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Subpack translation into English
Pavasman

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A "brown stone, on East 35th Street, Manhattan.

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Most people pass by without looking twice.

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This is Nero Wolfe's office.

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A man who thinks he is the greatest detective in the world.

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In reality, he is.

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Wolfe is punctual,
especially when it comes to meals.

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Breakfast at 8:00 in the room.

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Lunch at 12:30, dinner at 18:30.

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It also weighs one-seventh of a ton.

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Night.

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Good night.

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I went to the bank this afternoon.

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Oh.

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Want to know the news?

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You are discovered.

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But the bank has hope.

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I told them you expect a shipment.

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It smells great, Fritz.

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What is it?

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Starlings.

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Entregues nesta manh�.

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Fresh.

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Save?

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No, sir.

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What do you mean, "no sir"?

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I thought you preferred

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With saffron and tarragon.

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Take it back.

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Oh no, you don't understand.

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This is...

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You didn't consult me.

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Thinking about something like that without warning.

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One of my favorite dishes

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was radically changed.

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It's an unpleasant shock.

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It is possible that it is edible.

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But I'm not in the mood to risk it!

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Please get rid of this and bring it to me

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quatro ovos pochê e uma torrada!

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Fritz, I eat a little.

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Saffron, right?

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Mmm... really wonderful.

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surprisingly thin.

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Thank you, sir.

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And it's caramelized or something...

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What did you put here?

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This caramelization is a secret

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But I can reveal an ingredient for you

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Red currants.

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Red currants, of course.

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And did you like the saffron and tarragon?

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He doesn't know what he's missing.

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Thank you, sir.

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Coffee, please, Fritz.

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Quem ser�?

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Someone who doesn't know the rules.

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Wrong number.

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Guess again.

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You are Archie Goodwin.

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I have to see Nero Wolfe.

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What is your name?

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Pete.

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Pete.

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Do you have a nickname, Pete?

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Drossos.

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E deseja ver o Sr. Wolfe porqu�?

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I have a case.

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I'll tell you.

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Well... normally I would have run with the boy.

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Sure, Pete, please come in.

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But after Wolfe's childhood tape as Fritz,

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I thought it would do her good

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have another child to play with.

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This way.

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Archie, I will not be interrupted at the meal

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Do you call eggs a meal?

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This is Mr. Peter Drossos.

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He wants to consult you about a case.

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Eu �dizendo a ele que est� ocupado

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but I remembered how angry I was with Fritz

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because he didn't consult him

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and that's why I don't want you to get mad at Pete
because he also did not consult him.

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Sit down, Mr. Drossos.

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Dragging Wolfe is always a game.

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Turn a little more towards me, please.

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Thanks.

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Do you want to consult me?

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Yes, I have a case.

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I always welcome an affair

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but the timing is a bit unfortunate

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because Mr. Goodwin

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leaving tonight

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to watch an important billiards game.

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Of course now he will have to stay here

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to point out everything we say.

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Happily.

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Like I said, always a game.

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Okay, young Pete, shoot.

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Yes, I think that's right... he takes note

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but I have to be careful.

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This is strictly under the table.

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If you mean confidential, of course.

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So I'm going to spill it.

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It happened about an hour ago.

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It was on the corner of 35th and 9th.

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I work cleaning traffic lights.

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Sorry, what is "traffic light cleaning"?

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You know, when a car stops at the traffic lights

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you approach with a cloth
and starts cleaning the windshield.

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Either way, this Cadillac stops at the traffic lights.

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The window was closed so I couldn't hear

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but she moved her lips.

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Help! Call a police officer.

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A guy pointed a gun at his ribs

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and I have the license plate: Connecticut Y-Y-9-4-3-2.

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Can I see her, please?

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Excellent!

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So what do you think of this case?

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Well, it seems a little...

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misty.

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Okay, look, the car was a '52 dark gray Cadillac.

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The driver looked good.

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She had gold spider-shaped earrings.

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Spiders that come out that way; pure gold.

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Pure gold, huh?

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O.K., they looked like pure gold.

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Well, these people had money anyway.

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So I imagined that if he killed her

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and I identified him, I would receive a reward
for his hanging.

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But it was then that I decided I needed to see it because

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This case is too big for me.

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So I imagine 50-50. What do you say?

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Archie, do you have that license plate number?

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Call Mr. Cramer's office

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and give them that number.

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Tell them you have information that this car or its driver

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may be involved in a violation of the law

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in this city at the last minute

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and suggest a routine check-up.

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N�o seja mais concreto.

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Say that this information is not confirmed

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and that the investigation must be discreet.

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Wait, wait, wait.

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Quem � esse Sr. Cramer? A policeman?

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No. He's an inspector.

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You yourself suggested the possibility of homicide, Pete.

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If you hear a murder, there is a body.

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Se existe um corpo, dever�a ser encontrado.

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Until you are found, what does your case look like?

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We have no idea where to look for it.

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So we tricked the police into finding it for us.

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I use them often for this purpose.

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Archie, of course you won't mention Pete's name

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as he does not want to be identified.

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Call Cramer.

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I called Manhattan homicide.

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I couldn't talk to Cramer

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but I spoke to Detective Purley Stebbins.

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I told him everything about the case

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and of course, I did not reveal the source.

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Excellent.

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Now, your notebook.

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Sorry, what time is it?

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Yes, it's 4 to 8:00.

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I have to be home in 15 minutes.

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See you tomorrow.

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After that a game of pool seemed very boring.

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But... it was better to go.

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Sir.

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The following afternoon.

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Wolfe was having a beer hangover.

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He was trying to cut down to half a liter a day.

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And it wasn't going very well.

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See who it is and send him away.

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Well, of course I assumed it was Pete

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but it wasn't. It was Sergeant Purley Stebbins

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of the west Manhattan homicides.

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No one is there.

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Bullshit. I want to see Wolfe

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and you.

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Okay, this is me.

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I know that.

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Now take me to Wolfe.

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Last night he called me about a car.

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A dark gray Cadillac with Connecticut plates.

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I told him we had information... unconfirmed.

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That the car, the driver, the owner

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they were involved in something.

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I know that.

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What exactly was your information and where did you get it?

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You asked me that yesterday and I passed.
I keep passing.

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We don't want your informant to upset you.

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Bel, he will be.

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Now, who was it and what did you tell them?

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Nothing to do Purley.

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You know very well that this habit of yours is very bad.

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Now if anything happened that makes you wonder

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that we should tell who and what

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tell me what happened

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and we'll see if I agree.

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You know how reasonable I can be.

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It's a couple of hours ago

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a car stopped at a traffic light

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on the corner of 35th and 9th.

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A boy with a rag starts to clean the windshield.

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As he drives in front of the car

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he starts,

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runs over the boy

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and keeps walking.

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The driver was alone.

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A couple of people agree on the license plate:

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Connecticut, Y-Y-9-4-3-2.

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The same dark gray Cadillac,
the same car they called me yesterday.

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The boy died in the hospital

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shortly after the ambulance left him there.

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What was the boy's name?

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What does this have to do with?

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Just tell me your name.

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Drossos.

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Peter Drossos.

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Son of a bitch.

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Who, the boy?

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No.

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You tell me or does he tell me?

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I wish you luck Mr. Stebbins.

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This guy ate at my table yesterday.

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Yes? That's bad, huh?

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People have no business running over boys

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who ate at his table.

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May I help you, my lady?

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Does Nero Wolfe live here?

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Yes.

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Do you think I can see it?

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I won't be long.

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My name is Mrs. Anthea Drossos.

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Yes, Mrs. Drossos.

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Are you Nero Wolfe?

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I am.

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And this gentleman?

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Sergeant Stebbins, homicide.

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He's investigating his son's death.

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My son Pete wouldn't want me to tell this

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in front of a police officer.

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I'll be in the kitchen.

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Archie?

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Well, my lady...

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You know my son was murdered.

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Madam?

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I'm here, Pete.

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Go see Mr. Wolfe.

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Tell him what happened.

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We're almost at the hospital.

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The can where I keep the money.

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Give the money to Mr. Wolfe.

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Calm down, Pete, calm down.

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Ask him to find out...

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Ask him to find the man who ran me over.

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Ask him to find out.. Ask him to find out..

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Here's Pete's money.

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He won it himself.

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Do you understand?

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Yes I understand.

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Archie?

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This way.

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4.30 dollars.

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My most sincere congratulations.

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I deduce that after deducting taxes

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and the 10 cents for the call to Stebbins

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there will be enough left

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to put a swimming pool here or...

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Shut up!

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Are you going to give this back to him tomorrow?

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00:13:50,529 --> 00:13:52,351
I will not return it tomorrow or any other day

275
00:13:52,386 --> 00:13:52,914
You know this is impossible.

276
00:13:52,949 --> 00:13:54,398
Give it to the Red Cross!

277
00:13:54,433 --> 00:13:56,186
You give it to the Red Cross!

278
00:13:56,221 --> 00:13:57,904
If that woman returns

279
00:13:57,939 --> 00:13:59,203
and ask what the fate of Pete's money is

280
00:13:59,238 --> 00:14:00,506
I don't feel like answering Red Cross

281
00:14:00,541 --> 00:14:01,829
and I won't lie either.

282
00:14:01,864 --> 00:14:03,574
You brought him to this house!

283
00:14:03,609 --> 00:14:05,020
This is your home!

284
00:14:05,055 --> 00:14:07,012
You gave the boy cookies!

285
00:14:11,783 --> 00:14:13,085
You ate some of the cookies.

286
00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:14,837
What?

287
00:14:14,872 --> 00:14:16,364
Nothing.

288
00:14:16,399 --> 00:14:17,821
What?

289
00:14:17,856 --> 00:14:18,689
I didn't take out any cookies.

290
00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:20,458
I didn't take out a single cookie.

291
00:14:20,459 --> 00:14:21,760
You took two of them.

292
00:14:31,303 --> 00:14:32,569
Well you always said

293
00:14:32,604 --> 00:14:34,990
what matters is not making the money

294
00:14:35,025 --> 00:14:37,376
but feel that you deserve the money.

295
00:14:37,411 --> 00:14:39,111
So why don't we deserve our money?

296
00:14:39,146 --> 00:14:41,245
"Woman with Spider Earrings"

297
00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,316
"that on Tuesday, on the corner of 9th and 35th streets"

298
00:14:44,351 --> 00:14:47,477
"he silently asked a boy to call the police:"

299
00:14:47,512 --> 00:14:49,539
"please contact Nero Wolfe"

300
00:14:49,574 --> 00:14:52,089
"to the address in the phone book."

301
00:14:52,124 --> 00:14:54,032
It's out there enough to place an ad in the Mirror

302
00:14:54,067 --> 00:14:56,895
and if not, I'll still throw in a few dollars.

303
00:14:56,930 --> 00:14:59,064
I think that's brilliant.

304
00:14:59,498 --> 00:15:01,233
We're using Pete's money

305
00:15:01,268 --> 00:15:02,534
by Pete.

306
00:15:02,968 --> 00:15:05,065
And since there is no chance of someone "biting"

307
00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:06,438
you will not be exposed to any work.

308
00:15:06,473 --> 00:15:07,306
What are you saying?

309
00:15:08,513 --> 00:15:09,474
Very good.

310
00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:15,113
Tell Cohen it needs to be published in tonight's edition.

311
00:15:15,148 --> 00:15:16,415
Don't explain.

312
00:15:25,958 --> 00:15:27,015
It was almost dusk

313
00:15:27,050 --> 00:15:29,861
that the Mirror ad caught the first fish...

314
00:15:29,896 --> 00:15:31,163
our old friend, Inspector Cramer.

315
00:15:31,909 --> 00:15:33,332
Where is Wolfe?

316
00:15:33,765 --> 00:15:34,633
Inspector Cramer.

317
00:15:35,067 --> 00:15:36,980
I don't think he's waiting for you.

318
00:15:37,015 --> 00:15:37,903
Believe me not.

319
00:15:38,470 --> 00:15:39,404
Archie, this is a hoax.

320
00:15:39,838 --> 00:15:41,712
Why did you put that ad in the Mirror?

321
00:15:41,747 --> 00:15:42,961
I don't use "brassavolas"

322
00:15:42,996 --> 00:15:44,176
in trigeneric crosses.

323
00:15:45,477 --> 00:15:48,080
Now, your Archie notebook.

324
00:15:48,115 --> 00:15:49,615
Dear Mr. Jordan...

325
00:15:49,650 --> 00:15:50,817
I asked him why...

326
00:15:50,852 --> 00:15:52,732
Dear Mr. Jordan...

327
00:15:52,767 --> 00:15:53,250
in relation to orchids...

328
00:15:54,586 --> 00:15:55,453
You placed this ad

329
00:15:55,488 --> 00:15:56,286
on Mirror.

330
00:15:56,321 --> 00:15:57,622
...in performance...

331
00:15:57,657 --> 00:15:58,924
Damn it, Wolfe!

332
00:15:59,358 --> 00:16:01,999
Regarding Vanda Caerulea...

333
00:16:02,034 --> 00:16:04,129
I asked a civil question.

334
00:16:04,164 --> 00:16:05,395
Civilized?

335
00:16:05,430 --> 00:16:06,497
Civilize yourself.

336
00:16:06,532 --> 00:16:07,564
Do it your way.

337
00:16:07,599 --> 00:16:09,768
Do you know this woman with the spider earrings?

338
00:16:09,803 --> 00:16:10,601
Archie?

339
00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:11,503
I have no idea.

340
00:16:11,538 --> 00:16:12,371
Back to the letter.

341
00:16:12,406 --> 00:16:13,637
Yes, please.

342
00:16:13,672 --> 00:16:14,973
Please, let's get back to it.

343
00:16:15,008 --> 00:16:16,275
You're covering up something.

344
00:16:16,708 --> 00:16:17,576
Or someone.

345
00:16:18,010 --> 00:16:19,745
Have you ever heard of Matthew Birch?

346
00:16:19,780 --> 00:16:20,242
Yes.

347
00:16:20,277 --> 00:16:21,095
Oh, so you heard?

348
00:16:21,130 --> 00:16:21,913
Could you tell me

349
00:16:21,948 --> 00:16:23,180
when and where?

350
00:16:24,165 --> 00:16:25,167
It's in the newspapers.

351
00:16:25,937 --> 00:16:27,551
Here... as I mentioned.

352
00:16:27,552 --> 00:16:28,385
"The body of a man"

353
00:16:28,420 --> 00:16:30,155
"It was found last Tuesday night"

354
00:16:30,190 --> 00:16:31,860
"in a deserted alley"

355
00:16:31,895 --> 00:16:33,191
"near a street south of the pier."

356
00:16:33,226 --> 00:16:35,160
"It is thought he was hit by a car."

357
00:16:35,195 --> 00:16:38,198
Except news from newspapers and radios

358
00:16:38,233 --> 00:16:38,795
related to his death

359
00:16:38,830 --> 00:16:40,999
Have you ever seen or heard of him?

360
00:16:41,433 --> 00:16:42,200
Under that name?

361
00:16:42,235 --> 00:16:43,567
Under that or any other name!

362
00:16:43,602 --> 00:16:45,771
Not that I know of.

363
00:16:45,806 --> 00:16:46,603
Back off.

364
00:16:46,638 --> 00:16:48,373
Do you know how to spell?

365
00:16:48,408 --> 00:16:50,252
V- A-N-D-A C-E-R-U-L-A

366
00:16:50,287 --> 00:16:52,132
E-A.

367
00:16:52,167 --> 00:16:53,977
E-A?

368
00:16:54,012 --> 00:16:57,049
Do you have any reason to suspect or assume

369
00:16:57,084 --> 00:16:59,452
that the man found dead in the alley

370
00:16:59,487 --> 00:17:01,820
it was someone that no one had seen or heard of

371
00:17:01,855 --> 00:17:04,097
for whatever reason?

372
00:17:04,132 --> 00:17:06,092
Ah, that's better.

373
00:17:06,127 --> 00:17:07,877
This resolves the issue.

374
00:17:07,912 --> 00:17:09,420
The answer is no.

375
00:17:09,455 --> 00:17:10,894
I can ask a question?

376
00:17:10,929 --> 00:17:13,063
Do you have any reason to suppose or suspect

377
00:17:13,098 --> 00:17:15,267
that the answer should be yes?

378
00:17:15,302 --> 00:17:18,275
Well, here's the complication:

379
00:17:19,315 --> 00:17:22,641
the car that killed the boy was found on 186th Street

380
00:17:22,676 --> 00:17:24,810
with the Connecticut license plate still in place.

381
00:17:26,069 --> 00:17:28,280
The technicians worked on it all morning.

382
00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:31,750
They concluded that it was what killed the boy.

383
00:17:31,785 --> 00:17:33,919
Stuck under the car

384
00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:38,256
there was a piece of clothing the size
from a man's hand

385
00:17:38,291 --> 00:17:40,738
ripped from the lapel of a coat

386
00:17:40,773 --> 00:17:43,895
used by a man named Matthew Birch.

387
00:17:44,329 --> 00:17:46,064
So...

388
00:17:49,210 --> 00:17:53,872
The same car that killed the boy...

389
00:17:53,907 --> 00:17:56,041
ran over Matthew Birch.

390
00:17:57,022 --> 00:17:58,374
Do you agree?

391
00:17:58,409 --> 00:18:00,344
As a working hypothesis...

392
00:18:00,379 --> 00:18:02,114
That's the question!

393
00:18:02,149 --> 00:18:03,849
You are working on this. You placed that ad!

394
00:18:04,282 --> 00:18:07,753
I will admit that I am capable of "tanking" him...

395
00:18:08,186 --> 00:18:12,456
That on some occasions I deceived and deceived you, inspector

396
00:18:12,491 --> 00:18:16,727
but you know I hate an outright lie.

397
00:18:17,447 --> 00:18:19,607
I tell him. I don't have a client in this case.

398
00:18:20,332 --> 00:18:21,633
Now, I admit that the proof

399
00:18:21,668 --> 00:18:24,472
that the boy and Matthew Birch...

400
00:18:24,507 --> 00:18:25,258
Nero Wolfe's office.

401
00:18:25,293 --> 00:18:28,573
were killed by the same car is a complication
worthy of attention

402
00:18:29,007 --> 00:18:31,176
But that should simplify things for you.

403
00:18:31,211 --> 00:18:33,345
I even thought that registration was unnecessary.

404
00:18:33,380 --> 00:18:35,220
No doubt you can locate the car on your own.

405
00:18:35,255 --> 00:18:36,517
Yes, well, we did it.

406
00:18:36,552 --> 00:18:38,360
He was robbed four months ago in Baltimore.

407
00:18:38,395 --> 00:18:40,310
It was repainted twice.

408
00:18:44,092 --> 00:18:46,358
Well, that was, um...

409
00:18:46,393 --> 00:18:47,676
interesting.

410
00:18:47,711 --> 00:18:48,925
It was, uh...

411
00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,563
call related to

412
00:18:52,345 --> 00:18:53,697
the orchids.

413
00:18:53,732 --> 00:18:55,467
Thanks, Archie.

414
00:19:00,367 --> 00:19:01,505
O.K..

415
00:19:01,540 --> 00:19:04,716
You know, I never had any idea

416
00:19:04,751 --> 00:19:07,612
That you were such a rude liar, Wolfe.

417
00:19:08,046 --> 00:19:10,215
I had never imagined him as rude.

418
00:19:12,384 --> 00:19:14,553
No...

419
00:19:15,601 --> 00:19:17,155
Not rude.

420
00:19:20,833 --> 00:19:21,927
You're cool.

