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Yes? Good morning.

Come in.

I happened to be passing and I knew you'd never forgive me if I didn't drop

After all, to be so close and not to call, it would have been churlish,

it? It's over there, the coffee.

Ah.

I spent the morning being dictated to by my tailor.

That's what he has to tell me about Italian styles.

I don't know how those fellas manage the Dolce Vita and those tight clothes.

Am I disturbing you?

What are you producing here? A war?

Richard III.

It's what I'm working on at the moment. Yes, I know. I read it. Very

interesting.

Beautiful pictures. Medieval influences on fashion and adornment.

I dreamed I was going roughly in my... You know, these things become very, very

popular. Especially when they're inhabited.

combining the old with the new. Now, I think you're on to something, you know,

Mrs. Gale, so long as you're not thinking of reintroducing the, uh,

belt.

I didn't come just for the coffee, you know.

Excellent, as it always is.

I bought myself a spanking new car.

I thought we might go for a run.

Well, I knew you'd be glad to see me. What's that?

This letter, it's from Sir Cavalier Rossagna.

Sounds like an opera.

Sir Cavalier Rossagna is probably the greatest medieval historian in Europe.

Apparently he's read my article.

Likes it. Now he wants to meet me. He's invited me to his home for the weekend.

Where is this place?

Seven, this side of Exmoor.

You know, it's extraordinary.

He hardly ever sees anyone and his home is virtually a museum. When does he want

you to go?

Now. Hey, today I'd better pack.

Oh, collect my car for me, will you?

It won't be necessary. I'll give you a lift.

What on earth for? I can drive myself.

Nonsense. I insist.

We can have that run.

It's a long way for a run.

It'll be very nice. You beside me, the wind whipping your cheeks.

A few fresh flowers in your hair. Will you be going past the cleaners by any

chance?

Lunch at the pub? Besides, you give me a chance to know what you can really do.

Good afternoon. I'm Catherine Gale.

Hello. Sir Cavalier's expecting me.

Oh, yes, he told me.

This is Mr. Steele. He drove me down.

I'm Ola. How do you do?

Ola Monzie Chamberlain. Isn't that a shriek?

Monzie was a pirate.

Francie Cat.

I'm sorry we're late. We took a few wrong turns.

I'm not surprised.

This place is the end of the world, isn't it? Not surprised you got lost.

I was reading.

Italian book.

I like to read loud.

The words are so nice and rolly.

La notte è piena di mistero.

La notte è mia amica.

Do you like the old homestead?

Yeah, it's very impressive.

It's full of dead things.

Oh, nasty.

Do you play tennis?

Yes. I hate tennis.

You're not a dentist, are you? No.

I've got two fillings in the back.

Please change a bit.

Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm forgetting my manners.

You'd like some tea, wouldn't you?

Don't you think you'd better tell Sir Cavalier first?

But I'm here.

Oh, goodness, of course.

Oh, didn't I tell you he's not here?

He was called away this morning at some business meeting in town. The SOHA,

Society of Historians or something. And academicians. Oh, yes, that's right.

Hostile conference anyway.

Hostile is a dreamy word, isn't it?

All sort of mildewy and attic -y.

My teeth are awfully straight, aren't they?

Very impressive.

When was the Cavalier ever back?

Oh, late at night sometime.

Oh, he apologised. He said he was very sorry and that I was to look after you

until he got back.

Yes, that's what Uncle Cavalier said.

Uncle, so you're related, eh?

Oh, well, not really. I'm his ward.

He and Mummy were awfully good friends. Well, Mummy's dead now and he looks

after me. Well, I look after him more, I suppose.

He's such an old dear.

Well, I mean, he's old, but not the least bit square.

He understands me.

I'll take my hat off to him. How old is he?

Seventy -six.

Do you mind if we have tea in here?

Oh. Oh.

Oh, Lamonzi Chamberlain.

You know what the hyphen is, don't you?

A bar sinister.

At least, that's what they used to call it in the old days.

Monzie hyphen Chamberlain.

What did I tell you about Monzie?

A pirate, yeah.

We've had them all in our family.

Pirates, judges, soldiers, nuns. And you?

Oh, I'm an actress.

What have you been doing recently?

Oh, I've only just become an actress. I'd like to be a nun, really. You know,

making Benedictine and stuff.

Well, monks do know that monks that make that will be smuggly in.

Oh, we've never had a smuggler in the family.

Monty was a pirate, though.

Oh, I suppose that's the same thing, isn't it?

Never had a smuggler, or a surgeon, or a dentist.

Oh, did I show you my teeth?

Oh, I think quite a lot of them.

Where are the rest of the staff?

Oh, there aren't any.

Well, only Mrs. Darbright, and she's away.

She's in Scotland, I think, visiting a sister.

