1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:13,810 * 2 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:24,990 * 3 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:31,490 Good evening. 4 00:00:31,530 --> 00:00:35,160 Tonight I'm dining at my favorite club. 5 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,930 There are many advantages here. 6 00:00:37,970 --> 00:00:42,170 As you can see, informality is the rule. 7 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:46,810 There is also the stimulation of intellectual companionship 8 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:51,610 without the deafening choir that pervades in most clubs. 9 00:00:51,650 --> 00:00:54,620 Best of all, I like its privacy. 10 00:00:54,650 --> 00:00:57,690 Only four persons are allowed at a table, 11 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,560 and, of course, no one pays any attention to you. 12 00:01:01,590 --> 00:01:03,390 (snapping) 13 00:01:03,430 --> 00:01:07,900 Our program is not restricted to views of the tonier clubs. 14 00:01:07,930 --> 00:01:10,730 We also plan a visit to the cinema, 15 00:01:10,770 --> 00:01:15,640 where we shall see a film entitled "The Kind Waitress." 16 00:01:15,670 --> 00:01:19,840 It begins after this one-minute appetizer. 17 00:01:23,710 --> 00:01:33,720 * 18 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:44,130 * 19 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:46,000 Mrs. Mannerheim hasn't come yet, hmm? 20 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:46,900 Take it easy, Thelma. 21 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:48,140 She'll show up. 22 00:01:48,170 --> 00:01:49,100 It's 8:30. 23 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:50,910 Usually has her dinner before 8:00. 24 00:01:50,940 --> 00:01:51,910 You can relax now. 25 00:01:51,940 --> 00:01:53,110 There she is. 26 00:01:53,110 --> 00:02:04,050 * 27 00:02:04,050 --> 00:02:05,490 Marian, tell the chef, will you? 28 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:06,860 She'll want eggs scrambled soft and-- 29 00:02:06,890 --> 00:02:08,460 And dry toast and tea. 30 00:02:08,490 --> 00:02:10,230 You think I don't know that order by this time? 31 00:02:10,260 --> 00:02:11,290 Don't forget the milk. 32 00:02:11,330 --> 00:02:13,060 She won't drink her tea without it. 33 00:02:13,060 --> 00:02:15,460 * 34 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:17,300 Good evening, Mrs. Mannerheim. 35 00:02:17,330 --> 00:02:18,800 Good evening, dear. 36 00:02:18,830 --> 00:02:21,300 Your order's on the fire. 37 00:02:21,340 --> 00:02:23,170 Here, let me do that. 38 00:02:26,070 --> 00:02:27,310 There. 39 00:02:27,340 --> 00:02:28,380 Love that fur. 40 00:02:28,410 --> 00:02:30,080 It's beautiful. 41 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:31,750 You're a little late tonight. 42 00:02:31,780 --> 00:02:33,080 Haven't been sick, have you? 43 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:34,380 A little. 44 00:02:34,420 --> 00:02:35,680 Just a little. 45 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:37,590 But it's to be expected at my age. 46 00:02:37,620 --> 00:02:39,420 Don't you think you ought to see Dr. Lacey again? 47 00:02:39,450 --> 00:02:40,560 No. 48 00:02:40,590 --> 00:02:44,090 He would just give me more of his silly medicine. 49 00:02:44,090 --> 00:02:45,230 I never take the stuff. 50 00:02:45,260 --> 00:02:46,700 You ought to. 51 00:02:46,730 --> 00:02:49,300 When my time comes, the Lord will take me. 52 00:02:49,330 --> 00:02:51,370 Medicine won't help. 53 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,100 But thank you for worrying, Thelma. 54 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:54,540 You are a good child. 55 00:02:54,570 --> 00:02:55,700 I'm 38. 56 00:02:55,740 --> 00:02:57,210 Pretty old for a child. 57 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:00,110 To me, it's very young. 58 00:03:00,140 --> 00:03:02,180 Can you sit and talk a little? 59 00:03:02,210 --> 00:03:03,480 I guess so. 60 00:03:03,510 --> 00:03:06,050 Till your order's ready. 61 00:03:06,050 --> 00:03:07,720 How are you getting on? 62 00:03:07,750 --> 00:03:09,350 Same as usual, I guess. 63 00:03:09,380 --> 00:03:10,750 Still in that rooming house? 64 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:11,690 Mm-hmm. 65 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:13,050 It's crummy, but it's cheap. 66 00:03:13,050 --> 00:03:16,060 (coughing) 67 00:03:16,060 --> 00:03:17,960 Here, take some water. 68 00:03:20,330 --> 00:03:23,130 I'm all right. 