House by the River (1950)
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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.
00:03:37Good.
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.
00:09:56Let me go.
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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00:12:37Come on, Steven.
00:12:38I tried the front door.
00:12:39I jumped.
00:12:43Thank heaven it's you.
00:12:45What happened?
00:12:46That there's been an accident.
00:12:47Marjorie?
00:12:48No, the new maid, Emily.
00:12:51She fell.
00:12:53Look.
00:12:54No, I...
00:12:57Steven, what's the matter with you?
00:13:00Have you sent for a doctor?
00:13:01No, there's nothing anybody can do.
00:13:03She fell down the stairs.
00:13:04She hit her head.
00:13:05They'll blame me.
00:13:06Well, why should anybody blame you?
00:13:09Well, look, because I was playing the fool,
00:13:11pretending I was going to kiss her.
00:13:13She got frightened and something happened.
00:13:14I don't know what exactly, but of course they'll blame me.
00:13:16Stalin, stop it.
00:13:19Let me look at her.
00:13:28This girl didn't fall.
00:13:29She did.
00:13:30I saw her.
00:13:32She was strangled.
00:13:33It was an accident, I tell you.
00:13:34I saw her.
00:13:35I scarcely touched her.
00:13:36I hardly put my hands to her to prevent her screaming.
00:13:38You don't know how quickly it happened, John.
00:13:39You don't know.
00:13:44Where are you going?
00:13:46For the police.
00:13:47You can't.
00:13:48You're my brother.
00:13:49I've gotten you out of a lot of nasty scrapes, Stephen.
00:13:51But this is murder.
00:13:53John, don't let me down.
00:13:54You've always helped me.
00:13:55You can't do that to your own brother.
00:13:57Please, you have to help me.
00:13:59Please, John.
00:14:00Please.
00:14:05Come on, Stephen.
00:15:05I can't go through with it you promise to stay up there the only thing to do is to
00:15:17go to the police tell them exactly how it happened it was an accident they'll
00:15:21never believe me even you don't believe me I don't know what to do I only know
00:15:29that I'm not going to help you once you're going to get out of this thing by
00:15:32John if you won't do this for me do it for Marjorie for her sake did you know
00:15:37that Marjorie went into town today to see the doctor she'll she's going to
00:15:44have a baby
00:15:47how can you understand why I must get out of this why you must help me yes I
00:15:54suppose I must but now go back and warn me if anyone comes
00:16:02I'm not going to let them get away with it
00:17:03it'll soon be over John she'll soon be in the river and it'll all be forgotten
00:17:08forgotten yes yes I mean for the time being we'll wait it and take it way out
00:17:13where it'll stay sunk
00:17:18Marjorie is that you out there?
00:17:20No it's me Mrs. Ambrose
00:17:22Oh it's you Steve
00:17:24Stay down I'll get rid of them
00:17:26Is Marjorie back yet?
00:17:27No not yet Mrs. Ambrose
00:17:29I wanted to ask her what she was going to wear tonight
00:17:31I thought of my best black but still in all it's never very dressy at the Whitaker's
00:17:35She'll be home before long Mrs. Ambrose
00:17:37My she stayed late didn't she?
00:17:39Well of course the Lawless are always hard to get away from
00:17:42maybe she missed her train
00:17:44I'm not worried she'll be here soon
00:17:46We'll ask her to drop in for a moment if she has time will you Steve?
00:17:48Yes I'll do that I must go in now I have to get ready myself
00:17:51I'll see you at the party then until later
00:18:00I thought the old hag would never leave
00:18:02I thought you said Marjorie went to the doctor's
00:18:04She did
00:18:05Mrs. Ambrose said she went to the Lawless
00:18:08She went both places
00:18:09The Lawless live in the country if she went there it means she spent the day
00:18:12Maybe she went to the doctors I'll stop quibbling and help
00:18:15I'll get the lawsuit ready then I'll go in and get her
00:18:17I've got to go Steve
00:18:19You're not going to say anything to Marjorie
00:18:21You're not going to say anything to Marjorie
00:18:23You're not going to say anything to Marjorie
00:18:25You're not going to say anything to Marjorie
00:18:27Stop quibbling and help.
00:18:28A scandal would ruin all of us.
00:18:29Are there more people to be considered
00:18:30than this dead servant girl?
00:18:32You used to refer to her as Emily.
00:18:34John, don't be like that.
00:18:36Can't you understand how I feel?
00:18:37If I could undo what's happened, if I could go back.
00:18:39But I can't.
00:18:40I've got to think of Marjorie and my child.
00:18:43This has been a lesson to me.
00:18:44I know I've been foolish, but I'll change.
00:18:46I swear I will.
00:18:49John, Marjorie will be back any minute.
00:18:54All right, Stephen.
00:18:55All right.
00:18:56You've talked me into this, too,
00:18:58just as you have a thousand times before.
00:19:25That filthy moon.
00:19:29Don't you think we should tie the anchor to the sack?
00:19:32Yes.
00:19:35This should do it.
00:19:37Twist the anchor.
00:19:44All right.
00:19:45Lift up.
00:19:49Did you see that?
00:19:57What?
00:19:58Something bright.
00:19:59Something flashed out there in the water.
00:20:04Let's get away from here.
00:20:06I'll drop you off at Weed's Point
00:20:07so Marjorie doesn't see you.
00:20:36All right.
00:21:07Emily.
00:21:13Stephen?
00:21:16Marjorie.
00:21:19Is that you, Stephen?
00:21:23Yes, Marjorie.
00:21:25You frightened me.
00:21:27Sorry, dear.
00:21:28I couldn't seem to find the light.
00:21:30Where have you been, dear?
00:21:31I, uh, took the boat up.
00:21:33Well, do you know where Emily is?
00:21:36Emily?
00:21:37Yes.
00:21:38She's not in the house, and she promised
00:21:39to help me dress for the party.
00:21:40Oh, she said something about going for a walk.
00:21:43Not like her.
00:21:44She knows it cooks very often.
00:21:45I'm alone.
00:21:46She probably went off with a young man
00:21:47someplace and forgot the time.
00:21:49I can help you if you like.
