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The Blind Goddess

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-Good Evening(Czech) -Good Evening,Count(Czech)

-Of course I will Derek

Oh darling

Darling,darling

I wish you didn't have to go now

I know darling

Anyway I should only be gone two months

I suppose you couldn't call it off

Hardly everything's been booked and my sister is expecting me

You know she's been so ill,the family thinks it very odd if I didn't go

I know I am crazy

Don't worry I'll promise not to look at any strange men in Ceylon

I'll be back before you realize

that I'm gone,you'll be so wrapped up in that job of yours

Derek,what's the matter?

I haven't got the job anymore

What happened?

Was it anything to do with Lady Brasted?

Why do you ask that?

She is just come in

-Where? -Over there

You don't like her,do you?

I think she's one of most beautiful women I've ever met

One of the least likeable

She has always been very good to me

I hope you reciprocated

-She happens to be married to my boss -Your ex boss

-Yes -She has nothing to do with you leaving?

Nothing

-Well I think it is a stinker anyway -It's worse that that

Tell me more

No,I can't,not here,Waiter!

My bill please

Let's go somewhere where you can

I didn't want to upset you just you were going away

Nothing you say against Lord Brasted could possibly upset me

All right

Do you know we have to pass her when we leave

Don't worry we only wait a second

Good afternoon

-Thank you -Thank you,Sir,Good Night

-Hello Derek Mary -Good Evening Lady

You know Mr and Mrs Watkins and Mr and Mrs Mitchell,don't you?

How do you do

Won't you join us ?

No,we're just leaving Mary is off to Ceylon early morning

Never mind Arthur is telling me you are coming to the house later on

Yes we've something to discuss

-Don't keep him up too late -I won't.Good Night

Good Night to you

Well let's have it

I don't see why you should be worried about

Please ,Derek

You remember last week you met a friend of mine

-Stepan Mikla -Yes

Did I tell you why he was here?

Something to do with refugees wasn't it ?

Yes that's right URDP

I never know what all those initials mean

In this case they have the keep about 20 million of our money

-You know who controls it ? -You?

Worse luck Lord Brasted they are supposed to

be spent on the resettlement of DPS and

the relief of people who are starving

-And isn't it -No Stepan came here last week

because he'd been dismissed

He'd been in charge of the administration of the funds in SEEurope

He was doing a wonderful job

Then why was he fired?

Because he was doing it too well

Too well?

Yes,too much of the money was finding it's way

to people whom it was really intended

Some of the high ups had a better idea than that

in there by diverting the money

their own work people until

various political organizations they

have to do themselves a bit of good

Only Stepan stood in their way

so they dismissed him

But surely Lord Brasted wouldn't allow that?

Most people would do a great deal for 500,000 pounds

-You mean they were bribes? -Yes

What are you going to do?

Stepan wants me to go to see the Prime Minister

-You can't do that -No I told him.

I can't do anything until he gets me

definite proofs that's why he's gone

to Prague now to get the papers from the banks directly

Sorry,Sir,you're not allowed to park here after dark

Why not?

Don't ask me why not it's the regulations

We were only talking

-Yeah -What did you think we were doing?

I'm not paid to think,Miss

I'm paid to move you on now come on

Just speed

-Good Evening Morton -Good Evening,Miss

-Good Evening -Where is everybody?

The family are in the drawing room,Miss

-Nobody in the library? -No,Miss

Good,come on,Derek

Derek,don't you think you ought to tell

Lord Brasted what you heard ?

I have

What happened ?

So he denied it of course

But first he was very angry

Then he laughed

He said he admired my courage but not my

common sense you could see he was

frightened then quite suddenly he asked

me if it was Stepan who had told me

Why should he ask that?

Because it's true

-Then he fired you -No,not quite..

He is too smart for that he just said that he

hated to see me make such a fool of myself

I couldn't go on being his

secretary of course but he would give me

a three years assignment in West Africa

How nice of him

Yes,wasn't it,that's not all

In view of my long and faithful service

He proposed to make me a present of ten thousand pounds

Ten thousands pounds what for ?

Yeah what for?

Derek my father is the cleverest man in

the world you've got to tell him what

you just told me and let him advise you

I don't want you mixed up in this

He'll be in the next room now let me talk to him

No I'd rather go it my own way

What are you going to do ?

I've got a date with Lord Brasted in half an hour

I'm going to tell him what he can do with his West African job

give him a chance to call the whole thing off

If he doesn't?

If he doesn't I shall take the morning plane

to Prague warn Stepan and get conclusive evidence

Derek, I wish I could go with you

So do I

Promise not to do anything silly until I get back

I'll try not

Oh,Derek

I do love you so

I began to wonder if you

were ever going to tell me

I meant to wait longest as ever

Glad you didn't

Let's not tell anybody else until it is all over

Anything you say

I really got to go

Darling don't let him bully you

I won't

Let me know what happens

Promise me if anything goes wrong while I am away

-You'll talk to father -All right

-Goodbye darling -Bye

Come back safe

Hello,darling,who is that?

-Oh it's Derek -Have I met him?

I don't know it is sometime since he's been here

Well I long ago gave up all hope remembering

which young man it is at the moment

-Say good night to your father,darling -I will

-He's still working -Good night

-Hello,dear

-Everything packed -Nearly

-We're going to miss you know -Nonsense

You're usually so busy you don't know whether I'm here or not

Very sad of that

Tickets in order?

Yes,Walter has seen to everything

We can't see your off myself I'm afraid I'm a in court all day

-Well,mother is coming -Good

Give my love to your sister see that she gets well

I'll do I'd better go finish my packing,Good Night Darling

Good night Dear,God bless you

You surely didn't think you could buy me for ten thousands pounds

Nobody wants to buy you

I lost my temper just now

because I hate to see a clever young man who

who served me faithfully for six years

go and make a fool of himself

-I know what I'm doing -I sincerely trust you do

Tomorrow morning I shall be on my way to Prague

Please do as you please of course but

-You'll be wasting your time -I'm not so sure about that

I am I suggest you think it over before

you do anything rash

Good Night

Derek I had to talk to you

I'm so sorry

You must be terribly upset

No just angry

But I always thought he was your best friend

Who your husband?

I was talking about Count Mikla

-What about ? -Didn't you heard?

No,what is it?

I've got the news two hours ago I was

sure he would have told you

He committed suicide in Prague last night

No

Apparently he was in some business trouble

His valet found him shot himself

So they made it look like suicide

What do you mean ? It was suicide but

is there any doubt about it,is it?

No there isn't any doubt about it at all

Stepan didn't commit suicide,he was murdered

Derek!

I'm afraid I'm very late

-The family are in beds ,Sir -Is Mary too?

Yes sir

Well,would you see to that she gets that before she leaves in the morning?

-Certainly -Thank you very much

-Good night -Good night

Not getting nervous,are you,darling?

Miss Mary Dearing!

Here!

It's a package for you,Miss Dearing

Sign here please

Another admirer?

