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Present company accepted.

Good evening, fellow clock watchers, and welcome to Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

I shall never again lease an apartment on the strength of an advertisement.

This one read, quarters for rent for very slim gentleman who loves

animals. The animals are that infernal bird you just heard.

and an idiotic mouse that runs up the pendulum every now and then. You know,

nursery rhyme that goes, when the clock struck one.

Unfortunately, I'm the one it strikes.

But enough of my problems.

Now, as is customary on this program, we shall have a word or two from a

dear friend.

Listen.

Good evening.

You have something?

I was wondering if you'd take a look at this.

I dropped it on the floor yesterday.

Let me see.

Ah,

a Kreuzner.

A genuine Kreuzner.

This is a very rare watch, my friend.

I haven't seen one in many years. Not since I left the old country.

Oh, my uncle left it to me. It had been in his family for years.

Yeah?

Yeah.

I can repair this, I think.

It will not be easy. I will have to make the parts myself.

Fine watch, my friend.

Beautiful instrument.

Worth saving.

I noticed some interesting clocks here.

Did you bring them from Europe? Yeah, when the war started.

But I could not save my masterpieces, my automata.

You do not know the word?

No. It means clockwork figures.

You know, mechanical chess players, little jeweled birds that fly and sing

you wind them up, soldiers that march and sound their trumpets.

You make things like that? From all over Europe, they came to me with

commissions.

In Bonn, there is a church steeple.

When the hour strikes, angels appear on the belfry and raise golden swords to

fight the powers of evil.

I created those angels, my friend.

And now I am over here.

I earn my bread preparing cheap watches.

Uh... Can you fix my watch, Mr. Clement? Yes, certainly I can.

But it will take time if I am to save it.

Strange, isn't it? It takes time to save time.

Time is the great mystery.

I thought you were alone.

What is it, Lisa?

Dinner is ready.

Ah, you see, my friend, time is the great mystery.

I had no idea it was so late.

Will you join us for dinner?

Oh, I really shouldn't. Oh, please.

We have plenty.

That's very kind of you.

Good, good.

I'd like to hear some more about your work.

Yes. Well, I have a few pieces in back which might interest you.

I'm interested, Mr. Clam.

I'm interested very much. Ah.

Come, Lisa.

Look closely, Mr. Ross.

That's marvelous.

I don't see how you do it. Oh, it's a child's toy.

I have done far more important things in my time.

That is true.

Grandfather has made clocks for royalty, for kings.

He has a drawer full of medals.

Oh! Liebchen.

Liebchen. What is wrong?

I cut my finger on the knife. Oh, let me bandage it for you.

It's just a scratch.

Show me.

Yeah.

There. It is fixed now, yeah?

You can fix everything, can't you, Grandpa?

A skilled hand should be able to repair anything.

You should have been a doctor, Mr. Clement.

Strange you say so.

When I was a young man, my father wanted me to be a surgeon.

Why didn't you? Oh, a human body is full of flaws, very imperfect.

But clockwork, a good chronometer.

That is perfection.

You mean because it doesn't bleed when it cuts its minute hand, like I did? Oh,

Lieb, should I wasn't talking about you?

You are the one human being who has never disappointed me.

She is my finest creation.

Please, what will Mr. Ross think?

Such foolish talk. No, I don't find it foolish at all.

I should be going.

Thank you for a wonderful evening.

Pleasure. Pleasure.

I will repair your crotch now, my friend. You come back on Friday. It

ready. Friday?

That'll be fine.

Yeah.

I'll see you then.

Mr. Ross?

I'll be in to the door. Yeah, bitte.

Will I see you again?

Of course, on Friday.

Now, you know that's not what I meant.

I was talking about just the two of us.

Please, I'll hear you.

What, the old man?

Well, there's nothing wrong in asking for a date, is there?

You don't know.

You don't understand.

He wants to protect me.

From what?

Surely he can't object to your going out with me.

Lisa.

You see, he can't bear to see me out of his sight.

So he's jealous. I can see that.

No, you don't see.

Lisa.

Please go now.

All right.

I'm going to see you again.

You and I are going to see a lot of each other, Lisa.

Lisa?

Well, where do I go from here?

You're leaving.

Who said anything about leaving?

Huh?

Ow.

Yes, leaving.

Now, listen, we won't have any tears, will we? We're not going to make a big

scene out of this.

Try to cheer him up after I'm gone, won't you?

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

I'll be in a schnitzel.

At the office.

You didn't get fired, did you?

Who, me?

