:15:02
Appropriately enough, he chose, out of that
basket you examined, the costume of a clown.
:15:06
In that ludicrous outfit, he broke
into the house and blew open my safe.
:15:12
The jewels were in this box.
:15:19
Good thinking, Inspector.
:15:27
Bravo.
:15:29
- And where are they now, sir ?
- I put them in the bank yesterday.
:15:32
- On a saturday ?
- Yes, Inspector, on a saturday.
:15:34
I drove over to Salisbury and
put them in the night safe.
:15:37
How very provident, sir.
:15:39
May I ask what you did after
he blew the safe open, sir ?
:15:43
Tindle pocketed the jewels, we
struggled convincingly around
the house as part of the game.
:15:47
He was about to make off when I turned nasty
and revealed the true purpose of the evening.
:15:52
This was, of course, that I had
maneuvered him into a position...
:15:55
where, by pretending to mistake him for a
burglar, I could legitimately shoot him.
:16:01
When you, uh, revealed your intentions, sir,
:16:05
what was Mr. Tindle's reaction ?
:16:07
Electrifying ! He swallowed my
story hook, line and sinker.
:16:10
He fell to his knees, pleaded for his life.
:16:13
but I was implacable. I put the gun
against his head and shot him...
:16:18
with a blank cartridge.
:16:25
You shot Mr. Tindle...
with a blank cartridge, sir ?
:16:28
Fainted dead away.
:16:30
My game was over.
It was the most gratifying win.
:16:34
You actually... put a gun to his head...
:16:38
and pulled the trigger... as a game ?
:16:43
Call it his initiation test, if you like.
:16:46
He came here aping the gentry,
hoping for acceptance.
:16:49
But he had to be taught.
You don't join just like that.
:16:54
There's such a thing as breeding !
:16:56
The quality that breeding brings...
cannot be acquired.