421
00:19:25,672 --> 00:19:27,765
Archie, I, I, I'm not satisfied with...

422
00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:28,433
Wait, wait, wait.

423
00:19:28,867 --> 00:19:29,734
The phone call.

424
00:19:29,769 --> 00:19:30,567
Hmm?

425
00:19:30,602 --> 00:19:32,302
Was

426
00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:34,471
to respond to the ad.

427
00:19:35,238 --> 00:19:36,675
She didn't say her name, uh...

428
00:19:37,976 --> 00:19:39,814
Uh, she set up an interview.

429
00:19:40,613 --> 00:19:41,845
It's lunch time.

430
00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,265
Uh, she scheduled an interview

431
00:19:44,300 --> 00:19:46,651
in 20 minutes...

432
00:19:49,598 --> 00:19:51,423
Archie, this is intolerable.

433
00:19:52,096 --> 00:19:53,158
So...

434
00:19:57,613 --> 00:19:59,881
Dear Mr. Jordan...

435
00:19:59,916 --> 00:20:01,397
"Dear Mr. Jordan..."

436
00:20:21,749 --> 00:20:22,576
Mr. Wolfe?

437
00:20:22,611 --> 00:20:24,150
No, I'm Archie Goodwin.

438
00:20:24,185 --> 00:20:25,690
Mr. Wolfe's assistant.

439
00:20:26,489 --> 00:20:27,859
Even in full.

440
00:20:30,462 --> 00:20:32,631
I tend to be punctual.

441
00:20:34,855 --> 00:20:36,066
What can I do for you, ma'am?

442
00:20:36,101 --> 00:20:38,486
This is a clipping of your ad.

443
00:20:38,521 --> 00:20:40,872
And that's a check made out to you for $500.

444
00:20:40,907 --> 00:20:42,607
Can I see it, please?

445
00:20:42,642 --> 00:20:43,874
Not yet.

446
00:20:43,909 --> 00:20:45,860
It has my name on it.

447
00:20:45,895 --> 00:20:47,777
Then I'll have to guess.

448
00:20:47,812 --> 00:20:51,716
I want to ask you some things
before telling him my name.

449
00:20:51,751 --> 00:20:52,983
What things?

450
00:20:53,763 --> 00:20:57,532
About the boy...
the boy I asked to call a police officer.

451
00:20:58,575 --> 00:20:59,946
I would like to see it.

452
00:20:59,981 --> 00:21:02,092
Can you arrange for me to see it?

453
00:21:03,457 --> 00:21:06,021
If you could just give me the name and address

454
00:21:06,056 --> 00:21:08,586
I think it would be enough for 500 dollars.

455
00:21:08,633 --> 00:21:09,900
Describe the boy.

456
00:21:10,687 --> 00:21:13,086
Describe the other occupants of the car.

457
00:21:13,121 --> 00:21:14,238
What time did this happen?

458
00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:15,356
What did the boy say?

459
00:21:15,391 --> 00:21:17,198
Exactly what did he do?

460
00:21:17,233 --> 00:21:18,575
Regarding your name

461
00:21:18,610 --> 00:21:20,465
This is no longer at your discretion.

462
00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:21,611
Mr. Goodwin kidnap

463
00:21:21,646 --> 00:21:23,815
your bag... it's force if necessary

464
00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:25,544
and examine its contents.

465
00:21:25,579 --> 00:21:27,285
If you complain, we're two to one.

466
00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,020
Sit down, lady!

467
00:21:32,618 --> 00:21:35,492
I like eyes on the same level.

468
00:21:35,527 --> 00:21:38,129
Sit down and we'll discuss this.

469
00:21:38,563 --> 00:21:40,298
But first, the name.

470
00:21:48,106 --> 00:21:50,058
My driving license.

471
00:21:50,746 --> 00:21:52,010
I'm Mrs. Laura Fromm.

472
00:21:52,045 --> 00:21:53,276
I'm alive.

473
00:21:53,311 --> 00:21:55,188
My residence in New York is...

474
00:21:55,223 --> 00:21:56,155
I noticed.

475
00:21:57,011 --> 00:21:58,237
Still maintain

476
00:21:58,272 --> 00:22:00,466
who was driving the car
and who asked the boy to call the police?

477
00:22:00,501 --> 00:22:02,310
I certainly maintain it.

478
00:22:02,345 --> 00:22:04,120
Then you're in trouble.

479
00:22:04,155 --> 00:22:06,031
The police want to question her

480
00:22:06,066 --> 00:22:08,059
about a murder

481
00:22:09,049 --> 00:22:11,371
Yesterday a car ran over the boy

482
00:22:11,406 --> 00:22:13,693
and killed him... intentionally

483
00:22:15,961 --> 00:22:17,631
What are you saying?

484
00:22:17,666 --> 00:22:19,302
It was the same car...

485
00:22:19,337 --> 00:22:21,941
The same one who admits to driving

486
00:22:21,976 --> 00:22:24,109
when he spoke to the boy.

487
00:22:24,542 --> 00:22:25,844
I don't believe it.

488
00:22:25,879 --> 00:22:27,110
But go.

489
00:22:27,145 --> 00:22:28,429
The police will explain to you

490
00:22:28,464 --> 00:22:29,713
How do they know it was the same car.

491
00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:31,916
There's no doubt about that, Mrs. Fromm.

492
00:22:31,951 --> 00:22:34,902
I'm not assuming I was driving the car

493
00:22:34,937 --> 00:22:37,520
who killed the boy but I tell you

494
00:22:37,555 --> 00:22:40,592
that the mere fact that she was drawn to me by the advertisement

495
00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:43,194
and having come "equipped" with these earrings

496
00:22:43,229 --> 00:22:44,894
says he put his foot in it.

497
00:22:44,929 --> 00:22:48,399
And if you lie that you were driving the car

498
00:22:48,434 --> 00:22:51,870
You will be fully qualified to be a brainless ass.

499
00:22:53,605 --> 00:22:55,340
I wasn't

500
00:22:56,207 --> 00:22:58,376
driving the car.

501
00:22:59,252 --> 00:23:00,545
It's better.

502
00:23:02,304 --> 00:23:04,814
Where were you on Tuesday afternoon between 6:30 and 7:00?

503
00:23:04,849 --> 00:23:06,149
In a work meeting

504
00:23:06,184 --> 00:23:08,787
for aid to European refugees.

505
00:23:08,822 --> 00:23:11,554
And the next day, Wednesday?

506
00:23:11,589 --> 00:23:12,222
Where have I been?

507
00:23:12,257 --> 00:23:14,214
At the same time... 6:30 to 7:00?

508
00:23:14,249 --> 00:23:15,317
What do you have?

509
00:23:18,277 --> 00:23:20,964
That's when he was run over and killed.

510
00:23:25,270 --> 00:23:27,872
I was having tea with a friend.

511
00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:29,758
Friend's name, please?

512
00:23:29,793 --> 00:23:31,450
The friend's name is Paul Kuffner...

513
00:23:31,485 --> 00:23:33,078
my editor.

514
00:23:44,355 --> 00:23:46,091
This is a check

515
00:23:46,524 --> 00:23:47,825
of 10,000 dollars.

516
00:23:49,064 --> 00:23:50,503
I see so.

517
00:23:50,538 --> 00:23:51,943
It's the entrance.

518
00:23:51,978 --> 00:23:52,597
For what?

519
00:23:53,031 --> 00:23:55,633
Looks like I'm going to need your expert advice

520
00:23:55,668 --> 00:23:56,952
and perhaps your help.

521
00:23:56,987 --> 00:23:58,201
Nonsense. Are you

522
00:23:58,236 --> 00:24:00,356
Pay me not to say anything to the police about your visit.

523
00:24:00,391 --> 00:24:02,825
I am Mrs. Damon Fromm.

524
00:24:02,860 --> 00:24:06,390
My husband left me a large fortune.

525
00:24:06,425 --> 00:24:09,885
I have position and responsibilities.

526
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:14,222
If I reported my visit to the police I would find a way

527
00:24:14,257 --> 00:24:16,419
to see the commissioner.

528
00:24:16,454 --> 00:24:20,792
So... if you came to my house tomorrow...

529
00:24:20,827 --> 00:24:23,394
I don't go to people's houses.

530
00:24:24,045 --> 00:24:25,962
Good.

531
00:24:25,997 --> 00:24:27,732
So I'll come here

532
00:24:27,767 --> 00:24:29,484
It's afternoon.

533
00:24:30,261 --> 00:24:31,487
Meanwhile

534
00:24:31,522 --> 00:24:34,672
you will not report my coming here.

535
00:24:37,275 --> 00:24:40,169
I want...

536
00:24:40,204 --> 00:24:42,707
I have to see someone.

537
00:24:43,348 --> 00:24:46,053
I have to try to figure something out.

538
00:24:46,088 --> 00:24:48,119
If I can't do it, you can inform the police.

539
00:24:48,154 --> 00:24:52,114
If I can, I'll need your advice

540
00:24:52,149 --> 00:24:54,830
and probably your help.

541
00:24:54,865 --> 00:24:57,345
That's what the 10,000 dollars are for.

542
00:24:57,380 --> 00:24:59,826
Archie, is she Mrs. Damon Fromm?

543
00:25:00,647 --> 00:25:01,531
I would say yes

544
00:25:01,566 --> 00:25:03,301
but I wouldn't sign under.

545
00:25:03,735 --> 00:25:06,083
Archie, go to Mr. Cohen's office and ask to see photos

546
00:25:06,118 --> 00:25:07,429
by Mrs. Damon Fromm.

547
00:25:07,464 --> 00:25:08,705
Call me from there.

548
00:25:08,740 --> 00:25:11,976
You will stay here with me.

549
00:25:12,410 --> 00:25:13,711
This is ridiculous.

550
00:25:14,145 --> 00:25:16,722
Without a doubt, but given the circumstances

551
00:25:16,757 --> 00:25:17,907
It is not irrational.

552
00:25:17,942 --> 00:25:19,611
Do you refuse?

553
00:25:19,646 --> 00:25:21,246
No. I deserve this.

554
00:25:21,281 --> 00:25:22,387
No need for Archie.

555
00:25:22,422 --> 00:25:24,087
You are Mrs. Fromm.

556
00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:26,689
Before leaving a caveat:

557
00:25:26,724 --> 00:25:29,977
my decision whether or not to accept your entry

558
00:25:30,012 --> 00:25:33,231
and working for you will be taken tomorrow.

559
00:25:33,266 --> 00:25:35,684
You're not my client yet.

560
00:25:35,719 --> 00:25:37,152
Understood.

561
00:25:37,187 --> 00:25:38,835
And a question:

562
00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:42,140
Do you know who the woman was?

563
00:25:42,175 --> 00:25:44,943
who was driving the car on Tuesday
and spoke to the boy?

564
00:25:44,978 --> 00:25:48,996
I won't answer that now because I can't.

565
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,015
I really don't know.

566
00:25:51,449 --> 00:25:52,317
But do you think you know?

567
00:25:52,352 --> 00:25:54,128
I won't answer that.

568
00:25:54,163 --> 00:25:55,353
Have you ever seen or heard

569
00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:57,322
a man named Matthew Birch?

570
00:25:57,357 --> 00:25:58,507
No. Why?

571
00:25:58,542 --> 00:26:00,161
A man with that name

572
00:26:00,196 --> 00:26:04,675
was run over and killed on Tuesday night

573
00:26:04,710 --> 00:26:07,932
and it was the same car that killed the boy on Wednesday.

574
00:26:08,366 --> 00:26:10,201
Like the car

575
00:26:10,236 --> 00:26:13,507
supposedly not cruel and evil

576
00:26:13,542 --> 00:26:16,778
someone associated with it has to be.

577
00:26:16,813 --> 00:26:19,175
I'm warning you

578
00:26:19,210 --> 00:26:21,379
so as not to be hasty...

579
00:26:21,414 --> 00:26:23,548
or even reckless.

580
00:26:26,730 --> 00:26:28,406
Mrs. Fromm extended her hand.

581
00:26:28,441 --> 00:26:31,155
Wolfe doesn't usually get up
when a woman enters or leaves

582
00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:31,754
but it was lunch time

583
00:26:31,789 --> 00:26:33,091
and the hand was in the way.

584
00:26:33,524 --> 00:26:35,260
I walked Mrs. Fromm to the door

585
00:26:35,295 --> 00:26:36,526
and spent the rest of the day

586
00:26:36,561 --> 00:26:38,730
to confirm whether the check was covered.

587
00:26:46,217 --> 00:26:48,556
That woman is 18 minutes late

588
00:26:48,591 --> 00:26:53,044
and I will not allow it to interfere with my lunch.

589
00:26:53,079 --> 00:26:55,213
She must have heard him.

590
00:26:59,984 --> 00:27:02,803
I am Denis Horan, lawyer.

591
00:27:02,838 --> 00:27:05,623
James Albert Maddox, also a lawyer.

592
00:27:05,658 --> 00:27:07,098
A terrible tragedy happened.

593
00:27:07,133 --> 00:27:09,093
We have to see Nero Wolfe.

594
00:27:10,395 --> 00:27:12,528
Mrs. Fromm's body was found at one o'clock

595
00:27:12,563 --> 00:27:15,600
Apparently she was hit by a car.

596
00:27:19,682 --> 00:27:21,673
Is that the reason you came to see me?

597
00:27:22,106 --> 00:27:24,186
Mrs. Fromm was an old friend and client.

598
00:27:24,221 --> 00:27:25,108
Not your client.

599
00:27:25,143 --> 00:27:25,872
I advised her.

600
00:27:25,907 --> 00:27:26,865
Badly.

601
00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:29,047
Maybe it would be better if each of you told me

602
00:27:29,082 --> 00:27:31,180
without interruption

603
00:27:31,215 --> 00:27:34,212
to what extent and with what authority

604
00:27:34,247 --> 00:27:34,920
represent Mrs. Fromm.

605
00:27:34,955 --> 00:27:37,118
I represent Ms. Fromm.

606
00:27:37,153 --> 00:27:37,687
Not you.

607
00:27:37,722 --> 00:27:39,900
My firm advises Ms. Fromm.

608
00:27:39,935 --> 00:27:40,290
I advise

609
00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:43,100
the association of European refugees.

610
00:27:43,135 --> 00:27:43,361
I am also

611
00:27:43,795 --> 00:27:45,530
executor of Mrs. Fromm's estate.

612
00:27:46,592 --> 00:27:47,230
And in that capacity Mr. Wolfe

613
00:27:47,265 --> 00:27:50,156
I formally ask you under what conditions

614
00:27:50,191 --> 00:27:51,096
and for what purpose

615
00:27:51,131 --> 00:27:54,205
Did she give you a check for $10,000?

616
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:55,940
I'd rather not tell them.

617
00:27:57,057 --> 00:27:58,222
Do you know the law, Mr. Wolfe?

618
00:27:58,257 --> 00:27:59,027
No.

619
00:27:59,062 --> 00:28:01,115
So I suggest you seek advice.

620
00:28:01,150 --> 00:28:03,764
I can force you to return this check

621
00:28:03,799 --> 00:28:05,105
unless you can prove

622
00:28:05,140 --> 00:28:07,218
that Mrs. Fromm received consideration for it.

623
00:28:07,253 --> 00:28:09,187
I can't. She didn't receive anything

624
00:28:09,222 --> 00:28:11,122
But I intend to earn that money.

625
00:28:11,157 --> 00:28:11,990
As?

626
00:28:12,423 --> 00:28:13,441
Assuring me

627
00:28:13,476 --> 00:28:15,893
that his murder is revealed and punished.

628
00:28:15,928 --> 00:28:17,195
This is ridiculous.

629
00:28:17,230 --> 00:28:18,930
We'll see.

630
00:28:20,231 --> 00:28:22,723
I will be correct, sir

631
00:28:22,758 --> 00:28:25,023
assuming you are not demanding me

632
00:28:25,058 --> 00:28:28,039
to return the money Mrs. Fromm paid me?

633
00:28:28,074 --> 00:28:29,305
That depends.

634
00:28:30,282 --> 00:28:31,040
Tell me under what conditions

635
00:28:31,075 --> 00:28:33,241
and for what purpose this check was written

636
00:28:33,276 --> 00:28:34,510
and I will consider the matter.

637
00:28:34,545 --> 00:28:36,714
No sir. I won't tell you anything at all

638
00:28:36,749 --> 00:28:38,581
from the conversation I had with Mrs. Fromm.

639
00:28:38,616 --> 00:28:40,114
Then you will be hiding evidence.

640
00:28:40,149 --> 00:28:42,353
Ridiculous! I will report everything to the police

641
00:28:42,388 --> 00:28:44,088
in writing.. and signed.

642
00:28:44,123 --> 00:28:44,956
Archie?

643
00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:46,084
And why not me?

644
00:28:46,119 --> 00:28:48,379
Because I'm not a simpleton.

645
00:28:48,414 --> 00:28:50,604
Because I have reason to believe

646
00:28:50,639 --> 00:28:53,197
that the conversation I had with Mrs. Fromm

647
00:28:53,232 --> 00:28:55,800
it was one of the links in the chain that led to his death.

648
00:28:55,835 --> 00:28:57,066
And if so

649
00:28:57,101 --> 00:28:59,704
the person most eager to know what she told me

650
00:28:59,739 --> 00:29:01,005
He's probably his killer.

651
00:29:01,439 --> 00:29:02,705
Nonsense.

652
00:29:02,740 --> 00:29:05,126
I'm not your killer.

653
00:29:05,161 --> 00:29:07,512
This remains unknown.

654
00:29:07,547 --> 00:29:08,778
This is a fraud.

655
00:29:09,971 --> 00:29:12,891
You are not interested in finding out
my client's killer.

656
00:29:13,083 --> 00:29:14,084
Sorry.

657
00:29:15,319 --> 00:29:17,324
You are only interested in the 10,000 dollars

658
00:29:20,108 --> 00:29:21,406
I will retain this money.

659
00:29:21,441 --> 00:29:22,705
Archie, call Inspector Cramer.

660
00:29:22,740 --> 00:29:23,900
Wait a minute.

661
00:29:23,935 --> 00:29:25,695
You're making a mistake, Wolfe.

662
00:29:25,730 --> 00:29:27,465
You say you want to investigate a homicide

663
00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:28,973
but nevertheless you have two of the people

664
00:29:29,008 --> 00:29:31,149
closer to Mrs. Fromm in her office

665
00:29:31,150 --> 00:29:32,392
and chase one of them!

666
00:29:32,427 --> 00:29:36,348
Nonsense! They will fully and faithfully describe

667
00:29:36,383 --> 00:29:39,177
the course and nature of his relations with Mrs. Fromm?

668
00:29:39,212 --> 00:29:40,443
Certainly not.

669
00:29:40,478 --> 00:29:42,377
If I send Mr. Goodwin to the offices

670
00:29:42,412 --> 00:29:44,277
of the association of European refugees

671
00:29:44,312 --> 00:29:45,490
you will instruct employees

672
00:29:45,525 --> 00:29:48,201
to answer your questions completely and frankly?

673
00:29:48,236 --> 00:29:48,684
No. I...

674
00:29:48,719 --> 00:29:50,888
So they are of little use to me.

675
00:29:50,923 --> 00:29:53,057
Archie, show Mr. Horan the door.

676
00:29:53,092 --> 00:29:54,536
Dr.

677
00:30:01,448 --> 00:30:04,415
I wasn't sure if Mrs. Fromm
I would like to be called a socialite.

678
00:30:04,450 --> 00:30:07,383
It didn't seem very dignifying to me,
but also... it's not dignifying

679
00:30:07,418 --> 00:30:09,540
being murdered by a car.

