A Blueprint for Murder Page #4

Doug. He doesn't look well.

Naturally. Polly's death was a big shock.

No, I mean for some time.

- I'm thinking seriously of taking him to Europe.

- Why?

He needs a change.

Too many things here remind

him of his father and Polly.

- Be good for me too.

- How long will you be away?

- Oh, I don't know. Maybe a year or more.

- Oh.

That long?

I thought it'd be fun visiting all

the little out-of-the-way places...

just taking it easy.

I don't care how it adds up.

Absolutely nothing would ever convince me

that a woman like Lynne is capable of murder.

Relax, Cam, relax. We're

only talking among ourselves.

But we can't close our eyes to the

fact that she did have a motive.

- Over a million dollars' worth.

- Or that she's taking Doug to Europe.

And to

out-of-the-way places.

I've gone through every book

on poison cases I can find.

There were plenty of women just

like Lynne who were poison murderers.

There was Madeleine Smith, Mrs. Maybrick, Lydia

Trueblood and all these dozens of others...

many of whom were young,

beautiful, intelligent and cultured.

Maybe so, but if it were

strychnine that killed Polly...

why didn't the doctors recognize it?

Because they weren't looking for it.

Here's the dope on all

the famous poison cases.

Lamson, Crippen, Seddon, the works.

Not in one instance did

a doctor call the turn...

purely on his medical diagnosis.

- This is impressive.

- Let me see.

Look. Over 100 people killed by

an arsenic ring in Philadelphia...

before even one of the cases was suspected.

Yet that's the only case reported in

Philadelphia during the last 20 years.

How do you account for that?

Because there's so many diseases

that simulate poison symptoms.

And the idea of murder seems so

utterly incredible to the doctors...

that it doesn't even enter their heads.

But this just doesn't make sense.

If Lynne really were guilty, she'd

have had Polly's body cremated.

Lynne did want Polly cremated.

I talked her out of it.

Bill wouldn't have wanted it.

I don't see how we can avoid the

issue. Polly could have been poisoned.

There's no proof to the contrary,

and Lynne could've done it.

We can't dismiss this lightly, Cam.

If... And there is that if... Doug should

be murdered, we'd never forgive ourselves.

- Fred's right.

- What do you suggest?

There's only one thing to do. We'll have

to try to get a court order for an autopsy.

Oh.

I know how you feel, but

we've just got to do it.

[Sighs] All right.

Go ahead. Get the court order.

Get it over with.

Bacardi tonight, Cam, or would

you rather have a highball?

- Bacardi's fine. Thank you.

- Ginger ale, Doug?

- Thank you.

- [Phone Rings]

- Anna will answer it.

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