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her eyes

they were often upon him candid

admiring possessive

her eyes her extraordinary eyes

alan patterson was aware of her eyes

at the newsstand at the lunch counter

in the elevator he was aware of them for

almost a month

and they better lead him into guilt and

terror and murder

as sure as my name is boris carla

our story is about the watcher and the

watched

at a not so innocent bystander

there's an outsider too alan's wife

four pairs of anxious eyes

but no one could foresee the shattering

effect of

the twisted image that's the name of our

story

our principal players are mr leslie

nielsen

mr george grizzard miss natalie trundy

and miss diane foster

well i'll say no more but i promise you

one thing

this is a thriller

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good morning mr

merle i'd like to speak with you

yes ma'am merle this is not your

entrance you're to use the staff door

down the hall the same as everyone else

i

always forget i'm sorry apparently you

also forget you're doing at nine o'clock

not 9 20. you may think you're an

executive merle

you're not i'm sorry there was a tie up

on the subway this morning

no one can say you don't have a variety

of excuses

mr will be in at 9 30 mr nicholson at 10

and you have a board meeting at 11.

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alan uh hello marge

what's the matter i just had a run-in

with one of the boys in the mail room

merle jenkins oh it's a trouble he is

never on time and ever since he's been

here little things have been missing

what sort of things stamps for instance

pens

small change any proof no

nothing concrete well

i don't like to fire anyone just on

suspicion why don't we give them another

week or so and see what happens

your stamps what's it look like oh

alan for heaven's sake he's in and out

of your office four times a day with a

male

young with blonde hair kind of a

smudged-up carbon copy of you

as a matter of fact he acts as though he

thought he were you well i guess i

hadn't noticed

yes mr pretty's on three right thank you

i might as well talk about this

afternoon i have a very full morning of

course

hello bill how are you fine how about

lunch one day next week

i'm sorry bill i've given up your kind

of lunches i'm on a diet who are you

kidding

no i'm in it i've been eating in the uh

drugstore in the building here for the

past week

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now share your table

would you mind telling me something why

do you stare at me all the time

i don't mind at all i just like to look

at you

i think you're the most attractive man

i've ever seen

well oddly enough my wife feels the same

way

so does my small daughter of course they

do because it's true

well you don't mean that they couldn't

mind my just looking at you

well perhaps he wouldn't mr patterson

how do you know my name well i asked one

of the elevator operators mine's lily

hansen

how do you do missions are you

uh working the building aren't you yes i

do i like it very much it's my first job

well that must be exciting oh it isn't

it's such a nice job

we only work from nine to five and we

have every saturday off

i wish i could say the same you have to

work on saturday

well just this saturday nice meeting ms

hanson goodbye

it's not goodbye

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alan

and i'll wait to hear from you before

making any decision

cordially yours etc you want this one to

go air mail special too

yes look it's after 12 why don't you

type that stuff up and i'll go for lunch

it won't be long and then you can go

when i get back well i brought a

sandwich with me so many places are

closed on saturday

yes well i'll find someplace you don't

have to rush i have enough work to keep

me busy for a couple of hours oh

i have enough trouble staying on this

diet without all that extra time

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hello i thought i'd come and keep you

company for lunch you thought you were

mr patterson i just remembered oh i'm

sorry oh that's all right miss redley

i was just going to say the pierre's is

open on saturday

thank you oh yes pierre sounds lovely

such a wonderful lunch

i've never been in a restaurant like

this before in my whole life

oh haven't you must be wonderful to be

able to eat in places like this all the

time

well someday you'll be able to sometime

you'll marry a nice young man oh no

i won't marry a young man i mean you

can't depend on them

well then say you'll marry someone

yes because i have a plan

i do everything by plan i read an

article once and said it's the only way

to make things come out the way you want

them to

you're a very dedicated young lady lily

where you from you're not a new yorker

are you i'm from elmira

oh it was awful i saved for two years to

get to new york

aren't you lonely without your family

yes but it doesn't bother me because i

know it's just for now until my plan

works out

well that must be quite a plan i have to

get back to the office

i've worked to finish uh not yet it's so

nice just to sit here with you

alan where bill how are you

fine fine but i thought you'd given up

lunches like this

well you know uh saturday oh i'm sorry

uh uh mr pretty much

how do you do pleased to meet you

would you care to join us uh phil oh no

thanks i've had lunch

darling cat mr purdy at least sit and

have a drink with us

i do so want to meet all of your friends

well i've got to catch a train uh so

long alan

nice to have met you miss hanson

darling please don't be angry with me

lily this is not a scene from a movie or

some love story magazine

can't stand it when you talk to me that

way good lord don't

cry my fault for bringing you here in

the first place

get up i'll call a cab

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alan will i see you on monday no i'll be

very busy on monday

and every day

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hi handsome you've got a visitor in your