69 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:24,230 Well... 70 00:03:24,270 --> 00:03:26,870 Well, that's not really true. 71 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:29,870 I'm pretty sick. 72 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:33,210 For the first time I feel old. 73 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:34,610 Mrs. Mannerheim, I-I think... 74 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:36,480 Now, don't you fret. 75 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,250 What I wanted to tell you, 76 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,320 in case anything happens to me, 77 00:03:43,350 --> 00:03:44,820 I mean... 78 00:03:44,850 --> 00:03:48,760 I think a lot of you and I want to help you. 79 00:03:48,790 --> 00:03:51,090 Do you know what I'm talking about? 80 00:03:51,090 --> 00:03:52,090 No. 81 00:03:52,090 --> 00:03:54,100 I'm an old woman, Thelma, 82 00:03:54,130 --> 00:03:57,770 and I have more money than I know what to do with. 83 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:02,940 My sister, the last relative I had, passed on a year ago. 84 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,040 You are my only friend. 85 00:04:05,070 --> 00:04:08,640 And I want you to know I've taken care of you. 86 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,080 Taken care of me? 87 00:04:10,110 --> 00:04:11,180 In my will. 88 00:04:12,850 --> 00:04:17,050 You have been kind to me, Thelma, and I'm grateful. 89 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:20,620 When I die, you will be able to leave this job, 90 00:04:20,660 --> 00:04:22,920 move out of your rooming house 91 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:24,860 to a nice apartment. 92 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,930 You've always admired this, dear. 93 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,800 So I'm giving it to you now. 94 00:04:32,830 --> 00:04:35,770 Mrs. Mannerheim, you-- you don't have to do this. 95 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,710 But I want to do it. 96 00:04:37,740 --> 00:04:42,340 And you will receive a considerable legacy later on. 97 00:04:42,380 --> 00:04:45,780 I haven't much time left. 98 00:04:45,810 --> 00:04:48,680 I dreamt of a coffin last night. 99 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,090 Do you believe in dreams? 100 00:04:51,090 --> 00:04:52,950 I don't know. 101 00:04:52,990 --> 00:04:54,290 I think I'm... 102 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:55,790 I'm having a kind of dream right now. 103 00:04:55,820 --> 00:04:57,090 (laughs) 104 00:04:58,330 --> 00:05:01,030 Maybe I better get your dinner before it gets cold. 105 00:05:04,530 --> 00:05:12,310 * 106 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:14,510 What held you up? 107 00:05:14,540 --> 00:05:15,510 I've been waiting here an hour. 108 00:05:15,540 --> 00:05:16,380 Honey, guess what happened? 109 00:05:16,410 --> 00:05:17,380 Did you bring anything to eat? 110 00:05:17,410 --> 00:05:18,450 Don't I even rate a kiss? 111 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:19,850 First things first. 112 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:20,780 What's in the bag? 113 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:22,050 Brought you a roast beef sandwich. 114 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:23,520 And some French fries, too. 115 00:05:23,550 --> 00:05:25,190 Hope they're not cold. 116 00:05:25,220 --> 00:05:26,390 They're cold. 117 00:05:26,420 --> 00:05:27,320 No beer? 118 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,490 Darling, I was so excited I forgot. 119 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:30,660 Arthur, I got something to tell you. 120 00:05:30,690 --> 00:05:32,490 -Write me a letter. -It's important. 121 00:05:32,530 --> 00:05:35,060 To you as well as to me. 122 00:05:35,100 --> 00:05:36,460 What'd you do, get canned? 123 00:05:36,500 --> 00:05:40,170 I got left some money, in a will. 124 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:41,500 Who died? 125 00:05:41,540 --> 00:05:43,410 Nobody, not yet. 126 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,170 Do you remember that sweet old lady I told you about, 127 00:05:45,210 --> 00:05:46,680 Mrs. Mannerheim? 128 00:05:46,710 --> 00:05:49,080 Well, she gave me this lovely pin tonight. 129 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:50,210 And she told me she's leaving me 130 00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:53,580 a considerable legacy in her will. 131 00:05:53,620 --> 00:05:56,120 She's such a sweet old lady, honey. 132 00:05:56,150 --> 00:05:59,350 Holy cow! 133 00:05:59,390 --> 00:06:00,690 I been a day late and a dollar short 134 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,890 all my cotton-picking life. 135 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:04,560 No more playing for peanuts. 