1 00:00:28,620 --> 00:00:30,360 Good evening. 2 00:00:31,590 --> 00:00:34,560 I’m serving a sentence for slander. 3 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,530 Something I said about our sponsor, I believe. 4 00:00:37,570 --> 00:00:41,140 The warden thinks I’m making a tail for my kite. 5 00:00:41,170 --> 00:00:43,410 He’s not terribly bright. 6 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,740 [flute playing] 7 00:01:08,500 --> 00:01:10,970 And now, while I make my escape, 8 00:01:11,070 --> 00:01:14,840 you, less fortunate, must stay and face the music. 9 00:01:46,170 --> 00:01:47,340 Uh. 10 00:02:01,820 --> 00:02:04,220 Some of the names on tombstones are really funny. 11 00:02:04,250 --> 00:02:07,220 Look at that: "Jeremiah Mutton." 12 00:02:07,260 --> 00:02:11,090 [chuckles] He’s as dead as mutton, too. 13 00:02:11,130 --> 00:02:14,500 If you weren’t looking so grim, I think I’d laugh outright. 14 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:17,200 Look at that one. 15 00:02:17,230 --> 00:02:19,070 I didn’t bring you here to see that. 16 00:02:19,100 --> 00:02:20,470 I know you didn’t. 17 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:22,200 You’re being very mysterious. 18 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:23,740 Why did you bring me here? 19 00:02:23,770 --> 00:02:25,540 I wanted you to see something else. 20 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,540 "Flora, 21 00:02:29,580 --> 00:02:31,850 wife of... 22 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,950 Humphrey J. Orford. 23 00:02:34,980 --> 00:02:37,890 Died November 1793. 24 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:39,690 Age 19." 25 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:43,530 Your wife? 26 00:02:45,090 --> 00:02:47,500 Humphrey, you never told me you’d been married before. 27 00:02:47,530 --> 00:02:49,460 She died 20 years ago. 28 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:53,570 But we are going to have our wedding in this church! 29 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,100 So close to her grave, it seems. 30 00:02:56,140 --> 00:02:57,540 I’m sorry if it upsets you. 31 00:02:57,570 --> 00:03:00,640 But the inscription, she was your wife! 32 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,110 Why didn’t you have some kind remembrance of her 33 00:03:03,140 --> 00:03:05,050 carved on the stone? 34 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,290 She was vicious, she was unfaithful, she was a liar. 35 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,060 To let her be buried here at all was a gesture of kindness on my part. 36 00:03:17,890 --> 00:03:21,560 Humphrey, must we be married in this church? 37 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,400 Darling, we’ve already sent out the invitations. 38 00:03:25,430 --> 00:03:28,570 We’re being married on Wednesday, we can’t change the church now. 39 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,210 So close to her grave. 40 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,240 I feel she could almost reach up and touch me. 41 00:03:40,150 --> 00:03:43,250 Good evening, Mrs. Boyd. Mr. Orford at home? 42 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,090 -No, Dr. Minden, he isn’t. -Is my daughter here? 43 00:03:46,090 --> 00:03:48,990 No, they’ve gone to the church to see about the music for their wedding. 44 00:03:49,090 --> 00:03:51,090 -But they’ll be back soon. -Oh, yes. 45 00:03:51,130 --> 00:03:53,090 Are your lodgings comfortable? 46 00:03:53,090 --> 00:03:55,300 Yes, thank you, quite comfortable. 47 00:03:55,330 --> 00:03:57,570 [chuckles] Much too comfortable, in fact. 48 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,640 You know, a country doctor cannot afford to live so luxuriously. 49 00:04:00,670 --> 00:04:03,040 Mr. Orford chose them himself. 50 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:04,870 They’re only a few minutes away. 51 00:04:04,910 --> 00:04:08,140 My daughter’s enchanted to be in London. 52 00:04:08,180 --> 00:04:10,910 She’ll find the house strange at first, 53 00:04:10,950 --> 00:04:12,880 but in time she’ll get used to it. 54 00:04:12,910 --> 00:04:15,120 [door opening] 55 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:18,690 Papa! 56 00:04:26,590 --> 00:04:28,430 I hope we haven’t kept you waiting. 57 00:04:28,460 --> 00:04:30,970 No, no, I’ve only just arrived. 