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00:05:00I didn't mean to, really. It's only because you look so much like my father.
00:05:06When he was younger, of course, your age.
00:05:09A most remarkable resemblance.
00:05:12For a moment, I thought...
00:05:15Do forgive me.
00:05:17Well, to tell you the truth, I was doing quite a bit of staring myself.
00:05:20And I assure you, it's not because you look like my mother.
00:05:25As a matter of fact, I can't say you look like anyone I've ever met before.
00:05:28Then why did you stay?
00:05:30Do you really want to know?
00:05:31If it's not too unflattering.
00:05:33Now, you know perfectly well that nothing I can say about you,
00:05:36the way you look, I mean, could be anything but flattering.
00:05:39Of course, if you don't like flattering...
00:05:40Oh, but I do.
00:05:41On second thought, it won't be flattering.
00:05:43It'll be the truth, and nothing but the truth.
00:05:46Any resemblance to flattery will be sheer coincidence.
00:05:49Shall I proceed?
00:05:50Proceed.
00:05:52While I was watching you,
00:05:53exotic words drifted across the mirror of my mind,
00:05:56as summer clouds drift across the sky.
00:06:01Couldn't you be a bit more specific?
00:06:02I'll try.
00:06:04Watching you, I thought of tales in the Arabian Nights,
00:06:06of Myrrh and frankincense and...
00:06:10And patchouli?
00:06:11Patchouli, that's it.
00:06:13Wait a minute.
00:06:19I knew it. Here it is.
00:06:21I quote.
00:06:22As he watched her, exotic words drifted across the mirror of his mind.
00:06:26He thought of tales in the Arabian Nights,
00:06:28of Myrrh and frankincense and patchouli.
00:06:32Unquote.
00:06:34So that's where it came from.
00:06:35Oh, I guess so, but really, I wasn't...
00:06:37I give you my word, it's weeks since I read the thing.
00:06:39It must have impressed you enormously.
00:06:41The book? Not particularly.
00:06:43Rather a sloppy job, I thought.
00:06:45I agree with you.
00:06:47You do?
00:06:48Next stop, your center.
00:06:52Oh, that's me.
00:07:04Your center. That's me.
00:07:08Oh, there you are. Hello there.
00:07:11That's me.
00:07:12Oh, that's nice of you.
00:07:14Hello.
00:07:15Hello.
00:07:16Hello, baby. How are you?
00:07:18Hello.
00:07:19How are you?
00:07:20Hello, baby. How are you?
00:07:21Hello.
00:07:22And how are you?
00:07:23Oh, fine.
00:07:24And the children?
00:07:25I'm wonderful.
00:07:26Charlie, get those bags, will you, please?
00:07:27Oh, we're looking forward to seeing Grant.
00:07:28Well, can you stay long?
00:07:29Oh, well.
00:07:30He'll have us.
00:07:31Here. Here we are.
00:07:33Hello there.
00:07:36Hello, Glenn. How are you? Nice to see you.
00:07:38Glad to see you, Dick.
00:07:39Oh, you look fine.
00:07:40How's your brother?
00:07:41Oh, Danny's still flat on his back.
00:07:43He wanted very much to come, but...
00:07:45the doctor thought the trip might be too much for him.
00:07:47Oh, sorry.
00:07:48Ladies, may I present Mr. Harland.
00:07:50Mrs. Barrett.
00:07:51How do you do?
00:07:52How do you do, Mr. Barrett?
00:07:53Ruth Barrett.
00:07:54How do you do?
00:07:55Hello.
00:07:56Ellen Barrett.
00:07:57How do you do?
00:07:58How do you do?
00:07:59We met on the train.
00:08:00Rather briefly.
00:08:01Too briefly.
00:08:03Well, I've got the car right here, folks.
00:08:05Y'all ready?
00:08:06Come on.
00:08:10Did you say Harland?
00:08:11Richard Harland.
00:08:12Oh, Mr. Harland, I'm terribly sorry.
00:08:15I doubt if I'll ever forgive you.
00:08:17Ruth, why don't you get a look at the new coats?
00:08:19Oh, I think they're dope.
00:08:21Ellen, we got plenty of wild turkey this year.
00:08:23Wonderful.
00:08:24Big as ostriches.
00:08:25Twice as ornery.
00:08:27Hope you people are all good and hungry.
00:08:29Don't be shy, Ms. Hartley.
00:08:30Right this way.
00:08:31Thank you.
00:08:32Thanks.
00:08:33You too, Ben.
00:08:34Mr. Harland.
00:08:35Thank you.
00:08:36Take care.
00:08:37Take care.
00:08:38We'll talk to you in the other room.
00:08:39Thanks, Mr. Harland.
00:08:40You too.
00:08:41Come on now.
00:08:42Go on, we're leaving.
00:08:43Come on.
00:08:44Mr. Harland.
00:08:45Take care.
00:08:46Take care.
00:08:47Thanks, gentlemen.
00:08:48Goodbye.
00:08:49We'll see each other soon.
00:08:50Goodbye.
00:08:51Goodbye.
00:08:52I'm off.
00:08:53Here we are!
00:08:54Mom!
00:08:55They're here!
00:08:56They're here!
00:08:57Welcome to Rancho Elizabeth.
00:08:58Thank you, Gordon.
00:08:59Oh, mother, isn't it wonderful?
00:09:00Oh, it's beautiful.
00:09:01Ruth!
00:09:02Ruth!
00:09:03Oh, my dear.
00:09:04Margaret.
00:09:05Oh, I did want to come to the train to meet you, but I thought it best to stay here to
00:09:06supervise dinner.
00:09:07Hello, children.
00:09:08Tell me, how are you?
00:09:09Good.
00:09:10Good.
00:09:11Good.
00:09:12Good.
00:09:13Good.
00:09:14Good.
00:09:15Good.
00:09:16Good.
00:09:17Good.
00:09:18Good.
00:09:19Good.
00:09:20Good.
00:09:21Good.
00:09:23How are you?
00:09:24Did you get so good seeing you, but where's Danny?
00:09:25He couldn't quite make it this time, Louise.
00:09:27Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
00:09:29Is he still at Warm Springs?
00:09:30Yes, he's getting along just fine.
00:09:31Oh, good, you'll probably want to change.
00:09:32Come, I'll show you to the hall.
00:09:33Sure, you're free.
00:09:35Why don't you go upstairs?
00:09:41Those trout were in the stream a couple of hours ago.
00:09:43That's something you couldn't get in Boston.
00:09:45Perhaps not, but on the other hand, I cut fish.
00:09:49Oh, no, I was born and raised in Boston myself and I yield to no one in my passion for cut
00:09:52I hate consulships.
00:09:53So do I.
00:09:54Children, that's rank disloyalty.
00:09:55It's treason.
00:09:56Mr. Harlan, what do you think?
00:09:58Well, Mrs. Roby, I'm what you call a salmon man.
00:10:00The fact of the matter is, Mother just doesn't like New Mexico.
00:10:03Since this is my first visit to New Mexico, I don't see how you can say such a thing.
00:10:08It's true just the same.
00:10:10Father and I used to come here every spring, year after year.
00:10:13And occasionally Ruth came along, but never Mother.
00:10:17It's too bad Mr. Barron didn't come along this time. I've been told I resemble him.
00:10:20Who told you that, Mr. Harlan?
00:10:22I did.
00:10:23Louise, don't you think so?
00:10:25Well, yes, now that you mention it.
00:10:28Glenn?
00:10:29Well, in a way.
00:10:30In every way.
00:10:32I noticed it the minute I saw him in the club car.
00:10:35His face, his voice, his manner.
00:10:38It's uncanny.
00:10:40Well, I must admit you've aroused my curiosity if I should get an opportunity to meet your father.
00:10:45That's hardly likely, Mr. Harlan.
00:10:47My husband...
00:10:48We've come here for my father's funeral.
00:10:54My goodness, there is a resemblance.
00:10:57Why, a most decided resemblance.
00:11:01Tell me, what did they mean about coming here for the funeral?
00:11:04Oh, that was rather a figure of speech.
00:11:06As a matter of fact, Professor Barron died some time ago in the east, and his body was cremated.
00:11:11They brought the ashes here.
00:11:13They're having the ceremony in the morning.
00:11:15Where?
00:11:16High up in the mountain, sort of a plateau.
00:11:18A favorite spot of his.
00:11:20He used to go there a lot with Ellen.
00:11:23Well, now, if you'll excuse me, I'll see if the children have gone to bed.
00:11:46Hello.
00:11:48Hello.
00:11:52Ellen's gone for a walk.
00:11:54Well, how did you know that I...
00:11:56Oh, I'm quite psychic.
00:11:58Oh.
00:11:59And is your sister psychic, too?
00:12:01Yes, she is.
00:12:03Well, tell me, how did you know that I...
00:12:05Oh, I'm quite psychic.
00:12:07Oh.
00:12:09And is your sister psychic, too?
00:12:11Yes, she is.
00:12:14And is your sister psychic, too?
00:12:16Oh, yes, much more than I am.
00:12:18Only I'm not her sister.
00:12:20You're not?
00:12:21No, I'm a cousin.
00:12:23I've lived with the family ever since I was a child.
00:12:25Mrs. Barron adopted me.
00:12:44Good evening, Mr. Hardin.
00:12:46Oh, good evening.
00:12:54In all fairness, I must confess,
00:12:56the nights here seem more beautiful
00:12:58than they do at Beacon Hill.
00:13:00Oh, I'm sorry.
00:13:02Oh, I'm sorry.
00:13:04Oh, I'm sorry.
00:13:06Oh, I'm sorry.
00:13:08Oh, I'm sorry.
00:13:10Oh, I'm sorry.
00:13:12The nights here seem more beautiful
00:13:14than they do at Beacon Hill.