136 00:06:04,590 --> 00:06:07,530 I could start my own band. 137 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:08,730 Can't you just see it? 138 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,100 A six-piece combo and me on a licorice stick! 139 00:06:12,930 --> 00:06:15,470 I wonder how much a considerable legacy means, 140 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:17,510 in terms of cash. 141 00:06:17,540 --> 00:06:18,870 She's awful rich. 142 00:06:18,910 --> 00:06:23,180 Could be 20, maybe $50,000. 143 00:06:23,210 --> 00:06:25,610 Fifty grand? 144 00:06:25,650 --> 00:06:26,780 Yes. 145 00:06:26,820 --> 00:06:28,520 Go, girl, go! 146 00:06:28,550 --> 00:06:30,050 Hey, you're on cloud seven now. 147 00:06:30,050 --> 00:06:32,250 Reach up and grab for eight. 148 00:06:32,290 --> 00:06:39,290 * 149 00:06:39,330 --> 00:06:42,060 Fifty thousand dollars is nothing to Mrs. Mannerheim. 150 00:06:42,060 --> 00:06:44,800 She's got the most expensive suite in the hotel. 151 00:06:44,830 --> 00:06:46,600 Darling, when this happens, 152 00:06:46,630 --> 00:06:48,540 we'll get married, huh? 153 00:06:48,570 --> 00:06:50,570 We could maybe do it before? 154 00:06:50,610 --> 00:06:52,510 Not before, Thelma. 155 00:06:52,540 --> 00:06:54,740 As soon as the old dame kicks off, sure. 156 00:06:54,780 --> 00:06:56,910 But until then, you got to stay with her every minute, 157 00:06:56,950 --> 00:06:58,650 make sure she don't change her mind. 158 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,020 You're right, honey. 159 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:01,780 You're always right. 160 00:07:01,820 --> 00:07:03,520 You give me a kiss and I'll go down 161 00:07:03,550 --> 00:07:06,120 and bring you back some beer, hm? 162 00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:16,800 * 163 00:07:22,570 --> 00:07:24,870 Just look at that old thing. 164 00:07:24,910 --> 00:07:26,070 Now, some night she's going to die 165 00:07:26,110 --> 00:07:27,480 right in the middle of dinner. 166 00:07:30,810 --> 00:07:33,480 You think a woman like that would go to a home or something. 167 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,650 I think she'd want to. 168 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:37,190 Her tray's on the steam table. 169 00:07:37,220 --> 00:07:38,890 I'll pick it up. 170 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,100 Good evening, Mrs. Mannerheim. 171 00:07:51,130 --> 00:07:52,700 You're looking good tonight. 172 00:07:52,730 --> 00:07:53,940 What you say? 173 00:07:53,970 --> 00:07:55,440 I said you're looking good. 174 00:07:55,470 --> 00:07:57,770 Well, I'm not feeling good. 175 00:07:57,810 --> 00:08:01,010 The food in this dining room gives me indigestion. 176 00:08:01,010 --> 00:08:04,610 And I must say the service has become inferior. 177 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:06,680 You have been neglecting me lately. 178 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,580 And after I gave you my lovely brooch-- 179 00:08:08,620 --> 00:08:10,020 Oh, dry up. 180 00:08:10,020 --> 00:08:12,190 What did you say? 181 00:08:12,220 --> 00:08:14,520 I said I'm sorry, Mrs. Mannerheim. 182 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,360 I try to do my best. 183 00:08:16,390 --> 00:08:21,460 * 184 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:23,370 The old girl giving you a hard time? 185 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,170 I don't know what's come over her. 186 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,840 She used to be so sweet. 187 00:08:26,870 --> 00:08:29,140 * 188 00:08:32,710 --> 00:08:33,940 Four months we've been waiting. 189 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:35,110 I'm fed up. 190 00:08:35,140 --> 00:08:36,880 Honey. 191 00:08:36,910 --> 00:08:38,180 Well, you're sick of waiting, too. 192 00:08:38,210 --> 00:08:39,610 You're getting to hate the old bag. 193 00:08:39,650 --> 00:08:40,820 Hate? 194 00:08:40,850 --> 00:08:42,380 I'm very fond of Mrs. Mannerheim. 195 00:08:42,420 --> 00:08:43,720 Oh, don't give me that. 196 00:08:43,750 --> 00:08:46,050 You're getting to hate her more and more every day. 197 00:08:46,050 --> 00:08:46,960 I can see it in your face. 198 00:08:47,060 --> 00:08:50,630 You don't talk about her the way you used to. 199 00:08:50,660 --> 00:08:53,060 She's taking much too long to die. 200 00:08:53,060 --> 00:08:54,800 I don't know what you're talking about! 201 00:08:54,830 --> 00:08:56,730 What makes you think she won't live to be 100? 