1 00:00:25,790 --> 00:00:28,520 Good evening, friends and others. 2 00:00:29,390 --> 00:00:31,690 Tonight... 3 00:00:31,730 --> 00:00:35,500 Madam, some of our audience are having difficulty in seeing. 4 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:37,300 Would you mind? 5 00:00:41,700 --> 00:00:43,870 Thank you. 6 00:00:43,910 --> 00:00:46,370 On the theory that what was good enough for Shakespeare 7 00:00:46,410 --> 00:00:49,310 is good enough for us, 8 00:00:49,340 --> 00:00:55,050 we plan to open tonight's play with a maid soliloquizing as she dusts. 9 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,850 Unfortunately, tonight happens to be the maid's night out. 10 00:00:58,890 --> 00:01:01,090 I'm expecting an important call. 11 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,360 (RINGING) 12 00:01:03,390 --> 00:01:05,360 It must be Scotland Yard calling. 13 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:09,230 Yes? Thank you. 14 00:01:10,170 --> 00:01:11,870 It was. 15 00:01:11,900 --> 00:01:14,770 They say I am being watched. 16 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,870 That's very gratifying for a television performer. 17 00:01:18,910 --> 00:01:22,140 Tonight's play is entitled "Fog Closing In." 18 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:24,850 Fog. 19 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,080 I don't suppose any of you are familiar with that word. 20 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,820 It's an American expression meaning... 21 00:01:30,850 --> 00:01:34,560 Well, it's really hard to explain to anyone who hasn't experienced it. 22 00:01:34,590 --> 00:01:37,090 The word has no English equivalent. 23 00:01:37,090 --> 00:01:38,990 Oh, well, it isn't too important. 24 00:01:39,090 --> 00:01:40,800 We'd better go on with the play. 25 00:02:06,290 --> 00:02:07,520 No. 26 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:08,760 Don't worry, it won't go off. 27 00:02:08,790 --> 00:02:10,790 I know how to handle a gun. 28 00:02:10,830 --> 00:02:12,890 I don't care. Just put it back in the drawer. 29 00:02:12,930 --> 00:02:14,930 You said you'd feel better while I was away if you had a gun. 30 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:16,200 I was wrong. 31 00:02:18,230 --> 00:02:19,500 It wouldn't help. 32 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:23,840 What would, Mary? 33 00:02:24,740 --> 00:02:27,180 I don't know. I... 34 00:02:27,210 --> 00:02:30,850 Not being left alone in this enormous old house, I suppose. 35 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,750 You're the one who wanted to take it. We could have had that apartment in town. 36 00:02:34,780 --> 00:02:36,550 Yes, I suppose we could have. 37 00:02:37,650 --> 00:02:40,760 Only it was so small. 38 00:02:40,790 --> 00:02:43,730 Nobody would have been able to stay overnight, let alone... 39 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:45,930 Let alone move in permanently. 40 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,160 Isn't that what you were going to say? 41 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,670 Not permanently necessarily, but... 42 00:02:50,700 --> 00:02:52,330 The answer is still no. 43 00:02:52,370 --> 00:02:54,870 We had your parents with us for five years. 44 00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:59,940 Do you dislike them so much? 45 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:04,050 I don't dislike them at all. I just don't want them living with us. 46 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:07,950 And what's more, I'm tired of arguing about it, so let's drop it right now. 47 00:03:10,250 --> 00:03:12,850 You think I'm being terribly selfish, don't you? 48 00:03:12,890 --> 00:03:14,690 I don't know what you're being, Mary. 49 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,730 I've almost given up trying to figure you out. 50 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,830 All I know is, I moved out here from the East to get away from your parents, 51 00:03:20,860 --> 00:03:22,730 to get you away from them. 52 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:24,700 And you're not going to talk me into bringing them out here 53 00:03:24,730 --> 00:03:27,470 and starting the whole thing all over again, and that's final. 