room

a woman what i saw the landlady let her

in

she said she was your sister my sister

well that's what you said

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hello surprised to see me

what are you doing here i came to new

york on business

how'd you find out where i live i called

your office

naturally i couldn't leave without

seeing my own brother

besides everyone was so impressed with

your letters about how successful you

are

i was curious to see for myself well i

haven't always lived here this is just a

temporary setback

what a liar you are meal then you always

were

gonna close the door

we don't want the neighbors in on our

family discussion

i suppose you're gonna tell them now all

of them

now why would i do anything like that

because you hate me you always have

you made that up because i disciplined

you someone had to try at least to save

you from being completely spoiled by

mother

she didn't spoil me she tried to help me

make something of myself

make you what

speech lessons dramatic lessons

buying you more clothes than you knew

what to do with

anybody think you were a girl the way

she treated you

is that why you always punished me when

she wasn't around you wanted them for

yourself

i had better things to do with myself

even then

i failed pretty badly with you but i did

try

you didn't fail you succeeded making me

so afraid of

of so many things i shouldn't be afraid

of you said i'd never do anything i'd

never get anywhere

it took me years to get over you

but now you have yes now i have

you're vice president of your firm

aren't you or so you said in your letter

i never said i was vice president

liar i said i was going to be vice

president i am going to be

you can't steal jobs the way you steal

things

brother dear

you still do steal don't you meryl

shut up

you're still afraid of me

a full grown man and still afraid of his

sister

you get out with pleasure

you know it's a pity that you look the

way you do

such a pretty boy will never become a

man because it's all on the outside

what a waste get out louise

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any messages for the folks back home

no well then i'll just

fill them in on your activities in the

mail room

bye

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what's the matter with you tonight

nothing

except i love you very very much

the call came for you just before you

got home ms hansen

handsome mm-hmm you don't look very

pleased

no that's all pretty silly but

i suppose i should tell you about it you

like

actually it's very little to tell she's

a crazy kid

works down in our building i think she's

not in your office

no but she eats at the same drug store

and

yesterday she sat down at my table so i

talked to her there must be more to it

than that or you wouldn't be so

embarrassed

yes well there is a little more

today she showed up drugstore is closed

so uh

well i took her to pierre's now don't

ask me why because i don't know it just

seemed like the simplest thing to do at

the time

and now you're scared to death no it's

just a little annoying that's all

and a little bit flattering however

i think you'd better make the situation

quite later on monday before you get in

over your head

yes i suppose i have to better hurry i

will be late

right

you think because somebody's young

they're not lonely

well lily if you're lonely i'm sorry but

there's nothing i can do about that

i'm a married man who loves his wife and

family very much

now you're coming to the office and

calling my home it's very embarrassing

it's got to stop

you mean we'll never see each other

again

well of course we'll see one another

work in the same building

bound to run into one another

occasionally

oh alan isn't there some way

no i'll finish your lunch

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i only have one thing to say and then

i'll leave

i love you

and i always will

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what is it melvin it's telegram is

passion

yes miss hanson is on one

i don't want to talk to her get rid of

her and come in here for a minute will

you

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alan i wish you'd stop that it's very

annoying

oh i'm sorry

a little nervous tonight we both are

i'm not at all nervous for something's

the matter

you have been trying to pick a crawl

with me all evening

alan you did explain to your little

friend didn't you

yes does something happen today you

haven't told me about

mommy

darling what are you doing

i woke up and i got loads and i need

someone

oh cry of the world

come on darling i'll take you back to

bed and stay until you fall asleep

you promise i promise please

good night daddy good night sweetie

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hi good evening did you take on an extra

job waiting tables or something

that's not funny well i just want to

know what you're all dressed up like

that for

i'm all dressed up like this as you put

it so i can go somewhere i can breathe

somewhere i belong

oh excuse me

hello it's me lily i'm calling from

outside but i'm going right home you

must

come the wrong number

oh

you better answer it you wouldn't want

to keep miss hanson waiting

hello alan don't hang up on me i must

see you tonight

i don't live very far away it's 5 39

east 59th street

i'm calling from outside but i have no

intention of seeing you tonight

or any other night

so

stanson it's hanson

it is miss hansen isn't it who are you

i'm world

we work in the same building remember oh

yes i i guess i've seen you in the

elevator

but how do you know my name well alan mr

patterson that is has mentioned you

several times

alan are you a friend of allens

yes we work for the same firm oh i've

got to talk to you oh it'd be a pleasure

you've been crying what's the matter

that's what i'd like to talk to you

about

all right why don't i go and get a

bottle of wine

no champagne you can't drink champagne

and cry now they just don't go together

i don't want any why don't i go and get

it and bring it up to your apartment

my plans have fallen through for the

evening i've got plenty of time you can

tell me all your troubles you've been

drinking already haven't you

well just a few martinis before dinner

now you run along and i'll get the

champagne i'll be right with you we can

talk about alan

it's 5 39 just down the block fine i

won't be a minute

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good evening sir can i help you yes i'd

