1 00:00:27,220 --> 00:00:31,030 Good evening, parents, children, 2 00:00:31,060 --> 00:00:34,730 babysitters and sittees. 3 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:38,570 Tonight's discussion is concerned with that thorny problem 4 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,200 that all parents face as they survey their children. 5 00:00:43,170 --> 00:00:46,740 Is coexistence really possible? 6 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:49,840 The problems of the teenager are well discussed, 7 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:55,180 but I would like to say a word for his father, the middle-ager. 8 00:00:55,220 --> 00:00:59,320 The middle-ager is truly an outcast from society. 9 00:00:59,350 --> 00:01:04,060 Youth pays no attention to him except to steal his hubcaps, 10 00:01:04,060 --> 00:01:07,530 those traditional symbols of virility. 11 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,600 He can only drive down the dusty road toward senility 12 00:01:11,630 --> 00:01:14,100 in a cooled-off hotrod. 13 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:17,070 Forever doomed to be a mere spectator 14 00:01:17,070 --> 00:01:20,810 in the great drag race of life. 15 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:25,380 Of course, any connection between this treacle and tonight's 16 00:01:53,810 --> 00:01:54,580 Sylvia! 17 00:01:56,610 --> 00:01:58,350 Sylvia, what on earth are you doing with that thing? 18 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,280 Nothing. I was just trying to see how it works. 19 00:02:04,590 --> 00:02:07,320 You know, I've never even seen a gun before, except in the movies. 20 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,090 But where did you get it? 21 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:09,860 I bought it. 22 00:02:11,660 --> 00:02:14,230 Why are you looking at me like that? It isn't loaded. 23 00:02:14,260 --> 00:02:15,900 Guns are always dangerous. 24 00:02:15,930 --> 00:02:17,600 That's why I never have one in the house. 25 00:02:17,630 --> 00:02:20,200 Well, you don't have to get so excited about it, Daddy. 26 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,870 I only bought it because 27 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:24,070 with your being away I thought I'd feel safer. 28 00:02:26,510 --> 00:02:28,680 (SCOFFS) 29 00:02:28,710 --> 00:02:31,680 The way you're acting anyone would think you expected me to shoot myself or something. 30 00:02:35,580 --> 00:02:36,820 You did think that, didn't you? 31 00:02:37,650 --> 00:02:38,990 I don't know what I thought. 32 00:02:39,090 --> 00:02:40,560 It just startled me to come in here 33 00:02:40,590 --> 00:02:42,320 and find you sitting with a gun. 34 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,490 Daddy, I'm quite all right now, remember? 35 00:02:44,530 --> 00:02:46,090 Oh, I know you are, my dear. 36 00:02:46,090 --> 00:02:48,760 It's just that I worry about you sometimes. 37 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,770 But you mustn't. I'll get rid of it if it bothers you. 38 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,740 I'm sure I wouldn't know how to use it anyway, 39 00:02:53,770 --> 00:02:55,100 even if a burglar did get in. 40 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:57,110 What bothers me is why you bought it. 41 00:02:57,110 --> 00:02:58,510 If you're afraid of being here alone... 42 00:02:58,540 --> 00:02:59,940 No, but I'm not, really. 43 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:01,280 Sylvia, if you weren't, 44 00:03:01,310 --> 00:03:04,110 you wouldn't have even thought of buying a gun in the first place. 45 00:03:04,150 --> 00:03:06,880 Maybe you're right. Anyway, it's silly of me 46 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:08,420 'cause I won't be alone most of the time. 47 00:03:09,450 --> 00:03:10,820 George and Bertha will be here. 48 00:03:10,850 --> 00:03:12,520 There's no need for you to be alone at all. 49 00:03:12,550 --> 00:03:15,120 I only agreed to take this trip because I thought you wanted me to. 50 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:16,860 Oh, but I do. Besides, you need a vacation. 51 00:03:18,390 --> 00:03:20,730 It'd be a lot better vacation if you'd go with me. 52 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:22,430 Why don't you, Syl? 53 00:03:22,460 --> 00:03:25,170 A change of scene would do you a world of good, and so would a little sun. 54 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,200 We could go down to the south of France for a couple of weeks... 