:09:03
- Yes, it's mine, all right.
- So Mr. Tindle was here then, sir.
:09:06
- He was.
- And was there an incident two nights ago...
:09:11
as a result of which shots were fired ?
:09:13
Uh, in a manner of speaking.
:09:15
It was a game we were playing.
:09:17
Game, sir ? What kind of game ?
:09:20
It's called "burglary."
:09:23
Burglary is not a game, sir.
:09:25
Isn't it about time you told me...
:09:29
I don't know the seriousness of my position ?
:09:32
A man comes here. Shots are heard.
He has disappeared.
:09:36
Now, what would you make out
of that if you were me, sir ?
:09:40
An open-and-shut case. But things aren't
always what they seem, Inspector.
:09:43
Why, in the 'Mystery of the Drowned Dummy',
your favorite, Lord Merridew--
:09:46
I am waiting for an explanation, sir.
:09:49
Oh. Well,
:09:51
Tindle arrived about 6:30 and left
about an hour and a half later.
:09:55
- I have not seen him since.
- And nor has anyone else, sir.
:09:59
Oh, but this is absurd ! You're
not suggesting I killed Tindle ?
:10:03
"Killed" Tindle, sir ?
I never mentioned the word "kill."
:10:06
Oh, come now, Inspector.
You can't pull that old one on me.
:10:11
"Garroted, sir. May I ask how you knew...
:10:13
her ladyship had been garroted ?"
:10:15
"You told me so, Inspector."
"No, sir.
:10:17
I never mentioned the word 'garroted.'"
:10:21
I'm sorry you find us so comic, sir.
:10:24
On the whole, what we do is necessary.
:10:26
"You're just doing your job"
is the overworked phrase, isn't it ?
:10:29
Possibly, sir. Very possibly.
:10:31
"The overworked phrase." I like that.
:10:34
Your wife and Mr. Tindle have been
associating closely for some time, sir.
:10:38
Yes, I thought you'd know about that.
:10:40
- You can't keep anything
quiet in a small village.
- Perfectly true, sir.
:10:45
You're not suggesting a crime passionnel,
I do hope.
:10:48
Not with Marguerite. Oh, God !
:10:50
That would be like knifing somebody...
:10:52
for the sake of a tablespoon
full of cold rice pudding.
:10:55
I'm very partial to rice pudding, sir.
:10:58
I find it a great standby.