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- Had your tea?
- Yes, I have. Thank you.
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I never knew you were
such a murder story fan.
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Neither did I until recently.
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- Did you really like it?
- I couldn't put it down.
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I was completely fascinated
by the way your villain...
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My villain? My hero, you mean.
2:05:19
I always think of my murderers
as my heroes.
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I didn't mean to interrupt. You were
saying you were completely fascinated.
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When he enticed his victim
across the footbridge...
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knowing that the bridge
had been sawn through...
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He also knew that his victim
couldn't swim. Don't forget that.
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What I want to know is this.
Would you call that an actual murder?
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From a moral standpoint,
there's no question at all.
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It is murder.
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I suppose it is.
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What does Johnnie think?
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Johnnie?
I haven't discussed it with him yet.
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I should think he'd be interested.
2:05:58
The same situation
with this friend of his in Paris.
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The same?
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That brandy business
is just like my footbridge.
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If they get his companion,
the question would be:
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Was it murder or an accident?
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The brandy thing isn't new at all,
you know.
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- It's been done before?
- Yes, and in real life, too.
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I have it here.
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Richard Palmer got rid of
one of his victims that way.
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A man called Abbey.
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Was he hanged?
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Trial of Richard Palmer. Where can it be?
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They got him eventually,
after he killed half a dozen other people.
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The fool got bored with the brandy
method and went on with real poison.
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- He was a fool, wasrt he?
- Maybe I put it under the "T's."
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If he'd stuck to brandy, he might have...
That's an interesting idea.
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Suppose I ask my brother about it.
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He's the Home Office Analyst. Conducts
post-mortems and all that sort of things.
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I get some of my neatest ideas from him.