1:58:00
She was not
going to have a child ?
1:58:03
That was what she thought,
but my diagnosis was different.
1:58:07
I sent her to a well-known specialist
for an examination and X-rays,
1:58:12
and on this date she returned
to me for his report.
1:58:16
I remember her standing here
holding out her hand for the photograph.
1:58:20
''I want to know the truth,''
she said.
1:58:22
''I don't want soft words
and a bedside manner.
1:58:25
If I'm for it,
you can tell me right away.''
1:58:28
I knew she was not the type
to accept a lie.
1:58:30
She'd asked for the truth,
so I let her have it.
1:58:33
She thanked me and I never
saw her again, so I assumed that--
1:58:37
- What was wrong with her ?
- Cancer.
1:58:42
Yes, the growth was deep-rooted.
1:58:45
An operation would have been
no earthly use at all.
1:58:47
In a short time,
she would have been under morphia.
1:58:50
There was nothing that could
be done for her, except wait.
1:58:54
[ Maxim ]
Did she say anything when you told her?
1:58:57
She smiled
in a queer sort of way.
1:59:00
Your wife was a wonderful woman,
Mr. de Winter.
1:59:03
And, oh yes,
I remember she said something...
1:59:06
that struck me as being
very peculiar at the time.
1:59:09
When I told her
it was a matter of months,
1:59:11
she said,
''Oh, no, Doctor, not that long.''
1:59:17
You've been very kind.
You've told us all we wanted to know.
1:59:20
We shall probably need
an offiicial verifiication.
1:59:23
-Verifiication ?
-Yes, to confiirm the verdict of suicide.
1:59:26
[ Dr. Baker ] I understand. Can I
offer you gentlemen a glass of sherry?
1:59:29
[Julyan ] No, very kind.
I think we ought to be going.
1:59:34
Thank heaven we know the truth.
1:59:36
Dreadful thing, dreadful.
1:59:38
Ayoung and lovely woman like her.
No wonder--
1:59:41
I never had the remotest idea.
Neither did Danny, I'm sure.
1:59:47
I wish I had a drink.
1:59:49
Will we be needed at the inquest
any further, ColonelJulyan ?
1:59:51
Oh, no. I can see to it that Maxim
is not troubled any further.
1:59:54
- Thank you, sir.
- Are you ready to start, Colonel ?
1:59:56
No, thank you.
I'm staying in town tonight.
1:59:58
And let me tell you, Favell,
blackmail is not much of a profession,