The gangster with the machine gun.|Killed three policemen.
{5559}{5618}I told the story over the air|and wrote a column about it.
{5621}{5668}Are you the one|with the leg full oflead...
{5670}{5725}- the man who walked right in and got him?|- Yeah.
{5727}{5793}Well, well.|Hand me my robe, please.
{5897}{5963}You have a pretty good memory,|Mr. Lydecker.
{5965}{6057}I always liked that detective|with the silver shinbone.
{6059}{6161}Thanks. I hope you won't have any reason|to change your mind about m
e.
{6163}{6234}- Have you any more questions?|- Yeah,just one.
{6237}{6295}Two years ago,|in your October 17 column...
{6297}{6349}you started out|to write a book review...
{6352}{6437}but at the bottom of the column, you|switched over to the Harrington
murder case.
{6440}{6540}Are the processes of the creative mind|now under thejurisdiction of
the police?
{6542}{6657}You said Harrington was rubbed out with|a shotgun loaded with bucksh
ot...
{6659}{6725}the way Laura Hunt was murdered|night before last.

{6728}{6773}- Did I?|- Yeah.

{6776}{6847}But he was really killed|with a sash weight.
{6849}{6943}How ordinary.|My version was obviously superior.
{6945}{6993}I never bother|with details, you know.
{6995}{7065}I do. Well, so long.
{7091}{7149}Mind if I go with you?
{7151}{7233}- What for?|- Murder is my favorite crime.
{7236}{7284}I write about it regularly...
{7287}{7360}and I know you'll have to visit everyone|on your list of suspects.
{7385}{7435}I'd like to study|their reactions.
{7437}{7504}- You're on the list yourself, you know.|- Good.
{7506}{7589}To have overlooked me|would have been a pointed insult.
{7592}{7680}You're not the sort of man|one would insult, Mr. Lydecker.
{7682}{7753}- Do you really suspect me?|- Yes.
{7755}{7851}McPherson, if you know anything|about faces, look at mine.
{7912}{7987}How singularly innocent|I look this morning.
{7989}{8061}Have you ever seen|such candid eyes?
{8174}{8250}Something you confiscated|in a raid on a kindergarten?
{8253}{8353}Takes a lot of control.|Would you like to try it?
{8356}{8412}No, thanks.
{8414}{8481}Were you in love|with Laura Hunt, Mr. Lydecker?
{8549}{8601}Was she in love with you?
{8604}{8660}Laura considered me|the wisest, the wittiest...
{8662}{8735}the most interesting man|she'd ever met.
{8737}{8802}I was in complete accord|with her on that point.
{8828}{8876}She thought me also|the kindest...
{8878}{8930}the gentlest...
{8933}{8990}the most sympathetic man|in the world.
{8993}{9054}Did you agree|with her there too?
{9057}{9113}McPherson,|you won't understand this...
{9144}{9228}but I tried to become|the kindest, the gentlest...
{9254}{9305}the most sympathetic man|in the world.
{9308}{9366}Have any luck?
{9369}{9444}Let me put it this way.
{9447}{9554}I should be sincerely sorry to see my|neighbors' children devoured b
y wolves.
{9557}{9604}Shall we go?
{10162}{10216}- Good morning, Lieutenant.|- Good morning, Mrs. Treadwell.
{10218}{10264}- Waldo.|- Good morning, Ann.
{10266}{10345}- I've just taken over the Laura Hunt case.|- Won't you sit down?
{10347}{10403}Thanks. I have|all the reports...
{10405}{10461}but there are a few more questions|I'd like to ask.
{10464}{10511}Certainly. I'll do anything|I can to help.
{10513}{10562}You were fond of your niece,|Mrs. Treadwell?
{10565}{10612}Why, I adored her.|Cigarette?
{10615}{10683}No, thanks. You collapsed when|you identified the body.
{10685}{10782}I can quite understand that. A shotgun|loaded with buckshot, close
range.
{10785}{10859}- It's not very nice to look at.|- It was horrible.
{10861}{10924}Her maid Bessie, I suppose|she was devoted to Miss Hunt?
{10926}{11005}Oh, she worshipped her.|Laura had had her for years.
{11007}{11082}I'll never forget her scream|when she saw Laura lying there.
{11085}{11179}Did you approve of Miss Hunt's coming|marriage to Mr. Carpenter?
{11181}{11268}Why? Shouldn't I approve?
{11271}{11368}I don't know. What is your relationship|with Mr. Carpenter?
{11371}{11418}What do you mean?
{11421}{11492}What I mean is, he's been|a frequent guest in your home.
{11495}{11559}Is he an acquaintance? Friend?|Are you in love with him?
{11561}{11616}This is beginning to assume|fabulous aspects.
{11618}{11684}Oh, shut up, Waldo!|What are you driving at?

{11686}{11753}The truth, Mrs. Treadwell.|Are you in love with him?

{11809}{11904}Why, no. I'm- I'm very fond|of Mr. Carpenter, of course.
{11907}{11962}- Everybody is.|- I'm not. I'll be hanged if I am.
{11965}{12021}Oh, don't be|so annoying, Waldo!
{12024}{12071}Did you give|Mr. Carpenter money?
{12073}{12171}- What do you mean?|- A couple of checks went through your account
endorsed by him.
{12173}{12287}One on May 15 for $250.|One on May 22 for $400.
{12289}{12366}Oh, that. I{12369}{12433}I asked him to do|some shopping for me. That's all.
{12436}{12483}Shelby's a very obliging fellow.
{12485}{12575}For some time, also, you've been|withdrawing various amounts in ca
sh.
{12577}{12627}Sometimes 1,500.
{12654}{12700}Sometimes 1,700 at a clip.
{12702}{12757}Yes. I needed that money.
{12791}{12914}The day you took out $1,500,|Mr. Carpenter deposited 1,350.
{12917}{12995}When you withdrew 1,700,|he deposited 1,550.
{12997}{13045}Maybe they were shooting crap.
{13047}{13108}Oh, must I be insulted like this?
{13184}{13261}I'm sorry, Mrs. Treadwell, but I have|to find out about these thin
gs.
{13263}{13375}Shelby needed some money, and I lent it to|him. That's all. After
all, it is my money.
{13377}{13438}- I suppose I can do as I please with it.|- Sure. Of course.
{13441}{13512}Now, on Friday night, Mrs. Treadwell,|you stayed home alone all ev
ening?
{13515}{13587}- Yes.|- Why didn't you go to the concert with Shelby?
{13617}{13665}Because he didn't ask me.
{13667}{13717}We were just talking|about you, Carpenter.
{13720}{13788}- What a coincidence to find you here.|- This is Lieutenant McPher
son.
{13790}{13876}- Oh, how do you do, Lieutenant?|- I didn't know you were here, Mr
. Carpenter.
{13878}{13941}As a matter of fact,|I was just lying down here.
{13944}{14032}My hotel room was so hot, and then all|the people and reporters an
d telephone.
{14034}{14081}You know how it is,|Lieutenant.
{14084}{14151}I've hardly slept a wink|since it happened.
{14153}{14216}Is that a sign of guilt or innocence,|McPherson?
{14219}{14304}I'm at your disposal, Lieutenant. I'm as|eager to find the murdere
r as you are.
{14306}{14366}But what possible motive|could I have for killing Laura?
{14369}{14438}Miss Hunt and I were going to be married|this week, you know.
{14441}{14490}No, he doesn't know,|and neither do I...
{14493}{14576}- or you or anyone else alive.|- What do you mean by that?
{14579}{14651}Laura had not definitely made up|her mind to marry him.
{14653}{14749}She told me so herself last Friday when she|called up to cancel ou
r dinner engagement.
{14752}{14836}As a matter of fact, she was going|to the country to think it over
.
{14839}{14896}She was extremely kind,|but I was always sure...
{14898}{15000}she would never have thrown her life|away on a male beauty in dist
ress.
{15002}{15052}I suppose you've heard|losers whine before...
{15055}{15102}especially in your|profession, eh?
{15105}{15150}Would you like|a bite of lunch, Lieutenant?
{15153}{15201}That's very thoughtful-|the perfect host.
{15204}{15259}- Waldo.|- You'd almost think he was in his own home.
{15261}{15341}Shelby knows how distracted I am.|Would you, Lieutenant?

{15344}{15401}Thank you, Mrs. Treadwell,|but I've got to be going.

