: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?
:07:02
"On demand I promise to pay
Arthur Gwynn Geiger £1,000."
:07:07
Signed Camilla Sternwood.
:07:10
- I'd pay.
- Why?
:07:12
It's a little money against
a lot of annoyance.
:07:15
I have pride, sir.
:07:17
This, uh, bookseller - Geiger.
He says this is a gambling debt.
:07:22
Well, I pay this,
how many more will turn up?
:07:25
In that case, I'll come down on him.
He'll think a bridge fell on him.
:07:29
I'm sure you will.
:07:31
What are your charges, Mr Marlowe?
:07:35
£50 per day plus expenses -
when I'm lucky.
:07:38
That seems reasonable for removing
morbid growths from people's backs.
:07:44
The matter is in your hands.
Don't ask my daughter Camilla about it.
:07:48
She'll just suck her thumb and look coy.
:07:50
And now, Mr Marlowe,
I must excuse myself.
:07:59
I'm tired.