:48:04
"I know ! Don't you mind me.
I won't disturb ye.
:48:07
I'll just be gettin' on with me dustin'."
- Andrew,
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If I don't knock you out,
:48:13
- How have I tied you up ?
- That's a very good question.
:48:16
Come to think of it, you could
always hold a gun on me.
:48:19
But we professional burglars don't fancy
firearms much. We are English, after all.
:48:24
You could always conquer
your anglo-saxon scruples.
:48:27
Besides, it would be my own revolver that
you'd taken from me during the struggle.
:48:32
- Is that loaded ?
- Well, of course. What'd be
the use of it otherwise ?
:48:35
And I think it ought to go off
once or twice as we tussle,
:48:38
blowing to smithereens the usual
priceless heirlooms, hmm ?
:48:41
- Why ?
- To lend credence to my story
of your holding it on me...
:48:45
While you gagged me and
tied me up, all right ?
:48:48
Yeah. Yeah, I suppose so.
:48:50
There. Right.
Now, what to sacrifice ?
:48:54
What about this old codger up here ?
:48:57
Put that down at once !
That's my Edgar Allan Poe award,
:49:00
given to me by the Mystery
Writers of America...
:49:02
for one of Merridew's greatest triumphs,
the Slaying of Jack Spratt.
:49:06
Ironically enough, for
one who could eat no fat,
:49:09
he was murdered by an injection
of concentrated cholesterol.
:49:12
Now,
:49:15
what do you say to the demolition of
that gaudy old swansea puzzle jug ?
:49:29
- Puzzle jug ?
- To solve the puzzle,
pour some water out of it.
:49:40
Very funny.
:49:43
Marguerite thought it clever, which ought
to tell you something about Marguerite.
:49:48
Let us expose its shortcoming.
:49:52
Well, you might have said
"good shot."
:49:55
You bloody maniac !
You could have killed me !
:49:58
Tosh ! Not dead-eye Wyke,
The demon gunman of Cloak Manor.