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Captioning made possible by
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(mandelbaum)
We will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt...

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that he murdered her
in cold blood.

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...rich, sophisticated
man sits before you...

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we will further demonstrate
that leonard ashe...

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...a respectable man
ma

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don't...

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don't let him
get away with it.

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The people will
show that leonard ashe

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engaged marie willis
to spy on his wife

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from her vantage
point as an operator

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at thebagby answerstelephone
messaging service.

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(donovan)
Is it plausible that my client would

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kill a woman because she
refused to spy on his wife?

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No.

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...that when poor marie told
him that she could not go on

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and had decided to tell
his wife of his espionage,

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he murdered her
in cold blood.

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My client's wife is
a beautiful, famous woman.

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Leonard ashe would be
a fool not to be

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madly in love with her.

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It would be easy to portray this
murder as an act of passion,

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but he didnotkill
marie when she told him "no."

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He didn't raise his hand
in anger, he waited.

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In fact, when he found the body,
hecalled the police!

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...her back to him
at the switchboard,

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probably answering a call...
he came up behind her...

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the fact is that the state

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has not one single shred of
physical evidence to indicate

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that my client ever
touched marie willis!

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Let aLone, grabbed her and
choked her to death!

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And now, this rich,

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sophisticated man
sits before you

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arrogantly confident
that you won't convict him.

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Is that the behavior of
a cold-blooded killer?

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(Archie)
The ashe trial was the biggest in memory,

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and inspector cramer had
come to invite Wolfe

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to the festivities.

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An opportunity that
doesn't come

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phooey.

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Here's your subpoena
for the ashe trial.

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Want me to
read it out loud?

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You came all the way to
serve me this in person?

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Way to
you came all the way to serve you in person. In person?

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I wanna make sure you
understand the fine print.

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A sad commentary

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on the pusillanimous
nature of your dreams.

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And if you don't show up,
you'll be in contempt of court,

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and a bench warrant will
be issued for your arrest.

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And i'll send
the newest recruit

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on the force to come down here
and lead you away in cuffs.

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(laughing)

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Maybe this'll get
you out in the sun.

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Oh, here's one for you.

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(laughing)

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Is this a picture
of the deceased?

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Yes.

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What was your analysis
of the cause of death?

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Strangulation.

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The victim's windpipe was
crushed by an electrical wire,

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which was yanked back and
held taut around her neck,

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tight enough to slice through
the flesh of her neck.

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How Long did the murderer
have to hold it?

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Three to five minutes.

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Ad to hold her
dying, choking, for that Long?

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Yes.

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Your witness,
mr. Donovan.

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Were there any
fingerprints on the cord?

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Of course not.

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Any physical evidence of
any kind to connect my client

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to the body
of the victim?

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Not in my report.

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Thank you.

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Your honor, we would
like to move for dismissal.

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The state has not met
the evidentiary

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burden of proof
in a capital crime.

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We can establish
a clear motive, your honor.

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By his own admission,
he was there.

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This man was insanely jealous
of his wife, and this girl...

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(crowd gasping)

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(gavel pounding)

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I'll have order.

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Well, i'm so happy
you could join us

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today here for
the trial, mr. Wolfe.

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Yes, i'm only here because
i've been subpoenaed, sir.

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You are two
hours late.

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But i suppose we all should
be grateful for small favors.

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Would you care for us to repeat
all of the previous testimony?

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That won't be
necessary, your honor.

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I'm sure that we'll be able to
follow the course of the trial.

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Fine, then you won't
mind if we continue?

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I assure you, judge, that
i wish these proceedings to be

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concluded with as much dispatch
as justice will allow.

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That's very reassuring,
mr. Wolfe.

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Your motion is denied,
you may step down.

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Continue, mr. Mandelbaum.

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(man)
The state calls clyde bagby.

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Archie...

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why must i
submit to this?

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To testify
is an occupational hazardns

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if one hopes to collect
fees from clients.

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I had no client.

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Only because you turned
leonard ashe down when

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he asked you for help.

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That's the only reason,
otherwise, you'd have a clint.

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Confound it.

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(mandelbaum)
Could you describe it, please?

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Well, it's a telephone
answering service.

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And the way the office
on 69th street is set up

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is unusual,
is it not?

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Yes, it's
an apartment.

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On account of labor laws,
i can't have women working

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in an office building
past 2:00 a.m.

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And i give around-the-clock
service, so...

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right there on 69th street,
we have four girls

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living and working
in that apartment.

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Ecialized service!
Living and working in that apartment.

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Mr. Bagby,
look at the gentleman

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in the dark blue suit
sitting next to the officer.

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Do you know him?

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Sure, that's leonard ashe.

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He arranged
for a 24-hour

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service on his home phone,
paid a month in advance.

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And two days later,
he made contact

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with marie willis and
offered her $1,500 to do what?

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She told me ashe asked
her to listen in

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on any phone calls to his
apartment during the day,

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and then she was supposed to
call him at night and report.

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He gave her $500 and
promised another $1,000

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if she went aLong.

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Bagby...

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information she was supposed

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to report?

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Yes.

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She was supposed
to report on any,

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uh, extra-marital activity
on the part of his wife.

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And did she?

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She told him she wanted
to sleep on it,

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and then she
came to me.

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She said she knew she
should've turned him down,

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but she didn't wanna
make him sore.

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Miss willis
initially agreed then?

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Oh, yeah, till she
found out his wife

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was her idol,
robina keane.

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Marie studied acting
very seriously.

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In any case, you can confirm
that, on the night of her death,

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marie willis had an appointment
to meet with leonard ashe.

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I tried to talk
her out of it.

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I rode with
her in the taxi

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to ashe's office,
but i couldn't budge her.

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She wanted him to know that
she was gonna tell his wife.

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You didn't go up to ashe's
office with miss willis?

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I had to keep a dinner
date with a friend

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at a restaurant
on 52nd street.

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And not Long after i got home,
the police called to say that

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they found miss willis
murdered on 69th street.

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And they wanted me
to identify the body.

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Leonard ashe was
already there.

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He said a man phoned him with a
voice he didn't even recognize

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and said maybe if he could
meet him at the office,

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they could talk
some sense into marie.

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Ashe said when
he got there,

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the door to the office was
there just standing open.

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When he saw her,

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he leaned out a window
and yelled for the police.

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(donovan)
Your honor, how does the witness know this?

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(mandelbaum)
These facts were established by a police report...

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which way is
center street?

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We need a taxi, and
i need a word with you.

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It's preposterous.

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Yes, it is,
now let's go back inside.

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No, i mean
mr. Mandelbaum's thesis.

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And if ashe
is convicted,

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i will not be
a party to it

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you doubt ashe's guilt,
and you think your testimony

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will help tag him,
so you're scooting.

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Yes, something like that,
close enough.

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Well, not for me, and don't
give me guff that your finely

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honed sense of justice
is putting you to work.

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No, it's not what i like...
it's what i don't like.

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What?

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Being called as a witness
is one thing.

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Being used to
corroborate the testimony

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which i can't support
is another,

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but being forced to sit
on that confounded bench

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with a smelly woman
pressed against me!

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I do admit the woman
was smelly,

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but i have a fine nose
for these sort of things,

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and i can tell you, it was
trousseau's passion flower

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and it cost
$80 an ounce.

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Archie, it was smelly.

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Now, what are you gonna
do at 69th street?

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I don't know.

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Good.

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All right, now, since this
is, uh, the kind of errand

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you usually send me on

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and you're coming aLong
for the first time,

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why don't you
take the lead?

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Now, are we brush
peddlers or plumbers?

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Culous.

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I am mr. Wolfe and this is
my assistant, mr. Goodwin.

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We have just come
from the courthouse

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where leonard ashe
is being tried.

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We, uh... have been sent
to check on subpoenas

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that have been
served on witnesses.

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Have you been served?

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I, uh... no.

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Well, where
is miss hart?

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Where is miss velardi and
miss weltz, where are they?

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They were present
on the 15th.

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It had been weeks since

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those names had appeared
in the papers,

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but Wolfe's skull had
a filing system even better

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than saul panzer's.

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Aren't you Nero Wolfe,
the detective?

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Yes, you are
alice hart.

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Yes, what do you want?

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Information.

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We have no
information.

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Who sent you here?

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Autokinesis.

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There is a cardinal flaw in
the assumption that leonard ashe

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killed miss willis, and
it has made me curious.

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And when i am curious,
there is only one cure,

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the whole truth,
and i intend to find it.

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Take my board,
will you, pearl?

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Miss weltz has
the day off,

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but miss velardi
and i can see you.

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We'll go to my room.

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Well, well, well.

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I'm no art critic, but is
that not a Vincent Van Gogh?

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What's the flaw?