00:13:16Infinitely.
00:13:18I think everything's more beautiful here.
00:13:20Ellen has gone for a stroll.
00:13:22Thank you.
00:13:42I'm afraid I owe you an apology, it was rather clumsy of me at the table to speak of your
00:14:10father.
00:14:11That's all right, you couldn't have known.
00:14:20You were very close to your father, weren't you?
00:14:22Yes, we were inseparable.
00:14:24From the time I was able to walk, we were both happiest when we were together.
00:14:34Engagement ring?
00:14:35Yes.
00:14:36I believe I'd better be going in now, we're getting up at five o'clock in the morning.
00:14:45Good night.
00:14:46Good night.
00:16:36Why don't you think somebody ought to go look for Ellen?
00:17:05What for?
00:17:06Well, it's pretty wild country up there, perhaps she's lost.
00:17:09Oh, Ellen knows her way home.
00:17:11Oh, I know, but it's been over 12 hours, I suppose something happened to her.
00:17:14Nothing ever happens to Ellen.
00:17:22Well, I think I'll take a ride before I turn in.
00:17:50Are you all right?
00:17:51Yes, perfectly.
00:17:52I just wanted to be alone for a while.
00:17:56Thank you for coming to the funeral this morning.
00:17:58You knew I was there?
00:17:59Yes, I saw you as I rode by.
00:18:01I hope you don't think it was just curiosity.
00:18:04No, I understand.
00:18:06I'm glad you were there.
00:18:08So am I.
00:18:09I'll never forget it.
00:18:12Father used to say it was like riding across the front lawn of heaven.
00:18:16We made a pact to bring our ashes here when we died.
00:18:20The first I told him, I'll bring yours here.
00:18:23If I die first, he'll bring mine.
00:18:26Yet I know now, people you love don't really die.
00:18:39Shall we go now?
00:18:50Yes.
00:19:20I'm not a bit sleepy, are you?
00:19:22Not in the least.
00:19:25Have you forgiven me yet?
00:19:28What I said about your book.
00:19:30Oh, that.
00:19:31I've learned to get a different opinion now.
00:19:33I finished reading the book last night and I found it quite absorbing.
00:19:36What made you change your mind?
00:19:38I got interested in one of the characters.
00:19:40Which one?
00:19:41The author.
00:19:44I assure you, the book is not supposed to be about me.
00:19:47But it is, whether you like it or not.
00:19:50Every book's a confession, my father always said.
00:19:53Of course, you have to read between the lines.
00:19:55Oh, did you?
00:19:56Mm-hmm.
00:19:57Well, what sort of man am I?
00:19:58You're a bachelor.
00:20:00Thirty years old.
00:20:01You were born and raised in Boston.
00:20:03You went to Harvard, where you edited The Lampoon.
00:20:06When you graduated, you went to Paris and you studied painting for a while.
00:20:10You have a lodge in Maine called Back of the Moon.
00:20:13Before you went in for writing novels, you were a newspaper man.
00:20:16Your favorite sport is fishing and you speak French and Spanish quite well.
00:20:20Shades of Sherlock.
00:20:22Do you mean to say you got all that just from reading my book?
00:20:24Just from reading The Dust Jacket.
00:20:26It was all there under your picture, you know.
00:20:28You know, if you'd lived in Salem a hundred years ago, they'd have burned you.
00:20:31Why did you give up painting?
00:20:33Well, it was like this.
00:20:35The first place I discovered, I was colorblind.
00:20:37But since I was interested in post-impressionism, that didn't matter much, did it?
00:20:41No.
00:20:42However, when I made the acquaintance of the boys in the left bank,
00:20:45they lived in squalid garrets and most of them were miserably undernourished.
00:20:49Have you ever known what it was to be really hungry?
00:20:52I'm hungry right now.
00:20:54Good heavens, you must be. You haven't had dinner, have you?
00:20:56No lunch.
00:20:57Why, you poor thing, you must be famished.
00:20:59Mrs. Roby told Emily to leave you a tray.
00:21:01Good.
00:21:06Oh, there it is.
00:21:08I'll get it.
00:21:09Let me.
00:21:13Tell me about your place in Maine.
00:21:15Oh, it's just a cabin.
00:21:17A shack, that's all.
00:21:19But it's set down in just about the most beautiful country I've ever seen.
00:21:22Why do you call it Back of the Moon?
00:21:24Well, there's a lake up there, shaped like a crescent.
00:21:26Danny and I used to spend all our summers there.
00:21:29You love Danny a lot, don't you?
00:21:31Well, naturally, I do.
00:21:33Is that why you've never married?
00:21:35Because you've had two children?
00:21:37No, not exactly.
00:21:39The way I feel about marriage...
00:21:41Well, it's like... Thank you.
00:21:43It's like that trip I made to Europe after I was graduated.
00:21:45I hadn't the least idea of going abroad.
00:21:47It just happened.
00:21:49I was taking a walk with a girl,
00:21:51and we went down to Boston Wharf
00:21:53and watched a freighter being loaded.
00:21:55And I liked the looks of her.
00:21:57The girl?
00:21:58No, the freighter.
00:21:59She looked good to me and she smelled good to me.
00:22:01I didn't even know where she was going,
00:22:03but I knew I was going with her.
00:22:06And I did.
00:22:13Hey, this is about the tastiest sandwich I've ever eaten.
00:22:15What is it?
00:22:17Turkey. Wild turkey.
00:22:19Ever hunted them?
00:22:21No, I haven't.
00:22:23It's tricky shooting.
00:22:25They're sort of scary, but they're so big and clumsy
00:22:27they hate to take wing.
00:22:29It's a lot of fun.
00:22:31I'd like to try it sometime.
00:22:33How about tomorrow?
00:22:35Just the two of us.
00:22:37I'd love to.
00:22:39Why did you come for me tonight?
00:22:43Well, I don't know exactly.
00:22:45Everybody assured me you'd be perfectly all right.
00:22:47I guess it was just an impulse.
00:22:49Like the time you took the freighter?
00:22:51Yes.
00:22:53You knew I was coming up there tonight.
00:22:57You were waiting for me, weren't you?
00:22:59Yes.
00:23:01And you came, didn't you?
00:23:05Well...
00:23:11Good night.
00:23:35Come on.
00:23:57Here.
00:24:05Thank you.
00:24:21Hello.
00:24:27What's going on up there?
00:24:29I'm just pruning and tying up the roses.
00:24:31I hope I wasn't interfering with your work.
00:24:33Oh, dear.
00:24:35I was thinking about you.
00:24:37Something you said the other night.
00:24:39What did I say?
00:24:41Something rather strange.
00:24:43You said you'd been adopted by Mrs. Barrett.
00:24:45What's so strange about that?
00:24:47Well, you didn't say Mr. and Mrs. Barrett.
00:24:49Weren't you adopted by both of them?
00:24:51Yes, of course.
00:24:53Then why did you say Mrs. Barrett?
00:24:55I don't know.
00:24:57I suppose it was because she suggested that...
00:24:59She was alone so much at the time.
00:25:01I mustn't keep you from your work.
00:25:07Be careful.
00:25:09Oh, I'm all right.
00:25:19How's that for an entrance?
00:25:21Perfect.
00:25:23I'm delighted to see you.
00:25:28All of you.
00:25:30Thank you.
00:25:32I do hope I've interrupted you in your work.
00:25:34You have. Constantly, all morning.
00:25:36But how could I? I haven't been with you until just now.
00:25:38Oh, yes, you have.
00:25:40I've been thinking about you and about Quentin.
00:25:42Who told you his name?
00:25:44Len Robey.
00:25:46How did he happen to tell you?
00:25:48I asked him.
00:25:50Why?
00:25:52Because I hated Quentin.
00:25:54Do you know him?
00:25:56No.
00:25:59You're going to hate everybody I know?
00:26:09You've lost your ring.
00:26:13No, I took it off an hour ago.
00:26:17Forever.
00:26:19Hurry up!
00:26:29I'll race you across.
00:26:33One, two, three, go!
00:26:42Atta boy, Len!
00:26:44Come on, Len, keep it up!
00:26:51Come on!
00:26:53Len's going to win.
00:26:55No, Ellen. Ellen always wins.
00:26:59The winner!
00:27:15Don't forget we have a date after lunch.
00:27:17Quiet, Chris. Lie down.
00:27:27What's the matter with you?
00:27:32Oh, sorry.
00:27:34I'm sorry.
00:27:36I'm sorry.
00:27:38I'm sorry.
00:27:40I'm sorry.
00:27:42I'm sorry.
00:27:44I'm sorry.
00:27:46Oh, come in.
00:27:48Hello, Robey.
00:27:50Quiet, Chris, quiet.
00:27:53Let me take your things.
00:27:55Thank you.
00:28:02Here, let me take that.
00:28:16Well, hello.
00:28:20What in the world brought you here?
00:28:22An airplane.
00:28:24I grabbed the first one I could catch
00:28:26after getting your telegram yesterday.
00:28:28Why all the rush?
00:28:30I wanted to be among the first to congratulate you
00:28:32on your forthcoming marriage.
00:28:34Well, we hadn't planned to announce it for a while,
00:28:36but since you've let the cat out of the bag,
00:28:38I thought I'd give it a try.
00:28:40I'm sure you'll like it.
00:28:42I hadn't planned to announce it for a while,
00:28:44but since you've let the cat out of the bag...
00:28:46Darling, this is Russell Quinton.
00:28:50My fiancé, Richard Holland.
00:28:55How do you do?
00:28:57Might I have a moment with you alone?
00:28:59Certainly. We can go in the library.
00:29:01Will you excuse us?
00:29:04Mrs. Barron, Ruth.
00:29:12Dick!
00:29:14Dick, is it true?
00:29:16I'm so happy for Ellen.
