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Thank you.

Tickets, please.

All your tickets, please.

Tickets, please.

Sorry,

son, you won't get far on that.

What do you mean? Wrong ticket.

What do you mean, wrong ticket?

You can't use that anymore. You're a day late.

Well, the block of the barrier punched it. He never said anything. Cost you

another rule. Let me see now.

17 and 6.

It won't, you know.

I haven't got it. You mean you haven't got it on you?

I mean, I haven't got it.

Couldn't you pretend you didn't see me?

What's your name?

It don't make any difference what my name is. I still can't pay. Come on,

son, your name.

Smith.

John Smith.

You wouldn't lie to me.

What, to you?

You might as well ask me for a hundred quid. Look here, aren't we?

Oh, thank you very much, sir.

You want to count yourself lucky.

What did you pay him for? For his fun.

Fun? Yes, he was enjoying it, couldn't you see?

Put a man in a uniform and he's a different person.

Don't tell him me.

I just come out of prison.

You on your way home?

I've been out a couple of days.

I went after a job.

Did you get it?

I'll pay it back.

Luck never came into it.

I thought people were more broad-minded.

Depends on what you read.

People don't live in newspapers, you know.

Now, what's your name?

Your real name.

Arthur Payne.

Payne, your address?

What's it to you?

I'm not a charity, you know.

Well, I might be able to help.

Occasionally I need an extra driver.

You interested?

Harry, follow promises.

All right, fair enough.

Care of Medwin's store, Sunbury.

I live on the river.

Medwin's store, Sunbury.

Theo, you're early.

I got through sooner than I planned.

I was just going round to the Freeman's.

Look, take my car, dear. It's much more comfortable. What about your dinner?

I had something on the train.

You know that Merriman woman? She's let us down again.

We were meeting at her place on Tuesday, you know, the bridge social. And now, at

the very last minute, she's cried off. Chicken pox. Some people are so

inconsiderate. Aren't they?

Did it, dear?

No.

But you'll find a way round it.

Well, how do you know?

Because you always do. That's why you're head of the committee.

Ah, sweet.

Be back in an hour.

Drive carefully.

I found him.

Yes, just the boy we're looking for.

Yes, and his address.

What, tonight?

All right, your place in an hour.

Hello. You calling me?

Your name Arthur Payne?

Yeah.

Then I'm calling you.

Come aboard.

Long way from home.

Yeah, I am.

Some place we can talk.

You sure it's me you want to talk to? Mm-hmm.

Okay.

On your own?

Most of the time.

I've got a mate. He's away.

Inside?

Prison? No.

He's working.

Liverpool.

You're a bit dilapidated.

Suits me.

Better than being inside, eh?

All right. I've done a stretch.

So what?

How would you like to earn some money, Arthur?

Real money.

How real?

A hundred pounds.

I'd like to.

Know anything about diamonds?

Sure. Not wearing mine today, because I'm working.

You like it?

Great.

What's it worth, do you know?

I wouldn't know within miles.

Know how to test a diamond?

Yeah. Well, go ahead.

Well, go on. It won't hurt you.

Me too.

You're going to help me, Arthur.

How?

By doing a little job.

Not me.

Why not?

I'm tired of looking through prison bars.

You won't be caught.

You're dead right.

I won't be doing it.

Six months ago, these were genuine.

And then my dear wife, bless her thieving little heart, knowing she's on

the way out, started changing them.

Fakes for the real thing.

Exactly.

Boyfriend's idea.

How did you find out?

I found myself buying one of my own bracelets.

Very funny.

So?

We teach her a lesson.

We? That's right.

A mysterious burglar breaks into my home and walks off with my priceless gems.

So where's the lesson?

Well, first of all, I accuse her.

Then, of course, I go to call the police, not to mention the insurance.

And she has to confess.

And? Well, that's where I dictate the terms of the alimony and where she has

to settle for what I choose to give her.

Follow?

Why me?

Well, why not?

We need the money.

No cops?

Of course not.

I'm in the wrong as much as you. More.

How do you know you can trust me?

Trust you? What with?

A handful of bass worth a few pounds.

I found you once, I can find you again.

Yeah, how did you find me?

With a grapevine.

Meaning?

Remember who's in the cell next to yours?

A couple of Irishmen.

Names?

Kenny and, um, Riley.

Kenny. He told me about you.

