All language subtitles for Night Gallery S01E01

We welcome you, ladies
and gentlemen, to an exhibit of art--

a collection of oils and still life’s
that share one thing in common.

You won't find them in the average salon
or exhibition hall or art museum.

Painting number one.
Its title: The Dead Man.

An interesting meeting
between flesh and bone...

between that which walks
and that which--

you should excuse the expression--
gets buried.

So we submit for your approval
this and other frozen moments
of nightmare placed on canvas.

[ Man On Speaker ]
Yes? Who is it? What is it?

I am precisely on time,
according to your invitation,

which ought to give you some idea
as to who or what I may be.

Dr. Talmadge. Short of time, temper
and patience as usual. Come in. Come in.

Miles! Good to see you.

[ Chuckles ]
It's been too long.

Oh, for me too.

Well, how long can you give us
this time? And don't be stingy.

Well, I have till 5:00 a.m. on Monday.

And if you insist, I just happen to have
a second suitcase in my car.

[ Chuckles ]
Put that one down there.

They'll both reappear in your room
as if by magic. Come on up.

Something's missing.
Now, what is it?

Your patients!
I haven't seen a single one.
They're gone.

Gone? All of them?
All but one.

That's him? Your prize patient?

- He seems to be a healthy specimen.
- You think so?

Well, at first glance.

No, you wouldn't give up your practice
to concentrate on a healthy individual.

So, what's wrong with him?

You're the diagnostician.

I'm not in your class.
But, then, who is?

I’m flattered, but it doesn't take
a diagnostician to remark
that a man looks well.

- If you want a diagnosis--
- Oh, I hardly think that's necessary.

His ailment would appear to me
to be quite obvious.

A first-year medical student
would see it.

What?
Look again.

What's happened to him?

You still maintain
he looks well?

Of course not.
This man is extremely ill.

And as you say, the symptoms
would appear obvious to anyone.

Symptoms? What symptoms?

Well, you know very well.
The general pallor, the shrunken body,

those hectic spots of color
above the cheekbones,

the wrists and arms emaciated,
the ribs too prominent,

those deep depressions here
around the collarbone.

Yes, as you say, it's quite obvious.

The man would appear to be dying
of endopulmonosis.

-You'd swear to that?
- Well, not to the nature of the disease,

since I’m well aware that you're
on to something far more complicated.

But to the external symptoms, yes.

Well, all right, Max. What's causing it?
What brings it on so suddenly?

The effect of some unstable drug?

A recurrent fever?
Perhaps a poison?

Nope. None of that.

As a matter of fact, Doctor,
I don't agree with your diagnosis at all.

- You don't agree?
-No, I don't.

I would say the patient exhibits no
external signs of endopulmonosis. Not one.

You must be joking.
Look again.

I've already looked.
Go on. Look again.

What kind of trickery is this?

Well, Doctor, care to take
another guess?

Of course it's some illusion,
but to attempt a serious diagnosis--

Yes. Snap judgment. Go on. Tell me.
Just tell me what you see.

Well, on the surface,
a moment ago he appeared cadaverous.

Now the body is swollen.

The skin is puffed,
the color bluish.

The wrists were emaciated.
Now they're thickened.

So it's not endopulmonosis?
What would you call it, then?

Auricular edema?
Thank you, Doctor.
No prompting, please.

I would say... Werblin's Disease.

Wrong again. Take another look.

Max, I've had enough of this!

Please, take another look.
And meet John Fearing.

[ Laughs]
Dr. Talmadge.

This is a great pleasure.
Were you surprised?

Were you impressed?
What diseases did I do?

Endopulmonosis and Werblin's Disease.

Quite accurately,
according to Dr. Talmadge.

I, uh, consider that praise from Caesar.

Your recovery
was even more remarkable,

and I see no evidence
of any disease, present or past.

Admit it!
You've never seen a man so fit.

All right, I admit it.
And I hope this time it's no illusion.

It isn't. You can practically feel
the good health emanating,
radiating from his body.

- It's like an aura.
- Well, that's a somewhat
unscientific hypothesis.

John, you'd better
get dressed for dinner.

All right.

Doctor, see you then.

How does he do it?

How does he simulate the symptoms,
duplicate the diseases?

He doesn't. You couldn't
be fooled by fakery. No, Miles.