00:21:53I could say that you're all thumbs today, but I won't.
00:21:56I'm not only doing my best, but I'm enjoying it.
00:21:58Oh, you're very sweet.
00:22:00Did you do much writing today?
00:22:02No.
00:22:03Why not?
00:22:04Oh, another script came back.
00:22:06I'm sorry, darling.
00:22:09Is that why you went boating?
00:22:12Yes, I suppose so.
00:22:17I should have been with you.
00:22:20Did you miss me?
00:22:24Very much.
00:22:26I wish you hadn't gone out today.
00:22:41Come on.
00:22:47Darling, what is it?
00:22:51Darling, what is it?
00:22:52What's happened?
00:22:53Oh, what is it?
00:22:54What is it?
00:22:55It's nothing.
00:22:56I have a terrible headache, that's all.
00:22:59Oh, then we'd better stay home tonight.
00:23:01No, no.
00:23:02I'll be all right.
00:23:03Don't worry.
00:23:04Oh, darling.
00:23:10Grab the lady by the hair.
00:23:12Round the lady over there.
00:23:16And to the tenor with a one, two, three.
00:23:18And round that gem from Tennessee.
00:23:20Oh, I can't anymore, Stephen.
00:23:21I'm exhausted.
00:23:22Go on.
00:23:23You're the liveliest of the bunch.
00:23:24Wonderful party, Mr. Whittaker.
00:23:25Thank you, dear boy.
00:23:28Circulate.
00:23:29Eight hands around.
00:23:30You rub your toe and you'll fall down at last, my favorite part.
00:23:33How many times have you said that this evening?
00:23:35Four.
00:23:36First time I've made it.
00:23:37Circulate.
00:23:38Eight hands around.
00:23:39Oh, Stephen, you're wonderful.
00:23:40You inspire me.
00:23:42To meet your partner, give her a swing and throw her down.
00:23:44Hold it.
00:23:45Out of the ring.
00:23:47Mr. Stephen, you're right.
00:23:48It's really nice to see you.
00:23:49Alan, man, laugh.
00:23:50Grab her and laugh.
00:23:52First you'll align and then you'll laugh.
00:23:56To meet your partner, give her a swing and throw her down.
00:23:59Hold it.
00:24:00Out of the ring.
00:24:14Oh, that brunner of yours, a real devil! A 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?
00:24:25Stephen, you're the limit!
00:24:31Oh, John, aren't you going to try the punch?
00:24:33No, I don't feel like drinking tonight.
00:24:39What's the matter with him?
00:24:41What?
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, I thought.
00:24:57That's very cruel, Stephen.
00:24:58You wouldn't have said such a thing if you hadn't had...
00:25:02If 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.
00:25:14John!
00:25:17Why are you leaving?
00:25:19Just what is the purpose of all this dancing, this drinking?
00:25:22Don't you understand?
00:25:24Can't you see what I'm trying to do?
00:25:25No.
00:25:26Well, if anything should ever come out,
00:25:27everyone will remember that we were here at the party,
00:25:29acting in a normal manner.
00:25:31Well, I think it's repulsive.
00:25:32Do you think I'm enjoying myself?
00:25:33Frankly, I do.
00:25:35I think well for the fact that I'm protecting both of us.
00:25:37Us?
00:25:37Yes, us.
00:25:38You 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, I'm going to join the party.
00:26:13Is that you, Mrs. Burns?
00:26:15Yes, Mrs. Beach.
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.
00:26:24She's not home yet.
00:26:25She's not?
00:26:26No.
00:26:27When I first got here, I thought maybe you'd
00:26:29send 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.
00:26:38Well, she would have told us if she was going
00:26:39to spend the night with them.
00:26:40The thing that puzzles me is that none of her dresses
00:26:42are missing.
00:26:44How do you know that, Mrs. Beach?
00:26:48She showed me her things when she first came to us, Mr. 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!
00:26:57I'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.
00:27:11Wouldn't waste my time reading such trash
00:27:12if I were you, Mr. Burns.
00:27:15As one is the disappearance of a human being considered trash,
00:27:18in your estimation, Miss Bantam.
00:27:19Since I found out with a bad name
00:27:21that Emily Goss has given young women like myself in service.
00:27:25Bad name?
00:27:26Yes.
00:27:27That Emily was a proper hussy, gadding about night
00:27:31after night, young men's followers,
00:27:33and heaven knows what all.
00:27:35There's no doubt but that she was out with one of her many
00:27:37sweethearts the night she disappeared.
00:27:39And she went further than she meant.
00:27:42But, you make your own bed, you must lie on it.
00:27:47Would you like your eggs now?
00:27:50No, I don't care for any this morning.
00:27:52Now, Mr. Burns, you haven't eaten proper all week.
00:27:55Miss Bantam, did you know Emily Goss?
00:27:58No.
00:27:59But I know them that did.
00:28:01Seems to me you speak with great authority
00:28:03about a person you never knew.
00:28:04Well, Miss Beets knew her, didn't she?
00:28:07I happened to be present the day after Emily disappeared
00:28:09when the cook was questioned.
00:28:11She didn't give the impression she believed
00:28:12Emily wasn't a decent girl.
00:28:14Yes, but Miss Beets just happened to overhear Mr. Stephen
00:28:17when Emily's parents came worrying around the other day.
00:28:21Wouldn't you like just one egg?
00:28:24Emily's parents came to see my brother?
00:28:26Yes, and he let him have it, he did.
00:28:28Said he never should have let her work in an honest house
00:28:30in the first place.
00:28:31That she was a thief and a good for nothing trot.
00:28:34That's a lie.
00:28:35Good gracious, Mr. Burns, don't shout at me.
00:28:39It wasn't me that said it.
00:28:41It was your brother.
00:28:52It's the truth, John.
00:28:53At first, I didn't believe it either.
00:28:55But Stephen kept after me to go through my things.
00:28:57Oh, it was Stephen, then, who was first suspicious.
00:29:00Yes.
00:29:01Our whole outfit was missing.
00:29:03Hat, dress, shoes, everything.