Best engineer in the firm?

No, I got promoted.

I'm being transferred to Seattle.

You're going away?

We're going away, darling.

But, Dana... The two of us.

You and I.

Mr. and Mrs. Dane Roth.

can't do that to him.

Grandfather, he's an old man.

Maybe if we wait, in a few years we could.

In a few years?

I'm leaving Sunday morning for Seattle.

What is it?

What's the matter?

I was wondering what time it was.

Just nine. Why?

father will be wondering where I am.

Look, can't you understand?

I love you.

I want to marry you.

Now that old man doesn't own you, does he?

He can't carry you around on the end of a chain like this watch, can he?

Or can he?

Is that what he's been doing to you all these years?

He's turned you into a piece of clockwork.

That he can wind up to carry out his orders to obey him.

That's not true.

You know I love you.

Well, then let's tell him so, now.

No, you can't. Can I? You wait and see.

And I'm not going to take no for an answer.

No, no, you cannot marry Lisa. It's out of the question. Question?

There's no question about it. We're leaving together.

With your blessing or without it?

Is this true?

I... Tell him, Lisa.

Yes, tell me, Lisa.

Would you go without my permission?

Please, darling.

Come here, my child.

Tell him, Lisa.

You cannot go.

You will never go.

You will never leave me.

I cannot go.

I cannot go.

You belong here.

You will never leave me.

What are you doing?

Hypnotizing her?

The human body is a curious instrument, my friend.

Liebchen, it is getting late.

Go to your room.

Lisa, wait!

Go to your room, Lisa.

You can't get away with this.

I am not getting away with anything.

Lisa is a good girl.

She will do what they tell her.

You mean you've turned her into an automaton?

That's what you've been doing all these years, isn't it?

I've been protecting the one thing I love.

The one thing I rescued from the old life and brought to this new world.

She is my masterpiece.

No one will take her from me.

That's insane.

I think you had better go.

You can't threaten me. I am not threatening you.

But if I own a thing of beauty, I cannot bear to see it fall into the hands of

others.

Rather than that, I would destroy it myself.

You understand?

I would destroy it myself.

Dave.

There, there, Liebchen.

You must rest.

How was that?

Only the shock.

It was Nasik.

Only it's a mailman.

Was there a letter for me?

No.

Now go to sleep, Lisa.

Sleep and breath.

Close your eyes.

Sleep and rest.

There.

That's better.

Please, I must see you, sir. I'm a friend of Dane Ross. Yeah, yeah, I know.

Go away.

Please, I have to talk to you.

Now, this will only take a minute.

A minute.

Dane asked me to stop by to see you.

He wrote to me because he was worried.

Tell your friends there is nothing to worry about.

He's been gone for three months.

He says that he's written to Lisa, but that she's never answered any of his

letters.

Letters?

There have been no letters.

Oh, now, wait a minute, Pop.

Don't lie to me.

What's the matter, you will?

No.

No?

It's Lisa.

Lisa who's ill.

Lisa? Or worse, it's your friend who made her ill.

Mr. Clem, that's ridiculous.

He should never have come here in the first place.

After he left, she couldn't rest.

If she is sick, he is the one to blame.

Have you heard the doctor?

Doctor? What does he know?

Pills he gives her.

Pills for her heart.

He's a fool, that doctor.

She should be along in the hospital.

Why?

So that they can give her more pills?

No, my friend. I am here. I can take care of her.

Mr. Clem, if Lisa is so sick, she needs proper care.

It's terrible.

Terrible to sit beside the one thing you love and watch her slowly fail and

falter. Please, you've got to do something for her. I know what to do,

man.

I know this girl better than any doctor.

But she may be dying. No!

She will not die.

I will not let her die.

Announcing the arrival of flight 834 from Seattle at concourse

B.

Mr. Clem!

Mr. Clem?

Mr. Clem?

Mr.

Clem, wake up.

This is the end.

No sleep for days.

I have not the strength to go on.

But the operation is a success.

I know it.

I promised to save her, and I did.

If I die, it does not matter.

Because she will live.

Lisa, you're alive.

He saved you.

Just as he promised.

He saved you.

It was something she ate.

And now our sponsor would like to tick off a few of the reasons why he feels he

deserves your steadfast support.

I shall again be available after the customary interval.

But don't bother to call me. I'll call you.

My problems have been solved.

I had a workman over and he removed that awful cuckoo sound.

I won't be needing these anymore.

That's all for tonight.

Next week we shall be back with another story.

Until then, good night.