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00:00you're 20 minutes late maker you ran into traffic going to the airport you know how it is fabian
00:20october they have all the conventions where is she she isn't in the river leo i give you my word
00:26she hasn't been hurt once we get our little business difficulty straightened out you'll get her
00:32back okay the war is over we got a deal my okay is good you know that eddie curleo we'll work out
00:44the details later i want my kid she's in the car
00:54harry
00:58it's me harry fabian your father's here you okay yeah okay i'll try not to hurt you
01:24hold still
01:24come on let's get out of here
01:30this the way you uh promised to take care of me daddy
01:51get here
01:52so
03:56She suggested that it might persuade you to see her if I mentioned that she's Leo Crown's daughter.
04:03There is a reason to whistle, I presume.
04:09Anything connected with Leo Crown, even if it's called Violet, has to be bad news.
04:15She blooms in the wrong garden.
04:17Send her away, Fritz.
04:18She does seem frightened, sir.
04:24Show Miss Crown in, Fritz.
04:26Yes, sir.
04:26It was a nice, quiet evening five minutes ago.
04:32Good evening.
04:36Good evening.
04:37I'm Nero Wolf.
04:39This is Mr. Goodwin, my associate.
04:41Please sit down, won't you?
04:42Now, what can I do for you, Miss Crown?
04:54There's $2,000 in here.
04:56I know you're expensive, but the job is worth $2,000 to me.
05:01Perhaps you will allow me to determine that.
05:04Well, I want you to help me escape.
05:08Escape?
05:09From my father.
05:12Only Leo Crown isn't my father.
05:14Look, honey.
05:15Mr. Wolf has all the business he can handle now.
05:18Besides, we don't do bodyguard jobs.
05:20Why don't you try the Parkinson's agency?
05:22They're in the phone book.
05:24Please.
05:25Please, I've got to get out of New York tonight,
05:27before something happens to me.
05:31I think I was followed here.
05:36I'm scared, Mr. Wolf.
05:38I need help.
05:40Put the money down, Archie.
05:44If you feel you're in danger,
05:49why don't you go to the police?
05:51I can't.
05:52Don't you understand?
05:54Leo Crown doesn't want anyone to know
05:55I'm not his daughter.
05:58Kill me if I went to the police.
06:01He may even kill me for coming here to see you.
06:04Who are you when you're not Violet Crown?
06:10My real name is Angelina Murphy.
06:12A year ago, Leo Crown came to Salt Lake City
06:17and offered me a job.
06:20He wanted to hire a daughter.
06:22He didn't tell me why.
06:25He said all I had to do was become Violet Crown
06:28and behave myself.
06:30So I took the job.
06:34Everything was just like he said it would be.
06:38Except...
06:39Except what, Miss Murphy?
06:41Except I didn't expect to find myself in the middle of a war.
06:47A week ago, I was kidnapped.
06:49So now I'm scared, Mr. Wolf.
06:52Because I can't spend my money in the morgue, you know?
06:55I just want to get out of New York City
06:57and away from Leo Crown
06:59and away from his penthouse.
07:00But he won't let me go.
07:02Why not, Miss Murphy?
07:03I think it's because he has a real daughter hidden somewhere
07:07and if he lets me go, he figures
07:09the next time there's a kidnapping,
07:12maybe it will be his kid.
07:13Take it easy.
07:19I'll check.
07:24Archie!
07:24Archie!
07:30Now, what are you going to shoot with that?
07:31Mice?
07:32Put the gun away, Archie.
07:33The gentleman is not a fool.
07:37Run, Wiley.
07:38We're going home.
07:39Mr. Crown knows he cannot force Miss Murphy to leave against her will.
07:43Murphy!
07:45You couldn't keep your mouth shut, could you?
07:47What else did she tell you, Wolf?
07:51That, sir, is a confidential matter between me
07:54and my client.
07:57Did she tell you when we made the deal in Salt Lake
07:59that she was looking at 5 to 10 for Roland and John?
08:02And that I got her a lawyer that fixed the rap?
08:05You didn't tell me Eddie Meeker would be part of the deal.
08:08So I left that part out.
08:10But I squared it with Eddie, didn't I?
08:12You didn't wind up in the river.
08:15Oh, please, Mr. Wolf.
08:17Would you help me?
08:19It seems to me you have a choice, Mr. Crown.
08:23You can force Miss Murphy to return to your penthouse.
08:26But, of course, that would be coercion
08:28and a matter for the police.