00:29:05And only yesterday, I discovered that the opal earrings
00:29:08that Stephen had given me for my birthday were missing, too.
00:29:14Oh, but let's not talk about Emily anymore.
00:29:21It's Stephen that I'm concerned about.
00:29:24I don't know exactly how to say it.
00:29:26There's such a...
00:29:27Such a peculiar look that comes over his face
00:29:29when he's talking about Emily.
00:29:32It almost seems as though he were actually enjoying it.
00:29:35As though he's delighted in her disappearance.
00:29:39He goes on and on about her.
00:29:42Well, Marjorie, I...
00:29:44I wouldn't worry about him if I were you.
00:29:46After all, he's a...
00:29:48He's a writer.
00:29:50The mystery of her disappearance probably intrigued him.
00:29:54Oh, probably you're right.
00:29:56He fancies the whole thing as a great big melodrama
00:29:59with himself in the leading role.
00:30:01He'd like that.
00:30:03Like the article in this morning's paper?
00:30:05I didn't see it.
00:30:06Stephen took it with him.
00:30:07He left early this morning.
00:30:12Haven't they promised to keep our name out of it?
00:30:14Well, you can't blame them.
00:30:15Makes a better story.
00:30:18I don't understand why they kept their promise
00:30:20for a whole week.
00:30:22And suddenly, today, even a picture of Stephen.
00:30:26I wonder how they got hold of it.
00:30:28I don't know.
00:30:30It's...
00:30:32Why, there's only one print of that picture that I know of.
00:30:46Now, isn't he like a child?
00:30:50Now, isn't he like a child?
00:30:52He wanted a picture in the paper.
00:31:20How do you do, Mr. Byrne?
00:31:22Mr. Miller.
00:31:23What do you think of the display?
00:31:25Very attractive.
00:31:26But, uh, it wasn't up when I passed yesterday.
00:31:29No, your brother called me last night and told me
00:31:31of the propricity he was expecting in the papers.
00:31:33And he wanted me to cash in on it.
00:31:38Thank you, dear boy.
00:31:39Oh, gee, I'd love to be a writer, too.
00:31:42Oh, dear.
00:31:43Oh, dear.
00:31:44Oh, dear.
00:31:45Oh, dear.
00:31:46Oh, dear.
00:31:47Oh, dear.
00:31:48Oh, dear.
00:31:49Well, why don't you try a thing?
00:31:51Your mother says you're very good at making things up.
00:31:54But some of your excuses are masterpieces of imagination.
00:31:59Don't you listen to this scoundrel!
00:32:00Imagination's not enough!
00:32:02Just the other day, I read in a magazine
00:32:04that a writer must write only about things he knows.
00:32:07If he puts down truthfully the things he's actually experienced,
00:32:11if they're exciting enough, he's bound to be very successful.
00:32:16That's very interesting, Mrs. Hamilton.
00:32:49Don't touch that!
00:32:56Did you read it?
00:32:57No, I only picked it up.
00:33:00What's the matter, Stephen?
00:33:02Nothing.
00:33:03It's not ready to be read, that's all.
00:33:05You never minded my reading your things before.
00:33:07I changed my ideas about a lot of things.
00:33:09I know.
00:33:11Just the other night when you went out by yourself.
00:33:13Don't nag.
00:33:14A writer needs to be alone to gather experiences.
00:33:16Can't you understand that?
00:33:17I wasn't nagging, Stephen.
00:33:18What I started out saying was simply that when I was alone
00:33:20the other night and John dropped in.
00:33:22What did he want?
00:33:23Nothing special.
00:33:25He seemed so forlorn lately.
00:33:28We reminisced about those evenings when you used
00:33:30to read your stuff aloud to us.
00:33:33I wish you and John wouldn't discuss me behind my back.
00:33:39I'm not interested in what my brother has to say.
00:33:41He's a bookkeeper and will always be one.
00:33:43He'll never understand the problems of an artist.
00:33:45I was a fool to let you pick on me and criticize my writing.
00:33:47No one picked on you, Stephen.
00:33:49You asked us for our honest opinion and we gave it to you.
00:33:51Never mind.
00:33:52I didn't need anyone then and I don't need anyone now.
00:33:54I'm doing very well on my own.
00:33:56You mean since Emily...
00:34:02Go on.
00:34:07Go on.
00:34:08You can say it.
00:34:10Go on.
00:34:11You can say it.
00:34:13I didn't mean it that way, Stephen.
00:34:15The success of my book since this Emily thing
00:34:17proves that they were good in the first place.
00:34:19All I needed was a little publicity.
00:34:21In the future they'll not only be good but they'll be great
00:34:23because they'll be about things I know.
00:34:25Like what you're writing now?
00:34:26Yes.
00:34:27Well, what's it about?
00:34:28Will you stop crying?
00:34:35Let's have our tea.
00:34:37I wasn't crying, Stephen.
00:34:40I don't care for any tea.
00:34:42Thank you.
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, with the cold weather coming on
00:35:30I 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
00:35:35I found that your brother hadn't returned it.
00:35:37I wonder, would you mind stopping there
00:35:39on 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
00:35:54you'd think they'd return 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 out everything you own with India ink.
00:36:11I'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.
00:36:29We neighbors really should get up a petition to see them.
00:36:34Must have traveled a day, Mrs. Ambrose.
00:36:37That horrible thing floating by again.
00:36:39That dead animal.
00:36:43Couldn't be. Must have sunk long ago.
00:36:46No.
00:36:48No, it isn't.
00:36:49It's a sack.
00:36:52Yes, that's what it is.
00:36:53A sack of some kind.
00:36:54Probably filled with rubbish.
00:36:58You see?
00:37:05Well, I've other things to do besides standing out here.
00:37:08But I tell you, Stephen, you should write up a petition for it.
00:37:12Yes.
00:37:13Yes, Mrs. Ambrose.
00:37:17This.
00:37:18The way some people use this river is a disgrace.
00:37:34Thank you.
00:38:04Thank you.
00:38:26Plenty 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.
00:38:39But 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.
00:39:04Oh, no, John.
00:39:05Like a...
00:39:09Like a friend.
00:39:12More than that.