{15404}{15493}But, Lieutenant, I- Well, I rather thought|you'd want to ask me so
me questions.
{15496}{15574}Oh, yes. What did they play|at the concert Friday night?
{15577}{15642}Oh, Brahms's First|and Beethoven's Ninth.
{15645}{15725}Uh-huh. Have you got a key|to Miss Hunt's house up in the country?
{15728}{15794}No, but I think there's one|up in her apartment.
{15797}{15856}- Okay, I'll have a look.|- Perhaps I could help you?
{15858}{15905}All right. Come along.
{15908}{15966}I'll be seeing you,|Mrs. Treadwell.
{16071}{16142}Extra.! Extra.!|Girl victim in brutal slaying.!
{16145}{16201}Extra.! Girl victim|in brutal slaying.!
{16204}{16264}Read all about it.!|Girl victim in brutal slaying.!
{16267}{16331}Girl victim|in brutal slaying.! Read all about it.!
{16461}{16510}All right.|Break it up. Break it up.
{16537}{16585}Ice-cold drinks.!
{17225}{17290}- The doorbell rang.|- What?
{17293}{17371}As she opened the door,|the shot was fired.
{17373}{17421}And how do you deduce that?
{17423}{17496}She fell backward.|The body was there.
{17530}{17601}I thought you hadn't|been up here before.
{17603}{17650}I saw the police photos.
{17872}{17923}I guess I better|try and find that key.
{17969}{18054}McPherson, tell me, why did they have to|photograph her in that ho
rrible condition?
{18057}{18120}When a dame gets killed,|she doesn't worry about how she looks.
{18122}{18192}Will you stop calling her a dame?|Look around.
{18229}{18283}Is this the home of a dame?
{18327}{18373}Look at her.
{18448}{18506}Not bad.
{18509}{18579}Jacoby was in love with her|when he painted it...
{18581}{18634}but he never captured|her vibrance, her warmth.
{18680}{18740}Have you ever been in love?
{18743}{18814}A doll in Washington Heights|once got a fox fur out of me.
{18817}{18898}Ever know a woman who wasn't|a "doll'' or a "dame''?
{18951}{19039}Yeah, one, but she kept walking me|past furniture windows...
{19041}{19117}to look at the parlor suites.
{19120}{19185}- Would you mind turning that off?|- Why? Don't you like it?
{19188}{19278}It was one of Laura's favorites.|Not exactly classical, but sweet.
{19281}{19351}- You know a lot about music?|- I don't know a lot about anything.
..
{19353}{19403}but I know a little|about practically everything.
{19405}{19456}Yeah? Then why did you say...
{19459}{19556}they played Brahms's First and Beethoven's|Ninth at the concert Fr
iday night?
{19558}{19636}They changed the program at the last|minute and played nothing but
Sibelius.
{19638}{19697}I suppose I should have|told you in the first place.
{19699}{19761}I'd been working on that|advertising campaign with Laura.
{19764}{19842}Well, we'd been working so hard, I-|I just couldn't keep my eyes o
pen.
{19845}{19906}I didn't hear a note at the concert.|I fell asleep.
{19909}{19978}Next he'll produce|photographic evidence of his dreams.
{19981}{20053}I know it sounds suspicious,|but I'm resigned to that by now.
{20056}{20141}I'm a natural-born suspect just because|I'm not the conventional t
ype.
{20144}{20197}I wouldn't worry about it,|Mr. Carpenter.
{20200}{20280}It sounds reasonable.|I fall asleep at concerts myself.
{20282}{20329}Thank you.
{20353}{20399}You found|that key yet?

{20401}{20507}No. I looked for it in the den,|but it wasn't there. It may be in

here.
{20678}{20724}Yes, here it is.
{20726}{20785}I knew there must be|one around somewhere.
{20787}{20847}The police are very fussy|about their inventories.
{20849}{20931}That key isn't on the list of things|that were in that drawer yest
erday.
{20933}{20993}Then it's made|a recent reappearance.
{20995}{21050}You put it there,|didn't you?
{21053}{21110}- Yes.|- Why?
{21113}{21190}It's just that I didn't want to give it|to you while Waldo was pre
sent.
{21193}{21257}- Oh.|- I have private reasons that don't concern him.
{21260}{21305}Everything about Laura|concerns me.
{21308}{21401}You have private reasons,|no doubt, to lie about the key.
{21403}{21476}Waldo, for your own good,|I'm warning you to stop implying...
{21479}{21533}that I had anything to do|with Laura's death.
{21535}{21593}Very well.|I'll stop implying.
{21596}{21641}I'll make|a direct statement.
{21644}{21689}All right,|you asked for it.
{21691}{21761}I wouldn't.
{21764}{21823}Will you please stop dawdling|with that infernal puzzle?
{21825}{21928}- It's getting on my nerves.|- I know, but it keeps me calm.
{21930}{21980}Okay, let's go.
{22352}{22404}This was our table{22406}{22454}Laura's and mine.
{22487}{22538}We spent many quiet evenings|here together.
{22601}{22667}I remember we dined here the night|before her 22nd birthday.
{22704}{22749}Just we two{22752}{22842}happy, making plans|for her future.
{22885}{22944}- Good luck.|But this was a far cry...
{22947}{23060}from the girl who walked into my life|at the Algonquin Hotel five
years before.
{23093}{23149}Pardon me.|Excuse me.
{23203}{23250}Excuse me.
{23468}{23540}Mr. Lydecker,|how do you do?
{23543}{23628}My name is Laura Hunt,|and I'm with Bullitt and Company.
{23630}{23685}You know,|the big advertising firm.
{23688}{23757}And I'd like to talk|something over with you, if I may.
{23760}{23860}You can hardly fail to realize that|I am engaged in eating my lunc
h.
{23863}{23953}Yes, I know. I'm awfully sorry|to interrupt this way...
{23956}{24029}but it's so hard to get to see you|the regular way, and...
{24032}{24079}this will only|take a minute, really.
{24153}{24198}- Now, this is-|- Young woman...
{24201}{24302}either you have been raised|in some incredibly rustic community...
{24305}{24351}where good manners|are unknown...
{24353}{24411}or you suffer from the common|feminine delusion...
{24413}{24461}that the mere fact|ofbeing a woman...
{24463}{24534}exempts you from the rules|of civilized conduct.
{24563}{24609}Or possibly both.
{24611}{24678}Possibly, but here's|what I wanted to show you.
{24681}{24729}It's for|the Wallace Flow-Rite pen.
{24732}{24832}I know my company would be glad to pay|you $5,000 if you'll endors
e the ad.
{24834}{24880}I don't use a pen.
{24882}{24933}I write with a goose quill|dipped in venom.
{24936}{25006}Yes, but this is a very fine pen,|Mr. Lydecker...
{25009}{25054}the best on the market.
{25057}{25120}Wouldn't you at least|consider endorsing it?

{25122}{25225}I'll neither consider, endorse|or use the Wallace pen.

{25228}{25280}I hate pens.
{25282}{25361}If your employers wish me to publish|that statement in my column..
.
{25364}{25428}you may tell them that I shall be|delighted to oblige.
{25431}{25528}Oh, no.|You mustn't do that.
{25531}{25582}Don't blame Bullitt and Company,|Mr. Lydecker.
{25585}{25672}They don't know anything about this.|It was my idea to see you.
{25697}{25743}Indeed?
{25745}{25849}Yes. I know they'd give anything down|at the office to get your en
dorsement...
{25851}{25903}only they think|there's no use asking.
{25905}{25977}So I had this ad made up|all on my own...
{25979}{26063}because I thought, well,|what's the harm in trying?
{26065}{26122}There was always a chance|that you might, Mr. Lydecker.
{26125}{26170}Just think what|it would mean{26173}{26274}You seem to be completely disregarding|something more important th
an your career.
{26277}{26340}- What?|- My lunch.
{26398}{26450}Do you really believe that?
{26453}{26512}Implicitly.
{26515}{26574}I never heard|of anything so selfish.
{26577}{26688}In my case, self-absorption|is completely justified.
{26690}{26773}I have never discovered any other|subject quite so worthy of my at
tention.
{26775}{26837}But you write about people...
{26840}{26919}with such real understanding|and sentiment.
{26956}{27005}That's what makes|your column so good.
{27008}{27089}Sentiment comes easily|at 50 cents a word.
{27125}{27178}Well, if that's the way|you really feel...
{27205}{27277}you must be very lonely.
{27280}{27374}Will you kindly continue|this character analysis elsewhere?
{27377}{27455}- You begin to bore me.|- You're a poor man.
{27457}{27508}I'm very sorry for you.
{27573}{27638}Naturally,|I was annoyed by the incident...
{27667}{27723}but she had something|about her, that girl.
{27753}{27850}I had to speak to her again.|I had to see her.
{27853}{27909}- Miss, would you mind if I-|- Just a moment, please.
{27911}{27967}I'll tell Mr. Bullitt right away.|He's on the telephone.
{27969}{28025}Thank you.
{28521}{28601}Boy, Waldo Lydecker|to see Miss Laura Hunt.
{28653}{28719}Announce me.
{28721}{28777}Johnny, please tell|the gentleman I'm busy.
{28895}{28984}Miss Hunt, I have something|to say to you.
{28987}{29045}You've already said it,|Mr. Lydecker.
{29048}{29135}I wish to point out that you caught me|at my most difficult moment
.
{29137}{29203}Ordinarily I am not|without a heart.
{29205}{29251}Really?
{29253}{29313}Shall I produce|X- ray pictures to prove it?
{29393}{29449}I wish to apologize.
{29451}{29498}Your apology is accepted.
{29556}{29601}Good-bye, Mr. Lydecker.
{29604}{29657}If you come|a little bit closer, my boy...
{29660}{29720}I can just crack your skull|with my stick.
{29818}{29895}And now, for reasons|which are too embarrassing to mention...
{29922}{29969}I'd like to endorse that pen.
{29993}{30042}Mr. Lydecker!
{30045}{30092}Thank you.
{30153}{30227}- You're a very strange man.|- What?

{30229}{30326}You're really sorry|for the way you acted, aren't you?

