"Dear Mr. Crain." "Circumstances beyond our control this action in view of your splendid record for the past five years." "Very truly yours." "Yes?" " Today is Tuesday" " I know." " You promised to pay me Tuesday." " I know!" "You quit paying rent now." "Well?" "I'll pay you on Saturday." " You said that last week." " All right, leave me alone." "This time I'll pay" "I told you to leave me alone, now get out of here!" "You haven't left your room in days." "How do you expect to get the money sitting here?" "I'm not just sitting." "I'm doing something." "What are you doing?" "Im thinking." "If you thought less and did a little real world like washing dishes in the restaurant across the street, you might earn a few dollars." "A few dollars?" "A lot of good that'll do!" " You want to make a fortune all at once!" " Yes!" "Yes, that's what I want." "I want a fortune, all at once!" "I give you till Saturday." "That's final." "To my son Larry on his 15 birthday from Dad." "Lawrence Crain, the student." "I was here a month ago." "I remember quite well." "Well, here I am again, for the same reason." "Come in." "You must understand, young men, that I'm not running a pawnbroker service." "In the many years that I've been teaching at the university, ...students have come to me from time to time to, ...shall we say, aliviate their distress." "Education must be encouraged, you know." "Then again, in every business transaction a certain profit must be made." "That's why I charge a fee." "That, and to discourage young men from getting into debt too easily." "Well, what have we now?" " I'd like to pawn this." "But you haven't paid the entrance on your last pledge." "The month was up the day before yesterday." "Well, I'll give you the entrance from another month." "Wait a little longer." "That's for me to do as I please, my good sir." "To wait or to sell your pledge at once." "How much would you give me for the watch?" "You come with tax trifles, it's hardly worth troubling." " How much you're going to give me for it?" " 10 dollars 10 dollars?" "It cost my father 100." "Your father made a very injudicious investment." "10 dollars." " Alright." "Here you are." "This is only 8 dollars." "10 minus 2 equals 8." " What's the 2 for?" " Interest" "In your case, I'm deducting it in advance." " But I need that 10 dollars." " I don't need your watch?" "Good night, Mr. Crain." "Your hat." "Hiya, Larry." "Sit down." "Where have you been keeping yourself lately?" "I haven't been feeling so hot." "Hello, Larry." "What'll you have?" " A bowl of soup." " Got some nice lamb stew." " Just a bowl of soup." " Ok." "You'd better eat something solid, Larry." "I can lend you a buck." "Thanks, Ben." "I have money." " Have you registered for the fall term?" " I don't think I'll be here this fall." "Are you crazy?" "This is our last year, you can't drop out now!" " They discontinued all scholarships." " Can't you get it from home?" "My mother makes just enough to keep herself going." "My old men had to slap another mortgage on the homestead to keep me here." "There must be some way." "That's what I keep telling myself." "Give me the crackers, will you?" " How much do you need?" " 400 dollars." "At least." "What about those articles you've been writing?" "Well, I send them in over a month ago." "Haven't heard a word." "Well, something will turn up, Larry." "You just keep punching." "Hey, come on, fellas, let's play full." "This is costing me money." " Hey, Chuck." " Yeah?" "How's chance of using your microscope for a couple of days?" "Don't ask me." "Ask professor Stanley." "You mean that old miser has got his claws on you, too?" "Yeah." "You're not kidding." "There isn't any man around here who hasn't been in his clutches at one time or another." " Here's your change, Larry." " Alright." "Thanks." "You know, some day I'd like to dissect professor Stanley." "I bet I'd make a new discovery for medical science:" "...the only human being with an ice box for a heart." " Well, I'm not hot, tonight." " I'm sizzling." "They say Stanley has got a lot of money." "Yeah, and he keeps it all on him." "Doesn't trust banks." "You know, someday someone's going to knock him off for his dough." "Yeah, a guy like that is just asking for it." "He's no more than a leech or a black beetle." "That'll be 60 cents, Miss." " What's wrong." " Nothing." "Lose