00:39:16Stephen?
00:39:22I think you know, John, that I've tried to make a success of my marriage.
00:39:26It hasn't always been, well, exactly perfect.
00:39:30Maybe it was my fault.
00:39:32Girls have foolish ideas.
00:39:34And when they marry, they think they've snared Prince Charming himself.
00:39:39And he is charming, John.
00:39:41Very charming.
00:39:43But a woman sees deeper.
00:39:45I see things now in Stephen that I never let myself see before.
00:39:49Don't get bitter, Marjorie.
00:39:51Oh, I know the countless things you've done for him.
00:39:54We couldn't live like this if you hadn't given up most of your share of the inheritance
00:39:57so that he could continue writing.
00:39:59You wanted a career for him, didn't you?
00:40:01Yes.
00:40:02But I didn't want a freak success like this Emily's disappearance has brought on.
00:40:06At first, I thought it was simply childish the way he capitalized on it.
00:40:10There's a limit, and it's become ghoulish.
00:40:15You should have heard him today.
00:40:17Did you quarrel?
00:40:20Yes.
00:40:21I hadn't wanted to tell you that.
00:40:24But I'm beginning to wonder why he ever married me at all.
00:40:29Perhaps it was because he needed you.
00:40:34He told me today that he's never needed anyone.
00:40:38Well, let's just talk.
00:40:40Everybody needs someone.
00:40:41Believe me.
00:40:55Are you lonely, John?
00:40:59Yes.
00:41:08Pardon me, Mrs. Verne, but I thought it was getting dark here.
00:41:11Thank you, Miss Beat.
00:41:26Sorry I said so much, John.
00:41:28It's unfair to talk about Stephen behind his back.
00:41:31But when you're worried, darkness does something to you.
00:41:35I understand, Marjorie.
00:41:38Perhaps you're not prepared to tell me yet, but since you are troubled,
00:41:41I'd like to tell you that I honestly think things are going to be better for you.
00:41:44Stephen's bound to change when the baby comes.
00:41:48The baby?
00:41:49Stephen told me.
00:41:52Stephen told you that I was going to have a baby?
00:41:56Yes.
00:41:57But it's not true.
00:41:59I wish that it were.
00:42:02Now, what on earth would make him want to tell you a thing like that?
00:42:07Maybe I misunderstood.
00:42:08Oh, don't go protecting him again, John.
00:42:10You must know why he lied to you.
00:42:22I can't discuss it now, Marjorie.
00:42:24Tell him to come to my place when he gets home.
00:42:27I'll talk to him.
00:42:55Stephen.
00:42:57Stephen.
00:42:59Stephen.
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.
00:43:36Stephen.
00:43:37Stephen.
00:43:38Stephen.
00:43:39Stephen.
00:43:40Stephen.
00:43:41Stephen.
00:43:42Stephen.
00:43:43Stephen.
00:43:44Stephen.
00:43:45Stephen.
00:43:46Stephen.
00:43:47Stephen.
00:43:48Stephen.
00:43:49Stephen.
00:43:50Stephen.
00:43:51Stephen.
00:43:52Stephen.
00:43:53Stephen.
00:43:54Stephen.
00:43:55Stephen.
00:43:56Stephen.
00:43:57Stephen.
00:43:58Stephen.
00:43:59Stephen.
00:44:00Stephen.
00:44:01Stephen.
00:44:02Stephen.
00:44:03Stephen.
00:44:04Stephen.
00:44:05Stephen.
00:44:06Stephen.
00:44:07Stephen.
00:44:08Stephen.
00:44:09Stephen.
00:44:10Stephen.
00:44:11Stephen.
00:44:12Stephen.
00:44:13Stephen.
00:44:14Stephen.
00:44:15Stephen.
00:44:16Stephen.
00:44:17Stephen.
00:44:18Stephen.
00:44:19Stephen.
00:44:20Stephen.
00:44:21Stephen.
00:44:22Stephen.
00:44:30I didn't have to bite you.
00:44:34You didn't touch the roast.
00:44:40Of course, it's all dried out now.
00:44:44That's what comes from warming and over and over
00:44:46when you don't serve dinner on time.
00:44:48I'm sorry, Miss Bannon.
00:44:51Sorry.
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,
00:45:15but you've been drinking a good deal lately.
00:45:18I appreciate your interest in me, Miss Bannon,
00:45:19but I must remind you that I'm quite old enough to determine
00:45:22my own drinking capacity.
00:45:24When a man's alone as you are, he
00:45:25should 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.
00:45:35Well, I don't want you to take an interest in me.
00:45:36I'm quite capable of running my own life.
00:45:39Oh, 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
00:45:51to gather driftwood.
00:45:53What shall I tell them?
00:45:55I don't care what you tell them.
00:45:56Now, please leave me alone.
00:45:58I know I'm only a servant girl, Mr. Burns,
00:46:15but I come from a very genteel family,
00:46:17and I don't have to take this sort of treatment from anyone.
00:46:21If you want to be left alone, perhaps I
00:46:22can leave you alone, permanently.
00:46:24Just as you wish, Miss Bannon.
00:46:26You mean, you want me to go?
00:46:30That's entirely up to you.
00:46:31Well, I can certainly take a hint.
00:46:34Now, look what you made me do.
00:46:39Well, I'm leaving you, Mr. Burns.
00:46:42I'm leaving tonight, and you can get somebody
00:46:44else to take your insults.
00:46:46And I hope you get a thieving hussy like that, Emily Gaunt.
00:46:49That's what you're going to do.
00:46:50And I hope you get a thieving hussy like that, Emily Gaunt.
00:46:53That's what you deserve.
00:46:54Not a decent girl like myself.
00:49:20I'm going to get you.
00:49:50It's come up, John.
00:49:51It's come up.
00:49:52What are you talking about?
00:49:53Emily's come back.
00:49:54What?
00:49:55The wood sack, it's come up out of the river.
00:49:59I've been up all night.
00:50:01I chased it for six miles, but the tide was too fast,
00:50:03and I couldn't find it.
00:50:04I almost had her once, but she got away.
00:50:07It's your fault. Why didn't you tie it securely?
