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It may interest you to know
that I am descended from a warrior family
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which traces its brave past
back to Richard the Lion-Hearted.
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You're to have a calcium injection daily,
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- tranquillising pill every hour.
- I'll set my wristwatch alarm.
:52:19
Any pain or shortness of breath,
pop one of these nitroglycerin tablets
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under your tongue.
Oh, and I'll leave you some...
:52:25
That's enough, Doctor.
The judge will be asking for a saliva test.
:52:30
Carter, I'd better take
that Thermos of cocoa with me.
:52:34
- Helps me wash down the pills.
- Let me see it, please.
:52:37
My learned patient is not above
substituting brandy for cocoa.
:52:42
It is cocoa. So sorry.
:52:45
If you were a woman, Miss Plimsoll,
I would strike you.
:52:48
Take care of this, Carter.
:52:52
Now, Sir Wilfrid, in the courtroom,
you must avoid overexcitement.
:52:56
Yes, Doctor, yes, yes.
:52:57
Watch your temper.
Keep your blood pressure down.
:53:00
Thank you, Doctor, I shall be quite safe,
what with the pills and the cocoa.
:53:04
Come along, Carter.
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From the body temperature
and other factors,
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we placed the time of death
at between 9.30 and 10pm,
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approximately 30 minutes before Janet
McKenzie returned home and called us.
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Death was instantaneous, caused by one
blow from a heavy and blunt instrument.
:53:26
Were there any signs of a struggle?
:53:28
None. Just the one blow.
:53:30
Would that indicate that the murderer
had taken Mrs French by surprise?
:53:34
My lord, I must object.
:53:38
My learned friend refers
to the assailant as "the murderer".
:53:42
We have not yet determined whether
the assailant was a man or a woman.
:53:45
It could quite conceivably
have been "the murderess".
:53:48
Mr Myers, Sir Wilfrid has joined us just in
time to catch you on a point of grammar.
:53:54
Please rephrase your question.
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Yes, my lord. Inspector,
is it your opinion that the assailant,