No, what's he up to now? One thing at a time.

You break into the house, open up the safe.

Here, why not?

Why can't you do it? Because I'll be out with the wife while you're doing the

job. She's my alibi.

It's more convincing, too.

Yeah.

Two hundred.

All right.

Fifty now.

The rest later.

No safe breaker. Don't worry.

When do I do it?

Tonight. Ten o'clock, exactly.

Write down the address.

It's the Cedars.

About half a mile from Guildford, on the working road.

You know it? I'll find it.

Ten o'clock.

Right.

How about this safe?

Nothing to it.

It went in the ark with Noah.

Take a cold chisel, work on the back.

Okay, then.

Who says that?

You look as though you need it.

We need each other.

Any questions?

No, I don't think so. Where do you meet me?

Here.

Well, don't worry.

I'll be back on the road and I'll tell him.

Okay.

Still playing games, Pop?

Hello, Arthur. Out already?

Looks like it.

How long was he?

Three penneth.

Two inside and one on the house.

How's the missus?

No better.

Just lies there.

Still, who are we to complain?

Make me up a parcel of groceries, will you? A bit of everything like you used

to.

Sorry. Things are tough, Arthur boy. I can't cut prices like some.

See, it's not so bad if you're selling bulk.

But the little man's finished.

Take it out of that, little man.

It's all right. It's got a pedigree.

About half an hour.

See you.

Mmm. Big bubbles.

Big grapes, that dear.

John, some more. Oh, just a touch.

Ray, what's the screen for?

I've become a film producer, didn't you know?

Making your own movies? That's it.

Why don't you show us some?

Clive, you think I've gone to all this trouble, tanked you up with my best

booze for nothing?

Well, as long as it isn't Junior's first faltering steps, eh?

Please, I'm a bachelor.

So are we all.

Aren't we?

Well, on to my bed.

Well, let's see them first.

Know what we're bidding for.

Here, you work the projector.

Yes, certainly.

I'll have a good man on the bridge.

Where's it come out?

Patience, please.

Pull up some chairs, will you?

Shock ices at the interval.

Of course.

One word of explanation.

The film was shot in France.

Hello. A few other things that caught my eye, especially on the beaches.

Shot through a telephoto lens.

Say no more.

Right, ready when you are, Theo.

Don't breathe on the lens.

Oh, who's for tennis?

Fine time to break down. Shoot the projection lips. Relax, it's only the

end of real world.

I should hope so. John, fix some tricks, will you? I'll give Theo a hand.

Oh, let me help you. No, no, no, no. You stay where you are.

Enjoy yourselves.

I'll get the drinks.

John, same again.

No, I'm fine, thanks.

I'd like to see the projector.

At the end of the show.

Hello.

Nobody in?

I guess not.

I'll try again later.

Bye.

Well, look who's here.

Last but by no means least.

Save it. I've had it from experts.

Is the doctor been yet?

I'm gone. He's fixing the PM.

You finished?

Yep. Good.

Any prints?

Any? I tell you, this was amateur night. He didn't even wear gloves.

There's prints from the window, to the desk, to the safe, and on the gun.

No bludgeoning of him.

Tis a he?

Judging by the span of the hand.

Why did he use it? Tin opener?

Looks like it.

How's Mr. Gaunt? In the other room. He's a bit upset.

Doc gave him something.

What's the story, Phil?

I'm a photographer, not a detective.

Don't be modest. Doesn't suit you.

Burglar broke in. Did the bust.

Was disturbed.

Panic. Same old story.

One new twist, Dave. No gloves?

Apart from that.

No? He used the telephone.

Least he picked it up.

Probably called the press. Wants his name spelt right.

Outside call. No chance of tracing it, I asked.

Good boy.

Sergeant, bring Mr. Gaunt in, will you?

Let's have a couple of minutes to land with him.

I'll just hop back. I'll see you later.

Good

evening,

sir. I'm sorry to bother you.

It's no bother, Inspector, no bother at all.

Do sit down, sir.

When did you get back, sir?

More than an hour ago.

Any reason why Mrs. Gaunt wasn't with you?

I'd been to a business conference.

Stag.

We had some food and then some drinks.

Where was this?

Ray Underwood's, on the other side of Guildford.

Got home, came straight in here.

Why didn't you go upstairs?

It was very late.

The lights were on.

Who'd want to do a thing like that, Inspector?

