The Case of the Wintry Wife

Mrs. Walter: Very well, Walter. You may have your divorce.
Walter: Thank you, thank you very much.
Mrs. Walter (sotto voce): Over my dead body, you'll get a divorce.

Walter: Ten years ago on our honeymoon, she almost froze to death in a blizzard.
PM: She isn't ill then?
Walter: She has a slight circulatory problem, but nothing serious beyond being a little cold all the time. ... Perpetually cold.
[Yes, Walter, we get your drift.]

There was a shot of Paul Drake giving instructions to five hatted operatives and then someone walked directly in front of the camera. You have to wonder what the investigative costs were. There was another shot of a photostat of an incriminating letter. It was a negative image. These things come up on the screen and are so fleeting.

Confessor names four other people in the courtroom: Any one of us had reason to kill her. But I guess the others couldn't do it.

Wrap-up.
PD: It's all pretty obvious.
DS: Well, anyway, it's all pretty obvious now.