The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - The Malevolent Medic

Mr. Hal Horton of United Industries, pays a visit to Mr. Wolfe's office. Wolfe says "Well, I discouraged your visit here when you called earlier, Mr. Horton. However, I do have a sort of curiosity about the operation of so-called big business. May I offer you a glass of beer, and hear an explanation of the rise and fall of this morning's stock market?". Horton says "You don't think I've come here socially, do you? I wish to engage your services, but...." Wolfe says "Not available". Horton asks "You're a detective, aren't you?" Wolfe says "I specialize in cases that interest me". Horton says "I've just gotten here. I haven't told my story. I don't believe you even know who I am". Wolfe says "Oh, yes, we do. We do indeed. A millionaire". Horton asks "Did I offend you by speaking of a fee?" Wolfe says "No, on the contrary. It is that portion of your conversation which interested me most. Now, Mr. Horton, what have you done, sir?" Horton says "What have I done?" Wolfe says "One doesn't have to be a detective to recognize you're in trouble, Mr. Horton". He says "Look, Mr. Wolfe, I have done nothing. But, I've got a question that I've got to have answered. I need facts. They tell me you're the man who can give them to me". Archie says "If Nero Wolfe can't get them for you, they're not facts. They're fantasies, Mr. Horton". Horton says "My story's involved". Wolfe says "But the gist of it is, your beautiful wife, Leslie, a former model, died last week. The death certificate indicated a heart attack, but you are suggesting it was murder". Horton asks "How did you know?" Wolfe says "Never mind how I came to my conclusions, how did you come to yours?" Horton says "Leslie had been going to a doctor Benjamin Sloan. She'd been upset. He was giving her vitamin B shots, she told me". Wolfe says "You doubt that was true". Horton says "Dr. Sloan informed me after she died in his office, there'd been a heart condition from the beginning. Well, I don't believe it. Leslie was a very emotional girl. She'd have been quite frightened of a heart ailment. She would have told me about it." Wolfe says "Maybe she didn't comprehend its seriousness". Horton says "Dr. Sloan did".