:59:00
I remember kneeling on the floor,
feeling her heart.
:59:05
My first instinct
was to call the police.
:59:07
- Why didn't you?
- I don't know.
:59:09
Or rather, I was afraid-
not only for myself, but for Laura.
:59:12
In a panicky sort of way, I felt I must
keep out of this to keep Laura out of it.
:59:17
I know now how foolish
and hopeless it was...
:59:19
but there was only
one thing on my mind-
:59:22
the safety of a person whose life
was dearer to me than my own.
:59:24
Don't you understand that?
:59:26
Did you think
Laura had done it?
:59:29
- Did you?
- I don't remember what I thought.
:59:32
- Do you think so now?
- No.
:59:35
- But you didn't?
- No.
:59:37
On Saturday, when our men went to the
hotel to tell you that Laura was dead...
:59:41
- you seemed sincerely shocked.
- I was. I hadn't expected that mistake.
:59:45
But you had your alibi ready
no matter who was dead.
:59:47
Yet you knew the minute
Laura got back it wouldn't stick.
:59:50
Don't you see? I was incapable
of thinking that far ahead.
:59:52
I was incapable
of thinking at all.
:59:55
I was groping for some way
to keep Laura's name out of it.
:59:59
I was heartbroken about Diane
and panic-stricken about Laura.
1:00:03
I haven't slept a full two hours
since this thing happened.
1:00:06
Let's get back to the present. What did
you and Laura talk about tonight?
1:00:09
I told her the whole story,
just as I've told you.
1:00:13
She phoned you after she promised me
she wouldn't call anybody.
1:00:16
- What did she want?
- It's perfectly natural she should want to see me...
1:00:19
especially
after what's happened.
1:00:21
Why don't you tell the truth? She sent
you here to get rid of this gun.
1:00:24
She did not. It was my own idea.
She doesn't even know I'm here.
1:00:34
- It works fine, doesn't it?
- Yes. Did you think it wouldn't?
1:00:38
I hoped it wouldn't.
All right. Let's go.
1:00:42
- Well, am I under arrest?
- No, but you're not to leave town...
1:00:46
and it would be
foolish of you to try it.