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00:03:35It's not heavy enough for tiger.
00:03:38Well, don't be long.
00:03:40With a tiger about, I'm afraid I'm as nervous as a native.
00:03:46I won't.
00:03:47I won't.
00:03:47Don't worry.
00:04:04Well, you know, it makes me feel awkward and stupid to say some things.
00:04:11I'm not the least clever.
00:04:13But because I don't say much, don't think I don't appreciate your being out here with me.
00:04:51Only wise like you can make these godforsaken places.
00:04:54This is bearable, Leslie.
00:04:56Seven years on a rubber plantation.
00:04:59With no company but natives and a lot of dowdy planters' wives.
00:05:05Yes, Robert, that ought to be a test for a good wife.
00:05:10Well, I'll be going now.
00:05:13Hang it all out for getting the gun.
00:05:20All right, goodbye.
00:05:22Goodbye, Robert.
00:05:31Good night, boys.
00:05:35Good night.
00:05:37Good night, boys.
00:05:41Good night, everybody.
00:05:42Good night.
00:05:42Good night.
00:05:51Good night.
00:05:55Good night.
00:06:04Good night.
00:06:21Yama.
00:06:45Yama, take this letter to Mr. Hammond at once.
00:06:50Before you go, please put the shape down.
00:06:54Yes, Miss.
00:07:25Yet each man kills the thing he loves.
00:07:28By each let this be heard.
00:07:30Some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word.
00:07:34The coward does it with a kiss.
00:07:37The brave man with a sword.
00:07:51What's it?
00:07:53Come in.
00:08:03A letter for you.
00:08:07For me.
00:08:30Something wrong?
00:08:34Nothing.
00:08:39Is it that white woman?
00:08:43No.
00:09:12Let's go.
00:09:20you will not be gone so long
00:09:24only for about an hour
00:09:28I shall be waiting
00:09:57I'm off
00:10:32he lied to me
00:10:41come in Geoffrey
00:10:47nice of you to come
00:10:52oh have a drink will you
00:10:54thanks I will
00:11:02I say
00:11:04is anything the matter
00:11:06that note of yours was rather hectic
00:11:09Geoffrey I can't go on any longer
00:11:12I'm at the end of my tether
00:11:15why what's up
00:11:16oh don't pretend what's the use of that
00:11:18why have you left me all this time without sign
00:11:22I've had an awful lot to do
00:11:24you haven't had so much to do
00:11:25that you couldn't find time to write me a line
00:11:28there didn't seem to be any object in taking useless risks
00:11:31don't take me for a perfect idiot please
00:11:34I say Leslie darling if you sent for me to make a scene
00:11:38I'm going to take myself off
00:11:39Geoffrey
00:11:41don't you know how I love you
00:11:43well darling you've got a damn funny way of showing it
00:11:46you drive me to desperation
00:11:48Leslie I wonder if you've noticed we hardly ever meet now without having a row
00:11:53is that my fault
00:11:54I don't say that I dare say it's mine
00:11:58but when that happens to people who are on the sort of terms that we are
00:12:02it looks very much as though things were wearing a bit thin
00:12:06what do you mean by that
00:12:09well
00:12:10when that happens
00:12:12the common sense thing is to say
00:12:14we've had a jolly good time
00:12:16that all good things must come to an end
00:12:18Geoffrey
00:12:19I'm all for facing facts
00:12:21oh
00:12:24Geoffrey what is that Chinese woman doing in your house
00:12:29my dear what you're talking about
00:12:31don't take me for a perfect fool
00:12:33don't you think I know that you've been living with a Chinese woman for months
00:12:36nonsense
00:12:37the common gossip of the kampong
00:12:39my dear if you're going to listen to the gossip of the leaders
00:12:41I want to know what you're doing with that Chinese woman in your house
00:12:45I didn't know there was a China woman about
00:12:47I have seen her
00:12:50what's she like
00:12:52common and vulgar
00:12:54you're not paying me a very pretty compliment
00:12:57Geoffrey
00:12:58will you swear to me that she is not your mistress
00:13:01certainly
00:13:02on your honour
00:13:03on my honour
00:13:04that's a lie
00:13:05all right then it's a lie
00:13:07in that case why don't you let me go
00:13:09because I love you
00:13:11because I love you I tell you
00:13:13Geoffrey I love you
00:13:15there's nobody ever going to love you like I love you
00:13:19I can't go on without you
00:13:20without you I'm just lost
00:13:22I know at times that I've treated you so badly and hurt you and all of that
00:13:27but it's only because I'm so unhappy
00:13:29my dear
00:13:30I don't want to make you unhappy
00:13:32but it's no good beating about the bush
00:13:34the thing is over and done with
00:13:37you can't mean that Geoffrey you can't mean that
00:13:39Leslie dear
00:13:40I'm terribly sorry but the facts are there and you've got to face them
00:13:44this is the end
00:13:45and you've got to make the best of it
00:13:47you wouldn't treat a dog like you're treating me
00:13:50is it my fault if I don't love you
00:13:52damn it all one either loves or one doesn't
00:13:55but I love you you see I love you
