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Charles? Oh.

Wait.

Etienne always cuts his creations to the very ounce of his clients.

I take that back to the very dram.

Gram.

Gram. Take off, my dear. My secret passion is to have a fat wife.

But you said you were feeling all right.

Well, I was.

And you didn't go to the doctor.

Oh, Evelyn, this is ridiculous.

You, of all people, should know better than that.

I'm sorry.

You must take care of yourself.

I will.

Good. Then I will make the appointment with Dr. Durand immediately.

No.

Charles, I want to go home.

Home?

There are no doctors in Paris?

Look, I know Leonard Gillespie is a great doctor.

But even if he were the greatest doctor in the world, he wouldn't treat you

directly.

Would you know that?

You're his daughter.

I still want to go home.

6 ,000 miles for a doctor's appointment.

It'll give me confidence.

Your father gives you confidence, and I don't. Is that it?

Charles, I didn't say that.

You say it quite frequently, one way and another.

That's silly.

And it's silly to run to America.

Besides, I can't just pick up and leave. I have a job to do.

Look, go to Giron. Have a check -up.

He will probably give you some little pink pill and tell you to stop eating

sauce diable.

Then, when you are feeling fine, we will take a trip to America.

By next spring.

Now, what do you think?

It's too long to wait.

Why?

I don't know why.

I don't know why.

I don't know.

Oh, Charles, I want to go home.

Is Dr.

Gletzby's office still on the second floor? Yes, it is.

May I leave these here a moment? Oh, of course.

Oh,

excuse

me.

Would you press two, please?

Sure. Thank you.

Dr. Kildare.

Dr. Gillespie wants you to bring the Ward A records to his office.

Oh, Miss Carpenter, I was just going to... I'm going to put one foot in front

the other foot and take the war day records to Dr. Gillespie's office.

Yeah.

Are those the war day records? Put them on my desk.

in the world. Are you surprised?

Oh, I'm so glad to see you.

Oh, it's so good to have you home.

Um, we're not alone.

Goodness, I think I've compromised the great Dr.

Gillespie. My dear, this is Dr. Kildare, Madame Charles Lefebvre, my

daughter.

I've already seen Dr. Kildare and vice versa.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mind it. And I'm very sympathetic now that I know you

work for my father. I'm sure it's all the recreation he allows you time for.

And now, doctor, I think you better leave before my daughter undermines your

composure and my discipline entirely.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, doctor.

Oh.

No.

Let me look at you.

You look more like your mother every time I see you.

That's a terrible thing to say.

Don't you know that every woman wants to believe that she looks only like

herself? One of a kind and original.

Where's Charles?

Oh, he tied you his death. He couldn't get away.

Oh, too bad.

But he's hopeful.

He wants to know if that fishing invitation of yours still stands.

It stands as long as the Rogue River rolls.

Oh, that reminds me. I'm going to cancel my trip to Chicago tomorrow.

Oh, what trip?

Oh, American College of Physicians.

Annual meeting. I'm supposed to read a paper.

Well, read it. Oh, somebody else can read it. Oh, I wouldn't dream of

in your way. But I want to be with you.

Well, you will be. I'm not going home that soon. Well, I'll just read the

and fly straight back.

You know, I went back to Coventry about three months ago.

Yes, so you wrote me.

So I did.

I made a speech.

My father, the doctor who helped rebuild this fine hospital.

I was really quite good.

I got out all those old letters of yours that you wrote me that year.

Primary source material, they call it.

You saved all those old letters.

At 15, a girl saves everything.

Anything the matter?

No.

No, nothing at all.

You and Charles?

Charles? Oh, no.

No, it's me. I haven't been feeling well.

Now, don't go and get that stethoscope look on your face.

It's nothing, really, probably nothing at all.

And I wanted to see you and thought I might as well kill two birds with one

stone. Poor birds.

How are you not feeling well?

Oh, dizzy spells and upset stomach and sort of a general run -down feeling.

You know how it is, Doctor.

It's nothing that being ten years younger wouldn't cure.

It's kind of a dangerous age, 36.

Anyway, Charles wanted me to have a checkup, and, well, you know how he

about you and Blair.

Honestly, you'd think there weren't any doctors at all in France.

