Columbo: Short Fuse
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:19:00
You mean that old heap out there is yours?
:19:03
Yeah. Needs a coat of paint, doesn't it?
:19:06
Anyway, Mrs Buckner
asked me to get you quick.

:19:08
There are no servants in the house
:19:10
and she was afraid you'd go
straight on to your place or something.

:19:14
- Why? What's wrong?
- Nothing that we know about so far.

:19:17
But she's very upset so I suggest that you
close your door and come right away.

:19:23
My... Oh, no, I don't live here.
:19:26
I live in the guest cottage out back.
That's what she meant.

:19:29
This is where the chauffeur lives.
:19:31
I was on my way home tonight.
I thought I saw his door open.

:19:35
- You did? The chauffeur?
- Yes.

:19:38
Mr Quincy, who was
driving Mr Buckner tonight?

:19:40
- Yes.
- Well, I'd better look in here.

:19:45
- Couldn't you find the light?
- Of course I did.

:19:48
- That's how I found out nobody was home.
- Oh.

:19:53
Well, everything seems to be in order.
:19:56
Maybe the lock's been tampered with.
:19:58
Lieutenant, just what are you doing here?
:20:01
What has happened?
:20:03
Well, Mr Buckner, he's sort of disappeared.
:20:06
They may have been attacked somewhere.
They warned him.

:20:10
They threw that stench bomb
on our lawn yesterday.

:20:12
Your aunt says there's been trouble
at Stanford Chemical.

:20:17
He has been threatened and there
have been anonymous phone calls.

:20:21
But those are from hotheads.
:20:23
Hotheads? What are they hot about?
:20:25
He's been negotiating with a conglomerate,
dickering to sell.

:20:29
A lot of the old retainers do not like this.
:20:31
You might say there has been
an excess of corporate bad feeling.

:20:36
I see. How'd you feel about this, ma'am?
Did you side with your husband?

:20:41
I was in the process of making up my mind,
which is beside the point right now.

:20:45
David is missing. That's the only issue.
:20:47
Yes, it certainly is, ma'am.
:20:50
Do you know his whereabouts tonight?
:20:52
He left the plant around seven.
He was going to Pinewild.

:20:55
- Pine...?
- Wild.

:20:57
Pinewild. I'm not familiar with that.

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