202 00:08:56,770 --> 00:08:57,730 She's so sick! 203 00:08:57,770 --> 00:08:59,070 Then why ain't she dead? 204 00:08:59,070 --> 00:09:00,000 Arthur! 205 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,500 Why not help her along a little, honey? 206 00:09:02,540 --> 00:09:04,610 Don't you see how easy it would be? 207 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,340 And it wouldn't even be wrong. 208 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:09,380 Oh, think how the poor old lady's suffering, 209 00:09:09,410 --> 00:09:11,350 sick the way she is. 210 00:09:11,380 --> 00:09:13,680 She'd welcome a little peace. 211 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,750 And you could give it to her. 212 00:09:15,780 --> 00:09:18,490 It would be a snap. 213 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:19,820 I'm not listening. 214 00:09:19,850 --> 00:09:21,820 Nobody would ever know. 215 00:09:21,860 --> 00:09:23,320 I'd help you, I'd show you how. 216 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:24,290 Stop this. 217 00:09:24,330 --> 00:09:26,660 We could do it with the food. 218 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:28,730 She'd never notice, a sick old lady like that, 219 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,270 her taste buds all shot. 220 00:09:31,300 --> 00:09:34,470 You just put a little bit of something in her tea, 221 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:36,170 night after night until... 222 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:37,340 You're crazy. 223 00:09:37,370 --> 00:09:38,810 You're talking absolutely crazy! 224 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,740 Sure, sure, only listen to what I'm saying. 225 00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:41,840 Now, there's plenty of stuff around. 226 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:43,650 I'll figure a way how to get it. 227 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:46,950 And every night, you'll just put a little bit in her tea. 228 00:09:47,050 --> 00:09:50,720 Now, that'd be easy for you, wouldn't it? 229 00:09:50,750 --> 00:09:53,860 Poor sick old lady. 230 00:09:53,890 --> 00:09:55,960 You know, they got a name for this. 231 00:09:56,060 --> 00:10:00,130 It'd be what they call a mercy killing. 232 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:01,660 And as soon as it happens, 233 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:04,670 we could get married, doll. 234 00:10:04,700 --> 00:10:06,900 Suppose tomorrow I go out 235 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:09,740 and get a little something, huh? 236 00:10:09,770 --> 00:10:12,510 What do you say? 237 00:10:12,540 --> 00:10:15,140 All right, Arthur. 238 00:10:15,180 --> 00:10:16,980 We'll do it like you say. 239 00:10:17,010 --> 00:10:19,680 * 240 00:10:22,220 --> 00:10:29,860 * 241 00:10:29,890 --> 00:10:31,630 This is gonna be tougher than I thought. 242 00:10:31,660 --> 00:10:33,190 When I went to the drugstore to get the stuff, 243 00:10:33,230 --> 00:10:35,460 the guy wanted me to sign my name in a book. 244 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:38,270 Think me handing myself over to the cops that way. 245 00:10:38,300 --> 00:10:39,570 What are we gonna do? 246 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:43,070 I got to study up and find out all about this stuff. 247 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:44,940 -Can I help? -Yeah. 248 00:10:44,970 --> 00:10:47,210 You give it to her when the time comes. 249 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,110 Now, shut up. 250 00:10:49,140 --> 00:10:54,320 * 251 00:10:54,350 --> 00:10:57,550 "...a poison which on ingestion, 252 00:10:57,590 --> 00:11:01,090 inhalation, absorption, 253 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,790 application, injection 254 00:11:04,830 --> 00:11:08,100 or development within the body 255 00:11:08,130 --> 00:11:11,730 produces an injury to the body." 256 00:11:11,770 --> 00:11:25,210 * 257 00:11:25,250 --> 00:11:28,320 This Mrs. Mannerheim, she's over 80, huh? 258 00:11:28,350 --> 00:11:29,380 How's her heart? 259 00:11:29,420 --> 00:11:30,120 Bad. 260 00:11:30,150 --> 00:11:31,590 That's her worst trouble. 261 00:11:31,620 --> 00:11:34,260 Doctor gives her medicine, but she won't take it. 262 00:11:34,290 --> 00:11:35,760 Hey, listen to this. 263 00:11:35,790 --> 00:11:40,530 "Anatine--the leaves of the Laricaescropha, 264 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:43,470 dried and distilled, form the poison Anatine. 265 00:11:43,500 --> 00:11:48,100 The prepared drug has a faint odor but no discernible taste." 