58 00:04:31,070 --> 00:04:33,770 Humphrey, the house looks exactly as I remembered it. 59 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:35,600 Yes, I never redecorated it. 60 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:37,770 Why should I, living here alone? 61 00:04:37,810 --> 00:04:40,210 But we’re going to change all that, aren’t we? 62 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,080 You can start any time you like. 63 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,080 There’s a lot to do. I’ve never seen the rooms upstairs. 64 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:46,750 You never asked, my dear. 65 00:04:46,780 --> 00:04:48,950 You can see the bedrooms now if you like. 66 00:04:48,980 --> 00:04:51,220 It’s your study that interests me most. 67 00:04:51,250 --> 00:04:53,490 -The place where you write. -Oh. 68 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,460 The study is littered with papers and books. 69 00:04:56,490 --> 00:04:59,530 I feel quite ashamed to let anyone see it now. 70 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,600 Let’s wait till Mrs. Boyd can make it look presentable. 71 00:05:02,630 --> 00:05:04,630 A glass of cherry, Doctor? 72 00:05:04,670 --> 00:05:06,070 Thank you. 73 00:05:08,340 --> 00:05:11,770 A study should be littered with books and papers. 74 00:05:11,810 --> 00:05:14,940 I want to see it exactly as it is when you’re working in it. 75 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,780 Do you mind, Humphrey? 76 00:05:17,810 --> 00:05:19,350 Not at all. 77 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:22,150 Come with me, please. 78 00:05:22,180 --> 00:05:24,450 I hope you won’t find it too shocking. 79 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,460 When Mrs. Boyd tidies my study, 80 00:05:27,490 --> 00:05:30,560 I usually find my most important papers in the waste paper basket. 81 00:05:30,590 --> 00:05:33,130 So I keep the place locked. 82 00:05:41,340 --> 00:05:44,110 I warned you, the place is something of a mess. 83 00:05:47,710 --> 00:05:49,340 Over here are the books I have collected 84 00:05:49,380 --> 00:05:52,780 in connection with my work on the early Christian martyrs. 85 00:05:54,980 --> 00:05:57,520 These, I suppose, are my choicest treasures. 86 00:05:59,290 --> 00:06:03,220 This is the life of St. Sebastian according to St. Ambrose. 87 00:06:03,260 --> 00:06:07,500 And this is the Acta Sanctorum of St. Sebastian 88 00:06:07,530 --> 00:06:11,300 attributed, quite wrongly, to St. Ambrose, too. 89 00:06:11,330 --> 00:06:15,040 Sebastian’s missionary zeal upset the Emperor Diocletian 90 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,470 who had him tied to a stake and shot at by the royal archers. 91 00:06:19,510 --> 00:06:21,840 Sebastian’s agony was exquisite. 92 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,510 In that condition, the victim’s pain becomes pleasure 93 00:06:24,550 --> 00:06:27,920 so that those who inflict it can hardly be called torturers 94 00:06:27,950 --> 00:06:29,450 or even sinners. 95 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:42,060 What is this doing here? 96 00:06:42,060 --> 00:06:43,600 What is it, my dear? 97 00:06:43,630 --> 00:06:45,570 It’s a silk petticoat! 98 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,200 There’s a needle and thread in it, somebody’s been mending it. 99 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,410 Well, it probably belongs to Mrs. Boyd, she must’ve been in here cleaning. 100 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,980 But it’s a party-petticoat, it couldn’t belong to Mrs. Boyd! 101 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,250 Why don’t you ask her, my dear? 102 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:00,350 Perhaps she was mending it for someone else! 103 00:07:01,750 --> 00:07:05,320 As I was saying, in that condition pain becomes pleasure. 104 00:07:05,350 --> 00:07:08,390 Those who inflict it might be called cathartic agents, since they’re 105 00:07:08,420 --> 00:07:11,890 instruments of so-called torture are really instruments of purification. 106 00:07:11,930 --> 00:07:13,700 [gasps] 107 00:07:13,730 --> 00:07:15,330 Whatever is it, Elisa? 108 00:07:17,570 --> 00:07:19,330 Could I go home, Father? 109 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,070 Don’t you feel well, my dear? 110 00:07:22,100 --> 00:07:23,570 I feel faint. 