00:29:18Well, thank you, Ruth.
00:29:20For both of you.
00:29:22Well, that's all very well,
00:29:24but what I want to know is when and how.
00:29:26Well...
00:29:28I'm sorry, Russ. Really, I am.
00:29:30I never expected you to come here
00:29:32in the midst of a political campaign.
00:29:34When do you plan to be married?
00:29:36As soon as possible.
00:29:38Would it be convenient for you to postpone it until the fall?
00:29:40What do you mean?
00:29:42Well, it wouldn't do me much good
00:29:44for the news to get out that I'd been
00:29:46jilted and thrown aside like an old shoe.
00:29:48Oh, come now, Russ.
00:29:50Surely there's no political significance
00:29:52in the fact that a lady has changed her mind.
00:29:54I don't understand it, Ellen.
00:29:56I always knew you'd never marry me
00:29:58while your father was alive.
00:30:00But after he died, I thought...
00:30:02Well, I thought there might be a chance.
00:30:04What happened?
00:30:06I'm in love.
00:30:09We'll get married at once.
00:30:11Tomorrow.
00:30:17Don't look so downcast.
00:30:19I'll still be able to vote for you.
00:30:21Perhaps you don't think
00:30:23I'm good enough for you.
00:30:25Or romantic enough.
00:30:27I know people thought I was marrying
00:30:29into the Berent family for reasons,
00:30:31but that's not true.
00:30:33I want you to know that I had only one reason.
00:30:35I want you to know that I was in love with you.
00:30:37I'm not a man who loves often, Ellen.
00:30:39I love once.
00:30:41Thank you, Russ.
00:30:43That's quite a concession.
00:30:45I loved you.
00:30:47And I'm still in love with you.
00:30:49That's a tribute.
00:30:51And I always will be.
00:30:55Remember that.
00:30:57Russ.
00:30:59Is that a threat?
00:31:07I'm sorry.
00:31:37Now look here, Ellen.
00:31:39Darling.
00:31:41Will you marry me?
00:31:43Why, you unpredictable little...
00:31:59And I'll never let you go.
00:32:01Never, never, never.
00:32:03Never, never, never.
00:32:33Ellen.
00:32:51Ellen.
00:32:53There he is.
00:33:03Dick.
00:33:09Dick.
00:33:11Dick.
00:33:13Dick.
00:33:17Easy, boy, easy.
00:33:19Oh, Dick.
00:33:21Hey, you put on weight.
00:33:23Say, I believe you've actually grown.
00:33:25You look sort of different yourself.
00:33:27You get my telegram?
00:33:29Yeah, but I didn't sleep much that night.
00:33:31I left the ranch, and now he's in Chicago.
00:33:33I kept seeing that train coming nearer and nearer.
00:33:35I counted every turn of the wheels.
00:33:37May I come in?
00:33:39Hi, Danny.
00:33:41Hi, Ellen.
00:33:43I hope you like her, Danny.
00:33:45Because if you don't,
00:33:47we'll send her right back.
00:33:49Oh, please don't let him fire me, Danny.
00:33:51I like this job.
00:33:53Don't you worry.
00:33:55If he fires you, I'll hire you.
00:33:57Thank you.
00:33:59I had this idea even before I opened it.
00:34:01I just kept reading it over and over again.
00:34:03Just to sort of get used to the idea?
00:34:05Yeah.
00:34:07I was trying to picture what kind of a place Taos was.
00:34:09How long a honeymoon is.
00:34:11Ellen didn't like Taos.
00:34:13I thought Warm Springs would be a much better place for a honeymoon.
00:34:15Gosh, I hope you can stay a while.
00:34:17We're going to take a cottage right here in Warm Springs.
00:34:19And live here, you mean?
00:34:21That's right.
00:34:23That's Ellen's idea.
00:34:25That's the way she wants it.
00:34:28Well, Mrs. Harlan.
00:34:30I think I can feel safe in saying
00:34:32the job is permanent.
00:34:34Thank you, sir.
00:34:36I always does my best.
00:34:50I trust you'll find the soup to your taste.
00:34:54It's sheer understatement
00:34:56to call this ambrosia soup.
00:34:58I call it consomme a la patchouli.
00:35:00When you get around to hiring a cook, be sure and teach her the recipe.
00:35:02I have no intention of hiring a cook
00:35:04or a housekeeper or any other service.
00:35:06You mean for the present?
00:35:08Ever.
00:35:10I don't want anybody else but me to do anything for you.
00:35:12I want to keep your house
00:35:14and wash your clothes and cook your food.
00:35:16A born slave.
00:35:18Besides, I don't want anybody else in the house but us.
00:35:20Ever?
00:35:22Ever.
00:35:24You've chosen the natural course of events.
00:35:26Well, that's different.
00:35:28And what about Danny?
00:35:30Well, that's different, too.
00:35:34And only three people have ever
00:35:36been to back of the moon. That's me and Dick and Thorne.
00:35:38Who's Thorne?
00:35:40Leak Thorne. He's a woodsman.
00:35:42He helped build the house and the dam and the boathouse and all.
00:35:44He takes care of the place.
00:35:46I'd like to get hold of some of Richard's baby pictures.
00:35:48Could I, do you suppose?
00:35:50Oh, yeah. There's a whole album full.
00:35:52He collects yearbooks with loads of pictures of him.
00:35:54Only there's one he doesn't like to show to anybody.
00:35:56Why not?
00:35:58Well, it's got a picture of Enid Southern in it.
00:36:00Who's she?
00:36:02She's the one that voted the best looking girl.
00:36:04Was she really beautiful?
00:36:06Not as beautiful as you are.
00:36:08Thank you, Danny.
00:36:12Won't it be wonderful when you can go back to school again?
00:36:14Gosh, yes.
00:36:16What sort of school did you go to?
00:36:18Same one as Dick.
00:36:20Oh, that must be fun.
00:36:22Sure is.
00:36:24Has Dick been busy lately?
00:36:26Yes, he's been working awfully hard on his book.
00:36:28We mustn't interrupt him.
00:36:30Besides,
00:36:32have you forgotten our secret?
00:36:50Danny!
00:36:56Dick!
00:36:58Dick!
00:37:00Danny!
00:37:02Now we can, all three of us, go to back of the moon.
00:37:04Can't we, Dick?
00:37:06Can't we?
00:37:08You bet we can.
00:37:14It's way up north.
00:37:16Miles from nowhere.
00:37:19I know all about that place.
00:37:21I've heard about it plenty from Danny.
00:37:23He can't wait to get up there again.
00:37:25I know that's my problem.
00:37:27You see, Dr. Mason, my husband is planning to leave
00:37:29for back of the moon as soon as possible.
00:37:31And he wants to take Danny with us.
00:37:33So do I, of course.
00:37:35What's the problem?
00:37:37Well, it's so remote up there. Wild and rugged
00:37:39and miles from the nearest town.
00:37:41The facilities are rather primitive.
00:37:43There isn't even a telephone just in case we need to reach a doctor for Danny.
00:37:45I'm quite sure he won't need a doctor up there.
00:37:47Or medicine or something?
00:37:49Or medicine or anything.
00:37:51But what about school?
00:37:53That can wait.
00:37:55I must say, Danny's progress has been rather remarkable.
00:37:57I don't know how you did it.
00:37:59You must have practically willed that boy to walk.
00:38:01But don't you see, Doctor,
00:38:03my husband will be busy a good deal of the time writing.
00:38:05And with nobody else around...
00:38:07Isn't there somebody there, somebody by the name of Thorn?
00:38:09Yes.
00:38:11But he's leaving, and so it'll be...
00:38:13I assure you, I don't want to shirk any responsibility.
00:38:15I'm thinking only of Danny, and I...
00:38:17No, that isn't true.
00:38:21I'm thinking a little about myself, too.
00:38:25I know you'll understand, Dr. Mason.
00:38:27I gave up my honeymoon to come here
00:38:29so that my husband could be with his brother.
00:38:31But he's been working, and the burden's been on me.
00:38:33I've spent hours here.
00:38:35Every day.
00:38:37I was glad to do it. It was no sacrifice at all.
00:38:39I love Danny as much as he does.
00:38:41And I'm just as happy as he is
00:38:43that Danny's doing so well.
00:38:45But after all, he's a cripple.
00:38:51I'm sorry.
00:38:53I didn't mean to say that.
00:38:55I'm sure you didn't.
00:38:57I didn't mean it.
00:38:59Of course not.
00:39:01I'm afraid I haven't been too well myself lately.
00:39:05Mrs. Harlan, what do you want me to do?
00:39:07I want you to tell my husband that it would be better
00:39:09for Danny to stay here at Warm Springs.
00:39:11It would be much better for him to go to Back of the Moon.
00:39:13But surely it could do no harm for him to stay here
00:39:15or perhaps go back to school.
00:39:17And if you'll only tell my husband...
00:39:19Why don't you tell him?
00:39:21Because coming from you...
00:39:23Richard.
00:39:25Oh, Richard, I've got such wonderful news.
00:39:27Dr. Mason has just consented
00:39:29to let Danny come with us to Back of the Moon.
00:39:37Oh, no, darling, please.
00:39:40Let me.
00:39:42I want to be the first to tell him.
00:39:44And this is Leek Thorne.
00:39:49Hello?
00:39:51Yes, it's for you.
00:39:53Hello?
00:39:55Oh, golly, Ellen.
00:39:57We're going to Back of the Moon.
00:39:59Yes, Ellen?
00:40:01When?
00:40:03Tomorrow?
00:40:05Oh, gosh.
00:40:07Yeah?
00:40:09Gee, thanks, Ellen.
00:40:11Gosh.