08:30Miss Murphy naturally would have to tell the district attorney
08:32what she knows and what she has guessed.
08:39And just what is that?
08:41That you have a daughter whom you are trying to protect.
08:45Now, Mr. Crown, to prevent all this
08:46from becoming public knowledge.
08:48You may perhaps permit Miss Murphy to retire
08:50from your employment and leave the city quietly.
08:58Well, sir,
08:59the decision is up to you.
09:11Just one word leaks about my daughter.
09:15I'll find you.
09:16Give it 20 minutes, Archie.
09:25And then take Miss Murphy to a hotel.
09:28Tomorrow morning, you drive her upstate
09:30and see that she gets safely on a plane.
09:33Incidentally, put Miss Murphy's retainer in the safe,
09:36will you please?
09:38Good night.
09:38Angelina Murphy, what do your friends call you?
09:44Angel.
09:45I had a feeling it was something like that.
09:49By the way, you never did say
09:50how you met Leo Crown in Salt Lake.
09:53Through a friend.
09:55Female?
09:57I don't have female friends.
10:01This friend waiting for you?
10:03Yes.
10:05In Salt Lake City.
10:07What's in Salt Lake?
10:09All-boy choirs.
10:11No, I'm gonna try the coast.
10:14Hey, the cops are just as tough out there.
10:16Uh-uh.
10:16I'm all through with that.
10:18With what I've got saved up,
10:20we can open some kind of business.
10:22Hey, I don't want the whole world.
10:24Just break me off a small piece, you know?
10:26I suppose your friend hasn't waited.
10:28Oh, he's waiting.
10:31For me,
10:32and my bank account.
10:35He'll wait.
10:36Well,
10:57here we are, Angel.
11:00It's, uh, not the wall door,
11:02but the sheets are clean.
11:03Get a good night's sleep, all right?
11:06Archie?
11:07Yeah.
11:07Do you have to go back to Wolves tonight?
11:10I mean,
11:11I'd just feel so much safer
11:12if you were in the room with me.
11:15Hey,
11:15I'd love to camp out, Angel.
11:17But Wolves got the streak in him,
11:19you know?
11:19Puritan.
11:20I mean,
11:20he doesn't exactly bed-check me,
11:22but he doesn't...
11:23Angel.
11:33Where is Leo Crown?
11:47How would I know?
11:49All right, Goodwin.
11:50All right,
11:51we're gonna go around again,
11:52and this time,
11:53maybe we're gonna hit the brass ring.
11:56Now,
11:57Leo Crown's daughter comes to see Wolves.
11:59Why?
12:01Leo comes after his daughter.
12:02Why?
12:03A guy in a hot car shoots the girl.
12:05Why?
12:05Inspector.
12:07It's almost five.
12:10Now,
12:10I have told you everything I know.
12:13What do you want to do?
12:14Put the rap on me
12:15or solve a murder?
12:15It is way past my bedtime.
12:21So I'm gonna clam up now
12:22and take a nap,
12:24either in this chair
12:24or at home
12:25on my favorite pillow.
12:27It's up to you.
12:34All right,
12:35wise guy,
12:35get out of here.
12:37Go on,
12:37get your piece and blow.
12:38All right,
12:38get your piece and blow.
12:38Good one.
13:07Look,
13:07it's been a long night.
13:08I want to talk to you.
13:12My car is around the corner.
13:13No,
13:13we can talk here.
13:15You talk in the car.
13:16Hey,
13:17about what?
13:19I want to find out
13:20what happened with Violet.
13:21Someone in a Halloween mask shot her.
13:24You wouldn't happen
13:25to collect Halloween masks,
13:26would you, Leo?
13:26You don't talk that way
13:28to the boss.
13:28Archie,
13:40what the devil is it?
13:43A corpse on the sidewalk.
13:44I'd better call Inspector Kramer
13:46and tell him I know
13:47where Leo Crown is now.
13:48just a couple eggs,
13:59Fritz.
14:00How'd you like that?
14:02Surprise me.
14:12Angelina Murphy.
14:13You know what she was
14:16going to do with a dough
14:17she saved up
14:17working for Leo Crown?
14:22Open a small business
14:23out west with a friend.
14:25What sort of business?
14:28She didn't have time to say.
14:31It would appear
14:32that someone is out
14:33to rid the world
14:34of the entire
14:35Crown family.
14:36Yeah, but they got
14:39the wrong girl.
14:45You're a Walsh residence.
14:48Saul Panzer.
14:50I'll take it here.
14:52Hello, Saul.