No the same one

He evidently has expensive taste

-I think you.. -I just know you have

All passengers flying to Rome and Cairo,Iraq and Sudan

That's you,darling

Good Bye,darling

-Startled at it won't you? -Don't worry.I'll come

Thank You Morton

Lady Brasted has called My Lady I've shown her into the drawing room

Thank You Morton

Good afternoon I'm sorry I wasn't at home

I've been seeing my daughter off to Ceylon

I'm afraid it's a very inconvenient moment

to call but Sir John

asked us to be here at 5 o'clock

-I hope you don't mind -Of course not

We make our living that way you know

-You must have some tea? -No thank you

Then I will

I'm afraid I must be getting old

If I don't have my tea I feel empty

Particularly after an afternoon in an airport

I beg you pardon,My Lady,but can the cook have a word with you?

Oh dear what have I forgot to order now

-Will you excuse me -Surely

May I speak to you about something else My Lady?

-Yes -It's this note,My Lady

A young gentleman left it last night to Miss Mary

In the bustle this morning I forgot to get give it out

-Which young gentleman? -I don't know his name,My Lady

But I did hear Miss Mary call him Derek

All right Morton I'll expect it will keep leave it over there

-I'll send it on to her -Very good,My Lady

-Sir John is expecting us -Will you step this way,Sir

Sir John is just coming out,I'll tell him

-Good Afternoon -Good Afternoon,Sir John

-I think you know Lord Brasted -Yes of course how do you

How do you do

I think we better go into the library

Lady Brasted is in the drawing room,Sir

Oh,is she? Then we are going in there

Very good to see us here Sir John

Lord Brasted would be glad to go to your chambers

You understand the newspapers are so alert

When they see anyone unusual there are instant rumours

Of course,we just at the moment can't afford rumours

Bad as that,is it?

Worse

-Hello my dear -Hello,darling

Good Afternoon,Lady Brasted

Good Afternoon,Lady Brasted,I hope you haven't been waiting too long

-No of course not -Do sit down will you

Mersel,what can I do for you?

Lord Brasted wants your advice,Sir John

He is faced for the prospect of bringing action for libel

That's quite simple my advice is don't breathe

Nobody ever brings an action for libel without regretting it in the end

The only people make anything out of it is the lawyer

sometimes the action of libel is necessary of course

Only if it's a matter of life or death

-Yes, but this is -I see and perhaps you

better tell me more about it

I take it you know something of the scheme Lord Brasted

is administering for the government UNRDP

Of course

For this work Lord Brasted has been employing

confidential secretary named Waterhouse

-I think you must know him Sir John -No,I've never heard of him

Oh that's strange

No he was much more than a secretary I regarded

..him as a friend -In point of fact he is a

-young scoundrel -I can't believe it

-My wife still believes it -Is she wrong?

Well you should judge yourself

His work on the relief scheme brought him into contact

with a man called Mikla Count Mikla

He was in charge of our organization inside East Europe

Yesterday Waterhouse came to see me

He said he wanted money

-Great deal of money -Any particular amount mentioned?

Twenty thousand pounds

Did he say why I wanted the money?

I asked him that first he was evasive he said

something about a woman then he changed

finally he tell me that he and Mikla

gambling on the stock exchange and causing difficulties

-Did he ask you the money for a loan? -No

-Do you mean he tried to black mail you? -Yes

On what grounds?

He said that Mikla had discovered the whole thing was a fraud

and that unless the money was paid

-He would go to the Prime Minister and say so -I see

Was anybody present when he made this threat?

-No,we were quite alone -He took good care of that

-and there is not much evidence of it -My word

-Alone. -Isn't that enough?

Perhaps.What exactly did he suggest that you've done?

Averted funds from UNRDP to my friends and myself

Any specific amount mentioned?

Oh,yes I was supposed to have received about five hundred thousands pounds

-In England ? -No the money..

..had been paid into the International Bank of Prague

Lord Brasted

I don't need to ask if there are any possible grounds for these allegations?

Oh,none whatever

As far as your knowledge goes..

..no such similar sums has been paid into Bank of Prague?

I'm sure they haven't

And that could be proved beyond any possible doubt?

-Of course -The books could be examined

-Oh yes -That seems to be no possible evidence..

..except of course Waterhouse

None

I think I ought to tell you sir John..

that I have already advised Lord Brasted

that Waterhouse should be prosecuted for black mail

Oh No

I'm sorry,Lady Brasted,but oh yes, it's the obvious course

But Lord Brasted refuses to take my advice

-Oh why? -Because it's impossible

One section of public opinions against this scheme already

It's costing a lot of money

and they are not very interested in feeding starving Europe

We are not exactly well fed themselves

It only needs a scandal like this and the whole thing would collapse

That's why I've come to you,what am I to do?

It seems only to be two alternatives

First to prosecute young Waterhouse for trying to obtain..

twenty thousand pounds by threats

that I gather is impossible

-Quite -The other is do nothing

What do you mean sit still and let him say what he likes

Not quite the next step is to get hold of Count Mikla

I said how if it is him and Waterhouse are in this together

Get him to come and see you

At least we should know if that part of the story is true

-Yes,Lady Brasted? -It doesn't matter

And in the mean time if Waterhouse goes to the Prime Minister?

Then you would have to take proceedings

Do you agree Sir John?

Yes,that would seem to be a matter of life or death

Thank you we'll keep you informed

Good Bye,Lady Brasted

-My name is Waterhouse -Yes

All right I'll be there at four o'clock,Good Bye

Darling what is it?

Waterhouse.He's not only been to the Prime Minister..

He's put the whole thing in writing

-No -Yes the facts are far enough

What are you going to do?

What do you think? Fight of course

Get me to Sir John Dearing

Arthur

How much truth is it in the story of Derek's?

Enough

I see

You have to to tell Sir John about Count Mikla now

Yes

At least they can't call him

Waterhouse can do enough damage on his own

Perhaps I can talk to him

No,no you stay out of it

I can handle it

-I only wanted to help -Don't worry

I know you'll stand by me

Hello,Sir John?

I've got to see you urgently

Waterhouse has been to the Prime Minister

There could be no doubt about why the Prime Minister wants to see you

No,he told me Waterhouse had to see him with some rather startling information

-I see -Thanks no thank you

In that case you should tell the Prime Minister

that you've already instructed your solicitor to take proceedings

-Do you see to that,Mersel? -Very well

Did you get in touch with Count Mikla?

No.I'm afraid not

-Surely.. -For the very simple reason he's dead

He committed suicide the night before last

That's unfortunate to say the least of it

But why? He lost his nerve and took the easy way out

Are you sure that he committed suicide?

Oh I don't think there's any doubt about it

He was found in his apartment, he'd blown his brains out

Sir John seems sceptical

No,I was just wondering what other people might think or say

What could they say?

This man came to discover the fraud

He was the only person who knew the details

A suspicious mind might think that he is safer dead

You mean some people might think he'd been murdered

-It's possible -That'll be quite absurd

-Obviously -Sir John..

