1:30:09
There we are.
Now, may I have the books, Mommy?
1:30:12
You know, this trick should work,
Church planned it.
1:30:15
And Church was an engineer. Here we are.
1:30:18
- Now, if you'll just let me have the paper.
- Here's the paper.
1:30:22
Thank you. Just one sheet will do.
1:30:24
It was just one sheet that was wet,
wasn't it?
1:30:27
Yes.
1:30:32
Paper serves as a nonconductor.
1:30:34
I'll place this small piece
between the exposed wire...
1:30:38
and the metallic part of the gun.
1:30:40
Now the water, please.
1:30:42
- You watching this carefully, Freddie?
- Yes.
1:30:45
This might be your finish.
1:30:48
Now, we'll just drop the water
in this indentation.
1:30:50
There you are.
Do you mind plugging that in?
1:30:54
Thank you.
1:30:58
Twelve minutes past.
1:31:00
Please step to the other end of the room?
1:31:02
- But nothing happens.
- Give it time. Run, Mommy, fast.
1:31:04
Anyone for a drink?
1:31:05
But, really, where does all this get us?
1:31:07
Remember, you said it was funny
that I didn't hear any sounds of a struggle?
1:31:11
Well, I did think that...
1:31:12
I didn't hear anything
because there was no struggle.
1:31:15
But all this: his broken wrist,
the shot he fired.
1:31:19
MacFay didn't fire that shot.
1:31:21
He was dead when it went off.
1:31:23
The murderer staged
this whole thing, just as I have...
1:31:25
to make it look as if there'd been a row.
1:31:27
This little trick gave him or her...
1:31:30
a chance to get away and get an alibi.
1:31:32
Well, that broken wrist
sort of eliminates a woman, doesn't it?
1:31:36
It's easy to break a dead man's wrist.
Even a woman could do that.
1:31:42
- Mrs. Bellam.
- Yes?
1:31:44
You were the last one to see Col. MacFay,
weren't you?
1:31:46
Yes.
1:31:47
- What time was that?
- About midnight.
1:31:50
But you can't say I did it.
He wasn't killed until 1:00.
1:31:53
You mean the shot didn't go off until 1:00.
We don't know yet when he was killed.
1:31:57
You were an old sweetheart of MacFay's,
weren't you?