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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.
00:19:02That's filthy, Moone.
00:19:27Don't you think if you tie the anchors to the boat,
00:19:32Yes.
00:19:36This should do it.
00:19:38Twist the anchor.
00:19:45All right, lift up.
00:19:57Did you see that?
00:19:58What?
00:19:59Something bright, something flashed out there in the water.
00:20:05Let's get away from here.
00:20:07I'll drop you off at Weed's Point so Marjorie doesn't see you.
00:20:29All right.
00:20:59Marjorie.
00:21:14Stephen.
00:21:17Marjorie.
00:21:20Is that you, Stephen?
00:21:24Yes, Marjorie.
00:21:26You frightened me.
00:21:28Oh, dear. I couldn't seem to find the light.
00:21:30Where have you been, dear?
00:21:32I, uh, took the boat out.
00:21:34Well, do you know where Emily is?
00:21:37Emily?
00:21:38Yes. She's not in the house and she promised to help me dress for the party.
00:21:41Oh, she said something about going for a walk.
00:21:43Oh, not like her. She knows it's cook's day off and I'm alone.
00:21:46She probably went off with a young man someplace and forgot the time.
00:21:50I can help you if you like.
00:21:54I could say that you're all thumbs today, but I won't.
00:21:57I'm not only doing my best, but I'm enjoying it.
00:21:59Oh, you're very sweet.
00:22:01Did you do much writing today?
00:22:03No.
00:22:04Why not?
00:22:05Oh, another script came back.
00:22:07I'm sorry, darling.
00:22:10Is that why you went boating?
00:22:13Yes, I suppose so.
00:22:18I should have been with you.
00:22:21Did you miss me?
00:22:24Very much.
00:22:38I...
00:22:41wish you hadn't gone out today.
00:22:47Come on.
00:22:49Darling, what is it? What's happened?
00:22:51Oh, what is it? What is it?
00:22:55It's nothing. I have a terrible headache, that's all.
00:22:58Oh, then we'd better stay home tonight.
00:23:00No, no. I'll be all right. Don't worry.
00:23:03Oh, darling.
00:23:10Grab the lady by the hair.
00:23:12Round the lady.
00:23:14Round the lady.
00:23:16Grab the lady by the hair.
00:23:18Round the lady over there.
00:23:23And to the center with a one, two, three.
00:23:25And round that gem from Tennessee.
00:23:27Oh, I can't anymore, Stephen. I'm exhausted.
00:23:29Go on. You're the liveliest of the bunch.
00:23:31Wonderful party, Mr. Whittaker.
00:23:35Circulate. Eight hands around.
00:23:37Hug your foe and you'll fall down at last.
00:23:39My favorite part.
00:23:40How many times have you said that this evening?
00:23:41Four. First time I've made it.
00:23:42Circulate. Eight hands around.
00:23:44Stephen, you're wonderful.
00:23:45You inspire me, Abby.
00:23:47Stephen, you're right. It's really nice to see you.
00:23:50Alamed, laugh. Grab her and laugh.
00:23:53First you'll write and then you'll laugh.
00:23:57To meet your partner, give her a swing and throw her down.
00:23:59Hold it. Out of the ring.
00:24:15That brother of yours is a real devil.
00:24:17A real devil.
00:24:19Oh, Stephen, do you know what'll happen to me if I drink that?
00:24:21Why do you think I'm giving it to you?
00:24:26Stephen, you're the limit.
00:24:32Oh, John, aren't you going to try the punch?
00:24:34No. I don't feel like drinking tonight.
00:24:40What's the matter with him?
00:24:41What?
00:24:42He seems depressed.
00:24:44Have you ever seen him when he wasn't?
00:24:45Oh, that's not nice, Stephen.
00:24:47It must be very hard to love music very much
00:24:49and not to be able 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, that's all.
00:24:57That's very cruel, Stephen.
00:24:59You wouldn't have said such a thing if you hadn't had...
00:25:02If you hadn't had, say, about four too many...
00:25:05Don't start anything, Marjorie.
00:25:08I'm sorry.
00:25:10I've got to see what's wrong with him.
00:25:15John.
00:25:18Why are you leaving?
00:25:20Just what is the purpose of all this dancing, this drinking?
00:25:23Don't you understand?
00:25:24Can't you see what I'm trying to do?
00:25:26No.
00:25:27Well, if anything should ever come out,
00:25:28everyone will remember that we were here at the party,
00:25:30acting in a normal manner.
00:25:31Well, I think it's repulsive.
00:25:33Do you think I'm enjoying myself?
00:25:34Frankly, I do.
00:25:35I think well for 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.
00:25:49Come.
