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Of Scotland Yardxx-xx-xx xxx Accurate Spelling Is Essential
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Have you ever thought of murdering somebody? I have. I suppose most of us have. But there's something that's different between thinking about it and carrying it out. At least I hope so. Something that's different.
But not something you can see or recognize or that may give you warning. For example, a murderer may have stood next to you in the midst this morning. He might be the man who asked you for a light to dig a mess.
or sat next to you in the cinema, or shared the same cable as a restaurant, or, uh, anyway, there was nothing to show that he was a murderer. That is where truth differs from fiction.
I've acted in a lot of films about murder, read many crime stories, there's always something strange about the man who commits the crime, something remote, something sinister. As a background, that sinister tool, An implication of Eden is always present.
But in real life the most hideous crimes cast no such shadows before them. The background could be quite cheerful and ordinary. The criminal are simple, protegs or the fellow. Now let us take such a scene and set an ordinary sort of chat going into a post office one sunny morning in the little English town of Bask.
Thank you. Morning, close. Come immediately. For 30 train, water lube or mr. central. Something will need. I'm a fellow country, this is here. Well, let me see. Here. That's car. Car will need. Oh, yes, of course.
Car will need train. Exped no of its urgent. You've got it. How much will that be? Two shillings, please. Just a simple little act. I'm a fellow country, this is here. Well, let me see.
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