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I'm the inquisitor,
miss Hart, not you!

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Where did you
get that piece?

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That's none of
your business.

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It most certainly is not.

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But i will tell you
that there will be

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no limit to my
impertinence with you.

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If you refuse to tell
me where you got it,

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i'll put a man on it,

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a competent man,
and he'll find out.

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What does it matter
where i got the picture?

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Probably nothing
about you matters.

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But the fact is that
the picture is a treasure,

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and this is an odd
address for it.

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Do you own it?

247
00:11:53,112 --> 00:11:54,336
Yes.

248
00:11:54,336 --> 00:11:54,847
What is your salary?

249
00:11:55,281 --> 00:11:56,582
$80 a week.

250
00:11:57,016 --> 00:11:58,317
Hardly enough for
your extravagance.

251
00:11:58,751 --> 00:12:00,486
An inheritance?
Alimony?

252
00:12:00,486 --> 00:12:01,787
I have never married.

253
00:12:01,787 --> 00:12:03,089
I'm not surprised.

254
00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:04,824
I had some savings,
and i wanted it.

255
00:12:04,824 --> 00:12:06,125
I wanted it.

256
00:12:06,125 --> 00:12:09,161
If you save for 15 years,
you've a right to something.

257
00:12:09,161 --> 00:12:10,463
Yes, you most
certainly do.

258
00:12:10,463 --> 00:12:13,065
Where were you the night
marie willis was killed?

259
00:12:13,499 --> 00:12:13,933
Out in jersey,

260
00:12:13,933 --> 00:12:16,535
in a car with
bella velardi.

261
00:12:16,535 --> 00:12:18,270
To get cooled off,
it was a hot niht.

262
00:12:18,270 --> 00:12:20,005
We got back
after midnight.

263
00:12:20,005 --> 00:12:20,873
In your car?

264
00:12:20,873 --> 00:12:22,174
No.

265
00:12:22,174 --> 00:12:24,343
Helen weltz lent us hers,
she has ajaguar.

266
00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:25,211
(whis

267
00:12:25,211 --> 00:12:27,379
jaguar, huh?

268
00:12:27,379 --> 00:12:30,416
It's quite a pricey item,
what with taxes and extras.

269
00:12:30,850 --> 00:12:34,320
$4,000 would not cover it,
he couldn't fit into one.

270
00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,055
Has any client ever asked
you to listen in on calls

271
00:12:36,489 --> 00:12:36,922
on his number?

272
00:12:37,356 --> 00:12:38,224
Certainly not.

273
00:12:38,224 --> 00:12:40,826
Yes, were you aware of
marie willis's regard

274
00:12:40,826 --> 00:12:42,128
for robina keane?

275
00:12:42,561 --> 00:12:44,730
We all knew, marie did
imitations of her.

276
00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:47,333
When did she tell you of her
decision to tell robina keane

277
00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:49,935
that her husband was
planning to spy on her?

278
00:12:49,935 --> 00:12:50,803
I didn't say she had.

279
00:12:50,803 --> 00:12:52,538
Did you know
the boyfriend?

280
00:12:52,972 --> 00:12:54,273
Marie willis's boyfriend,
guy unger.

281
00:12:54,707 --> 00:12:55,574
Not very well.

282
00:12:55,574 --> 00:12:56,876
That's not
what i heard.

283
00:12:56,876 --> 00:12:57,743
What have you heard?

284
00:12:58,177 --> 00:12:59,044
You had dinner
with him twice.

285
00:12:59,478 --> 00:13:01,213
Guy took us to the theater,
and then to dinner, so?

286
00:13:01,647 --> 00:13:03,382
You mentioned before that
marie willis did an imitation

287
00:13:03,382 --> 00:13:05,117
of robina keane.

288
00:13:05,117 --> 00:13:07,720
It was her calling, she was
wasting her time in this dump.

289
00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,455
I've had enough of you.

290
00:13:09,889 --> 00:13:11,624
Bring on miss velardi.

291
00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:13,793
Her room is next door.

292
00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:15,961
Her room is next door.

293
00:13:15,961 --> 00:13:18,130
I guess she doesn't wanna leave
us aLone with the van gogh, eh?

294
00:13:18,130 --> 00:13:20,299
Look around.

295
00:13:25,504 --> 00:13:28,541
(clearing throat)

296
00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:30,276
Aha, well.

297
00:13:30,276 --> 00:13:32,878
She donates dough to
the cause of equine genetics.

298
00:13:33,312 --> 00:13:33,746
Meaning?

299
00:13:35,481 --> 00:13:36,348
Does she lo

300
00:13:36,348 --> 00:13:39,385
oh, she loses plenty,
she takes two house journals.

301
00:13:39,385 --> 00:13:42,421
Open the drawers, open as
many drawers as you can.

302
00:13:42,421 --> 00:13:45,457
I want her to see open
drawers when she comes in.

303
00:13:45,457 --> 00:13:49,795
I wanna see how much impudence
these creatures will tolerate.

304
00:13:56,302 --> 00:13:58,037
It's guy unger.

305
00:13:58,037 --> 00:14:00,206
Try to get
more of these.

306
00:14:00,206 --> 00:14:01,941
I was ready to meet
a yelp of indignation

307
00:14:01,941 --> 00:14:03,676
but didn't have to.

308
00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:06,278
It was a cinch
these phone operators

309
00:14:06,278 --> 00:14:09,315
had something on
their minds.

310
00:14:12,785 --> 00:14:14,954
Miss hart says you wanted
to ask me something?

311
00:14:14,954 --> 00:14:16,255
Yes.

312
00:14:16,255 --> 00:14:17,990
If i put three investigators
on the job of finding out

313
00:14:17,990 --> 00:14:19,725
how much money
you lost last year

314
00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:21,894
betting on horses, how Long
do you think it would take?

315
00:14:21,894 --> 00:14:26,665
I don't know.

316
00:14:27,099 --> 00:14:28,834
Why don't you just make
things very simple for me

317
00:14:28,834 --> 00:14:31,003
and just tell me,
how much have you lost?

318
00:14:31,003 --> 00:14:33,172
How do you know
i've lost anything?

319
00:14:33,172 --> 00:14:35,341
Archie, resume
your search.

320
00:14:35,341 --> 00:14:37,943
I'm sure she has records of
losses and gains somewhere.

321
00:14:37,943 --> 00:14:39,245
Look, mr. Wolfe...

322
00:14:39,245 --> 00:14:41,847
it's no secret that i like
to bet, but the amounts...

323
00:14:41,847 --> 00:14:45,317
it's different.

324
00:14:45,317 --> 00:14:48,354
I have friends who...

325
00:14:48,354 --> 00:14:50,089
well, they don't want people
to know, so they give me money

326
00:14:50,089 --> 00:14:51,390
to bet for them.

327
00:14:51,824 --> 00:14:54,426
Sometimes it's $100,
sometimes it's $200.

328
00:14:54,426 --> 00:14:57,029
I mean, i only
make $65 a week.

329
00:14:57,029 --> 00:14:57,897
At night, in
the summer weather,

330
00:14:58,330 --> 00:14:59,198
when one of you
is on duty,

331
00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:02,668
are the windows open?
Are the shades up?

332
00:15:02,668 --> 00:15:05,704
When it's hot, yeah.

333
00:15:05,704 --> 00:15:08,307
On the night of
july 15th...

334
00:15:08,307 --> 00:15:10,042
it was hot.

335
00:15:10,042 --> 00:15:10,910
Were the windows
open that night?

336
00:15:11,343 --> 00:15:12,211
I don't know.

337
00:15:12,211 --> 00:15:16,548
I was out in jersey in
a car with alice hart.

338
00:15:16,982 --> 00:15:19,585
To get cooled off, we didn't
get back until midnight.

339
00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:20,452
Well, that settles that.

340
00:15:20,452 --> 00:15:21,754
One woman could
conceivably lie,

341
00:15:22,187 --> 00:15:23,055
but two,
using the same words?

342
00:15:23,489 --> 00:15:25,658
If the windows were open
and the shades were up,

343
00:15:25,658 --> 00:15:28,260
would anyone in her senses
have killed marie willis

344
00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:30,863
so exposed to view?
What do you think?

345
00:15:30,863 --> 00:15:33,899
I don't think so.

346
00:15:33,899 --> 00:15:36,502
Then he or she must have drawn
the shades before proceeding.

347
00:15:36,502 --> 00:15:38,671
How could leonard ashe
have managed that

348
00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:40,839
without startling
marie willis?

349
00:15:41,273 --> 00:15:44,743
I don't know,
he may have...

350
00:15:45,177 --> 00:15:46,912
i don't know.

351
00:15:46,912 --> 00:15:48,213
When was this taken?

352
00:15:48,213 --> 00:15:49,949
You took that from my drawer,
what else did you take?

