New Adventures of Nero Wolfe: The Care Worn Cuff

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And there's music also on the Judy Canova show, plus comedy in the mischievous Canova manner. That's Judy Canova and Dennis Day, tomorrow night over most NBC stations. My boss is the smartest and the stubbornest, the fattest and the laziest, the cleverest and the craziest, the most extravagant detective in the world, Nero Wolf.

It's the transcribed adventure of the Case of the Care-Worn Cup, with that brilliant eccentric private detective Orchid fancier and gargantuan gourmet, Nero Wolf, starring Sidney Greenstreet. place is Nero Wolf's office. At the moment, the world's greatest motionless detective is sitting in the chair which was built especially to support his 300 pounds. His eyes are closed

and he's making sounds through his nose. Aji! Aji! Aji! Aji! As Mr. Wolf, what is it? The phone of you, please, Mr. Goodwin. But it's on your desk, only eight and three-quarter inches from your left elbow.

All you have to do is lean forward. Found it, Archie. What do you think I am an athlete? Hello? No. Wrong number, mister. I'm sorry, mister. Wolf, if that old phone awakened you? Wrong number, and I was not asleep.

I was merely concentrating. On what? We're out of work. There's nothing to concentrate on. Me of escape your edent attention, Archie. There are other subjects for thought, besides murder. Mm. Sure, blondes. And blondes. You're right at that, Brunette.

Fui. I start a nice thing to swear about any girl, even if she does happen to be a Brunette. Archie. I say, go away. You annoy me. Suppose I did. I'd get your beer for you.

Fruits. Tonight happens to be Fritzes, night off. However, you can always get your beer for yourself. Don't we, any of it? There are exactly 23 steps between here and the kitchen. You really, really know how bombinate strenuous physical act.

23 steps times two is 46. you could walk very slow nonsense now that you mention it I happened to be my only best yachty would you know that I mention it you'd better let the beer go for tonight white our stock is running low we can't it I've been careful because something else is also running low what money fear to

stick this brand in the van sure but very little about his yours mr. Wolf do you remember that batch of orchids you bought last week because I do magnificent and then very reassessment. I got a magnificent bill for him this morning, too. It was large.

It was large. And finally, at our G.I. should have to do some work. You turned down half a dozen cases in the last few weeks. One of them, he still required me. Most of them hired other detectives. However, there is a Mr. Wenceslas who might still be in need. His problem is what?

As I remember, he's being followed by midgets. He wanted you to do something about it. Not that he minded the midget so much it was the elephants they were riding man needs a psychiatrist not to take give anyone else I can check my files I don't say by the bell another creature like that and I can add to the phone yourself assassinate

you see what it is okay hello as mr. Wopazin as you'll be in he always is What? But that was a Mr. Charles Porter. He was in a hurry. He's on his way over right now.

Should be here in ten minutes. Respected client address? A thousand dollars worth of prospective client. Planted Archie might be okay, but look I'm not sure you're gonna accept his offer. Indeed what did he want me to do for his paltry fee?

That's the point. If I heard him right he wants you to do nothing. D'Oranger? Yes sir. I hear it. Mr. Porter? Naturally, I'm Charles Porter. Who else would I be? It's a large field. Never mind, come on in.

I'm Archie Goodwin. Where is Wolf? Mr. Wolf is in here. Mr. Wolf, this is Mr. Porter. Good evening. Fat, aren't you? It's moderately noticeable. Out of your chair, Mr. Porter. Don't bother. I'm too impatient to sit.

When I have business to take care of, I take care of it quickly. No, ma'am. sent him out of the room to go to a nonsense he's my assistant he remains i don't like it archie sure mister porter out now wait no need to get temperamental perhaps i'm a little abrupt through i'm a worried man

and impatient you wasting time mister porter suppose i am the reason i came to you young man what are you doing with that notebook getting ready to make marks in it but No, never mind.

Mr. Wolf, you have a client named Dorothy Spencer. Have I? There's no need to be coy about it. I happen to know. And you know? I want you to drop her. Drop her? If you used to handle her case, close the books on her.

