Ellery Queen1975

[Ellery tries to decipher the dying clue left by Monica Gray when she pulled out the plugs of the clock and the television set]

Ellery Queen:
Well, what was she trying to say, and why both plugs? Was she reaching for the clock cord and did she accidentally pull out the television cord, or was it the other way around? Is she saying something about electricity, about the failure of power? No. Or is she relating to the television set as a piece of furniture, a box, a console, screen? And what about that clock?

Ellery Queen:
[snapping his fingers] Wait a minute!

Inspector Richard Queen:
You got something?

Ellery Queen:
Very clever, Dad, very shrewd.

Inspector Richard Queen:
Who? Who?

Ellery Queen:
[pointing to his father] You. You know I'm supposed to be home finishing a book. You know I got a deadline to meet, but you drag me up here and you dangle all this catnip in front of me.