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You expect me to go in there
and seduce Dennis Stanton?
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I expect Lindsey to go and seduce him.
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It had something to do
with adultery, didn't it?
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I beg your pardon?
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[Jessica] Tonight on Murder She Wrote.
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Fire!
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Somebody get a fire extinguisher!
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I'm sure you have an alibi
for when the fire started.
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Oh, and which will disappoint you more,
if I do or if I don't?
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But he couldn't forge the paper.
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Miss Barlow, are you flirting with me?
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Would it upset you if I were?
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On the contrary.
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But it would lead me to wonder
how soon you expect your mother back home.
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[cheerful orchestral music]
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Mrs. Fletcher, could you
please inscribe this to Nadine?
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I just love this new character
you've invented.
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Why, thank you.
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No, really.
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Damien Sinclair is
a wonderful new addition
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to that roster of gentlemen thieves.
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Arsene Lupin, Raffles, The Saint.
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Praise is a giddy wine, dear heart.
Don't let it turn your head.
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Dennis!
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-Jessica.
-[laughs]
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Yes, your new character
is amusing, perhaps,
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but a pale imitation of the real thing,
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-and I, of all people, should know.
-[sighs]
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Now, Jessica, I've booked
at a fantastic restaurant in Carmel.
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They won't hold the table.
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Oh, but I can't.
I've got all these books to sign, Dennis.
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Not anymore you don't. No, no.
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It's past 6:00.
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Manager's at the door, key in hand.
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Time to get on with civilized pursuits.
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Thank you, Nadine.
I hope you enjoy the book.
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Oh, thank you, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Pleasure.
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Nice to meet you, to be sure.
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Well, book tours agree with you, Jessica.
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-You're as lovely as ever.
-Uh-oh.
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Whenever you start to flirt,
it usually means
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that you have
some outrageous story to tell me.
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Well, of course.
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And what makes this one so interesting
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is that you could never
transmute the hero of it,
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me, into that grotesque alter ego,
Damien Sinclair.
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Oh, why not?
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Because I let the miscreants
get away scot-free.
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Now, your Damien Sinclair could
never do anything so un-heroic.
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Oh, it did my larcenous heart good.
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You mean, your formerly larcenous heart,
I hope you meant.
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Aha, here we are!
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[Jessica] Oh, yes, yes.
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The recently discovered Mark Twain.
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-But I'd heard--
-That it's been denounced as a forgery?
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How well I know.
It was I who denounced it.
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Oh, now I remember.
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Of course,
an insurance policy was involved,
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and the original manuscript was destroyed.
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Oh, Jessica, whose story is this anyway?
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Come on, I'll tell you all about it
over a Caesar salad.
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[man] Now, most of us know Mark Twain
as a kind of white-haired patriarch.
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But it's important to remember
as well that in his youth,
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he was a real ladies man.
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He wrote The Wild and Wicked Wench,
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had it bound as a kind of
private amusement for his mistress.
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She passed the book down
to Mrs. Barlow's grandmother,
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who, some people think,
was Mark Twain's illegitimate daughter.
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And from there, it's come down to us
and the present day.
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Um, I finally persuaded Mrs. Barlow
to reveal its existence.
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Why now, Mr. Erlich?
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San Francisco, next week,
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plays host to the largest collection
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of Twain experts and enthusiasts
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in over a decade.
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And finally, Mrs. Barlow
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has suffered a series of
unfortunate financial reverses,
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and I've offered to help her
realize what's due her
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as custodian of this important
national literary treasure.
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Has anybody checked out this book
to make sure that it's not some forgery?
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Well, no offense,
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but, obviously, literature,
rare books, are not your beat.
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Otherwise, I'm sure you'd recognize
Professor Chandler Fitzpatrick.
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He's the country's leading expert
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on 19th and 20th century
American literature.
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I'm sure Professor Fitzpatrick
would be able to answer any questions
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that you'll have about
the book's authenticity or its provenance.
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[all clamoring]
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The Pachelbel Canon.
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In deep appreciation for your help
with the Eastmans' case.
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Well, thank you.
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But how are we going to hear it
without your CD player?
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What's happened to my CD player?
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Verboten.
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Der führer, Herr Butler,
likes to make his own noise.
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He's been screaming for you all morning.
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What is he up to now?
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They're authenticating some old book.
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Somebody wants to insure it
for $5 million.
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$5 mil...
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Good morning, Robert.
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Well, well, it would be,
if you weren't over
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one and one half hours late.
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Well, it was such a pleasant day.
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I strolled. I window-shopped.
Oh, I got some wonderful music.
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Mozart Flute Sonatas for me
and Spike Jones for you.
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But somehow I seem to
have mislaid my sound system.
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Oh, well.
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You will find it down
at the reception desk,
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wrapped and ready to go home.
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We are running an office here,
not Philharmonic Hall!
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Besides, after I'm done with this,
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I want to have a conversation with you
about a claim for that damaged Limoges.
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Oh, I wrapped up that little matter
at 2:30 this morning.
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This wouldn't be the new Mark Twain book
I've heard so much about, would it?
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Magnificent, isn't it?
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In moments like this,
I sense the presence of genius.
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Yes.
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I feel the same way
often in Robert's company.
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He means the book.
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Insurance applied for
by one Lawrence Erlich?
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As agent for the owner, yes, this is him.
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If you don't mind,
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I mean, I have to get this done
before this afternoon.
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If you have nothing better to do,
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I suggest you might try
catching up on those reports
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that you've promised me all week.
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Certainly.
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If I may just offer
one small word of advice,
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examine that manuscript
with special diligence.
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Why?
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-Do you know something I don't know?
-Oh...
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Well, all I'm saying
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is that $5 million is
a great deal of money for a book.
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That is what one Japanese
collector has already offered.
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Besides, I have already had
the manuscript authenticated
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by no less of an expert than
Chandler Fitzpatrick.
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Mr. Butler, you didn't tell me that
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Professor Fitzpatrick
had already certified this.
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[suspenseful music]
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Robert, excuse me.
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I know you've explained
these forms to me a dozen times,
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but this form, Subsection B of 72...
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Now, is that where I enter
the estimated value of the claim
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or the adjusted value?
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No, you do not use a 72 for this!
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-[alarm ringing]
-You need a 15. You gotta do an--
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[man] Fire!
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-[shouting] Fire!
-[coughing]
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[man] Everybody out of the building!
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Fire! It's a fire. Listen up quick!
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Somebody get a fire extinguisher!
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Shut that alarm off!
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[man] Fire!
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[Butler] Uh, shut that alarm off.
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Somebody get a fire extinguisher!
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[people shouting]
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[people laughing]
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All right, let's have
the book face in this direction.
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Check the seal on this case.
This is awful.
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Have it back in 45 minutes.
I'll be right with you.
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[sighs]
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My God. [chuckles]
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Dennis Stanton. It must be what, 20 years?
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Nearly 25, actually.
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Well, how are you, Lawrence?
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I couldn't be better.
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You, uh, still up to your old tricks?
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More to the point, Lawrence, are you?
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I work for Consolidated
Casualty Insurance Company.
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Ah, yes, well, I suppose
it was too much to hope
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that you were merely
a Mark Twain fan, hmm?
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You're not here for some
kind of shakedown, are you?
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I mean, that was never your style.
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What could I tell anyone?
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That you were absolutely
the best forger I'd ever met
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and second only to me as a con man?
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No, no, I was better.
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But all that's in the past now.
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I've been legitimate for nearly a decade.
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-Have you?
-Mm.
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I know it's incredible, but it's true.
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You know, all those years
practicing my craft...
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gaining entry to the best houses...
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all those experts, I finally realized
that I knew as much as they did.
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I knew more than they did.
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And it finally dawned on me
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that I could make just as much money,
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with much less risk,
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by simply jumping the fence.