00:25:50I'm going to join the party.
00:26:13Is that you, Mrs. Burns?
00:26:15Yes, Mrs. Bates.
00:26:16Oh, you shouldn't have bothered to stay up for us.
00:26:18Oh, Mrs. Burns.
00:26:20What is it?
00:26:22It's Emily.
00:26:23She's not home yet.
00:26:25She's not?
00:26:26No.
00:26:27When I first got here, I thought maybe you'd
00:26:29sent her on an errand or something.
00:26:31She still isn't home.
00:26:32I'm afraid something's happened.
00:26:34She's probably with her parents.
00:26:35No, Mr. Burns.
00:26:36Don't get on with them.
00:26:37Well, she would have told us if she was going
00:26:39to spend the night with us.
00:26:40The thing that puzzles me is that none of her dresses
00:26:42are missing.
00:26:45How do you know that, Mrs. Beach?
00:26:48She showed me her things when she first came to us,
00:26:50Mr. Burns.
00:26:51She didn't have very much.
00:26:52Well, if none of her dresses are missing,
00:26:54she can't have gone far naked.
00:26:55Steve!
00:26:56I'm not going to sit up and worry about a promiscuous
00:26:58servant girl who wants to make a night of it someplace.
00:27:00I'm going to bed.
00:27:02Wouldn't waste my time reading such trash
00:27:04if I were you, Mr. Burns.
00:27:06Since when has the disappearance of a human being
00:27:08considered trash, in your estimation, Miss Bantam?
00:27:11Since I found out with a bad name that Emily Goss
00:27:13has given young women like myself in service.
00:27:17Bad name?
00:27:18Yes.
00:27:19That Emily was a proper hussy.
00:27:21She was a good girl.
00:27:22She was a good girl.
00:27:23She was a good girl.
00:27:24She was a good girl.
00:27:25She was a good girl.
00:27:26She was a good girl.
00:27:27She was a good girl.
00:27:28She was a good girl.
00:27:29She was a good girl.
00:27:30She was a good girl.
00:27:31She was a proper hussy.
00:27:33Gadding about night after night,
00:27:35young men followers, and heaven knows what all.
00:27:38There's no doubt, but that she was out with
00:27:40one of her many sweethearts the night she disappeared,
00:27:42and she went further than she meant.
00:27:45But, you make your own bed, you must lie on it.
00:27:51Would you like your eggs now?
00:27:53No, I don't care for any this morning.
00:27:55Now, Mr. Burns, you haven't eaten proper all week.
00:27:59I didn't know Emily Gaunt.
00:28:00No, but I know them that did.
00:28:04Seems to me you speak with great authority
00:28:05about a person you never knew.
00:28:07Well, Miss Beach knew her, didn't she?
00:28:09I happened to be present the day after Emily disappeared,
00:28:12when the cook was questioned.
00:28:14She didn't give the impression she believed
00:28:15Emily wasn't a decent girl.
00:28:16Yes, but Miss Beach just happened to overhear Mr. Stephen
00:28:20when Emily's parents came worrying around the other day.
00:28:24Wouldn't you like just one egg?
00:28:26Emily's parents came to see my brother?
00:28:28Yes, and he let him have it, he did.
00:28:31Said he never should have let her work in an honest house
00:28:33in the first place, that she was a thief
00:28:35and a good-for-nothing trot.
00:28:37That's a lie.
00:28:38Good gracious, Mr. Byrne.
00:28:40Don't shout at me.
00:28:43Wasn't me that said it.
00:28:44It was your brother.
00:28:55It's the truth, John.
00:28:56At first, I didn't believe it either.
00:28:59I thought I'd never find out, but then,
00:29:00I had to believe it.
00:29:02I had to believe Stephen kept after me to go through my things.
00:29:05Oh, it was Stephen then who was first suspicious.
00:29:08Yes.
00:29:09Our whole outfit was missing.
00:29:11Hat, dress, shoes, everything.
00:29:13And only yesterday, I discovered that the opal earrings
00:29:16that Stephen had given me for my birthday were missing too.
00:29:22Let's not talk about Emily anymore.
00:29:28There's such a peculiar look that comes over his face when he's talking about Emily.
00:29:35It almost seems as though he were actually enjoying it.
00:29:39As though he's delighted in her disappearance.
00:29:43He goes on and on about her.
00:29:45Well, Marjorie, I wouldn't worry about him if I were you.
00:29:49After all, he's a writer.
00:29:52The mystery of her disappearance probably intrigued him.
00:29:56Oh, probably you're right.
00:29:58He fancies the whole thing as a great big melodrama with 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.
00:30:14Haven't they promised to keep our name out of it?