What kind of mentality?

I don't know, sir.

We'll do our best to find out.

Hey, Jack. What is it?

Here.

Now look at this.

I wonder how well it's been broken.

Shall we look inside?

Hello, XY14.

XY14, over.

Hey, come on, that's us.

What about this?

You'd think he'd block up windows after this. Calling XY14.

XY14.

Are you receiving me?

X, Y, over.

Any messages, I'm in the inspector's office.

Hello, David.

Hello, sir.

Sit down.

Coffee? Yeah.

I don't blame you.

Now, when I joined the force, 1066, the most attractive thing about being a

super was that you had your own little pot of coffee.

It was made with everybody else's, but it came in its own individual pot.

Now I've got there, what do I get?

A lukewarm cardboard.

Progress.

See that?

Thanks.

Remember your friend, Arthur Payne?

Payne? He's not exactly a friend. No?

I don't think by your report he is.

And what's he done?

His prints are in gaunt study and on the gun.

Payne?

Just had a telex from the yard.

He's no murderer. He is now.

There's a general call-out for him.

He used to live on a barge down the river.

He's not there. We checked.

David.

Something I've been meaning to say for a long time.

You play dice, don't you?

It's been nine years. Each game you get three lives.

Three. You put your shirt in a tear away, let you down, you lose a life.

If I didn't know you had to judge by what you wrote on Payne, what would I

think? I only wrote what I thought was just.

Justice belongs to the courts, David.

It's nothing to do with us.

Remember that.

I will.

Before you came in, I was talking to the chief constable.

What's he want? A ball-by-ball commentary?

I'm telling you this for your own good.

I'm sorry.

What do you want me to do?

Do yourself a favor.

I want him arrested and charged.

In double-quick time.

I'll let you go.

Promise not to scream.

Promise.

Who are you?

What are you doing here?

I needed somewhere to sleep.

Been a bit down on my luck.

Sorry I broke your window.

I'll pay for it.

I thought you were down on your luck.

Luck means a lot of things besides money.

For instance?

I was being chased.

Some bird. I never knew she was married.

So you had to run.

Yeah, well, I mean, there's no point in standing around to argue, is there?

Have you got a radio?

No. The car?

I want to hear the news.

I had a bet on the big fight last night.

I haven't any food, but would you like a cup of tea?

Yeah.

Yeah, I could do with one.

You're Arthur Payne, aren't you?

I checked with Mr. Underwood, sir, and he confirmed your story.

There's one thing we must do.

Yeah? A list of the items stolen.

Well, just some money, Inspector.

That all?

We couldn't keep anything valuable in that old safe.

How much?

£50.

And in fibres.

You didn't have a list of the numbers?

No. We'll check with the bank. Not that fibres are a rarity anymore.

And you never kept anything of real value in that safe?

No, there's a walled safe in our...

In my bedroom.

Do you want a gun?

What would I want with a gun?

No, I don't, Inspector.

Thank you, sir.

Inspector, this boy in the newspapers.

Will you catch him?

I give him 48 hours.

Why did he shoot?

Why not run away?

There was an anonymous call last night, sir, about the time of the murder.

Saying what? A figure had been seen lurking around the lay-by beyond the

green man.

The tow car was sent up, but they couldn't find anything.

Any description?

If it's Payne... You need a good story this time.

Well, then she came in.

It is gone.

It must have been.

He talked about his wife, but she seemed too old.

Gone?

We just stood and looked at each other.

Didn't you say anything?

I was too scared. I just ran.

Out through the window? Yeah.

Always leave the windows open for a quick getaway.

I wouldn't know.

I wouldn't.

Another thing was that he said the safe would be full of diamonds, but there

wasn't one there. Not one.

Do you think the police will believe this?

Not in a month of Sundays.

Do you?

The police.

Look, you get in there. I'll see to it.

Well, sorry to disturb you, miss. We're looking for a man.

Sounds interesting.

I'm afraid not.

He's a murderer.

Oh, not so interesting.

Sorry, I haven't seen anyone.

Do you mind if I give the place the once-over?

Well, if you do it with a paintbrush.

He's dangerous.

Thank you for the warning.

Who broke your window?

Oh, that.

I did.

High heels and stair platters. They don't make...

Keep your door locked, miss, and don't leave the key in the car.

Thanks.

Thanks.

