All language subtitles for Perry Mason s04e08 Provocative Protégé

Why do you keep torturing yourself?

I've compiled the information you
wanted.

Well?

You're broke.

There's so many ways to be broke,
Andrew.

You're broke in all of them.

Fini, kaput, hasta la vista.

I see.

$40 ,000 for a partnership in this
company. If I hadn't had the accident,

I could still play, still record, if...
If you hadn't gone through $100 ,000 in

six months, if you hadn't paid out $3
,500 to the Bend Jewelry Company just

other day, what was it, something for
your wife?

Well, that kind of extravagance is for
need, too, whether it's for Nita or

anybody else.

You've just got to realize that your
means of livelihood is gone.

I'm supposed to see the doctor at four o
'clock, the final consultation.

I talked to him 20 minutes ago.

No good?

David, there's always hope.

New discoveries, new techniques, why
it's possible to take up to grow new

new tendons.

In fact, for you to face Andrew, you're
a business manager for someone who has

nothing left to manage.

There is something.

Donna, your protege.

Your partner, Sturgis, tells me he has
an offer from the inn at Tahoe for four

weeks at $62 .50 a week. Now, that's $25
,000. It's out of the question.

Madonna will be a concert pianist.

David, you have $910 left in your bank
account.

One thing you must remember, this will
affect Anita as much as it affects you.

Hello?

Donna.

I know you're there, Donna.

I want to apologize.

Crippled old married man like me, more
than 20 years older than you.

Enough years to have learned a little
sense.

It will never be the same between us
now, I know.

But I'm not ashamed, Donna.

The doctor said there's no hope for me.
I'll never play again.

So you'll have to pray for both of us.

Donna.

You know that I love you.

There are the keys.

We are bankrupt, Anita.

I'm closing the company's office.

We'll sell whatever stock is left for
the benefit of the creditors.

Eric, what have you been saying to
Donna?

I told her what I told David.

She's a beautiful girl.

And she's got a pair of talented hands.

For the concert stage.

For saloons.

Ted Fielding heard her switch some
classical stuff into rock and roll. He

offered her four weeks. At $6 ,250 a
week, that's $25 ,000 on a 20 %

contract, which is what your husband
signed her to.

That comes to five grand, Anita.

Five grand.

Donna hasn't made up her mind what she
wants to do.

Don't worry about Donna.

Anita, you share Dave's contract as her
manager.

I'll handle her.

All you have to do is sign a release.

That's all that's necessary.

No, Eric.

How are you going to carry on for
yourself, Anita?

Where's your money coming from?

What do you mean?

Well, there's the insurance.

What insurance?

Well, the $150 ,000 policy.

David told me he'd taken it out.

We had it taken out. Yes.

Business insurance.

But it's not collectible.

It's not collectible?

Why not?

Hello, Anita.

Andy, is this true?

About the insurance?

Yes.

You mean I don't get my money?

No, because it was suicide, Anita.

The policy isn't two years old yet.

Our friend here would be an expert on
the matter.

As a surviving partner in the business,
half would go to him.

Collis, maybe you can convince her about
Donna Ross.

She's our only asset now.

She has a contract with Anita and David
for personal management.

It was the intent of the partnership to
lump all our assets together.

Is that why you're trying to get Anita
to sign over her rights to you? She's

going to sign them over.

Now, wait a minute, Sturgis.

You're not going to deal with a
bewildered widow.

I'm going to protect her, just like I
did David.

Aren't you too late starting to protect
Anita?

Where was your protection on that two
-year suicide clause in David's

Usually that clause is for only one
year.

Well, let's just say I'm going to start
right now.

Right, Anita?

Andy, I don't know.

Well, so it isn't just cut and dry.

Anita hasn't signed with you, has she,
Carlos?

Oh, please, will you leave me alone,
both of you?

I don't know what I want to do.

I don't know what to do about Donner,
either.

Please, Andy.

Certainly.

Shall we leave, Sturgis?

Anita, will you have dinner with me
tonight?

No, Eric.

Thank you.

I'm sorry, and I just want to be with
him right now.

You and Eric will only have patience
with me.

I'll call you later, Anita.

Thank you, Randy.

Goodbye, Anita.

Bye.

Mrs. Carpenter?

Yes? My name is Worthington.

