Don't think of a poster campaign as a sign of failure.
I do, sir.
You can't crack every case if forty-eight hours.
They're no' up yet.
[Getting into his car.] If there's some public response, that'll be a success.
It seemed such a simple one at first.
[Laughs] Golf's like that! It's often the simpler shots that turn out the most difficult. [He shuts the car door.]
I'll take your word for it.
[Winds the window down] You should take up golf when this is over. Ease that tension a bit. [Taggart rolls his eyes.] I've always said you needed a hobby. [Murray drives away. Taggart and Livingstone walk towards Taggart's car.]
I have my own car tonight.
You know what haunts me? Knowing it's Billy boy and not being able to prove it.
Why did he cut her hair off at the roots?
What did he do with it?
He could be telling the truth.
Or he could be clever. [Opens his car door] Six hours' kip, all right?
It'll have to be. See you in the morning.
[Gets into his car] You live alone?
Yes, sir.
Will you stop calling me that?! I thought you'd be fixed up.
There was someone in Edinburgh.
Young and pretty, was she?
[Chuckles] I nearly married her.
Why didn't you?
She didn't want to be married to a policeman.
She had brains! [Closes the car door and drives off.]
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