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Oh, good evening.

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I guess if you want
something done right,
you have to do it yourself.

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The plumber keeps
fixing the leak,
and I don't want it fixed.

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I'm sure many of you have
one of these in your homes.

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But for
the benefit of the backward,
I shall explain.

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The subject is
strapped in this chair.

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I then turn this valve,

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and the water
drips on his head.

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One drop each minute.

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After about a week of this,
I suddenly turn the water off.

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It produces the most
astounding effects.

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It is especially
valuable if you have a friend

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who wishes to
lose his inhibitions.

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Naturally,
you may lose your friend too.

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However,
there is one serious danger.

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Don't ever leave it running
when there is no
one in the chair.

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Because in a few days,

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the force of the dripping
water can actually
drill a hole through the wood.

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Now,
while I go back to the shop
to get the proper tools,

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we shall have the rest of
this evening's entertainment.

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A honeymoon
can't last forever.
But some people expect it to.

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Is this a conspiracy, Myra,
or may I have a light?

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We were just
talking about Ann Warren
and her husband.

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What's the matter?
Trouble in paradise?

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So I hear.

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Well,
she doesn't exactly look like
the happy young bride.

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Thanks.

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(TRAIN HORNS BLOWING)

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Hello, Ann.

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Margot, are those
women talking about me?

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Those women are
talking about everybody.

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It's the only form of
communication we have.

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You'll adjust to it.

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I suppose so.
Would you like a cigarette?

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Margot, how do you
balance a bankbook?

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Oh, that's simple,
you just doctor the books,

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cheat on the budget
and steal from yourself.

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I'll have to try it.

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I was going to call
you this afternoon, Ann.

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We'd like you and Joe to come
for dinner. Friday night,
if it's convenient.

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We haven't been
going out much.

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I'll have to talk
to Joe about it.

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I'll phone you.

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Hi.

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Hello, darling. Beat?

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To a pulp.

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Then I'll save the dire news
till you've had you're drink.

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Anything wrong?
Oh, no. Not really.

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Something sprang
a leak in the basement.

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I don't know.
It's got something
to do with the water heater.

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Hmm.

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So, I was all
ready to be intrepid
and put my finger in the dike,

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but I couldn't see
where it was coming from.

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I'll have a look
at it before dinner.

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Oh, by the way,
I asked
the Warrens over for dinner.

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Not tonight?
Oh, no. Friday.

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Ann's got problems.
I invited them on
the spur of the moment.

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Her biggest
problem is Joe Warren.

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What's the trouble?

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How should I know?
He's just a jealous,
suspicious guy.

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Well, you saw him last weekend
at the Country Club.

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He just sat and
glowered all evening.

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Well,
I've already invited them,
I hope you don't mind?

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I guess not. But it
doesn't sound like a very
stimulating evening.

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We're certainly
over-stimulated

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by the frantic
life we lead out here.

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I thought you
liked living out here.

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I do. But you must admit
there isn't much excitement.

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I mean,
when the big event of my day
is a leak in the basement?

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What you need is
a good knife murder,

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or one of those
juvenile gang wars.

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Oh, shut up.

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(SIGHING)

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Did you get it fixed?

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No. It's too dark
down there to see what's

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wrong. I guess you'll
have to call a plumber.

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First thing in the morning.
Come on.
Get washed up. Dinner's ready.

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Oh, and honey?
Make sure you get

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an estimate before
you let him do any work.

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Yes, dear.

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If he says it's
gonna be more than $10

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you can just tell
him to forget it.

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Oh, well,
shouldn't I bargain with him?

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I had such good
luck with the butcher.

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Yeah, well it's the milkman
I've got my eye on.

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Oh darling, I didn't know
you were the jealous type.

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Well, I wouldn't be too sure.

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(CHUCKLING)

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I'm hungry.

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(DOORBELL RINGING)

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Mrs. Brenner?
Yes?

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You phoned me up about a leak?

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Oh.
You're very prompt. Come in.

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Thanks.

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(DOOR CLOSING)

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Would you make
a note of the time?
I work by the hour.

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I wouldn't want my
customers to think
I'm overcharging.

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Oh, it's just 9:30.

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Say, this is a nice
place you got here.

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I like the way
you got it fixed up.

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Thanks.

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I'll bet you did
it all yourself.

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Well, yes, most of it.

104
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Now, this is what
really interests me.

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The kitchen.

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Not like most men, huh?

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No, I suppose not.

