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- Terry. - Dad?

No, don't say anything; don't turn around.

I don't want anyone to know we've met.

Now, if the answer is yes, just touch your hair.

Did you pick up a package at the airport locker?

Did you bring it with you?

Take it back to the apartment.

Put it in a safe place.

Do you remember that restaurant where we had lunch last week?

Bring it there tomorrow at 1:00.

Bring it in my briefcase.

Make sure that you're not followed.

I'll explain later.

Good morning.

Morning, Peg.

Fresh and hot.

For a change, huh?

Thanks, Peg.

It's gonna cost you.

I need an extra half hour for lunch.

- I saw a darling dress. - Buy it.

We might as well both be in debt.

How'd the party go last night?

Oh, as parties go...

it went.

I'll get it.

Hi, Art.

- Good morning, Peggy. - I'll fix you some coffee.

No, thanks.

It's hot.

Thanks anyway. Is he in?

Mm-hmm, go on in.

Morning, Joe.

Hi, Art.

Coffee?

No, thanks.

It's hot.

I understand you gave a party last night, Joe.

Somebody complained about the noise?

We wouldn't hear about that in Homicide.

That girl one of your guests?

Terry Graham.

Yeah, why?

They found her this morning at Point Fermin Park.

What happened?

She was mugged, a little chloroform.

Is she all right?

She's going to have a nice long sleep, but she's coming around.

Any suspects?

No.

Do you have any idea what time she left the party last night?

Oh, I don't remember saying good night to her.

Uh, no, I don't know what time she left, Art.

Did you notice what kind of jewelry she was wearing?

Yeah, as a matter of fact, we talked about it.

It was a brooch, uh...

She said it was imitation.

Her father gave it to her for her birthday.

Stones about that size?

Yeah, I'd say something like that, yeah.

Those aren't imitation, Joe.

They're the real thing.

Do you know anything about the Graham girl's family?

Yeah, a father and stepmother live at the Sunrise Towers.

Were they at the party?

Mrs. Graham was,

but Howard Graham was out of town on business.

Howard Graham...

Howard Graham.

Why does that name ring a bell with me?

His first wife was the daughter of Robert Blakely.

Blakely the financier?

Yeah, that's the one.

You know, I've suddenly got a strange feeling

that this was part of

a famous jewel collection that Blakely owned...

The Auroras.

The Auroras!

A million-dollar matched collection

that was stolen in New York about five years ago.

The owner, Robert Blakely, died shortly after.

Hey, not bad, Art.

I do my homework occasionally.

Blakely had a daughter that he disowned

when she married a man that he didn't approve of...

Howard Graham.

You were hired to find those jewels, weren't you, Joe?

Yeah, and I struck out.

The Auroras are still missing.

I've got an idea they're about to surface.

Art, uh...

when can I see Terry Graham?

Sometime this afternoon.

Has anyone told her stepmother?

Oh, sure.

Mrs. Graham was very upset.

She wanted to hang around the hospital,

but the doctor sent her home.

Well, maybe I better get over there

and see if there's anything I can do.

How awful it must have been for her, Joe.

I could never have forgiven myself if anyth...

If she had...

What time did Terry leave the party?

About 10:00.

She said she had to meet somebody.

She wouldn't tell me who it was or where she was going.

So I came home and waited.

For hours.

When she didn't return, I started imagining

all kinds of things...

blaming myself.

Why didn't you call the police?

I don't know how to explain this, Joe,

but all of a sudden, I knew that the call Terry got

was from Howard,

and that he was in trouble.

What made you think that?

He's been acting so strangely for weeks.

I didn't know what was wrong.

It was foolish of me, I suppose,

but, uh, I was afraid to call the police.

Mm.

Lois...

you've heard of the Auroras?

Who hasn't?

They belonged to Terry's grandmother.

But they were stolen.

I think your husband has the Auroras.

Howard?!

That doesn't make sense.

That brooch he gave Terry for her birthday,

it was part of the collection.

That's not possible.

I'm afraid it is.

But if Howard knew, how... how could he let Terry wear it?

He probably figured that, after all these years,

no one would recognize the brooch alone.

Hello.

Yes?

Yes, right away.

Terry's awake.

Thank you, nurse.

My father didn't steal the Auroras, Joe.

He couldn't.

I'm sure he'll be able to explain, Terry.

Something's happened to him.

I know it.

Something awful.

If he knew about me, he would have been here,

no matter what.

I don't think he does know about you yet, Terry.