00:40:19Treat my daughter kindly
00:40:21And say you'll do no harm
00:40:25And when I die
00:40:27I'll leave to you
00:40:29My little house and farm
00:40:31My horse, my plow
00:40:33My sheep, my cow
00:40:35And everything I own
00:40:37And all the little things
00:40:39In my garden
00:40:43My horse, my plow
00:40:45My sheep, my cow
00:40:47And everything I own
00:40:51And all the little things
00:40:53In my garden
00:41:07Good morning.
00:41:34Good morning.
00:41:36Good morning.
00:41:38Oh, darling, I dreamed you were...
00:41:42What gives?
00:41:44Another day with you.
00:41:4624 hours with you.
00:41:58Morning, Dick.
00:42:00Hi, good morning, Danny.
00:42:02Morning, Ellen.
00:42:04Hey!
00:42:08How about a dip in the lake before breakfast?
00:42:10Okay.
00:42:14And all the little chickens
00:42:16In my garden
00:42:20Morning, Miss Harlan.
00:42:22Oh, and who gets up first?
00:42:24You or the sun?
00:42:26Well, mostly it's neck and neck.
00:42:28Thought maybe you'd like to have me fix breakfast for you this morning.
00:42:30Oh, no, that's my job.
00:42:33I'm going to feel sort of like a fifth wheel around here.
00:42:35You mustn't feel like that.
00:42:37Richard considers you a part of the place.
00:42:43You must have been especially nice to him when he was a boy.
00:42:45Oh, that wasn't hard.
00:42:47He was a nice kid.
00:42:49You must have had wonderful times together.
00:42:51Yep, horrible.
00:42:53Did he change much when he got to be a young man?
00:42:55Not especially.
00:42:57Did he used to confide in you a lot?
00:42:59Yeah, sometimes.
00:43:01Did he ever tell you about Enid Southern?
00:43:03Who?
00:43:05Enid Southern.
00:43:07I don't especially recall her dead. Who was she?
00:43:09Oh, nobody in particular, I guess.
00:43:11Just school stuff.
00:43:31I'll take it, Ellis.
00:43:33John, do you dream a lot?
00:43:35Never.
00:43:37I had the most awful nightmare last night.
00:43:39We were out in the skiff, my husband and I,
00:43:41and he jumped in for a swim.
00:43:43But I was too lazy, so I just rode after him.
00:43:45Somehow I was afraid.
00:43:47And when we got to the middle of the lake,
00:43:49I thought it was time for him to get back into the boat.
00:43:51So I decided to call out to him.
00:43:53But I had no voice.
00:43:55Suddenly Richard's voice came through.
00:43:57He said,
00:43:59Suddenly Richard went under.
00:44:01Not diving, but the way seals do.
00:44:03Just sort of settling in the water.
00:44:05Then he came up again.
00:44:07And one of his arms flung out to me
00:44:09as if he were trying to call to me.
00:44:11I tried to row to him, but the lake was like glue.
00:44:13The boat wouldn't move.
00:44:15My arms were paralyzed.
00:44:17Then he went down again.
00:44:19And this time he stayed down.
00:44:21Well, I reckon there's only one way left
00:44:23for you to save his life.
00:44:25How?
00:44:27Wake up.
00:44:29That's just what I did.
00:44:54Come and get it.
00:44:56Come on in, Ellen. The water's swell.
00:44:58Guess we better go in.
00:45:00Okay, last one in's a sissy.
00:45:26Come on.
00:45:57Oh, no.
00:45:59No what?
00:46:01Good grief.
00:46:03Will you marry me, he said.
00:46:05What's wrong with that?
00:46:07In the first place, men never propose.
00:46:09They may think they do, but it's really the woman who does.
00:46:11Who told you that, Ripley?
00:46:13And if men do propose, they never say,
00:46:15Will you marry me?
00:46:17Get out of my way.
00:46:19I'll get you out of my way.
00:46:21I'll get you out of my way.
00:46:23I'll get you out of my way.
00:46:25Will you marry me?
00:46:27Get away, get away.
00:46:29Did you ever propose to a woman?
00:46:31Hundreds of them.
00:46:33When you proposed to Enid Southern...
00:46:35Who told you about Enid Southern?
00:46:37Did you say, Will you marry me?
00:46:39I didn't propose to her.
00:46:41Did she propose to you?
00:46:43Beat it, will you?
00:46:45How did you propose to me?
00:46:47I...
00:46:49You didn't.
00:46:51I proposed to you, like this.
00:46:53Okay, I'll marry you.
00:46:55Right after I finish my chapter.
00:46:57I hate your chapter.
00:46:59I hate all your chapters.
00:47:01They take up too much of your time.
00:47:03Funny thing, that's what my publisher says.
00:47:05You know, I'm serious.
00:47:07After all, it isn't as if you had to write for a living.
00:47:09I've got more than enough for both of us.
00:47:11And darling, it's the dearest wish of my heart to support you.
00:47:13Is that bad?
00:47:17Oh, darling.
00:47:19I didn't know it would be so wonderful here.
00:47:21The back of the moon.
00:47:23You like it here, don't you?
00:47:25Every minute.
00:47:27If only it weren't so crowded.
00:47:29Crowded?
00:47:31This is the most remote, uninhabited place east of the Mojave.
00:47:33I mean the cabin.
00:47:35Not that I mind chaperones, not in the least.
00:47:37But there's Danny's room on one side of us,
00:47:39and Thorne's room on the other side,
00:47:41and the walls as thin as paper,
00:47:43and the acoustics disgustingly perfect.
00:47:45Well, at least nobody snores.
00:47:47Do you know, ever since we've been married,
00:47:49Danny's been gone, not for a single day.
00:47:51And do you know...
00:47:53And do you know that Thorne moved his cot and his things to the boathouse this morning?
00:47:55He did?
00:47:57Oh, Richard, I hope you didn't tell him I...
00:47:59Oh, not at all. It was his own idea.
00:48:01As far as Danny's concerned...
00:48:03Where is Danny?
00:48:05He went with Thorne.
00:48:07Where's Thorne?
00:48:09He went to town.
00:48:11You don't mean they're going to stay in town?
00:48:13Oh, certainly not.
00:48:15Then why did they go?
00:48:17You can't have any secrets from me.
00:48:19We wanted to surprise you, honey.
00:48:47Surprise you, honey.
00:49:07We've got a mule down on our place.
00:49:09We put this mule in the derby race.
00:49:11At the crack of the gun, he took to the rail.
00:49:13He flew with his ears and he stared with his tails.
00:49:15A very funny wedding happened down our street.
00:49:17A man named Moats met a gal named Wheat.
00:49:19And as they marched down the aisle, you see the organ played,
00:49:21What shall the harvest be?
00:49:23Oh, a possum and a tomcat had a fight.
00:49:25They fought all day and they fought all night.
00:49:27They fit in the fort till their tails dug the ground.
00:49:29Then they heisted up their tails and they fit another round.
00:49:31Oh, deedle-deedle-dum-dum, deedle-deedle-die.
00:49:33Deedle-deedle-dum-dum, deedle-dee-aye.
00:49:35Deedle-deedle-dum-dum, deedle-dee-aye.
00:49:37Deedle-deedle-dum-dum, deedle-dee-aye.
00:49:39Then they fit another round.
00:49:41Oh, deedle-deedle-dum-dum, deedle-deedle-die.
00:49:43Deedle-deedle-dum-dum, deedle-dee-aye.
00:49:45Deedle-deedle-dum-dum, deedle-deedle-die.
00:49:47Die, die, die, die.
00:49:49Danny, you sing one. Come on.
00:49:51Oh, I've got a gal named Caroline.
00:49:56Some of these days she's gonna be mine.
00:49:58She's the gal that I admire.
00:50:01She's the gal that sets my heart on fire.
00:50:04What was that?
00:50:06Oh, that was a loon.
00:50:08There's a couple of them across the lake.
00:50:10They sound horrible.
00:50:11Oh, you'll get used to it.
00:50:13But wait till you see the deer. You'll love them.
00:50:15They come right up to the cabin to be fed.
00:50:17What do you give them?
00:50:18Potato peelings and salt.
00:50:19And then, of course, there's our porcupine.
00:50:21Oh, yeah.
00:50:22He used to come up every morning and nibble on the doorstep.
00:50:26The Robies paid us a visit at Bar Harbor just before we left.
00:50:29Are they well?
00:50:30The children had the mumps.
00:50:32Oh.
00:50:34Of course, you've heard about Russ Quinton being elected district attorney.
00:50:38Really?
00:50:39They say he's got his mind set on the governorship.
00:50:42It wouldn't surprise me if he made it.
00:50:44Do you suppose we could find some wild wisteria and transplant it around the cabin?
00:50:47I know where there's some.
00:50:48Oh, fine.
00:50:49Then tomorrow we...
00:50:50I'm afraid Thorne won't have time for that.
00:50:53He has his work to do.
00:50:58Look what I can do.
00:51:00Thorne showed me.
00:51:10Oh.
00:51:40After all, Mother, you must remember Ellen didn't expect us.
00:51:44We shouldn't have come, Ruth.
00:51:48We shouldn't have come.
00:52:16There must be a few loose bricks in the chimney.
00:52:18I noticed it wasn't drawing very well.
00:52:25Did you hear me, darling?
00:52:29What happened tonight?
00:52:31Ever since Ruth and your mother arrived, you've been acting like a shrew.
00:52:34At the landing, you were cold.
00:52:35At dinner, aloof and sullen.
00:52:36And after dinner, you were beastly.
00:52:38I wasn't expecting guests.
00:52:39They're your own people.
00:52:40I thought you'd be pleased.
00:52:41Don't let's quarrel, Richard.
00:52:42And Danny adores you.
00:52:43You hurt him.
00:52:44Why?
00:52:45You were insulting to your mother.
00:52:46Mean to Thorne.
00:52:47Treated him like a servant.
00:52:48Well, isn't he?
