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00:02:13I hate this river.
00:02:16What's the trouble, Mrs. Ambrose?
00:02:18That thing's floated by again, Stephen.
00:02:20In with one tide, out with the other.
00:02:22I'm sick of it.
00:02:24Don't get upset, Mrs. Ambrose.
00:02:25It's due to sink any day now.
00:02:27Why don't the authorities do something about it?
00:02:29They know that the tides cause the same filth
00:02:31to wash back and forth, back and forth.
00:02:34Oh, I tell you, I hate this river.
00:02:37It's people who should be blamed for the filth,
00:02:39not the river.
00:02:42The mail just arrived, Mr. Burns.
00:02:44Oh, put it on the table, please.
00:02:51Hmm, looks like a manuscript.
00:02:54My manuscripts are like the tide out there.
00:02:57They always come back.
00:02:59Maybe they wouldn't if you took my advice.
00:03:01Spice them up.
00:03:02Make them racy.
00:03:03That's what the public wants.
00:03:10What is it, Emily?
00:03:11Well, it's just that it's getting awfully late, Mr. Burns,
00:03:14and the plumber hasn't arrived to fix the downstairs tub.
00:03:16Well, if he hasn't come by now, he probably
00:03:18isn't coming at all today.
00:03:19Use the upstairs one, if you like.
00:03:21Thank you, sir.
00:03:31How does your wife like the new maid, Stephen?
00:03:34Uh, what?
00:03:35Oh, uh, very well, I think.
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00:03:38Oh, where is Marjorie, by the way?
00:03:39I haven't seen her all day.
00:03:40She's spending the day with the Lawlers in the country.
00:03:42Oh, that's nice.
00:03:43Did she say when she'd be back?
00:03:44Only in time to dress for Miss Whitaker's party.
00:03:46Oh, good heavens.
00:03:47Well, I'd better go and finish my gardening
00:03:49so that I can start to get ready.
00:03:50I've still millions of things to do out here.
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00:08:42Oh, Mr. Burns, it's you.
00:08:48Why, you... you frightened me.
00:08:54Did I?
00:08:58I thought you were still in the garden.
00:09:01Did you?
00:09:02I...
00:09:04I left everything nice and tidy for Mrs. Burns.
00:09:10Did you?
00:09:12Yes.
00:09:25Mr. Burns, please let me by.
00:09:30Of course.
00:09:33Nice perfume you use, Emily.
00:09:43Don't, Mr. Burns, you're hurting me.
00:09:45Emily.
00:09:46You've been drinking.
00:09:48Let me go.
00:09:49Would you like me to tell my wife that you've been getting into her perfume?
00:09:51I don't care.
00:09:52Let me go.
00:09:53Let me go.
00:09:54Emily.
00:09:55Let me go.
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00:09:57Let me go.
00:09:59Stop it.
00:10:00Do you want the whole neighborhood to hear you?
00:10:02Pull yourself together and I'll let you go.
00:10:13Ah!
00:10:39That's better.
00:10:40That's better.
00:10:41All we needed was to have that old gossip hear us.
00:10:48Emily.
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00:13:06blame me. Why should anybody blame you. Because I was playing the fool pretending I
00:13:13was going to kiss her she got frightened of something happened I don't know what
00:13:16exactly but of course they'll blame me. Stalin stop it.
00:13:29This girl didn't fall. She did I saw her. She was strangled. It was an accident I tell
00:13:35you I guess they touched her I had to put my hands to prevent us screaming you know
00:13:39how quickly it happened John you don't know.
00:13:45Where are you going for the police you can't you're my brother. I've gotten you out
00:13:51of a lot of nasty script Steve but this is murder John don't let me down you've
00:13:56always helped me you can't do that to your own brother please you have to help me
00:14:00please John please.
00:14:05You.
00:15:06I can't go through with it. You promised to stay up there.
00:15:12The only thing to do is to go to the police tell them exactly how it happened it was
00:15:15an accident but they'll never believe me even you don't believe me.
00:15:21Do you. I don't know what. I only know that I'm not going to help you once you're
00:15:27going to get out of this thing by yourself John if you want to do this for me do it
00:15:30for Marjorie for the love of God.
00:15:35For her sake you know the Marjorie went into town today to see the doctor. She
00:15:41will. She's going to have
00:15:44a baby. How can you understand why I must get out of this why you must help me
00:15:52yes. I suppose I must. Now go back and warn me if anyone comes.
00:16:05To.
00:16:30Wait.
00:17:06To be over John she'll be in the river and it'll all be forgotten. Forgotten yes
00:17:11yes I mean for the time being we waited and take it way out.
00:17:21No it's it's me that's the dam broke. You see.
00:17:28The no not yet. I want to go out to what you're going to wear tonight I thought of
00:17:32my best black but still in all it's never very dressy at the Whitaker's but she'll
00:17:36be home before long Mrs Ambrose. She stayed late didn't she of course the lawless
00:17:41are always hard to get away from maybe she missed her train I'm not worried she'll
00:17:46be here soon we'll ask her to drop in for
00:17:47a moment if she has time when you see yes I'll do that I must go in now I have to
00:17:51get ready myself I'll see you at the party.
00:18:02I thought the old hag would never leave I thought you said my dream
00:18:17on to the doctors she did. She went both places
00:18:24the lawless live in the country if she went there I mean she spent the day she went
00:18:27to the doctors stop quibbling and help scandal would ruin all of us more people to be
00:18:31considered than this dead servant girl used to refer to her as Emily. Don't be like
00:18:36that can't you understand how I feel like I do what's happened if I could go back
00:18:41but I can't I've got to think of Marjorie and my child this has been
00:18:45a lesson to me I know I've been foolish but I'll change I swear I will. John
00:18:51Marjorie will be back any minute. All right all right.
00:18:58Talk me into this too you have a thousand times before.
00:19:01Before.
00:19:02I. Know he
00:19:27moon don't you think what if you tie the anchor to the sack yes
00:19:35now this should do it where's the anchor
00:19:45lift up
00:19:48did you see that what something bright something flashed out there in the water
00:20:01let's get away from here I'll drop you off at weeds point so Marjorie doesn't see you
00:20:48I'll drop you off at weeds point so Marjorie doesn't see you
00:20:50I'll drop you off at weeds point so Marjorie doesn't see you
00:20:52Stephen
00:21:14Marjorie
00:21:16Is that you, Stephen?
00:21:20Yes, Marjorie.
00:21:22You frighten me.
00:21:24Sorry, dear.
00:21:25I couldn't seem to find the light.
