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so

but gentlemen

crime detection is but a small part of

our responsibility

not until the full scope of modern

psychiatry is used

for crime prevention

can we obtain the ultimate in modern

criminology

we should exercise our best judgment

while the psychotic is still under

observation

criminal tendency must be studied during

this period as to our penal institutions

become further blooded it is a

never-ending responsibility but one that

reaps rich reward for in our devotion to

this end we will be preventing our cases

of maladjustment from becoming cases for

police history

thank you

your lecture dr ordway was most

inspiring thank you it'll be published

next month i'll see you receive a copy

merci

and the superintendent of this

institution i wish to express my

gratitude to you for coming here not at

all it was a great privilege

doctor ordway yes mr mohamed begs to

apologize he was detained he sent me to

bring you to his office oh well that's

fine thanks well goodbye goodbye thanks

again

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doctor our way to see mr moyell oh yes

the inspector is waiting for you go in

please thank you

all the way

doctor artway

ah i am so glad to see you again after

all these years good to see you again

too i must apologize for not meeting you

but police affairs

you know how they can interfere with

one's private affairs

let me look at you

nine years nine

and you have hardly changed

just a little here maybe oh no no not

when i stand up straight no

sit down sit down thanks

and uh how is everything in that

wonderful city of yours oh new york

hasn't changed much about the same as

when you were there

ah yes

how can i ever forget the world's fair

and the wonderful time we had together

i often thought about it and wondered if

i would ever be able to return your

hospitality

what are your plans

i expect to be here about two weeks i've

got three lectures to give and uh after

that my time is my own

but remember i don't intend to become

involved in any affairs of the police

good

that will give me the opportunity i've

been waiting for

and we will begin tonight tonight i will

show you paris

fine and with no interruptions

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so

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oh wait a minute this looks like a place

we shouldn't go into without police

protection

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we have done nothing wrong

what will our american friend think oh

i'm so sorry what is your wish

benedictine

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music

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excuse me please

remember

now we give you the great maurice and

his partner

miyan

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i'm glad we got here in time

this is the act i especially wanted you

to see

me

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that fellow plays with murder

