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Good evening.

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I firmly believe that everyone
should indulge now and then

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in some form
of athletic sport,
don't you?

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Personally, I don't
require much exercise,

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since I lead
a very Spartan existence.

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But when I do,
I find my needs are
adequately filled

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by such sports as riding

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or reading
the less violent portions
of the Sunday papers.

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Of course, for a true test
of bodily coordination,

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I think there's nothing better
than lying in a hammock,

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but I suppose that would
only appeal to those of you

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who enjoy living dangerously.

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As for tonight's play,
it is called

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"My Brother, Richard"

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and it begins
in a country club.

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By the way,

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golf is one game
I've never cared much for.

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I don't like the paperwork.

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I find adding up my strokes
too fatiguing.

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(HUMMING)

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If you keep stuffing papers
in that case, Martin,

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you won't have room
for a clean shirt.

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It's just the notes
for tonight's speech, hon.

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You can't expect me
to ad-lib my way into
the Governor's mansion.

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Isn't that how you became
district attorney?

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A little more
respect, please.

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Yes, sir.

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Well, now,
what's this for?

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Just in case
I get lonely.

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Well, you'll only
be away 24 hours.

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Besides, I thought you saw
my face in your dreams.

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Supposing I get insomnia.

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Well, that'll be the night.

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Now, Martin, you'll be late.

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(WHISTLES)

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Where is everybody?

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LAURA: We're in here, Richard.

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Greetings.

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Hello, Richard.
Hello.

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You almost missed me.

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I'm on my way
to the State Committee
dinner in Bridgetown.

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RICHARD: Oh?

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For my favorite
sister-in-law.

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Hmm.

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Oh, you spoil me.

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But, of course.
Why bother with Bridgetown?
It really isn't necessary.

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It is, if I want
the nomination.
Everything counts.

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You'll have the nomination.
That's what I've come
to tell you.

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There you go
with that crystal ball
of yours again.

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But thanks
for the confidence.

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You two admire each other
and I'll get dressed.

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Are you coming to
the station with us, Richard?

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I hope to persuade
Martin not to go.

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And waste
that case full of speech
he's prepared? Never.

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(CHUCKLES)

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Truthfully, Richard,
I've made a few too many
speeches of late.

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I wouldn't mind
skipping a few.

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I wish you'd try
my tailor, Martin.

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I can't afford him.

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I'm a public servant,
not the owner of a successful
construction company.

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The Governor of the State
will be able to
afford my tailor.

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There you go
calling the shots again.

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But aren't you forgetting
my worthy opponent?

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If you're referring
to Burton Reeves,
you don't have to worry.

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Oh, he is just one of
the most important men
in our party.

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Fine record in state politics,

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third-term member
of the legislature and I...

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(CHUCKLING)

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Well, I'm your brother.

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My brother happens to be
a man who can't lose.

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All right, if you say so.

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I'm going to send you
a case of my vermouth,
Martin, it's so much drier.

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I promise you, Richard,
that if I win the nomination

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I shall drink your vermouth
and I'll go to your tailor.

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I'll even recommend you
as a fortuneteller,

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but right now
I'm on my way
to Bridgetown.

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Martin,

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Burton Reeves is dead.

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What? Dead?

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Yes, dead.

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When did it happen?

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About half an hour ago.
I killed him.

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I did it for you.
I should say, "Us."

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At any rate, Mr. Reeves
has conceded the nomination

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with my assistance.

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You killed Reeves?
You couldn't...

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I must say that
I was very pleased
to find that I could.

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See how that
suits your taste.

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Oh, I forgot
you don't take an olive.

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About half an hour ago,
in the shower room
at the club.

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I very neatly and nicely
shot Mr. Reeves in the
back of the head.

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No one saw me come in,
no one saw me leave,

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so no one will ever know.

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Come, Martin,
stop behaving as though
I'd committed a crime.

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Burton Reeves meant nothing
to me. He was in the way.
You wanted to be Governor,

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I wanted you to be Governor.
Now you will be.

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We both know that
whoever wins the nomination
wins the election.

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I made sure
that it was you.

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Kill a man
to win an election?

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Perfectly acceptable
motive for murder.

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(PHONE RINGING)

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Answer it, Martin.

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Hello?

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Yes, it is.

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Sheriff Briggs, I...

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Reeves?

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How did it happen?

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I see, I...

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I'll have to
call you back.

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Well?

