To propel it back to Earth, he climbs down a rope that hangs from the front of the shell.His weight as he slides down he rope gives the rocket enough impetus to cause it to fall off he edge of the moon...Whatever he humor or the joke, it""s rather bad taste to put on it.I think we""re agreed on that.Perhaps our humorist wouldn""t mind returning he Blue Water the way he got it - in the darkness.Turn off the lights, Isobel...Whoever took the Blue Water has had his chance.I don""t want a scandal at Brandon Abbas.I will leave the box on he table until morning.If the Blue Water is not back by then, of course I shall have to call the police.Good night.John: Have we a magician here?Digby: Or is Brandon Abbas haunted?The mystery of the stone""s disappearance is further heightened when the stone is not returned to its case.[Note: He categorizes women as either pure saints or trashy whores.] Skeptical of her account and prejudiced against the no-good partygirl, he believes that she is using him "for a shakedown.(To Peterson) What about Wally Fay? How do you knowhedidn""t do it.Peterson: Fay had no motive.This man had.You see, Mrs.Beragon, we start out with nothing.Just a corpse, if you""ll pardon the expression.OK.We look at the corpse and we say why? What was the reason? And when we find the reason, we find the man that made the corpse.