00:13:58oh oh Geoffrey I tell you
00:13:59I'll do anything you want me to do
00:14:01I'll give
00:14:02I'll do anything that doesn't make any difference watch
00:14:04you won't even give me a chance
00:14:06oh my god why can't you be reasonable
00:14:10I tell you I'm sick and tired of the whole thing
00:14:13do you want me to tell you in so many words that you mean nothing to me
00:14:17don't you know it
00:14:19haven't you felt it
00:14:21you must be blind
00:14:22yes I know
00:14:22I know too well I've felt it
00:14:24I don't care
00:14:26it isn't love any longer it's madness
00:14:29it's torture to see you
00:14:30it's torture ten times worse not to see you
00:14:34if you leave me now I'll kill myself
00:14:36I swear that I'll kill myself
00:14:38go ahead
00:14:40you don't think I mean it
00:14:41you don't think I've got the courage
00:14:43I've no patience with you
00:14:44you are enough to drive anyone out of his senses
00:14:48you can do what you like
00:14:50you can say what you like
00:14:51but I tell you it's finished
00:14:52Geoffrey
00:14:53Geoffrey I won't let you go
00:14:54I can't
00:14:55I love you I love you
00:14:57I'm fed up
00:14:58fed up understand
00:15:01I'm sick of the sight of you
00:15:04don't say that
00:15:06don't say that
00:15:06yes I will say that
00:15:09and what's more the China woman is my mistress
00:15:11and I don't care who knows it
00:15:15if you ask me to choose between you and her
00:15:19I choose her
00:15:23you wanted the truth
00:15:25all right then
00:15:28now you have it
00:15:45you swear the evidence you shall give in this cause between our sovereign Lord the King and yourself
00:15:51shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God
00:15:55I do
00:15:57what is your name
00:15:59Mrs. Robert Crosby
00:16:01Mrs. Robert Crosby take the stand
00:16:18perhaps it would be better if you told us the whole story in your own way
00:16:23do you think you could manage that?
00:16:27I'll try
00:16:31well on the evening of the tragedy my husband was going to Singapore on business
00:16:39I wasn't feeling very well so I stayed at home
00:16:43I don't mind being alone because planters wives get used to that sort of thing
00:16:52so I was sitting quietly working on my lace when I heard footsteps and someone came on the veranda
00:16:59yes
00:17:01go on Mrs. Crosby
00:17:02well at first I didn't know who it was
00:17:04and then he said it's I Jeff Hammond
00:17:07so I said oh hello there won't you come in
00:17:10were you surprised to see him?
00:17:13I was Robert because
00:17:15he hadn't been up to the house for ages so I told him that Robert had gone to Singapore on
00:17:20business
00:17:20what did he say to that?
00:17:23he said I am sorry
00:17:24because I was feeling very lonely this evening
00:17:27and I thought perhaps I'd come along and just see how you folks were getting on
00:17:34so he helped himself to a whiskey and soda
00:17:37and lit his pipe
00:17:39was he quite sober?
00:17:41well I suppose he had been drinking
00:17:43but it didn't occur to me just then
00:17:46what happened?
00:17:48we were just chatting quite quietly
00:17:51when suddenly he said something rather silly
00:17:54what?
00:17:56I don't know if it's really worth the while repeating
00:18:00but he paid me a little compliment
00:18:02I think perhaps you'd better tell us exactly what he said
00:18:06he said you've got such beautiful eyes
00:18:10why spoil them
00:18:12and strain them like that
00:18:13see he was referring to the lace I was making
00:18:17had he ever paid compliments to you before?
00:18:20no never
00:18:20you see I was a little taken aback
00:18:24but I thought it best to take it lightly
00:18:27and I said well I don't make any pretensions to being a raving beauty you know
00:18:32but you are he said
00:18:35let's see
00:18:36it's rather silly
00:18:37to have to say things like that
00:18:39and
00:18:40never mind
00:18:41please let us have his exact words
00:18:45well he said
00:18:47you are beautiful thank God
00:18:50and what happened then?
00:18:53well he just stood
00:18:54and looked me straight in the face
00:18:56and said
00:18:58don't you know that I'm awfully in love with you
00:19:01I don't I said
00:19:03meant so little to me that I really had no difficulty in keeping quite cool
00:19:08so I said I don't think it for a minute
00:19:10and even if it were true I don't want you to say it to me
00:19:14I see
00:19:15go on
00:19:17well then he fixed himself another whiskey and soda
00:19:20and I began to wonder if he hadn't been drinking
00:19:23so I said to him
00:19:24look here
00:19:25I think you better not take any more of that
00:19:29and I was quite friendly about it
00:19:31but he emptied his glass
00:19:33and put it down
00:19:34and said do you think I'm talking to you like this because I am drunk
00:19:39and he asked me that in a very sort of abrupt way
00:19:43and I said well that's the most obvious explanation isn't it?