111 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:26,170 You come downstairs, I’ll get you something to drink. 112 00:07:26,210 --> 00:07:29,040 I’d rather not-- I’d rather go back to our lodgings, 113 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,080 they’re just across the square. The fresh air might... 114 00:07:32,110 --> 00:07:34,950 You must have something. I’ll get you some brandy. 115 00:07:35,050 --> 00:07:38,050 Elisa, my dear, what is this? What is it? 116 00:07:39,190 --> 00:07:40,920 Look, Papa! 117 00:07:46,060 --> 00:07:49,060 Why would anyone want to live with such a horrifying painting? 118 00:07:51,770 --> 00:07:54,900 [Dr. Minden] Well, I suppose it must signify something to him. 119 00:07:56,910 --> 00:08:00,480 Papa, I don’t know what is happening to me. 120 00:08:00,510 --> 00:08:02,880 Suddenly, I’m terrified of that man. 121 00:08:02,910 --> 00:08:05,480 Of Humphrey? Don’t be absurd, my dear. 122 00:08:07,020 --> 00:08:09,550 This room... 123 00:08:09,580 --> 00:08:11,890 This room is so strange. 124 00:08:14,020 --> 00:08:17,030 When he talked about St. Sebastian, 125 00:08:17,060 --> 00:08:19,390 when he spoke about torture, 126 00:08:21,030 --> 00:08:23,530 he seemed to revel in it. 127 00:08:23,570 --> 00:08:25,200 Did you see his face? He was... 128 00:08:25,230 --> 00:08:27,240 He was a different man. 129 00:08:29,940 --> 00:08:32,640 There’s something evil here, 130 00:08:32,670 --> 00:08:34,210 some evil presence. 131 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,040 You’re thinking ridiculous things! 132 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:37,850 Humphrey’s a fine man! 133 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:39,310 A man you should be proud of. 134 00:08:41,780 --> 00:08:44,220 Instruments of torture 135 00:08:45,820 --> 00:08:49,560 that are really instruments of... 136 00:08:49,590 --> 00:08:52,360 pleasure and purification. 137 00:08:53,530 --> 00:08:54,960 I’m frightened, Papa! 138 00:08:55,060 --> 00:08:56,870 I tell you, I’m frightened. 139 00:09:00,770 --> 00:09:02,070 Are you feeling better? 140 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:03,870 Yes, thank you. 141 00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:05,310 Humphrey, I think we better be going. 142 00:09:05,340 --> 00:09:07,710 Elisa should be lying down. 143 00:09:07,740 --> 00:09:09,910 May I see you in the morning at the solicitor’s? 144 00:09:10,010 --> 00:09:12,250 I’ll call for you at 9 o’clock. Everything’s ready. 145 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:16,250 All it requires is our signatures and then back for the ceremony. 146 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:24,830 Elisa? 147 00:09:33,940 --> 00:09:36,040 I know this is a gloomy old place to live in, 148 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,040 but if you like, we’ll leave for Italy immediately after the wedding. 149 00:09:39,070 --> 00:09:41,240 -Would you like that? -You’re very kind to me, Humphrey. 150 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,280 Thank you. I do appreciate it. 151 00:09:43,310 --> 00:09:46,080 If you’ll excuse me a moment, I’ll see you at the door. 152 00:09:50,050 --> 00:09:53,360 Papa, did you know that he’d been married before? 153 00:09:54,490 --> 00:09:55,720 Of course, my dear. 154 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,290 Did you know his first wife? 155 00:09:57,330 --> 00:09:59,090 I heard about her, that’s all. 156 00:10:07,670 --> 00:10:09,170 Elisa. 157 00:10:10,510 --> 00:10:12,370 There’s something I’ve not told you. 158 00:10:12,410 --> 00:10:13,840 I’m in Humphrey’s debt, 159 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:15,440 very deeply, too. 160 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:19,180 -And if I marry him...? -He’ll settle my debt. 161 00:10:19,210 --> 00:10:21,580 And there’s another thing we have to remember. 162 00:10:21,620 --> 00:10:24,050 There hasn’t been anyone straining for your hand. 163 00:10:24,090 --> 00:10:25,750 You’ve forgotten Philip! 164 00:10:25,790 --> 00:10:27,820 Why do you bring up Philip all the time? 165 00:10:27,860 --> 00:10:30,060 You haven’t heard from him for months! 166 00:10:31,290 --> 00:10:32,590 I understand. 167 00:10:32,630 --> 00:10:35,130 I’ll marry Humphrey. 168 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:36,430 You’ll never regret it, my dear. 169 00:10:41,170 --> 00:10:43,200 [bell rings] 170 00:10:48,110 --> 00:10:50,080 Oh, Ms. Minden! 