:25:01
- Fish for dinner?
- Rock Hinde. You get it cheap here.
:25:04
- Oh. I must tell my wife.
- Send it up to my house.
:25:08
That election meeting
of yours is all set, I hear.
:25:10
Yes. You're coming out there, aren't you?
I'm counting on it.
:25:15
Anything new about Carson?
I mean, the man who did it?
:25:19
I've come to the conclusion
it was an accident.
:25:22
- An accident?
- Yes. Unpremeditated. A quarrel.
That's what it was.
:25:26
Last thing the poor devil wanted,
Carson dead.
:25:31
If only he'd come to the police station
right away, we might have smoothed it out.
:25:35
What a fool he was.
:25:37
A fool?
:25:39
Absolutely. You see, the chap who did it,
I'm- I'm sorry for him.
:25:44
He's not strong enough
to bear the burden of his guilt.
:25:48
Ever read a book called
Crime and Punishment?
:25:50
- No. Why?
- Well, you should. It's about just this sort of thing.
:25:54
A man who has
committed a crime...
:25:56
and his relationship with a detective
who knows he's committed it...
:25:59
but still can't prove it.
:26:01
There's a-They have a-
have a secret together.
:26:04
There's a-There's
a deep bond between them.
:26:07
It's rather like a love affair...
:26:09
because the detective is the only man
in the world who understands him.
:26:13
And in his heart, the murderer wants
to be found out by the detective.
:26:18
Now, this fellow
in the Carson case, you know...
:26:20
what I'd like to do
is to go up to him...
:26:22
take him by the arm
and tell him not to worry.
:26:26
"I'll do my best for you,"
I want to say to him.
:26:29
"I'm not out to punish you.
I'm not out to punish anyone.
:26:32
"It's just that I've got to maintain law and order.
But I mean you no harm.
:26:37
"We'll-We'll get it fixed
as manslaughter.
:26:40
"That might mean
only five years...
:26:42
"and the sentence could
be remitted for good behavior.
:26:45
"It might be only three years.
:26:47
"I know that sounds
a long time now, but...
:26:49
"three years passes very quickly.
:26:52
"Now, you look back three years.
Does it seem a long time?
:26:55
"No, of course it doesn't.
:26:57
"And, after all, three years
isn't such a big price to pay...