{30329}{30388}Let's not be psychiatric,|Miss Hunt...
{30391}{30460}but in a word, yes.
{30493}{30539}It's very kind of you,|you know.
{30541}{30628}I'm not kind. I'm vicious.|It's the secret of my charm.
{30691}{30744}But if you choose|to think me kind...
{30769}{30828}I'll call for you at 6:00.
{30857}{30919}All right?
{30921}{30971}All right.
{31049}{31120}Her career began|with my endorsement of the pen.
{31122}{31198}I secured other endorsements for her...
{31201}{31249}introduced her|to important clients.
{31288}{31343}I gave her her start...
{31345}{31392}but it was her own talent|and imagination...
{31395}{31463}that enabled her to rise|to the top ofher profession...
{31465}{31512}and stay there.
{31539}{31619}She had an eager mind always.
{31621}{31709}She was always quick to seize upon|anything that would improve her
mind...
{31712}{31759}or her appearance.
{31790}{31839}Laura had innate breeding.
{31960}{32020}But she deferred|to my judgment and taste.
{32058}{32114}I selected a more attractive|hairdress for her.
{32198}{32268}I taught her what clothes|were more becoming to her.
{32321}{32388}Through me, she met everyone.
{32391}{32455}The famous and the infamous.
{32457}{32561}Her youth and beauty, her poise|and charm of manner...
{32564}{32615}captivated them all.
{32618}{32679}She had warmth, vitality.
{32704}{32761}She had authentic magnetism.
{32798}{32877}Wherever we went,|she stood out.
{32880}{32973}Men admired her.|Women envied her.
{32976}{33074}She became as well known|as Waldo Lydecker's walking stick...
{33076}{33130}and his white carnation.
{33132}{33210}But Tuesday and Friday nights|we stayed home...
{33212}{33293}dining quietly,|listening to my records.
{33318}{33388}I read my articles to her.
{33391}{33463}The way she listened|was more eloquent than speech.
{33523}{33540}These were the best nights.
{33608}{33685}Then one Tuesday, she phoned|and said she couldn't come.
{33717}{33777}It didn't matter, really.
{33779}{33861}But when it happened again|the following Friday, I was disturbed.
{33919}{34004}I couldn't|understand it. I felt betrayed...
{34035}{34098}and yet I knew Laura|would never betray anyone.
{34263}{34310}I walked for a long time.
{34362}{34447}Then I found myself|before her apartment building.
{34450}{34562}The lights were on.|It pleased me to know she was home...
{34565}{34612}till I saw she was not alone.
{34667}{34768}But I waited.|I wanted to see who he was.
{34886}{34957}It was Jacoby, who had recently|painted her portrait.
{34982}{35027}I never liked the man.
{35030}{35153}He was so obviously conscious oflooking|more like an athlete than
an artist.
{35155}{35229}I sat up the rest of the night|writing a column about him.
{35231}{35277}I demolished his affectations...
{35279}{35359}exposed his camouflaged|imitations ofbetter painters...
{35362}{35426}ridiculed his theories.
{35428}{35507}I did it for her,|knowing Jacoby was unworthy ofher.
{35510}{35602}It was a masterpiece|because it was a labor oflove.
{35605}{35681}Naturally, she could never|regard him seriously again.

{35715}{35787}There were others,|of course...

{35789}{35837}but her own discrimination|ruled them out...
{35839}{35904}before it became necessary|for me to intercede...
{35943}{36023}until one night at a party|at Ann Treadwell's.
{36026}{36119}It was one ofher usual roundups|ofbizarre and nondescript characte
rs...
{36121}{36182}- corralled from every stratum of society.|- How are you this even
ing?
{36185}{36243}This is Mr. and Mrs. Preston.|They've been waiting to meet you.
{36245}{36291}How do you do?
{36365}{36412}- Hello, Shelby.|- Excuse me, honey.
{36521}{36573}You're Laura Hunt.
{36575}{36660}- Yes?|- Hello. I'm Shelby Carpenter.
{36663}{36741}- Want to dance?|- I'm not alone.
{36780}{36852}Oh, him? I'll bet|he's still doing the polka.
{36855}{36918}Excuse me, please. Yes.
{36920}{36966}Betsy Ross taught it to me.
{36968}{37016}- Hello, Waldo. Darling, how are you?|- Hello, darling.
{37019}{37064}- I see you've met Shelby.|- Hello, Ann.
{37067}{37131}- Unavoidably.|- He was awfully nice to me in Louisville at the De
rby.
{37134}{37189}His family's from Kentucky.
{37191}{37239}Sharecroppers, no doubt.
{37367}{37433}Louise. Louise, for the last time,|will you marry me?
{37435}{37492}I won't, but I've saved|some chicken livers for you.
{37495}{37540}Oh, you're an angel.|In the meantime, darling...
{37543}{37597}you think you could|get this spot out for me?
{37599}{37663}I can afford a blemish on my character|but not on my clothes.
{37666}{37731}- Mmm. Couldn't eat another mouthful.|- I'm afraid it's rouge.
{37734}{37781}- I'm afraid it's liquor.|- Louise. Oh.
{37783}{37855}- May I have a glass of milk for Mr. Lydecker?|- Of course, Miss H
unt.
{37857}{37906}I forgot to tell you.|I also read palms.
{37909}{38003}I cook, I swallow swords, I mend my own|socks, I never eat garlic
or onions.
{38006}{38051}What more can you want|of a man?
{38054}{38123}- Don't listen to that scalawag.|- I didn't expect to find him her
e, Louise.
{38126}{38171}What do you mean?|We're old friends.
{38174}{38219}She feeds me,|humors me, repairs me...
{38222}{38270}and refuses to marry me,|don't you, honey?
{38273}{38319}- I do.|- She has good sense.
{38321}{38386}- Now, wait just a minute. Thanks, Louise.|- You're wasting your t
ime.
{38388}{38450}- She's got good sense too.|- You're jealous.
{38494}{38562}And what does it feel like,|Mr. Carpenter?
{38564}{38628}What does what feel like,|Miss Hunt?
{38631}{38686}Living on the income|from an estate.
{38689}{38734}- Well, I, uh-|- Or don't you know?
{38737}{38845}Well, I did, until the sheriff|took it over 10 years ago.
{38847}{38893}Why maintain the fiction?|Why not work?
{38895}{38974}Believe it or not, I asked|one of my many friends for a job once{38977}{39037}executive of a big company-|2,500 employees.
{39039}{39109}He could have pressed a button|and done it, but he just laughed.
{39111}{39157}- He thought I was joking.|- Weren't you?
{39159}{39231}No. When I convinced him, he got|embarrassed, said he'd phone me.
{39233}{39353}That was months ago. Now whenever|he sees me, he looks the other w
ay.
{39525}{39597}- Do you really want a job?|- Yes.
{39665}{39713}Oh, here you are.

{39715}{39804}Laura, dear, I cannot stand|these morons any longer.

{39807}{39898}If you don't come with me|this instant, I shall run amok.
{39901}{39947}All right, Waldo.
{39972}{40024}10:30 tomorrow,|Bullitt and Company.
{40049}{40103}You've got a job.
{40106}{40192}I concealed my|annoyance with masterly self-control...
{40225}{40313}but I sensed a situation|which would bear watching.
{40315}{40410}Laura, take a look at this.
{40412}{40495}Do you like it? Do you think it'll make|people want to bathe more
often?
{40497}{40558}It should. It's excellent.
{40561}{40607}- There you are.|- Good night, Miss Hunt.
{40610}{40655}- Good night.|- Good night, Mr. Carpenter.
{40658}{40717}- Good night, honey.|- It's really very good. Who's the model?
{40719}{40788}A girl named Diane Redfern.|You hired her yourself last week.
{40791}{40836}- Don't you remember?|- Oh, yeah.
{40839}{40910}Well, let's go, moon of my delight.|I am starved.
{40912}{40969}You usually are.
{40971}{41017}- I approve of that hat.|- You do?
{41019}{41084}Mm-hmm.|And the girl in it too.
{41087}{41134}Thank you.
{41207}{41253}I knew there was|something on my mind.
{41255}{41336}What is it? Oh, yes.|Will you dine with me tomorrow night?
{41339}{41397}- Maybe.|- No, that isn't what's worrying me.
{41399}{41450}- It's the next night.|- But, Shelby, I can't be{41453}{41525}Good. What about three weeks from|tonight and all the nights in be
tween?
{41527}{41573}Don't you think|I have any other engagements?
{41575}{41652}What about two months|from now and the month after that?
{41655}{41731}- What about next year?|- That's all settled. What about breakfast
?
{41757}{41805}What about dancing?
{41807}{41853}What about lunch?|Beautiful lunches...
{41855}{41922}- day after day after day after day?|- What about work?
{41924}{41992}Beautiful work,|day after day after day?
{41995}{42041}Why, Miss Hunt,|the way you talk.
{42043}{42092}You'd think I was|in love with you.
{42231}{42284}Yes, Laura,|I heard everything he said.
{42372}{42419}I went to call for you.
{42453}{42501}I'm sorry, Waldo.
{42504}{42551}And that reminds me.
{42609}{42673}Old Mother Hubbard has|something in the cupboard.
{42735}{42782}The results of|my private investigation...
{42785}{42843}of that sterling character,|Mr. Shelby Carpenter.
{42894}{42953}By stooping so low, you only|degrade yourself, Waldo.
{42992}{43078}Did you know that he almost went to jail|for passing rubber checks
...
{43080}{43135}that he was suspected of stealing|his hostess's jewels...
{43138}{43190}when he was a houseguest|in Virginia?
{43193}{43254}Naturally they'd suspect him,|because he isn't rich.
{43281}{43334}Those are only insinuations...
{43336}{43387}the cheapest kind.
{43390}{43452}These aren't only|insinuations, my dear.
{43455}{43502}There you are.|Read them.
{43549}{43598}What of it?
{43600}{43696}I know his faults.|A man can change, can't he?
{43699}{43763}People are always ready|to hold out a hand to slap you down...
{43766}{43811}but never to pick you up.
{43814}{43870}All right,|I'm helping Shelby.
{43873}{43923}His past is his own affair.

{43926}{43995}I only care about the present.

