A gripping classic thriller from 1951, filled with suspense, danger, and unexpected twists. As tension builds around a seemingly ordinary situation, a deadly secret begins to emerge, leading to a chilling struggle for survival. A vintage Hollywood mystery perfect for fans of classic suspense and film noir.
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00:00:02The End
00:00:49This is where I live.
00:00:50I'm a housewife.
00:00:52My name is Ellen Jones.
00:00:54That Tuesday in July started out just like any other day the past few months.
00:01:00There was no warning it was to be the most terrifying day of my life.
00:01:05I remember thinking how tired I felt.
00:01:08Even the housework seemed drudgery and so meaningless with George confined to his bed.
00:01:13No one to see or care even.
00:01:16And then I got scared because I knew I was beginning to feel sorry for myself.
00:01:22George was the one who was ill and he needed all of my thoughts and attention and above all my
00:01:28cheerfulness.
00:01:30I tried not to think about us, about George, how he'd changed.
00:01:34I told myself it was just my imagination that things would be different when he was well and strong again.
00:01:41Then I thought I heard him call.
00:01:47George, did you call?
00:01:51George, are you all right?
00:01:55Yes, Ellen.
00:01:57You want anything?
00:01:59Not now.
00:02:00I've just begun work on an insurance report for the office.
00:02:03Well, call me, dear, if you need me.
00:02:05Okay.
00:02:06Okay.
00:02:29Somehow I had an odd feeling.
00:02:32There was something about George's voice.
00:02:35I found myself thinking about the first time we'd met.
00:02:39How different he was in those days.
00:02:42I remember I was sitting in Dr. Graham's office.
00:02:45We were talking.
00:02:46I played one game of checkers and two games of rummy.
00:02:49And I've written letters to a wife, a mother, and a sweetheart.
00:02:53And I listened for a half an hour to a homesick young ensign from Texas.
00:02:56He was awful cute.
00:02:58Now, what else can I do to help boost the morale around here, huh?
00:03:01You could go out to dinner with me.
00:03:04We get about halfway through the soup and you get a call from the hospital.
00:03:07You're right.
00:03:08I guess my courting will have to wait till after the hostilities.
00:03:11There's a compound fracture down the hall.
00:03:13He's waiting to see me, but I'll be tied up for a while.
00:03:15Oh?
00:03:15They tell me he's feeling blue.
00:03:17You see, his wife's expecting a baby in a minute.
00:03:19And I think he could stand some cheering up.
00:03:21It's practically done.
00:03:22See you later.
00:03:26Oh, I'm sorry. They told me I could find Dr. Graham in here.
00:03:28You ought to be along any minute. Why don't you come on in?
00:03:31Sure, thank you.
00:03:32Are you a patient here, sir?
00:03:35In a naval hospital?
00:03:36No, no.
00:03:37I'm just a friend of the docks.
00:03:38Flew in last night with a ferry command.
00:03:41The only thing wrong with me is a double-barrel hangover.
00:03:45Too bad.
00:03:45Dr. Graham will be detained, so I'm taking you for an airing.
00:03:49Maybe he doesn't want to go for an airing.
00:03:50He doesn't.
00:03:51There's nothing a woman likes better than throwing a man around.
00:04:30I'm Ellen Brown.
00:04:32It doesn't suit you at all. It's too plain.
00:04:35Oh, I'm sorry. I told my parents about it, but they're still back in Kansas City.
00:04:38Now, what can I do for you, young man?
00:04:42I can think of a lot of things.
00:04:44Oh?
00:04:45Well, shall we begin with a game of cards?
00:04:48Well, I could read the newspaper to you.
00:04:51I know.
00:04:55I know.
00:04:56I'll sit right here, and you can tell me all about that wonderful baby you're expecting.
00:05:00The baby you're expecting.
00:05:03Does Ripley know about this?
00:05:05I beg your pardon?
00:05:08I'll skip it.
00:05:12Which is your bad leg?
00:05:14Well, neither one of them is working very well today.
00:05:18Oh, my head.
00:05:20Is your head bothering you?
00:05:22Terribly.
00:05:22Both of them.
00:05:25Would you like me to rub it for you?
00:05:27You couldn't think of anything nicer?
00:05:29Good.
00:05:30There.
00:05:31Now, relax.
00:05:33Oh, close your eyes.
00:05:36Now, just think of something pleasant.
00:05:41Pretty soon you'll be going home to your wife.
00:05:44Won't that be wonderful?
00:05:47Think what she looks like.
00:05:49How pretty she is.
00:05:51Lovely.
00:05:53Beautiful blue eyes.
00:05:55Short nose.
00:05:57Soft brown hair.
00:05:59And lovely, kissable lips.
00:06:03Whoa.
00:06:04There's nothing wrong with your morale, young man.
00:06:06I recommend to the doctor that you be sent home to your wife immediately.
00:06:11Wait a minute.
00:06:13Wait.
00:06:13You're all dressed.
00:06:15Naturally.
00:06:16Well, look.
00:06:16George.
00:06:17Hello, Randy.
00:06:17What are you doing here?
00:06:19Enjoying myself eventually.
00:06:20His leg isn't even broken.
00:06:22No?
00:06:22No, it isn't.
00:06:23Hey, Doc.
00:06:23What kind of nurses do you have around here anyway?
00:06:26Hey.
00:06:26What goes on here, Ellen?
00:06:27Well, when I came in here, he was lying there all covered up.
00:06:29And he let me make an absolute idiot of myself.
00:06:32Rubbing his head.
00:06:34Both of them.
00:06:34Best cure in the world for a hangover.
00:06:36Ellen, this is George Jones.
00:06:38An old and untrustworthy friend of mine.
00:06:40Now, remember, I saw her first.
00:06:41George Jones.
00:06:42The name suits you perfectly, completely undistinguished.
00:06:45I wouldn't say that, honey.
00:06:47Some day you may wind up wearing it.
00:06:50What?
00:06:51Shall we go?
00:06:56She's cute.
00:06:59It was pretty depressing having a medical student for a roommate.
00:07:02Oh?
00:07:03He was always dissecting something, including me.
00:07:06You've got to know what's going on inside if you expect to understand the outside.
00:07:09Excuse me, sir, but you're wanted at the hospital.
00:07:11There's an emergency.
00:07:12Oh, Ren, I'm sorry.
00:07:14So am I.
00:07:16Well, back to the salt mines.
00:07:17See you folks later.
00:07:18Well, if I can help it.
00:07:20I intend to keep you to myself for the rest of the afternoon.
00:07:23Oh?
00:07:24And for the next two weeks.
00:07:25Oh.
00:07:26When a lonely prospector strikes gold, he doesn't yell for his friends.
00:07:29He stakes a claim.
00:07:31How about some lunch?
00:07:32Yes, I'd love it.
00:07:33I don't like to make love on an empty stomach.
00:07:35No, neither do I.
00:07:37Especially to a perfect stranger.
00:07:38My Ellen, wherever did you get the idea that I was perfect?
00:07:42Oh, you.
00:07:44Would you like to switch boxes like we did when we were kids?
00:07:47Naturally.
00:07:48Oh, rather.
00:07:49Fried chicken, potato salad, tomatoes, cookies.
00:07:53J-Rations.
00:07:54Canned ham.
00:07:56Powdered milk.
00:07:57Chewing gum.
00:07:58And four cigarettes.
00:07:59Coffee.
00:08:01Honestly, is that the best you could do?
00:08:03That's the best I could do with no ration card.
00:08:05Now, if we were to combine forces, pool our resources, I think we might do very well together.
00:08:20Good luck.
00:08:22Good luck.
00:08:22Good luck.
00:08:24Good luck.
00:08:24Goodbye, darling.
00:08:29Take care of yourself.
00:08:33I'll be back, honey.
00:08:34Remember that.
00:08:35I'll be back.
00:08:36Of course.
00:08:37Of course.
00:08:37I'll never let you go.
00:08:39Oh.
00:08:41Oh.
00:08:42Oh.
00:08:44Goodbye, darling.
00:08:54Goodbye, darling.
00:08:54Glad a guy.
00:08:56Yeah.
00:08:57Glad a guy.
00:09:01I'm gonna marry him, Rand.
00:09:03I'm gonna marry him just as soon as he gets back.