54 00:03:29,070 --> 00:03:31,270 I'm going downstairs to wait for my cab. 55 00:03:46,390 --> 00:03:47,890 (DOORBELL RINGING) 56 00:03:52,260 --> 00:03:54,130 You called for a cab, sir? 57 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:55,100 Oh, yes, wait just a second, please. 58 00:03:55,130 --> 00:03:58,270 Arthur. Arthur, I'm... 59 00:03:58,300 --> 00:04:01,440 I'm sorry. I... I'm so sorry. 60 00:04:01,470 --> 00:04:02,740 Would you wait in the cab? I'll be right out. 61 00:04:02,770 --> 00:04:03,810 Sure. 62 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:05,240 Arthur, I... 63 00:04:05,270 --> 00:04:06,510 I don't want to keep the cab waiting, Mary. 64 00:04:06,540 --> 00:04:08,310 Of course not. 65 00:04:08,340 --> 00:04:11,250 I just couldn't let you leave without telling you how sorry I am. 66 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,110 Okay. Let's forget it, now. 67 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,460 I don't blame you for being angry with me. 68 00:04:23,490 --> 00:04:26,460 I promised myself I wouldn't bring the subject up again, 69 00:04:26,490 --> 00:04:29,460 but then when I realized you'd be gone a whole week, I... 70 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:32,630 Mary, I'm a salesman. I have to spend a certain amount of time on the road. 71 00:04:32,670 --> 00:04:34,100 Yes, I know you do. 72 00:04:35,740 --> 00:04:39,310 That's what I meant before. I wasn't really being selfish. 73 00:04:39,340 --> 00:04:40,810 I was thinking about you, too. 74 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:42,780 Oh? 75 00:04:42,810 --> 00:04:46,180 I know how much it's costing you to keep that house for my parents and... 76 00:04:50,590 --> 00:04:54,520 Don't you see, if they could come here and live with us, 77 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,090 then we'd only have one house to run, 78 00:04:57,090 --> 00:04:59,430 and you wouldn't have the expense of paying 79 00:04:59,460 --> 00:05:02,230 Mrs. Connolly to come and stay with me while you're away and... 80 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:04,030 And you'd be happier. 81 00:05:06,030 --> 00:05:08,470 Yes, I'd be happier. 82 00:05:09,070 --> 00:05:10,070 Why? 83 00:05:11,610 --> 00:05:12,670 Well, I... 84 00:05:13,710 --> 00:05:17,250 I love them, and I miss them, 85 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:20,480 and I'd feel safer if they were here with me. 86 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,950 Safe from what? What is it you're afraid of? 87 00:05:27,190 --> 00:05:28,820 I don't know. 88 00:05:28,860 --> 00:05:31,060 Well, isn't it about time you found out? 89 00:05:31,060 --> 00:05:34,130 You can't go on being like this for the rest of your life. 90 00:05:35,060 --> 00:05:36,560 I don't want to be. 91 00:05:37,370 --> 00:05:39,200 But you're away so much. 92 00:05:39,230 --> 00:05:41,870 My being away hasn't anything to do with it. 93 00:05:41,900 --> 00:05:44,770 You're not any better when I'm here. You're still afraid. 94 00:05:44,810 --> 00:05:46,510 Afraid of everything. 95 00:05:46,540 --> 00:05:49,910 I don' t know how to make you feel safe, Mary. I just don't know. 96 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,490 It wasn't like this before, when Mother and Daddy were with us. 97 00:05:58,350 --> 00:06:00,220 You're 35 years old! 98 00:06:00,260 --> 00:06:02,760 You can't go on clinging to your parents for the rest of your life. 99 00:06:02,790 --> 00:06:04,030 (CAR HONKS) 100 00:06:08,100 --> 00:06:09,360 I'm sorry. 101 00:06:11,430 --> 00:06:13,100 (SOBBING) I'm sorry. 