1:03:00
- Yeah, why not?
- Because it must stop.
1:03:02
- The whole thing's gone too far.
- Or maybe it's coming too close?
1:03:07
I don't say you killed Marriott, but you
could've for a good, old-fashioned motive.
1:03:11
Look, pop, the cops are moving now.
They're mad.
1:03:14
They're going to tag somebody.
1:03:16
As long as I'm on the payroll,
let's understand each other.
1:03:19
I don't work by push buttons.
1:03:20
I stop and I go
but I've got to have reasons.
1:03:24
Forgive me, Mr. Marlowe.
1:03:28
Forgive me, please.
1:03:31
It's unnecessary for me to say
I'm an old man. You can see that.
1:03:34
I only have two interests in life:
My jade and my wife.
1:03:38
And, of course, my daughter here.
1:03:42
But my wife's the most important.
1:03:44
- Do you find her beautiful?
- Why not?
1:03:47
She is beautiful, isn't she? And desirable.
1:03:51
Maybe you think it's improper for an
old man to have a young, desirable wife.
1:03:57
I've played a little game with myself.
1:04:00
I pretended that she would have
become my wife...
1:04:03
even if I'd been unable to give her wealth.
1:04:06
I've enjoyed pretending that.
1:04:07
It's given me great happiness.
Pride, of course.
1:04:13
But now I'm losing her. I don't know why.
1:04:17
I don't understand what's happened.
But I'm losing her.
1:04:21
Ironic that it should be
because of my jade.
1:04:23
Because of that, a man has died.
1:04:26
A paltry, foppish man of no consequence,
who's better dead.
1:04:31
Nevertheless, he's dead
because of my necklace.
1:04:35
I don't know why. But it must stop.
1:04:39
It must stop, Mr. Marlowe! It must stop!
1:04:48
What do you want me to do about it?
1:04:50
You must go no further.
The matter must be closed.
1:04:53
I'll pay you well.
1:04:56
Now this is beginning to make sense
in a screwy sort of way.