So when I left the office I put my rate book on the desk as if I had forgotten it.
5 seconds sound clip from the Double Indemnity movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:47:31 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Guess I was wrong. You're not smarter, Walter. You're just a little taller.
- Yes, those Fates I was talking about had only been stalling me off.
- Now they had thrown the switch. The gears had meshed. The time for thinking had all run out.
- I wanted my movements accounted for up to the last possible moment.
- So when I left the office I put my rate book on the desk as if I had forgotten it.
- From here on, it was a question of following the timetable move by move.
- I got home about 7:00 and drove right into the garage.
- This was another item to establish my alibi.
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