{43998}{44074}Speaking of the changed Mr. Carpenter|in the present tense...
{44111}{44177}he's now running around|with a model from your own office.
{44179}{44232}Her name is Diane Redfern.
{44286}{44365}I'm closer to despising you|than I thought I ever would be.
{44526}{44615}I'm sorry. I should have|told you before.
{44618}{44679}Shelby and I are going to be|married next week.
{44781}{44862}I believe you presented him with|a cigarette case on his last birt
hday.
{44947}{44992}Rather valuable, isn't it?
{44995}{45043}Where did you get it?
{45046}{45125}From the pawnshop where Diane Redfern|took it after he gave it to
her.
{45127}{45208}I don't believe it. He probably needed|money and was too proud to
borrow.
{45211}{45258}Carpenter proud?
{45291}{45351}Perhaps that's why|the pawn ticket was in her name.
{45354}{45403}Before this goes any further,|why, I'll just{45458}{45505}He isn't home.
{45687}{45732}He's dining|at Ann Treadwell's.
{45735}{45785}He can't be.|He asked me to dinner.
{45787}{45877}He would have canceled his appointment|with her if you had accepte
d.
{45879}{45942}He treats her|rather badly these days.
{45993}{46046}I'm afraid she'll say|he isn't there.
{46271}{46318}Waldo...
{46345}{46392}why are you doing this?
{46519}{46567}For you, Laura.
{46613}{46682}Shall we pay them a visit?
{46684}{46768}He won't be there, Waldo.|I know he won't.
{46771}{46823}All right. We'll see.
{46886}{46969}Don't you want to take this little|bauble along in case he is ther
e?
{47163}{47208}- Good evening.|- Good evening.
{47211}{47278}- I'm sorry. Mrs. Treadwell is not home.|- We know, dear.
{47587}{47634}Good evening.
{47751}{47824}Hello, darling. I didn't expect|to see you tonight.
{47827}{47872}There you are, my dear.
{47875}{47938}In a moment of supreme disaster,|he's trite.
{47940}{48007}You've been reading|too many melodramas, Waldo.
{48010}{48084}I was just telling Ann|about our getting married.
{48087}{48132}Well, have you two|had dinner?
{48159}{48206}Would you like|a glass of wine?
{48208}{48259}Why don't you sit down?
{48463}{48555}I couldn't find out|if she saw Carpenter in the meantime.
{48558}{48641}All I know is that on Friday|she had lunch with Diane Redfern.
{48681}{48749}What came of it,|I hoped to hear that night.
{48751}{48836}- I alternated between moods of|overoptimism and overpessimism.
{48839}{48904}When the phone rang,|I had a foreboding of disaster.
{49001}{49072}I called to tell you, Waldo,|I'm frightfully sorry.
{49075}{49131}I can't have dinner|with you tonight.
{49134}{49220}Oh, no, no. I'm not sick.|I'm just dreadfully nervous.
{49223}{49284}I'm going to the country|for a few days.
{49287}{49332}Yes. I'm afraid|it's about Shelby.
{49361}{49414}Oh, no. Please.|There's nothing you can do.
{49416}{49475}I've got to think|this thing out for myself.
{49478}{49574}I'm sorry. I'll call you|when I get back. Good-bye.
{49617}{49679}It was the last time|I ever heard her voice.
{49711}{49783}I was sure she had|too much pride to forgive him.
{49819}{49871}But-

{49874}{49946}Where does|this Diane Redfern live?

{49949}{50006}Brooklyn somewhere.|She's in the phone book.
{50059}{50106}Come on. It's late.|Let's get going.
{50132}{50179}- Waiter.|- Yes, sir.
{50257}{50305}- All right.|- Thank you, Mr. Lydecker.
{50416}{50463}Good night.
{50549}{50625}I shall never forgive myself for|letting her become involved with
Shelby.
{50655}{50714}It was my fault.
{50716}{50778}I should have|stopped it somehow.
{50781}{50828}Well, it's too late now.
{50919}{50970}Thanks for the wine.
{51387}{51438}Hello. Mosconi's?
{51440}{51518}This is Lieutenant McPherson,|Homicide Bureau.
{51520}{51617}Laura Hunt had been buying her liquor|from you for several years,
hadn't she?
{51620}{51673}Yeah.
{51675}{51753}Did she ever buy a brand of scotch|called Black Pony?
{51793}{51838}Yeah.
{51863}{51928}I see.
{51931}{51981}Well, that's all|I wanted to know. Thanks.
{51983}{52029}She's here, McPherson-|the maid.
{52031}{52090}Okay.
{52092}{52158}- Come in, Miss Clary.|- Never mind the "Miss Clary'' stuff.
{52160}{52252}My name's Bessie, and I'm a domestic,|and I got nothin' to be asha
med of.
{52255}{52303}Sit down, Bessie.
{52331}{52381}Her letters.
{52383}{52429}And her private diary.
{52458}{52505}You've been reading them,|pawing over them.
{52507}{52590}It's a shame in the face of the dead.|That's what it is. It's a sh
ame.
{52593}{52655}- Sit down, Bessie.|- I'll stand on my own two feet.
{52658}{52706}Don't you go|ordering me around.
{52709}{52817}I ain't afraid of cops. I was|brought up to spit whenever I saw on
e.
{52820}{52911}Okay, go ahead and spit|if that'll make you feel better.
{53040}{53104}What do you want to know?
{53107}{53162}What we all want to know-|who killed Laura Hunt.
{53164}{53211}How would I know?
{53248}{53304}You don't think I done it?
{53307}{53370}I know you cops|get crazy notions...
{53373}{53429}but if you got any notion|concerning me{53431}{53514}Ask anyone-|anyone who ever come to this house.
{53516}{53562}I would have|worked for her.
{53564}{53610}I would have washed,|ironed, scrubbed...
{53612}{53701}done everything she wanted of me,|whether she paid me for it or no
t.
{53703}{53798}And it wasn't only on account of the|thousand sweet things she don
e for me.
{53801}{53861}It was because she was|so sweet herself...
{53863}{53949}because she was|a real fine lady.
{53975}{54066}But you cops|wouldn't know about that.
{54069}{54195}But you do. That's all the more reason|why you should help me, Bes
sie.
{54198}{54269}Do you happen to know how this got into|her liquor cabinet?
{54307}{54355}I put it there.
{54358}{54441}But she never bought cheap stuff like|that- not a lady like Miss H
unt.
{54443}{54515}- No.|- When did you put it in the cabinet?

{54517}{54562}- Saturday.|- Before the police came.

{54565}{54648}- Was it there Friday night before you left?|- No.
{54651}{54700}Are you sure of that?
{54703}{54765}I cleaned out|the cabinet on Friday...
{54767}{54815}and put the empties|in the basement.
{54850}{54904}Then somebody was with her|in the apartment Friday night...
{54907}{54952}someone|who brought that bottle.
{54955}{55001}- Yes.|- Who?
{55003}{55058}I don't know,|but I didn't want anyone...
{55061}{55139}getting any wrong ideas about her,|God rest her soul.
{55142}{55213}That's why I took it out of the bedroom|and put it in the cabinet.
..
{55216}{55262}before the police got here.
{55264}{55324}And that ain't all I done.
{55327}{55400}I washed out the glasses|and cleaned off the bottle too.
{55403}{55459}Do you know what happens to people|who destroy evidence?
{55462}{55530}I don't care.
{55533}{55586}You ain't gonna tell|the newspaper reporters, are ya...
{55588}{55637}and let them make up|their nasty stories...
{55639}{55687}and drag her name|through the mud?
{55718}{55775}Go ahead,|but it won't do you any good.
{55778}{55846}- I'll say you lied. I'll say-|- Take it easy, Bessie.
{55848}{55925}Get me some ice|and a setup, will you?
{55927}{55981}All right.
{55983}{56032}A couple of highball glasses.
{56143}{56189}Good morning.|Lieutenant McPherson sent for us.
{56191}{56237}- Good morning, Lieutenant.|- Hello, McPherson.
{56239}{56307}- This is quite a delegation. I only sent for you, Carpenter.|- I
know.
{56310}{56364}Shelby's dropping me off|at the hairdresser's later...
{56367}{56445}- so I thought I might as well come along.|- My excuse is equally
feeble.
{56447}{56498}I just popped in|to pay my dubious respects...
{56500}{56547}and inquire as to|the state of your health.
{56550}{56611}- Insipid, I trust.|- I was just going to pour myself a drink.
{56614}{56697}- Care to join me?|- A very nice idea. Shelby, wouldn't you like o
ne?
{56699}{56745}- I'll get it.|- Never mind.
{56747}{56799}- Bessie, would you bring a couple more glasses?|- Yes, sir.
{56802}{56854}Hi, Bessie.|What are you doing here?
{56857}{56909}I'm paid up for the week,|and I'm working, regardless.
{56911}{56976}- Would you like one, Lydecker?|- I see no reason to exclude mysel
f...
{56979}{57024}if the host provides scotch.
{57027}{57082}- This do?|- I presume it'll have to.
{57085}{57137}How about you, Carpenter?|It's cheap, but it's potent.
{57139}{57235}As a matter of fact, I don't think I care|for any. I'm not much of
a daytime drinker.
{57238}{57339}- Uh-huh. That'll be all for you, Bessie.|You can go home now. - B
ut I- Yes, sir.
{57372}{57426}I remember when Laura|bought these glasses.
{57428}{57482}She loved them.|She loved all her things so.
{57485}{57542}What are you going to do?|Sell them?
{57545}{57614}I don't know.|I suppose so. Thank you.
{57617}{57713}If I'm appointed administrator of the estate,|I shall probably jus
t call in Corey.
{57715}{57766}You mean Lancaster Corey,|the art dealer?
{57768}{57814}Yes. He was|a friend of Laura's.
{57816}{57896}Let him dispose of everything.|It'll be less gruesome that way.
{57899}{57971}Not quite everything, Ann.

{57974}{58029}Two or three things in here|belong to me.