You're fit to travel.

Leave it.

I haven't helped.

How come?

Been better to give yourself up.

You can't keep hiding behind doors, not for the rest of your life.

What else?

Make them believe your story.

Oh, it's easy to talk.

You only see one side of the police. You say sorry, call them officer and off you

go. It's different for me.

I'm a convicted man.

Even before I open my mouth, they expect me to lie.

You heard about the boy who cried wolf?

Yes. Yeah, well, that's me.

When I need someone to believe me, they think I'm lying.

Crying wolf.

What are you going to do?

Oh, I don't know.

Skip the country.

Just like that.

Now, you said you know the man in charge.

The man in the stop press.

Yeah, Jackson.

Well, phone him.

If he doesn't believe you, then you run.

I couldn't do that.

He believed in me last time. I let him down.

And you were lying.

They're only human.

Well, I might start off that way.

Perhaps he thinks the same about you.

Look. There might be some more news in the later editions.

Well, to go and get them. If you want.

Hey, how do I know you'll come back?

You don't.

But if I'm not back here within half an hour, you better start running.

Surprise?

Here you go.

You shouldn't be here.

Why not? Give me one good reason.

Well, shouldn't you be at your office?

Well, not 24 hours a day.

I've got a pupil coming.

Aren't you pleased to see me?

You know I am.

Show me then.

Look, I won't stay.

No, no, I promise.

But there are a couple of things I've got to tell you.

Now, we must try not to meet too often until this murder is caught.

I see.

Well, my love, we can't have the police thinking it was me.

They might if they knew about us.

You think so?

No, but there were lots of questions. You know what they're like.

Seems silly, but it made me ill.

Shocking thing.

It's you I love, Nicole, not her.

Are you sure?

Well, life's been worth living since I met you. You've given me back my youth.

Can I tell you what I'm afraid of?

Afraid?

That in a few weeks, a few months, you'll start looking for a younger man.

I wouldn't do that.

I hope not.

You must go now.

Really.

All right.

See you this evening.

Hey, Miss Pamela Shaw is outside, sir.

Shaw? She insists on seeing it.

Insists? It is about Payne.

Don't just stand there. Show her in.

Inside business.

Good afternoon, Miss Shaw.

Good afternoon, Inspector.

I know where Arthur Payne is.

You're certain?

Look, he doesn't know I'm here.

I asked him to phone you, but he wouldn't. Doesn't surprise me.

He's innocent.

Let me warn you.

And I speak from experience.

He is a very persuasive young man.

I want you to hear his story.

I want to.

Before you arrest him.

He'll have plenty of chance to talk.

That's not what I mean.

Either you listen to him before you bring him here.

Or? Or I don't tell you where he is.

What do I do? Call off a murder hunt because you feel he's innocent?

Because you didn't know better and swallowed his line?

Goodbye, Inspector.

Sure.

Sit down.

I'm not going to shoot law, but anyone who aids or abets a felon is as guilty

as the felon. You understand?

Perfectly.

Better arrest me.

You make things very difficult.

And so do you.

I'm supposed to be out buying papers. And if I don't get back there soon, he's

going to get suspicious.

All right.

Play it your way.

Who are you calling?

Just getting a car, that's all.

Oh, you won't need it. We'll use mine.

You're the wrong side of the desk.

All right.

Lead on.

You've had me worried.

I had to stop the petrol.

Any news?

Oh, not much. You've been seen in Southend and Hull and a few other

places. I'm a great traveller.

Sam, you went to shop me.

You should have waited.

That might have been a reward.

Ben.

Inspector.

You haven't lost your touch.

Someone believed you.

Yeah.

We know better than that, don't we, Inspector?

With some people it's drink, but with Payne, well, he's got a lie.

What made you do it?

Murder's a far cry from petty larceny.

I assume you did it. Yeah, yeah, I creased the old girl. Don't be a fool.

If I gave him an alibi a mile long, he wouldn't believe me.

Look, tell him about the man who hired you to rob his safe.

Hired?

Who hired you?

It was Gaunt's house.

Must have been Gaunt.

You were robbing the man's own house?

That's right.

One of the richest, most important men in the county.

How did he know about little old you?

He met someone who'd met little old me in jail.

Bound to.

Probably all his company directors are old lags.

There you are. What did I tell you? Tell him the truth.

You can't expect him to believe you unless you give him reason to.