Surely you're not running this house on your own?

Well, nobody stays with us long.

Well, staff, I mean.

Nobody stays with us long. I mean, this place is the end of the world, isn't it?

Well, only Mrs. Darbright stays.

Well, she's in Scotland.

Don't you mind being in this house alone?

Well, I'm not, am I?

And it's you now, isn't there?

Oh, anyway, I don't care.

stay for dinner?

I'm afraid not. I already have to be going.

Oh, it's a pity. We don't often have visitors.

Can't I persuade you?

No, I'm afraid I really do have to go.

Oh, all right. I'll get you your hat.

Well, I'd better go on down to the coast. I've got a friend down there.

a little cottage and a string of polo ponies. Thanks for bringing me down,

Steve. It's a pleasure.

I'd like to see the company you keep. I'll come back on Monday. Okay? And

collect you. Fine, thanks.

I think you're in good hands.

Oh, happy weekend.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yes, thank you.

This is magnificent.

16th century, isn't it?

Well, I don't know.

I don't really know much about these things.

This house is rather dreamy, isn't it?

Especially at night.

Are you afraid of the dark?

I love the dark.

Oh, it's owl time.

Full of creeps and crawls and sensuals.

I love it.

I can imagine all kinds of tingles and chill spines.

Of course, I have to experience everything.

Oh, being an actress.

Range expanding and all that dirt.

Oh, it's through there.

Oh, if you want me, I'll be downstairs.

Good girl.

Oh, dinner time.

We always have dinner at night in this house.

One thing Uncle Cavill is really strict about.

Oh, he said that if you didn't get back in time, you ought to go ahead without

him. I'm not away.

Oh, but he is, isn't he?

Absolutely, isn't he?

Anyway, ready.

Very friendly.

I play to them.

Great scenes.

I want to make them cry.

Oh, it's fish and the wine's red.

Red's all we've got. The wine cellar's locked up.

Doesn't your uncle trust you?

Oh, no, it's just that he always locks it up when he goes away.

Mmm. I adore red wine, don't you?

Dark.

Blood red.

It is fish.

I don't mind.

I expect he missed the fast train.

He's always missing trains, you know.

Probably get the slow one.

Smells to ringing.

Bringing me to you.

Aren't you eating as well?

Oh, no, I'm slimming. An actress has to keep her figure, you know. It's very

important. Oh, that's for Uncle Cavalier when he gets back.

I'm going now.

Oh? Oh, that was a friend of mine from the village. She's been taken ill. Oh,

I'm sorry.

Oh, she's been taken so ill, she wants me to go along straight away. Oh, then

you must.

Oh, a door shanker cavalier would come back. Oh, don't worry about that. You go

along.

I don't want to leave you alone. I'll be perfectly all right.

But it seems so menace.

Look, if your friend really is ill... Oh, she is, really.

Well, then.

All right.

I'll go, and I'll take the car. I adore driving, don't you?

Pass.

Come on, don't you think you'd better get going?

Oh, fine.

You won't like being here all on your own, you know. Oh, I've brought a book.

I'll probably go to bed and settle down with that. Oh, I read Italian books.

Really? Oh,

there was something else I almost forgot.

Lock the door.

Lock the door after me, won't you?

Goodbye. Goodbye.

This afternoon, the Minister of Agriculture announced a further drop in

subsidies to counteract the recent potato glut.

Early this morning, firemen were called to a blaze in a Liverpool paint factory.

The fire is now reported to be under control, although damage is estimated at

over 80 ,000 pounds.

That concludes the news headlines.

Now here is a summary of the weather.

Widespread rain is reported tonight in many districts of west and southwest

England. This is particularly heavy in Devon and Somerset.

Night visibility will be...

You catch cold.

What do you want?

Well, I might be Daryl F. Zanuck looking for a new international star.

It seems unlikely.

Ah, you doubt me, but I could be, couldn't I? You don't know for a fact I

Daryl F. Zanuck. Do you know what time it is? Well, it's my jalopy, my car.

over there. I've run out of petrol and, um... I can't see a car. No, you

wouldn't, would you? Not at the far end of the drive.

It's there, okay. Just over by the garage.

What makes you think I ain't Daryl F. Zanuck? Do you know him personally?

Oh, please.

It's your phone I want, now. See?

Long distance, wires buzzing, big deal.

It's tremendous, it's colossal, it's... Wow, I'm a cast.

I want Laura and Bardo back.

I also want a gallon of petrol, otherwise I'll have to walk home and my

would get sore.

Husband, I left Sanic's all human, you know.

You do have a phone?

Yes, there's a phone.

Ah, maybe you're all alone in this great big house.

Is that it?

Come in and turn.

Thanks, though.

I'm not really Daryl Afsanik, you know. He's a much smaller man.

Wow, what a set you have here, doll.