{58031}{58082}This vase, for instance...
{58109}{58155}and that, uh, clock,|of course...
{58158}{58227}and the antique fire screen.
{58230}{58290}- I only lent them to Laura, you know.|- Oh, really, Waldo.
{58293}{58380}Yes, really. This vase is the gem of my|collection. I intend to ha
ve it back.
{58383}{58429}And the clock and the screen too.
{58431}{58502}But they aren't yours. You gave them|to Laura. I won't permit it.
{58504}{58584}Does an alleged fiance|have any voice in this matter?
{58587}{58705}I'll take the vase with me now and send someone|to collect the oth
er things this very day.
{58708}{58794}Nothing is leaving here|except you, Lydecker.
{58797}{58873}Is that your quaint way|of indicating dismissal?
{58875}{58947}We're all going anyway. I have to be|back at headquarters by noon.
{58950}{59042}Lieutenant, I don't understand.|You sent for me, didn't you?
{59045}{59092}- Yeah.|- Well, don't you want to see me?
{59095}{59158}- Don't you want to ask me some questions?|- I'll be seeing you.
{59161}{59213}- Well-|- I bid you good day.
{59215}{59305}- Come along, Shelby.|- Are you making any progress on the case, L
ieutenant?
{59344}{59391}We're doing all right.
{59771}{59838}- Hello, Mark.|- Go get something to eat. I'll take over.
{59840}{59892}- Thanks.|- Take your time.
{64196}{64250}Fred?
{64352}{64408}- Yes?|- What's the matter? Did you go to sleep?
{64411}{64478}This is McPherson.|Any calls come through?
{64520}{64567}Well, keep listening.
{64570}{64619}No. Nothing new.
{64768}{64819}I happened to see|the lights on.
{64851}{64896}Have you sublet|this apartment?
{64899}{64945}You're here often enough|to pay rent.
{64947}{65026}- Any objections?|- Yes.
{65029}{65076}I object to you prying|into Laura's letters...
{65079}{65124}especially those from me.
{65127}{65198}- Why? Yours are the best in the bunch.|- Thanks.
{65200}{65254}But I didn't|write them to you.
{65257}{65314}Haven't you any sense|of privacy?
{65343}{65418}Murder victims have|no claim to privacy.
{65421}{65512}Have detectives who buy portraits|of murder victims a claim to pri
vacy?
{65554}{65632}Lancaster Corey told me|that you've already put in a bid for it.
{65635}{65693}That's none of your business.
{65695}{65791}McPherson, did it ever strike you|that you're acting very strangel
y?
{65794}{65878}It's a wonder you don't come here like a|suitor, with roses and a
box of candy{65881}{65928}drugstore candy, of course.
{65957}{66015}Have you ever dreamed|of Laura as your wife...
{66018}{66091}by your side at the policeman's ball,|or in the bleachers...
{66094}{66169}or listening to the heroic story of how|you got a silver shinbone.
..
{66171}{66225}from a gun battle|with a gangster?
{66266}{66352}- I see you have.|- Why don't you go home? I'm busy.
{66381}{66428}Perhaps we can|come to terms now.
{66460}{66536}You want the portrait.|Perfectly understandable.
{66539}{66619}I want my possessions-|my vase, my clock and my screen.
{66622}{66677}Also perfectly understandable.|Now, if you{66679}{66725}Get going.
{66727}{66837}You better watch out, McPherson,|or you'll end up in a psychiatric

ward.
{66839}{66939}I don't think they've ever had a patient|who fell in love with a c
orpse.
{69103}{69150}What are you doing here?
{69205}{69250}You're alive.
{69253}{69332}If you don't get out at once,|I'm going to call the police.
{69335}{69392}You are Laura Hunt,|aren't you?
{69434}{69479}Aren't you?
{69482}{69544}- I'm going to call the police.|- Well, I am the police.
{69588}{69642}Mark McPherson.
{69671}{69719}What's this all about?
{69722}{69775}Don't you know?
{69778}{69865}- Don't you know what's happened?|- No.
{69867}{69931}Haven't you seen the papers?|Where have you been?
{69934}{70034}Up in the country.|I- I don't get a newspaper.
{70037}{70133}- Haven't you got a radio?|- It was broken.
{70136}{70182}What{70616}{70680}Somebody was murdered|in this room.
{70683}{70728}Do you have any idea|who it was?
{70731}{70776}No.
{70779}{70839}Who had a key|to your apartment?
{70842}{70890}Nobody.
{70893}{70938}Are you sure?
{70963}{71054}- When did it happen?|- Friday night.
{71124}{71173}What are you|going to do now?
{71175}{71226}Find out|who was murdered...
{71228}{71300}and then find the murderer.
{71363}{71446}You'd better take off those wet clothes.|You might catch cold.
{71553}{71598}Yeah.
{71829}{71874}I found this in my closet.
{71877}{71923}It's Diane Redfern's.
{71926}{72002}It wasn't here when I left.|She's one of our models.
{72004}{72058}Just about my size.
{72061}{72130}Beautiful, wasn't she?
{72132}{72183}Do you suppose{72289}{72336}Sit down, please.
{72435}{72505}This is Monday night.|You left on Friday.
{72507}{72597}- Rather a long weekend, isn't it?|- Yes.
{72599}{72647}What train did you take?
{72650}{72695}The 7:26.
{72698}{72773}- See anybody you knew on the train?|- No.
{72775}{72876}- Then what?|- Then I got off the train at Norwalk.
{72879}{72961}- Saw nobody you knew at the station either?|- No.
{72964}{73065}- Go on.|- Then I went to the garage where I keep my car.
{73067}{73161}It's a private garage.|Nobody saw me there either.
{73163}{73210}Then I drove to my house.
{73213}{73279}You were there three days.|What did you do?
{73282}{73345}Work in my garden.
{73347}{73394}You didn't go out|in all that time?
{73397}{73486}No. I had everything|I needed in the house.
{73488}{73542}- Nobody came to see you?|- Nobody.
{73544}{73590}I went there to be alone.
{73592}{73672}Police were there on Saturday.|There was no one in the house.
{73699}{73785}Oh, yes. Saturday,|I took a long walk.
{73787}{73837}I walked for hours|in the woods.
{73840}{73960}Mm-hmm. You were going to|marry Shelby Carpenter this week.
{73963}{74008}Thursday, if I'm not mistaken.
{74044}{74090}Yes.
{74092}{74163}Yet you went away|just before your wedding...
{74166}{74240}for a long weekend|to be alone.

{74243}{74302}I was tired.|I'd been working hard.

{74304}{74381}You know Shelby Carpenter has a key to|this apartment. Why didn't
you tell me?
{74383}{74440}I know nothing of the sort.|He hasn't.
{74443}{74490}How else did the girl|get into the apartment?
{74492}{74565}You knew she was in love with Carpenter,|that he'd given her your
cigarette case.
{74568}{74615}You know all that,|don't you?
{74618}{74684}I knew that she was in love with him.|She told me so herself.
{74687}{74762}- When did she tell you?|- At lunch last Friday.
{74765}{74854}I also know she meant nothing to Shelby.|I understand him better t
han you do.
{74857}{74911}She was found in your|dressing gown and slippers.
{74914}{74972}That's hardly the regulation costume|for an impersonal chat...
{74975}{75042}between a man and woman|who mean nothing to each other.
{75045}{75111}Did you know or did you suspect he was|going to bring her here Fri
day night?
{75114}{75181}How could I? I don't know that he|brought her here. Neither do you
.
{75183}{75242}- You merely assume it.|- What other assumption is possible?
{75244}{75327}Do you love Carpenter so much you'd risk|your own safety to protec
t him?
{75329}{75396}My own safety?|Do you suspect me?
{75399}{75476}I suspect nobody and everybody.|I'm merely trying to get at the tr
uth.
{75479}{75531}I see you have been trying|to get at the truth.
{75534}{75599}You've read things I never meant|anyone else to look at.
{75602}{75649}Strictly routine.
{75651}{75698}I'm sorry. Really.
{75765}{75835}I'd better be going. I'll see you|in the morning, Miss Hunt.
{75838}{75934}Oh, I must ask you not to leave|the house or use the phone.
{75937}{76019}But- But I've got|to let my friends know I'm alive.
{76022}{76080}Sorry, Miss Hunt,|but I must insist you do as I say.
{76083}{76154}- Am I under arrest?|- No.
{76156}{76241}But if anything should happen|to you this time, I wouldn't like it
.
{76267}{76315}All right.|I promise.
{76317}{76386}There's one more thing.|You may as well know what I know{76388}{76435}some of it, at any rate.
{76438}{76519}It'll save time and a lot|of unnecessary fencing.
{76522}{76586}I know that you went away|to make up your mind...
{76660}{76743}whether you'd marry|Shelby Carpenter or- or not.
{76774}{76838}What did you decide?|I want the truth.
{76890}{76937}I decided|not to marry him.
{76974}{77033}I'll see you in the morning.|Good night.
{77035}{77083}Good night.
{77415}{77498}Really?|Does McPherson know that?
{77501}{77566}Uh-huh. Well, okay.|Good-bye.
{77601}{77660}Say, Mark, that was|the medical examiner's report.
{77663}{77742}It wasn't Laura Hunt. It was Diane|Redfern that was bumped off ups
tairs.
{77744}{77806}- Kinda balls things up, doesn't it?|- Yeah.
{77808}{77864}Say, you're not taking it too hard.
{77867}{77923}Wait a minute.
{77926}{77984}- Hello?|- This is Laura. I've{77987}{78034}Don't say anything on the phone.|Meet me right away.
{78036}{78109}I'll wait for you in my car|in front of Bullitt's.
{78111}{78160}- Was that-|- Yeah.
{78163}{78218}Dames are always|pulling a switch on you.
{78220}{78266}Stand by.

{78683}{78730}You follow her.|I'm gonna tail him.