How did you know where to go?

He gave me his address.

On paper?

He told me to write it down.

What was in the safe?

Nothing.

Except some papers and the gun. It was supposed to be half full of diamonds.

Anybody else see Gaunt when he came to the barge?

No.

Unfortunate.

What made you choose that house?

I've told... You don't believe a word I've said, do you?

Should I?

Why didn't you wear gloves?

He told me the police wouldn't come into it.

What do you think you ought to do, Inspector?

He'd come along with me.

Will you be all right, Arthur?

Come on.

You know something?

I don't even know your name.

Pam. Pamela Shaw.

Thanks, Pam.

You've been a great help.

I'll see you get your car back.

I heard it on the radio, on the news.

Payne surrendered himself to the police.

Stupid thing to do.

They won't believe him, will they?

No. As of now, he has the life expectancy of a match.

Not worried, are you?

Leave the worrying to you.

That's what you said.

Good.

What about friend Gaunt?

Poor man.

He's desolate.

And how.

He said it was me he loved, not her.

He pretends he doesn't know who the murderer is.

Very touching.

Nicky, I think it's time we made our move.

What a terrible urge to cash in.

The one thing in his favour is the thinnest story I've ever heard.

He did give himself up. So you keep killing me.

He admits it was him in the lay-by.

That's noble of him. What's it prove?

Would you hang around if you'd just done a murder? I wouldn't. I'm not pained.

He's cool. You ought to know that.

If he's so cool, why did he panic?

And why didn't he use gloves?

He's not that ignorant.

Have you read his description of gaunt? He's no more like gaunt than Khrushchev.

What's the explanation?

Well?

I don't know.

You do.

We both do.

It's a lot of lies.

Look, opportunity ample, motive robbery, weapon automatic.

So it wasn't gaunt. Who was it?

Somebody who commissions him to rob an empty safe containing non-existent

jewellery.

My wife reads that sort of stuff in bed.

Even she doesn't believe it.

Afternoon, sir.

A list of Payne's things, sir.

Yes. Quite a decent bit of money on him.

Five pound notes, stolen from Gorn's safe.

Which he said was empty, remember?

I'll speak to the public prosecutor's office.

Where is Payne?

Outside.

I want to ask you something.

Fire away.

Shooting.

Is that still a... Capital offence?

Yes, it is.

Shooting and murder committed in the course or furtherance of theft.

Great. They don't get you with one barrel, they get you with the other.

Sit down.

This man who said he was Gaunt.

I said he was, he didn't. He never told me his name.

All right, you said he was Gaunt. What made you think so?

It was in the paper.

It was Mrs. Gaunt who got Crote. His house, it must have been him.

It wasn't Gaunt.

It wasn't anything like him.

Well, then who was he?

You tell me.

What about the dibs?

Where do I get that sort of money?

It was stolen from Gaunt's safe.

It was not.

There was nothing in the safe, except some papers and a gun.

There was no money, no jewellery, nothing.

Gaunt reported some stolen money. These exact notes. He's lying.

Honest, he's a liar.

I know it's only my word against a big shot, but it's my neck, isn't it?

Why would I pick on him? The richest bloke in the manor?

Wouldn't I come up with a better story than that if I was lying?

I know what you're thinking.

You were to meet this man at the lay-by.

That's right.

Someone saw you.

Not me.

Not one clock me.

How do you know?

I was too scared.

There'd been a decent-sized rabbit hole. I'd have been down it.

Then it was a tip-off.

It must have been.

Why are there only nine fivers?

Forty-five quid, that's a load of something.

I spent one.

When? Yesterday afternoon.

Before the robbery.

He gave me the dowel. I bought some grub.

You remember the shop?

Of course I do.

What's that prove?

Might prove your story.

Come again?

How could you spend the money when you hadn't even got it? When it was still in

Gaunt's safe?

What did I tell you?

Sergeant Bates?

What's the name of this shop? Pop Medwin's. Just a couple of minutes from

the barge.

Take him away.

Yes, sir. And don't worry.

Don't worry?

You might as well tell me not to breathe.

Hold on, hold on!

I'm claims, can't you read?

Police!

Can I come in?

Mother, it's all right.

You woke the wife.

I'm sorry, but it's urgent.

Well, what do you want? A quarter of tea? I know your sort.

Do you know Arthur Payne?