something?" "I had a dollar left, I must have lost it." "But I tell you, I did have a dollar left!" "Yeah, sure." "That'll be 60 cents, Miss." "It's gone." "I'll bring you the money tomorrow." "Where do you work?" "Well, I don't have a job yet." "Then how do you expect you to pay me tomorrow?" "I'll get it somewhere." "Where?" "You'd better learn a new line." "That one's older than you are." "PAYMENT DUE" "All term tuition fee." "$400.00" "They say Stanley's got a lot of money." "Yeah, and he keeps it all on him." "He doesn't trust banks." "One day someone's going to knock him off for his dough." "A guy like that is just asking for it." "He's no more than a leech or a black beetle." "Black beetle." " Who is it?" " Larry Crain." " Who?" " Larry Crain." "I was here last night." "What do you want?" " I brought some articles for you." " Come back tomorrow!" " Professor Stanley, I can't come back." " Why not?" "Well, tomorrow will be too late." "Well, let's have it." "What is it?" "A cigarette case." "Silver." "It doesn't feel like silver." "I'm sure it's silver." "Why did you wrap it up?" "It was that way." "I haven't used it in a long time." "What devil did you tie it up like this for?" "I'm sorry." "I still say it doesn't feel like silver." "It's too heavy!" "Why... why, it's only glass!" "It's like the old goat isn't home." "That's funny." "He told me he'd be in after ten." " You wanna wait?" " No, I'll see him in the morning." "Hey, look, there's a light on the inside." "Maybe he's fall asleep." "Say, there's a key on the inside of the door." "So what?" "He must be home." "Whenever he leaves, he locks the door from the outside." " Then he's in there and won't open up." " Why did he tell you to come?" "There must be something wrong." " You think so?" " We'd better call the janitor." "There's something wrong, I tell you." "There'd better be!" "Waking me up in the middle of the night." "It's not the middle of the night." "It's only half past ten." "Say!" "If you boys are pulling my leg..." "I tell you he's in there and won't open up." " Maybe he doesn't want to see you." " We had an appointment." " Who's there?" " The landlady." " What do you want?" " Open up." "Come on, open up!" "So, you're locking yourself in now?" "What are you hiding?" "It's not enough that you won't pay the rent, ...you've got to keep the place looking like a..." "My ashtray!" "You chipped a piece out of it!" " Let's go." " Go where?" "To headquarters." "The police?" "Well, I what do they want with me?" "I don't know." "I was just sent to bring you in." "The police!" "I might have known that way you'd wind up." "A fortune he was after, that's what he told me the other day." "I'm going to come into a big fortune, he said, all at once." " Shut up." "Let's go, kid." " Well!" "A letter for you." "Aren't you going to put a coat on?" "Oh, sure." "Sure." " I'm ready." " Ok." "Lawrence Crain." "Captain Burke wants him." " Yes?" " Lawrence Crain is here." "Send him in." " Larry Crain?" " Yes." "Sit down, Larry." "Cigarette?" " Thanks." "Ever seen that before?" "No." "It belonged to the late professor Stanley." " The late professor Stanley?" " He was murdered on Wednesday." "Haven't you heard?" " No, I haven't." "Yesterday's papers were full of it." "Yesterday's papers?" "Isn't today Thursday?" "No, Friday." "Professor Stanley was murdered on Wednesday night." "Where were you on Wednesday night?" "Well, I wasn't feeling so well, I... went to bed early." " Where were you yesterday?" " I must have slept all through yesterday, ...I just woke up when your man came for me." "I see." "That explains a good deal." "Explains what?" "It said in yesterday's papers for everyone who'd pawn articles for Stanley to come and get them." "You're the only one who didn't show up." " That's my watch." " I know, it's got your name on it." " Well, I haven't any money to redeem it." " Take it, it's yours." "You see, professor Stanley was not a licensed pawnbroker." "We have a law in this state which forgets all loans in such cases." "Oh, that's a good law." "Just sign this receipt." "Yes?" "] just brought in the medical examiner's report." "What is the cause of death?" "I thought so." "Tell them to go ahead with the dissection." "Alright" " I'll be over there later." " Yes, sir." "Periodical review." "The sum of $1000 and 00 cents." " Bad