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It happened exactly
as you said it did.

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I'll have to resign.

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But you needn't worry,
Richard, I'll defend you.

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(LAUGHING)

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Don't be
so melodramatic, Martin.

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Sometimes
that halo of yours
gets a bit tiresome.

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Of course you
don't have to resign.

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You certainly don't
have to defend me.

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All you have to do
is to find yourself
another murderer.

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No one will know that
it was I. Find someone
else, that's all. Anyone.

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There must be half-a-dozen
of our fellow club members

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who had something
against Burton Reeves.

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Pick the most likely one,
build your case,

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and at
the proper moment,

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they'll find this
in his possession.

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(CHUCKLES)

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Exhibit A
in the State's case.

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This conviction will get you
more votes than a hundred
speeches in Bridgetown,

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I can tell you that.
Go to it, Governor.

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Only remember, I get all
of the construction work
in the State from now on.

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I always knew
you were ambitious, Richard,

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but I never realized
it was a disease.

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Now, look, I went to
a great deal of trouble
for you

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and you don't appear
to be very cooperative.

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Now, do as I say.

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You calmly announce that
you've murdered a man

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and ask me
to find someone else
to take the blame.

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And then you expect me
to say, "Congratulations,
brother, well done"?

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Why not?
It was well done.

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I'm the District Attorney,
Richard. I can't go around
framing people. It's insane!

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I'm ready.

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Oh my, doesn't she
look lovely, Martin?

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You'd better do as I say,

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if you want her
to stay alive.

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You've been doing a lot
of thinking, Martin. I hope
it's been productive.

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I'm just remembering, Richard.

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When you started in
the construction business,
you had a partner.

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Whatever became of him?

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I didn't kill him,
if that's what you mean.

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Not with a gun perhaps, but...

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I remember you said that

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he wasn't aggressive
and that his ideas weren't
big enough to suit you.

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So you taught him.

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You taught him how to live,
how to dress, how to spend.

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And you taught him so well
that he wound up exactly
where you wanted him.

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Up to his ears in debt.

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And you were the noble friend
who bought him out,
at your price.

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You didn't kill him,
Richard, you ruined him.

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That was only good business.

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Yes, it was good business
to ruin a man, it was
good business to kill a man,

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but what good is it
going to do to kill Laura?

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(CRYING) I can't listen
to this anymore, I don't
want to hear it again.

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Laura darling, please.

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Now, Laura is upset
and there is no need for it.

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Just do what
I told you to.

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You know perfectly well
I am not going to allow

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an innocent person to take
the blame for your crime.

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And I know your threats
against Laura
are just that, threats!

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How do you know?
How can you be sure?

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(CHORTLES)

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My sister-in-law
seems to understand me
better than you do.

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I'm very fond of you,
Laura, really I am.
I always have been.

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I hate seeing you
upset like this.

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Perhaps if I left
you two alone, you
could persuade Martin

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that the only way
for all of us is my way.

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Let's get this unpleasant
business over and begin
behaving normally again.

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I won't be far away,
I promise.

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I advise you
to listen to Laura
and don't use the phone.

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No, don't use the phone.
Can't you see he really
means it? He'll kill me.

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No, sweetheart, he won't.

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What would be the point?
He can't get away with it.
Even he knows that.

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But I'm afraid
that he will.

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Darling, that's exactly
what he wants,

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to frighten you
into forcing me
to go along with him,

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but there's
no logic to his plan.

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It might take weeks,
even months to find
a patsy for him.

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And he can't hold you,
not even for 24 hours.

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He has to fall asleep
sometime.

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Can't you see how insane
the whole thing is?

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Yes, exactly, because
Richard is insane,
now that's why I'm afraid.

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Laura, look.

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We're going to
leave here now, together.

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No. No, Martin, he's
probably waiting for us
outside in the hall.

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He's not going to do
anything, you trust me.

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No, Martin.

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Laura, trust me.

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(GUN FIRING)

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Laura!

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MARTIN: Laura.

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She's only frightened,
the poor darling.

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I didn't hit her.
Not this time.

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Are you all right, Laura?

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(PHONE RINGING)

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RICHARD: Answer it.

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Answer it.

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Hello? Yes, it is.

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Sheriff Briggs?

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Who?

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I'll be right down.

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It's Briggs.

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He says he has
the murderer of Burton Reeves
in his office right now.

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Oh, by all means,
send him in.