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Do you know,
I'm having almost as much fun now
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as when I was a crook.
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[chuckles] You don't believe a word
I'm saying, do you?
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Well, as you said,
you're almost as good a con man as I.
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No, no, I said "better."
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Lawrence, you have to know,
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I will not let you defraud my company.
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For the sake of our old acquaintance,
I've said nothing about your past.
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What past?
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I was never indicted, never arrested.
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You know, Dennis,
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I've worked very hard
to get to where I am.
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If I were to hear even
the slightest public inference
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that I was less than totally honest...
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I'd sue you for every penny you've got.
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Then I take it you will not withdraw
the Twain manuscript from Consolidated?
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You take that manuscript
to any expert in the country.
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I mean, the best,
and I know because I have.
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They'll all tell you the same thing.
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It's the genuine article.
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I mean, it's enough to make
a man believe in divine providence.
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Listen, I've gotta get back
to the display.
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Your man, Mr. Butler, promised to have
the manuscript back in an hour. [sighs]
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Dennis, you know, you, of all people,
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should believe that someone
can turn over a new leaf.
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I mean, look at you.
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Yes, I'll be there in half an hour.
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I really appreciate the time, old friend.
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-Bye.
-Mr. Stanton.
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Oh, Professor Fitzpatrick.
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Oh, it's an honor to meet--
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Lawrence Erlich tells me that
you're casting doubt
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on the authenticity of
The Wild and Wicked Wench.
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Now, I have staked
my reputation on this book.
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What qualifications
could you possibly have
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to question my judgment?
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Professor, please, understand my position
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as a representative of the
insurance company.
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Oh, don't take refuge
in petty bureaucracy, sir.
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Now, you are either going to furnish
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some smidgeon of evidence
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or else you will cease
your smarmy insinuations at once.
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Do I make myself clear?
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And you obtained this specimen?
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Ah, some fool lit a fire
in his wastebasket.
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I took the opportunity to snatch
this page away to safety.
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Since the book will be
displayed under glass,
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it won't be noticed for days.
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Dennis...
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[grunts]
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I owe you a great deal,
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but I'm an old man,
discredited in the profession.
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Through no fault of your own.
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True, it was an honest mistake.
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But one does not challenge
Chandler Fitzpatrick
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without being absolutely sure
there's no mistake, honest or otherwise.
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He ruined me,
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but I've come to be content
here in my library,
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buried in my books.
251
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I'm sorry.
252
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I'm a man whose judgment
can no longer be trusted.
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Constantine, old friend,
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it can by me.
255
00:12:40,177 --> 00:12:43,221
Now, what if I were to tell you
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that it was Chandler Fitzpatrick
257
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who provided the authentication
for this book?
258
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-Oh?
-Mm.
259
00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:57,110
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
260
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And you say this was discovered
by a man known to be a forger?
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The best I ever met.
262
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Well, well, well, well, well.
263
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What an appetizing prospect.
264
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[twangy suspenseful music]
265
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Is he going to give us any trouble?
266
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I don't think so.
267
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Let me do a little checking.
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I'll see you later at the costume ball.
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Lawrence...
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-Mother!
-Lindsey!
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What are you doing here in San Francisco?
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Oh, my God, you're not here
273
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with that ancient rock and roll singer?
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No, Mother, Roger is still in England.
275
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And at Roger's age, they are not called
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ancient rock 'n' roll singers,
they're called legends.
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Look, don't say I told you so,
but he threw me out.
278
00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:07,973
Oh, I'm sorry. Are you okay?
279
00:14:08,056 --> 00:14:10,141
Yes, yeah, I'm fine.
280
00:14:10,225 --> 00:14:11,810
I just discovered that with legends,
281
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there are always plenty of
other young women around.
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Come on, let me buy you a cup of coffee.
283
00:14:17,274 --> 00:14:19,651
Oh, wait, but before we do,
I'd love to take a look at this
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wonderful book I've been reading about
before you auction it off.
285
00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:24,573
Oh, is that why you've come back?
286
00:14:24,656 --> 00:14:26,866
You think I'm coming into some money?
287
00:14:26,950 --> 00:14:29,828
Why, Mother, how can you be so suspicious?
288
00:14:29,911 --> 00:14:33,707
Especially since I can't understand why
this precious family heirloom
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that's been passed down
from mother to daughter,
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I've never heard of it before.
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Lindsey, keep that to yourself.
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This isn't a game.
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I'm sure it isn't.
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We better talk.
295
00:14:49,222 --> 00:14:52,183
There I was, Beth, after all these years,
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face to face with Lawrence Erlich again.
297
00:14:55,103 --> 00:14:56,521
[chuckles]
298
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It brought back so many memories.
299
00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:02,485
And, you know,
all I could think of the entire time
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00:15:02,569 --> 00:15:04,487
was how much you loved books.
301
00:15:04,571 --> 00:15:07,157
Remember how angry you got
302
00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,909
when I dog-eared a page to mark my place?
303
00:15:09,993 --> 00:15:11,620
And there I was,
304
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tearing up what might be
a priceless manuscript.
305
00:15:15,081 --> 00:15:16,541
Ah, well.
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If I'm right,
it won't make any difference.
307
00:15:19,878 --> 00:15:22,047
And if I'm wrong,
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well, I may be a bit rusty
to go back to the old profession,
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but I'm sure there are plenty of jobs
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for a man of my qualifications.
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Though, at the moment,
I can't think of any.
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00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:36,144
...the councilman denied any involvement.
313
00:15:36,227 --> 00:15:38,355
The Mayor, however,
insists that the investigation
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will continue.
315
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Earlier tonight, a blaze swept
through the convention room
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of the Fairmont Hotel.
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Damage to the hotel was minimal,
fire officials said,
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but the newly-discovered manuscript
of Mark Twain's long-lost book,
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The Wild and Wicked Wench,
was completely destroyed.
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Oh, Lawrence,
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you can't really expect
to get away with this.
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Can you?
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[Stanton] Inspector Oliver?
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Dennis Stanton, Consolidated Casualty.
325
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You're in charge of the investigation?
326
00:16:16,810 --> 00:16:18,228
You guys carry the hotel's policy?
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00:16:18,311 --> 00:16:20,814
Only some of the contents.
328
00:16:20,897 --> 00:16:23,483
I understand the fire
was electrical in origin?
329
00:16:23,566 --> 00:16:25,610
That's sure what it looks like.
330
00:16:25,694 --> 00:16:28,363
The one question I have
is why it spread so fast.
331
00:16:28,446 --> 00:16:31,032
You mean it may have been arson?
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00:16:31,116 --> 00:16:32,534
Boy, I sure hope so.
333
00:16:32,617 --> 00:16:34,035
I haven't had a decent arson in months.
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00:16:34,119 --> 00:16:37,580
Nice to meet a man who enjoys his work.
335
00:16:37,664 --> 00:16:39,582
May I look?
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00:16:39,666 --> 00:16:41,918
Go ahead. Be my guest.
337
00:16:57,183 --> 00:16:59,519
It's a damn shame.
338
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It was a beautiful manuscript.
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Lawrence, I'm very disappointed in you.
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Dennis, you don't think that...
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Surely you don't think
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that I expect to pull something
like this off on you, huh?
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00:17:11,906 --> 00:17:13,742
How stupid do you think I am?
344
00:17:13,825 --> 00:17:16,202
I'm sure you have an alibi
for when the fire started.
345
00:17:16,286 --> 00:17:18,121
Oh, and which will disappoint you more?
346
00:17:18,204 --> 00:17:20,790
If I do or if I don't?
347
00:17:20,874 --> 00:17:24,335
Actually, I was at the costume ball,
wearing a little more
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than an oversized fig leaf
in full view of the assemblage,
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if you'll forgive the expression, as Adam.
