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(Guonod's "Funeral March
of a Marionette" * )

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Good evening.

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Tonight, we offer you
a generous portion of mystery,

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a pinch of comedy,

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just a soupcon
of a commercial,

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all seasoned by a few
irrelevant comments
from your host.

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As you may know,
food is a hobby of mine.

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I don't claim to be
an expert cook,

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but I am rather a good eater.

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If you will wander
into my kitchen,

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I'll allow you to watch me
as I concoct some delicacy
to tempt your palate.

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I cannot abide
careless cookery.

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Let me see. I've...

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I've just added
10 cc's of sugar.

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All that is left is to add
the white of one egg.

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And by the white,
I do not refer

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to the clear gelatinous
substance inside.

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Naturally, I mean the shell.

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This is where most
amateur cooks make
their mistakes.

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While you are waiting
for me to finish,

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I suggest you turn
your attention

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to tonight's story.

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It is called,

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"Conversation Over A Corpse."

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It sounds like perfect
dinner conversation.

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(HUMMING A TUNE)

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(SINGING) Who laughed
with delight...

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You... Frown...

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In the old church yard...

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(HUMMING CONTINUES)

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Gave her a smile...

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And trembled...

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And alone...

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(HUMMING)

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Oh, it's you, Joanna.

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Who else would it be?

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Oh, those are the cookies
you're going to serve.

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Yes, Joanna.

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Sprinkle them with cinnamon.
Then he won't taste the tea.

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Do you really think
we ought to do this, Joanna?

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After all, Mr. Brenner's
a very nice man.

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Mr. Brenner is not
a nice man.

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There's nothing
nice about him.

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He wants to cheat us
out of this house.

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Cissie, do you want
to move out of our home?

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Oh, no.

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No, why, I wouldn't know
where to go.

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At our age, we have roots.

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We don't want
to pull them up and move.

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But we did sign
the option. Or, you did.

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We didn't have
any money then, did we?

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Now we have.

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Since the insurance policy
money came,

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we can live well
for the rest of our lives.

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But you did sign the option,

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and Mr. Brenner does want
this house so much.

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Mr. Brenner won't
want anything when
I've finished with him.

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Oh, Cissie,
when you serve the tea,

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make sure that
it brews long enough

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for the capsules to melt.

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It won't hurt
poor Mr. Brenner, will it?

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Mr. Brenner
is cheating us.

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He's always
cheated everyone.

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He wants to tear
this house down.

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I don't see why anyone
would want to tear
this house down.

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It's not more than
100 years old,

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and it's in very
good condition.

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No, Joanna, no,
I don't think
I want to do this.

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We'll just give Mr. Brenner
his money back and that's
all there'll be to it.

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I've told you time
and time again that
you're to do as I say.

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You're hurting me, sister.
You're hurting my wrist.

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I want it understood
that you're to do
as I say.

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Very well, sister,
but you're hurting
me terribly.

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If you had an ounce
of common sense,
you would realize

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that we can't
give Mr. Brenner
his money back.

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He has a signed option
and he wants his property.

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I just don't seem
to understand
business, Joanna.

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No, you don't
understand anything.
You're very stupid.

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I suppose I am.

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Without me, you would
have been put out
of here long ago

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and ended
in the poor house.

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I don't want that.

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Then do as I say.

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Yes, Joanna, yes.
I'll do as you say.

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We'll give Mr. Brenner
the tea,

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and he'll just
go gently to sleep.

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Won't he?

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Yes, he'll sleep.

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Just so he feels nothing,
there's no pain.

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I don't like pain, Joanna.

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You hurt me that time.

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It's the only way
I can make you understand.

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But I do like Mr. Brenner.

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At least, I think I do.

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That man understands
and appreciates nothing
but money.

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Money, money, money.

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44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49,
$5,000, Mr. Brenner.

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Yeah, and that's more money
than those two old dames
have seen in their lives.

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Seems a shame to tear down
that old house.

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I'll have them out
of there in a week.

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And the day after,
I'll tear the place down.

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Just the same,
it seems a shame.

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I've been after that property
for 10 years.

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For a while I thought I'd have
to kill them to get it.

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I might have to, at that.

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Good afternoon,
Mrs. Cushing.

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Very nice of you ladies
to feed me.
And such good cookies, too.

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Do you like
the tea, Mr. Brenner?

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Oh, fine, fine.

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It's a special blend
we use for guests.

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Well, now ladies,

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suppose we get
right down to business.

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It's a shame to spoil
such a nice talk
with business.

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Well, it's a world
of business, Miss Enright.

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You know, keep
the wheels turning,

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your nose to the grindstone.