{79987}{80040}Are you taking it down|or putting it away, Carpenter?
{80352}{80434}- It's been fired lately.|- Yes. I killed some rabbits with it.
{80436}{80501}- When?|- Oh, a while back. I don't know exactly.
{80503}{80550}You know about guns,|don't you?
{80553}{80619}- Yes.|- How come you didn't clean it afterward?
{80622}{80686}I don't know.|I forgot, I suppose.
{80688}{80775}- Your initials?|- Yes. I gave it to Laura for protection.
{80778}{80832}She didn't want it,|but I insisted.
{80835}{80899}This house is rather isolated,|as you see.
{80902}{80960}- Did you teach her how to use it?|- No.
{80963}{81048}- Does she know how?|- I don't know. It didn't occur to me to ask.
{81051}{81102}You're a vague sort of a fellow,|aren't you, Carpenter?
{81104}{81189}I've spent very little time in observing|my own character, Mr. McP
herson.
{81192}{81255}You haven't borrowed it lately?|You didn't just bring it back toni
ght?
{81258}{81355}You followed me here.|You saw me come in. You ought to know.
{81358}{81446}You, uh, realize|the spot you're in, Carpenter?
{81448}{81495}You took that poor girl|to Miss Hunt's apartment.
{81498}{81558}You knew all along|it was she who was murdered.
{81602}{81682}Didn't you know Laura Hunt would come|back any day and spill the w
hole thing?
{81723}{81770}Or did you plan|to kill her too...
{81773}{81844}hide the body someplace|and cover up your first crime?
{81847}{81929}You're being fantastic,|McPherson.
{81932}{81995}You took a bottle of Black Pony|to her house Friday night.
{81998}{82047}I took it there|over a week ago.
{82050}{82110}Bessie said it wasn't there Friday|night. It was Saturday morning.
{82113}{82171}I can't help what Bessie said.
{82245}{82315}- Where's the key to her apartment?|- I haven't got it.
{82318}{82434}- What did you do with it, give it back to her tonight?|- I never
had one.
{82437}{82495}You didn't take the bottle|of scotch to her house Friday night.
{82498}{82554}You haven't got a key to her apartment.|How did you get in?
{82557}{82604}- Well, I-|- You had a key, and I know it.
{82607}{82664}- Now, come on, Carpenter. Spill it.|- I{82667}{82772}Laura kept a duplicate key|at her office. I went over and got it.
{82775}{82873}I'd asked Diane to dine with me. I wanted|to have it out with her
once and for all.
{82875}{82984}You know, she thought- Well,|she thought she was in love with me.
{82986}{83064}Well, we couldn't go on talking|in public places. She was too upse
t.
{83067}{83123}I couldn't go to her room, and I didn't|want to take her to my hot
el.
{83126}{83190}- So we went to Laura's.|- Yeah?
{83192}{83239}We talked there|for about three hours...
{83242}{83325}- and then the doorbell rang and-|- Go on.
{83327}{83392}Diane was frightened.|But knowing Laura as I've known her...
{83394}{83441}I've learned to be|surprised at nothing.
{83443}{83522}- What do you mean by that?|- Her friends would come to her with t
heir troubles...
{83525}{83578}at all hours|of the day or night.
{83580}{83638}I asked Diane|to answer the door.
{83640}{83731}- Why didn't you go yourself?|- Supposing one of Laura's friends h
ad found me there.
{83734}{83801}- Why open the door at all?|- They must have seen the light.
{83803}{83869}What about the girl? Diane-|what about her reputation?
{83871}{83963}I asked her to tell them Laura had let|her the apartment while she
was away.

{83966}{84018}Anybody that knew Laura|would have believed that.

{84021}{84101}- Yeah. Go on.|- Well, then the doorbell rang again.
{84103}{84170}I could hear Diane's mules-|Laura's they were{84172}{84243}clattering across the bare boards|between the rugs.
{84246}{84305}Then there was a moment's silence|and then a shot.
{84335}{84399}It was an awful explosion.
{84402}{84473}By the time I reached her,|the door was closed.
{84476}{84537}- She lay there on the floor.|- Did you go out to see who it was?
{84539}{84628}No. I was too confused, too horrified,|incapable of doing anything
.
{84631}{84702}The room was dark. I saw only|a vague heap lying on the floor.
{84704}{84808}I- I don't think|I fully grasped the situation.
{84810}{84885}I think I called her name,|but I'm not sure. I{84887}{84961}I remember kneeling on the floor,|feeling her heart.
{85002}{85049}My first instinct|was to call the police.
{85051}{85098}- Why didn't you?|- I don't know.
{85101}{85177}Or rather, I was afraid-|not only for myself, but for Laura.
{85179}{85284}In a panicky sort of way, I felt I must|keep out of this to keep L
aura out of it.
{85287}{85338}I know now how foolish|and hopeless it was...
{85340}{85401}but there was only|one thing on my mind{85404}{85467}the safety of a person whose life|was dearer to me than my own.
{85470}{85517}Don't you understand that?
{85519}{85574}Did you think|Laura had done it?
{85576}{85646}- Did you?|- I don't remember what I thought.
{85649}{85721}- Do you think so now?|- No.
{85724}{85775}- But you didn't?|- No.
{85778}{85857}On Saturday, when our men went to the|hotel to tell you that Laura
was dead...
{85859}{85953}- you seemed sincerely shocked.|- I was. I hadn't expected that mi
stake.
{85955}{86004}But you had your alibi ready|no matter who was dead.
{86007}{86074}Yet you knew the minute|Laura got back it wouldn't stick.
{86077}{86140}Don't you see? I was incapable|of thinking that far ahead.
{86143}{86202}I was incapable|of thinking at all.
{86205}{86287}I was groping for some way|to keep Laura's name out of it.
{86290}{86397}I was heartbroken about Diane|and panic-stricken about Laura.
{86399}{86459}I haven't slept a full two hours|since this thing happened.
{86462}{86536}Let's get back to the present. What did|you and Laura talk about t
onight?
{86538}{86603}I told her the whole story,|just as I've told you.
{86647}{86700}She phoned you after she promised me|she wouldn't call anybody.
{86703}{86774}- What did she want?|- It's perfectly natural she should want to s
ee me...
{86777}{86822}especially|after what's happened.
{86825}{86893}Why don't you tell the truth? She sent|you here to get rid of this
gun.
{86895}{86974}She did not. It was my own idea.|She doesn't even know I'm here.
{87135}{87236}- It works fine, doesn't it?|- Yes. Did you think it wouldn't?
{87238}{87299}I hoped it wouldn't.|All right. Let's go.
{87334}{87429}- Well, am I under arrest?|- No, but you're not to leave town...
{87432}{87491}and it would be|foolish of you to try it.
{87952}{88000}- Good morning.|- Good morning.
{88074}{88121}- What's that?|- Breakfast.
{88123}{88182}You didn't buy any food|when you went out last night.
{88325}{88415}I'll fix some bacon and eggs.|Can you make coffee?
{88418}{88508}Suppose you set the table|while I get breakfast.
{88510}{88558}Do you always sound like this|in the morning?
{88560}{88607}Don't tell me|you can cook.
{88610}{88709}My mother always listened sympathetically|to my dreams of a career

...
{88711}{88771}and then taught me|another recipe.
{88774}{88836}Shh! Don't move.
{88952}{89011}It's all right, Bessie.|It's all right, Bessie.
{89014}{89096}She's alive.
{89099}{89146}It's all been|a mistake, Bessie.
{89148}{89217}I'm not a ghost. Really.
{89219}{89288}I found you,|and you were dead.
{89291}{89340}It was Miss Redfern's|body you found.
{89393}{89445}How about|taking over here{89447}{89505}fixing us some|coffee and eggs.
{89507}{89610}But I- I saw it|with my own eyes.
{89612}{89669}I- I don't|understand it.
{89671}{89739}Have you ever|heard a ghost ask for eggs?
{89742}{89789}No, miss.
{89792}{89839}You'll be all right,|Bessie.
{90078}{90158}Somebody should have warned her.|Poor Bessie.
{90161}{90235}By the way, I've asked Waldo Lydecker|to come here this morning.
{90238}{90293}- Did you tell him?|- No.
{90295}{90343}Why not?|It's brutal.
{90346}{90426}I'm not doing it for fun.
{90429}{90510}Why did you break your promise|and go out and see Shelby last nigh
t?
{90513}{90564}You forced me|to give you my word.
{90567}{90621}I never have been and I|never will be bound by anything...
{90623}{90680}I don't do|of my own free will.
{90683}{90748}Redfern was in love|with Carpenter.
{90751}{90798}You admitted that|last night.
{90800}{90868}- May I have a match, please?|- Oh, I'm sorry.
{90871}{90955}I also told you that|he wasn't in love with her.
{90958}{91017}Just sit still.
{91196}{91263}Hello, Lieutenant.
{91266}{91329}- Morning, my darling.|- Hello, dear.
{91331}{91394}Ah. Thank you.
{91397}{91448}Oh. It's on again.
{91451}{91539}Do I have to get a permit from the police|department to kiss my fi
ancee good morning?
{91542}{91589}So he made you|change your mind.
{91591}{91646}Speaking of changing one's mind,|Mr. McPherson...
{91648}{91700}I have just come|from my lawyer.
{91702}{91766}Yeah? Did he tell you how much|you'll get off for good behavior?
{91768}{91820}No, but he told me that anything|I may have said last night...
{91822}{91894}was said under duress|and can't be used against me.
{91896}{91943}Besides, none of it was true.
{91946}{92034}Smart lawyer you've got. Maybe he told you|how that scotch got up
here Friday night...
{92037}{92084}after you'd bought it|at Mosconi's.
{92086}{92136}Maybe it was the lawyer|who brought Diane Redfern up here.
{92138}{92186}Maybe{92295}{92359}Well, McPherson...
{92362}{92429}have you thought over|the deal I suggested?
{92516}{92577}Waldo.
{92580}{92627}Waldo.
{92713}{92764}Right-hand pocket.
{92766}{92816}You want a doctor?
{92819}{92878}Right-hand pocket.
{92881}{92940}We'd better take him|into the bedroom.
{93227}{93274}- What-|- Don't try and say anything, dear.
{93277}{93325}Just be quiet.
{93384}{93433}I think this is|carrying things too far.

{93436}{93492}Your methods are vicious.|There ought to be a law against it.

