:25:01
Ong's been of great help on the case.
:25:03
Finds out everything.
:25:04
Perfect confidential clerk.
:25:07
Trouble is, after he's left my business...
:25:09
...he'll set up his own office
in opposition.
:25:15
-How is everything?
-Everything's fine.
:25:17
Now, sit down, Bob.
In fact, she's much better than you.
:25:21
It's funny that you've taken it
so much harder.
:25:23
Leslie hasn't turned a hair.
:25:25
She's worth ten of me.
I don't mind confessing, I'm all in.
:25:29
It's our first separation for more than
a day or two since we were married.
:25:32
But your plantation.
What about that?
:25:34
I've tried to work. The plantation
can go to blazes for all I care.
:25:38
I hate the house
and every tree on the place.
:25:41
Why don't you come
and stay in town with us?
:25:43
Dorothy's for it, and so am I.
:25:45
Thanks, I think I will.
:25:47
I won't be so lonely.
:25:49
It'll make me feel better
just to be that near.
:25:53
I know you think I must be mad, Howard.
Maybe I am.
:25:56
I haven't closed my eyes
the last three nights.
:25:58
Get some sleep and out of those clothes
before you see Leslie.
:26:01
You don't want her
to have to cheer you up.
:26:03
She's a plucky girl.
:26:06
It's monstrous to have kept her
in that filthy prison all this time.
:26:09
They had no choice. Anyhow, it's less
than a week now and she'll be free.
:26:12
It's a farce. Why make her
go through the ordeal of a trial?
:26:16
Because she admitted killing, and in
a civilized community, a trial's inevitable.
:26:20
She shot him as she would have
shot a mad dog.
:26:22
You don't have to convince me, Bob.
:26:24
I know. I'm sorry.
:26:27
Strange that Hammond
was able to keep his life so hidden.
:26:30
That gambling house he owned,
and especially the Eurasian woman.
:26:34
I think it was finding out about her
that turned opinion so against him.
:26:38
-Will she be one of the witnesses?
-I shan't call her.
:26:41
I'll just produce evidence
that Hammond was married to her.
:26:45
Well, I know you're busy, Howard.
:26:48
-I can't tell you how grateful I am.
-Nonsense, Bob.
:26:51
Now, stop worrying about the trial.
That's your lawyer's job.
:26:59
So long, Bob.