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Adam?
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And if you don't believe me,
I'll be glad to show you the outfit.
352
00:17:36,264 --> 00:17:38,683
Oh, not before breakfast, thank you.
353
00:17:38,767 --> 00:17:40,935
[chuckling]
354
00:17:41,019 --> 00:17:44,397
-I'm going to get you.
-[laughs]
355
00:17:44,481 --> 00:17:47,025
Yes, I'm sure you're going to try.
356
00:17:48,651 --> 00:17:49,486
Hmm.
357
00:17:55,283 --> 00:17:56,785
Robert not in yet?
358
00:17:56,868 --> 00:17:58,953
Are you kidding? He's upstairs.
359
00:17:59,037 --> 00:18:02,874
They've had him on the carpet
since 8:00 this morning.
360
00:18:02,957 --> 00:18:05,293
-[laughs]
-You insure something for $5 million
361
00:18:05,376 --> 00:18:07,879
and six hours later, it goes up in flames,
362
00:18:07,962 --> 00:18:09,631
someone's liable to notice.
363
00:18:09,714 --> 00:18:11,633
[clears throat]
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00:18:27,148 --> 00:18:28,358
Robert.
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00:18:29,108 --> 00:18:30,235
Mm?
366
00:18:30,318 --> 00:18:31,903
Are you all right?
367
00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:36,699
I should have listened to you.
368
00:18:36,783 --> 00:18:40,870
I never... I never should have
touched that damned manuscript.
369
00:18:41,329 --> 00:18:44,582
Keating is holding me
personally responsible!
370
00:18:44,666 --> 00:18:47,544
What an ungenerous attitude.
371
00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:50,004
Robert, I'm not saying it's possible,
372
00:18:50,338 --> 00:18:55,468
but if someone could prove that
the manuscript were a forgery,
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00:18:56,427 --> 00:19:01,266
getting you and the company off the hook,
what might that someone expect in return?
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00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:06,104
Bonus?
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00:19:06,187 --> 00:19:09,065
That's what you're looking for,
some kind of reward?
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00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:11,150
Well, in a manner of speaking.
377
00:19:11,234 --> 00:19:13,778
Not money. Nothing so mundane.
378
00:19:13,862 --> 00:19:16,948
But to be honest,
I do miss the strains of Mozart
379
00:19:17,031 --> 00:19:20,535
wafting through these sterile corridors.
380
00:19:20,618 --> 00:19:22,120
Don't you?
381
00:19:28,793 --> 00:19:33,172
[classical music]
382
00:19:33,256 --> 00:19:34,966
Constantine, old friend,
383
00:19:35,049 --> 00:19:40,513
it is frustrating watching you do nothing.
384
00:19:40,597 --> 00:19:42,932
Well, I'm hardly doing nothing.
385
00:19:43,016 --> 00:19:45,101
I'm eating. I'm drinking.
386
00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:47,228
I'm reading.
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00:19:47,312 --> 00:19:48,479
And I'm awaiting.
388
00:19:48,563 --> 00:19:49,647
Awaiting what?
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00:19:49,731 --> 00:19:51,774
If I knew, I wouldn't be awaiting.
390
00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:53,860
Well, while you do, Lawrence Erlich
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00:19:53,943 --> 00:19:56,571
gets away with a $5 million fraud.
392
00:19:57,363 --> 00:19:59,866
This Mr. Erlich,
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00:19:59,949 --> 00:20:01,701
there's something between you,
something in your past.
394
00:20:01,784 --> 00:20:04,495
See, you would talk freely about anything,
395
00:20:04,579 --> 00:20:05,955
except your feelings
396
00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:08,416
and your dear, sadly missed Elizabeth.
397
00:20:08,499 --> 00:20:10,585
So what has Mr. Erlich to do
398
00:20:10,668 --> 00:20:12,879
with the memory of your poor dead wife?
399
00:20:14,255 --> 00:20:15,965
[sighs]
400
00:20:16,049 --> 00:20:19,552
Elizabeth and I went through
a difficult time once.
401
00:20:19,636 --> 00:20:20,929
All marriages do, I suppose.
402
00:20:21,012 --> 00:20:23,765
I blame myself entirely for this one.
403
00:20:23,848 --> 00:20:25,516
-And...
-And...
404
00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,602
He took advantage.
Yes, it's now coming back to me.
405
00:20:27,685 --> 00:20:30,021
I don't believe anything
happened between them.
406
00:20:30,104 --> 00:20:32,273
I certainly never asked.
407
00:20:32,357 --> 00:20:37,779
But, yes, this may be something
more than professional zeal.
408
00:20:37,862 --> 00:20:39,614
Nonetheless,
409
00:20:39,697 --> 00:20:42,241
I feel it.
410
00:20:42,325 --> 00:20:44,994
There's something all wrong.
411
00:20:45,078 --> 00:20:48,998
If it comforts you,
for me, it also feels wrong.
412
00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:51,918
But I can't put my finger on exactly why.
413
00:20:52,001 --> 00:20:56,255
And I'm quite sure that the binding
dates back to the turn of the century.
414
00:20:56,339 --> 00:20:58,508
I also tested the ink,
415
00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:00,218
and it's fully consistent with the ink
416
00:21:00,301 --> 00:21:02,345
that was used in San Francisco
a hundred years ago.
417
00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:04,597
Well, you also said that
it was common ink,
418
00:21:04,681 --> 00:21:06,182
which might easily have been
artificially aged.
419
00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:07,892
Yes, but there's more.
420
00:21:07,976 --> 00:21:10,311
You see, I've been re-reading my Twain,
421
00:21:10,395 --> 00:21:12,855
and the writing style
is completely consistent
422
00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:14,649
with his San Francisco period.
423
00:21:14,732 --> 00:21:17,944
And, to a trained eye,
the handwriting is either Twain
424
00:21:18,027 --> 00:21:20,113
or a superb forgery.
425
00:21:20,196 --> 00:21:22,865
Lawrence Erlich is a superb forger.
426
00:21:22,949 --> 00:21:25,243
Yes, but he couldn't forge the paper.
427
00:21:25,326 --> 00:21:28,705
The paper is as old as it purports to be.
428
00:21:28,788 --> 00:21:30,289
So you're saying what?
429
00:21:30,373 --> 00:21:32,417
That the manuscript
is the genuine article?
430
00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:34,293
I'm saying no such thing.
431
00:21:34,377 --> 00:21:36,754
A warning bell has rung in my mind,
432
00:21:36,838 --> 00:21:38,923
a faint bell, but a bell nonetheless.
433
00:21:39,007 --> 00:21:41,467
And until I can deduce
what that bell means,
434
00:21:41,551 --> 00:21:42,969
I can't help you.
435
00:21:45,263 --> 00:21:47,557
[doorbell rings]
436
00:21:54,689 --> 00:21:55,606
Hi.
437
00:21:55,690 --> 00:21:56,899
Oh, Miss Barlow?
438
00:21:56,983 --> 00:21:58,776
You must be Mr. Stanton.
439
00:21:58,860 --> 00:22:03,322
Well, I'm afraid my mother isn't home yet,
but maybe you'd like to come in and wait.
440
00:22:03,406 --> 00:22:06,617
Thank you.
441
00:22:06,701 --> 00:22:08,411
Very nice.
442
00:22:08,494 --> 00:22:11,122
Mr. Erlich found it for us.
443
00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:13,166
I have to confess,
when I spoke to you on the phone,
444
00:22:13,249 --> 00:22:16,502
I wasn't expecting someone quite so...
445
00:22:16,586 --> 00:22:18,337
Venerable.
446
00:22:18,421 --> 00:22:19,756
I like that word.
447
00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:22,300
I like that word. May I take your coat?