14:52What have you got?
14:53I called Salt Lake.
14:55It checks out.
14:56It was a rolling
14:57and cleaning wrap
14:58and Angela Murphy
14:59left town
14:59right after it was fixed.
15:00Any family?
15:01Dead.
15:02She was on the streets
15:03at 16.
15:04All she seems to have had
15:05was a boyfriend.
15:06Some local hustler,
15:07a Harvey Pine.
15:09You want him
15:09checked out too?
15:10Yes.
15:11Will do.
15:12Call me tomorrow.
15:13Right.
15:19Chili for breakfast, Eddie?
15:22Ah.
15:24One thing never
15:25gives me any trouble.
15:26It's my digestion.
15:28What can I do
15:29for you, Inspector?
15:29Where were you
15:30last night, say,
15:31about 11.30?
15:33Chez Stadium.
15:34The game went
15:3612 innings.
15:37Want the score?
15:38After the game.
15:39Home?
15:40TV?
15:41Want the program?
15:44You're dialing
15:45a wrong number,
15:46Inspector.
15:47I didn't hit Leo.
15:48And I didn't hit
15:49Leo's kid.
15:51She wasn't his kid,
15:52Eddie.
15:54What do you mean
15:55not his kid?
15:56She was an ex-hooker
15:57from Salt Lake City
15:58named Angelina Murphy.
15:59You snatched
15:59the wrong pigeon.
16:05You said I snatched her.
16:07Come on, Eddie.
16:08The lady's in the morgue.
16:09She can't charge you
16:09with murder now.
16:11Anyway,
16:11you scared her,
16:12so she went to
16:13Nero Wolf with the story.
16:14Wolf?
16:16The private eye?
16:17Yeah.
16:18I don't know why,
16:18but nobody goes
16:19to the cops
16:19in this town anymore.
16:21Anyway,
16:22she wanted Wolf
16:23to help get her
16:23out of New York.
16:24And somebody
16:25didn't want her to go.
16:26That's right, Eddie.
16:27Somebody who found out
16:28she wasn't kosher.
16:30Or somebody who thought
16:31Leo had used her
16:31to sucker him
16:32on a deal.
16:35A ball game
16:36and TV.
16:38That's me last night.
16:42Sure.
16:44Sure, Eddie.
16:45You enjoy your breakfast.
16:47Why not?
16:54Take the car.
16:56Sit outside Wolf's house.
16:58You get hungry,
16:59buy a sandwich.
17:00I want to know
17:00who goes in
17:01and who comes out.
17:02You got it.
17:26Mr. Wolf, please.
17:28Who shall I say
17:30is calling, sir?
17:31My name is
17:32Arthur Poole.
17:33Inform Mr. Wolf
17:34I'm Leo Crown's attorney.
17:36Thank you, sir.
17:39Well, Mr. Poole,
17:40what can I do for you?
17:41I must apologize,
17:42Mr. Wolf,
17:43for not telephoning.
17:44But when I heard
17:45of Mr. Crown's
17:46fatal accident
17:48early this morning,
17:49I felt it my duty
17:52to see you
17:53without delay.
17:54May I ask
17:55why, sir?
17:56Because
17:57Mr. Crown
17:59came to my house
18:00late last night
18:01and had me
18:02make out his will.
18:03How does that
18:03concern me?
18:04Have you ever
18:05considered contact lenses?
18:06Well, sir,
18:11since you did not
18:13give Mr. Crown
18:14explicit assent
18:15to one of the provisions...
18:16My assent?
18:17To what provision, sir?
18:20To your appointment
18:21as executor
18:22of Mr. Crown's estate
18:23and guardian
18:24of his daughter.
18:25What?
18:26Preposterous!
18:28Well, of course,
18:29the $50,000
18:30executor's fee
18:32will go to whoever
18:35is appointed
18:36by the probate court.
18:37How much
18:38did you say,
18:39Counselor?
18:40$50,000.
18:45Go on,
18:46Mr. Poore.
18:52This contains
18:53a message
18:54Mr. Crown
18:54dictated to me
18:55last night
18:56and duly signed
18:57by him.
18:58It's addressed
18:59to you.
19:00Archie.
19:00Nero Wolf.
19:12If this is
19:12the wrong one
19:13I'm pulling,
19:13it's the worst
19:14mistake I've ever made.
19:16But I think
19:16I can count on you
19:17after seeing you tonight
19:18and sizing you up.
19:20I don't think
19:21I'm going to die,
19:22but if I do,
19:22that's my problem.
