:23:01
At least he had
the decency to hit me above the mason and dixon line.
:23:05
You must be crazy.
Lavery's a swede.
:23:07
Brother, is he smooth.
He missed his calling.
:23:09
Yeah, but he
didn't miss you.
:23:11
I'll say he didn't.
I woke up in jail this morning.
:23:13
The next time i see
that baby, i'll know what time it is.
:23:16
I told you
he was a phony.
:23:17
Did you get anywhere
with him at all?
:23:19
No. He claims he hasn't
seen crystal kingsby for 2 months.
:23:22
We're right back
where we started.
:23:24
Maybe this is
a good place to get off.
:23:26
What do you mean?
:23:27
What do you want
for 300 bucks, a funeral?
:23:30
You were
hired to find crystal kingsby.
:23:32
And if i get
casually beat up along the way,
:23:34
that's all right
with you, isn't it?
:23:35
Grist for your mill,
mr. Marlowe- authentic fiction.
:23:38
Would it
be asking too much
:23:40
to start working
as a detective?
:23:42
What?
:23:43
Crystal kingsby
was last seen at little fawn lake.
:23:45
It's a place
in the mountains beyond arrowhead,
:23:47
just 3 or 4 little cabins
and this private lake that derrie owns.
:23:50
It's the last place
we know she was.
:23:51
I'm going to write you
a note to the caretaker up there.
:23:54
A mr. Floyd greer
to see mr. Kingsby.
:23:57
In what connection?
:23:58
He wouldn't say.
:23:59
Tell him if he can't
give you some idea, can't see him.
:24:02
Yes, miss fromsett.
:24:08
Marlowe: What was
mrs. Kingsby doing up at the lake alone?
:24:11
I can guess,
but i haven't been up to count the bottles.
:24:14
Here you are.
:24:16
I'm not
going up there.
:24:17
Oh, you aren't?
:24:18
No. It's silly.
You said yourself
:24:20
it's been a month
since she was there.
:24:22
What am i
supposed to do, harness a dog team
:24:24
and start mushing
through the woods?
:24:25
Well, you can go
up there and talk to the people, can't you?
:24:29
Might just possibly-
:24:30
sure, sure.
Just possibly.
:24:31
You ever been up in
the mountains around christmastime?
:24:33
What's the matter?
Afraid of a little snow?
:24:35
No, but it's just
silly, that's all.
:24:37
You don't work at
being a detective that way.
:24:41
Yes?
:24:41
Secretary: He says
it's about something at the lake, miss fromsett.
:24:46
Oh. Show him in.
Silly, eh?
:24:50
Secretary:
Mr. Greer.
:24:51
What's all this
about, mr. Greer?
:24:53
Something that happened
at the kingsby place up in the mountains.
:24:56
Would you care
to tell me about it?
:24:58
Oh, i'd rather tell him.
You see-