Sleuth

Let my secretary sort it out. 640 00:46:29,969 --> 00:46:32,250 - Enough? - For a starter. 641 00:46:32,370 --> 00:46:37,690 Now, let's see what accident does to artifice, seconds out of the ring. 642 00:46:37,810 --> 00:46:41,250 - What seconds? What for? - The ensuing fight, remember? 643 00:46:43,892 --> 00:46:46,051 - Hey! - Well, you're the underdog, aren't you? 644 00:46:46,171 --> 00:46:49,851 You got the support of the crowd, haven't you? What more do you want? 645 00:46:51,692 --> 00:46:53,491 - You've asked for this. - Don't let me out. 646 00:46:53,611 --> 00:46:55,012 My wife's gonna have a baby. 647 00:46:55,132 --> 00:46:56,891 Now, listen, tiger, don't get all het up. 648 00:46:57,011 --> 00:46:59,611 This fight is fixed, remember? This is where I take a dive, 649 00:46:59,731 --> 00:47:02,011 and you knock me out cold! 650 00:47:03,051 --> 00:47:04,611 - For reaI? - Naturally. 651 00:47:04,730 --> 00:47:07,451 When the police come, I'll have to show them a reaI lump. 652 00:47:07,571 --> 00:47:09,611 Yes, I thought you'd like this bit. 653 00:47:09,731 --> 00:47:11,612 You're dead right. 654 00:47:11,732 --> 00:47:14,172 Now, what shall I use? 655 00:47:14,292 --> 00:47:16,812 Not my opaline, if you don't mind. 656 00:47:18,851 --> 00:47:23,051 There it is. The originaI blunt instrument. 657 00:47:23,171 --> 00:47:24,972 The poker. 658 00:47:25,092 --> 00:47:26,932 - Right. Now, where do you want it? - Now steady. 659 00:47:27,052 --> 00:47:28,092 Now, don't get carried away. 660 00:47:28,252 --> 00:47:30,372 It's not a murder weapon you are talking about, you know? 661 00:47:30,492 --> 00:47:31,452 - No? - No. 662 00:47:31,612 --> 00:47:33,293 We're discussing an object from which I receive, 663 00:47:33,413 --> 00:47:35,332 in the classic formula, a glancing blow, 664 00:47:35,452 --> 00:47:38,491 which will raise a lump without actually cracking the cranium. 665 00:47:38,611 --> 00:47:40,611 Why don't I just keep tapping you lightly on the head 666 00:47:40,731 --> 00:47:42,612 with the poker, untiI a lump comes up? 667 00:47:42,731 --> 00:47:44,132 Quite frankly, I've rather gone off the whole thing. 668 00:47:44,252 --> 00:47:47,012 Now, I know, you can always tie me up and gag me and leave me 669 00:47:47,132 --> 00:47:48,572 to be found by the cleaning woman. 670 00:47:48,692 --> 00:47:50,331 "Lords of mercy, Mr Wyke! 671 00:47:50,452 --> 00:47:54,373 "Whatever do we be doing there all trussed up like a turkey cock? 672 00:47:58,292 --> 00:48:00,373 "God bless you, sir. You're trying out something 673 00:48:00,493 --> 00:48:02,693 "for one of them creepy new books of yours. 674 00:48:02,813 --> 00:48:05,773 "I know, now don't you mind me. I won't disturb thee. 675 00:48:05,893 --> 00:48:08,332 "I'll just be getting on with me dusting. " 676 00:48:08,452 --> 00:48:13,452 Andrew, if I don't knock you out, how have I tied you up? 677 00:48:13,572 --> 00:48:15,172 That's a very good question. 678 00:48:15,292 --> 00:48:17,692 Come to think of it, you could always hold a gun on me. 679 00:48:17,893 --> 00:48:21,132 We professionaI burglars don't fancy firearms much. 680 00:48:21,332 --> 00:48:22,813 We are English, after all. 681 00:48:23,013 --> 00:48:25,814 You could always conquer your Anglo-Saxon scruples. 682 00:48:25,934 --> 00:48:29,414 Besides, it will be my own revolver, which you had taken from me 683 00:48:29,534 --> 00:48:31,213 during the struggle. 684 00:48:31,454 --> 00:48:32,774 - Is that loaded? - Well, of course. 685 00:48:32,894 --> 00:48:33,934 What would be the use of it, otherwise? 686 00:48:34,054 --> 00:48:37,094 And I think it ought to go off once or twice as we tussle, 687 00:48:37,214 --> 00:48:39,974 blowing to smithereens the usuaI priceless heirlooms. 688 00:48:40,174 --> 00:48:42,494 - Why? - To lend credence to my story 689 00:48:42,613 --> 00:48:46,452 of your holding it on me, while you gagged me and tied me up. 690 00:48:46,572 --> 00:48:49,015 - All right? - Yeah. Yeah, I suppose so. 691 00:48:49,415 --> 00:48:51,774 Right. Now, what to sacrifice? 692 00:48:52,855 --> 00:48:55,694 What about this old codger up here? 693 00:48:55,814 --> 00:48:57,014 Put that down at once! 694 00:48:57,134 --> 00:48:58,534 That's my Edgar Allan Poe award, 695 00:48:58,654 --> 00:49:00,334 given me by the Mystery Writers of America 696 00:49:00,454 --> 00:49:04,456 for one of Merridew's greatest triumphs, <i>The Slaying of Jack Sprat. </i> 697 00:49:04,896 --> 00:49:07,616 Ironically enough, for one who would eat no fat, 698 00:49:07,735 --> 00:49:10,936 he was murdered by an injection of concentrated cholesteroI. 699 00:49:11,056 --> 00:49:12,176 Now. 700 00:49:13,455 --> 00:49:18,656 What do you say to the demolition of that gaudy, old Swansea puzzle jug? 701 00:49:27,775 --> 00:49:28,895 Puzzle jug? 702 00:49:29,015 --> 00:49:32,095 To solve the puzzle, pour some water out of it. 703 00:49:41,216 --> 00:49:44,096 - Very funny. - Marguerite thought it clever. 704 00:49:4