00:21:27Where have you been, dear?
00:21:28I, uh, took the boat out.
00:21:31Well, do you know where Emily is?
00:21:34Emily?
00:21:35Yes.
00:21:36She's not in the house, and she promised
00:21:37to help me dress for the party.
00:21:38Oh, she said something about going for a walk.
00:21:40Oh, not like her.
00:21:41She knows it cooks very often.
00:21:42I'm alone.
00:21:43She probably went off on a date.
00:21:44She probably went off with a young man someplace
00:21:45and forgot the time.
00:21:47I can help you if you like.
00:21:51I could say that you're all thumbs today, but I won't.
00:21:54I'm not only doing my best, but I'm enjoying it.
00:21:56Oh, you're very sweet.
00:21:58Did you do much writing today?
00:22:00No.
00:22:01Why not?
00:22:02Oh, another script came back.
00:22:04I'm sorry, darling.
00:22:07Is that why you went boating?
00:22:11Yes, I suppose so.
00:22:14I should have been with you.
00:22:17Did you miss me?
00:22:20Very much.
00:22:35I wish you hadn't come out today.
00:22:41Come on.
00:22:50Darling, what is it?
00:22:51What's happened?
00:22:52Oh, what is it?
00:22:53What is it?
00:22:54It's nothing.
00:22:57I have a terrible headache, that's all.
00:22:59Oh, then we'd better stay home tonight.
00:23:01No, no.
00:23:02I'll be all right.
00:23:03Don't worry.
00:23:04Oh, darling.
00:23:08Grab the lady by the hair.
00:23:10Round the lady over there.
00:23:16And to the center with a one, two, three.
00:23:18And round that gent from Tennessee.
00:23:20Oh, I can't anymore, Stephen.
00:23:21I'm exhausted.
00:23:22Go on.
00:23:23You're the liveliest of the bunch.
00:23:24What a party, Mr. Whittaker.
00:23:25I'll see you there, boy.
00:23:28Circulate.
00:23:29Head hangs around.
00:23:30Rub your toe and you'll feel it.
00:23:33Circulate.
00:23:34Head hangs around.
00:23:35Rub your toe and you'll fall down at last.
00:23:37My favorite part.
00:23:38How many times have you said that this evening?
00:23:39Four.
00:23:40First time I've made it.
00:23:41Circulate.
00:23:42Head hangs around.
00:23:43Oh, Stephen, you're wonderful.
00:23:44You inspire me every time.
00:23:45Stephen, you're right.
00:23:46It's really nice of you.
00:23:48Alamed, left.
00:23:49Grab right and left.
00:23:51First you're right and then you'll left.
00:23:55Meet your partner and give her a swing and throw her down
00:23:58around the ring.
00:24:03Oh, that brother of yours is a real devil.
00:24:07A real devil.
00:24:08Oh, Stephen, do you know what'll happen to me if I drink that?
00:24:11Why, do you think I'm giving it to you?
00:24:15Stephen, you're the limit.
00:24:19Hey.
00:24:21Well, John, aren't you going to try this?
00:24:23Oh, yes, I am.
00:24:24Oh, yes, I am.
00:24:25Oh, yes, I am.
00:24:26Oh, yes, I am.
00:24:27Oh, yes, I am.
00:24:28Oh, yes, I am.
00:24:29Oh, yes, I am.
00:24:31Well, John, aren't you going to try the punch?
00:24:33No, I don't feel like drinking tonight.
00:24:39What's the matter with him?
00:24:40What?
00:24:41He seems depressed.
00:24:43Have you ever seen him when he wasn't?
00:24:45Oh, that's not nice, Stephen.
00:24:46It must be very hard to love music very much and not to be
00:24:49able to dance and to be a part of things.
00:24:51He could have been part of things tonight.
00:24:53Why didn't he call the dancers as I suggested?
00:24:55He's just naturally a wet blanket, I thought.
00:24:57That's very cruel, Stephen.
00:24:58You wouldn't have said such a thing if you hadn't had...
00:25:01if you hadn't had, say, about four too many.
00:25:04Don't start anything, Lodger.
00:25:09I'll go see what's wrong with him.
00:25:15John!
00:25:18Why are you leaving?
00:25:19Just what is the purpose of all this dancing and drinking?
00:25:23Don't you understand?
00:25:24Can't you see what I'm trying to do?
00:25:25No.
00:25:26Well, if anything should ever come out,
00:25:27everyone will remember that we were here at the party
00:25:29acting in a normal manner.
00:25:31Well, I think it's repulsive.
00:25:32Do you think I'm enjoying myself?
00:25:34Frankly, I do.
00:25:35But beware of the fact that I'm protecting both of us.
00:25:37Us?
00:25:38Yes, us.
00:25:39You helped me get rid of it, didn't you?
00:25:40Whatever I've done, you're in it with me.
00:25:42So I advise you to keep your mouth shut.
00:25:46Sorry I had to remind you of that.
00:25:50Well, I'm going to join the party.
00:26:15Is that you, Mrs. Burns?
00:26:17Yes, Mrs. Beach.
00:26:18Oh, you shouldn't have bothered to stay up for us.
00:26:21Oh, Mrs. Burns.
00:26:23What is it?
00:26:24It's Emily.
00:26:25She's not home yet.
00:26:27She's not?
00:26:28No.
00:26:29When I first got here, I thought maybe you'd
00:26:31sent her on an errand or something.
00:26:33She still isn't home.
00:26:34I'm afraid something's happened.
00:26:36She's probably with her parents.
00:26:37No, Mr. Burns.
00:26:38Don't get on with them.
00:26:39Well, she would have told us if she was
00:26:40going to spend the night with them.
00:26:41The thing that puzzles me is that none of her dresses
00:26:43are missing.
00:26:46How do you know that, Mrs. Beach?
00:26:50She showed me her things when she first came to us,
00:26:52Mr. Burns.
00:26:53She didn't have very much.
00:26:54Well, if none of her dresses are missing,
00:26:55she can't have gone far naked.
00:26:57Steve!
00:26:58I'm not going to sit up and worry
00:26:59about a promiscuous servant girl who wants
00:27:00to make a night of it someplace.
00:27:02I'm going to bed.
00:27:12Wouldn't waste my time reading such trash
00:27:14if I were you, Mr. Burns.
00:27:16One is the disappearance of a human being
00:27:18considered trash, in your estimation, Miss Banham.
00:27:21Since I found out what a bad name that Emily Goss
00:27:23has given young women like myself in service.
00:27:26Bad name?
00:27:27Yes.
