Hokuspokus oder: Wie lasse ich meinen Mann verschwinden...? Page #4

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Yes.

Then you must've had it on

when the boat capsized.

- Yes.

Then you swam to shore

and walked home? - Yes.

But your maid testified

that you came home without a coat!

I took it off in the water

so I could swim better.

And your husband probably put it

back on so he could drown better.

For when he washed ashore,

he was wearing the oilskin coat!

Buttoned up!

Right? And that in turn

might cause another fainting spell.

The defendant continues to lie!

The question we all have is:

Why do you lie if you are innocent?

So you don't think I'm guilty.

- What was that?

I can't put it any other way.

What my client means is, although

innocent, she must sometimes lie,

because the truth

would falsely incriminate her.

So she's lying for truth's sake!

- That sums it up. Thanks, Prosecutor.

Please, Mr. Defense Counsel...

- Madam Defendant...

Shouldn't we admit

there was a small fight in the boat?

Yes.

- A small one or a big one?

A big one.

Hilmar was jealous as usual.

Of whom?

Of men.

Which men?

- All men.

Which men in particular?

Particularly of successful men.

- For example?

Napoleon.

Napoleon is dead.

- That didn't matter to him.

You see, Mr. President,

he had an inferiority complex.

He thought he was a bad painter.

I told him he was a good painter,

and he was.

- I know. I have one of his paintings.

It's hanging above my fireplace.

- Really, Mr. President,

I never doubted his talent, but he

didn't believe me. He'd get jealous

and say I couldn't possibly love

such an amateur as himself.

Then he demanded the name of my lover.

- But you didn't give it to him.

Of course not.

- And why not?

I didn't have one.

- So that kind of fight took place?

Exactly. Just like that.

- How did it end?

In reconciliation.

That's what capsized the boat?

No.

- What then?

The boat didn't capsize at all.

Another lie!

- That hasn't been proven.

We'll see about that!

Mr. President, if I may

summon witness Sedal.

- Witness Sedal, please.

Please step forward.

Anna Sedal, 23 years old, unmarried,

no relation to the defendant.

You were the defendant's maid?

Lady's maid, Mr. President.

Mr. Prosecutor.

- Witness,

one of your duties was to help the

defendant get dressed and undressed.

Do you recall March 13th?

Yes, that was the day the Madam

went for a boat ride with Mr. Kjerulf.

What kind of dress was she wearing?

- The one with the blue dots.

In what condition was the dress

when the defendant returned?

I don't know.

You just said

you helped her dress and undress.

That day I only dressed her.

- Why didn't you undress her?

I didn't notice that she'd returned.

She came through the garden

and got changed on her own.

In other words, she sneaked in.

I don't know.

When did you see her that afternoon?

It must've been just after her return

that I entered her room.

And the defendant had already changed?

- Yes.

Did she ring for you?

No, I entered mistakenly.

And what was the defendant doing

when you mistakenly entered?

She was humming a tune.

Humming a tune?

- Yes.

Out of embarrassment?

- No, out of Carmen.

Did the defendant seem agitated?

- Yes.

Very agitated?

- I think so...

Did she look exhausted?

Answer me, you're under oath.

Did she look exhausted?

Madam was always good to me.

Tell me if she was exhausted!

Her hands trembled

while she did her hair.

She trembled with exhaustion

while humming a tune

when you came in?

I can only say how it was,

even if it doesn't make sense.

It does make sense. How did the dress

look when you found it in the closet?

It wasn't in the closet.

- Where was it?

Gone.

- It was gone?

You're saying you never saw it again?

- No, I did. - When?

A few days later.

- Where?

In a trunk.

- Interesting. And how did it look?

It was damp.

- What else?

Dirty.

- And what did you do with it?

I took it to the cleaners.

- Keller and Hoffmann?

Yes.

That will be all. I'd like to

question the employee of that company.

Cross examination, Counsel?

- No, thanks.

Witness, please have a seat.

Witness Munio Eunano!

Your name is Munio Eunano?

A stupid name...

But my ancestors were Greek.

'Eu'. Hence the 'Eu'.

Hence the 'Eu'. But that is your name?

- Yes.

26 years old, unmarried,

no relation to the defendant, employee

at Keller and Hoffmann's cleaners.

Yes. I wanted to be an actor.

Yes. Mr. Prosecutor, go ahead.

Witness, on March 17, the defendant's

maid brought a blue and white dress

to be cleaned.

- Yes. A blue and white dress.

Precisely. In what condition

was the dress when you received it?

Damp, bunched up, wrinkled,

and slightly torn.

Did it have any stains?

- Yes. - What kind?

Tar and seaweed stains.

We couldn't remove them.

But we did remove the blue dots!

That's why we didn't charge for it.

Well, that would've been difficult.

Don't ask the defense anything, just

answer the prosecutor's questions.

Yes, Mr. Chairman.

How do you explain

the tar and seaweed stains?

It seems they got on the dress.

It seems so.

I mean, did it look like the dress

had come into contact

with the tar and seaweed covered hull

of a capsized boat?

I didn't understand that.

I asked if the dress looked like

it had come into contact

with the tar and algae covered hull

of a capsized boat?

He still didn't understand.

The prosecutor asks if you think

the dress looked like

it had come into contact

with the tar and algae covered...

No. I can't improve on that.

It's quite possible.

- What?

That the dress

clung to a capsized boat.

Or the wearer of that dress?

- That's what I meant.

Enter that in the record.

Witness, you said the dress was torn.

Where was it torn?

- Above the breast, so to speak.

What do you mean by 'so to speak'?

Pardon me, I mean,

a dress has no breast, so to speak.

I mean, no breasts!

Little breasts. Pardon me.

Don't be so nervous. Did the tears

look like they came about in a fight?

Precisely.

- Enter that in the record as well!

I'm finished with the witness.

- Cross examination?

Yes.

Witness, sir...

You said the dress was damp.

How damp was it?

How damp?

- Yes, how damp?

So damp

that it had to have been in a lake?

Or could it have become that damp

in an intense downpour?

In a downpour...

That's also possible, Mr. Counsel.

It's also possible,

and we want that in the record too.

And the seaweed stains,

what color were they?

Green.

- Couldn't they also be grass stains?

Certainly.

- But tar stains don't come from grass.

Unless there was tar in the grass.

And the torn dress: You said the tears

could've come about in a fight.

Yes.

But might they not,

in your sophisticated experience,

also have been the result

of a passionate embrace?

That would be even better!

Enter that in the record too!

Thank you.

Witness, we'll judge your oath later.

You can go now.

What do you say

to the testimony of the two witnesses?

Well, was the dress wet

from the lake or from the rain?

Do you realize that your silence

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