55 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,440 I've had a change of scene and all the sun I could take in Reno. 56 00:03:29,470 --> 00:03:31,940 Oh, that wasn't the same. 57 00:03:31,970 --> 00:03:33,810 I'd never gotten through if it hadn't been for you. 58 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:35,840 You were so wonderful. 59 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:37,550 I knew what you were going through 60 00:03:37,580 --> 00:03:39,110 because I'd been through it all myself 61 00:03:39,150 --> 00:03:40,180 when your mother left me. 62 00:03:40,220 --> 00:03:41,950 Oh, yes. 63 00:03:41,980 --> 00:03:44,120 I don't know what would have happened to me in those days, 64 00:03:44,150 --> 00:03:45,990 if she hadn't decided after a few months that you'd 65 00:03:47,590 --> 00:03:49,590 be better off with me. 66 00:03:49,620 --> 00:03:52,430 Don't you mean if my mother hadn't decided that she couldn't 67 00:03:52,460 --> 00:03:53,160 Oh, that's not true. 68 00:03:54,430 --> 00:03:55,460 It's all right, Daddy. 69 00:03:57,900 --> 00:04:00,040 It doesn't hurt anymore. 70 00:04:00,070 --> 00:04:02,240 Syl... Let's not talk about it. 71 00:04:02,270 --> 00:04:04,410 And don't be so gloomy. 72 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,140 People are supposed to be gay who are going to Europe on vacation. 73 00:04:07,180 --> 00:04:09,680 Syl, come with me, please. 74 00:04:12,050 --> 00:04:13,280 I can't. 75 00:04:13,310 --> 00:04:15,520 Don't you understand? It's too soon. 76 00:04:16,750 --> 00:04:18,420 I know it used to be the custom 77 00:04:18,450 --> 00:04:20,160 when a girl was disappointed in love, 78 00:04:20,190 --> 00:04:23,260 that you shipped her off to Europe to find somebody else. 79 00:04:23,290 --> 00:04:24,530 But I don't want to find anyone else. 80 00:04:25,730 --> 00:04:27,500 Not for a long time, anyway. 81 00:04:27,530 --> 00:04:29,060 We don't have to go to Europe. 82 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:30,600 I don't want to go anywhere. 83 00:04:30,630 --> 00:04:33,770 I want to stay here and work in the garden, have a quiet time. 84 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:34,870 That's what I need most. 85 00:04:35,870 --> 00:04:37,240 Please let me have it, Daddy. 86 00:04:39,210 --> 00:04:41,540 All right, my dear. If that's what you really want. 87 00:04:41,580 --> 00:04:43,780 That's what I really want. 88 00:04:43,810 --> 00:04:46,550 Now what are your plans? Are you going into town today? 89 00:04:46,580 --> 00:04:49,150 I have to, for a couple of hours, anyway. 90 00:04:49,180 --> 00:04:51,090 I have a couple of last minute things to clear up at the office. 91 00:04:51,090 --> 00:04:52,790 I think I'll lie down for a while, 92 00:04:52,820 --> 00:04:54,220 and I'll finish your packing this afternoon. 93 00:04:54,260 --> 00:04:55,090 All right. 94 00:04:56,490 --> 00:04:57,830 And no more worrying, please. 95 00:04:59,260 --> 00:05:00,160 No more worrying. 96 00:05:10,610 --> 00:05:12,040 Did you call me, sir? 97 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,480 Yes, Bertha. We'll have dinner at 7:00. 98 00:05:14,510 --> 00:05:16,640 I have to go to the office for a few hours. I should be back by 5:00. 99 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,310 Yes, sir. 100 00:05:18,350 --> 00:05:20,080 Mr. Leeds, 101 00:05:21,820 --> 00:05:24,120 there's something you should know about. 102 00:05:24,150 --> 00:05:27,620 You told me last week when you went on this trip 103 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:31,230 I shouldn't let Miss Sylvia be alone any more than I could help. 104 00:05:31,260 --> 00:05:33,460 Yes. But if you think it's too much responsibility... 105 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:34,930 No. No, no, it's not that. 106 00:05:36,630 --> 00:05:39,670 I won't be able to because I won't be here. 107 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:42,770 She's given me and George three weeks vacation starting tonight. 108 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:44,570 She asked me not to tell you 109 00:05:44,610 --> 00:05:46,210 because she didn't want you to worry about her. 110 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,340 I thought I'd better. 111 00:05:49,380 --> 00:05:51,080 Yes. Thank you, Bertha. 112 00:05:52,610 --> 00:05:53,980 You go ahead and take your vacation. 113 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:55,450 Don't worry. I'll handle things here. 114 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:56,280 Yes, sir. 115 00:05:58,850 --> 00:06:00,820 I honestly don't know what to think now, Doctor. 