00:50:10I was a fool to trust you.
00:50:11Quiet.
00:50:14So it'll be passing up and down the river until they find it.
00:50:17Up and down the river?
00:50:18It'll go on for weeks.
00:50:21The police will find it soon enough.
00:50:23Yes, but they won't know we did it.
00:50:25I 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.
00:50:40There's a gentleman to see you, Mr. Byrd.
00:50:43You know, I don't wish to be disturbed.
00:50:45He's from the police, sir.
00:50:47Police?
00:50:51Send him in.
00:50:52Yes, sir.
00:50:55Mr. Byrd.
00:50:56Mr. Byrd.
00:50:57Mr. Byrd.
00:50:58Mr. Byrd.
00:50:59Mr. Byrd.
00:51:00Mr. Byrd.
00:51:01Mr. Byrd.
00:51:02Mr. Byrd.
00:51:03Mr. Byrd.
00:51:04Mr. Byrd.
00:51:05Mr. Byrd.
00:51:06Mr. Byrd.
00:51:07Mr. Byrd.
00:51:08Mr. Byrd.
00:51:10Mr. Byrd.
00:51:11Mr. Byrd.
00:51:12Mr. Byrd.
00:51:13Mr. Byrd.
00:51:14Mr. Byrd.
00:51:15Mr. Byrd.
00:51:16Mr. Byrd.
00:51:17Mr. Byrd.
00:51:18Mr. Byrd.
00:51:19Mr. Byrd.
00:51:20Mr. Byrd.
00:51:21Mr. Byrd.
00:51:22Mr. Byrd.
00:51:23Mr. Byrd.
00:51:24Mr. Byrd.
00:51:25Mr. Byrd.
00:51:26Mr. Byrd.
00:51:27Mr. Byrd.
00:51:28Mr. Byrd.
00:51:29Mr. Byrd.
00:51:30Mr. Byrd.
00:51:31Mr. Byrd.
00:51:32Mr. Byrd.
00:51:33Mr. Byrd.
00:51:34Mr. Byrd.
00:51:35Mr. Byrd.
00:51:36Mr. Byrd.
00:51:37Mr. Byrd.
00:51:38Mr. Byrd.
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, it's about, um, this sack.
00:51:55Ever seen it before?
00:51:58I don't know.
00:52:00Sacks 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.
00:52:11Is it?
00:52:12I didn't know that.
00:52:13You say that, uh, 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.
00:52:19Well, 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?
00:52:27Well, we tried to contact him all day, but had no success.
00:52:30You see, this sack contained the body of Emily Gaunt.
00:52:37Clad only in this inexpensive dressing gown.
00:52:42And according to the medical experts
00:52:44who testified at this inquest, strangled,
00:52:49and afterwards, thrown into the river.
00:52:53Now, when did you first discover that this dressing gown was
00:52:57missing?
00:52:58It was, um, when we were getting her things together
00:53:01to send back to her parents.
00:53:03And, um, when and how did you discover
00:53:06that your own things were missing, Mrs. Byrne?
00:53:08The morning after, Emily failed to return.
00:53:11It was my husband who suggested that I go through my wardrobe.
00:53:14He insisted that in as much as none of Emily's dresses
00:53:17were missing, she might have gone out
00:53:19in some of my own things.
00:53:21And then we discovered that not only was my lace dress gone,
00:53:24but some of my best lingerie, uh, an evening wrap,
00:53:27and a pair of silver slippers.
00:53:29Was there any other thing of value, Gaunt?
00:53:34Yes.
00:53:35Several days later, I found that, that a pair of opal earrings
00:53:39that my husband had given me for my birthday
00:53:41were missing, too.
00:53:42Opal earrings?
00:53:43Opal earrings.
00:53:48Then you're under the impression that it was Emily Gaunt who
00:53:51took these things.
00:53:52It was hard for me to believe.
00:53:54For in the short time that Emily worked for us,
00:53:56I found her most dependable.
00:53:58But 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 Byrne, 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.
00:54:14It's coming Christmas.
00:54:16Uh, why are you no longer employed by Mr. Byrne?
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. Byrne 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 of eating
00:54:40a very hearty breakfast.
00:54:41After all, you're the work force.
00:54:43But after that, Emily Gaunt disappeared,
00:54:45and Mr. Byrne took over the house.
00:54:47Oh, I see.
00:54:48I see.
00:54:49I see.
00:54:50I see.
00:54:51I see.
00:54:52I see.
00:54:53I see.
00:54:54I see.
00:54:55What?
00:54:56The story about Mr. Byrne and the tragedy
00:54:58around Emily very quickly disappeared.
00:55:01In fact, the very morning the story
00:55:05appeared in the newspapers, he scarcely touched a thing.
00:55:09And several times when it even indicated
00:55:12that the husband might have got what he deserved,
00:55:14he practically snapped my head off.
00:55:15Puny!
00:55:16Come on.
00:55:20Don't be angry with Mr. Byrne.
00:55:22He doesn't seem to hold anything against Emily.
00:55:24Miss Bantam, tell us what you know about this sack.
00:55:38It's Mr. John Byrne's, all right.
00:55:41I stenciled his name in it.
00:55:43The one that was borrowed by Mr. Stephen Byrne?
00:55:46Yes.
00:55:47Mr. Stephen was doing some gardening
00:55:48and needed an extra sack.
00:55:50Emily came for it.
00:55:51And to your knowledge, the sack was never returned?
00:55:56No, sir.
00:55:58But of course, it might have been
00:56:01returned without my knowledge.
00:56:07John Byrne?
00:56:09What do you mean by that, Miss Bantam?
00:56:11I mean simply that it's peculiar to me
00:56:13that Mr. John Byrne would have allowed the sack
00:56:15to remain at his brother's for any length of time at all.
00:56:18Please clarify that statement.
00:56:21Well, it was his habit to go out
00:56:23and collect firewood off the river.
00:56:25I should say it's what might be called a hobby.
00:56:28The only sort of hobby possible for a man
00:56:30with his affliction.
00:56:32Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:56:33I shouldn't have said that.
00:56:34Please continue, Miss Bantam.