00:09:06I figured as much.
00:09:09Are you sure he's right for you, Ellen?
00:09:12Well, I don't know.
00:09:14It isn't something you think about.
00:09:15It's just something you feel.
00:09:17You know?
00:09:18You can't do anything about it.
00:09:23I don't know what you mean, Ellen.
00:09:25The guy with wings has it all over us fellas who walk around down here.
00:09:45I'm coming up now, dear.
00:09:47Do you want me to bring you anything?
00:09:49No.
00:09:57You all right?
00:09:59What's the matter?
00:10:00Get a doctor.
00:10:02No, no.
00:10:03Get a doctor.
00:10:04Another doctor, not Graham.
00:10:05But I have to, dear.
00:10:06He is your doctor.
00:10:07Don't argue with me.
00:10:08Don't call Graham.
00:10:09Get another doctor.
00:10:45He didn't want the medicine, but I made him take it.
00:10:48Good girl.
00:10:57Still ticking?
00:10:59Sounds pretty good.
00:11:01You're feeling better than when Ellen called.
00:11:03What time is it?
00:11:05Five after nine, dear.
00:11:07It took you a long time to get here, Rennie.
00:11:10Oh, I know it seems like it, but he came just as soon as I called him.
00:11:13How long did it take?
00:11:14About 20 minutes.
00:11:16Fortunately, Ellen caught me as I was leaving on another call.
00:11:18Yeah.
00:11:19Is there some alcohol in the bathroom?
00:11:20Yes, sir.
00:11:2220 minutes.
00:11:24I got that pain over 45 minutes ago.
00:11:27Why did you delay it?
00:11:27I didn't, dear.
00:11:29I lost a lot of time trying to get another doctor.
00:11:32But you needed him so badly I had to come.
00:11:34You know best.
00:11:35You always know best nowadays, don't you, Ellen?
00:11:38No.
00:11:38No.
00:11:39It isn't bad.
00:11:40I just knew that he'd come sooner than anyone else.
00:11:43He's our friend, George.
00:11:48That was better already.
00:11:50Ready?
00:11:50Let's not kid each other.
00:11:51We both know where I stand.
00:11:52My own insurance company wouldn't put a nickel on me.
00:11:54Now, look here.
00:11:55All of us in that same boat.
00:11:57Automobile taking an unexpected turn.
00:12:00A brick falling from a high building.
00:12:01A heart condition like yours.
00:12:03They're all hazards, but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll ever happen.
00:12:07Think of all the chances you took during the war.
00:12:09You didn't worry about them.
00:12:10You came out feeling better when you went in.
00:12:13Now, the only thing you have to do is lie here in bed and let us help you get well.
00:12:17Isn't that right, Ellen?
00:12:18Yes.
00:12:18That's what I keep telling him.
00:12:20You're lucky in many ways, George.
00:12:22You have a wonderful wife.
00:12:23She's developed into a fine nurse.
00:12:25I don't think I'll be tying up her exclusive services much longer.
00:12:30You've got to cut out this way of thinking.
00:12:31Yeah, I know, I know.
00:12:33Would you mind, Ellen?
00:12:34I'd like to talk to George alone.
00:12:36No, of course not.
00:12:40I'll be a comfortable if you need me.
00:12:44Those were pretty morbid things you were saying in front of Ellen.
00:12:50Has she complained?
00:12:51Certainly not.
00:12:52But you've got to think of her, too.
00:12:54She's looking a little worn.
00:12:56Now, when you get these ideas, try using a little mental therapy.
00:12:59Next, you'll be telling me I ought to see a psychiatrist.
00:13:02I'd be a very good idea.
00:13:04You doctors are all alike.
00:13:05You can't cure a patient.
00:13:06You tell him it's all in his mind.
00:13:08I'm trying to help you, George.
00:13:10You know that.
00:13:13I'll drop in again this afternoon.
00:13:15Maybe we can talk this thing out.
00:13:17Yeah, maybe we can.
00:13:26Ellen?
00:13:27Yes?
00:13:28Come downstairs.
00:13:29I want to talk to you.
00:13:37Ellen, did anything particular happen to upset George this morning?
00:13:41No.
00:13:42Not that I know of.
00:13:44Why?
00:13:45Do you think he's worse?
00:13:46Frankly, I don't like his mental state.
00:13:53I think maybe it's just the hot weather.
00:13:55Depresses him.
00:13:57He's been a very active man.
00:13:58It's natural for him to be depressed, but...
00:14:00Yes.
00:14:00When a man's at a low air mentally and physically,
00:14:03he's prone to all sorts of imaginary fears.
00:14:06Yes, I know.
00:14:09I'd feel better if he were in the hospital for a while.
00:14:12No.
00:14:13No, I don't think so.
00:14:14Well, you want what's best for George, don't you?
00:14:16Well, of course.
00:14:17That's just it.
00:14:19I think it would upset him terribly.
00:14:21You see, he doesn't seem to want anyone else around him except me.
00:14:25Well, this morning, he didn't even want me to call you.
00:14:28Oh, it isn't that he's disloyal, Ran, or has lost confidence.
00:14:31But lately, he seems to have taken his sudden dislikes to people.
00:14:36I see.
00:14:38Look, Ella.
00:14:39Yes?
00:14:39You and George aren't just patients.
00:14:41You're friends.
00:14:42George is up there brooding, and I don't like it.
00:14:44Could develop into something serious.
00:14:46If you won't send him to the hospital, I want you to have someone here to help you.
00:14:51I'm sure you know what's best, Ran, but honestly, I don't know how George will take it.
00:14:55Well, he doesn't even seem to want his aunt around anymore.
00:14:58Ellen, I don't think it's wise for you to try to handle this alone any longer.
00:15:01You're stressed to the breaking point already.
00:15:03I'll take it up with George this afternoon.
00:15:06All right.
00:15:08I'd better get back upstairs.
00:15:09No, Ella.
00:15:10Let him relax for a while.
00:15:12Oh.
00:15:12All right.
00:15:13You're the medicine chancellor.
00:15:14Yeah.
00:15:16I want you to relax too.
00:15:23Remember now, you can call me anytime you need me, even if you just think you need me.
00:15:27Oh, thanks.
00:15:28I don't know what I'd do sometimes if I didn't remember that.
00:15:33Goodbye.
00:15:34Goodbye.
00:15:34You're doing fine.
00:15:35Thanks.
00:15:47Stand where you are.
00:15:49Don't move.
00:15:50Oh, you frightened me.
00:15:52Did I?
00:15:53Yeah.
00:15:54Say, what are you all dressed up for?
00:15:56And where did you get that beautiful new tricycle?
00:16:00It's not a tricycle.
00:16:02It's a horse.
00:16:03Oh?
00:16:03A palomino.
00:16:04My grandpa gave it to me.
00:16:06Oh, he did.
00:16:07Well, it's beautiful, Billy.
00:16:08I'm not Billy.
00:16:10I'm Hoppy.
00:16:11Hoppy?
00:16:12Now, who's Hoppy?
00:16:14Don't you know who Hoppy is?
00:16:16No.
00:16:16I'm afraid I don't.
00:16:17Don't you have television?
00:16:18What?
00:16:19Don't you have television?
00:16:20No.
00:16:21Want to see mine?
00:16:22Sure.
00:16:24Look inside.
00:16:25Well, look at that.
00:16:26See?
00:16:27Hoppy's there, too.
00:16:28Just liking a real television.
00:16:30Why, of course.
00:16:31I know him.
00:16:32That's Hopalong Cassidy.
00:16:33Uh-huh.
00:16:34Well, save many people today, Hoppy?
00:16:37Oh, 600.
00:16:39Don't try any tricks now.
00:16:41Oh, I wouldn't think of it.
00:16:42Do you have any cookies?
00:16:44No, I haven't.
00:16:45See, the grocery man hasn't come yet, but I will have later.
00:16:49You know what I do with the bad men?
00:16:50No.
00:16:51What do you do?
00:16:52I dynamite him into little pieces, shot him, put him in jail.
00:16:57Oh, I don't think the real Hoppy would treat even bad men that way.
00:17:01Well, really what I did was wrestle, put him up, throw him in jail.
00:17:08Well, that sounds like a lot more work.