{93495}{93554}- Yeah?|- How does he feel now?
{93557}{93604}It was a terrible shock.|Poor darling.
{93606}{93654}Don't tell me you're in love|with him too.
{93656}{93708}Look here, fella. You're not to talk|that way to Miss Hunt.
{93711}{93759}Shut up. Why do you cover up|for a guy like him?
{93762}{93824}- Don't answer him, Laura.|- What story did he tell you last night
?
{93827}{93890}- Don't answer him. Let him talk to our lawyer.|- Our lawyer?
{93892}{93939}- So now you're covering up for each other.|- Look at him, Laura.
{93942}{94007}He's beginning to crack up.|He'd use anything to make an arrest...
{94010}{94057}just so he can be a big shot|in the headlines.
{94059}{94108}I've got enough on you|to arrest you right now.
{94110}{94158}Quick, McPherson,|the handcuffs.
{94160}{94218}- Trundle him off to the hoosegow.|- You keep out of this.
{94221}{94299}- You'll look nice in bracelets.|- Why don't you get down on all f
ours again, Waldo?
{94302}{94366}It's the only time you've ever|kept your mouth shut.
{94368}{94439}I hope you'll forgive|my wee touch of epilepsy, my dear.
{94442}{94493}It's an old family custom.
{94495}{94572}Well, McPherson, what does|Laura's resurrection do to you?
{94575}{94646}Too bad Diane Redfern|can't be resurrected.
{94649}{94706}I'm afraid I've interrupted|what you call "a pinch.''
{94708}{94780}Do your duty, McPherson.
{94782}{94862}You know, Lydecker,|you've made me change my mind.
{94864}{94911}- For the moment.|- Well, in that case...
{94914}{94962}we'll have time|for a little get-together.
{94965}{95061}- You'd better order some liquor and some food, Laura.|- What for?
{95064}{95111}People are coming|to celebrate your return.
{95114}{95163}Ann and Bullitt and Corey.|Everybody.
{95166}{95242}- Who asked them to come?|- I did, when I was in there.
{95245}{95292}I phoned my man,|and he's calling everyone.
{95295}{95388}- Why did you do that, Waldo?|- A sense of the fitness of things,
my dear.
{95391}{95481}Perhaps our friend can weave all the|loose ends into a noose. Eh,
McPherson?
{95483}{95542}Sorry you went to all that trouble.|I've already called them.
{95654}{95701}You're working yourself|to death, darling.
{95703}{95783}- I haven't had a moment with you all day.|- It's a very thirsty c
rowd.
{95786}{95844}Oh, after all,|it isn't your homecoming.
{95847}{95906}Aren't you being|a little bit nasty, Ann?
{95908}{95955}I feel nasty|when I don't see you.
{95958}{96044}Well, you look very sweet. That's|a completely wonderful hat, darl
ing.
{96046}{96118}Now, if you'll forgive me,|Laura wants a cocktail.
{96121}{96178}- So do I.|- Well, here you go.
{96206}{96265}Shelby, why don't you|come to your senses?
{96267}{96352}You know it's all over between you|and Laura, or it soon will be.
{96354}{96434}But you haven't lost me.|Why don't we get married now?
{96437}{96502}- Ann, dear, you don't seem to realize the situation.|- Yes, but I
do.
{96504}{96585}That's why you need me. We'll get|the best lawyer that money can b
uy.
{96587}{96674}When it's all over, we'll go away- anywhere|you want- and forget a
bout all this.
{96677}{96758}Thanks, Ann, but you see,|Laura needs me. Sorry.
{96822}{96870}Uh-uh.
{96922}{96978}- Laura.|- Thanks.
{96980}{97046}If you don't mind,|I'd like a word with Miss Hunt.

{97048}{97109}I don't mind.|Talk to her as much as you like.

{97143}{97221}- I see he's taking a new tack.|- What do you mean?
{97223}{97315}Trying to make you like him|to make you talk.
{97318}{97391}Shelby, tell me,|why did you go to{97430}{97477}Excuse me.
{97509}{97568}Why did you go|to the cottage last night?
{97570}{97618}But don't you know?|I was afraid...
{97620}{97686}you wouldn't think|of hiding that shotgun.
{97688}{97777}- What shotgun?|- The one I gave you.
{97779}{97835}You don't have to lie|to me, darling.
{97838}{97885}I'll stand by you.
{98056}{98111}What's the matter,|Laura?
{98114}{98193}Oh, I guess I'm just nervous.|That's all.
{98195}{98261}So am I.
{98263}{98318}McPherson suspects Shelby.
{98346}{98393}He seems to suspect me too.
{98420}{98467}And so do|some of my friends.
{98470}{98518}You?|Don't be absurd.
{98521}{98584}- You could never do a thing like that.|- And Shelby?
{98586}{98634}Oh, I don't think|he did it.
{98636}{98683}But he's capable of it.
{98730}{98790}Are you as interested in McPherson|as he is in you?
{98793}{98844}But, Ann, I only|met him last night.
{98847}{98901}That's more than|long enough sometimes.
{98903}{99014}Anyway, he's better for you|than Shelby. Anybody is.
{99017}{99098}- Shelby's better for me.|- Why?
{99100}{99172}Because I can afford him,|and I understand him.
{99198}{99269}He's no good,|but he's what I want.
{99272}{99342}I'm not a nice person,|Laura. Neither is he.
{99344}{99429}He knows I know he's...|just what he is.
{99432}{99505}He also knows|that I don't care.
{99508}{99615}We belong together because we're|both weak and can't seem to help
it.
{99618}{99687}That's why I know|he's capable of murder.
{99690}{99737}He's like me.
{99784}{99830}No, dear, I didn't...
{99855}{99902}but I thought of it.
{100318}{100411}Hello? Yes. Yes.
{100414}{100474}Oh, it's for you, Lieutenant.
{100477}{100534}Thank you, Bessie.
{100536}{100583}McPherson.
{100610}{100673}Yeah, I know.|Don't worry.
{100676}{100725}I told you I'd bring in|the killer today.
{100767}{100822}Yeah. I was just gonna|make the arrest when you called.
{100825}{100910}No, I can't tell you now.|I'm not alone.
{100969}{101015}You'll see when I come in.
{101018}{101065}Right. See you later.
{101543}{101590}All right. Let's go.
{101593}{101628}- You mean-|- Yeah.
{101630}{101678}Oh, no.!
{101722}{101778}No. No, no.
{101781}{101829}Not Miss Hunt.
{101832}{101879}Please!
{101906}{101952}Thank you, Bessie.
{101977}{102024}Thank you.
{102062}{102143}Now will you please be good enough|to go and get me my things?
{102146}{102201}- Yes, miss.|- Laura.
{102229}{102301}Don't worry, darling.|Let them accuse you.
{102303}{102350}We'll fight them.
{102353}{102437}I have every weapon-|money, connections, prestige.

{102440}{102568}And my column. Every day, millions will|read about you and rally
to your defense.
{102570}{102635}You talk as if you wanted|to see her tried for murder.
{102638}{102768}Yes. Rather than let you blacken|her name with suspicions and ru
mors.
{102770}{102895}Try to prove her guilty. Get on the witness|stand with your poor
shreds of evidence.
{102898}{103000}I'll expose your cheap methods|you used on her.
{103002}{103073}- Thank you, Bessie.|- Laura, I told you to watch out for this f
ella.
{103075}{103127}- Can we go now?|- I warned you.
{103185}{103262}It's too bad you didn't|open that door Friday night, Carpenter.
{103264}{103334}- Wait a minute.|- Shelby.!
{103394}{103446}Oh, did he hurt you, darling?
{103448}{103495}Darling.
{103525}{103572}Ann.
{103672}{103734}Come in.
{103737}{103784}Sit down.
{103811}{103858}- That'll be all, Gallagher.|- Yes, sir.
{103944}{104042}All right. Let's have it.|Look at me.
{104100}{104158}What are you trying to do,|force a confession out of me?
{104160}{104220}You've been holding out,|and I want to know why.
{104222}{104270}It'll be easier for you|if you tell the truth.
{104306}{104364}What difference|does it make what I say?
{104366}{104418}You've made up your mind|I'm guilty.
{104421}{104511}- Are you?|- Don't tell me you have any doubts.
{104514}{104577}Since you-|Oh, I can't.
{104579}{104630}Please. Do I have to have|those lights in my face?
{104783}{104881}Thanks. No, I didn't|kill Diane Redfern...
{104883}{104930}or anyone else.
{104966}{105025}Then why{105027}{105104}Why did you tell me the radio|at your country place was broken?
{105106}{105159}- Because it was broken.|- Not when I tried it.
{105162}{105234}Just as I was leaving the village,|I asked the local handyman to
fix it.
{105237}{105331}- How did he get in?|- I always leave a key under the flowerpot
on the porch.
{105334}{105451}You're too intelligent to make up|something I could check so eas
ily...
{105454}{105572}but you're intelligent enough to have|broken it yourself to stre
ngthen your story.
{105574}{105664}The main thing I want to know is why you|pulled that switch on m
e about Carpenter.
{105666}{105750}You told me last night|you decided not to marry him.
{105753}{105857}- Yes, I guess I did.|- But today it was on again. Why?
{105859}{105961}Well, I-|I changed my mind.
{105963}{106070}What are you trying to hide? Don't you|realize you're involved i
n a murder?
{106072}{106141}You've got yourself in a jam it's not|going to be easy to get ou
t of...
{106143}{106192}unless you're on the level|with me.
{106194}{106254}This is no time for secrets.
{106256}{106306}Now, did you really decide|to call it off...
{106309}{106394}or did you just tell me that because|you knew I wanted to hear i
t?
{106502}{106574}What went on between you and Carpenter|when you saw him last nig
ht?
{106577}{106635}Did he persuade you to make up?
{106667}{106720}Or did you agree|to pretend you had?
{106722}{106805}- Was that it?|- Well, we- That is, both of us thought-

{106807}{106868}He convinced you that if you|broke the engagement now...