You are the Mrs. Carpenter who thinks
her husband committed suicide last

Thursday.

Thinks? That's right.

He didn't, you understand.

He was murdered.

What's that?

What are you saying?

How do you know?

Oh, I know lots of things.

Save for, uh...

A thousand dollars?

Of course, my first duty is to the law,
being a law -abiding citizen.

But then it's risky, if you understand
me.

Where there's a murderer, there's a
murderer.

And a murderer can get angry.

Naturally, I don't want to get hurt by
anybody who thinks of that George

Worthington. If he'd kept his mouth
shut, I wouldn't be in trouble.

All right, Worthington, I'm familiar
with all the rationalizations people use

escape their responsibilities as
citizens.

I agree with you 100%, Mr. Mason.

Well, Mr. Mason, what do you think of
his story?

I don't know, Mrs. Carpenter.

We'll just have to see.

Now, let's try to remember some of this
in detail.

Sure. You were on the highway.

Right.

What was the height of the cliff at that
point?

I'd say about 100 feet.

That's where the car was perched?

Right there, right on the edge.

All right, go on.

Well...

I looked up from fixing the tire.

I saw the car, and there were two people
there.

Two people.

One slumped over the wheel, and the
other out of the car, the door opened

looking down at the bottom.

A man looking down or a woman?

Couldn't tell. Could have been either.

Anyway, I wasn't paying much attention
at the time. Most of the person was

covered by the car.

Next time I looked up, the car was being
pushed to the edge, then it toppled

over and started flying through the air
until it hit the bottom.

Meanwhile... Up there, somebody looking
down, then turning and running away.

You still couldn't tell whether it was a
man or a woman?

No.

Now, how about that $1 ,000?

Worthington, I want you to identify
where you were, where the car was,

you go to the police.

Sure. Mr. Mason?

I'd like you to wait here, Mrs.
Carpenter. I'm going to have an

trace your husband's activities last
Thursday afternoon.

Della? Paul? Right.

Come on.

Well, if he was driving from town, as
you say, he would have been heading in

this direction.

Unless, of course, he drove past and
then doubled back.

Mason, we just got a call asking you to
stop in at Lieutenant Pride Golf.

Last Thursday, a bookie joint on
Figueroa was raided about 5 o 'clock.

And the vice squad man recognized
Worthington.

Recognized him as being at the bookies
at 5 o 'clock Thursday?

And a car with Carpenter in it went over
the cliff miles away at 5 .15.

You lied, Worthington.

Sorry, Mr. Mason.

Who put you up to it?

Nobody. Nobody.

Why would I? Why'd you do it?

I was just trying to make a few bucks.

Just occurred to me. That's why I didn't
come before today.

Only this morning I figured I could
maybe...

A couple of dollars or two.

It just occurred to you that some
insurance was involved, just

Yeah.

Illogical, huh? That's what I meant,
Perry.

And since I don't think you put him up
to it, I'm going to have a talk with

client.

All right, Worthington, you can go now.

And as I say, I'm grateful to you for
sending him down anyway.

Fine.

What did Sergeant Ben's report?

He said the car might have been sitting
there on the edge of the embankment.

So even if Worthington lied, he made us
think in terms of murder.

As I understand it, he poured his time

and energy into working with his
protege, Ms. Ross.

Yes.

So it would seem he...

Did have a purpose in life, a reason for
going on.

However, the financial condition of this
company has been pretty bad, hasn't it?

Is pretty bad.

But the life insurance named you as the
beneficiary.

That's right.

Half.

The other half, Anita Carpenter.

If it weren't for the suicide clause.

Yes.

So... Hiring someone to bring up the
question of murder would be an order.

What are you getting at? A man named
Worthington. I don't know anybody by

name.

He was hired to establish the fact that
David Carpenter did not commit suicide

but was murdered.

Why are you telling this to me?

Well, only you and Mrs. Carpenter stood
to gain if David's death was established

as a murder.

And Mrs. Carpenter didn't hire
Worthington.

I did.

You paid him to go to the police?

Yes. To the police.

When he went to Anita, he was just going
after his own private fringe benefits.

He told a remarkable story.

Did he?

A very convincing story.

Except that he couldn't possibly have
seen any part of what had happened.

So I heard.

I read the papers this morning.

How do you suppose then he knew just
what to say?

Came so close to what actually happened.