If Leonard Gillespie recommends a man, he will be good, depend on it.

Very flattering.

So, recommend a man?

Ivan Erickson, internist. He's the head of our department here.

You can depend on him.

Have you checked into a hotel?

No, I came right from the airport.

Well, you'd better check right into Blair.

I'll call Dr. Erickson. You'll probably want to arrange a series of tests.

It's better if you're here.

Lucy, get me Dr. Erickson.

Oh, yes, and cancel my trip tomorrow.

Look, if I'm going to be doing tests, why shouldn't you go?

Because I want to be here.

Lucy, just a minute.

And I'd rather you be there.

What's the paper on? Peptic ulcers.

I'll feel terrible if you go canceling things.

Lucy, don't cancel my father's trip.

All right.

All right, Lucy, we better do as she says.

And tell Dr. Erickson we'll come to his office.

Now, I'll arrange for your admittance.

But tonight we're going out on the town. You can tell me all about Paris and

I'll tell you all about Blair.

All right, let me just go comb my hair.

I should think the last thing in the words you need is another French

restaurant. Oh, better yet.

I'll leave here early and we'll drive out to the shack.

You remember the shack. Old Tony still runs it. He broils the best steak in the

country. Charcoal broiled. None of your wicked French sauces.

In the hospital, Leonard?

Why? For observation.

She's having a complete battery of tests. That's all.

No. No, no, no. Nothing to worry about.

Well, I'm glad.

When you said she was in the hospital, have you any results yet from the tests?

No, not yet. We should know the facts in three days.

Facts will be relief.

What's that?

I can't hear you.

Oh, the fishing.

Yes, yes, I'm looking forward.

Same here, Charles.

Now I'm going to switch you over to Evelyn.

Yes, I will, Charles.

The nurse just came in to take me on the next round.

Yes, I'll let you know the minute I hear anything.

All right, darling.

Goodbye.

Oh, really?

I must describe this cut to Etienne.

He'll be a sensation at his next showing.

Can't you just see this little number in hot pink?

Well, what's it going to be this time? More blood?

I'm beginning to feel like a pincushion. Oh, no, we're all done with that. Next

is G -Y -N.

I wonder if the Phoenicians had any idea what they were starting when they

invented the alphabet.

Doctors are more secretive than governments.

O -C -D -C -I -A -G -Y -N. You see, it comes from... I know.

From the Greek word meaning woman.

Gynecology. That branch of the medical science that deals with the treatment of

women.

Well, sometime I'd like to hear about home ecology. It deals with the

of men.

Oh, I'm sure Dr. Erickson chose the best man.

Oh, you can depend on it.

Well, we've learned quite a bit more about you, Mrs. Lefebvre.

Another piece in the jigsaw puzzle?

Something like that.

Anyway, this will all help Dr. Erickson, along with the results of the lab test.

Thank you very much, Doctor.

Will you check Mrs.

Lefebvre on the following?

Report to me.

Right, sir.

We'll discuss diagnosis later.

I'll just read the paper and fly straight back.

Did you pack your studs? What?

Oh,

that reminds you of Dr.

Hanson. Do you remember that story?

That was your first convention, wasn't it?

Yes, at Atlantic City.

I was going to read a paper on gallbladders.

And just before I dressed, I found I had no studs. So I borrowed Amos Hanson's

and read my paper.

And then I gave them back to Amos and he read his paper.

We were the best -dressed young doctors at the convention.

Where is he now?

He's dead.

I remember that the last thing Mother always said to you before you went on a

trip was, have you packed your studs?

Yeah.

I know.

Well, I guess it's about time.

I'm afraid so.

Two days at the most.

Mrs. Lefebvre?

Are you in pain?

Mrs. Lefebvre?

My name is Evelyn.

Evelyn, are you in pain?

Yes.

Well, where is the pain?

I can't feel it anywhere.

It's not in my head or my stomach or my legs.

You know, that kind of pain, Doctor.

Shall I call Dr. Erickson?

No.

No.

Would you like me to order a sedative for you?

Sleep? Yes.

No, I just have to wake up again.

Would you stay with me a little while?

Or are you too busy?

No.

Do you ever cry, Doctor?

Sometimes.

Do you like working for my father?

Yes.

He's good.