353
00:15:50,382 --> 00:15:52,117
Get out of here
and stay out!

354
00:15:52,117 --> 00:15:54,720
Come, Archie, there seems
to be a limit after all.

355
00:15:57,756 --> 00:15:59,491
Wait!

356
00:15:59,491 --> 00:16:01,660
Wait, mr. Wolfe, wait.

357
00:16:01,660 --> 00:16:03,829
Uh, i didn't mean to flare up
about the photo like that.

358
00:16:03,829 --> 00:16:06,432
It was taken two weeks ago,
two weeks ago last sunday.

359
00:16:06,432 --> 00:16:08,167
The other woman
is Helen weltz,

360
00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:10,336
and the man is guy unger.

361
00:16:10,336 --> 00:16:12,504
We were having a day together
on the beach, that's all.

362
00:16:12,504 --> 00:16:13,806
Guy and Helen
and ralph and me.

363
00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:16,408
Ralph is my boyfriend
and guy, well...

364
00:16:16,408 --> 00:16:22,915
when marie died, he kinda
took an interest in Helen.

365
00:16:22,915 --> 00:16:26,385
Look, i told marie
she was asking for it,

366
00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:28,120
talking to mr. Ashe
like she did.

367
00:16:28,554 --> 00:16:30,723
I told her she was asking
for it and she might get it,

368
00:16:30,723 --> 00:16:32,891
but she didn't listen,
she was so daddled

369
00:16:32,891 --> 00:16:36,362
about robina keane, well,
she didn't listen to anybody.

370
00:16:36,795 --> 00:16:38,097
Where is miss weltz?

371
00:16:38,530 --> 00:16:39,398
This is her day off.

372
00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:42,434
I know that!
Where is she?

373
00:16:42,434 --> 00:16:44,603
She's probably at the place
she rented up in westchester,

374
00:16:44,603 --> 00:16:47,206
near katonah, you want me
to phone and find out?

375
00:16:47,206 --> 00:16:49,808
Yes, if you would.

376
00:16:49,808 --> 00:16:51,543
We're taking
a taxi to katonah?

377
00:16:51,977 --> 00:16:55,014
No, we're going to pete's
garage for the car.

378
00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:55,881
(Archie)
I knew this was coming.

379
00:16:55,881 --> 00:16:57,616
Yes, sir,
i was expecting it.

380
00:16:57,616 --> 00:16:58,917
True genius at work.

381
00:16:58,917 --> 00:17:02,388
That's right, because to go
to katonah, you need to drive.

382
00:17:02,388 --> 00:17:04,123
To drive, you need a car,
to get a car, you have to

383
00:17:04,123 --> 00:17:05,424
go to pete's garage.

384
00:17:05,424 --> 00:17:06,291
And the garage is
so close to home,

385
00:17:06,725 --> 00:17:08,460
you might as well
stay and have lunch.

386
00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:10,195
Once inside, having
a delicious lunch,

387
00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:13,232
with the door safely bolted,
we could then discuss

388
00:17:13,232 --> 00:17:17,136
the insanity of
driving to katonah!

389
00:17:17,136 --> 00:17:18,871
Fritz... yes.

390
00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:23,208
If there are any callers, tell
them you have not heard from us.

391
00:17:23,642 --> 00:17:24,943
Ah.

392
00:17:24,943 --> 00:17:27,112
Oh...

393
00:17:27,546 --> 00:17:29,281
no, i don't know.

394
00:17:29,281 --> 00:17:30,582
No,
not at all!

395
00:17:30,582 --> 00:17:31,884
I don't know
about dinner.

396
00:17:32,317 --> 00:17:34,920
No, we can't be expected
until we arrive.

397
00:17:37,089 --> 00:17:38,824
There were four calls:

398
00:17:38,824 --> 00:17:41,860
Ficer
of the court, ur calls: From an of

399
00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:43,162
one from the district
attorney's office,

400
00:17:43,162 --> 00:17:46,198
and two from
inspector cramer.

401
00:17:46,198 --> 00:17:47,499
Sure you don't
wanna go home?

402
00:17:47,499 --> 00:17:49,668
Shut up.

403
00:17:51,403 --> 00:17:53,572
Yes, sir.

404
00:17:59,645 --> 00:18:00,946
In his own
comfortable chair,

405
00:18:00,946 --> 00:18:03,115
surrounded by books,
Wolfe can usually keep

406
00:18:03,115 --> 00:18:07,019
his genius under control,
but faced with a perfumed woman,

407
00:18:07,019 --> 00:18:09,188
he ran away,
and now he was stuck.

408
00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:10,923
He couldn't go back to court,
he couldn't go home,

409
00:18:11,356 --> 00:18:13,092
so he was headed into
the wilds of westchester county

410
00:18:13,525 --> 00:18:15,260
to talk to a woman
who might be

411
00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:19,598
as smelly as
the one he had run from.

412
00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:22,201
I turned off the rdriveway.

413
00:18:22,201 --> 00:18:25,671
And there Helen weltz's
jaguarsat.

414
00:18:30,442 --> 00:18:31,743
You're Archie Goodwin?

415
00:18:31,743 --> 00:18:33,045
Tz.
You're Archie Goodwin? Helen wel

416
00:18:33,045 --> 00:18:36,081
hello.

417
00:18:36,081 --> 00:18:38,684
Nero Wolfe,
it's really you.

418
00:18:38,684 --> 00:18:39,985
It's such
a pleasure.

419
00:18:39,985 --> 00:18:40,853
Yes, thank you.

420
00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:42,588
This is guy unger.

421
00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:43,889
Come, come this way.

422
00:18:44,323 --> 00:18:46,925
We're celebrating the last
gasp of autumn color.

423
00:18:46,925 --> 00:18:48,660
What can i get
you to drink?

424
00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:51,697
We have martinis
and martinis...

425
00:18:51,697 --> 00:18:52,998
and martinis.

426
00:18:52,998 --> 00:18:54,733
Or if you're cold,
i could get you a hot toddy.

427
00:18:54,733 --> 00:18:56,468
No, thank you.

428
00:18:56,468 --> 00:18:57,769
Oh, you sure?

429
00:18:57,769 --> 00:18:59,505
Otherwise, you came
all this way for nothing.

430
00:18:59,505 --> 00:19:00,806
I don't know anything.

431
00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:02,975
I was out on a boat
that day with mr. Unger.

432
00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:06,445
Ah, and when did
mr. Unger get here?

433
00:19:06,816 --> 00:19:08,180
?? Why, he just arrived...

434
00:19:08,180 --> 00:19:14,686
i'm just looking on,
that's all.

435
00:19:14,686 --> 00:19:15,988
Let me explain
more fully.

436
00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:16,855
When i spoke
to miss hart

437
00:19:17,289 --> 00:19:18,590
and miss velardi,
i was insufferable.

438
00:19:18,912 --> 00:19:21,627
They should have flouted me,
but they were afraid to,

439
00:19:21,627 --> 00:19:25,097
and i assume
that you know why.

440
00:19:25,097 --> 00:19:28,133
I also assume that after
i called, you phoned mr. Unger,

441
00:19:28,133 --> 00:19:31,603
and he was concerned enough
to get here before i arrived.

442
00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:32,905
Forget it.

443
00:19:32,905 --> 00:19:35,073
Miss weltz called me yesterday
to invite me out this afternoon.

444
00:19:35,073 --> 00:19:37,242
(laughing)

445
00:19:37,242 --> 00:19:38,977
Behave yourself, guy.

446
00:19:39,411 --> 00:19:41,580
Do you know what he said when i
told him Nero Wolfe was coming?

447
00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:42,881
No.

448
00:19:42,881 --> 00:19:44,616
He said, "he may
be famous for brains,

449
00:19:44,616 --> 00:19:47,219
but i'm going to make
him prove it."

450
00:19:47,219 --> 00:19:48,954
Something lit.

451
00:19:49,388 --> 00:19:52,424
I don't pretend to have
brains, i'm just scared.

452
00:19:52,424 --> 00:19:54,159
Scared of what,
miss weltz?

453
00:19:54,159 --> 00:19:57,196
Why, scared of you.

454
00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:59,364
Who wouldn't be scared,
if they knew Nero Wolfe

455
00:19:59,364 --> 00:20:01,533
was coming
to pump them?

456
00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:03,268
You have the alternative
of snubbing me,

457
00:20:03,702 --> 00:20:06,305
yet you suffer me, why?

458
00:20:06,738 --> 00:20:10,642
I didn't wanna miss the chance
to touch the great Nero Wolfe,

459
00:20:12,377 --> 00:20:14,980
now you have touched me,
yet you still

460
00:20:14,980 --> 00:20:18,016
i can't expect
to prove mr. Ashe innocent.