00:30:16You can't blame them.
00:30:17Makes a better story.
00:30:20I don't understand why they kept their promise for a whole week
00:30:24and then suddenly today, even a picture of Stephen.
00:30:29I wonder how they got hold of it.
00:30:31I don't know.
00:30:35Why, there's only one print of that picture that I know of.
00:30:50Now, isn't he like a child?
00:30:52He wanted a picture in the paper.
00:31:23How do you do, Mr. Byrne?
00:31:25Mr. Miller.
00:31:26What do you think of the display?
00:31:28Very attractive.
00:31:30But it wasn't up when I passed yesterday.
00:31:33No, your brother called me last night and told me of the publicity he was expecting in the paper.
00:31:37And he wanted me to cash in on it.
00:31:42Thank you, dear boy.
00:31:43Oh, gee, I'd love to be a writer, too.
00:31:47Well, why don't you try a thing?
00:31:49Your mother says you're very good at making things up.
00:31:51But some of your excuses are masterpieces of imagination.
00:31:56Don't you listen to this scoundrel.
00:31:58Imagination's not enough.
00:32:00Just the other day, I read in a magazine that a writer must write only about things he knows.
00:32:04If he puts down truthfully the things he's actually experienced, if they're exciting enough,
00:32:09he's bound to be very successful.
00:32:13That's very interesting, Mrs. Atwood.
00:32:17Mrs. Atwood.
00:32:47Don't touch that!
00:33:00Did you read it?
00:33:01No, I only picked it up.
00:33:04What's the matter, Stephen?
00:33:05Nothing.
00:33:06It's not ready to be read, that's all.
00:33:08You never minded my reading your things before.
00:33:10I change my ideas about a lot of things.
00:33:13I know.
00:33:14Just the other night, when you went out by yourself...
00:33:16Don't nag.
00:33:17A writer needs to be alone to gather experiences.
00:33:19Can't you understand that?
00:33:20I wasn't nagging, Stephen.
00:33:21What I started out saying was simply that when I was alone the other night, and John dropped in...
00:33:26What did he want?
00:33:27Nothing special.
00:33:29He seemed so forlorn lately.
00:33:31We reminisced about those evenings when you used to read your stuff aloud to us.
00:33:36I wish you and John wouldn't disgust 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.
00:34:11You can say it.
00:34:12I didn't mean it that way, Stephen.
00:34:14The success of my book since this Emily thing proves 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.
00:35:02John Burns Accounting Office.
00:35:04Walter Herbert, Office Boy speaking.
00:35:07One moment, please.
00:35:10It's your housekeeper.
00:35:11She'd like a word with you, Mr. Burns.
00:35:13Thank you, Walter.
00:35:20Check these over, Elmer.
00:35:26What is it, Miss Badham?
00:35:27Mr. Burns?
00:35:28With the cold weather coming on, I told the neighborhood boys to gather some driftwood.
00:35:32Save you catching cold like last year.
00:35:34But when I went to get the wood sack, I found that your brother hadn't returned it.
00:35:37I wonder, would you mind stopping there on your way home this evening?
00:35:41When did my brother borrow it, Miss Badham?
00:35:43Several weeks ago when he was doing the gardening.
00:35:45He sent Emily for it.
00:35:47All right, I'll...
00:35:50When did you say he borrowed it?
00:35:51Several weeks ago.
00:35:52And even though that Emily isn't with him anymore, you'd think they've returned the sack.
00:35:56After all, your name's on it.
00:35:57My...
00:36:05My name is on it?
00:36:06Yes.
00:36:07I've stamped everything you own with India ink.
00:36:10I'll go for it if you're busy.
00:36:12No, no.
00:36:13I'll stop by for it, Miss Badham.
00:36:24I hate this river.
00:36:30We neighbors really should get a petition to see them.
00:36:34What's the trouble today, Mrs. Ambrose?
00:36:37That horrible thing floating by again.
00:36:39That dead animal.
00:36:43Couldn't be.
00:36:44Must have sunk long ago.
00:36:47No.
00:36:48No, it isn't.
00:36:49It's a sack.
00:36:52That's what it is, a sack of some kind.
00:36:54Probably filled with rubbish.
00:36:58You see it?
00:37:06Well, 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.
00:37:17The way some people use this river is a disgrace.
00:38:17Plenty for your thoughts.
00:38:31Hello, John.
00:38:32Hello, Marjorie.
00:38:33Is Stephen in?
00:38:34No, he's on the river somewhere.
00:38:36He seems to have found an unusual interest there lately.
00:38:39Well, won't you come in?
00:38:50I'm glad you've come, John.
00:38:52I need someone to talk to very badly.
