:22:02
I went around to see her
about eight o'clock.
:22:04
She fixed a sandwich,
we talked, listened to The Mikado.
:22:07
I left about nine. I walked home.
I got there about half past.
:22:11
I can prove that. I can swear to it, in or out
of court, in the witness box, anywhere!
:22:15
How much money did you get
from Mrs French?
:22:18
- Nothing.
- The truth. How much?
:22:20
- Why should she give me any money?
- Because she was in love with you.
:22:24
That's ridiculous. She liked me.
:22:26
She pampered me like an aunt.
But that's all, I swear.
:22:29
- Why didn't you tell her you had a wife?
- I did!
:22:32
But you never took your wife along
when you went there. Why not?
:22:35
- Because...
- Because what?
:22:37
Because she was under the impression
we didn't get along too well.
:22:40
- Is that true?
- No! We love each other.
:22:43
- Then how did she get that impression?
- She just seemed to want to believe it.
:22:47
- You never corrected her. Why?
- I was afraid she'd lose interest.
:22:50
Because she was rich,
and you were after her money.
:22:54
Well, yes, in a way.
:22:56
I was hoping for a loan for my new
invention. Just a few hundred pounds.
:23:01
An honest business proposition, that's all.
Is that so wicked?
:23:04
You knew it was
the housekeeper's day off?
:23:06
- Well, yes.
- You went there because she'd be alone?
:23:09
No, because I thought
she might be lonely.
:23:12
All right, lonely. You and the rich
lonely widow all alone in that house
:23:15
with a gramophone blaring The Mikado.
:23:18
Perhaps you turned up
the volume to drown her cries.
:23:21
- When I left her she was alive!
- When Janet came back she was dead.
:23:26
The house had been ransacked! It said
in the papers. It must've been a burglar.
:23:30
I didn't do it. No matter
how bad things look, I didn't do it!
:23:33
You must believe me.
You do believe me, don't you?
:23:38
I do now, but I wasn't sure.
:23:40
That's why I subjected your eyes
and my arteries to that ordeal.
:23:44
- I'm sorry.
- That's all right.
:23:46
As for things looking bad, they
don't look bad, Mr Vole, they look terrible.
:23:50
- Apparently you've no alibi at all.
- But I have. I left Mrs French's at nine.
:23:54
- By bus or underground?
- No, I walked. It was a fine night.
:23:57
- Did anyone see you?
- Christine saw me when I got home.