He probably thinks you're at the apartment, waiting for his call.

When Terry leaves the hospital, I want her to stay at my place.

When Howard calls, you can tell him where she is.

That won't be necessary, Joe.

I'll be at the apartment with her.

Sorry, Lois.

Why?

Whoever attacked Terry in the park last night

might think she can identify him.

But I didn't see him.

I couldn't identify him.

But he doesn't know that.

Yeah, those are his eyes.

Kind of scary.

Chin was a little bit more pointed, I think.

More like this?

Yeah.

Pleasant little thing, isn't he?

Hi, Chuck.

Hello, Joe.

What are you doing here?

I had a dinner date with Peggy; we, uh...

got started a little early.

I think we have something, Joe.

Like what?

A man came to our apartment last week.

I don't think I was supposed to see him,

'cause father sent me out on some excuse,

but I passed him in the hall.

Then I saw him knock on our door.

We thought if we could get his face on paper,

it would help, so I called Chuck.

How did it turn out?

Have a look.

That's good, Chuck.

Thank you.

- You know him, Joe? - Yeah.

He sells things.

Sells things?!

And not always things that belong to him.

May I help you?

Hello, Jonah.

Been a long time, Mannix.

Last time we talked, Penny here was just out of the egg,

so to speak.

Hello.

Something I can show you?

I've got a couple of nice pieces of bronze you might like.

A real bargain.

You're going to wear that out, Jonah.

What makes you so nervous?

Nervous?

Why should I be nervous?

Maybe you're, uh, mixed up in something

that's way over your head.

Just what are you after, Mannix?

The Auroras.

Listen to him, Penny!

- Penny. - Expecting to find the Auroras

in a place like this.

Give you my word, Mannix,

if I had the Auroras, I'd burn this place to the ground

and give the insurance to charity.

Why did you go to see Howard Graham?

How do you know about that?

Did he offer to sell you the Auroras?

The Auroras!

I'm in the antique business.

I want straight answers, Jonah.

Someone got away with the Auroras last night

and almost killed Graham's daughter in the process.

And you think I had something to do with that?

I'm going to find out...

one way or another.

I'm not an evil man, Mannix.

If I help someone to dispose of something they have for sale,

where's the harm?

I told Mr. Graham I'd try to help find him a buyer.

What happened?

He never showed up.

Anybody else know that you, uh, were dealing for the Auroras?

- Nobody. - You're sure?

Yes.

You told Graham you were going to find him a buyer.

Maybe what you really meant was that you already had one.

Who could that be?

How about Hamilton Starr?

Starr?!

That's pulling one out of the hat, Mannix.

The Auroras always had a great fascination for Starr.

I've had the feeling that if they showed up anywhere,

he wouldn't be far behind.

The last I heard of Hamilton Starr,

he was cruising the Caribbean on his boat.

Well, his boat is moored at the marina,

just a couple of miles from here.

Oh. Hello.

Leave me alone, Mannix!

Be a friend. Go away!

You told Starr, Graham had the Auroras, didn't you?

Now don't lie to me, Jonah!

What could I do?

Looking into those blind eyes,

knowing he sees right through you.

I had to tell him... if I wanted to stay alive!

So, Starr had Terry Graham followed from my place,

and wound up with the collection.

I don't know anything about that.

I'm sure you don't.

Look, Mannix...

I've never done you any harm.

If it gets around I talked...

I'll never live out the day.

If anyone finds out, Jonah, it won't be from me.

Jonah.

It'll probably be from Penny.

You wouldn't tell on me, would you, old girl?

Hi, Joe.

Hello, Orville.

It's beginning to look like old home week.

Drive into traffic, okay, Mannix?

And head toward the marina.

Oh, you won't need that Orville.

I was planning on visiting your boss anyway.

Oh, sure, you were.

Come on, move it.

A little better.

Lassiter?

You want to talk to me, Mannix,

you can start by calling me Captain.

Last time I saw you, you were scrubbing the deck.

I'm off my knees now.

Evolution has come a long way, hasn't it... Captain?

Come.

He was exactly where you said, Mr. Starr, at Jonah's Place.

Welcome aboard, Mannix.

Well, how does he look, Orville?

Have the years treated him kindly?

Looks about the same.

Well, you finally got your hands on the Auroras, huh?

Magnificent, aren't they?

Banked fires to warm a man's soul.

No wonder so many people have died for them through the years.

Last night you nearly added Terry Graham's name to the list.