Since he was a boy. There ain't a crack in the pavement round here that I don't

have. Got a good memory?

Try me.

When was Payne last in?

Yesterday. Bought some groceries, made up a parcel for him. Did he pay you for

it? Did he? A fiver. Brand new. Not one of them old bits of wallpaper.

You bank it?

No.

Appanoff's still got it.

Let's have a look at it.

You keep this here all the time? Yes.

Don't you have a bank?

Don't believe in them.

You should. That's too much to have around.

Well, I'm not here alone.

There's always a wife upstairs.

That's no good.

Everybody knows about her.

Told you, didn't I?

I'll tell you something else.

There ain't anybody up there, really. There isn't? No.

Wife left me, beginning of the war.

I do this to put people off.

What about that fireman?

There you go.

Can I take this?

Do I get it back?

Yes. All right then.

So I've done something wrong.

I don't know yet.

If I send a car around tomorrow, will you come down and make a statement?

What's that mean?

Say when this was spent, who spent it, that sort of thing.

Would I have my fingerprints taken?

Of course not.

Never had them done.

Never once.

Well, we'll see what we can do.

Would you?

Well, you send a car and I'll come.

Till tomorrow.

Oh, it's all right, Mother.

I'm coming. I thought you said that... Oh, I do it from under the counter.

Rigged it up myself.

Who needs a bank?

We could even live in France, if you prefer.

I'd like that.

Or have a place in London.

Be nice.

It's up to you, my love.

We don't have to decide right now, do we? No, any time.

Are you sure this is what you want?

Nicole, I'm a businessman.

I don't jump into propositions.

Proposal, not proposition.

There is a difference in any language.

Damn, who's that?

I don't know.

Answer it, sir. If it's some student wanting it over time, he'll be unlucky.

They're not all his.

Now answer it.

Hello.

What are you doing here?

Ask me in and I'll tell you.

Makes a good cocktail, doesn't she?

Who's you?

Hello. Well, you know each other.

Yes. Pour me a drink.

Excuse me.

Cheers. Cheers.

Oh, Theo, do sit down. Make yourself comfortable.

You look as though you've seen a ghost.

Surprise, that's all.

Well, this is your day for surprises.

I don't follow.

You will.

Well, the situation is this.

You murdered your wife. We both know you did.

Oh, yes, both of us.

We know you framed an innocent man that I even helped.

Assorted business.

However more important, we can prove what we know.

Can you?

Oh, yes.

You thought it was me working the movie projector when you left.

It was Nicole.

That doesn't prove anything.

It lets the water into the alibi a bit, don't you think?

Oh, Theo, there are 140 ways of playing this. We know them all.

Is this what you want, Nicole?

A bit of blackmail is poor exchange for what I could have given you.

You thought the sun rose over her shoulder, didn't you?

Well, I have news for you. It doesn't.

She worked on you, Theo, like a sculptor on a statue.

Is that true?

Every word.

We even let you find the sucker.

Oh, that was a bad mistake.

You're involved.

How much?

Good pupil.

The price of silence.

How much?

25,000.

You're mad.

Oh, Theo, we've done our homework.

We know what you're worth.

The business, the two houses, the blue chips piled up like leaves, the cars.

How soon?

A week.

Don't think of running away. The police wouldn't like it. And neither would we.

We'll be very close.

You itch, we scratch.

You're sooner than I expected.

Too early even for traffic.

It'd better be good getting me here at this time.

You'll think so.

You charge him yet?

So?

It's a fiver.

I do remember having seen one before.

Got it yesterday evening.

From the shop where Payne spent it. When?

The afternoon before the robbery.

Before?

Six hours before the safe was opened.

Persistent little devil, aren't you?

The man who hired him gave him ten of those.

That's a tenth. Is it now?

What do you think? I think it's time you had another little chat with Mr. G.

David?

Yes?

Know what a golden hamster is?

Vaguely, yes.

My boy John's going to get one.

Huh? Somebody bet him Payne was guilty.

He said he wasn't. It was all a set-up.

Bright boy.

Handle Gaunt carefully. He's an important man.

He's getting more important every minute.

You cruise around for a while.

The lads are wondering if you had anything good for the oak, sir. Time

like this. You ain't got nothing better to do than tip horses.

I'm sorry, sir.

Tell them to look at driver.

Oh, morning, sir.