00:38:54When I feel like this, there doesn't seem to be anyone else in the world like you.
00:38:58Do you mind?
00:38:59You know that I don't.
00:39:00You're nice, John.
00:39:01Very, very nice.
00:39:02Yes.
00:39:03Like mint tea when you have a cold.
00:39:05I don't know, John, like a...
00:39:09Like a friend.
00:39:12More than that.
00:39:17Stephen?
00:39:23I think you know, John, that I've tried to make a success of my marriage.
00:39:27It hasn't always been, well, exactly perfect.
00:39:32Maybe it was my fault.
00:39:34Girls have foolish ideas.
00:39:36And when they marry, they think they've snared Prince Charming himself.
00:39:40And he is charming, John.
00:39:43Very charming.
00:39:45But a woman sees deeper.
00:39:47I see things now in Stephen that I never let myself see before.
00:39:51Don't get bitter, Marjorie.
00:39:53Oh, 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
00:39:59so that he could continue writing.
00:40:00You wanted a career for him, didn't you?
00:40:02Yes.
00:40:03I didn't want a freak success like this Emily's disappearance has brought on.
00:40:07At first, I thought it was simply childish the way he capitalized on it.
00:40:11There's a limit, and it's become ghoulish.
00:40:16You should have heard him today.
00:40:18Did you quarrel?
00:40:21Yes.
00:40:22I 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.
00:40:42Believe me.
00:40:55Are you lonely, John?
00:41:07Pardon me, Mrs. Verne, but I thought it was getting dark here.
00:41:10Thank you, Miss Beat.
00:41:25Sorry I said so much, John.
00:41:27It's unfair to talk about Stephen behind his back.
00:41:31But when you're worried, darkness does something to you.
00:41:34I understand, Marjorie.
00:41:37Perhaps you're not prepared to tell me yet, but since you are troubled,
00:41:40I'd like to tell you that I honestly think things are going to be better for you.
00:41:43Stephen's bound to change when the baby comes.
00:41:47The baby?
00:41:49Stephen 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?
00:42:08Maybe I misunderstood.
00:42:09Oh, don't go protecting him again, John.
00:42:11You must know why he lied to you.
00:42:23I can't discuss it now, Marjorie.
00:42:25Tell him to come to my place when he gets home.
00:42:28I'll talk to him.
00:42:59Stephen.
00:43:00Stephen.
00:43:01Stephen.
00:43:02Stephen.
00:43:03Stephen.
00:43:04Stephen.
00:43:05Stephen.
00:43:06Stephen.
00:43:08Stephen.
00:43:09Stephen.
00:43:10Stephen.
00:43:11Stephen.
00:43:12Stephen.
00:43:13Stephen.
00:43:14Stephen.
00:43:15Stephen.
00:43:16Stephen.
00:43:17Stephen.
00:43:18Stephen.
00:43:19Stephen.
00:43:20Stephen.
00:43:21Stephen.
00:43:22Stephen.
00:43:23Stephen.
00:43:24Stephen.
00:43:25Stephen.
00:43:26Stephen.
00:43:27Stephen.
00:43:28Stephen.
00:43:29Stephen.
00:43:30Stephen.
00:43:31Stephen.
00:43:32Stephen.
00:43:33Stephen.
00:43:34Stephen.
00:43:35Stephen.
00:43:49Stephen.
00:44:00Stephen.
00:44:14Stephen.
00:44:32You didn't eat a bite.
00:44:34You didn't touch the roast.
00:44:40Of course it's all dried out now.
00:44:43That's what comes from warming it over and over when you don't serve dinner on time.
00:44:48I'm sorry, Miss Madden.
00:44:50Sorry.
00:44:53Sorry.
00:44:54Being sorry won't help us spoil dinner.
00:45:03You'll be sorry when you get stomach ulcers.
00:45:14I know it's none of my business, Mr. Byrne, but you've been drinking a good deal lately.
00:45:18I appreciate your interest in me, Miss Madden, but I must remind you that I'm quite old enough to determine my own drinking capacity.
00:45:24When a man's alone as you are, he should be grateful to have somebody look after him.
00:45:27I'd be grateful to you if you'd stop nagging at me.
00:45:29Why, I never heard of such a thing.
00:45:32Just 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.
00:45:41Seems like I can't do anything right anymore.
00:45:45You didn't bring the wood sack.
00:45:47No.
00:45:49But 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.
00:46:15I know I'm only a servant girl, Mr. Byrne, but 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.
00:46:26Permanently.
00:46:27Just as you wish, Miss Bannon.
00:46:30You mean, you want me to go?
00:46:33That's entirely up to you.
00:46:35Well, I can certainly take a hint.
