Sleuth Page #4
And you agree to the divorce.
That's the deal. Otherwise, f*** it.
That's another quid pro quo.
But you have to shake on it.
All right.
I'll shake on it.
Here's my hand.
Okay.
Okay. So, what do I do?
You break in.
You see that skylight up there?
Well, that window there is the only one
that the burglar alarm doesn't touch.
You get in there.
- That's pretty high up.
- Well, you climb a ladder.
- I'm not good at heights.
- You can do it.
Honestly, I know you can.
- You're having me on.
- Oh, come on. Behave like a man.
A man of action.
You don't have to be a hairdresser
for the rest of your life.
You can be free, independent,
take care of the woman you love.
Listen...
Put this on.
I use it to communicate
with my gardener.
Lovely. Actually, it suits you.
This is what you do. You go outside.
Across the lawn, there's a shed.
Behind the shed, there's a ladder.
You take the ladder, put it up
against the wall of the house...
...and I direct you
through the earphone.
- Are you with me?
- Well, yes, yes.
- But I'm anxious and frightened.
- Trust me.
- But I don't.
- Well, trust me and all will be well.
Just follow my advice.
It's got to look real.
We have to convince
the insurance people...
...and the police,
if you see what I mean.
Maggie never told me
you were such a manipulator.
She told me
you were no good in bed.
But she never told me
you were a manipulator.
- She told you I was no good in bed?
- Oh, yes.
She was joking.
I'm wonderful in bed.
I must tell her.
- There's the shed across the lawn.
- Shed, yeah.
- There's the ladder behind the shed.
- The ladder?
The ladder.
Inside the shed,
there's a pair of gardening gloves.
Put them on. By the gardening gloves,
there's a hammer.
You go round the back of the house.
Put the ladder up against the wall
by the lower roof.
Then, carry the hammer up the ladder
on to the lower roof.
Then, you pull the ladder up
on to the main roof...
...and break the skylight window
with the hammer.
Wait a minute.
You've forgotten one major item.
What?
Once I'm in,
how do I get down to floor level?
Didn't I tell you? Oh, sorry.
up there?
Inside, there's an electric ladder.
You get through the window,
I press a button.
The ladder descends.
- You get on and climb down.
- Let me see it descend.
- What?
- Let me see it come down now.
Sure.
See? Easy as pissing.
- I have a funny feeling that I'm a c*nt.
- Of course you're a c*nt.
But so what?
You'll end up a wealthy man.
Obey the rules. Just obey the rules.
- Whose rules?
- My rules.
Go and get the other ladder.
Can you see the ladder?
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