116 00:06:02,260 --> 00:06:05,090 She's been doing so well these last few months. 117 00:06:05,130 --> 00:06:07,200 You knew nothing about the servants going away? 118 00:06:07,230 --> 00:06:08,030 No, not a thing. 119 00:06:10,770 --> 00:06:14,340 Doctor, this is a terrible thing to think, 120 00:06:14,370 --> 00:06:15,340 let alone say. 121 00:06:16,940 --> 00:06:18,210 But is it possible she... 122 00:06:19,870 --> 00:06:22,140 She plans to kill herself and wants to be alone to do it? 123 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,080 I can't answer that any more than you can. 124 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,250 I haven't seen Sylvia for several months. 125 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:30,950 But when you were treating her you saw her every day. 126 00:06:31,050 --> 00:06:32,650 She must have told you things, 127 00:06:32,690 --> 00:06:34,090 told you how she felt about what happened. 128 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,390 Mr. Leeds, I couldn't discuss anything your daughter told me. 129 00:06:38,430 --> 00:06:40,060 Not even with you. 130 00:06:40,060 --> 00:06:41,430 I'm sorry. Of course you can't. 131 00:06:41,460 --> 00:06:43,700 I honestly didn't mean to pry. I was just trying to help her. 132 00:06:44,330 --> 00:06:45,430 Of course you were. 133 00:06:45,470 --> 00:06:47,440 But how? 134 00:06:47,470 --> 00:06:49,670 Well, I can't discuss anything Sylvia told me, 135 00:06:49,700 --> 00:06:52,110 but I can certainly listen. 136 00:06:52,140 --> 00:06:54,080 Now this might give me a different picture 137 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,310 if I heard about this marriage from your point of view. 138 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,210 I'll be glad to tell you anything, 139 00:06:58,250 --> 00:07:00,320 although I'm sure you already know most of it. 140 00:07:00,350 --> 00:07:02,250 Yes. Repetition is one way of getting at the truth. 141 00:07:04,020 --> 00:07:06,450 I don't know where to begin. 142 00:07:06,490 --> 00:07:08,020 Well, say, at the beginning, when she first met him. 143 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:11,630 Well, it all began on a boat when 144 00:07:11,660 --> 00:07:14,030 we were coming back from Europe. 145 00:07:14,030 --> 00:07:17,370 JOHN: It used to worry me that she knew so few people her own age. 146 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,730 You should be in there dancing, enjoying yourself. 147 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:22,440 I'm enjoying myself, Daddy. 148 00:07:24,270 --> 00:07:26,410 Just the same, that's where you should be, not out here with me. 149 00:07:27,610 --> 00:07:29,210 I'm perfectly happy right where I am. 150 00:07:31,750 --> 00:07:35,250 Well, you're old enough to know your own mind, I suppose. 151 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:36,920 It isn't as though you couldn't have gone if you wanted to. 152 00:07:36,950 --> 00:07:39,290 This, what's his name? Kent? 153 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,060 He invited you to go with him, didn't he? 154 00:07:42,190 --> 00:07:44,390 As a matter of fact, he did. 155 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:46,460 Why didn't you? Don't you like him? 156 00:07:46,490 --> 00:07:47,860 I hardly know him, Daddy. 157 00:07:49,930 --> 00:07:52,430 He seems nice. Why then? 158 00:07:52,470 --> 00:07:53,400 Oh, I don't know. 159 00:07:54,340 --> 00:07:55,800 I don't dance very well. 160 00:07:56,910 --> 00:07:58,140 Oh, let's not talk about it. 161 00:07:58,670 --> 00:08:00,080 JOHN: Syl... 162 00:08:00,110 --> 00:08:01,240 PETER: Miss Leeds. 163 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:07,680 I wondered if you'd changed your mind about dancing. 164 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,290 Oh, thank you. But I... 165 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,490 I don't think you know my father. Daddy, this is Peter Kent. 166 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:14,920 How do you do, sir? 167 00:08:15,020 --> 00:08:15,920 How do you do? 168 00:08:16,730 --> 00:08:18,430 Well... 169 00:08:18,460 --> 00:08:20,430 You go right ahead. I was just going to turn in, anyway. 170 00:08:20,460 --> 00:08:22,060 So early? I'm a little tired. 171 00:08:22,100 --> 00:08:23,670 You run along and enjoy yourself. 172 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:24,730 Nice to have met you, Mr. Kent. 173 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:26,070 Nice to have met you, sir. 174 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:30,170 Are you sure, Daddy? 