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for the murder

of her lover and his wife."

"When her lover refused to leave his wife,

she chopped them up in bed with an ax."

Charming.

Do you remember

reading about her?

Black-and-white cat.

Black-and-white cake.

Hmm?

That's what she said.

How long

has he been here?

About a week.

Any identification yet?

Nope.

Nothing on the body...

cards, notes.

Nothing. He was cleaned out

and dumped here.

The print boys

have just taken impressions.

Okay.

Does he fit anyone

on the missing persons list?

Well, we're checking.

When you find out his blood group,

call me.

Right.

Doctor, what about

her psychiatric condition?

I'd like to get her stronger

before putting her through

heavy psychiatric examination.

Going over her fantasy

won't help at the moment.

All right.

Thanks very much.

You're welcome.

The doctor says

you shouldn't take so many pills.

They're depressing you.

They are?

Uh, I've got to call the office.

You sure that was

the last time you saw him?

You take it.

Hello.

Mr. Brenner's office.

Who is this?

So you found a body.

Multiple stab wounds. Probably done

on the same night the Parker girl

claimed to have killed someone.

"Probably."

Blood type:

"O" Rhesus-negative.

Same as was on the girl.

Same as the girl.

It narrows it down.

To half a million people

in New York City.

And Michael Lerman's name,

address and phone number

in Brenner's file.

That's all?

He kept names and addresses

in the office only.

Nothing in his apartment.

Where he kept his real files,

we don't know.

Accused of extortion

He was a detective

in name only.

He did, uh...

What's the fashionable word?

Uh, dirty tricks.

Meaning?

Meaning,

we have a New York lawyer,

Michael Lerman,

boy genius with a drunken wife

who wouldn't divorce him,

a wife who let it be known

from time to time he took bribes

in plea bargaining sessions.

Maybe Brenner conveniently

pushed her off the bridge.

Maybe Lerman wants to

scare the Parker girl to death.

Maybe...

That's a handful of"maybes."

Most cases start with maybes.

Ask us in.

Miss Parker.

I hope

you're feeling better.

- I thought you were...

- Warned off?

I've got permission

to talk to you, Michael.

Alone.

I can go for a walk.

Darling...

It's all right.

I can still walk.

A half hour

will be enough.

We have our body, Mr. Lerman.

A man who knew you very well.

I never saw him before.

Give us this day

our daily bread,

and deliver us from evil, amen.

You came to be heard.

It's eight years since

I've been to confession.

Then talk here.

I've rejected Christ.

I need to come back.

Is there anything else,

my child?

I've committed adultery.

And I've tried to

take my life twice.

There is more?

I saw my father.

I stabbed him,

but he's already dead.

It makes me feel like

I should take my life again.

Since you have abandoned

the Church and Jesus Christ,

you have been lost...

and without guidance.

Once you have

re-embraced him,

the guilt within you...

that breeds suspicions

and deceptions...

will vanish.

The Lord brought you here.

The Lord will protect you.

For each one of us...

he has a purpose.

Embrace Christ, my child.

Trust again.

And if you have any doubts or fears,

come back...

to me.

I was worried.

It's been three hours.

Was it?

I went for a walk.

For three hours?

And then I went

to the church.

Why'd you go to a church?

'Cause it helped me.

Well, you do look better.

You know that man?

The detective?

Mmm. A one-ulcer man

in a two-ulcer job.

You know, I was thinking, just maybe

you didn't imagine what happened.

I'd like to take a look

at that house.

With those?

Yeah.

A gift from a grateful client.

Okay,

now where exactly...

did you step?

Well, I ran for the door,

and he was right here in front of me.

It was right here, Michael.

Well, then why didn't

the police technicians

find any blood?

Maybe somebody washed it up.

No. No, there would have been

a residue left on the carpet.

Michael, there's something

really different about this room.

Hmm?

When Miss Logan

showed this room to me,

I thought the carpet was gold.

Well, I've been to parties

in worse places.

The table was there,

a gramophone was over here,

there were plants everywhere.

And this bookcase...

"'Charter House of Parma. '"

"Techniques ofTorture

by Allard. '"

You'll like this one

for variety.

What do you mean?

All the pages

are the same.

Alison, there's nothing

strange about this book.

What do you mean?

All the pages are different.

All the pages are the same.

All of them!

Alison, either one of us is lying,

or one of us is seeing

something that isn't there.

Tell me, what do you

see in this book?

Latin. I see nothing but Latin.

Everything in there is Latin!

Okay, come here.

Come here. Come here.

I want you...

to write down...

exactly what you see.

Right there. Okay?

"'Tibi... sortu...

"'cursus...

"'tuum...

vigiliaque...'"

Jesus, Alison!

You really are seeing Latin.

Suppose he hears you,

but he can't answer the door?

Well, maybe he doesn't want to.

Alison, if something happened,

he knows.

Michael!

The lock's been changed.

Now, you say that Miss Logan told you

that the Church owns this building?

Well, that's what she said.

I want you to go back

to my apartment and wait.

I'm gonna get this translated,

and I'm going

to the diocesan council...

and see if somebody

will talk to me.

Ah, Flavius, my dear.

You must always remember

what he said to Sophocles.

Come.

Ah! Eldridge!

Um, no.

I'm, uh...

I'll see you Wednesday,

Professor.

Wednesday?

That's when I go

old-time dancing.

But every Wednesday

is my tutorial.

- What's your name?

- Alice. Alice Marchak.

Alice?

Oh! It's written here.

You're right.

When do I go

old-time dancing, then?

Here, Professor.

I phoned?

Ah, yes.

Form of early Latin used,

oh, three or four hundred years

before the Caesars.

Tea?

No, thank you.

Can you translate this?

You know,

when you phoned...

I thought you had

a serious problem,

something challenging.

Well, I'm glad to see that it won't

take too much of your time.

What does it say?

A word or two, now,

I must be certain.

Now, a few seconds,

Eldridge.

Uh, Lerman.

Michael Lerman.

Yes, Eldridge Lerman.

Right.

Okay. All right.

Yes, there we are.

Well.

"To thee...

"thy course...

"by lot is given...

"charge and strict watch,

"that to this happy place...

"no evil thing...

approach or enter in."

What does it mean?

You would have to check the book.

You can get it in English.

The book?

Yes.

By Milton.

The English religious writer,

from his great work...

Paradise Lost.

Yea, though I walk through

the valley of the shadow of death...

- Oh, Father, you frightened me.

- This is my church.

Well, I was just here

a couple of days ago,

and there was another priest here.

Another? Here?

He had a big r...

He had a big ring on his finger.

It was very heavy.

It had the figure ofJesus Christ on it.

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