00:56:37Well, recently, I called in some of the neighborhood
00:56:40boys to gather firewood.
00:56:42But when I went for the sack, I found that Mr. Stephen
00:56:44hadn't returned it yet.
00:56:46So I phoned Mr. John, and he agreed to pick it up.
00:56:50But 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
00:57:02that 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.
00:57:15You've heard testimony that you borrowed the sack
00:57:17some time ago from your brother.
00:57:19Is that correct?
00:57:20It is.
00:57:21And to your knowledge, it was never returned to your brother.
00:57:23That is correct.
00:57:24Before I could return it, I found
00:57:25that someone had stolen it.
00:57:26And has your brother access to your home?
00:57:31He has.
00:57:32You mean he has a key to your home?
00:57:35No, Mr. Coroner.
00:57:37The back door's always open.
00:57:39Then there was nothing to prevent
00:57:40his coming to your house.
00:57:41No, nothing to prevent it.
00:57:42But in this case, I don't think it's probable.
00:57:46By the way, Mr. Byrne, it may have helped this case
00:57:48if you'd reported that the sack had
00:57:50been stolen from your home.
00:57:51I didn't think the loss of an old sack
00:57:53worth troubling the police about.
00:57:54But why didn't you report the theft
00:57:56to the more valuable things either?
00:57:58The opal earrings, for example.
00:58:02Opal earrings?
00:58:03Yes.
00:58:04Opal earrings.
00:58:05Opal earrings.
00:58:06Opal earrings.
00:58:07Opal earrings.
00:58:08Opal earrings.
00:58:09Because I didn't wish to cause
00:58:10Emily's parents further concern.
00:58:15Besides, my wife and I felt that eventually
00:58:17poor Emily would return, and the articles
00:58:20would be recovered.
00:58:24Now tell me, Mr. Byrne, when was the last time
00:58:28you used this sack for gathering wood?
00:58:32Some weeks ago.
00:58:33It's hard to say.
00:58:35Oh.
00:58:36Could it have been about three weeks ago?
00:58:43What you mean is about the time
00:58:45that Emily Gaunt disappeared?
00:58:47I must ask you not to mind what I mean, Mr. Byrne.
00:58:51Would you say it was four, perhaps?
00:58:54I couldn't be sure.
00:58:55Then would you say it was near the time
00:58:58that Emily Gaunt disappeared?
00:59:00I couldn't be sure.
00:59:01The collection of firewood, unlike a marriage
00:59:04or a birthday, is not a festive moment in my life.
00:59:09I don't remember.
00:59:11But you do remember the testimony
00:59:13that the sack was stolen from your brother.
00:59:19Will you kindly give an oral answer
00:59:22to the questions asked at this inquest?
00:59:26I do.
00:59:28Does it not strike you as being rather odd
00:59:32that a thief would bother to take
00:59:34an object of such little value?
00:59:38I wouldn't know.
00:59:39Or that a girl.
00:59:41If we concede for a moment that Emily Gaunt took it,
00:59:46do you think she would have taken such a sack with her
00:59:49to some, uh, funeral?
00:59:53I'm not here to answer riddles.
00:59:56No?
00:59:57I shouldn't think you were.
01:00:00Mr. Byrne, I will be more direct, then.
01:00:04Did you know the deceased Emily Gaunt intimately?
01:00:14Mr. Byrne, I asked if...
01:00:16She was employed by my brother.
01:00:18Mr. Byrne, I asked if...
01:00:20Mr. Byrne, I asked if...
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
01:00:28persons whom you know by sight
01:00:30to the extent that you snap off the head
01:00:32of a woman who has served you faithfully for five years?
01:00:35I would defend anyone who was being maliciously slandered.
01:00:37Very admirable, indeed.
01:00:39Especially when they were being slandered
01:00:40by people whose bitterness...
01:00:41That is all, Mr. Byrne.
01:00:46For one who was not here to answer riddles,
01:00:48I must say you've done very well.
01:00:55Mr. Coroner, Mr. John Byrne
01:00:57was the last of the witnesses for this inquest.
01:01:02I have a few things I'd like to say,
01:01:04if anyone will let me.
01:01:05If they pertain to this inquest by all means,
01:01:07Mrs. Ambrose.
01:01:08I can't sit here any longer,
01:01:10listening to all these insinuations
01:01:12against a boy who couldn't possibly harm a fly.
01:01:14It's ridiculous.
01:01:15Preposterous.
01:01:16It's downright silly, that's what it is.
01:01:18Mrs. Ambrose,
01:01:20will you kindly control your temper
01:01:22and give us a more coherent reason
01:01:25for your impatience with this inquest?
01:01:27Now, Harry,
01:01:28I'm not trying to take advantage of our friendship,
01:01:30but I've known these Byrne boys since they were lads,
01:01:33and John's only fault is that he works too hard
01:01:35and never thinks evil of anyone.
01:01:37And as for this silly old maid,
01:01:39it's plain as the nose on your face
01:01:40she's in love with him,
01:01:41and imagine heaven knows what about him.
01:01:43And when an old maid's in love,
01:01:45heaven 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
01:02:00who wants to know anything about himself,
01:02:01just let me know.
01:02:08Was there anything else you wished to know, Harry?
01:02:12That will be all, Mrs. Ambrose.
01:02:15And so, in all probability,
01:02:18Emily Gaunt,
01:02:19dressed in her mistress's finery,
01:02:22went off to some secret tryst.
01:02:25Therefore, the conclusion of this inquest is
01:02:28that the girl was murdered
01:02:30by person
01:02:32or persons unknown.
01:02:37Inquest dismissed!
01:02:38It started with Emily,
01:02:39but it might end with me.
01:02:43Here he comes now.
01:03:01Oh, Mr. Byrne!
01:03:05Oh, Mr. Byrne!
01:03:06Mr. Byrne!
01:03:10Yes?
01:03:11No, not you.
01:03:12Mr. Steven Byrne.
01:03:14Me?
01:03:15Yes.
01:03:16They'd like to see you inside a moment.
01:03:18Certainly.
01:03:19You go on.
