The Detective Page #7

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- No.

- How do you know?

I know.

Hello.

Oh, hi, Karen. Norma Maclver, Karen Leland.

- How do you do?

- Hello.

Uh, I'm having lunch

with some members of the board.

They're convinced

half the staff are communists.

- Would you like to join us'?

- No, thank you.

Well, it was nice to see you.

I didn't know you were married.

We're separated.

What a lovely-looking woman.

Yeah, she's lovely.

- Colin had lots of friends?

- Only one close friend. Dr. Roberts.

- What kind of a doctor'?

- A psychiatrist.

- Oh.

- Mm-hm.

- Was Colin a patient of his?

- No. They liked each other.

He lives next to us at the beach.

Hmm.

- Shall we go?

- Okay.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Hello.

Lieutenant Leland, police department.

I'm Wendell Roberts. Come on in.

- Hello.

- Hi.

- How are you?

- Fine.

I recognized you

from your pictures in the papers.

- I didn't know I was that famous.

- Oh, yeah.

The case of the mutilated homosexual

was a hell of a thing.

Yeah.

- Did you want to speak to Wendell?

- Yes, I did.

- Alone?

- That's what I had in mind, yes.

I'll be on my way. I'm over at Wendell's

as much as my own place.

How nice for the two of you.

I'll be around if you want me.

[DOOR CLOSES]

- How about a drink? What would you like?

- Bourbon.

Say, you've got a lot of plaques here.

You make a speech, you get a plaque.

- Tell me something, doctor. You a bachelor?

- Mm-hm.

I know you are. Semi, anyway.

How did you know that?

Your wife came to me for treatment.

Didn't you know that?

No, I didn't know that.

Thank you.

Did you treat Colin Maclver?

No.

In your conversations with him, did you ever

get an inkling he might want to take his life?

No.

- Did he ever talk to you about his business?

- No, never.

I don't believe you, doctor.

I don't care what you believe.

- The Maclver case is closed.

- I've reopened it.

- Why?

- Why not?

Cheers.

Cheers.

WENDELL:

She's an interesting girl, isn't she?

She's really far more vulnerable

than you might imagine.

And your investigation, constantly opening up

old wounds, isn't going to help any at all.

There were certain papers

on Maclver's body, doctor.

One of them had your name on it

regarding a business deal.

I had nothing to do

with Maclver's business affairs.

That was a fishing expedition, doctor.

Why should you be upset if I mention you

might have had a business deal with him?

You're an interesting man.

Narrow, but interesting.

I always felt that about you.

What does that mean? As if I give a damn.

Your relationship with your wife. One

of the most remarkable women I've ever met.

You could have handled that

more intelligently, if I may say so.

A different kind of man

could have understood her problem.

Mm.

Yeah, maybe a different kind of man

would've understood.

But I'm not civilized enough to look the

other way when my wife's screwing other men.

It's childish, isn't it?

But you know something?

- You're full of crap.

- You don't like psychiatrists much, do you?

- They make people adjust to a sick world.

- It is sick.

- Getting sicker.

- What do you suggest?

I think each person knows what's important

to him. He should compromise for nobody.

- I'm telling you to drop the Maclver case.

- Why?

It can only harm any number of people,

including yourself.

I'll tell you something. If you got anything to

say to me, you'd better tell me it damn quick.

I'll find out the answers to your enigmas.

- Well, good luck.

- Ill see you again.

My pleasure.

Hey, that's a pretty good job.

Thanks. I'm a mess.

Well, I wouldn't say so. Not exactly.

What did you talk about?

You, mostly.

- What did he say about me?

- He told me to lay off you.

That's none of his business.

Did Wendell tell you about

my unwholesome background?

- Your police record?

- You know about that?

Mm-hm. He didn't have to tell me.

You know about the drug thing?

Yep.

- I'd like to tell you about it.

- You needn't.

- Well, it was one of those things I had to try.

- Why?

Curiosity, I don't know.

I didn't like it, and I stopped.

Why are you telling me all of this?

I guess I care about what you think.

Norma, I'm trying to find out some things

about your husband's business.

Aside from the office,

was there any other place he kept papers?

- Yes, there's a room in the house.

- Anybody know about this room?

No. I never told anyone

after they broke into the office.

What's the matter?

JOE:
Where's your telephone?

- Over there.

What does "Rainbow" mean?

- Rainbow? I don't know.

- Yeah.

My husband never talked about business.

It's Leland. Give me Schoenstein.

Dave, go to your apartment. I'll be there

soon with some things I want you to see.

What does "Rainbow" mean?

- Wish to hell I knew.

- It's on nearly every one of these pages.

I tried to add up the figures.

They don't balance.

Did you get a load of some of the names

in here? The biggest names in town.

Forms for corporations. Why so many, Joe?

How about you go down

to the Hall of Records.

Check out who pays their taxes...

who were the attorneys

who filed for them.

- Should only take you a couple of days.

- Okay.

Ah. I'm bushed. I'm going home.

- Good night, Rachael.

WOMAN:
Good night, Joe.

Can I fix you something

to eat before you go?

No, Rachael, I'm full.

That stuffed derma was beautiful.

Oh, thanks. You want me

to fix you something to take home?

- No, sweetheart. Good night.

- Good night, dear.

- David, how about you?

- Nothing.

- Not even a glass tea?

- Not even a glass tea.

- Are you sure?

- I'm sure.

- Because it's no trouble.

- No trouble.

[GUNSHOT]

Curran.

[GRUNTING]

Now you want to talk about it?

What are they afraid of?

They forced me to kill two men. Where are

the missing pages from the notebook?

- Tell me about it.

- Joe.

If I tell you, I'm dead.

Hello.

Hello.

Great hours you're keeping these days.

[JOE CHUCKLES]

Don't tell me you're jealous.

Is it that girl in the restaurant?

She was eating you up with her eyes,

I could see that.

Hey, is it something serious?

You know...

I've been lying here

all night long trying to...

Trying to think up a speech

about why we should get together again.

It doesn't work.

Yeah, it'd be pretty

hard to make that work.

You know...

[SIGHS]

What I always thought...

was the most important

thing in the world...

was, uh, to be valuable, you know.

I mean, not necessarily important,

just valuable.

I mean, you know, to have people be pleased

when I did my job well...

whatever it was.

And to have them be grateful I was around.

And I think I managed that pretty well,

I mean...

I'm good with the students,

Joe, I really am.

But that's not all that's important.

God, what's the matter with me?

Why can't I grow up?

Why is that thrill so important? That...

That deep, dirty thrill.

We know the reasons, Karen.

But knowing isn't enough, is it, Karen?

[PHONE RINGING]

- Yeah?

- Joe. I got info on Rainbow, Joe.

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