680
00:30:09,575 --> 00:30:10,842
Hey Lon!

681
00:30:10,877 --> 00:30:11,670
Hey!

682
00:30:11,705 --> 00:30:13,845
Well, well, well, then Nero Wolfe is on the case.

683
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:14,955
I was just passing through.

684
00:30:14,990 --> 00:30:17,478
I wanted to ask some questions.

685
00:30:18,782 --> 00:30:20,678
What do you know about Nora Fromm's activities?

686
00:30:20,713 --> 00:30:22,553
the day she was killed?

687
00:30:22,588 --> 00:30:23,855
What do I get?

688
00:30:24,288 --> 00:30:26,674
Gratitude, respect... trust me.

689
00:30:26,709 --> 00:30:29,060
Eh... okay. Starts with lunch

690
00:30:29,095 --> 00:30:31,627
at Churchill, Paul Kaffner...

691
00:30:31,662 --> 00:30:33,596
public relations at A.R.E.

692
00:30:33,631 --> 00:30:35,531
The association of European refugees.

693
00:30:35,566 --> 00:30:37,301
Kaffner told police she was worried about something.

694
00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:39,001
What happened after lunch?

695
00:30:39,036 --> 00:30:40,540
He returned to the A.R.E. offices.

696
00:30:40,575 --> 00:30:42,343
where Mrs. Wright, executive-something

697
00:30:42,378 --> 00:30:44,675
states that she spent time reviewing the books.

698
00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:46,596
Then Fromm goes home

699
00:30:46,631 --> 00:30:49,447
meet with your personal secretary, friend and confidant.

700
00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:50,612
Call?

701
00:30:50,647 --> 00:30:53,351
Jean Estey. Estey helps her get dressed for dinner.

702
00:30:53,386 --> 00:30:55,087
The butler said they had an argument.

703
00:30:55,789 --> 00:30:56,786
Where was dinner?

704
00:30:56,821 --> 00:30:58,556
In Denis Horan's apartment.

705
00:30:58,591 --> 00:30:59,388
Yes? Who was there?

706
00:30:59,423 --> 00:31:01,158
Just Horan, his wife Claire

707
00:31:01,193 --> 00:31:02,894
Angela Wright and Paul Kuffner.

708
00:31:03,327 --> 00:31:04,594
Dinner ends early...

709
00:31:04,629 --> 00:31:08,064
The rumor is that Horan was very
family with Mrs. Fromm

710
00:31:08,099 --> 00:31:11,135
then he walks her back to the car and watches her drive away.

711
00:31:11,248 --> 00:31:14,172
Yeah, so he was the last person to see her alive, huh?

712
00:31:14,207 --> 00:31:15,473
As far as is known.

713
00:31:15,907 --> 00:31:19,377
Listen, uh. Something new out there, uh. Matthew Birch, man?

714
00:31:19,810 --> 00:31:20,678
What does Matthew Birch have to do with it?

715
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:24,508
Are you saying his death is related to Fromm?

716
00:31:24,582 --> 00:31:26,614
Eh, what else do you know about the guy, huh?

717
00:31:26,649 --> 00:31:27,793
He is a special agent

718
00:31:27,828 --> 00:31:29,600
of immigration and naturalization services.

719
00:31:29,635 --> 00:31:31,683
Married, he seems to live beyond his means.

720
00:31:31,718 --> 00:31:33,257
What do you have?

721
00:31:33,691 --> 00:31:35,426
Eh, the police seem to have concluded

722
00:31:35,461 --> 00:31:37,167
that the car that killed the boy

723
00:31:37,202 --> 00:31:38,427
killed Birch.

724
00:31:38,462 --> 00:31:40,667
Hey, and Fromm was also killed by a car.

725
00:31:40,702 --> 00:31:41,733
That's cool Archie.

726
00:31:41,768 --> 00:31:43,199
That's really cool.

727
00:31:43,234 --> 00:31:45,403
So who hired Nero Wolfe?

728
00:31:45,438 --> 00:31:47,537
Napias. Not yet.

729
00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:49,705
Hey, what do you mean? Come on! Come on!

730
00:31:49,740 --> 00:31:52,343
I promise I'll give you an exclusive later.

731
00:31:52,378 --> 00:31:54,078
Hey Arch...!

732
00:31:58,416 --> 00:32:00,116
Nothing to prove.

733
00:32:01,091 --> 00:32:02,727
I wasn't proving it. I was taking a sample.

734
00:32:02,753 --> 00:32:04,922
You have to explain the difference to me one of these days.

735
00:32:05,356 --> 00:32:06,657
Inspector Cramer was here.

736
00:32:07,358 --> 00:32:08,728
Did any blood flow?

737
00:32:08,763 --> 00:32:11,051
You have to ask him this in person.

738
00:32:13,647 --> 00:32:16,070
The top floor was dedicated to Wolfe's second obsession:

739
00:32:16,105 --> 00:32:17,466
Orchids.

740
00:32:18,022 --> 00:32:19,887
Eh, cattleyas.

741
00:32:20,356 --> 00:32:22,885
Wrong. Andropium.

742
00:32:24,170 --> 00:32:26,696
What information did you get from Mr. Cohen?

743
00:32:26,731 --> 00:32:31,382
Well, Mr. Fromm had a very busy social schedule...

744
00:32:31,417 --> 00:32:33,082
And then I told him.

745
00:32:33,117 --> 00:32:35,286
Wolfe stood there with his
eyes closed and nose wrinkled.

746
00:32:35,321 --> 00:32:37,455
...your editor Mr. Kuffner...

747
00:32:37,888 --> 00:32:42,660
When I finished he held the pose for a long moment.

748
00:32:42,695 --> 00:32:45,263
absorbing everything... I think.

749
00:32:45,696 --> 00:32:49,284
Then he opened his eyes.

750
00:32:51,551 --> 00:32:53,027
Cramer was here.

751
00:32:53,062 --> 00:32:54,469
Yes. That's what Fritz said.

752
00:32:54,504 --> 00:32:56,072
Yes. He was unusually offensive.

753
00:32:56,107 --> 00:32:58,709
He insinuated that if I had informed him yesterday

754
00:32:58,744 --> 00:33:01,312
about Mrs. Fromm's visit, she would not have

755
00:33:01,347 --> 00:33:03,047
been killed.

756
00:33:05,750 --> 00:33:07,648
He was intolerable.

757
00:33:09,059 --> 00:33:11,423
How old is Jean Estey?

758
00:33:11,458 --> 00:33:13,752
Lon didn't specify.

759
00:33:13,787 --> 00:33:16,156
He thinks it's new, I'm guessing less than 30.

760
00:33:16,191 --> 00:33:16,892
Why?

761
00:33:16,927 --> 00:33:18,229
Is it personable?

762
00:33:18,264 --> 00:33:19,096
No information.

763
00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:21,699
Go get her and bring her here.

764
00:33:21,734 --> 00:33:23,868
"Go get her and bring her here."

765
00:33:23,903 --> 00:33:25,568
Well, that's Nero Wolfe.

766
00:33:25,603 --> 00:33:27,555
How am I even going to be able to talk to Jean Estey?

767
00:33:27,590 --> 00:33:30,915
I hatched and rejected four different plans.

768
00:33:30,950 --> 00:33:31,676
Yes...?

769
00:33:31,711 --> 00:33:33,728
Uh, yes. There seems to be some confusion

770
00:33:33,763 --> 00:33:35,145
with the floral arrangements for the funeral.

771
00:33:35,146 --> 00:33:37,315
I must speak to Miss Estey immediately.

772
00:33:37,350 --> 00:33:38,616
The name is Mr. Goodwin.

773
00:33:39,392 --> 00:33:40,354
This way, please.

774
00:33:40,389 --> 00:33:41,994
Thanks.

775
00:33:47,291 --> 00:33:49,026
What's this about flowers?

776
00:33:49,061 --> 00:33:51,160
Miss Jean Estey?

777
00:33:51,195 --> 00:33:53,763
Yes. What do the flowers have?

778
00:33:53,798 --> 00:33:55,750
Yes, that's why I came to talk to you.

779
00:33:55,785 --> 00:33:57,702
Have you ever heard of the name "Nero Wolfe"?

780
00:33:57,737 --> 00:33:58,569
The detective?

781
00:33:58,604 --> 00:33:59,437
Yes.

782
00:33:59,870 --> 00:34:01,371
Yes, certainly.

783
00:34:01,406 --> 00:34:02,872
Good. He sent me.

784
00:34:02,907 --> 00:34:04,607
Mr. Wolfe would like to know

785
00:34:04,642 --> 00:34:07,244
whether there would be any objection to orchids

786
00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:11,547
miltonia roezlii alba.

787
00:34:11,582 --> 00:34:15,486
They are pure white and... very pretty.

788
00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:22,383
Eh, pain... pain.

789
00:34:22,418 --> 00:34:24,436
I'm pretty used to it.

790
00:34:24,471 --> 00:34:26,454
We have everything under control.

791
00:34:26,489 --> 00:34:28,499
Thank you, thank you.

792
00:34:28,534 --> 00:34:29,800
You, you see...

793
00:34:29,835 --> 00:34:31,102
Sorry?

794
00:34:33,704 --> 00:34:36,884
What caught my attention was the way she was dressed.

795
00:34:36,919 --> 00:34:38,663
Oh, it's grotesque.

796
00:34:38,698 --> 00:34:41,512
Yeah, well, the fact just got me caught up in it.

797
00:34:41,547 --> 00:34:44,080
Because, yes, I understand...

798
00:34:44,115 --> 00:34:45,850
under false pretenses and for what?

799
00:34:46,283 --> 00:34:47,983
Mr. Wolfe would like to invite you to dinner.

800
00:34:48,018 --> 00:34:50,187
Are you aware that Mrs. Fromm gave a check to Mr. Wolfe

801
00:34:50,222 --> 00:34:51,454
of 10,000 dollars yesterday?

802
00:34:51,489 --> 00:34:53,657
Yes, I manage your personal bank account.

803
00:34:53,692 --> 00:34:55,826
Oh. Did she tell you what the check was for?

804
00:34:56,260 --> 00:34:57,128
No.

805
00:34:57,561 --> 00:34:58,828
Well, I can't tell you either.

806
00:34:58,863 --> 00:35:00,993
But I can tell you that Mr. Wolfe feels responsible

807
00:35:01,028 --> 00:35:02,003
by Mrs. Fromm

808
00:35:02,038 --> 00:35:05,334
and feels obliged to investigate her death.

809
00:35:05,369 --> 00:35:07,538
Oh, the police are investigating this

810
00:35:08,068 --> 00:35:10,347
Two of them left here half an hour ago.

811
00:35:10,382 --> 00:35:12,274
Yes, yes, the police.

812
00:35:12,309 --> 00:35:13,811
I'm sure they will do an excellent job

813
00:35:13,846 --> 00:35:14,664
and will solve the case.

814
00:35:14,699 --> 00:35:16,647
But if they don't, Mr. Wolfe will.

815
00:35:18,375 --> 00:35:21,852
Don't you want Mr. Wolfe to solve it?

816
00:35:21,887 --> 00:35:24,420
What I want doesn't matter.

817
00:35:24,455 --> 00:35:25,928
Well, that matters to Mr. Wolfe and that's why

818
00:35:25,963 --> 00:35:27,509
that he is inviting her to dinner.

819
00:35:27,544 --> 00:35:28,864
Our office is on 35th Street.

820
00:35:28,899 --> 00:35:30,961
We can be there in 15 minutes. Let's go?

821
00:35:30,996 --> 00:35:31,853
Oh, go now?

822
00:35:31,888 --> 00:35:32,380
Yes.

823
00:35:32,415 --> 00:35:35,227
Oh, no. See, I can be

824
00:35:35,262 --> 00:35:38,005
in the middle of this confusion

825
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:39,923
but I won't say or do anything

826
00:35:39,958 --> 00:35:41,806
make it worse than it already is.

827
00:35:41,841 --> 00:35:43,020
Well, I was instructed...

828
00:35:43,055 --> 00:35:44,164
Miss Estey! Here you are.

829
00:35:44,199 --> 00:35:46,143
Archie Goodwin. I work for Nero Wolfe.

830
00:35:46,178 --> 00:35:47,028
I'm undercover.

831
00:35:47,063 --> 00:35:48,196
I'm Paul Kuffner.

832
00:35:48,312 --> 00:35:49,145
I

833
00:35:49,180 --> 00:35:51,845
handling public relations for Mrs. Fromm

834
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:53,951
and I'm not in disguise.

835
00:35:54,385 --> 00:35:56,520
Sorry to come in like that and take Miss Estey away

836
00:35:56,555 --> 00:35:58,722
but there are important matters.

837
00:35:59,156 --> 00:36:00,423
Upstairs, please Miss Estey.

838
00:36:00,458 --> 00:36:02,409
Prazer em conhec�-lo, Sr. Goodwin.

839
00:36:02,444 --> 00:36:04,270
I've heard a lot about you and Mr. Wolfe.

840
00:36:04,305 --> 00:36:06,096
Beecham, o Sr. Goodwin est� de sa�da.

841
00:36:06,131 --> 00:36:07,398
Acompanhe-o � porta, sim?

842
00:36:07,433 --> 00:36:08,420
 � um trabalho porreiro.

843
00:36:08,455 --> 00:36:10,276
He could have said: get out of this house until I ask

844
00:36:10,311 --> 00:36:13,037
Miss Estey is what you are trying to delay.

845
00:36:13,072 --> 00:36:14,303
Mas, n�o senhor.

846
00:36:14,909 --> 00:36:17,808
Meus senhores, uh, o Fritz arranjou-nos algumas

847
00:36:17,843 --> 00:36:19,942
bolhachas caseiras maravilhosas

848
00:36:19,977 --> 00:36:22,296
no caso de algum de voc�s estar interessado.

849
00:36:22,331 --> 00:36:23,621
Os guardanapos s�o providenciados.

850
00:36:23,656 --> 00:36:25,182
Ol� a todos!

851
00:36:25,217 --> 00:36:26,718
Sou um cangalheiro.

852
00:36:26,753 --> 00:36:27,768
Saul, Fred, Orrie.

853
00:36:27,803 --> 00:36:29,970
Saul, Fred and Orrie, our best freelance operatives

854
00:36:30,005 --> 00:36:32,148
They were waiting when I got back to the office.

855
00:36:32,183 --> 00:36:34,291
So, you went to Miss Estey disguised as...?

856
00:36:34,326 --> 00:36:35,593
Undertaker.

857
00:36:35,628 --> 00:36:36,460
Oh.

858
00:36:36,894 --> 00:36:37,726
That gave me access.

859
00:36:37,761 --> 00:36:38,807
Unfortunately Miss Estey

860
00:36:38,842 --> 00:36:41,232
with the timely help of one Paul Kuffner

861
00:36:41,267 --> 00:36:42,967
declined his invitation to dinner.

862
00:36:43,002 --> 00:36:45,135
You don't seem very attentive.

863
00:36:47,054 --> 00:36:49,203
Sit down, Archie.

864
00:36:49,900 --> 00:36:51,642
Take off the crazy cover.

865
00:36:53,121 --> 00:36:56,636
So, I must inform you of the situation

866
00:36:56,671 --> 00:36:58,981
in all its complexity.

867
00:36:59,016 --> 00:37:01,150
The police won't tell me anything.

868
00:37:01,185 --> 00:37:04,655
With all the advantage in manpower and authority

869
00:37:04,690 --> 00:37:07,365
They will certainly anticipate us.

870
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:11,218
But I intend to persuade myself that I have reasons

871
00:37:11,253 --> 00:37:13,159
to keep Mrs. Fromm's fees.

872
00:37:13,194 --> 00:37:15,065
Furthermore, I resent the assumption

873
00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:16,765
that those who seek my help

874
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:20,271
can be murdered with impunity...
That's the personal reason.

875
00:37:21,068 --> 00:37:22,442
We'll catch the scoundrel.

876
00:37:22,477 --> 00:37:25,153
I doubt it, Fred.

877
00:37:25,188 --> 00:37:27,795
But let's try.

878
00:37:27,830 --> 00:37:31,054
There are dozens of possible approaches to the problem.

879
00:37:32,281 --> 00:37:34,992
So Saul, tell me, where do you want to start?

880
00:37:35,027 --> 00:37:37,187
I would like to start with this A.R.E...

881
00:37:37,621 --> 00:37:38,489
This "tasca" of refugees?

882
00:37:38,923 --> 00:37:40,224
Mrs. Fromm's organization.

883
00:37:40,259 --> 00:37:41,490
Why?

884
00:37:41,525 --> 00:37:43,089
Because they are interested in refugees

885
00:37:43,124 --> 00:37:44,517
and Birch was on

886
00:37:44,552 --> 00:37:46,877
the immigration and naturalization service.

887
00:37:46,912 --> 00:37:50,372
That's the connection I see between Birch and Mrs. Fromm.

888
00:37:50,407 --> 00:37:51,412
Very good.

889
00:37:51,447 --> 00:37:53,942
Take 200 dollars for expenses.

890
00:37:53,977 --> 00:37:56,273
But a displaced person does not
should be too generous.

891
00:37:56,308 --> 00:37:58,841
Yes, I know that.

892
00:37:58,876 --> 00:38:00,866
I'll start with the spider earrings...

893
00:38:00,901 --> 00:38:01,912
Not that I've seen any.

894
00:38:01,947 --> 00:38:03,213
How big were they?

895
00:38:03,248 --> 00:38:04,515
Archie?

896
00:38:04,949 --> 00:38:06,666
Like this, like this.

897
00:38:06,701 --> 00:38:08,384
Were they gold?

898
00:38:08,419 --> 00:38:10,924
I think they were gold but don't quote me.

899
00:38:11,668 --> 00:38:16,361
Archie, give Orrie 100 dollars.

900
00:38:20,439 --> 00:38:21,586
What about you, Fred?

901
00:38:21,621 --> 00:38:22,733
Where will you start?

902
00:38:22,768 --> 00:38:24,034
For the earrings.

903
00:38:27,947 --> 00:38:29,023
No. They're covered.

904
00:38:29,058 --> 00:38:32,293
Does anyone have a suggestion for Fred?

905
00:38:33,453 --> 00:38:34,878
We will think of something

906
00:38:36,416 --> 00:38:37,424
Let's try this:

907
00:38:37,459 --> 00:38:41,580
I assume Tuesday afternoon

908
00:38:41,615 --> 00:38:44,551
when the driver stopped at the corner

909
00:38:44,586 --> 00:38:46,329
and told Pete to call a cop

910
00:38:46,364 --> 00:38:49,193
the man in the car with her was Matthew Birch.

911
00:38:49,627 --> 00:38:52,248
What? I didn't hit that Ms. Wolfe.

912
00:38:52,283 --> 00:38:54,406
Good. So it probably didn't occur to the police.

913
00:38:54,441 --> 00:38:57,099
Now, I admit this is extremely tenuous

914
00:38:57,134 --> 00:38:59,592
but later that day, the same car

915
00:38:59,627 --> 00:39:02,016
ran over and killed Matthew Birch

916
00:39:02,051 --> 00:39:04,768
in a place and in a manner that indicates that they had

917
00:39:04,803 --> 00:39:06,865
transported there.

918
00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:10,842
So, since Birch was in the car late in the afternoon,

919
00:39:10,877 --> 00:39:14,785
Why not assume you were in the car in the early afternoon?