You've just saved me $5 ,000, Mason.

I have?

Out, Georgie.

You see, Georgie and I were in the
middle of a conversation when you came

Mason. I didn't want you to see him, of
course, so I had him waiting there.

Hello, Mr. Mason. Did you hear what he
said, Georgie?

He wanted to know how you could tell a
story about the accident, which was so

near what actually happened.

When you were in a bookie joint on the
other side of town, I heard.

You see, Mason, Georgie said all he had
to do was go back to the police, say I

hired him, and told them exactly what to
say, the inference being that since it

had actually happened the way he told
it...

I was the murderer.

And for a little bit of money, he'd
stick to what he told the police, which

would protect you.

That's right.

$5 ,000 worth.

But now the blackmail is no good,
Georgie.

I just confessed to Mason that I hired
you, but not that I told you what to

Who did tell you, Georgie?

You did.

You told me.

Did you, Mr. Sturgis?

No.

When I hired him, I told him only to
make up a story.

I don't quite place it.

Beethoven, isn't it?

Who are you?

My name is Mason, Perry Mason.

You have a wonderful gift.

No wonder David Carpenter was enamored
of you.

Enamored? Of your musical ability, Miss
Ross.

What do you want, Mr. Mason?

I'm trying to find out whether David
killed himself or whether he was killed.

How?

Mrs. Carpenter gave me your address.

I don't know how I can help you.

Did you, uh... Did you see David last
Thursday?

No. Did you speak to him?

Yes. He telephoned.

What time?

In the afternoon.

One o 'clock, two o 'clock?

A little bit later, I think.

Perhaps about 3 .30.

Just before he left his office.

Did he say he was going home?

No.

Not that I remember.

Perhaps he was going for a drive and
wanted you to join him.

No.

Perhaps he just wanted to talk to you.

He did come out this way.

The car went over the cliff in a manner
indicating he'd come from this

direction, not from town.

Were you at home all afternoon last
Thursday?

Yes.

Mr. Mason... If he had wanted to go for
a drive, was there any reason

he wouldn't have taken his wife?

No, why should there be?

I don't understand what you're getting
at.

The man finds out he'll never play the
piano again.

He doesn't tell his wife, he tells
another woman.

You miss Ross?

Mr. Mason, you're implying that David
and I...

Mr. Carpenter and... You're very
attractive.

You've been thrown into intimate contact
with a man whose whole life, after a

tragic accident, could have been devoted
to you.

David must have seen in you his hope for
the future.

Had he made love to you?

Was he in love with you?

No.

No.

No.

Mrs. Carpenter now?

The door was open. Forgive me,
Counselor.

The reason you're not getting any
answers is because you're asking the

from the wrong point of view.

Who is it?

What do you want?

This is Lieutenant Tragg of Homicide.

The question should be, were you in love
with David Carpenter?

Did he make all kinds of promises to
you?

Did he promise to get a divorce and
marry you?

And then did he renege on his promises
and leave you high and dry?

Seems as though you aren't asking the
right questions either, Lieutenant.

But whatever the right questions are,
I've got a better chance of getting the

right answer down at headquarters.

Lieutenant, do you have a warrant?

Yes.

She couldn't have. She couldn't have
done it.

I don't see how they could have arrested
her.

Well, I don't know all the evidence
against her, Mrs. Carpenter, but the

don't arrest people without reason.

Will you defend her, Mr. Mason?

How do you know she wants me to defend
her?

Of course she does. I'll speak to her.

You understand, if I do represent her,
it severs my responsibilities to you.

What does that mean?

My primary concern would be to exonerate
her.

And that could be rough on innocent
bystanders.

I've only loved two people on earth, Mr.
Mason.

David, my husband.

I've lost him.

Donna, the daughter I never had.

I don't want to lose her.

Yes, Donna?

Mr. Andrew Collis is here.

Yes, please.

Would you bring him in, please?

Mr. Mason?

I'm sorry to barge in like this, but I
just saw Donna.

Yes?

I told her you wanted Mr. Mason to
represent her.

I think he will, won't you, Mr. Mason?

I'm afraid you're too late. He's already
hired another lawyer.

Did she say who?

No, she just said she wanted someone she
could afford to pay for herself.

She, uh, doesn't want any more charity.

California State Penal Code, Section
1362, Dealing in Competency as Evidence

when Witness...