171 00:10:54,550 --> 00:10:55,920 Mr. Orford is out. 172 00:10:55,950 --> 00:10:57,590 I know. It doesn’t matter. 173 00:10:57,620 --> 00:10:58,990 It was you I came to see. 174 00:10:59,020 --> 00:11:01,260 Oh. 175 00:11:01,290 --> 00:11:06,060 Mr. Orford has told me that I may redecorate the house exactly as I please. 176 00:11:06,090 --> 00:11:09,160 I thought I’d go over the rooms one by one. 177 00:11:10,570 --> 00:11:12,070 I’d like to start with his study. 178 00:11:12,070 --> 00:11:14,070 But, ma’am, Mr. Orford always keeps 179 00:11:14,070 --> 00:11:15,270 his study door locked. 180 00:11:15,300 --> 00:11:17,070 But you have a key? 181 00:11:17,070 --> 00:11:18,870 No, ma’am. 182 00:11:20,210 --> 00:11:21,440 I do not have a key. 183 00:11:25,810 --> 00:11:28,520 But you must know where it is kept. 184 00:11:28,550 --> 00:11:30,620 No, ma’am, I do not. 185 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,390 Mrs. Boyd, 186 00:11:39,430 --> 00:11:42,860 we’re going to be spending a great deal of time in each other’s company, aren’t we? 187 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:44,870 Yes, ma’am, I hope so. 188 00:11:44,900 --> 00:11:47,800 Then we mustn’t have any secrets from each other, must we? 189 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,370 No, ma’am, we mustn’t. 190 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,240 But the truth of the matter is 191 00:11:51,270 --> 00:11:54,740 that Mr. Orford doesn’t even let me clean the study. 192 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:56,850 -Not even to clean it? -No, ma’am. 193 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:01,280 Well then, let’s start with the other rooms upstairs, shall we? 194 00:12:04,050 --> 00:12:05,320 I would like your advice, 195 00:12:05,350 --> 00:12:07,320 you know the house so much better than I do. 196 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,320 Well, as Mr. Orford is not here. 197 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,890 You know, ever since the first Mrs. Orford died, 198 00:12:11,930 --> 00:12:14,400 this house has become gloomier and gloomier. 199 00:12:14,430 --> 00:12:18,100 It’s a pleasure to think that someone is coming to brighten it up. 200 00:12:18,130 --> 00:12:20,700 I wish we could have just a little peep at the study. 201 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:23,140 I have so many ideas about it. 202 00:12:24,210 --> 00:12:25,370 I’ve never been in that room. 203 00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:27,840 What? 204 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,680 Not since Mrs. Orford died. 205 00:12:30,710 --> 00:12:33,080 But Mr. Orford said... 206 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:34,580 Why haven’t you been in there? 207 00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:36,520 More than once I’ve had the key in the lock 208 00:12:36,550 --> 00:12:38,690 but somehow I couldn’t bring myself to turn it. 209 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:42,090 Well, let’s do it together now, 210 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,090 shall we? 211 00:12:44,130 --> 00:12:46,230 Oh, ma’am. 212 00:12:46,260 --> 00:12:48,500 Please, Mrs. Boyd. 213 00:12:48,530 --> 00:12:51,530 If I do let you in... 214 00:12:51,570 --> 00:12:53,000 you won’t tell him, will you? 215 00:12:53,100 --> 00:12:55,170 No, of course not. 216 00:12:57,770 --> 00:13:00,440 He doesn’t even know I know where the key is hidden. 217 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:02,740 And ma’am, 218 00:13:02,780 --> 00:13:05,610 promise me that you’ll never tell. 219 00:13:05,650 --> 00:13:07,350 I promise. 220 00:13:14,220 --> 00:13:17,360 [sighs in disgust] Nasty. 221 00:13:17,390 --> 00:13:19,360 That’s what it is. 222 00:13:20,730 --> 00:13:23,300 Mrs. Boyd, 223 00:13:23,330 --> 00:13:26,840 you said you hadn’t been in here for years, didn’t you? 224 00:13:26,870 --> 00:13:28,770 Well, no one ever comes in here. 225 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,070 Then how did your petticoat get in here? 226 00:13:31,070 --> 00:13:33,510 -My petticoat? -When we were here before, 227 00:13:33,540 --> 00:13:35,710 I noticed a silk petticoat on that chair. 228 00:13:35,740 --> 00:13:37,550 Mr. Orford said it was yours. 