news?" " No." "No, it's great news." " Can I go now?" " Sure, Larry." "Take it easy." "Thanks, captain." " Like a glow." "Fits like a glow." " It'll do." "What about your old clothes?" " Give them away." " Thank you." "Miss?" "How about a little service?" " Oh, it's you!" " I started to work here yesterday." "Bourbon, straight." "Did you find that dollar you lost?" "I did lose a dollar." "Honest." "I'll pay you back at the end of the week." " Forget it." "What's your name?" " Eileen." "You have yesterday's paper around?" " Yesterday's?" " Yes." "Seems I lost a day somewhere." "Oh." "Wait a minute, I'll take a look." " Eileen..." " Yes?" "Oh, I was just repeating your name to hear how it sounds." "Well, how does it sound?" "I like it." "That makes us even." "So do I." "Here it this, thanks." "Milwaukee..." "Oh, Mr..." " Shaefer." " This is a surprise." " What's the surprise" "I always drop in here when I'm in the neighborhood." " What brings you to the neighborhood today?" " Stanley case." "Sit down" "What'll you have?" "It's on me." "Beer." "What?" "Not another fire downtown?" "This is yesterday's paper." "Here's a copy of today's." "I'm through with it." "I'm not interested in today's paper." "No?" "What are you reading about?" "What do you care what I'm reading about?" " I just asked." " Why did you ask?" "Look, I don't give a hoot what you're reading." "Well, I'm telling you anyway." "I'm reading about the murder of professor Stanley." "Well?" " Well what?" "Aren't you gonna question me?" "When you picked me up at my room I was wearing an old coat and pants that didn't even match." "Now look at me, ...see those green banks?" "Thanks for the beer." "Eileen." "What are you doing tomorrow?" "Well." "I hardly know you." "What I'm asking for is a date." "How about it?" " Maybe." "Now you're stalling." "That's no answer." "Ok." "It's a date." "Eileen." "You know something?" " What?" "You make the best sandwiches I ever ate." "My potato salad isn't bad either." "Would you like some?" " No, not right now." " How about some wine?" "Oh, that would be wonderful." "There." "It's funny how wine makes us think of sunny places." "You know, ...when I was a little girl I always dreamed of going to California, ...but somehow things never worked out." "Things never do." "They will for you, Larry." "You know, you've got a doctor's hands." "Larry, let me read your palm!" " Well, I..." " Come on!" "Ok, let's see now..." "Well, you have a long lifeline, and you have an unbroken..." "it's an M." " An M?" " See?" "The lines form the letter M." "Now, what does that stand for?" "Medicine... that's it!" "You're going to be a famous doctor." "Or... money, you're going to make a great fortune." "Medicine, money what else begins with M?" "I know." "Come on, let's get out of here!" "I was only going to say marriage." "Hey listen, folks." "Wait a minute." "It's my theory that the killer was an amateur." "Otherwise he would have brought his own weapon along, ...and not relied on finding one in Stanley's room." "Who's got a bottle?" " Here you are." "What I can't figure out is why did he have to kill Stanley to get the money?" "It's a cinch." "So Stanley couldn't identify him later." "Yeah, but he didn't take any money." "Why, he was scared, that's why." "When he heard Ben and John at the door, ...he got the frost and he couldn't think straight." "Maybe it wasn't the money he was after." "Maybe he killed Stanley for some other reason." "In my opinion..." "If the killer was someone that Stanley knew, ...then he must have known him at the college circle." "There's nothing like starting off the fall term with a nice, juicy murder." "Here's how!" "Did you hear the old miser left his body to the college?" "This is the guy who figured out the way to be buried unexpensive." " Hey, what is this?" " Larry, my boy." "We're just celebrating your good luck." "Yeah, it isn't every day that a good man gets an article published in the periodical review." "And 1000 bucks!" "Hey, here you are, Larry, it's all yours." "Yeah, weve charged them to your count." "Well, aren't you going to make a speech?" " You don't want a speech, do you?" " No!" "Let's drink up, boys." "We were just discussing the sad demise of professor Stanley." "Well, have you got any ideas?" "I feel the same about Stanley dead as I felt about him alive." " Which