:58:02
He began by asking me if it were unusual
for a child to invent a playmate.
:58:07
-And is it?
-Quite the contrary.
:58:10
lts one of the most common
of childhood fantasies.
:58:13
l recall one case, quite outré...
:58:16
-but thats neither here nor there, is it?
-lm afraid not.
:58:20
Then he told me
his sister had made up a child.
:58:23
He said when his sister was 5 years old...
:58:26
shed invented another little girl
who she named Bunny.
:58:30
And that after a time, she began to think
of this Bunny as being her own child...
:58:34
-not only a friend.
-Mr. Lake?
:58:37
She has a good memory,
except for one detail.
:58:40
-l wasnt talking about my sister.
-l never lie, Superintendent.
:58:44
That makes you
a most unusual woman, Miss Ford.
:58:47
-Did he say it was his sister?
-Not in so many words, perhaps...
:58:50
but wed been talking
about his sister earlier.
:58:53
lf it wasnt about Ann,
then why did you tell her...
:58:56
that the name of the imaginary child
was Bunny?
:58:58
l couldnt remember the real name,
so l used Bunny hypothetically.
:59:02
Thats reasonable.
:59:03
lts not reasonable,
and Mr. Lake is a most frightful liar.
:59:08
l give up.
:59:09
What was your purpose
in paying Miss Ford a second visit?
:59:12
-To soften her up, to get her talking.
-Why?
:59:14
-l had a feeling that she knew something.
-What could l know?
:59:17
This room, this flat,
have been my whole world for years now.
:59:21
This room and this flat
are on top of this school.
:59:24
What are you implying?
:59:26
That she wants to prove an imaginary child
to get the school off the hook.
:59:31
You would do anything, almost anything,
to protect your sister, wouldnt you?
:59:37
Whats that supposed to mean?
:59:39
lf Bunny were a phantom...
:59:41
if your sister were delusionary,
would you admit it?
:59:44
lve had it, Newhouse.
:59:47
Just give me half an hour to square things
at the office, then lll get busy.
:59:50
lll find Bunny without you.
:59:53
Youll be lucky
if they still let you hand out parking tickets.
:59:58
lf you wont come to the party, duchess,
the party must come to you. Have a drink.