:09:02
Maybe they were shooting crap.
:09:04
Oh, must I be insulted like this?
:09:09
I'm sorry, Mrs. Treadwell, but I have
to find out about these things.
:09:13
Shelby needed some money, and I lent it to
him. That's all. After all, it is my money.
:09:17
- I suppose I can do as I please with it.
- Sure. Of course.
:09:20
Now, on Friday night, Mrs. Treadwell,
you stayed home alone all evening?
:09:23
- Yes.
- Why didn't you go to the concert with Shelby?
:09:27
Because he didn't ask me.
:09:30
We were just talking
about you, Carpenter.
:09:32
- What a coincidence to find you here.
- This is Lieutenant McPherson.
:09:35
- Oh, how do you do, Lieutenant?
- I didn't know you were here, Mr. Carpenter.
:09:38
As a matter of fact,
I was just lying down here.
:09:41
My hotel room was so hot, and then all
the people and reporters and telephone.
:09:45
You know how it is,
Lieutenant.
:09:47
I've hardly slept a wink
since it happened.
:09:50
Is that a sign of guilt or innocence,
McPherson?
:09:53
I'm at your disposal, Lieutenant. I'm as
eager to find the murderer as you are.
:09:56
But what possible motive
could I have for killing Laura?
:09:59
Miss Hunt and I were going to be married
this week, you know.
:10:02
No, he doesn't know,
and neither do I...
:10:04
- or you or anyone else alive.
- What do you mean by that?
:10:08
Laura had not definitely made up
her mind to marry him.
:10:11
She told me so herself last Friday when she
called up to cancel our dinner engagement.
:10:15
As a matter of fact, she was going
to the country to think it over.
:10:18
She was extremely kind,
but I was always sure...
:10:21
she would never have thrown her life
away on a male beauty in distress.
:10:25
I suppose you've heard
losers whine before...
:10:27
especially in your
profession, eh?
:10:30
Would you like
a bite of lunch, Lieutenant?
:10:32
That's very thoughtful-
the perfect host.
:10:34
- Waldo.
- You'd almost think he was in his own home.
:10:36
Shelby knows how distracted I am.
Would you, Lieutenant?
:10:39
Thank you, Mrs. Treadwell,
but I've got to be going.
:10:42
But, Lieutenant, I- Well, I rather thought
you'd want to ask me some questions.
:10:46
Oh, yes. What did they play
at the concert Friday night?
:10:49
Oh, Brahms's First
and Beethoven's Ninth.
:10:52
Uh-huh. Have you got a key
to Miss Hunt's house up in the country?
:10:55
No, but I think there's one
up in her apartment.
:10:58
- Okay, I'll have a look.
- Perhaps I could help you?