very handy with a knife

i wonder

you have a detective's look on your face

it is nothing nothing really

and yet

it would have been so simple

what would have been so simple

for a knife thrower

to murder with a knife

pharrell are we on a busman's holiday

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forget it my friend

we are out for a good time tonight

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oh

so

now you have seen the great voice

does he look like a murderer to you oh

looks don't count you you know better

than ask a question like that

forgive me

i promise to show you a good time

tonight yes and without any

interruptions

i have a luncheon engagement with

himself oh he's expecting you thanks

right on the dot

remember you're my guest today

come here

i have a surprise for you

american-made cigar rare is a jewel in

france now what more could one friend do

for another if you don't mind i think

i'll smoke cigarette

your vitality amazed me i didn't expect

to find you at work so early oh believe

me i could have used a few more hours

sleep but look if you'd rather postpone

that

i just have to talk to the prisoner out

there for a moment and then we go all

right i'll wait outside don't bother

come to think of it

this case should interest you

it is as you would say right up your

alley yeah

that man is accused of

killing his own father

medal case

yes

but i just remember you don't want to be

bothered with any police affairs let us

have lunch now i'll see the prisoner oh

no no lunch and wait see him first

sanjardan

you may wait outside

harry

i want you to meet dr ardaway

an american psychiatrist

this is arijata

jacques

why are you doing this

you know that i am as sane as you are

do with me as you would with any other

criminal let the decision as to your

sanity

come from someone who is qualified to

judge

ari please

don't make it impossible for me to help

you

i appreciate what you're trying to do

but it's no use

or i'll believe that they are mentally

unstable

but my release from the hospital proves

but i was cured

what uh prompted you to commit this

crime

do you remember all the details leading

up to it

frankly

i'm not so sure i do

so much happened that day

minion and i had known each other

for only a short time

against many objections

we decided to get married

when we came back from the mayor's

office

our good friend antoine jeru

surprised us with a wedding breakfast

we had already consumed several bottles

and i was feeling very gay to the bride

and the lucky groom and what one our

best friend

remember the stories about the best

friend

i'm not afraid and speaking of stories i

have a surprise for you

i sold one to marcelo bear good this

calls for another drink we'll publish it

next month that's wonderful darling

you're glass ellie no no no you had

enough remember the doctor told you to

go easy with you in my arms are not one

at a reasonable distance another drink

won't do me any harm ah and now i have a

surprise for both of you a wedding gift

voila oh it's beautiful once you are you

madame thank you entrepreneur

this is a lovely present namaste you

have the original and the copy this

certainly calls for one last ring no

sherry you had enough and i really mean

it nonsense my darling how many times

does a man get married oh you're a fool

to bring that up today

to you a great artist

and a wise counselor

ah

i feel wonderful

i love you my darling

in fact

i love the whole world

even better

yes

given him

what's wrong dary

you know

i think if papa could see how happy we

are

even he might relent

i'm afraid he never will

wait a minute papa has influence

and he is rich

no or he will make his own way

still with papa's influence and papa's

money

and always artistic soul

it's nonsense to think of ever going

back there

must be the wine that gave me the idea

and you're right darling leave well

enough alone

i think you both are very foolish

are you worried

you owe it to your wife to make at least

one more attempt to bring about a

reconciliation

no antoine no

why should you be forced to live in this

sordid environment where his father can

provide a home of ease and luxury

why should she be made to skimp and

struggle while you are still unable to

provide for her traveling

and so antoine over minions protest

talked me to going back to see my father

what happened then

there was no room for love in his heart

he called me every kind of name he even

threatened to disown me

and you took him at his word

it was no idle threat

while i was there he phoned his attorney

and told him to cut me out of his will

is that when you killed it no

no i

i'm sure i didn't then

it was after that he started to call me

your names

i made horrible insinuations

that i couldn't stand

i went blind with rage he struck at me

my head was burning

everything went dark before my eyes

next thing i knew i

i was in a bar

pouring down one drink after another

did you go back to your wife after that

my men picked him up about four in the

morning wandering the streets aimlessly

how long have you known him

we were in a concentration camp together

for almost three years

i did not like the time you became

friends uh close friends

but what constantly amazed me was his

peculiar reaction to everything about it

did you keep in touch with him when the

war was over

no no i more or less lost track of him

all i know is that he was returned to

france

and spent six months in a psycho

neurotic institution

his record shows that he was released

obscured

i suppose those records are still

available

certainly

morel

in your mind is there really no question

of the boy's guilt no

well he went to his father in high

spirit

the qual

the boy found himself in the depths of

this bay

and in his rage killed him

well you've just defined the actions of

a typical malloc depressive then you

agree with me the man he's not saying oh

wait not so fast

are there other things to be considered

how is his father killed

he was stepped to death with this

oh so that's the reason you asked me

last night if that knife thrower looked

like a murderer that's right

but what i haven't told you yet

is that ari's wife

is the knife thrower's daughter

oh

well i could very easily be persuaded to

live here myself

tell the butler to coming to the library

have to seek mr marie

in a room like this murder seems a

little out of place rather my friend is

out of place anywhere

well

shaw down louis psychology what do you

mean why the size of the desk

anyone having to stand this far away to

talk to him would be bound to feel ill

at ease

you wish to see me monsieur

yes come in there

this gentleman would like to ask you a

few questions

very well

what is it you wish to know

how did you happen to overhear the

argument between father and son which

supposedly led up to the murder

it was my night off and as it is my

customatic doors and windows before

leaving

it's then i heard missionary quarrel was

his father oh and in spite of that you

left the house oh i didn't think much of

it at the time

i had become accustomed to their

disagreeable arguments did you hear what

this one was about in particular oh yes

indeed they spoke about missionary's

wife the master says some mankind sings

about her

that's when ari

threatened him

you're sure you heard a threat

oh certain mo but i thought did no more

than rush words

where did you spend the evening we

checked on that he said that his

sister's home in the country until 12

30.

