Another Thin Man Page #3

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Then you can tell them

all about it afterwards.

None of us has even met

Mr. and Mrs. Charles yet.

My adopted daughter, Lois.

- It seems awful we've never met before.

- Yes, doesn't it?

And I'd like you to meet my...

- Mr. Dudley Horn.

- How do you do?

This is Mr. Coleman, Father's secretary.

- How do you do?

- How do you do, sir?

Jesse, down! Down, Jesse!

- Charmed, I'm sure.

- Take this dog out where it belongs.

- Where are your manners? Come on.

- Thorough nuisance.

It wasn't his fault. Nick smells like a dog.

I mean, he smells like Asta.

- Now, are you ready for dinner?

- Yes, I would like a...

That's all right.

Never mind about washing.

Freddie, lock up that liquor cabinet.

But maybe they would like a...

Mrs. Charles doesn't drink and I want

Mr. Charles to have a clear mind.

Where are the others?

I never knew such a lot.

As if I've not got enough to worry me over.

- Here you are, sir.

- Tell them to serve dinner.

I want to have a talk with you.

I want to get you working on this.

I came down here to discuss business:

Nora's estate.

This is business, Nora's business,

your business.

What'll happen to the estate

if something happened to me?

Nothing's going to happen to you.

Everything's going to be all right.

You go on in. I'll send the baby upstairs.

- I'll take care of Nick.

- Don't be long.

Put the lights out. No use wasting money.

Getting me on another case?

That penny-pincher can afford

the best detective there is.

He's trying to get one for nothing.

You're abetting him.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Then what was all that business

at the door?

I was just picking his pocket.

I haven't been married to you for nothing.

Mommy.

Suppose you had someone

working for you...

and he did something

they put him in jail for?

He did it. You didn't do it.

You even try to get his sentence cut down.

But you couldn't.

When he gets out,

he comes and says it's your fault.

- Your fault?

- He wants a lot of money.

When you won't give it to him, he hopes

you won't be pigheaded.

Because he dreamed twice

about your dying.

The third time he dreams things,

they come true.

What do you think?

I wouldn't hurry up my dying

on his account.

Was this the man playing dead

beside the road?

No, it's his servant. The two of them

have terrorized this place.

Have you reported them to the police?

I'm not altogether a fool. Of course, I have.

They can't arrest a man

just because he told you his dreams.

He tells me he's dreaming about me dying.

I know Church well enough

to know that's a threat.

- Church?

- Phil Church, an engineer.

Worked for me 10 years ago.

- And he's been in jail ever since?

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