When Fearing
appears to be ill, he is ill...

because he sincerely believes he is.

Are you trying to tell me that all
these ailments of his are psychosomatic?

- Completely.
- But the physical manifestations--

Miles, how often have you been faced
with the tangible symptoms of disease...

when that physical evidence
was induced entirely by the mind?

But never so extreme...
or brought about so suddenly.

The difference is just one of degree.

To some extent, we're all psychosomatic.
Fearing is fantastically so.

- Where did you find him?
- Here, as a patient, three years ago.

But not the, uh, beautifully balanced
young man he is today.

He was a sick, neurotic weakling...

recovering from a case
of bronchial asthma.

Two weeks after I discharged him,
he was back again...

with a case of rheumatoid arthritis.

Then back again and still again,
parading one disease after another.

He baffled all his doctors, including me.

The onsets were too sudden,
the recoveries too swift.

So we never guessed
at their emotional origin.

Until one day he came in
with a germ disease...

and my microscope showed me
no such germ in his body.

- What accounts for it?
- Mmm, heredity, possibly.

His mother was hysterical,
emotionally unsound,

given to one imaginary
illness after another.

His father was exactly the same.

Now, if he inherited that combination,
he more than doubled it...

and used it subconsciously
in self-defense against the two of them.

- Where are they now?
- Both dead.

But his body is still
slavishly obedient to suggestion,

except that now it's controlled
by a stronger mentality.

He doesn't strike me
as cerebral, even now.

[ Chuckles ]
Not his mentality. Mine.

Hypnosis?

The image of every disease
he “does,” as he puts it,

has been planted
in his subconscious by me.

Of course! That-- That annoying tic
I was afraid you'd developed,

those rappings with a pencil--

those were cues to execute commands
given earlier during the trance.

Exactly. He can't do a thing
until he gets the proper signal.

In each case,
there was a different pattern...

to trigger a different response,
a different illness!

The most important and significant
response was the last one:

the complete absence of illness,
perfect health!

- That was psychosomatic?
- That's the miracle!

That's why I've given up everything else
to concentrate on this.

Miles, can you imagine the benefits
if can transmit this power to others?

The minds of men could cast
disease out of their bodies,

resist degeneration,
reverse the aging process,

pace the heart, stifle cancer,

conquer death!

Come now. Come now.

I share your enthusiasm,
but you carry it too far.

Beyond death?
Why stop there? Hmm?

What is death? A wall?

Or a door? Give me a definition.

Hmm. We have some new ones,
haven't we, since the heart transplants?

We have. And if a man can live
beyond his heartbeat,

why not beyond his brain waves?

At least beyond those we can measure.
I say there's no limit!

And I say, Max, there is a limit
as to how long Cook will wait for dinner.

I'll be right with you.
Velda!

Miles. The one man
I would like most in the world
to take me down to dinner.

Mrs. Redford,
you are halfway there.

I hate to comment on the obvious, Velda,
but I've never seen you more beautiful.

Miles, dear, that's because
I’m a happy woman. Completely content.

Well--
[ Clears Throat ]

There's coffee and brandy, and cigars
for those of you who can bear them.

[ Chuckles ]
Not for me. They make me sick.
And I mean really sick.

John neither smokes
nor drinks.

And coffee keeps me awake.

It seems that there's nothing
here we can tempt you with.

We’ll have to develop
a vice for you, John.

How about, um--
How about some fresh air?
That's habit-forming.

I could do with a bit
of that. No, Miles.

I can see that you and Max are dying
to drown yourselves in cigar smoke
and deep scientific talk.

[ Fearing Chuckles ]

Miles.

Did you see them at dinner?
Never took her eyes off him.

- You do nothing to discourage it.
- How else can I keep him here?

He doesn't need me. He's got money,
as well as everything else.

If it weren't for Velda,
he'd be skiing in Switzerland...

or sunning himself
in the South of France.

He knows this work we do here
isn't pleasant for him.

Then do it elsewhere.
I'll give you space in my own clinic.

Remove your work from your home
and get him out.

Miles, don't you see?
I can't separate them.

— If I do, I'll lose him.
—That's more important than losing her?

I love Velda. She's been my life.
You know that.

But Fearing... my immortality.