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Just when do you ladies expect
to move out of the house?

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Move out?

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Well, yes, you'll find it
mighty uncomfortable

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to be sitting here
while they tear down
the place around you.

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Tear it down?
Tear down this house?

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Cissie... She's very
easily upset.

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MR. BRENNER: So I see.

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Well, I thought
you understood

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I wanted the land
the house is built on,

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not the house itself, no.

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That must come down.

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Frankly, Mr. Brenner,
we've changed our minds.

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Well, you can't do that.

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This is an option,
you signed it.

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I gave you money
and you accepted it.
You must realize...

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But, Mr. Brenner...
Cissie.

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Option or no option,
Mr. Brenner,

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we are not going
to sell this house.

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Oh, but you must!

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As a matter of fact, you did!

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You're getting
so upset, Mr. Brenner.

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Have another cup of tea.

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No, no, thank you.

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I'll take you both to court.

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I'll have everybody
laughing at you.

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They'll put you away!

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I don't know what's
the matter with me. I...

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MR. BRENNER: I'm so tired.
I can't seem to...

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Cissie, clear away
the tea things.

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Don't you think
Mr. Brenner should have
another cup of tea?

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He doesn't need it.

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What did you do to me?

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You have just taken
enough poison to kill
10 men, Mr. Brenner.

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Catch him, Cissie!

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I'm sure it isn't
going to hurt
a bit, Mr. Brenner.

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There. That's done.

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He doesn't look
very comfortable.

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Clear away
the tea things, Cissie,

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and be sure to wash
each cup thoroughly.

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I don't see why
I have to hurry, so.

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I want to look
at Mr. Brenner some more.

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Cissie, will you please
do as I say?

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Shall I read Mr. Brenner's
tea leaves?

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He has no future.
He's dead.

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Oh.

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(GASPING IN SHOCK)

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Now what?

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Nothing.

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What do you mean, "Nothing"?
Answer me.

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Why, Joanna,
your tea leaves say "Death."

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Oh, you've just mixed
the cups, that's all.

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Here, let me help you.

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Oh, you never finish anything.

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Now, let me see.

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Is that everything?

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Well, yes, I think so.
Everything, that is,
except Mr. Brenner.

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Doesn't he look natural?

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Now, what are we
going to do?

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With everything so rushed

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and you distracting me
with those tea leaves,

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I just can't think
of everything!

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We've got to do
something about him!

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Well, we could put
something over him.

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Cissie, please.
We've got to dispose of him!

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Well, let me think.

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We could bury him
in the cellar.

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That happens to have
a cement floor.

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We could bury him
in the wood shed.

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Yes, we could ask Barney
to dig a hole

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when he comes to do
the yard next week.

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We have to dig
the hole now!

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Now, go and get
the shovel and start.

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I can't dig a big hole
like that, Joanna.

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You know that it would
take me all night.

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Very well, then,
I'll do it.

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Do you think he's really dead?

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Isn't he
supposed to be stiff?

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Give the man time, Joanna.

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He's awfully heavy.

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Maybe we could take him
out in sections.

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Sections?

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Oh. But wouldn't that
be terribly untidy?

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I mean, mama's rug.

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Oh, yes, I suppose so.

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Oh, what a nuisance
it all is.

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Maybe we could drop him
down the old well.

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It doesn't have a cover on it.

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But we could put lots
of things on top of him

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and then we don't need
to divide him up,

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we could just drop him in.

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Yes, let's do it
right quickly.

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You take one foot,
and I'll take the other.

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He's alive!

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Oh.

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Oh, what a nuisance
this is.

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Now we have to kill
him again, somehow.

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Why doesn't anything
ever go right?

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Now what am I going
to do?

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Well, why don't
you suggest something?

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You're in this
as much as I am!

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All right, Joanna!

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I've got an idea.

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MR. BRENNER: Oh...

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If I could
only get up, move,
do something.

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Here's papa's elephant gun.

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He always kept it loaded.

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It's much too noisy.

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I'll get something.

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My, now he can wiggle
his eyebrows.

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There, this is better,
I think.

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Joanna, mama's rug.

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It would ruin mama's rug.

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Oh, yes, I didn't
think of that.

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A blunt instrument.
That's what they always use.

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We must get
a blunt instrument.

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Blunt instrument.

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I have it, Joanna!
I have something!

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Hurry, Joanna,
he just moved his head.

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JOANNA: I'm coming.

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Here. What do you think
of this?

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Oh, no, no, no, no.
That's not blunt enough.

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Here, this is better.

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CISSIE: I suppose so.

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Well, of course it is.