and when i returned at one o'clock i

found a master lying on the floor with a

knife in his back

that door was partly open

the chair was knocked over

and that picture

was crooked

uh tell me did you recognize the murder

weapon

we miss you it was a letter opener that

mr jada always kept on his desk

morel i was told i'd find you here oh

i'm so glad you came dooley

you may going out there though

this is my good friend dr oldway from

new york julie dr ordway i have so many

interesting things about you

you don't know how happy i am that you

are here well thank you sir julie was

jonathan's attorney he has graciously

offered his services as our he defense

counsel unfortunately i never practiced

criminal law but i thought it's my duty

to the family i understand the doctor

order and you talk to ari oh yes yes but

uh and i will really owe you an apology

we're not calling you in oh no have you

been able to learn anything that might

help me in his defense no nothing except

what he has undoubtedly told you and

morel over and over again

and that's it he's complete indifference

his lack of interest in life he has no

will to fight oh by the way delay did

ori's father call you about changing his

will yes the night when he was uh

he called me and wanted me to come over

at once but i had the previous

engagement and promised i'll see him

next morning

the prosecution will contend that this

establishes the motive

it is very damaging evidence

and us italy will naturally be forced to

admit it on a witness stand

dear me and i am supposed to defend him

well how do you propose to defend him

there is only one way i hope dr ordway

will help us

i'll plead insanity

what else can i do

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my name is ordway i've come to see you

madame jordan mignon is not in she will

not be home until late or uh i'd like to

wait for her if you don't mind

come in

thank you

i certainly enjoyed your show the other

night

uh reminds me of an act i once saw in

pittsburgh and i suppose you came here

especially to tell my daughter death

well to be honest no

the real reason for my visit is to ask

her to

help me help her husband

i don't believe it you were sent here by

the police on which you're wrong again

oh i happen to be a friend of inspector

morale but i'm not here in any official

capacity poor mignon

she would not listen to me

i warned her i told her no good would

ever come from azhar then

were you acquainted with the

father you said you came here to

question my daughter not me sorry

is this the uh picture jeru painted as a

wedding gift yes

but how did you know

well obviously you prefer giroud to

henri jordan my preference had nothing

to do with it still you you oppose the

marriage most certainly

i knew only had something wrong up here

but

a smart fine man he would have been well

able to take care of mignon i'm getting

old my hands are shaking when i throw

those knives and my own daughter i'm

afraid someday i might miss yes i can

readily understand that don't you agree

with you

not for me now thank you

you knew of course that uh i

had money lots of money just anymore but

what good did you do andre

no good

no good but as it stands your daughter

someday will be very wealthy providing

of course it can be proven that already

was insane when he committed the murder

why do you tell me this monsieur

because i'm

well i'm not so sure that andre did kill

his father

but yet the fact remains short i was

stabbed to death

when a knife thrower kills he does not

stab

he throws the knife

like this

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you seem a little bit unnerved today

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you are looking for someone miss you