I had nothing to do with the attack on Miss Graham.

You expect me to believe that?

When you're sitting here gloating over this collection?

My dear fellow,

these are nothing but paste.

Your eyes are deceiving you.

You're a man of keen senses, Mannix.

Use them.

These have no melody,

no... heat.

The Auroras burn and sing.

That's why I've wanted them all my life...

Not to sell,

just to own that fierce light.

It would be almost like having my sight back.

So I planned.

For years, I planned.

Blueprints of Robert Blakely's house,

the design of the safe, servants' schedule,

night watchman's rounds.

Right, Orville?

How can you forget?

And finally, five years ago, I moved.

There was only one thing I couldn't anticipate...

The worthless imitations in the safe.

Someone had beaten me to the Auroras.

Howard Graham.

Exactly. Yeah.

Rather a bitter joke on Mr. Blakely,

wouldn't you say?

Hoodwinked by the son-in-law he despised.

Took me years before I was sure it was Graham.

Then Jonah came to my rescue.

He told me that Graham was prepared to deal for the jewels.

I sent Orville here on his trail,

he saw the girl come into the park,

and there were the Auroras within arm's length.

Orville lost them

as a runt hound might lose a hapless rabbit.

I did the best I could.

Yes.

And that's the pity of it.

Sorry, Mannix.

The point is, someone else got the Auroras,

which is the reason for your being my guest this morning.

Who else could have known Graham had them?

Who else, indeed, Mannix?

Mannix, I want the Auroras.

I'm willing to pay you for them.

But, unless I get them soon,

there's going to be more blood on them.

If there is, Starr,

I'll find you.

Don't try to threaten me.

I've lived in the dark too long to be frightened by anything.

The Auroras, Mannix.

Hard way, the easy way...

it's up to you.

We'll soon have them, Orville.

Did I offend you?

It's... you know, it's in front of people.

Sorry.

We make a good pair, you and I.

You're my eyes,

and I'm your brain.

It's a very satisfactory arrangement.

Mannix.

Joe, are you in some kind of trouble?

What makes you say that?

Art Malcolm called.

He wants to see you downtown.

Said it was urgent.

And he said it in his policeman's voice.

Okay, I'm on my way, Peggy.

Hello, Jonah.

You wanted to see me, Art?

Yeah.

We had quite an interesting conversation,

Jonah and I, after you left the shop.

Really?

Tell him what you told us.

What did you tell them?

The truth, Mannix,

about how you offered me the Auroras to sell for you,

and how I turned you down.

I'm sorry, Mannix, but if I'm put away,

who's going to take care of Penny?

You do understand, don't you, Mannix?

I'm beginning to.

All right, Jonah...

you can go now.

Oh, make sure you can keep yourself handy,

in case we need you.

I'll be where I always am, Lieutenant... me and Penny both.

Sorry, Mannix.

You believe him, Art?

Sure I do.

Any more dumb questions?

What next?

Find the Auroras and turn them over to us.

That's all?

I guess they are getting to be a bit of an embarrassment.

You were on the trail of them once.

I thought you might get an idea about where to look.

As a matter of fact,

I've already got one.

Jonah.

Hello.

Hello? Hello?

Jonah.

It's your friendly police department, Joe.

You said you had an idea.

I thought I ought to find out what it was.

You know, Art, my respect for you increases every day.

I'll put that in my memory book.

That burglar alarm an accident?

Burglar alarm to report an accident.

Lieutenant, Jonah's dead.

That's the accident.

Let's go inside.

Call it in, Charlie.

Yes, sir.

He's been dead for a couple of hours, by the looks of him.

That lets you out, Joe.

Oh, thanks a lot.

Penny.

What were you doing here, anyway?

Trying to find the Auroras.

Those were your instructions, weren't they?

How'd you know Jonah had them?

He told you I had them,

so I figured he was protecting someone.

Himself?

I think Jonah's the one who grabbed the jewels in the park.

How did he know they'd be there?

He had a deal with Howard Graham.

Then he followed him

to get the Auroras... Without having to pay for them,

saw Terry, grabbed her.

Apparently somebody else had the same idea.

Took the jewels out of the safe and put Jonah in.

Oh. Hello.

Yeah, not exactly a fair exchange

from Jonah's point of view.

Any idea who might have done it?

I could make a pretty good guess.

Hamilton Starr, huh?

We've had a 24-hour surveillance at the waterfront.

Nobody left that boat today, which leaves one prime suspect.

Howard Graham?

