:57:00
I took it there
over a week ago.
:57:02
Bessie said it wasn't there Friday
night. It was Saturday morning.
:57:04
I can't help what Bessie said.
:57:10
- Where's the key to her apartment?
- I haven't got it.
:57:13
- What did you do with it, give it back to her tonight?
- I never had one.
:57:18
You didn't take the bottle
of scotch to her house Friday night.
:57:20
You haven't got a key to her apartment.
How did you get in?
:57:23
- Well, I-
- You had a key, and I know it.
:57:25
- Now, come on, Carpenter. Spill it.
- I-
:57:27
Laura kept a duplicate key
at her office. I went over and got it.
:57:32
I'd asked Diane to dine with me. I wanted
to have it out with her once and for all.
:57:36
You know, she thought- Well,
she thought she was in love with me.
:57:41
Well, we couldn't go on talking
in public places. She was too upset.
:57:44
I couldn't go to her room, and I didn't
want to take her to my hotel.
:57:47
- So we went to Laura's.
- Yeah?
:57:49
We talked there
for about three hours...
:57:51
- and then the doorbell rang and-
- Go on.
:57:55
Diane was frightened.
But knowing Laura as I've known her...
:57:58
I've learned to be
surprised at nothing.
:58:00
- What do you mean by that?
- Her friends would come to her with their troubles...
:58:03
at all hours
of the day or night.
:58:05
I asked Diane
to answer the door.
:58:08
- Why didn't you go yourself?
- Supposing one of Laura's friends had found me there.
:58:12
- Why open the door at all?
- They must have seen the light.
:58:15
What about the girl? Diane-
what about her reputation?
:58:18
I asked her to tell them Laura had let
her the apartment while she was away.
:58:22
Anybody that knew Laura
would have believed that.
:58:24
- Yeah. Go on.
- Well, then the doorbell rang again.
:58:27
I could hear Diane's mules-
Laura's they were-
:58:30
clattering across the bare boards
between the rugs.
:58:33
Then there was a moment's silence
and then a shot.
:58:37
It was an awful explosion.
:58:40
By the time I reached her,
the door was closed.
:58:43
- She lay there on the floor.
- Did you go out to see who it was?
:58:45
No. I was too confused, too horrified,
incapable of doing anything.
:58:49
The room was dark. I saw only
a vague heap lying on the floor.
:58:52
I- I don't think
I fully grasped the situation.
:58:57
I think I called her name,
but I'm not sure. I-