A Kiss Before Dying Page #6

Will your father glow when

he gets the bill? Think we're worth it?

- A thousand times over.

- Hey!

Hey, I'm gonna have to give you

some lessons on economy.

- You want to go to dinner?

- Don't even mention it.

- How about a show?

- I'm absolutely exhausted all at once.

If you want an early start to the smelter

tomorrow, cancel me out early.

All right, off to bed with you, then.

And pleasant dreams.

Good night, darling.

The Kingship mines.

- Larger, you thought, or smaller?

- No complaints.

- This is your call, sir.

- It's from the restaurant.

I'd like you to take it.

If you don't mind.

- Kingship speaking.

- This is the confirmation on it.

Corliss was Dorothy's boyfriend all right.

The waitress says they came here often

before she died.

- I see.

- I'll call the Payson police right away.

Yes. Thank you, Chief.

- Tell Miss Ellen I want to see her at once.

- She and Mr. Corliss drove to the smelter.

- Thank you.

- Yes, sir.

There's no danger of anything

happening to her up there.

Why, he doesn't even know

we suspect him.

Ellen does.

- I'll have the car brought around.

- I'll tell the police where we're going.

Two million dollars on wheels.

It's hard to believe, isn't it?

$50,000 for a truck.

Of course, we get a slight discount,

buying them by the gross.

Looks like the center of creation!

They'll be in China for Easter Sunday!

- They've worked this pit for eight years.

- Seven.

Darling! You sound like you knew the

Kingship mine before the Kingship girl.

No, it's not that.

It's just that mining has always interested

me. Ever since I can remember.

Like you said, two of a kind.

Copper, music...

You should have heard Dorothy

on the subject of Debussy and me.

I used to drag that girl to every concert.

I try to see most of them, too.

Shall we go up?

- How were the concerts in Lupton?

- Not bad, for a town that...

That was some time ago.

They're probably even better today.

- Look at that!

- I've seen it.

I think we better be getting back now.

But I can't go on like this.

I've got to know.

- You mean about Lupton?

- Yes.

Did I go to the university?

Did I know your sister?

Yes, I did, Ellen.

I even had a few dates with her.

Bud, why didn't you tell me?!

All right, I will.

When I transferred up here

and happened to meet you,

I saw right away

what you were going through.

My telling you,

would that have helped you forget?

- But later...

- Later.

Later we fell in love,

and I knew I mustn't tell you.

I'd be chaining you to a reminder of grief

every time you looked at me.

I'd be putting a curse on both of us.

- I suppose I...

- I still don't understand.

- If it was only innocent, you...

- What did you say?

If it was innocent? If it was?

- I didn't mean that...

- Is that what your love is like?

Is that a sample of your faith in me?

Your trust?

Oh, Bud!

Who put you up to this? Grant?

He probably saw me with her once.

What an operator. He drives all the way

up here to tell you that.

It was to tell me about Powell.

- The fella who killed your sister?

- Except that he didn't.

He didn't kill himself. He was killed

by the same man who killed Dorothy.

How do they know? They're bluffing.

He left a note. It said it all there.

They didn't find anybody.

How do they even know your sister

was killed? They're guessing, Ellen.

Powell was about to give me

the murderer's address.

The murderer knew that.

He overheard us.

He just happened to be there?

He didn't just happen to be there, Bud.

He'd followed me.

He followed every move I made.

Ellen, that's even crazier! How could he?

Known I was in Lupton?

I sent him a message, telling him so.

Remember?

You think you know.

I'm telling you you're wrong.

All these things are coincidence.

Me knowing her, the university...

So did a hundred other guys.

You are tall and slender.

That was in her letter.

What letter?

- You were right beside me all along.

- It means nothing.

- Dory knew it doesn't...

- "Dory"...

There weren't a dozen called her Dory.

There was only one.

Why did you have to do this, Ellen?

To me? To yourself?

Most of these things you've said,

the police don't even know.

They do. Yes, they do.

No.

No, they don't.

Or I wouldn't be here, would I?

And you wouldn't be here with me.

I put my whole life into this, Ellen.

Everything I ever wanted, right here.

I can't give it up.

You're insane.

Can't you see that?

You can't go any further.

Your father and I... we'll grieve together.

We'll have that to share between us two.

There.

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