920
00:39:15,219 --> 00:39:16,485
The assumption would be

921
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,836
that the man who drove the car over the boy on Wednesday

922
00:39:18,871 --> 00:39:19,912
it would be the same guy who would be in the car

923
00:39:19,947 --> 00:39:21,261
with the woman on Tuesday.

924
00:39:21,296 --> 00:39:23,260
'Cause wherever you were you'd know the guy

925
00:39:23,295 --> 00:39:23,996
I could identify him.

926
00:39:24,031 --> 00:39:25,193
It couldn't have been Birch

927
00:39:25,228 --> 00:39:27,701
because on Wednesday Birch was... dead.

928
00:39:28,666 --> 00:39:31,268
This is probably what the police assume.

929
00:39:31,303 --> 00:39:34,269
Well... it seems logical.

930
00:39:35,018 --> 00:39:37,589
Fred, you will proceed according to my assumption

931
00:39:37,624 --> 00:39:40,160
that Birch was in the car with the woman.

932
00:39:40,195 --> 00:39:43,499
Try to validate it or contradict it.

933
00:39:43,534 --> 00:39:44,670
Archie will arrange for you

934
00:39:44,705 --> 00:39:46,176
a photograph of Birch.

935
00:39:46,211 --> 00:39:47,751
Archie, can you get photographs

936
00:39:47,786 --> 00:39:49,486
of everyone involved?

937
00:39:49,521 --> 00:39:50,354
Tomorrow.

938
00:39:50,788 --> 00:39:51,655
Do it.

939
00:39:52,089 --> 00:39:53,824
And then there's something I want you to do.

940
00:39:54,258 --> 00:39:55,090
Thank you gentlemen.

941
00:39:56,213 --> 00:39:59,463
Archie will coordinate your efforts.

942
00:40:04,668 --> 00:40:05,958
Good morning.

943
00:40:11,058 --> 00:40:13,343
You have some questions about the instructions

944
00:40:13,378 --> 00:40:14,645
that I gave last night?

945
00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:15,911
One.

946
00:40:15,946 --> 00:40:18,448
You were clear enough in what you said

947
00:40:18,483 --> 00:40:19,587
But who am I after?

948
00:40:19,622 --> 00:40:21,550
You're monobloc them.

949
00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:25,408
Dropping a tiger into the crowd

950
00:40:25,443 --> 00:40:28,672
or, if that's too bombastic, a mouse.

951
00:40:28,707 --> 00:40:30,134
How will they react?

952
00:40:30,169 --> 00:40:31,561
Will they tell the police?

953
00:40:31,562 --> 00:40:33,512
If so, which one or which ones?

954
00:40:33,547 --> 00:40:38,502
Of course. I'm seeing the possibilities.

955
00:40:38,537 --> 00:40:40,237
Is there a specific article

956
00:40:40,272 --> 00:40:41,445
that I should recover?

957
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:42,840
No, none.

958
00:40:46,078 --> 00:40:46,709
What?

959
00:40:46,744 --> 00:40:48,912
You've been eating steak.

960
00:40:48,947 --> 00:40:51,046
Yes, I was. Yes, I was.

961
00:40:51,081 --> 00:40:54,118
I was eating steak...

962
00:40:54,153 --> 00:40:56,641
But not nearby

963
00:41:04,528 --> 00:41:07,130
Well, well, no clothes today.

964
00:41:08,645 --> 00:41:10,514
Representing Nero Wolfe.

965
00:41:10,549 --> 00:41:12,609
Yes but not exactly.

966
00:41:12,644 --> 00:41:13,968
Oh?

967
00:41:14,003 --> 00:41:15,746
I'm here on my own.

968
00:41:15,781 --> 00:41:16,573
On your own.

969
00:41:16,608 --> 00:41:18,191
But don't you work for Nero Wolfe?

970
00:41:18,226 --> 00:41:20,612
I also like to find work for myself

971
00:41:20,647 --> 00:41:22,113
when I have the opportunity.

972
00:41:22,148 --> 00:41:23,579
Read the other side.

973
00:41:23,614 --> 00:41:26,417
"To speak of what Mrs. Fromm said to Mr. Wolfe."

974
00:41:26,452 --> 00:41:28,432
Yes, that's exactly what it's about

975
00:41:28,467 --> 00:41:31,925
I want to talk to you, but...

976
00:41:33,699 --> 00:41:36,544
just you and me.

977
00:41:36,579 --> 00:41:37,456
I don't understand.

978
00:41:37,491 --> 00:41:38,299
Soon you will understand.

979
00:41:38,334 --> 00:41:41,028
You see, I was present during the conversation

980
00:41:41,063 --> 00:41:43,723
that Mrs. Fromm had with Mr. Wolfe.

981
00:41:43,758 --> 00:41:44,677
I remember everything

982
00:41:44,712 --> 00:41:45,711
I have a very good memory.

983
00:41:45,746 --> 00:41:47,599
I could recite it to you word for word

984
00:41:47,634 --> 00:41:49,512
or very close to it.

985
00:41:49,547 --> 00:41:50,038
So?

986
00:41:50,073 --> 00:41:54,011
I think you would enjoy the content of this conversation.

987
00:41:54,046 --> 00:41:55,380
I have reasons to believe

988
00:41:55,415 --> 00:41:57,231
I would find it very interesting

989
00:41:57,266 --> 00:42:01,260
if I recited it word for word for 5,000 dollars

990
00:42:04,955 --> 00:42:06,332
Now, I don't wait

991
00:42:06,367 --> 00:42:08,055
have that amount at this time.

992
00:42:08,090 --> 00:42:09,709
You can pay me this afternoon

993
00:42:09,744 --> 00:42:11,328
but I have to be paid in advance.

994
00:42:11,363 --> 00:42:13,604
This is incredible.

995
00:42:13,639 --> 00:42:15,197
Why the hell should I pay him 5 cents?

996
00:42:15,232 --> 00:42:18,713
to hear this conversation, let alone 5,000 dollars. Why?

997
00:42:18,748 --> 00:42:21,940
Well, for that I would have to tell her, wouldn't I?

998
00:42:21,975 --> 00:42:24,635
After you pay and I count

999
00:42:24,670 --> 00:42:28,245
you may or may not decide whether it was worth the investment.

1000
00:42:31,432 --> 00:42:33,884
What if I told Mr. Wolfe about your offer?

1001
00:42:33,919 --> 00:42:37,154
I would say you were lying.

1002
00:42:37,189 --> 00:42:40,389
Believe. I would just say

1003
00:42:40,390 --> 00:42:45,561
that you are a lying pig.

1004
00:42:46,945 --> 00:42:50,708
Well, I suppose I should feel insulted

1005
00:42:50,743 --> 00:42:53,591
and indignant but I'm too shocked.

1006
00:42:53,626 --> 00:42:56,440
I didn't know he was a lowly crook.

1007
00:43:02,079 --> 00:43:03,345
You must leave.

1008
00:43:04,128 --> 00:43:06,850
Yes, well. Think about the proposal

1009
00:43:06,885 --> 00:43:07,718
Taxi!

1010
00:43:08,151 --> 00:43:11,733
I'm looking for a Mrs. Horan.

1011
00:43:11,790 --> 00:43:12,432
Thank you sir.

1012
00:43:12,467 --> 00:43:14,627
Across the street.

1013
00:43:17,286 --> 00:43:18,622
Ah, Mrs. Horan.

1014
00:43:18,657 --> 00:43:21,296
Do I know him? Do we know each other?

1015
00:43:21,331 --> 00:43:22,787
Quiet, darling.

1016
00:43:22,822 --> 00:43:26,803
Not exactly but we're close.

1017
00:43:27,148 --> 00:43:29,664
Oh, a detective working with Mr. Nero Wolfe.

1018
00:43:29,699 --> 00:43:30,888
For Nero Wolfe.

1019
00:43:30,923 --> 00:43:31,747
Have you heard of him?

1020
00:43:31,782 --> 00:43:34,177
Oh, yes. My husband saw him the other day.

1021
00:43:34,212 --> 00:43:35,930
What day was that? I'm not sure.

1022
00:43:35,965 --> 00:43:37,013
If you are looking for him...

1023
00:43:37,048 --> 00:43:40,389
Not really, Mrs. Horan. Return the car to the back.

1024
00:43:40,795 --> 00:43:42,419
"To talk about what Mrs. Fromm..."

1025
00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:45,455
Why me? Why would you be interested?

1026
00:43:45,490 --> 00:43:48,381
Mrs. Fromm visited Mr. Wolfe and...

1027
00:43:48,416 --> 00:43:49,163
Poor Mrs. Fromm.

1028
00:43:49,198 --> 00:43:50,475
...I was present during the conversation.

1029
00:43:50,510 --> 00:43:51,752
She tried to help all those people...

1030
00:43:51,787 --> 00:43:53,361
The whole conversation...

1031
00:43:53,396 --> 00:43:55,541
You see, I heard everything that was said.

1032
00:43:55,576 --> 00:43:57,438
And to satisfy your curiosity

1033
00:43:57,473 --> 00:43:59,301
I'll tell you for 5,000 dollars.

1034
00:43:59,336 --> 00:44:01,505
And I will pay on the day it rains upward

1035
00:44:01,540 --> 00:44:02,607
instead of raining down.

1036
00:44:02,642 --> 00:44:03,639
How about this?

1037
00:44:03,674 --> 00:44:05,073
What a fun idea.

1038
00:44:05,108 --> 00:44:06,594
Yes, yes, yes.

1039
00:44:06,629 --> 00:44:08,207
"Rain up instead of down."

1040
00:44:08,242 --> 00:44:09,306
Yes.

1041
00:44:09,341 --> 00:44:10,957
It would rain from the clouds upward

1042
00:44:10,992 --> 00:44:12,574
or from the ground towards the clouds?

1043
00:44:12,609 --> 00:44:13,356
Well, both actually.

1044
00:44:13,391 --> 00:44:15,819
I think I like it better if it rains from the ground up.

1045
00:44:16,253 --> 00:44:19,072
Oh well. I think we're done with the rain, don't you Mrs. Horan?

1046
00:44:19,107 --> 00:44:21,892
See, I feel like selling you some information

1047
00:44:21,893 --> 00:44:24,340
about what Ms. Fromm may have said to Mr. Wolfe.

1048
00:44:24,375 --> 00:44:27,097
But why would that interest me?

1049
00:44:27,132 --> 00:44:28,363
I see.

1050
00:44:28,398 --> 00:44:31,868
You mean, she told you something hurtful about me.

1051
00:44:32,302 --> 00:44:35,555
This doesn't surprise me at all. What it was?

1052
00:44:35,590 --> 00:44:38,809
Well, I'm not sure if you understand exactly

1053
00:44:38,844 --> 00:44:40,509
what am I saying.

1054
00:44:40,544 --> 00:44:43,146
I probably need to make myself understood better.

1055
00:44:43,181 --> 00:44:45,786
First give me the money

1056
00:44:45,821 --> 00:44:48,392
Then I'll give you the facts, see?

1057
00:44:49,358 --> 00:44:50,903
Do you know what I think, Mr. Goodwin?

1058
00:44:50,938 --> 00:44:51,708
No, I don't know.

1059
00:44:51,743 --> 00:44:53,335
I think he's a really good person

1060
00:44:53,370 --> 00:44:55,303
to use this type of tactic

1061
00:44:55,338 --> 00:44:57,202
to pique my curiosity.

1062
00:44:57,237 --> 00:44:59,812
Well, if it's the money, we could...

1063
00:44:59,847 --> 00:45:01,798
I thought you were a good man.

1064
00:45:01,833 --> 00:45:03,334
He has friendly eyes.

1065
00:45:03,369 --> 00:45:04,800
Did you know that?

1066
00:45:04,835 --> 00:45:07,437
I thought he was a good man but I see I was wrong.

1067
00:45:07,472 --> 00:45:09,137
Ya-Wa, attack!

1068
00:45:09,172 --> 00:45:10,005
This is not necessary.

1069
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,109
Oh! No, no, bad dog! Bad dog!

1070
00:45:13,144 --> 00:45:16,113
Hey! Tell him to stop.

1071
00:45:20,017 --> 00:45:21,831
Well, it's dangerous out there on the front lines

1072
00:45:21,866 --> 00:45:22,891
but I wasn't ready to give up yet

1073
00:45:22,926 --> 00:45:26,054
in my quest for 5,000 dollars.

1074
00:45:26,344 --> 00:45:29,126
Is this the association of European refugees?

1075
00:45:29,161 --> 00:45:30,227
Yes.

1076
00:45:30,262 --> 00:45:31,454
Just like the sign says.

1077
00:45:31,489 --> 00:45:33,489
I'm here to see Angela Wright.

1078
00:45:33,524 --> 00:45:34,296
She's busy.

1079
00:45:34,331 --> 00:45:36,059
Well, show him this card.

1080
00:45:36,094 --> 00:45:36,795
She's busy.

1081
00:45:36,830 --> 00:45:37,801
Show him the card.

1082
00:45:37,836 --> 00:45:39,102
She will receive it.

1083
00:45:55,282 --> 00:45:56,396
Mrs. Wright will welcome you.

1084
00:45:56,431 --> 00:45:57,526
Corner office.

1085
00:45:57,561 --> 00:45:58,587
I told him.

1086
00:45:58,622 --> 00:46:00,322
Next is Mr. Heim.

1087
00:46:00,357 --> 00:46:02,526
Yes ma'am. Thank you very much.

1088
00:46:04,261 --> 00:46:05,779
Between.

1089
00:46:06,569 --> 00:46:07,262
Good afternoon.

1090
00:46:07,883 --> 00:46:10,727
Represent Mr. Nero Wolfe.

1091
00:46:11,159 --> 00:46:12,914
I suppose you're also a detective.

1092
00:46:12,949 --> 00:46:13,769
Well, actually...

1093
00:46:13,804 --> 00:46:15,504
Are they trying to solve his homicide?

1094
00:46:15,539 --> 00:46:17,619
Well, actually what I'd like to do is...

1095
00:46:17,654 --> 00:46:19,699
I can't see why anyone would want you dead.

1096
00:46:19,734 --> 00:46:21,576
It doesn't matter what she was like.

1097
00:46:21,611 --> 00:46:23,346
She was doing humanitarian work.

1098
00:46:23,381 --> 00:46:25,047
It certainly was.

1099
00:46:25,082 --> 00:46:26,225
You know, the A.R.E. � 

1100
00:46:26,260 --> 00:46:28,924
a private organization supported by wonderful people

1101
00:46:28,959 --> 00:46:31,588
like Mrs. Fromm, who helps immigrants
to find work

1102
00:46:31,623 --> 00:46:33,942
e providencia assist�ncia legal e financeira.

1103
00:46:33,977 --> 00:46:35,023
Sim, isso � muito tocante.

1104
00:46:35,058 --> 00:46:36,793
Se n�o fosse a Sra. Fromm eu poderia

1105
00:46:36,828 --> 00:46:38,528
nunca ter podido vir para c�.

1106
00:46:39,830 --> 00:46:42,823
What a tragedy his death is.

1107
00:46:42,858 --> 00:46:45,694
Terr�vel, terr�vel trag�dia, huh?

1108
00:46:45,729 --> 00:46:47,316
Ent�o, como posso ajud�-lo?

1109
00:46:47,351 --> 00:46:48,904
Ah, bem, você tem conhecimento

1110
00:46:48,939 --> 00:46:51,107
que a Sra. Fromm visitou o Sr. Wolfe

1111
00:46:51,142 --> 00:46:53,771
the day she was killed, murdered?

1112
00:46:53,806 --> 00:46:55,603
N�o, eu n�o sabia disso.

1113
00:46:55,638 --> 00:46:56,119
Yes.

1114
00:46:56,154 --> 00:46:58,915
Mas n�s n�o eramos t�o pr�ximas
for her to confide in me.

1115
00:46:58,950 --> 00:47:00,182
Estou vendo, estou vendo.

1116
00:47:00,217 --> 00:47:01,583
Ent�o, n�o estaria interessada em nada

1117
00:47:01,618 --> 00:47:03,253
What Mrs. Fromm had said to Mr. Wolfe?

1118
00:47:04,357 --> 00:47:05,821
About me?

1119
00:47:05,856 --> 00:47:08,234
For 5,000 dollars I'll tell you

1120
00:47:08,269 --> 00:47:11,267
exactly the content of this conversation in detail.

1121
00:47:11,302 --> 00:47:13,663
So it doesn't concern me.

1122
00:47:15,398 --> 00:47:18,760
Sit down Mr. Goodwin.

1123
00:47:21,471 --> 00:47:24,012
Maybe we can achieve something.

1124
00:47:24,569 --> 00:47:25,340
I'm sure yes.

1125
00:47:26,786 --> 00:47:29,713
Do we put your proposal in writing?

1126
00:47:29,748 --> 00:47:31,448
Do you take me for a fool?

1127
00:47:31,483 --> 00:47:32,983
A "sucker"?

1128
00:47:33,728 --> 00:47:34,923
By a fool.

1129
00:47:34,958 --> 00:47:36,618
Oh, if I were a fool

1130
00:47:36,653 --> 00:47:40,991
No, if he were so dishonest wouldn't Mr. Wolfe...?

1131
00:47:41,026 --> 00:47:44,027
I mean, he's a detective, don't you agree?

1132
00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:47,535
See, what's going on is that

1133
00:47:47,570 --> 00:47:51,514
I've been going through hard times recently

1134
00:47:51,549 --> 00:47:54,224
and I've never done any of this before.

1135
00:47:54,259 --> 00:47:58,341
I, uh, my mom, cancer.

1136
00:47:58,376 --> 00:48:00,245
Ridiculous.

1137
00:48:01,164 --> 00:48:02,657
What?

1138
00:48:02,692 --> 00:48:03,945
Ridiculous.

1139
00:48:03,980 --> 00:48:05,385
What's ridiculous?

1140
00:48:05,420 --> 00:48:08,650
Mr. Goodwin I take it badly to be taken

1141
00:48:08,685 --> 00:48:10,784
for shit. Is it "stupid"?

1142
00:48:11,354 --> 00:48:14,233
This is my vanity.

1143
00:48:14,381 --> 00:48:17,392
Tell Nero Wolfe...

1144
00:48:17,427 --> 00:48:19,596
Tell him it upsets me to be underestimated by him

1145
00:48:19,631 --> 00:48:21,764
and tell him that I consider him a "sucker"

1146
00:48:21,765 --> 00:48:25,001
for thinking you can fool me with such a basic trick.

1147
00:48:25,036 --> 00:48:27,288
But Mrs. Wright...

1148
00:48:27,323 --> 00:48:29,540
Yes, Mr. Goodwin?

1149
00:48:31,628 --> 00:48:34,320
Much luck to you all.

1150
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:39,115
After Angela Wright, I had one more offer to make.

1151
00:48:39,150 --> 00:48:41,518
Paul Kaffner...
but I called Wolfe to tell him.

1152
00:48:42,416 --> 00:48:43,852
Archie, come home immediately.

1153
00:48:43,887 --> 00:48:47,791
Mr. Kuffner is here and I want to talk to you.

1154
00:48:52,128 --> 00:48:53,863
Oh!

1155
00:48:59,502 --> 00:49:00,769
Don't sit there Archie.

1156
00:49:02,310 --> 00:49:05,220
Your right to sit at this desk is suspended.

1157
00:49:08,103 --> 00:49:09,444
Move, please move.

1158
00:49:10,486 --> 00:49:13,022
Mr. Kuffner made a shocking accusation.

1159
00:49:13,817 --> 00:49:15,550
Sit there.

1160
00:49:17,701 --> 00:49:19,286
Mr. Kuffner?