He's the best.

Do you really think so?

I really think so.

We're going to be friends.

We have something in common.

Don't leave me. No, I'm not going to leave.

What made you become a doctor?

Don't tell me your father was one, too.

As a matter of fact, he is.

More and more in common.

I thought of being a doctor once myself.

Really?

No, not really.

But I thought about it when I was about 15.

But I never told anyone.

Why didn't you?

Oh, one's enough in the family.

Except in your case, of course.

Well, it's about time I acted like a doctor.

What are you going to do now?

Oh, I won't hurt you.

All these tests and examinations, and you can't even cure the common cold.

Sorry.

Do you think your father's good?

Yes.

Is he?

Yes, he is. He's a general practitioner in a small town, but he's good.

You know, when I was quite little, I actually thought my father was ten feet

tall.

Isn't that silly?

But I really thought he was ten feet tall.

I'm surprised you needed this.

Just wanted to be sure.

Dr. Erickson, Mrs. Lefebvre is pregnant.

About three months pregnant and nothing else.

Does she know it?

Now, doctor, she's a full -grown woman.

But have you told her?

No. I was sure after the examination, but I sensed that she didn't want me to

say so.

Look at it her way.

She's 36 years old and has never had a child.

Her history, however, includes several false pregnancies.

Now, naturally, she would want to make absolutely certain to avoid being

disappointed again.

So, I can make her absolutely certain.

One, the pelvic examination is confirmed by GYN as positive.

Two, the AZ is positive.

And? I just couldn't believe it at first, but... Exactly.

Let's call Leonard.

Oh, he's already left for Chicago.

Oh, too bad.

Still, he'll come home to good news.

Leonard Gillespie, a grandfather.

You know, this is one of those times I feel best about being a doctor.

I can go tell a woman that her trouble is not because she's sick, but only

because she's healthy.

Thank you, gentlemen.

leaving us?

Yes, I thought I would.

I started thinking about crab a la Mornay on toast points and, well, I

want this construed as a criticism of the hospital cuisine.

Well, it isn't as classic as dill pickles and ice cream, but it will do.

There's a little place in Paris on the left bank that practices black magic on

crab. Or is it white magic? I never can remember which.

You don't know of any such place near Blair, do you, Doctor?

Or perhaps you don't like crab.

Oh, I like it.

Madame Lefebvre, I have no objection to your leaving. I just want to be sure you

understand. And then, of course, I want to buy a hat.

But that can wait till after the crab.

Madame Lefebvre, as I'm sure you must be aware, your tests, pelvic and AC... Oh,

I know it's considered permissible not to wear hats these days, but I've always

been of the opinion that... You are pregnant.

I've always been of the opinion that one... Did you hear what I said?

Get out of my way. I said you're pregnant. About three months pregnant

six months... It's a lie.

Madame Lefebvre. It's a lie.

Doctors are all alike. Keep away from me.

Do you think I don't know what you're trying to do?

I'm just trying to... I am not pregnant.

I'm not pregnant.

I'm not pregnant. I'm not pregnant. I'm not pregnant. I'm not pregnant. I'm not

pregnant.

Yes,

Mrs. Lefebvre.

We'll just... We'll just a minute.

But Mrs. Lefebvre... Get Dr. Erickson up to room 40 right away.

We're friends, remember?

Keep away from me.

You're the one who said it, that we were friends.

Because we had things in common.

Keep away from me.

Evelyn, can we... Please, Evelyn.

Can we just talk about...

Leave me alone!

Leave me alone! Leave me alone!

Leave me alone!

Let

me

go!

case histories at Blair have proved, I believe conclusively, that diet is of

secondary importance in the control of peptic ulcers.

Now, will those of you who are sufferers from this malady kindly raise your

hands? The waiters will know to pass you by when they serve what I saw as on the

menu, Cherry's Jubilee.

My condolences.

Don't try and reach Dr. Eric.

I'll just change my clothes and catch the next flight out.

Yes, I'll see him at the hospital.

Ask Dr. Erickson to come to my office at once.

I asked them to come, Leonard.

Come in.

Sit down.

Ivan, what's the matter with my daughter?

She's pregnant.

Pregnant?

That's wonderful.

But it's not the reason you had me called in Chicago.