266 00:11:48,100 --> 00:11:49,200 That's it! 267 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,540 All I got to do is get some of these... 268 00:11:51,570 --> 00:11:54,110 Laricaescropha leaves 269 00:11:54,140 --> 00:11:55,840 and we got it made! 270 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:56,980 What are they? 271 00:11:57,010 --> 00:11:58,680 I'll find out. 272 00:11:58,710 --> 00:12:01,220 You go down and bring me back some beer. 273 00:12:01,250 --> 00:12:11,260 * 274 00:12:11,290 --> 00:12:18,870 * 275 00:12:18,900 --> 00:12:20,940 Looks just like water, don't it? 276 00:12:20,970 --> 00:12:22,440 Or gin, maybe. 277 00:12:22,470 --> 00:12:23,910 * 278 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:29,110 Yeah, it's got a faint odor. 279 00:12:29,140 --> 00:12:32,080 Smells like, uh... 280 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,120 geraniums. 281 00:12:35,150 --> 00:12:36,320 Arthur, don't! 282 00:12:41,990 --> 00:12:44,460 Got to hand it to these science cats. 283 00:12:44,490 --> 00:12:46,830 No taste! 284 00:12:46,860 --> 00:12:49,830 Baby, we are in business... 285 00:12:49,860 --> 00:12:51,870 as of now. 286 00:12:51,900 --> 00:13:01,910 * 287 00:13:01,940 --> 00:13:12,050 * 288 00:13:12,050 --> 00:13:21,930 * 289 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:30,410 * 290 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:31,710 Say, Thelma... 291 00:13:31,740 --> 00:13:32,770 What do you want? 292 00:13:32,810 --> 00:13:34,180 What's the matter, you got the jitters? 293 00:13:34,210 --> 00:13:35,540 No, I'm okay. 294 00:13:35,580 --> 00:13:36,610 I'm perfectly okay. 295 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:37,950 Oh, I just wanted to ask if you'd mind 296 00:13:37,980 --> 00:13:39,710 taking Wednesday off instead of Saturday. 297 00:13:39,750 --> 00:13:40,550 One of the other girls-- 298 00:13:40,580 --> 00:13:41,380 Wednesday? 299 00:13:41,420 --> 00:13:42,880 Yeah, sure, that's fine. 300 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:44,120 Oh. 301 00:13:44,150 --> 00:13:53,190 * 302 00:13:53,230 --> 00:13:55,100 There you are. 303 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:57,730 The toast is hot, 304 00:13:57,770 --> 00:14:01,100 your eggs just the way you like them. 305 00:14:01,140 --> 00:14:03,040 And here's the milk for your tea. 306 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:04,940 I'm not a bit hungry. 307 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,340 I should have stayed in bed. 308 00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:08,340 Whenever you feel like that, 309 00:14:08,380 --> 00:14:10,250 why don't you just go right ahead and do it? 310 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,210 I'll bring the tray up to your room. 311 00:14:13,250 --> 00:14:14,380 Since you did get dressed, 312 00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:18,090 I think you ought to eat something, don't you? 313 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:21,120 Here, try some tea. 314 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:22,690 Yes. 315 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,590 I always like my tea. 316 00:14:33,300 --> 00:14:36,070 Tastes good. 317 00:14:36,070 --> 00:14:41,310 For goodness sake, why are you staring at me, child? 318 00:14:41,340 --> 00:14:43,140 Go away. 319 00:14:43,180 --> 00:14:44,750 Sorry, Mrs. Mannerheim. 320 00:14:44,780 --> 00:14:48,350 I didn't mean... 321 00:14:48,380 --> 00:14:50,850 Marian, about Wednesday, I've been thinking. 322 00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:53,250 I don't need either Wednesday or Saturday off. 323 00:14:53,290 --> 00:14:54,460 Are you crazy? 324 00:14:54,490 --> 00:14:56,460 There's no time-and-a-half overtime on this job. 325 00:14:56,490 --> 00:14:57,760 That's okay. 326 00:14:57,790 --> 00:14:59,290 I want to stay close to Mrs. Mannerheim. 327 00:14:59,330 --> 00:15:01,530 She--she don't look so good. 328 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:03,030 You're crazy, all right. 329 00:15:03,030 --> 00:15:04,570 But you're kind of nice, too. 330 00:15:12,810 --> 00:15:15,040 Are you being taken care of, Mrs. Mannerheim? 331 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:16,410 Oh, yes. 332 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,950 Thelma has a real knack for her work. 333 00:15:19,050 --> 00:15:20,650 But don't tell her I said so. 334 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,080 A little discipline is good for girls. 335 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,750 I've never seen you with a hat before, Mrs. Mannerheim. 336 00:15:25,790 --> 00:15:26,860 Going someplace? 337 00:15:26,890 --> 00:15:29,660 Yes, I'm going to die. 338 00:15:29,690 --> 00:15:31,430 But not tonight. 