1161
00:49:20,928 --> 00:49:22,709
A woman I trust says
who offered to tell you

1162
00:49:22,744 --> 00:49:25,095
the conversation Mrs. Fromm had with Mr. Wolfe

1163
00:49:25,130 --> 00:49:28,022
if she paid him $5,000 in cash first.

1164
00:49:28,057 --> 00:49:29,432
What is the woman's name?

1165
00:49:29,467 --> 00:49:31,132
I didn't tell Mr. Wolfe

1166
00:49:31,167 --> 00:49:33,117
because she asked me not to.

1167
00:49:33,152 --> 00:49:34,438
Of course, you know her.

1168
00:49:34,473 --> 00:49:35,505
I forgot, you tell me.

1169
00:49:35,540 --> 00:49:36,401
No.

1170
00:49:36,436 --> 00:49:38,171
For God's sake, if you were a U.S. senator

1171
00:49:38,206 --> 00:49:40,976
I wouldn't expect you to name the accuser

1172
00:49:41,011 --> 00:49:43,747
but since it isn't, go climb a tree.

1173
00:49:43,782 --> 00:49:45,880
He has a point, Mr. Kuffner.

1174
00:49:45,915 --> 00:49:48,952
Anonymous accusations are in questionable taste.

1175
00:49:48,987 --> 00:49:50,704
You should name it.

1176
00:49:50,739 --> 00:49:52,231
I was asked not to.

1177
00:49:52,266 --> 00:49:55,546
So I fear we are at an impasse.

1178
00:49:56,732 --> 00:49:58,061
May I smoke?

1179
00:49:58,096 --> 00:49:58,928
No.

1180
00:50:04,294 --> 00:50:05,869
It was Angela Wright.

1181
00:50:07,106 --> 00:50:08,870
Archie?

1182
00:50:08,905 --> 00:50:12,537
You made Angela Wright such a proposal

1183
00:50:12,572 --> 00:50:14,879
as described by Mr. Kuffner?

1184
00:50:14,914 --> 00:50:15,810
No sir.

1185
00:50:15,845 --> 00:50:17,428
Did you say something to him

1186
00:50:17,463 --> 00:50:20,617
that could be reasonably
interpreted as this proposal?

1187
00:50:20,652 --> 00:50:21,449
No sir.

1188
00:50:22,144 --> 00:50:24,954
Then you can sit at your desk..

1189
00:50:28,628 --> 00:50:31,317
Mr. Kuffner, I feel like we're at a dead end.

1190
00:50:31,352 --> 00:50:33,387
If it's a question of credibility

1191
00:50:33,422 --> 00:50:36,184
between Mr. Goodwin and Mrs. Wright

1192
00:50:36,219 --> 00:50:38,090
I believe Mr. Goodwin.

1193
00:50:40,844 --> 00:50:40,844
Yes, of course yes.

1194
00:50:40,879 --> 00:50:43,017
And even if I could prove that such an offer was made

1195
00:50:43,052 --> 00:50:45,086
Where would that take me?

1196
00:50:45,121 --> 00:50:46,584
See Wolfe, we don't have much time.

1197
00:50:46,619 --> 00:50:48,048
I have to go to Mrs. Fromm's funeral

1198
00:50:48,083 --> 00:50:48,731
but you should know

1199
00:50:48,766 --> 00:50:49,873
that my professional role

1200
00:50:49,908 --> 00:50:50,980
I advise my clients.

1201
00:50:51,015 --> 00:50:52,298
Mrs. Fromm and the association

1202
00:50:52,333 --> 00:50:54,412
trusted me to take care of their affairs

1203
00:50:54,447 --> 00:50:57,317
so that their activities would be viewed favorably.

1204
00:50:57,352 --> 00:50:58,898
I will do everything in my power to ensure

1205
00:50:58,933 --> 00:51:02,562
that Mrs. Fromm's reputation is not destroyed
and although I don't see

1206
00:51:02,597 --> 00:51:04,826
connection between the association's subjects

1207
00:51:04,861 --> 00:51:07,897
and his death, I believe it is possible, likely

1208
00:51:07,932 --> 00:51:09,164
that there is a connection

1209
00:51:09,199 --> 00:51:11,367
between Mrs. Fromm's death and her conversation with me.

1210
00:51:11,402 --> 00:51:13,948
Now, if I want to defend my client's interests

1211
00:51:13,983 --> 00:51:15,922
I need to know about this conversation.

1212
00:51:15,957 --> 00:51:17,322
I tried to talk to the police about her

1213
00:51:17,357 --> 00:51:18,872
but they don't tell me anything, so you have to tell me.

1214
00:51:18,907 --> 00:51:20,875
I'll pay you $5,000 for that.

1215
00:51:20,910 --> 00:51:23,947
So how is Mr. Kuffner... black or white?

1216
00:51:23,982 --> 00:51:25,213
5 minutes ago

1217
00:51:25,248 --> 00:51:26,983
you are reporting

1218
00:51:27,018 --> 00:51:28,279
a dishonest proposal.

1219
00:51:28,314 --> 00:51:30,887
Now you are willing to accept it

1220
00:51:30,922 --> 00:51:33,056
An extraordinary ethical turnaround.

1221
00:51:33,091 --> 00:51:35,582
I have the money with me.

1222
00:51:36,287 --> 00:51:38,110
No, Mr. Kuffner.

1223
00:51:38,145 --> 00:51:39,920
I'm afraid to negotiate with you.

1224
00:51:39,955 --> 00:51:41,696
It's too agile for me.

1225
00:51:41,731 --> 00:51:42,997
You can't deny me. You can't.

1226
00:51:43,032 --> 00:51:44,652
As a representative of Mrs Fromm's interests

1227
00:51:44,687 --> 00:51:46,512
I have the right to demand this.

1228
00:51:46,936 --> 00:51:48,671
You will be late for the funeral.

1229
00:52:04,721 --> 00:52:07,404
Orry used his contacts in
jewelry industry to locate

1230
00:52:07,439 --> 00:52:10,087
a store on 46th Street where gold earrings with spiders

1231
00:52:10,122 --> 00:52:11,626
had been displayed in the window.

1232
00:52:11,661 --> 00:52:15,565
When Orry asked about them the owner said nothing.

1233
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:19,035
Now it was up to me to try somehow to open his mouth.

1234
00:52:26,164 --> 00:52:26,843
Who is Irving?

1235
00:52:26,878 --> 00:52:28,144
I don't know, daddy.

1236
00:52:29,091 --> 00:52:30,174
It's you again.

1237
00:52:31,964 --> 00:52:32,639
Who are you?

1238
00:52:32,674 --> 00:52:33,314
Archie Goodwin.

1239
00:52:33,349 --> 00:52:35,084
We work for Nero Wolfe.

1240
00:52:35,633 --> 00:52:36,664
The detective?

1241
00:52:36,699 --> 00:52:37,660
Right.

1242
00:52:37,695 --> 00:52:38,398
I want to ask you something

1243
00:52:38,433 --> 00:52:40,489
about the homicide of Pete Drossos.

1244
00:52:40,524 --> 00:52:41,525
Who is this? A gangster?

1245
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:43,039
I don't know anything about gangsters.

1246
00:52:43,074 --> 00:52:44,518
Oh, no. He was a 12 year old boy

1247
00:52:44,553 --> 00:52:46,934
Just like here, your boy.

1248
00:52:47,766 --> 00:52:48,062
Irving, get out

1249
00:52:48,097 --> 00:52:49,833
Do your homework.

1250
00:52:49,868 --> 00:52:51,568
Now.

1251
00:52:53,890 --> 00:52:54,569
A murdered boy?

1252
00:52:55,433 --> 00:52:56,339
Why didn't you say it before?

1253
00:52:56,374 --> 00:52:57,856
Come. Explain.

1254
00:53:03,279 --> 00:53:05,882
I still don't understand why this boy was murdered.

1255
00:53:05,917 --> 00:53:07,183
And for the same car.

1256
00:53:09,616 --> 00:53:10,773
So what do you want to know?

1257
00:53:10,808 --> 00:53:12,743
I want to know who bought these earrings.

1258
00:53:12,778 --> 00:53:13,867
The spiders?

1259
00:53:13,902 --> 00:53:14,956
Right.

1260
00:53:15,774 --> 00:53:17,059
Unique pieces.

1261
00:53:17,094 --> 00:53:18,336
I gave him a good price.

1262
00:53:18,371 --> 00:53:19,578
Yes? How did she pay?

1263
00:53:19,613 --> 00:53:20,339
With check.

1264
00:53:20,374 --> 00:53:22,799
With check? What was the signature?

1265
00:53:22,834 --> 00:53:23,666
The name?

1266
00:53:24,100 --> 00:53:27,950
It was the lady who was killed... Laura Fromm.

1267
00:53:27,951 --> 00:53:30,103
Oh, Laura Fromm.

1268
00:53:30,138 --> 00:53:31,681
You were very helpful.

1269
00:53:31,716 --> 00:53:32,774
Thanks.

1270
00:53:36,494 --> 00:53:38,267
We're back. We found the trail of the earrings

1271
00:53:38,302 --> 00:53:39,716
Guess who bought them.

1272
00:53:39,751 --> 00:53:41,145
Mrs. Damon Fromm.

1273
00:53:41,180 --> 00:53:42,656
Did you know?

1274
00:53:42,691 --> 00:53:44,487
No, Orry. I was asked to guess.

1275
00:53:44,522 --> 00:53:45,320
Now I know.

1276
00:53:45,355 --> 00:53:47,307
Good job, Orry.

1277
00:53:47,342 --> 00:53:50,068
Saul called. He started something

1278
00:53:50,103 --> 00:53:51,144
but you're not sure what.

1279
00:53:51,179 --> 00:53:51,826
Yes I know.

1280
00:53:51,861 --> 00:53:53,813
I saw him at the association office.

1281
00:53:53,848 --> 00:53:56,271
Yes. He identifies himself as Leopold Heim.

1282
00:53:56,306 --> 00:53:59,669
He checked into a cheap hotel
of the first avenue under that name.

1283
00:53:59,704 --> 00:54:02,072
After leaving the association office

1284
00:54:02,107 --> 00:54:04,440
he had a brief conversation with Angela Wright.

1285
00:54:04,475 --> 00:54:06,447
Who gave you references from our organization?

1286
00:54:06,482 --> 00:54:09,484
A special immigration and naturalization agent.

1287
00:54:09,519 --> 00:54:12,248
It was... Birch. Mr. Matthew Birch.

1288
00:54:12,283 --> 00:54:13,081
Oh, really?

1289
00:54:13,116 --> 00:54:15,068
Mr. Birch is dead

1290
00:54:15,103 --> 00:54:17,712
Dead? I am really sorry.

1291
00:54:17,747 --> 00:54:18,450
I didn't know

1292
00:54:18,485 --> 00:54:19,153
A few weeks ago

1293
00:54:19,188 --> 00:54:21,357
He told me to come here, so here I am.

1294
00:54:21,392 --> 00:54:23,526
Did you enter the country illegally?

1295
00:54:23,561 --> 00:54:25,261
Well, yes and no.

1296
00:54:25,296 --> 00:54:26,961
Yes.

1297
00:54:26,996 --> 00:54:28,696
I was told that this association

1298
00:54:28,731 --> 00:54:31,168
would be able to help people like me.

1299
00:54:32,153 --> 00:54:34,370
The association cannot be collusive

1300
00:54:34,405 --> 00:54:36,539
with a violation of the law.

1301
00:54:37,151 --> 00:54:38,900
No, no, I understand.

1302
00:54:39,601 --> 00:54:40,419
No.

1303
00:54:40,454 --> 00:54:41,311
Of course not.

1304
00:54:43,700 --> 00:54:45,214
I don't know...

1305
00:54:45,249 --> 00:54:47,348
what should I do.

1306
00:54:47,383 --> 00:54:48,636
Consult a lawyer.

1307
00:54:48,671 --> 00:54:49,951
A lawyer?

1308
00:54:49,986 --> 00:54:51,721
I don't know any lawyers.

1309
00:54:53,890 --> 00:54:56,492
Here is a lawyer you can trust.

1310
00:54:56,663 --> 00:54:58,227
Denis Horan.

1311
00:54:58,262 --> 00:54:59,494
I don't have money.

1312
00:54:59,529 --> 00:55:02,566
He works for the association.

1313
00:55:02,601 --> 00:55:03,866
It's a service.

1314
00:55:04,300 --> 00:55:06,903
Oh, a service.

1315
00:55:08,638 --> 00:55:09,722
He's very kind.

1316
00:55:09,757 --> 00:55:10,807
Thank you very much.

1317
00:55:11,240 --> 00:55:12,976
It was a pleasure. It was a pleasure.

1318
00:55:13,011 --> 00:55:13,843
Thanks.

1319
00:55:15,354 --> 00:55:19,265
Saul went to Ran's office and told him about his dilemma.

1320
00:55:19,300 --> 00:55:22,861
Mr. Heim, you have a very serious problem.

1321
00:55:22,896 --> 00:55:26,611
Many people come to me every day

1322
00:55:26,646 --> 00:55:30,326
but I can only help a few.

1323
00:55:31,973 --> 00:55:33,478
However...

1324
00:55:33,513 --> 00:55:37,266
There may be a solution to this mess.

1325
00:55:37,700 --> 00:55:39,002
Where can we find it?

1326
00:55:39,890 --> 00:55:40,268
Hotel.

1327
00:55:40,303 --> 00:55:44,237
room 312 at the Duval hotel.

1328
00:55:44,272 --> 00:55:48,172
Go to your room and wait.

1329
00:55:48,207 --> 00:55:49,341
Tonight.

1330
00:55:50,102 --> 00:55:50,102
And wait?

1331
00:55:50,137 --> 00:55:51,075
Tonight.

1332
00:55:51,110 --> 00:55:52,014
Tonight.

1333
00:55:52,049 --> 00:55:52,882
Thank you, sir. Thanks.

1334
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:56,786
It was really a great pleasure.

1335
00:55:56,821 --> 00:55:57,619
Thanks.

1336
00:55:58,506 --> 00:56:00,690
So Saul went back to the hotel.

1337
00:56:00,725 --> 00:56:02,477
8pm

1338
00:56:02,512 --> 00:56:04,230
he received a call.

1339
00:56:06,763 --> 00:56:08,931
Uh, just a second, please.

1340
00:56:08,966 --> 00:56:10,198
Just a minute.

1341
00:56:10,233 --> 00:56:12,402
Please. Yes. Come in.

1342
00:56:12,835 --> 00:56:14,137
Please come in. The door is open.

1343
00:56:15,618 --> 00:56:16,887
Is it Heim?

1344
00:56:16,922 --> 00:56:18,156
Who are you?

1345
00:56:20,823 --> 00:56:21,783
I'm here to help you.

1346
00:56:21,818 --> 00:56:22,709
What do you mean?

1347
00:56:22,744 --> 00:56:24,547
How... how are you going to help me?

1348
00:56:28,017 --> 00:56:29,318
I am aware of your situation

1349
00:56:29,353 --> 00:56:30,637
and I'm supportive.

1350
00:56:30,672 --> 00:56:31,886
But don't worry.

1351
00:56:31,921 --> 00:56:33,656
You want help, don't you?

1352
00:56:33,691 --> 00:56:34,758
Yes, I need help.

1353
00:56:34,793 --> 00:56:36,176
Of course I need to.

1354
00:56:36,211 --> 00:56:37,560
You are an illegal.

1355
00:56:37,994 --> 00:56:40,058
Illegal, really, is one way of saying it.

1356
00:56:40,163 --> 00:56:42,432
This means that it is necessary

1357
00:56:42,467 --> 00:56:43,216
deal with the FBI and the police.

1358
00:56:43,251 --> 00:56:44,465
It will be expensive.

1359
00:56:44,500 --> 00:56:47,537
So you... how much do you want?

1360
00:56:47,572 --> 00:56:49,073
10,000 dollars.

1361
00:56:49,108 --> 00:56:50,538
What? 10,000 dollars?

1362
00:56:50,573 --> 00:56:52,273
But what's the point of...?

1363
00:56:52,308 --> 00:56:56,212
To avoid any kind of exposure or harassment.

1364
00:56:56,247 --> 00:56:57,964
No, no. You don't understand.

1365
00:56:57,999 --> 00:56:59,491
I have nothing. I have nothing.

1366
00:56:59,526 --> 00:57:00,948
10,000 dollars is a ridiculous sum...

1367
00:57:00,983 --> 00:57:02,718
You can pay monthly or weekly.

1368
00:57:02,753 --> 00:57:04,454
A little here, a little there.

1369
00:57:05,536 --> 00:57:08,791
I see, for a small weekly or monthly sum.

1370
00:57:09,225 --> 00:57:11,196
Yes, but... I could...

1371
00:57:11,231 --> 00:57:14,236
And the papers are really good, yes?

1372
00:57:14,430 --> 00:57:15,948
Guaranteed.

1373
00:57:16,449 --> 00:57:17,432
Remember

1374
00:57:17,467 --> 00:57:20,454
any attempt to alter this combination

1375
00:57:20,489 --> 00:57:22,738
it will be disastrous.

1376
00:57:22,773 --> 00:57:23,556
Sleep on it.

1377
00:57:23,591 --> 00:57:25,274
I'll be back.

1378
00:57:25,309 --> 00:57:26,107
Of course.

1379
00:57:26,142 --> 00:57:27,408
Um... sir?

1380
00:57:27,443 --> 00:57:28,710
Sir, I would like to thank you.

1381
00:57:28,745 --> 00:57:31,781
I am very grateful... for your help.

1382
00:57:51,896 --> 00:57:57,373
And... walk... calmly... calmly, young man.

1383
00:57:57,408 --> 00:58:00,428
When he left, Saul managed to follow him.

1384
00:58:00,463 --> 00:58:02,804
The man is currently in a restaurant

1385
00:58:02,839 --> 00:58:05,146
from 3rd Avenue and 14th Street.

1386
00:58:05,181 --> 00:58:08,342
Saul called from across the street...

1387
00:58:08,377 --> 00:58:11,136
Well, it was less than a quarter of an hour.

1388
00:58:11,171 --> 00:58:13,895
I'll leave Orry there with the sedan.

1389
00:58:13,896 --> 00:58:15,909
Then I return by car.

1390
00:58:15,944 --> 00:58:16,773
Nero Wolfe.

1391
00:58:16,808 --> 00:58:18,160
Archie is Fred.

1392
00:58:18,195 --> 00:58:19,654
Is the boss there? He should hear this.

1393
00:58:19,689 --> 00:58:21,182
Hiya, Fred.

1394
00:58:21,217 --> 00:58:22,676
It's Fred.

1395
00:58:23,785 --> 00:58:25,198
Take a taxi.

1396
00:58:25,233 --> 00:58:26,577
Go see Saul.

1397
00:58:26,612 --> 00:58:28,357
If there's a problem, Fred doesn't need me any less than Saul does.

1398
00:58:28,392 --> 00:58:29,425
I'll come to you.

1399
00:58:29,472 --> 00:58:30,304
Go Fred.

1400
00:58:30,339 --> 00:58:31,172
I'm in a phone booth...

1401
00:58:31,207 --> 00:58:32,508
Third Avenue and 55th Street.

1402
00:58:32,942 --> 00:58:35,052
I just discovered a lot of new things about Matthew Birch.

1403
00:58:35,087 --> 00:58:37,713
Your main stopping point
it was a tavern between 9 and 54.

1404
00:58:37,748 --> 00:58:38,980
Danny's bar and grill.

1405
00:58:39,015 --> 00:58:40,641
I've been in and out asking about Birch.