-May I say something? -Of course

No,Darling,I think you better leave this to us

But why? Perhaps Lady Brasted can make a suggestion

I think I can you see I know Derek so much better than you

I don't believe he ever thought of blackmail

He believes every word he said

He simply been misled by someone much cleverer than he is

Why did he demands twenty thousands pounds?

Somehow I feel certain that's been misunderstood

Sir John let me talk to him?

He'll talk much more free to me than to anybody else

-No I'd rather you didn't -Why?

Sir John will tell you why

I think your husband is right Lady Brasted

If ever there should be necessity of proceedings in court

your interview might be misinterpreted

Words can be twisted

No,conversations is quite useless, what we want is something written

Why?

Because it is the dream of every cross examiner

to present to something which his adversary

has written and forgotten

-Will that help ? -Certainly might even win the case

-As Madsen case?

Yes,do you know anything of that at all?

No I was just thinking

-Good Bye,Sir John -Good Bye

All right I'm coming

-Oh -Hello,Derek,may I come in?

Yes

You don't seem very pleased to see me

Do you expect me to be?

Derek what's the matter?

We used to be such good friends

We agreed that all that was over when you married Arthur

Not that we still can't be friends surely

You know Arthur's been very good for me

I don't doubt it

Nobody could wish for a better husband

He's been kind sympathetic generous

With other people's money

That's not fair

-It's true -You've no proof

I shall have in a couple of days

I'm leaving for Prague tomorrow

I'd be there now if I could got a passage

Change your mind and stay here

I'm afraid I can't

Derek,Arthur has done everything for you

He gave me a job,yes, when you asked him to

-Isn't that enough? -No

What more do you want?

If I would say that I wanted to see justice done

I suppose you think I was being pompous

I would rather,yes

Well I'm afraid that's what I do want

And nothing I can say will make you change your mind?

No

You'll make me feel very miserable

I'm sorry I don't mean to hurt

Please drop it,for my sake

No I can't

All right

I think you're going to be sorry

You step this way,Sir

Waterhouse!

Good Evening.I hope you'll forgive me for disturbing you so late

But the matter is of extremely urgency

Just a moment,Mr Waterhouse, may I ask you why you come here?

-To ask your advice -Professionally?

In a way,yes

Would your enquiry be anyway connected

with the case of Lord Brasted against Waterhouse?

Yes

I think I have to tell you that I've been paid to act for Lord Brasted

Oh I see I didn't know

Now you do know you realize I can't discuss the matter with you

-Yes of course -Very well

-Good night Mr Waterhouse -Good night

What's the matter? Was I too hard on him?

No,sad face don't you think?

Was it? He tried to near the face to me

Very dour,that's all right,your fix

I do so hate be interrupted this time of night

What is this list for? That's all messup

-Thank you -Letter for you darling

Oh,good it is from Mummy

Anything wrong?

No,it's just that it's a new sensation spotted

Feeling guilty? Never happened to me before

What on earth are you talking about?

Nothing it's just a letter from Derek

Poor devil,come on,what does he say?

Dearest, until everything has been settled and my name cleared

I think it's only fair to tell you

that we should stop communicating with one another

I'm sure your father would be most embarrassed

if he knew you were writing to me

I should quite understand if I don't hear again

Yours Derek

Do you know what he's talking about?

Not really,no, I'm going to find out

Now we come to the night of the 27th

The night Count Mikla telephoned you to come to his hotel

What appeared to you to be his mental condition?

He appeared to be very much constrained

Now,will you tell the members of the jury exactly what Count Mikla said to you?

-This of course if Sir John objects -I object nothing

The rules of evidence must be observed,Mr Mainwaring

If your Lordship pleases

The rules of evidence do not allow questions to put so simply

We must try more round about methods

In consequence of something that Count Mikla had said to you

did you consider it is your duty to see Lord Brasted?

I did

Did you tell Lord Brasted what it was

Count Mikla had said to you?

I did

Then will you tell the members of the jury what it was you told Lord Brasted

Count Mikla had told to you?

I told him that Count Mikla had discovered

that the whole scheme was nothing but a fraud

In what way was it a fraud?

Sums which belonged to UNRDP and were earmarked for

relief and resettlement were actually

being used for other purposes

Such as?

Such as the payment of people working for

various firms and political organisations

It can't be a close suggestion that Lord Brasted used it?

-Yes -And he approved?-Yes

What else did you tell Lord Brasted?

That he had received some of the money himself

That he had been squared

I suppose you mean bribed

Yes,My lord

Was the amount of the bribe mentioned?

Yes,five hundred thousand pounds

Members of the jury I think I ought to

warn you at this point

This conversation is not evidence of the truth of the allegation

It is merely evidence that this witness

stated those facts to Lord Brasted

Yes,My Lord

Did you report this to Lord Brasted?

-Yes -What did he say?

He pretended to be furiously angry

Pretended?

Can't ask that?

Why do you say pretended?

That's how he seemed to me

His anger didn't last very long

-And what happened next? -He laughed at me

He said I had been deceived by a clever crook

-Did he condescend to identify the crook? -Yes

Count Mikla

And I want to leave that for the moment

My Lord,we have here a copy of a letter written by this witness

to Count Mikla

If Count Mikla had been here of course

it would been possible to produce the original

I don't know whether Sir John

would object by using a copy?

-I object to nothing -Very well

We'll hear it together

Dear Stepan I will see Lord Brasted tomorrow

-Did you write this letter to Count Mikla? -I did..

immediately after leaving him

Now let's get back to the issue

Did Lord Brasted know at that time Count Mikla had returned to Prague?

Yes I told him

I said that Stefan had gone back to bring

me conclusive evidence

Did Lord Brasted hint that anything might happen to Count Mikla?

Yes,he said that he would never come back

Did you saw any influence upon what Lord Brasted said

as to why Count Mikla shouldn't come back?

I did not at the time,I do now

Well I can't trust you anymore about that

That's the jury to like to form their own decision

But anyway I think we can take it from what you said

That Lord Brasted totally denied your accusation

He did My Lord

-You wanted me,Lady Brasted? -What is the matter with Sir John?

I haven't noticed anything out of ordinary

You must have,it's so obvious. He hardly troubled to cross-examine anybody

He just letting Derek to say just what he likes

His Junior would soon like stop it

Sir John just sits there and does nothing

I think we presume that he knows what he is doing

Can't you speak to him?

Most inadvisable in the middle of a case

You don't I shall

Please,Lady Brasted, I beg you not to do such thing

Then try to make him see we got to win this case

I'll do my best,please leave everything to me

I must get back into court now

Now we come to what is really the main issue in this case

I think it is common ground that Lord Brasted had said

You were too covenant to remain his secretary

He did

-And then did he make you an offer? -He did

This is very important take your time and speak slowly

And watch His Lordship says

Now present.Was there anyone else present or were you alone?

We were alone

-There were no witnesses? -None

What did he say?

He said that he was sorry we should have to part

But that in memory of our long association

He would offer me

a three-year assignment in West Africa

Has Lord Brasted influence in West Africa?

He has influence everywhere

Did he offer you anything else?

