The Big Clock Page #5

how to play football,

make model airplanes.

I tell you, darling,

it's all different now.

That's what you said

last year before you didn't

show up at the airport.

Nothing will stop me this time,

neither snow nor rain nor heat

nor gloom of night.

Here's to a very

happy honeymoon,

Mrs. Stroud.

And a happy honeymoon

to you, sir.

It's just as topical...

Wait. Both of you.

Mr. Stroud, composing room

is screaming for those proofs.

There might be something

in that comic strip

artist murder.

Might feature cartoons

instead of photographs.

Might work up

a weekly feature:

cartoon crimes.

Mr. Stroud, Mr. Janoth

calling on one.

Why don't we have a...

Shh! Janoth.

Yes, Mr. Janoth. Yes, sir.

Bearing right down on it.

Running off the bands now.

Green.

But, Mr. Janoth, the printer

doesn't like red ink,

says it won't match.

But you can't fire a man

because he doesn't

like red ink.

I guess you can.

Yes, sir.

All set up

for the next two weeks.

What's that?

I'll be here till

about 4:
30 this afternoon.

Why, yes, I... I'd like

to say good-bye to you too.

Come on, fellas.

Let's get to work.

Mr. Hagen wants you...

We'll get by this issue,

but I hate to think

about the next two weeks.

Stop worrying, Roy.

Everything's gonna

be all right.

Mr. Janoth is coming.

What?

Mr. Janoth is coming.

George, you whetted

my curiosity.

Nice of you to come down,

Mr. Janoth. I was tied up.

This job you've been

doing finding people...

Fleming, Cipriani,

Mrs. Dewhurst...

ahead of the police:

How do you do it?

You've heard

of our blackboard.

I suspect

it's more than that.

Well, let me show you.

We call it "the system

of the irrelevant clue."

The police look for relevant

clues. They haven't

got time for much else.

We assemble all the clues.

We recreate the man:

his character, mind, emotions.

When you have that,

it's easy to figure out

where he'll be.

Interesting.

You'd never guess what broke

the Fleming case: seashells.

He was a collector.

Paleozoic bivalves.

I checked his index

and found that he had

every variety except one.

I had the name...

Never mind

about the name, George.

Anyway, this shell

is in the conchological wing

of the Salt Lake Museum...

and it's not for sale,

so I assigned a man

to watch it constantly.

Fleming was going to steal it?

Wouldn't you steal something

if you wanted it badly enough?

I might. George,

you're an intelligent man,

and you've done a fine job.

The credit belongs

to the Crimeways staff.

They dig up the details.

That's another thing

I like about you:

You're modest.

That's why we've worked

so well together.

We've had our differences.

They've been immaterial.

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