If it's worth that much to you,
accept the price and get on with the work.

I try. I've done it so far,
but the truth is I'm not that clinical.

Can you imagine
what a lover he must be?

Perfect confidence in himself.
None of the guilt...

or doubt or cowardice of body
that betrays the average man.

[ Scoffs ]
I've created the perfect rival.

If you believe you've created
that perfection,

you must've considered
un-creating it?

Make him ugly?

Physically preadolescent?

Of course I've thought of it.

I could turn him into an idiot, an invalid,
a grotesquely crippled monster!

Stop it, Max. Stop.

You think I’m capable of that?

♫ [ Velda Singing, Indistinct ]

♫ [ Singing Continues ]
[ Door Closes ]

Hmm. Good morning.

Good morning, Miles.
Did you rest well?

Very. The flowers are beautiful.
Thank you.

Did you grow them yourself?
Yes.

- They don't give me much pleasure anymore.
- Why not?

It hurts me when they die.
[Redford ]
Miles!

I’m being paged.

♫ [ Singing Continues ]

He hasn't changed.
Not yet, but he's prepared to.

And this time,
you'll see the change.

To what?
Watch.

- If you're attempting what I think you are--
- Take his pulse.

He has no pulse.

No heartbeat.

Nothing.

Last night, I asked you
for a definition of death.

Here is death, Doctor.
Perfectly counterfeited.

Death in life.

And I would defy any medical authority
on earth to prove this man alive.

-You instructed him to be dead?
- Yes.

I don't like this, Max.
Get him out of it!

Watch.

Touch him.

Rigor mortis.

That's enough, Max!
Bring him out!

For heaven's sake, Max,
bring him out!

I don't know what you think you're trying
to prove, but I know what you're doing!

And you can’t!
Not to him! Not to Velda!

You don't know what you're saying.
You can't believe that.

You know me better, Miles.
I thought so. Now prove it.

- Bring him out!
-You'll see you're wrong, Miles.

You'll see.

[ Taps Hammer ]

See?

[ Voice Shaking ]
It's quite obvious.

A-Already there's a noticeable
relaxation of the--

There is no change, Max.
None at all.

Wait.
[ Taps Hammer ]

Dear God!

-John.
- Get her out of here!

[ Screaming ]
No! No!

[ Sobbing ]
No!

You--You've killed him.

You've killed him!

Oh, it's a trick, an illusion.

He's dead! You wanted it!

You willed it! You ordered it!

You told him to die, and he did!

[ Sobbing Continues ]

Velda--
Please, Doctor,
no postmortem.

You have to listen.

Max has tried every known method
to bring John back--

injections, electrical stimulus,
surgical entry into the chest,

direct heart massage.

Bad enough he had to kill him.
But to cut him up?

I’m trying to say no one
could have made a greater effort...

or a more skillful one.

Whatever personal doubts
I may have had about Max...

were overcome
as I watched him work.

You thought he was dead
when he was alive.

Suppose he is alive even now.

What if his mind is alive
and locked in a dead body?

That's impossible.

Is it, Doctor?

Can you tell me
without any reservation...

that when they bury John Fearing
in one or two days...

he won't be buried alive?

Velda, John's death was tragic.

But that's all it was-- his death.

You'll have to accept that.

Yes, I can accept death.

I could even welcome it now.

What I can't accept...

is living on.

♫ [Organ: Funeral Dirge ]

[ Minister]
For this corruptible
must put on incorruption...

and this mortal put on immortality.

O death, where is thy sting?

O grave, where is thy victory?

This concludes our services
for John Michael Fearing.

♫ [ Organ Continues ]

She hasn't spoken nor looked at me
since it happened.

But I'd be grateful
if you took her home.

Velda.

Let me drive you home.

Thank you.
It's not far, you know.
It's just beyond the hill.

We used to joke about it.
A cemetery so close
to the hospital.

The walk will do me good.

You shouldn't be alone.

I've always been alone.

Velda?

What is it?

Well, surely you haven't forgotten me.
Has it been so long since--

The funeral. Oh, yes.

But what are you doing here
if you know John is dead?

I've come to see Max.
He sent for me.

Max?

Don't talk to him.
Don't go near him.

He has the power.

You'd better go upstairs.
You need some rest.

Come in, Miles.