no no i i just couldn't resist the

temptation to see an artist at work or

if you are interested in paintings come

in oh thank you

not a bad copy of an old master is it

monsieur

no

oh judging the photographer

i call it absolutely perfect even though

it's aging ah that is the art of making

a true duplicate

well it's not for my conscience i could

many times before have sold a

reproduction like this as an original

well if you're that honest you mind

telling me why you spend your time

making copies when you can paint

originals you are an american are you

not that's right then you will

understand

for many years i paint originals and i

starve now i paint copies and i eat well

i guess the price you get from one of

these must be really something then huh

oh no they do not pay zero so much the

people who make the big profit are the

art dealer and the owner of the original

well but who are their customers some

lithographing companies in america

they are given the rights to reproduce

these masters on the royal tapes oh i

see and then we find their likeness on

calendars and in books and magazines

now you understand why they need an

artist like me the owner will not send

them the real picture but to make a good

lithograph you must work from a painting

and not a photographic copy obviously uh

these are not copies are they no but

what i can sell them for today will not

even pay for the materials well i'm sure

things will improve when the tourists

start coming here again ah that's what

we all waiting for

paris without its visitors is like an

oasis without water

oh what a beautiful girl

mignon

she is an angel

so sweet

so happy so gay

oh but now she's in great trouble yeah

trouble what

she married a worthless idler who turned

out to be a lunatic

have you not read in the papers about

origin oh the man who killed his father

mignon she is his wife

you talk like you're in love with

yourself

to know mignon is to love her

oh but then there are many others just

as beautiful just as charming and after

all how could a poor man like me support

a wife oh

i was only justing

but uh supposing it were the case and

mignon were also in love with you don't

you see what might be said

you're right monsieur

i talk too much

don't let it worry i'll have to be

running along now uh thanks for letting

me come in before you go mr is there

perhaps some item here you would get

your own uh maybe a good replica like

that

or certain more your friends they will

believe it to be an original wait you

said that wasn't for sale

i do not mean that particular one but i

can make you another just like it

oh wait

maybe we'd be throwing one of these well

it's uh it's really too hard to tell

from a photograph then you must come to

chabonese on recent jack that's what the

paintings are

but you must come tonight because

tomorrow he will ship them to new york

you can make a selection there and i

will reproduce it for you cheap look i

won't promise but if i can if i can make

it i'll be there oh please do not

disappoint me i'll be waiting for you

until late thank you we gotta give us

your dress yes thank you goodbye oh

please here

doctor order i'm so happy i didn't miss

you forgive me for coming with the

telephonic first oh well that's all

right i hope you didn't have to wait too

long oh no not at all where could i talk

to you privately i have something very

important to discuss with you well come

up to my room if you like i thank you

very much

after you

merci

your hat

may i uh offer you some refreshments or

something no no no i must refuse that

the penalty i have to pay for being a

lawyer all i have left in life are

briefs and ulcers

well for the ulcers i can suggest a very

simple prescription uh relax and forget

your briefs sit

thank you

all he sent for me today when i got

there i found him a terrible state of

mind yeah one of his low spells again i

suppose exactly his wife was with him in

the visitor's room he sent for her too

dr odby you will find this difficult to

believe ori wants his wife to divorce

him he said he doesn't want her to carry

the stigma as the wife of a murderer

what doesn't he realize that if she

divorces him she'll forfeit any possible

claim to his father's estate i pointed

that out to him but he seems to be so

convinced that he's going to be a judge

saying at the time of the murder and

convicted that he says the entire estate

will go to some relatives anyway and the

cousin in canada whom he didn't see for

20 years suddenly will find himself a

rich man

delay

i don't believe already

killed his father

dr audrey

i could kiss you for that

have no fear i'm not the emotional type

but i agree with you there are several

others who had as good a motive or even

better such as

maurice the girl's father

her former sweetheart

they would indeed benefit if they were

in collusion with me

that's really what you uh wanted to tell

me wasn't it

yes doctor you must be a mind reader

lord i'll let you in on a little secret

i just called on both maurice and giroux

you came to the same idea

well did you find out anything no no

nothing indefinite

except that they both try to impress on

me the fact that auree is insane

i wonder how mignon really fits into

this picture

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for you i have the best table in the

