The Thin Man

While Guild talks to Mimi, Nick talks to Dorothy in private. Dorothy asks Nick if Mimi is in love with him, and Nick says Mimi hates all men. At Dorothy’s continued questioning, he says he doesn’t hate Mimi but is frustrated that she continues to lie and thinks she’s being clever about it. He asks Dorothy if she knew Nunheim, and she says no. A police officer knocks on the door and informs Nick that Gilbert was listening at the keyhole.

Mimi seems pleased with the effect of her confession on the police. She leaves Nick and Guild, who don’t believe her story. Guild says the bullets used to kill Nunheim match those that killed Julia, and Nick tells Guild all that Morelli told him in Studsy’s bar. Nick notes that the shooter emptied the gun for both murders, assuming the chamber under the hammer was empty as usual. Nick asks where Nunheim was the afternoon Julia was killed, and Guild says he was hanging around her apartment. Nick notes that maybe Miriam was right in that he was killed because he knew too much. Nick quotes Morelli about Julia always having lots of