448
00:22:22,383 --> 00:22:24,177
Thank you.
449
00:22:24,260 --> 00:22:28,848
And then perhaps you could
assist me across the room.
450
00:22:28,931 --> 00:22:31,267
Don't be touchy. I adore older men.
451
00:22:31,350 --> 00:22:36,314
I find them fascinating.
They've had experiences.
452
00:22:36,397 --> 00:22:39,275
Miss Barlow, are you flirting with me?
453
00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:41,319
Would it upset you if I were?
454
00:22:41,402 --> 00:22:42,653
On the contrary.
455
00:22:42,737 --> 00:22:45,907
But it would lead me to wonder
how soon you expect your mother back home.
456
00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:47,950
Well, my mother and Mr. Erlich
457
00:22:48,034 --> 00:22:50,411
are at her publishers
going over the transcript.
458
00:22:50,495 --> 00:22:53,998
Ah, so the manuscript's been transcribed?
459
00:22:54,082 --> 00:22:56,918
Yes, it's the first thing
Mr. Erlich insisted on.
460
00:22:57,001 --> 00:23:00,588
I think he'd like to foster a bidding war
for the publication rights.
461
00:23:00,671 --> 00:23:03,674
Mr. Erlich thinks of everything.
462
00:23:03,758 --> 00:23:08,429
Can I offer you something?
Coffee, perhaps? Drink?
463
00:23:08,513 --> 00:23:11,015
Or maybe you'd like to have
dinner with me tonight?
464
00:23:11,099 --> 00:23:15,269
[chuckles] You're a very beautiful
young lady,
465
00:23:15,353 --> 00:23:17,396
but suddenly, I don't know why,
466
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,649
I'm put in mind of a runaway train.
467
00:23:23,736 --> 00:23:27,448
Mother!
468
00:23:27,532 --> 00:23:29,117
We were just talking about you.
469
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,244
This is Mr. Stanton
from the insurance company.
470
00:23:31,327 --> 00:23:34,372
Mrs. Barlow.
471
00:23:34,455 --> 00:23:36,541
A pleasure to meet you, at last.
472
00:23:36,624 --> 00:23:38,543
I doubt that, Mr. Stanton.
473
00:23:38,626 --> 00:23:40,670
Lawrence has told me about you.
474
00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:42,672
Ah, well,
475
00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:44,215
I see where your daughter
gets her forthrightness
476
00:23:44,298 --> 00:23:46,134
as well as her beauty.
477
00:23:46,217 --> 00:23:49,011
Look, if you've come here to
make trouble about our claim--
478
00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:50,638
Quite the contrary, dear lady.
479
00:23:50,721 --> 00:23:53,474
My company is completely prepared to pay.
480
00:23:53,558 --> 00:23:56,310
Unfortunately,
there is one small technicality.
481
00:23:56,394 --> 00:23:58,896
You see, insurance companies
are forbidden from
482
00:23:58,980 --> 00:24:02,066
disbursing benefits
in the cases of possible arson,
483
00:24:02,150 --> 00:24:04,026
at least until
the police are reasonably sure
484
00:24:04,110 --> 00:24:05,027
that the crime--
485
00:24:05,111 --> 00:24:06,362
Don't worry, Mother.
486
00:24:06,445 --> 00:24:08,656
I'm sure he means the alleged crime.
487
00:24:08,739 --> 00:24:10,575
Exactly.
488
00:24:10,658 --> 00:24:14,203
The alleged crime was not committed
for the purposes of fraud.
489
00:24:14,287 --> 00:24:16,372
So far, we are told
490
00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:20,710
there is not a shred of evidence
connecting you with the fire.
491
00:24:20,793 --> 00:24:22,378
Oh, that's reassuring.
492
00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:24,589
With any luck,
you should receive your check
493
00:24:24,672 --> 00:24:26,007
by the end of the week.
494
00:24:26,090 --> 00:24:28,092
I hope that won't inconvenience you.
495
00:24:28,176 --> 00:24:29,594
Oh, not at all.
496
00:24:29,677 --> 00:24:31,596
I'll leave you these forms
497
00:24:31,679 --> 00:24:35,183
instructing us how and where
you prefer payment to be made.
498
00:24:35,266 --> 00:24:37,560
Thank you.
499
00:24:37,643 --> 00:24:39,478
Now, I don't wish to appear rude--
500
00:24:39,562 --> 00:24:41,230
I understand. Yes.
501
00:24:41,314 --> 00:24:42,648
I can show myself out.
502
00:24:45,151 --> 00:24:48,154
Again, a pleasure to meet you.
503
00:24:52,408 --> 00:24:55,494
How about Otto's Grotto. 8:30?
504
00:24:55,578 --> 00:24:57,538
Seafood?
505
00:24:57,622 --> 00:24:59,165
My favorite. I'd be delighted.
506
00:24:59,248 --> 00:25:00,875
Good. I'll meet you there.
507
00:25:00,958 --> 00:25:02,418
Oh, and since you haven't
come through with the check yet,
508
00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:03,794
you're paying.
509
00:25:03,878 --> 00:25:05,379
I wouldn't have it any other way.
510
00:25:05,463 --> 00:25:07,506
Would you care to join us, Mrs. Barlow?
511
00:25:07,590 --> 00:25:10,176
No, no, I...
512
00:25:10,259 --> 00:25:11,761
I have other plans this evening.
513
00:25:11,844 --> 00:25:14,430
Well, till this evening then.
514
00:25:28,986 --> 00:25:29,946
Business.
515
00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:47,630
[phone ringing]
516
00:25:53,219 --> 00:25:54,345
[beeps]
517
00:25:54,428 --> 00:25:56,305
[Stanton] I'm sorry I'm not here
to get your call,
518
00:25:56,389 --> 00:25:58,516
but leave a message
and I'll return it as soon as I get in.
519
00:25:58,599 --> 00:25:59,976
[beeps]
520
00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:02,937
Dennis, the bell finally rang!
521
00:26:03,020 --> 00:26:06,065
Rang? It pealed with joy! I've found it!
522
00:26:06,148 --> 00:26:07,483
Forget the time.
523
00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:10,027
Come over here the minute you get home.
524
00:26:12,071 --> 00:26:13,990
[car tires squealing]
525
00:26:32,758 --> 00:26:34,677
Would you like another glass
of wine, Mr. Stanton?
526
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:36,721
No, thank you, Jean-Pierre.
527
00:26:36,804 --> 00:26:38,472
Looks as though I've been stood up.
528
00:26:39,724 --> 00:26:41,434
Women, you know they sometimes
529
00:26:41,517 --> 00:26:42,852
take forever to get ready.
530
00:26:42,935 --> 00:26:44,145
[laughs]
531
00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:57,241
Hi. I'm sorry we're late.
532
00:26:57,325 --> 00:26:59,285
It took me all afternoon
to convince Mother to join us.
533
00:26:59,368 --> 00:27:01,078
And it took her forever to get ready.
534
00:27:01,162 --> 00:27:02,830
I hope you don't mind, Mr. Stanton.
535
00:27:02,913 --> 00:27:05,041
I realized earlier that
I was terribly rude to you,
536
00:27:05,124 --> 00:27:06,250
and I wanted to apologize.
537
00:27:06,334 --> 00:27:07,918
Totally unnecessary.
538
00:27:08,002 --> 00:27:09,503
And as for minding,
539
00:27:09,587 --> 00:27:11,339
my only possible regret would be that
540
00:27:11,422 --> 00:27:13,966
to gaze at one of you would mean
looking away from the other.
541
00:27:31,901 --> 00:27:35,321
[indistinct chatter]
542
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:47,500
Stanton.
543
00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:51,087
You know, as soon as I heard the victim
was some kind of old book expert,
544
00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:54,840
I had this gut feeling
that you were involved.