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It's the DA. I guess
you'll start talking now.

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Martin, sorry to have
bothered you at home.
Hello, Jim.

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But we've got this kid dead
to rights. It's all down here,
he just has to sign it.

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Hello, Tommy.

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You know him?

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One of the best caddies
I ever had.

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Will you tell him
he's nuts, Mr. Ross?

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Will you stop?

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That's all he keeps
on saying. Now here
are the facts, Martin.

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This kid had an argument
with Burton Reeves

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less than an hour before
the poor guy was found
with a bullet in his head.

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What was the argument
about, Tommy?

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BRIGGS: Reeves said
that he stole his wallet.

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From the size of
that guy's tips, I'd never
know he had a wallet.

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All right, so you didn't
steal it. We're not accusing
you of stealing anything.

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Yeah, thanks for nothing.

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BRIGGS: Here's the way
I got it figured.

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When Reeves threatened to have
this boy arrested, he panicked

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because he'd been in trouble
with the law before.

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Now, he catches Reeves
alone in the locker room,

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waits until
he gets in the shower,

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and while the water is
running, he shoots him
and walks out.

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Sure, the perfect crime.

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All you have to do
is sign the confession.

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I ain't signing nothing.

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I'd like to talk
to him alone, Jim.

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All right, Martin.

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If you need me,
I'll be outside.

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Thank you.

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00:13:29,270 --> 00:13:32,210
Hey, Mr. Ross,
you don't think I did it?

243
00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:35,180
Sit down, Tommy.

244
00:13:40,850 --> 00:13:42,850
(MARTIN SIGHS)

245
00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,090
You needn't be frightened.
Nobody is going to hurt you.

246
00:13:48,090 --> 00:13:49,260
How's your ball club?

247
00:13:50,860 --> 00:13:51,930
Pretty good, I guess.

248
00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:52,960
You the pitcher?

249
00:13:52,990 --> 00:13:53,700
No, sir, shortstop.

250
00:13:54,860 --> 00:13:56,130
I bet you're pretty good.

251
00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,530
Look, Mr. Ross, what's
going to happen to me?

252
00:13:58,570 --> 00:14:01,100
The Sheriff keeps telling me
I killed this guy.

253
00:14:01,140 --> 00:14:03,340
A thing like this
could be serious.

254
00:14:03,370 --> 00:14:05,440
It is serious, Tommy,
that's why I wanted
to talk to you.

255
00:14:05,470 --> 00:14:06,810
I need your help.

256
00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:08,610
My help?

257
00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:12,750
I want you to sign
that confession.

258
00:14:14,580 --> 00:14:17,650
You're just like
all the rest of them.

259
00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:20,890
Just because
I got into trouble once
when I was a kid,

260
00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,060
everybody wants to blame me
for everything that happens
in this town.

261
00:14:24,060 --> 00:14:25,560
What kind
of trouble, Tommy?

262
00:14:25,590 --> 00:14:28,060
Look, I've never been
in jail or anything.

263
00:14:28,060 --> 00:14:30,570
One time these kids borrowed
a car, without asking.

264
00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,230
I went along for the ride.

265
00:14:34,500 --> 00:14:36,640
Boy, was I a dope.

266
00:14:36,670 --> 00:14:39,570
And you've never been
a dope like that again?

267
00:14:39,610 --> 00:14:43,610
I'll say I haven't.
I haven't been
in trouble since.

268
00:14:43,650 --> 00:14:46,510
Look, I made the ball team.
I got myself a swell job down
at the club caddying.

269
00:14:46,550 --> 00:14:48,880
I...

270
00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,220
At least it was a swell job
until this guy Reeves
gets himself bumped off.

271
00:14:52,250 --> 00:14:54,360
Now I'm right back
where I started.

272
00:14:54,990 --> 00:14:55,790
Tommy,

273
00:14:57,490 --> 00:15:00,530
how would you like to
help me catch the man
that killed Mr. Reeves?

274
00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:02,600
The man...

275
00:15:05,630 --> 00:15:07,200
Then you don't think I did it.

276
00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,670
I know you didn't do it.

277
00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:11,540
But I want you to pretend
that you did,

278
00:15:11,570 --> 00:15:14,810
just for a little while.
It's very important.

279
00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:16,850
You mean, you want me
to take the rap?

280
00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,450
Then you're going to start
looking for some other guy?
I don't get it.

281
00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,380
I'm afraid
I don't have to look, Tommy.

