:18:00
That's the way you're treating it, Eve.
:18:02
As though it were a play
you were acting in at the Academy.
:18:05
Everything seems a fine acting role
when you're stage-struck...
:18:09
...doesn't it, my dear?
:18:11
Here you have a plot,
an interesting cast...
:18:14
...even a costume,
little the worse for wear.
:18:18
Unfortunately, Eve,
in this real and earnest life...
:18:22
...we must face the situation
and all its bearings.
:18:25
Yes.
:18:28
What do you mean?
:18:29
Well, Miss Charlotte Inwood
appears to be an expert in garden paths.
:18:33
I think she's led your young friend
up the garden path.
:18:36
I think we should hesitate
before we follow him.
:18:39
- But why?
- I don't know how this bloodstain...
:18:41
...got onto this dress, but I do know that
somebody smeared it on deliberately.
:18:45
But why should they do that?
:18:46
Well, Miss Inwood is an actress,
a very good one.
:18:50
She has an eye
for an emotional situation.
:18:52
Supposing she wanted our somnolent
young friend to go to her house...
:18:56
...and be spotted there.
:18:57
Well, this sanguinary garment
would provide a very plausible reason.
:19:01
A very plausible reason indeed.
:19:04
So that's why she didn't change her dress
before she went to his rooms.
:19:07
Well, I cannot imagine Miss Inwood
going to see her young man...
:19:10
Or your young man, whose ever young man
he is, in this nasty, messy condition.
:19:14
No. This dress is a clue, my dear,
a very important clue.
:19:18
And though it grieves me, of all people,
to have to say it, Eve...
:19:21
...I think we should go to the police.
:19:25
Jonathan! Jonathan, wake up.
:19:28
Jonathan, how far do you think
you could trust Charlotte?
:19:31
I'd trust her with my life.
What do you mean?
:19:33
This bloodstain was put here deliberately.
:19:35
Don't be ridiculous. You're trying to turn me
against Charlotte, but you can't.
:19:39
What's this doing here, anyhow?
It should have been destroyed hours ago!
:19:43
Fool! There goes the evidence
that could've helped you.
:19:45
I'm doing all this for Charlotte's sake.
You're just jealous of her!
:19:48
Young man, I'd remind you
you're my daughter's guest.
:19:51
I'd like better manners from you.
:19:53
Oh, I am sorry, Eve.
:19:54
Please forgive me.
:19:57
I lost my head for a moment.
:19:59
I can hardly think.
I'm almost dead for want of sleep.