229 00:13:37,580 --> 00:13:39,780 Mine, ma’am? 230 00:13:39,810 --> 00:13:43,390 But I told you, I’ve never been in here since his first wife died. 231 00:13:43,420 --> 00:13:44,790 No one has, 232 00:13:44,820 --> 00:13:46,760 Mr. Orford wouldn’t allow it. 233 00:13:46,790 --> 00:13:49,120 Mrs. Boyd, I need your help. 234 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,290 Will you help me, please? 235 00:13:51,330 --> 00:13:53,800 Tell me about the first Mrs. Orford. Who was she? 236 00:13:53,830 --> 00:13:56,900 There’s no mystery about her. 237 00:13:56,930 --> 00:14:00,040 She was the daughter of Mr. Orford’s gamekeeper. 238 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,870 Wasn’t a lady of quality at all. 239 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:05,040 But oh, so pretty! 240 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,240 Were they very much in love? 241 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:11,650 Well, the month after they were married, he found her with a lover. 242 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:13,520 At least, that’s what I heard. 243 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,050 Did she die in this house? 244 00:14:17,050 --> 00:14:19,120 -Yes, ma’am. -Of what? 245 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:24,430 Of terror... 246 00:14:24,460 --> 00:14:25,730 or hatred. 247 00:14:29,230 --> 00:14:30,830 And the man, the lover? 248 00:14:30,870 --> 00:14:33,070 What happened to him? 249 00:14:39,210 --> 00:14:41,180 There he is. 250 00:14:41,210 --> 00:14:42,880 Elisa? 251 00:14:44,510 --> 00:14:47,080 -Eh-- -You may go, Mrs. Boyd. 252 00:14:50,850 --> 00:14:53,090 If there’s anything you want to find out, why don’t you ask me? 253 00:14:53,090 --> 00:14:55,590 I know so much more than the servant. 254 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:06,840 Now, tell me. 255 00:15:06,870 --> 00:15:08,870 What would you like to know about the man in that painting? 256 00:15:10,370 --> 00:15:12,240 I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have come here. 257 00:15:12,270 --> 00:15:14,580 No, no, your curiosity is quite natural. 258 00:15:14,610 --> 00:15:16,280 Humphrey, please... 259 00:15:16,310 --> 00:15:17,910 I found them together in this house, 260 00:15:17,950 --> 00:15:21,050 so I had him arrested for house-breaking. 261 00:15:21,050 --> 00:15:24,090 And as I happened to be Justice of the Peace, 262 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,660 the jury found the wretch guilty and he was hanged 263 00:15:27,690 --> 00:15:30,360 until he was quite, quite dead. 264 00:15:36,130 --> 00:15:39,430 I’ve got the cedar chest all ready with the camphor to lay your dress away. 265 00:15:39,470 --> 00:15:42,240 I don’t want to see it again. 266 00:15:42,270 --> 00:15:44,510 Oh, ma’am, you mustn’t be unhappy. 267 00:15:44,540 --> 00:15:46,310 Mr. Orford has his peculiarities 268 00:15:46,340 --> 00:15:49,080 but then, what man is perfect? 269 00:15:49,110 --> 00:15:50,210 I’m afraid of him. 270 00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:52,180 But she’s made him what he is. 271 00:15:52,210 --> 00:15:54,880 You must make him something better, something different. 272 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,820 -I’m afraid of him! -[knocks on door] 273 00:15:56,850 --> 00:15:59,250 Come in! 274 00:15:59,290 --> 00:16:01,320 -A gentleman to see you, ma’am. -Who is it? 275 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,760 Lieutenant Philip Haven, he says he’s your cousin home from India. 276 00:16:06,390 --> 00:16:08,760 [footsteps approaching] 277 00:16:12,630 --> 00:16:14,200 Philip! 278 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,170 I only arrived in London this morning 279 00:16:18,210 --> 00:16:19,910 and heard the news about your marriage. 280 00:16:19,940 --> 00:16:21,810 I’m so glad to see you, Philip! 281 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,950 This is my cousin, Philip Haven. 282 00:16:24,050 --> 00:16:26,050 He has just returned from three years in India. 283 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,920 -I’ve introduced myself. -Of course. 284 00:16:28,950 --> 00:16:30,720 I’ve never seen you in regimentals before. 285 00:16:30,750 --> 00:16:32,150 You look so handsome. 286 00:16:32,190 --> 00:16:33,860 Never take them off, young man. 287 00:16:33,890 --> 00:16:36,220 If you do, you might look just like any other young man. 288 00:16:38,290 --> 00:16:40,500 How long will you be staying here, Philip? 