Victoria and Constable Carter can only watch helplessly as David gets his fingerprints all over the wrench.
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Constable Carter investigates Roger's car accident. David grabs the wrench so that his fingerprints will plausibly appear on it.
Synopsis
- My name is Victoria Winters. On the surface, the day at Collinwood seems calm and serene. Nothing could be more normal than my preparing to teach a young boy his school lessons. Yet there is an undercurrent—a tension that is felt everywhere, a tension that reaches out and builds and waits to break free.
Roger tells Carter that there's an attempted murderer on the loose; he pushes Liz aside when she comes to him with the news that Vicki's letter from the Foundling Home could cause her trouble. David asks Vicki if she ever tried to kill anybody and what would have happened to her if she had. Vicki attempts to quiz David on the history of Maine. David wonders why Roger's never liked him. Carter's pissed that 12 hours have passed since Roger learned of the bleeder valve; David asks Liz why the brakes ceased functioning and freaks out when he learns the cops are afoot. Roger and Liz outline the circumstantial case they have against Burke; Vicki says that Burke hasn't ever threatened Roger's life (in front of her). David overhears the grownups discussing Burke's guilt. Carter has a background check performed on Devlin. David learns about the magic of corroborative evidence and fingerprints. The really good Constable sets down the wrench and lets David stare at and then paw it.
Memorable quotes
- Constable Carter: (in response to David's lack of reply to his greeting) "It's all right. He's probably just impressed with the dignity of my badge."
Dramatis personae
- Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
- Louis Edmonds as Roger Collins
- David Henesy as David Collins
- Michael Currie as Constable Carter
- Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters
Background information and notes
- The Collinsport Fly can be seen flying around the drawing room while Constable Carter asks his questions.
Continuity and mistakes
- The following exchange occurs between Roger and Elizabeth as Vicki head for the garage with the constable:
- Roger: "Are you going to stay here?"
- Elizabeth: "No."
- She then shuts the door. Presumably, Roger's line was supposed to be something like, "Are you going to come with us?"