00:27:28That Emily was a proper hussy, gadding
00:27:31about night after night, young men's followers
00:27:34and heaven knows what all.
00:27:36There's no doubt but that she was out with one
00:27:38of her many sweethearts the night she disappeared,
00:27:40and she went further than she meant.
00:27:43But you make your own bed, you must lie on it.
00:27:48Would you like your eggs now?
00:27:51No, I don't care for any this morning.
00:27:53Now, Mr. Burns, you haven't eaten proper all week.
00:27:56Miss Banham, did you know Emily Goss?
00:27:59No.
00:28:00But I know them that did.
00:28:02Seems to me you speak with great authority
00:28:04about a person you never knew.
00:28:05Well, Miss Beech knew her, didn't she?
00:28:08I happened to be present the day after Emily
00:28:10disappeared when the cook was questioned.
00:28:12She didn't give the impression she believed
00:28:14Emily wasn't a decent girl.
00:28:15Yes, but Miss Beech just happened to overhear
00:28:17Mr. Stephen when Emily's parents came
00:28:19worrying around the other day.
00:28:22Wouldn't you like just one egg?
00:28:25Emily's parents came to see my brother?
00:28:27Yes, and he let them have it, he did.
00:28:29Said he never should have let her work in an honest
00:28:31house in the first place, that she was a thief
00:28:33and a good-for-nothing trot.
00:28:35That's a lie.
00:28:36Good gracious, Mr. Burns.
00:28:38Don't shout at me.
00:28:41Wasn't me that said it.
00:28:42It was your brother.
00:28:48It's the truth, John.
00:28:50At first, I didn't believe it either.
00:28:52But Stephen kept after me to go through my things.
00:28:54Oh, it was Stephen, then, who was first suspicious.
00:28:57Yes.
00:28:58Our whole outfit was missing.
00:29:00Hat, dress, shoes, everything.
00:29:03And only yesterday, I discovered that the opal earrings
00:29:05that Stephen had given me for my birthday
00:29:07were missing, too.
00:29:11Oh, but let's not talk about that.
00:29:14Oh, but let's not talk about Emily anymore.
00:29:22It's Stephen that I'm concerned about.
00:29:25I don't know exactly how to say it.
00:29:27There's such a, such a peculiar look that comes over his face
00:29:32when he's talking about Emily.
00:29:35It almost seems as though he were actually enjoying it,
00:29:38as though he's delighted in her disappearance.
00:29:43He goes on and on about her.
00:29:45Well, Marjorie, I, I wouldn't worry about him if I were you.
00:29:49After all, he's a, he's a writer.
00:29:53The mystery of her disappearance probably intrigued him.
00:29:56Oh, probably you're right.
00:29:58And he fancies the whole thing as a great big melodrama
00:30:01with himself in the leading role.
00:30:03He'd like that.
00:30:05Like the article in this morning's paper?
00:30:07I didn't see it.
00:30:08Stephen took it with him.
00:30:09He left early this morning.
00:30:12Haven't they promised to keep our name out of it?
00:30:14Well, you can't blame them.
00:30:15Makes a better story.
00:30:18I don't understand why they kept their promise
00:30:20for a whole week and, and suddenly today,
00:30:23even a picture of Stephen.
00:30:26I wonder how they got hold of it.
00:30:28I don't know.
00:30:30It's, why, there's only one print of that picture
00:30:35that I know of.
00:30:37Now, isn't he like a child?
00:30:39He wanted his picture in the paper.
00:31:06How do you do, Mr. Byrne?
00:31:28Mr. Miller.
00:31:29What do you think of the display?
00:31:31Very attractive.
00:31:32But it wasn't up when I passed yesterday.
00:31:35No, your brother called me last night
00:31:36and told me of the publicity he was expecting in the papers.
00:31:39And he wanted me to cash in on it.
00:31:44Thank you, dear boy.
00:31:45Oh, gee, I'd love to be a writer, too.
00:31:49Well, why don't you try a thing?
00:31:51Your mother says you're very good at making things up.
00:31:53But some of your excuses are masterpieces of imagination.
00:31:58Don't you listen to this scoundrel.
00:32:00Imagination's not enough.
00:32:01Just the other day, I read in a magazine
00:32:03that a writer must write only about things he knows.
00:32:06If he puts down truthfully the things
00:32:08he's actually experienced, if they're exciting enough,
00:32:11he's bound to be very successful.
00:32:15That's very interesting, Mrs. Apple.
00:32:33Don't touch that!
00:32:59Did you read it?
00:33:00No, I only picked it up.
00:33:02What's the matter, Stephen?
00:33:04Nothing.
00:33:05It's not ready to be read, that's all.
00:33:07You never minded my reading your things before.
00:33:09I change my ideas about a lot of things.
00:33:12I know.
00:33:13Just the other night when you went out by yourself.
00:33:15Don't nag.
00:33:16A writer needs to be alone to gather experiences.
00:33:18Can't you understand that?
00:33:19I wasn't nagging, Stephen.
00:33:20What I started out to say was simply
00:33:22that when I was alone the other night and John dropped in.
00:33:25What did he want?
00:33:26Nothing special.
00:33:28He seemed so forlorn lately.
00:33:31We reminisced about those evenings
00:33:33when you used to read your stuff aloud to us.
00:33:36I wish you and John wouldn't discuss me behind my back.
00:33:42I'm not interested in what my brother has to say.
00:33:44He's a bookkeeper and will always be one.
00:33:46He'll never understand the problems of an artist.
00:33:48I was a fool to let you pick on me and criticize my writing.
00:33:50No one picked on you, Stephen.
00:33:52You asked us for our honest opinion and we gave it to you.
00:33:54Never mind.
00:33:55I didn't need anyone then and I don't need anyone now.
00:33:57I'm doing very well on my own.
00:33:59You mean since Emily...
00:34:05Go on.
00:34:10Go on.
00:34:11You can say it.
00:34:12I didn't mean it that way, Stephen.
00:34:14The success of my book since this Emily thing
00:34:16proves that they were good in the first place.
00:34:18All I needed was a little publicity.
00:34:20In the future, they'll not only be good, but they'll be great
00:34:22because they'll be about things I know.
00:34:24Like what you're writing now?
00:34:25Yes.
00:34:26Well, what's it about?
00:34:27Will you stop crying?
00:34:34Let's have our tea.
00:34:36I wasn't crying, Stephen.
00:34:38I was only interested.
00:34:40I don't care for any tea.
00:34:58John Byrne's accounting office.
