The Abominable Dr. Phibes Page #2

The door was open a bit

and as I looked through, there he was.

- And then I rang for you lot.

- And that's all?

Well, that's enough for one night.

I mean, look at him.

All white and everything.

There's nothing, except this.

And, uh, that.

Ah, now...

Do you recognise this, madam?

Uh-uh. Fingerprints.

No. It's not mine.

And it's certainly not his.

That's all for now. We'll come back

in the morning and take a full statement.

- Thank you, Mrs?

- Frawley.

He was a nice man.

Good to me, in his own sort of way.

Yeah... You were his...

housekeeper?

Whoever did it must've been a real pro.

He's as dry as a bone.

That is his bone. Poor devil - I bet

he was conscious when it happened.

- Do you think it's the same...

- I don't think any more, Tom.

This is the object in question, sir.

- Dear me, you've broken it.

- What, sir?

It's incredible the amount

of vandalism these days.

I make something like this,

a thing of beauty...

- You did make it?

- Of course.

- I wished to establish that, sir.

- That's my mark on the back.

Can you tell me a little bit about it, sir?

Yes, certainly.

It's one of a very unusual set.

- A set? There's more than one?

- Of course. It's a set.

- How many in the set, sir?

- Ten.

- Ten? :

- Ten.

Were they all the same?

Of course not. Would you want

ten amulets looking exactly the same?

Each had a different symbol.

I see. Well, who ordered the set?

- It was a lady.

- A woman, eh?

No. A lady.

I remember the occasion well. She came

in, gave me a set of working drawings,

she paid half the cost

there and then in cash,

and the other half later.

She was delighted with them -

as well she might be.

That's beautiful craftsmanship, you know.

Could I take another look at it?

One more question, if I might, sir.

What did she look like?

She was a tall... attractive... young lady.

She didn't speak much, as I remember.

- But she was...

- Smart, sir?

Fashionable.

Ah. Yes, sir.

Can you tell me anything else about her?

No, I don't think so. Aren't you going

to write down "fashionable"?

- I think I can remember that.

- Oh, good.

No, she didn't stay very long. And then

there was the money to be counted.

Yes...

Thank you, sir. I'm sorry to take up

so much of your valuable time.

Reasonably valuable, yes.

- Good day, sir.

- Good day, Inspector Pike.

- Trout, sir.

- Yes, of course.

Oh, by the way... Psst, psst...

Sir?

That sign, that mark on the amulet...

I don't know whether this is of any

assistance, but it is, I believe, Hebrew.

Thank you very much, sir.

Hebrew.

This is it, sir.

It's a Hebrew symbol for blood.

- Oh, I see.

- Part of the G'tach.

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