:40:02
Marriott was a blackmailer of women.
He was good.
:40:05
Women liked him around. His interest
in clothes and jewelry came easy.
:40:10
But he wasn't the whole works. Somebody
told him which women to cultivate...
:40:14
so he could load them with ice,
go out dancing...
:40:16
then slip to the phone
and tell the boys where to operate.
:40:21
And that is your picture
of Marriott and me?
:40:26
I am slightly disgusted
and very disappointed.
:40:33
Don't look now,
but Gussie the gun collector is back.
:40:36
I am very disappointed in you.
:40:39
Your thinking is untidy,
like most so-called thinking today.
:40:43
You depress me.
:40:45
Suppose your theory were correct...
:40:48
I would have Mrs. Grayle's jade now,
wouldn't I?
:40:50
- Unless something went wrong.
- What could have gone wrong?
:40:53
Marriott could have lost his nerve
and rung in a private dick.
:40:57
Take a private dick who'd risk his neck
for $100.
:41:00
He might get ambitious.
:41:02
He might figure an expensive necklace
would be nice to have in the bank.
:41:06
This hypothetical detective of yours...
:41:08
he might be willing to part
with the necklace for a consideration.
:41:12
Could be, if he had it.
:41:14
How big a consideration?
:41:16
It would be difficult to discuss that
until he produced the necklace.
:41:19
He might be bluffing,
hoping to gain information.
:41:22
In which case, a great thinker might try
to shake something out of him.
:41:27
You wouldn't suggest that?
:41:31
Only if you wanted
to wear your face backwards for a while.
:41:36
No need for us to be
at each other's throats, Mr. Marlowe.
:41:39
There's really no need for subterfuge.
:41:42
I want that jade.
:41:43
I'm prepared to buy it from you
if you have it...
:41:46
or if you can get it.
:41:48
Supposing I haven't got it...
:41:50
or supposing I don't want to sell...
:41:56
You get him to tell you yet?
:41:58
He refuses to tell me where she is.