house oh thanks i didn't come to see the

show

i want to talk to one of your performers

mignon is your dad

wishes to converse with it

you wait right here i'll be back

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mercy

jordan dr ordway

please come in

i am sorry i wasn't home when you called

today well i'm rather glad you weren't

it's not often my profession takes me

backstage

i uh

i love this atmosphere of make-believe

and everything that goes with it

i hate it

i hated it from the very first moment i

stepped into this place uh this place

you mean this is your first experience

as a performer

yes

my father had a partner until six months

ago when he was working in the cafe

monaco

when that engagement ended and he could

find nothing better than a job in

in this rat hole

his partner left him

i had to take your place to keep his

boss from starving

so married seemed the only way out or is

that when you became engaged to antoine

geru

yes

but i soon realized we were not suited

to each other not suited

or was it because you met andres jardine

seemed a better catcher i did not marry

henry for his money i loved him deeply

and i still do is that the only reason

you didn't agree to the divorce he

offered you today

did auri tell you about that too please

answer my question

could there be any other reason

oh yes yes money you know very well if

auree is a judge insane he can't be held

responsible for the crime he committed

when the state is settled

you as the nearest of ken would

benefit materially

doctor ordway

you and inspector morel have pretty well

concluded this case haven't you both of

you as well as mr dole seem definitely

in accord than always a lunatic well let

me tell you this oh he's as sane as you

are

and i will testify to that effect

do you realize what that would mean to

him yes

if he were guilty oh but you know he

isn't

or you would not have talked to my

father the way you did today

you're right

i hope you'll forgive some of the harsh

things i said to you but

i had to find out exactly where you

stood

will you help me prove that already is

sane

even though it involves someone else

very dear to you i wouldn't hesitate for

a moment

even if it were my own father

but he's not the one believe me

what makes you so sure about that

i met him here not more than 20 minutes

after all he had left to see his father

did your father know about the marriage

then no

no and i had to do a little convincing

to make him agree to it

well the way he spoke to me today about

your husband

i don't think you succeeded any too well

i changed his mind again since all his

trouble started

but that night he came home with me to

welcome him as his son-in-law

you know the rest yes that gives your

father a perfect alibi but what about

giroud aunt wendy who oh he wouldn't

hurt a fly

that isn't my impression of the man

i don't think he's stopped short of

anything to

get what he wants

and i know he still wants you

oh they're calling for me to go on will

you excuse me

and dr holdaway don't let the inspector

give up in their search for the real

murderer

and please stand barry and me you can

trust me i will goodbye

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mushrooms

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do

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so

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so

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so

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i admit it was a good idea to let him