339 00:15:31,460 --> 00:15:33,660 Tonight I'm going to live. 340 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:36,330 You know what I'm going to do? 341 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,830 I'm going to treat myself 342 00:15:38,870 --> 00:15:41,140 to a lump of sugar. 343 00:15:41,170 --> 00:15:52,080 * 344 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:53,680 (smacks lips) 345 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:55,680 Certainly is good. 346 00:15:55,720 --> 00:16:09,130 * 347 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,600 We've had her on the stuff for almost half a year. 348 00:16:12,630 --> 00:16:14,340 She's had enough to knock off a whole battalion 349 00:16:14,370 --> 00:16:16,040 of top sergeants. 350 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:17,770 I've done everything you told me. 351 00:16:17,810 --> 00:16:19,840 It don't work. 352 00:16:19,870 --> 00:16:21,240 I'm so dog tired. 353 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:22,910 Well, don't she even look worse? 354 00:16:22,940 --> 00:16:24,550 Sick to her stomach, nothing like that? 355 00:16:24,580 --> 00:16:26,650 I haven't noticed any difference. 356 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,880 She's always been sick and old. 357 00:16:31,790 --> 00:16:34,720 Well, keep giving her the same amount. 358 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,420 Can't start taking chances now. 359 00:16:36,460 --> 00:16:37,830 Honey, I'm telling you. 360 00:16:37,860 --> 00:16:40,430 I can't keep this up, I gotta stop. 361 00:16:40,460 --> 00:16:41,360 What? 362 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:42,530 I gotta stop. 363 00:16:55,980 --> 00:16:56,980 What are you doing? 364 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:58,550 Taking back my picture. 365 00:16:58,580 --> 00:17:01,720 You chicken out on me, I'm pulling out on you. 366 00:17:01,750 --> 00:17:03,820 Honey, don't, don't. 367 00:17:03,850 --> 00:17:05,020 Don't leave me. 368 00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:06,420 I'll do anything you say. 369 00:17:06,450 --> 00:17:07,420 Well? 370 00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:10,190 I'll give her the stuff if you want me to. 371 00:17:10,230 --> 00:17:20,240 * 372 00:17:20,270 --> 00:17:30,310 * 373 00:17:30,310 --> 00:17:39,050 * 374 00:17:39,090 --> 00:17:42,490 It's me, Mrs. Mannerheim, with your tray. 375 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:56,070 * 376 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:57,940 You sure look pretty, Mrs. Mannerheim. 377 00:17:57,970 --> 00:17:59,470 Pretty as a doll. 378 00:17:59,510 --> 00:18:02,010 I don't feel like one. 379 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,710 I feel very weary, Thelma. 380 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:06,480 I think my time has come at last. 381 00:18:06,510 --> 00:18:09,480 Oh, you oughtn't to talk like that. 382 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,290 Come on, now. 383 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,390 Have your eggs and your toast. 384 00:18:14,420 --> 00:18:16,160 I have no appetite. 385 00:18:16,190 --> 00:18:17,890 Then drink your tea. 386 00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:19,890 Always like your tea. 387 00:18:19,930 --> 00:18:21,760 Yes. 388 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,600 You're a sweet girl, Thelma, 389 00:18:24,630 --> 00:18:27,270 when you want to be. 390 00:18:27,300 --> 00:18:29,400 You didn't bring me the milk. 391 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,470 Oh, gosh, I forgot. 392 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:33,680 Come on, Mrs. Mannerheim, just this once. 393 00:18:33,710 --> 00:18:34,780 Try and drink it straight. 394 00:18:34,810 --> 00:18:37,510 But I don't like tea without milk. 395 00:18:37,550 --> 00:18:39,180 Couldn't you get me some? 396 00:18:39,210 --> 00:18:41,120 Mrs. Mannerheim, if I went down to the kitchen 397 00:18:41,150 --> 00:18:42,220 to get you some milk, 398 00:18:42,250 --> 00:18:44,120 the tea would be cold by the time I got back. 399 00:18:44,150 --> 00:18:45,490 I'd have to make some more tea. 400 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:46,890 Well, couldn't you do that? 401 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,460 Yes, I could, but I got other things to do. 402 00:18:50,490 --> 00:18:52,290 Come on, now, drink your tea. 403 00:18:52,330 --> 00:18:54,130 But I can't! 404 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,400 I simply can't! 405 00:18:56,430 --> 00:18:58,830 I always had milk with my tea. 406 00:18:58,870 --> 00:19:01,570 You know how it is, a habit like that. 407 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:02,870 No, I don't. 408 00:19:02,900 --> 00:19:03,910 I don't. 409 00:19:04,010 --> 00:19:05,510 I don't know how it is. 410 00:19:05,540 --> 00:19:07,840 I've never had everything I wanted. 