I will move that flat.

Bring the booms in here.

Tally up the stairs.

Now, you're wondering why I'm carrying on this way. Having positively and

definitely admitted that I ain't Daryl Afsanik.

Well, I'll tell you why, actually.

And I wouldn't like us to go any further than the Waller Parsons.

I'm Alfred Hitchcock in disguise.

Isn't that fantastic?

Oh, what those make -up boys can do these days. The phone's here.

Oh, thanks, Doc. There's a walk -on for you in my next movie.

No, no, no, don't thank me. I wish to remain anonymous.

Yes, you know, you've got class.

And I like that.

I like girls with class.

You know what they say about girls with class, I mean.

They like to look over the fence once in a while and see what the grass is like

on the other side.

Will you make that call indeed? Debs and dustmen, tiaras and truck drivers. It's

in. It's a thing. I mean, after Henley and the Yacht Club boys, there's nothing

better than a good laborer of rough hands.

My dear, I had no idea that the peasants went in for that sort of thing. It's

much too good for us. Now, listen to me.

The girl I went out with tonight, she had class.

Just trappings. I'll give you that. But a lovely set of trappings for all that.

Not as good as you, though.

Are you going to make that call or not? I will. Don't rush me.

Had too much rushing tonight already.

Nosy coppers. Shining lights in the car. What are you doing in there?

Well, nothing, officer.

Nothing, eh? Well, hold my torch. I'm not a man in.

What's the joke?

Do you like jokes?

Definitely not now.

Okay. I'll make the call.

This is like a movie situation, isn't it?

Girl all alone in a great big house. A mysterious stranger called.

A round of petrol. May I use your phone? She lets him in. He picks up the phone.

The phone is dead.

The wires have been cut.

The wires have been cut.

I don't mean it.

Look.

Don't worry, madam.

Your son will live to play the sousaphone again.

We've grafted on a new sousaphone.

Oh, doctor, I don't know how to think.

Why was your car in the driveway?

Were you on your way here?

Well, in a manner of speaking, yes. I knew it was running out of gas. He knew

about this place, thought I could come over and use the phone.

Well, there's nothing much in here but only a pair of pliers.

Wire and pliers.

That's what it needs to fix that phone. And you'll just have to walk.

What about Ola?

Ola? Now, you've got all your faculties. You heard what I said. Ola.

You're expecting a vac, aren't you?

And if I am?

Well, she could give me a lift, couldn't she? I don't suppose she's hoofing it.

This Ola, she's a bit of a nut.

That's got absolutely nothing to do with you. I think it's time you went.

Oh, well, she could save me a long walk if she gets back.

How about the village, though? That's down in the dip.

I missed a bit thicker than throat down there. I can't see you getting back

tonight. No, not tonight.

That's harm of the basketball country.

Hey,

now, you've got nice legs.

You have, though.

Nice. I'd like to put you in my next picture.

Playing Tarzan.

You, uh...

You know how to look after yourself, huh? I think so. Now get out.

Oh, but it's cold and misty and dark out there.

Anyway, there's a situation to be explored here. What situation?

You all alone in this great big house. Now, I know you're all alone. It's no

good telling me Big Daddy's upstairs with a shotgun.

You're alone all right with me.

I've had just about enough of this nonsense. I knew you'd get curious. I

See?

Affectation. Well, you could be right.

Then again, you could be wrong.

I mean, maybe it's to stop me getting marred.

All those mad, mad girls tearing at my clothes, my tie, my jacket, my trousers,

trying to eat me alive.

Now go for his cufflinks, Henrietta. No, get away. I'll keep you. No.

I'll put you two pairs of socks for one pair of his underpants.

No.

Maybe it's that.

Maybe I just don't want to be recognized.

Or maybe I just got piggy eyes.

Jumping to conclusions. Now, suppose everybody did that.

Suppose, then, I decided you cut those phone wires yourself.

Why should I do that? Keep me here. I've got vitality, child.

Well, then, who did cut the phone wires? I don't know. Probably the phone

people. Oh, I think there's more to it than that.

You know what I think?

Sinister doings, that's what.

Ex -certificate stuff. Fun fit for kids and old ladies.

Look, it's late, I'm tired, and you're going.

Well, then, how would you like me to tuck you in? How would you like me to

your arm? No, not much. No, that doesn't appeal.

No, I think I can definitely say that isn't me. Come on, I've had enough of

this. I'm disappointed in you, doll.

And you were just dressed for the part, too.

Now, in the movies... This is not the movies.

Are you really throwing me out? I'm really throwing you out. It'll be hell

there without me.

Do you know how far I'll have to walk?

On a night like this, too.

I've got a suspicion you don't trust me.

You don't believe my car broke down, do you?

Well, it really did, you know.