00:35:00Walter Herbert, office boy speaking.
00:35:04One moment, please.
00:35:07It's your housekeeper.
00:35:08She'd like a word with you, Mr. Byrne.
00:35:10Thank you, Walter.
00:35:17Check these over, Elmer.
00:35:23What is it, Miss Batten?
00:35:25What is it, Miss Batten?
00:35:26Mr. Byrne, with the cold weather coming on,
00:35:28I told the neighborhood boys to gather some driftwood,
00:35:31save you catching cold like last year.
00:35:33But when I went to get the wood sack,
00:35:34I found that your brother hadn't returned it.
00:35:36I wonder, would you mind stopping there on your way home
00:35:39this evening?
00:35:40When did my brother borrow it, Miss Batten?
00:35:42Several weeks ago when he was doing the gardening.
00:35:44He sent Emily for it.
00:35:46All right, I'll...
00:35:48When did you say he borrowed it?
00:35:50Several weeks ago.
00:35:51And even though that Emily isn't with him anymore,
00:35:53you'd think they'd return the sack.
00:35:55After all, your name's on it.
00:35:56My...
00:36:04My name is on it?
00:36:05Yes.
00:36:06I've stenciled everything you own with India ink.
00:36:09I'll go for it if you're busy.
00:36:11No, no.
00:36:12I'll stop by for it, Miss Batten.
00:36:23I hate this river.
00:36:29We neighbors really should get a petition to see them.
00:36:33What's the trouble today, Mrs. Ambrose?
00:36:36That horrible thing floating by again.
00:36:38That dead animal.
00:36:42Couldn't be.
00:36:43Must have sunk long ago.
00:36:46No.
00:36:47No, it isn't.
00:36:49It's a sack.
00:36:51Yes, that's what it is.
00:36:52A sack of some kind.
00:36:54Probably filled with rubbish.
00:36:58You see it?
00:37:05Well, I've other things to do besides standing out here.
00:37:08But I tell you, Stephen, you should write up a petition for it.
00:37:12Yes.
00:37:13Yes, Mrs. Ambrose.
00:37:17This.
00:37:18The way some people use this river is a disgrace.
00:37:22It's a disgrace.
00:37:23It's a disgrace.
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00:38:49I'm glad you've come, John.
00:38:52I need someone to talk to very badly.
00:38:53When I feel like this, there doesn't seem to be anyone else in the world like you.
00:38:58You mind?
00:38:59You know that I don't.
00:39:01You're nice, John.
00:39:02Very, very nice.
00:39:03Yes.
00:39:04Like mint tea when you have a cold.
00:39:05Oh, no, John.
00:39:07Like a....
00:39:09Like a friend.
00:39:12More than that.
00:39:13I think you know, John, that I've tried to make a success of my marriage.
00:39:17It hasn't always been, well, exactly perfect.
00:39:22Maybe it was my fault.
00:39:24Girls have foolish ideas.
00:39:26And when they marry, they think they've snared Prince Charming himself.
00:39:30And he is charming, John.
00:39:33Very charming.
00:39:35I think you know, John, that I've tried to make a success of my marriage.
00:39:39It hasn't always been, well, exactly perfect.
00:39:42Very charming.
00:39:44But a woman sees deeper.
00:39:46I see things now in Stephen that I never let myself see before.
00:39:50Don't get bitter, Marjorie.
00:39:52Oh, I know the countless things you've done for him.
00:39:55We couldn't live like this if you hadn't given up most of your share of the inheritance
00:39:58so that he could continue writing.
00:40:00You wanted a career for him, didn't you?
00:40:01Yes.
00:40:02But I didn't want a freak success like this Emily's disappearance has brought on.
00:40:06At first I thought it was simply childish the way he capitalized on it.
00:40:11There's a limit, and it's become ghoulish.
00:40:15You should have heard him today.
00:40:18Did you quarrel?
00:40:20Yes.
00:40:21I hadn't wanted to tell you that.
00:40:25I'm beginning to wonder why he ever married me at all.
00:40:29Perhaps it was because he needed you.
00:40:34He told me today that he's never needed anyone.
00:40:38Well, let's just talk.
00:40:40Everybody needs someone.
00:40:41Believe me.
00:40:55Are you lonely, John?
00:40:58Pardon me, Mrs. Verne, but I thought it was getting dark here.
00:41:01Thank you, Miss Beach.
00:41:19Sorry I said so much, John.
00:41:21I'm afraid I've got to go.
00:41:24Sorry I said so much, John.
00:41:26It's unfair to talk about Stephen behind his back.
00:41:30But when you're worried, darkness does something to you.
00:41:33I understand, Marjorie.
00:41:36Perhaps you're not prepared to tell me yet, but since you are troubled,
00:41:39I'd like to tell you that I honestly think things are going to be better for you.
00:41:42Stephen's bound to change when the baby comes.
00:41:46The baby?
00:41:48Stephen told me.
00:41:51Stephen told you that I was going to have a baby?
00:41:56Yes.
00:41:58But it's not true.
00:42:00I wish that it were.
00:42:03Now, what on earth would make him want to tell you a thing like that?
00:42:07Maybe I misunderstood.
00:42:09Oh, don't go protecting him again, John.
00:42:11You must know why he lied to you.
00:42:21I can't discuss it now, Marjorie.
00:42:23Tell him to come to my place when he gets home.
00:42:25I'll talk to him.
00:42:51Stephen.
00:42:53Stephen.
00:42:55Stephen.
00:42:59Stephen.
00:43:01Stephen.
00:43:03Stephen.
00:43:21Stephen.
00:43:23Stephen.
00:43:50Stephen.
00:44:21You didn't eat a bite.
00:44:24You didn't touch the roast.
00:44:30Of course, it's all dried out now.
00:44:33That's what comes from warming it over and over when you don't serve dinner on time.
00:44:38I'm sorry, Miss Bannon.
00:44:40I'm sorry, Miss Bannon.
00:44:42I'm sorry, Miss Bannon.
00:44:44I'm sorry, Miss Bannon.
00:44:46I'm sorry, Miss Bannon.
00:44:48I'm sorry, Miss Bannon.
00:44:50Sorry.
00:44:53Sorry.
00:44:54Being sorry won't help us spoil dinner.
00:45:02You'll be sorry when you get stomach ulcers.
00:45:13I know it's none of my business, Mr. Byrne, but you've been drinking a good deal lately.
00:45:17I appreciate your interest in me, Miss Bannon,
00:45:19but I must remind you that I'm quite old enough to determine my own drinking capacity.