Can you stay the night?
As long as you want me.

We're all so fragile...

when our thoughts
can do that to our bodies.

You don't look well yourself, Max.

I had hoped your invitation
after so long a time...

might mean you were
taking up your work again.

No. I’m gonna take Velda away.

Maybe somewhere where the sun is brighter
I may be able to bring her out of the shadows.

First there's something
I want you to have.

It's a complete account
of my experiments with Fearing.

I've been all this time preparing it--

well, my notes and theories.

Here are the actual voice recordings.

Of my work with Fearing
under hypnosis...

along with a full statement
of my responsibility for his death.

That's insanity.

Oh, I--1 never meant to kill him.

Not consciously.

My work was a stronger drive
than my jealousy.

But... suppressed emotions
have a way of breaking through.

When I think of that magnificent body
rotting in the tomb--

Stop it. Stop it. You did
all you could to revive him.

But did I fail him...
because I wanted to?

Miles, study this.

And if you still believe
there was no guilt in me,

make me believe it.

[ Redford On Tape ]
Do you understand, John?

If so, raise your hand.

Ah, good. Relax.

Yes, you will respond, John,

just as Lazarus did.

The illusion of death
will be dispelled completely.

You will return
to full and vibrant life...

when you hear this signal.

Now listen, John.

[ Tapping Hammer ]

If you understand the signal,
raise your hand.

Put it down. You have it.

[ Knocking ]

Yes? Who is it?

[ Talmadge ]
it's me, Max.

Oh, Miles, the door's not locked.
Come on in.

The signal--
What?

The signal--
You gave it wrong.
What are you saying?

To bring Fearing back.
This was it.

[ Tapping Hammer ]

Of course.
Don't you think I know that?
That's the signal I gave.

Max, can't you hear it, even now?

[ Taps Hammer Five Times ]

His cue to revive was three and two.
I've been listening to the tapes.

So have I. A thousand times.
And that's the signal I gave.

Three and two. Three and two.
Over and over again.

No! The signal you gave
again and again was this!

- [ Taps Hammer Four Times ]
- Three and one!

Impossible. I remember.

I was there! I was there!
I'll never forget it.
[ Tapping Hammer ]

- Three and one. Three and one!
- No.

Max, don't you understand
what you've done?

Even when you heard your mistake
on the tapes, your unconscious mind
corrected it.

Even now you're blocking it!
Consciously, you gave the signal right.

[ Taps Hammer Five Times ]

But unconsciously,
you gave it wrong!

[ Taps Hammer Four Times ]

Then it's true. I killed him.

Or did you?

[ Velda Gasps, Screams ]

Velda!

She heard.
She knows the signal.

Max, wait.
Wait? Don't you realize
where she's going?

[ Screaming ]

- Velda!
- [ Screaming Continues ]

[ Screaming Continues ]

Velda!

Velda!

[ Screaming Continues ]

Velda, no!

[Redford ]
Velda, no!

[Gasps ]

[ Screaming ]

[Serling]
Painting number two.
Something on the abstract side...

to annotate that which is
not abstract at all:

greed, avarice and man's constant hunger
to change what he doesn't like
by whatever means.

Said means in this case being a little
science mixed with a little black magic.

Welcome, if you will,
“The Housekeeper.”

What does he want?

I mean, did he ask for a poor,
funny-looking old lady?

Well, as you insist on hearing it, Miss Wattle,
that's exactly what he did ask for.

Oh, I'm sorry. I really am.
Look, do sit down.

Oh, thank you.

There was another qualification:

a good heart,
by which he meant a kind heart.

The blessed man.

Why, that means that he's an awful
kind-hearted old gent “hisself.”

Oh, he is. Only not old.

And oh so handsome.

Frankly, if I was older
and funnier looking--

Oh, I'm sorry.
But you did say it yourself.

Such cruel words, but I know
his intentions are anything but cruel.

Frankly, when he first came to me
for a housekeeper,

it never occurred to me
to offer you.
Well, I should think not!

Oh, I thought he'd naturally
want someone more, um--

- Well, someone more.
- I should think so.

But he surprised me.
He told me--

and you can imagine
my astonishment--
I do.

He said, “I want someone
that no one else would want.”

- The blessed man!
-“An old hag.”

The darling!

