:39:02
What is this?
:39:03
How did you get back
from the lake so soon?
:39:07
Fast dog team.
:39:08
You seem to forget
my position around here.
:39:10
You couldn't have made
more of a scene out there.
:39:13
I hired you. You're to
report to me confidentially.
:39:16
Yes, and i'm loving
every minute of it.
:39:20
What's in the package?
:39:22
Why don't you open it?
:39:26
I've been
looking for you, miss fromsett.
:39:28
Yes, buster?
:39:29
Well, this
is christmastime, miss fromsett,
:39:31
and, well, i've
been working here for almost a year now,
:39:32
and, well, would you
think i was awful if i asked you for a kiss?
:39:37
Why, i...
:39:38
marlowe: Go on, kiss him.
You're full of charity.
:39:44
Thank you,
miss fromsett.
:39:45
I've waited
all year for that.
:39:47
You've had
your christmas, son.
:39:49
Beat it.
And tell your boss not to send a boy in
:39:52
to do a man's work.
:39:56
Whose is it?
:39:58
Lavery's dead.
:40:00
That gun killed him.
:40:01
You said
sooner or later i'd find a gun.
:40:04
Were you afraid
of lavery talking, miss fromsett?
:40:06
It's christmastime,
miss fromsett, so tell the truth.
:40:09
Y-you didn't
go to the lake?
:40:11
No.
:40:12
You went to see lavery-
:40:13
and found him dead.
:40:14
I repeatedly told you
not to go see lavery.
:40:17
What brand of
perfume do you wear, miss fromsett?
:40:20
Do you recognize it?
:40:21
The initials
are a.f.
:40:26
I, uh...
:40:27
i don't have to ask
the obvious question, do i?
:40:30
I found it
on the dresser in lavery's bedroom.
:40:32
And you quickly deducted
that i left it there.
:40:35
Such great, blinding
brilliance, mr. Marlowe.
:40:37
What am i
supposed to say now?
:40:39
Did you bring a confession
for me to sign?
:40:40
No. I just thought
you'd like to have your handkerchief back.
:40:43
Nobody knows about it
but me.
:40:45
And whoever killed lavery.
:40:46
Yeah. Whoever
killed him.
:40:47
Or was he the type
of guy who kept those kind of souvenirs?
:40:50
If i say no, that
makes me a murderess or a good suspect.
:40:53
If i say yes,
what does that make me?
:40:56
Human, maybe.
:40:56
What are you trying
to do, miss fromsett,
:40:59
play the bright,
hard lady?