You know what I mean. Why should I? The girl has no money. I have. It doesn't answer my question. Perhaps this will. You appear to be a small package of dollar bills. It happens to be a thousand dollars. Actually, will you know where it is a thousand dollars Thank you mr. Porter. Yes, you're paying me a thousand dollars in order that I refused to act for Miss Spencer

Nothing more. That's right What does she suspect you are? I said nothing about well, that is You must know that as well as I do possibly never that is what does he suspect you are of being a blackmiller.

Where is your occupation really? I'm a musician, I'm a pianist. I'm appearing nightly at the Windsor Hotel. Archie, have you made out of receipt for Mr. Porter? Yep. Give it to him and show him to the door.

OK. Mr. Porter? Mr. Wolf? I want your assurance that the entire affair is definitely finished. My association with Miss Spencer, you mean? You have my assurance that it is. You will forgive a classical illusion.

The Carver. Thank you. Good night. Mr. Wolf, I have a secret about Mr. Porter. He... Fffftft. Smells. Sounds perfect, my mother. More important is like coat cuff. He's more worn than his left cuff. And the Carver happens to be a musical term, meaning start again from the beginning.

Oh, Porter thought it had been finished. The War Mr. Porter is a liar. His ignorance of common music for term indicates that he is not a musician. The war in right, kutkaf, that he is an obvious worker.

That's kind of leaping to a deduction. But even if Porter's a liar, Mr. Wolf, there is something else. He paid you a thousand dollars to drop a client named Dorothy Spencer. Mr. Wolf, you never had a client with that name.

And that Dorothy Spencer is not in. Anyway, she's not answering her phone. Mr. Wolf, I said, I know what you said. Is that a comment? I'm worried. Mr. Porter may have assumed erroneously the Dorothy Spencer had employed or was intending to employ me. That does not explain why he lied about his occupation.

Maybe he didn't lie. After all your deductions could be wrong. Okay. Take care of that. Right now. I'm phoning him. Hello. Uh, Windsor Hotel. Give me the manager's office. Thank you. Uh, could you tell me if a Charles Porter plays the piano?

it's aha she sounds blind I see thanks a lot what do you do after work yeah oh so long she goes home and beats her husband bad boy I had bad news he does play the piano at the Windsor in the move room so what does that leave your deductions and touched, of course, let me think.

Mm. Yes, naturally. Naturally, what? I came to the conclusion that Mr. Porter was an office worker. We have just discovered that Mr. Porter is not an office worker, therefore. You were wrong. I am never wrong.

Therefore, the man who was here is not Charles Porter. Mr. Wolf, do you think a man of your weight should climb out in a limb like that? Fails, Thix, look out, Porter and the phone book and call him.

Okay. Take a second Archie the phone company's best friend Yep, here he is. What do I ask him? There be no need to ask mr. Porter anything just cold. Yeah, of course Have to say something to the guy hello. I'd like to speak to Charles Porter So what you who's oh?

Steppins yeah, that's right Archie. Oh Oh, no, don't bother why I call it a coincidence. You know who that was? No. That was Sergeant Steben, Sergeant Pearly Steben's. I might add as though you didn't know that Steben's happens to be a sergeant in homicide.

Indeed. You expected this. Hey, you still don't know what your conversation is about? It was about Charles Porter, who maybe was a liar but who wasn't going to tell any more lies. On a karate he was just shot to death.

Well, if it ain't Archie Goodwin. Come in, Goodwin. Thank you, Sergeant Steven. I've been expecting you. Oh, that's really to say that, Pearly. Ha ha ha ha ha. Why did you phone Porter? It's right, Code Cuff.

It's more worn out than it's left. So for that, you had to kill him? No, factually I killed him because he didn't know he's that couple. Hey. Yeah. Hey. You don't look good anymore, eh?

Guys who stop bullets with their face never look good. Pearly, you've been robbed. I did. Hmm, that corpse is not Porter. Ha ha ha, and I relax, good one, relax. His fingerprints go round, filing a check.