00:52:49Certainly not.
00:52:50He's a friend.
00:52:51One of my dearest friends.
00:52:53Is Ruth one of your dearest friends, too?
00:52:55What's eating you?
00:52:56Ruth is your own sister.
00:52:57Ruth is not my sister.
00:52:58All night long, you devoted yourself exclusively to her.
00:53:00Well, somebody had to make her welcome.
00:53:03Maybe you're in love with her.
00:53:05You're in a rotten mood, Ellen.
00:53:09Maybe that's why you invited her up here.
00:53:11Shh.
00:53:12She wanted to hear you.
00:53:13You can't draw a deep breath in this room
00:53:14without being heard all over the house.
00:53:16Let's change the name of the place from Back of the Moon
00:53:18to Goldfish Manor.
00:53:19What's happened to you?
00:53:21You're deliberately whipping yourself
00:53:22into a fit of hysterics.
00:53:23Oh, no.
00:53:24I mustn't do that.
00:53:25It might disturb mother and Ruth.
00:53:26Now, wake up, Danny.
00:53:35Ellen, what's got into you?
00:53:40I don't know.
00:53:44I don't know.
00:53:53Oh, darling, forgive me.
00:53:57I'm sorry.
00:54:00I can't help it.
00:54:02It's only because I love you so.
00:54:06I love you so I can't bear to share you with anybody.
00:54:14Well, the gallum of the hole.
00:54:30Say, you're doing a swell job.
00:54:32Oh, it's easy here.
00:54:33You just put things in the ground and they grow.
00:54:36It's much harder by the sea where we live.
00:54:39Dick, when are you going to visit us at Bar Harbor?
00:54:41When I finish the book, maybe.
00:54:43I think you'll like it there.
00:54:45We were talking about it this morning, mother and I.
00:54:48We thought it might be a good idea for Danny
00:54:50to go back with us when we leave.
00:54:52The beach is lovely and we have a sailboat.
00:54:54He'd have a wonderful time.
00:54:57I'm sure he would.
00:54:59There's a school, too, an excellent school.
00:55:02Yes, I know.
00:55:03Ellen told me all about it.
00:55:05I'll have a talk with Danny.
00:55:35Dick, as far as I've read, it's splendid.
00:55:55Oh, well, just for that, I'll dedicate the book to you.
00:55:58Now, what shall I say?
00:55:59To my sweet, my beautiful, my discerning mother-in-law...
00:56:02Who advised me to dedicate this book to my wife.
00:56:04I'll dedicate the next one to her.
00:56:06Dedicate them all to her.
00:56:08I hope you'll send me the rest of the manuscript when it's finished.
00:56:10Oh, there are only a few more chapters to write.
00:56:12I'll probably wind it up before you leave here.
00:56:14That's hardly likely.
00:56:15We're planning to leave on Saturday.
00:56:17On Saturday?
00:56:18But that's preposterous.
00:56:19You've only been here a few days.
00:56:20Yes, and they've been wonderful days.
00:56:21Ruth and I shall never forget them.
00:56:23But really, there are reasons why I must be getting home.
00:56:26Does Ellen know you're leaving?
00:56:27I told her this morning.
00:56:29Now, don't look so downcast, Dick.
00:56:31You know, in a way, mothers-in-law are like children.
00:56:33They should be seen and not heard.
00:56:35Not seen too much.
00:56:38What's wrong with Ellen?
00:56:40There's nothing wrong with Ellen.
00:56:42It's just that she loves too much.
00:56:45Perhaps that isn't good.
00:56:46It makes her outside of everyone else, but she can't help it.
00:56:51You must be patient with her.
00:56:54She loved her father too much.
00:57:33I'm sorry.
00:58:04Please, Danny, sit still.
00:58:06How do you expect me to...
00:58:07I can't help it.
00:58:08It tickles.
00:58:14You'll just love our house by the sea.
00:58:16There are a lot of rocks on one side of the beach,
00:58:18and when it's low tide, you can go there and watch the anemones
00:58:21and the ink squids.
00:58:23And there are the most wonderful shells and pebbles,
00:58:25all sizes and colors.
00:58:27Sounds swell.
00:58:30Hold still.
00:58:32How would you like to go to Bar Harbor for a while?
00:58:35I had a letter from Ruth, and she'd love to have you.
00:58:37I'd love to go.
00:58:39With Dick, you mean?
00:58:40Well, no.
00:58:41He doesn't want to leave here until the new book's finished.
00:58:43Then we can join you.
00:58:44No, I'd rather wait, then.
00:58:46The two of us can all go together, the three of us.
00:58:49We wouldn't be separated for long.
00:58:51Just a few weeks.
00:58:53No, I'd rather wait.
00:58:55Can I swim all the way across today?
00:58:58Think you could make it?
00:58:59Why, sure.
00:59:00I made it three quarters yesterday, and I wasn't a bit tired.
00:59:03All right.
00:59:04If I make it today, can we show Dick tomorrow?
00:59:07Yes.
00:59:08And we'll come back tomorrow.
00:59:10Good.
00:59:12I think we're ready to go.
00:59:18Good.
00:59:19If I make it today, can we show Dick tomorrow?
00:59:22Yes.
00:59:23And we don't have to tell him how long we've been practicing, do we?
00:59:27No.
00:59:28We can just pretend that you decided to do it on the spur of the moment.
00:59:31Yeah, that's what we'll do.
00:59:33You know, I can just see him watching now.
00:59:35After a while, he'll say, that's enough, Danny.
00:59:37Better get back on the boat now.
00:59:38And I'll just pretend like I didn't hear him and keep right on going.
00:59:41Are you ready?
00:59:42Ready.
00:59:49Think you could make it, Danny?
01:00:18Ah, it's a sitch.
01:00:21Don't worry about your direction.
01:00:22I'll keep you on your course.
01:00:24Okay.
01:00:46Are we halfway to the point yet?
01:00:49Not yet.
01:00:59You're not making very much progress, Danny.
01:01:14Are you all right?
01:01:16I'm a little winded.
01:01:18I had a kink in my side, but it's gone now.
01:01:21You better float for a while.
01:01:23Yeah.
01:01:33I think I'm getting tired.
01:01:35Take it easy.
01:01:37You don't want to give up when you've come so far.
01:01:40Okay.
01:01:41I'll get my second wind in a minute.
01:01:56The water's colder than I thought.
01:02:01I ate too much lunch.
01:02:04I got a stomachache.
01:02:08It's a cramp.
01:02:10Alice!
01:02:11It's a cramp!
01:02:18Alice!
01:02:19Alice!
01:02:22Help me!
01:02:45Danny!
01:02:46Danny!
01:03:16Danny!
01:03:46Danny!
01:04:06Danny!
01:04:26Danny!
01:04:46Danny!
01:05:15I'm cleaning father's laboratory.
01:05:16I thought it might be a good place for Dick to work.
01:05:18He's dropped his work.
01:05:21He's dropped everything.
01:05:23I'm losing him, Brooke.
01:05:26I'll die if I lose him.
01:05:30Perhaps if you went back to the lodge.
01:05:36Just the two of you.
01:05:38You know he hates it now.
01:05:40Everything about it.
01:05:41He never wants to set foot there again.
01:05:44And he doesn't want to go back to Boston.
01:05:47If I only knew what he was thinking.
01:05:53You've always helped me, Ruth.
01:05:56Help me now.
01:05:58A little time, Ellen. You'll see.
01:06:01He's had a great loss.
01:06:03There's a great emptiness in his life.
01:06:05If he only... If he only had a child of his own.
01:06:09A child of his own.
01:06:31Oh, it's wonderful.
01:06:33When Ellen was a little girl, her father fixed this room up as a playroom for her.
01:06:36Then when she grew up, he used it as a laboratory.
01:06:38Now it's going to be a playroom again, just as it was before.
01:06:41Not exactly, Mother. Your baby was a girl. I was going to be a boy.
01:06:44You've decided that, have you?
01:06:46Definitely. Ellen gave me a word of honor.
01:06:48Stand still, will you?
01:06:50I've got a kink in my neck. Dotted sweats would be nice for the kittens.
01:06:53What about the rug?
01:06:55You don't put rugs in children's playrooms.
01:06:57You use linoleum.
01:06:58Why?
01:06:59Linoleum washes easier. Just in case.
01:07:03Say, you women think of everything, don't you?
01:07:06All right, you can rest.
01:07:22Ellen, you shouldn't have walked up those stairs.
01:07:26You know what the doctor told you?
01:07:28Darling, come here and sit down.
01:07:30What have you done with Father's lab?
01:07:32We didn't want you to see it until it was finished.
01:07:34What have you done with his things?
01:07:35We stored them in the basement.
01:07:37Why didn't you consult me?
01:07:39We wanted to surprise you. It's an ideal place for a playroom.
01:07:42But I didn't want the room changed ever. I wanted it left just as it was.
01:07:46I know you don't like being surprised, but we were only trying to please you.
01:07:49Come on, darling. Everything's so wonderful now.
01:08:01Richard.
01:08:13You'll have to behave yourself.
01:08:15Imagine eating shrimps at a time like this.
01:08:17Where's Richard? He went to town.
01:08:19They always upset you. I've been telling you that for years.
01:08:22Did Ruth go with him?
01:08:23Yes, I think so.
01:08:24Especially now, in your condition.
01:08:26When did they leave?
01:08:27Right after lunch.
01:08:28And another thing. Don't try to be so blamed athletic.
01:08:30What time is it, Mother?
01:08:32Almost five.
01:08:33You've got to stop gadding about.
01:08:35Gadding? What are you talking about?
01:08:37This baby's making a prisoner out of me.
01:08:39What are you having it for, then?
01:08:41I can't do anything. I can't go anyplace.
01:08:43I don't even see my husband.