545
00:28:19,615 --> 00:28:22,743
[Stanton] When I got home,
I found his message on my machine.
546
00:28:23,577 --> 00:28:24,745
I came directly here.
547
00:28:24,829 --> 00:28:26,038
He didn't say what he wanted?
548
00:28:26,497 --> 00:28:28,833
Well it... it was a private matter.
549
00:28:29,625 --> 00:28:32,086
Murder makes it pretty public, Stanton.
550
00:28:33,003 --> 00:28:34,255
I'll make it easy for you.
551
00:28:34,839 --> 00:28:36,966
It had something to do
with adultery, didn't it?
552
00:28:37,842 --> 00:28:38,676
I beg your pardon?
553
00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:40,386
Adultery. You know, another man's wife.
554
00:28:40,469 --> 00:28:42,596
I figure that's what he's trying
to tell us with the book.
555
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,140
Book?
556
00:28:44,223 --> 00:28:46,225
Lieutenant, I haven't the foggiest idea
557
00:28:46,308 --> 00:28:47,852
what you're talking about.
558
00:28:47,935 --> 00:28:49,937
You say he was dead when you got here?
559
00:28:50,020 --> 00:28:51,480
Yeah.
560
00:28:51,564 --> 00:28:54,442
Now, we figure
he was shot here at the desk
561
00:28:54,525 --> 00:28:57,736
and then somehow managed
to crawl over to the bookcase,
562
00:28:57,820 --> 00:28:59,321
you can see the trail of blood,
563
00:28:59,405 --> 00:29:02,533
and wrestle a copy of The Scarlet Letter
out of the bottom shelf.
564
00:29:02,616 --> 00:29:03,951
Scarlet Letter?
565
00:29:04,034 --> 00:29:05,578
Yeah, you know, Nathaniel Hawthorne.
566
00:29:05,661 --> 00:29:08,289
Hester, uh, what's her name?
567
00:29:08,372 --> 00:29:09,665
Adultery, all that stuff.
568
00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:11,625
Anyway, the guy is dying,
569
00:29:11,709 --> 00:29:15,254
so I figure he's not going over there
for a little light reading material.
570
00:29:15,337 --> 00:29:18,799
He's trying to tell someone something.
571
00:29:18,883 --> 00:29:21,802
And since you're the one
he knows is coming...
572
00:29:21,886 --> 00:29:23,262
-May I look at the book?
-Yeah.
573
00:29:23,345 --> 00:29:24,638
You're gonna need a handkerchief.
574
00:29:30,352 --> 00:29:31,604
Nothing's been removed?
575
00:29:31,687 --> 00:29:32,897
Come on, this is a crime scene.
576
00:29:32,980 --> 00:29:34,356
Of course nothing's been removed.
577
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:35,774
Now, we've checked the book.
578
00:29:35,858 --> 00:29:40,613
There's no notes,
no marks inside the book, nothing.
579
00:29:40,696 --> 00:29:43,115
What do you think he's trying to tell us?
580
00:29:43,199 --> 00:29:47,077
I mean, it has to be something
to do with adultery, right?
581
00:29:47,161 --> 00:29:50,289
Lieutenant, I give you my solemn word
that I have no more idea
582
00:29:50,372 --> 00:29:52,791
of what Constantine was trying
to tell us than you do.
583
00:29:52,875 --> 00:29:55,628
Why didn't you tell him about the page
you took out of the manuscript?
584
00:29:55,711 --> 00:29:59,298
Rhoda, darling, I'd be perfectly willing
to admit my folly if it would help
585
00:29:59,381 --> 00:30:01,008
catch whoever killed Constantine.
586
00:30:01,091 --> 00:30:04,512
But so far, there's nothing definite
to link the two.
587
00:30:05,513 --> 00:30:07,014
[sighs]
588
00:30:07,473 --> 00:30:09,141
Well, listen, uh...
589
00:30:09,225 --> 00:30:12,186
you asked me to find out about
old publishing paper.
590
00:30:12,269 --> 00:30:14,772
You wanna hear what I've got
or do you want to wait till morning?
591
00:30:14,855 --> 00:30:16,232
Now please.
592
00:30:16,315 --> 00:30:17,983
Well, first of all,
593
00:30:18,067 --> 00:30:20,194
there's more of it around
than you'd think.
594
00:30:20,277 --> 00:30:21,987
Uh, some of it turns up every year.
595
00:30:22,071 --> 00:30:24,657
In the last ten years,
there've been a dozen finds,
596
00:30:24,740 --> 00:30:27,826
the largest of which
was from an old paper factory
597
00:30:27,910 --> 00:30:30,037
they were tearing down in London.
598
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,748
Even if you find the missing page,
599
00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:35,501
I don't know how you're gonna prove
that that paper is this paper because--
600
00:30:35,584 --> 00:30:37,836
[grunts]
601
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,339
Dennis, are you listening to me?
602
00:30:44,134 --> 00:30:45,761
Dennis, um,
603
00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:48,055
I'm sorry about your friend.
604
00:30:49,974 --> 00:30:51,183
Hm?
605
00:30:51,267 --> 00:30:53,227
Oh, I'm sorry.
606
00:30:53,310 --> 00:30:56,146
The Scarlet Letter,
I know that it's got you bugged, huh?
607
00:30:57,147 --> 00:30:59,858
There's a connection between
The Scarlet Letter
608
00:30:59,942 --> 00:31:02,653
and the missing manuscript page.
609
00:31:02,736 --> 00:31:05,698
But what?
610
00:31:05,781 --> 00:31:08,617
Maybe Mark Twain wrote about
The Scarlet Letter.
611
00:31:08,701 --> 00:31:11,912
Or about Nathaniel Hawthorne or...
612
00:31:11,996 --> 00:31:14,915
[whispers] The Scarlet Letter.
The Scarlet Letter.
613
00:31:14,999 --> 00:31:16,959
The Scarlet Letter.
614
00:31:17,042 --> 00:31:20,421
The Scarlet...
615
00:31:23,716 --> 00:31:28,178
The Scarlet Letter!
616
00:31:28,262 --> 00:31:31,056
Constantine, you beautiful,
617
00:31:31,140 --> 00:31:34,727
devious genius!
618
00:31:34,810 --> 00:31:36,604
[chuckles]
619
00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:41,483
[suspenseful music]
620
00:32:04,798 --> 00:32:06,425
You're looking in the wrong section.
621
00:32:10,596 --> 00:32:11,680
Am I?
622
00:32:16,226 --> 00:32:18,062
You shouldn't have killed him, Lawrence.
623
00:32:19,605 --> 00:32:22,232
I didn't.
624
00:32:22,316 --> 00:32:26,111
I don't suppose
it matters now, but I didn't.
625
00:32:29,114 --> 00:32:31,533
I've always hated you, Dennis.
626
00:32:33,118 --> 00:32:34,578
You must know that.
627
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,290
You and your precious Elizabeth.
628
00:32:43,045 --> 00:32:45,005
That was someone I could have loved.
629
00:32:45,881 --> 00:32:48,717
But she'd have nothing to do with me,
said she had...
630
00:32:50,135 --> 00:32:52,638
the best.
631
00:32:52,721 --> 00:32:55,724
Why should she settle...
632
00:32:55,808 --> 00:32:58,602
for a pale imitation.
633
00:33:00,771 --> 00:33:02,189
Well, look--
634
00:33:03,148 --> 00:33:06,443
[gunshot]
635
00:33:06,527 --> 00:33:08,028
[grunts]
636
00:33:28,590 --> 00:33:32,177
[car tires screeching]
637
00:33:32,261 --> 00:33:33,929
I knew we'd get you
sooner or later, Stanton.
638
00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:35,514
The good behavior couldn't last.