His girlfriend says he's Porter. If he could get up and talk, he'll tell you he was Porter. And what makes you think he isn't? Well, because when he visited us earlier tonight, he looked different.

Not much, but he said, girlfriend? Yes, I said, girlfriend. She's in the next room mopping up. She kinda broke down when we brought her here. You brought her here? No, don't tell me what her name is.

Why shouldn't I? It's Spencer. Dorothy Spencer. Ooh, that's what I was afraid of. Sergeant, I... Oh. Ignore him. He comes with the woodwork. His name is Goodwin Miss Spencer, Archie Goodwin. Find what you were looking for?

What I was looking for. Somebody's gone through this place like a minor league hurricane. You? What business is it about? Of mine? None. Maybe on the other hand, Nero Wolf might have other ideas. Matter of fact, I'm sure he'd have.

Miss Spencer, why don't you go see him? The address is 601 West 35th Street. I don't see why. Why aren't you boyfriend's murder have found, don't you? Now listen, Goodwin, the place of working on this.

on this? Sure, there's seat to it, nobody harms the corpse. Goodbye, Miss Fenty. Don't forget that address, 601 West 35th Street. Believe it or not, you used to be a client of ours. Oh, Mr. Wolfe, you're getting to be so brilliant, it's boring.

Furry. This is all right tonight, you deserve it. I'll get you another can of beer. What, this is the last one. Let's get promised to give some exercise like, like maybe standing up and sitting down five minutes a day. Thank you. Why should I indulge in such idiotic behavior? Oh, after a while, you might be able to see your shoes. I've already seen them. Oh,

that was 20 years ago. Things had changed. No more buttons. Hey, that must be Dorothy Spencer. She's undoubtedly young and good. You deduced that from the way she presses the buzzer? I did you step from the gleam in your eye, Bah. Bah, all you want, I'm going to keep that gleam Hello, Miss Spencer, come in.

Thank you. Mr. Wolf. Is the large sitting-down gentleman behind the desk. This is Dorothy Spencer, Mr. Wolf. You will forgive me not right. This is due to a necessary conservation of energy, rather than moodiness.

Archie, the chair. Sure. You are Miss Spencer. Thanks. Now then, Miss Spencer, have the police found anything but dust in the court of the closet? Right. No. You were engaged to Mr. Porter? I was.

That ring you're wearing, he gave it to you? Yes. That's it? Well, here. Thank you. It's very expensive. Very expensive. You may have it back. Miss Penzer, why are you marrying Charles Porter? I loved him.

Oui. Mr. Porter, according to Archie's description, was twice your age with considerably less than half your attractiveness. Love may perhaps be blind, but it is not astigmatic. I don't know what you mean. What were you searching for under the nose of the priest?

Nothing. Nothing at all. How did your fiancé earn his money? He played the piano at this... Oui, what he earned there and a year wouldn't begin to pay for the ring he gave you. Would you like to try again?

I don't know how he made his money. I suggest that you do. I suggest that he earn money by the same method that he induced you to consider marrying him. Blackmail! Why was he blackmailing you?

Old letters I'd written when I was too young to know any better. Your motives for murdering Porter would be too full then. The cavalry of blackmail material and the avoidance of marriage to a man you dislike.

I didn't kill Charles. Your door, Valachi. Get me a spinsen in the kitchen once. Must be the grease. Yeah, let's go, Miss Pinsen. Right through that door. and stay there until I call you. Friend of our hygiene.

Mr. Wolf, do I know Dorothy Spencer's here? You know nothing. A simple role for you to play. I haven't got time to resent that insult right now, but wait until I'm like, time to drop a collar button.

Well, bless my soul, but isn't there old Inspector Kramer? How is the homicide department? Where's Wolf? Big surprise, he's sitting. Mr. Wolf? Good evening, his baby. Where's Dorothy Spencer? This is not the bureau of missing persons.

The district attorney would like to talk to her. I should tell her, sir, the next time we meet. And I could be right now. She's in this house. I don't see that. Mind if I look around for myself?

You have a search, Warren. Of course. It so happens, no, but... Archie, the inspector's leaving. Okay, I'm leaving. I suppose by the time I get back with a warrant, she'll be in Hoboken. Hoboken? Where's that?