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Here. Well, go ahead
and hit him.

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Well, hit him!

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I can't.
He keeps rolling
his eyes at me.

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Oh, very well then,
I'll do it.

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(CISSIE SCREAMING)

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Now you see
what you've done.

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I can't do it either.

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We've got to think
of something else.

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There must be some
neat way of doing it.

250
00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,360
If just a little
will kill a fly,

251
00:13:50,390 --> 00:13:52,660
a whole can should
do Mr. Brenner.

252
00:13:52,690 --> 00:13:55,160
It'll be neat
and very sanitary, too.

253
00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:02,270
(MR. BRENNER SNEEZING)

254
00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:05,070
Now, see what you've done.
You stirred him up.

255
00:14:05,110 --> 00:14:08,410
He's coming to.
We've got to do
something quickly!

256
00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:10,910
We could poison him again.

257
00:14:10,950 --> 00:14:13,450
But we've used up
all the capsules.

258
00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,780
I know, weed killer.

259
00:14:15,820 --> 00:14:17,320
We didn't use it all
on the roses.

260
00:14:17,350 --> 00:14:19,720
There's some
still in the shed.
I'll get it quickly.

261
00:14:19,750 --> 00:14:23,360
Meantime, you come
right here, Cissie,
and watch him.

262
00:14:23,390 --> 00:14:27,460
If he moves,
hit him on the head
with this.

263
00:14:32,430 --> 00:14:37,270
Cissie, get police.

264
00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:39,840
Oh, I couldn't do that.
It wouldn't be right.

265
00:14:39,870 --> 00:14:43,580
Look, your sister's
out of her mind.

266
00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,580
Don't you say that.
Don't you dare say that!

267
00:14:47,620 --> 00:14:52,150
She was talking
about taking me out
in sections.

268
00:14:52,190 --> 00:14:54,660
Oh. Oh, you mean her.

269
00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:57,630
She isn't my sister.

270
00:14:57,660 --> 00:14:58,830
What do you mean?

271
00:14:58,860 --> 00:15:01,200
Her name is Abigail.

272
00:15:01,230 --> 00:15:06,430
She came here to take care
of my sister, Joanna,
almost 30 years ago.

273
00:15:06,470 --> 00:15:10,610
Papa was dead then
and mama didn't live long
afterwards,

274
00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,380
and then they took
my real sister, Joanna, away,

275
00:15:13,410 --> 00:15:15,440
and I was very unhappy
about it.

276
00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,850
Yes, but call the police.

277
00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,550
Mr. Brenner, you are not
being very polite.

278
00:15:21,580 --> 00:15:23,890
I haven't finished
telling you about Joanna.

279
00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:25,890
Never mind. Please.

280
00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,120
Then Abigail said
it would be better

281
00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,230
if we moved and she'd say
she was my sister

282
00:15:31,260 --> 00:15:33,360
and then people
wouldn't make cruel remarks.

283
00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,400
I don't like cruel people,
Mr. Brenner.

284
00:15:35,430 --> 00:15:36,830
They upset me very much.

285
00:15:36,870 --> 00:15:40,170
Oh, if you'd only
call the police.

286
00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,610
You know, I think Abigail
has been pretending

287
00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:47,740
to be Joanna for so long,
she believes it.

288
00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:52,080
Sometimes, I find it hard
to remember she isn't
my real sister, too.

289
00:15:52,110 --> 00:15:54,550
But she's cruel.

290
00:15:54,580 --> 00:15:56,120
She's like you.

291
00:15:56,150 --> 00:15:59,550
She's cruel
and not nice at all.

292
00:15:59,590 --> 00:16:04,030
I don't see how I can keep her
from killing you, Mr. Brenner.

293
00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:06,900
If I could only move,
get up, do something.

294
00:16:06,930 --> 00:16:09,160
Yes, it's a pity.

295
00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,170
Because in a little while,
when it's too late,

296
00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,140
you will be able to move.

297
00:16:14,170 --> 00:16:16,940
You see, I only put
half the amount

298
00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,270
of powder in your tea
that she intended.

299
00:16:19,310 --> 00:16:21,040
That's why
you're not dead yet.

300
00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:22,640
Half the amount?

301
00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:24,050
Oh, yes.

302
00:16:24,050 --> 00:16:27,380
If I hadn't,
you'd never have
regained consciousness.

303
00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:30,920
Cissie, you...
You saved my life.

304
00:16:30,950 --> 00:16:33,860
I don't like
to see people suffer.

305
00:16:33,890 --> 00:16:37,230
If you helped me once,
why can't you do it again?