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Oh,
well, it's different with me,
you see, being a plumber.

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I kind of make it my business
to know just what
appeals to women.

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(SIGHING)

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I didn't mean that
the way it sounded.

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You know something?

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I can take a look at a kitchen

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and give you
a pretty fair estimate
of that person's income.

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Would you believe that?

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No. Not really.

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You wouldn't, huh?
Okay, I'll prove it to you.

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I'd say your
husband makes about...

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Oh, about 19, 20,000 a year.

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(LAUGHING)

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I came pretty close, didn't I?

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You know that Rhoda Forbes
that lives down the block?

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Yes. I know Mrs. Forbes.

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Yeah, well, I did some work
for Mrs. Forbes last winter,

125
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and I guessed her
husband's income
right on the nose.

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Well, I...

127
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I guess I better take
a look at that leak.

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Yes, it's right down there,
behind the furnace.

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I'll take care of it.
Do you know where
the turn-off valve is?

130
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No, but it's down
there someplace.

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I'll find it.

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Oh, say, my husband
said to get an estimate
before you do the work.

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Anything you say, Mrs.
Brenner.

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(RINGING)

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Hello?

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Oh, hi, Rhoda.

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Yeah. Oh, wait a minute.

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You're not finished already?

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Oh, no, no. I've...

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I'm just waiting
for the pipe to drain.

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It takes a couple
of minutes, you know.

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I've got to turn
the valve off in the bathroom.
Now, where is that? Upstairs?

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Oh, yes.

144
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Why do you have to go upstairs
to fix the leak
in the basement?

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You've got to
equalize the pressure

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or else you'll
flood the whole cellar.

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That's the trouble
with a Stetson valve.
Otherwise they're very good.

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Say,
Rhoda, will you call me back
again in a few minutes?

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No, just a domestic crisis.

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Yeah, thanks.

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(METAL CLANGING)

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The bathroom is over there.

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Hey, you painted this.

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Margot Brenner.
That's you, ain't it?

155
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Yes, last summer. Up in Maine.

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Well, what do you know.

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A real artist.

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I never met
a celebrity before.

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Don't be ridiculous,
it's very amateurish.

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No. No, it's not.
You got real talent.

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Listen, I never had
much education before,
but I got an artistic side.

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I know something
good when I see it.
I got real appreciation.

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Most people have appreciation,
but they're

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untrained.
They don't really see things.

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That's absolutely true.
You know, people go

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through life with
their eyes closed.

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Not me. You'd be surprised
at some of the things I see.

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You take this
room for instance.

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I can tell you got good taste.

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You take those drapes,

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take this furniture,

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take that bedspread.

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How much you pay for
a spread like this?

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Please.

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I wish you'd get
on with your work.

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(CHUCKLING)

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Sure. I know I talk too much.

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That's what
everybody tells me.
But I don't mean no harm.

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I'm just trying to
be a little friendly.

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Now the world would be
a better place, wouldn't it,

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if everybody was just
a little more friendly.

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You know, "love thy neighbor"?
That's the way I am.

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That's nice.

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Got a lot of style.

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Just like you.

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Put it down.
Okay, okay, okay.

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Nice and silky.

188
00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,230
You look scared, Mrs. Brenner.

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If it's on account of me,
I want to apologize.

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I don't mean no harm.
I just got natural curiosity,
that's all.

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You know, it takes curiosity
to be a good plumber.

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(CHUCKLES)

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Well,

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I guess I'd better get
on with my trade, huh?

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(METAL CLANKING)

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(BUSY TONE)

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Mrs. Brenner.

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(GASPING)

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I'm going down
to the basement.

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00:11:22,340 --> 00:11:23,450
Now I ought to be
able to give you

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an estimate in
a couple of minutes.

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00:11:46,740 --> 00:11:48,240
I think I found out
where the trouble is.

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00:11:50,110 --> 00:11:51,740
Ought to be real easy to fix.

204
00:11:51,770 --> 00:11:53,710
How much is it going to cost?

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00:11:53,740 --> 00:11:55,440
Yes, sir, this is
a mighty fine kitchen.

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00:11:56,850 --> 00:11:58,680
Not many people would be able
to afford a house like this.

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$500.

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00:12:00,450 --> 00:12:02,420
What?

209
00:12:02,450 --> 00:12:04,250
$500. That's what I
figure the job is worth.

210
00:12:07,790 --> 00:12:12,190
Now wait a minute.
I've had just
about enough of this.