is?" " Who cares?" " The police do." " For them is just another job." "No, they'll never find out who did it" "No, it'll end up another of those unsolved crimes." " I disagree." "Now..." " Well, do you want to hear my theory or not?" " No!" "Sure we do." "Go ahead, Ben." "Well, every criminal makes at least one mistake." "Sometimes you get his fingerprints, he drops something, ...a cigarette butt, or a handkerchief." "He may get some blood on his clothes or some hair under his fingernails." "That's all the police need, a little thing like a strand of hair." "Yeah, but the police make mistakes too." "Sure they do, but they can afford to." "All it means is that they start all over again." "In my opinion..." "Suppose the killer doesn't leave anything at the scene of the crime or take anything away, then what?" "Then he's still not in the clear after that." "He's gotta be on his guard continually." "All the police have to do is seat and wait until he makes one little slip, ...and he always does." "Give me another beer." "Sure, Larry." "Well, I guess we'd better call the night, fellas." "I think its a good idea." "I didn't have the time to finish my beer." "Oh, let some for Larry." "One, two, three, four." "Were going through the night." " Ok, take it easy." " Good night." "Good night." " Who is it?" " It's me, the landlady." "Just a minute." "What do you want now." "You've got your rent." "I thought I'd tidy up the room a little, ...and I brought you some clean towels." "Captain Burke wants to see you." " Again?" " Yeah, again." " What for?" " I didn't ask him." " Good morning, Larry." " Good morning." "Sit down, I'll be with you right away." "I've been up all night working on a case." " Stanley case?" " No." "Robbery on the West Side." "I hope I'm not taking you away from your studies." "The fall term doesn't begin for a week." " Smoke a pipe?" " Yes." "Try some of that tobacco on the table there." "It's a special brand." "Not this sweet perfumed stuff, just honest and good tobacco." "Smells good." "I suppose you're wondering why I ask you up here." "Well, I can't imagine it was the sample of your tobacco." "That's good." "You've got some sense of humor, Larry." "When you're stuck for an answer you always crack a joke." "What made you think I was stuck for an answer?" "Oh, cut now, don't take it personally." "Look, captain." "You sent for me, I'm here." "I like your tobacco and I like your conversation, ...but I've got a couple of things to attend to, so come to the point!" "When you reach my age, Larry, you will find it's much more fun putting off until tomorrow what you want to do today." "It's all very well, captain, but the point." "Oh, yes." "The point." "I've been reading an article you wrote, Larry." "In this months periodical review." "How did you find out it was mine?" "It was signed under a pen name." "It interested me so much I called the editor." "He told me." "Men above the law..." "You really believe there's some men who should be above the law?" "I don't write things I don't believe." "The theory is that the law has to play equal to everyone, ...it has to work out that way" " That's the accepted theory, yes." " But not yours.." "You say here: there's two types, an ordinary and an unusual man, ...for the unusual man the law is sometimes a barrier, ...which he sometimes must violate in order to attain his goals." "That's the way I see it." "And you believe the end always justifies the means." "That's right." "But supposing that in order to attain his goals your unusual man should have to kill somebody." "If the goal is important enough." "Take guys as Newton or Louis Pasteur, Thomas Eddison." "I'd say if Edison couldn't have made his discoveries about electricity without sacrificing the lives of one, ...a dozen or even a hundred people, ...he would have had the right." "In fact, it would have been his duty to eliminate those people so the world would benefit by its discoveries." "As I recall, Thomas Eddison, Newton and Pasteur got along quite nicely without eliminating anyone." "They were just examples." "Well suppose an ordinary man imagines he's unusual and begins to eliminate people." "You have an interesting theory, Larry, ...but it were generally accepted our whole civilization would go to pieces." "We'd be back in the Middle Ages." "Nobody's above the law." "Tell me, Larry, do