00:45:23When a man's alone as you are, he should be grateful to have somebody look after him.
00:45:26I'd be grateful to you if you'd stop nagging at me.
00:45:29Why, I never heard of such a thing.
00:45:31Just because I take an interest in you.
00:45:34Well, I don't want you to take an interest in me.
00:45:36I'm quite capable of running my own life.
00:45:38Oh, right.
00:45:40Seems like I can't do anything right anymore.
00:45:44You didn't bring the wood sack.
00:45:46No.
00:45:48But I told you the boys will be here in the morning to gather driftwood.
00:45:52What shall I tell them?
00:45:54I don't care what you tell them.
00:45:56Now, please leave me alone.
00:45:58I know I'm only a servant girl, Mr. Byrne,
00:46:17but I come from a very genteel family,
00:46:20and I don't have to take this sort of treatment from anyone.
00:46:23If you want to be left alone, perhaps I can leave you alone, permanently.
00:46:27Just as you wish, Miss Bannon.
00:46:29You mean, you want me to go?
00:46:32That's entirely up to you.
00:46:34Well, I can certainly take a hint.
00:46:40Now look what you made me do.
00:46:44Well, I'm leaving you, Mr. Byrne.
00:46:46I'm leaving tonight, and you can get somebody else to take your insults.
00:46:50And I hope you get a thieving hussy like that, Emily Gaunt.
00:46:53That's what you deserve.
00:46:55Not a decent girl like myself.
00:47:55Shhh... shhh... shhh...
00:48:25Shhh... shhh... shhh...
00:48:55Shhh... shhh... shhh...
00:49:25Shhh... shhh... shhh...
00:49:50It's come up, John. It's come up.
00:49:52What are you talking about?
00:49:53Emily's come back.
00:49:54What?
00:49:55The wood sack. It's come up out of the river.
00:50:00I've been up all night.
00:50:01I chased it for six miles.
00:50:03But the tide was too fast, and I couldn't find it.
00:50:05I almost had her once, but she got away.
00:50:08It's your fault. Why didn't you tie it securely?
00:50:10I was a fool to trust you.
00:50:12Quiet.
00:50:15It'll be passing up and down the river until they find it.
00:50:17Up and down the river? It'll go on for weeks.
00:50:21The police will find it soon enough.
00:50:23But they won't know we did it.
00:50:24I mean, there are hundreds of sacks like it.
00:50:28They won't trace it to us, will they?
00:50:30No.
00:50:32Not to us.
00:50:35They'll trace it to me.
00:50:37To you.
00:50:39My name is on it.
00:50:54There's a gentleman to see you, Mr. Byrd.
00:50:56You know, I don't wish to be disturbed.
00:50:58He's from the police, sir.
00:51:05Send him in.
00:51:06Yes, sir.
00:51:07Yes, sir.
00:51:22I am going to just a moment, please.
00:51:38Sorry, I wanted to get my thoughts down before they went away.
00:51:41I'm Lieutenant Sarkin, sir.
00:51:42How do you do? What can I do for you?
00:51:44Well, it's...
00:51:50It's about...
00:51:53This sack.
00:51:55Ever seen it before?
00:51:58I don't know.
00:51:59Sacks look pretty much alike.
00:52:02Well...
00:52:05Looks like the wood sack that was stolen from here.
00:52:07Stolen?
00:52:08Yes, it belonged to my brother.
00:52:09Oh, yes, his name is stenciled in there.
00:52:11He said I didn't know that.
00:52:12You say that it was stolen from here?
00:52:15Yes, we borrowed it from him, and when I went to return it, it was gone.
00:52:20About how long ago was that?
00:52:21About three or four weeks ago.
00:52:24But if you know it belongs to him, why'd you return it to me?
00:52:27Well, we tried to contact him all day, but to have no success.
00:52:31You see, this sack contained the body of Emily Gaunt.
00:52:36Clad only in this inexpensive dressing gown.
00:52:41And according to the medical expert who testified at this inquest,
00:52:46strangled and afterwards thrown into the river.
00:52:53Now, when did you first discover that this dressing gown was missing?
00:52:58It was when we were getting her things together to send back to her parents.
00:53:03And when and how did you discover that your own things were missing, Mrs. Byrne?
00:53:08The morning after Emily failed to return.
00:53:11It was my husband who suggested that I go through my wardrobe.
00:53:14He insisted that inasmuch as none of Emily's dresses were missing,
00:53:18she might have gone out in some of my own things.
00:53:21And then we discovered that not only was my lace dress gone,
00:53:24but some of my best lingerie, an evening wrap, and a pair of silver slippers.
00:53:29Was there any other thing of value gone?
00:53:34Yes.
00:53:36But several days later I found that a pair of opal earrings that my husband had given me for my birthday were missing too.
00:53:45Opal earrings.
00:53:49Then you're under the impression that it was Emily Gaunt who took these things.
00:53:54It was hard for me to believe.
00:53:56For in the short time that Emily worked for us, I found her most dependable.
00:54:00But I... I was forced to this conclusion.
00:54:05What is your occupation, Miss Bantam?
00:54:08I was a housekeeper in the home of Mr. John Byrne, sir.
00:54:12But I'm unemployed at present.
00:54:14How long were you employed there?
00:54:16It would have been five years. It's coming Christmas.
00:54:20Why are you no longer employed by Mr. Byrne?
00:54:23Because he became too impossible to get along with from the time that Emily Gaunt disappeared.
00:54:37Please explain yourself, Miss Bantam.
00:54:39Well, Mr. Byrne became so irritable I could scarcely speak to him and get a civil answer.
00:54:43In what manner would you say that he had changed?
00:54:46Well, Mr. Coroner, he was in the habit of eating a very hearty breakfast.
00:54:51After all, you're the work force.
00:54:53But after that, Emily Gaunt disappeared.
00:54:56In fact, the very morning the story appeared in the newspapers, he scarcely touched a thing.
00:55:02And several times, when I even indicated that the housekeeper got what she deserved, he practically snapped my head off.
00:55:33Miss Bantam, tell us what you know about this sack.
00:55:40It's Mr. John Byrne's, all right.
00:55:42I stenciled his name in it.
00:55:44The one that was borrowed by Mr. Stephen Byrne?
00:55:47Yes. Mr. Stephen was doing some gardening and needed an extra sack.
00:55:51Emily came for it.
00:55:52And to your knowledge, the sack was never returned?
00:55:57No, sir.
00:55:59But of course, it might have been returned without my knowledge.
00:56:08What do you mean by that, Miss Bantam?