211
00:12:12,230 --> 00:12:14,100
You wouldn't want people
to hear about it, would you?

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00:12:14,130 --> 00:12:15,460
Hear about what?

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About us.
Being upstairs together.

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People would
wonder how I knew about

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that painting
you did in Maine,

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00:12:23,070 --> 00:12:26,740
and about the bedspread,
and the pink negligee.

217
00:12:26,780 --> 00:12:28,540
Why, they wouldn't
believe a word you said.

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Wouldn't they?

219
00:12:31,450 --> 00:12:32,450
How about the neighbors?

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00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,820
My truck's been
parked in front
of the house since 9:30.

221
00:12:37,850 --> 00:12:38,790
What time is it now?

222
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It's just 11:20.

223
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I've been here
for nearly two hours

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giving you
an estimate on a leaky valve.

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You and me, all alone, Mrs.
Brenner.

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And you too busy to
even answer the phone.

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00:12:52,930 --> 00:12:54,240
Why, it never rang.

228
00:12:56,140 --> 00:12:57,310
Maybe you didn't hear it.

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00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,850
I wonder what Mrs. Forbes
thought when she
called you back

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and she didn't get any answer.

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00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,560
And doesn't your husband
ever phone you
from the office?

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00:13:13,590 --> 00:13:16,860
Why this is blackmail.
I'll report you to the police.

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00:13:16,890 --> 00:13:20,600
Yeah, that's what
Myra Herbert said.
But she didn't do it.

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00:13:21,060 --> 00:13:22,160
Myra?

235
00:13:22,830 --> 00:13:24,100
Neither did Ann Warren.

236
00:13:25,270 --> 00:13:27,440
Ann Warren?
You blackmailed Ann Warren?

237
00:13:27,470 --> 00:13:29,700
Why, she's only been
married a few months.

238
00:13:29,740 --> 00:13:31,540
Yeah, I know.

239
00:13:31,570 --> 00:13:33,740
And they tell me her husband
is kind of jealous, too.

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(CHUCKLES)

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00:13:34,940 --> 00:13:37,710
I won't give you a cent.

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00:13:37,750 --> 00:13:40,380
And if you make
any talk about me,
I'll tell my husband.

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He's a lawyer and
he'll take you...

244
00:13:41,620 --> 00:13:43,820
Oh, that's good.

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00:13:43,850 --> 00:13:46,290
That's good.
Because you're going
to need a lawyer

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if I decide to sue you.

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00:13:51,890 --> 00:13:53,090
Sue me?

248
00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:55,560
For damages.

249
00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,100
On account of I hurt
my back when I slipped

250
00:13:58,100 --> 00:14:00,070
and fell in that
bathroom of yours, upstairs.

251
00:14:00,700 --> 00:14:02,600
Why, you wouldn't dare.

252
00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,040
If I'm asked, I'll
just have to describe that

253
00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,140
bedspread and
the negligee and all,

254
00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:08,740
just to prove my case.

255
00:14:08,780 --> 00:14:11,050
You ask your husband about
the legal points.

256
00:14:12,050 --> 00:14:14,180
You see even if I lose,
you won't win.

257
00:14:15,050 --> 00:14:16,050
Unless you're husband's

258
00:14:17,790 --> 00:14:19,290
a really broad-minded guy.

259
00:14:29,730 --> 00:14:32,630
I don't have $500.

260
00:14:32,670 --> 00:14:33,600
Sure. I know.

261
00:14:34,870 --> 00:14:36,600
But you can get it.

262
00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:38,470
And don't give
me any song about

263
00:14:38,510 --> 00:14:40,480
your husband
handling all the money.

264
00:14:40,510 --> 00:14:43,110
You see, I know all
the angles to this game.

265
00:14:43,140 --> 00:14:45,150
I do it a couple
of times a month.

266
00:14:45,180 --> 00:14:46,720
I average close
to 15 grand a year.

267
00:14:47,450 --> 00:14:48,580
Tax free.

268
00:14:50,420 --> 00:14:53,520
Then you ought to
realize I don't have
$500 in the house.

269
00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:54,620
Yeah. I know.

270
00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:56,260
But I'll be back
tomorrow morning,

271
00:14:56,290 --> 00:14:58,090
bright and early
to fix that leak.

272
00:14:58,090 --> 00:15:00,700
And, that'll give
you plenty of time
to get to the bank.

273
00:15:31,460 --> 00:15:34,460
Lewis,
breakfast in five minutes.

