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Thank you.
That concludes my examination.
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Not just yet, Miss McKenzie.
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Would you...? Thank you.
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Miss McKenzie, you have
given evidence about two wills.
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In the old will, that which was revoked,
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were you not to receive
the bulk of Mrs French's estate?
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That's so.
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Whereas in the new will, except for
a bequest to you of a small annuity,
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the principal beneficiary
is the prisoner, Leonard Vole.
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It'll be a wicked injustice
if he ever touches a penny of that money.
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It is entirely understandable
that you are antagonistic to the prisoner.
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I'm not antagonistic to him.
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He's a shiftless, scheming rascal.
But I'm not antagonistic to him.
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I suggest you formed this opinion
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because his friendship with Mrs French
cost you the bulk of her estate.
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- I've never liked him.
- Your candour is refreshing.
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Now. On the night of October 14
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you say you heard the prisoner
and Mrs French talking together.
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- What did you hear them say?
- I didn't hear what they actually said.
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You mean you only heard the voices?
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- The murmur of voices?
- They were laughing.
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What makes you say
the man's voice was Leonard Vole's?
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- I know his voice well enough.
- The door was closed, was it not?
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- Aye, that's so.
- You were in a hurry to get the pattern
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so you probably walked
quickly past the closed door,
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yet you are sure
you heard Leonard Vole's voice?
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I was there long enough
to hear what I heard.
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Come, I'm sure you don't wish to suggest
to the jury that you were eavesdropping.
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It was him in there.
Who else could it have been?
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What you mean is that you wanted it to
be him. That's the way your mind worked.
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Now, tell me, did Mrs French sometimes
watch television in the evening?
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Yes. She was fond
of a talk or a good play.
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Wasn't it possible when you
returned home and passed the door,
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what you really heard was the television
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and a man and woman's
voices and laughter?
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There was a play called Lover's Leap
on the television that night.