:30:00
- Yes?
- Mr. Amthor is here, Mrs. Grayle.
:30:03
Show him in.
:30:06
Don't look so judicial.
He really is inaccessible.
:30:10
I hadn't the faintest idea he was coming.
I haven't seen him in months.
:30:17
How do you spend your evenings?
:30:19
Recently, I've been playing
Button Button with the cops.
:30:21
- And then where do you go?
- I'm in the book.
:30:25
Let's see what's on his mind.
:30:27
I'm sorry.
:30:30
This is Mr. Marlowe. Mr. Amthor.
:30:32
Mr. Marlowe's a private detective.
He was with Lin when...
:30:34
I was hired as a bodyguard
and bungled the job.
:30:37
Now I'm investigating myself.
:30:40
You must forgive me
for not coming sooner. It's such a shock.
:30:43
These things are so difficult to believe.
:30:46
Close friend, someone you know so well...
:30:49
- What could have happened?
- I've got a couple of notions.
:30:52
When could you help me work them out?
:30:54
I wouldn't make a good detective,
Mr. Marlowe, and l...
:30:57
I know. You are inaccessible.
:31:00
In what way do you think I could help you?
:31:02
I spent last night with the police.
It was their idea.
:31:06
They took it for granted
that if I'd known Marriott, I knew you, too.
:31:09
They told me not to get too close to you,
said you'd bite.
:31:12
You look harmless to me.
:31:14
I'd be glad to arrange an interview if...
:31:16
Just leave the number with Mrs. Grayle.
:31:20
Don't go to any special trouble.
I'll bring my own crystal ball.
:31:33
- How do you get out of this funhouse?
- This way, sir.
:31:42
Come in.
:31:44
It's on the bed.
:31:50
This is six weeks
since you sent your laundry out.
:31:53
You must be in love.
:31:55
Bring it back tomorrow.