00:17:09And more dangerous, too.
00:17:11I'll take care of you, didn't I?
00:17:13Yeah, you sure did.
00:17:14Can I come in?
00:17:16Well, honey, I'm sorry.
00:17:17I'm afraid not.
00:17:18My husband isn't feeling very well today.
00:17:19See?
00:17:20I won't make any noise.
00:17:21If I was eating cookies, I couldn't even talk.
00:17:24Uh, no, you couldn't.
00:17:26Well, I'll tell you what you do.
00:17:27After the grocery man comes, that'll be around 12 o'clock, see?
00:17:30You come to the back door very quietly, and I'll have some cookies for you.
00:17:33Okay?
00:17:34Okay.
00:17:34I'll ride my horse up and down and see that no bad people make any noise.
00:17:39Cause I'm your friend, aren't I?
00:17:41That's right, Hoppy.
00:17:42You're my friend.
00:17:44Toot-toot!
00:17:45I'm an engine!
00:17:45I'm an engine!
00:17:46I'm gonna keep that car in the crossing!
00:17:48Toot-toot!
00:17:51Toot-toot!
00:17:52Toot-toot!
00:17:52Toot-toot!
00:18:03Toot-toot!
00:18:14Well, George, you weren't out of bed just now, were you?
00:18:17No.
00:18:20Oh, it must be the heat.
00:18:22I could have sworn I saw somebody, right?
00:18:24What took you so long?
00:18:24What, dear?
00:18:26What took you so long?
00:18:27Sorry, dear.
00:18:28I was talking to Billy.
00:18:30I should say, Hoppy.
00:18:31Let me change your pillow.
00:18:32George.
00:18:33You know, he's the little boy I told you about who just moved into the neighborhood.
00:18:36The one with the glasses, you know.
00:18:38He's an awful sweet little kid.
00:18:40What were you talking to Ranny Graham about?
00:18:42That's what I'm interested in.
00:18:44We were talking about you, dear.
00:18:46He thinks you worry too much about yourself.
00:18:49If I didn't, I don't know who would.
00:18:58George, ever since you got out of bed yesterday,
00:19:01to see if you could walk.
00:19:02I've had it on my mind.
00:19:03I want you to promise me not to get out of bed again while I'm out of the room.
00:19:07All right, Ellen.
00:19:10Did you call the druggist about getting the heart prescription filled?
00:19:14Yes, dear.
00:19:14He said he'd send it up later in the day.
00:19:17But there's enough there if we need it before.
00:19:19Did you tell him I'd spilled it?
00:19:21No, I didn't.
00:19:22Do you feel well enough for the paper?
00:19:25Yeah.
00:19:27Editorial page?
00:19:28No, just the front page.
00:19:29It's all right, thank you.
00:19:35You look tired, Ellen.
00:19:39I'm not.
00:19:40It's just that it's so hot today.
00:19:45What are you thinking about, Ellen?
00:19:49Well, you know, I was just thinking that everything in our lives,
00:19:55every breath, every thought has been for ourselves.
00:19:59I don't think people can do that and be happy.
00:20:01Do you?
00:20:03You're getting a little confused, darling.
00:20:04It was me that Rennie Graham told to change my way of thinking.
00:20:07Oh, no, no.
00:20:08I mean, it was my fault, too.
00:20:10I...
00:20:12I just wasn't strong enough to help you.
00:20:15But we could change all that now.
00:20:18Ellen...
00:20:18It could make all the difference in the world, George.
00:20:20Come here, Ellen.
00:20:21Yes.
00:20:24What's the first thing you do?
00:20:27When?
00:20:28When I'm out of this bed again, away from the house.
00:20:34Just be so grateful that you're well.
00:20:38I think I'd try to do something for someone.
00:20:41I mean you.
00:20:43For your own self.
00:20:45Oh.
00:20:47I'd like children.
00:20:48Yeah.
00:20:49Yes.
00:20:50And then I'd like a garden.
00:20:52A real garden.
00:20:53Like the woman next door has.
00:20:55And I'd find out about flowers and things,
00:20:57and I'd compare notes with every other woman on the block.
00:21:01So you'd have a garden and children, huh?
00:21:04Yes.
00:21:05Oh, isn't it good to plan again?
00:21:08Kind of gives you something to hold on to, doesn't it?
00:21:11Oh, my.
00:21:12It takes a long time for things to sink in, doesn't it?
00:21:15But you always said that, George.
00:21:16You always said make a plan for everything and then stick to it.
00:21:19All right.
00:21:22All right.
00:21:22Our plan now is for you to get well.
00:21:25And then after...
00:21:26You must think I'm very stupid.
00:21:29Stupid?
00:21:30Don't you think I know you're in love with them?
00:21:33In love with whom?
00:21:34Graham.
00:21:37Well, that's the silliest thing I ever heard of you.
00:21:40You're not as subtle as you think you are, Ellen.
00:21:42It's quite obvious.
00:21:44At first I thought it was just an infatuation,
00:21:46but now I realize it's more serious.
00:21:48Serious to the point where my life is more in danger from your heart than mine.
00:21:51George, what are you talking about?
00:21:53I almost feel sorry for you, Ellen.
00:21:56He overrated you, Ellen, just as he underrated me.
00:21:58You haven't the courage or the intelligence he thinks you have.
00:22:01Please don't talk like...
00:22:02Do you suppose I don't know he told you to rake over these old coals this morning?
00:22:06No, dear, he didn't.
00:22:07He convinced me I was a failure by making me impossible promises.
00:22:10I know something about my own sickness.
00:22:13I know what happens to a man when you take away your self-respect.
00:22:16I know what happens when you constantly upset me.
00:22:18George, this is wrong. I know it is.
00:22:19Please don't upset yourself anymore.
00:22:21Please.
00:22:23That's what he told you to do, isn't it?
00:22:25No.
00:22:25Did he also tell you to delay getting help to me like you did this morning?
00:22:29How could you do that, Ellen?
00:22:31How could you take a man of second-rate intelligence like that?
00:22:33George, you will do anything you say.
00:22:34I'll get another doctor right away.
00:22:35You didn't know what you were letting yourself in for, did you, Ellen?
00:22:37Please don't talk anymore.
00:22:46Rest here.
00:22:49Rest.
00:22:50Rest.
00:22:50Rest.
00:22:54Oh, George, you just couldn't believe those things you said about Dr. Gray.
00:22:58I don't even want to hear, Snam.
00:23:18Leave it halfway up, Ellen.
00:23:34I was so hurt, I could hardly keep from crying.
00:23:38But again, I reminded myself that George was terribly ill and he didn't mean it.
00:24:05That's all.
00:24:23I wanted to hear?
00:24:24He was so hurt and he twisted and he could have done that villain.
00:24:25All you have a man.
00:24:27I'll be a man.
00:24:27I'll make him.
00:24:54I knew I had to keep doing something, anything, anything to keep me from hearing George's words.
00:24:59He didn't mean them. He couldn't mean them. It was his illness, the heat. And when I took his lunch
00:25:07up to him, I'd be pleasant and cheerful as if nothing had happened.
00:25:15Hey. Oh, hi, Hoppy. What's the matter? Oh, you don't have to whisper now. He's awake. I was just fixing
00:25:25his lunch.
00:25:26Did you come for your cookies? Mother's just like a baby, but I've already had my lunch.
00:25:31You're not begging. I want to give them to you. There you are. Take a trip.
00:25:34Thank you. Say, are you catching a cold in this weather? You sound just like my mom. No, I'm not.
00:25:42Oh. I've got you something, too.
00:25:45A present for me? Uh-huh. Oh, Hoppy, how nice of it. I wonder what this would be.
00:25:55Oh, that's very nice. Are you sure you don't want to keep it yourself?
00:25:59We've got a big television at home. A real one. This is just a pretend one.
00:26:04Well, I know it is, but it's very nice, and I want to thank you very much for giving it
00:26:07to me.
00:26:11Mommy says television's good for when you're sick. Daddy says it makes him sick.
00:26:17Mommy lets me look at television, so I stay in bed.
00:26:20Well, I think that's a very good idea. I'll have to tell my husband about that.
00:26:24Can I see him? I can play with him if he can't go outside.
00:26:28Oh, well, that's very nice of you, but I don't think he's well enough to see people, dear.