1406
00:58:40,676 --> 00:58:42,213
Telling people my name is O'Connor

1407
00:58:42,248 --> 00:58:43,751
and that my wife

1408
00:58:43,786 --> 00:58:46,389
was seen with him in a park on Tuesday afternoon

1409
00:58:46,424 --> 00:58:47,655
in a dark gray cadillac.

1410
00:58:47,690 --> 00:58:49,223
A guy told me there's a guy

1411
00:58:49,258 --> 00:58:50,258
who will tell me the real story of Birch.

1412
00:58:50,293 --> 00:58:53,328
If I wanted to see him I should come back between 9:30 and 10:00 pm.

1413
00:58:53,329 --> 00:58:54,792
Go ahead but wait until I get there.

1414
00:58:54,827 --> 00:58:57,331
I'll take the sedan and park it across the street.

1415
00:58:57,366 --> 00:58:59,836
I'll wait in the car until I hear you scream

1416
00:58:59,871 --> 00:59:01,102
or throw your body out.

1417
00:59:01,137 --> 00:59:03,335
If you go out with company, I'll follow you.

1418
00:59:03,370 --> 00:59:05,533
Otherwise, go to 42nd Street, keep walking

1419
00:59:05,568 --> 00:59:06,741
and I wait until you "let go"

1420
00:59:06,776 --> 00:59:08,511
and then I'll catch you. Did you fish?

1421
00:59:08,546 --> 00:59:10,680
O.K.. Anything else Mr. Wolfe?

1422
00:59:10,715 --> 00:59:12,415
No. Advance.

1423
00:59:21,241 --> 00:59:23,224
You know I don't like guns.

1424
00:59:23,990 --> 00:59:26,729
Me neither, except in
Situations where I can get stabbed

1425
00:59:26,764 --> 00:59:29,065
punched or pushed from a building.

1426
00:59:51,916 --> 00:59:53,351
I sat back and waited.

1427
00:59:53,386 --> 00:59:56,659
I decided to wait half an hour until 22:19

1428
00:59:56,694 --> 00:59:59,262
but I didn't have to wait that long.

1429
01:00:41,771 --> 01:00:43,859
The driver didn't detect me chasing him

1430
01:00:43,894 --> 01:00:46,022
but drove something quickly, maybe a little too fast

1431
01:00:46,057 --> 01:00:48,922
for a night when the rain started
falling harder and harder.

1432
01:01:37,293 --> 01:01:38,993
They were talking.

1433
01:01:39,028 --> 01:01:42,064
I couldn't understand what they were saying, so

1434
01:01:42,099 --> 01:01:46,402
I looked for a better observation spot.

1435
01:01:46,836 --> 01:01:49,005
Get up.

1436
01:02:04,620 --> 01:02:06,789
Have you ever been to St. Louis, Missouri?

1437
01:02:07,223 --> 01:02:08,747
St. Louis? No.

1438
01:02:11,351 --> 01:02:12,862
Me neither.

1439
01:02:34,116 --> 01:02:36,285
There are crocodiles there.

1440
01:02:36,320 --> 01:02:38,419
Hello Mort.

1441
01:02:38,454 --> 01:02:40,264
We have been waiting for you.

1442
01:02:40,299 --> 01:02:41,022
Is it clean?

1443
01:02:41,057 --> 01:02:44,072
Yes, but there was an "s" and a "w" (revolver) under the arm.

1444
01:02:44,107 --> 01:02:47,087
What's this about your wife and Matthew Birch?

1445
01:02:47,122 --> 01:02:48,864
Someone said they saw them together.

1446
01:02:48,899 --> 01:02:50,166
I think she's cheating on you.

1447
01:02:50,201 --> 01:02:51,484
Do you know Matt Birch?

1448
01:02:51,519 --> 01:02:52,733
I? The Birch?

1449
01:02:52,768 --> 01:02:54,503
No, but she must have known him.

1450
01:02:54,538 --> 01:02:56,238
I think so.

1451
01:02:57,932 --> 01:02:59,254
Confirm his roles..

1452
01:02:59,289 --> 01:03:00,576
Alright boss.

1453
01:03:03,612 --> 01:03:05,347
My name is not "O'Connor."

1454
01:03:05,781 --> 01:03:07,048
No, it's "Durkin."

1455
01:03:08,115 --> 01:03:08,817
See, the reason I was...

1456
01:03:08,818 --> 01:03:09,685
Shut up.

1457
01:03:09,720 --> 01:03:10,518
Archie...

1458
01:03:10,553 --> 01:03:12,505
Private detective, huh?

1459
01:03:12,540 --> 01:03:14,457
Who do you work for?

1460
01:03:14,492 --> 01:03:15,197
Myself.

1461
01:03:15,232 --> 01:03:17,003
Even private detective has a personal life

1462
01:03:17,038 --> 01:03:18,360
and my wife...

1463
01:03:18,794 --> 01:03:20,529
Shut up!

1464
01:03:20,963 --> 01:03:21,796
Archie.

1465
01:03:22,645 --> 01:03:23,566
The big white guy

1466
01:03:23,601 --> 01:03:25,101
It's "Lips".

1467
01:03:25,136 --> 01:03:26,602
I followed him

1468
01:03:27,036 --> 01:03:27,903
from the hotel.

1469
01:03:27,938 --> 01:03:29,222
Where is Orry?

1470
01:03:29,966 --> 01:03:30,471
Orry is up there.

1471
01:03:30,506 --> 01:03:32,206
It's watching our backs.

1472
01:03:32,241 --> 01:03:34,844
What do you have for me Mort?

1473
01:03:40,916 --> 01:03:43,085
Oh, yes.

1474
01:03:46,122 --> 01:03:47,857
Now seriously, huh?

1475
01:03:47,892 --> 01:03:49,592
I want to hear you talk.

1476
01:03:51,361 --> 01:03:52,628
It's fine.

1477
01:04:13,015 --> 01:04:13,883
Get up.

1478
01:04:14,999 --> 01:04:15,818
Come on.

1479
01:04:22,713 --> 01:04:23,592
Back off.

1480
01:04:24,727 --> 01:04:26,462
Ah... it's just nice.

1481
01:04:27,329 --> 01:04:28,413
Does this hurt?

1482
01:04:28,448 --> 01:04:29,463
Good, good.

1483
01:04:29,498 --> 01:04:31,673
Get a rope. Hold us.

1484
01:04:31,708 --> 01:04:32,665
In less than a minute

1485
01:04:32,700 --> 01:04:36,150
Saul goes through your wallets.

1486
01:04:36,185 --> 01:04:39,475
They were Lips Egan and Mortimer Erwin.

1487
01:04:39,909 --> 01:04:42,511
And the last one to enter was Leopold Heim, me.

1488
01:04:42,546 --> 01:04:45,114
What do you think... boring?

1489
01:04:45,149 --> 01:04:46,380
So that's it.

1490
01:04:46,415 --> 01:04:50,102
Wow, there must be a thousand names in this notebook.

1491
01:04:50,137 --> 01:04:53,789
They each paid 10 big ones... that's 10 million.

1492
01:04:53,824 --> 01:04:55,758
Nice network mates.

1493
01:04:55,793 --> 01:04:57,693
Do you mind commenting?

1494
01:04:58,127 --> 01:04:58,994
Yes, I would like to explain.

1495
01:04:59,029 --> 01:05:00,096
Yes, I should explain.

1496
01:05:00,131 --> 01:05:01,128
We work for Nero Wolfe

1497
01:05:01,163 --> 01:05:02,429
and we disapprove of blackmail

1498
01:05:02,464 --> 01:05:04,165
But that's not what we're working on now.

1499
01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:07,598
We're working on a homicide...
or should I say 3 homicides?

1500
01:05:07,633 --> 01:05:09,834
So if I ask you

1501
01:05:09,869 --> 01:05:13,742
about your network is to discover a murder, see?

1502
01:05:13,777 --> 01:05:15,044
For example...

1503
01:05:16,784 --> 01:05:19,226
Was Matthew Birch in this with you?

1504
01:05:21,984 --> 01:05:22,851
Ow! Ow!

1505
01:05:23,285 --> 01:05:25,671
That's right, you miserable rat!

1506
01:05:25,706 --> 01:05:28,057
Now that it's out of your system, do you feel better?

1507
01:05:29,194 --> 01:05:30,226
Another thing, uh...

1508
01:05:30,659 --> 01:05:33,244
What percentage of the pie was for you?

1509
01:05:33,279 --> 01:05:34,997
and who would get the rest?

1510
01:05:35,032 --> 01:05:36,099
What cake?

1511
01:05:36,134 --> 01:05:37,166
"What cake?"

1512
01:05:37,600 --> 01:05:38,546
Huh.

1513
01:05:39,536 --> 01:05:41,809
Who gave you the tip about Leopold Heim?

1514
01:05:41,844 --> 01:05:43,637
Nobody.

1515
01:05:43,672 --> 01:05:44,505
Tough character.

1516
01:05:44,540 --> 01:05:45,806
He's very tough Archie.

1517
01:05:45,841 --> 01:05:47,576
Let me draw a little picture for you.

1518
01:05:47,611 --> 01:05:48,409
Yes, grab your arms

1519
01:05:48,444 --> 01:05:50,482
Right. Hey Fred, grab him.

1520
01:05:51,739 --> 01:05:52,823
Come on.

1521
01:05:54,150 --> 01:05:54,915
It's fine. Here we go.

1522
01:05:55,849 --> 01:05:56,217
The drawing?

1523
01:05:56,252 --> 01:05:57,518
"The drawing" yes.

1524
01:05:57,553 --> 01:05:59,494
I don't know if they were presented.

1525
01:05:59,529 --> 01:06:01,422
It is a scientific method

1526
01:06:01,457 --> 01:06:03,192
to stimulate vocal cords.

1527
01:06:03,227 --> 01:06:05,250
If and when you decide you no longer want

1528
01:06:05,285 --> 01:06:06,300
there's a phone next to it

1529
01:06:06,335 --> 01:06:07,898
and you can always call the police station.

1530
01:06:07,933 --> 01:06:08,964
At this moment we are done with science

1531
01:06:08,999 --> 01:06:10,075
and you can tell them anything you want

1532
01:06:10,110 --> 01:06:13,602
without interference or... you can answer my questions.

1533
01:06:14,167 --> 01:06:16,639
Did you see Birch in that car?

1534
01:06:17,940 --> 01:06:20,109
Who tipped you off about Leopold Heim?

1535
01:06:27,339 --> 01:06:29,339
Who is the boss of your network?

1536
01:06:30,519 --> 01:06:32,574
It's Birch... or was.

1537
01:06:32,609 --> 01:06:34,572
Hmm. Okay, now we're getting somewhere.

1538
01:06:34,607 --> 01:06:36,123
Now... did you see Birch in the car

1539
01:06:36,158 --> 01:06:38,679
with a woman last Tuesday afternoon?

1540
01:06:38,714 --> 01:06:39,194
Which woman?

1541
01:06:39,229 --> 01:06:40,027
"What woman?"

1542
01:06:40,062 --> 01:06:41,762
This gives me more than it gives you.

1543
01:06:41,797 --> 01:06:43,993
Okay, let go of me, let go of me.

1544
01:06:44,028 --> 01:06:45,332
I saw them together.

1545
01:06:45,367 --> 01:06:46,863
Did you see them together in Birch's car?

1546
01:06:46,898 --> 01:06:47,835
I don't know whose car it was.

1547
01:06:47,870 --> 01:06:48,954
Oh. Who was the woman?

1548
01:06:48,989 --> 01:06:50,004
I don't know her either.

1549
01:06:50,039 --> 01:06:51,774
Are you okay, who was driving?

1550
01:06:51,809 --> 01:06:53,040
Was that Birch driving?

1551
01:06:53,075 --> 01:06:55,244
No, no, that's what surprised me... it was her.

1552
01:06:55,279 --> 01:06:56,562
Birch was not the kind of man

1553
01:06:56,597 --> 01:06:57,846
to let a lady drive.

1554
01:06:59,148 --> 01:07:01,749
Who gave you the tip about Leopold Heim?

1555
01:07:01,750 --> 01:07:02,618
I don't know.

1556
01:07:03,485 --> 01:07:04,318
Oh no!

1557
01:07:04,353 --> 01:07:06,522
Come on, I'm telling the truth.

1558
01:07:07,467 --> 01:07:08,656
I get the tips two ways...

1559
01:07:08,691 --> 01:07:11,293
From Birch and some woman.

1560
01:07:11,727 --> 01:07:12,593
What woman?

1561
01:07:12,594 --> 01:07:13,427
I don't know.

1562
01:07:13,462 --> 01:07:15,197
Well, how did you know it wasn't a trap?

1563
01:07:15,631 --> 01:07:16,932
She uses a password.

1564
01:07:16,967 --> 01:07:17,765
A password, huh?

1565
01:07:17,800 --> 01:07:20,185
Well, what's the password?

1566
01:07:20,220 --> 01:07:22,263
"Said the spider to the fly."

1567
01:07:22,298 --> 01:07:24,306
"Said the spider to the fly."

1568
01:07:25,387 --> 01:07:26,041
Spider earrings.

1569
01:07:26,076 --> 01:07:27,793
Yes...

1570
01:07:27,828 --> 01:07:29,875
"Spider earrings".

1571
01:07:29,910 --> 01:07:31,470
Very good Fred.

1572
01:07:31,505 --> 01:07:32,995
Very, very good.

1573
01:07:33,030 --> 01:07:35,527
And, uh, what number were you calling him?

1574
01:07:35,562 --> 01:07:36,884
Oh, I never called him.

1575
01:07:36,885 --> 01:07:38,152
No, she called me

1576
01:07:38,187 --> 01:07:39,900
Birch was the contact.

1577
01:07:41,223 --> 01:07:43,379
Are we, uh... are we waiting for someone?

1578
01:08:07,249 --> 01:08:09,418
Hello, hello there.

1579
01:08:09,453 --> 01:08:10,285
Ah-Ah-Ah.

1580
01:08:10,719 --> 01:08:12,020
Hello, Orrie. Good to see you.

1581
01:08:12,055 --> 01:08:13,756
Just in time. Thanks.

1582
01:08:13,791 --> 01:08:15,456
Get in there.

1583
01:08:15,491 --> 01:08:16,757
That hurts.

1584
01:08:16,792 --> 01:08:18,058
"That hurts" huh?

1585
01:08:18,093 --> 01:08:19,793
Well, we are very serious

1586
01:08:19,828 --> 01:08:22,431
I have the number of an ambulance, if you want.

1587
01:08:22,466 --> 01:08:23,697
Yes, this is serious...

1588
01:08:23,732 --> 01:08:26,125
I'm serious enough to finish you off, Goodwin.

1589
01:08:27,202 --> 01:08:28,035
Lower the ball, lower the ball.

1590
01:08:28,070 --> 01:08:29,805
I'll make a phone call.

1591
01:08:51,927 --> 01:08:53,627
Nero Wolfe.

1592
01:08:53,662 --> 01:08:55,397
Yes, I need some advice.

1593
01:08:55,432 --> 01:08:56,230
I'm sleeping.

1594
01:08:56,265 --> 01:08:57,097
Well, sprinkle some...

1595
01:08:57,132 --> 01:08:58,741
And then I brought him up to speed.

1596
01:08:58,776 --> 01:09:01,083
I talked about Mort, I talked about Lips...

1597
01:09:01,118 --> 01:09:02,078
I told him about the notebook

1598
01:09:02,113 --> 01:09:04,169
with the 1,000 names that was in my pocket...

1599
01:09:04,204 --> 01:09:06,013
He could draw his own conclusions.

1600
01:09:06,048 --> 01:09:07,787
I told him about Lip's accusation

1601
01:09:07,822 --> 01:09:09,681
that Birch was the head of the network

1602
01:09:09,716 --> 01:09:12,967
despite the orders coming from a
woman he had never seen

1603
01:09:13,002 --> 01:09:16,218
and how Denis Horan had appeared in all of this.

1604
01:09:16,253 --> 01:09:20,122
That's... very satisfying.

1605
01:09:21,857 --> 01:09:24,026
Apologize to Mr. Horan.

1606
01:09:24,061 --> 01:09:26,243
What? Have heart.

1607
01:09:26,446 --> 01:09:27,461
He is a lawyer.

1608
01:09:27,496 --> 01:09:29,665
We won't give you any cards to play.

1609
01:09:31,834 --> 01:09:33,896
Keep the notebook.

1610
01:09:33,931 --> 01:09:35,924
Don't complain about him to anyone

1611
01:09:35,959 --> 01:09:38,340
and put it in the safe as soon as you get home.

1612
01:09:38,375 --> 01:09:40,040
Right, right.

1613
01:09:40,075 --> 01:09:42,155
Even though it makes me sick to consider...

1614
01:09:42,190 --> 01:09:44,236
As Wolfe described the rest of the plan,

1615
01:09:44,271 --> 01:09:45,452
some of the parts seemed rude to me

1616
01:09:45,487 --> 01:09:47,883
but I finally said I understood and hung up.

1617
01:09:47,918 --> 01:09:49,618
...those barbarians to my house.

1618
01:09:50,919 --> 01:09:54,823
Boys, you committed two infractions...

1619
01:09:54,858 --> 01:09:58,555
Assault with a firearm in Fred

1620
01:09:58,590 --> 01:10:00,891
and extortion from Saul.

1621
01:10:00,926 --> 01:10:02,922
Aw, you'll never make it "stick."

1622
01:10:02,957 --> 01:10:04,717
No, no, wait, wait, wait.

1623
01:10:04,752 --> 01:10:06,443
Now, my inclination will be

1624
01:10:06,478 --> 01:10:07,367
bring the hoodlums here

1625
01:10:07,402 --> 01:10:09,137
and take the birds away but I work

1626
01:10:09,172 --> 01:10:10,316
for Nero Wolfe, you see?

1627
01:10:10,439 --> 01:10:11,380
So he can think differently.

1628
01:10:11,415 --> 01:10:12,275
He may want you to take them

1629
01:10:12,310 --> 01:10:14,690
to your home for questioning. That's what we're going to do.

1630
01:10:14,725 --> 01:10:16,546
That's right, you guys have another option

1631
01:10:16,547 --> 01:10:17,984
which is to go with the bifias.

1632
01:10:18,247 --> 01:10:20,529
Now, I would be happy to take you to the police station

1633
01:10:20,564 --> 01:10:22,811
But that choice is yours. As for you Mr. Horan

1634
01:10:22,846 --> 01:10:25,465
I want to offer you our sincere apologies.

1635
01:10:25,500 --> 01:10:28,588
Because of these two characters.

1636
01:10:28,589 --> 01:10:32,560
Mr. Wolfe will personally send you
your apologies too.

1637
01:10:32,561 --> 01:10:34,650
Yes and I would like to apologize

1638
01:10:34,685 --> 01:10:36,465
for something else, by the way.

1639
01:10:36,899 --> 01:10:38,116
I forgot to introduce it

1640
01:10:38,151 --> 01:10:39,501
to Mr. Saulo Panzer...

1641
01:10:39,536 --> 01:10:40,369
Yes.

1642
01:10:40,802 --> 01:10:41,635
Thank you very much

1643
01:10:41,962 --> 01:10:43,683
for all the help you gave me.

1644
01:10:43,718 --> 01:10:45,574
I really appreciated it.

1645
01:10:45,609 --> 01:10:48,504
Also known as Leopold Heim.

1646
01:10:48,539 --> 01:10:49,838
That's it.

1647
01:10:50,308 --> 01:10:51,572
That's right, now

1648
01:10:51,607 --> 01:10:52,986
Back to our business

1649
01:10:53,021 --> 01:10:54,214
But there is, uh...