102 00:06:16,140 --> 00:06:17,470 Honey, don't. 103 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,480 Look, I know I sound tough sometimes, but I don't mean to. 104 00:06:23,510 --> 00:06:25,610 It's just that I'm trying to help you. 105 00:06:25,650 --> 00:06:29,380 But I don't know how. Tell me how, Mary. Tell me what I can do. 106 00:06:31,050 --> 00:06:35,360 You've done everything. I don't know what more you can do. 107 00:06:35,390 --> 00:06:37,930 I don't know why you even put up with me. 108 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,100 It's because I love you. 109 00:06:41,130 --> 00:06:44,300 It's because I want us to have a life together, a good life. 110 00:06:48,140 --> 00:06:50,710 Oh, so do I, Arthur. 111 00:06:50,740 --> 00:06:53,540 I don't know why I'm this way. Honestly, I don't. 112 00:06:55,380 --> 00:06:57,610 Let's do something about it. 113 00:06:57,650 --> 00:06:59,710 What can we do? 114 00:06:59,750 --> 00:07:02,780 Mary, whatever is wrong, whatever you're afraid of 115 00:07:02,820 --> 00:07:06,860 or running away from, it just isn't real. 116 00:07:06,890 --> 00:07:08,620 It's something in your mind. 117 00:07:10,490 --> 00:07:12,330 So, maybe a psychiatrist... 118 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:18,630 You mean, you think 119 00:07:18,670 --> 00:07:19,900 I'm losing my mind? 120 00:07:19,930 --> 00:07:22,270 Of course not. I didn't say that. 121 00:07:22,300 --> 00:07:24,210 Going to a psychiatrist isn't anything today. 122 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,680 Lots of people go. People who need help because they're troubled. 123 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,280 I can't do it, Arthur. 124 00:07:31,310 --> 00:07:33,750 Please don't ask me to. Please. 125 00:07:33,780 --> 00:07:35,750 You want to find out, don't you? 126 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,260 I'm not... I'm not sure that I do. 127 00:07:41,420 --> 00:07:42,820 Maybe it's something terrible. 128 00:07:42,860 --> 00:07:43,960 But, Mary... 129 00:07:44,060 --> 00:07:45,430 (CAR HORN BLARING) 130 00:07:45,460 --> 00:07:48,460 You better go. He's getting impatient. 131 00:07:49,060 --> 00:07:51,400 All right. 132 00:07:51,430 --> 00:07:55,500 But will you do me a favor? Will you at least think about it while I'm gone? 133 00:07:55,540 --> 00:07:57,470 Yes, I'll think about it. 134 00:07:57,510 --> 00:07:59,770 Take it easy, huh? 135 00:07:59,810 --> 00:08:03,480 Mrs. Connolly should be here pretty soon, so you won't have to be alone long. 136 00:08:03,510 --> 00:08:04,850 Yes, I'll be all right. 137 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:06,480 That's better. 138 00:08:06,510 --> 00:08:09,250 The office will know where to reach me, if you need me. 139 00:08:14,490 --> 00:08:17,030 Oh, incidentally, will you do me one more favor? 140 00:08:17,060 --> 00:08:19,530 I know you'll want to call your father, 141 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,460 but will you wait until after 6:00 when the rates go down? 142 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:23,200 Yes. 143 00:08:23,230 --> 00:08:26,700 Our telephone bill last month looked like the national debt. 144 00:08:26,740 --> 00:08:29,500 Yes, I'll wait. Goodbye, Arthur. 145 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,240 So long. 146 00:09:31,270 --> 00:09:33,300 Long distance? 147 00:09:33,340 --> 00:09:36,910 Operator, could you tell me the difference in the rate to New York City 148 00:09:36,940 --> 00:09:38,640 before 6:00 and after 6:00? 149 00:09:40,210 --> 00:09:42,680 Oh, as much as all that. 150 00:09:44,450 --> 00:09:47,550 No, I'd better wait till 6:00. 151 00:09:48,420 --> 00:09:49,620 Thank you. 152 00:09:56,090 --> 00:09:57,530 (PHONE RINGING) 153 00:10:03,830 --> 00:10:05,600 Hello? 154 00:10:05,630 --> 00:10:08,670 Oh, hello, Mr. Connolly. How are you? 155 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:12,840 Don't tell me your wife's not coming. 156 00:10:13,910 --> 00:10:16,780 Oh. Oh, thank heavens. 157 00:10:16,810 --> 00:10:19,850 For a minute I was frightened. No, she isn't here yet. 158 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:23,490 Is there anything wrong? You're sure? 159 00:10:25,150 --> 00:10:27,890 Yes, I'll have her call you as soon as she gets here. 160 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:29,860 Goodbye. 161 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,680 (OBJECTS CLATTERING) 162 00:11:24,250 --> 00:11:25,610 Hello, Operator? 