Incidentally, Mrs. Carpenter was in this
morning while you were in court.

Oh?

She's been after Donna to ask you to
represent her.

And she's convinced Donna that while her
attorney is terribly earnest, he's

terribly young and inexperienced and in
terribly over his head.

I think the parting was mutually
agreeable.

They've come to a party? Donna
discharged him.

And he said, how could he possibly
represent a client who was holding

back? Poor Donna.

She must be very embarrassed.

Probably doesn't know how to ask you to
be her attorney now.

What are you doing?

I just remembered the title to a
beautiful Beethoven overture.

I'd like to make a telephone call,
please, to my attorney.

Mr. Mace.

I know we all have problems.

The most important thing is just having
someone to talk to. A friend.

A person who has insight that helps.

That's what they do at the Psychic
Counseling Center. They help people. You

call, they listen, and they use all of
their experience and talent to help you.

The fact that they're psychic may help
them to see the solutions more clearly.

Give it a try.

Call now.

Call toll -free.

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Death was caused by severe crushing
internal injuries.

Would these injuries have been sustained
as the result of a car falling over a

100 -foot cliff?

Yes, sir, exactly.

Now, doctor, I ask you to examine this
photograph of the decedent's head.

It shows the severe lacerations, the
head injury, and the tiny slivers of

Would you please explain?

Well, the decedent was struck on the
head by an instrument that was

in some way with glass.

At first, it was believed to be from the
windshield.

but then we found it was not.

I show you this flashlight and ask if
you can identify it.

Yes, sir, it is marked.

Could the head injury have been
administered with this?

Yes, sir, it could.

The lens glass matched the slivers found
in the head wound.

I ask this photograph be marked as
state's exhibit number one and this

flashlight as state's exhibit number
two.

Mr. Mason?

No objection.

Now, doctor, did your autopsy reveal
when this blow was struck?

That is, in relation to death.

Well, it was struck prior to death. It
caused unconsciousness.

That would eliminate the possibility of
suicide, would it not, Doctor? Yes, sir.

It would have been impossible for
Decedent to inflict that flashlight

himself and then have driven the car
over the cliff.

Thank you.

Now, the fragments of glass found in the
Decedent's hair and scalp were found to

match the fragments of glass from this
flashlight.

And you then had laboratory tests made
of the blood and hair found on the

flashlight. Yes, the blood is the same
type as the decedent.

And the hair is the same type in
appearance and structure as the

Now, did you have this flashlight tested
for fingerprints?

The only clear and identifiable prints
were those of the deceased and of the

defendant.

Did you have a fingerprint examination
made of the interior of the decedent's

car? Yes, sir. We found several of the
defendant's prints.

What else did you find in the decedent's
car, Lieutenant?

Well, in a waste container, yes, sir.

Cleansing tissue smeared with lipstick.

Now, I show you this lipstick, and I ask
if you can identify it.

Yes, sir.

This was found in the defendant's
handbag at the time of the arrest.

Did you have a comparison test made
between this lipstick and this lipstick

smeared tissue?

Yes. We tested the make, the
composition, and the color.

They were the same, all right.

I ask these items be placed in evidence
as follows. Lipstick A and tissue B as

states exhibits 7 and 8.

Now, where do you live, Mr. Gracie?

11205 Sunset Canyon Lane.

Do you know the defendant, Donna Ross?

Oh, yes. She lives down the road from
me.

And did you know the deceased, David
Carpenter?

The pianist fellow?

Sure. And his wife, too. They used to
come to visit Miss Ross.

Did you ever see Mr.

Carpenter visit Miss Ross alone?

Oh, yes. Most of the time, he was
teaching her.

Now, Mr. Gracie, would you describe what
you saw on the afternoon of Thursday,

August the 5th?

Well, Mr. Carpenter, he came to see Miss
Ross.

Go on, Mr. Gracie.

Well, from my house, usually, I hear the
piano practicing from Miss Ross'

cottage. It's really wonderful.

Even the exercises and scales.

Did you hear this piano on the afternoon
of Thursday, August the 5th?

No, sir.

And what did you do, Mr. Gracie?

Well, after a little while, I went down
to say hello.

Go on.

There's nothing to go on about.

Before I got there, I saw Mr.

Carpenter's car driving off, and Miss
Ross crying, looking after him.