1650
01:10:54,249 --> 01:10:55,949
I had this great idea.

1651
01:10:55,984 --> 01:10:58,182
Doing justice to Mr. Egan here

1652
01:10:58,217 --> 01:11:00,322
If we go to Wolfe's house you might want to

1653
01:11:00,357 --> 01:11:02,491
be represented by a lawyer

1654
01:11:02,526 --> 01:11:04,625
and just by coincidence... guess what?

1655
01:11:04,660 --> 01:11:07,262
There is a lawyer in the room... Mr. Denis Horan.

1656
01:11:07,696 --> 01:11:09,126
Horan was in trouble.

1657
01:11:09,161 --> 01:11:10,471
If Horan abandoned them

1658
01:11:10,506 --> 01:11:11,746
they could abandon you

1659
01:11:11,781 --> 01:11:14,396
but saying yes will link you to them.

1660
01:11:14,431 --> 01:11:18,106
A lawyer's duty is not to help
Ever a guy who's in bad sheets?

1661
01:11:18,141 --> 01:11:22,657
Yes, but I'm too busy at the moment.

1662
01:11:22,692 --> 01:11:25,263
Yes, me too.

1663
01:11:25,851 --> 01:11:28,048
Of course.

1664
01:11:28,083 --> 01:11:30,902
All right, I'll see what I can do.

1665
01:11:30,937 --> 01:11:33,722
Uh, we'll have to have a talk.

1666
01:11:34,156 --> 01:11:35,457
All right, let's go guys.

1667
01:11:35,891 --> 01:11:38,927
Hey, bring these pliers as a souvenir, Fred.

1668
01:11:40,958 --> 01:11:42,025
Good morning.

1669
01:11:42,060 --> 01:11:43,092
Good morning.

1670
01:11:46,301 --> 01:11:47,602
Okay, calm down, Fred.

1671
01:11:47,637 --> 01:11:48,904
Don't kill anyone, okay?

1672
01:11:48,939 --> 01:11:50,170
How did things go?

1673
01:11:50,205 --> 01:11:51,524
Good. Replaced Fred at about 5:30.

1674
01:11:51,559 --> 01:11:52,701
Fred, are you awake?

1675
01:11:52,736 --> 01:11:53,696
I'm going to get some coffee.

1676
01:11:53,731 --> 01:11:54,448
Did you sleep well?

1677
01:11:54,483 --> 01:11:55,711
Oh, thanks.

1678
01:11:55,746 --> 01:11:57,145
This is intolerable!

1679
01:11:57,180 --> 01:11:57,919
Well, then don't suffer.

1680
01:11:57,954 --> 01:11:58,623
I told you many times

1681
01:11:58,658 --> 01:11:59,689
that you can go out whenever you want.

1682
01:11:59,724 --> 01:12:00,263
What about us?

1683
01:12:00,298 --> 01:12:01,928
For you, luxury accommodation.

1684
01:12:01,963 --> 01:12:04,186
The tie is crooked.

1685
01:12:10,592 --> 01:12:11,858
Eight breakfasts.

1686
01:12:11,893 --> 01:12:13,427
Well, that includes 3 guests.

1687
01:12:13,462 --> 01:12:15,276
Guests? Here?

1688
01:12:17,099 --> 01:12:18,573
I'm on a mission and I'm hungry.

1689
01:12:18,608 --> 01:12:19,701
Archie, I need 500 dollars.

1690
01:12:19,736 --> 01:12:20,527
For what?

1691
01:12:20,562 --> 01:12:21,284
Phone calls.

1692
01:12:21,319 --> 01:12:22,298
Fritz I'll just eat this

1693
01:12:22,333 --> 01:12:24,438
because it looks excellent. Mmm.

1694
01:12:24,910 --> 01:12:26,696
I knew it would be useless to try to guess

1695
01:12:26,731 --> 01:12:28,201
what Wolfe had in mind for Orry

1696
01:12:28,236 --> 01:12:30,979
and I knew it would be useless to ask.

1697
01:12:31,014 --> 01:12:32,356
I also knew Wolfe well enough to know

1698
01:12:32,391 --> 01:12:33,699
that he had something up his sleeve.

1699
01:12:33,734 --> 01:12:36,184
Ele sempre tinha.

1700
01:12:38,353 --> 01:12:40,579
This must be Inspector Cramer.

1701
01:12:40,614 --> 01:12:42,568
We called him when we got home last night

1702
01:12:42,603 --> 01:12:43,576
and we contain everything to him.

1703
01:12:43,611 --> 01:12:45,393
Bem, quase tudo.

1704
01:12:49,215 --> 01:12:49,596
Yes?

1705
01:12:49,631 --> 01:12:50,687
Yes, we are somehow in your way.

1706
01:12:50,722 --> 01:12:51,576
Where are these characters set?

1707
01:12:51,611 --> 01:12:52,498
And what do you want to tell me?

1708
01:12:52,533 --> 01:12:54,018
Uh, come in.

1709
01:12:57,421 --> 01:12:59,139
Why did it take so long?

1710
01:12:59,174 --> 01:13:00,909
Mr. Goodwin called over 6 hours ago.

1711
01:13:00,944 --> 01:13:02,179
As you know my house is full

1712
01:13:02,214 --> 01:13:03,513
what questionable characters

1713
01:13:03,548 --> 01:13:04,813
and I want to get rid of them.

1714
01:13:04,848 --> 01:13:05,422
Where are they?

1715
01:13:05,457 --> 01:13:07,849
Guilty of extortion. And, and... attack

1716
01:13:07,884 --> 01:13:09,385
and I'm sure much more.

1717
01:13:09,420 --> 01:13:10,851
Archie will explain later.

1718
01:13:10,886 --> 01:13:13,271
But first I have two questions.

1719
01:13:13,306 --> 01:13:15,657
Why would a man who killed a boy

1720
01:13:15,692 --> 01:13:16,406
in broad daylight

1721
01:13:16,441 --> 01:13:19,528
runs the risk of being identified later

1722
01:13:19,563 --> 01:13:21,193
by one or more spectators?

1723
01:13:22,133 --> 01:13:24,949
And the other question is linked to the path of the earrings

1724
01:13:24,984 --> 01:13:27,329
purchased by Mrs. Fromm

1725
01:13:27,364 --> 01:13:30,370
and used by the woman in the car a few days later.

1726
01:13:30,405 --> 01:13:34,743
And used again by Mrs. Fromm 3 days later.

1727
01:13:34,778 --> 01:13:36,478
Can you explain this?

1728
01:13:36,513 --> 01:13:37,351
No.

1729
01:13:37,386 --> 01:13:40,738
So I provided my own answers.

1730
01:13:40,773 --> 01:13:44,368
But I can't expose them without naming my suspect.

1731
01:13:44,403 --> 01:13:45,587
If you are prepared to name a suspect

1732
01:13:45,622 --> 01:13:47,151
Don't let me stop you.

1733
01:13:47,186 --> 01:13:47,756
Do you have any?

1734
01:13:47,791 --> 01:13:48,588
Oh, yes.

1735
01:13:48,623 --> 01:13:50,358
There's a roe.

1736
01:13:50,792 --> 01:13:51,625
Say it.

1737
01:13:51,660 --> 01:13:53,395
The question is:

1738
01:13:53,430 --> 01:13:54,630
"Do I have a suspect?"

1739
01:13:54,665 --> 01:13:57,169
And not "am I prepared to nominate it?"

1740
01:13:57,204 --> 01:14:01,636
I can have it in an hour or a week but not now.

1741
01:14:02,955 --> 01:14:04,635
What is Fred?

1742
01:14:04,673 --> 01:14:05,190
Yes sir.

1743
01:14:05,225 --> 01:14:08,063
Horan wants to talk to you now. Urgent.

1744
01:14:08,143 --> 01:14:14,000
Mm, this Horan is a hyena and irritates me.

1745
01:14:14,035 --> 01:14:15,317
Why don't you talk to him?

1746
01:14:16,555 --> 01:14:17,686
Bring him inside.

1747
01:14:21,371 --> 01:14:22,998
Oh, I think I already know your work

1748
01:14:23,033 --> 01:14:24,626
and all the deviations it presents, Wolfe

1749
01:14:24,661 --> 01:14:25,981
but this one takes the palm.

1750
01:14:27,738 --> 01:14:29,230
And I didn't understand.

1751
01:14:35,036 --> 01:14:36,338
Oh...

1752
01:14:37,639 --> 01:14:38,940
I'm glad you're here.

1753
01:14:38,975 --> 01:14:40,242
Me too.

1754
01:14:41,478 --> 01:14:43,038
I decided to reveal

1755
01:14:43,073 --> 01:14:45,406
the conversation I had with Mrs. Fromm

1756
01:14:45,441 --> 01:14:46,713
on the night of my party.

1757
01:14:46,748 --> 01:14:48,266
Had it revealed earlier

1758
01:14:48,301 --> 01:14:49,785
except that as your lawyer

1759
01:14:49,820 --> 01:14:51,754
should maintain secrecy.

1760
01:14:51,789 --> 01:14:54,121
But now it seems critical to me to do so.

1761
01:14:54,122 --> 01:14:55,388
Spill Horan.

1762
01:14:56,655 --> 01:14:59,569
She told me that she had received the information

1763
01:14:59,604 --> 01:15:01,292
that someone from the organization

1764
01:15:01,327 --> 01:15:04,231
was collecting the names of illegal immigrants

1765
01:15:04,266 --> 01:15:07,135
to a group of blackmailers led by Matthew Birch

1766
01:15:07,170 --> 01:15:10,762
and that a man named Egan was involved.

1767
01:15:10,797 --> 01:15:13,173
She especially highlighted

1768
01:15:13,208 --> 01:15:16,244
the importance of avoiding any scandal

1769
01:15:16,279 --> 01:15:19,281
that could harm the organization.

1770
01:15:19,714 --> 01:15:20,981
It was just like her.

1771
01:15:21,016 --> 01:15:24,444
Always thinking about others, never about her.

1772
01:15:25,481 --> 01:15:26,221
Are you okay?

1773
01:15:26,655 --> 01:15:27,921
Yes.

1774
01:15:27,956 --> 01:15:30,547
Aren't you Egan's lawyer?

1775
01:15:30,559 --> 01:15:33,595
No... no, that was a mistake.

1776
01:15:33,630 --> 01:15:36,860
I acted on impulse.

1777
01:15:36,895 --> 01:15:39,089
I told him I can't represent him

1778
01:15:39,124 --> 01:15:41,173
Purley, three Egan.

1779
01:15:41,208 --> 01:15:43,188
Of course you have a conscience

1780
01:15:43,223 --> 01:15:45,944
that this man is a lowly criminal

1781
01:15:45,979 --> 01:15:47,716
and that he is in a desperate situation.

1782
01:15:47,751 --> 01:15:49,453
He is hardly a credible witness.

1783
01:15:49,488 --> 01:15:50,444
Yes.

1784
01:15:50,479 --> 01:15:51,344
Come in.

1785
01:15:51,379 --> 01:15:53,548
Please sit down.

1786
01:15:53,982 --> 01:15:56,584
Aren't you Lawrence Egan?

1787
01:15:57,091 --> 01:15:59,187
Also known as Lips Egan?

1788
01:15:59,909 --> 01:16:01,482
Yes. Yes. It's me.

1789
01:16:01,517 --> 01:16:03,056
And here Mr. Horan

1790
01:16:03,091 --> 01:16:06,092
states that he no longer represents him.

1791
01:16:06,127 --> 01:16:08,346
He also says that you are a lowly criminal and a...

1792
01:16:08,381 --> 01:16:09,598
That's not what I said!

1793
01:16:09,633 --> 01:16:10,465
Shut up!

1794
01:16:10,899 --> 01:16:12,165
One more interruption and you're out.

1795
01:16:12,200 --> 01:16:14,369
You said you no longer represented him?

1796
01:16:14,803 --> 01:16:15,237
Yes or no?

1797
01:16:15,564 --> 01:16:16,937
Yes.

1798
01:16:16,972 --> 01:16:18,273
You said he's a lowly criminal?

1799
01:16:18,308 --> 01:16:19,068
Yes.

1800
01:16:19,103 --> 01:16:20,007
So shut up.

1801
01:16:20,008 --> 01:16:22,586
Had you ever seen this man before last night?

1802
01:16:23,591 --> 01:16:24,628
So?

1803
01:16:24,663 --> 01:16:26,149
I have to think.

1804
01:16:26,184 --> 01:16:28,402
Don't hurt yourself.

1805
01:16:29,167 --> 01:16:30,784
He also said that you are involved

1806
01:16:30,819 --> 01:16:32,587
in a blackmail scheme

1807
01:16:34,322 --> 01:16:36,924
Yes, I had already seen him before last night.

1808
01:16:36,925 --> 01:16:38,009
I saw him many times.

1809
01:16:38,044 --> 01:16:39,219
Dozens of times.

1810
01:16:39,254 --> 01:16:40,395
Isn't it brother?

1811
01:16:41,263 --> 01:16:42,563
You miserable rat.

1812
01:16:42,564 --> 01:16:43,396
Sit down!

1813
01:16:43,431 --> 01:16:45,166
He's involved up to his ears.

1814
01:16:45,201 --> 01:16:46,034
That's a lie!

1815
01:16:46,468 --> 01:16:48,298
You involved him in this

1816
01:16:48,333 --> 01:16:49,035
Maybe...

1817
01:16:49,070 --> 01:16:53,056
but I already have everything I need, Mr. Horan.

1818
01:16:53,091 --> 01:16:54,076
You will be arrested

1819
01:16:54,111 --> 01:16:55,386
as a witness

1820
01:16:55,421 --> 01:16:56,766
in a murder and extortion case.

1821
01:16:56,801 --> 01:16:59,047
Purley. Take him away and take the others with you.

1822
01:16:59,082 --> 01:17:01,181
Come on guys.

1823
01:17:05,987 --> 01:17:09,856
It's 9:00. My orchids.

1824
01:17:10,548 --> 01:17:12,494
You mean you're going to leave when...

1825
01:17:12,529 --> 01:17:13,326
When what?

1826
01:17:13,361 --> 01:17:15,313
You cornered this prey

1827
01:17:15,348 --> 01:17:17,230
and it's retracting its claws

1828
01:17:17,265 --> 01:17:20,302
to get his hands on another prey... this elusive Horan.

1829
01:17:20,337 --> 01:17:22,225
I'm not after blackmailers.

1830
01:17:22,260 --> 01:17:23,303
I'm after a killer.

1831
01:17:23,338 --> 01:17:25,507
You can deal with them effectively elsewhere.

1832
01:17:25,542 --> 01:17:27,145
You bet I can.

1833
01:17:27,180 --> 01:17:29,159
And I'll take your men with me...

1834
01:17:29,194 --> 01:17:30,337
all 4.

1835
01:17:30,372 --> 01:17:31,286
You can keep 3 of them

1836
01:17:31,321 --> 01:17:33,315
but not with Mr. Cather. He's not here.

1837
01:17:33,350 --> 01:17:35,483
Where is he? I want him

1838
01:17:35,518 --> 01:17:36,802
You can't have it.

1839
01:17:36,837 --> 01:17:38,051
He's on a mission.

1840
01:17:38,086 --> 01:17:41,122
Haven't I given you enough for one morning?

1841
01:17:42,352 --> 01:17:43,291
Archie, remember where you went

1842
01:17:43,326 --> 01:17:44,557
Orry?

1843
01:17:44,592 --> 01:17:46,328
I couldn't even remember to save myself.

1844
01:17:46,363 --> 01:17:48,355
Good. Don't even try.

1845
01:17:50,884 --> 01:17:53,436
And the truth is that I had no idea

1846
01:17:53,471 --> 01:17:55,870
where Orry was.

1847
01:17:59,426 --> 01:18:01,367
I had never seen so many officers on the same day

1848
01:18:01,402 --> 01:18:03,273
as I saw over the next 8 hours.

1849
01:18:03,308 --> 01:18:06,199
Finally they came up with a reasonably rigorous statement

1850
01:18:06,234 --> 01:18:07,144
and I was sent

1851
01:18:07,179 --> 01:18:09,751
to Police Commissioner Walter Neary's office.

1852
01:18:09,786 --> 01:18:11,398
Long live Commissioner, what's going on?

1853
01:18:11,433 --> 01:18:13,221
Talk to me about this subject with Jean Estey.

1854
01:18:13,256 --> 01:18:13,841
Again?

1855
01:18:13,876 --> 01:18:15,003
It looks different now.

1856
01:18:15,038 --> 01:18:16,472
Well, I've been there and spoken to some...

1857
01:18:16,507 --> 01:18:17,993
And Mrs. Horan and Angela Wright...

1858
01:18:18,028 --> 01:18:19,311
Who had this idea?

1859
01:18:19,346 --> 01:18:20,621
Hey, it's you.

1860
01:18:20,656 --> 01:18:21,896
So Wolfe knew.

1861
01:18:22,330 --> 01:18:24,065
I'll have to think about that one.

1862
01:18:24,605 --> 01:18:26,199
That fat son of a bitch.

1863
01:18:27,354 --> 01:18:28,529
He said he's prepared to earn the money

1864
01:18:28,564 --> 01:18:30,572
that Mrs. Fromm paid him to identify the killer.

1865
01:18:30,607 --> 01:18:32,706
He wants Stebbins and me.

1866
01:18:32,741 --> 01:18:34,476
He wants the top 5 people involved.

1867
01:18:34,511 --> 01:18:35,913
And if that's not enough

1868
01:18:35,948 --> 01:18:38,813
he wants 3 or 4 female police officers... undercover.

1869
01:18:38,848 --> 01:18:40,565
He wants it right away.

1870
01:18:40,600 --> 01:18:42,283
He wants the Durkin, the Panzer

1871
01:18:42,318 --> 01:18:43,550
and Egan.

1872
01:18:43,585 --> 01:18:47,055
And he says we will hand over the killer to him.

1873
01:18:47,489 --> 01:18:49,189
He's a maniac. intolerable.

1874
01:18:49,224 --> 01:18:50,129
Bring him here.

1875
01:18:50,164 --> 01:18:50,924
He won't come.

1876
01:18:50,959 --> 01:18:51,585
You will bring it.

1877
01:18:51,620 --> 01:18:52,682
Do you have a mandate?

1878
01:18:52,717 --> 01:18:53,709
I'll fix it.

1879
01:18:53,744 --> 01:18:56,164
Commissioner, he won't open his mouth.

1880
01:18:56,199 --> 01:18:56,997
He will be out on bail.

1881
01:18:57,032 --> 01:18:58,934
Go home and make your own invitation.

1882
01:18:58,969 --> 01:19:00,033
Without us.

1883
01:19:00,068 --> 01:19:01,768
Well, I'll see the gentlemen later.

1884
01:19:01,803 --> 01:19:03,538
It's always a pleasure, Commissioner.

1885
01:19:10,678 --> 01:19:13,515
Is anyone able to do the favor
to tell me what this is?

1886
01:19:14,793 --> 01:19:16,117
I'm Inspector Cramer.

1887
01:19:16,901 --> 01:19:18,685
New York homicides.

1888
01:19:19,117 --> 01:19:21,756
I want you to understand that this is official.

1889
01:19:21,791 --> 01:19:23,023
Only up to a certain point.

1890
01:19:24,213 --> 01:19:26,498
You were brought here by the police department.

1891
01:19:26,533 --> 01:19:29,370
With the approval of the Prosecutor.