you think of yourself just a little of an unusual person?" "We were discussing my article." "Not me." "Well, thanks for coming up, Larry." "I didn't exactly come up, captain." "Your man Shaefer brought me." "Oh, you mustn't mind Shaefer." "He can't help an old lady cross the street without making it look like an arrest." " When do you want to see me again." " Anytime, Larry." "Drop up any time." "Always glad to see you, my boy." "By the way, ...the night you pawned your watch for Stanley, ...did you noticed a painter decorating an apartment on the second floor?" " A painter?" " Yes, a house painter." "No, I didn't see any painter." "Did you notice the wet paint sign on the door?" "You're forgetting, captain, I was there Tuesday night." "The painter didn't start working until Wednesday." "That's what the newspaper said." "No, captain, I didn't see any sign on any door." "Send in the painter." "Will you have anything else?" "Oh, I forgot the sugar." " I never use it." "Eileen." "Yes?" "How long have you known Larry Crain?" "Oh, about a week." "When did you first meet him?" "Last Wednesday, I think it was." "I was here, ...I couldn't pay my check and he helped me out." "Thank you, come in again." "Have you seen much of him since?" "We drove out to Woodland Park yesterday." "Did you noticed anything about him?" "Anything strange?" "Now look, why all the questions?" "Is something wrong?" "No, just asking." "Hello, Mr. Carter." " When do you expect to see him again?" " I don't know." " Didn't he ask you for another date?" " No." "Do you remember anything he said yesterday?" "Yes." "He said I'd fixed the best sandwiches he ever ate." " Is that all?" " No." "He said I was very pretty." " What else did he say?" " Why don't you ask him?" " Working over time, Mr. Shaefer?" "" "Oh, no." "I'm just here for the kicks." " Hello, Eileen." " Hello." "Just a cup of coffee." "Do you mind if I sit down?" " Help yourself." " Still working on the Stanley case?" " Yeah." " Making any progress?" " We've made an arrest." " Who?" " The house painter." " You're sure you got the right man?" " We always get the right man." "Sooner or later." "But the house painter he must have known he'd be the first to be suspected." "Seems so stupid." "Murder is a stupid crime." "I'll be seeing you." "Larry, you look sort of pale." "Do you feel alright?" "I feel fine." "What did Shaefer want?" "Did he ask any questions?" " There he is!" "Hiya Larry!" " You've just been given the aw..." " Hey!" "Who's telling this anyway?" " I knew it first!" " There was a meeting with the..." " It all came through for you, Larry." " They renewed your scholarship!" " They renewed my scholarship!" "Why?" "For your article, of course!" "Men above the law." "I think I'll write an article." "Murder in six lessons." "Don't be a killer." "We were going to the movies, Larry." "How about you coming along?" "No, thanks." "Come on, guys." "So long, Larry." "Oh, Eileen." "Are you free for tonight?" " Aha." "Are you coming with me?" "If you want me to." "Want some peanuts?" "Just think, Larry." "Now that they renewed your scholarship, it's just one more year year and you'll be a doctor." "Let's sit down here." "It's a wonderful feeling, ...knowing that people will trust themselves in your hands, ...that they'll depend on you to make them well again." "Larry, what's wrong?" " Wrong?" "You're in some kind of trouble." "What makes you say that." "Shaefer was asking about you." " What did you tell him?" " Nothing." "You don't have to cover up for me." "I've nothing to hide." " Haven't you?" " What if I have?" "I want to help you, Larry." " Why?" " Because you helped me once." "But... that isn't the only reason..." "How can you help me, Eileen?" "Sometimes just talking about a thing helps." "It isn't always easy to put things into words." "You know, ...I've been living alone in one room for three years now, ...it's a small room with a low ceiling, ...sometimes I feel as though the walls were..." "Well, where do you spring from?" "Stop playing games, Shaefer." "You've been following me." "Following you?" "Why should I follow you?" "I don't know, but I'm going to find out." "Where's captain Burke?" " What's it to you?" " I asked you a question, Shaefer." " He's kinda busy tonight." "He'll see me." "Oh, Eileen." "You'd better go on home." " What are you