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lnspector Peterson, Mrs. Beragon.
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-How do you do?
-How do you do?
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Won't you sit down?
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Sorry about your husband.
lt must be a shock to you.
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Well, l....
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l'm afraid l don't quite know
how to begin.
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You see, the fact of the matter is,
Mrs. Beragon, we don't need you.
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You don't need me?
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l don't know how to apologize for
bringing you down here for nothing.
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But, you understand, we had to be sure.
Well, now we are sure.
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Aren't you going to ask me questions?
l thought you would.
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l know. Everybody thinks detectives
do nothing but ask questions...
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...but detectives have souls,
the same as anyone else.
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-Cigarette?
-No, thank you.
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Go ahead. lt's all right.
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Mrs. Beragon, being a detective is like,
well, like making an automobile.
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You take all the pieces
and put them together one by one.
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First thing you know, you got
an automobile. Or a murderer.
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And we got him.
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You're in the clear, Mrs. Beragon.
The case is on ice.
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Well, you can go now.
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All right, men.
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Could you--?
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-Would you tell me who---?
-Who did it?
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Sure. You're entitled to know.
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No.
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No!
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Yes, he did it.
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-Your first husband. Pierce.
-No, Bert, l won't let you do this.
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And Wally Fay?
How do you know he didn't do it?
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Fay had no motive. This man had.
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You see, we start out with nothing.
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Just a corpse,
if you'll pardon the expression.
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We look at the corpse and we say,
''Why? What was the reason?''
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And when we find the reason,
we find the man that made the corpse.