{106870}{106937}people would think|you believed he was guilty.
{106939}{107022}Yes, but now I know it was only|because he thought I was.
{107025}{107096}- Did you believe he was guilty?|- No. I'm sure he isn't.
{107098}{107169}But he'd gotten himself|into an awfully suspicious position...
{107171}{107254}and he's the sort of man that people are|always ready to believe
the worst about.
{107290}{107338}Are you in love with him?
{107442}{107493}I don't see how|I ever could have been.
{107604}{107651}Come on.|You're going home.
{107710}{107790}- But I thought I was-|- That's- That's what I wanted you to thi
nk.
{107793}{107870}You and a few others.|I didn't even book you.
{107872}{107925}You mean this was|some sort of a game?
{107927}{107994}I was 99% certain|about you...
{107997}{108053}but I had to get rid of|that one percent doubt.
{108055}{108129}Wasn't there|an easier way to make sure?
{108131}{108213}I'd... reached a point|where I needed official surroundings.
{108261}{108323}Then it was worth it, Mark.
{108397}{108444}I'll call a cab for you.
{108766}{108815}Good night.|I'll see you tomorrow.
{108818}{108865}Good night, Mark.
{108895}{108942}I'm going over|to Lydecker's apartment.
{110937}{110985}It still doesn't|make sense to me, Laura.
{110987}{111051}He's playing some sort|of a game with you.
{111054}{111118}- I don't think so.|- I don't deny that he's infatuated with you
...
{111120}{111200}in some warped way|of his own.
{111202}{111297}But he isn't capable of any normal,|warm human relationship.
{111300}{111361}He's been dealing|with criminals too long.
{111422}{111477}When you were unattainable-|when he thought you were dead{111479}{111526}that's when|he wanted you most.
{111529}{111576}But he was glad|when I came back...
{111578}{111626}as if he were|waiting for me.
{111628}{111707}Do you know what|he calls women? "Dames.''
{111710}{111790}A "dame'' in Washington Heights|got a fox fur out of him.
{111792}{111877}- His very words.|- That doesn't mean anything.
{111879}{111930}He isn't like that.
{111933}{112003}Laura, you have|one tragic weakness.
{112006}{112079}With you, a lean, strong body|is the measure of a man...
{112082}{112129}and you always get hurt.
{112167}{112229}No man is ever|going to hurt me again.
{112232}{112302}No one, not even you.
{112304}{112386}I? Hurt you?
{112388}{112438}Laura, look at me.
{112494}{112571}When a man has everything|in the world that he wants...
{112574}{112649}except what he wants most...
{112651}{112708}he loses his self-respect.
{112710}{112781}It makes him bitter, Laura.
{112783}{112844}He wants to hurt someone|as he's been hurt.
{112901}{112981}You were a long time|in finding out about Shelby...
{112983}{113081}but... that's over now.
{113083}{113171}We'll be back together again.
{113174}{113254}Haven't you heard of science's|newest triumph- the doorbell?
{113295}{113342}I don't like to remind her.
{113386}{113500}- That was the murderer's signal.|- Did you eavesdrop too? I hop
e.
{113502}{113599}I thought you'd like to know. We|tested your shotgun. It isn't t
he one.
{113602}{113658}Now, that's what I call|a typical move-

{113660}{113732}a real key|to the man's character.

{113734}{113789}First he tells you that|he thinks you're innocent...
{113791}{113841}then proceeds|to check up on you.
{113844}{113893}When I report that I think|she's innocent...
{113895}{113948}that's my own personal opinion.
{113950}{114013}When I submit proof, it becomes|the opinion of the department.
{114016}{114070}This entire maneuver could be a trick|to get you off your guard.
{114073}{114124}It could be, but it isn't.
{114126}{114215}- I believe you, Mark.|- It's the same obvious pattern, Laura.
{114218}{114306}If McPherson weren't muscular and|handsome in a cheap sort of wa
y...
{114309}{114356}you'd see through him|in a second.
{114358}{114441}Waldo, I mean to be|as kind about this as I know how...
{114444}{114549}but I must tell you-you're the one who|follows the same obvious
pattern.
{114551}{114607}First it was Jacoby, then Shelby.|And now I suppose{114610}{114672}- Laura, I- - I don't think|we should see each other again.
{114674}{114769}- You're not yourself, darling.|- Yes, I am.
{114772}{114854}For the first time in ages,|I know what I'm doing.
{114910}{114964}Very well.
{114966}{115029}I hope you'll never regret|what promises to be...
{115031}{115098}a disgustingly|earthy relationship.
{115140}{115207}My congratulations, McPherson.
{115210}{115285}Listen to my broadcast|in 15 minutes.
{115287}{115354}I'm discussing|great lovers of history.
{115826}{115954}- It was the most difficult thing|I ever had to do in my life.
{115956}{116014}All I need is the gun.
{116119}{116215}- What are you doing?|- Do you know the combination to this thin
g?
{116218}{116305}- I never knew it had one.|- It must be somewhere. Oh.
{116591}{116689}- Have you ever seen this before?|- No.
{116692}{116758}Waldo gave you that clock,|didn't he?
{116761}{116808}Yes.
{116841}{116891}The doorbell rang...
{116894}{116961}and Diane Redfern|went to the door in your negligee.
{116999}{117082}She opened the door.|The room was dark.
{117119}{117189}Waldo saw a girl standing there,|and he assumed it was you.
{117221}{117268}He figured that if|he couldn't have you himself...
{117270}{117318}he was gonna make sure|that nobody else did.
{117320}{117368}So he let her have it...
{117454}{117502}with both barrels,|right in the face.
{117557}{117625}She fell here.
{117627}{117697}Waldo heard Shelby running|from the next room...
{117699}{117756}so he hid|in the stairway outside.
{117800}{117869}Shelby was scared,|so he ran out as fast as he could.
{117871}{117950}Then Waldo came back|and placed the gun in that clock.
{118005}{118052}I knew it.
{118054}{118113}I've felt it|ever since I came back...
{118115}{118173}but I didn't want|to believe it.
{118175}{118242}I couldn't make myself|believe that...
{118245}{118313}Waldo was a murderer.
{118315}{118412}- Well, he is.|- He didn't really kill Diane Redfern.
{118414}{118467}- I killed her.|- What are you talking about?
{118470}{118575}But I did, Mark. I did as surely|as if I'd pulled the trigger my
self.
{118578}{118625}That's nonsense.|Forget it.
{118627}{118720}No, Mark, I can't.|I'm as guilty as he is{118722}{118821}not for anything I did,|but for what I didn't do.
{118858}{118954}But I couldn't help myself.|I owed him too much.
{119072}{119136}I can understand that,|Laura...

{119138}{119228}but I can't understand why you've tried so|hard to protect Shelb

y these last few days.
{119230}{119283}I was nearly frantic for fear|you'd arrest Shelby.
{119286}{119357}I knew he wasn't guilty.|He hasn't enough courage to kill a fly.
{119360}{119435}And Waldo was doing everything|he could to incriminate him.
{119438}{119488}It was his way|of getting rid of Shelby...
{119490}{119538}just as he did Jacoby.
{119602}{119654}I must say, for a charming,|intelligent girl...
{119657}{119744}you've certainly surrounded yourself|with a remarkable collectio
n of dopes.
{119786}{119853}Don't touch anything.|Fingerprints will be important.
{119908}{119955}I'll have the clock|picked up tomorrow.
{119958}{120008}- What are you going to do?|- Arrest Waldo.
{120010}{120073}- Mark.|- Can't be helped.
{120231}{120293}That's to make sure|you're not disturbed.
{120295}{120353}If the doorbell rings,|don't answer it.
{120355}{120447}- I'll phone you in the morning.|- Good night, Mark.
{120450}{120525}Get some sleep. Forget|the whole thing like a bad dream.
{123220}{123315}And thus,|as history has proved, love is eternal.
{123318}{123410}It has been the strongest motivation|for human actions...
{123412}{123465}throughout centuries.
{123467}{123528}Love is stronger than life.
{123530}{123592}It reaches beyond|the dark shadow of death.
{123621}{123678}I close this evening's|broadcast...
{123680}{123752}with some favorite lines|from Dowson.
{123754}{123802}"Brief Life. '"
{123846}{123942}"They are not long,|the weeping and the laughter...
{123945}{124017}"love and desire|and hate.
{124050}{124109}"I think they have|no portion in us...
{124112}{124178}after we pass the gate. '"
{124181}{124265}- Who's tailing Lydecker?|- I was going to, when he came out.
{124267}{124335}- He left five minutes ago.|- He didn't come out this way.
{124338}{124415}Must've gone out the back way.|Come on. Let's check.
{124418}{124552}"They are|not long, the days of wine and roses.
{124554}{124653}"Out of a misty dream,|our path emerges for a while...
{124656}{124712}then closes within a dream. '"
{124762}{124813}- That's the way it is, isn't it, Laura?|- Waldo!
{124816}{124872}You have|heard the voice of Waldo Lydecker...
{124874}{124920}by electrical transcription.
{124922}{125024}Waldo, you've taken one life.|Isn't that enough?
{125026}{125137}The best part of myself-|that's what you are.
{125140}{125205}Do you think I'm going to leave it|to the vulgar pawing...
{125207}{125284}of a second-rate detective|who thinks you're a dame?
{125286}{125352}Do you think I could bear the thought|of him holding you in his
arms{125354}{125417}kissing you, loving you?
{125442}{125498}Laura! It's Mark.|Open the door!
{125500}{125549}- There he is now.|- Laura.!
{125551}{125634}He'll find us together, Laura...
{125636}{125714}as we always have been, as we always|should be, as we always wil
l be.
{125904}{125950}Mark!
{126218}{126266}Good-bye, Laura.
{126483}{126550}Good-bye, my love.