163 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,520 I'd like to place a call to New York, please. 164 00:11:30,420 --> 00:11:31,590 Yes, the number is... 165 00:11:31,620 --> 00:11:32,890 (OBJECTS CLATTERING) 166 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:16,560 (MEOWING) 167 00:12:18,170 --> 00:12:19,330 (SIGHS) 168 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,070 Oh, you frightened me. 169 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:24,610 How'd you get in here? 170 00:12:25,910 --> 00:12:26,980 Here, kitty. 171 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,190 Don't be afraid. I'm not gonna hurt you. 172 00:13:17,460 --> 00:13:19,690 Who are you? 173 00:13:19,730 --> 00:13:22,900 Please let me stay here for a little while, and then I'll go away. 174 00:13:22,930 --> 00:13:25,500 I promise you, I'll go away. 175 00:13:25,530 --> 00:13:27,470 You're hiding from someone, aren't you? 176 00:13:27,500 --> 00:13:28,440 Yeah. 177 00:13:31,340 --> 00:13:32,340 Police? 178 00:13:33,310 --> 00:13:34,140 No. 179 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:38,850 Now, please don't ask me any more questions. 180 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:42,080 'Cause I'm not going to hurt you, really I'm not. 181 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,390 If you're not hiding from the police, 182 00:13:45,420 --> 00:13:48,890 then you must be from the hospital. The State Hospital? 183 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,490 I'm not going back there. I'm not gonna go back there. 184 00:13:51,530 --> 00:13:53,900 Are they trying to make you? 185 00:13:53,930 --> 00:13:57,100 They're gonna be here any minute. They warned everybody. 186 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,300 They said I'm dangerous. 187 00:14:02,740 --> 00:14:06,540 They said I do terrible things to people, but that's not true. 188 00:14:06,570 --> 00:14:09,780 Because if I did, I'd remember it. 189 00:14:09,810 --> 00:14:12,450 You can't do things and not remember them, can you? 190 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:13,550 I don't know. 191 00:14:16,050 --> 00:14:17,420 Oh, I'm so tired. 192 00:14:19,050 --> 00:14:21,920 All I wanna do is rest. 193 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,430 I've been running for hours and hiding and... 194 00:14:26,390 --> 00:14:29,060 You can't rest standing up in the hall. 195 00:14:29,100 --> 00:14:30,530 You better come into the living room. 196 00:14:30,570 --> 00:14:32,770 No, I can't. They'll see me through the window. 197 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,440 Oh, no, they won't. The blinds are closed. Come on. 198 00:14:38,110 --> 00:14:41,340 Look, you don't need to worry. You can trust me. 199 00:14:42,940 --> 00:14:45,750 You won't tell them I'm here when they come, will you? 200 00:14:45,780 --> 00:14:47,850 No, I won't tell them. 201 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,250 I know what it's like to be afraid of a place. 202 00:14:51,150 --> 00:14:53,320 Come on. Come on. 203 00:15:00,860 --> 00:15:02,200 Be careful! 204 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:05,630 There's no one out there. 205 00:15:05,670 --> 00:15:08,570 Look, why don't you stretch out and rest? 206 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,570 There's no time. They're right behind me. 207 00:15:10,610 --> 00:15:12,270 They're gonna be here any minute. 208 00:15:12,310 --> 00:15:14,040 Even a few minutes would help. 209 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,050 And I'll get you something hot to drink. 210 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:20,050 Why are you being so kind to me? 211 00:15:20,050 --> 00:15:23,520 I suppose I understand what it's like to be afraid. 212 00:15:23,550 --> 00:15:25,620 You know, you're luckier than I am. 213 00:15:27,060 --> 00:15:29,320 You're afraid of being shut up. 214 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,060 And I don't even know what I'm afraid of, and it's worse. 