Are there complications?

I'm sure you're wondering what I'm doing here, Leonard.

Well, the complications are psychological.

Well?

Well, in the first place, she won't admit her pregnancy.

How far along is she?

About three months.

We were hoping you could help us.

Do you know of any reason why your daughter should be terrified of having a

baby? No.

Did her mother ever have a difficult pregnancy?

Yes.

But she did not die in childbirth if that's what you're thinking of.

It is.

Yes, she did have a difficult pregnancy with Evelyn. She was delivered by

caesarean section.

My wife could have no more children.

Did Evelyn know about the difficulty of her birth?

She knew, yes.

But nothing was made of it.

Doctor, I'll buy you a cup of coffee.

If you need us, we'll be in the coffee shop.

Thank you.

Leonard, how did your wife die?

Rheumatic heart disease.

How old was Evelyn?

Fifteen. That's a vulnerable age.

How old was your wife?

Thirty -six.

And Evelyn is thirty -six.

That may be indicative.

She told me herself it was a dangerous age. I thought she was joking.

In a way, of course, it is.

To have a first child at that age.

Not as difficult as if she were in her forties.

with an initial pregnancy.

Did Erickson find anything in his examination to warrant consent?

No, everything was normal.

Fifteen and thirty -six, both ages may be indicative.

Fifteen, a girl is a sometime thing.

In many ways, it makes her younger than she was at twelve, the old age of

childhood. And older than she will be at eighteen.

The infancy of maturity.

I feel guilty talking this way to you, Leonard.

No, no, Oscar. It is a vulnerable age.

Is her marriage happy?

I always thought so.

She told me the other day that there was nothing wrong that wasn't endemic in a

marriage of 15 years.

Leonard, your daughter attempted to take her life tonight.

Kill their stalker.

I propose to do the best I can to help Evelyn.

And the best I can is hypnotherapy.

Perhaps it'll help me get to the basis of her fear.

But I want to do everything quickly.

Time is important.

I want to see her.

I doubt if she'll talk to you, Leonard.

I tried. I couldn't reach her.

She may talk to me.

Yes, she may.

I've heard about the baby.

That's wonderful.

I'm very happy.

You know there's nothing to be afraid of.

Listen to me.

Mother didn't die in childbirth.

You know that.

She's dead.

Not from having a baby.

She's dead.

Abby, I...

When do you want to begin?

Tomorrow.

I'm going to call my son -in -law.

You're doing fine, Evelyn.

Now wouldn't you like to close your eyes?

Good.

Now please count backwards from 100 very slowly.

100.

Your breathing is getting deeper.

99. More even.

98.

Deeper.

97.

Deeper.

96.

Very deep

It's fine

now you're completely relaxed and you don't want to count anymore

Evelyn

I hold your hand like this in the air when I let it go

It'll remain suspended in the air as if it was attached to a piece of string

from the ceiling.

That's excellent.

Now on the count of three, your hand will fall by your side

like a wet cloth.

You'll be in deep relaxation.

One.

Deep rest.

Notify me as soon as my son -in -law arrives.

Thank you.

Ethel and I think we'd like to go back through the years.

Let's... Shed the ears as if you were taking off heavy clothing, layer upon

layer.

Do you understand?

Yes.

It will be pleasant shedding this storm clothing.

You don't need it anymore.

Now first, the muffler.

Good.

Now the gloves.

Coat heavy with the weight of years.

You're much younger.

Sweater.

You are very, very young.

Evelyn, try to remember something that happened to you.

Very pleasant.

Exciting.

eight years old or seven six

five

it's

my birthday all right it's your birthday it's your fifth birthday

And you're happy, Evelyn?

My daddy's coming home early from my party.

You like your daddy?

He's bringing my birthday.

You mean your present?

My birthday.

What do you want for your birthday?

A baby brother.

Do you think you'll get one?

Mary Ellen did.

Who is Mary Ellen?

She lives next door.

And do you really think you'll get a baby brother for your birthday?

Maybe not.

Why not?

Babies are hard to get.

It was hard to get.

But I was worth it.

Yes?

Send Mr. LaFayette off, please.

The party is over.

Your party is over and you're all alone by yourself.

And nobody can hear what you say.