Yes he said that if I'd be willing to forget all I'd heard

He'd make me a present of 10,000 £

How did you interpret that offer?

As a bribe to shut my mouth

-He can't say that -Can't he?

-Aren't you going stop him? -No

I think you'd better confine yourself to telling us what Lord Brasted said

Your last question was quite irregular

I suppose that My Lord

Now I want to take you back to what Lord Brasted said about that interview

After speaking of your appearance of agitation

I gather that there is no dispute about that

No

Lord Brasted then said this

Mr Waterhouse says that I was a party of the fraud

And if I did not pay him a sum of 20000 £

he would communicate that back to the Prime Minister

Mr Waterhouse I ask you is that true?

It is a lie

Did you say anything even remotely resembling these words?

-Never it is a lie -Very well

Now we know Count Mikla had gone back to Prague

What's the next thing you heard?

That he had committed suicide

He did not commit suicide he was murdered

You cannot possibly know that

My Lord I knew him he was my oldest friend

He could not possibly kill himself

Wait,Sir John I notice you are not objecting to all this?

My Lord, I gather the witness desires an opportunity

saying anything unpleasant he can think of against Lord Brasted

I have no desire to stop it

Sir John has no right to say that

Mr Mainwaring you will please keep your witness in order

I have told you before

You must only tell of the facts within your own personal knowledge

We are not concerned with your opinions

You had heard that Count Mikla was dead.Go on

Now it's just one other thing in going to the Prime Minister

had you any object in view other than doing your duty?

-None -Thank you,Waterhouse

It is almost four o'clock I propose that we adjourn till tomorrow

Sir John,Mr Mainwaring this case has of course been expedited

because of its public importance

But I must do something about my list

How much longer are we likely to last?

Mr Waterhouse is my only witness My Lord

I finished my examination

How long cross-examination takes place is entirely up to Sir John

-Sir John? -My cross-examination will be very short,My Lord

Then we may hope to finish tomorrow

-Undoubtedly -Thank you

Then we will adjourn until 1030 tomorrow

Sir John,Sir John thank goodness I caught you

Something extraordinary has to happen

Something that will change the whole course of this case

-So what? -Lord Brasted prefer to tell you himself

He likes to come around and see him this evening,if you would

-Perhaps after dinner -Very well

-10 o'clock? -I'll tell Lord brasted

Sir John

-Good Afternoon -Good Afternoon,Sir John

I'm sorry to disturb you like this but I had to speak to you

We're losing our case aren't we?

I think you are over pessimistic

We are,I know it.First everything was going so well

Everything seemed to be on our side

Then the whole atmosphere changed

You mustn't let that depress you

That's why I am here for.Fighting

But you can't do that

I must

You can't and I'll tell you why

Because you don't believe in my husband

You don't believe Derek asked him for money

You don't believe Count Mikla committed suicide

You don't believe anything he said

That's ridiculous I always trust my client

Even when he's lying to you?

If I knew he was lying I wouldn't be acting for him

If you suspected it ?

I don't deal in suspicions I'll deal in facts

That's should be in writing

Why do you say that?

I think remember you saying what you really needed to win this case

was a letter in Derek's handwriting

one that would incriminate him

Yes

Perhaps I could give it to you

Is this a new development Mr Mersel is talking about?

Mersel knows nothing about it

Nobody knows about it except you and Derek

And I can see it?

-That depends -On what ?

If I gave it you to use in this case

Who else would have to see it?

That depends on how it is used

The judge certainly and the other side

Will my husband have to see it ?

It would be difficult to prevent it happening

I suppose so

-Lady Brasted,is this a love letter? -Yes

-The only one? -No, the only one that matters

Are you quite sure that it really does matter?

It'll decide this case

I see

What do you suggest I do?

You mustn't ask me that I'm acting for your husband

In his interest it should obviously be produced

That puts me in a pretty position,doesn't it?

If the letter is read my husband must win

If it isn't he probably lose

I shall lose either way

Wait a minute

Your husband's asked me to go seeing him tonight about some fresh information

Which Mersel says will prove conclusive

If that is true then it may not be necessary for you to say a word

And if it isn't ?

Then I'm afraid you must make up your mind what you're going to do

I see

Sir John may I ask you a personal question?

Of course

What do you really think of me?

That's a difficult question to answer on the spur of the moment

Try

Well I think you're beautiful

intelligent,shrewd ,gracious and generous

Would you say I had everything I wanted?

Much as any of us can hope for,yes

Now should I tell you what I was like when Arthur found me?

If you wish

I was the eldest of a family of nine

We lived in a slum my father drank

My mother died when I was 12

I learned about life the hard way

Then about men the hard way too

I kept myself alive by taking what I wanted

wherever I could find it

I was pretty successful up to a point

I made many friends

None of them lasting one

Arthur rescued me from all this

Why are you telling me all this?

I want you to understand the man you are acting for

I know you think he lives by taking chances

Even that he's a bit of an adventurer

Well by your standards perhaps he is

But he's something more than that

Particularly to me

May I ask you one question?

-Yes -It concerns this letter

Derek doesn't mean that much to me

Do you think I'd allow that letter to be read if he did?

I suppose not

We shall see you tonight then

-Yes tonight,good bye -Good Bye

-Hello John -Hello,friend

I thought you'd be preferring to be loyal preparing your cross examination

Not likely what you need to pay for

-Scotch? -Only a double

Large whisky to Mr Mainwaring please

I suppose you got to pay for another three tomorrow

Well just the usual stuff

BTW do you think we shall finish tomorrow?

If you don't interrupt me too much

-How's the daughter? -Oh she's fine

I bought her first pony last week

If she rides as well as her the father she'll probably break her neck

How right you are

But why don't we see each other sometimes?

-I'd like to when? -In a week

Good I ask her

Well I was going to pop down a minute,you coming?

No thanks I've got some work to do tonight,haven't you?

What do you think you are paid for?

Cheerio

But it's just what Sir John asked for

He said he wanted something in Waterhouse's handwriting

I think there's no doubt when he reads this letter

he will consider it conclusive evidence

Sir John Dearing My Lord

Good evening Sir John how kind of you to come

-Good evening,good evening Lady Brasted -Good Evening

-And Mersel -Good Evening Sir John

-Having a little drink? -No thank you

-Coffee? -No,thank you

Well let's get to business

You said you hoped for something in Waterhouse's handwriting

which would incriminate him

-We've got it here -Does Lady Brasted knows this?

No the only thing will know anything about is Mr Mersel and myself

May I see it?

How did this come into your position?

We found it in this briefcase

The case belong to Mikla those are his initials

-Where did this come from ? -From Mikla's apartment

How did you get it?

Mikla's valet brought it over at my request

And this is the only thing you found in it?

Apart from one or two unimportant papers,yes

How about you tell me that everything is examined scrupoulusly already

I did

Why didn't this come to light before?

-Because it was hidden -Hidden where?

In the lining of the case

How do you know that?

I found it there myself

You can see

the linings been stripped

Who suggested stripping the lining of the case?