215 00:15:32,060 --> 00:15:33,800 Much worse. 216 00:15:33,830 --> 00:15:36,930 There's nothing worse than being shut up. Nothing! 217 00:15:36,970 --> 00:15:39,470 Oh, but you're wrong. 218 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:42,370 Don't you remember what it like was before, 219 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,540 before you went into the hospital? 220 00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:50,210 You must have been afraid then, even if you didn't know what you were afraid of. 221 00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:54,080 I was always afraid of everything, of everybody. 222 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:55,950 (TELEPHONE CLICKING) And... 223 00:15:55,980 --> 00:15:57,120 What's that? 224 00:15:59,550 --> 00:16:02,120 It's just the telephone. I left it off the hook. 225 00:16:02,790 --> 00:16:04,530 (CLICKING) 226 00:16:05,460 --> 00:16:06,830 I... 227 00:16:06,860 --> 00:16:10,300 I was calling my mother when I heard you out there in the hall. 228 00:16:10,330 --> 00:16:13,030 Oh, that wasn't me. I didn't make any noise. 229 00:16:14,370 --> 00:16:17,240 I've been out there for a long time. 230 00:16:17,270 --> 00:16:19,170 And I was hardly breathing. 231 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,280 And then, that cat got in here. 232 00:16:23,310 --> 00:16:25,550 And I got so scared 'cause she knocked that vase over, 233 00:16:25,580 --> 00:16:29,580 and I heard you coming. I didn't know you were going to be like this. 234 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:32,490 I didn't know it, either. 235 00:16:35,590 --> 00:16:39,430 You know, it's funny we can talk this way, isn't it? 236 00:16:39,460 --> 00:16:41,330 I don't even know your name. 237 00:16:42,060 --> 00:16:44,830 It's Ted. Ted Lambert. 238 00:16:44,870 --> 00:16:46,400 Mine's Mary Hadley. 239 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,670 Oh. 240 00:16:49,700 --> 00:16:52,570 Now, why did I say that? It's Summers. 241 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,310 It used to be Mary Hadley, before I got married. 242 00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:59,510 Where's your husband? 243 00:16:59,550 --> 00:17:02,480 Oh, he's away on a trip, a business trip. He travels a great deal. 244 00:17:04,090 --> 00:17:05,220 Then you're all alone? 245 00:17:05,250 --> 00:17:06,350 Yes, I'm alone. 246 00:17:08,120 --> 00:17:12,760 Ted, I wanna ask you something. 247 00:17:12,790 --> 00:17:15,460 Wasn't there ever a time when you felt safe? 248 00:17:19,630 --> 00:17:21,100 I don't think so. 249 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:23,040 Oh. 250 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,070 Then you are worse off than I am. 251 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:30,780 At least I can remember a time when I was. 252 00:17:32,210 --> 00:17:37,420 Oh, it was a long time ago. I was just a little girl. 253 00:17:37,450 --> 00:17:41,460 You see, then, even if I was frightened of something, it didn't last long. 254 00:17:41,490 --> 00:17:44,860 Like I remember once I got lost, 255 00:17:44,890 --> 00:17:48,460 and a policeman found me and brought me home. 256 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:52,370 I was crying and my daddy put his arms around me. 257 00:17:54,370 --> 00:17:57,210 Sometimes I can still feel his arms. 258 00:17:58,970 --> 00:18:02,610 He said, "Don't cry, baby, you're safe now. 259 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:05,880 "You'll always be safe with Mother and me." 260 00:18:05,910 --> 00:18:09,720 And I always was. I always was. 261 00:18:11,020 --> 00:18:13,050 Well, then why are you afraid? 262 00:18:13,820 --> 00:18:15,220 Because I'm alone. 263 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:17,830 And they're not here with me. 264 00:18:17,860 --> 00:18:20,030 But your husband... 265 00:18:20,030 --> 00:18:21,500 Oh, he doesn't understand. 266 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,900 He's very kind and good, 267 00:18:25,930 --> 00:18:28,600 but he doesn't understand what it's like to be afraid. 