282
00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:23,950
I know where he is
and who he is.

283
00:15:24,050 --> 00:15:25,950
He's a very sick man
and a dangerous one.

284
00:15:27,060 --> 00:15:28,520
Will you help me?

285
00:15:30,490 --> 00:15:31,430
Gee, I...

286
00:15:32,590 --> 00:15:33,730
I don't know.

287
00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,400
How do I know this
just isn't a trick?

288
00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,640
I'm asking a lot, Tommy.

289
00:15:42,670 --> 00:15:45,240
You just have to trust me.

290
00:15:45,270 --> 00:15:48,340
If we can make him
believe that you've
confessed to the crime,

291
00:15:48,380 --> 00:15:51,450
we can throw him off guard
and prevent another murder,

292
00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,420
and put him where
he won't do any more harm.

293
00:15:54,450 --> 00:15:56,080
And you'd be the one
who made it possible.

294
00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:57,590
Will you do it?

295
00:15:59,750 --> 00:16:00,920
Yeah, I guess so,

296
00:16:02,820 --> 00:16:04,760
if you're really sure
it's going to help.

297
00:16:05,630 --> 00:16:06,800
Thank you, Tommy.

298
00:16:10,530 --> 00:16:13,170
Mr. Ross,
could I tell my mother?
See, she's kind of nervous.

299
00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:14,700
She worries about me a lot.

300
00:16:14,740 --> 00:16:17,040
It'll have to be
a secret between us,

301
00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:18,740
but it won't be for long,
I promise.

302
00:16:19,670 --> 00:16:20,510
Okay.

303
00:16:22,780 --> 00:16:24,780
Sure hope I'm not
signing my life away.

304
00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:29,580
(CLINKING)

305
00:16:32,790 --> 00:16:33,620
Laura.

306
00:16:34,820 --> 00:16:36,320
(PHONE RINGING)

307
00:16:38,860 --> 00:16:40,230
Hello?

308
00:16:40,260 --> 00:16:42,100
MARTIN: Hello, Laura.
You all right?

309
00:16:42,130 --> 00:16:45,070
Yes, Martin, I'm all right
but please come home.

310
00:16:45,100 --> 00:16:47,600
I'm on my way, darling.

311
00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,800
You can tell Richard
to put that gun away.

312
00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,470
Tommy Kopeck has
confessed to the murder
of Burton Reeves.

313
00:16:53,140 --> 00:16:54,310
(PHONE CLICKING)

314
00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:56,710
Tommy Kopeck.

315
00:16:58,580 --> 00:17:00,350
It was very accommodating
of that caddy

316
00:17:00,380 --> 00:17:02,280
to pop up like that
just when we needed him,

317
00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:03,720
wasn't it, Laura, dear?

318
00:17:05,550 --> 00:17:08,090
I've seen Tommy
at the clubhouse.

319
00:17:08,120 --> 00:17:11,660
Rather surly fellow.
Not overly bright I imagine.

320
00:17:11,690 --> 00:17:13,430
I never cared
for him very much.

321
00:17:15,660 --> 00:17:17,870
There must be
more-likely suspects.

322
00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:20,300
Still, I suppose Martin
knows what he's doing.

323
00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,170
After all,
time is of the essence,
isn't it?

324
00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:27,740
I hope Martin hurries.
I'm eager to know the details.

325
00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,480
Do you know, Laura,

326
00:17:32,510 --> 00:17:34,680
all one really needs
for success

327
00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,390
is a worthwhile plan
and the courage
to follow through.

328
00:17:39,350 --> 00:17:42,460
Have a drink with me,
my dear. We do have
something to celebrate.

329
00:17:42,490 --> 00:17:44,060
(LAURA SOBBING)

330
00:17:44,090 --> 00:17:47,600
Oh, come now.
That's a strange attitude
for you to take.

331
00:17:47,630 --> 00:17:48,730
Now, think what's
in store for you.

332
00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,800
You're going to be
the wife of a governor,

333
00:17:50,830 --> 00:17:53,900
and perhaps, someday, even
the wife of a president, yes.

334
00:17:53,940 --> 00:17:55,570
That's not beyond
the realm of possibility.

335
00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,440
Martin, President
of the United States.

336
00:17:58,470 --> 00:18:02,010
I think we'd all enjoy that
very much, except, of course,
for Tommy Kopeck.