I didn't get one.

I didn't get a baby brother.

I'm going to be the only one.

And you're glad about that?

Now we'll go forward in time, I think.

You are no longer five years old or six or seven or eight or nine.

You are ten.

You are ten years old.

What grade are you in school?

5B. Do you like school?

Yes.

Oh, you're excited about something.

We're going on a trip.

My room's going on a field trip.

My field trip.

Yours?

Where are you going?

We're going to my father's hospital.

My father's going to take us all through Blair, everywhere.

And then he's going to take us to the cafeteria and buy us ice cream.

Does this make you feel important?

My father's a doctor.

A very important doctor.

He's the best, the most famous, the tallest...

And this sort of thing has happened before?

Yes. How?

It's hard to explain, isn't it? Try anyway, Joan.

Well, sometimes...

I feel that Evelyn is comparing me to you.

Measuring me, almost, against you.

The wife comparing the husband to the father. It's very common.

All right, Evelyn.

You're no longer ten or eleven.

Or 13 or 14.

You are 15 years old.

No.

15.

No. You are 15.

No.

What's the matter, Evelyn?

My mother's sick.

What's the matter with her?

I think she's going to have a baby.

Why do you say that?

My mother's sick.

And you're worried?

I think my father's worried, too.

But he shouldn't be worried.

Why not?

Because he's a doctor.

The best doctor in the whole world. He shouldn't be worried if somebody's sick.

She's not going to have a baby.

She's not getting fatter. She's getting thinner.

Anyway, I'm not worried.

Aren't you?

I'm lucky your family and the whole world to get sick, Kim.

She'll be all right.

My father will make her be all right.

Evelyn.

Evelyn.

Oh, go away.

I don't want to talk about it.

But you must talk about it. You're 15 years old and you must talk about it.

No. No.

That's right, Evelyn.

Now, is your mother getting better?

Is your mother getting...

Better?

No.

Oh.

Oh.

Now it's going to be all right.

She's going to be all right.

How do you know that, Evelyn?

Well, they're taking her to the hospital.

My father's hospital.

Now she'll be all right.

I wonder why they didn't do that before.

All right, your mother is in the hospital.

Now it's the next day.

No.

No.

No. You have to face it. No. It's the next day. No. No.

No.

She can't not.

My good doctor, he's a fake!

a doctor.

A very good doctor.

He's in England now, you know, in Coventry.

He's rebuilding a hospital over there.

I guess they don't have doctors that could.

You can rest now, Evelyn. It's all right.

You can rest now.

We were both lost when our mother died.

Then somehow it seemed to bring us closer together.

And the war came and I had to go to England.

And she went to boarding school.

She showed no signs of distress.

She was good in her studies.

She had many friends.

She didn't know that was the problem.

It came too fast. It was too terrible. She was too vulnerable and she pushed it

down.

You see, a psychic wound is like a bodily one. It needs air to heal.

Evelyn kept hers hidden so it never healed.

Her letters were... Oscar, I had no indication.

She gave me no indication.

In order to keep it hidden, she had to overcompensate.

She had to build me up so she wouldn't have to face what she really felt.

I find it difficult to understand.

She seemed all right.

She was fine.

You see, all of a sudden, a whole group of circumstances made the wound fester

again.

She found herself pregnant.

She feared this because of a childhood terror, because it came to her in her

36th year.

The same age as her mother was when she died.

Exactly.

Because it would mean putting herself in the hands of a doctor and going to a

hospital, which to her meant death.

Then any illness might have done it.

That's right.

But it came back to me, to Blair.

Well, that's the healthy part of it, don't you think, Leonard?

Yes.

Deep down, she wanted to know to face her fear and be rid of it.

Is she going to be all right?

Sure. Now that we know, we can help her to know.

May I go and see her?

She's expecting you.

As a species, the human race has been known to confuse fathers with gods.

Then it isn't surprising that a young girl should do so.

Or a grown man had been unaware that she had.

Daddy, I'm going to have a baby.

I know, Abby.

Will you help me?

I'll help you.

We know how to help you now.

Abby, I'm not ten feet tall.

I'm not ten inches tall either.

I'm six foot two.

Not quite that.

Age shrinks a man a little.

Did he?

Thank you.