1:24:02
- Fish for dinner?
- Rock Hinde. You get it cheap here.
1:24:05
- Oh. I must tell my wife.
- Send it up to my house.
1:24:09
That election meeting
of yours is all set, I hear.
1:24:11
Yes. You're coming out there, aren't you?
I'm counting on it.
1:24:16
Anything new about Carson?
I mean, the man who did it?
1:24:20
I've come to the conclusion
it was an accident.
1:24:23
- An accident?
- Yes. Unpremeditated. A quarrel.
That's what it was.
1:24:27
Last thing the poor devil wanted,
Carson dead.
1:24:32
If only he'd come to the police station
right away, we might have smoothed it out.
1:24:36
What a fool he was.
1:24:38
A fool?
1:24:40
Absolutely. You see, the chap who did it,
I'm- I'm sorry for him.
1:24:45
He's not strong enough
to bear the burden of his guilt.
1:24:49
Ever read a book called
Crime and Punishment?
1:24:51
- No. Why?
- Well, you should. It's about just this sort of thing.
1:24:55
A man who has
committed a crime...
1:24:57
and his relationship with a detective
who knows he's committed it...
1:25:00
but still can't prove it.
1:25:02
There's a-They have a-
have a secret together.
1:25:05
There's a-There's
a deep bond between them.
1:25:08
It's rather like a love affair...
1:25:10
because the detective is the only man
in the world who understands him.
1:25:14
And in his heart, the murderer wants
to be found out by the detective.
1:25:19
Now, this fellow
in the Carson case, you know...
1:25:21
what I'd like to do
is to go up to him...
1:25:23
take him by the arm
and tell him not to worry.
1:25:27
"I'll do my best for you,"
I want to say to him.
1:25:30
"I'm not out to punish you.
I'm not out to punish anyone.
1:25:33
"It's just that I've got to maintain law and order.
But I mean you no harm.
1:25:38
"We'll-We'll get it fixed
as manslaughter.
1:25:41
"That might mean
only five years...
1:25:43
"and the sentence could
be remitted for good behavior.
1:25:46
"It might be only three years.
1:25:48
"I know that sounds
a long time now, but...
1:25:50
"three years passes very quickly.
1:25:53
"Now, you look back three years.
Does it seem a long time?
1:25:56
"No, of course it doesn't.
1:25:58
"And, after all, three years
isn't such a big price to pay...