306
00:16:37,260 --> 00:16:40,230
I'm afraid you'd take
my house away
from me, Mr. Brenner.

307
00:16:40,260 --> 00:16:44,500
Oh, no, no, I swear I won't.
I swear it.

308
00:16:44,530 --> 00:16:46,070
How do I know
I can believe you?

309
00:16:46,100 --> 00:16:49,400
Cissie, Cissie,
there's plenty of it.

310
00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,770
And it says on the label,
"70% arsenic."

311
00:16:52,810 --> 00:16:54,610
How do you think we ought
to give it to him?

312
00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:58,650
Oh, with orange juice,
I should think.

313
00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:01,820
That's the way I always
take those nasty medicines.

314
00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:07,090
Cissie, you've got
to help me.

315
00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:08,660
My, you're doing very well.

316
00:17:08,690 --> 00:17:11,760
Come closer, come closer.

317
00:17:11,790 --> 00:17:15,300
Don't you see what Joanna's
trying to do?

318
00:17:15,330 --> 00:17:17,030
Oh, yes, she's going
to poison you again.

319
00:17:17,030 --> 00:17:18,470
No.

320
00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:22,500
She's going to say
it was you who killed me,
that it was all your doing.

321
00:17:22,540 --> 00:17:24,310
Oh, she wouldn't do that.

322
00:17:24,340 --> 00:17:26,270
Of course she will.
You know that.

323
00:17:26,310 --> 00:17:28,740
She's going to have
you declared incompetent,

324
00:17:28,780 --> 00:17:30,810
and then she'll have
you put away.

325
00:17:30,850 --> 00:17:33,720
No, she mustn't.

326
00:17:33,750 --> 00:17:38,450
Then you'll lose
your house, money,
everything.

327
00:17:38,490 --> 00:17:39,790
(WHISPERING) What can I do?

328
00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:44,290
Hand me that gun, please.

329
00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,180
There. That will do it,
I think.

330
00:18:03,210 --> 00:18:05,710
Joanna,

331
00:18:05,750 --> 00:18:09,450
is it true you're going
to say I was the one
who killed Mr. Brenner?

332
00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,250
What?

333
00:18:11,290 --> 00:18:15,790
And are you going
to tell people I did it
because I'm insane?

334
00:18:15,820 --> 00:18:18,290
Whatever put
such a silly idea
into your head?

335
00:18:18,330 --> 00:18:21,030
Well, I've thought
for a long time

336
00:18:21,030 --> 00:18:24,870
that you wanted me
to be put away
in a sanitarium,

337
00:18:24,900 --> 00:18:27,470
like they did
my real sister.

338
00:18:27,500 --> 00:18:31,040
Someone gave you that idea.
Who was it?

339
00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:34,140
Mr. Brenner.
We had a very nice chat.

340
00:18:34,180 --> 00:18:35,780
Cissie, you're not
making this up?

341
00:18:35,810 --> 00:18:37,310
Oh, no.

342
00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:38,880
He's feeling much better,

343
00:18:38,910 --> 00:18:43,220
and I think he's going
to take our house
away from us.

344
00:18:43,250 --> 00:18:46,820
Don't you think you'd better
do something about it?

345
00:18:46,860 --> 00:18:48,090
Oh.

346
00:18:57,430 --> 00:18:59,470
(HUMMING A TUNE)

347
00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:15,920
(GUN FIRING)

348
00:19:16,020 --> 00:19:17,090
(THUDDING)

349
00:19:19,620 --> 00:19:22,860
(HUMMING CONTINUES)

350
00:19:33,340 --> 00:19:38,810
(SINGING) Obscure and alone...

351
00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:45,410
(HUMMING CONTINUES)

352
00:19:45,450 --> 00:19:50,190
Of a granite so gray...

353
00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:10,440
Oh, my.

354
00:20:10,470 --> 00:20:12,210
Is Joanna dead, Mr. Brenner?

355
00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:14,110
She tried to kill me
with that ax.

356
00:20:14,140 --> 00:20:16,710
My, my, she always
was an impatient one.

357
00:20:16,750 --> 00:20:18,310
Better call the police.

358
00:20:18,350 --> 00:20:22,450
Yes. I think the police
should know about this.

359
00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:25,820
But first, let me ask
you something, Mr. Brenner.

360
00:20:25,850 --> 00:20:28,790
You won't take my house away
from me now, will you?

361
00:20:28,820 --> 00:20:31,560
Oh, well, of course,
I'll give you a fair
price for it.

362
00:20:31,590 --> 00:20:34,630
Enough for you to buy
a little, little place
out in the suburbs somewhere.