Look, well, if you can go too far, one of these days you won't be able to talk yourself out of it. I trail me to the door, good window show what a good detective you are.

Ooh Inspector Kramer doesn't love us anymore. Unfortunately. Ah gee damey spencer to a respectable hotel. Red is to her under an assumed name. She is to stay there and to a notified otherwise. Luckily they would inspect her and neglect it to inform us that she was believing suspect in a murder case.

Hence we are not accessories after the fact and I don't want her arrested for The matter is yet a beauty has won you over. You will then return here immediately. Okay. What are you going to be doing in the meanwhile?

Aye, Aji, share be. Pinky. No! Aji? No. No, not Aji. Aye, Aye, Aji, impatient and non-musical friend came in through the window. How are you Mr. North Porter, of course.

Where's the girl? Question is beginning to bore me. I don't know. I think she's here. I quoted the police. I might add that they were slightly closer to the truth. Incidentally, what makes you think she was part of the accomplice?

She must have been. Nonsense, she wasn't part of his blackmailing her. Just as he was blackmailing you. In her case, it was lettuce. In your previous criminal record, perhaps, that your employers might be interested in.

I want to know what she is. Maybe this would help you remember? Good heavens don't find a pistol that needs a noise. Ah, please as you think open the door for them, they're good fellows.

Oh no, I'm leaving. But if I don't find that girl, I'll be back. Not the bastard being down if it isn't open. I've got the search warrant. Oh, so we're no doubt a fine tooth comb.

Ah, right away, you spink it. All right, boys, come to the house. All right, Inspector. Yeah, what did you want? As your man goes through the house, you have one of them shut the back window. I'm just hit a burglar and I suspect you left it open.

Unless the matter is attended to, the house might be filled with fresh air. What's the matter with that? Fresh air deadly poison. It cogs the lungs. And may I point out that the warrant you're touching in your hot little hand is not at least on the house.

Finish your search quickly if you please and then why not try Hobo? So I just missed the inspector, huh? You did? That I can stand. I'm sorry about the burglar though. Perhaps we can arrange the heavier medium in the morning.

He left his calling card with name and address on it? He dropped his handkerchief here on my desk. Oh. It's a handkerchief. It smells. So it does. But all of our unknown friends close care of the order.

Therefore, you will go out immediately to the nearest drug store by a specimen of every kick of soap So, man affected in this country. Wolf, mister? No? I never realized just how many different brands of soap were made in this country.

You should listen to the radio more often. So far we've sniffed the 37 cakes. None of them smell like porter. Mmm, see, 38. Hey, let me have an idea. Yes, these soap. Ah, labeled orchid ovals.

As you say, basically, mislabeled. Orchids have no odor. Ah, task for the evening is finished. Why? All we know is the guy washes with a baselay mislabeled soap. No, the odor would never be insistent in that case.

Unquestionably I visit their works for a soap company that makes orchid oubus. Every employee of a plant in which perfume in large quantities is used inevitably carries the odor on his clothes. Oh, and you are ready to do Steve works in an office.

I go see him in the morning. You do? You know Mr. Wolfock with hiring rooms for girls and paying visits to a perfume factory, I'm beginning to feel like a maiden aunt. No one would ever mistake you for a maiden aunt, Archie.

Thanks. Is that another deduction? Need not really need a shave. Mm-hmm. Both of you. Can I do anything for you, sir? Yeah. That is, let's postpone that question and slip in another one.

I'm looking for one of your office people. in his 40's 5'10 brown hair and I speaks in a sharp click voice. He owes you money too. Who owes me money? Mr. Wheeler, the man you were describing.

He owes everybody money in spite of the fact that his office manager makes lots and lots of money. How much does he owe you? Oh, not an awful lot. It won't break me if I don't get it.

Is he in yet? He was, but he went home. He was sort of sick. Sort of. He got a phone call from somebody and rushed out. Too bad. Well, I better scram. You didn't answer my question yet.