like a bottle of champagne please all

right so imported or domestic

well how do they run well the imported

to run you eight and a half up the

domestic

uh four bucks oh

i'm coming to think of it it's foolish

to get champagne

the girl i'm taking it to has got no

palate at all

just run your buck and a half

well i wish you'd say something she's

still telephoning so obviously you

didn't make your position very clear

today judy i have told you there's no

such thing as making anything clear to

this girl you told me

but one lunch even two doesn't give any

woman a claim to a man if that's all

there is to it yes well i thought we'd

get to that

how could we not if i give you my solemn

word that what i told you is the

absolute truth will you believe me

well and i want to you don't know how

desperately i want to

but you can't well you did last night

so something has happened today to

change your mind something besides those

telephone calls

alan i i have been thinking about it all

day

asking myself what would happen if it

were true if you were having an affair

with her

how much would i care well did you come

up with any answers or you're still

trying to make up your mind

the answer is i would care very much

i know now i couldn't bear it if you

have been thinking about this all day

then something has happened now what is

it

i think you're lying to me

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pretty impolite you name it here we are

especially imported from france for your

pleasure my dad

they didn't have any champagne iced and

you can't drink it warm so i brought

burgundy instead

it doesn't really matter i didn't want

anything oh nonsense a little glass of

wine is going to cheer you right up

wear the glasses over there in the

kitchen

they're not wine glasses but uh doesn't

matter where's corkscrew

you don't need one with this kind you've

just turned the top

here we are

let's go

it's bitter

well you're just not used to it that's

all

you're pretty you're very pretty did you

know that not tonight i look terrible

no you've just been crying that's all

why don't you tell me all about it

what's the problem do you and i don't

have a little misunderstanding yes

but that's all it was if i could only

talk to him i know we could straighten

it out

i'm sure you could you're his girlfriend

aren't you

yes i am

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dear mrs paterson i think there are some

things about alan and me you ought to

know

would you write me and let me know when

i can come and see you

sincerely yours miss lily hansen

you have to plan things the way i did

i even picked out the building where i

wanted to work

i did that first and then i got a job

there

i wanted a building where a lot of old

established firms had their offices

then i just waited i watched the men who

worked there

and one day i saw alan

and i knew right away he was the one i'd

been looking for

how did you get to know him i just kept

staring at him until he spoke to me

i knew he would just as i know he didn't

mean it when he said he'll never see me

anymore

once he leaves his wife oh come on he's

not gonna leave his wife

i can't help it that she called the

number's in the book anybody who can

read can look it up

i thought you'd given it to her i don't

know what to say to you

what you have to say is not to me it's

to miss hanson and i suggest that you

say it as soon as possible and say it so

that she finally knows you mean it

and what would you have me say to her

that i haven't already said

that she is not to call here again under

any circumstances this is my house and i

won't stand for it

you can find some other way to keep in

contact with her

judy i have had just about enough

i quite agree with you i don't find this

discussion about your squalid little

affair very interesting

as a matter of fact i find it and you

disgusting

and she's a lady a real lady just the

same he's going to leave her

i wrote her a letter and i'm going to

see her to explain how much we love one

another

when she knows that she'll let him go

and he'll come to see me

he won't have any other place to go

you're dreaming

i just don't talk about alan anymore

he's not here i am

i'm in love with alan then you could be

in love with me

i'm just as good-looking as he is i got

twice as much brains and one day i'm

gonna have his job

i'll bet look at me really

who do i look like who do i remind you

of

don't you see how much i look like alan

patterson

like alan that's the funniest thing i've

ever heard

stop you don't look like anybody

don't say that and you're drunk and if

you don't get out of here i'm going to

call the police

you sit there and you listen to me it's

very late i have to get up at seven in

the morning

it's not late it's just a few minutes

after ten see

i know but i'm very tired i i think look

at the watch

you see those buttons there on the side

you push those and it turns into a

stopwatch

i bet you never saw a watch like that

before

it's it's very nice alan's got one too

well this is not alan's it's mine i've

had it for a long time my mother gave it

to me when i was

21. so don't go saying it belongs to

alan patterson

i didn't why should i say a thing like

that

please go home now i have to go to work

in the morning

not if you don't want to alan's got

plenty of money

you got to get to a real nice apartment

somewhere and give you money so you

wouldn't have to work

that's what i'd do if i was him

i was him

i'd have a wonderful apartment on the

river

a wife like her a real lady

and i'd be where i belong

where you going

don't don't touch me please

i'm not gonna hurt you if you come any

closer i'll scream i swear

i will you don't scream when alan

touches you why should you scream now

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don't don't nobody's gonna hurt you