175 00:08:30,210 --> 00:08:31,040 Perfectly sure. 176 00:08:31,910 --> 00:08:33,380 Good night, Sylvia, dear. 177 00:08:33,410 --> 00:08:34,210 Good night. 178 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:37,480 They married rather quickly, didn't they? 179 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:39,880 Two months. 180 00:08:39,910 --> 00:08:42,050 Did you see much of them after they were married? 181 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:43,820 Less and less as time went on. 182 00:08:43,850 --> 00:08:45,790 Why was that? 183 00:08:45,820 --> 00:08:47,420 Well, didn't Sylvia tell you about it? 184 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:49,490 Yes, but I'd still like to hear it from you, if you don't mind. 185 00:08:50,890 --> 00:08:53,160 We just never got along, Peter and I. 186 00:08:53,190 --> 00:08:54,730 Maybe I'm just old-fashioned. 187 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,070 But I've never been able to stand a man who lived off a woman. 188 00:08:57,870 --> 00:08:59,570 Is Sylvia independently wealthy? 189 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,000 No. But I've always given her a fairly large allowance. 190 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,010 Although, at one time I stopped it. 191 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:05,870 I thought it might force him to do something about finding a job. 192 00:09:05,910 --> 00:09:07,380 But it didn't. 193 00:09:07,410 --> 00:09:09,510 I couldn't very well let her do without. 194 00:09:09,540 --> 00:09:11,080 But even the allowance didn't satisfy him. 195 00:09:12,410 --> 00:09:14,020 And when this business of the check came up, 196 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:15,250 that was the last straw. 197 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:16,450 Check? 198 00:09:18,050 --> 00:09:19,420 A check of mine which he forged. 199 00:09:27,030 --> 00:09:29,160 I suppose you know you could spend the next 10 years in jail for this. 200 00:09:30,130 --> 00:09:31,570 I'm sure I could. 201 00:09:32,870 --> 00:09:34,400 But you don't think you will. 202 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,270 I doubt very much that you'd press charges 203 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:37,340 against your daughter's husband. 204 00:09:38,740 --> 00:09:40,680 You seem very sure of that? 205 00:09:40,710 --> 00:09:41,440 More or less. 206 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,950 You don't know me very well if you think I'll let this pass. 207 00:09:48,050 --> 00:09:50,290 I won't have my daughter married to a thief. 208 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:51,620 (CLICKING TONGUE) 209 00:09:51,650 --> 00:09:53,920 Such strong language. 210 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,590 But I know Sylvia will understand when I explain it to her. 211 00:09:56,620 --> 00:09:58,490 Understand and forgive. 212 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:00,930 She might. I won't. 213 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:02,730 Oh? 214 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:03,970 What do you propose to do? 215 00:10:04,530 --> 00:10:05,470 I'll show you. 216 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:11,540 Get me the district attorney. 217 00:10:14,340 --> 00:10:16,850 Well, aren't you being a bit hasty? 218 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,710 I don't believe in putting things off, even unpleasant things. 219 00:10:19,750 --> 00:10:21,880 You realize, of course, what you're doing to Sylvia 220 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:23,550 if you go through with this. 221 00:10:23,590 --> 00:10:25,450 I'm not doing it to Sylvia, I'm doing it for her. 222 00:10:26,690 --> 00:10:27,460 (PHONE BUZZES) 223 00:10:29,990 --> 00:10:31,130 Yes? 224 00:10:32,630 --> 00:10:35,300 Hello? Oh, how are you, Robert? 225 00:10:35,730 --> 00:10:36,560 Good. 226 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:40,200 No unfortunately, this is not a social call. 227 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,270 I wonder if you could lunch with me? 228 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,640 Good, 1:00 would be fine. 229 00:10:44,670 --> 00:10:47,440 I'd come to your office about this, Robert, 230 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:48,680 but I want to avoid any publicity. 231 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:53,080 Thanks, I appreciate it. Yeah, see you at 1:00. Goodbye. 