Lucky to catch you in. We thought you might have left for your office.

Come in.

Thank you.

In here, Inspector.

Sit down.

I hope everything's all right, Inspector.

I hope so, sir.

Nothing to tell us?

No, I don't think so.

One thing I wanted to ask you, that safe.

How long had you had it?

Oh, yes, a dozen, fourteen.

You've always kept it in here?

That's right.

About here.

Sergeant Bates, a do-it-yourself expert.

Is he?

Sergeant, a safe stood here for about twelve years. Shouldn't there be a fade

mark on the wall?

Yes, yes, yes, sir.

The room's been decorated, Inspector.

Ah, that accounts for it.

Excuse me.

I like that.

One

other

thing worries me, sir.

Payne stole some £5 notes.

Yes, ten of them.

We got the numbers from your bank.

That's right.

What about it? One of those notes was spent in a shop some hours before the

robbery was committed.

Impossible.

Not at all.

Are you sure you didn't give those notes to somebody, sir?

Give them? What for?

I was hoping you'd tell us that.

Inspector, I don't like these insinuations.

I'll make some suggestions, then.

You gave that money to the man who hired Payne.

Hired him? Why?

To break in here.

Now, look here, Inspector. I'm not going to sit here.

I thought you might take it over.

Thank you, Sergeant.

You're going far?

These are just company reports and papers.

You won't mind if the sergeant has a look, then?

What if I do?

I'll send for a warrant and sit here till it comes.

He can look.

Press on, sergeant.

I'll tell the driver to wait.

Are we just called to see how Theo is? Come in, see for yourself.

Oh, not if it's inconvenient.

No, no, no, no. He'd be delighted to see you.

Hello, Theo.

More callers.

We're just in time to see Mr. Gaunt off somewhere.

Oh.

Going away?

Just for a few days.

Business.

The Welsh subsidiary.

You didn't tell us.

You might have worried.

Travelling light, passport, traveller's cheques.

That's all you need for Wales.

We wanted to make sure you were looking after yourself.

How kind a man finds his friends at a time like this.

Well, we mustn't interrupt.

No, please, I'd like you to stay.

No, really.

I insist.

Please sit down.

Miss Romaine.

As you know, we thought that a man named Payne had murdered Mrs Gaunt. You don't

think so anymore?

No.

Mr. Gaunt met Payne by chance. He then got the idea of framing him. Framing?

A theory?

I don't believe it. It's true.

He then got somebody else to hire the boy.

Who was that?

Mr. Underwood, the man's description fits you like a glove.

That's a very serious accusation.

Serious?

Oh, you're right.

What about some facts to support these theories?

Somebody had to phone this number to...

Scare Payne and to rouse Mrs. Gaunt.

I wonder if we checked, we should find that the call was made by you.

I wonder.

You must let me know.

Of course, we do have something else to go on beside the description.

You do?

Two things.

I'm sorry, sing it.

Payne knows who it was.

And then there are the fingerprints.

Fingerprints? On the batch of fibers given as an advance.

Ah, that's the car.

Spot on.

Sergeant, fetch Payne in, will you?

Yes, very good.

Oh, just a second, Sergeant.

You realize, Mr. Underwood, once Payne has made an identification, it'll be too

late to change your story.

Voluntarily to change your story.

You're an accessory, you know that.

I know.

Keep quiet, you fool.

You'll have your turn later.

All right, Sergeant. Wait.

Don't touch him. Ray, don't let him panic you. They can't prove anything.

It's all hot air.

And swing with you.

You're right, Inspector. Gaunt did it. Everything.

We just helped with the alibi.

We didn't even know what was going on.

Not for sure.

You liar.

Sit down.

Well, they forced me into it.

Him and that woman.

No thought of murdering my wife until I met her.

Who pulled the trigger? That's what counts.

And we were miles away.

Miles. All right.

Inspector, I'm not taking the blame for murder.

It's true I went to Payne's bar to let him think I was gone. I knew nothing.

Everyone's got so much to say.

Sergeant, take these two away, will you?

Mr. Gaunt.

My duty to arrest you on the charge of the willful murder. I now may be used in

evidence.

Is there anything more pathetic than a middle-aged fool?

Come along, sir.

Where's Payne?

He's at the station, I expect.

You poor fool.

Now, get inside.

And you.

You laugh occasionally, eh, Sergeant?