As the Lieutenant washes his hands, literally and figuratively, he mentions: "I had a call from upstairs." The film""s plot, mostly faithfully adapted by its screenwriters, was about a diabolical, Victorian criminal husband (Charles Boyer playing against type) who systematically and methodically attempts to torment, menace, and drive his bedeviled, fragile wife (Ingrid Bergman) mad.Caustically, Lydecker describes the murder of his protege Laura Hunt (on Friday night) and his earlier statement to police on Saturday morning:Lydecker: Yesterday morning after Laura""s body was found, I was questioned by Sergeants McAvity and Schultz.She was at her computer considering plastic surgery and breast augmentation (something she did not need since she had full breasts):(voice-over) My daughter, Jane.