01:08:45Why don't you have him come in here?
01:08:47Because I don't want him to see me this way.
01:08:49That doesn't make sense.
01:08:51Those are orders now. No shrimps, no stairs.
01:08:55And don't you budge off that couch.
01:09:25Hey!
01:09:26Oh! Oh, look!
01:09:28Get those, Ruth!
01:09:29Oh! Oh, help me!
01:09:55Hey!
01:10:09There!
01:10:10What are you doing?
01:10:14You look so funny.
01:10:15You should always wear your hat like that.
01:10:26I missed you this afternoon.
01:10:31What did you do when you went to town?
01:10:33Oh, we just shopped around for the baby things.
01:10:36You were gone about four hours.
01:10:38Well, we walked to town and back.
01:10:40Rather a long walk, isn't it?
01:10:44Tell me, what did you talk about?
01:10:46Oh, a lot of things.
01:10:48About Danny?
01:10:50No.
01:10:52About Danny?
01:10:54No.
01:10:56About me?
01:10:58Not especially.
01:11:00You're looking very well, Ruth.
01:11:03I've never seen you so happy.
01:11:06Tell me, do you think Richard loves me?
01:11:09Well, now, that's a silly thing to say.
01:11:12Oh, I know in the beginning he loved me.
01:11:14But I'll tell you something funny.
01:11:16He never liked me.
01:11:19He loved you, but he never liked you?
01:11:21That's right.
01:11:23We've never really been friends like you and he.
01:11:26He likes you.
01:11:28Tell me, has he found a nickname for you yet?
01:11:31Oh, not exactly.
01:11:33Sometimes he calls me the gal with the hoe
01:11:35to kid me about my gardening.
01:11:37He used to call me Patchouli.
01:11:41Look at me.
01:11:43I hate the little beast.
01:11:45I wish it would die.
01:11:47Ellen.
01:11:50Shocked, aren't you?
01:11:52If you were having the baby, you'd love it.
01:11:54Well, I never wanted it.
01:11:56Richard and I never needed anything else.
01:11:59And now this.
01:12:01How can you say such wicked things?
01:12:03I don't know.
01:12:05I don't know.
01:12:07And now this.
01:12:09How can you say such wicked things?
01:12:13Sometimes the truth is wicked.
01:12:17You're afraid of the truth, aren't you, Ruth?
01:12:20No.
01:12:22You're the one who's afraid.
01:12:37You're the one who's afraid.
01:13:07Oh.
01:13:37Oh.
01:14:07Oh.
01:14:37Oh.
01:15:08Ellen.
01:15:16Call the doctor.
01:15:22What happened?
01:15:24She must have tripped.
01:15:26Hello, Dr. Saunders. This is Ruth Barron.
01:15:28Yes, please come over at once.
01:15:30Something terrible has happened.
01:15:38Well, we couldn't save the child.
01:15:41It was a boy.
01:15:45I hadn't really hoped it.
01:15:48As long as she's out of danger.
01:15:50Oh, yes. You may rest assured of that.
01:15:52When she came to, she remembered nothing about leaving her room.
01:15:55She thought she must have been walking in her sleep.
01:15:58Well, she couldn't have been asleep.
01:16:00I was with her only 20 minutes before she came to.
01:16:02I was with her only 20 minutes before she came to.
01:16:04Well, she couldn't have been asleep.
01:16:06I was with her only 20 minutes before it happened.
01:16:08You can go in and see her now for a moment if you like.
01:16:14First his brother.
01:16:16And now his son.
01:16:34Yes?
01:16:57Yes?
01:17:00No, she's not here at the moment.
01:17:02I'd be glad to take a message.
01:17:13Yes, I will.
01:17:24Don't mention it.
01:17:27Lucy, my lass. The surf was wonderful.
01:17:30You should have come in for a dip.
01:17:32Too cold for me.
01:17:34You're a softie. You always were.
01:17:43Richard's new book. Nice.
01:17:56Where is everybody?
01:17:57Dick's gone for a walk. Mother's in her room.
01:17:59I'm worried about Mother these days. The way she keeps to her room.
01:18:02Isn't she well?
01:18:03Perfectly well.
01:18:05Then why do you suppose she insists on acting like a hermit?
01:18:08Why don't you ask her?
01:18:10She won't talk to me. I can't imagine what's come over her.
01:18:13Oh, by the way, that phone call was for you.
01:18:15Somebody from the travel bureau in town.
01:18:17Said it was all right about the transportation and hotel reservations.
01:18:21Who's going places and where?
01:18:23I am. Mexico.
01:18:25Mexico?
01:18:29Well, why the wanderlust all of a sudden?
01:18:32I just thought I'd like to get away for a while.
01:18:34From what?
01:18:36Is there anything so strange about my wanting to take a trip?
01:18:39Oh, I suppose not, but why Mexico?
01:18:42I've always wanted to see Mexico.
01:18:45I've never heard you say anything about it before.
01:18:48What part of Mexico?
01:18:49Tosco.
01:18:52When are you going?
01:18:54Next week.
01:18:55With mother?
01:18:56No.
01:18:57By yourself?
01:18:58By myself.
01:19:00What are you running away from?
01:19:03Is it me?
01:19:05Ellen, when we were kids, you used to torment me every way you could think of.
01:19:08You can't do that anymore.
01:19:10Is it Richard?
01:19:11If you must know, I'm going away because I can't stand living in this house any longer.
01:19:15The whole place is filled with hate. Your hate.
01:19:17Not hate. Love, Ruth. Richard's love for me.
01:19:20All these weeks I was in the hospital helpless.
01:19:23You had him here in the house to yourself.
01:19:25But it didn't do you any good, did it?
01:19:27He still loves me. He loves me more than ever.
01:19:29That's what you can't abide. That's why you envy me, isn't it?
01:19:31I don't envy you, Ellen.
01:19:33All my life I've tried to love you, done everything to please you.
01:19:36All of us have. Mother, father, and now Richard.
01:19:38And what have you done?
01:19:40With your love, you wrecked mother's life.
01:19:41With your love, you pressed father to death.
01:19:43With your love, you've made a shadow of Richard.
01:19:46No, Ellen, I don't envy you.
01:19:48I'm sorry for you.
01:19:50You're the most pitiful creature I've ever known.
01:20:10Hello, Richard.
01:20:12Have a nice walk?
01:20:14You haven't shaved, darling.
01:20:16But I'll forgive you.
01:20:18Your new book just came.
01:20:20I've been glancing through it.
01:20:22I noticed the dedication to The Gow of the Hoe.
01:20:25I'd hoped it would be to patchouli.
01:20:28But I suppose she did help you with it a lot.
01:20:32Oh, well.
01:20:34There'll be other books.
01:20:37Darling, I had no idea the setting of your book was Mexico.
01:20:41I didn't even know you'd been there.
01:20:43Why didn't you tell me?
01:20:47Is anything wrong, Richard?
01:20:50You're so strange.
01:20:54You've been avoiding me.
01:20:56Going off by yourself.
01:20:59Where do you go?
01:21:01What do you think about?
01:21:03Whatever it is, can't you share it with me?
01:21:06We haven't done that for a long time, shared things.
01:21:09And I don't know what you think about it.
01:21:13We haven't done that for a long time, shared things.
01:21:16Ever since Danny...
01:21:21You've never forgiven me for that, have you?
01:21:27You've always blamed me.
01:21:30You did tell me not to let him swim the lake unless you were with us, but...
01:21:33But we wanted to surprise you.
01:21:35Danny was so happy planning to surprise you.
01:21:38He'd been doing so well.
01:21:39He swam three quarters the day before and he was sure he could make it.
01:21:42The water was so warm.
01:21:44I thought there was no danger.
01:21:46I must have looked away for a moment and then when I looked back, Danny was sinking.
01:21:50I pulled at the oars and then lost one.
01:21:53And then I grew panicky.
01:21:55It was like a nightmare.
01:21:58Like walking in your sleep?
01:22:01Yes.
01:22:03Yes, I began to paddle and the boat didn't seem to move.
01:22:08And so you let him drown.
01:22:11Didn't you?
01:22:14Didn't you?
01:22:15Richard, you're hurting me.
01:22:18What happened that day at Back of the Moon?
01:22:20You'd get rid of everybody else.
01:22:22Your mother, Ruth, Thorn.
01:22:24There was only Danny left.
01:22:26What were you thinking of?
01:22:28You never really cared for him. You only pretended to.
01:22:31What happened? Did he refuse to leave?
01:22:33Don't, Richard. Don't.
01:22:35Is that why you killed him?
01:22:36I didn't mean to let him drown.
01:22:37But you did, didn't you?
01:22:38You're a perfect swimmer.
01:22:40And the boat was so far away and he was going down for the third time.
01:22:43You killed him. You let Danny drown, didn't you?
01:22:46Didn't you?
01:22:48Yes. Yes, I did. I let him drown and I'd do it again.
01:22:51I didn't want him around. I didn't want anyone but you.
01:22:59I knew it.
01:23:02I must have known it all along.
01:23:06I kept pushing it out of my mind.
01:23:10I couldn't believe it.
01:23:13I didn't want to believe it.
01:23:15Could I?
01:23:18You loved me, you said.
01:23:20You wanted only to make me happy.
01:23:22Yes. Yes, that was all I ever wanted, Richard.
01:23:25Your happiness. Only that.
01:23:27I didn't mean to let Danny drown. I didn't plan it. I swear I didn't.
01:23:30But when the cramp caught him and he went under,
01:23:32I thought if he never came up again, I'd have you all to myself.
01:23:35I thought if he was gone, you'd have only me.
01:23:37And suddenly while I was thinking that, he was gone.
01:23:40I was sorry then and frightened and I tried to find him.
01:23:43Tried honestly, tried hard, but it was too late.