411 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,610 Do you understand that? 412 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,010 Can you understand that? 413 00:19:11,050 --> 00:19:12,350 Why, Thelma! 414 00:19:12,380 --> 00:19:14,020 I've had to work for what I wanted. 415 00:19:14,050 --> 00:19:16,120 I've been working all my life. 416 00:19:16,150 --> 00:19:19,020 You think I'm a waitress because--because I like it? 417 00:19:19,050 --> 00:19:20,360 Do you think the restaurant's my home? 418 00:19:20,390 --> 00:19:22,790 Do you think I like greasy kitchens and dirty dishes 419 00:19:22,820 --> 00:19:24,060 and complaining old women? 420 00:19:24,090 --> 00:19:27,030 I must ask you not to speak to me like that. 421 00:19:27,060 --> 00:19:29,330 I'll speak to you any way I like. 422 00:19:29,360 --> 00:19:33,200 You are a rude, naughty girl. 423 00:19:33,230 --> 00:19:36,400 You are not at all the person I thought you were. 424 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,910 I'm afraid I'm going to have to change my will. 425 00:19:38,940 --> 00:19:40,580 Don't you touch that phone! 426 00:19:40,610 --> 00:19:43,550 Now, now, you stop that. 427 00:19:43,580 --> 00:19:46,480 Let go of my hand, you horrid child! 428 00:19:46,510 --> 00:19:47,880 I'm not a child! 429 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,050 I'm 38 years old! 430 00:19:50,090 --> 00:20:00,100 * 431 00:20:00,130 --> 00:20:05,570 * 432 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:10,410 Mrs...Mrs. Mannerheim. 433 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,040 Mrs. Mannerheim! 434 00:20:13,070 --> 00:20:23,550 * 435 00:20:23,590 --> 00:20:25,790 The coroner was notified by Dr. Lacey, 436 00:20:25,820 --> 00:20:27,190 the attending physician, 437 00:20:27,220 --> 00:20:30,490 and he appointed me to perform the autopsy. 438 00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:33,160 I first viewed the body of Sarah Mannerheim, deceased, 439 00:20:33,190 --> 00:20:36,300 approximately one hour and a half after her death. 440 00:20:36,330 --> 00:20:39,630 The left side of the neck revealed four fingernail marks. 441 00:20:39,670 --> 00:20:41,970 On the larynx were discolored marks of bruising 442 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,940 accompanied by swelling. 443 00:20:43,970 --> 00:20:46,940 There was also a fracture of the hyoid bone. 444 00:20:46,980 --> 00:20:49,880 An autopsy revealed that the main respiratory organs 445 00:20:49,910 --> 00:20:52,650 showed marked congestion. 446 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:53,950 Now, Dr. Maxwell, 447 00:20:53,980 --> 00:20:56,950 what conclusion did you draw? 448 00:20:56,990 --> 00:21:00,860 That the deceased was throttled, choked to death. 449 00:21:00,890 --> 00:21:04,430 Thank you, you may step down. 450 00:21:04,460 --> 00:21:07,500 Miss Thelma Tompkins, take the stand, please. 451 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,070 Raise your right hand. 452 00:21:16,070 --> 00:21:17,340 Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, 453 00:21:17,370 --> 00:21:19,770 the whole truth and nothing but the truth? 454 00:21:19,810 --> 00:21:20,710 I do. 455 00:21:20,740 --> 00:21:22,240 Be seated, please. 456 00:21:26,250 --> 00:21:28,880 Now, Miss Tompkins, it appears that you were 457 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:32,350 the last person to see Mrs. Mannerheim alive. 458 00:21:32,390 --> 00:21:33,720 You've heard the medical examiner 459 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:35,490 and the testimony of Dr. Lacey, 460 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,760 Mrs. Mannerheim's physician. 461 00:21:37,790 --> 00:21:40,000 He stated that he came to the hotel in response 462 00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:41,430 to a phone call. 463 00:21:41,460 --> 00:21:44,670 Did you make that call? 464 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:45,700 I guess so. 465 00:21:45,730 --> 00:21:48,440 This is not a matter of guessing, Miss Tompkins. 466 00:21:48,470 --> 00:21:50,940 Did you or did you not telephone Dr. Lacey 467 00:21:50,970 --> 00:21:53,410 and tell him that you had entered Mrs. Mannerheim's room 468 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:54,610 and found her dead? 469 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:56,410 Yes, I did. 470 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:57,780 Then why didn't you remain there 471 00:21:57,810 --> 00:22:00,850 until he arrived, as he asked you to do? 472 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:01,680 I was scared. 