00:19:51I really can't go on
00:19:53I think he's
00:19:54it's so stupid telling you things like this
00:19:57never mind
00:19:58please let us have his exact words
00:20:02he said
00:20:04I've loved you ever since I first knew you
00:20:08I've held my tongue as long as I could but now it's got to come out
00:20:11I love you
00:20:12I love you
00:20:13I love you
00:20:14he repeated it just like that
00:20:16and his eyes were all funny
00:20:19and he said
00:20:20and I won't go home now
00:20:22so I lost my temper
00:20:24and I cried at him
00:20:24you poor fool you
00:20:26don't you know that I've never loved anyone but Robert
00:20:29and even if I didn't love Robert
00:20:31that you were the last person in the world that I should care for
00:20:34so he said
00:20:35what do I care
00:20:37Robert is away
00:20:39well that was the last straw
00:20:41I was simply beside myself
00:20:43I thought him just a filthy swine to talk to me like that because Robert was away
00:20:47so I said
00:20:48if you don't leave this very minute I'm going to call the boys and have you thrown out
00:20:53and with that he just said the boys are out of earshot
00:20:58and he took hold of me and turned me around and I screamed let me go
00:21:02but he said not much not much
00:21:06I've got you now
00:21:07so then I cried out as loud as I could
00:21:12boy boy
00:21:13but he held his hand over my mouth
00:21:21I can't go home
00:21:23it's all so shameful to tell you all of these things
00:21:26I know it's very hard
00:21:28but for your own sake I beg you to tell us the whole story now
00:21:33alright
00:21:35well he flung his arms around me and began to kiss me
00:21:39his lips were burning
00:21:41he was like a madman
00:21:43he kept on talking and talking
00:21:45he kept on saying he loved me and that he wanted me
00:21:49and he held me so tight that I could hardly breathe
00:21:54and I felt weaker and weaker
00:21:56and at one time I really thought I was going to faint
00:22:01and his breath was so very hot on my face that it made me feel desperately ill
00:22:06you see he kissed my face and my neck my hair my eyes and suddenly he lifted me right up
00:22:18and I felt that he was carrying me
00:22:20I don't know what happened really but he didn't look at me and he didn't say anything and I didn't
00:22:27look at him
00:22:28but suddenly I could see his face and it was all white and his eyes were just burning
00:22:36and he wasn't a man any longer he was a savage
00:22:40and then it was that it flashed across my mind that he was carrying me to my bedroom
00:22:46something happened I don't know what but he stumbled and fell
00:22:50and his hold on me loosened
00:22:52so I dashed around the sofa
00:22:55but he dashed right after me
00:22:57and there was a revolver on the table
00:22:59and I snatched it up
00:23:01I didn't even know I fired
00:23:03but I saw him stagger
00:23:05out towards the veranda
00:23:07and then I saw him fall
00:23:10and I heard the reports
00:23:12one after the other
00:23:14and I really don't ask you to believe me
00:23:16but I didn't even know I was pulling the trigger
00:23:19and suddenly I heard a little click
00:23:23and I realized
00:23:25that I had fired all of the cartridges
00:23:29and the gun was empty
00:23:32and he was lying on the floor all in a heap
00:23:36and I knew he was dead
00:23:39and that I had killed him
00:23:42that's all
00:23:46that's all
00:23:47Prosecutor
00:23:47take the witness
00:23:59Mrs. Crosby
00:24:01is it not true
00:24:02that Mr. Hammond at one time
00:24:04was a frequent visitor in your home?
00:24:08He is
00:24:09and hadn't those visits
00:24:11kept up
00:24:12until the night of the murder?
00:24:14No
00:24:15he hadn't been to our house
00:24:18for over three months
00:24:19hmm
00:24:20Just why did he stop coming?
00:24:24Well
00:24:24my husband and I
00:24:26had heard that he was involved
00:24:28in some sort of scandal
00:24:30with the half-caste Chinese woman
00:24:33and
00:24:34we thought it better
00:24:36that he didn't come along
00:24:37hmm
00:24:38Did you ever see this woman?
00:24:40Yes
00:24:41I saw her
00:24:42walking in the village
00:24:43Was she attractive?
00:24:46No
00:24:46I shouldn't say so
00:24:48she was rather
00:24:49common and vulgar
00:24:52all painted up
00:24:53with a lot of bracelets
00:24:55and bangles
00:24:56You never bet this woman
00:24:58or spoke to her?