00:26:32I won't make any noise. I'll just eat my cookies and look.
00:26:36Well, perhaps in a week or two when he's feeling better, huh?
00:26:40Okay. My horse is sick. I've got to go see my horse.
00:26:43Okay.
00:26:52Can I take some cookies for my horse?
00:26:54Oh, by all means. Take as many as you like.
00:26:57I'll go see my horse now.
00:26:59All right.
00:27:00Say, honey, are you sure you don't want to take that television set with you?
00:27:04The man can use it, but tell him not to break it, because I've got to use it later.
00:27:08Well, all right. I'll tell him. And thank you again, Hoppy.
00:27:11Bye.
00:27:11Bye.
00:27:16I always felt better after talking with Hoppy.
00:27:19I wondered how he'd look without his glasses.
00:27:22Ah, it's a nice thing that kids do.
00:27:27Don't break it, because I have to use it again.
00:27:33George wanted his lunch. That was a good sign.
00:27:56I'm so glad I could do it again.
00:27:59I'm feeling much better.
00:28:03Hoppy sent you a present.
00:28:05A television set.
00:28:07And he said not to break it, because he has to use it later.
00:28:10You two are getting to be great pals.
00:28:12Oh, yes. With a darling little kid. He's so eager to please.
00:28:15Oh, honey, not now, huh?
00:28:18All right, but at least you're going to have clean hands and face before you eat.
00:28:24Ellen, has the postman come yet?
00:28:29What did you say, dear?
00:28:30Postman, has he come yet?
00:28:32Oh, no. He's very late today.
00:28:37I guess there must be the heat.
00:28:39Give him this letter when he comes, please.
00:28:42Dear, I thought you were resting.
00:28:45With the rest, in a way, a relief to get that written.
00:28:49New insurance law affects the Emerson estate. I've got to check on it.
00:28:52All right, here, all right.
00:28:55I'll meet him at the gate. Give it to him.
00:29:07There you are.
00:29:09Looks good.
00:29:10Yeah, just good.
00:29:12Oh, Ellen.
00:29:14Let her.
00:29:15Oh, sorry.
00:29:18And if you finish before I get back, don't try to put that tray on the floor.
00:29:21You remember what happened the last time?
00:29:23No.
00:29:25Hey, you really wrote a letter, didn't you?
00:29:52I wanted to stop a minute and chat with neighbors, but I knew George wouldn't like it.
00:30:00He didn't believe in neighbors.
00:30:03He didn't believe in neighbors.
00:30:03And then I saw the postman.
00:30:16When do you think this heat's going to break?
00:30:18Hey.
00:30:20Good morning, Mr. Jackson.
00:30:21Oh, good morning, Mrs. Jones.
00:30:23Certainly, it's hot, isn't it?
00:30:24Oh, it sure is.
00:30:25Especially with this mail bag.
00:30:27Looks heavy, all right.
00:30:28Well, if I'm all in now, I wonder what I'm going to be like this afternoon.
00:30:31I guess I'll live.
00:30:33Yeah.
00:30:33Everything's so high, I've got to keep my nose to the grindstone.
00:30:37Got a pension plan, did I tell you about it?
00:30:39Yes, you did.
00:30:40Well, you've got to follow it to a T. Every penny counts.
00:30:44Yes.
00:30:44You know, my wife doesn't understand that.
00:30:46She says I'm an old penny pincher.
00:30:48No.
00:30:48But I told her that it's...
00:30:49Mr. Carson, would you take this letter for me, please?
00:30:53Thanks.
00:30:53I swear, I bring in more mail than I take out.
00:30:56Oh, I'm sorry.
00:30:57I'd run up to the mailbox with it myself, but I don't like to leave the house so long with
00:31:00my husband being ill and all, you know.
00:31:02Well, it never figures how it slows me up, lugging everybody's mail around in this awful heat.
00:31:06I'm sorry.
00:31:06My feet are throbbing.
00:31:08Your feet ever...
00:31:09Yeah, I know just what you mean.
00:31:11You know, I want to be way out in Pine Avenue and Merritt Street.
00:31:14The way I'm going, I won't be out there till one o'clock.
00:31:17Oh, yeah.
00:31:17With everybody giving me mail to take back.
00:31:20Is that mail for me?
00:31:21Huh?
00:31:22That mail, is it mine?
00:31:23Oh, yes.
00:31:24Excuse me.
00:31:25It's all right.
00:31:26It's that retirement sign that keeps me going.
00:31:28Yeah, I bet it is.
00:31:29Well, thanks again, Mr. Carson.
00:31:30You're welcome.
00:31:31Well, glad to see your husband's well enough to be up, Mrs. Jones.
00:31:35Goodbye.
00:31:37I wish I could lie down for a while.
00:31:53Oh, George.
00:31:54You were out of bed.
00:31:55And you promised me you wouldn't...
00:31:56You know, I can't get into bed in my condition.
00:31:59Oh, dear.
00:31:59The postman said he saw you at the window.
00:32:01Did he?
00:32:01Really?
00:32:03Well, no.
00:32:04He didn't actually say he saw you, but...
00:32:06The postman's got a touch or she's outstruck.
00:32:11Yeah.
00:32:12Me too, I guess.
00:32:16Hot wind certainly doesn't help much.
00:32:18You finished?
00:32:20Yes, very nice.
00:32:21Well...
00:32:22I'm glad you got that letter off.
00:32:26Come over here, Ellen.
00:32:27Sit down.
00:32:34Would you like your Aunt Clara to come out and visit for a little while today?
00:32:37It's pretty hot for the old girl.
00:32:39Oh, she'd love it if you asked for her.
00:32:41You know, the apple of her eye, you know.
00:32:42I always was.
00:32:44You know, Aunt Clara gave me a toy when I was a kid.
00:32:49A toy I was crazy about.
00:32:50My mother used to tell her she gave me too much, but I can still remember that toy.
00:32:54Oh.
00:32:54It was a bottle with a small, absolutely perfect sailing ship built inside of it.
00:33:01You know, I was...
00:33:02I was so crazy about that toy, I wouldn't let anybody touch it.
00:33:06Oh?
00:33:06Not even my mother.
00:33:09One day I was making a garden, I think.
00:33:12Making a garden in the backyard.
00:33:15A neighbor boy came running out of my house with my ship in his hand.
00:33:19And somehow I got it away from him without breaking it.
00:33:25I don't know what I said to him, but he looked awfully scared and white.
00:33:29And suddenly I was frightened too, thinking he might have broken the ship.
00:33:33I mean, I picked up the little rake I'd been playing with and began hitting him with it.
00:33:37And when his face had been so white, it was all blood.
00:33:41I think I might have killed him if Mother hadn't come out.
00:33:44She took him into the house and the bathroom washed his face.
00:33:47They were both so excited that I felt safe.
00:33:50I had my little ship again.
00:33:53When the neighbor boy stopped crying, Mother turned to me and she said,
00:33:56Give it to him.
00:33:59She sounded so strange and quiet, I knew I had to.
00:34:03He held out his hand.
00:34:04I could see he hadn't learned anything, so I handed him the ship.
00:34:07But just as he was about to take it, I let it drop on the tile floor and I stepped
00:34:11on it.
00:34:13He'd never have known what it was, but somehow or other it was mine.
00:34:17Mine more than it had ever been before.
00:34:19I remembered every little perfect thing about that ship.
00:34:23But to them it was just a mess of broken glass and matchsticks on the bathroom floor.
00:34:30Tell him.
00:34:32You know who that neighbor boy looked like.
00:34:37You know, very much like Graham.
00:34:41Your doctor Graham was going to find himself in exactly the same position as that little boy.
00:34:46But we're not going to have him here again.
00:34:49But that doesn't change the fact that you're wrong about him.
00:34:51He's been wonderful to you, so thoughtful and given you so much time.
00:34:56Maybe that's because he's a bachelor. No home life.
00:35:00He's been a good friend to us.
00:35:03He's been a good friend to us.
00:35:04You have to listen carefully.
00:35:06Randy Graham may have you all right.
00:35:10But he'll be disappointed with what he gets.
00:35:16George, please.
00:35:21George, I can't let you talk this way anymore.
00:35:27I'll fill this up.
00:35:51I'll fill this up.
