:09:00
- He's in rather a ghastly mess, I'm afraid.
- How do you do, Mr Vole?
:09:05
Well, according to Mr Mayhew,
I'm not doing at all well.
:09:08
Sir Wilfrid! Sir Wilfrid!
:09:11
- You're dawdling again!
- Oh, shut up!
:09:14
Sorry, Mayhew. Try me again when
you've something not too stimulating.
:09:18
Like a postman bitten by a stray dog.
:09:27
I wish you could help us, Wilfrid, but
I quite understand. Take care of yourself.
:09:33
Mayhew! Mayhew!
:09:36
Oh, no. Sir Wilfrid, please.
:09:39
Don't worry, we won't take the brief,
but an old friend needs help.
:09:42
Surely I can give him a word of advice.
:09:45
Come on, I'll give you five minutes.
No, no, I don't want you, just Mayhew.
:09:49
Our nap! Sir Wilfrid! Our nap!
:09:52
You go ahead. Start it without me.
:09:55
This is your fault.
You should not have permitted it.
:09:58
It is not my fault. I distinctly told
Sir Wilfrid no criminal cases.
:10:02
Well, if it's anyone's fault,
I expect it's mine.
:10:04
Seems silly to me,
but Mr Mayhew thinks it's very urgent.
:10:08
- He thinks I may be arrested any minute.
- Arrested for what?
:10:12
Well, for murder.
:10:14
Oh!
:10:15
It's the case of Emily French.
You've probably seen reports in the press.
:10:19
Middle-aged widow, well-off,
living with a housekeeper at Hampstead.
:10:23
Mr Vole had been with her earlier.
:10:25
When the housekeeper returned,
she found her dead,
:10:28
struck on the back of the head
and killed.
:10:30
Vole seems caught
in a web of circumstantial evidence.
:10:33
Perhaps if I gave you the details you'd
suggest the strongest line of defence.
:10:37
- I'd probably think better with a cigar.
- Of course.
:10:41
No previous convictions. He's of good
character with an excellent war record.
:10:45
- You'd like him a lot.
- They've confiscated the matches. A light.
:10:49
The defence may turn on establishing
an alibi for the night of the murder.
:10:53
- I haven't got any. Let me get you some.
- Lord, no! You don't know Miss Plimsoll.
:10:58
This will take all our cunning.