Waldo Lydecker
"I shall never forget the weekend Laura died. A silver sun burned through the sky like a huge magnifying glass. It was the hottest Sunday in my recollection. I felt as if I were the only human being left in New York. For with Lauras horrible death, I was alone. I, Waldo Lydecker, was the only one who really knew her. And I had just begun to write Lauras story when - another of those detectives came to see me. I had him wait. I could watch him through the half-open door. I noted that his attention was fixed upon my clock. There was only one other in existence, and that was in Lauras apartment in the very room where she was murdered."

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Waldo Lydecker
"I know youll have to visit everyone on your list of suspects. I like to study their reactions."

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Waldo Lydecker
"To have overlooked me would have been a pointed insult."

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Waldo Lydecker
"If you know anything about faces, look at mine. How singularly innocent I look this morning. Have you ever seen such candid eyes?"

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Waldo Lydecker
"This is our table, Lauras and mine. We spent many quiet evenings here together."

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Waldo Lydecker
"[to Laura] Young woman, either you have been raised in some incredibly rustic community where good manners are unknown or you suffer from the common feminine delusion that the mere fact of being a woman exempts you from the rules of civilized conduct, or possibly both."

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"[to Laura] I dont use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom.....Ill neither consider, endorse, or use the Wallace pen. I hate pens. If your employers wish me to publish that statement in my column, you may tell them that I shall be delighted to oblige."

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Waldo Lydecker
"She had something about her, that girl. I had to speak to her again. I had to see her."

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"[to Laura] I wish to point out that you caught me at my most difficult moment. Ordinarily, I am not without a heart...Shall I produce X-ray pictures to prove it? I wish to apologize...And now, for reasons which are too embarrassing to mention, Id like to endorse that pen."

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"Her career began with my endorsement of the pen. I secured other endorsements for her, introduced her to important clients. I gave her her start. But it was her own talent and imagination that enabled her to rise to the top of her profession and stay there. She had an eager mind always. She was always quick to seize upon anything that would improve her mind or her appearance. Laura had innate breeding. But she deferred to my judgment and taste. I selected a more attractive hairdress for her. I taught her what clothes were more becoming to her. Through me, she met everyone - the famous and the infamous. Her youth and beauty, her poise and charm of manner captivated them all. She had warmth, vitality. She had authentic magnetism. Wherever we went, she stood out. Men admired her. Women envied her. She became as well-known as Waldo Lydeckers walking stick and his white carnation. On Tuesday and Friday nights, we stayed home, dining quietly, listening to my records. I read my articles to her. The way she listened was more eloquent than speech. These were the best nights."

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"Then one Tuesday, she phoned and said she couldnt come. It didnt matter really. But when it happened again the following Friday, I was disturbed. I couldnt understand it. I felt betrayed and yet I knew Laura wouldnt betray anyone. I walked for a long time. Then, I found myself before her apartment building. The lights were on. It pleased me to know she was home til I saw she was not alone. Well, I waited. I wanted to see who he was. It was Jacoby who had recently painted her portrait. I never liked the man. He was so obviously conscious of looking more like an athlete than an artist. I spent the rest of the night writing a column about him. I demolished his affectations, exposed his camouflaged imitations of better painters, ridiculed his theories. I did it for her, knowing Jacoby was unworthy of her. It was a masterpiece because it was a labor of love. Naturally, she could never regard him seriously again. There were others, of course. But her own discrimination ruled them out before it became necessary for me to intercede."

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Waldo Lydecker
"Laura, dear, I cannot stand these morons any longer. If you dont come with me this instant, I shall run amok."

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"What came of it I hoped to hear that night. I alternated between moods of over-optimism and over-pessimism. When the phone rang, I had a foreboding of disaster."

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Waldo Lydecker
"It was the last time I ever heard her voice. I was sure she had too much pride to forgive him....I shall never forgive myself for letting her become involved with Shelby. It was my fault. I should have stopped it somehow."

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"You better watch out, McPherson, or youll end up in a psychiatric ward. I dont think theyve ever had a patient who fell in love with a corpse."

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