19:24My daughter
19:25has got to be
19:25protected.
19:27I mean,
19:27she has got to get
19:28what belongs to her.
19:29That's my problem.
19:30problem, too.
19:31Leo Crown.
19:37What's in the other
19:38envelope, sir?
19:40Mr. Crown
19:40said you would
19:41understand the contents
19:42when you opened it.
19:44St. Louis marriage
19:56license,
19:57certificate of birth,
20:00and a name
20:03and an address.
20:06Archie,
20:07will you put the birth
20:08certificate and the marriage
20:09license in the same,
20:10please?
20:10then you accept
20:15the executorship?
20:17I do, sir.
20:19One question,
20:20Mr. Wolf.
20:21With Miss Crown
20:22dead,
20:22how do you propose
20:23to fulfill the conditions
20:24of the will?
20:25That, Mr. Poore,
20:26is my problem.
20:27However,
20:28I can't tell you this much.
20:30Mr. Crown's daughter
20:31is not
20:32dead.
20:39He isn't dead.
20:41Correct.
20:41I see.
20:46Well,
20:47that presents us
20:50with another difficulty.
20:52Do you happen to know
20:53a man named
20:53Harry Fabian?
20:57Muscle.
20:58Mr. Fabian is one of
21:00Mr. Crown's
21:00business associates.
21:01He isn't going to like
21:02Mr. Crown's will.
21:03I don't know
21:05if you fully realize,
21:07sir,
21:07how much
21:09Mr. Fabian
21:10isn't going to like it.
21:11Let me worry
21:12about Mr. Fabian.
21:13Good day, sir.
21:16Good day.
21:27Archie,
21:28I want to see
21:30the real Miss Crown
21:31tonight.
21:32Impossible.
21:33Elaine Page?
21:34Yes,
21:35a mother's maiden name
21:36on the marriage lessons.
21:39You get the impression
21:40that Mr. Poore
21:41was trying to tell you
21:42that an executor
21:43could get himself killed
21:44by Leo Crown's
21:45business associates?
21:48The executor's
21:49assistant also.
21:51Naturally.
21:52I see only one problem.
21:54Yes.
21:57What color shrouds
21:59do I order?
21:59Paul!
22:13Oh, I thought you were
22:13someone else.
22:29It would be nice
22:30sometimes.
22:31My name's Goodwin,
22:32Archie Goodwin.
22:33May I come in,
22:34this page?
22:35I'm busy packing.
22:36It's quite important.
22:39It's about your father.
22:40Oh.
22:40Well, taking your trip.
22:54Maryland.
22:55I'm going to be married.
22:57Congratulations.
22:58Do you work for my father,
22:59Mr. Goodwin?
23:00No, not exactly.
23:01Well, is it about my money then?
23:03Your money?
23:04My money always comes in the mail
23:06the first of the month.
23:07Are my checks going to stop?
23:08Is that why you're here?
23:09Well, no.
23:10Miss Page,
23:11what makes you think that?
23:14Well,
23:15the man that took me
23:17out of foster home
23:18in St. Louis
23:19told me that there were
23:20certain reasons
23:21why I couldn't know
23:22my father's name.
23:25It isn't Page.
23:27I know it isn't Page.
23:28But I don't know
23:29what his name is
23:30and that's why
23:30I couldn't write.
23:32Right?
23:33Well, to tell him
23:33that I was going to get married.
23:35You think he'll like that,
23:36don't you?
23:37I mean,
23:38I'm going to get married?
23:39Yes.
23:40I think so.
23:42Excuse me,
23:43that'll be Paul.
23:46Oh, I'm sorry I'm late.
23:48I had to work.
23:49I had to...
23:50Um,
23:51this is Mr. Goodwin
23:52with my fiancé,
23:53Paul Shane.
23:53Hi.
23:54How do you do?
23:55Gee, I don't mean
23:56to be rude, Mr. Goodwin,
23:57but Elaine and I
23:57have a train to catch.
23:58What's this all about?
23:59I work for a man
24:00named Nero Wolf.
24:01He'd like very much
24:02to have Miss Page
24:03to his house
24:03for dinner tonight.
24:05Look, would you
24:05thank Mr. Wolf for us
24:06and tell him
24:07we'd be happy
24:07to have dinner with him
24:08just as soon as we get
24:09back from our honeymoon?
24:10I think Mr. Wolf
24:12will be able to tell you
24:13what the man in St. Louis
24:14couldn't.
24:16Come on, honey.
