[while posing Doris with her champion dog and his numerous awards, the photographer hikes the lady's skirt to show her shapely legs]
Photographer at Dog Show:
There! That's great!
[Doris rearranges her skirt to cover her legs]
Doris Delafield:
Sorry, boys, but these are not trophies.
Philo Vance:
Say, Markham, I just heard about Arthur Coe.
Dist. Atty. Markham:
Yes. Too bad he had to bump himself off like that.
Philo Vance:
Hmm, that's why I called you. You sure that he did bump himself off?
Dist. Atty. Markham:
Well, his butler tells us he's sitting in a locked room with a revolver in his hand and a bullet in his head. I don't know what else you'd call it.
Philo Vance:
Well, if you knew Archer Coe, you would know that suicide would be almost a psychological impossibility for him.
Dist. Atty. Markham:
Psychological, bosh! Now two and two make four, don't they?
Philo Vance:
How do you know you have two and two?
Philo Vance:
What do you think of the suicide theory now, Sergeant?
Detective Sgt. Heath:
Well, it's slightly complicated since the man was shot, slugged and stabbed himself - particularly in the back.
Dist. Atty. Markham:
Haven't you got any ideas, Vance?
Philo Vance:
Markham, it's a maze of conflicting clues. Any one of seven people might have done it.
Detective Sgt. Heath:
We couldn't convict seven people, Mr. Vance.
Philo Vance:
You couldn't convict one with the evidence you've got.复制复制成功复制失败，请手动复制