-As a matter fact I think I did -I see

You know Waterhouse's handwriting?

-Yes -Did he write this ?

I had no doubt about it

But to be quite certain I had to be examined by handwriting experts

They haven't had time to make a fullest test

They're quite satisfied already

Jury don't like experts

We thought

you found it quite conclusive

It is quite conclusive if it is admitted I believe

You're not very encouraging

Lord Brasted,I shouldn't be helping you by sitting

here and to tell you some points of your case,those you know already

I'm only pointing out

how this letter may appear to our opponents

If it's been discovered

somewhat fortuitous at the very last moment

Written to Count Mikla he's dead

Only one living person can say whether it is genuine or not

He denies it

Against that you have what?

The evidence of the experts

Doesn't look quite conclusive like that,does it

But if he admits it

There's an end of the case

He will admit it

He must admit it

We'll see

-Is the valet here? -Yes

-I think I ought to see him -I'll call him

Come in will you please

-Good evening -What is your name?

Johan Mayer

I understand you were a valet to Count Mikla

Sir John

A Lady Brasted is asking to see you,she says it is very urgent

-Where is she? -In the consultation room

-I'd like to speak to Sir John alone -Very well

Sir John I must talk to you

-I have to be in court in a five minutes -It won't take long

Would you like to sit down?

Certainly

I've been awake all night thinking

That letter that my husband found

Suppose Derek denies writing it?

Do you think he will?

I don't know suppose he does

Then it's your husband's word against his

The handwriting expert?

Juries don't like experts

Experts have to qualify themselves

You don't believe in that letter yourself,do you?

It's not the matter what I believe what is believed

It's about the jury thinks is sound

At least you can't have any doubts about this one

Are you sure you want me to read it?

Well,will that convince you?

Yes

Do you think it'll convince the jury?

Undoubtedly

Very well,we may well see

May I see the others now please?

When were these written?

During the past few months

Did you know that Waterhouse was trying to get money from your husband?

-Not exactly -What does that mean?

He asked me several times to leave Arthur and go away with me

To put him off I told him we need to money for this

He told me he knew the way of getting sold of something

And the dream will come to this

I see

And your husband know that you show me this?

No

-I'm afraid you have to -Why?

I'm acting for him I can't introduce a piece of evidence like this

without his authority

He will hear it in court isn't that enough?

No

Very well Mersel is outside I'll get him to call him

Don't you feel about revealing so much

I thought it over

Mr Mersel please ask Lord Brasted to come here quick

I'll get him he's just gone into court

You are a very brave woman

I'll leave you alone now

if you decide to go ahead

give this letter to Mersel he'll know what to do

-Good morning Sir John -Good morning

-You wanted to see me -Yes

Please shut the door

-Good Morning,Ben -Good Morning

Oddly enough Shaft come down next over the week

Good we report that

-Good Morning -Good Morning

-Lovely scotch? -Everybody is off

Silence

Brasted against Waterhouse are heard

From a question one of you members addressed to me last night

it has occurred to me

that there may be some doubts in the mind of some of you

as the precise issue you are trying

I will tell you

Lord Brasted is claiming damages for

the libel contained in Mr Waterhouse's letter to the prime minister

charging him with fraud

Now Mr Waterhouse says he believed the charge to be true

and that it was his duty

to write such a letter

in other words

he claims privilege

now the plaintiff's answer to that

is that he was actuated by malice

and the malice suggested is

is Mr Waterhouse's endeavour to obtain 20,000 £

by threats

now that is the real issue you have to decide

namely who is telling the truth

as to what happened at interview on March 22nd

-Does that answer your question? -Yes thank you My Lord

Yes,Sir John

Will Mr Waterhouse please go back into the box

On the 22nd of March the day of your interview with Lord Brasted

Had you any claim upon him

that would possibly justify your asking him for 20,000£ ?

None

So if you did ask him for 20000 £

it must have been called what we call black mail

I never asked him for money

-It's a lie -Quite

Either Lord Brasted is lying or you

Lord Brasted is lying

One of you is lying, we have to find out which

I think most of us know that already

I understand that in the fraud

which Count Mikla described to you

each one of the directors of International Bank of Prague

was implicated

Yes

As far you've been able to discover

does each one of these gentlemen

enjoy the highest reputation in his own country?

Could he possibly know that?

Please

You've made the most exhaustive enquiry,fair enough?

Yes

You spent weeks in Prague

broadly in the essence in order to find out

as far as you could against them

I have made inquiries

Will you tell me know does each of these gentlemen

as far you know they're the highest pass for reputation

I know nothing again

I must grant the admission but I take it

Now you've seen each of these gentlemen in the witness box

Yes

You heard them swear

that not only there were no truth in the charge of fraud

There were no shadow of suspicion

upon which such a charge could be based

I have

Your reason ?

No,I believe they are lying

Oh our list of liars seems to be increasing

First Lord Brasted then all the directors of the bank

Yes, you can be allowed to express his view

Mr Mainwaring I will cross examine you later if you so desire

-But one at a time -Mr Mainwaring,please don't interrupt

And that's quite clear

-Perfectly -You'd better get these to Sir John right away

Yes

-Aren't you coming into court? -No..

I'd rather stay here if you don't mind

Very well

You have been to Prague yourself making an inquiry?

Yes

Have you been afforded every facility

and examined every book or document you wished?

Yes

And after all that can you think of a name of any human being except Count Mikla

who ever suggest you that the scheme was a swindle?

No

And you still persist in your allegations

that Lord Brasted was part in your fraud

Yes, that is why he tried to bribe me with 10000 £

Then it comes to this the whole case stand or fall on one question

who is telling the truth

You or Lord Brasted

Yes

Then I must deal solely with that

Mr Waterhouse on the date of your interview with Lord Brasted

where you're not badly in need of money?

Not more than everybody is

What do you mean by that?

Everybody is hard up these days

Was there another special reason in your case?

No

On that date

were you're not madly in love with the Lady ?

Lord,I protest most strongly

Please be quiet,Mr Mainwaring

Sir John,do you persist in that question?

I shall refuse to answer

You will do exactly as you are told

Lord,sometime in this case that question must be answered

If the witness desires to postpone that kind I do not object

My Lord may I say something?

You had better not

The question is not persisted

It it should arise again

you'll have every opportunity of being heard

At the time you came to see Lord Brasted

Where were you living?

In my flat

-Quite sure? -Quite sure

-You won't go into some more detail? -No

-Are you sure? -Oh I remember now ..

I stayed there for a fortnight while my flat being redecorated

And you forgotten it?

-Is it important? -Very

I asked you just now if on that date you were short of money?

Was Count Mikla also short of money?

Certainly not

You know a man named Johan Meyer?

No

Will Johan Meyer please stand up?

Do you know that man?

Yes I believe he was Stepan I mean

Count Mikla's servant

I noticed you called him Stepan

Once he was a very intimate friend of yours

He was

A sort of friend whom you would be willing to lend money?

Yes

Did that man come to borrow money for Count Mikla?

Never

Did that man come to you while you stayed at the Savoy Hotel?

