#henpecked garden centre owner (the gardening thing of course giving Kingdom some common ground to cover) so much so that its his story we

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New Scotland Yard: Evidence of Character (2.4, LWT, 1972)

"Who was with you?"

"No one."

"The girl?"

"No."

"Or was she waiting for you outside?"

"No, I tell you I never saw her except to glance at, once, in the bar."

"Where did you go when you left the pub?"

"I drove straight home."

"Arriving when?"

"I don't know, about eleven."

"Anybody there when you got in?"

"My mother."

"How was she dressed?"

"My mother?"

"The girl."