:05:05
By the way, did you know
the reporter, this Barter?
:05:08
About a year ago,
shortly after I settled here...
:05:11
he visited me once or twice.
:05:13
He was always looking
for the sensational...
:05:15
and he was a skeptic, like you.
:05:18
That's a professional proclivity,
my dear Cornelius.
:05:22
Unfortunately, a policeman can't afford
to mess around with magical powers...
:05:26
and I rarely have anything to do
with dark clouds.
:05:29
lf, like me, you had grown up
in Ireland...
:05:32
where people still believe
in the elementary powers of nature...
:05:35
you might think differently.
:05:38
But perhaps the blind see more
than those who have sight.
:05:41
Possibly, but in the Barter case
this vision has failed you.
:05:46
Maybe you were also thrown off
by your dark cloud.
:05:50
This was no murder,
my dear Cornelius.
:05:53
It was a simple heart attack.
:06:01
For you, Inspector.
:06:13
Take it to the lab right away!
I'll be back in an hour.
:06:17
You were right.
:06:20
The autopsy revealed that
Barter didn't die of a heart attack...
:06:24
but of a steel needle
in his brain.
:06:27
Material: the finest iridium steel.
:06:30
Length: 1 .5 1 inches.
:06:33
The steel needle smoothly penetrated
the victim's skull bone...
:06:37
and entered the brain without leaving
any visible trace on the outside.
:06:41
We're not going to find
anything here either.
:06:55
"To my dearest Peter,
with much love...
:06:57
on the occasion
of our first Christmas together.
:06:59
Corinna."