To borrow money to pay for his own hotel?

-Oh that -Then he did

Yes but temporary the banks were shut

You had forgotten it?

My Lord

Did Count Mikla ask you for money?

Yes My Lord but only as a friend

That's all you were asked

Did you ever write to Count Mikla telling you were in dispute with Lord Brasted?

I did not

Why not? Was he not interested?

He'd returned to Prague

Did you write to him in Prague ?

No

Give me that dispatch case

Have you ever seen this before?

The usher will show you if you like

You needn't trouble I know it quite well

Was it Count Mikla's dispatch case?

Yes

-What did he use it for? -His papers

-Important? -Yes

Thank you may sit down now

Now you please the papers and a pen,the usher will give it to you

Usher give the witness a piece of paper and a pen

I have my own pen

That will be better

Now will you please write down these words as I read them

In your ordinary hand writing

I have seen B today

So far he has only offered 10,000

Hang on

He will come to our figure

You please give it back

Thank you

Lords read this demand

Lords,what is this supposed to be?

At the moment I have no idea

You will see it in a minute

Now you take that piece of paper back

Now will you please write to the Count Dear Mikla

-My Lord -Don't interrupt

Mr Mainwaring this is not the moment for interruptions

-Have you written that? -Yes

Now to the bottom add these words

Yours ever DW

And date it March the 22nd

Now you please hand it to his Lordship

Sir John would it now be convenient to tell the jury

what is the purpose of this document?

At the moment,My Lord,only as an example of the witnesses hand writing

Oh is that all?

Mr Waterhouse, if you've written such a letter to Count Mikla

it would have a very sinister significance will it not?

I never wrote such a letter

I didn't ask you that

but if you had ?

-I don't see why -Don't you?

Listen to it

I have seen B today B might stand for Lord Brasted,might it not?

Today the 22nd of March the date of your interview with Lord Brasted

At the moment he is only offered 10000 £

10000 £ is the precise amount that you swore Lord Brasted had offered you

Hang on Count Mikla was in Prague away

He will come to our figure

Lord Brasted is sworn that you asked him for 20000 £

That is utterly ridiculous

Perhaps did you have written such a letter?

Might it not have born are very sinister interpretation

No,My Lord

Mr Waterhouse,Sir John is only putting to you a hypothetical case

If you had written

such a letter might it not bear a very

sinister interpretation?

Perhaps but I did not write it

Didn't you?

Mr Waterhouse did you not write a letter in precisely those terms

-to Count Mikla? -No

Look at that

-My lord what is this? -Perhaps Mr Waterhouse would tell us

What is this supposed to be

If you ask me your letter to Count Mikla

It is a lie I never wrote such a letter

My Lord I must protest against this

Sir John produce a piece of paper

I have never seen and which the witness says

is not in his hand writing

Give it to me

Perhaps you had better see this Mr Mainwaring

I tell you I'd never wrote such a letter

Please be quiet

How do you propose to use this,Sir John?

My Lord I propose to prove this is the hand writing of the witness

This is monstrous we haven't even seen this document

Of course not

It only came into our hands last night

And how do you propose to prove that this is the witness handwriting?

By the usual method My Lord I'm asking to call Mrs Spinner

-The handwriting expert -Excellent

And I ask the jury to compare the writing

with what the witness wrote in the witness box five minutes ago

-Where is the telephone? -Just over there miss

Oh,thanks

I'll be putting your luggage on the bus,Miss

Hello may I speak to Mr Waterhouse please

Mr Waterhouse isn't in

Now he will be late I'd say

Is there any message?

All right I'll tell him

Evening news,please

Thank you

On the 22nd March you were taken to Savoy Hotel not?

You know I wasn't

Did you write this letter to Count Mikla from the hotel?

No I did not My Lord this letter is a forgery

You must say that mustn't you?

If it is your letter you stand convicted of having lied to us,you know

It is not my letter,it is his letter

-Forged by Lord Brasted? -Yes

And how do you expect it's been found

by my solicitor on Count Mikla's dispatch case?

When this is brought back from Prague

My lord, may we see those two letters?

-Certainly -Members of the jury.

I never wrote this letter I could not have written such a letter

And all you can say it is a forgery

It is a forgery

And forged by Lord Brasted

Why not? He'd committed murder why shouldn't he stop there

Quiet please

-My Lord, may I ask a question? -Of course,what is it?

This letter is addressed Dear Mikla

We understand the witness was a close friend of Count Mikla

He called him Stepan

This morning another letter was read to us

It began dear Stefan

Why does this letter begin dear Mikla?

He's right I've never written to him like that

I got letters I wrote to him scores of them

Give them to me

Look at these Dear Stepan ,Dear Stepan I have never called him Mikla in my life

I see your point

A rather good one

I don't believe those two letters are the same hand writing

Members of the jury it is of the utmost importance

That you should form no

opinion on this case until the evidence

is completed

We shall have to use that letter

Perhaps Lord Brasted by ..

-Can't you see only in the necessity? -See for yourself,they don't believe it

We should use them now

-All right -Fetch Lady Brasted

No no no she doesn't wish to come into court

Unless she isn't in court I shan't use the letter

Hurry

My Lord,as you have already heard

-Lady Brasted -Yes

Sir John wants you in court immediately

Must I come?

If you want him to use your letter,yes

-Going badly? -I'm afraid so

Then let him use it I don't want to go into court

He won't use it unless you do

All right,I'll come

And you still maintain that you never wrote that letter

Yes

Mr Waterhouse you are forcing me to adopt the most distasteful talk

I shall have to bring a lady into this case

You wish me to do that?

-I don't know what you mean -Don't you?

I understand that you deny having written that letter to Count Mikla

I do

-And he is dead -Yes

Have you written to precisely similar letter

to someone who is alive

and how at this moment sitting in the court

Certainly not

Did you write it to Lady Brasted?

Never

Think well before you answer

A short time ago I asked you if you are

very much in love

-Do you remember? -Yes

Were you in love with Lady Brasted?

My Lord,what possible is this issue directed

Is this absolutely necessary Sir John?

Absolutely necessary,My Lord and I do not wish to be interrupted

Very well I shall not reject the question

Do you hear? Will you please answer

Are you in love with Lady Brasted?

No I'm not

Were you ever in love with her?

Well

I was very fond of Lady Brasted

Were you ever in love with Lady Brasted?

I was very fond of Lady Brasted

Isn't that enough for you,Sir John?

No My Lord it is not

Mr Waterhouse

Lady Brasted is sitting in front of us now

You can imagine with the cross-examination means to her

I want you to give the jury your opinion of her

Is your Lady whose word you would unhesitatingly accept

-Yes -Not a liar like her husband?

No

Did you ask her to leave her husband and go away with you?

Never

Be seated

Did you tell her although you had no money at the time

You were in a position to get a great deal

My Lord,this is monstrous my friendship with Lady Brasted was before her marriage

My Lord Lady Brasted has given evidence

She said no world of this

I was surprised

she kept silent as long as possible

Did you not only say you will get the money,Mr Waterhouse

-but write it? -No

Now will you take these band of original letters written in your hand

You needn't trouble to interrupt

You should see them all in due course

Are all those letters in your own hand writing?