00:25:00Of course not
00:25:02the crown rests
00:25:04The crown rests
00:25:14This court is adjoined
00:25:16until ten o'clock
00:25:17tomorrow morning
00:25:37Your wife's a fine woman
00:25:38Frosney
00:25:40It's a shame
00:25:41she has to be dragged through all this muck
00:25:44for a rotter like Hammond
00:25:46Thanks old man
00:25:48Well on
00:25:50Is that all
00:25:50but this sir?
00:25:51Yes thank you on
00:25:53I'll see you later at the office
00:25:59Very amusing your assistant
00:26:01Yes
00:26:03and very efficient
00:26:09In the morning
00:26:10I will find out
00:26:10do you know
00:26:11What is your husband?
00:26:14Do you know
00:26:15He has to say
00:26:15He has to say
00:26:17how much trouble
00:26:18that's been
00:26:18He must tell
00:26:19as he is
00:26:21He has to say
00:26:22that's why
00:26:23he has to say
00:26:23that's why
00:26:25that's why
00:26:26the crown
00:26:32and some
00:26:36You've borne up wonderfully, darling.
00:26:41Everybody's talking about your iron nerves.
00:26:43Oh, Robert, it's been horrible.
00:26:46Without your wonderful love and faith, I know I should never have been able to go through with it.
00:26:50Well, tomorrow we'll see the end of the whole sorry mess.
00:26:54Yes, my darling, in 24 hours you'll be a free woman.
00:26:56Robert, do you think so?
00:26:58Robert, tell me, whatever happens, you'll always love me.
00:27:02No matter what people might say.
00:27:04What can they possibly say?
00:27:06Oh, Robert, don't you know what I've done?
00:27:09They might say I led him on or something like that.
00:27:12Why, there's not a soul in Singapore who's for Hammond.
00:27:16Everybody knows that a woman like you wouldn't do that.
00:27:19Robert, Robert.
00:27:21Robert, when it's over tomorrow, let's go away from here.
00:27:24Let's never come back. Let's go far, far away.
00:27:27I'll tell you what, let's go to London.
00:27:29As a matter of fact, I was panning a surprise.
00:27:32You darling.
00:27:34A vacation in London.
00:27:36Yes.
00:27:36You see, I've saved a few thousand dollars.
00:27:39Oh, Robert, then we could have the most beautiful time, eh?
00:27:43Ha, ha, ha.
00:27:45And after that, there's a rubber plantation in Sumatra.
00:27:50A chap I know must sell out cheap.
00:27:53It's our big chance.
00:27:56Yes.
00:27:57Yes, that's our big chance.
00:27:59No more slaving for the company.
00:28:01We'll be out for ourselves.
00:28:04Why, in five years, we'll be independent for life.
00:28:08Yes, of course we will.
00:28:10I'm sorry, sir, but the time is up.
00:28:13Tomorrow?
00:28:14Tomorrow.
00:28:15I'm sorry, sir.
00:28:19Well, let's go down to the house.
00:28:19Okay, sir.
00:28:20I'll stop right now.
00:28:21Yes, sir.
00:28:21We'll do this.
00:28:22Thanks, sir.
00:28:28I'll see you.
00:28:28Yes, sir.
00:28:42Thanks, sir.
00:28:44I'll see you again.
00:28:46There's a new development in the Crosby case, sir. Something of a delicate and confidential nature.
00:28:53What is it?
00:28:56It has been brought to my attention, sir, that there is a letter in existence from Mrs. Crosby to Mr.
00:29:02Hammond.
00:29:03Well, dozens of them, probably. Hammond has been a friend of theirs for years.
00:29:08But this letter, sir, was written the night of Mr. Hammond's death. It is quite unusual in tone.
00:29:17Where is this letter?
00:29:33Yes, its tone is, as you say, quite unusual.
00:29:38Oh, it's inconceivable that Mrs. Crosby should have written such a letter.
00:29:43It's not even in Mrs. Crosby's handwriting.
00:29:46I know it, sir.
00:29:47But the original is in the possession of a Chinese woman who was living in Mr. Hammond's house, sir.
00:29:55I see.
00:29:57What does she intend to do with it?
00:30:00She places a very high value on it, sir, as evidence.
00:30:05No.
00:30:08Just what value?
00:30:11Ten thousand dollars.
00:30:13Ten thousand dollars.
00:30:16She's crazy.
00:30:20Mr. Crosby would certainly pay it, rather than have his wife hanged by the neck, sir.
00:30:28Where would Robert Crosby get ten thousand dollars, anyway?
00:30:32The Chinese woman has already taken steps to assure herself that this sound is not impossible, sir.
00:30:41Very well, Ong. In interest of my client, I'll, uh, I'll do what I can.
00:30:47All right, sir.
00:30:49Ah.
00:30:50There are two conditions the Chinese woman has insisted upon, sir.
