:05:11
- This is Mr Marlowe, General.
- Sir.
:05:14
You're looking at a rather
dull survival of a gaudy life.
:05:19
A cripple...
:05:22
...both legs paralysed.
:05:24
And just half his lower belly.
:05:26
- Brandy?
- Thank you.
:05:31
I... I used to drink this with champagne.
:05:35
So you know Inspector Carson?
:05:39
Our paths cross now and then.
:05:41
He recommended you.
He said you had...
:05:44
...that American quality of insubordination.
:05:48
- What do you know of "me"?
- Well, you're very rich.
:05:51
Your wife died several years ago
and you moved to England.
:05:55
You have two daughters -
very pretty, but... a trifle wild.
:05:58
The older one married an Irishman
called Rusty Regan.
:06:01
I'm very fond of Rusty.
:06:04
Norris...
:06:07
He was the breath of life to me
while he lasted.
:06:10
- What happened to him?
- He went away.
:06:14
He went away, a month ago.
:06:16
Without even saying goodbye to me.
:06:20
That hurt a little.
:06:22
I'll be hearing from him one of these days.
:06:25
Meanwhile, I'm being blackmailed again.
:06:31
Two or three months before
Rusty came, about a year ago...
:06:36
...I paid £5,000 to a man
by the name of Joe Brody...
:06:40
...to leave my younger daughter
Camilla alone.
:06:43
I met her in the hall.
:06:45
Yes. I'm afraid my girls
have all the usual vices.
:06:50
She tried to sit on my lap.
I was standing up at the time.
:06:58
Uh, what about the, uh...
what about the note?