00:36:11I'll be downstairs if you want me.
00:36:13You'd better wait, Ellen.
00:36:15I've written a district attorney asking him to make a complete investigation if anything happens to me today before he
00:36:21can get help to me.
00:36:23Why do you torture yourself like this?
00:36:25Why do you imagine things that don't exist?
00:36:27A letter exists.
00:36:29It proves you're trying to kill me.
00:36:31But I'm not.
00:36:33I'm not.
00:36:35If I can't help you, George, then I'm going to get someone else in who can.
00:36:38It's not me that needs help now, Ellen.
00:36:40You gave that letter to the postman yourself just a while ago.
00:36:43Yes, I gave in the letter, the one that you wrote about insurance policies.
00:36:47I knew you wouldn't recognize a district attorney's name if you saw it.
00:36:50Nobody ever does. Isn't that strange?
00:36:53Everybody knows there's a district attorney, but nobody ever knows his name.
00:36:58We are going to get someone else in, another doctor.
00:37:01Because this is all in your mind.
00:37:02My mind is fine.
00:37:05Just to reassure you on that point, let me tell you that letter was about insurance.
00:37:09I told the district attorney how much insurance we had on each other's lives.
00:37:13If either one of us died, the other would do very nicely for the rest of his life.
00:37:17Or her life very comfortably, indeed.
00:37:20I also told them how you and Dr. Graham, how you were working together to aggravate my condition so it
00:37:27wouldn't look like murder.
00:37:30George!
00:37:30I also told them how you were gradually giving me overdoses of the heart medicine.
00:37:36But that isn't true!
00:37:39Anyone would know that isn't true!
00:37:41Would they?
00:37:42Why is that bottle almost empty, huh?
00:37:45We only got it the other day.
00:37:47Well, you... you told me that you spilled it on the tray.
00:37:50You told me that yourself, George.
00:37:51You didn't tell the druggist that.
00:37:53Oh, Mr. Phillips will make an excellent witness against you, Ellen.
00:37:57He'll be the first if anything happens to me.
00:38:00And let me tell you, there'll be others.
00:38:02The letter takes care of everything.
00:38:03The druggist, the medicine, the doctor.
00:38:05He's in it, too.
00:38:06Oh, you've implicated your old friend Graham, you know.
00:38:09Nothing's going to happen to you.
00:38:12I don't know whether you're doing this to frighten me or not, but I'm going downstairs and get that letter
00:38:15back from that postman.
00:38:17You're not going anyplace anymore, Ellen.
00:38:20Because I'm going to kill you.
00:38:23I decided that definitely this morning.
00:38:30You... you... you couldn't mean this, George.
00:38:33You couldn't...
00:38:34George, you know I wouldn't hurt anybody.
00:38:36Anybody, much less you.
00:38:40George, think it's me, it's Ellen, it's Ellen.
00:38:43But you did want to be rid of me.
00:38:44It was in your mind.
00:38:46That's why you feel so guilty, isn't it?
00:38:47No.
00:38:49The letter will take care of Graham.
00:38:50I'll take care of you myself.
00:38:52I'll make it look like self-defense.
00:38:55Please don't.
00:38:57There are just too many things against you, Ellen.
00:39:00You used to say that you were lonesome until you met me.
00:39:04George.
00:39:06George, you love me.
00:39:08I love you, George.
00:39:09Since I've been sick, since he's been coming to the house, you've hated the side of me.
00:39:13No, I haven't.
00:39:27No.
00:39:28No.
00:39:38It was one of those awful dreams.
00:39:43The kind I used to have when George was overseas.
00:39:50That man lying there was George.
00:39:53My husband.
00:39:54He was dead.
00:39:56And he died trying to kill me.
00:40:17He was dead.
00:40:18Hello?
00:40:19Hello?
00:40:20Yes?
00:40:21Mrs. Jones?
00:40:22Yes.
00:40:23Who is it?
00:40:23Mr. Phillips, down at the drug store.
00:40:26What is it that you want, Mr. Phillips?
00:40:27Why, it's about that heart medicine you want to refill?
00:40:31Yes.
00:40:32You can't refill it without another prescription.
00:40:36I see.
00:40:38We'll just let it go.
00:40:39Let it go?
00:40:41That is, until I talk with Dr. Graham.
00:40:45By the way, Mrs. Jones, according to my records, you got that prescription filled just the other day.
00:40:49But my husband knocked that bottle over on the tray and spilled it.
00:40:52Oh?
00:40:53You didn't tell me that when you called before.
00:40:55But that's what happened.
00:40:56I promise you, that's what happened, Mr. Phillips.
00:40:58All right, all right, Mrs. Jones.
00:41:01You don't have to promise anything.
00:41:03I didn't tell you before because I didn't think it was necessary.
00:41:05Well, it wasn't.
00:41:07Look here, Mrs. Jones, I didn't...
00:41:08George said that Mr. Phillips would be a witness against me.
00:41:11I just thought he was such a...
00:41:13A witness?
00:41:15I warned you, that's all.
00:41:18Yes.
00:41:19I'll see that you get another prescription.
00:41:21Yes, you just get in touch with Dr. Graham.
00:41:24Oh, why didn't I tell him about George?
00:41:35That letter.
00:41:36I had to get that letter back.
00:41:39I couldn't tell anyone about George until I got that letter back.
00:41:43I could feel the woman next door watching me.
00:41:47Maybe she'd be a witness against me, too.
00:41:50She could tell them how I ran out of the house and then back in again.
00:41:56How strangely I was acting.
00:41:59It wouldn't matter what she thought if I could only get that letter back.
00:42:04I tried to think, which way did he go?
00:42:27What's that for, Tex?
00:42:29Who knows?
00:42:30The heap needs everything we can put in it.
00:42:32Yeah, but what'll it do?
00:42:33Who cares?
00:42:35Pardon me.
00:42:36Can you tell me, did the postman go by here yet?
00:42:38The postman?
00:42:39Yeah.
00:42:40Yeah.
00:42:40Oh, the oddball proudest way through here a little while ago.
00:42:43Oh, which way did he go?
00:42:44Do you know?
00:42:45That way.
00:42:46Oh, thanks.
00:42:47Yeah, that way towards Merritt Street.
00:42:49You know.
00:42:49Yeah, I know.
00:42:56Oh, I'm sorry.
00:43:06That's right.
00:43:07You know, every time I go home at night, I always tell my wife, Laura, if it wasn't for that
00:43:12pension plan of you, I'd just never get up.
00:43:14I'd just drop my tracks one of these days and that'd settle it.
00:43:17I'd just never get up anymore and that's all.
00:43:19Well, you know how it is when you have-
00:43:20Hello, Mr. Carson.
00:43:22Uh?
00:43:22See you later, Joe.
00:43:23Uh, see you later, Mr. Stone.
00:43:24Well, Mrs. Jones, what are you doing out this way?
00:43:28I was visiting a friend.
00:43:29Oh, that's nice.
00:43:30I wish I had more time for visiting.
00:43:33But by the time I get home at night, I can just hardly make it up the stairs.
00:43:37I tell my wife that to-
00:43:37Mr. Carson, remember?
00:43:38Remember that letter I gave you this morning?
00:43:40Yeah, I suppose so.
00:43:41I pick up funny letters.
00:43:42Why, what about it?
00:43:43Well, I know it seems silly, but I-
00:43:45I made it by mistake.
00:43:46It wasn't even finished.
00:43:47No.
00:43:47Yeah.
00:43:48Now, what did you do that for?
00:43:49Well, I don't know.
00:43:50I guess I was just hoping-
00:43:51Well, finish it up and mail the rest of it tomorrow.
00:43:53They'll get into the installment.
00:43:55Now, you wouldn't want me to do that.
00:43:56May I have the letter, please?
00:44:00Well, first I pick them up and carry them around for miles,
00:44:02and then they want them back again.
00:44:03Well, I'm sorry, but you can understand why I wouldn't want it to go out and finish.
00:44:07Yeah, I guess so, but all these delays count.
00:44:09Keep me on my feet longer than I ought to be.
00:44:11Well, it won't be much trouble, will it?
00:44:13Yeah.
00:44:13Yeah, here it is.
00:44:15Now, look, you shouldn't have given me this letter in the first place.