00:30:55Damn her insurance.
00:30:57What are they?
00:30:59Mrs. Crosby must bring the money herself.
00:31:02What?
00:31:04There will be no risk, sir. You and I will go as escorts.
00:31:09Of course, the money must be in cash.
00:31:15Yes.
00:31:17You've thought of everything, haven't you, Ong?
00:31:22Hmm.
00:31:25Well, I have been educated in the schools of the white man.
00:31:31Hmm.
00:31:33I have learned much from the books the white man has written, sir.
00:31:37And how about the books the Chinese have written?
00:31:42Only one, sir.
00:31:45Confucius.
00:31:55Damn clever, these Chinese.
00:32:15You know Robert's just like a child about the whole thing.
00:32:19After tomorrow, he tells me he's going to take me far away from this place forever.
00:32:24You know, he wants to go to Sumatra.
00:32:29But before that, he's promised to take me to London.
00:32:33Mrs. Crosby.
00:32:34I think I should tell you that there is in existence a letter in your handwriting from you to Hammond.
00:32:42That's impossible.
00:32:44You'd better read it for yourself.
00:32:48Well, that's not my handwriting.
00:32:50I know.
00:32:51It's said to be an exact copy of the original.
00:32:58What does it mean?
00:32:59That's for you to say.
00:33:01But I didn't write the letter. That's a forgery.
00:33:03It would be difficult to prove that.
00:33:05It would be easy to prove that it was genuine.
00:33:09Well, if I did write it, I'd forgotten all about it.
00:33:12I might have written it years ago. It has no date.
00:33:15I noticed there was no date.
00:33:17But if this letter were in the hands of the prosecutor, they'd cross-examine your houseboys.
00:33:22They'd soon find out whether someone took a letter to Hammond on the day of his death.
00:33:26I swear I did not write the letter.
00:33:28Then we needn't go into the matter further.
00:33:31But if the person who possesses this letter sees fit to place it in the hands of the prosecution, you
00:33:36will be prepared.
00:33:40What would anyone be inclined to think who read that letter?
00:33:44That you told a deliberate lie.
00:33:46When?
00:33:47Under oath in court today.
00:33:49Well, I... I don't think it's so very strange that one little detail escaped my memory.
00:33:54Your memory is reproduced very exactly every particular of your interview with Hammond.
00:34:00It's very strange that you should have forgotten so important a point as that he came to the bungalow on
00:34:05the night of his death at your express desire.
00:34:07I hadn't forgotten.
00:34:08Then why didn't you mention it?
00:34:09I was afraid to.
00:34:10I thought if I told you that Hammond had come at my invitation, none of you would believe my story.
00:34:16I know that's very stupid and silly, but after I'd once told you that I had no communication with him,
00:34:22I was obliged to stick to it.
00:34:24Perhaps the terms of the letter are not very clear to your recollection.
00:34:27I'll read it to you.
00:34:29Robert will be away for the night.
00:34:31I absolutely must see you.
00:34:33I shall expect you at eleven.
00:34:35I am desperate and if you don't come, I won't answer for the consequences.
00:34:42Well, I admit that it's all extravagant and emotional, but I write like that, you know.
00:34:47I must have been very much mistaken.
00:34:49I've always looked upon you as a very reserved and self-possessed woman.
00:34:52After all, Geoffrey wasn't such a distant acquaintance.
00:34:55By the way, did you call him Geoffrey?
00:34:58Of course, everyone did.
00:35:01Mrs. Crosby, I've got to talk to you very, very seriously.
00:35:05This case was comparatively plain sailing.
00:35:09Although Geoffrey Hammond was much liked and on the whole thought highly of, I was prepared to prove that he
00:35:14was the sort of man who might be guilty of the crime which in justification of your act you accused
00:35:19him of.
00:35:20The fact, which was discovered after his death that he'd been living with a Chinese woman, robbed him of any
00:35:25sympathy that might be felt for him in the minds of all respectable people.
00:35:29I told your husband just now that I was certain of an acquittal.
00:35:33And I wasn't merely telling him that to cheer him up.
00:35:35I do not believe the jury would have left the box.
00:35:39But this letter has thrown an entirely different complexion on the case.
00:35:44I don't know what you're driving at.
00:35:46You mustn't expect other people to be stupid.
00:35:49This letter will put them on the track of suspicions that thus far have entered nobody's head.
00:35:53I won't tell you what I personally thought when I read it.
00:35:56I'm your legal advisor.
00:35:57I shall represent you in court.
00:35:59I take your story as you tell it to me, and I shall conduct your defense according to its terms.
00:36:05I do not wish you to tell me anything but what is necessary to save your neck.
00:36:22I've made such a mess of things, haven't I?
00:36:25I'm sorry.
00:36:29Who has the real letter?
