Anyway, she asks me, she says, uh... "Don't you think I got a classy build?" And I say "Sure." And so she starts to show me. But I didn't do nothin' wrong. I just didn't stop her from tryin' to prove her point. Then this cop, Sam Wood, comes chargin' outta the bush and hauls me in. He let you go, didn't he? Told me not to mess with her no more. She lives on Third, a block from me. Traipsin' around in the altogether. With the lights on. Now, somebody sure oughta make her stop doin' that. Come here. Let me see your right hand. - What you doin'? - Hold still. (door opens) All right now, give him the waiver for false arrest. (Virgil) Forget it. I'm askin' you to sign it. Please. Give him a pen. Give him a pen. All right. Let him out. You'll be able to catch the 12.10 train. It wouldn't be a bad idea to change the charge against Oberst. He was nowhere near the scene of the crime, and I think he can prove it. - I bet you know when Colbert was killed. - About 12.30. - While Harvey was still shooting pool. - Wait a minute. I'll get it. There's cue chalk under his nails, not dried blood. - Thank God I don't live in Philadelphia. - One more thing. Colbert wasn't killed where the body was found. - What do you mean? - He was killed then moved to Main Street. - Courtney? - Yes, sir? Change the charge to theft. D'you mean Harve? Who the hell else do we have back there?! Yes, sir. Hey. Didn't I ask you to fix that gate? No, not me, sir. Must have been my brother Harold. He's on days. Harold. (slams door) (phone rings) Police department. Yes, he's here. Hold on, sir. Mayor's on the line, Chief. (machinery noise/hammering) What's all this Miz Colbert's been tellin' me about a... a cover-up arrest? No, ma'am. We ain't had no cover-up. In fact, we just dropped the charges for insufficient evidence. Miz Colbert, I told you he was nobody's man. I came by to make it as clear as I possibly can that I do not want that Negro officer taken off this case. Negro officer? Yeah, well, he, uh... He comes from up North, you see. And he was, uh, kinda... - passin' through... - If it wasn't for him, your impartial chief of police would still have the wrong man behind bars. I want that officer given a free hand. Otherwise, I will pack up my husband's engineers... and leave you... to yourselves. Miz Colbert, now don't you worry about a thing. Believe me, we're gonna take care of everything. Bill? I wanna see you come through this now, you hear? Even if we have to step on Endicott's toes? Even that. But do it fast. All right. Now, Bill, how about this here Negro officer? Miz Colbert seems to have confidence in him. Oh, he ain't nothin'. Some kind of a... some kind of a homicide expert. But I don't need him. You mean you don't want him. But you do need him. Now look, Bill. Suppose he turns up the killer. He has no police power here. He's gonna have to hand him over on a platter, right? That's right. And if he fails, you're off the hook, cos it was Miz Colbert's idea in the first place. See what I mean? Oh, yeah. Works out all the way around, Bill. For all of us. Excuse me. Any reason why you have to leave today? There's lots of reasons. What would you say if I asked you to stay for a while? No. This town needs a factory, Virgil. Colbert come down from Chicago to build it. I hear they're gonna hire a thousand men. Half of them'd be coloured. - Know what that means? - Probably got him killed. That's what Mrs Colbert thinks. She wants us to catch her a killer. No killer, no factory. Well, it's a lotta jobs for a lotta coloured people. You follow me? - I'm going home, man. - They're your people. Not mine - yours. You made this scene. - What do you want me to do? Beg you? - Look, I've had your town up to here! Boy, it would give me a world of satisfaction to horsewhip you, Virgil! My father used to say that. - Even did, once or ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Никто не знает про секс на английском - текст Конёк-Горбунок на английском - текст Идиот на английском - текст Торпедоносцы на английском - текст Крулл на английском |