taking me here for?" " You wanted to see Burke, didn't you?" " Yes, but I..." " Come on." "Larry!" "What are you doing here?" "Captain Burke, I want to know why Shaefer keeps following me." "Why should he follow you, Larry." "Now, you're putting on the same act as your pet bloodhound." "All along till this minute he's been haunting me." "For all I know, he's following me." "That's a lie." "I tell you he's..." "Can't you stop fooling around for a minute?" "I'm not exactly fooling around, Larry." "I'm trying to reconstruct the murder." "I won't need you, Shaefer." " OK." " I think I know how it happened." " You do?" "The way I see it, ...Stanley had no suspicion." "He was bent over the table, examining something." "The killer was standing, right there." "Grab hold of that poker, Larry." "No, not that one, the heavy one." "Don't worry, we've already checked it for fingerprints." "Now I'm Stanley and you're the murderer." "You cross the room, ...closing slowly in on me." "You're right behind me now, ...I still suspect nothing." "You raise the poker a bottle of wine, standing here." "And now, with the poker over my head, you hesitate." "Then you pull yourself together and bring it down with all your strength." "We found Stanley's body right there." "Well, Larry, what do you think?" " Very interesting theory." " Let's go down on headquarters." "I'll show you some interesting facts." "These are enlarged negatives of the evidence we've got on the Stanley case." "You want to take a look?" "This is one of the fingerprints we found on the strong box in Stanley's room." "The strong box?" "But I thought..." "Thought what?" "According to the newspaper, no fingerprints were found." "You read the newspapers very carefully, don't you?" " What if I do." " Oh, nothing." "Have you any idea of who left those prints on the strong box?" " How should I know?" " Think, Larry." " Who?" " Why, Stanley, of course." "Who else?" "Now, here's something interesting." "These are fibres from a man's coat." "They were found the day after the murder, clinging on the wet paint of the door of the apartment below Stanley's." "The man had probably hidden there some time during the night and ended by leaning against the wet paint." "You'd be surprised of the number of things we've been able to find out... from these few fibres, for instance, we know that the coat from which they came was a brown tweed with an interlocking red stripe." "It had been worn for several years and it was probably out of the elbows and..." "Why are you telling me all this?" " I thought it might interest you." " Why should I?" "Larry..." "The first time you went down to see me you were wearing a rather strange outfit." "The coat and trousers didn't match." "It was all I had." "As I remember, the coat was light grey, double breasted, ...with a second button missing from the left sleeve." "Right?" "Go on." "And the trousers were a bit faded and needed a bit of pressing." "They were a brown tweed, weren't they, Larry?" " You think you're very clever, don't you?" " What do you mean?" "You want to trick me into denying I had a brown tweed suit." "Well, I did had a brown tweed suit." "I'm admitting it." "Why, you've got me all wrong, Larry." "I just thought you'd be interested in these fibres because the came from a suit similar to yours." "I didn't say they came from your suit." "Stop playing cat and mouse." "I won't stand it any more, do you hear?" "I won't, I won't, I won't!" "Please, Larry, you'll disturb them in the next room." "I don't care who I disturb." "They're busy in there dissecting professor Stanley's remains." "Dissecting Stanley's remains?" "Yes, perhaps you'd like to watch." "Come along, and take your mind off yourself." "You're a medical student, you've seen bodies carved before!" "Leave me alone!" "What'll it be?" " Bourbon." " Bourbon." "Aye aye, sir." "In the midst of live we are in death." "Watch the traffic." "Death just around the corner." " Who is it?" " It's me, Larry." "Larry?" "It's almost one o'clock!" "I have to see you, Eileen." "Alright, just a minute." "Larry, you've been in an accident." "I'll be alright." "Sit down." "I'll..." "I'll fix you some coffee." "Why don't you take your coat off, Larry?" "Try and relax for a minute." "Relax?" "How can I relax?" "What is it, Larry?" "Won't you tell me what's troubling you?" " It's