A Blueprint for Murder Page #5

- Of course.

I can't figure out where this piece goes.

- It doesn't seem to fit under there.

- Let's see.

Well, what do the plans say?

- Was that for me, Anna?

- Yes, Mr. Cameron.

Thank you. Excuse me.

- Hello.

- Here it is, Cam.

The kid had enough strychnine

in her to kill four people.

- Oh, no.

- The D.A.'s pretty sure

it must have been murder.

- I told Cole we'd meet him

in his office at 9:00 tomorrow.

- I see.

He's going to have the servants and

Lynne brought in for questioning.

- Lynne?

- Naturally.

Oh, sure, sure.

- Good-bye.

- Just a minute, Cam.

You'd better break it to Lynne tonight.

Good-bye.

Come on, Cam. What are you daydreaming about?

- What on earth's the matter?

- Nothing. Nothing.

What about this, Uncle Cam?

Oh, the driving rod?

Well, I suppose that hooks on

here with a couple of little pins.

But in the plans it says

it goes on with screws.

Well, let's find the screws.

- Dinner's served.

- Thank you, Anna.

- Lynne, I must talk to you.

- Can't it wait till after dinner?

No, I must talk to you right away. I'm

sorry, Doug. Why don't you go in and start.

This is very difficult for me.

Here. Please sit down.

I...

I don't know how to begin.

Lynne, I've just got word Polly was poisoned.

- What?

- It's true.

It just couldn't be.

There must be some mistake.

- I'm afraid not.

- But how?

How could it have happened?

- The police think it was murder.

- The police?

Yes.

It was their medical examiner

who performed the autopsy.

They want you and the servants down

for questioning tomorrow morning.

I'm bewildered by this whole thing.

What gave them the idea

of performing an autopsy?

Well, Dr. Stevenson wasn't certain

what caused Polly's death...

and there was a reason for

thinking it was strychnine...

and, well, the symptoms are identical.

You knew about this, Cam?

- Yes.

- And you didn't even mention it to me?

I didn't think they'd find anything wrong.

There was no purpose in upsetting you.

I know it's miserable being dragged down

to the police for a lot of stupid questions.

Can't be helped.

But there's one fact we can't get away from.

If Polly was poisoned, somebody did it.

It's up to us to find that somebody.

We're sorry we had to

cause you all this trouble.

I wish I could've been more helpful. I just

couldn't throw any light on this thing at all.

I know it's been very trying for you, Lynne.

Look, why don't we work together on this?

After all, I am in the best

position of anyone to help.

I'd be more than willing to hire private

investigators, anything you'd suggest.

- Thanks, Mrs. Cameron. We'll let you know.

- Please do.

- I want to see you and Mr. Sargent a minute.

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