232 00:10:59,050 --> 00:11:01,060 Well, I underestimated you. 233 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,460 That was stupid of me. 234 00:11:04,490 --> 00:11:05,690 Very stupid. 235 00:11:05,730 --> 00:11:07,160 Well, we all make mistakes. 236 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:10,500 But this is one that can be rectified. 237 00:11:12,070 --> 00:11:13,770 I'll make a bargain with you. 238 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,240 I won't make any bargains. 239 00:11:15,270 --> 00:11:17,070 Oh, I think you will, this one. 240 00:11:17,070 --> 00:11:18,910 Destroy that check and I'll clear out. 241 00:11:18,940 --> 00:11:20,580 Sylvia can get a divorce and I won't contest it. 242 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,120 All right. On one condition. 243 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,850 That you never see Sylvia again. 244 00:11:31,890 --> 00:11:33,360 I'll have your things sent to you. 245 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,360 I'm not in a very good bargaining position, am I? 246 00:11:40,730 --> 00:11:42,460 All right, it's a deal. 247 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:45,170 But just to satisfy my curiosity, 248 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:47,540 what will you tell her? 249 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:51,770 I don't know. 250 00:11:53,940 --> 00:11:56,110 Whatever I think will make it easier for her. 251 00:11:58,110 --> 00:12:00,480 No, Peter, I don't want an explanation. 252 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:01,720 That's not the reason why I called. 253 00:12:05,450 --> 00:12:07,090 I love you and I want you back, 254 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:09,120 if you'll come. 255 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:12,630 Father's leaving on the 11:00 plane tonight. 256 00:12:14,430 --> 00:12:16,160 Can you come here after that? 257 00:12:16,900 --> 00:12:18,100 Please. 258 00:12:20,070 --> 00:12:21,600 Thank you, darling. 259 00:12:23,270 --> 00:12:24,470 I'll be waiting for you. 260 00:12:58,940 --> 00:13:00,780 Cancel my plane reservations for tonight, will you, Miss Brown? 261 00:13:02,380 --> 00:13:04,050 No, nothing's wrong. I've just changed my mind. 262 00:13:05,350 --> 00:13:06,480 Yes? 263 00:13:07,950 --> 00:13:08,720 Who? 264 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,320 All right, send him in. 265 00:13:19,230 --> 00:13:20,530 Nice of you to see me. 266 00:13:23,870 --> 00:13:25,930 Sorry I wasn't able to give you more notice. 267 00:13:25,970 --> 00:13:27,340 What do you want? 268 00:13:27,370 --> 00:13:29,100 I thought we might have a little talk. 269 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,170 Mind if I sit down? 270 00:13:32,210 --> 00:13:34,080 We have nothing to talk about. 271 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:35,380 I wouldn't say that. 272 00:13:38,350 --> 00:13:40,350 Sylvia called me this morning. 273 00:13:42,620 --> 00:13:43,850 I don't believe you. 274 00:13:43,890 --> 00:13:44,920 Well, she did just the same. 275 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:47,760 Yeah, she... 276 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:52,390 She wants me to come back. 277 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,830 As a matter of fact, she wants me to come back tonight, 278 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,400 right after you take off on your trip. 279 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:04,040 You aren't thinking of doing it, are you? 280 00:14:04,070 --> 00:14:05,940 Why not? 281 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:07,410 It sounds like a very good idea. 282 00:14:08,910 --> 00:14:11,280 We have an agreement you seem to have forgotten. 283 00:14:11,310 --> 00:14:13,650 Uh-uh. We had an agreement. 284 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:15,580 You were to destroy the check, 285 00:14:15,620 --> 00:14:18,450 I was to let Sylvia divorce me. 286 00:14:18,490 --> 00:14:21,590 There was no provision for after the divorce that I remember. 287 00:14:23,390 --> 00:14:25,860 I see. And I was stupid enough to destroy it. 288 00:14:27,130 --> 00:14:28,630 Well, I thought you might. 289 00:14:30,270 --> 00:14:31,500 What do you want? 290 00:14:35,740 --> 00:14:38,610 I must say I admire the way you get right to the point. 291 00:14:39,770 --> 00:14:42,080 Oh, I don't especially want to go back, 292 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:43,980 but I do need money. 