Dial M for Murder
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:13:00
Wait a minute, I think I have
a picture of you here somewhere.

:13:04
Yes.
:13:06
Yes. Here's one.
:13:09
Taken at a reunion dinner.
:13:11
There you are with the biggest cigar
in the business.

:13:14
That's the first and last
reunion I ever went to.

:13:17
-What a murderous thug I look.
-Yes, you do rather.

:13:22
Of course, I always remember you
because of the college ball.

:13:26
You were the treasurer, weren't you?.
:13:27
Honorary treasurer.
I used to organize the beastly things.

:13:31
Some of the ticket money
was stolen, wasn't it?.

:13:33
That's right. Almost £100.
:13:36
I'd left it in a cashbox in my study,
and in the morning, it had gone.

:13:39
-It was the college porter, of course.
-Yes. Poor old Alfred.

:13:43
He never could back a winner.
:13:45
-They found the cashbox in his back garden.
-But not the money.

:13:50
-Twenty years ago.
-What are you doing nowadays?.

:13:54
I deal in property.
I don't follow tennis very closely.

:13:57
-Do you still play?.
-No, I've given it up.

:13:59
Rather, tennis gave me up.
One has to earn a living sometime.

:14:02
And I had a pretty good run for my money.
Went round the world three times.

:14:06
-What are you doing now?.
-I sell sports equipment.

:14:08
It's not very lucrative,
but it gives me plenty of spare time.

:14:12
I see you manage to run
a very comfortable little place.

:14:15
My wife has some money of her own.
:14:16
Otherwise, I should hardly feel
like blowing £1000 on your car.

:14:21
Eleven hundred.
:14:22
People with capital don't realize
how lucky they are.

:14:25
I'm almost resigned to
living on what I can earn.

:14:28
You can always marry for money.
:14:29
Yes, I suppose some people
make a business out of that.

:14:32
-I know I did.
-Why do you think she married you?.

:14:35
Well, I was a tennis star.
:14:36
Yes, but you've given up tennis.
She hasn't left you.

:14:40
She nearly did.
:14:41
After we were married,
I played in championships...

:14:44
...and took Margot with me.
:14:45
She didn't like it,
and when we got back...

:14:47
...she tried to make me give up tennis
and play husband instead.

:14:51
In the end, we compromised.
:14:53
I went alone to America
for the grass-court season...

:14:56
...and returned after
the national championships.

:14:58
I soon realized a lot had happened
while I was away.


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