24:17Finish packing.
24:18No, Paul,
24:19I'm sorry.
24:20This will only hold us up
24:21for a little while.
24:22Please?
24:27I've waited so many years
24:28to know who I am.
24:32Paul,
24:32are you going to come with me
24:33or shall I go to
24:33Mr. Wolf's alone?
24:34I'm sorry, honey.
24:35Of course I'll come.
24:37See you.
24:37Here we go.
24:38Here we go.
25:01Miss Page?
25:16And Mr. Paul Shane, her fiancée.
25:18I interrupted a wedding trip to Maryland.
25:21Well, I'm delighted to see that at least some of our younger citizens
25:24are thinking about getting married these days.
25:26Congratulations, sir.
25:28Mr. Wolfe, would you mind telling me,
25:30who are you exactly?
25:32And what do you have to do with Elaine's affairs?
25:34I am a detective, sir, exactly.
25:36As for Miss Page, she will get an explanation.
25:39You will too, Mr. Shane, but later.
25:41Right now, Mr. Goodwin and I are taking Miss Page upstairs
25:44to show her my orchids and have a little talk.
25:47There's a TV in the front room. Enjoy yourself, sir.
25:49Look here, Mr. Wolfe.
25:51Please, Mr. Shane, not now.
25:52This concerns only Miss Page.
25:54We will join you in half an hour.
25:56Oh, Archie, tell Fritz that our dinner guests have arrived.
25:58And we will dine at 7 sharp.
26:00Shall we, Miss?
26:03In the elevator.
26:13Theodore, I think Fritz wants to talk to you about something.
26:16Very good, sir.
26:17Excuse me.
26:20Well, I'm very sorry that we had to interrupt your wedding trip.
26:24Mr. Shane looks like a very presentable young man.
26:30What does he do?
26:31Well, Paul is in law school.
26:33We were going to get married after he graduated,
26:35but Paul says that the way things are now,
26:37it's better not to wait for anything.
26:41Miss Page,
26:41do you know what a hypothetical question is?
26:46Of course.
26:47Then I'll put one to you.
26:51You have an unknown father
26:53who 20 years ago abandoned you in St. Louis.
26:58Now, suppose this father had arranged to make available to you
27:01a very large sum of money,
27:04and he had given me all the necessary documents,
27:07and he had also put it wholly within my discretion
27:10as to whether you would be told his name.
27:13I warn you that the information may not be pleasant.
27:22Do you want me to tell you his name or not?
27:27Well, Mr. Wolfe, I've had nobody for 20 years.
27:31I can't remember my mother,
27:33and I've never known my father.
27:36I've lived in houses that weren't mine,
27:39with families that weren't mine.
27:43Yes.
27:44I want to know my father's name.
27:47Oh, God, I want to know it.
27:50What if he were,
27:52say, a convicted criminal?
27:58Yes, I want to know his name.
28:01Then you shall.
28:03Your father's name was Leo Crown.
28:06I'm sorry to have to tell you this,
28:08but he died this morning.
28:10He was shot
28:12out there on the sidewalk in front of my house.
28:30Miss Paige, please.
28:32I...
28:33Take care of him, aren't you?
28:43I...
28:43If you don't want Paul to see you like this,
29:01the first room on the floor below is mine.
29:06Door's unlocked.
29:07There's a bathroom with a mirror in it.
29:10I think Fritz put some clean towels in this morning.
29:12Where is Elaine?
29:25Hey, what is going on here?
29:27Relax.
29:27She's upstairs with the orchids.
29:29Hey, give her a few minutes.
29:32She's had some bad news.
29:34Well, then I should be with her.
29:35Okay.
29:35Nero Wolfe's residence.
29:48Oh, yeah.
29:49Just a minute.
29:56Nero Wolfe speaking.
29:59Your name, please.
30:00I'm sorry, sir.
30:02I never speak to people without a name.
30:05Fabian.
30:06Harry Fabian.
30:07Would you spell it, please?
30:11F-A-B-I-A-N.
30:14Mm-hmm.
30:15Oh, Mr. Fabian, what is it?
30:18Look, Wolfe.
30:19We better have a talk.
30:20Maybe in a restaurant somewhere.
30:22I'm sorry, sir.
30:23I also don't make appointments outside my house.
30:25And I almost never eat in public restaurants.
30:28I consider them even more unsafe than the streets.
30:32So why don't you come to my office, say, about 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon?
30:38Very good.
30:40I hope, Mr. Shane, you're aware of the fact that very few people admire men of the legal profession.