Then she ran to her car, got in, and
drove off after Mr. Carpenter.

Thank you, Mr. Gracie.

Cross -examine.

Mr. Gracie, did you observe anyone else
visiting Miss Ross on the afternoon of

Thursday, August 5th? Oh, no, sir.

Could someone have paid her a visit
without your being aware of it?

Yes, I don't keep that strict a lookout.

Now, did you recognize Mr. David
Carpenter as his car was driving away?

Recognize him?

Oh, I guess so.

Well, your words were that you...

You saw Mr. Carpenter's car driving off,
but you did not say Mr. Carpenter was

driving it.

Well, you know, I don't recollect seeing
him, just the car disappearing.

Thank you, Mr. Gracie.

That'll be all.

How long did your husband tutor the
defendant, Mrs. Carpenter?

For more than three years, since her
parents died.

Now, was there ever any hint or
suggestion that this teacher -pupil

changed during the last six months?

No. Now, Mrs. Carpenter is a hostile
witness. You still must answer to the

of your ability.

That's what I've been doing.

Then did your husband ever speak of Miss
Ross in a romantic way?

Now, perhaps suggest that she'd grown
into a very lovely woman.

That would be a hint or a suggestion.

No.

Were there many occasions when they were
alone in Miss Ross's cottage?

Only while she practiced.

Nights? No. Never? No, no, never. Not
alone.

Perhaps they kept secrets from you, Mrs.
Carpenter.

I show you this diamond bracelet.

Do you recognize it?

No. You never saw it before?

No. It was purchased by your husband
just three days prior to his death.

Oh, yes, now I remember.

He said he was going to get me one for
my birthday.

Your birthday is April of next year,
Mrs. Carpenter.

I mean my anniversary.

Six months ago?

Now come, Mrs. Carpenter, did your
husband tell you he intended to give

you? Yes, yes, of course he did.

Then why was it found in the cottage of
the defendant, Miss Donna Ross?

Your Honor, I ask this bracelet be
placed in evidence as State's Exhibit

17.

Mr. Mason?

Uh, no objection, Your Honor. And I
would like a transcript of this

testimony for future study. I have no
more questions.

Mr. Mason?

No questions.

Call Andrew Collis.

Now, Mr. Collis, what was the state of
Mr.

Carpenter's finances on the first of
this year?

His bank balance was close to $80 ,000.

As his business manager, would you
please tell the jury what happened to

this balance to shrink to $900?

Well, several things happened. What, Mr.
Collins?

Well, there was a car.

Oh, what car?

Miss Ross's new car. He bought it for
her.

Anything else?

The cottage.

Oh, what about the cottage?

He bought that outright for her.

He put that in her name?

Yes.

I see. Anything else?

Well, there was the $500 a month
allowance.

I see.

Now, what about that bracelet? Did he
say for whom he bought that?

No. Well, didn't you ask him?

Yes, I asked him if he'd bought it for
Anita.

His wife. And what did he say?

He didn't say he'd bought it for her.

Thank you.

Cross -examine.

Mr. Collins.

When did the subject of the bracelet
come up?

That afternoon, Thursday, in his office.

And the time?

Around 3 .30.

What else did you discuss at that time?

His finances and Donna.

And whether he would allow her to accept
a commercial engagement at Lake Tahoe?

Yes.

And what was your position in that
discussion?

That the money would be most welcome.

His position?

That she should continue with her
concert training.

Mr. Collins, when did you become David
Carpenter's business manager?

More than ten years ago.

Was he married at that time? No.

Did you know Mrs. Carpenter before they
were married?

Yes.

Now, isn't it true that without the
possibility of Donna Ross taking up the

financial slack, you would be without a
job?

Well, Mr. Collins?

Well, I guess you might say I would be.

There was nothing left to manage.

Now, Mr. Collins, did you speak with
David Carpenter's doctor about 3 o

the afternoon of Thursday, August 5th?
Yes, I did.

And he told you that a consultation of
doctors confirmed the diagnosis that

David would never play the concert piano
again?

Yes.

Now, did you give that information to
David Carpenter?

Yes.

After you left David Carpenter's office
that afternoon, where did you go?

I had some account work to do. I went
back to my own office.

Can your secretary corroborate that?