337
00:18:02,010 --> 00:18:04,110
It's not true about Tommy.
I don't believe it.

338
00:18:04,150 --> 00:18:05,780
What isn't true,
my dear?

339
00:18:05,810 --> 00:18:07,920
Martin wouldn't force someone
to confess to a murder

340
00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:09,280
they didn't commit.
He couldn't do that.

341
00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:10,890
Not even to save your life?

342
00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:12,690
No, not even
to save my life.

343
00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,660
Oh, such noble sentiments.

344
00:18:16,290 --> 00:18:18,260
I'm afraid
you're wrong, my dear.

345
00:18:18,290 --> 00:18:21,900
My brother is a bit more
realistic, also ambitious.

346
00:18:21,930 --> 00:18:24,030
I don't think his conscience
will trouble him too much.

347
00:18:24,030 --> 00:18:26,230
We're really
very much alike.

348
00:18:26,270 --> 00:18:28,400
Oh, if I believed that,
I don't know what I'd do.

349
00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,140
Poor little Laura,
with her head in the clouds.

350
00:18:31,170 --> 00:18:33,440
I'm afraid you have
quite a shock coming.

351
00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,210
Well, he'll find
some other way.
I know he will.

352
00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:37,610
There is no other way.

353
00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:40,550
(DOOR CLICKING)

354
00:18:50,060 --> 00:18:51,330
RICHARD: Martin.

355
00:18:56,060 --> 00:18:57,500
Very sensible
of you, Martin.

356
00:18:57,530 --> 00:18:58,930
I'm trying...
Darling, I was so afraid.

357
00:19:00,470 --> 00:19:01,840
Everything's going to be
all right, Laura.

358
00:19:01,870 --> 00:19:03,040
Of course it is.

359
00:19:03,070 --> 00:19:05,310
You had no trouble getting
his confession, did you?

360
00:19:05,340 --> 00:19:07,310
It wasn't easy, Richard.

361
00:19:07,340 --> 00:19:11,180
I had to talk to him about
circumstantial evidence,
his past record,

362
00:19:11,210 --> 00:19:14,550
and because he trusted me,
he admitted to everything
I asked for.

363
00:19:14,580 --> 00:19:16,480
The verdict will
have to be guilty.

364
00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,590
Martin, you're not
going through with it?

365
00:19:18,620 --> 00:19:21,020
What else can I do?

366
00:19:21,020 --> 00:19:23,730
Richard's made me
a proposition.
Your life or Tommy's.

367
00:19:25,660 --> 00:19:27,760
It's just a simple matter
of an exchange.

368
00:19:29,130 --> 00:19:31,270
From now on, there'll be
no gun necessary, right?

369
00:19:31,300 --> 00:19:32,570
Right.

370
00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,270
May I have the confession?

371
00:19:34,300 --> 00:19:37,040
After I have the gun, Richard.
That was our deal.

372
00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:38,240
You can trust me.

373
00:19:38,270 --> 00:19:39,040
(GUN COCKING)

374
00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,580
I'm afraid I can't
afford that luxury.

375
00:19:42,610 --> 00:19:43,910
Confession, please.

376
00:19:48,580 --> 00:19:49,580
Martin.

377
00:19:58,430 --> 00:19:59,530
MARTIN: Now get out of here.

378
00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:00,600
Of course.

379
00:20:01,530 --> 00:20:02,530
Ready, Laura?

380
00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,230
Laura?

381
00:20:04,270 --> 00:20:07,200
You don't expect me just
to go conveniently off
like that, alone?

382
00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,310
Afraid I can't trust
that conscience
of yours, Martin.

383
00:20:11,340 --> 00:20:13,540
It might tempt you
to confide in the police.

384
00:20:14,340 --> 00:20:15,580
But if Laura is with me...

385
00:20:15,610 --> 00:20:16,910
Oh, no,
you can't take her!

386
00:20:16,950 --> 00:20:19,010
Of course I can take her!
Sit down!

387
00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:23,220
Sit down.

388
00:20:29,220 --> 00:20:30,990
I give you my word.

389
00:20:31,030 --> 00:20:35,430
The day that
Tommy Kopeck is executed,
I'll bring her back.

390
00:20:35,460 --> 00:20:37,700
Come, Laura dear,
we have a long trip
ahead of us tonight.

391
00:20:37,730 --> 00:20:38,870
Martin.

392
00:20:39,730 --> 00:20:41,100
Martin!