30:47Pass me the pepper.
30:49Will you watch it, sir?
30:50Thank you very much.
30:51Well, as I was saying, Mr. Shane, the trouble with lawyers is that they are insufferable word stretchers.
31:00What?
31:01I had a lawyer draw up a tort for me once, a simple conveyance, and he made it 11 pages long.
31:07Two would have done.
31:09Tell me, have they taught you to draft torts yet?
31:13Naturally, sir, but I shall try to make mine short.
31:17Oh, for heaven's sake, do.
31:19A brief should be brief.
31:20More wine, sir?
31:22Yes, please.
31:23Yeah.
31:24Just a moment.
31:26Fritz!
31:26Yes, Mr. Warp?
31:28Will you bring, Mr. Shane, another wine glass?
31:30This one is cracked.
31:32I'm surprised at you, Fritz.
31:36My apologies, sir.
31:37Miss Page, I think I should tell you that your father's associates are somewhat unhappy about the terms of his will.
31:47Now, I don't wish to alarm you, but perhaps it would be wiser if you did not return to your apartment tonight.
31:53I have several guest rooms, and Mr. Shane can come for you in the morning.
31:57Now, I can take care of Elaine.
31:59Oh, I'm sure you can, sir, but we've had two murders, and I am trying to prevent a third.
32:07Why would anyone want to kill me?
32:10You are now a very rich young woman, Miss Page.
32:12Money is always a motive.
32:14You are your father's daughter, and your father had enemies.
32:17Revenge is always a motive as well.
32:19Your father left a position of power vacant, and there are men who want that power.
32:25Ambition is the deadliest of motives.
32:29Ah, Fritz.
32:33There you are, Mr. Shane.
32:35May I?
32:35Yes, please.
32:36Is there anything you wish?
32:49No, thank you.
32:50I'm fine now.
32:52Good night, Miss.
32:53Good night.
32:53Good night.
33:06Stay down.
33:24Are you all right, my dear?
33:26Yes.
33:27Please forgive me, Miss Page.
33:28I hold myself totally responsible for what happened, but it shan't happen again.
33:33You have my word.
33:34Come with me.
33:36Damn it, Wolf, you've given me to run around too many times.
33:44Every time you get a client, I've got to go through this.
33:46My client this time, Inspector, happens to be my ward.
33:49Who almost got shot in her guardian's house.
33:52I have accepted responsibility for that.
33:55In addition, I believe it has given me the answer I've been looking for.
33:58Which is what?
34:01All in good time, Mr. Kramer.
34:03I can understand Leo Crown's anxiety now.
34:16A daughter.
34:20Parenthood must be a shattering experience.
34:22Have I missed anything?
34:26No, I was really pointing out to Mr. Kramer that where a child is concerned, it's obvious a man can't think or act straight.
34:33Well, would you try?
34:34Well, whoever tried to shoot Miss Page last night had to be A, somebody who found out who she was, B, someone who stood to profit from her death.
34:49When we find the man who satisfies those who's, Mr. Kramer, we will have our murderer.
34:56Okay, Wolf, you'll play it your way, but let me tell you something.
35:00I'm warning you, you hold your cards too close to the vest with these cookies, and one of them is liable to put a bullet right through your ace of spades.
35:09You see that, Archie?
35:23Always the same.
35:24He did it again.
35:25He never uses his arms to get out of the chair.
35:27He bounces up like a rubber ball.
35:29You know, he wouldn't do it if he thought you weren't watching for it.
35:34Yes.
35:34Near Wolf's office?
35:41Saul Panzer.
35:45Yes, Saul?
35:46You said call. I'm calling.
35:47Do you have everything?
35:49Pretty much, I think.
35:50Do you want it over the phone now, or do I come by the office?
35:53The office. We're having lunch at one.
35:55Please join us.
35:56On my way.
35:57And hungry.
36:04Well, you will forgive me for ending luncheon so abruptly, but I am expecting visitors.
36:11Miss Page, will you kindly go up to the platform and take Paul with you?
36:18Paul?
36:20Just a minute, honey. You keep pushing Elaine and me out of the way.
36:24Why?
36:25And who are these visitors you're expecting?
36:28One of them is a gentleman named Harry Fabian.
36:32The other is a Mr. Arthur Poore, counselor at law.
36:35And most likely a third visitor.
36:39Well, then I'd like to be there when they show up.
36:42It's all right, Paul.
36:43Really?
36:44There is no reason Paul should not be there to protect your interest, Miss Page.
