:55:00
At what time would you like
to be called in the morning, sir?
:55:02
Not before 10.
:55:04
Very good, sir.
:55:06
- Was that usual?
- Oh, quite, sir, yes.
:55:08
His breakfast was his amber moon.
:55:10
He never rose
until it had had its full effect.
:55:13
So you instructed Mr. McQueen
:55:16
and then returned
to your own compartment,
:55:18
the number one and two,
:55:20
whose upper berth was occupied
by Signor Foscarelli.
:55:24
Oh, yes, sir, the Italian person.
:55:26
- Does he speak English?
- A kind of English, sir.
:55:26
At 1:15 came Mrs. Hubbard's
announcement
:55:29
I think he learned it
in a place called Chicago.
:55:29
that there was
a man in her room,
:55:31
who had, for reasons which I dare
not even guess, shed a button.
:55:32
Did you talk together much?
:55:34
Oh, no, sir. I prefer to read.
:55:35
The next morning,
the murder was discovered.
:55:37
Dr. Constantine sets
the time of the murder
:55:41
Hey, what are you reading,
Mr. Beddoes?
:55:41
anywhere between
midnight and 2 a.m.
:55:44
Love's Captive,
by Mrs. Arabella Richardson.
:55:45
Now, I came to various conclusions.
:55:48
Is it about sex?
:55:48
The clumsy cliché
of the smashed watch
:55:50
No, it's about 10:30, Mr. Foscarelli.
:55:52
registering 1:15
:55:54
had been done deliberately
to excite my disbelief.
:55:57
I like that.
"It's about 10:30."
:55:59
And since Mr. McQueen
had overemphatically said
:56:01
- And after that you went to sleep.
- Oh, no, sir.
:56:03
that Ratchett spoke
no languages,
:56:04
Not until 4 in the morning.
Unfortunately, I had the toothache.
:56:05
I was being deliberately
maneuvered into believing
:56:08
that Ratchett was already dead
:56:09
- And your companion?
- He snored incessantly.
:56:10
- And your companion?
- He snored incessantly.
:56:10
when a voice cried out
from his room in French.
:56:12
One final point. How did you come
to be employed by Mr. Ratchett?
:56:14
In other words,
:56:15
I was being forced
into the theory
:56:17
Through Maibaums, sir,
the big agency in New York.
:56:17
that the murder was
committed before 1:15.
:56:19
You'll find me on their books.
:56:21
And before then?
:56:21
A period for which every single
one of you had an unshakable alibi.
:56:22
I was in the army, sir,
as a private soldier.
:56:24
- Where?
- Troon, sir.
:56:27
- In the Far East?
- Oh, no, sir, in Scotland.
:56:28
But...
:56:29
Oh, Scotland.
:56:29
...supposing that the crime
had not been committed earlier,
:56:31
Oh, forgive me.
I am only an ignorant Belgian.
:56:34
Oh, a Belgian, sir?
I always thought you were French.
:56:35
but later than 1:15...
:56:37
Belgian.
:56:38
Did you know that Mr. Ratchett
was of Italian extraction?
:56:39
...when all the noises and incidents
:56:41
designed to confuse me
had died down.
:56:42
So that accounts for his hot temper.
:56:45
And I had lapsed into sleep
:56:46
His real name was Cassetti.
:56:49
because the train was now silent...
:56:49
The name means nothing to you?
:56:52
Do you remember
the Armstrong case?
:56:53
...and at peace.
:56:55
No, sir. Oh, yes, yes.
:56:57
Silent, yes.
:56:59
The little girl.