00:46:40Now, look what you made me do.
00:46:45Well, I'm leaving you, Mr. Byrne.
00:46:47I'm leaving tonight.
00:46:48And you can get somebody else to take your insults.
00:46:51I hope you get a thieving hussy like that, Emily Kant.
00:46:54That's what you deserve.
00:46:55Not a decent girl like myself.
00:49:21It's come up, John.
00:49:50It's come up.
00:49:51What are you talking about?
00:49:52Emily's come back.
00:49:53What?
00:49:54The wood sack.
00:49:55It's come up out of the river.
00:49:58I've been up all night.
00:50:00I chased it for six miles.
00:50:01But the tide was too fast, and I couldn't find it.
00:50:03I almost had her once, but she got away.
00:50:06It's your fault.
00:50:07Why didn't you tie it securely?
00:50:08I was a fool to trust you.
00:50:10Quiet.
00:50:13It'll be passing up and down the river until they find it.
00:50:15Up and down the river?
00:50:16It'll go on for weeks.
00:50:20The police will find it soon enough.
00:50:22Yes, but 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.
00:50:57There's a gentleman to see you, Mr. Byrd.
00:50:59You know, I don't wish to be disturbed.
00:51:01He's from the police, sir.
00:51:03Police?
00:51:07Send him in.
00:51:08Yes, sir.
00:51:23I'm going to just a moment, please.
00:51:39Sorry, I wanted to get my thoughts down before they went away.
00:51:41I'm Lieutenant Sarkin, sir.
00:51:42How do you do?
00:51:43What can I do for you?
00:51:44Well, it's, um...
00:51:50It's about, um...
00:51:53This sack.
00:51:55Ever seen it before?
00:51:58I don't know.
00:51:59Sacks look pretty much alike.
00:52:05Looks 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,
00:52:17it was gone.
00:52:18Hmm.
00:52:19About how long ago was that?
00:52:21About three or four weeks ago.
00:52:23But if you know it belongs to him,
00:52:25why'd you return it to me?
00:52:26Well, we tried to contact him all day,
00:52:28but to no success.
00:52:30You see, this sack contained the body of Emily Gaunt.
00:52:36Clad only in this inexpensive dressing gown.
00:52:40And according to the medical experts
00:52:42who testified at this inquest,
00:52:45strangled and afterwards thrown into the river.
00:52:51Now, when did you first discover
00:52:54that this dressing gown was missing?
00:52:56It was, um, when we were getting her things together
00:52:59to send back to her parents.
00:53:01And, um, when and how did you discover
00:53:04that your own things were missing, Mrs. Burns?
00:53:07The morning after, Emily failed to return.
00:53:10It was my husband who suggested that I go through my wardrobe.
00:53:13He insisted that inasmuch as none of Emily's dresses were missing,
00:53:17she might have gone out in some of my own things.
00:53:19And then we discovered that not only was my lace dress gone,
00:53:23but some of my best lingerie,
00:53:25uh, an evening wrap, and a pair of silver slippers.
00:53:28Was there any other thing of value gone?
00:53:34Yes.
00:53:35Several days later, I found that,
00:53:37that a pair of opal earrings that my husband had given me
00:53:41for my birthday were missing too.
00:53:48Then you're under the impression
00:53:50that it was Emily Gaunt who took these things.
00:53:53It was hard for me to believe.
00:53:55For in the short time that Emily worked for us,
00:53:57I found her most dependable.
00:53:59But I, I was forced to this conclusion.
00:54:02What is your occupation, Miss Bantam?
00:54:05I was a housekeeper in the home of Mr. John Burns, sir.
00:54:09But I'm unemployed at present.
00:54:11How long were you employed there?
00:54:13It would have been five years. It's coming Christmas.
00:54:16Uh, why are you no longer employed by Mr. Burns?
00:54:20Because he became too impossible to get along with
00:54:23from the time that Emily Gaunt disappeared.
00:54:27Please explain yourself, Miss Bantam.
00:54:29Well, Mr. Burns became so irritable,
00:54:31I could scarcely speak to him and get a civil answer.
00:54:34In what manner would you say that he had changed?
00:54:37Well, Mr. Coroner, he was in the habit
00:54:40of eating a very hearty breakfast
00:54:42through all years I worked for him.
00:54:44But after that, Emily Gaunt disappeared.
00:54:46And I was left with nothing.
00:54:48I'm sorry, Miss Bantam.
00:54:50I'm sorry, Miss Bantam.
00:54:52I'm sorry, Miss Bantam.
00:54:54And I can't believe that Emily Gaunt disappeared.