274
00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:35,930
LEWIS:
Just going to have my shower.

275
00:15:49,340 --> 00:15:51,150
Oh, get me
the police department please.

276
00:15:54,420 --> 00:16:00,460
Hello, this is Mrs.
Lois Brenner,
173 Syosset Road.

277
00:16:00,490 --> 00:16:03,560
Yes. I would like
to have an officer
come over in about an hour.

278
00:16:05,490 --> 00:16:07,060
I'm in trouble.

279
00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:10,470
I'm being blackmailed.

280
00:16:11,730 --> 00:16:12,930
Yes.

281
00:16:13,570 --> 00:16:14,640
Thank you.

282
00:16:22,180 --> 00:16:24,150
Are you absolutely sure?

283
00:16:24,180 --> 00:16:25,310
I'm positive.

284
00:16:26,820 --> 00:16:29,320
Jack Staley? Why thank you.

285
00:16:29,350 --> 00:16:31,190
I didn't think he went
in for that kind of stuff.

286
00:16:31,220 --> 00:16:33,620
Well, he does. You'll see.

287
00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:36,730
When he comes, let him in
and try to act as
natural as you can.

288
00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:38,060
Have you got the money for it?

289
00:16:38,090 --> 00:16:40,060
Yes, right here.

290
00:16:40,060 --> 00:16:42,100
Let me have it.
I'll mark it so I can
prove he got it from you.

291
00:16:48,670 --> 00:16:50,240
(CAR APPROACHING)

292
00:17:06,790 --> 00:17:08,920
(DOORBELL RINGING)

293
00:17:11,890 --> 00:17:14,060
Good morning, Mrs. Brenner.
I'll have that
leak fixed in no time.

294
00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:15,160
Just a minute.

295
00:17:16,900 --> 00:17:18,530
Here.

296
00:17:18,570 --> 00:17:20,170
What's that?
The money.

297
00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:21,940
I've decided to
pay you even though

298
00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:23,240
it is blackmail.
I don't want any trouble.

299
00:17:24,510 --> 00:17:26,210
I don't understand you, Mrs.
Brenner.

300
00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,810
You wanted $500. Here it is.

301
00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,650
Look, if you're
worried about yesterday,
forget it.

302
00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,320
We all make mistakes.
Why don't you
pretend it never happened?

303
00:17:35,380 --> 00:17:37,450
That's not the way
you talked yesterday.

304
00:17:37,490 --> 00:17:41,260
Oh, you mean about my back?
Oh, no,
I only wrenched it a little.

305
00:17:41,290 --> 00:17:42,860
It was a bit sore when
I got up this morning

306
00:17:42,890 --> 00:17:44,360
but it'll be all
right in a day or two.

307
00:17:44,390 --> 00:17:45,960
If there is
a big medical bill,

308
00:17:46,060 --> 00:17:47,660
you've probably got
insurance to cover it.

309
00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:52,070
But I couldn't take
any money from you.
I'd feel funny about it.

310
00:17:52,070 --> 00:17:55,270
You're twisting
everything around.

311
00:17:55,300 --> 00:18:00,010
Look, why don't I
just finish the job
and get out, huh?

312
00:18:00,010 --> 00:18:01,410
Hello, Staley.

313
00:18:04,110 --> 00:18:05,880
Mrs.
Brenner, what are you trying
to do to me?

314
00:18:05,910 --> 00:18:09,550
She tells us that
you tried to extort
$500 from her.

315
00:18:09,580 --> 00:18:10,550
What's your story, Staley?

316
00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:13,050
Nothing. It's...

317
00:18:14,190 --> 00:18:15,660
It's just between
the lady and me.

318
00:18:15,690 --> 00:18:17,830
Why, he's lying,
he's distorting everything.

319
00:18:17,860 --> 00:18:19,060
All right, Mrs. Brenner.

320
00:18:20,030 --> 00:18:21,260
How about it, Staley?

321
00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:23,230
Look,
Sarge, why don't you leave

322
00:18:23,260 --> 00:18:24,900
the lady alone?
She didn't mean any harm.

323
00:18:26,070 --> 00:18:27,670
I'm ready to
forget the whole thing.

324
00:18:27,700 --> 00:18:29,370
That's up to Mrs. Brenner.
She made the accusation.

325
00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,380
Your husband's a lawyer,
isn't he, Mrs. Brenner?

326
00:18:33,410 --> 00:18:35,340
Why don't you phone him
and see what he wants to do?