I don't have any secretary. I don't see
what that... I suggest, Mr. Collis...

that you did not go to your office that
afternoon.

I suggest that instead you went to see
Anita Carpenter and told her about

David's hand.

I didn't see her until later that night,
where David's body was found.

Are you in love with Anita Carpenter,
Mr. Collis?

What?

I said, are you in love with Anita
Carpenter? Haven't you been in love with

for years?

Objection, Your Honor. The question is
incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial.

And it's improper. It's not related to
direct examination.

I'll withdraw the question.

I'm finished with the witness.

The court is recessed until 1 .30 this
afternoon.

And I would remind the jury that it is
their duty not to converse with or to be

addressed by any other person on any
subject of this trial.

Do you ever feel like your life is
spinning out of hand?

And now I think you understand why you
should have told me what happened

you and David instead of letting me
guess.

Yes. Well, I'd like not to do any more
guessing.

It's almost all been told in the
courtroom.

The gifts?

I didn't want them.

What about the bracelet?

He left it on the mantel without telling
me.

I didn't even know he'd left it there
until the police found it later.

The flashlight, the fingerprints?

I've used his car so many times. And the
flashlight, too.

And the tissue with the lipstick smeared
on it?

He kissed me.

He made advances to you and you rejected
him.

I didn't know how to handle it, Mr.
Mason.

I idolized him.

He was always David Carpenter.

A wonderful man.

What do you do when suddenly you find
that someone's thinking of you in a

In a way... You became frightened.

And so lost.

So suddenly all muddled up.

I didn't know what to say to him.

He was such a sensitive man.

I couldn't hurt him.

And then I think he understood that I
didn't think of him that way.

I didn't love him that way.

Why the devil have you been holding all
this back, keeping it secret?

Because I didn't want to hurt Mrs.
Carpenter.

You didn't want what?

I didn't want to hurt Mrs.

Carpenter.

Then on the day you received this bona
fide offer from the Inn at Lake Tahoe,

you told the defendant about it.

That's right.

All right, go on, Mr. Sturgis.

Well, she didn't throw me out of her
house.

What do you mean?

Well, she knew what the score was with
David's bank account, and she

contemplated the idea of sacrificing her
art for the almighty bug without too

much strength.

She knew that David Carpenter's funds
were low.

Sure she did. It was no secret.

Now, did you also tell your partner, Mr.
Carpenter, about this offer?

Several times.

And his position?

Negative. Odd for odd's sake.

Then there was a definite point of
difference between Mr. Carpenter and

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Cross -examine.

Mr. Sturgis, did you also discuss the
Lake Tahoe offer with Mrs. Carpenter?

I may have.

Did you?

Yes.

What was her feeling in the matter?

She really didn't know.

Didn't she tell you she believed that
Miss Ross should keep on with her

studies?

Yes, I guess she did say that.

What was your response to that?

Objection, Your Honor. The question is
incompetent, immaterial, and irrelevant,

and improper.

It goes into matters not part of direct
examination.

Mr. Mason, you are going rather far
afield.

I intend to connect up all these
matters, Your Honor.

On your assurance that you will connect
them up, I will overrule the objection.

Oh, I'll be blunt, Mr. Sturgis.

Did you threaten Mrs. Carpenter in any
way when she told you that she was

against Miss Ross accepting the Lake
Tahoe offer?

No.

What do you mean, threaten?

Do you know a man by the name of George
Worthington?

Yes. Did you hire Mr. Worthington to
make a statement to the police?

Yes.

Will you please tell this jury exactly
what you said to him?

I... Well, it was after David died I
told Worthington to make up a story to

the facts so it would look like murder.

Why did you want it to look like murder?

Your Honor!

Never mind, Counselor. I want to hear
this now.

Well, Mr. Sturgis, why did you want it
to look like murder, not suicide?

Well, there was an insurance policy. It
would pay off for murder or accident.

But not suicide.

She shared in it, too. Anita.

Mrs. Carpenter.

Yes. Let's get back to Mrs. Carpenter.

Didn't you threaten her by saying you
would accuse her of telling George

Worthington exactly how the murder or
accident took place?

And what you wanted for your silence was
the managerial contract for Donna Roth?

No. That's not true. You did not want
the managerial contract.

That's true, but I did not. You did not
stand to gain through David Carpenter's

death.