00:44:18Why?
00:44:19Giving me this letter is just like putting it in the mailbox.
00:44:22Now, you wouldn't expect to get this back from the mailbox, would you?
00:44:26No, but surely you can make this assumption after all.
00:44:30Uh, isn't this, uh, this fellow the district attorney?
00:44:34Yes.
00:44:36Hmm.
00:44:36Yes, my husband read about some graft in the newspaper,
00:44:39and he wrote to the district attorney about it.
00:44:41Oh, your husband wrote the letter?
00:44:43Yes.
00:44:43Thought you said you wrote it.
00:44:45Well, what's the difference? He's my husband.
00:44:47Oh, it makes all the difference in the world, Mrs. Jones.
00:44:50But why?
00:44:50It's one of our strictest rules.
00:44:52We can't return a letter to anyone except the person who wrote it.
00:44:56But, Mr. Carson, my husband's sick. You know that.
00:44:58And he sent me to get the letter back.
00:44:59Yes, I know that.
00:45:01Oh, don't be so obstinate.
00:45:02You know it's all right. He's sick. Give it to me.
00:45:04Obstinate? Now, how do you like that?
00:45:06After standing here patiently and all this heat trying to reason with you,
00:45:10you're the one that's being obstinate.
00:45:12You don't seem to realize it's against the rules.
00:45:14Well, what do you care if it is against the rules?
00:45:15I have to care, but you don't.
00:45:18You're not the one who'd get fired.
00:45:20Oh.
00:45:22I'm sorry. I'm very sorry, Mr. Carson.
00:45:24I forgot what it means to you.
00:45:26Your responsibility and all.
00:45:28It must be this terrible heat.
00:45:30Please.
00:45:31I know how anxious my husband is to get that letter back.
00:45:34It was my fault. You see, I nailed it by mistake.
00:45:37He's awfully upset with me. He's very angry with me, Mr. Carson.
00:45:40Couldn't you please help me?
00:45:42Couldn't I please have the letter back?
00:45:45Well, tell what it'll do.
00:45:46Yes.
00:45:47I'm all through the route until this afternoon's delivery,
00:45:50and since it's so important, like you say.
00:45:52Oh, it is.
00:45:53Well, if you'll give me a lift back to town in your car,
00:45:55so as I won't lose any more time.
00:45:57I will.
00:45:57I'll go over to your house with you right now
00:45:59and give the letter to Mr. Jones personally.
00:46:01No, no, you can't.
00:46:03But, Mrs. Jones, this way I'll be sticking to the rules
00:46:05and your husband will get his letter back.
00:46:07But my husband didn't sleep last night.
00:46:09And he fell asleep just before I left,
00:46:10and I wouldn't want to wake you.
00:46:11I'm trying to do the right thing by everybody concerned.
00:46:14No.
00:46:14But it seems to me you don't want to cooperate,
00:46:16and I'm not going to risk losing my job for anybody.
00:46:18I'm trying to understand.
00:46:19No, I can't talk about it any longer.
00:46:21Can't waste any more time.
00:46:23Do you want me to take the letter to your husband personally,
00:46:24or don't you?
00:46:26No.
00:46:27All right.
00:46:27Then I'll take it to the post office like I'm supposed to.
00:46:30You can go down there and get it from the superintendent.
00:46:33Superintendent?
00:46:33Yeah.
00:46:34He's got more authority than I have.
00:46:36Maybe he'll give it to you.
00:46:37I see.
00:46:38But you better not waste any more time.
00:46:39Once I bring the mail in, they send it out right quick.
00:46:42Oh.
00:46:42Once it leaves the post office for delivery,
00:46:44nobody can stop her.
00:46:45The post office downtown?
00:46:46Yeah.
00:46:47Yeah, thanks.
00:46:47Oh, Mr. Carson.
00:46:49How do I get there?
00:46:50The shortest way up?
00:46:50Right on down the boulevard is shortest.
00:46:52You can't miss it.
00:46:53Thanks.
00:46:53How much time do I have today?
00:46:55Oh, about 2.30, maybe a little before.
00:47:33Annette.
00:47:35Annette.
00:47:39Annette.
00:47:42Annette.
00:48:27Pardon me.
00:48:29Yes?
00:48:29Have you seen Mrs. Jones this morning?
00:48:32Yes.
00:48:33She went out about half hour ago.
00:48:35Went home?
00:48:35Yes.
00:48:36But what about George?
00:48:37Mr. Jones.
00:48:38She hasn't gone off and left him alone, has she?
00:48:41Well, her husband's sick, you know.
00:48:43So I've heard.
00:48:44Of course, I never really met them.
00:48:46Though I haven't lived here long.
00:48:47I can't imagine her going off like that.
00:48:50I'm Mr. Jones' aunt.
00:48:52I made him some jellied cramps.
00:48:53May I pack it in ice?
00:48:55It's melting.
00:48:56I never dreamt I wouldn't get in.
00:48:59I could tell you where the key is.
00:49:01The key?
00:49:02Perhaps you'll think it's nosy, but I happened to see her when she locked the door.
00:49:07Well, isn't that good of you?
00:49:08The thunk door?
00:49:09Yes.
00:49:10It's right over there, above the door.
00:49:13I don't know how you stand in the sun without a hat on.
00:49:16I'm drying up like a thief.
00:49:22The top of the green shutter.
00:49:24The far side of the door.
00:49:26I found it.
00:49:28If there's anything I can do for you, just call me.
00:49:30He's very kind.
00:49:36Bye.
00:49:56Bye.
00:50:12Hey, Clara.
00:50:13Ellen, how'd you been?
00:50:15Have you been upstairs?
00:50:17Well, I was just going up. Why are you so out of bed?
00:50:22Why, I've been running and...
00:50:23Running at all this heat just to have more sense.
00:50:26I...
00:50:27How did you get in, Clara?
00:50:28I found the key on the ledge.
00:50:29Oh, there. Look at that. Stripped right down my breast.
00:50:32Now it's ruined.
00:50:33I was worried half to death.
00:50:35I thought something had happened.
00:50:36Happened?
00:50:37I've never known you to go off like this.
00:50:39How's George?
00:50:40He's all right.
00:50:41Well, I even rang the bell.
00:50:42Just a jab.
00:50:43Has he taken one of those sedatives?
00:50:45Yes.
00:50:46Oh, people take too much medicine nowadays, if you ask me.
00:50:49When I was a girl, we had homeopathic doctors.
00:50:52I wonder what ever happened to them.
00:50:53Anyway, they gave you very little medicine, and all of it tasted good, even the tonics.
00:50:57And no vargasils at all.
00:50:59Well, and I've never seen you look so tired and worn out.
00:51:01Why don't you ask that doctor to give you something?
00:51:03I'm all right.
00:51:04It looks a little young to me to be a good doctor.
00:51:07But after all, if you and George like him so much, confidence is half the battle.
00:51:11Oh, and you look awful peaking.
00:51:13Well, you're not letting yourself go, are you, dear?
00:51:15I know I look terrible.
00:51:18When George fell asleep, I had some errands to do.
00:51:23I'll get you some.
00:51:26I just thought I'd go and take care of them without bothering to change.
00:51:31You know how it is.
00:51:32You sure you're all right?
00:51:33Yes.
00:51:34Why don't you go upstairs and lie down for a bit, dear.
00:51:35Take a little snooze.
00:51:36It'll do you good.
00:51:37Look, I'm not tired.
00:51:39Really, I'm not.
00:51:40Well, after all.
00:51:42Oh, Clara, I have so much to do today.
00:51:45Oh, sit down, Ellen.
00:51:46Lean back, relax.
00:51:50You'll be on your back before you know it if you don't watch out.
00:51:53After all, all I want to do is to help.
00:51:55From now on, I'm going to have more time, too.
00:51:57Oh, Ellen, I forgot to tell you.
00:51:59I resigned.
00:52:01Resigned?
00:52:02From the Helpers Guild after 15 years.
00:52:04I'm not helping anymore.
00:52:08I'll leave the kitchen door open, and then we can talk while I'm cleaning up out there, all right?
00:52:12Oh, you might as well.
00:52:13You're so fidgety.
00:52:15Oh, Ellen, while you're on your feet, will you bring me a damp cloth?