00:36:31The Chinese woman who was living in Hammond's house.
00:36:37Do you think that she will sell it?
00:36:41I don't know that I'm prepared to buy it.
00:36:43What do you mean?
00:36:44I don't think you understand what you're asking me.
00:36:46You're asking me to do something that is no different from suborning a witness.
00:36:50You don't mean to tell me that you could save me and you won't do it.
00:36:53You can't be that cruel.
00:36:54I'm sorry if it sounds cruel.
00:36:56I want to do my best for you, Mrs. Crosby.
00:36:58But a lawyer has a duty not only to his client but also to his profession.
00:37:06I put myself in your hands.
00:37:09I know I have no right to ask you to do anything that isn't proper.
00:37:13I'm asking more for Robert's sake than for mine.
00:37:18And I think if you knew everything, you'd believe I was deserving of your pity.
00:37:22Poor old Bob. It'll nearly kill him.
00:37:24He's so utterly unprepared.
00:37:27He's so kind and so good.
00:37:30I don't think he's ever harmed anyone in all his life.
00:37:34You mean everything in the world to him, don't you?
00:37:37I suppose I do.
00:37:41And I'm very grateful for the love he's given me.
00:37:46Well, I'm going to help you all I can.
00:37:48But don't think I don't know I'm doing wrong.
00:37:50I am.
00:37:51I'm doing it with my eyes open.
00:37:54This woman demands $10,000.
00:37:58She also demands that you take the money to her.
00:38:02And ask for the letter yourself.
00:38:04I won't do that.
00:38:05Then she'll turn the letter over to the prosecutor.
00:38:14Can it be arranged that I go?
00:38:17The prosecutor will join me and place him before the judge
00:38:19and request that you be allowed to spend the night in my house under police custody.
00:38:24I'm sure the judge will grant it.
00:38:26We can go from there.
00:38:28As Robert's gone back to the plantation, I'll advance the money myself tonight.
00:38:33It won't be necessary to show Robert the letter, will it?
00:38:37Don't you want him to see it?
00:38:41No.
00:38:42Well, I'll do everything in my power to prevent him from seeing it until after the trial.
00:38:46You'll be an important witness.
00:38:49I think it very necessary that he be as firmly convinced of your innocence as he is now.
00:38:55And afterwards?
00:38:57Afterwards, I'll still do my best for you.
00:39:01Not for me, for Robert.
00:39:05If he loses his faith in me, he loses everything.
00:39:10It's strange that a man can live with a woman for ten years and not know the first thing about
00:39:15her.
00:39:17It's rather frightening.
00:39:20Frightening.
00:39:24I'll call for you here later.
00:39:51By Frankfort.
00:39:54About six years ago.
00:39:56In the last couple of years, he had not heard of him alone.
00:40:00I have to go to a girl in the morning.
00:40:02I was ashamed of him.
00:40:06To the men on the morning, my temper and the daughter, I didn't know my temper.
00:40:09I think he's got her sonny in a middle of his life.
00:40:09And here was a girl in the house.
00:40:11She was a boy in the house at the palace.
00:40:12She was a girl in the house at the party of the palace.
00:40:13She was a girl.
00:40:16She was a girl in the house.
00:40:18He was a girl in the house.
00:40:20She was a girl in the house.
00:41:06Has the white woman arrived?
00:41:10No.
00:41:10No.
00:41:12No.
00:41:14No.
00:41:26No.
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00:41:59No.
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00:42:26No.
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00:42:33No.
00:42:47No.
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00:42:51No.
00:42:52No.
00:43:26Hey, hey, hey, let's have a snake fight.
00:43:30You want to see the snake fight?
00:43:32Yes, how much?
00:43:33Because you're $25.
00:43:35$25.
00:43:37You want to see something good?
00:43:40Yes.
00:43:40Yeah, never see it.
00:43:42How much?
00:43:43$25.
00:43:44No good.
00:43:44Hi, come back.
00:43:46I'm going to fix it for you for $20.
00:43:49All right, let's see.
00:43:53Come on, let's have a...
00:44:01That's going to be a good fight.
00:44:22Hey, woman, she's here now.
00:44:32Hey, woman, she's here now.
00:44:53Hey, woman, that snake.
00:44:56What do you see?
00:44:56What do you see?
00:44:57All right.
00:45:22All right.
00:46:26Oh, sir, it's all right.
00:46:35One moment, please.
00:46:38You wish to speak to Liti?
00:46:40Yes, I do.
00:46:41So, so.
00:46:42Well, you know who I am.
00:46:44Oh, yes, yes.
00:46:45You know why I'm here.
00:46:46I expected you.
00:46:48All right.
00:46:48But there is no hurry.
00:46:50Sit down.
00:46:52Make yourself at home.
00:46:53Don't be impatient.
00:46:55I've come here for my letter.
