1:00:07
I stood here,
and I picked up the phone.
1:00:11
Just one moment.
Are you sure you had your back...
1:00:13
-...to the window like that?.
-Yes.
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-But why?.
-Why not?.
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I mean, why go around the desk?.
1:00:21
I should have picked it
up from this side.
1:00:23
But I always answer
the phone from here.
1:00:26
But why?.
1:00:28
In case I have to write anything down,
I can hold the phone in my left hand.
1:00:33
I see, yes.
I'm sorry. Go on.
1:00:36
When I picked up the phone...
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...he must have come from behind
those curtains and attacked me.
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-He got something around my neck.
-Something?.
1:00:43
What do you mean?.
1:00:45
I think it was a stocking.
1:00:46
I see. And what happened then?.
1:00:49
Well, then he pushed me
across the desk.
1:00:52
I remember feeling for the scissors.
1:00:54
Where were those
scissors usually kept?.
1:00:56
In that mending basket.
I'd forgotten to put them away.
1:01:00
Now, what makes you think
he came from behind those curtains?.
1:01:03
-Where else could he have been?.
-The curtains were drawn?.
1:01:06
-They were.
-Did you draw them?.
1:01:07
No, inspector, I drew them
just before I went out.
1:01:10
-Did you lock the window at the same time?.
-Yes.
1:01:12
-Are you quite sure of that, sir?.
-Perfectly sure.
1:01:15
I always lock up when
I draw the curtains.
1:01:17
How do you suppose
he got in?.
1:01:18
We assume that he broke in.
1:01:20
There's no sign of a break-in.
1:01:21
Our report shows
the lock's quite undamaged.
1:01:24
Mrs. Wendice...
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...why didn't you call the police
immediately this happened?.
1:01:34
I was trying to call to the police...
1:01:36
...when I discovered my husband
was on the line.
1:01:38
I naturally thought that he would
call the police from the hotel...
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-...before he came here.
-Didn't it occur to you to call a doctor?.
1:01:46
-No.
-Why ever not?.
1:01:49
-He was dead.
-How did you know that?.
1:01:52
I--
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-It was obvious.
-Did you feel his pulse?.
1:01:55
No. Of course I didn't.
1:01:57
Anyone would have
realized he was dead.
1:01:59
-Just one look at those staring eyes--
-So you did see his face after all.