A Nero Wolfe Mystery2000

Bernard Quest:
I have been in this company 62 years. In 1933, when I was made Vice-President by Nathan Eads, he promised me that one day I would be given a substantial share in the corporation. In 1942 he died, and when his will was read, I found he had broken his promise to me, and so I decided to kill his daughter Priscilla. She was 15 years old. I decided to strangle her.

Viola Duday:
[screaming] Bernie!

Sarah Jaffee:
[shocked] My God!

Nero Wolfe:
I even worked out the details - where to find a rope, how to employ it, what to do with afterward, and I practiced... I practiced by strangling myself.

Nero Wolfe:
[coughs while Wolfe nods in understanding] But that was ten years ago, and in the end, I finally came to my senses. I didn't kill her then and... Oh, what's the point? I'm too old, my children are grown, and I have everything I need.

Nero Wolfe:
[laconically] Oh, perhaps you should have strangled yourself.