00:54:57In fact, the very morning the story appeared in the newspapers,
00:55:01he scarcely touched a thing.
00:55:04And several times, when I even indicated
00:55:06that the hussy mighty got what she deserved,
00:55:08he practically snapped my head off.
00:55:10I told you to calm down, Miss Bantam.
00:55:12She'll be alright.
00:55:14Mr. Bantam, tell us what you know about this sack.
00:55:42Mr. John Burns, all right.
00:55:44I stenciled his name in it.
00:55:46The one that was borrowed by Mr. Stephen Burns?
00:55:49Yes.
00:55:49Mr. Stephen was doing some gardening and needed an extra sack.
00:55:53Emily came for it.
00:55:54And to your knowledge, the sack was never returned?
00:55:58No, sir.
00:56:01But of course, it might have been returned without my knowledge.
00:56:11What do you mean by that, Miss Bantam?
00:56:13I mean simply that it's peculiar to me that Mr. John Burns would have allowed the sack to remain at his brother's for any length of time at all.
00:56:20Please clarify that statement.
00:56:22Well, it was his habit to go out and collect firewood off the river.
00:56:26I should say it's what might be called a hobby.
00:56:30The only sort of hobby possible for a man with his affliction.
00:56:34I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have said that.
00:56:35Please continue, Miss Bantam.
00:56:38Well, recently, I called in some of the neighborhood boys to gather firewood.
00:56:43But when I went for the sack, I found that Mr. Stephen hadn't returned it yet.
00:56:47So I phoned Mr. John and he agreed to pick it up.
00:56:51But when he got home, I reminded him that he hadn't.
00:56:53He was quite rude to me.
00:56:55Said he was perfectly capable of running his own household.
00:57:00He raised his voice to such an extent that I was quite nervous and upset.
00:57:05Then he dismissed me.
00:57:07And when did this scene occur between you, Miss Bantam?
00:57:12It was the night before Emily's body was found in the river.
00:57:19You've heard testimony that you borrowed the sack some time ago from your brother.
00:57:23Is that correct?
00:57:23It is.
00:57:24And to your knowledge, it was never returned to your brother.
00:57:27That is correct. Before I could return it, I found that someone had stolen it.
00:57:30And has your brother access to your home?
00:57:35He has.
00:57:36You mean he has a key to your home?
00:57:39No, Mr. Coroner.
00:57:41The back door's always open.
00:57:43Then there was nothing to prevent his coming to your home at a time when you were not there
00:57:46and taking what was rightfully his.
00:57:49No, nothing to prevent it. But in this case, I don't think it's probable.
00:57:55By the way, Mr. Byrne, it may have helped this case
00:57:57if you'd reported that the sack had been stolen from your home.
00:58:00I didn't think the loss of an old sack worth troubling the police about.
00:58:03But why didn't you report the theft of the more valuable things either?
00:58:07The opal earrings, for example.
00:58:12Because I didn't wish to cause Emily's parents further concern.
00:58:18Besides, my wife and I thought that eventually poor Emily would return
00:58:22and the articles would be recovered.
00:58:27Now tell me, Mr. Byrne,
00:58:30when was the last time you used this sack for gathering wood?
00:58:35Some weeks ago. It's hard to say.
00:58:37Oh. Could it have been about three weeks ago?
00:58:46What you mean is about the time that Emily Gaunt disappeared?
00:58:49I must ask you not to mind what I mean, Mr. Byrne.
00:58:53Would you say it was four, perhaps?
00:58:56I couldn't be sure.
00:58:58Then would you say it was near the time that Emily Gaunt disappeared?
00:59:02I couldn't be sure.
00:59:06The collection of firewood, unlike a marriage or a birthday,
00:59:11is not a festive moment in my life.
00:59:15I 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?
00:59:32I do.
00:59:34Does it not strike you as being rather odd
00:59:38that a thief would bother to take an object of such little value?
00:59:44I wouldn't know.
00:59:45Or that a girl, if we concede for a moment that Emily Gaunt took it,
00:59:52do 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.
01:00:10Did you know the deceased Emily Gaunt intimately?
01:00:20Mr. Byrne, I asked...
01:00:22She was employed by my brother.
01:00:24I knew Emily Gaunt by sight.
01:00:26Is 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.
01:00:37Very admirable indeed.
01:00:38Especially when they were being slandered by people whose bitterness...
01:00:41That is all, Mr. Byrne.
01:00:46For one who was not here to answer riddles, I must say you've done very well.
01:00:55Mr. Coroner, Mr. John Byrne was the last of the witnesses for this inquest.
01:01:02I have a few things I'd like to say if anyone will let me.
01:01:05If they pertain to this inquest by all means, Mrs. Ambrose.