“Someone whose chances of getting
a job with anyone else...

would be absolutely sub-zero.”

I was made to order!

And you have no family,
Miss Wattle? None at all?

No, sir. They all passed on.

And no friends?

- They moved away.
- And no references?

No, sir.
Not in the last five years.

I see. I'll get it.
Oh!

Do you feel cheated, Miss Wattle?

Cheat-- Did you say cheated, sir?

Yes, yes. Cheated by nature.
Oh, be frank with me, I beg of you.

When you see the lavish gifts
bestowed by nature upon her favorites--

when you see another woman,
young and beautiful,

whose stride swings
and whose shape swings with energy,

can you help but ask yourself why?

Why her? Why not me?

Oh, Miss Wattle,
won't you let me help you?

Are you a doctor, sir?

Oh, no. No, Miss Wattle.
Just someone who cares.

Well, sir, I guess I have felt something
of the sort over the years,

now that the subject comes up.

And you told yourself
you'd give anything--

anything you had,
short of your immortal soul--

to look as she does,
to feel as she must,

to embrace that surge of vitality
that carries her past you?

Well, sir, as a matter of fact--

Only, if I'm not speakin' out of turn,

what good can it do to talk about it?

It don't change
the price of potatoes.

[ Laughs]
Speaking of potatoes--

No, thank you.

This way, please.

Mr. Acton, are you quite sure
I can't give you your usual table?

No. That table's excellent.
The lady and I wish to be alone, Maurice.

Very well, sir.

Let me.

May I, madam?
[ Snaps Fingers ]

Oh. Thank you.

Oh, I'll take that.
Thank you, sir.

I feel I must point out, sir,

your wife is sitting right over there.

Oh, yes, of course she is.
But she's much too concerned
with that young man to notice us.

Yes, sir.
Your wife, sir?

Yes, Miss Wattle.

That is my wife.

Exactly the kind of woman
we've been talking about.

Possessed of every attribute you lack,
every favor you've been denied.

A face and a figure to grace a goddess.

My! Oh, dear, my!
She has got everything.

Frog's legs.
No, I'm having the frog's legs.

Miss Wattle is having
the pig's knuckles.

Oh, they look delicious!

May 1?
I'll take it. Pull the cork.

Thank you. I'll do it.

Has got everything.

Yes. And more.
More?

Mm. A great deal more.
Seven million dollars more.

[Gasps ]
My goodness!

Mm-hmm.
That's what she has not got.

Beg your pardon, sir?

Your goodness. In that department,
she has nothing. Less than nothing!

For inside that ripe and perfect shell,
Miss Wattle,

there dwells one withered,
wizzled... peanut.

Peanut? Did you say peanut?

The selfishness. The ingratitude.
The way she talks of leaving me.

As if she were the injured one.
All right. So be it. So be it.

As you say, sir.

Of course, except
for the seven million dollars.

Because if she goes--
believe me, Miss Wattle--
there goes the money.

She'd think nothing of taking it
and turning me out to shift for myself.

Well, I don't think
you should be tellin' me, sir.

I’m sorry. I am sorry.
When I speak of that woman, [--
Please forgive me.

[ Woman Laughs ]
Miss Wattle,

what would you give
to change places with her?

Change places?

Well, sir, I haven't given that
a great deal of thought.

You'd be wonderful.
You have everything she lacks.

- I have?
- Yes.

A warm heart, a gentle nature,
a mellow and forgiving soul.

Yes. You'd be marvelous.

You should be the one to occupy
that magnificent edifice,

and she should be there,
inside that run-down old hovel of yours.

Well, I don't think I'd better
think about that, sir.

There's no sense in breakin' your heart...

over what's not possible.

Oh, but it is possible!
Quite possible!

Do you, by any chance,
know anything of personality transplant?

Personality--

Well, no matter. For my purpose,
all you need to know is the principle.

In effect, one personality is uprooted
and made to flourish...

in other soil-- other flesh--

while the previous occupant undergoes
a simultaneous transplantation
to the body vacated.

Do you see?

Ah, yes, sir.
It all sounds very scientific.

But I thought you was looking
for a housekeeper, sir, so to speak.

[ Laughing ]
Yes, that's exactly it.
What I am looking for, Miss Wattle.

Someone who will keep my house
for me, so to speak.