01:23:46Why don't you kill me, Richard?
01:23:48You could so easily, you know.
01:23:50I'm the baby.
01:23:53You never wanted it, did you?
01:23:55No.
01:23:57Oh, don't you see, Richard? I didn't want anyone around.
01:23:59Only you. I wanted to be just with you.
01:24:01I couldn't stand having anyone between us.
01:24:03Oh, I love you so, Richard.
01:24:05I love you so.
01:24:08I'm leaving you, Ellen.
01:24:31I love you.
01:24:33I love you.
01:25:00Mister?
01:25:02Mister?
01:25:05Quinton?
01:25:09District?
01:25:12Attorney?
01:25:16Sussex?
01:25:32Sussex.
01:26:02Sussex.
01:26:24Flight 17, the sunset special.
01:26:27Now loading at gate 7.
01:26:33Mister Richard Harlan wanted at the telephone.
01:26:37Inquire at information.
01:26:41I'm Richard Harlan.
01:26:43Use the phone number 1.
01:26:45Thank you.
01:26:51Hello.
01:26:54Yes, this is...
01:26:56Oh, hello.
01:26:59What?
01:27:01What?
01:27:04How did it happen?
01:27:08Oh, yes, of course.
01:27:10I'll take the first train back.
01:27:23Dr. Saunders, I'm sorry to get you out of bed, but she's much worse.
01:27:27Would you hold on for just a minute, please?
01:27:32Oh, thanks.
01:27:34Where is she?
01:27:36In her room.
01:27:38It happened very suddenly. We were having a picnic lunch at the beach.
01:27:42Doctor, it seems to be more serious than you thought.
01:27:45Could you come at once, please?
01:28:01Richard.
01:28:32I'm going to die.
01:28:34Don't talk like that, Ellen. You're going to be all right.
01:28:38No.
01:28:41And you mustn't feel sorry for me.
01:28:46I'm not afraid.
01:28:50Only...
01:28:52Only promise me one thing.
01:28:55Only...
01:28:57Only promise me one thing.
01:29:01I... I want to be cremated.
01:29:04Like my father.
01:29:08And my ashes scattered in the same place.
01:29:14Remember?
01:29:16I remember.
01:29:18Promise?
01:29:20Of course, Ellen. I'll promise anything you like.
01:29:22Richard!
01:29:30I'll never let you go, Richard.
01:29:34Never.
01:29:36Never.
01:29:40Never.
01:29:53Murder.
01:29:55Cold, brutal, premeditated murder.
01:30:02The state will prove that on the afternoon of September 5th...
01:30:05...at a picnic attended by Ellen Harland, her mother and her adopted sister...
01:30:10...that Ellen met death as a result of poisoning.
01:30:14The state will prove that the sugar with which Ellen that day sweetened her coffee...
01:30:19...was mixed with poison.
01:30:21And that she met death by reason of that poison.
01:30:26The state will prove that the defendant had both motive and opportunity...
01:30:30...to commit this dreadful crime.
01:30:32And the state will prove that the defendant, Ruth Berent...
01:30:36...deliberately and maliciously plotted and carried through the murder.
01:30:44You'll be all right.
01:30:47You'll be all right.
01:30:52I refer now to the envelope found in the defendant's leather jacket.
01:30:57When you analyzed the contents of this envelope, what did you find?
01:31:00The apparent sugar tested 60% arsenic.
01:31:03Shortly after you made this test, I came to you with a sealed parcel.
01:31:06Yes, sir. The contents was a bottle half full of white powder.
01:31:09I threw you the bottle.
01:31:13That's it.
01:31:14You analyzed the contents?
01:31:15I did.
01:31:16What was it?
01:31:17Pure arsenic.
01:31:19Your witness, Mr. Robey.
01:31:20No questions.
01:31:22Mr. Medcraft, you were the manager of the Bay State Mortuary.
01:31:26I am.
01:31:27Where the remains of the late Mrs. Ellen Harland cremated at your establishment.
01:31:31Yes, sir.
01:31:32Who made the arrangements?
01:31:34Miss Ruth Berent.
01:31:37Your witness.
01:31:38No questions, Mr. Clinton.
01:31:41Mr. Carlson, what is your occupation?
01:31:44Vice President of the Seaboard Trust Company.
01:31:46Your bank is trustee for the estate of the late Ellen Berent Harland.
01:31:50Yes, sir.
01:31:51When was the last time that you saw Mrs. Harland?
01:31:53Just after she got out of the hospital.
01:31:55Did she make any provision in her will about being cremated after her death?
01:31:59No, she did not.
01:32:01Would you tell the jury what provision she did make?
01:32:05She requested that she be buried in the family vault at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
01:32:15Hello, Dick.
01:32:16Hello.
01:32:17Good evening.
01:32:18Good evening, dear.
01:32:23Tomorrow, Dick, you'll go on the witness stand.
01:32:26You must remember that Clinton isn't just the prosecutor.
01:32:28You may rest assured he'll have his brass knuckles out for you.
01:32:31I'm sure of it.
01:32:32I'm sure of it.
01:32:33I'm sure of it.
01:32:34I'm sure of it.
01:32:35I'm sure of it.
01:32:36I'm sure of it.
01:32:37I'm sure of it.
01:32:38I'm sure of it.
01:32:39I'm sure of it.
01:32:40I'm sure of it.
01:32:41Clinton isn't just the prosecutor.
01:32:42You may rest assured he'll have his brass knuckles on.
01:32:45He'll throw the whole book at you.
01:32:48He'll ask you some questions that won't be easy to answer.
01:32:51One in particular.
01:32:53You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
01:32:57I do.
01:33:04Your name?
01:33:05Richard Harland.
01:33:06Your profession?
01:33:07Writer.
01:33:08If you don't mind, Mr. Harland, I shall ask you for a moment to be a reader.
01:33:13I have been asked how I happened to investigate the death of Mrs. Harland.
01:33:18This letter is my answer.
01:33:22I ask you to read it.
01:33:28Allowed?
01:33:30Please.
01:33:32Dear Russ,
01:33:34I'm writing this letter to you
01:33:36because we once meant a great deal to each other
01:33:39and there's no one else to whom I can go for help.
01:33:41Richard is leaving me.
01:33:43Proceed, please, Mr. Harland.
01:33:48It was after I left the hospital I first began to sense a change in my husband.
01:33:52First I thought it might be due to the loss of our child.
01:33:56And then the truth, the awful truth, began to dawn on me.
01:33:59The reason for the change was Ruth.
01:34:02Russ, they love each other and want to get rid of me.
01:34:05When Richard suggested a divorce,
01:34:08I went to Ruth and begged her to give him up.
01:34:10She said she intended to have him and would stop at nothing.
01:34:14I told Ruth I would never give Richard a divorce
01:34:16and it was then that she threatened to kill me.
01:34:22Go on, Mr. Harland.
01:34:25Russ, I know she means it and is capable of it.
01:34:28She will kill me the first chance she gets.
01:34:31If you don't mind, Mr. Harland,
01:34:32would you read that last paragraph a little louder?
01:34:36She will kill me the first chance she gets.
01:34:41Go on, Mr. Harland.
01:34:43I'm afraid to stay in the house, but I can't leave without Richard.
01:34:46I'd rather die than give him up.
01:34:48I don't know what to do or where to turn except to you, Russ.
01:34:51Please help me, Ellen.
01:34:52Mr. Harland, do you identify the handwriting in this letter?
01:34:54Yes, Ellen.
01:34:55I call your attention to the first sentence.
01:34:57I am writing this letter to you
01:34:58because we once meant a great deal to each other.
01:35:01Do you know the significance of this?
01:35:04I suppose it refers to the fact that you once were engaged to her.
01:35:07Yes, we were once engaged.
01:35:08Did you know that when you first met her?
01:35:11She was wearing an engagement ring.
01:35:12You knew when you met her that she was engaged to another man?
01:35:14Yes.
01:35:15And in spite of that, you made love to her?
01:35:16I suppose so.
01:35:17Will you tell the jury about this courtship?
01:35:19I didn't exactly court her.
01:35:21You mean that she courted you?
01:35:22No, not that either.
01:35:23Then what do you mean?
01:35:24I knew that she'd marry me if I asked her to.
01:35:26And so you decided to ask her?
01:35:27No, I decided not to.
01:35:28Did she ask you?
01:35:30Not exactly.
01:35:31Then how did you happen to get married?
01:35:34I found one day that she had removed her engagement ring.
01:35:38She gave me to understand.
01:35:40I realized then that I was in love with her.
01:35:43Did you tell her so?
01:35:44Yes.
01:35:45What did she say?
01:35:47She said she would never let me go.
01:35:48How soon after this were you married?
01:35:50A couple of days later, she wanted it that way.
01:35:52Were you reluctant?
01:35:54I was doubtful.
01:35:55Now, Mr. Harland, I don't say this critically nor in mockery,
01:35:59nor to suggest that you are conceited,
01:36:01but simply to be sure that I understand you correctly.
01:36:05You suggest that a beautiful young woman engaged to another man
01:36:08falls in love with you,
01:36:09wins you, and persuades you into a quick marriage
01:36:11against your better judgment.
01:36:12Is that a fair statement of the facts?
01:36:15Yes.
01:36:16I see.
01:36:17Now, how soon after this did you begin to regret your surrender?
01:36:21Were you happy with your wife for the first month?
01:36:24Completely.
01:36:25The second, the third, the fourth?
01:36:26Yes.
01:36:27Was Ruth at the ranch in New Mexico
01:36:28during the time Ellen met and courted you?
01:36:30Yes.
01:36:31Did you see much of Ruth at this time?
01:36:32No.
01:36:33Where did you go after you left New Mexico?
01:36:36To Warm Springs, Georgia, to visit my brother Danny.