293 00:14:44,580 --> 00:14:45,510 How much? 294 00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:48,520 Twenty-five thousand. 295 00:14:48,550 --> 00:14:50,350 That's a lot of money, 296 00:14:50,390 --> 00:14:51,950 however I won't argue with you. You can have it. 297 00:14:55,660 --> 00:14:57,090 Hello, Mr. Leeds. 298 00:14:57,130 --> 00:14:57,960 Bertha. 299 00:14:58,690 --> 00:15:00,730 Where's Miss Sylvia? 300 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,300 I don't know, sir. I think she's in the garden. Should I get her for you? 301 00:15:03,330 --> 00:15:04,700 No, don't bother. Yes, sir. 302 00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:11,910 SYLVIA: Hello, Daddy. 303 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,110 Aren't they beautiful? Beautiful. 304 00:15:16,140 --> 00:15:18,510 I'm going to make a lovely centerpiece for the table. 305 00:15:18,550 --> 00:15:21,550 And I've ordered your favorite dessert and a very special wine. 306 00:15:21,580 --> 00:15:24,050 And you know what? I think we should dress for dinner, be really festive. 307 00:15:24,050 --> 00:15:26,220 You seem very gay. Oh, I am. 308 00:15:26,250 --> 00:15:28,260 I've had a lovely afternoon in the garden. It affects me that way. 309 00:15:28,290 --> 00:15:29,090 Does it? 310 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,830 Oh, Daddy, you look so tired. 311 00:15:32,860 --> 00:15:34,700 Won't you lie down for a bit before dinner? 312 00:15:34,730 --> 00:15:36,200 Yes, I think I will. 313 00:15:36,230 --> 00:15:37,870 Good. 314 00:15:37,900 --> 00:15:39,630 I'll put these in water before they droop. 315 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:42,570 I'll call you in an hour. 316 00:15:45,770 --> 00:15:47,310 You know, I think I better make a list of the things 317 00:15:47,340 --> 00:15:48,910 I want you to bring me. 318 00:15:48,940 --> 00:15:50,780 Otherwise, you'll forget half or bring the wrong kind. 319 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:52,080 Now, let's see. 320 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:54,850 There's my perfume. 321 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:56,890 And it doesn't seem possible 322 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:58,590 I could've used all that I brought last time, but I have. 323 00:15:58,620 --> 00:15:59,650 Oh, and, Daddy, if you're going 324 00:15:59,690 --> 00:16:00,760 down to Spain, you could bring me... 325 00:16:00,790 --> 00:16:01,890 Will you please stop chattering? 326 00:16:04,330 --> 00:16:05,890 I'm sorry. 327 00:16:05,930 --> 00:16:08,700 Do you realize you haven't stopped talking since we sat down to dinner? 328 00:16:08,730 --> 00:16:10,600 And you haven't really said anything. 329 00:16:10,630 --> 00:16:11,830 I thought I was amusing you. 330 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,770 Why should you have to amuse me? 331 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,040 Well, you seem so down. It wasn't the best way to start a vacation. 332 00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:21,210 (SIGHS) 333 00:16:22,580 --> 00:16:25,650 Sylvia, I don't suppose 334 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:27,650 there's any way I could persuade you to come with me, is there? 335 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:29,150 I honestly don't want to go, Daddy. 336 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:32,090 And there isn't anything you want to tell me? 337 00:16:33,190 --> 00:16:34,060 I don't think so. I... 338 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,060 I've taken care of everything, I think. 339 00:16:37,060 --> 00:16:39,660 I asked George to put the luggage in the car. 340 00:16:39,690 --> 00:16:41,330 Here's your tickets and your passport... That's not what I meant. 341 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,230 I don't understand. 342 00:16:45,270 --> 00:16:47,540 I was referring to your plans while I was away. 343 00:16:48,770 --> 00:16:49,940 What you intended to do. 344 00:16:51,070 --> 00:16:52,840 But I told you. 345 00:16:52,870 --> 00:16:54,980 I know you did, but I was hoping you'd tell me more. 346 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:58,380 There's nothing more to tell. 347 00:16:58,410 --> 00:16:59,150 Isn't there? 348 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:03,320 He's not coming, Sylvia. 349 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:08,690 Oh. 350 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,230 He came to the office this afternoon. 351 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,030 What did he want, money? 