363
00:20:34,660 --> 00:20:38,370
You don't want a house
as big as this
all by yourself.

364
00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:43,540
I brought you a drink,
Mr. Brenner.

365
00:20:43,570 --> 00:20:46,010
I thought it would
give you strength.

366
00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:47,910
What is it?
Whiskey.

367
00:20:47,940 --> 00:20:49,810
It's very good.
It's been on the shelf
for years.

368
00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,950
Whiskey? Why, Cissie,
you're a marvel.

369
00:20:55,850 --> 00:20:57,390
Oh, that'll fix me up.

370
00:20:57,420 --> 00:20:59,490
Yes, it will, won't it?

371
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:03,060
Now, don't you want
to call the police?

372
00:21:03,060 --> 00:21:04,230
Yes, I'll call the police.

373
00:21:04,260 --> 00:21:05,860
Never forget you
for this, Cissie.

374
00:21:05,890 --> 00:21:08,130
Just never forget
you for it.

375
00:21:21,340 --> 00:21:24,380
Hello? Get me the police.

376
00:21:25,380 --> 00:21:27,080
Yeah, quick.

377
00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,990
Who is this? Oh, Lieutenant.

378
00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:33,320
Lieutenant, this is Brenner,

379
00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:34,760
Herbert Brenner,
the real estate man.

380
00:21:34,790 --> 00:21:37,330
I'm at the Enright home.

381
00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:38,760
Tell them Joanna
isn't my sister.

382
00:21:38,790 --> 00:21:39,830
Just a minute.

383
00:21:39,860 --> 00:21:41,230
What?

384
00:21:41,260 --> 00:21:42,560
Tell them Joanna
isn't my sister

385
00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,430
but a cruel woman
who made me say she was.

386
00:21:44,470 --> 00:21:45,830
Okay.

387
00:21:45,870 --> 00:21:47,470
And tell them that
I helped you

388
00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:48,900
and it was Joanna
who gave you the poison

389
00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:49,970
and tried to murder you.

390
00:21:50,010 --> 00:21:51,510
Okay, okay.

391
00:21:51,540 --> 00:21:55,740
Lieutenant, Joanna Enright
was a phony.

392
00:21:55,780 --> 00:21:57,710
She wasn't Cissie's sister.

393
00:21:57,750 --> 00:22:02,150
She was some sort
of a nurse that muscled
her way into the house.

394
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,590
What's that?
Oh, she's dead.

395
00:22:06,620 --> 00:22:08,690
I killed her,

396
00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,360
just as she was about
to murder me with an ax.

397
00:22:12,730 --> 00:22:14,130
Of course I'm sober.

398
00:22:15,260 --> 00:22:17,230
A little groggy, that's all.

399
00:22:17,270 --> 00:22:21,140
Some sort of poison
Joanna put in
the cup of tea.

400
00:22:21,170 --> 00:22:23,810
Tell them I was the one
who helped you.

401
00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:25,570
Cissie saved me.

402
00:22:25,610 --> 00:22:27,740
If it hadn't been for me,
you'd be dead now.

403
00:22:27,780 --> 00:22:29,680
Yeah, dead now.

404
00:22:29,710 --> 00:22:34,680
I... I can't hold head up
much longer.

405
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,250
That stuff that Joanna
gave me...

406
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:06,150
Thank you, Mr. Brenner,
for telling the police
exactly what happened.

407
00:23:08,620 --> 00:23:12,090
My, my, I hope they hurry.
Everything's so upset.

408
00:23:24,270 --> 00:23:29,500
She was no sissy.
As a matter of fact,
that was her downfall.

409
00:23:29,540 --> 00:23:32,710
She wanted to steady
her nerves before
the police came,

410
00:23:32,740 --> 00:23:34,740
so she took a flew slugs.

411
00:23:34,780 --> 00:23:36,680
Very sad.

412
00:23:36,710 --> 00:23:39,980
Except for the newspapers
who detected a love triangle.

413
00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:44,250
The picture papers had
more fun than at a hanging.

414
00:23:44,290 --> 00:23:47,160
Well, so much for tonight's
cooking demonstration.

415
00:23:47,190 --> 00:23:49,090
I hope I've made
everything clear.

416
00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:53,330
Next time, I shall
show you how to prepare
an exotic delicacy,

417
00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:56,530
White hunter à la Mau Mau.

418
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,970
You'll be the talk
of your neighborhood.

419
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,940
I shall also reveal one
of my own culinary secrets,

420
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:07,040
how to remove the wrapper
from a frozen food package

421
00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,710
without tearing
the directions.

422
00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:11,410
Good night.