393
00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:49,110
You were right, Laura.

394
00:20:50,350 --> 00:20:52,210
He's not like me at all.

395
00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:56,720
All my trouble was wasted.

396
00:21:03,590 --> 00:21:05,230
I'm sorry, Laura.

397
00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,830
We won't be taking
that trip together, after all.

398
00:21:09,860 --> 00:21:11,670
(DOORBELL RINGING)

399
00:21:14,070 --> 00:21:15,670
We'll answer that together.

400
00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,320
You are Mr. Martin Ross?

401
00:21:28,350 --> 00:21:29,680
He's...
RICHARD: Laura.

402
00:21:30,650 --> 00:21:32,090
RICHARD: Who are you?

403
00:21:32,090 --> 00:21:34,290
Do you see
what they say
about my son?

404
00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:36,760
It is a lie,
a terrible lie.

405
00:21:36,790 --> 00:21:38,660
It's the truth,
Mrs. Kop... Laura.

406
00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:44,830
Your son has made
a full confession.

407
00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:48,370
No, he couldn't,
they made him do it.

408
00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:52,770
Tommy is a good boy,
a little fresh sometimes
maybe, but he could not kill!

409
00:21:52,810 --> 00:21:54,440
It's impossible!

410
00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,610
Your faith in him
is very touching.

411
00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,810
The facts are that your son
committed a particularly
cruel and senseless crime

412
00:21:59,850 --> 00:22:01,050
and he must pay for it.

413
00:22:01,050 --> 00:22:03,120
You do not believe this.

414
00:22:03,150 --> 00:22:06,050
You are a good man, Mr. Ross.
Tommy has told me this.

415
00:22:06,050 --> 00:22:08,520
You would know
my son could not kill.

416
00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,930
You will stop
this terrible thing.

417
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,930
Please, Mrs. Kopeck,
I wouldn't think of
obstructing justice.

418
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,270
Justice? It's only
some bad mistake.

419
00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:20,070
You will tell them
and they will let
Tommy go, please!

420
00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:21,970
I simply cannot abide
sniveling women.

421
00:22:22,070 --> 00:22:23,970
Show her out,
please, Laura.

422
00:22:24,070 --> 00:22:28,210
I am poor, I can
give very little,

423
00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,080
but I know how to sew.
That's how I make my living.

424
00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,080
I could come to
your house many times.

425
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,120
I would make many
beautiful dresses for you.

426
00:22:36,150 --> 00:22:37,850
You don't understand,
Mrs. Kopeck...

427
00:22:37,890 --> 00:22:39,450
RICHARD: Are you
suggesting a bribe?

428
00:22:39,490 --> 00:22:40,760
Please, Mr. Ross!

429
00:22:40,790 --> 00:22:42,690
I've heard enough.

430
00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,390
There is nothing I can do
for your son. The law must
take its course.

431
00:22:45,430 --> 00:22:47,760
And what is this course?

432
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,600
It's very simple.
He'll be hanged.

433
00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:55,970
He is only 18.

434
00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,310
In the eyes of the law,
he is a man.

435
00:22:58,340 --> 00:23:00,180
Now, if you will
excuse us. Laura.

436
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,720
I only did it
to make my boy safe.

437
00:23:17,690 --> 00:23:20,400
Only to make him safe.

438
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:24,530
MARTIN: Laura.

439
00:23:24,570 --> 00:23:25,400
Martin.

440
00:23:26,270 --> 00:23:27,140
Laura.

441
00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:35,710
Your boy is safe now,
Mrs. Kopeck.

442
00:23:36,810 --> 00:23:38,210
We all are,
because of you.

443
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:39,910
(CRYING)

444
00:23:41,180 --> 00:23:43,490
That'll be our defense.
Yours and mine.

445
00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:56,430
Thus ends
"My Brother, Richard."

446
00:23:57,930 --> 00:24:02,040
Needless to say, Mrs. Grant
was brought to trial,

447
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,040
but fortunately, the jury
took into account

448
00:24:05,070 --> 00:24:07,810
many of the circumstances

449
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,780
which we saw
reenacted tonight.

450
00:24:10,910 --> 00:24:13,180
On our next program,

451
00:24:13,210 --> 00:24:16,180
we shall present
another story,

452
00:24:16,220 --> 00:24:20,320
and I will also be back
to provide the marginalia.

453
00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:22,260
Until then, good night.