baII. What do you say, Chief? You got that oId kiIIer aII Iined up in your front sights, hm? I'm workin' on it. Tom, cIimb off of GiIIespie's back now. You know damn weII we didn't hire him off a homicide squad. Yeah, weII, it's gonna be his week. Cos CoIbert's onIy the start. I say this nigger won't Iive past Saturday. Mrs CoIbert, can you teII me about your husband's enemies? That's Endicott. He's been fighting us aII the way. He sits up on his hiII and runs this county. Or did, untiI we moved in. Did your husband teII you where he was going Iast night? He said he wasn't sIeepy. I went to bed. What time was that? A IittIe after 11, I think. Did he caII you, or anybody on your staff, after 11? No. Maybe the eIevator boy can teII us what time he went out. They put it on seIf-service after ten. Did your husband use a car here? Find anything? - Whoever kiIIed CoIbert drove this car. - How do you know? Where you goin'? I'd drive up there, but I'm sure you don't want me running up there by myseIf. - Up where? - Eric Endicott's. Endicott's?! Come on, now! ("ln the Heat of the Night" instrumental) None of that for you, huh, VirgiI? ln the heat of the night Mm-hm, ain't a woman yet been born Yeah Knows how to make the mornin' come lt's so hard to keep control Yes, it is When l could sell my soul For just a little light ln the heat of the night Listen. You know something I don't know? I found a piece of osmunda in CoIbert's car. - A piece of what? - On the brake pedaI. Osmunda. Fern root. Fern root? Oh, is Mr Endicott here? Yes, sir. He's out in the greenhouse. WouId you foIIow me, pIease? - GiIIespie. - Mr Endicott. This here's VirgiI. - Mr Tibbs. - How do you do, sir? Oh, may I have Henry fetch you somethin'? Some Iight refreshment? - No, thank you. We're aII right... - I'II have something coId, soft. Anything. Henry, bring in a pitcher of Iemonade. I'II have one, too. Yes, sir. I didn't know it was possibIe to grow this species IocaIIy. - Oh, you Iike fIowers? - I do. Mr Tibbs, do you know anything about orchids? - Not very much, but I do Iike them. - WeII, Iet me show you. Endicott's foIIy. - What do you think? - It's beautifuI. It's breathtaking. - Have you a favourite, Mr Tibbs? - WeII, I'm partiaI to any of the epiphytics. Why, isn't that remarkabIe! That of aII the orchids in this pIace, you shouId prefer the epiphytics. I wonder if you know why. Maybe it wouId be heIpfuI if you'd teII me. Because, Iike the Negro, they need care and feedin' and cuItivatin'. And that takes time. That's somethin' you can't make some peopIe understand. That's somethin' Mr CoIbert didn't reaIise. Is this what the epiphytics root in? My point! They thrive on it. Take it away from them, they do poorIy. - What do you caII this materiaI? - That's osmunda. Fern root. WeII, we don't wanna take any more of your time, Mr Endicott. Why'd you two come here? To ask you about Mr CoIbert. Let me understand this. You two came here... to question me? WeII, your... your attitudes, Mr Endicott, your points of view, are a matter of record. Some peopIe - Iet us say the peopIe who work for Mr CoIbert - might reasonabIy regard you as the person Ieast IikeIy to mourn his passing. We were just trying to cIarify some of the evidence. Was Mr CoIbert ever in this greenhouse? Say, Iast night, about midnight? GiIIespie? Yeah? - You saw it. - Oh, I saw it. What are you gonna do about it? I don't know. I'II remember that. There was a time... when I couId have had you shot. - You better cIear out. And I mean fast! - What about that speech you gave me? I didn't know you'd sIap any white man! Least of aII Endicott! AII right. Give me another day. Two days. I'm cIose. I can puII that fat cat down. I can bring him right off this hiII! Oh, boy. Man, you're just Iike the rest of us. Ain't ya? It's aII my fauIt. But there's no point in ducking it. It ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Сириана на английском - текст Токийская история на английском - текст Дневник камикадзе на английском - текст Вкус Сайры на английском - текст Муми-тролль и комета на английском |