639
00:33:35,597 --> 00:33:37,141
But you've not only violated your parole,
640
00:33:37,224 --> 00:33:38,559
but we've got you
for breaking and entering,
641
00:33:38,642 --> 00:33:39,768
obstructing justice,
642
00:33:39,852 --> 00:33:41,395
tampering with a police seal--
643
00:33:41,478 --> 00:33:42,980
Lieutenant, I told you,
644
00:33:43,063 --> 00:33:45,524
Lawrence Erlich
had already broken the seal.
645
00:33:45,607 --> 00:33:48,777
And the longer you keep me here,
the further away he's going to get.
646
00:33:48,861 --> 00:33:50,237
Oh, don't make me laugh!
647
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,157
Of course, you couldn't have bothered
to tell me about Lawrence Erlich
648
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,367
and the missing page
until we caught you red-handed.
649
00:33:55,451 --> 00:33:59,079
Because I didn't know then
where the page was.
650
00:33:59,163 --> 00:34:01,707
As far as I knew,
he'd already retrieved it.
651
00:34:01,790 --> 00:34:03,083
What makes you think he didn't?
652
00:34:03,167 --> 00:34:06,003
Well, of course he didn't.
Otherwise, why would he have come back?
653
00:34:06,086 --> 00:34:07,838
Oh, and now, like some revelation,
654
00:34:07,921 --> 00:34:10,883
you suddenly know
where this mythical manuscript page is.
655
00:34:10,966 --> 00:34:14,261
Exactly, because I finally realized
656
00:34:14,344 --> 00:34:16,638
Stavros didn't mean The Scarlet Letter.
657
00:34:16,722 --> 00:34:18,515
He meant the Scarlett letter.
658
00:34:18,599 --> 00:34:21,101
Now, may I?
659
00:34:21,185 --> 00:34:23,312
This was the case that
made Stavros' reputation.
660
00:34:23,395 --> 00:34:26,148
Some dealer in Georgia
claimed to have a letter
661
00:34:26,231 --> 00:34:29,651
from Margaret Mitchell
describing how she created
662
00:34:29,735 --> 00:34:32,362
the character of Scarlett O'Hara.
663
00:34:32,446 --> 00:34:34,615
Constantine proved it was a forgery.
664
00:34:34,698 --> 00:34:38,368
You see, what he was
trying to remind me of
665
00:34:38,452 --> 00:34:40,621
was the Scarlett letter.
666
00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:05,020
[Fitzpatrick] Constantine Stavros
was an indifferent scholar
667
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:09,358
and very slipshod in his methodology.
668
00:35:09,441 --> 00:35:13,111
But he was an honest man,
and I was very sorry to hear of his death.
669
00:35:13,195 --> 00:35:14,696
Well, the message on my phone machine
670
00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:18,951
said that he'd found
something on the page.
671
00:35:19,034 --> 00:35:21,078
Well, you say it wasn't the paper,
672
00:35:21,161 --> 00:35:23,247
it wasn't the ink,
673
00:35:23,330 --> 00:35:25,916
it wasn't the handwriting or the style.
674
00:35:25,999 --> 00:35:29,378
Mr. Stanton, I invite you
to look at that page.
675
00:35:29,461 --> 00:35:30,587
That's all there is.
676
00:35:30,671 --> 00:35:31,839
There is nothing else.
677
00:35:32,548 --> 00:35:33,841
[knock on door]
678
00:35:35,968 --> 00:35:37,386
Yes, what is it?
679
00:35:37,469 --> 00:35:40,013
Police, I need to talk to Mr. Stanton.
680
00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:45,143
Stanton, I thought you'd like to know
we found Lawrence Erlich.
681
00:35:45,227 --> 00:35:46,812
Oh, is he here in the hotel?
682
00:35:46,895 --> 00:35:49,606
He was, but he stepped out.
683
00:36:13,213 --> 00:36:15,007
Dennis, I'm so sorry.
684
00:36:15,090 --> 00:36:16,550
It's all right, Rhoda. I knew the risk.
685
00:36:16,884 --> 00:36:20,512
But it's so unfair! The book is a forgery.
686
00:36:20,596 --> 00:36:22,764
Erlich's suicide proves
that it's a forgery.
687
00:36:22,848 --> 00:36:24,141
If it was a suicide.
688
00:36:24,224 --> 00:36:25,475
He may have fallen or been pushed.
689
00:36:25,559 --> 00:36:27,019
Well, that's no reason to fire you!
690
00:36:27,102 --> 00:36:29,062
Well, of course it is!
691
00:36:30,272 --> 00:36:32,190
Until we can prove it's a forgery,
692
00:36:32,274 --> 00:36:34,651
The Wild and Wicked Wench
must be taken as genuine.
693
00:36:34,735 --> 00:36:36,361
And if it ever got out
694
00:36:36,445 --> 00:36:38,906
that an employee of this insurance company
695
00:36:38,989 --> 00:36:40,824
defaced a priceless manuscript... Oh!
696
00:36:40,908 --> 00:36:42,743
But it's not priceless!
697
00:36:42,826 --> 00:36:44,703
Well, now that, dear heart,
698
00:36:44,786 --> 00:36:47,289
is what is known as circular logic.
699
00:36:47,372 --> 00:36:49,541
It's sweet, it's emotional,
but it wouldn't hold up
700
00:36:49,625 --> 00:36:54,338
in an undergraduate debating society,
much less a court of law.
701
00:36:54,421 --> 00:36:56,673
And now they're gonna
revoke your probation.
702
00:36:56,757 --> 00:37:00,802
Until I can get another job.
Look, not to worry.
703
00:37:00,886 --> 00:37:04,473
Life is a toy chest of opportunity.
704
00:37:08,060 --> 00:37:11,063
[Butler] Okay, Sundegaard,
this will be your desk.
705
00:37:11,146 --> 00:37:12,648
Now, if you don't like the decor in here,
706
00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:14,608
we'll have the painters
in here this after--
707
00:37:14,691 --> 00:37:16,276
Oh, Stanton.
708
00:37:18,946 --> 00:37:21,531
I... I thought you left.
709
00:37:21,615 --> 00:37:23,659
Without saying goodbye?
I wouldn't dream of it.
710
00:37:24,660 --> 00:37:25,744
Well, goodbye.
711
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:28,705
Goodbye.
712
00:37:31,083 --> 00:37:34,628
Okay, Sundegaard, come on.
I'll show you the cafeteria.
713
00:37:34,711 --> 00:37:36,672
Oh, they do a superb salmon surprise.
714
00:37:36,755 --> 00:37:38,674
I highly recommend it...
715
00:37:38,757 --> 00:37:39,800
early in the week.
716
00:37:42,052 --> 00:37:43,345
Dennis...
717
00:37:43,428 --> 00:37:45,639
Oh!
718
00:37:45,722 --> 00:37:47,182
Take care, Rhoda.
719
00:37:49,685 --> 00:37:52,562
This is not goodbye. It is au revoir.
720
00:37:53,230 --> 00:37:54,898
And as soon as
I'm settled in somewhere else,
721
00:37:54,982 --> 00:37:56,066
I'll send for you.
722
00:37:57,526 --> 00:37:59,152
Promise.
723
00:37:59,236 --> 00:38:01,780
Well, there's one thing
that life's taught me.
724
00:38:01,863 --> 00:38:02,864
Travel light.
725
00:38:17,379 --> 00:38:18,797
[sighs]
726
00:38:33,353 --> 00:38:35,856
Paper, ink, handwriting, style.
727
00:38:35,939 --> 00:38:38,150
Odd, you never mentioned the dye.
728
00:38:38,608 --> 00:38:41,111
The dye? What do you mean the dye?
729
00:38:41,194 --> 00:38:42,863
Along the edge.