Yes they are

-There is no doubt about them? -None

-They are not forgeries -No

And they are all written to Lady Brasted?

Yes before her marriage

Now we come to that

Do you look at the first sample?

Is there any date?

No

And how does it begin?

My darling Helen

-And it is not dated? -No

The next one.Any date?

-No -And how does that begin?

-My own beloved -Will you speak louder,please

The jury can't hear you

My own beloved

Thank you and the next

No date?

No it just said month

It just say months and how does it begins?

My own beloved

And all the others,no date?

No

You say you wrote them all before Lady Brasted marriage

Yes

Rather convenient for you that you forgot to date them was it not?

Your are not expect love letters to be dated,do you?

I wouldn't know

It's a long time since I wrote a love letter to a married woman

Now look at this

-My Lord -I will not be interrupted now

Mr Mainwaring,please sit down

Mr Waterhouse,is that your letter?

Yes

Where did you get this?

From the lady you wrote it to

That's a lie and you know it

Don't be rude to me

That is a very improper observation

Give me the letter

Is this your letter?

Of course it's my letter

You want to see this Mr Mainwaring?

I have given My Colleague,My Lord a copy may witness have it back?

I am going to read it,Mr Waterhouse

For obvious reasons I hope you appreciate

I shall read only the body of the letter

I shall miss the beginning and the end

I have just left his Lordship if he thinks I'll keep quiet for 10000 £,he's mistaken

I told him it wasn't good enough

We have to go higher

Is it my understanding that you do not deny this is your letter?

It is my letter

Then what does it mean

"I told him it wasn't good enough we will have to go higher"

You wanted 20000 £

It mean nothing of the sort

Then was does it mean?

It means that I was not going to be bribed that I was going to the Prime Minister

Oh it'll have to go higher

That means you are not going to be bribed

It does

Look at it instead of love letter

How dare you ask me that

I think the whole letter must be read Sir John

Is that absolutely necessary,My Lord?

I think it is

My beloved I have just left his Lordship

if he thinks I'll keep quiet for 10000 £

he's mistaken

I told him it wasn't good enough, it'll have to go higher

You know what that means

but I'm not afraid

You are always in my thought

I love you

I love you,I love you,Derek

No,I did not write that to Lady Brasted

-What? -Derek

Are you trying to bring some other lady's name into this case?

You think it is more likely to be believed?

Of course you can invent a name you like

Why is she here not in court?

Well,to whom did you write it?

Think for a moment before you answer

Lady Brasted is at court,this must be a very painful incident to her

Do you still insist that you did not write this letter

Which you admit is yours,to her?

Yes,I do

Why should I deny it if is not true

Shall I tell you why?

Because you thought you would be ashamed to admit to this story in open court

That's not true why should I write such letter to Lady Bracelet?

You want me to tell you that too?

Yes

Do you insist upon it although she's sitting here

beside her husband? -Yes I do

-Because you were her lover -That is a lie

-Another lie? -Helen tell them it's not true

Derek you know it is true

Waterhouse you see Lady Brasted leave the court

You are now free to say just what you like

You still insist it was not to her you wrote this letter?

Yes, yes, yes

The will you tell me the name of the lady to whom you wrote the letter about 10000£?

Why do you hesitate?

You've already disgraced one woman

Why do you hesitate to disgrace another?

Who was it?

I won't say

Thank you Mr Waterhouse it is all I have to ask you

-Sorry to be late -You're not the only one

-Is Mary here? -No,not a sign of her..

but she telephoned from the airport to say not to wait for her

because she might not be able to make it

-Did you speak to her? -No,she left a message with Morton

Is there an explanation why she had to fly home?

Not a word

-Well not letting secrets as you thought -No,I don't expect so

-Is the case over? -Yes

Brasted won I suppose

10000 £ in damages and payments for use of the Public Prosecutor

Man is a fool

-Are they? -Of course they are

A woman judge would have dismissed the case at once

That would be most irregular

It would have been most sensible

Let's go in,shall we?

Excuse me?

-Did you want something,Lady? -I've been looking for Mr Waterhouse

He's gone now,you can't find him,the case was over an hour ago

Thank you,who won?

Lord Brasted

There was no doubt about it once they produced that letter

Jury wasn't out more than an hour

And.. Thank you

Excuse me,Sir John, may I speak to you?

Of course ,Mario, what is it?

This letter,Sir

-What letter? -From the young man

He is supposed to have written in your case

This one

What are you going to propose with it?

There's a picture of it in the Lunch edition see here

Well what about it?

You see that notepaper attached on?

With a heading with a little design

And the letter is dated March 22

Well, but that paper was not made until the Month of May

-Are you sure of that? -Absolutely,Sir

Can you produce any evidence to prove what you say?

Evidence Sir John?

Orders, invoices,records

But they would be in the manager's office

Take me to him will you?

Excuse my dear

Oh no I'm coming with you

That is perfectly correct,Sir John

This first sample was submitted on May the 5th we acted in on May 7th

and this one deliveries of the new papers dated May the 18th

Can you give me the debts to print out?

-Certainly here it is -Thank you

And I'd like to borrow the file if I may?

Of course,Sir John,of course

Thank you shall have it back in due course

Thank you good day to you

Just a moment

Perhaps the letter was dated with a mistake

March the 22nd instead of May the 22nd

It says I have seen B today

The writer saw Lord Brasted on the date of the letter

March the 22nd the actual day on which they met

-It must be some mistake -I don't see where

You mean the letter was forged?

Exactly and the forger was unaware that the letter paper had been changed

I told you a woman judge would have thrown out the case

You know if you say that again I think I shall beat you

-Sorry -What are you going to do?

The only thing I can do

Let these papers are sent to the public prosecutor at once

Without telling Lord Brasted?

You can tell him

But you're still acting for him?

I can hardly go on acting for him

And at the same time see that this information sent to his opponents

Wait a minute what about the other letter?

How do you explain that?

I can't

Are you suggesting that was a forgery too?

I'm not suggesting anything

I'm going to try to find out

Sir John, I beg you to see Lord Brasted

before you do anything about it

No

There are still some rules in our profession

There is no rule which forces

me to send a man to prison when I know that he is innocent

But you don't know there may some explanation

Lord Brasted is to be asked

Very well you ask him

-Derek -Who's there?

-How did you get in? -The porter opened the door for me..

I told him I must see you

You needn't bother

Derek,what's the matter what's happened?

Why did you write to me like that?

Stupid of me wasn't it?

I should know better than to put anything in writing to you

I don't know what you mean

Don't you? Don't you remember what happened to that letter?

-What letter? -What letter

Derek,I honestly don't know what you're talking about

I can't see why you take the trouble to lie about it,the damage is done now

Derek,for goodness sake tell me what am I supposed to have done

The night before you left for Ceylon

if you remember I wrote you a note

This morning your father produced it in court as evidence against me

How could he do that ?

