:56:01
- And after that you went to sleep.
- Oh, no, sir.
:56:03
that Ratchett spoke
no languages,
:56:04
Not until 4 in the morning.
Unfortunately, I had the toothache.
:56:05
I was being deliberately
maneuvered into believing
:56:08
that Ratchett was already dead
:56:09
- And your companion?
- He snored incessantly.
:56:10
- And your companion?
- He snored incessantly.
:56:10
when a voice cried out
from his room in French.
:56:12
One final point. How did you come
to be employed by Mr. Ratchett?
:56:14
In other words,
:56:15
I was being forced
into the theory
:56:17
Through Maibaums, sir,
the big agency in New York.
:56:17
that the murder was
committed before 1:15.
:56:19
You'll find me on their books.
:56:21
And before then?
:56:21
A period for which every single
one of you had an unshakable alibi.
:56:22
I was in the army, sir,
as a private soldier.
:56:24
- Where?
- Troon, sir.
:56:27
- In the Far East?
- Oh, no, sir, in Scotland.
:56:28
But...
:56:29
Oh, Scotland.
:56:29
...supposing that the crime
had not been committed earlier,
:56:31
Oh, forgive me.
I am only an ignorant Belgian.
:56:34
Oh, a Belgian, sir?
I always thought you were French.
:56:35
but later than 1:15...
:56:37
Belgian.
:56:38
Did you know that Mr. Ratchett
was of Italian extraction?
:56:39
...when all the noises and incidents
:56:41
designed to confuse me
had died down.
:56:42
So that accounts for his hot temper.
:56:45
And I had lapsed into sleep
:56:46
His real name was Cassetti.
:56:49
because the train was now silent...
:56:49
The name means nothing to you?
:56:52
Do you remember
the Armstrong case?
:56:53
...and at peace.
:56:55
No, sir. Oh, yes, yes.
:56:57
Silent, yes.
:56:59
The little girl.
:57:00
Cassetti was responsible
for her murder.
:57:01
At peace, no.
:57:03
By 2:00, the murder was afoot.
:57:06
- How does that strike you?
- I have often thought, sir,
:57:09
that instead of our employers
requiring references from us,
:57:10
Envisage it.
:57:12
we should require
references from them.
:57:16
Thank you, Mr. Beddoes.
:57:18
Oh, please don't get up, sir.
Will there be anything else?
:57:20
No, that is all.
:57:25
He did it. The butler did it.
:57:29
He had constant access
to Ratchett.
:57:31
He himself could have
poisoned the valerian
:57:32
before bringing it to his master.
:57:34
As for the psychological,
:57:36
well, who knows what boils
and bubbles beneath that stiff shirt
:57:39
to which his profession
has called him.
:57:41
Did he not read Love's Captive?
:57:41
For my daughter.
:57:44
My granddaughter.
:57:44
At a time when you suggest he should
have been stabbing Mr. Ratchett?
:57:58
In memory of Colonel Armstrong...