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but that it went wrong.
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Your third shot was not a blank,
as you had supposed,

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but a live bullet that killed
Mr. Tindle stone dead,

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spattering blood on the bannisters
in the process !

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Then, when you realized what you'd done,
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you simply panicked, like a
thousand murderers before you,

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and buried the corpse in the garden.
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It was very silly of you...
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not to clean the blood properly off
the bannisters and burn his clothes.

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I swear, Tindle left here alive !
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At the risk of appearing facetious, sir,
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you had better tell that to the judge.
:28:42
Look, there's only one way
of dealing with this.

:28:43
If you think Tindle's out in
the garden, for Christ's sake,

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why don't you go and dig him up !
- We don't need to find him, sir.

:28:49
If Mr. Tindle is not beneath
that newly-turned earth,

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it will merely go to indicate
that in your panic,

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you first thought of putting him
there, changed your mind, and
buried him somewhere else.

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- Where ?
- Oh, that's not important, sir.

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He'll turn up sooner or later.
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And if he doesn't, it scarcely matters.
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We have your note summoning Mr. Tindle here,
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shots were heard, bullet holes made,
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blood is on the bannisters and the carpet,
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his clothes were hidden in your wardrobe,
and he had disappeared.

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Who needs a body ?
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Sir, come along, then.
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It's time to go.
- No ! I can't believe--

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I'm afraid-- I'm afraid, sir,
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that I must insist.
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There is a Police car at
the end of the driveway.

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I don't care if you've got a fleet of
Police cars ! I'm not bloody well going !

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Now, let's have no problems, sir.
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Please don't make it difficult.
- Christ ! You're hurting my arm !

:29:57
You give me no alternative.
If you'll just come quiet.


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