That's right.

Art, I know Howard Graham well enough

to know he couldn't do that.

You also know him well enough to know

that he couldn't have stolen the jewels in the first place?

I still say he didn't do it.

Do you have any idea where Graham is now?

No, but I'm sure he'll try and see his daughter Terry soon.

I realize that circumstances cause me to be suspect,

but I didn't kill Jonah.

Thank you, sweetheart.

And I was at my hotel all evening.

Mr. Graham, you understand that I'm going to check this out,

so there really isn't much point in your lying.

I'm not lying.

I was playing cards with the night clerk.

You can ask him.

But you did steal the Auroras originally?

Yes.

Yes.

I'll get back to you, Mr. Graham.

I wish you'd told me.

I wish I'd never seen the jewels.

They-they belonged to you all along.

I wanted you to have your birthright.

Because I...

cheated you of it.

You didn't cheat me.

Then you're... you're not ashamed of me?

I love you.

Mr. Mannix's office.

Oh, yes, Mrs. Graham, just a second, please.

Joe, Lois Graham is on the phone.

Hello, Lois, where have you been?

I've been trying to...

What man?

He came to the apartment looking for Terry.

When I told him she was gone, he pointed a gun at me,

forced me to go with him, and then made me call you.

What does he want?

The Auroras.

If you don't give them to him, he's going to kill me.

He'll let you know where and when.

Let me know, uh, how?

He didn't say.

I'm frightened, Joe.

Lois?

Lois!

What is it, Joe?

They were after Terry,

but they're holding Mrs. Graham instead.

Well, why?

What could they want?

The Auroras.

I'm supposed to hand them over.

You?!

You don't have them, do you, Joe?

No.

I'm having a tough time convincing anyone of that.

Do you have any idea who does have them?

Yeah.

So far, most of my ideas about this case have been wrong.

Well, let's hope this one isn't, for Mrs. Graham's sake.

You can say that again.

Well, sir, there's a, a candle and a round table

and a, a rug in the front.

Foreground, Orville... Perspective.

Excuse me, sir, yes, right, foreground...

And behind that is a window with a little barn.

The colors, Orville.

The barn's red... It's a red barn...

And there's snow on it, white snow.

White snow?

When I die, Orville, I'm leaving my eyes to you.

They belong with your brain.

Go on.

Uh, there's a curtain, uh, in the window and, uh...

Who is it?

Mannix.

Who invited you here?

Let's talk, Starr.

Mannix, what are you doing here?

I want to talk to you, Starr, alone.

It's all right, Lassiter.

That means you, too, Orville.

You can't trust him.

Allow me to decide that.

All right, Mannix, we're alone.

I want you to release Mrs. Graham now... no haggling.

My dear fellow, I may have to haggle

for the truth, because I know nothing

about Mrs. Graham's disappearance

or her present whereabouts.

You're lying.

You're perfectly free to search the boat.

You could be holding her anywhere.

I could indeed, but I'm not.

I have no reason to deny the truth

if I thought it would lead me to the Auroras.

And you didn't have Jonah killed?

No.

Why should I?

I think he had the Auroras.

I think he got them the other night in the park.

It's possible.

He was a greedy man.

Are you telling me that whoever killed him

didn't find the Auroras in the safe?

Apparently not.

And now this someone is under the illusion that you have them?

That's right.

The idea does have a certain currency, doesn't it?

If we can find out who took Mrs. Graham,

it might point the way to the Auroras.

Indeed it might.

You can help.

How?

I need the imitations.

For the ransom, of course.

Very good, Mannix, very good.

It's at moments like this that I most resent

being chained to the darkness.

Orville!

Yes, sir?

Bring the jewel box.

Yes, sir.

There.

You see how willing I am to help?

What's that?

I'd guess Mrs. Graham's ransom instructions.

Someone just slipped it through the mail slot.

What does it say?

"Leave jewels at discarded anchor on rocks

at Point Fermin."

But doesn't it mention Mrs. Graham?

When they get the jewels, they'll release Mrs. Graham.

Do you believe that?

No, I don't.

What are you doing, Joe?

Whoever's after the Auroras

knows there's a stone missing out of the brooch.

Don't you think they'll realize that that's not the real thing?

Not even an expert could tell the difference

without a jeweler's loupe.

By the time they find out,

I hope to have Lois Graham back safe and sound.

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Enjoy your swim, Lassiter?

Now put that down and keep your hands in sight.

- Where's Lois Graham? - Who?

