:24:00
It was 9.26. I know because I went right to
work on a clock I've been tinkering with.
:24:06
- My wife will tell you.
- Your wife loves you, yes?
:24:08
Very much.
We're devoted to each other.
:24:11
You realise, Mr Vole, the testimony of a
devoted wife does not carry much weight.
:24:16
People might think
Christine would lie on my account?
:24:19
It has been known, Mr Vole.
Blood is thicker than evidence.
:24:24
- Ah, Brogan-Moore. Come in, come in.
- So good to have you out of hospital.
:24:28
I didn't get a full pardon, I'm out on
parole. You know Mr Mayhew, I believe.
:24:33
- This is his client, Mr Leonard Vole.
- How do you do?
:24:36
- How do you do?
- The Emily French murder.
:24:38
- Oh, how do you do?
- Badly, thank you.
:24:41
A mass of circumstantial evidence.
No alibi whatsoever. It's a hot potato.
:24:45
- Tossing it into your lap.
- Much obliged.
:24:47
Your line of defence,
however, will be lack of motive.
:24:50
You will agree that we can rule out
a crime of passion, hm?
:24:53
That leaves us with a murder for profit.
:24:56
If Mr Vole had been sponging off Mrs
French, why cut off the source of supply?
:25:00
Or, if he'd been hoping for a golden egg,
why kill the goose before it was laid?
:25:05
No motive. No motive whatsoever.
:25:09
- You find some flaw in this reasoning?
- No, no, it's very sound as far as it goes.
:25:14
Well, it's all yours. You'll find Mr Vole
very responsive and quite candid.
:25:18
So candid, he's already told me
we'll have to sue him for our fees.
:25:22
Oh, we'll simply put a lean
on Mr Vole's $80,000.
:25:25
- What $80,000?
- The $80,000 Mrs French left you.
:25:30
Left me?
:25:31
They opened Mrs French's
bank vault today and found her will.
:25:37
- Congratulations.
- $80,000!
:25:41
And I was worried about a couple
of hundred for that silly eggbeater.
:25:45
I must call Christine.
:25:51
Oh.
:25:52
This doesn't make things
look any better for me, does it?
:25:55
- No. I wouldn't think so.
- So now they'll say I did have a motive.
:25:59
They will indeed. $80,000 makes for
a very handsome motive.