:23:00
All I could tell them last night was that
Marriott was buying back some jewelry.
:23:04
You'd impress them
with that line about the jade.
:23:06
Have you ever known a Velma Valento,
Miss Grayle, a singer?
:23:09
It was another case, anyway.
I was just hoping...
:23:15
Did your friends at City Hall
tell you about the jade, too?
:23:20
- Who does it belong to?
- What's your interest in it?
:23:23
We won't get anyplace
answering questions with more questions.
:23:26
- I'll take my answer first.
- Okay.
:23:29
I'm interested in the jade,
now that I know about it...
:23:32
because I'd like to know who besides me
might have killed Marriott.
:23:35
He gave me $100
to take care of him and I didn't.
:23:38
I'm a small businessman
in a messy business...
:23:41
but I like to follow through on a sale.
:23:43
The jade belongs to my father.
Now unlock the door.
:23:46
I got it from Marriott it belonged to a lady.
:23:48
My father happens to be married.
:23:51
Yes, of course he would be.
:23:54
Then your mother was wearing it
the night of the holdup?
:23:57
She's not my mother.
:24:00
Which one sent you here to feel me out?
:24:03
It was my own brilliant idea.
:24:08
Before I see the police,
I think I'll have a talk with your father...
:24:12
and your father's wife.
:24:15
Open the door.
:24:22
It was a nice little front yard.
Cozy, okay for the average family...
:24:26
only you'd need a compass
to go to the mailbox.
:24:29
The house was all right, too,
but it wasn't as big as Buckingham Palace.
:24:33
I had to wait
while she sold me to the old folks.
:24:35
It was like waiting to buy a crypt
in a mausoleum.
:24:38
Mr. Marlowe.
:24:50
Mr. Marlowe, Father.
:24:51
- How do you do?
- How are you?
:24:52
It's good of you to come.
:24:54
This is Mrs. Grayle.