461
00:20:18,016 --> 00:20:19,751
The best i can hope for
is to establish

462
00:20:20,185 --> 00:20:23,222
reasonable doubt...
can you give it to me?

463
00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:24,957
(laughing)

464
00:20:25,390 --> 00:20:27,559
I'm sorry,
you're funny.

465
00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:29,294
The way they kept after us
and after us at

466
00:20:29,294 --> 00:20:32,331
the district attorney's office,
and you come in and expect

467
00:20:32,331 --> 00:20:35,367
to drag it out
of me in 20 minutes.

468
00:20:35,801 --> 00:20:37,102
You've had
enough, Helen.

469
00:20:37,536 --> 00:20:38,837
Take it easy.

470
00:20:38,837 --> 00:20:39,705
The most i expect,
miss weltz, is

471
00:20:40,138 --> 00:20:43,609
support for my belief that
you people share knowledge

472
00:20:43,609 --> 00:20:46,211
of something that you
don't want revealed.

473
00:20:46,211 --> 00:20:47,512
And you have
given me that.

474
00:20:47,512 --> 00:20:49,248
I haven't told
you anything.

475
00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:50,983
Nonsense, you're on
the edge of hysteria.

476
00:20:50,983 --> 00:20:52,284
I am not!

477
00:20:52,284 --> 00:20:55,320
Take it easy, Helen.

478
00:20:55,754 --> 00:20:57,489
What makes you
doubt his guilt?

479
00:20:57,489 --> 00:21:00,525
Divination,
contrariety.

480
00:21:00,525 --> 00:21:02,694
So you're shooting
this on spec.

481
00:21:02,694 --> 00:21:04,429
Do you regard
me as a suspect?

482
00:21:04,429 --> 00:21:05,731
Yes.

483
00:21:06,164 --> 00:21:10,502
Look, me and marie weren't
engaged or anything like that.

484
00:21:10,502 --> 00:21:12,237
We were just
having fun.

485
00:21:12,237 --> 00:21:13,972
A week before the murder,
i took her udson

486
00:21:14,406 --> 00:21:16,575
on my boat, but there
was nothing to it.

487
00:21:16,575 --> 00:21:18,744
What do you do,
mr. Unger?

488
00:21:18,744 --> 00:21:20,045
Oh, for god's sake.

489
00:21:20,045 --> 00:21:20,912
The papers were vague.

490
00:21:21,346 --> 00:21:23,515
Broker,
i believe it was?

491
00:21:23,515 --> 00:21:25,250
Have you handled
any transactions

492
00:21:25,250 --> 00:21:27,853
forbagby answers,
incorporated?

493
00:21:27,853 --> 00:21:31,757
What makes you ask that?
?

494
00:21:31,757 --> 00:21:34,359
Mr. Unger, do you suppose that
i would have made this excursion

495
00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,396
to a place called katonah
completely at random?

496
00:21:41,733 --> 00:21:43,902
What do you say you and
i take a little walk?

497
00:21:43,902 --> 00:21:45,637
I'd like to speak
with you privately.

498
00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:49,107
I do not like
conversing on my feet.

499
00:21:49,107 --> 00:21:50,842
Archie.

500
00:21:50,842 --> 00:21:56,481
Uh... let's go rake
some leaves, miss weltz.

501
00:22:00,819 --> 00:22:02,554
Well, sir, you wished
to speak to me?

502
00:22:02,554 --> 00:22:05,157
Suppose i offer you
some cash?

503
00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:08,193
Suppose i
offer you $5,000?

504
00:22:08,627 --> 00:22:10,796
$5,000 is
a handsome sum, sir.

505
00:22:10,796 --> 00:22:12,964
What would you expect
in exchange?

506
00:22:12,964 --> 00:22:15,133
And they said
you were smart.

507
00:22:15,133 --> 00:22:19,037
You know, this is far enough,
unless he uses a megaphone.

508
00:22:19,037 --> 00:22:22,941
I gotta stay in
plain sight, see.

509
00:22:22,941 --> 00:22:25,977
I admit he would be a maniac
if he tried to jump Wolfe,

510
00:22:26,411 --> 00:22:28,146
but, you know, when people
are involved in a murder,

511
00:22:28,146 --> 00:22:29,448
they do strange things.

512
00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:30,749
(laughing)

513
00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:32,050
He's not involved
in a murder.

514
00:22:32,050 --> 00:22:35,954
Yeah, but he will be, after
Wolfe gets through with him.

515
00:22:35,954 --> 00:22:38,990
(crying)

516
00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:42,894
Hey, hey... that's
no way to do it.

517
00:22:42,894 --> 00:22:46,365
Come on, open up
the valve, let it out.

518
00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:50,268
That's it, that's it,
let it out.

519
00:22:50,268 --> 00:22:52,871
Now, listen, you know,
if he thinks i upset you,

520
00:22:52,871 --> 00:22:55,040
he might fly off the handle,
come down here,

521
00:22:55,474 --> 00:22:58,510
and try to rescue you
or something, and...

522
00:22:58,510 --> 00:23:00,679
well, it'd give me
an excuse to plug him.

523
00:23:00,679 --> 00:23:02,414
All right, come on.

524
00:23:02,414 --> 00:23:08,053
Come on, come on,
there you are.

525
00:23:08,487 --> 00:23:11,089
My god, wouldn't it be wonderful
if you just put your arms

526
00:23:11,089 --> 00:23:15,427
around me and told me,
"it's all right, my darling.

527
00:23:15,427 --> 00:23:19,331
I'll take care of everything,
leave it to me."

528
00:23:19,331 --> 00:23:20,632
Oh...

529
00:23:20,632 --> 00:23:23,668
it's all right, my darling,
i'll take care of everything.

530
00:23:23,668 --> 00:23:26,705
Leave it to me.

531
00:23:26,705 --> 00:23:30,609
Now what?

532
00:23:30,609 --> 00:23:33,211
(sighing)

533
00:23:33,211 --> 00:23:35,814
Why didn't i
get me a man?

534
00:23:35,814 --> 00:23:40,064
I could've had a dozen, no,
i had to do it all by myself.

535
00:23:40,064 --> 00:23:44,923
And now here i am with
ajaguarand no man.

536
00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:47,959
How do you set
fire to a car?

537
00:23:47,959 --> 00:23:51,863
Well, you, uh, pour gasoline
all over it, you light a match,

538
00:23:51,863 --> 00:23:54,032
toss it, and
jump back real fast.

539
00:23:54,032 --> 00:23:59,237
You gotta be careful what you
tell the insurance company,

540
00:23:59,237 --> 00:24:02,274
is it just a bluff?

541
00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:04,443
Is he trying to scare
something out of me?

542
00:24:04,876 --> 00:24:07,045
No, no, not just.

543
00:24:07,045 --> 00:24:08,346
If he happens to scare
something out of you, fine.

544
00:24:08,346 --> 00:24:10,949
But he'll get it
out of you,

545
00:24:10,949 --> 00:24:13,118
even if he gets it
out the hard way.

546
00:24:13,118 --> 00:24:18,757
He will get it,
and you might get hurt.

547
00:24:18,757 --> 00:24:19,624
I'm already hurt.

548
00:24:20,058 --> 00:24:20,926
Quit stalling.

549
00:24:20,926 --> 00:24:23,094
Well, i never undertake
a job unless the client

550
00:24:23,094 --> 00:24:26,131
can specify
an objective.

551
00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:27,432
What do you say
i sweeten the pot?

552
00:24:27,432 --> 00:24:29,601
What do you say
to $10,000?

553
00:24:29,601 --> 00:24:32,204
Where can i find Nero Wolfe
around 9:00 in the city?

554
00:24:32,204 --> 00:24:34,372
I like money and, uh,
i require a lot of it

555
00:24:34,372 --> 00:24:37,312
to live as
i see fit.

556
00:24:40,011 --> 00:24:41,313
On account of unger?

557
00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:42,180
Yes.

558
00:24:42,180 --> 00:24:44,349
Helen!

559
00:24:47,385 --> 00:24:50,422
Uh, why don't we
head back here?

560
00:24:52,157 --> 00:24:53,458
Call Wolfe's house
when you're ready.

561
00:24:53,458 --> 00:24:55,627
Past midnight, 3 a.m.,
it doesn't matter.

562
00:24:56,061 --> 00:24:57,362
Are you gonna
tell him?

563
00:24:57,362 --> 00:24:58,663
A man named Fritz
will answer.

564
00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:01,266
Tell him you're the queen of
hearts, he'll know what to do.

565
00:25:01,266 --> 00:25:03,001
If you tell him,
i'm gonna deny it.

566
00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:03,869
You got that?
Queen of hearts.

567
00:25:04,302 --> 00:25:05,170
Now laugh.

