:19:03
I met him in the Orient.
:19:05
We came from Hong Kong last week.
He promised to help me.
:19:07
He took advantage of my dependence
on him to betray me.
:19:10
Betray you? How?
Why did you want him shadowed?
:19:13
To find out how far he'd gone,
whom he'd met, things like that.
:19:17
-Did he kill Archer?
-Certainly.
:19:19
He had a Luger in his shoulder holster.
Archer wasn't shot with a Luger.
:19:24
Mr. Spade, you don't think I had anything
to do with the death of Mr. Archer?
:19:29
-Did you?
-No.
:19:30
That's good.
:19:31
Floyd always carried an extra revolver
in his coat pocket.
:19:34
Why all the guns?
:19:36
He lived by them.
:19:37
The story is that he first came
to the Orient...
:19:40
...as bodyguard to a gambler
who'd had to leave the States.
:19:42
The gambler had since disappeared
and Floyd knew about it. I don't know.
:19:46
I do know he always went heavily armed,
and he never went to sleep...
:19:50
...without covering the floor around his bed
with newspapers...
:19:53
...so that nobody could come silently
into his room.
:19:55
You picked a nice sort of playmate.
:19:57
Only that sort could have helped me,
if he'd been loyal.
:20:00
How bad a spot are you actually in?
:20:02
Bad as could be.
:20:03
Physical danger?
:20:04
I'm not heroic. I don't think
there's anything worse than death.
:20:08
-Then, it's that?
-It's that, as surely as we're sitting here.
:20:13
Unless you help me.
:20:15
Who killed Thursby, your enemies or his?
:20:18
I don't know.
:20:20
His, I suppose.
:20:22
I'm afraid...l don't know.
:20:24
This is hopeless!
I don't know what you want done...
:20:26
...or if you know what you want.
:20:28
Will you go to the police?
:20:29
I just got to stand still,
and they'll be all over me.
:20:32
I'll tell 'em all I know,
and you must take your chances.
:20:35
You've been patient with me
and tried to help me.
:20:37
It's useless and hopeless, I suppose.
:20:39
I do thank you for what you've done.
I'll have to take my chances.
:20:47
How much money have you got?
:20:48
I've got about $500 left.
:20:50
Give it to me.