01:01:09I can't sit here any longer listening to all these insinuations
01:01:12against a boy who couldn't possibly harm a fly.
01:01:14It's ridiculous. Preposterous.
01:01:16It's downright silly, that's what it is.
01:01:19Mrs. Ambrose, will you kindly control your temper
01:01:23and give us a more coherent reason for your impatience with this inquest?
01:01:28Now, Harry, I'm not trying to take advantage of our friendship,
01:01:31but I've known these Byrne boys since they were lads.
01:01:34And John's only fault is that he works too hard and never thinks evil of anyone.
01:01:38And as for this silly old maid, it's plain as the nose on your face she's in love with him.
01:01:42And imagine heaven knows what about him.
01:01:44And when an old maid's in love, heaven protect the object of her affections
01:01:47if that love goes unrequited.
01:01:49All the devils and all the purest!
01:01:51Oh!
01:01:59And if there's anyone else who wants to know anything about himself, just let me know.
01:02:08Was there anything else you wished to know, Harry?
01:02:12That will be all, Mrs. Ambrose.
01:02:16And 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
01:02:31by person
01:02:32or persons unknown.
01:02:37Inquest dismissed!
01:02:43It started with Emily, but it might end with me.
01:02:48Here he comes now.
01:03:05Oh, Mr. Byrne!
01:03:08Mr. Byrne!
01:03:10Yes?
01:03:11No, not you. Mr. Stephen Byrne.
01:03:14Me?
01:03:15Yes. They'd like to see you inside a moment.
01:03:18Certainly.
01:03:19You go on. I won't be long.
01:03:40Sorry to trouble you again, Mr. Byrne, but 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 can understand your feeling, Mr. Byrne. After 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.
01:04:18It's foolish to call him back.
01:04:20Stephen Byrne
01:04:38Yes?
01:04:41Stephen.
01:04:42What is it? You know I'm working.
01:04:44Stephen, why are you so irritable?
01:04:46What is it?
01:04:48I'm rather worried.
01:04:49Can't you wait and tell me about it later?
01:04:52All right. I'll be in my room.
01:04:54It's about Lieutenant Sarton.
01:05:20Hey.
01:05:24I'm sorry I snapped at you.
01:05:26I was trying to finish a chapter.
01:05:28What did you want to tell me?
01:05:33Well...
01:05:35It's... It's that in these last weeks, since the inquest,
01:05:40I seem to run into that detective all the time.
01:05:43And just a little while ago at the market, too.
01:05:46And he always looks at me as though...
01:05:49As though he thinks I know something I haven't told about Emily.
01:05:53Has he...
01:05:55Has he ever asked you any questions?
01:05:57No. But last night, after you'd gone out,
01:06:00I decided to go over to Mrs. Ambrose's.
01:06:02And I saw someone across the street.
01:06:05It looked like him.
01:06:07And I... I almost had the feeling that...
01:06:10That he'd been watching the house.
01:06:13How long was he there?
01:06:14I don't know. When I got back, he was gone.
01:06:26Well, 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. You know what I mean.
01:06:35No, I don't.
01:06:36Well, if you ask me, he acted so stupidly
01:06:39that he forced everyone to believe that he had something to do with it.
01:06:41Stephen!
01:06:43On top of everything else, he hasn't acted normal since the inquest.
01:06:46He shuns everybody. He won't even talk to me.
01:06:50Let's face it. John's a cripple.
01:06:53He 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, he'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
01:07:50and reeking of cheap perfume
01:07:52isn'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.
01:09:02I 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,
01:10:01they'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,
01:10:37my mail consists chiefly of anonymous letters
01:10:40with not 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.
01:10:58We'll show this town.
01:11:00It wouldn't do any good.
01:11:02This town likes its nasty little backstairs gossip.
01:11:06If I stay and you keep on seeing me,
01:11:09defending 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.
01:11:22Marjorie, 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.
01:12:13Won't you come in, John?
01:12:16I'd rather not, Marjorie.
01:12:18Good night, Ben, and thanks for seeing me home.
01:12:21Good 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.
01:12:52He's dead than go on the way things have been going.
01:13:00You mean...
01:13:01suicide?
01:13:02Yes, Stephen.
01:13:03Please, Stephen.
01:13:04Try to stay with him as much as you can.
01:13:07If you hurry, you can catch up with him now.
01:13:11All right, Marjorie.
01:13:13If 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.
01:14:22Come on.
01:14:52Come on.
01:15:22Come on.
01:15:23Come on.
01:15:52Come on.
01:16:23Marjorie.
01:16:49Stephen.
01:16:50Yes, John?
01:16:52What are you doing here?