327
00:18:35,380 --> 00:18:37,950
I don't want him to...
No, I can't.

328
00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:40,450
You believe his lies,
don't you?

329
00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:42,250
It doesn't
matter what I believe.

330
00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,490
You say one thing,
he says another.

331
00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,050
If you want to make a charge,
I'll take him in.

332
00:18:48,390 --> 00:18:49,560
No.

333
00:18:49,590 --> 00:18:50,430
Okay.

334
00:18:51,890 --> 00:18:52,960
On your way, Staley.

335
00:19:09,180 --> 00:19:10,310
He was lying.

336
00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:13,720
He knew that you were here...

337
00:19:13,750 --> 00:19:15,580
The coffee cups.
He saw that there were
two of them.

338
00:19:16,380 --> 00:19:17,290
It's possible.

339
00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:19,690
Mrs.
Brenner, you haven't lived

340
00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,020
in North Park
very long, have you?

341
00:19:21,060 --> 00:19:22,720
No, but...
Staley was born here.

342
00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,130
Everybody knows him.
It'd be your word against his.

343
00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,630
But I'm not the only
one he's tried this on.

344
00:19:27,660 --> 00:19:29,460
He's boasted about the women
he's blackmailed.

345
00:19:29,500 --> 00:19:31,470
He's even told me
who some of them were.

346
00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:33,640
We've never had any complaints
about him before.

347
00:19:33,670 --> 00:19:36,940
Because they were
afraid to complain.
He'd ruin their reputations.

348
00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:38,610
Look, isn't there
something you can do?

349
00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:39,470
Not without some evidence.

350
00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,780
If I were you, Mrs. Brenner,
I'd have a talk
with these other women.

351
00:19:44,810 --> 00:19:47,250
If enough of you got together,
you could make
a case against him.

352
00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:48,780
Providing it's true.

353
00:19:48,820 --> 00:19:51,120
But it is true.

354
00:19:51,150 --> 00:19:53,050
Okay. That's the best
advice I can give you.

355
00:19:53,820 --> 00:19:54,620
Goodbye, Mrs. Brenner.

356
00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:04,330
Mrs. Brenner?

357
00:20:04,370 --> 00:20:05,870
Yes?

358
00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:08,500
That was a dirty trick
you tried to pull before.

359
00:20:08,540 --> 00:20:10,410
I thought you
had better sense.

360
00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,340
I saw that one
coming from way back.

361
00:20:12,370 --> 00:20:15,240
You really got
yourself into trouble now.

362
00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,180
If I have to go into court,
that cop will tell
everything he heard today.

363
00:20:19,050 --> 00:20:20,380
And you won't stand a chance.

364
00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,650
I know that.

365
00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,420
Okay then,
I'll be around for the money
later this afternoon.

366
00:20:27,090 --> 00:20:28,660
Mrs. Brenner? Do you hear me,
Mrs. Brenner?

367
00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:31,130
Yes.

368
00:20:31,860 --> 00:20:33,700
I'll have the money ready.

369
00:20:33,730 --> 00:20:36,130
Okay. And no more tricks.

370
00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,200
Or else I might have to raise
the price on you.

371
00:20:53,550 --> 00:20:54,350
Come in.

372
00:20:54,980 --> 00:20:56,120
Thanks.

373
00:20:58,290 --> 00:20:59,920
And this time if
you don't mind,

374
00:20:59,950 --> 00:21:02,290
I'll take
a little look around.

375
00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:04,260
You'd be surprised
at some of the tricks
they've tried.

376
00:21:11,130 --> 00:21:12,500
I didn't know you had company,
Mrs. Brenner.

377
00:21:12,530 --> 00:21:14,500
I'd better come
back some other time.

378
00:21:14,540 --> 00:21:16,870
Oh, that's quite
all right, Mr. Staley.

379
00:21:16,910 --> 00:21:19,340
I think you know
most of these ladies.

380
00:21:19,370 --> 00:21:20,680
WOMAN 1: Yes, indeed.
WOMAN 2:
Nice to see you again.

381
00:21:20,710 --> 00:21:21,910
Hello.

382
00:21:21,940 --> 00:21:23,510
Would you like a sandwich?

383
00:21:23,550 --> 00:21:25,250
Or perhaps some tea?

384
00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,120
No, nothing.
Nothing?

385
00:21:27,150 --> 00:21:30,320
Oh, surely you want your $500.
That's why you came.

386
00:21:30,350 --> 00:21:32,220
Oh, don't be embarrassed, Mr.
Staley.

