:16:00
Kingsby? Don't tell me
he's down to hiring private detectives.
:16:04
I just wouldn't
believe it.
:16:05
It's pretty far
down, isn't it?
:16:07
Well, sir, i didn't
mean to insult your profession-
:16:09
we're getting along
just fine. How about going inside,
:16:13
or doesn't
southern hospitality extend that far?
:16:16
Pardon me, sir.
You come right on in.
:16:22
My, my.
Cozy little place you've got here.
:16:25
Lavery, why don't
you tell me where mrs. Kingsby is?
:16:29
That way i won't
be bothering you.
:16:30
Mrs. Kingsby? Crystal?
Why, i haven't seen her in a month of sundays.
:16:34
And i've never been
to el paso in my life
:16:37
if that's what you were
going to ask me next.
:16:39
Oh, you know about
the telegram, eh?
:16:41
Why, yes, sir.
Miss adrienne told me.
:16:43
Miss adrienne did,
did she?
:16:44
I'm afraid i must
warn you, miss adrienne likes to romanticize.
:16:47
Anything she may have told
you about me, you must take with a grain of salt.
:16:51
Crystal kingsby's
been gone a month.
:16:52
That telegram's
the only trace,
:16:54
and if that doesn't
mean anything-
:16:56
not as far
as i'm concerned it doesn't, sir.
:16:58
Well, then, there's
nothing to do but go to the cops.
:17:01
For some reason,
i don't think mr. Kingsby would do that.
:17:04
He might have to
to protect himself
:17:06
in case
anything's happened to his wife.
:17:08
I'd like to know
what kind of a thing
:17:10
do you think could
have happened to her.
:17:12
Crystal kingsby
has money.
:17:14
Once in a while
boys like you
:17:15
have to make it
the hard way.
:17:17
You offend me, sir.
I'm truly shocked.
:17:20
Why not loosen up
and save yourself a lot of trouble?
:17:23
You know
plenty about crystal kingsby.
:17:24
Mr. Marlowe,
a gentleman never speaks disrespectfully of a lady,
:17:28
not even one as lovely
as mrs. Kingsby was.
:17:30
Did you say "was"?
:17:32
Sir?
:17:32
Oh, it must have been
a slip of my tongue.
:17:34
But to the point,
lovely as mrs. Kingsby " is,
:17:36
gracious as she is,
charming as she is,
:17:39
i don't hanker
for any part of her,
:17:41
not for all the money
in the world.
:17:43
And if my humble opinion
is of any value to you,
:17:46
the little lady
may have sent that wire for just that reason-
:17:49
to embrangle me
as badly as she could.
:17:51
"Embrangle you"?
What does that mean?
:17:54
Oh, yes. I forgot.
:17:56
You're a yankee.
You wouldn't understand.
:17:58
I don't think
her little scheme is going to work.