01:16:54Marjorie was very worried.
01:16:57She sent me to look for you.
01:16:59Lucky I found you, isn't it?
01:17:00What do you mean?
01:17:03Well, you might have, uh...
01:17:11No.
01:17:12Suicide would only convince everyone that they'd been right.
01:17:16I'm glad you realized 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...
01:17:31In spite of everything that's happened...
01:17:34And everything that's going to happen...
01:17:36I...
01:17:37I want you to know that I've... I've gained something.
01:17:40Gained something?
01:17:41Yes, I was always afraid as a child.
01:17:43I didn't have the courage to do things.
01:17:45I was afraid of people.
01:17:46What they might say or think.
01:17:48Maybe that's why my writing wasn't good.
01:17:50You were right in that.
01:17:51But I'm not afraid anymore and...
01:17:53I've written something good.
01:17:55Because 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.
01:18:09Otherwise you couldn't think as you do.
01:18:11What's happened to you?
01:18:14You know, John...
01:18:15I wish I could really trust you again.
01:18:17But I can't.
01:18:19Am I right?
01:18:21Yes, you are.
01:18:29Suppose a policeman were to come up to us here right now.
01:18:31Suppose he were to ask which of us killed Emily.
01:18:34What would you do?
01:18:36I know what you would do.
01:18:38You would point at me.
01:18:43Would I?
01:18:45You stepped right out of Emily's murder as though you were shedding your skin.
01:18:48You shifted the blame to me.
01:18:50Did I?
01:18:51Which one of us would the world miss the most?
01:18:55I mean, if there were a choice of one of us.
01:18:58Blast the world! I'm going to start thinking about myself.
01:19:01You're very much in love with Marjorie.
01:19:03I know that. You've always been.
01:19:06You had the opportunity that night of getting rid of me by going to the police.
01:19:10Why didn't you take her?
01:19:12There are things you would never understand, Steve.
01:19:14You're right, John.
01:19:16I can't understand my own brother expecting to go on sharing my wife with me.
01:19:22I'm going to the police, Stephen.
01:19:24I'm going to tell them the whole story, including my part.
01:19:27I should have a long time ago.
01:19:51I'm going to the police.
01:20:21How many times have I told you to keep your mouth shut?
01:20:24I'm going to the police.
01:20:26I'm going to the police.
01:20:28I'm going to the police.
01:20:30I'm going to the police.
01:20:32I'm going to the police.
01:20:34I'm going to the police.
01:20:36I'm going to the police.
01:20:38I'm going to the police.
01:20:40I'm going to the police.
01:20:42I'm going to the police.
01:20:44I'm going to the police.
01:20:46I'm going to the police.
01:20:48I'm going to the police.
01:20:50How many times have I told you to keep away from my desk?
01:20:55I hadn't expected to have it read for some time.
01:20:57But since you have read it, tell me what you think about it.
01:21:00How can you ask me that?
01:21:03Well, don't you think it's good?
01:21:05Can't you appreciate its quality, quite apart from its content?
01:21:07Not when it says that my husband is a murderer.
01:21:10I thought I disguised it completely.
01:21:12But you read between the lines, didn't you?
01:21:14John must love you very much, letting everyone think he did it.
01:21:18No, he loved you very much.
01:21:20He was old-fashioned.
01:21:21He believed in chivalry.
01:21:23That's why he kept silent about it.
01:21:26But you...
01:21:28I don't think I can expect you to keep silent about it.
01:21:32Can I?
01:21:33You intend to go on forever, letting people think he did it?
01:21:42If John disappeared tonight, something should have happened to him.
01:21:45Let's say he drowned himself in the river.
01:21:47That would solve everything, wouldn't it?
01:21:49Stephen!
01:21:50Everyone would know that he was driven to commit suicide by his guilt.
01:21:53Wouldn't they?
01:21:54You're forgetting about me.
01:21:57Oh, no.
01:21:58I'm not forgetting about you.
01:22:01John committed suicide tonight.
01:22:03What?
01:22:04I saw to it.
01:22:05Before I'm through with you, they'll know that what John did once, he did again.
01:22:13Stephen, you're insane!
01:22:15Am I?
01:22:17Yes.
01:22:29And don't you realize, Marjorie, you'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.
01:22:43She looked rather pretty and I wanted to kiss her.
01:22:45But 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.
01:22:53So very easy.
01:23:17John!
01:23:38Emily!
01:23:40Emily!
01:23:42Emily!
01:23:43Carol!
01:23:44Emily!
01:23:45Carol!
01:23:46Let me go!
01:23:47Emily!
01:23:48Let me go!
01:23:49Let me go!
01:23:51Let me...
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