568
00:25:05,604 --> 00:25:08,206
(laughing)

569
00:25:12,544 --> 00:25:13,411
We're finished.

570
00:25:13,845 --> 00:25:16,014
(clearing throat)

571
00:25:22,954 --> 00:25:25,123
(Wolfe)
I intend to appear in court tomorrow morning.

572
00:25:25,557 --> 00:25:27,292
(Archie)
Tomorrow... with what, for god's sake?

573
00:25:27,292 --> 00:25:28,159
Well, we can't go home.

574
00:25:28,159 --> 00:25:30,328
Inspector cramer will
have a man posted there.

575
00:25:30,328 --> 00:25:33,798
Is saul panzer's apartment
conveniently located?

576
00:25:33,798 --> 00:25:35,534
Saul only has
one bedroom.

577
00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:36,835
We should go to
lily rowan's penthouse.

578
00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:38,570
We'll manage at saul's.

579
00:25:38,570 --> 00:25:42,908
Perhaps we could stop at
dixie's on the way into town.

580
00:25:43,341 --> 00:25:45,076
By 8:00, Wolfe had put
away three orders

581
00:25:45,510 --> 00:25:47,679
of chili con carne
at a little dump in harlem,

582
00:25:47,679 --> 00:25:49,848
where a guy named dixie
knew how to make it.

583
00:25:49,848 --> 00:25:53,752
Chili is one of
the great peasant foods.

584
00:25:53,752 --> 00:25:55,921
It is one of the few
contributions

585
00:25:55,921 --> 00:25:57,656
america has to
world cuisine.

586
00:25:58,089 --> 00:26:00,692
Eaten with corn bread,
sweet onion, sour cream,

587
00:26:00,692 --> 00:26:05,897
it contains all five of
the elements deemed essential

588
00:26:05,897 --> 00:26:08,934
by the sages of the orient:
Sweet, sour, salty,

589
00:26:08,934 --> 00:26:11,970
pungent, and bitter.

590
00:26:11,970 --> 00:26:14,139
It begins...

591
00:26:14,139 --> 00:26:15,874
i spent the time phoning

592
00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:18,043
saul and Fritz and invested
an extra dime in Lon Cohen.

593
00:26:18,043 --> 00:26:19,344
Cohen.

594
00:26:19,344 --> 00:26:20,645
When he heard my voice,
he said:

595
00:26:20,645 --> 00:26:22,380
Where you calling
from, the slammer?

596
00:26:22,814 --> 00:26:25,417
No, no, i'm calling
to see if our absence

597
00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:26,718
has been noticed.

598
00:26:26,718 --> 00:26:28,887
Oh, yeah, the whole
town is in an uproar.

599
00:26:28,887 --> 00:26:31,489
A raging mob has torn
the courthouse down.

600
00:26:31,489 --> 00:26:33,224
Listen, we're running
a fairly good picture of Wolfe.

601
00:26:33,224 --> 00:26:35,393
But you, the picture of you,
you look old.

602
00:26:35,393 --> 00:26:36,695
You're not
gonna like it.

603
00:26:36,695 --> 00:26:37,996
Listen, what do you say
you come down to the studio...

604
00:26:37,996 --> 00:26:39,297
oh, yeah, yeah,
sure, glad to.

605
00:26:39,297 --> 00:26:40,599
No, see,
the thing is this.

606
00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:41,900
I need to settle a bet.

607
00:26:42,334 --> 00:26:45,370
Is there a warrant
out for us?

608
00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:47,973
Oh, yes, yeah, judge corbett
signed it right after lunch.

609
00:26:47,973 --> 00:26:49,274
Yeah, he wasn't kidding.

610
00:26:49,708 --> 00:26:52,310
Uh, come on, look,
i tell you what.

611
00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:54,913
I send a guy to you,
takes five minutes...

612
00:26:54,913 --> 00:26:57,515
much obliged,
but if i told

613
00:26:57,949 --> 00:26:59,684
and you'd have to take
your own picture.

614
00:26:59,684 --> 00:27:00,986
No, no, wait,
wait, would...

615
00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:03,154
(dial tone)

616
00:27:05,757 --> 00:27:07,492
(Wolfe)
The best of french cuisine, the good meat,

617
00:27:07,492 --> 00:27:10,528
chopped, not ground.

618
00:27:10,528 --> 00:27:12,263
Excuse me.

619
00:27:12,263 --> 00:27:14,866
But, but key to
dixie's success

620
00:27:14,866 --> 00:27:17,469
are the onions and the tomatoes,
which he owes to his grandmother

621
00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:19,638
who grows them on the south
side of the vacant lot

622
00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:23,108
behind his house
in full sun.

623
00:27:23,108 --> 00:27:24,843
There is a warrant, in
case you're interested,

624
00:27:24,843 --> 00:27:26,144
and i did not call
jimmy donovan,

625
00:27:26,144 --> 00:27:27,445
leonard ashe's attorney.

626
00:27:27,879 --> 00:27:28,747
Why not?

627
00:27:28,747 --> 00:27:30,048
Why not?
What could i say?

628
00:27:30,048 --> 00:27:31,349
That Nero Wolfe had
something urgent for him

629
00:27:31,349 --> 00:27:32,651
and leave
a telephone number?

630
00:27:33,084 --> 00:27:34,386
He's a sworn officer
of the court.

631
00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:35,687
He'd have to serve
the warrant on you,

632
00:27:35,687 --> 00:27:37,422
not to mention
the one on me.

633
00:27:37,422 --> 00:27:38,289
You're enjoying this.

634
00:27:38,289 --> 00:27:39,591
Like hell i am.

635
00:27:39,591 --> 00:27:42,193
I am a fugitive from justice,
hardly enjoying this, no.

636
00:27:42,193 --> 00:27:46,097
Phone saul, and... ask him if
he has heard from miss weltz.

637
00:27:46,097 --> 00:27:48,266
And then phone and see if
you can arrange a meeting

638
00:27:48,266 --> 00:27:51,736
for us to see
mrs. Leonard ashe.

639
00:27:51,736 --> 00:27:52,604
Oh!

640
00:27:52,604 --> 00:27:54,339
Oh, yeah, great,
oh, i see.

641
00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:56,074
I get the easy ones, you know,
i bet she's sitting there

642
00:27:56,508 --> 00:27:59,978
right now hoping a couple of
strange detectives drop in.

643
00:27:59,978 --> 00:28:01,279
That's what i think
she's hoping right now.

644
00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:03,014
Are we still pretending
to be from the court?

645
00:28:03,014 --> 00:28:04,749
Should i say that
we are judge Wolfe

646
00:28:04,749 --> 00:28:06,918
and judge
Goodwin calling?

647
00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:08,653
Is that what i should
say to her right now

648
00:28:08,653 --> 00:28:09,954
when i make the call?

649
00:28:09,954 --> 00:28:12,557
No, we are ourselves.

650
00:28:12,557 --> 00:28:14,726
I'm dead tired.

651
00:28:14,726 --> 00:28:17,762
I'm empty,
completely empty.

652
00:28:17,762 --> 00:28:19,931
Would you care
for tea?

653
00:28:19,931 --> 00:28:21,232
No, thank you.

654
00:28:21,232 --> 00:28:24,269
Muriel, just for me,
thank you.

655
00:28:24,269 --> 00:28:26,004
Your man said on the phone
that i would regret it

656
00:28:26,438 --> 00:28:29,040
for the rest of my life
if i didn't see you.

657
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,077
Will i?
Thank you.

658
00:28:32,077 --> 00:28:33,812
I'll be as brief
as possible.

659
00:28:33,812 --> 00:28:35,113
Good.

660
00:28:35,113 --> 00:28:37,716
I have information which may
not exculpate your husband,

661
00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:40,318
but should raise a reasonable
doubt in the mind of the jury.

662
00:28:40,318 --> 00:28:42,053
However, it would take
a proLonged investigation

663
00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:44,222
to get it in the form
of admissible evidence.

664
00:28:44,656 --> 00:28:48,993
I do so hate to
inform you of this,

665
00:28:48,993 --> 00:28:50,729
but the trial has already
been started, mr. Wolfe.

666
00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:52,897
I have in mind
a shortcut.

667
00:28:52,897 --> 00:28:57,669
Ke it, i must have
i have in mind a talk with your husband. Ta

668
00:28:58,103 --> 00:29:00,705
ahh, and how, pray tell,
will you manage to do that?

669
00:29:01,139 --> 00:29:02,006
You, madam.

670
00:29:02,006 --> 00:29:03,742
I?

671
00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:06,344
You... you have
a wide acquaintance,

672
00:29:06,344 --> 00:29:08,513
great personal charm.