about professor Stanley." " Well, what about him?" " I know who killed him." " Have they caught the man?" "No, they haven't caught him yet." "Then how did you find out?" "Guess." "Was it one of the students?" "Yes." "Do I know him?" "Yes." "Who?" "Take a good look." "I'll go now." "What made you do it?" "I needed money." "But you didn't take any money!" "Here, drink this." "That check came the next day..." "if only you had waited." "You get tired of waiting." "One more day, and everything would have been different." "Too late now." "What'll I do?" "Larry you can't keep on carrying a secret like that." "I'll see captain Burke in the morning." "Beautiful morning, isn't it?" "That storm last night was just what we needed to clear the air." " How did you know I wanted to see you?" " Did you?" "I was just passing by on my way to the office and thought I'd drop in." "The door was open." "You're making it very convenient for me, captain." "Why doesn't he try some other tune?" "Larry, I've come to have it out with you." "I'm sorry I had to treat you the way I did last night, ...but you understand it's all part of the game." "I understand." "I've caused you a great deal of suffering." "Believe me, I know what it's like for a sensitive man to go through such treatment." "I'm sorry, I really am." "You see, Larry, from the first there were only two suspects:" "...the painter and you." "For quite a while, it was a dead end, ...we couldn't make a detail of the whole situation." "Then, finally, when all the clues were at hand we realised there could only be one answer." "But that's the way those things all pan out." "Nine o'clock." "I've got to be going." " Do you want me to come along?" " No." "If you want to talk, I'll be in my office until 2:30" "I'll be expecting you." "PAINTER CONFESSES MURDER" "Mrs. Williams!" "Mrs. Williams!" " You called me, Mr. Crain?" " Yes, I'm leaving." " Will you be gone for long?" " For good." " But you paid up until the end of the week." " Never mind." "I want you to pack my things." "I'll send for them later." " Is there something wrong?" " Wrong?" "No, everything's just fine." "Hey, you." "You forgot your suitcase." "Taking a trip, Mr. Crain?" "A trip?" "Yes, I I need a change of air." "You'll be gone long?" "Well, there's nothing to keep me here now, is it?" "You've got the right man." " You think so." "He confess, didn't he?" "I've seen a lot of guys confess the things they never did." "Why should he?" "If you ask me, that painter is as nutty as a fruitcake." "Well, I'll have to be running along." "There's someone waiting for me." " Eileen?" " Yes." " Go ahead." "All about the Stanley murder!" "Larry!" "Look out!" " Professor Stanley!" " May I come in?" "Oh, sure, sure!" " I imagine you're surprised to see me." " Surprised?" "I'm delighted." "Come and sit down." "I've been thinking over our conversation of last night, Mr. Crain, ...and it occurred to me you must be in a rather tight financial situation." "That's pretty smart." "As you know, I've always believed education must be encouraged, ...so I thought you might appreciate a small loan." "Well, thanks, but I..." "Sign right there." "$150!" "Thanks, professor Stanley, that's swell of you." "Thanks a lot." "Think nothing of it." "Oh, just a minute." "How am I going to pay you back?" "I won't be here for the fall term." " Oh, I forgot to tell you." "You've just been awarded the 1500$ memorial scholarship." "Goodbye." "120!" "You've got the best room in the house." "That'll be one week rent in advance." "No cook and no washing." "And remember, no visitors after 10." "Oh, you live here, too." " How did you know where to find me?" " I owe you something, don't I?" "Here,25, 50, 60 cents." " 60 cents?" ", but..." " It's exactly what you loaned me." "Don't go, Eileen." "Eileen?" "My name is Kathy." "Oh." "Kathy?" "Would you...?" "Where are you going tonight?" "Well I hardly know you." "I feel as though I'd known you a long time." "I don't remember meeting you before at Dock's place." "Larry's my name." "It's funny how people sometimes think they know each other." "I guess it's funny that things like that can happen." "I don't suppose you can't make it tonight." "I might." "Oh..." "Kathy." "Would you mind if I call you Eileen?" "You sure were in love with that girl." "Weren´t you?" "Someday I'll tell you all about it."