473 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,120 So scared that you ran right home 474 00:22:03,150 --> 00:22:04,920 and started packing your bags. 475 00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:11,060 Miss Tompkins, I understand you know a man named Arthur. 476 00:22:11,090 --> 00:22:12,490 He didn't have anything to do with it! 477 00:22:12,530 --> 00:22:14,200 The police have been unable to locate him. 478 00:22:14,230 --> 00:22:15,500 Can you tell us where he is? 479 00:22:15,530 --> 00:22:16,770 I don't know. 480 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:18,830 He didn't do it anyway. 481 00:22:18,870 --> 00:22:20,170 I didn't do it, either! 482 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,240 I... 483 00:22:22,270 --> 00:22:23,670 That is... 484 00:22:23,710 --> 00:22:26,070 I didn't mean to do it the way I did. 485 00:22:31,110 --> 00:22:33,420 You may step down. 486 00:22:36,380 --> 00:22:38,790 (murmur) 487 00:22:43,490 --> 00:22:44,530 ...for trial. 488 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:45,990 You gentlemen agree? 489 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,500 We find that the deceased, 490 00:22:51,530 --> 00:22:53,400 Sarah Mannerheim, 491 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,600 met her death due to unnatural causes. 492 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,170 We recommend that Thelma Tompkins 493 00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:00,410 be taken into custody and held for trial 494 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,380 on such charges as may be preferred against her. 495 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,120 This jury stands adjourned. 496 00:23:12,220 --> 00:23:13,420 Thank you, Dr. Lacey. 497 00:23:13,460 --> 00:23:15,790 You know, Mrs. Mannerheim was such a grand old lady. 498 00:23:15,820 --> 00:23:17,360 It's a shame she had to go that way. 499 00:23:17,390 --> 00:23:18,530 Yes. 500 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,630 The only consolation is she wouldn't have lived long 501 00:23:20,660 --> 00:23:21,930 in any case. 502 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:23,100 Had a bad heart. 503 00:23:23,130 --> 00:23:24,800 I'd been giving her Anatine. 504 00:23:24,830 --> 00:23:26,170 Anatine? 505 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,640 It's usually thought of as a poison, 506 00:23:28,670 --> 00:23:31,240 but in small doses it's aspecific 507 00:23:31,270 --> 00:23:32,670 for a condition like hers. 508 00:23:32,710 --> 00:23:36,080 Funny thing, I had an idea she distrusted medicine, 509 00:23:36,110 --> 00:23:37,650 didn't take the stuff. 510 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:42,650 Actually, Anatine was the only thing keeping her alive. 511 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,820 * 512 00:23:44,850 --> 00:23:48,420 "The only thing keeping her alive." 513 00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:52,990 "Anatine was the only thing keeping her alive." 514 00:23:53,090 --> 00:23:55,260 "Keeping her alive." 515 00:23:55,300 --> 00:24:00,240 * 516 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,040 Oh. 517 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,710 This type of restaurant underlines one of the basic 518 00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:13,750 confusions of my life. 519 00:24:13,780 --> 00:24:16,120 I frequently find myself 520 00:24:16,150 --> 00:24:18,620 trying to tip slot machines 521 00:24:18,650 --> 00:24:20,820 and tilt waitresses. 522 00:24:20,860 --> 00:24:23,490 Just now, I'm trying to find the caviar. 523 00:24:23,530 --> 00:24:26,090 While I'm looking, suppose you do the same. 524 00:24:26,130 --> 00:24:28,330 I shall rejoin you in a minute. 525 00:24:32,330 --> 00:24:34,570 They don't have caviar. 526 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,270 The manager has offered me elderberry jam, 527 00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:41,710 which he claims looks exactly the same. 528 00:24:41,740 --> 00:24:44,280 He feels that when you buy caviar, 529 00:24:44,310 --> 00:24:48,080 you're just spending a lot of money for the name. 530 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:49,220 He may be right. 531 00:24:49,250 --> 00:24:50,620 I'll never know. 532 00:24:50,650 --> 00:24:53,150 Next week we shall return with another story. 533 00:24:53,190 --> 00:24:55,190 Until then, good night.