268 00:18:31,540 --> 00:18:32,470 Ted? 269 00:18:33,210 --> 00:18:35,410 I... 270 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:40,150 I wanna tell you something else, something I've never told anyone. 271 00:18:40,180 --> 00:18:42,120 You mustn't tell anyone, either. 272 00:18:42,150 --> 00:18:43,620 I won't. I promise. 273 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,220 I never wanted to get married. 274 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:51,830 I only did it because my mother and daddy lost all their money. 275 00:18:51,860 --> 00:18:54,460 And Arthur was so kind and generous, 276 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:57,530 I knew he'd help me take care of them. 277 00:18:57,570 --> 00:18:59,900 And I thought they could stay with me, 278 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,140 and then everything would go on just the way it always had. 279 00:19:05,910 --> 00:19:07,840 I wish I could take care of you. 280 00:19:09,540 --> 00:19:11,350 I wish I could help you. 281 00:19:12,810 --> 00:19:15,920 Oh, no, I don't think anyone can help me now. 282 00:19:16,020 --> 00:19:19,550 I don't think anyone can stop it from happening. 283 00:19:19,590 --> 00:19:22,590 I even know where it's going to happen. 284 00:19:22,620 --> 00:19:26,130 Because I've dreamt about it, a lot of times. 285 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,500 And it's always the same dream. 286 00:19:28,530 --> 00:19:30,400 Why, I have bad dreams, too. 287 00:19:31,300 --> 00:19:33,340 Mine's always the same dream. 288 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,040 I'm always in my bedroom. 289 00:19:37,070 --> 00:19:39,510 That's what I meant before 290 00:19:39,540 --> 00:19:42,280 about saying I understood about being afraid of a place, 291 00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:46,280 because I'm afraid of my bedroom. 292 00:19:48,050 --> 00:19:51,720 I sometimes think, if I don't go there, it won't have to happen. 293 00:19:53,090 --> 00:19:56,790 Only that's not really true. 294 00:19:56,830 --> 00:19:59,430 How can you remember what you dream? 295 00:19:59,460 --> 00:20:02,660 I can't ever remember. 296 00:20:02,700 --> 00:20:05,500 I wake up, and I know I've been dreaming about something and 297 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:10,340 I can't ever remember what it was. 298 00:20:10,370 --> 00:20:12,640 I guess because mine's always the same. 299 00:20:13,980 --> 00:20:15,540 I'm up there all alone, 300 00:20:17,580 --> 00:20:19,350 waiting for something, 301 00:20:20,980 --> 00:20:23,620 and there's a sound downstairs, like a door closing, 302 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,460 and there are footsteps on the stairs. 303 00:20:28,490 --> 00:20:31,590 They come up very slowly, one at a time, 304 00:20:32,490 --> 00:20:35,900 till it reaches the door, 305 00:20:35,930 --> 00:20:39,500 and the knob turns, and the door begins to open and... 306 00:20:42,670 --> 00:20:44,770 I'd never know what it is, 307 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:51,350 because that's when I always wake up. I wake up screaming. 308 00:20:51,380 --> 00:20:53,950 Well, they say that dreams don't come true. 309 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:56,990 Oh, yes, mine will. 310 00:20:57,020 --> 00:20:58,290 Well, maybe not if... 311 00:20:58,320 --> 00:20:59,690 (DOORBELL RINGS) 312 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,060 They're here! They're here! They're here! 313 00:21:02,090 --> 00:21:04,090 It's all right. 314 00:21:04,130 --> 00:21:05,960 I won't let them in. Don't be frightened. 315 00:21:06,060 --> 00:21:07,930 They're going to make you let them in to search, 316 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:09,860 so they can find out if you're safe. 317 00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:12,200 You can hide in the back hall, where you were before, 318 00:21:12,230 --> 00:21:15,700 and I'll bring them in here first, and then you can get away. 319 00:21:15,740 --> 00:21:18,610 Go on, hurry. Hurry. 