mistake you for a potential customer

but i still say that you should not have

taken the risk of coming here tonight

well i couldn't stop to worry about that

after my talk with ori's wife i figured

giroud are most likely suspect oh but a

very useless one now

why couldn't that thief have picked

another knight to do his burglarizing

well yes i agree with you

dr gravey

have you completed your examination

multiple fractures of the skull that's

what's instantaneous

if you are through with your

investigation we will remove the body uh

go ahead but please notify me if anyone

comes to claim it oh but certainly

inspect the uh

i think the first thing

uh

i understand you suffered a severe bloom

this year uh if you would like i would

consider the privilege to examine your

head well the inspector thinks i should

have my head examples for coming here

but no thank you everything's all right

just uh

just another swelling to add to my many

bumps

well miss you

say uh doesn't it seem odd to you

apparently nothing has been disturbed in

this place

i am luisa boulet i own this store where

is the inspector

oh inspector

you have rented a great service

you have cut the burglar no

no oh

but as far as i can see nothing has been

taken

and you may thank these gentlemen for it

oh mercifully

thank you very very much it is indeed

fortunate for me that you happen to pass

my store just at the right moment oh

that was no coincidence no i had an

appointment to meet giroux here tonight

you had an appointment with zero oh yes

didn't he tell you no he said he had to

stay late to touch up one of the

paintings i'm sending away tomorrow

seems like giroud had a slight touch of

larceny

what does he mean monsieur he wanted to

sell this man a copy of one of those

pictures you intend sending away

apparently without your knowledge

zero would do that

zero would do that oh no we almost

remember

yes

he's a thief a robber he had no right to

make copies of my original copies i will

fire him at once he's a little late for

that

jerry is dead

we found his body back there when we

arrived

no

no

that cannot be i will

i will not permit it

zero is a fine man

what will i do

in all of france there's no artists like

my poor one to make the perfect copies

come miss you

come with me i will show you his work

you may judge for yourself is is feeling

for life

for coloring

and for beauty

the copies they are gone every one of

them stolen

what will i do now my whole life it is

ruined compose yourself remember they

were only cheap copies cheap copies miss

you she was art it was great well it was

almost impossible to tell the copy from

the original yeah she's right i saw one

of them at a studio today

if they were that good then the burglar

also must have mistaken them for the

real thing

and killed zero when he got in his way

but the copies if they are sold the

owners of the original will accuse me of

fraud my old reputation it will be

ruined i don't worry don't worry the

police will tell them that you're not to

blame oh

of course i forgot that i'm so excited i

never think of it

prepare a full description of those

paintings

and i will notify the rubber detail to

contact you later

oh thank you very much again thank you

miss

yeah

oh oh hello delay

i suppose you heard about your rule

oh i'm all right yeah i'm speaking from

the jardin home i just discovered

something of vital importance

i cannot give you the details over the

telephone but if you could come over

here

well yes yes i'll be glad to but uh

if you don't mind i'd like to bring

inspector morrell along

yeah well

all right we'll be right over

goodbye

dr ordway you look as excited as a

school boy before a holiday when you

hear what i found you'll be excited too

when i was cleaning out jared and

strongbox this morning i found this

amongst the other legal papers it's an

old contract between jardin and minion's

father

according to this maurice owned some

income property

which he put up for a loan from

chardonnay what's the date of that

agreement 33

14 years ago oh so the two-in-laws knew

each other then a long time before the

marriage

anyone who would sign such a document is

a complete fool unless you were in great

distress

see

maurice's wife was an invalid

taking care of her

drained all his

resources where did you get all this

information from the butler he also told

me something else a year before the war

maurice came back to repay the loan

mr jaden refused to accept it

but why

he claimed the grace period

for repayment expired

another property belonged to him

but all this happened many years ago

why do you think it is of any value now

maurice waited long for his opportunity

finally it came a golden opportunity to

avenge himself with the help of his

daughter by killing jardine and letting

ori take the blame

i'm certain the girl had nothing to do

with it at all dr audrey you were taken

in by a pretty face but let us say for

the moment that minion is innocent that

still leaves us

maurice of course

he had the motive

and more than that

he knows only too well how to handle the

knife

i'm going to arrest him on suspicion of

murder maybe all right

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oh

the lady is out

we came to see our father

does not wish to see anyone he's asleep

if you do not stop i shall call the

police

oh forgive me

i could not know

but now that you do know could you

unlock the door for us oh with you with

pleasure

he must be in there

apparently duval could slip through

anything

dival get up

he's dead

looks like he died in his sleep

where does that leave us now

and now maurice

and they were our only suspects

centering

good day

you know dr aldaway don't you yes hello

sit down please

i received this in the mail today it is

postmarked the day before your father's

dead

you recognize the handwriting

yes it it's my father's

where we did it

maurice not only confesses to the crime

but also gives the motive

he killed jardin to even an old score

and purposely let the blame fall on hari

he goes on to say that

when he realized however what this

actually meant to his daughter

he decided to tell the truth and then

take his own life i don't believe a word