I'm off at five. My name's Gwen. Bye bye. Wolf speaking? Archie here. Our unknowns name is Wheeler. He left the office this morning sick after he got a mysterious phone call. Dad, probably forget to die if he spends it once and bring it here.

Right, I'm at Wheeler's house now. Thought I better check. It's wife's here too. Blonde? How did you tell? That you was smurking your voice. Get out of there fast and don't stop the console Mrs. Wheeler.

Hey. Hey. Boom, 909. Miss Dorothy Spencer. Huh. Nobody home. Shut that door behind you, good one.

But never mind pulling triggers, I'll shut it. Oh Archie. I would prefer silence. Keep your hands high, good one. It's unhealthy. All the blooded running to my head. Archie, he murdered Charles. He did. Taught Mr. Willie.

Really shouldn't have it against so are. Get into the bathroom, both of you. I already shaved. I phoned him. I thought maybe he had my letters. Potter couldn't keep his mouth shut about his other thing.

He was trying to force Dorothy to marry him. Did you find his material? Yes, in an office, you read it as a front. It's all burner. Why all the melodrama? You know about me, so to she. I can't trust anyone. Get into the bathroom, I said.

Let's not lose our heads about this. Get moving, good lady. I like it here. All right, then, here is where you'll get it. Hey, wait a minute. Something's wrong. I got shot in Wheeler. Fell out.

I shot him, good one. Stabbins. There, Sergeant Stabbins. Oh, you little flat foot angel. It's lucky for you my flat feet got staked out here in time. Just for that I'll buy you a pair of arts support for your next birthday.

I'm beginning not to believe this. You had it all figured out? Well, not exactly. Well, that is... Ah, whoops. And you're here. Well, he kind of phoned in and suggested one of a shoot down here and do some rescue work.

That old devil. Hey, you're not kidding. What are you laughing about? A wolf wasn't sure whether you'd need rescuing from Willa or... up killing yourself with your own jokes or whether Miss Spencer would need rescuing from you.

You've been a very foolish young woman Miss Spencer. I suggested in the future you exercise more care in your correspondence. I shall, Mr. Wolf, but how can I ever thank you? Well, one way would be to listen. Why, Dad? Why, he explains how he solved the case.

I have no intention. Oh, come on, Mr. Wolf. Stop stalling. Hey Mr. Wool. Well, I'd be very happy to. As a matter of fact, I'd like to see anyone try to stop me. A man came to me, offered me a thousand dollars to drop a try and I didn't have.

Why? Because obviously, we used to direct my attention to that try. Me. You, Miss Spencer. Now then he identified himself as Charles Porter a musician, and I tested him and discovered that he knew nothing of music.

Ah! The Capo routine. Precisely, therefore he was an imposter. His purpose? Yeah. To indicate by no means subtly that enmity existed between Porter and Dorothy Spencer. Huh? Thus, when Porter was far unmerded, I would presumably be convinced that Dorothy Spencer walked in her effort to enlist my aid against Porter, had resorted to most foul and bloody

murder. Most foul and bloody murder is very fancy, Dorothy. shows he likes you. Then, everyone asks myself why should an unknown seek to convince me that Dorothy Spencer was Porter's murderer. And you answered yourself?

One reason only because he himself intended to murder Porter, as he did. Which Piccadillo he has thanks to Sergeant Steben's accuracy with a revolver already paid with his own life. Quadi-raptemon's strength. Latin for that's what you wanted to know.

I think you're wonderful, Mr. Wolf. I'm going to be careful. Yes, you. Hm, Archie, Miss Spencer is a very dangerous young woman. Today I feel brave. You're watching? Very brave. What are you doing tonight?

Nothing. Let's do it together. Baa. I was at Mr. Wolf. I said, Baa. Would you very much mind conducting your immense elsewhere? I would not. And those are the ones I have a very important matter to attend to.

Goodbye, Mr. Wolf. Goodbye. Night, sir. You have been listening to the new adventures of Nero Wolfe starring Sydney Green Street. Tonight's transcribed story was based on the characters created by Rex Dodd produced and directed by J. Donald Wilson.

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