{1}{1}23.976 {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 me. {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 buckshot... {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 by 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 cash. {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 things. {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 evening? {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 McPherson. {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 and 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 murderer 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 our 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 distress. {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 wa...
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