of it

did you believe this confession to be

the truth

yes i do

in that case man of jared

it is my duty to arrest you as an

accomplice after the fact you lied when

you said your father was with you at the

time of the murder morale before you

committed her

i'd like to have a word with you alone

everyone

you may wait outside

i've met himself i wait here

until i stand for her again

you're a fine policeman morale but

you're not a very good judge of human

nature

the girl originally told me the truth

she lied to you just now and you still

believe the nonsense that maurice was

with her i determined the murder yes i'm

sure of it you wait till you get the

coroner's report on his report how can

it possibly prove anything like that

because i talked to the autopsy surgeon

he found maurice had been suffering from

an incurable disease why even at the

best he only had a few months more to

live oh be that as it may

i have a sign document in which moyes

admits his guilt and that's good enough

for me to absolve i'm not suggesting you

take him into custody again he's not

going to run away all i want is a chance

to prove my point

i claim that we've been barking up the

wrong tree but concentrating on the

wrong motive would you mind being a

little more explicit

well

i can't just yet but if you'll play

along with me for anything to make you

happy all right and post a guard at the

jardin home just to make certain nothing

will be disturbed

oh you hardly touch your food i'm not

hungry oh please try

let me alone

what is it darling

left me alone

all the time i was in there i kept

thinking of this place and you it didn't

seem possible that anything could ever

come between us

nothing has

it's just that you've been through a

great deal

you're under strain you're nervous don't

say that i'm not nervous

i know exactly what i'm doing don't

worry i didn't mean anything by it

i guess i'm a little nervous

nothing has changed between us i'm sure

of it ari there is something what is it

it's nothing nothing please ari

all right then

when i found out today it was your

father who had killed my father

oh you don't believe that you can

me anna

i don't know what to please don't touch

me leave me alone

who is it

it's me dr ordway

i hope you won't mind a visitor this

hour i know

please come in

oh no don't let me interrupt your dinner

we have already finished

well looks to me as if you hadn't even

started

what's the matter mignon

oh yeah i had a misunderstanding

it's more than that i just can't get it

out of my mind that

minion's father was a murderer

if you're afraid of the confession that

was a hoax

you

you knew about this

how could i oh no no no you mustn't

blame honoree he didn't know

mignon

i'm sorry please forgive me

i was a fool

but dr ardaway we still don't know who

killed my father

maybe after all

here you get that out of your mind

i think i know a simple device to make

the killer expose himself however i need

your help

we gladly do anything you ask oh yes all

right

your father's will goes to probate

tomorrow morning now as soon as the

house and its furnishings have passed

into your hands

offer everything to be sold at auction

three thousand three hundred francs for

this beautiful clock who will give me

three thousand five hundred thirty five

three thousand five hundred speed who

will give me three thousand six hundred

thirty six hundred three thousand six

hundred i am offered three thousand six

hundred francs who will give me three

thousand seven hundred three thousand

seven hundred

thirty seven hundred 3700 francs is bid

who will give me 3

800. that's an awful lot of money

not for something i've always wanted

who will make it 3 800

eight hundred

the american gentleman seems to be the

only one who appreciates values here

will anyone give me three thousand eight

hundred

are you all forbidden

so thousand 3700 francs

will you have them make out my bill

please uh

i've bought about everything i can

afford no certain mamasil if he buys

much more he'll be able to open an

antique shop but he'll never make a

profit at the prices he's paying

but darling you know your father left us

hardly any cash if it were not for dr

ordway's generosity we would realize

very little from this auction

uh will you not stay for the sale of our

most important item well maybe i will if

unless i have to wait too long oh it is

the next on my list

he's going to sell it now

an old master an original

by the famous 17th century painter emil

borrow

however

before putting up this picture for

bidding i want to welcome here to

connoisseur of fine art mr brown and

monsieur

oh rally

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these gentlemen no doubt are interested

in this beautiful piece of art and will

want to bid on it to some extent

therefore to facilitate matters for our

american friends i will accept from them

all bids in dollars at the present rate

of exchange

in conclusion may i say

that because of the unusual value of

this item i have been instructed by the

owner to accept for a low bid not less

than two million five hundred thousand

francs or fifty thousand dollars

american money

fifty thousand dollars

mercy mr brown mercy i'm bid fifty

thousand dollars who will make it fifty

five

fifty five thousand

are you trying to steal this picture

do you realize what this gem is worth at

least a hundred thousand dollars twice

as much as i am offered so far

more sure miss you

or riley will you not like to make a

little bit you better knock it down to

brown i wouldn't give you 50 for it but

this is most extraordinary i do not

understand

i wonder if he knows what he's talking

about that was my father's prized

possession must be insane

brown you can take this for what it's

worth but i think you're a fool to bid

on something you know nothing about

i took special care yesterday to examine

this masterpiece while it was on

exhibition believe me it is not an

original but only a copy and i'll prove

it to you

would you please place that painting

face down on the table

come on please

now watch this brown

will somebody please explain to me

how a 17th century painter

could have possibly used a canvas

manufactured in 1927.

