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is further to Minx Lockridge's complaint that Burt appears, not without
a real embarrassment, at the Capwell mansion, while is celebrated Kelly
Capwell and Peter Flint's engagement. Known by C.C.
Capwell because he calls him by his first name, Burt is forced to ask
this latter to lower a little the volume of the music. Their exchange allows to
present in a different way the fame and the grip C.C. has on the city
and the police authorities, contrary to the Lockridges, their rivals,
caricatured here by the stereotype of the old sour-tempered woman going
in crusade for futilities from an old time.
Conscious
to be only a pawn in the rivalry between the Capwells and the
Lockridges, Burt will certainly visit Minx Lockridge to relate to her,
as dictated by C.C. himself, that he shouted and that C.C. Capwell
trembled.
He
will be present later at the Capwell Villa, this time at the Capwells'
request, following the intrusion of a man in the sanctuary of the villa,
namely Channing Capwell Junior's bedroom. He makes C.C. sign the list of
the stolen objects and the intervention report. While answering his
questions, C.C. remembers that at the time of the intrusion, he received
a curious call from a woman with a French accent.
On
his last appearance, he and his colleague bring Minx Lockridge back to
her villa after she hit with her crop the new custodian of the
beachfront property that, a few weeks earlier, belonged to the
Lockridges. He is again confronted with the old woman's criticism and
threats. Thanked for his courage and behavior by Lionel - he did not
drive Minx Lockridge to the police station - he leaves the villa,
leaving then place to many other policemen...
Portrait
written for this site by Lilian
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