00:56:10I mean simply that it's peculiar to me that Mr. John Byrne would have allowed the sack to remain at his brother's for any length of time at all.
00:56:17Please clarify that statement.
00:56:19Well, it was his habit to go out and collect firewood off the river.
00:56:23I should say it's what might be called a hobby.
00:56:26The only sort of hobby possible for a man with his affliction.
00:56:29Oh, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have said that.
00:56:32Please continue, Miss Bantam.
00:56:34Well, recently, I called in some of the neighborhood boys to gather firewood.
00:56:40But when I went for the sack, I found that Mr. Stephen hadn't returned it yet.
00:56:43So I phoned Mr. John and he agreed to pick it up.
00:56:47But when he got home, I reminded him that he hadn't.
00:56:50He was quite rude to me.
00:56:52Said he was perfectly capable of running his own household.
00:56:55He raised his voice to such an extent that I was quite nervous and upset.
00:57:00Then he dismissed me.
00:57:02And when did this scene occur between you, Miss Bantam?
00:57:07It was the night before Emily's body was found in the river.
00:57:15You've heard testimony that you borrowed the sack some time ago from your brother.
00:57:19Is that correct?
00:57:20It is.
00:57:21And to your knowledge, it was never returned to your brother.
00:57:23That is correct.
00:57:24Before I could return it, I found that someone had stolen it.
00:57:26And has your brother access to your home?
00:57:31He has.
00:57:33You mean he has a key to your home?
00:57:35No, Mr. Coroner.
00:57:37The back door's always open.
00:57:39Then there was nothing to prevent his coming to your home at a time when you were not there
00:57:43and taking what was rightfully his.
00:57:46No, nothing to prevent it.
00:57:47But in this case, I don't think it's probable.
00:57:52By the way, Mr. Byrne, it may have helped this case if you'd reported that the sack
00:57:55had been stolen from your home.
00:57:57I didn't think the loss of an old sack worth troubling the police about.
00:58:00But why didn't you report the theft to the more valuable things either?
00:58:03The opal earrings, for example.
00:58:09Because I didn't wish to cause Emily's parents further concern.
00:58:15Besides, my wife and I felt that eventually poor Emily would return
00:58:19and the articles would be recovered.
00:58:24Now tell me, Mr. Byrne, when was the last time you used this sack for gathering wood?
00:58:32Some weeks ago.
00:58:33It's hard to say.
00:58:35Oh, could it have been about three weeks ago?
00:58:39What you mean is, about the time that Emily Gaunt disappeared?
00:58:43I must ask you not to mind what I mean, Mr. Byrne.
00:58:47Would you say it was four, perhaps?
00:58:50I couldn't be sure.
00:58:52Then would you say it was near the time that Emily Gaunt disappeared?
00:58:56I couldn't be sure.
00:59:00The collection of firewood, unlike a marriage,
00:59:05The collection of firewood, unlike a marriage or a birthday,
00:59:10is not a festive moment in my life.
00:59:14I don't remember.
00:59:16But you do remember the testimony that the sack was stolen from your brother?
00:59:24Will you kindly give an oral answer to the questions asked at this inquest?
00:59:31I do.
00:59:33Does it not strike you as being rather odd
00:59:37that a thief would bother to take an object of such little value?
00:59:43I wouldn't know.
00:59:45Or that a girl, if we concede for a moment that Emily Gaunt took it,
00:59:51do you think she would have taken such a sack with her to some mysterious rendezvous?
00:59:59I'm not here to answer riddles.
01:00:02No, I shouldn't think you were.
01:00:06Mr. Byrne, I will be more direct then.
01:00:09Did you know the deceased Emily Gaunt intimately?
01:00:19Mr. Byrne, I asked...
01:00:21She was employed by my brother.
01:00:23I knew Emily Gaunt by sight.
01:00:25Is it usual for you to zealously defend persons whom you know by sight
01:00:29to the extent that you snap off the head of a woman who has served you faithfully for five years?
01:00:34I would defend anyone who was being maliciously slandered.
01:00:36Very admirable indeed.
01:00:38Especially when they were being slandered by people whose bitterness.
01:00:40That is all, Mr. Byrne.
01:00:46For one who was not here to answer riddles, I must say you've done very well.
01:00:51Mr. Coroner, Mr. John Byrne was the last of the witnesses for this inquest.
01:00:57I have a few things I'd like to say, if anyone will let me.
01:01:00If they pertain to this inquest by all means, Mrs. Ambrose.
01:01:03I can't sit here any longer,
01:01:05listening to all these insinuations against a boy who couldn't possibly harm a fly.
01:01:09It's ridiculous, preposterous.
01:01:11It's downright silly, that's what it is.
01:01:14Mrs. Ambrose.
01:01:16It's downright silly, that's what it is.
01:01:18Mrs. Ambrose.
01:01:20Will you kindly control your temper?
01:01:23And give us a more coherent reason for your impatience with this inquest?
01:01:27Now Harry, I'm not trying to take advantage of our friendship.
01:01:30But I've known these Byrne boys since they were lads.
01:01:33And John's only fault is that he works too hard and never thinks evil of anyone.
01:01:37And as for this silly old maid.
01:01:39It's plain as the nose on your face she's in love with him.
01:01:41And imagine heaven knows what about him.
01:01:43And when an old maid's in love, heaven protect the object of her affections.
01:01:46If that love goes unrequited.
01:01:48All the devils and all the purest.
01:01:50Oh!
01:01:58And if there's anyone else who wants to know anything about himself, just let me know.
01:02:07Was there anything else you wished to know, Harry?
01:02:10No, Harry.
01:02:12That will be all, Mrs. Ambrose.
01:02:15And so in all probability.
01:02:18Emily Gaunt, dressed in her mistress's finery.
01:02:22Went off to some secret tryst.
01:02:25Therefore the conclusion of this inquest is.
01:02:28That the girl was murdered.
01:02:30By person.
01:02:32Or persons unknown.
01:02:37Inquest dismissed.
01:02:41It started with Emily.
01:02:43But it might end with me.
01:02:47Here he comes now.
01:03:04Oh, Mr. Byrne.
01:03:07Mr. Byrne.
01:03:11Yes?
01:03:12No, not you. Mr. Steven Byrne.
01:03:15Me?
01:03:16Yes. They'd like to see you inside a moment.
01:03:19Certainly.
01:03:20You go on. I won't be long.
01:03:40Sorry to trouble you again, Mr. Byrne.
01:03:42But you probably realize the case is far from being closed.
01:03:45So?