00:52:19For 15 years, I was in that guild, and for the past five, I was treasurer.
00:52:24And for the last three, they were promising me the presidency.
00:52:27So what happens?
00:52:28Last Tuesday, they let Cora Comstock, you know, Zachary's brother's wife.
00:52:32Well, I was furious.
00:52:32Zachary said I was hasty.
00:52:34But after 15 years, you know, I've never known a small woman yet who wasn't always boasting about her little
00:52:39hands and tiny feet and trying to run everything.
00:52:42The best I can do.
00:52:42Well, you think I was fine?
00:52:44Fifteen years, after all, Zachary was upset.
00:52:47He says I need lots of outside activity much.
00:52:49And I agree.
00:52:50That's all right.
00:52:51She hasn't got any questions before in her body.
00:52:53I thought if she didn't stop, I'd scream.
00:52:56I thought if she didn't stop, I'd scream.
00:52:59I always tell him he plays too much at his age.
00:53:02That's just one of the worries of being married to an older man.
00:53:05Oh, Ellen, why don't you have some of that jellied consomme?
00:53:08At least it was jellied when I left home.
00:53:09Pride is pasty, and it's full of vitamins.
00:53:12I'd like some of them to enjoy.
00:53:13After all, it ruined my dress.
00:53:15Oh, I think I'll run up and pop in on George.
00:53:18If he's asleep, you can tell him later that I peaked it.
00:53:24Hey, Clara!
00:53:25Clara!
00:53:26What is it, Ellen?
00:53:27Okay.
00:53:28There's something I must tell you.
00:53:29Well, what is it, dear?
00:53:30What's the matter?
00:53:32I...
00:53:32Are you having trouble?
00:53:34Yes.
00:53:36I didn't want to tell you, but now I think that I must.
00:53:38Don't.
00:53:39Take my advice and don't.
00:53:41You'll only be sorry later that you did.
00:53:44I thought it was funny your being out like that,
00:53:46and not going up to see George when you came in.
00:53:49But you don't understand.
00:53:50I...
00:53:50I understand.
00:53:52I'll just say goodbye to it.
00:53:53No, please don't.
00:53:56I didn't...
00:53:57I didn't want to tell you this, but...
00:54:00George said that the last time you came to see him,
00:54:02you upset him terribly,
00:54:03and he said to tell you that if you came again today
00:54:05to tell you that he just couldn't see you.
00:54:08Upset him?
00:54:09You must remember he's ill.
00:54:10Upset him?
00:54:11Well, I have a good mind to tell him something.
00:54:12No, please.
00:54:14Oh, I wouldn't think of you humiliating myself.
00:54:16He knew I was here all the time.
00:54:18Well, he's rude, mean, and selfish before he was sick,
00:54:21and he's rude, mean, and selfish since he's been sick.
00:54:24I'm sorry I had to tell you this.
00:54:25Well, I thought when I first met you,
00:54:27you'd do something for him, change him somehow.
00:54:28But I must say he hasn't changed at all.
00:54:30He's worse, if anything.
00:54:32And Ellen, you can tell George for me
00:54:34that a man wrapped up in himself
00:54:37makes a very small package.
00:54:42I wondered how much time I had.
00:54:47She was right.
00:54:48I must look awful.
00:54:49I had to fix myself up before I could go to the post office.
00:54:53I had to go in there.
00:54:55I was terrified, but I knew I had to.
00:55:22George.
00:55:23He was there.
00:55:26I mustn't let myself think about it.
00:55:28I mustn't think about anything, anything until I get that letter back.
00:55:32That letter that said I killed him.
00:55:38Maybe it was a dream.
00:55:41No, it wasn't.
00:55:44I must fix my face.
00:55:46I must look presentable.
00:55:48Like any other housewife making a simple request for a letter.
00:55:52A letter that was mailed by mistake.
00:56:05The gun.
00:56:07It was still in George's hands.
00:56:09Somehow I knew I shouldn't leave it there.
00:56:39It's all right, Hoppy.
00:56:41It was the radio.
00:56:42I just turned it off.
00:56:43Need any help?
00:56:45No.
00:56:46No, everything's all right.
00:56:47I see it.
00:56:49Right way.
00:56:51Right way.
00:56:52Hi, I've got you.
00:56:57I prayed that no one else had heard that shot.
00:57:02Right way.
00:57:04Right way.
00:57:14Right way.
00:57:34I thought perhaps if I didn't answer, he'd think no one was home and he'd go away.
00:57:39But he didn't.
00:57:40He just rang the bell again and then stood there.
00:57:48Then I knew I had to get rid of him.
00:57:55Yes?
00:57:56Good afternoon. I'm Mr. Russell.
00:57:58Yes.
00:57:58I'd like to see Mr. Jones. He's expecting me.
00:58:02Expecting?
00:58:03Yes. He telephoned me the other day.
00:58:06Well, there must be some mistake.
00:58:08My husband is not well.
00:58:10He isn't able to leave his bed.
00:58:12He told me he was ill, but he did telephone to be here this afternoon.
00:58:15Well, nevertheless, he isn't well enough to see anyone.
00:58:18It's a business matter, Mrs. Jones.
00:58:19I'm sorry.
00:58:21But the doctor's forbid him to see anyone.
00:58:23He warned me that I'd get some resistance from you.
00:58:26He did?
00:58:27He explained that you were over-solicitous about his health, but that I wasn't to take you seriously.
00:58:32Oh.
00:58:32Your husband only wants me to authenticate some legal papers.
00:58:35I'm a notary.
00:58:36Won't take but a few minutes.
00:58:37I'm sorry. I've already told you he isn't well enough.
00:58:40He's had a relapse.
00:58:41The doctor just left here a few minutes ago, and he said he wasn't able to see anyone today.
00:58:46Not anyone.
00:58:48Well, I'm sorry to have bothered you, Mrs. Jones.
00:58:50Oh, that's all right.
00:58:51I'll leave my card.
00:58:53Perhaps you'll call me.
00:58:54Yes.
00:58:55Yes, I'll call you.
00:58:57Good afternoon.
00:58:58Goodbye.
00:59:08Could he be another witness?
00:59:11Couldn't think what I'd said to him.
00:59:16I'd have to be more careful.
00:59:33Suddenly, I remembered what happened the last time.
00:59:35I had to be sure no one could get into the house.
00:59:48I'd have to be sure no one could get into the house.
01:00:08But, Willie, don't you ever do a thing like that again.
01:00:09Do you hear me?
01:00:10Okay.
01:00:11My horse ate up all the cookies.
01:00:13Well, I'll give you some more later on.
01:00:15After nap?
01:00:16Yes, after nap.
01:00:18Now, you stay right there in that driveway until I get out.
01:00:20You understand?
01:00:21Okay.
01:00:33All I remember about the drive downtown was, I kept thinking, this time I must control myself.
01:00:41Well, I must keep calm.
01:00:52We caught it in plenty of time, Mrs. Jones.
01:00:54It was brought in just a little while ago.
01:00:56It wasn't even processed yet.
01:00:57Then I can have it now?
01:00:58Of course.
01:01:01Heaven.
01:01:01I'm glad we caught it in time for you.
01:01:05My husband will be so pleased to have it back.
01:01:07I'll give you one of our regular forms here.
01:01:10Form?
01:01:10Yes.
01:01:11One of these.
01:01:12Oh.
01:01:14You mean I can't take the letter with me now?
01:01:16Just take the form home to Mr. Jones.
01:01:19Have him fill it out.
01:01:20And when you bring it back, I'll have it right here, and I'll give it to you.
01:01:25But why is that necessary?
01:01:27Oh, just regulations.
01:01:29Oh.
01:01:29Among other things, it'll give me a chance to compare Mr. Jones's handwriting with the writing
01:01:33on the envelope.
01:01:34Well, I can assure you, it's my husband's handwriting.
01:01:36Yes, I'm sure, yes.
01:01:37Yes.
01:01:37But I must have one of those forms for my records.
01:01:40Oh.
01:01:43But, uh...
01:01:44But my husband's been very ill, and everything bothers him so.
01:01:49Well, and if I don't have this letter for him when I go home, he'll be awfully upset.
01:01:52Why should he?
01:01:53Well, you see, uh, I'm afraid that he said a lot of very strong things, and he regrets
01:02:00them now.