00:46:57Here's your money.
00:46:58Oh, yes.
00:46:59That's a very funny letter.
00:47:02Look here.
00:47:04One moment, please.
00:47:31One moment, please.
00:47:56Help me.
00:47:58How dare you let that man in while I'm here.
00:48:01Ah, I have white ladies think too good for Leetie's house.
00:48:06Give me my letter directly.
00:48:07Maybe Leetie think her house too good for white ladies.
00:48:10This horrible place, why did I ever come here?
00:48:12You come to buy your life.
00:48:14Very well. If I did, let us come to business.
00:48:18It's ten thousand dollars you wanted, isn't it?
00:48:21Here it is. Here.
00:48:26White lady, very proud, but not too proud to share same man with Leetie.
00:48:32You horrible Chinese woman, you.
00:48:34Horrible Chinese woman, but not Mr. Hammond.
00:48:38Many love names he had for me. Shall I tell you some of them?
00:48:41Stop. Stop it, please.
00:48:42It can't be possible he ever touched a vile yellow thing like you.
00:48:46It is possible. That is why you killed Mr. Hammond.
00:48:49Take that money. Take that money I tell you and give me my letter.
00:48:51Oh, yes. Because he loved Leetie.
00:48:54That is why you killed Mr. Hammond.
00:48:55Don't mention his name again.
00:48:56Don't mention his name again, I tell you.
00:48:58Cheek woman, liar woman, nerder woman.
00:49:02Maybe I must give you back your letter.
00:49:04Maybe I let you hang for killing Mr. Hammond.
00:49:06All right. All right. Just keep the letter. Keep it.
00:49:09I'd rather hang, I think, than hear you mention his name again.
00:49:12Let me out of here. Let me out, I tell you.
00:49:14But your husband.
00:49:21That husband you'll cheat so.
00:49:24How they will laugh at him.
00:49:27Yes.
00:49:28How all Singapore will laugh.
00:49:43Here.
00:49:46Take it, please.
00:49:54There.
00:49:57Give me the letter.
00:50:03White woman.
00:50:05A Chinese woman's feet.
00:50:09All right.
00:50:11Sorry.
00:50:16I'll give you the letter.
00:50:19To me.
00:50:26My name is the letter.
00:50:27I'll give you the letter.
00:50:32I'll give you the letter.
00:50:54Prisoner, rise and look upon the jury.
00:51:03Jurors, rise and look down on the prisoner.
00:51:15Gentlemen, have you reached a verdict?
00:51:19We have.
00:51:21What is that verdict?
00:51:23Not guilty.
00:51:27Order!
00:51:29Order in the court.
00:51:35That's it, darling.
00:51:37Oh, I'm so glad you are.
00:51:39What?
00:51:41Order!
00:51:45Order in the court.
00:52:00I say, Howard, I was never so happy in all my life.
00:52:05Now for the fly in the ointment.
00:52:07What's all this going to cost me?
00:52:11For my personal services, nothing.
00:52:14Oh.
00:52:16But there have been certain out-of-pocket expenses I'm afraid will be a little stiff.
00:52:20I know you lawyers are all alike, a lot of brothers.
00:52:23How much will these expenses amount to?
00:52:26Well, there was one item, a letter of your wife's.
00:52:28I thought we ought to get hold of.
00:52:29A letter?
00:52:31Yes.
00:52:32And had that letter not been bought and suppressed, she would never have been acquitted.
00:52:38What do you mean?
00:52:40And you had to pay for that letter?
00:52:43Ten thousand dollars.
00:52:46Ten thousand dollars?
00:52:50That's everything I have in the world.
00:52:54Who's the letter now?
00:52:55Have you got it?
00:52:57Yes.
00:52:58Where is it?
00:53:00Why do you want to know?
00:53:04I want to see it.
00:53:07I've got no right to show it to you.
00:53:09Is it your money that's buying that letter or mine?
00:53:13I've got to pay ten thousand dollars for that letter and by God I intend to see it.
00:53:18At least I'd like to know if I've got my money's worth.
00:53:57You know, darling, I have the kind of feeling that you're going to be even happier than ever.
00:54:01Well, come along.
00:54:12Now let's celebrate.
00:54:17Robert.
00:54:20Robert.
00:54:21Your cocktail.
00:54:24Where is my cocktail?
00:54:41What?
00:54:42What?
00:54:42One from you.
00:54:44To your wife.
00:54:45Oh, yes.
00:54:47To my wife.
00:54:49Welcome home.
00:54:56Now, come along, Howard.
00:54:58We must be going home.
00:54:59Oh, no.
00:55:00Not really.
00:55:00Don't go.
00:55:01Now?
00:55:01Yes, my dear.
00:55:02We are going to leave you two lovebirds together.
00:55:05Oh, Father dear.