289 00:16:40,530 --> 00:16:42,200 Two months, that’s all. 290 00:16:42,230 --> 00:16:44,700 Well, we are going to Italy tomorrow, but when we return 291 00:16:44,730 --> 00:16:46,940 -I hope-- -[Orford] Elisa. 292 00:16:50,570 --> 00:16:52,340 Don’t you think you should be changing? 293 00:16:52,370 --> 00:16:55,410 Oh, let’s have a glass of wine at least with Philip, first. 294 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,750 I must prepare for our journey tomorrow, if you’ll excuse me. 295 00:17:02,850 --> 00:17:06,020 It’s nice to have met a cousin of my wife’s. 296 00:17:09,220 --> 00:17:12,130 Your husband seems to think I’ve called at the wrong moment. 297 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:13,430 Of course not. 298 00:17:13,460 --> 00:17:15,700 Now, we must have a glass of champagne. 299 00:17:15,730 --> 00:17:17,870 You must drink to my happiness. 300 00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:21,170 N-No, please don’t. I’d better go. 301 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,610 I can wish you happiness without a glass of champagne. 302 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,310 But you’ve only just arrived! 303 00:17:25,340 --> 00:17:27,680 You must tell me all about India 304 00:17:27,710 --> 00:17:30,310 and about your life in the army. 305 00:17:30,350 --> 00:17:32,050 You hardly wrote to me at all. 306 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,620 Well, I-I was ill with malaria in March, 307 00:17:34,650 --> 00:17:36,850 it was two months before I got better. 308 00:17:36,890 --> 00:17:39,520 That’s why they let me come home. I wasn’t due until September. 309 00:17:41,890 --> 00:17:43,590 And you love the army, don’t you? 310 00:17:43,630 --> 00:17:45,730 Yes, and I love India. 311 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:47,600 Saw a lot of the country. 312 00:17:49,230 --> 00:17:51,130 It’ll be good to go back. 313 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,500 [Philip] Well, goodbye, Elisa. 314 00:17:57,710 --> 00:18:00,210 [Elisa] But we will see you when we return, won’t we? 315 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:02,540 Perhaps. 316 00:18:02,580 --> 00:18:04,780 [Elisa] Philip! 317 00:18:04,810 --> 00:18:07,850 Promise me you will come and see us. 318 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,550 I’ll try. 319 00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:12,090 Philip... 320 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:17,890 I wish you’d written. 321 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:24,030 Goodbye. 322 00:18:38,410 --> 00:18:40,420 Well, my dear, 323 00:18:40,450 --> 00:18:42,850 let’s drink a toast to our marriage. 324 00:18:46,590 --> 00:18:50,960 Your cousin’s visit this afternoon was rather unexpected, wasn’t it? 325 00:18:51,060 --> 00:18:53,060 Completely. 326 00:18:53,060 --> 00:18:56,060 He heard about our marriage and he wanted to wish us both happiness. 327 00:18:56,100 --> 00:18:58,470 It was very thoughtful of him. 328 00:18:58,500 --> 00:18:59,870 When you get to know him better, 329 00:18:59,900 --> 00:19:01,170 I’m sure you will like him. 330 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,470 I think that’s extremely unlikely. 331 00:19:03,510 --> 00:19:06,170 But you, you like him? You’re fond of him, shall we say? 332 00:19:06,210 --> 00:19:08,010 He’s my cousin, after all. 333 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:09,610 And is he fond of you? 334 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,010 He used to be. 335 00:19:11,050 --> 00:19:12,350 Was he in love with you? 336 00:19:12,380 --> 00:19:14,420 We were so young. 337 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,590 And were you in love with him? 338 00:19:17,620 --> 00:19:20,460 I suppose I was. 339 00:19:20,490 --> 00:19:22,520 But that’s all past now. 340 00:19:27,730 --> 00:19:30,670 He was whispering to you in the hall. 341 00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:33,870 As he was going, when you kissed him, he was whispering to you. 342 00:19:33,900 --> 00:19:35,500 Why would he whisper? 343 00:19:35,540 --> 00:19:37,140 You were arranging to meet you when you get back from Italy-- 344 00:19:37,170 --> 00:19:39,240 -Humphrey, please! -Why’re you lying to me? 345 00:19:39,270 --> 00:19:40,640 I’m not lying to you! 346 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,110 I asked him to visit us when we return from Italy. 