True Confession Page #8

That's a shame.

Susie-Q'in', huh?

Yes'm. And, uh, Mr. Bartlett,

I was wonderin'.

Well, speakin' right to the point, if

I lets go with a few well-aimed bullets,

does you think you can

get me off with the law okay?

I'm going swimming.

Kind of touchy, ain't he?

Ken! Ken! Oh!

Oh, Ken!

Ken!

Ken.!

Oh! Oh!

Ken, help!

Ken, help.!

Help, Ken!

Oh!

Stay up, Helen! Stay up!

I'll be there!

['m here, Helen.

Take it easy, now.

Don't fight.

Say, you weren't drowning.

Yes, I was!

Stop!

Help.!

Ken!

Ken!

Help.!

Oh, gee, Helen.

I'm- I'm sorry.

Here. Take it easy.

Take it easy.

Now, don't fight.

There. There.

Oh, I didn't mean

to push you so hard.

Oh, that's all right.

How do you feel, better?

Yes, much better.

That's good.

Oh, Helen, I'm- I'm sorry

about- about everything-

the way I acted before

and all that.

Will you forgive me?

Forgive you?

Oh, Ken!

One ticket to Lake Martha, please.

Come on. Come on.

One more? One more, huh?

Here you go.

Go and get it.

What's the matter? Don't tell me you've

dried up right in the middle of a novel.

I'm so happy about having

everything settled with Ken,

I can't get interested

in the darned thing.

Settled? Why, he still

doesn't know that you-

Shh! I mean, he's had something

on his mind for a long time,

and now he's said it,

and he feels better, so I feel better.

You know, this is the first time

I've felt right since- since-

Since.

Yeah. Since.

Well, let's get started.

Oh-oh, here it comes.

McCormack...

enters Yvonne's room.

Yeah. Yeah, McCormack

enters Yvonne's room.

Hello, my house.

Let's see. A certain confidence

that he'd find her there,

he opens the door cautiously,

like this.

The door is locked.

So what? Unlock it.

You got that fixed?

Yeah.

Now, where were we?

Oh.

What do you want?

Mrs. Bartlett.

She ain't here.

Oh,yes, she is.

Who is that, Ella?

He won't go away.

- Who won't go away?

- I.

That's the one-

- Well, what do you want?

- Hmm!

Nice little place we have here.

Get out of here!

It's really very, very nice.

Hello, bumpkin.

I said get out of here!

I, uh- I'm selling wallets.

We don't want any wallets.

Get out of here!

You'll want this one.

- Where did you get this?

- What are you so excited about?

Let's see it.

I asked where you got that.

Where do you think?

I killed Otto Krayler.

Y- Y-You killed him?

I, Charles Jasper,

utmost in criminologists,

committed the perfect crime.

And who stole the glory

of my deed?

Who writes childish articles,

gives stupid lectures?

Who has lived to see her husband

grow sleek and fat...

upon the fruits

of the stolen crime?

My crime! Thief!.

I- I didn't mean to take

anything away from you.

All I did was-

Where is our liquor?

Not the guest soup,

the private stock.

Oh.

I'm going out and find Ken.

No!

Whatever you do-

Mr. Whatever-your-name-is,

after you've had a drink,

will you please go away?

Certainly. After you have

purchased the wallet.

With that bit of leather goes my

entire interest in the crime.

Don't pay any attention to him.

How do we know he did it?

Yes. Yes, how do we know?

For that matter, how do I know

you didn't do it? Because I did.

Oh. And as for this wallet,

unless you buy it from me,

you shall be revealed as a perjurer,

a common liar,

and the prison gates

shall clang behind you. No!

How much do you want for it?

Your husband doesn't know,

does he? No. I mean, why?

Well, it simply means

I'll want more now.

The price, complete with crime,

is $30,000.

Thirty thousand dol-

I told you he was crazy.

Don't give him a cent.

He can't expose you without

putting his own pants in the chair!

Oh, yes? Did you

get the chair? No.

Will I get the chair?

Likewise, no.

I have a wife.

Krayler tried to give her a job.

She turned him down.

He insulted her.

I shot him.

- I don't believe that.

- Believe what you want.

I have an airtight defense,

and I am ready to test it at any time.

But [ haven't got $30,000.

Can't we talk about-

Oh. H-Hello, Ken.

Good evening, my dear fellow.

Pull up a chair.

Who's that?

I don't know. He- He-

Oh, what's the use?

Ken, this is gonna be the worst

thing you ever heard in your life,

and you're gonna leave me and walk all the way to

China or something, but I don't care what happens.

I still love you. That's why I

do things like this, I guess.

Oh, I love you so much!

What are you talking about?

Do you really wanna know?

Of course I wanna know.

Well, I didn't kill Otto Krayler.

You didn't kill him?

No. He did.

She'll be all right, Ken.

Hmm. Cute kid.

What's her name?

The way it happened

with Mr. Krayler was-

It seemed I'd have a better chance

if I said I did it than if I told the truth.

Even you told me that.

Remember, Ken?

Remember?

She'll be all right, Ken.

So I did it. I know

I shouldn't have, but I did.

And now he's here and wants money

- Be quiet.

What happened?

Here. Take her outside

and walk her around.

She needs fresh air.

I'll take care of him.

I was only trying-

Go on outside!

I beg your pardon.

You said you killed Krayler.

Prove it.

He's gonna leave me.

Just wait and see.

Did you see that look?

Oh, Daisy, what am I gonna do?

Hey, come back here!

You're asking me what to do

with an imagination like yours.

Why don't you tell him

today is yesterday...

and nothing has

happened up to now?

That doesn't make sense. But

what you've done does, I suppose.

Say, Helen, it's never been clear to me

exactly why you didn't kill Krayler.

I mean, when you told Ken you did,

which you didn't, of course-

Well, why did you? I mean, if you

said you did, which you didn't-

Well, I mean you did say it, but

you didn't do it. Why did you?

I mean, why didn't you?

Oh, well,just let's walk.

And what if I tell you to go chase

yourself? I'll go to the police.

After all, I know a little law

myself, young man.

Do you know what will happen

to your wife?

Ten years or more for perjury.

And what will happen to you?

I will go free.

On the strength of that lie

about your wife?

I think not.

You were after that money

they found in the cigar box.

Was I?

Listen, you might as well

get this straight from the start.

You can't reopen this case.

Why can't I?

Because only the condemned person

or his representative...

has a right to do that,

and there is no condemned person.

Nobody was convicted.

What?

You mean that's the law?

That's the law.

Are you trying to tell me

there is no justice?

Justice and the law

are not always the same.

But in this case they are,

because I'm going to call the police.

W- Why?

Because you're an admitted criminal,

and you're at large.

But they can't reopen the case.

You just told me.

That's right, but you've

just attempted extortion.

You threatened my wife

and demanded money.

I did that? What-

What kind of a country is this?

Do you realize you're sending

your own wife to jail just to report me?

We'll see. Now, wait,

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