00:55:07I am sure you must go.
00:55:08Good night, old man.
00:55:10Thanks, Howard.
00:55:11I'll see you at your car.
00:55:12All right.
00:55:17Good night.
00:55:33Good night.
00:55:34Good morning.
00:55:38Good.
00:55:44Good night.
00:55:52Good morning.
00:55:54Good night.
00:55:55Good night.
00:56:01My husband are up with this girl.
00:56:20Well, Robert, you've read the letter.
00:56:23Yes.
00:56:23And I want to know exactly what it means.
00:56:26Robert, it doesn't mean anything.
00:56:27Let's tear it up.
00:56:28I want the truth.
00:56:29I know, but it doesn't mean anything, I swear to you.
00:56:31I've been so punished.
00:56:33Oh, what does anything matter anyway?
00:56:36We've got our whole lives before us.
00:56:38Let's forget all about it and let us start over again.
00:56:41Exactly.
00:56:41What does it mean?
00:56:42Don't ask me.
00:56:43I want to know.
00:56:45Don't ask me anymore, please.
00:56:46I want to know whether you've been my wife or just a common horse.
00:56:50Don't say that.
00:56:51I want the truth.
00:56:54You want the truth.
00:56:56Very well, you shall have it.
00:56:58Jeffrey Hammond was my lover.
00:56:59Go on.
00:57:00He was my lover for years.
00:57:01We were constantly together until about a year ago and he began to change.
00:57:06Then I couldn't believe it.
00:57:08He was still everything in the world to me.
00:57:10He was my whole life until I heard about that Chinese woman.
00:57:15And then I couldn't believe that.
00:57:16I couldn't believe that he didn't still love me.
00:57:18So I sent for him.
00:57:20You have the letter.
00:57:21Well, finally he came.
00:57:22I told him that I knew about that Chinese woman.
00:57:25He denied it.
00:57:27I knew he was telling a lie.
00:57:28Finally, I made him admit that it was the truth.
00:57:32And then he said to me that if he had to choose between me and that Chinese woman, he'd choose
00:57:36her.
00:57:37Oh, God, I don't know what happened after that.
00:57:40I went absolutely mad when I seen that little bald when I fired at him.
00:57:44And I fired and I fired and I fired until the gun was empty.
00:57:47And I gave you my name.
00:57:50Worked and slaved for you.
00:57:52I know.
00:57:54I know.
00:57:55I know I've been vile, but I've no excuse to offer.
00:57:58And don't forget this.
00:57:59You brought me out to this filthy place, this godforsaken place, and you kept me here for seven years
00:58:04to live among a lot of dirty natives and dowdy planters' wives.
00:58:10My youth going, eating my heart out with loneliness, trying to make a go of it.
00:58:14And I did try.
00:58:15I did try for your sake.
00:58:17And what did I get from you?
00:58:18Nothing.
00:58:18Nothing.
00:58:19Your whole life was just wrapped up in rubber.
00:58:21Rubber?
00:58:22That was my business.
00:58:23Your business.
00:58:23Working to make money to give you the things you wanted.
00:58:27What I wanted.
00:58:28What I wanted.
00:58:29I'm flesh and blood.
00:58:30What I wanted was love, affection, happiness.
00:58:33But you took everything for granted.
00:58:35Once you got me out here to this godforsaken place, all you thought about was rubber.
00:58:40All that was on your mind was rubber.
00:58:42All day long I was alone.
00:58:43All night I had to listen to you talk of rubber.
00:58:46Rubber, rubber, rubber!
00:58:47Is it any wonder that when a man came along and talked to me of love and romance and music
00:58:52that I fell into his arms?
00:58:53Well, I did.
00:58:55And it's done now.
00:58:56So what are you going to do about it?
00:58:59Nothing.
00:59:01Nothing.
00:59:02Just that.
00:59:03What do you mean by that?
00:59:04Nothing.
00:59:05You don't mean to say that now that I've told you the truth that you expect to go on living
00:59:10with me out here?
00:59:11Yes.
00:59:12Why don't you send me away?
00:59:13Send you away?
00:59:15You're not going anywhere.
00:59:17There's no money to send you away.
00:59:20You're going to stay here.
00:59:22Right here in this house.
00:59:24With your memories.
00:59:27Ah.
00:59:28So I'm to be punished.
00:59:30I'm to be punished, am I?
00:59:32I'm to live here in this house with my memories.
00:59:36Very well.
00:59:37All right.
00:59:38If you, with your smug respectability, are going to punish me, and that is to be my punishment,
00:59:44that I'm to remain here in this house with my memories, all right, so I'll give you something
00:59:49to remember.
00:59:50I, with all my heart and soul, still love the man I killed.
00:59:54Ha, ha!
00:59:55Take that, will you?
00:59:56With all my heart and all my soul, I still love the man I killed.
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