673
00:29:08,513 --> 00:29:09,380
It would not
be too difficult

674
00:29:09,814 --> 00:29:11,549
for you to get permission
to have a talk

675
00:29:11,983 --> 00:29:13,718
with your husband
tomorrow morning.

676
00:29:13,718 --> 00:29:14,586
With you.

677
00:29:15,019 --> 00:29:16,321
I see.

678
00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:18,923
But what do you
wish to say?

679
00:29:18,923 --> 00:29:21,960
Is it about me?

680
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,129
I can tell you nothing
without compromising my plan.

681
00:29:24,129 --> 00:29:25,864
I see.

682
00:29:32,804 --> 00:29:35,406
Well, i suppose i have
nothing to lose.

683
00:29:35,406 --> 00:29:38,877
Nothing more to lose.

684
00:29:38,877 --> 00:29:41,045
But if
i do this...

685
00:29:41,045 --> 00:29:43,214
should i not tell
mr. Donovan?

686
00:29:43,214 --> 00:29:44,516
You must not.

687
00:29:44,516 --> 00:29:47,118
Orbid it,
he would prevent it. T only f

688
00:29:47,552 --> 00:29:53,191
this, madam,
is for you aLone.

689
00:29:53,191 --> 00:29:54,926
For me aLone?

690
00:29:54,926 --> 00:30:00,131
Yes, for me aLone.

691
00:30:00,131 --> 00:30:02,734
My god, it would be such
a relief to do something.

692
00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:06,638
Of course, i have made
the assumption that you...

693
00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:09,674
do not want your husband to
be convicted of murder.

694
00:30:10,108 --> 00:30:13,578
You do not have
to say that.

695
00:30:14,012 --> 00:30:17,048
My husband is not a fool,
but he acted like one.

696
00:30:17,048 --> 00:30:20,518
And i love
him very much.

697
00:30:20,518 --> 00:30:23,988
Where can i
reach you?

698
00:30:23,988 --> 00:30:26,591
Archie.

699
00:30:26,591 --> 00:30:28,760
(clearing throat)

700
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,061
I gave her saul's number.

701
00:30:30,061 --> 00:30:33,097
She went with us to the foyer,
but she wasn't there.

702
00:30:33,097 --> 00:30:34,833
Her mind was so glad
to have a job

703
00:30:35,266 --> 00:30:37,869
that it had
left us entirely.

704
00:30:37,869 --> 00:30:43,508
(knocking)

705
00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:48,279
Come in, come in,
come in.

706
00:30:48,713 --> 00:30:50,014
Saul.

707
00:30:50,014 --> 00:30:52,183
Archie.

708
00:30:54,786 --> 00:30:56,955
After circling
saul's block three times,

709
00:30:56,955 --> 00:30:59,123
we decided that cramer
had not had enough genius

710
00:30:59,123 --> 00:31:02,160
to post a man there,
and we went inside.

711
00:31:08,666 --> 00:31:11,269
A good room,
satisfactory.

712
00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:13,438
I congratulate you.

713
00:31:19,944 --> 00:31:21,679
Have, uh...

714
00:31:22,113 --> 00:31:22,981
have you heard
from Fritz?

715
00:31:22,981 --> 00:31:25,149
Has he called with
news of that woman?

716
00:31:25,149 --> 00:31:26,017
The queen of hearts,
no, sir.

717
00:31:26,017 --> 00:31:29,053
Uh... will you
have some beer?

718
00:31:29,053 --> 00:31:32,090
Indeed, indeed, i will,
if you please.

719
00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:44,235
In the next three hours,
saul served Wolfe

720
00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:48,573
seven bottles of beer, sturgeon,
p�t? Pickled mushrooms,

721
00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:52,477
tunisian meLon, and three
different kinds of cheese.

722
00:31:52,477 --> 00:31:53,778
This is
extraordinary.

723
00:31:53,778 --> 00:31:56,814
Mm, i couldn't have any more,
i can't eat another bite.

724
00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:08,092
Vermont cheddar.

725
00:32:12,864 --> 00:32:15,900
Gonzola.
Mont gor

726
00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:18,069
naturally, the first time
Wolfe ate under his roof,

727
00:32:18,503 --> 00:32:20,672
saul wanted to give
him good grub.

728
00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:25,009
Okay, but three kinds
of cheese was piling it on.

729
00:32:26,311 --> 00:32:28,479
Go.

730
00:32:34,986 --> 00:32:37,588
Should we call
it a draw?

731
00:32:37,588 --> 00:32:39,757
(phone ringing)

732
00:32:39,757 --> 00:32:44,529
This is jackson
4-3-1-0-9.

733
00:32:44,963 --> 00:32:48,866
Uh, yes, i recognize
the voice, where are you?

734
00:32:48,866 --> 00:32:51,469
In a booth at grand central,
i couldn't get rid of him.

735
00:32:51,903 --> 00:32:53,638
Okay, look, i will meet
you at the upper-level

736
00:32:53,952 --> 00:32:56,240
information booth
in five minutes.

737
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:57,108
Will you be there?

738
00:32:57,108 --> 00:32:58,368
Of course i will.

739
00:32:58,368 --> 00:32:59,711
Hurry!

740
00:32:59,711 --> 00:33:01,879
Helen weltz gave me
quite an earful.

741
00:33:01,879 --> 00:33:04,916
Next morning, it was
time to meet leonard ashe.

742
00:33:07,085 --> 00:33:08,820
I've brought
a visitor, darling.

743
00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:10,121
I don't wanna see
anybody but you.

744
00:33:10,121 --> 00:33:13,157
Mr. Wolfe.

745
00:33:13,157 --> 00:33:16,194
Mr. Ashe, i need
your attention.

746
00:33:16,194 --> 00:33:17,495
But isn't this
irregular?

747
00:33:17,495 --> 00:33:19,230
Please, just sit down.

748
00:33:23,568 --> 00:33:25,303
After listening to
the proceedings yesterday,

749
00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:27,472
it occurred to me that
a telephone answering

750
00:33:27,472 --> 00:33:29,640
service would provide
a singular opportunity

751
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:33,111
for scoundrelism,
like doctors, lawyers,

752
00:33:33,111 --> 00:33:37,448
and servants, they have access
to privileged information.

753
00:33:37,448 --> 00:33:40,485
Of course, that's exactly
why i thought of using them.

754
00:33:40,485 --> 00:33:42,653
It further occurred to
me that the opportunities

755
00:33:42,653 --> 00:33:45,690
to practice blackmail
on their clients

756
00:33:46,124 --> 00:33:47,425
would be limitless.

757
00:33:47,425 --> 00:33:48,726
Blackmail?

758
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:50,461
You mean
a criminal operation?

759
00:33:50,461 --> 00:33:52,196
I left the courtroom
specifically

760
00:33:52,196 --> 00:33:53,931
to view the offices
at 69th street.

761
00:33:53,931 --> 00:33:55,584
And concluded that

762
00:33:55,584 --> 00:33:57,835
possible
for one operatoratit would be im

763
00:33:57,835 --> 00:34:00,004
to eavesdrop
on her lines

764
00:34:00,004 --> 00:34:03,041
without the others
becoming aware of it.

765
00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:06,511
Therefore, ifbagby answers,
inc. Were to engage in

766
00:34:06,511 --> 00:34:07,378
a blackmail operation,

767
00:34:07,812 --> 00:34:10,848
it must be done collusively
or not at all.

768
00:34:10,848 --> 00:34:13,451
My lord... well,
that would explain

769
00:34:13,451 --> 00:34:15,620
why she didn't turn
me down outright.

770
00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:17,789
How does this
affect my case?

771
00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:19,524
But i still
don't understand

772
00:34:19,524 --> 00:34:21,259
how you mean to get it
before the jury.

773
00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:22,560
Please!
Don't interrupt again.

774
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,163
I have much to say,

775
00:34:25,596 --> 00:34:27,765
and there is little time
before court convenes.

776
00:34:27,765 --> 00:34:30,368
(man)
All rise.

777
00:34:30,802 --> 00:34:35,573
The honorable judge
corbett is presiding.

778
00:34:36,441 --> 00:34:38,176
Be seated.

779
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:43,815
Nero Wolfe.

780
00:34:43,815 --> 00:34:45,983
Is Nero Wolfe present?

781
00:34:45,983 --> 00:34:48,586
(whispering)

782
00:34:51,189 --> 00:34:53,791
Can you proceed?

783
00:34:53,791 --> 00:34:57,261
(crowd murmuring)

784
00:35:02,033 --> 00:35:03,768
(gavel banging)

785
00:35:04,202 --> 00:35:06,370
Mr. Wolfe, how kind
of you to join us.

786
00:35:06,370 --> 00:35:08,106
Are you gonna
stay this time?