01:03:46Are you certain you have nothing more you'd like to say to us?
01:03:49Nothing.
01:03:50I know how you're feeling, Mr. Byrne.
01:03:52After all, the man is your brother.
01:03:54But if there's any further light you can throw on this...
01:03:57There's nothing more I can say.
01:03:59Except that I'm fully convinced that my brother is innocent.
01:04:03Is that all?
01:04:06That was all.
01:04:17It's foolish to call him back.
01:04:20Yes.
01:04:38Yes?
01:04:41Steven.
01:04:42What is it? You know I'm working.
01:04:44Steven, why are you so irritable?
01:04:46What is it?
01:04:47I'm rather worried.
01:04:48Can't you wait and tell me about it later?
01:04:51All right. I'll be in my room.
01:04:53It's about Lieutenant Sarton.
01:05:18I'm sorry I snapped at you.
01:05:20I was trying to finish a chapter.
01:05:22What did you want to tell me?
01:05:28Well...
01:05:30It's...
01:05:31It's that in these last weeks, since the inquest...
01:05:34I seem to run into that detective all the time.
01:05:38And just a little while ago at the market, too.
01:05:41And he always looks at me as though...
01:05:43I'm his daughter.
01:05:45And he...
01:05:46Has he ever asked you any questions?
01:05:48No.
01:05:49But last night, after you'd gone out,
01:05:51I decided to go over to Mrs. Ambrose's.
01:05:53And I saw someone across the street.
01:05:56It looked like him.
01:05:58And I...
01:05:59I almost had the feeling that...
01:06:01That he'd been watching the house.
01:06:04How long was he there?
01:06:05I don't know.
01:06:06But I'm sure he was watching the house.
01:06:08And I...
01:06:09I'm sure he was watching the house.
01:06:11And I...
01:06:12I'm sure he was watching the house.
01:06:14I don't know.
01:06:15When I got back, he was gone.
01:06:25Well, if he has any snooping to do,
01:06:28I should think he'd do it in John's direction.
01:06:30What do you mean, Stephen?
01:06:32You were at the inquest.
01:06:34You know what I mean.
01:06:35No, I don't.
01:06:36Well, if you ask me,
01:06:37he acted so stupidly that he forced everyone to believe that he had something to do with it.
01:06:41Stephen!
01:06:42On top of everything else, he hasn't acted normal since the inquest.
01:06:46He shuns everybody.
01:06:47He won't even talk to me.
01:06:50Let's face it.
01:06:51John's a cripple.
01:06:52He knows he hasn't a chance with a girl of our class.
01:06:55It's not hard to believe that he carried on with a servant girl.
01:06:58Stop it.
01:06:59Aside from everything he's done for you,
01:07:01he's your brother.
01:07:04There's a limit to this business of being brothers, Marjorie.
01:07:07Stephen, you're insane.
01:07:10You're very fond of him, aren't you?
01:07:12You know that.
01:07:16Are you in love with him?
01:07:21How long has this been going on?
01:07:24I don't think I haven't been aware of it.
01:07:29You have a filthy mind.
01:07:40This isn't going to be very flattering, my dear.
01:07:43I haven't the slightest pang of jealousy.
01:07:45No, I shouldn't think you would.
01:07:47The husband who comes home drunk night after night and reeking of cheap perfume
01:07:51isn't exactly in a position to be jealous.
01:07:57Sometimes cheap perfume can be very exciting.
01:08:01You are a swine, Stephen.
01:08:04You are a swine, Stephen.
01:08:35Marjorie!
01:08:36Hello, John.
01:08:38John?
01:08:41Hello, Marjorie.
01:08:51I met your office boy on the way here.
01:08:54He's a good man.
01:08:55He's a good man.
01:08:56He's a good man.
01:08:57He's a good man.
01:08:58He's a good man.
01:08:59He's a good man.
01:09:00He's a good man.
01:09:01He's a good man.
01:09:03I met your office boy on his way over here.
01:09:05I told him I'd bring these up for him.
01:09:09I've been here so many times, John.
01:09:11To the office, too.
01:09:12But you were never in.
01:09:13I know.
01:09:20Why have you refused to see me or to answer my calls?
01:09:33Haven't you found a housekeeper yet?
01:09:36There seems to be an extreme shortage of domestic help at present.
01:09:39Why, that's not true.
01:09:41Only yesterday, Mrs. Beach was telling me...
01:09:43It's true in the case of Mr. John Byrne.
01:09:45Even the children know that I killed Emily Gaunt.
01:09:51I know, John.
01:09:53I've learned a lot about people myself lately.
01:09:57They can be very vicious.
01:09:59You think that because you've lived with them for years, they're fond of you.
01:10:04But it's not true.
01:10:08I'm going away, Marjorie.
01:10:10Oh, no, John.
01:10:13Oh, don't run away from them.
01:10:15I'm not running away from them.
01:10:17Is it that you think it'll be better for...
01:10:21for all of us if you go away?
01:10:30I've got to be sensible.
01:10:36Ever since the inquest, my mail consists chiefly of anonymous letters.
01:10:40Not too flattering suggestions.
01:10:43Most of my clients are closing out their accounts.
01:10:46John, maybe it wasn't wise,
01:10:48refusing to see people and not going anyplace.
01:10:51But you still have friends in this town.
01:10:53Let me give a party.
01:10:55We'll have everyone you like.
01:10:56Our real friends.
01:10:58You'll show this town.
01:11:01It wouldn't do any good.
01:11:02This town likes its nasty little backstairs gossip.
01:11:06If I stay and...
01:11:08you keep on seeing me, defending me,
01:11:11they'll think that we...
01:11:15I wouldn't put anything...
01:11:16I don't care what they say or think about me.
01:11:23Marjorie, my darling.
01:11:25I'd rather die than cause you any suffering.
01:11:27Oh, John, don't talk like that.
01:11:30There must be something I can do.
01:11:38No.
01:11:40The only thing to do is to go away.
01:11:42I've thought it out very clearly.
01:11:44John,
01:11:45then promise me one thing.
01:11:47Before you do anything,
01:11:49before you make any decisions,
01:11:51let me know.
01:11:55I promise.
01:12:12Won't you come in, John?
01:12:15I'd rather not, Marjorie.
01:12:17Good night, Ben, and thanks for seeing me home.
01:12:20Good night.
01:12:24Good night.
01:12:40Stephen.
01:12:41Stephen, it's about John.
01:12:42I'm not interested.
01:12:44Stephen, please, he's desperate.
01:12:46I'm afraid he's going to harm himself in some way.