I'm gonna ask you once more, and then I'm gonna stop asking.

Where is she?

She's in the bedroom.

Show me.

All right, Lassiter, over to the table.

Put your hands on it.

Move.

Now, put your feet back.

Come on, you know how it's done.

Now, you stay there until I tell you you can move.

Lois?

Lois.

Joe.

It's all right.

I feel so...

dizzy.

You've probably been drugged.

Now, you just take it easy and get your bearings...

while I have a talk with our host.

You ought to be grateful, Lassiter.

If Starr had found out you were double-crossing him,

you'd have been back on your knees

just before he told Orville to blow your brains out.

How you feeling, Lois?

I never felt better.

Don't move.

Don't turn around.

Hands on the table.

You know how it's done.

- Nice going, sweetheart. - Hm.

So the two of you killed Jonah.

Well, knowing Jonah,

we figured he probably took the jewels for himself.

So Tony and I persuaded him to open the safe.

And when the Auroras weren't there,

you put Jonah in the safe instead.

Well, unfortunately for Jonah,

he talked more than his mynah bird.

That's what convinced you I had the jewels, huh?

Jonah told you?

He was very convincing, Joe.

Well, I'm afraid you've opened the wrong safe again.

Yeah? And what's in the box?

Hamilton Starr's set.

Paste.

You know, Mannix, I've seen Starr's set maybe...

a hundred times.

There's no stone missing from this brooch.

Only the real one.

Well, uh, I can explain that.

I took the stone out earlier this afternoon.

Nice try, Mannix.

Put everything in the car.

I'll take care of him.

Don't let him change that position.

Why, Lois?

Why not?

Why shouldn't I have the Auroras?

Don't move.

Look, Joe,

I discovered early on that when Howard married me

he didn't want a wife,

he only wanted a nurse for Terry.

Not once in ten years

has he treated me as a woman.

Then I met Tony, and my life began again.

He was the one who told me that Howard had stolen the jewels.

I knew he hadn't stolen them for me.

They were for Terry.

I decided he should pay me back for my life.

It won't work, Lois.

It will.

I will make it work.

What I'm trying to tell you is you won't get out of here.

There's nothing to stop us now.

Lois...

the police have been one step behind me all day.

Then why aren't they here?

It's no bluff, Lois; they will be here.

You're good, Joe,

but I'm not buying.

You're still shaving it a little close, Art.

Sorry, Joe.

Charlie.

I had to lay back to give you a chance, didn't I?

They were in it together.

It's all right, Mrs. Graham, your friend will live.

He'll stand trial.

Well, that only leaves the real Auroras.

There's only one possible answer:

They're at Jonah's place.

What?!

Yeah, they've been there all along.

Hello.

Oh. Hello.

Jonah.

Hello.

Not there.

- They've got to be here. - Penny.

- It's not there. - You have eyes, Orville!

- Use them! - Jonah!

What do I pay you for?

Ha-ha-ha.

Orville.

- Orville? - Shut that bird up!

- Hello. - Will you shut up!

- No. - Jonah...

Wait.

There was only one living creature

Jonah would have trusted with anything that belonged to him.

Hello.

Who'd ever think of looking for something of value

at the bottom of a birdcage?

Look.

Hello.

Orville!

- Hello. - I can't open it, Mr. Starr.

Mr. Starr, I can't open it.

Penny.

Well?

Hmm?

It's just, uh, birdseed, Mr. Starr.

Are they beautiful, Orville?

As beautiful as we thought?

It's like I told you, Mr. Starr, it's nothing but birdseed.

Nothing but a pair of eyes, after all, aren't you, Orville?

You just couldn't keep the greed out of your voice.

You're right, Mr. Starr.

You're always...

you're always right.

Yeah, I got 'em.

You can have 'em.

Give them to me, Orville.

Sure, come on.

Huh... Come on.

Come on, take 'em.

Take 'em for all your insults!

No, no...

- No, over here, come on... - Hello.

Come on over here. Come on.

Come on, boy, here!

Come on!

Come on, take 'em for always putting me down!

Come running over here!

Orville.

It's Joe Mannix, Starr.

Put down the gun.

Don't come any closer, Mannix.

This is Lieutenant Malcolm.

I'm here with two police officers.

It's no use, Starr.

The treasure hunt is over.

Now put down the gun.

Put it down, Starr.

Get an ambulance.

Mannix...

the light in them...

is it fierce?

I've never seen anything to match it.

Then it was worth it.