352 00:17:15,030 --> 00:17:15,860 Yes. 353 00:17:17,170 --> 00:17:18,430 Did you give it to him? 354 00:17:18,470 --> 00:17:19,300 Yes. 355 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:22,740 I thought he might do that. 356 00:17:23,870 --> 00:17:25,710 I wasn't sure, but I... 357 00:17:27,740 --> 00:17:29,310 I thought he might. 358 00:17:29,340 --> 00:17:31,180 I'm sorry, Sylvia. 359 00:17:31,210 --> 00:17:32,110 I know you are. 360 00:17:33,650 --> 00:17:36,350 And you're hurt, too, because you think I lied to you. 361 00:17:36,380 --> 00:17:39,090 But, Father, it wasn't really a lie. 362 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:41,920 You see, I hoped if he came while you were in Europe 363 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:43,790 we'd have five or six weeks to try again and... 364 00:17:45,060 --> 00:17:47,630 I even let myself dream that when you got back 365 00:17:47,660 --> 00:17:50,100 everything would be all right between us. 366 00:17:50,130 --> 00:17:52,070 I even let George and Bertha take their vacation 367 00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:53,300 so we could be completely alone. 368 00:17:55,270 --> 00:17:55,970 Is that all? 369 00:17:57,310 --> 00:18:01,210 What else is there? I tried and it didn't work. 370 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,180 Sylvia, why did you buy a gun if you weren't going to be alone? 371 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,020 I suppose deep down 372 00:18:12,020 --> 00:18:13,920 I never thought it would really happen. 373 00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:16,360 And if he hadn't come, 374 00:18:17,690 --> 00:18:19,230 I really would be alone, 375 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:21,660 and that frightened me. 376 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,200 I think there's more to it than that. 377 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,200 All right. There was. 378 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,140 I thought if he came to talk things over, 379 00:18:31,170 --> 00:18:32,840 but wouldn't come back to me, 380 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:35,040 I'd kill him. 381 00:18:37,580 --> 00:18:39,280 I don't suppose I would have, really, 382 00:18:40,750 --> 00:18:42,050 but I did think about it. 383 00:18:43,750 --> 00:18:44,950 He's not worth killing, Sylvia. 384 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,890 I never told you this because I thought it would hurt you less 385 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,060 if you never knew. 386 00:18:51,060 --> 00:18:52,790 But he forged a check for quite a lot of money, 387 00:18:52,830 --> 00:18:54,400 and when I found out, 388 00:18:54,430 --> 00:18:56,300 he offered to let you get a divorce 389 00:18:56,330 --> 00:18:58,070 in exchange for my not pressing charges. 390 00:18:59,670 --> 00:19:01,100 Was that how it was? 391 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,340 Oh, I wish you'd told me. 392 00:19:04,370 --> 00:19:06,610 It'd have been easier than thinking 393 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,080 that he was just bored. 394 00:19:08,110 --> 00:19:10,410 I'm sorry. I should have. 395 00:19:10,450 --> 00:19:14,080 I should've. It was a mistake not to. 396 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:16,420 But I did think it was best, Syl. Best for you, I mean. 397 00:19:18,420 --> 00:19:21,060 I've never known you do anything that you didn't think was best for me. 398 00:19:24,930 --> 00:19:26,730 Daddy, you don't have to go away tonight, do you? 399 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:28,400 No dear. Could we go away somewhere tomorrow? 400 00:19:28,430 --> 00:19:30,270 Well, not tonight, but in a day or two. 401 00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:32,070 Please. Let's go to Maine where we used to. 402 00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:33,940 (SOBBING) I was so happy there. 403 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,040 I think you'd be better go back to Dr. Jason, 404 00:19:36,740 --> 00:19:38,240 for a little while, anyway. 405 00:19:44,780 --> 00:19:46,410 Maybe I should. 406 00:19:46,450 --> 00:19:47,850 He could help you if you'd let him. 407 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,890 All right, I'll go back to him. 408 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:55,460 And we can go to Maine later on, can we? 409 00:19:58,260 --> 00:20:00,130 I'm so tired all of a sudden. 