: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.
:24:00
It was 9.26. I know because I went right to
work on a clock I've been tinkering with.
:24:06
- My wife will tell you.
- Your wife loves you, yes?
:24:08
Very much.
We're devoted to each other.
:24:11
You realise, Mr Vole, the testimony of a
devoted wife does not carry much weight.
:24:16
People might think
Christine would lie on my account?
:24:19
It has been known, Mr Vole.
Blood is thicker than evidence.
:24:24
- Ah, Brogan-Moore. Come in, come in.
- So good to have you out of hospital.
:24:28
I didn't get a full pardon, I'm out on
parole. You know Mr Mayhew, I believe.
:24:33
- This is his client, Mr Leonard Vole.
- How do you do?
:24:36
- How do you do?
- The Emily French murder.
:24:38
- Oh, how do you do?
- Badly, thank you.
:24:41
A mass of circumstantial evidence.
No alibi whatsoever. It's a hot potato.
:24:45
- Tossing it into your lap.
- Much obliged.
:24:47
Your line of defence,
however, will be lack of motive.
:24:50
You will agree that we can rule out
a crime of passion, hm?
:24:53
That leaves us with a murder for profit.
:24:56
If Mr Vole had been sponging off Mrs
French, why cut off the source of supply?