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who handled the Armstrong case.
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Mrs. Armstrong and her husband
came to our house twice
:52:06
for advice about the ransom money.
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She was gentle and frightened.
:52:12
But not too frightened to take
an interest in a young man
:52:16
who wanted to go on the stage.
:52:20
She even said she'd write to...
:52:23
She died before
she got around to that.
:52:25
She was as helpful
to me as a...
:52:29
Well, a mother.
:52:31
Forgive a Freudian question.
:52:33
- Do you love your mother?
- I did.
:52:37
She died when I was 8.
An impressionable age.
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- Why do you ask?
- We shared a compartment
:52:43
on the first night of our journey.
:52:45
You cried out to your mother
twice in your sleep.
:52:49
Did I?
:52:51
I still dream about her.
:52:54
Go on. Tell me.
I'm emotionally retarded.
:52:57
Tell me that's why
I never married.
:52:59
I am not here to tell you anything,
Mr. McQueen. You are here to tell me.
:53:05
Yeah, I'm sorry.
Yeah, there's just one thing.
:53:09
How did you...
:53:12
...figure out Ratchett's identity?
:53:14
By a message found
in his compartment.
:53:19
He'd have burnt that, though,
as I told you.
:53:22
He did.
:53:24
Yeah, he did.
:53:27
- Then how did you decipher...?
- With the help of a hatbox.
:53:30
Thank you, Mr. McQueen.
:53:38
He did it.
He murdered Cassetti.
:53:40
He practically confessed as much.
:53:42
No, the psychology is wrong.
:53:45
A sensitive, motherless boy
conceives a passion for a lady
:53:49
whom he admires above all
for her gentleness.
:53:52
Now, could McQueen,
admiring the gentleness,
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commit so foul a murder
without betraying the gentleness
:53:59
of what we might call
his fairy godmother?