:12:03
I was sorry to read about
that thing in the paper.
:12:06
And you've quit the force,
is it a permanent physical disability?
:12:10
No. No, it just means I can't climb
steep stairs or go to high places,
:12:16
like the bar at the Top of the Mark.
:12:18
But there are street-level bars
in this town.
:12:21
Would you like a drink now?
:12:23
No, I don't think so,
it's a little early in the day for me.
:12:30
Well, I guess that just about
covers everything.
:12:33
I never married,
I don't see much of the old college gang,
:12:37
I'm a retired detective
and you're in the shipbuilding business.
:12:42
What's on your mind, Gavin?
:12:45
I asked you here, Scottie,
knowing you'd quit detective work,
:12:49
but I wondered whether you'd go back
on the job as a special favour to me.
:12:54
I want you to follow my wife.
No, it's not that.
:12:57
- We're very happily married.
- Well, then...
:13:00
- I'm afraid some harm may come to her.
- From whom?
:13:04
Someone dead.
:13:08
Scottie, do you believe that someone
out of the past, someone dead,
:13:14
can enter and take possession
of a living being?
:13:17
No.
:13:19
If I told you I believed this has happened
to my wife, what would you say?
:13:24
I'd say take her to the nearest
psychiatrist or psychologist
:13:28
or neurologist
or maybe just the plain family doctor.
:13:32
I'd have him check on you too.
:13:35
Then you're of no use to me,
I'm sorry I wasted your time.
:13:39
Thanks for coming in, Scottie.
:13:42
OK.
:13:44
I, er... I didn't mean to be that rough.
:13:47
It sounds idiotic, I know.
:13:49
You're still the hard-headed Scot,
aren't you?
:13:53
Always were.
:13:55
- You think I'm making it up?
- No.
:13:59
I'm not making it up,
I wouldn't know how.