No, you're twisting. Wasn't it you who
told George Worthington exactly how that

car went over the cliff?

No, no.

Your Honor, I ask the court's
indulgence. I know this is unusual

I would now like to cross -examine Anita
Carpenter.

Mr. Chamberlain?

Your Honor, counsel was offered
opportunity to cross -examine Mrs.

the proper time.

I don't see why procedure should be
violated in this way.

Is this part of the connecting -up
process, too, Mr. Mason?

It is, Your Honor.

Then I will permit you to continue.

Mrs. Carpenter, at the stand, please.

You may step down.

are still under oath.

I'm going to ask you, Mrs. Carpenter, if
the sum and substance of my charges

against Eric Sturgis is correct. He was
trying to blackmail you, was he not?

Yes. Now about Andrew Collins.

He also wanted to manage Miss Ross, did
he not?

Well, yes, but I don't understand.

You see, he never tried to force me into
anything.

But he wouldn't. He's in love with you,
isn't he?

Sorry, Mr. Mason, I don't know.

He never said a word to me about that,
but then, of course, he wouldn't. Of

course.

Mrs. Carpenter, do you recall a
conversation in my office when you asked

defend Miss Ross?

Yes. I told you the time might come
when, in defending her, someone else

get hurt?

You did.

Where were you on the afternoon of the
murder, Mrs. Carpenter?

I was at home.

No, Mrs. Carpenter, you were not at
home.

Mr. Collis went to your home that
afternoon to tell you about the doctor's

consultation.

He didn't find you until later at the
scene of the murder.

I can't seem to recall.

Might have stepped out for a moment.

Much more than a moment, Mrs. Carpenter.

You went to the defendant's home, did
you not? You wanted to speak to her?

To Donna?

No, I didn't speak to her.

I didn't say you spoke to her.

I said you went there to see her. You
drove there.

Did you overhear your husband making
love to her?

No.

I suspected.

I didn't know until I found out here in
court.

And when he drove away, you went after
him?

I don't see how you can say such a
thing, Mr. Mason.

What you found out here in court was
that... Miss Ross also followed him in

car.

You must know by now that she saw you
stop your husband's car on the cliff

The reason she made no spirit of defense
was... I haven't said anything, Anita.

I haven't said anything.

No, Donna, no. Of course you haven't.

So it's up to you now, Mrs. Carpenter.

Sturgis told George Worthington to...

go to the police, but you were the one
who told Worthington exactly what to say

so his story would be more convincing.

Yes, that's true.

It's all true.

I did follow David when he left Donna's
cottage.

And when I stopped him, he said that he
wanted a divorce.

That he was in love with Donna even
though she wasn't in love with him.

That his life was finished and he didn't
want to live with me anymore.

I got angry.

I got so angry and so jealous that...
The flashlight was right there and I

grabbed it and I hit him and I hit him.

And then the blood came and he slumped
over the steering wheel.

But he got out of the car.

His hand must have hit the brake release
because... The car started to roll

forward.

I was out of the car. How could I stop
it?

I tried. I tried to reach the brake, but
I couldn't hold the car. It kept

rolling forward faster and faster.

How about poor Fred Wilson?

325500.

She was after me all the time I was in
custody.

She kept saying, Donna, let Mr.

Mason defend you.

She took a calculated risk, Donna.

What do you mean?

Well, she knew if you were found guilty,
she'd have to give herself up. So she

figured that she'd take the chance that
Perry could get you off and perhaps not

get on to the fact that she'd committed
the crime.

Oh.

What's going to happen to her now, Mr.
Mason?

Well, it's not premeditated murder, but
she'll still have to stand trial.

After that, it's up to the judge.

Now, what's going to happen to you?

Fidelity seems to be the theme in what's
happened.

So this is for you.

Fidelio?

When did you record it?

This morning.

It's only until I can afford to pay you
with money.

Oh, no, I'll accept this.

So you're going ahead with your plans
for concert work?

Yes, Mr. Mason.

You'll keep in touch with us?

Yes. Bye, darling.

Bye. Good luck.

Thank you.

Well, I wonder if she'll remember. What,
Paul?

To send us tickets to her first concert?

Della, remind her to send us four
tickets.

Four? There are only three of us.

Well, you should be able to find a
blonde music lover.

Where are you going, city boy?

35 at L, Plymouth, Minnesota.