730
00:38:43,488 --> 00:38:44,865
You can't see it on a single page,
731
00:38:44,948 --> 00:38:47,909
but when all the pages of a manuscript
are bound together...
732
00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:49,911
Like this book. See?
733
00:38:49,995 --> 00:38:51,455
Yes, it's called the staining.
734
00:38:51,538 --> 00:38:53,206
Staining then.
735
00:38:53,290 --> 00:38:56,168
Now, I saw the manuscript
before it was burned.
736
00:38:56,251 --> 00:38:58,462
There was staining along the edge.
737
00:38:58,545 --> 00:39:00,088
Nothing unusual about that.
738
00:39:00,172 --> 00:39:02,632
Which is why I never
gave it a second thought.
739
00:39:03,425 --> 00:39:06,011
But then, I found out about this
740
00:39:06,094 --> 00:39:09,097
cache of 150-year-old paper
741
00:39:09,556 --> 00:39:13,018
with exactly the same mauve staining.
742
00:39:13,101 --> 00:39:15,353
We got in touch
with the people in England.
743
00:39:15,437 --> 00:39:18,106
And to whom do you suppose
they sold the paper?
744
00:39:18,190 --> 00:39:19,566
Mm-hmm.
745
00:39:19,649 --> 00:39:21,026
Lawrence Erlich.
746
00:39:21,109 --> 00:39:23,904
Astonishing coincidence, don't you think?
747
00:39:23,987 --> 00:39:27,449
So you still believe
that book was a forgery.
748
00:39:27,532 --> 00:39:30,577
You think that Erlich
was able to deceive me?
749
00:39:30,660 --> 00:39:32,412
I think nothing of the sort.
750
00:39:32,496 --> 00:39:34,623
I think you were in it with him,
right up to your hairy chin.
751
00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:37,084
[chuckles]
752
00:39:37,167 --> 00:39:38,752
How dare you accuse me of that?
753
00:39:38,835 --> 00:39:42,255
I don't know, I simply open my mouth
and the oddest things come out.
754
00:39:42,339 --> 00:39:44,466
In this case, however,
I think an intensive comparison
755
00:39:44,549 --> 00:39:48,261
between the London paper
and this manuscript page
756
00:39:48,345 --> 00:39:51,306
will turn up some very
embarrassing similarities.
757
00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:53,558
Well, what if it did?
758
00:39:53,642 --> 00:39:57,312
We can all make an honest
mistake from time to time.
759
00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:59,481
You mean like Constantine Stavros did?
760
00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:01,066
-Yes.
-All right.
761
00:40:01,149 --> 00:40:03,193
All right, for the moment,
let's say you were right.
762
00:40:03,276 --> 00:40:04,945
Actually, I don't much care
about the manuscript,
763
00:40:05,028 --> 00:40:06,613
but I do care about the murder.
764
00:40:06,696 --> 00:40:08,156
Oh, I see.
765
00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:12,452
Now, first you accuse me of fraud
and now you're accusing me of murder?
766
00:40:12,536 --> 00:40:14,037
Oh, no. Quite the opposite.
767
00:40:14,121 --> 00:40:16,832
I'm asking you to help me
to catch a murderer,
768
00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:20,168
or, more precisely, a murderess.
769
00:40:22,087 --> 00:40:23,380
Mrs. Barlow?
770
00:40:23,463 --> 00:40:25,132
Erlich's gun was a .38.
771
00:40:25,215 --> 00:40:27,300
The gun that killed Constantine was a .22,
772
00:40:27,384 --> 00:40:31,680
a small gun, a woman's weapon,
easily concealed in a purse.
773
00:40:31,763 --> 00:40:33,974
Now, Erlich and Mrs. Barlow
774
00:40:34,057 --> 00:40:36,643
went together to retrieve the page.
775
00:40:36,726 --> 00:40:40,230
Then she came to dinner with me
to establish an alibi.
776
00:40:40,313 --> 00:40:42,691
Later, Erlich went back
to search for the page.
777
00:40:42,774 --> 00:40:45,569
But when he told her
that I had caught him there,
778
00:40:45,652 --> 00:40:47,904
she panicked.
779
00:40:47,988 --> 00:40:52,909
So you think she pushed him
out of the window?
780
00:40:52,993 --> 00:40:55,495
Well, he was the only connection
that could lead to her.
781
00:40:55,579 --> 00:40:57,873
I also think
782
00:40:57,956 --> 00:41:00,041
that Mrs. Barlow still has the .22 pistol
783
00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:01,710
she killed Constantine with.
784
00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:04,588
All I need to do is find it.
785
00:41:04,671 --> 00:41:07,299
And I need your help to make it possible
786
00:41:07,382 --> 00:41:09,217
to search her house.
787
00:41:09,301 --> 00:41:10,594
Oh, I see.
788
00:41:10,677 --> 00:41:12,470
And why should I help you?
789
00:41:12,554 --> 00:41:15,765
You owe Stavros. You owe Erlich.
790
00:41:15,849 --> 00:41:18,560
It was your authentication that
got this whole thing started.
791
00:41:18,643 --> 00:41:19,477
[sighs]
792
00:41:20,562 --> 00:41:23,899
Yeah. Point well taken.
793
00:41:23,982 --> 00:41:25,358
In return,
794
00:41:25,442 --> 00:41:27,986
I would see that no breath of scandal
795
00:41:28,069 --> 00:41:30,739
sullies your otherwise
impeccable reputation.
796
00:41:30,822 --> 00:41:33,158
[chuckles]
797
00:41:33,241 --> 00:41:35,410
I see.
798
00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:38,288
The police can't search
for the .22 without a warrant.
799
00:41:38,371 --> 00:41:40,790
But if Mrs. Barlow were to be at my place
800
00:41:40,874 --> 00:41:42,417
for an intimate dinner, say,
801
00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:44,336
and then to be caught
802
00:41:44,419 --> 00:41:46,421
attempting to steal the manuscript page
803
00:41:46,504 --> 00:41:48,173
while my back was turned,
804
00:41:48,256 --> 00:41:51,259
now, that would certainly
constitute probable cause.
805
00:41:51,343 --> 00:41:55,180
You see where I'm headed, Mr. Fitzpatrick?
806
00:41:57,390 --> 00:41:58,725
Mm-hmm.
807
00:42:00,727 --> 00:42:03,730
All of us are in danger of going to prison
808
00:42:03,813 --> 00:42:05,899
as long as that manuscript page exists.
809
00:42:05,982 --> 00:42:09,611
Now, one of us has
to get it back and destroy it.
810
00:42:09,694 --> 00:42:11,613
Lawrence never told me
you were a part of it.
811
00:42:11,696 --> 00:42:13,240
He told me we'd fooled you.
812
00:42:13,323 --> 00:42:15,075
Oh, come now, dear lady.
813
00:42:15,158 --> 00:42:16,618
You couldn't have brought this off
without my connivance.
814
00:42:16,701 --> 00:42:18,036
Now, surely you realize that.
815
00:42:18,119 --> 00:42:19,537
No, what I realize
816
00:42:19,621 --> 00:42:21,289
is that you'd like a cut
of the insurance money.
817
00:42:21,373 --> 00:42:23,750
Well, unless you would prefer me
818
00:42:23,833 --> 00:42:27,420
to re-examine that page
and express sudden new doubts...
819
00:42:28,672 --> 00:42:30,548
Stanton keeps that page in his apartment.
820
00:42:30,632 --> 00:42:32,217
What are you suggesting?
821
00:42:32,300 --> 00:42:35,136
We hire a burglar to go
in there and steal it?
822
00:42:35,220 --> 00:42:38,556
Oh, yes, and let another person
in on our secret?
823
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,058
No, I think not.
824
00:42:40,141 --> 00:42:41,643
Anyway, I was under the impression
825
00:42:41,726 --> 00:42:45,188
the two of you were
on extremely friendly terms
826
00:42:45,272 --> 00:42:46,564
with Dennis Stanton.