347 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:45,180 You think I want to start another marriage with lies? 348 00:19:45,210 --> 00:19:46,850 If anyone is lying, it is you! 349 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,050 A few hours ago, you swore a solemn oath. 350 00:19:49,050 --> 00:19:52,520 I’ve had some experience with a wife who betrayed that oath. 351 00:19:52,550 --> 00:19:54,820 I shouldn’t want it to happen again. 352 00:20:05,230 --> 00:20:07,170 -[Elisa] Papa! -Yes? 353 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,470 Papa, would you come upstairs, please? 354 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:13,480 Why, what’s the matter, my dear? 355 00:20:13,510 --> 00:20:15,280 We were to have left half an hour ago, 356 00:20:15,310 --> 00:20:18,110 but Humphrey is locked in his study and he won’t answer. 357 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:24,250 Get the key, my dear! 358 00:20:24,290 --> 00:20:26,620 There’s only one key and it’s gone! 359 00:20:29,490 --> 00:20:31,560 Humphrey. Humphrey! 360 00:20:31,590 --> 00:20:33,400 Papa, there’s something dreadfully wrong. 361 00:20:33,430 --> 00:20:35,700 -I’m sure-- -Humphrey! 362 00:20:35,730 --> 00:20:37,000 Humphrey! 363 00:20:37,030 --> 00:20:38,700 [Elisa whispers] Papa... 364 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,340 [grunts] 365 00:20:43,940 --> 00:20:45,270 [gasps] 366 00:21:00,590 --> 00:21:01,690 He’s dead. 367 00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:05,130 He’s been stabbed. 368 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,130 But who could’ve done it with the door locked? 369 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:15,700 Yes, but... the door was locked from the inside. 370 00:21:20,310 --> 00:21:21,380 Papa! 371 00:21:22,940 --> 00:21:24,680 Look! 372 00:21:24,710 --> 00:21:26,510 It’s that petticoat. 373 00:22:08,860 --> 00:22:10,730 It’s his wife, Flora! 374 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,530 She’s still alive! 375 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,930 She must’ve stabbed him with the paper knife. 376 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,330 Oh, you poor, poor thing! 377 00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:22,300 All these years, he’s kept her locked up here. 378 00:22:31,850 --> 00:22:33,550 Why doesn’t she say something? 379 00:22:36,580 --> 00:22:39,490 The poor woman has lost her reason. 380 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:40,990 [Elisa] Then it was her petticoat. 381 00:22:41,090 --> 00:22:42,790 [Mrs. Boyd] Yes. 382 00:22:57,470 --> 00:22:59,170 Why didn’t she call for help? 383 00:22:59,210 --> 00:23:01,780 All these years, why didn’t she cry out? 384 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:09,620 He saw to that. 385 00:23:10,950 --> 00:23:12,420 He cut out her tongue. 386 00:23:12,450 --> 00:23:14,190 [Mrs. Boyd gasps] 387 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,680 This seems to be the end of my attempted escape. 388 00:23:35,710 --> 00:23:39,380 As for our story, however, there’s a bit more. 389 00:23:39,410 --> 00:23:42,780 Shortly after the scene you have just witnessed, 390 00:23:42,820 --> 00:23:44,790 the police entered the picture 391 00:23:44,820 --> 00:23:47,320 but because of the circumstances, 392 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:49,760 justice was tempered with mercy. 393 00:23:49,790 --> 00:23:53,230 If tonight’s story seemed a bit strong for you, 394 00:23:53,260 --> 00:23:55,500 perhaps you would like to escape 395 00:23:55,530 --> 00:23:59,600 into the delightful make-believe of one of our commercials. 396 00:23:59,630 --> 00:24:01,440 After which I, 397 00:24:01,470 --> 00:24:05,470 representing grim reality, shall return. 398 00:24:12,380 --> 00:24:14,250 I don’t understand. 399 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,690 There must be something in the atmosphere 400 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,120 that makes, otherwise strong ropes, 401 00:24:19,150 --> 00:24:22,190 and ladder’s shatter under my weight. 402 00:24:22,220 --> 00:24:24,490 Next week, if I escape in time, 403 00:24:24,530 --> 00:24:26,090 we shall have another story. 404 00:24:26,130 --> 00:24:28,460 Until then, goodnight.