♫ [Piano]

[Crowing ]

[ Oinking ]

Get the idea, Miss Wattle?

Yes, sir.
But do you mind tellin” me,

[ Meowing ]
how do you do it?

Oh, the process is very difficult
to learn, Miss Wattle.

[Cawing ]

[Growling ]

Oh, yes. I've spent many long hours
poring over these ancient books
and records,

committing to memory
certain incantations,

instructing myself in the skillful
compounding of certain herbs
and toxins to be added to the diet...

to prepare and fertilize the soil
prior to transfer.

Well, I'm not too quick, sir,
but you are givin' me the shudders.

Oh, I-- I am sorry.

I suppose all this talk
of potions and incantations
sounds like black magic to you.

[ Laughs]
But I assure you,
the principle is crystal clear,

and it works without
a lot of mumbo jumbo.

Yes. One live frog does the trick.

A frog, sir?

Yes. The common jumping frog.

[ Frog Croaking ]
Are you surprised?
I know I was.

Oh, they're really
remarkable creatures.

They're mentioned
in the Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Thoth, the god of the underworld--

Oh, but I don't want to bore you
with these details.

[Sighs]
You can do almost
anything with them.

Hmm. Yes.

They're especially good
as transformers or conduits.

[Gasps ]
Oh, dear! Oh, my!

Well, if you don't mind
my sayin' so, sir,

I think it's time I’m on my way.

To where, Miss Wattle?

To what?

I don't exactly know.
No, of course you don't.

Because there is nowhere to go, is there?

And nothing for you to do.

Miss Wattle, here and now
is your last chance.

And what a chance!

Consider the years of youth
and beauty that can be yours.

Or, if you prefer, consider the money.
The money?

The seven million dollars.

Oh, yes, that's part of what you get,
along with the face and figure.

Miss Wattle, consider--
consider the, uh-- the jewels,

the servants, the houses,
the homes, the yacht.

- The yachts, if you wish.
- I’m a bit too old for the sailor's life.

[ Laughs]
But you'd be young...
and rich and beautiful...

with three-and-half-million dollars
of your very own.

Seven.
Oh, yes.

But of course we’ll share it.
We're not greedy people.

Not like that miserable peanut
in her beautiful shell that wants
to keep it all for herself.

And later on, if you find you can't
care for me as a husband,

you can divorce me.
I wouldn't want to do that.

Yeah, but if you should want to,
I won't contest it.

We can draw up the papers first,
dividing the estate.

And then, with three-and-a-half-million
dollars of your very own,

and a face and figure
worth another million,

you'll be free to pick and choose
any man you want--

any man at all--
if I should prove unsuitable.

Well, I wouldn't want to be greedy.

[Acton]

Cedric, get rid of her!
She's quite impossible!

Get her out of here!

Pay her off. Give her
two weeks' salary, anything,

but I want her out of this house
within the hour.

Really, Cedric,
this time you've gone too far.

To presume to take upon yourself
the hiring of my domestics.

This is the final straw!

Well, sir, there goes the ball game.

Oh, nonsense.
What did you expect?

A welcome,
or even civility, from her?

I told you that shriveled peanut
of a personality simply has to go.

Checkmate.
[ Chuckles ]

I'll show you to your room. Come.

My room?
It's only temporary.

Tonight you'll be sleeping
in a bed of roses.

Now, we've just had this redecorated
for our farm-- housekeeper,

and I’m sure you'll be very pleased.

Right up here.
Head of the stairs.

Miss Wattle, from now
until one minute before 9:00,

you must concentrate on this picture.

Here. Sit down.

I want you to bring
all your strength of thought...

and effort of will
to bear upon it.

I want you to see it
with more than your eyes,

with all the perception
that lies behind your eyes.

[ Clock Ticking ]
Now concentrate, concentrate.

That's right.
And leave the rest to me.

I'd like to see you
at 9:00 exactly in the library.

Now concentrate.

[ Ticking Continues ]

Cedric, you constantly subject me
to these ridiculous embarrassments.

You twist and turn the picture
to put me in the cruelest light,

to make me look as hard
and shallow as you are yourself!

Well, no more!
Not again! Not ever!

You've had it for the last time!

Do you hear me?
Yes. I've had it for the last time.

I’m leaving you.
Don't you understand?