01:03:20I won't be long.
01:03:36Sorry to trouble you again, Mr. Byrne,
01:03:38but you probably realize
01:03:39the case is far from being closed.
01:03:41So?
01:03:43Are you certain you have nothing more
01:03:44you'd like to say to us?
01:03:45Nothing.
01:03:46I can understand your feeling, Mr. Byrne.
01:03:47After all, the man is your brother.
01:03:50But if there's any further light
01:03:52you can throw on this...
01:03:53There's nothing more I can say.
01:03:55Except that I'm fully convinced
01:03:56that my brother is innocent.
01:03:59Is that all?
01:04:02Let's go.
01:04:03Was that all?
01:04:05That was all.
01:04:16It's foolish to call him back.
01:04:33Yes?
01:04:36Steven.
01:04:37What is it?
01:04:38You know I'm working.
01:04:39Steven, why are you so irritable?
01:04:41What is it?
01:04:43I'm rather worried.
01:04:44Can't you wait and tell me about it later?
01:04:47All right.
01:04:48I'll be in my room.
01:04:50It's about Lieutenant Sarton.
01:04:51All right.
01:04:52I'll be in my room.
01:04:54It's about Lieutenant Sarton.
01:04:55Come in.
01:04:56Come in.
01:05:24I'm sorry I snapped at you.
01:05:26I was trying to finish your chapter.
01:05:28What did you want to tell me?
01:05:33Well...
01:05:35It's...
01:05:36It's that in these last weeks
01:05:38since 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
01:05:51I haven't told about Emily.
01:05:53Has he...
01:05:54Has he ever asked you any questions?
01:05:56No.
01:05:57But last night after you'd gone out
01:05:59I decided to go over to Mrs. Ambrose's
01:06:02and I saw someone across the street.
01:06:04It looked like him.
01:06:06And I...
01:06:07I almost had the feeling that...
01:06:10that he'd been watching the house.
01:06:12How long was he there?
01:06:14I don't know.
01:06:15When I got back he was gone.
01:06:24Well, if he has any snooping to do
01:06:27I should think he'd do it in John's direction.
01:06:29What do you mean, Stephen?
01:06:31You were at the inquest.
01:06:33You know what I mean.
01:06:34No, I don't.
01:06:35Well, if you ask me
01:06:37he acted so stupidly
01:06:38that he forced everyone to believe
01:06:39that he had something to do with it.
01:06:40Stephen!
01:06:42On top of everything else
01:06:43he hasn't acted normal since the inquest.
01:06:45He shuns everybody.
01:06:47He won't even talk to me.
01:06:49Let's face it.
01:06:50John's a cripple.
01:06:52He knows he hasn't a chance with a girl
01:06:53of our class.
01:06:55It's not hard to believe
01:06:56that he carried on with a servant girl.
01:06:58Stop it!
01:06:59Aside from everything he's done for you
01:07:01he's your brother.
01:07:04There's a limit to this business
01:07:05of being brothers, Marjorie.
01:07:07Stephen, you're insane.
01:07:11You're very fond of him, aren't you?
01:07:13You know that.
01:07:17Are you in love with him?
01:07:18How long has this been going on?
01:07:21I don't think I haven't been aware of it.
01:07:26You have a filthy mind.
01:07:41This isn't going to be very flattering, my dear.
01:07:44I haven't the slightest pang of jealousy.
01:07:46No, I shouldn't think you would.
01:07:48The husband who comes home drunk
01:07:49night 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.
01:08:16I'm sorry.
01:08:18I'm sorry.
01:08:20I'm sorry.
01:08:21I'm sorry.
01:08:22I'm sorry.
01:08:23I'm sorry.
01:08:24I'm sorry.
01:08:25I'm sorry.
01:08:26I'm sorry.
01:08:27I'm sorry.
01:08:28I'm sorry.
01:08:29I'm sorry.
01:08:30I'm sorry.
01:08:31I'm sorry.
01:08:32I'm sorry.
01:08:33I'm sorry.
01:08:34I'm sorry.
01:08:35I'm sorry.
01:08:36I'm sorry.
01:08:37I'm sorry.
01:08:38I'm sorry.
01:08:39I'm sorry.
01:08:40I'm sorry.
01:08:41I'm sorry.
01:08:42I'm sorry.
01:08:43I'm sorry.
01:08:44I'm sorry.
01:08:45Marjorie.
01:08:46Hello, Jo...
01:08:49John.
01:08:51Hello, Marjorie.
01:09:01I met your office boy on his way over here.
01:09:03I told him I'd bring these up for him.
01:09:05Thank you.
01:09:07I've been here so many times, John.
01:09:09I've been to the office, too,
01:09:10but you were never in.
01:09:11I know.
01:09:12But you were never in.
01:09:14I know.
01:09:21Why have you refused to see me or to answer my calls?
01:09:35Haven't you found a housekeeper yet?
01:09:38There seems to be an extreme shortage of domestic help at present.
01:09:41Why, that's not true.
01:09:42Only yesterday, Mrs. Beach was telling me...
01:09:44It's true in the case of Mr. John Byrne.
01:09:47Even the children know that I killed Emily Gaunt.
01:09:52I know, John.
01:09:54I've learned a lot about people myself lately.
01:09:58They can be very vicious.
01:10:01You think that because you've lived with them for years, they're fond of you.
01:10:06But it's not true.
01:10:09I'm going away, Marjorie.
01:10:12Oh, no, John.
01:10:15Oh, don't run away from them.
01:10:17I'm not running away from them.
01:10:19Is it that you think it would be better for...
01:10:22for all of us if you go away?
01:10:29I've got to be sensible.
01:10:31Ever since the inquest, my mail consists chiefly of anonymous letters.
01:10:36Not too flattering suggestions.
01:10:38Most of my clients are closing out their accounts.
01:10:42John, maybe it wasn't wise, refusing to see people and not going anyplace.
01:10:47But you still have friends in this town.
01:10:49Let me give a party.
01:10:51We'll ask everyone you like.
01:10:53Our real friends.
01:10:55We'll show this town.
01:10:57I wouldn't do any good.
