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I got back from a business trip
and there was a letter from Bryce.
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He said to lay off Beth or else.
:39:07
Or else? Or else what?
:39:09
Oh, it's... Professional discrimination.
Things like that.
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So I got hot and I went over
to have it out with him.
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I see.
:39:19
Boy, you got there just in time
for the commotion.
:39:25
That's quite a coincidence, isn't it?
:39:27
That's a leading question, Lieutenant.
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Do you think that the two of us
did Bryce in together?
:39:33
What do you mean, murder? Oh, no.
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I mean, you were at the inquest.
They said it was an accident.
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I'm not talking about the inquest.
I'm talking about you. What do you think?
:39:45
Do I think it was a conspiracy? No, no.
:39:48
Oh, no. No chance of that. No, sir.
:39:50
It's rather odd that
you're still asking the same questions.
:39:54
Oh, you know... Well, that's just me.
:39:57
You know, I mean, nothing official.
:39:59
It's just that, you know, I have this...
bug about tying up loose ends.
:40:06
Listen, I wanna thank you.
You've been very helpful to me.
:40:10
Suppose you ask the question
that you haven't asked.
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- If I'm a fortune-hunter.
- I never intended...
:40:18
I'm not.
:40:19
I love Beth with her money
or without her money.
:40:23
As a matter of fact,
I was prepared to quit the company.
:40:28
That won't be necessary now.
:40:30
No, that won't, but I won't be
a hypocrite, Lieutenant.
:40:34
I'm sorry about poor Bryce
being killed but...
:40:38
it has gotten Beth out from under his thumb.
:40:41
Oh, yeah. Yeah, way out. Huh?
:40:45
- What's that supposed to mean?
- Way out?
:40:47
Well, you know, in the courtroom
I overheard her say
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that she was breaking patterns now.
:40:54
This is a terrible thing to admit but...
:40:57
I think that, in a way...