410 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:03,200 Confession may be good to the soul, 411 00:20:04,170 --> 00:20:06,270 but it takes a lot out of you. 412 00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:08,270 It'll get better, darling. You must believe that. 413 00:20:08,300 --> 00:20:09,840 All you need is a little time. 414 00:20:10,940 --> 00:20:14,880 Yes, a little time. 415 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:18,580 Daddy... 416 00:20:18,610 --> 00:20:20,320 Now then, dear, you better go on up to bed. 417 00:20:22,050 --> 00:20:24,120 I'll look in on you when I turn in. 418 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,020 Hello? Dr. Jason? 419 00:20:58,050 --> 00:20:59,590 Sorry to bother you. This is John Leeds. 420 00:21:00,790 --> 00:21:02,460 Sylvia's willing to start back with you again. 421 00:21:04,190 --> 00:21:05,560 Well, I'm pleased, too. 422 00:21:07,460 --> 00:21:09,400 Well, there have been a couple of developments since I talked to you. 423 00:21:12,230 --> 00:21:13,600 (WHISPERING) Gun. 424 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:14,600 JASON: Mr. Leeds? The gun! 425 00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:19,640 Mr. Leeds! Mr. Leeds! 426 00:21:27,220 --> 00:21:28,920 Going to bed so early? 427 00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:33,660 No, no. I just thought 428 00:21:33,690 --> 00:21:35,690 you might like me to get you a hot glass of milk to help you sleep. 429 00:21:37,230 --> 00:21:39,760 I'd much rather you stayed and talked to me. 430 00:21:39,790 --> 00:21:42,830 Remember? When I was a little girl? 431 00:21:42,860 --> 00:21:45,630 I was always allowed to have five minutes to talk 432 00:21:45,670 --> 00:21:46,500 before I went to sleep. 433 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,570 Yes, I remember. 434 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,570 Sylvia, as long as I'm here, maybe you'd better give me that gun 435 00:21:52,610 --> 00:21:53,980 so I can put it in a safe place, hmm? 436 00:21:56,310 --> 00:21:57,780 You're still worried about it, aren't you? 437 00:21:57,810 --> 00:21:59,580 Not really. I just don't like having guns around. 438 00:22:19,470 --> 00:22:20,470 Why are you looking at me like that? 439 00:22:22,070 --> 00:22:25,440 I was just wondering why I was never allowed to have anything of my own. 440 00:22:26,780 --> 00:22:30,080 Everything was always a gift from you 441 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:31,380 that I had to be grateful for. 442 00:22:32,180 --> 00:22:33,820 You're talking nonsense. 443 00:22:33,850 --> 00:22:35,280 Not really. 444 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,690 In some funny way, you always thought 445 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,560 that if I had anything of my own, 446 00:22:41,590 --> 00:22:44,130 it took away from you somehow, so I couldn't have it. 447 00:22:46,130 --> 00:22:48,730 I couldn't have anything that really belonged to me, 448 00:22:51,130 --> 00:22:52,270 even a husband. 449 00:22:59,270 --> 00:23:01,510 That's why I bought the gun, you know. 450 00:23:01,540 --> 00:23:04,380 I knew you would never go on this trip. 451 00:23:04,410 --> 00:23:06,080 But I was determined to get free, anyway. 452 00:23:06,110 --> 00:23:07,650 And I still am. 453 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,550 And I'm going to get Peter back. 454 00:23:09,580 --> 00:23:13,150 I know I can, if you're not here to stop me. 455 00:23:13,190 --> 00:23:14,360 (GUN FIRING) Sylvia! 456 00:23:41,180 --> 00:23:42,820 Daddy, why wouldn't you let me go? 457 00:23:44,590 --> 00:23:45,490 Why? 458 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,430 Why wouldn't you let me go? 459 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:54,400 Why? 460 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,130 (SOBBING) 461 00:24:11,350 --> 00:24:13,820 Well, I'm not sure the psychiatrist 462 00:24:13,850 --> 00:24:16,550 straightened out Sylvia's mind, 463 00:24:16,580 --> 00:24:18,820 but he certainly improved her aim. 464 00:24:19,750 --> 00:24:21,490 You will be pleased to know 465 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:25,060 that Mr. Milton stopped interfering with Sylvia's life, 466 00:24:25,060 --> 00:24:27,830 and her interference with his life was 467 00:24:27,860 --> 00:24:30,500 limited to this one culminating stroke. 468 00:24:30,530 --> 00:24:33,070 If you found this story amusing, 469 00:24:33,070 --> 00:24:34,700 you will be pleased to know 470 00:24:34,740 --> 00:24:37,510 that we have prepared another for our next presentation. 471 00:24:37,540 --> 00:24:41,140 So until then, good hyphen night.