01:10:59This town likes its nasty little backstairs gossip.
01:11:02If I stay and you keep on seeing me, defending me,
01:11:07they'll think that we...
01:11:11I wouldn't put anything...
01:11:13I don't care what they say or think about me.
01:11:19Marjorie, my darling.
01:11:22Marjorie, my darling.
01:11:27I'd rather die than cause you any suffering.
01:11:29Oh, John, don't talk like that.
01:11:32There must be something I can do.
01:11:40No.
01:11:42The only thing to do is to go away.
01:11:44I've thought it out very clearly.
01:11:46John, then promise me one thing.
01:11:49Before you do anything,
01:11:51before you make any decisions,
01:11:53let me know.
01:11:57I promise.
01:12:14Won't you come in, John?
01:12:17I'd rather not, Marjorie.
01:12:20Good night, Ben.
01:12:22And thanks for seeing me home.
01:12:24Good night.
01:12:40Stephen.
01:12:42Stephen, it's about John.
01:12:44I'm not interested.
01:12:46Stephen, please, he's desperate.
01:12:48Don't be dramatic.
01:12:50He's much as told me so tonight.
01:12:52He said he'd rather be dead than go on the way things have been going.
01:13:00You mean...
01:13:02suicide?
01:13:04Yes, Stephen. Please, Stephen.
01:13:06Try to stay with him as much as you can.
01:13:08If you hurry, you can catch up with him now.
01:13:11All right, Marjorie.
01:13:13If you insist.
01:13:15Thank you, Stephen.
01:13:18Well, I almost forgot.
01:13:20Mrs. Ambrose was over.
01:13:22She said as long as it's Cook's day off,
01:13:24you should let her know if you want to have supper with her.
01:13:27I'm in no mood for her tonight.
01:13:29I'll have something here.
01:13:35Well, you'd better tell her now
01:13:37before she goes to any trouble.
01:13:39You know how sensitive she is.
01:13:41Yes, I guess you're right.
01:13:43Well, I'll see you later.
01:13:45Yes, I guess you're right.
01:14:15Well, I'll see you later.
01:14:45Well, I'll see you later.
01:15:15I'll see you later.
01:15:17I'll see you later.
01:15:45I'll see you later.
01:16:15I'll see you later.
01:16:17I'll see you later.
01:16:45Stephen?
01:16:47Yes, John?
01:16:49What are you doing here?
01:16:51Marjorie was very worried.
01:16:53She sent me to look for you.
01:16:55Lucky I found you, isn't it?
01:16:57What do you mean?
01:17:00Well, you might have...
01:17:08No.
01:17:10Suicide would only convince everyone
01:17:12that they'd been right.
01:17:15I'm glad you realize that.
01:17:18What were you thinking of as you stood there?
01:17:21Of another night on this river.
01:17:27You know, John,
01:17:29in spite of everything that's happened
01:17:33and everything that's going to happen,
01:17:35I... I want you to know that I...
01:17:37I gained something.
01:17:39Gained 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,
01:17:47what they might say or think.
01:17:49Maybe that's why my writing wasn't good.
01:17:51You were right in that.
01:17:53But I'm not afraid anymore,
01:17:55and I've written something good,
01:17:57because it's real.
01:17:59It took a murder to do that.
01:18:01Doesn't the end justify the mean?
01:18:05You must be very, very ill, Stephen.
01:18:07Ill?
01:18:09Yes, sick.
01:18:12What's happened to you?
01:18:14You know, John,
01:18:16I wish I could really trust you again.
01:18:18But I can't.
01:18:20Am I right?
01:18:26Suppose a policeman were to come up to us here right now.
01:18:28Suppose he were to ask,
01:18:30which of us killed him?
01:18:32What would you do?
01:18:34I know what you would do.
01:18:36You would point at me.
01:18:38Would I?
01:18:40You stepped right out of Emily's murder
01:18:42as though you were shedding your skin.
01:18:44You shifted the blame to me.
01:18:46Did I?
01:18:48Yes.
01:18:50John,
01:18:52which one of us would the world miss the most?
01:18:54I mean,
01:18:56if there were a choice of one of us.
01:18:58Blast the world.
01:19:00I'm going to start thinking about myself.
01:19:02You're very much in love with Marjorie.
01:19:04I know that. You've always been.
01:19:06You had the opportunity that night of getting rid of me
01:19:08by going to the police.
01:19:10Why didn't you take her?
01:19:12There are things you would never understand, Stephen.
01:19:14You're right, John.
01:19:16I can't understand my own brother
01:19:18expecting to go on sharing my wife with me.
01:19:23I'm going to the police, Stephen.
01:19:25I'm going to tell them the whole story,
01:19:27including my pardons.
01:19:29I should have a long time ago.
01:19:36I should have a long time ago.
01:19:38I should have a long time ago.
01:20:06I should have a long time ago.
01:20:36I should have a long time ago.
01:20:38I should have a long time ago.
01:20:40I should have a long time ago.
01:21:00How many times have I told you
01:21:02to keep away from my desk?
01:21:04But can'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.
01:21:17Oh no, 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, I...
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?
01:21:41If John disappeared tonight, if 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?
01:21:49Steve!
01:21:51Everyone would know that he was driven to commit suicide by his guilt, wouldn't they?
01:21:55You're forgetting about me.
01:21:57Oh no, I'm not forgetting about you.
01:22:02John committed suicide tonight.
01:22:03What?
01:22:04I saw to it.
01:22:06Before 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?
01:22:18But you!
01:22:33Now, don't you realize, Marjorie,
01:22:35you're reading the manuscript to solve everything.
01:22:39You know, I met Emily on the stairs.
01:22:42She was coming down from her bath.
01:22:44She'd used your perfume.
01:22:47I didn't mean to kill her, I hardly touched her.
01:22:49But I didn't realize how easy it would be.
01:22:53So very easy.
01:23:18John!
01:23:38Emily!
01:23:40Emily!
01:23:42Emily!
01:23:44Let me go!
01:23:45Let me go!
01:23:46Emily!
01:23:48Let me go!
01:23:49Let me go!
01:23:51Let me...
01:24:15THE END