01:36:39During your residence in Warm Springs,
01:36:41did you have any servants?
01:36:42No.
01:36:43Who did the housework?
01:36:44Ellen.
01:36:45And the cooking?
01:36:46Ellen.
01:36:47You couldn't afford any, sir.
01:36:48It wasn't a question of afford.
01:36:50She preferred it that way.
01:36:51Ellen liked doing things for you.
01:36:53Yes.
01:36:54Did Ruth come to visit you during this time?
01:36:55No.
01:36:56Where did you go after you left Warm Springs?
01:36:59To a fishing lodge I have at a place called Back of the Moon.
01:37:02Did anyone come with you?
01:37:04My brother Danny.
01:37:05When was that?
01:37:06In June.
01:37:07In June, were you still happy with your wife?
01:37:09Yes.
01:37:10How about July?
01:37:11Yes.
01:37:12You loved her in July.
01:37:13How about August?
01:37:14Did anyone come to visit you in August?
01:37:17Mrs. Barrett.
01:37:18Anybody else?
01:37:20Ruth.
01:37:21You loved Ellen in August.
01:37:23Well, how about August?
01:37:25My brother was drowned in August.
01:37:27Yes, I know how that must have saddened you.
01:37:29But did it affect your love for Ellen?
01:37:33Danny meant a lot to me.
01:37:34So did Ellen?
01:37:35Yes.
01:37:36Danny was a good man.
01:37:38Ellen?
01:37:39Yes.
01:37:40Danny was drowned in August.
01:37:41Come to September.
01:37:43Did your love for Ellen continue in September?
01:37:46In a different way.
01:37:47In what different way?
01:37:49We were to have a baby.
01:37:50You mean that your love for Ellen increased because she was going to have a baby?
01:37:54No, not exactly.
01:37:55Did it grow less?
01:37:58I don't know.
01:37:59Well, then what do you mean by in a different way?
01:38:01I don't know.
01:38:03During this time, you were living in Bar Harbor at the Barrett home?
01:38:05Yes.
01:38:06And Ruth was there all the time?
01:38:07Yes.
01:38:08Your wife was confined to her room?
01:38:10A good part of the time.
01:38:11Did you see a great deal of Ruth during this time?
01:38:13Yes.
01:38:14Practically every day?
01:38:15Yes.
01:38:16When did you stop loving Ellen?
01:38:19I don't know.
01:38:21Isn't it true that shortly before your wife died, you quarreled with her?
01:38:26Yes.
01:38:27What about?
01:38:29I can't say.
01:38:30Wasn't it because Ellen was jealous of Ruth?
01:38:32She had no reason to be.
01:38:33Wasn't she?
01:38:35Ellen was jealous of everybody.
01:38:36Was she jealous of Ruth?
01:38:38I refuse to answer that.
01:38:39Then perhaps you'll answer this.
01:38:40Are you in love with Ruth?
01:38:42We're very good friends.
01:38:43Are you in love with her?
01:38:44I'm very fond of her.
01:38:45I want you to answer yes or no.
01:38:46I'm asking you a very simple question.
01:38:48Perhaps you didn't understand me.
01:38:49I shall repeat it for you.
01:38:51Are you in love with Ruth?
01:38:52Are you in love with Ruth?
01:38:54Are you in love with Ruth?
01:38:59I hand you a copy of Richard Harlan's new book.
01:39:01Kindly turn to the dedication page.
01:39:04Would you please read the dedication?
01:39:06To the gal with the hoe.
01:39:08To whom does that refer?
01:39:09To me.
01:39:10Isn't it rather strange that Mr. Harlan didn't dedicate his new book to his wife?
01:39:13I don't think Ellen was very much interested in the book.
01:39:16But you were.
01:39:17Yes, very much.
01:39:18You worked with him on it?
01:39:19On the final draft, yes.
01:39:20That was written while Ellen was in the hospital, wasn't it?
01:39:22Yes.
01:39:23You were together a great deal during the time Ellen was in the hospital.
01:39:25Well, we were...
01:39:26Working on the book.
01:39:27Yes.
01:39:28Will you tell the jury where most of the action in this book takes place?
01:39:32Tosco, Mexico.
01:39:33Had you ever been to Mexico before?
01:39:34No.
01:39:35During all the time that you lived with the Barron family,
01:39:37had you ever gone away on a trip before, alone?
01:39:39No.
01:39:40Why did you decide to go to Tosco?
01:39:42I wanted to get away.
01:39:43Did you expect to meet anybody there that you knew?
01:39:45No.
01:39:46Did you expect to be joined there by anybody that you knew?
01:39:47No.
01:39:48Did Mr. Harlan suggest that you go to Tosco?
01:39:50No, no.
01:39:51Let's get back to the dedication.
01:39:53Why did Mr. Harlan refer to you as the gal with the hoe?
01:39:56Well, I'm rather fond of gardening.
01:39:58You did all of the gardening?
01:39:59Yes.
01:40:00Did you use any chemical sprays or insecticides?
01:40:02Yes.
01:40:03Any containing arsenic, for example?
01:40:05I don't know.
01:40:06I show you a bottle here in evidence.
01:40:08Do you recognize it?
01:40:09Yes, it was mine.
01:40:10It held bath salts.
01:40:11Are you aware of what it contains now?
01:40:13Yes.
01:40:14By what chemical process do you suppose that bath salts turned into poison?
01:40:17I don't know.
01:40:18I show you a leather jacket here in evidence.
01:40:20Do you recognize it?
01:40:21Yes, it's mine.
01:40:22I show you an envelope here in evidence.
01:40:23Do you recognize it?
01:40:24Yes, it's the envelope containing the sugar.
01:40:25Which the state chemist testified was 60% arsenic.
01:40:28Yes.
01:40:29And which the sheriff testified was found in the pocket of this leather jacket.
01:40:32Yes.
01:40:33Did you wear this jacket on the day of the picnic?
01:40:35For a while, yes.
01:40:36Then I gave it to Ellen to wear.
01:40:37Why did you do that?
01:40:38She complained of feeling chilly.
01:40:40And so you loaned her the jacket?
01:40:41Yes.
01:40:42Will you tell the jury who prepared the food in the picnic hamper?
01:40:45Ellen and I...
01:40:46Who prepared the sugar?
01:40:48I don't know.
01:40:49It must have been Ellen.
01:40:50Why do you think it was Ellen?
01:40:51She was the only one who took sugar with her coffee.
01:40:54Who served the coffee on the day of the picnic?
01:40:56I did.
01:40:57And you gave her the sugar?
01:40:58Yes.
01:40:59And that night she was dead?
01:41:00Yes.
01:41:01And the very next day her body was cremated?
01:41:02Yes.
01:41:03And the following day Harlan left with the ashes for the ranch in New Mexico to dispose of them there?
01:41:07Yes.
01:41:08So that no autopsy could be possible?
01:41:09No, no, that wasn't the reason.
01:41:11Ellen always wanted to be cremated and to have her ashes scattered with those of her father.
01:41:15Then why did she take the trouble to have a clause inserted in her will requesting that she be buried in Mount Auburn?
01:41:21I can't explain it.
01:41:22There are a great many things you can't explain.
01:41:24You can't explain how the poison got in the bottle of bath salts.
01:41:27You can't explain how it got in the sugar.
01:41:28You can't explain why Ellen's body was cremated so as to make an autopsy impossible.
01:41:32You can't explain why you made plans to leave this country shortly before your sister was poisoned.
01:41:37Well, perhaps you can explain this.
01:41:39When did you first fall in love with Richard Harlan?
01:41:41Did you ever tell him that you loved him?
01:41:43No.
01:41:44When did you fall in love with him?
01:41:45You've dodged long enough.
01:41:46You can answer a simple question and I demand that you do so.
01:41:49Just when did you fall in love with Richard Harlan?
01:41:51Did you love him after his brother Danny was drowned?
01:41:54Did you love him after the death of his stillborn child, after his wife died?
01:41:58Did you love him last week, a month before, a year before?
01:42:01Are you in love with him today?
01:42:03Yes.
01:42:04Yes, I am in love with him.
01:42:07I think I've always loved him.
01:42:11The state recalls Richard Harlan to the stand.
01:42:15That's all.
01:42:25What a fool!
01:42:29Richard Harlan, you heard that woman finally tell the truth.
01:42:34And now I want the truth out of you.
01:42:37You heard Ruth Barrett confess her love for you.
01:42:40And now I ask you as I have asked you over and over time and again.
01:42:44Are you in love with her?
01:42:46Are you in love with the woman who murdered your wife?
01:42:49My wife was not murdered.
01:42:50She killed herself.
01:42:52Do you honestly believe Ellen committed suicide?
01:42:54Yes.
01:42:55Knowing her as you did and I did, you think her capable not only of committing suicide,
01:42:59but falsely accusing her own sister of her death.
01:43:01Ellen was capable of anything.
01:43:03You actually want the jury to believe that she was that sort of monster?
01:43:06Yes, she was that sort of monster.
01:43:09A woman who sought to possess everything she loved.
01:43:11Who loved only for what he could bring her.
01:43:14Whose love estranged her own father and mother.
01:43:16Whose love possessed her father until he couldn't call his soul his own.
01:43:21Who by her own confession to me killed my brother.
01:43:25Killed her own unborn child.
01:43:29And who is now reaching from the grave to destroy her innocent sister.
01:43:34Yes, she was that sort of monster.
01:43:37Order in the court!
01:43:47It took the jury only ten minutes to bring in a verdict of not guilty for Ruth.
01:43:52But Harland had sacrificed himself.
01:43:55In withholding knowledge of Ellen's crime, he'd become an accessory.
01:43:59He got two years.
01:44:01But Ellen had lost.
01:44:03I guess it's the only time she didn't come out first.
01:44:09I guess Dick's about home now.
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