36:48Oh, all right. Then I'll see you later.
36:50Okay.
36:51Okay.
36:54Ah, Mr. Poore.
37:03Mr. Wolf is in the office.
37:24I'm Harry Fabian.
37:28Ah, yes. Come in, Mr. Fabian.
37:41Ah, this is getting interesting.
37:44Good afternoon, Mr. Poore.
37:45If you will go into the office, I will join you shortly.
37:48Mr. Fabian, I am Nero Wolf.
37:51If you will come into the front room, I would like to talk to you privately.
37:55You first, pal.
37:57I don't want childish.
37:59I've never shot anybody in the back.
38:01If you don't mind.
38:08Mr. Fabian, I understand it is part of your legend that you never go anywhere unarmed.
38:13Are you armed now?
38:15Any objections?
38:16None whatsoever, sir.
38:18Where is your weapon?
38:19Is it easily available?
38:20It's available.
38:21Would you mind showing it to me?
38:24You'll see it if I need it.
38:26Good.
38:27Shall we go to the office, then?
38:32You first, pal.
38:35Well...
38:35We are all here.
38:38Almost.
38:40Please sit down.
38:43Before we begin, gentlemen,
38:45I must apologize for taking these few moments of your time.
38:51We are here, of course, to discuss not only Mr. Crown's will,
38:55but his murder.
38:58The murder of Miss Angelina Murphy and the attempt last night.
39:03Yes, Prince.
39:04There is a gentleman here, sir.
39:07Mr. Eddie Meeker?
39:09Why, yes, sir.
39:10Show him that, Prince.
39:12What are you trying to pull, Wolf?
39:14Not a thing, Mr. Fabian.
39:15I am simply trying to solve a number of vicious crimes.
39:26What's the artillery for, Harry?
39:28All I'm packing is my check for.
39:29Put that gun down, Mr. Fabian.
39:31Put it down, sir!
39:34Now, he's got a point, Harry.
39:36Wolf asked me here, so I came.
39:38Just to ask a few questions, that's all.
39:40And what is it you want to know, Mr. Meeker?
39:53Okay, I have certain business interests.
39:56They're not exactly General Motors, but then on the other hand,
39:59they're not a mom-and-pop grocery store either.
40:02Now, Leah Crown and I made a deal.
40:04Then somebody hits him.
40:07I understand you're now the executor of Leo's will.
40:11Now, I question simple.
40:13Do I still have a deal, or don't I?
40:16But I have to say, may I answer your question, Mr. Meeker,
40:18because when you burst in here,
40:21I was about to tell these people
40:23who killed Mr. Crown and Miss Murphy,
40:26and how, and why.
40:29It will be doubly interesting,
40:32because the man who did it
40:34is now present in this office.
40:42I'm present in this office.
40:44Yes, so you are, sir.
40:46Sit down, Mr. Meeker.
40:47You too, Mr. Fabian.
40:48Sit down, Mr. Fabian.
41:19Time passes.
41:21Mr. Crown becomes a prosperous entrepreneur.
41:25He begins to long for his abandoned child.
41:28He locates her in a foster home,
41:31pays off the foster parents,
41:32and has his daughter brought to New York.
41:35And because Leo Crown was what he was,
41:38and in the business he was in,
41:40he concealed his identity from his child.
41:42At this moment, gentlemen,
41:46Miss Elaine Page,
41:48Mr. Crown's daughter,
41:50is upstairs in this house,
41:53appreciating my orchids.
41:54Slow it down a little bit.
41:56Please, Wolf, I'm not getting it.
41:57Don't worry, Mr. Fabian.
41:58You will.
42:01Then you, Mr. Meeker,
42:02complicated things.
42:04Me?
42:05Your territorial war with Mr. Crown.
42:07He was afraid that somehow
42:10he would find out about his real daughter
42:13and harm her.
42:14He had a problem.
42:16So a year ago,
42:17he went to Salt Lake City
42:18and hired
42:18a girl to pose as his daughter,
42:22Miss Angelina Murphy.
42:23You kidnapped the wrong girl.
42:28Yeah, the cops told me
42:29that she wasn't Leo's kid.
42:31Well, anybody can make a mistake.
42:33Yes, but Mr. Panzer and I
42:35found out certain items
42:36the police do not know.
42:39Miss Murphy worked the streets
42:40in Salt Lake City
42:41and she was facing a prison sentence.
42:43Mr. Crown fixed it.
42:45The charge was dropped.