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just like louise you're just like her

she was always hurting me too

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so

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i wonder why i ever thought you were

pretty

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who are you looking for most of them

bells don't work but miss handsome

well she's ain't all right i heard a

radio blasting like she was dead for

something

i guess you might just want to just

climb up a knot

i guess i guess i'm better thank you

miss henson

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it's me alan miss hanson

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encore for oligar it's our peak of the

week

runaway

you're not so high and mighty now how

are you

you and your big job

you're a partner your wife

that big gun boat of a car

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things have changed haven't they

you don't look so grand now

not any better than she does

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thanks for the raise

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hello no

you have the wrong number

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miss hansen

miss henson are you all right

miss hansen are you all right

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take it easy i'm coming i'm

oh another bottle i'd like a bottle of

your best champagne please

that's 15 bucks that's quite all right

just as you say that'll be 15 45 please

keep the change i've told you i'm

playing poker and i'm playing hello

marge thank god i got you at home listen

do you by any chance know where this

merger just leave me your hand right now

well we're downtown yes i was afraid you

wouldn't know exactly what's that far

down i'll have to get the car you know i

wouldn't kid you yes yes there's trouble

got to find him i just got to go to the

office to get his address

no no no marge listen i can't explain

now just stand by well i may need you so

long i'll talk to you later

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oh

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oh good

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moment

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you want to dance sure why not

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you know something you're cute

my name's sue mine's alan alan patterson

merle

hey you you wanna wake up the whole

house the guy's not there

have you seen him he went on a couple

hours ago he's all dressed up

ready for a big night has he been back

since i ain't heard anybody come in in

the last hour or so

yeah yeah well i'll i'll wait outside

for him

you can do anything you like so long as

you do it quiet

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what happened girl was killed she was

murdered i saw the guy that killed her

so live went right by me he was a tall

guy with blind hair wearing one of them

tuxedos

no he wasn't wearing no tuxedo he was

tall

he had blonde hair and he had a little

scar on his cheek like a bullet nicked

him or something

but he was wearing a regular suit what's

the matter you all right

i'm fine thank you good nowhere no

no it's just such an awful thing

i'd like to have a bottle of champagne

please beer or nothing buddy that's all

we saw

that's how you sound how much i can do

about it is it

not a thing

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better place is this all i sell is beer

what do you want

champagne as a matter of fact yes it's

my favorite drink

lucky you yes i suppose i have been

lucky

i've gone pretty far for somebody my age

that's nice

listen why don't we get out of here and

go somewhere we can get something fit to

drink

uh-uh it's against the rules i work here

that is i'm a hostess you're too

beautiful to work at a place like this

you oughta have a lovely apartment

uptown

somebody to take care of you properly ah

who'd you have in mind you

why not i can afford it

i'm vice president of my firm now the

man who used to be

a man named merle jenkins got into some

rather nasty trouble with the girl and

he lost his job and i got it you know

what i think

i think you're a big phony

don't say that why not you bought me two

beers

no privileges go with them buster i can

spot a phony a mile away

let alone sitting across the table from

what a little tramp

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no i'm all right there's nothing to

worry about i'll be home soon

alan i know all about it i went there

where that girl's apartment the police

were there and

and a man described you they think you

killed her

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now there's nothing to forgive you i

know who did it merle jenkins he's a

male clerk at our office

i'm waiting for him now why can't you

call the police

judy you don't understand i can't go

into details now just

take it easy i'll call you back as soon

as i can

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you see anyone drive away in a dark grey

car was parked here

yeah a guy all dressed up you look a

little like you

only a little shorter he came out of

there

he's a dancer thanks john

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hello

don't do that darling it's just me

i've come home

so come over here will you

what's the matter now that kooky were

with and i snatched the car

this guy's looking for him wants to know

his name

his name's alan patterson

you have a yeah there's one right over

there on the wall

thank you

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so

don't be afraid judy i'm not gonna hurt

you

i wouldn't hurt you for the world

i won't you sit down and listen

all right

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listening

what do you want

what do i want a man comes home he

expects

he has a right to what a right to what

why do you say you've come home because

because this is my home

don't go away i'm not going away i just

think that we should talk this over and

why don't you sit there and i'll make

you a drink

yes drink that's what i need

what would you like scotch

anything you say dog

ah i need some eyes

i'll be right back

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why is all the noise

who are you don't you know me either

i'm your daddy you are not

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leticia physicians

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where in the kitchen

he's got down on the service element i

call the police i'll use the stairs

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so

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so

merle merle

the police are on the way let the child

go

merle merle the only way out of here is

the way you came in now the police will

have that blocked any minute

i won't stop you merle just leave the

child and go

merle

ah

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um

are you all right there

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hey

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you