387
00:21:32,250 --> 00:21:34,220
All these
ladies know about it.

388
00:21:34,260 --> 00:21:35,660
Some of them
have even paid you.

389
00:21:37,430 --> 00:21:40,660
Okay. Okay, Mrs. Brenner.

390
00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:42,560
You have everybody here.
Are you all present?

391
00:21:44,770 --> 00:21:47,640
Now what?
What are you going to do?
I'd just like to know.

392
00:21:59,580 --> 00:22:03,350
Sergeant Thompson?
Oh, this is Mrs. Lois Brenner.

393
00:22:03,390 --> 00:22:07,190
Yes, I took your advice.
I have all
the ladies here and I...

394
00:22:07,220 --> 00:22:10,290
Oh, just a moment, Sergeant.
Did you want to
speak to the Sergeant?

395
00:22:13,060 --> 00:22:14,060
(CHUCKLES)

396
00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:17,230
Okay, okay. You win.

397
00:22:18,870 --> 00:22:20,270
I'll call you
back later, Sergeant.

398
00:22:26,940 --> 00:22:28,610
I knew it
couldn't last forever.

399
00:22:30,810 --> 00:22:34,920
Oh, just a minute, Staley.
We're not
finished with you yet.

400
00:22:34,950 --> 00:22:36,080
ALL: No.

401
00:22:37,850 --> 00:22:39,820
We want our money back.

402
00:22:39,850 --> 00:22:43,120
Are you kidding?
I don't have your money.
I spent it all.

403
00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:44,790
Well, then you'll
just have to work it out.

404
00:22:44,830 --> 00:22:46,360
What?

405
00:22:46,390 --> 00:22:49,360
Yes, you're a plumber.
We all have some
repairs we need.

406
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,800
Yes, we need a new
sprinkler system.

407
00:22:51,830 --> 00:22:53,640
Of course,
you'll have to dig
up the old one first.

408
00:22:53,670 --> 00:22:55,100
Very good, Myra.

409
00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:56,670
We have a heater to install.

410
00:22:56,710 --> 00:22:58,610
What do you need, Ann?

411
00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,810
Oh, I have a lot of jobs.
Over $300 worth.

412
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,580
Nothing doing.
I wouldn't have
any time for myself.

413
00:23:04,610 --> 00:23:05,850
Listen,
I got to live too, you know.

414
00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,180
Why?

415
00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:09,650
You can't make me do it.
That's just plain...

416
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,850
Blackmail?

417
00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:14,390
Oh well, perhaps you'd like
to call the police?

418
00:23:14,420 --> 00:23:15,920
I'll dial them for you.
No, wait a minute.

419
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:22,660
Okay, I'll...

420
00:23:23,900 --> 00:23:25,530
I'll do anything you want.

421
00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:27,070
(SIGHS)

422
00:23:27,070 --> 00:23:31,470
We thought you would.
Now we have to
decide on the order.

423
00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:34,440
Shall it be alphabetical
or should we do it
in amount already paid?

424
00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,340
Alphabetical.
My name is Adams.

425
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,210
(ALL CLAMORING)

426
00:23:50,190 --> 00:23:51,090
Hi.

427
00:23:52,690 --> 00:23:54,330
Hello, darling, all in?

428
00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:58,300
As always. How about you?
Another exciting
day in suburbia?

429
00:23:58,330 --> 00:24:01,700
I had some of
the girls over this afternoon.
We had tea.

430
00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:03,710
Tea? That's nice. What else?

431
00:24:03,740 --> 00:24:05,810
Oh, the plumber
came to fix the leak
in the basement.

432
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,680
Oh, honey,
did you get that estimate?

433
00:24:07,710 --> 00:24:09,040
Stop worrying, darling.

434
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,510
It was such a small job,
he wouldn't take a cent.

435
00:24:27,330 --> 00:24:30,800
A thief and blackmailer
posing as a plumber.

436
00:24:30,830 --> 00:24:33,130
Nothing is sacred anymore.

437
00:24:33,170 --> 00:24:37,240
I shall be back in
a moment after you've
viewed this rusty elbow

438
00:24:37,270 --> 00:24:39,070
in the plumbing of television.

439
00:24:41,540 --> 00:24:44,080
That is all for tonight.

440
00:24:44,110 --> 00:24:47,250
Next week, we shall be back
with another story.

441
00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:51,290
I've fixed this.
Nothing to it, really.