Taggart, Season 1

Charlie:
[Holding up the locket] I gave it to Susan.

Taggart:
Was it expensive?

Charlie:
No.

Taggart:
How long had she worked for you?

Charlie:
Er, six months.

Taggart:
Her birthday, was it?

Charlie:
No. [He hands the locket back to Taggart] It just... suited her.

Livingstone:
Did she have any family, Mr. Paterson?

Charlie:
Er, her cousin. Well, not her real cousin. She was adopted. They're not very... They weren't very close.

Taggart:
What about parents?

Charlie:
Both dead. I suppose you'll want to know how I met her. [Taggart nods.] Well, it was in London, although she's from Glasgow originally. She worked for one of my suppliers as a typist. I offered her this job managing the shop.

Taggart:
Experienced, was she?

Charlie:
I gave her the experience. No-one had ever trusted her before.

Taggart:
Where'd she stay?

Charlie:
With Frances, her cousin. More out of convenience.

Livingstone:
What time did she leave the shop last night?

Charlie:
Er, five o'clock. She said she wasn't feeling well.

Taggart:
Well, why didn't you see her home?

Charlie:
Well, why should I have? I worked late in the office last night until nine. The VAT men are due next week.

Livingstone:
A business to be in(!)

Charlie:
It has its risks.

Taggart:
Obviously.

Livingstone:
How many branches do you have?

Charlie:
Four. [Livingstone offers Charlie a cigar] No, I don't smoke, son. Never have.

Taggart:
No vices at all(!)

Charlie:
I'm not sure what you mean by that.

Taggart:
This Susan Maguire was young enough to be your daughter. Did you have no conscience about that?

Charlie:
I haven't... got a daughter.

Livingstone:
Any children?

Charlie:
We had a son, died of meningitis when he was three.

Livingstone:
Did she have anything with her? A bag?

Charlie:
Erm... she had a red canvas thing.

Livingstone:
And what was in it?

Charlie:
How should I know that?

Livingstone:
Did she normally walk home by the canal?

Charlie:
...Canal?

Livingstone:
Well, which way did she go?

Charlie:
Summerston. Why the canal? [Takes a deep breath] She said she wasn't feeling well, I sent her home.

Livingstone:
Who else was she friendly with?

Charlie:
Patricia.

Livingstone:
Who?

Charlie:
My wife.