787
00:35:08,106 --> 00:35:10,708
I will stay here until
i've completed my testimony.

788
00:35:10,708 --> 00:35:12,443
You knew you were
to testify yesterday.

789
00:35:12,443 --> 00:35:14,178
Why did you
leave then?

790
00:35:14,178 --> 00:35:17,215
I was impelled by a motive
that i thought imperative.

791
00:35:17,215 --> 00:35:21,119
If you want me to expound
upon it now, i shall do so.

792
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:23,721
But i would prefer to plead
the contempt charges later,

793
00:35:23,721 --> 00:35:25,890
if the court
would permit.

794
00:35:25,890 --> 00:35:28,059
I will still be here.

795
00:35:28,493 --> 00:35:30,228
Indeed you will,
you're under arrest.

796
00:35:30,228 --> 00:35:31,529
No, sir, i am not.

797
00:35:31,529 --> 00:35:33,264
You're not
under arrest?

798
00:35:33,264 --> 00:35:34,999
No, sir, i am
not under arrest.

799
00:35:35,328 --> 00:35:37,602
I have come here
voluntarily.

800
00:35:37,602 --> 00:35:38,903
Well, you are now.

801
00:35:38,903 --> 00:35:41,072
Officer, this man
is under arrest.

802
00:35:41,072 --> 00:35:44,976
But i will allow you to answer
the contempt charges later.

803
00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:47,145
Bailiff?

804
00:35:51,916 --> 00:35:54,085
(man)
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,

805
00:35:54,519 --> 00:35:55,820
and nothing but the truth,
so help you god?

806
00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:58,422
I do so affirm.

807
00:36:01,459 --> 00:36:03,194
Proceed,
mr. Mandelbaum.

808
00:36:03,194 --> 00:36:08,399
Well, mr. Wolfe, now that i
finally have you on the stand,

809
00:36:08,833 --> 00:36:10,134
i may have to keep
you until tomorrow.

810
00:36:10,134 --> 00:36:14,038
You have always been doggedly
thorough, mr. Mandelbaum.

811
00:36:14,038 --> 00:36:15,773
Have you ever met
the defendant in this case?

812
00:36:15,773 --> 00:36:17,942
Mr. Leonard ashe?
Yes.

813
00:36:18,376 --> 00:36:20,545
Under what circumstances
did you meet mr. Ashe?

814
00:36:20,545 --> 00:36:21,412
He said he wished
to hire me

815
00:36:21,846 --> 00:36:23,581
to learn the identity
of the phone operator

816
00:36:24,015 --> 00:36:25,750
who was assigned
to his phone

817
00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:29,220
and to propose to her
that she spy on his wife.

818
00:36:29,220 --> 00:36:31,389
Did he say why he wished
to make this arrangement?

819
00:36:31,389 --> 00:36:33,124
No, but i surmised...

820
00:36:33,558 --> 00:36:35,293
objection, your honor,
conclusion of the witness

821
00:36:35,293 --> 00:36:37,824
as to the intention
of the defendant.

822
00:36:37,824 --> 00:36:40,064
Just answer the question,
mr. Wolfe, yes or no.

823
00:36:40,064 --> 00:36:42,233
Did leonard ashe suggest
any inducement

824
00:36:42,233 --> 00:36:43,968
to marie willis to
participate in his scheme?

825
00:36:44,402 --> 00:36:49,173
No, he did not name an actual
sum, but he indicated...

826
00:36:49,173 --> 00:36:50,041
your honor!

827
00:36:50,474 --> 00:36:51,776
Not what he indicated,
what he said.

828
00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:53,945
Strike all of his answer,
except for the word "no."

829
00:36:53,945 --> 00:36:55,680
Your answer's no,
mr. Wolfe, yes or no?

830
00:36:56,113 --> 00:36:56,981
No.

831
00:36:57,415 --> 00:37:00,451
Did leonard ashe say
anything else to you?

832
00:37:05,656 --> 00:37:07,391
Mr. Wolfe?

833
00:37:07,391 --> 00:37:09,560
I would like to be sure
i understand the question.

834
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,163
Do you mean, what
aid that day,

835
00:37:12,163 --> 00:37:15,199
or on a later occasion?

836
00:37:15,199 --> 00:37:17,368
That day, of course.

837
00:37:20,404 --> 00:37:21,706
What other occasion?

838
00:37:21,706 --> 00:37:23,007
Are you asking me?

839
00:37:23,007 --> 00:37:24,308
In your deposition,
you swore you hadn't met

840
00:37:24,308 --> 00:37:26,477
leonard ashe before
or after july 13th.

841
00:37:26,911 --> 00:37:28,212
That was true then.

842
00:37:28,212 --> 00:37:29,513
We met again.

843
00:37:29,513 --> 00:37:30,815
When?

844
00:37:30,815 --> 00:37:32,550
In this building at half
past eight this morning.

845
00:37:32,984 --> 00:37:34,285
You met and spoke with
the defendant in this building

846
00:37:34,285 --> 00:37:36,454
at half past eight
this morning today?

847
00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:37,755
His wife arranged
to see him,

848
00:37:37,755 --> 00:37:39,924
and she allowed me
to accompany her.

849
00:37:40,358 --> 00:37:42,093
Was mr. Donovan,
the defense counsel, present?

850
00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:43,394
No, sir.

851
00:37:43,394 --> 00:37:44,695
Your honor, i would like to
state for the record

852
00:37:45,129 --> 00:37:46,430
that i knew
nothing of this.

853
00:37:46,430 --> 00:37:48,165
Don't you know that it's
a misdemeanor for a witness

854
00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:50,768
for the state to speak
with a defendant charged with a feLony?

855
00:37:50,768 --> 00:37:54,238
We didn't discuss
my testimony.

856
00:37:54,238 --> 00:37:56,841
Matters which i thought
would be of interest to him.

857
00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:59,877
What exactly did
you say, mr. Wolfe?

858
00:37:59,877 --> 00:38:01,612
The fat son of a gun
had put it over.

859
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:03,781
Having asked him directly,

860
00:38:03,781 --> 00:38:05,950
mandelbaum couldn't possibly
keep Wolfe's theories

861
00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:09,420
from the jury,
unless jimmy donovan was a sap.

862
00:38:09,854 --> 00:38:12,456
Do you wish to withdraw
the question, mr. Mandelbaum?

863
00:38:12,456 --> 00:38:13,758
Oh, no, no, no.

864
00:38:14,191 --> 00:38:16,794
I'm absolutely fascinated, you
didn't discuss your testimony.

865
00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:18,529
What did you discuss?

866
00:38:18,529 --> 00:38:20,192
I told him that i'd
left this courtroom

867
00:38:20,192 --> 00:38:23,734
to make the investigation
which the police should have

868
00:38:23,734 --> 00:38:25,903
undertaken had they not
been so enamored of

869
00:38:26,337 --> 00:38:28,072
the idea that
ashe was guilty.

870
00:38:28,072 --> 00:38:29,373
You are not answering
the question of

871
00:38:29,807 --> 00:38:31,108
your contempt charges.

872
00:38:31,542 --> 00:38:33,277
Did you say anything
relevant to this case?

873
00:38:33,277 --> 00:38:36,747
I detailed to him my suspicion
thatbagby answers...

874
00:38:36,747 --> 00:38:39,784
had been used as
a blackmailing operation.

875
00:38:39,784 --> 00:38:41,519
Surely, this is just
surmise, mr. Wolfe.

876
00:38:41,519 --> 00:38:43,254
Not at all.

877
00:38:43,254 --> 00:38:44,121
I told mr. Ashe that

878
00:38:44,121 --> 00:38:46,290
when i left the court
and visited there,

879
00:38:46,724 --> 00:38:48,025
the operators
atbagby answers

880
00:38:48,459 --> 00:38:52,797
tolerated my rudeness
beyond reason.

881
00:38:52,797 --> 00:38:54,532
I learned that their
personal expenditures

882
00:38:54,532 --> 00:38:56,267
far exceeded
their salaries.

883
00:38:56,267 --> 00:38:59,303
An associate of bagby's
offered me $5,000 for services

884
00:38:59,303 --> 00:39:01,472
which he would
not specify.

885
00:39:01,472 --> 00:39:05,376
When i declined his bribe,
he offered me ten.

886
00:39:05,376 --> 00:39:07,978
And most significant...
i told mr. Ashe that

887
00:39:08,412 --> 00:39:12,316
last night
Helen weltz phoned me.

888
00:39:12,316 --> 00:39:14,485
How Long did you
spend with mr. Ashe?

889
00:39:14,919 --> 00:39:15,786
A half an hour.

890
00:39:15,786 --> 00:39:17,088
Half an hour!

891
00:39:17,088 --> 00:39:18,389
I can say a lot
in half an hour.