01:02:02You can explain to him that it won't be delivered.
01:02:04It'll be held right here until the form comes back.
01:02:07Yeah, but it's so hard to reason with a person who's ill.
01:02:10Well, you know how it is.
01:02:12They, uh, exaggerate the importance of everything.
01:02:16And what with his heart condition, I wouldn't want to take a chance.
01:02:20Really, I, I must have the letter for him when I go home now.
01:02:23I, I must.
01:02:26Mrs. Jones, I think I can take a chance.
01:02:31I'll let you fill out the form for your husband.
01:02:34Well, that's very nice.
01:02:34On one condition.
01:02:35Yes.
01:02:36I, of course, must make sure the contents of the letter.
01:02:39What do you mean?
01:02:40It'll be strictly confidential, but, of course, the letter must be opened and read.
01:02:45Open the letter?
01:02:46Yes, to make sure that it is the letter to the district attorney, as you say.
01:02:49No, no, you can't.
01:02:51I beg your pardon?
01:02:51I won't have anyone prying into my husband's mail.
01:02:54Prying?
01:02:54I won't let that letter back, do you understand?
01:02:56Unopened.
01:02:58Mrs. Jones, I was about to tell you, if you'd let me finish, that I would call your husband
01:03:02for you.
01:03:04Explain the situation reasonably and ask his permission for you to open the letter, not me.
01:03:11I'm sorry.
01:03:12I'm very sorry.
01:03:13I didn't mean to say that.
01:03:17But you don't seem to understand.
01:03:19No, I don't understand, Mrs. Jones.
01:03:21And I have no alternative but to send the letter on through the distributing room.
01:03:27Good day.
01:03:28Good day.
01:03:29Good day.
01:03:49Good day.
01:04:14Mrs. Jones.
01:04:17Mrs. Jones.
01:04:20I don't want to intrude.
01:04:22I couldn't help noticing you all day long.
01:04:24I've had the feeling that you...
01:04:26that something was wrong.
01:04:29And I'd so like to be able to help you.
01:04:31Oh, I know we haven't been too neighborly.
01:04:34The trouble's something else again.
01:04:36Can I help you?
01:04:37Is there something I can do for you?
01:04:41Of course, I know you're anxious to get up to your husband.
01:04:43So you run up and see if he's comfortable and settled.
01:04:46And then you come over.
01:04:47Or call me.
01:04:49I'll be waiting for you.
01:04:53She was kind.
01:04:56She might have been my friend.
01:04:58She might have helped me.
01:05:17And then I remembered Rand.
01:05:19He said he was going to stop in again to see George.
01:05:22I couldn't let him do that.
01:05:25He mustn't come here again.
01:05:27Ever.
01:05:38Dr. Graham's office.
01:05:39Hello, this is Mrs. Jones.
01:05:40Is Dr. Graham there?
01:05:42Oh, he isn't here, Mrs. Jones.
01:05:43Can you locate him, please?
01:05:44It's urgent.
01:05:45If it's an emergency, I could trace him through his house calls.
01:05:48Please do.
01:05:50It's very important that Dr. Graham doesn't come here today.
01:06:02I hope you understand.
01:06:04Of course.
01:06:05I'll do my best.
01:06:06Goodbye.
01:06:06Bye.
01:06:15Doctor, I just called your office and I just told you, nurse, that I...
01:06:20Well, George felt he wanted to consult another doctor.
01:06:22And I did, too.
01:06:24And he just left.
01:06:25And I really think it would be better if you didn't see him again today.
01:06:29Oh.
01:06:31What doctor did you call?
01:06:34Oh, uh...
01:06:37I'm sorry, I've forgotten his name.
01:06:39I called the living store for her doctor and she gave me his telephone number.
01:06:43And George liked him very much.
01:06:46I see.
01:06:47Yes.
01:06:49Is he a heart specialist?
01:06:50Uh, yes, yes.
01:06:53That is, I think so.
01:06:55Mm-hmm.
01:06:57What was his diagnosis?
01:07:00I don't know.
01:07:02I...
01:07:03But really, George is feeling much better.
01:07:04I'll call you tomorrow.
01:07:05Now, wait a minute.
01:07:06What's happened, really?
01:07:07Well, you see, after...
01:07:12No, no, please don't, please.
01:07:14Don't go up there.
01:07:15It's better for everybody if you just don't go up there.
01:07:23Ella.
01:07:25Is...
01:07:27Is he dead?
01:07:29Yes.
01:07:31Yes.
01:07:33He had a gun.
01:07:34He tried to kill me, but before I could shoot, he...
01:07:38He...
01:07:39He...
01:07:39Take it easy, Ella.
01:07:40Take it easy.
01:09:00And so I took the gun out of his hand and I hit it.
01:09:03I had to.
01:09:04It looked as though he died protecting himself from me.
01:09:07All right, Helen, but why didn't you want me here?
01:09:10I don't know how to tell you.
01:09:13That letter said that we planned his death together.
01:09:17That you told me to aggravate his condition, to give him overdoses of his heart medicine.
01:09:21And if they come here and find you here, they'll think it's true, just like George said.
01:09:25Helen, his mind was going.
01:09:27I tried to tell you this morning.
01:09:28He wasn't responsible.
01:09:29They won't believe me.
01:09:31How could they?
01:09:33I did everything wrong.
01:09:34Everything, just like he said I would.
01:09:36The druggist, and then the postman, and then the superintendent.
01:09:39I even lied to his aunt.
01:09:41They'll all think I was guilty, all of them.
01:09:42You're not guilty, Helen.
01:09:43Remember that.
01:09:44Oh, I know.
01:09:46The police will be here any minute.
01:09:47Now, you better go.
01:09:48You better go right now.
01:09:52Helen, where are you going?
01:09:55I don't know.
01:09:56Well, there's no sense in running away now.
01:09:59Go at the door.
01:10:02Helen, go at the door.
01:10:17Hello, Miss Jones.
01:10:19I got a letter for you this afternoon.
01:10:22I didn't put it in the slot, because, well, I...
01:10:25What?
01:10:25I guess I should feel kind of funny coming here like this,
01:10:28after what happened between you and me this noon.
01:10:31But it's all right.
01:10:32I understand.
01:10:34Uh, here's the letter you gave me to mail this morning.
01:10:39What?
01:10:40I'm surprised I didn't realize at first a thick letter like that
01:10:43and only one stamp.
01:10:45Those public officials, like the district attorney,
01:10:48won't accept postage due mail, you know.
01:10:52Insufficient postage.
01:10:52Yeah, the other end just won't pay the postage in these cases
01:10:56and we have to return them to the senders.
01:10:58How do you like that?
01:10:59Not enough postage and we have to deliver them twice.
01:11:02Yes.
01:11:02Crazy business.
01:11:04You know, some folks might think I'm stingy.
01:11:06I know these extra stamps cost only just a few cents, but...
01:11:10Yes, I understand.
01:11:10If I multiply you by everybody else.
01:11:13Yes, I understand.
01:11:14Thanks again for the letter, Mr. Carson.
01:11:16Oh, that's all right.
01:11:17Goodbye.
01:11:18And thanks again, Mr. Carson, for being the...
01:11:20Oh, you're welcome.
01:11:27Oh, he's so funny.
01:11:30He's so funny.
01:11:32Go ahead.
01:11:32It'll do you good.
01:11:40You know, I...
01:11:41I...
01:11:43I...
01:11:43I tried so...
01:11:45So hard to get...
01:11:49All right, Ellen.
01:11:50You've got it, darling.
01:11:55Sit down, Ellen.
01:11:56Sit down, Ellen.
01:11:58Sit down, Ellen.
01:11:59Sit down.
01:11:59Oh, oh, oh.
01:12:01Oh, oh.
01:12:01Oh, oh, oh.
01:12:02Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:12:02Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:12:05Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:12:10Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
01:12:22oh, oh.
01:12:36And then I knew what people meant when they said their heart was broken.
01:12:41All that was left of George and me in our marriage
01:12:45was that little pile of ashes.
01:12:50I knew that somewhere, somehow, I'd have to begin to live again.
01:12:54But right then, all I could do was pray to lose that one day.
01:13:00That one terrifying day.
01:13:18THE END
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