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never in all my experience have i found

myself in such a position of course i am

withdrawing this item from sale

may i speak to you for a moment excuse

me

in a way this is really amusing i fail

to see the comedy oh i'm sorry you see i

remember when the older jar then bought

the picture it was just after the war

and he paid a ridiculous sum for it

he thought he outsmarted the other

fellow well that would only be funny if

jardin were here to realize that he was

fleeced unfortunately now the children

are the losers that's what i wanted to

talk to you about to help them out a

little i like to put in a nominal beat

for the copy well that's very generous

of you

for sentimental reasons i'd like to put

in a 500 bid for the reproduction

in a certain amount if it meets with the

owner's approval

i can't allow that he has done so much

for me already oh don't worry angry he

can well afford it

i am offered 500 for this

any other bids sold 500 to monsieur

dolly

i'll send the money to you as soon as i

get to my office that will be fine could

you please deliver it to this address

without fail this evening was your mercy

thank you so much

totally that was a very nice gesture

minion and i are greatly indebted to you

thank you very much please think nothing

of it i

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we're here

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mr dooley

yes sign here please

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so

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i wouldn't do that if i were you delay

that's a good picture even if it is only

a copy

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get up

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you really deserve a lot of credit

the auction was a very neat trick

it got me completely unawares

don't forget that

brown and o'reilly actually made it the

great success that it was

oh no that magic act of yours

surpassed theirs by far

there was a trademark actually on the

canvas when i substituted the copy for

the original

i figured that'd give you something to

worry about

no i uh i put it there after o'reilly

examined the picture and

assured me it was a phony

like a full plate right into your hands

yeah you had no choice

you were afraid unless you took that

copy out of circulation the trail would

eventually lead to you through your

connections with chabuni

would it be material and relevant if i

would ask you when did you first suspect

that the picture was the motivating

factor in the case not at all mr

attorney

uh

when i visited zuru he showed me

photographs of paintings he's copied one

of them happened to be generous

geru paid the prize for his double

dealing

they're there if i just killed you also

instead of just knocking you out it

would save me a lot of trouble now but

what would you do with another corpse in

this time in your own house don't worry

i shall dispose of you as i am going to

dispose of all the masterpieces of the

late mr geru

in the furnace

move

get away

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that's it how do i signal

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there's your man

here's your evidence boys

let's keep our viewers really turned to

trick well it was the only thing to do

with our flimsy case why you couldn't

have gotten a warrant to search his

house come on let's see if we can't find

your dad's original around here

somewhere

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and you know how much mr o'reilly

finally paid for it oh 85 000

though they certainly knew a good thing

when he saw it

and he took advantage of the opportunity

when it presented himself

and that reminds me why didn't you tell

us at the time you asked me to auction

everything that you suspected him

because i wasn't sure oh but i figured

the sale of the picture would make the

guilty man show his hand

well

we finally got a full confession from

dolly

he admits he killed your father when he

caught him switching the pictures

unfortunately you chose that night to

crawl with your dad and threaten him

that made you job you suspect and the

real motive for the murder was not

apparent

then what prompted him to act as my

attorney knowing your frame of mind he

planned to have you plead guilty

that would have closed the case for the

police and put him on easy straight

but how you ever expected to get away

with that substitution is beyond me

jade i knew that the copy existed

in fact it was dhoni who suggested that

he had that valuable old master

reproduced

and because he needed money badly

well jordan's decision to change his

will gave delay the idea to snatch the

original he figured that the fraud would

never be discovered by the heirs

but why did he kill poor antoine and

steal those other paintings geru

happened to be in his way when he went

for the original which he had hidden at

the store

he stole the copies to make it appear

like a common burglary but how could he

go in and out of charbonnet so freely in

the middle of the night he was a partner

in the store his business was bad he

took charbonne into that reproduction id

to make some extra money

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yes

send them in

dr rodwie you have made luis ebony a

very happy man since he has his copies

back now chabone makes you very happy

also

for you

the reward magnifique

well

thank you but what is it it belonged to

napoleon

he used it to keep his feet warm in bed

when it was cold at night

in a spa

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you