Look, the garage. Maybe there's a can of petrol in there.

Well, it's likely, isn't it? It's likely.

Okay, let me take a look. If I find some gas, I'll take off.

Now, I can't say fairer than that, can I? Just get out and don't come back.

I will do.

Anyway, you can keep this place. It's creepy.

Especially if you're on your own.

And you're going to be.

You see, Ola ain't coming back.

I saw her in the village way back, and she was getting on a train to town.

This will be your biggest production yet, Darrow, your biggest yet.

Beep.

Kathy?

Kathy.

Kathy?

Kathy, go.

Kathy, I want to talk to you.

It's quite all right.

I'm just a friend, Kathy.

Just an old friend.

Don't be frightened.

There's absolutely nothing to worry about.

Dear Kathy.

Who are you?

What do you want?

Just a chat.

A quiet little chat about old times.

Come up where I can see you.

Where are you?

I'm everywhere, Kathy.

Everywhere you might run to, everywhere you might hide.

I might be down here, you see.

Or I might be right behind you.

Difficult, isn't it?

Do you see me?

Am I close enough to stretch out my hand and touch you?

Or maybe I'm here waiting for you.

It's a puzzle, isn't it?

Well, where?

Which way will it be, Cathy?

It's probably going to red.

We'll be caught if we ride to the west door.

Probably a thunderstorm.

Which way?

Back up the stairs?

Into my arms?

Or down here?

Down here, Cathy, where I'm waiting for you.

Stop!

And break, Catherine.

Catherine? Are you all right?

Oh, my dear, I didn't mean to frighten you.

It was all for you.

All of this to remind you of that day.

Remember that?

I thought you would.

A romantic might say it was our tune.

Yes.

That little restaurant.

Off the Schillingstrasse, where we used to eat.

Don't you remember the barman with the red face?

You said he was like that Rembrandt portrait.

Martin. I knew you couldn't forget.

I planned all this for you, Catherine.

As a surprise.

The best presents are surprise ones, you said, like... Did you like the

jasmine?

Yes, we went riding in the Reimannstrasse.

There was going to be a thunderstorm, but you insisted on going to the West

We got soaked to the skin.

We came back to your hotel.

You opened the door, and there was the jasmine.

1953, hottest August in Berlin for six years.

I looked up things like that in books afterwards.

I had the time.

Long time, Catherine.

But I don't mind.

The longer it is, the longer I can go on looking at your face. Your face was

always so perfectly symmetrical.

I saw the first photograph in a magazine.

Not an eye out of place.

I cut it out.

Then in more magazines I found more photographs.

Your face was all around me.

If I looked in the mirror, I could see you.

There were so many photographs of you.

Martin Gordon.

You knew who I was.

The last day you knew that.

Yes, I did.

Yes, you said my flight would be cancelled because of the storm.

I was getting out, flying to South America.

But I came to see you. I thought... I thought I was going to take you away

me.

Why did you stop me catching my plane, Catherine?

You had to be stopped.

But you could have come with me. There was plenty of money.

Other people's money.

Three million pounds.

You mustn't believe those lies, Catherine. There's absolute proof.

Some of the refugees did escape.

Well, what did they say?

They tell how you approached them and arranged the escape.

They paid you with all the money they had. Their jewels, their possessions.

Then you informed the military of the escape. The town, the place, the

involved.

And the military paid you, too.

Few insignificant refugees.

Nobody's insignificant.

Not those refugees, nor that poor boy upstairs. Boy?

Oh, you mean that young man.

I hadn't expected him.

I must catch my plane.

It's gone, Martin.

Yes.

Yes, that was your surprise, wasn't it?

I came to your hotel.

I thought you wanted me to stay with you.

But you instead had planned it all.

planned that you should keep me there, planned that I should miss my plane.

Why?

You bought and sold people.

You made money out of suffering. Yes.

Yes, you know, I couldn't believe it at the time.

What a day for rain it was.

You remember?

You know, it still hadn't stopped when I left your hotel.

You closed the door, and all the police waiting in the street,

was soaked to the skin.

Kathy. Steve.

I tried to stop him.

He's been shot.

Blacks.

Probably swapped joint, isn't it?

All part of the illusion.

Like the voices.

Why did you come back?

I read about it in the evening paper, front page. Martin Goodman escapes.

Actually escaped three days ago. Apparently they let him out on purpose,

that he'd lead them to three million pounds.

And did he?

Yeah.

Unfortunately, it slipped the security net and he did escape. That's why we let

the papers know.

So you knew all the time?

No.

I saw something on page three. Sir Cavalier, resign. Your address is a

conference abroad.

Drop X quickly, sir.

We've probably lost Gordon altogether now. I don't think so.

He's coming.

Martin Gordon.

My

goodness

me.

Do you think I frightened him?