320 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:19,740 Thank you. 321 00:21:30,690 --> 00:21:32,450 Yes? 322 00:21:32,490 --> 00:21:33,960 Sorry to bother you, ma'am. We're from the State Hospital. 323 00:21:33,990 --> 00:21:35,360 State Hospital? 324 00:21:35,390 --> 00:21:38,190 Yes. One of the patients wandered away and we're looking for him. 325 00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:40,430 Would you mind if we searched the house to be sure he isn't here? 326 00:21:40,460 --> 00:21:41,930 I don't see how that's possible. 327 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,600 Well, just to be on the safe side. 328 00:21:44,630 --> 00:21:45,830 It's quite all right with me. Come in. 329 00:21:45,870 --> 00:21:46,800 Thanks. 330 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,370 You may as well start in the living room. 331 00:21:52,410 --> 00:21:53,910 It's right in here. 332 00:22:06,690 --> 00:22:08,190 No place he could hide in this room. 333 00:22:08,220 --> 00:22:10,090 I'm sure he's not here. 334 00:22:10,130 --> 00:22:12,090 I'll show you the rest of the house now, if you like. 335 00:22:12,130 --> 00:22:13,630 If you wouldn't mind. 336 00:22:16,430 --> 00:22:19,230 Oh, my cat knocked it over. 337 00:22:19,270 --> 00:22:21,340 I just haven't cleaned it up yet. 338 00:22:24,970 --> 00:22:28,380 Sorry to put you to so much trouble, ma'am, but it was for your own good. 339 00:22:28,410 --> 00:22:30,080 I appreciate it. 340 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:31,810 Funny, I was sure when I found that broken lock 341 00:22:31,850 --> 00:22:33,550 on the back door that he was here. 342 00:22:33,580 --> 00:22:35,950 It was nice of you to fix it. 343 00:22:35,980 --> 00:22:38,320 Under the circumstances, it wouldn't be very safe to leave it broken. 344 00:22:38,350 --> 00:22:39,490 But you're all right now. 345 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,260 Oh, yes, I'll be fine. Thank you. 346 00:22:41,290 --> 00:22:42,860 Good night. Good night. 347 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,290 Long distance? 348 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,760 I'd like to place a call to New York City, please. 349 00:23:13,790 --> 00:23:16,890 Yes, the number is Murray Hill 30598. 350 00:23:18,130 --> 00:23:19,130 Thank you. 351 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:23,800 Oh, but all the circuits can't be busy. 352 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:26,070 Oh, I see. 353 00:23:27,570 --> 00:23:31,310 Well, will you call me back as soon as you can get through, please? 354 00:23:31,340 --> 00:23:32,640 Thank you. 355 00:23:43,750 --> 00:23:44,990 (DOOR OPENS) 356 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,560 (DOOR CLOSING) 357 00:23:49,590 --> 00:23:50,860 (FOOTSTEPS THUDDING) 358 00:24:15,780 --> 00:24:17,750 Oh, here you are. 359 00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:20,320 I was worried about you when I heard that man from the hospital was on the loose, 360 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:21,660 so I came back. 361 00:24:22,260 --> 00:24:23,220 Mary? 362 00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:27,160 Mary, don't look like that. It's me, Arthur. 363 00:24:36,340 --> 00:24:37,770 (PHONE RINGING) 364 00:24:48,180 --> 00:24:50,750 MR HADLEY ON PHONE: Hello, Mary? Mary, this is Daddy. 365 00:24:50,790 --> 00:24:53,290 Mary, answer me. Are you all right, dear? 366 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:54,560 Yes, Daddy. 367 00:24:55,660 --> 00:24:57,090 I'm all right now. 368 00:24:58,130 --> 00:24:59,660 Now, I can come home. 369 00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:21,220 This concludes our play for tonight. 370 00:25:21,250 --> 00:25:25,450 Unhappily for Mary Summers, however, there is more to her story, 371 00:25:25,490 --> 00:25:27,290 for she subsequently found herself 372 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:31,060 in one of those institutions she had come to fear. 373 00:25:31,060 --> 00:25:33,260 Next time, we shall be back with another story. 374 00:25:33,290 --> 00:25:35,360 Until then, good night.