892
00:39:18,389 --> 00:39:19,690
No doubt.

893
00:39:20,124 --> 00:39:21,859
The court's and the jury's time
can't be spent on irrelevancies.

894
00:39:22,293 --> 00:39:24,028
Did you make any
suggestions to mr. Ashe

895
00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:25,763
regarding his defense?

896
00:39:25,763 --> 00:39:26,630
No.

897
00:39:27,064 --> 00:39:28,366
Then why did you seek
the interview, mr. Wolfe?

898
00:39:28,799 --> 00:39:30,101
Were you seeking
employment?

899
00:39:30,101 --> 00:39:30,968
Your honor,
surely this is

900
00:39:31,402 --> 00:39:33,571
cross-examination,
and i object to it.

901
00:39:33,571 --> 00:39:35,306
The objection
is sustained.

902
00:39:35,306 --> 00:39:37,475
Mr. Mandelbaum, you know
the rules of evidence.

903
00:39:37,475 --> 00:39:40,511
Please examine
him upon the merits.

904
00:39:40,511 --> 00:39:43,547
Your honor, l...

905
00:39:45,282 --> 00:39:47,451
i have no more questions.

906
00:39:53,958 --> 00:39:56,560
Mr. Wolfe... why did
you seek an interview

907
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,176
this morning
with mr. Ashe?

908
00:39:58,176 --> 00:40:00,464
It occurred to me that
if i saw mr. Ashe,

909
00:40:00,464 --> 00:40:03,934
the fact would probably
be disclosed in the course

910
00:40:04,368 --> 00:40:06,537
of my examination
by mr. Mandelbaum.

911
00:40:06,537 --> 00:40:08,272
And if so, he would
almost certainly ask me

912
00:40:08,706 --> 00:40:10,441
what had been said.

913
00:40:10,441 --> 00:40:13,043
If he did not,
then you would,

914
00:40:13,043 --> 00:40:14,345
mr. Donovan.

915
00:40:14,345 --> 00:40:17,815
And i would be able to
make my case to the jury.

916
00:40:17,815 --> 00:40:21,285
Therefore, i sought an
interview with mr. Ashe.

917
00:40:21,285 --> 00:40:23,454
Objection,
your honor!

918
00:40:30,828 --> 00:40:33,431
(gavel pounding)
I'll have order.

919
00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:35,166
Continue, mr. Donovan.

920
00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:38,202
Mr. Wolfe, would you
please tell the jury...

921
00:40:38,202 --> 00:40:41,238
what you told mr. Ashe?

922
00:40:41,672 --> 00:40:46,877
I told him that Helen weltz
came to see me last night

923
00:40:46,877 --> 00:40:50,347
had been used as a blackmailing
operation for years.

924
00:40:50,781 --> 00:40:53,384
All of the switchboard
operators had been party to it,

925
00:40:53,818 --> 00:40:55,119
including marie willis.

926
00:40:55,119 --> 00:40:57,721
Their dean, alice hart,
collected the information.

927
00:40:57,721 --> 00:40:59,890
She gand unger,

928
00:40:59,890 --> 00:41:01,625
who used the personal
secrets she had culled

929
00:41:02,059 --> 00:41:03,794
to blackmail
their clients.

930
00:41:03,794 --> 00:41:06,397
Guard, that's alice hart
right there!

931
00:41:06,397 --> 00:41:08,566
No one is to
leave this room.

932
00:41:08,566 --> 00:41:11,602
Officer, detain these people
as material witnesses.

933
00:41:15,072 --> 00:41:18,108
(gavel pounding)

934
00:41:20,711 --> 00:41:22,446
Continue, mr. Wolfe.

935
00:41:22,446 --> 00:41:25,483
Your honor, is it necessary
for me to go on repeating

936
00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:28,953
the phrase, "i told him,
i told him"?

937
00:41:28,953 --> 00:41:31,555
Not if you confine yourself
strictly to what you said

938
00:41:31,555 --> 00:41:34,158
to mr. Ashe
this morning.

939
00:41:34,158 --> 00:41:35,459
I shall do so.

940
00:41:35,459 --> 00:41:39,797
As i was saying,
guy unger and clyde bagby

941
00:41:39,797 --> 00:41:42,399
gave the girls cash.

942
00:41:42,399 --> 00:41:43,701
In three years,

943
00:41:43,701 --> 00:41:45,870
miss weltz received
over $15,000.

944
00:41:46,303 --> 00:41:48,038
This is fascinating,
but earlier you alleged

945
00:41:48,038 --> 00:41:51,942
you could establish a reasonable
doubt of mr. Ashe's guilt.

946
00:41:51,942 --> 00:41:53,677
Yes, your honor, yes.

947
00:41:53,677 --> 00:41:55,846
According to miss weltz,
marie willis had been ordered

948
00:41:55,846 --> 00:41:59,316
by both unger and bagby
to accept ashe's proposal

949
00:41:59,316 --> 00:42:01,919
to spy on his wife,
and she had refused.

950
00:42:01,919 --> 00:42:03,220
She announced that
she would quit

951
00:42:03,654 --> 00:42:07,558
and tell mrs. Ashe everything,
making her an intolerable peril

952
00:42:07,558 --> 00:42:09,727
to the whole operation.

953
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:11,462
I believe this establishes
a clear motive for all of them

954
00:42:11,462 --> 00:42:14,932
and provides reasonable doubt
of mr. Ashe's guilt.

955
00:42:14,932 --> 00:42:16,667
Did you go on to
speculate as to

956
00:42:16,667 --> 00:42:19,703
a probable replacement
for mr. Ashe?

957
00:42:19,703 --> 00:42:22,306
Yes, the conditions of
the murder, the closed windows,

958
00:42:22,306 --> 00:42:24,041
the position
of the victim,

959
00:42:24,041 --> 00:42:28,812
made it likely that
the perpetrator was a coworker.

960
00:42:28,812 --> 00:42:30,548
I considered the most
promising candidate

961
00:42:30,981 --> 00:42:33,150
to be mr. Bagby.

962
00:42:33,150 --> 00:42:34,885
He has the most to lose.

963
00:42:34,885 --> 00:42:36,620
And all the others had
established alibis:

964
00:42:36,620 --> 00:42:40,958
At the beach,
on day trips, in cars.

965
00:42:40,958 --> 00:42:43,127
By his own testimony,
mr. Bagby dined not

966
00:42:43,127 --> 00:42:45,296
six blocks
from the office.

967
00:42:45,296 --> 00:42:46,597
That's a lie!

968
00:42:47,031 --> 00:42:47,898
I went home!

969
00:42:48,332 --> 00:42:49,199
,
he called mr. Ashe

970
00:42:49,199 --> 00:42:50,935
and enticed him
to the office

971
00:42:50,935 --> 00:42:52,670
to find the body.

972
00:42:53,103 --> 00:42:54,838
I leave the timetable
to the police.

973
00:42:54,838 --> 00:42:57,007
They are extremely
efficient with timetables.

974
00:42:57,007 --> 00:42:58,742
And now, your honor,
i would like to plead

975
00:42:58,742 --> 00:43:02,646
to the charge of
contempt, if i may.

976
00:43:02,646 --> 00:43:03,948
You may not.

977
00:43:03,948 --> 00:43:06,116
You know quite well you've
made that charge frivolous.

978
00:43:06,550 --> 00:43:07,851
It is dismissed.

979
00:43:10,454 --> 00:43:13,057
Yes, your honor,
no

980
00:43:13,057 --> 00:43:16,093
you may step down,
mr. Wolfe.

981
00:43:16,093 --> 00:43:19,129
Alice Hart, Bella Velardi,
Guy Unger, and Clyde Bagby

982
00:43:19,129 --> 00:43:22,166
will come forward.

983
00:43:22,166 --> 00:43:24,672
The rest of you will keep
your seats and preserve order.

984
00:43:25,202 --> 00:43:27,371
Mr. Donovan, i can't
thank you enough.

985
00:43:27,371 --> 00:43:29,974
(crowd cheering)

986
00:43:33,877 --> 00:43:35,613
Mr. Wolfe!

987
00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:37,781
Actresses always act,
but i admit that

988
00:43:37,781 --> 00:43:40,384
was probably unrehearsed,
and i thoroughly approved,

989
00:43:40,818 --> 00:43:42,553
wsince it indicated that,
and i the ashe familyoved,

990
00:43:42,987 --> 00:43:45,155
would prove to
be properly grateful.

991
00:43:45,155 --> 00:43:47,758
The thought may have occurred
to you, "that's nice,"

992
00:43:47,758 --> 00:43:49,927
but the real reason Wolfe
walked out was because he hated

993
00:43:49,927 --> 00:43:53,397
to sit against a perfumed
woman in a wooden bench.

994
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