:46:11
Howard.
:46:16
You're looking more cheerful, Bob.
:46:18
Better since this morning. You've convinced
me there's nothing to worry about.
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-Gentlemen.
-Two gin slings, Jerry.
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Yes, sir.
:46:30
Well, as a matter of fact,
something's come up, Bob.
:46:36
Nothing important...
:46:37
...but I thought I'd better
have a talk with you about it.
:46:40
Well, what is it?
:46:43
It seems that Leslie
wrote a letter to Hammond...
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...asking him to come to the bungalow
on the night he was killed.
:46:50
Impossible. You heard her say
she'd had no communication...
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-...with him for weeks before it happened.
-Nevertheless, she did write it.
:46:57
She wanted his advice on something
she was buying for your birthday.
:47:04
Your birthday was about then, wasn't it?
:47:06
Yes, that's right. End of April.
:47:10
In the excitement,
she forgot about the letter...
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...and then later on was afraid to say
she'd made a mistake.
:47:17
That isn't like Leslie.
She's not afraid of anything.
:47:20
This was a pretty serious mistake...
:47:22
...and she realized it.
:47:24
Who has the letter?
:47:27
Hammond's widow.
:47:29
And she threatens to turn it over
to the prosecution.
:47:33
Well, what if she does?
:47:34
Leslie can explain it in court
just as she explained it to you.
:47:40
Well, yes...
:47:43
...but don't you see, Bob, it might alter
things a good deal in the minds of the jury...
:47:47
...if Hammond came to your house
by invitation.
:47:52
What's to be done about it?
:47:55
Well...
:47:56
...I think we must get hold
of that letter.