01:12:49Don't be dramatic.
01:12:50He's much as told me so tonight.
01:12:52If he's dead, then go on the way things have been going.
01:13:00You mean...
01:13:02suicide?
01:13:03Yes, Stephen.
01:13:04Please, Stephen.
01:13:05Try to stay with him as much as you can.
01:13:08If you hurry, you can catch up with him now.
01:13:12All right, Marjorie.
01:13:14If you insist.
01:13:15Thank you, Stephen.
01:13:23I almost forgot.
01:13:24Mrs. Ambrose was over.
01:13:26She said as long as it's Cook's day off,
01:13:28you should let her know if you want to have supper with her.
01:13:31I'm in no mood for her tonight.
01:13:33I'll have something here.
01:13:39Well, you better tell her now before she goes to any trouble.
01:13:42You know how sensitive she is.
01:13:44Yes, I guess you're right.
01:13:52DOOR CLOSES
01:14:23DOOR CREAKS
01:14:43DOOR CREAKS
01:14:52DOOR CREAKS
01:15:22DOOR CREAKS
01:15:43DOOR CREAKS
01:15:46DOOR CREAKS
01:15:52DOOR CREAKS
01:16:22DOOR CREAKS
01:16:46DOOR CREAKS
01:16:49Stephen.
01:16:50Yes, John?
01:16:52What are you doing here?
01:16:53Marjorie was very worried.
01:16:56She sent me to look for you.
01:16:58Lucky I found you, isn't it?
01:17:00What do you mean?
01:17:03Well, you might have, uh...
01:17:10No.
01:17:11Suicide would only convince everyone that they'd been right.
01:17:16I'm glad you realize that.
01:17:19What were you thinking of as you stood there?
01:17:22Of another night on this river.
01:17:28You know, John,
01:17:30in spite of everything that's happened,
01:17:33and everything that's going to happen,
01:17:35I...
01:17:36I want you to know that I've gained something.
01:17:39Gained something?
01:17:40Yes, I was always afraid as a child.
01:17:42I didn't have the courage to do things.
01:17:44I was afraid of people, what they might say or think.
01:17:47Maybe that's why my writing wasn't good.
01:17:49You were right in that.
01:17:51But I'm not afraid anymore, and...
01:17:53I've written something good.
01:17:54Because it's real.
01:17:57It took a murder to do that.
01:18:00Doesn't the end justify the mean?
01:18:04You must be very, very ill, Stephen.
01:18:06Ill?
01:18:07Yes, sick.
01:18:08Otherwise you couldn't think as you do.
01:18:11What's happened to you?
01:18:13You know, John,
01:18:14I wish I could really trust you again.
01:18:17But I can't.
01:18:19Am I right?
01:18:21Yes.
01:18:25Suppose a policeman were to come up to us here right now.
01:18:28Suppose he were to ask,
01:18:29which of us killed Emily?
01:18:31What would you do?
01:18:33I know what you would do.
01:18:34You would point at me.
01:18:40Would I?
01:18:41You stepped right out of Emily's murder
01:18:43as though you were shedding your skin.
01:18:45You shifted the blame to me.
01:18:47Did I?
01:18:48Yes.
01:18:50John,
01:18:51which one of us would the world miss the most?
01:18:55I mean,
01:18:56if there were a choice of one of us.
01:18:58Blast the world.
01:18:59I'm going to start thinking about myself.
01:19:01You're very much in love with Marjorie.
01:19:03I know that.
01:19:04You've always been.
01:19:06You had the opportunity that night
01:19:07of getting rid of him by going to the police.
01:19:10Why didn't you take her?
01:19:12There are things you would never understand, Stephen.
01:19:14You're right, John.
01:19:16I can't understand my own brother
01:19:17and expect him to go on sharing my wife with me.
01:19:23I'm going to the police, Stephen.
01:19:25I'm going to tell them the whole story,
01:19:26including my part.
01:19:28I should have a long time ago.
01:19:47I'm going to the police, Stephen.
01:19:48I'm going to tell them the whole story,
01:19:49including my part.
01:19:50I should have a long time ago.
01:19:52I should have a long time ago.
01:20:17I should have a long time ago.
01:20:48How many times have I told you
01:20:49to keep away from my desk?
01:20:53I hadn't expected to have it read for some time.
01:20:55But since you have read it,
01:20:56tell me what you think about it.
01:20:58How can you ask me that?
01:21:01Well, don't you think it's good?
01:21:03Can't you appreciate its quality
01:21:04quite apart from its content?
01:21:05Not when it says that my husband is a murderer.
01:21:08I thought I disguised it completely.
01:21:10But you read between the lines, didn't you?
01:21:12John must love you very much,
01:21:14letting everyone think he did it.
01:21:16Oh, no.
01:21:17He loved you very much.
01:21:18He was old-fashioned.
01:21:20He believed in chivalry.
01:21:21That's why he kept silent about it.
01:21:25But you, I...
01:21:26I don't think I can expect you to keep silent about it.
01:21:31Can I?
01:21:32You intend to go on forever
01:21:33letting people think he did it?
01:21:40If John disappeared tonight,
01:21:41if something should have happened to him,
01:21:43let's say he drowned himself in the river,
01:21:45that would solve everything, wouldn't it?
01:21:47Stephen.
01:21:48Everyone would know that he was driven to commit suicide
01:21:51by his guilt, wouldn't they?
01:21:53You're forgetting about me.
01:21:55Oh, no.
01:21:56I'm not forgetting about you.
01:21:59John committed suicide tonight.
01:22:01What?
01:22:02I saw to it.
01:22:03Before I'm through with you,
01:22:04they'll know that what John did once, he did again.
01:22:11Stephen, you're insane.
01:22:13Am I?
01:22:14You're insane.
01:22:15Am I?
01:22:29And don't you realize, Marjorie,
01:22:30you're reading the manuscript to solve everything.
01:22:35You know, I met Emily on the stairs.
01:22:38She was coming down from her bath.
01:22:40She'd used your perfume.
01:22:42She looked rather pretty and I wanted to kiss her.
01:22:44But she got frightened and screamed.
01:22:46I had to stop her screaming.
01:22:47I didn't mean to kill her.
01:22:48I hardly touched her.
01:22:49But I didn't realize how easy it would be.
01:22:52So very easy.
01:23:13Get.
01:23:19John.
01:23:39Emily.
01:23:41Emily.
01:23:43Emily.
01:23:45Let me go.
01:23:46Emily.
01:23:48Let me go.
01:23:49Let me go.
01:23:51Let me go.
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