Dishonored Lady Page #7

David, please listen to me.

You lied to me. You've always lied to me!

But I'm not lying now.

I didn't want to go with him. He'd said he'd drive me home

And he made love to you, didn't he?

Don't deny it! Of course he made love to you!

He had a key to your room.

I should have told you many things.

I tried to, but I just couldn't.

If this thing were so innocent, you would have told me.

When I said I was in love with you,

when I asked you to marry me.

I was afraid, David...

I was afraid you wouldn't understand.

You bet I wouldn't.

Before I met you I was horrible.

But you changed all that.

You made me sane and happy.

Why keep on lying?

You tried that upstairs and it didn't work.

Look. I was in love with you.

All right, I made a mistake.

I thought you were something wonderful

and you turned out to be something else.

So let's just forget about it.

The only thing you can do for me is to let me alone.

I love you, David.

I'll always love you.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

the prosecution will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt

that Madeleine Damien is guilty of the premeditated murder

of Felix Courtland.

We will prove that she was in his apartment

the night he was murdered.

We will prove that her fingerprints are on the table lighter

with which he was murdered.

And we will prove further that she had a motive

for the murder.

For after all this is a very simple story.

To one man, Doctor Cousins, she was a pure and noble woman.

To the other, Felix Courtland,

an irresponsible light of love.

Too self-indulgent to be faithful the man she wanted to marry

too weak and lacking in character to break with Courtland.

Her twisted soul was bent on a heartless deceit...

to make one man believe what all others knew to be a lie.

And when Courtland threatened to expose her

she went to his apartment to plead with him

in the only way she knew.

She embraced him...

She made love to him...

In spite of that he threatened to expose the lie she was living.

She silenced him forever.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

The State asks you to find Madeleine Damien guilty.

Guilty of murder in the first degree.

On the night Mr. Courtland called on the defendant,

did you let him into her apartment?

I certainly did not!

How did he get in?

He must have had a key of his own.

A key of his own?

Where was the defendant when he arrived?

Out with the doctor, I suppose,

pulling the wool over his eyes.

Thank you, Mrs. Geiger.

Your witness, Mr. Mitchell.

Let me cross-examine her?

No questions.

Ms. Damien, I can't defend you properly

if you won't let me. We've got to put up a fight.

Fight? What for?

And now, Mr. Garet, what was the nature of the work

you did for Mr. Courtland?

Most of it was personal. Kind of a confidential secretary,

I suppose you could call it.

And in that capacity you were in a position to learn

a great deal about his private life?

Yes, of course.

Did Mr. Courtland know that Ms. Damien was lying

to Doctor Cousins

and concealing her true character from him?

I'd rather not answer that question, Mr. O'Brien,

you see...

both Ms. Damien and Mr. Courtland were friends of mine.

Yes, I understand.

Let's get back to when they meet at the airport.

What was the attitude of the defendant when Courtland

saw Dr. Cousins?

She was embarrassed, naturally.

She was embarrassed, naturally...

Thank you.

Your witness, Mr. Mitchell.

I've got to cross-examine him.

If I don't we haven't a chance.

Don't ask him anything.

No questions.

Were you a close friend of the defendant?

Yes, I was.

Did she confide in you on matters of a personal nature?

Yes, she did.

If you were asked in this court,

do you think you could recall any of those intimacies?

I could recall some of them in lurid detail.

Your Honor, I object!

Objection sustained.

Let me ask you this, Ms. Royce. Would you say

in general that men found Ms. Damien attractive?

Definitely.

And would you say Ms. Damien found men

attractive to her?

I'm afraid I most certainly would.

You would?

What were the relations between Ms. Damien

and a former employer, Mr. Kranish?

They were friends.

In your opinion, were they anything more than friendly?

I object, Your Honor, the question calls for the conclusion

of the witness and is prejudicial.

Objection sustained.

Dr. Cousins, I'm Dr. Caleb.

Ms. Damien is a patient of mine.

I don't happen to think she's guilty of murder,

do you?

No, I don't.

She may be guilty of other things

but in there she's being tried for murder

and she won't even defend herself.

She's got a pretty good lawyer, hasn't she?

She needs your help, Doctor.

In her mind she's not on trial for murder,

she's on trial for those other things.

And it's not the judge who's trying that case,

it's you.

I don't want to be rude, Doctor,

but I don't think you know what you're talking about.

I'm sorry to disagree.

You see, I've been treating Ms. Damien for some time.

I happen to be her psychiatrist.

Doctor Caleb.

I'm sorry to have bothered you, Doctor.

Your name, please.

Richard Caleb.

You're a psychiatrist?

I am.

Ms. Damien came to you as a patient?

Yes.

Did she come of her own free will?

Yes, of course.

Isn't it true that people do not go to psychiatrists

unless they consider themselves...

well, shall we say, not well balanced?

In general, that's correct

As a matter of fact, wasn't Ms. Damien

on the verge of committing suicide

when she made her first visit to you?

Your Honor, I object!

Well, no matter, we'll prove that by other witnesses.

However, is it not true that people who come to you

as patients

come with problems?

Objection!

Objection overruled.

Well, Doctor?

There'd be no point in coming to me if they didn't have problems.

So the defendant came to you with a problem.

Do you mind telling us, Doctor, in your opinion,

just what was Ms. Damien's problem?

That is a confidential matter between doctor and patient.

I'm afraid I can't discuss it.

During the course of your treatment of Ms. Damien

did you ever discuss her relationship

with doctor David Cousins?

Yes, we did.

Bearing in mind the fact that she's engaged

to be married to Dr. Cousins

do you think she was frank with him

as she should have been?

As a matter of fact I urged her to tell everything.

And did she?

Not to my knowledge.

Why not, Doctor? Why didn't she?

I'm afraid you'll have to ask Ms. Damien about that.

Did you ever meet Dr. Cousins?

Yes, just a few minutes ago.

I'm sure you found him a reasonable,

intelligent young man.

And yet the defendant refused to confide in him.

Having met Dr. Cousins, I think I can see why Ms. Damien

hesitated to confide in him.

Do you mind telling us why?

It's my impression that Dr. Cousins hasn't the capacity,

either emotionally or intellectually,

to understand a problem like Ms. Damien's.

How is the trial going, Doctor?

Not very well, I'm afraid.

There's a Doctor Cousins in your office.

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