827
00:42:46,648 --> 00:42:50,443
Oh, you expect me to go in there
and seduce Dennis Stanton?
828
00:42:50,527 --> 00:42:53,113
Oh, no, no, no. Of course not.
829
00:42:53,196 --> 00:42:54,948
I expect Lindsey to go and seduce him.
830
00:42:55,031 --> 00:42:56,199
Oh, don't be vulgar.
831
00:42:56,283 --> 00:42:57,951
Vulgar?
832
00:42:58,034 --> 00:42:59,995
Prison is vulgar.
833
00:43:00,078 --> 00:43:02,455
He's right, Mother.
834
00:43:05,542 --> 00:43:06,793
I'll do it.
835
00:43:08,378 --> 00:43:11,715
[mysterious music]
836
00:43:14,467 --> 00:43:18,805
[door closes, engine turning over]
837
00:44:16,905 --> 00:44:18,031
Mrs. Barlow.
838
00:44:21,201 --> 00:44:22,619
Good evening, sir.
839
00:44:22,702 --> 00:44:24,746
Detective Ishimini at your service.
840
00:44:24,829 --> 00:44:26,247
[Stanton] Of course, it occurred to me
841
00:44:26,331 --> 00:44:27,707
that I may be wrong about Mrs. Barlow.
842
00:44:27,791 --> 00:44:30,835
Oh, I presume that's the gun
you killed Constantine Stavros with,
843
00:44:30,919 --> 00:44:33,296
which you planned to plant
on Mrs. Barlow's body.
844
00:44:33,380 --> 00:44:36,883
Drop it, Professor.
845
00:44:36,966 --> 00:44:38,635
I'll kill him.
846
00:44:38,718 --> 00:44:40,845
Now, don't move
out of this room, any of you.
847
00:44:40,929 --> 00:44:45,183
If I get a glimpse of even
one of your moronic faces,
848
00:44:45,266 --> 00:44:46,309
I'll shoot.
849
00:44:52,273 --> 00:44:54,317
[grunts]
850
00:44:54,401 --> 00:44:56,277
[gunshot]
851
00:45:05,870 --> 00:45:06,830
Ugh.
852
00:45:06,913 --> 00:45:09,290
You all right, Stanton?
853
00:45:09,374 --> 00:45:12,710
"The reports of my death,"
as Mr. Twain once remarked,
854
00:45:12,794 --> 00:45:14,212
"are greatly exaggerated."
855
00:45:18,716 --> 00:45:20,927
Dennis, welcome back.
856
00:45:21,010 --> 00:45:23,513
I got you a present.
857
00:45:23,596 --> 00:45:25,682
Thank you, Robert.
What a pleasant surprise.
858
00:45:25,765 --> 00:45:27,058
Ah.
859
00:45:27,142 --> 00:45:28,977
Mantovani Plays the Classics.
860
00:45:29,060 --> 00:45:32,355
Well, I asked the man at the store.
He said you'd like it.
861
00:45:32,439 --> 00:45:33,940
Yes, thank you, Robert.
That was a lovely thought.
862
00:45:34,023 --> 00:45:35,567
Well, you're welcome.
863
00:45:35,650 --> 00:45:37,318
I will need you to talk
to the District Attorney.
864
00:45:37,402 --> 00:45:38,862
Oh, I'm sorry, Robert, I'm...
865
00:45:38,945 --> 00:45:42,782
I'm still in the midst
of my convalescence.
866
00:45:42,866 --> 00:45:44,284
It may be a week or so before I--
867
00:45:44,367 --> 00:45:46,244
[grunts] Oh, thank you...
868
00:45:46,327 --> 00:45:47,954
Can come back full-time.
869
00:45:48,037 --> 00:45:50,498
Oh, no, no, no, no.
Take all the time you need.
870
00:45:50,582 --> 00:45:52,000
Yes.
871
00:45:52,083 --> 00:45:54,043
It's about the, uh, Barlow prosecution.
872
00:45:54,127 --> 00:45:56,296
Ah, well, I'm afraid
there's a serious problem
873
00:45:56,379 --> 00:45:58,590
about any prosecution of the Barlows.
874
00:45:58,673 --> 00:46:01,217
They had nothing to do with either murder.
875
00:46:01,301 --> 00:46:03,970
Fitzpatrick not only killed
poor Constantine,
876
00:46:04,053 --> 00:46:06,681
but he also confessed to pushing
Erlich out of the window.
877
00:46:06,764 --> 00:46:08,933
Without their cooperation,
we could never have caught him.
878
00:46:09,017 --> 00:46:10,435
What do you mean?
879
00:46:10,518 --> 00:46:12,770
They tried to defraud the company.
880
00:46:12,854 --> 00:46:15,023
I'm afraid we have
no physical proof of that.
881
00:46:15,106 --> 00:46:16,316
No physical evidence?
882
00:46:16,399 --> 00:46:19,027
We have the forged manuscript page.
883
00:46:19,110 --> 00:46:22,405
We don't have the forged manuscript page?
884
00:46:22,489 --> 00:46:24,866
No, Lindsey Barlow went
to my place to retrieve it.
885
00:46:24,949 --> 00:46:27,535
As far as I know,
she has it, if it still exists.
886
00:46:27,619 --> 00:46:29,412
You let her destroy it?
887
00:46:29,496 --> 00:46:31,873
I made a deal to trap a killer.
888
00:46:31,956 --> 00:46:33,291
I intend to honor it.
889
00:46:33,374 --> 00:46:35,043
Oh, don't look so glum, Robert.
890
00:46:35,126 --> 00:46:37,128
District Attorneys do it all the time.
891
00:46:37,212 --> 00:46:41,966
The Barlows have agreed
to withdraw their claim for $5 million,
892
00:46:42,050 --> 00:46:44,511
so your record is still intact.
893
00:46:44,594 --> 00:46:47,305
Oh, I'm late already.
894
00:46:50,099 --> 00:46:52,352
[chuckles] Bye.
895
00:46:56,814 --> 00:46:58,399
You were up there an awful long time.
896
00:46:58,483 --> 00:47:00,026
-Any problems?
-None. None.
897
00:47:00,109 --> 00:47:01,903
Just re-explaining the terms
of our arrangement
898
00:47:01,986 --> 00:47:03,988
to my superior, a man not given
899
00:47:04,072 --> 00:47:06,783
to grasping the obvious.
900
00:47:06,866 --> 00:47:08,993
Lindsey, I didn't expect you as well.
901
00:47:09,077 --> 00:47:11,538
Well, Mother said you were going
on a day trip to the wine country.
902
00:47:11,621 --> 00:47:12,455
I thought it sounded like fun.
903
00:47:12,539 --> 00:47:14,499
Lindsey, you are a loyal
and concerned daughter,
904
00:47:14,582 --> 00:47:16,626
but don't you think it's time
that you let your mother out
905
00:47:16,709 --> 00:47:19,087
without a chaperone? Hmm?
906
00:47:21,548 --> 00:47:23,132
Yeah, I guess it is.
907
00:47:23,925 --> 00:47:25,218
Have a good time.
908
00:47:25,301 --> 00:47:26,761
We plan to.
909
00:47:27,804 --> 00:47:29,722
Oh, and Mother,
don't let him get you tipsy.
910
00:47:29,806 --> 00:47:31,558
That wine can catch up on you.
911
00:47:31,641 --> 00:47:33,518
Oh, and Dennis,
don't keep her out too late.
912
00:47:33,601 --> 00:47:36,104
I expect you both back by midnight.
913
00:47:36,187 --> 00:47:37,939
Midnight?
914
00:47:47,115 --> 00:47:49,909
[cheerful orchestral music]
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