Twenty-two, 21, 20.
When I come back,
you're not to be here.

You're to be gone, out,
[ Continues Counting Backwards ]

Bag and baggage.

I'm divorcing you
with remarkable justification
and excellent evidence,

and you'll not come out of it
with one cent of my money.

Not a penny! I guarantee it!

Nine, eight, seven--
[ Continues ]
What is that?

- [ Frog Croaks ]
- Is that a frog?

Five, four, three,
Cedric, are you really insane?
Will you get the creature out of here!

Two, one.
Help! Somebody!
He's turned a frog on me!

[ Clock Chiming ]

[ Wattle's Voice ]
Oh, my! Oh, dear! Oh, my!

- [ Frog Croaks ]
- [ Laughing ]

[ Mrs. Acton's Voice ]
Cedric, stop it! Stop it!
Stop it, Cedric!

[ Wattle's Voice ]
You understand, Mrs. Acton?
I never knew what he had in mind.

Not that part. He never
explained to me about that.

Not a word.
[ Door Closes ]

[ Clock Ticking ]

Oh, how beautiful you are!

Yes.

Now I can see character
and compassion in those eyes.

A new light shines
through the window of your soul.

Oh, my sweet.

Oh, no, sir! No, you don't!
Don't you touch me!
Don't you dare touch me!

I hardly need point out, Miss Wattle,

that you now defend the citadel
to which I hold the lease.

Not no more, sir!
Not while I'm in charge!

Sir, you'll forgive me for sayin' so,
but you're a terrible man!

Sir, you're nothin' but a monster!

And you, my darling Miss Wattle,
are a monster no more.

You see the power of your instincts?

You're doing very well.

Our bedroom is at the head
of these stairs.

Our what?
Oh, it's all right.

We are married, you know.
Not to my way of thinkin'!

But that's a technicality.
Not to me!

Surely you haven't forgotten
what it means to be a woman.

I ain't so sure I ever knew.

You are one. You're twice the woman
either one of you ever was.

I used to be mad
about your face and your figure.
Now I can love your soul as well.

Oh, no, you can't!

And that ain't no way
to talk to a lady.

I hate to be obvious, darling,
but you're no lady.

You're my wife.

- [Screaming ]
- Wait! Wait!

All right, darling. I understand.

You need time--

time to adjust
to the miracle of your youth...

and your health and wealth.

Take all the time you need.
You can afford it now.

We can both afford it now.

Miss Wattle?

Breakfast, darling!

Oh, surely you've had enough time.
It's been three days now.

Eventually you're gonna have to come out,
so why not now?

The world is waiting to welcome you.
It's wide and wonderful.

Won't you let me
introduce you to it?

We could go away.
We could travel.

Go to Cannes, Biarritz, Saint-Tropez.

Let me show you what it means
to be a woman--

to be envied, admired and loved.

If not by me, by any man you want.

Come on. Show me your powers.

Test your powers. Unlock the door.

Darling?

You look wonderful!

Darling, you look just beautiful!

Beggin' your pardon, sir,
but I’m turnin' in my notice.

What? Well, you can't do--
You're my wife! You really can't do that.

As for bein’ your wife,
I've got it all thought out.

And the upshot of it is
I’m leavin' you.
I knew something like this would happen!

That bein' the case, sir, good-bye.
Please let me talk to you.

Just give me one moment of your time.
Surely I'm entitled to one moment.

Very well. But just for a moment.
Let me have it. Of course.

Would you go in there, please?

What do you want to talk about?

Well, I would like to talk
about the-- the settlement.

The settlement. Oh, yes.
Well, sir, there's not to be any.

[ Clock Ticking ]
Not to be any?

No, sir. As I say,
I got it all thought out,

and it wouldn't do at all
for you to profit by a single cent...

out of the terrible thing you've done.

Your wife would say the same
in my place.

So /owe it to her
to take the money and go.

- The whole seven million?
- To the last penny.

Oh. You're ungrateful, Miss Wattle.

- What did you expect, sir?
- Something of the sort.

[ Frog Croaking ]

-[Gasps]
- [ Frog Croaks ]

[ Gasping ]

[ Wattle's Voice ]
Oh, dear! How many times?

Dear God! How many times?

- Until we get it right.
-[Croaks]