How could you do that

But if you wrote it to me how could it be evidence?

Oh, that was quite easy

You see I didn't mention your name

I merely called your beloved

So your father was able to convince the jury

that it was written to Lady Brasted

What did the note say?

Don't you remember?

I told you,Derek,I didn't get it

Are you sure you didn't?

Positive I'll tell you something else

Daddy wouldn't used it unless Lady Brasted had given it to him

She must have got hold it somehow

Derek,you know I'm speaking the truth

-Don't you -Of course I do,darling

What a blithering idiot I've been

-Please forgive me -That'll be easy

Where do we go from here I wonder

It's easy too.We're going to see Lady Brasted

-Not me thank you -Please darling I need your moral support

You can leave Lady Brasted to me

Come on

I'm sorry,Sir, Lady Brasted is engaged and can't see you

That's the route darling

Lady Brasted

I sent word that I couldn't see you

I'm sorry the lady pushed past me,My Lady

All right Johnson you may go

Well,what is it?

Two months ago Derek wrote me a letter

I didn't receive it

This morning you produced it in court and said it was written to you

I want that letter back

You're too late

Public prosecutor has it

Does he know you stole it?

My dear child ,I don't know what you are talking about

If you didn't steal it,how did you come buy it?

The usual way through the post

It's a lie

Then I suppose all the other letters

that Derek wrote to me were lies also

No I know about them Derek told me he'd written them

But that was before I met him

before you married Lord Brasted

You really believe that story?

Of course,because it's true

Well it's not what the jury saw in court this morning

Lady Brasted, Derek might go to prison

You are in love with him aren't you?

Yes

-Enough to do anything for him? -Yes

Well I'm in love with my husband

Nobody else means anything to me

This morning in court I risked everything

even his love by producing that letter

Do you think I am going to spoil it all now by saying

that letter was never written to me

It was intended for little Miss Dearing

because if you do you're a bigger fool then I took you for

You can't mean it

I most certainly do mean it

you haven't a shred of evidence and you won't get it any from me

Now please go away

You bore me

Good Evening Morton

Daddy will settle this in five minutes

He's the cleverest man alive

Yes, so far he's been slight too clever for me

Nonsense come in and tell him the whole story

Hello,darling

Ah so it's time to come home at last young lady

Sorry I couldn't make it before but I was busy

Daphne is very much better

-Ah good -I'll tell you about her later on

At the moment we've got more important things to talk about

You both know Derek don't you?

Yes I think we knew each other pretty well

May I ask why you come here?

That's quite simple I'm going to marry him

Oh I think everything's perfectly clear

Sit down,will you have a cigarette?

You don't suppose I wanted to come

Rubbish he has to come

Since his case been muddled up quite enough already

it's going to end here and now

Tell him who that letter was written to

All right I will

He wrote it to me I'm not going to say you don't believe me

Well of course I believe you

If you really do that end this stupid business once and for all

Of course

Where did you get this letter?

I never got it

Oh

No need to look so beastly legal I tell you he wrote it to me

May I ask you how you know that?

Because he told me

It's quite enough for me

He never mentioned it in court

Why not?

Would anyone have believed me if I had?

Would you have believed me?

After all you told me that I had disgraced one woman

I didn't want to disgrace another who wasn't there

Did you post this letter?

No

What did you do with it?

I left it here

-When? -The day I went away

-Who did you get it to? -Your butler

Of course everything has to be confirmed

That is the law

It's also common sense

Morton do you remember Mr Waterhouse giving you a letter addressed to Miss Mary?

Yes,Sir John

When was that,you remember?

The night before was Mary went abroad Sir

I'm afraid I forgot to give it to her

What did you do with it?

I gave it to Lady Dearing,Sir

I understood she was going to readdress it

Did you readdress it?

You know I didn't

I'm afraid I forgot all about it

Most helpful and you never saw it again?

No

Was there anybody with Lady Dearing when you gave it to her?

Yes ,Sir John Lady Brasted

I see

Excuse me

All right Morton

Lord Brasted,please,Sir John Dearing

Lord Brasted?

Yes

Has Mr Mersel been in touch with you?

He has

Yes

No I want to talk to about something quite different

Some information is just coming into my hands

regarding the other letter

The one your wife said was written to her

Yes,that's what I said

I think so too

Anything you say of course

Very well I'll be there at 10 o'clock

Yes that suits me all right. All right good bye

Well daddy

-Well what? -Derek wants your advice

Professional or otherwise ?

Otherwise

My advice is marry my girl

I was going to do that anyway for her

All I wanted to know when you could give her away?

-I should think.. -That's easy

When I tell him to

Of course I shall deny it

And I'll be believed

Who do you think would take Derek's word against mine after today?

-Even if he got witnesses -What witnesses?

Some silly old family retainer

Never heard of anything so ridiculous

You'd be lying too I suppose

But of course darling

Look if they want a fight they can have it

You're not going to take this lying down are you?

Not if that's the way you want it

Arthur

There isn't anything else is it?

What do you mean?

Anything you haven't told me?

No,there is nothing else

Then that's settled.We've been in worse jam than this before,we come through all that

But we must fight

I am a little tired

I know darling

We talk about it in the morning,shall we?

Yeah,in the morning

Helen tell me something

-Anything worth it? -What?

-Our marriage,dear -I have won the grips

Is that what you mean?

That's exactly what I mean

Darling I wouldn't have had it any other way

-Whatever happens -I'm glad

That's make all the difference

Good night

Aren't you coming to bed?

No,not yet

I got one or two letters to write

All right

Helen

I'm glad he didn't write that letter to you

Silly

You think I would have shown it to you if he hadn't?

No,I suppose not

Good Night my darling

Good Night,darling

Do you want anything else My Lord?

No thank you,Johnson I'm just going out to post these letters

Can I post them My Lord?

No,I think a little fresh air would do me good

-Good Night,Johnson -Good Night My Lord

Is this the book you wanted My Lady?

Yes thank you,Susan, put it by the bed,will you?

Yes,My Lady

Is he ready to go up now?

His Lordship,My Lady, I think he went to the post

Oh

-Good Night,My Lady -Good Night

-You are off darling? -Yes I'm just going

Can you give me a lift? I'm meeting Derek

-So early -Making up for lost time,darling

-Don't be long,I'm in a hurry -OK

-Don't say OK -OK

-How is it like outside,Morton ? -You'll need your coat,Sir John

Thanks

-Excuse me.Sir -OK

You won't be late tonight darling will you?

I'd rather not I might call into the club for a minute or two

-It just come by hand,Sir John -Thank you

Frank Mainwaring some misguided idea to keep his billet

Look at this

I'm sorry my husband will not be able to keep his appointment with you this morning

An accident occurred last night

You were quite right

This case was a matter of life or death to him

Anne Brasted

Poor woman

-John do you think.. -I don't know

Then it is not our business if he did it or not

Well,that's the end of that case

Yes are you in court today?

Yes McKay against Rosenthal

-My money's on McKay -That's a pity I'm acting for Rosenthal

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