42:47When Miss Murphy departed
42:48from Salt Lake City,
42:49she left nothing behind
42:50except
42:51a gentleman friend
42:54named Harvey Pine.
42:56As my associate discovered,
42:57Mr. Pine did not remain long
43:00in Salt Lake City.
43:02Being diligent,
43:03he assumed that a man
43:04who needed a counterfeit daughter
43:05must have a real one
43:08around somewhere.
43:10Changing his name,
43:12he managed to locate Miss Page,
43:15to meet her,
43:18to court her.
43:21to ask her to marry him
43:25and to be accepted.
43:29That's crazy.
43:31What are you talking about?
43:33You'll have your turn, sir.
43:35The question is,
43:37why did this man shoot
43:39and kill Miss Murphy
43:40and Mr. Crown?
43:42Why not blackmail?
43:43Why not sell his information
43:44to you, Mr. Meeker?
43:45Were these options
43:47a little too risky
43:48for his blood?
43:51Possibly.
43:52Or did he calculate
43:53being shrewd
43:54that Mr. Crown
43:55would most probably
43:57leave an estate
43:58and that Miss Page
44:00would therefore
44:01inherit infinitely more money
44:02than he could extort
44:04or than Miss Murphy
44:06could ever save
44:07in her pathetic
44:08little bank book?
44:10At any rate...
44:11You will regret this,
44:12you fat, pompous,
44:14lying creep.
44:16Anything else?
44:17Yes, last night
44:19Mr. Shane died with me.
44:21Miss Page told me
44:22that he was in law school.
44:24I asked him
44:25if he had learned
44:25to draft torts
44:26and he said he had.
44:29Mr. Poore?
44:30A tort is an act.
44:31It is not a document.
44:32Any student of law
44:33would know that.
44:34You cannot draft a tort.
44:36Exactly.
44:37At dinner,
44:38I had my man
44:39remove Mr. Shane's wine glass.
44:41Mr. Panzer
44:41checked his fingerprints
44:43with the FBI.
44:44Mr. Shane is undoubtedly
44:46Mr. Harvey Pine
44:47of Salt Lake City.
44:49Why would I
44:50try to kill Eileen
44:50last night
44:51if I was after her money?
44:53My dear sir,
44:55do you want us
44:55to believe
44:56that you were capable
44:57of gunning down
44:57Mr. Crown and Miss Murphy
44:59from a moving vehicle
45:00and then of missing
45:01Miss Page
45:02in an open window
45:03from a rooftop
45:03directly across the street?
45:05Absurd, sir!
45:06You intended to miss
45:07to throw us off the track!
45:09Don't move!
45:09I almost never do,
45:11Mr. Shane.
45:13You,
45:14give me your gun
45:15butt first.
45:16Now!
45:23A hamburger stand.
45:25Angel wanted to open
45:27a hamburger stand.
45:29How's that for ambition, huh?
45:33That's far enough,
45:34Mr. Shane.
45:35That's right.
45:38Take him downtown
45:39and book him.
45:44There.
45:46Gentlemen.
45:49The meeting
45:50is adjourned.
46:05Archie.
46:14The young man
46:15referred to me
46:16as being
46:17Pampas.
46:19Do you?
46:20Never mind.
46:35There you are, my dear.
46:36A beautiful
46:37Phalaenopsis.
46:43Well,
46:43that should last
46:44all the way to Europe.
46:47Well,
46:47goodbye,
46:48L.A.
46:54Now,
46:55you remember
46:55as your guardian
46:57I will expect
46:58at least
46:58one postcard
46:59every week.
47:01And I prefer
47:01mine in color.
47:04Goodbye.
47:05Goodbye.
47:10Well,
47:11sir,
47:11it appears
47:12at last
47:13we have a family.
47:15Yes.
47:16Hmm.
47:19Yes.
47:21Hmm.
47:23Incidentally,
47:24Horstman,
47:24it is not
47:25Phalaenopsis,
47:26it is
47:27Phalaenopsis.
47:28Phalaenopsis?
47:29Phalaenopsis.
47:30Phalaenopsis.
47:31Phalaenopsis.
47:32Phalaenopsis.
47:33Oh,
47:33it's impossible
47:34to talk to you,
47:34argue about
47:35everything
47:35every single
47:35thing.
47:36You English.
47:37Always argue
47:38about every single
47:39little thing.
47:39Every time
47:39I open my mouth
47:40and stand in
47:41discussion.
47:41Always mumbling.
47:45Phalaenopsis.
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