Evelyn Prentice Page #2

- You won't be very late, will you?

- I don't know, dear. Why?

I thought we might run down to

the village with Amy and Mr. Wylie...

...after the others have gone.

Oh, dear.

I don't think I'll be able to make it.

Couldn't you run along without me?

I could.

Darling, don't you think

I'd be doing my job rather badly...

...if I didn't do everything in my power

to try to have this woman acquitted?

Of course.

If people could only keep out of trouble.

Well, we can't remake the world.

But, John, do you realize that all we have

for breakfast, lunch and dinner...

...are thieves, embezzlers, murderers?

Thieves, embezzlers, murderers.

Good night.

Now, this one was taken

after the second operation.

That was only four months ago?

Yes, sir. He was still coming to us

for treatment.

- You performed both operations?

- Yes.

- You, doctor?

- I assist him.

- You were the nurse, Miss Lloyd?

Yes, at both operations.

Mm-hm.

Oh.

Will you excuse me

just a moment, please?

Please don't scold me.

But I shall. Thought I told you

to go amuse yourself tonight.

Oh, I know but I couldn't.

I honestly couldn't. I... Tsk.

All I could think of was tomorrow.

And the difference it might make

in my entire life.

Before I realized what I was doing,

I found myself coming here.

Please let me stay.

All right.

This is Dr. Gillette,

Dr. Lyons and Miss Lloyd. Mrs. Harrison.

How do you do?

- Sit down, please.

- Thank you.

If you gentlemen will be in court

by 10 in the morning...

...l'll try to finish with you

just as soon as possible.

I appreciate you coming to my office

at this hour.

- I know how busy you are.

- It's all right.

All I can say by way of apology is that

you're aiding the cause of justice.

Good night.

- Good night, doctor.

- I'd like to be on that jury.

- I wish you were.

- Best of luck to you.

- Thank you.

- Morning at 10, then.

- Right.

By this time tomorrow,

you'll be a free woman.

- What do you mean?

- The man whose car you struck...

...was suffering from tuberculosis

of the spine.

- What?

- Before your accident...

...he had been operated on twice.

And after the second operation,

his life really hung by a thread.

Both these doctors will testify to that.

Also that even the slightest shock...

...might have produced

the most disastrous results.

Dr. Gillette will testify

that he strongly advised the man...

...against driving a car in the first place.

Why, it's entirely possible that the man

might have been dead from shock...

...or undue strain

even before your car struck him.

Of course, I can't prove that...

...but I can throw doubt

in the mind of the jury.

And a jury in doubt is a jury in the bag.

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