1892
01:19:29,564 --> 01:19:32,132
I'm fed up with this.

1893
01:19:32,979 --> 01:19:36,071
But now Nero Wolfe will continue alone.

1894
01:19:36,900 --> 01:19:37,771
I want you to understand

1895
01:19:37,806 --> 01:19:40,373
that he has no, uh, authority

1896
01:19:40,408 --> 01:19:44,312
to demand answers to none
of the questions he may ask.

1897
01:19:44,347 --> 01:19:46,915
Do you understand this?

1898
01:20:05,133 --> 01:20:06,000
This is, uh...

1899
01:20:06,434 --> 01:20:07,302
a little strange.

1900
01:20:08,293 --> 01:20:10,794
I... only saw 2 of you before...

1901
01:20:10,829 --> 01:20:15,508
Mr. Horan and Mr. Kuffner.

1902
01:20:15,543 --> 01:20:22,050
Mr. Goodwin got me a table but I'd like to confirm.

1903
01:20:22,085 --> 01:20:23,785
Is that Miss Jean Estey?

1904
01:20:23,820 --> 01:20:25,086
Yes.

1905
01:20:26,821 --> 01:20:28,990
Mrs. Angela Wright?

1906
01:20:29,025 --> 01:20:31,124
Rejoice.

1907
01:20:31,159 --> 01:20:32,026
Mr Denis Horan?

1908
01:20:32,460 --> 01:20:33,029
I don't see...

1909
01:20:33,064 --> 01:20:34,160
Mr. Goodwin tell me

1910
01:20:34,195 --> 01:20:36,364
has a pet.

1911
01:20:46,341 --> 01:20:48,041
Thank you everyone for coming.

1912
01:20:49,689 --> 01:20:52,725
Uh, this is the first time I've undertaken

1913
01:20:52,760 --> 01:20:55,786
the resolution of a murder from
from a group of almost unknown people.

1914
01:20:55,821 --> 01:20:58,160
It seems a little presumptuous

1915
01:20:58,195 --> 01:20:59,787
but let's see.

1916
01:21:02,857 --> 01:21:07,164
I have no questions to ask

1917
01:21:07,199 --> 01:21:11,499
but in reality I have questions to ask myself.

1918
01:21:11,534 --> 01:21:13,199
For example...

1919
01:21:13,234 --> 01:21:17,138
Why did Mrs. Fromm wear those spider earrings?

1920
01:21:17,173 --> 01:21:20,469
When did you come to see me?

1921
01:21:20,504 --> 01:21:24,946
Answer: they were part of an attempted imposture.

1922
01:21:24,981 --> 01:21:26,646
She wanted to personify

1923
01:21:26,681 --> 01:21:29,284
the woman who was wearing them in the car

1924
01:21:29,319 --> 01:21:33,188
with the aim of finding out what I knew.

1925
01:21:33,621 --> 01:21:34,888
Another question.

1926
01:21:34,923 --> 01:21:40,128
Why did Mr. Horan go to the factory last night?

1927
01:21:40,163 --> 01:21:41,828
Answer: because

1928
01:21:41,863 --> 01:21:45,949
his greed impelled him to do a foolish action

1929
01:21:45,984 --> 01:21:49,671
by giving Leopold Heim's name and address to Mr. Lips Egan

1930
01:21:49,706 --> 01:21:50,409
and he was alarmed.

1931
01:21:50,444 --> 01:21:51,297
I protest.

1932
01:21:51,332 --> 01:21:54,008
Inspector Cramer, this is slander.

1933
01:21:54,043 --> 01:21:56,142
you are a lawyer. Sue him.

1934
01:21:56,177 --> 01:21:58,968
Mr. Horan. If I were you I would stop saying nonsense

1935
01:21:59,003 --> 01:21:59,881
about its implication

1936
01:21:59,916 --> 01:22:01,347
in blackmail and extortion.

1937
01:22:01,382 --> 01:22:03,516
As for this, you are sunk and you know it

1938
01:22:03,551 --> 01:22:07,021
and now you are faced with a far greater danger.

1939
01:22:07,056 --> 01:22:10,601
Identification as Pete Drossos' killer.

1940
01:22:10,636 --> 01:22:11,758
But, I, I...

1941
01:22:11,793 --> 01:22:15,121
You will not be able to escape a prison sentence

1942
01:22:15,156 --> 01:22:18,449
but with my help you will be able to continue living.

1943
01:22:20,034 --> 01:22:21,057
I suppose most of you

1944
01:22:21,092 --> 01:22:24,175
don't know anything about the extortion scheme

1945
01:22:24,210 --> 01:22:26,510
which led to the deaths of 3 people.

1946
01:22:26,541 --> 01:22:29,143
Then you won't be able to follow me

1947
01:22:29,178 --> 01:22:31,850
but one of you will certainly

1948
01:22:31,885 --> 01:22:33,915
be able to accompany me.

1949
01:22:35,267 --> 01:22:36,623
Where do I start?

1950
01:22:37,385 --> 01:22:41,072
With the gold earrings with spiders.

1951
01:22:41,107 --> 01:22:43,800
Unusual and very ugly.

1952
01:22:43,835 --> 01:22:48,383
Why would a woman with good taste

1953
01:22:48,418 --> 01:22:53,940
like Mrs. Fromm, after seeing those earrings

1954
01:22:53,975 --> 01:22:56,791
in a shop window, feel motivated to buy them?

1955
01:22:56,826 --> 01:22:58,779
Maybe she didn't consider them ugly.

1956
01:22:59,073 --> 01:23:00,773
Differences in taste? Silly.

1957
01:23:00,808 --> 01:23:03,444
Do you remember Mr. Lips Egan

1958
01:23:03,479 --> 01:23:05,609
saying that when you call him

1959
01:23:05,644 --> 01:23:07,564
Did the woman use a password?

1960
01:23:07,599 --> 01:23:09,484
Which one was Mr. Egan?

1961
01:23:10,351 --> 01:23:12,954
"Said the spider to the fly."

1962
01:23:13,388 --> 01:23:17,158
Exactly. "Said the spider..."

1963
01:23:17,193 --> 01:23:21,629
Maybe Mrs. Fromm heard
this unusual password used

1964
01:23:21,664 --> 01:23:25,967
and have given in to the impulse to play some kind of game

1965
01:23:26,002 --> 01:23:28,986
with those she thought might be involved.

1966
01:23:29,003 --> 01:23:29,836
What game?

1967
01:23:29,871 --> 01:23:32,473
Possibly to see if anyone would respond.

1968
01:23:32,907 --> 01:23:35,908
What we really know

1969
01:23:35,943 --> 01:23:38,980
Is that a woman who wore these earrings

1970
01:23:39,015 --> 01:23:41,149
I was driving a car with a man

1971
01:23:41,184 --> 01:23:42,849
and said the words

1972
01:23:42,884 --> 01:23:46,372
"Help. Call a police officer." for
a boy named Pete Drossos

1973
01:23:46,407 --> 01:23:49,885
and the car suddenly left.

1974
01:23:50,746 --> 01:23:52,947
The next day, the same car

1975
01:23:52,982 --> 01:23:56,379
now driven by a man, he ran over the boy

1976
01:23:56,414 --> 01:23:58,090
at a relatively busy intersection.

1977
01:23:58,125 --> 01:23:59,766
We know there was a man behind the wheel

1978
01:23:59,801 --> 01:24:03,271
because witnesses caught a glimpse of him.

1979
01:24:03,306 --> 01:24:04,572
So obviously...

1980
01:24:05,006 --> 01:24:06,090
the driver was the man

1981
01:24:06,125 --> 01:24:07,175
who was in the car with his wife

1982
01:24:07,210 --> 01:24:08,476
the day before.

1983
01:24:08,910 --> 01:24:11,512
This seemed obvious why this man would be afraid

1984
01:24:11,547 --> 01:24:13,247
that Pete Drossos could identify him.

1985
01:24:13,282 --> 01:24:15,590
But this theory has been invalidated.

1986
01:24:15,625 --> 01:24:18,573
when I knew that the man who
I was in the car with my wife

1987
01:24:18,608 --> 01:24:19,754
was Matthew Birch

1988
01:24:20,188 --> 01:24:23,189
and Matthew Birch had been killed

1989
01:24:23,224 --> 01:24:27,562
the night before Pete Drossos was run over.

1990
01:24:28,416 --> 01:24:32,351
So who was the driver?

1991
01:24:32,386 --> 01:24:37,105
I put myself in your shoes.

1992
01:24:37,538 --> 01:24:41,442
I can't expect to be able to kill the boy on the first try.

1993
01:24:41,876 --> 01:24:44,632
Gotta drive through the intersection

1994
01:24:44,667 --> 01:24:47,532
several or even many times.

1995
01:24:47,567 --> 01:24:49,684
There will be people around.

1996
01:24:49,719 --> 01:24:51,384
Witnesses.

1997
01:24:52,298 --> 01:24:53,804
So what do I do?

1998
01:24:53,839 --> 01:24:55,665
Do I wear a mask?

1999
01:24:55,700 --> 01:24:57,457
A fake beard?

2000
01:24:58,945 --> 01:25:04,866
No. I proceed with my most dangerous and deadly adventure

2001
01:25:04,901 --> 01:25:08,336
dressed in a brown suit

2002
01:25:08,371 --> 01:25:11,299
and a felt hat.

2003
01:25:11,334 --> 01:25:17,330
Clearly... or I'm an incomparable ass

2004
01:25:17,365 --> 01:25:22,216
or... I'm a woman.

2005
01:25:26,988 --> 01:25:30,458
Let's say, hypothetically,

2006
01:25:30,493 --> 01:25:32,158
that I am a woman.

2007
01:25:32,193 --> 01:25:37,973
If I am a woman many
these complexities disappear

2008
01:25:38,008 --> 01:25:41,161
since most of the papers now become mine.

2009
01:25:41,196 --> 01:25:45,206
Let's say I'm involved in a blackmail scheme.

2010
01:25:45,241 --> 01:25:47,350
I can even lead it.

2011
01:25:47,385 --> 01:25:52,124
Mrs. Fromm catches his scent and becomes suspicious.

2012
01:25:52,159 --> 01:25:54,280
She asks me confidential questions.

2013
01:25:54,315 --> 01:25:58,028
Even give me the spider earrings as a gift

2014
01:25:58,063 --> 01:25:59,485
to provoke a reaction.

2015
01:25:59,520 --> 01:26:03,424
I will tell Matthew Birch, one of my accomplices

2016
01:26:03,459 --> 01:26:05,827
about Mrs. Fromm's suspicions.

2017
01:26:05,862 --> 01:26:08,196
He insists on meeting me.

2018
01:26:08,629 --> 01:26:11,197
He lets me drive his car, which is unusual.

2019
01:26:12,274 --> 01:26:16,106
Suddenly he pulls out a gun and orders me
that leads to any place.

2020
01:26:16,141 --> 01:26:17,677
Whatever the cause of your hostility

2021
01:26:17,712 --> 01:26:18,406
I know your character.

2022
01:26:18,441 --> 01:26:19,907
I fear for my life.

2023
01:26:19,942 --> 01:26:21,226
On a corner

2024
01:26:21,261 --> 01:26:22,475
the car stops.

2025
01:26:22,510 --> 01:26:25,546
A young man approaches to wash the windshield.

2026
01:26:25,581 --> 01:26:27,434
His face is next to mine.

2027
01:26:27,469 --> 01:26:31,185
I say the words "Help. Call a police officer."

2028
01:26:31,220 --> 01:26:33,805
Birch "stings" me and we left.

2029
01:26:33,840 --> 01:26:36,355
I recover from my panic.

2030
01:26:37,360 --> 01:26:42,631
Somewhere later I catch him off guard and attack.

2031
01:26:42,666 --> 01:26:46,171
I disarm him but I don't shoot him.

2032
01:26:46,206 --> 01:26:49,665
I have him in the car, helpless and unconscious

2033
01:26:49,700 --> 01:26:53,524
and at the end of that night I drive to a secluded alley, throw it out,

2034
01:26:53,559 --> 01:26:58,828
I walk over it several times,
I park the car and go home.

2035
01:26:59,380 --> 01:27:01,983
I could have made that story up.

2036
01:27:02,018 --> 01:27:03,718
Show me the proof.

2037
01:27:03,753 --> 01:27:05,687
I intend on that.

2038
01:27:05,722 --> 01:27:07,587
The next day

2039
01:27:07,622 --> 01:27:12,827
I decide that the boy is a threat that cannot be tolerated.

2040
01:27:12,862 --> 01:27:18,032
He can identify me as Birch's companion in the car.

2041
01:27:18,067 --> 01:27:21,736
So that afternoon, dressed as a man

2042
01:27:21,771 --> 01:27:25,406
I'm going to get the car where I parked it

2043
01:27:26,707 --> 01:27:28,009
and send the boy away

2044
01:27:28,442 --> 01:27:29,986
ending such a possibility.

2045
01:27:30,021 --> 01:27:30,576
Evidence.

2046
01:27:30,611 --> 01:27:32,795
Evidence. Where is the evidence?

2047
01:27:32,830 --> 01:27:33,613
Mrs. Fromm was on her way

2048
01:27:33,648 --> 01:27:37,985
from Horan's apartment for dinner that night.

2049
01:27:38,020 --> 01:27:40,588
I found her car parked nearby.

2050
01:27:41,889 --> 01:27:44,926
I hid on the floor behind the front seat

2051
01:27:44,961 --> 01:27:47,094
armed with a screwdriver.

2052
01:27:47,129 --> 01:27:49,414
Horan went out with her but...

2053
01:27:49,449 --> 01:27:50,565
Wait!

2054
01:27:50,998 --> 01:27:51,866
Wait!

2055
01:27:53,601 --> 01:27:56,203
I brought them here, but there is a limit.

2056
01:27:56,238 --> 01:27:58,823
Give me a suit or we're done here.

2057
01:27:59,613 --> 01:28:01,409
Archie, let them in, please.

2058
01:28:19,627 --> 01:28:20,928
The red chair.

2059
01:28:29,604 --> 01:28:31,772
My name is Nero Wolfe.

2060
01:28:33,129 --> 01:28:35,025
What's your business Mr. Levine?

2061
01:28:35,060 --> 01:28:37,845
I'm a partner at "B. and S. Levine".

2062
01:28:38,279 --> 01:28:40,448
The "S" is for Sidney, my brother.

2063
01:28:40,483 --> 01:28:41,714
And the business?

2064
01:28:42,422 --> 01:28:44,134
A clothing store, men's clothing

2065
01:28:44,169 --> 01:28:46,520
on Fillmore Street in Brooklyn.

2066
01:28:46,555 --> 01:28:47,787
Why are you here?

2067
01:28:48,724 --> 01:28:50,649
Well... We had a phone call

2068
01:28:50,684 --> 01:28:51,741
in the store and a man said

2069
01:28:51,776 --> 01:28:54,094
that his wife had bought him

2070
01:28:54,129 --> 01:28:56,413
a felt hat and a brown suit the week before

2071
01:28:56,448 --> 01:28:57,365
and if we remembered about this

2072
01:28:57,400 --> 01:28:59,065
and I told him, "of course"

2073
01:28:59,100 --> 01:29:03,004
and he asked, to be sure, if I would describe it and I did.

2074
01:29:03,039 --> 01:29:05,137
And then what happened?

2075
01:29:05,172 --> 01:29:06,907
So he asked me to come here.

2076
01:29:06,942 --> 01:29:08,425
What a talker this man is.

2077
01:29:08,460 --> 01:29:09,909
Should be a salesman.

2078
01:29:09,944 --> 01:29:11,644
I want to know about the woman

2079
01:29:11,679 --> 01:29:13,848
who bought the brown suit and the felt hat.

2080
01:29:13,883 --> 01:29:15,383
She's here. Via

2081
01:29:15,418 --> 01:29:16,884
as soon as I sat down.

2082
01:29:23,150 --> 01:29:23,824
It's fine.

2083
01:29:23,859 --> 01:29:25,126
It's a fact.

2084
01:29:25,559 --> 01:29:26,426
I was a fool.

2085
01:29:26,461 --> 01:29:28,414
I bought the suit for Claire Horan.

2086
01:29:28,449 --> 01:29:29,731
She asked me and I did it.

2087
01:29:29,766 --> 01:29:30,782
You bitch!

2088
01:29:30,817 --> 01:29:32,031
That's a lie!

2089
01:29:32,066 --> 01:29:34,200
She is a murderer and a liar!

2090
01:29:34,235 --> 01:29:36,837
Shut up! Shut up, you crazy woman! I'll kill her!

2091
01:29:36,872 --> 01:29:37,939
I'll kill her!

2092
01:29:37,974 --> 01:29:38,971
It's okay, Purley.

2093
01:29:39,006 --> 01:29:40,741
Get them out of here... all of them.

2094
01:29:40,776 --> 01:29:41,843
Get them out of here.

2095
01:29:41,878 --> 01:29:42,828
Mrs. Horan too.

2096
01:29:42,863 --> 01:29:43,778
Get her out of here.

2097
01:29:44,732 --> 01:29:46,366
I felt indebted to Lon Cohen.

2098
01:29:46,401 --> 01:29:47,590
A good performance on your part.

2099
01:29:47,625 --> 01:29:50,081
He had done me good favors

2100
01:29:50,116 --> 01:29:52,538
and would do some more.

2101
01:30:11,972 --> 01:30:14,141
Did he say he wanted to see me?

2102
01:30:14,176 --> 01:30:16,310
I said so Mrs. Drossos.

2103
01:30:19,780 --> 01:30:22,178
Mrs. Drossos, this is for you.

2104
01:30:22,213 --> 01:30:23,537
This is 5,000 dollars.

2105
01:30:23,572 --> 01:30:24,517
It's half of Mr. Wolfe's fees.

2106
01:30:24,552 --> 01:30:27,154
Mr. Wolfe and Pete were partners

2107
01:30:27,189 --> 01:30:29,288
and he would want you to have this.

2108
01:30:29,323 --> 01:30:32,824
But, I, I, I gave him Pete's money, 5 dollars.

2109
01:30:32,859 --> 01:30:34,110
I know. Wolfe believes

2110
01:30:34,145 --> 01:30:35,361
that a business is a business.

2111
01:30:35,396 --> 01:30:38,432
But why doesn't he give it to us in person?

2112
01:30:38,467 --> 01:30:41,469
Mr. Wolfe, uh, is a bit of a coward, you see.

2113
01:30:41,902 --> 01:30:42,735
A coward?

2114
01:30:44,584 --> 01:30:46,383
He hates seeing a woman cry.

2115
01:30:49,710 --> 01:30:51,228
Thanks for coming.

2116
01:30:51,263 --> 01:30:53,089
Fritz will walk you home.

2117
01:30:53,124 --> 01:30:54,915
Don't tell him I cried.

2118
01:30:54,950 --> 01:30:56,217
I won't say.

2119
01:31:19,640 --> 01:31:23,978
Well, I gave you half of Mrs. Fromm's fees.

2120
01:31:24,845 --> 01:31:26,545
And did she accept them?

2121
01:31:26,580 --> 01:31:30,267
Of course he accepted them.

2122
01:31:30,302 --> 01:31:33,954
She... she, uh...?

2123
01:31:36,123 --> 01:31:38,292
Maybe when he left the house.

2124
01:31:38,726 --> 01:31:41,762
But not a single tear in the house.

2125
01:31:43,063 --> 01:31:46,534
Well, that's remarkable Archie.

2126
01:31:46,569 --> 01:31:49,570
It's very, very remarkable.

2127
01:31:54,775 --> 01:31:57,378
Notable.