:02:02
They call it the case
of the lady in the lake.
:02:05
That's a good title.
It fits.
:02:07
What you've read and what
you've heard is one thing.
:02:11
The real thing
is something else.
:02:13
There's only one guy
who knows that. I know it.
:02:17
This lady in the lake
business
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started just 3 days
before christmas.
:02:21
I was tired
of being pushed around for nickels and dimes,
:02:25
so i decided
i'd write about murder.
:02:28
It's safer.
:02:28
And besides, they tell me
the profits are good,
:02:30
so i pounded out a story...
on that,
:02:33
and i sent it up to
the kingsby publications, incorporated,
:02:37
specialists in gore.
:02:38
You know, they turn out
that kind of thing.
:02:42
I got a letter from them
asking me to see them about it.
:02:46
The letter was signed,
:02:48
"a. Fromsett, room 950,
meadson building."
:02:52
Make a note of that.
:02:54
You know, some cases of
murder start when that door there behind you opens up
:02:58
and a fellow
rushes in all covered with sweat and confusion
:03:01
and fills you full of bad dope
about the setup,
:03:04
but some cases,
like this one,
:03:05
kind of creep up on you
on their hands and knees,
:03:07
and the first thing you know,
you're in it up to your neck.
:03:11
You'll see it
just as i saw it.
:03:13
You'll meet the people.
You'll find the clues.
:03:15
And maybe you'll solve it quick,
and maybe you won't.
:03:19
You think you will, eh?
:03:20
Ok. You're smart,
but let me give you a tip.
:03:24
You've got to watch them.
:03:26
You've got to watch them
all the time
:03:29
because things happen
when you least expect them.
:03:33
"Kingsby publications,
incorporated,
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room 950, meadson building."
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Signed, "a. Fromsett."
:03:49
Woman: 3 days
before christmas,
:03:50
and i haven't done
a bit of shopping yet.
:03:52
Second woman: Well,
you'd better hurry up.