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it's good to have you back mrs weiner

pablito has really missed his morning

exercise

martin you better have a look at the

furnace in the greenhouse it's not

working properly

the greenhouse madam there's some cold

nights coming

all right mrs wyatt i'll see to it oh

and mr howard will take care of pablito

as soon as he gets back howard

why anna and i are off to visit my

brother in santa maria you

are why yes mrs minot it's sunday

sunday

oh yes

sunday

good morning martin

something wrong your mother has

completely forgotten about that oak tree

falling on the greenhouse last year

well you didn't correct her did you oh

no mr howard

i wouldn't do that thank you martin

thank you

where'd you come from better get on for

now

come on scout

no that's for cats what do you say to

dogs

well however you got in here you can get

right out again

what is it got a boneberry there

you hungry fella

all right come along i'm sure there's a

bit of roast left over from last night's

dinner

oh well if you're going to be difficult

what

yes

is someone there

hello

oh my god

ah

ah

watch it

martin where are you

howard

where are you

where are you where are you

what in the world is the matter with you

what happened

no

please

take this laura just a little sherry

thank you

now will you listen to me

there's a woman buried in the basement

of the smokehouse

and she's alive

know that you're all thinking but it's

true

mother the smokehouse was torn down

years ago

yes and the basement filled in with

earth that's where she's buried

i see she's buried but she's alive

don't you dare patronize me all right

mother how do you know she's alive

because i heard her calling for help

from under the ground yes yes rather be

reasonable she's alive and she's

buried there

all right we'll go take a look wait a

minute you know that george took time

off on his sunday to come up here

especially to discuss the offer from

harrison george

do you believe of course not

laura will you help me sadly

then come

couldn't be more authentic if you stay

effective

even old square george would have to be

on our team after that display

his mother's friend carolyn and he's

also on his job

he'd have to testify to what he saw and

heard you'd call mother's attorneys a

witness against her

pretty rough on him on both of them

can't be helped

dusty dusty come here

come here come on

me

the little dog was thinking right

yes mother right where i'm certain it

was here

and over there

i brought help can you hear me

where are you where are you come along

get away from me mother please don't you

think i know you can't wait to have me

declared incompetent

believe me i don't want to have to do it

perhaps now you think you can have me

committed so you can have your way

will i fight you howard i won't have my

house torn down a thousand tacky shacks

desecrating this property but you won't

have to do it if you just listen to

reason laura laura just because you

thank you

i did and that little dog was digging

right there

i bought help listen i bought help

where are you please

where are you

where are you going let's go home oh

please

just take a little nap here we go

you said you shouldn't be too excited

lara it's not true what you're thinking

there's nothing wrong with you mother

why aren't you just trying to lie back

on the blacksmith

a saying person doesn't hear voices and

see things that aren't there

an insane one doesn't question

what he sees and hears whatever it is

precisely

and i don't george so either i'm insane

or there really is a woman buried out

there

what happened to you could happen to

anyone after a

severe emotional crisis

peter

you've just come through the most

difficult period in your life

perhaps i haven't come through it

perhaps i've come home too soon because

i did hear it

i did see that dog and that's all i

could do to sit here talking to you when

i know that woman is suffocating

now when we're weak and vulnerable

our imagination can conjure up some

very strange things

things that seem very real indeed

dear george you don't

mean a word you're saying no you're just

exhausted

little map you'll see things quite

i differently them true but it isn't

george

let's relax it isn't yeah

damn that dog

shut up shut up

will you shut up no you can't go outside

you

shut up

okay

come on come on

come on come on there's mama that's

right

so

hello carl i waited up half the night

for your phone call

look i thought we agreed that you were

never to call here

you agreed you'd call me last night did

you tell her

yeah yeah i told her and

what happened

well how did she take it carl

that's a foolish question it what's the

matter with you

honey look i evie i don't feel like

talking right now

is she there now

no she's she's gone

you mean she moved out yeah she's uh

gonna send for our things

oh that's marvelous oh my poor baby it

must have been rough on you

you need um some tender loving care i'm

coming right over okay

no no look honey the neighbors evie

police i mean

we had a rough thing here last night and

a lot of noise

so i think we better just cool it for a

little while huh

well if uh the mountain won't come to

mohammed why don't you come over here

honey i can't for one thing i have my

car down the shop i have to pick it up

today

look i tell you i'll i'm gonna call you

right away i promise

okay oh carl i mean well at least tell

me um

are you free now i mean really free

yes evie

that's what i am

free

so

you

she's asleep i'll be getting back to

town

call me if you need me george uh i'd

like to finish our conversation

if you've got a moment

howard it's academic

uh i agree it's an excellent offer but

until your mother decides sir

mother is is no longer confident to make

those decisions that's an opinion not a

legal fact

it is a legal fact serve the past five

months mother's been in the sanitarium

nevertheless

this is still their property to do with

as she chooses

now that she's on the road to getting

well oh george

george it's one thing to try to fool the

mother but let's not hit each other i

know

indeed you're not if it's necessary

we'll get a physician in to testify that

she's no longer able to handle her own

affairs

your mother's my client i intend to

protect her interests

well yes sir but isn't it to her

interest to sell off the land her answer

is the way she saved them

oh oh i understand oh yes

well perhaps perhaps i better get an

attorney to protect my interest

you're a privilege but you have no

legal position as long as your mother is

alive i do she's declared mentally

incompetent

you realize what that entails

yes sir i do and you would expose her to

that kind of

public humiliation i don't want to have

to do it

unless you can persuade her to change

your mind what do you think i've been

trying to do

george do you realize we haven't even

got enough money left to maintain this

place

well then help me out two million

dollars george and we can keep the house

in three acres of land

you tell me is it logical is it sane for

her to want to turn the offer down

if you want you can tell harrison you're

considering

his offer but try

try talking it over again with your

mother in a few days

sir what if she remains adamant

that's it unless you force a competency

hearing

oh oh boy

i don't know i i gotta admit that after

what happened today

i thought of seeing mother stripped of

all her

dignity in front of a courtroom full of

reporters

i hate to do that same old howard

i thought you were finally growing into

a man

with a ridiculous idea

oh

so

so

operator this is an emergency

get me the police

yes ma'am i beg your pardon

barry want your property

uh your name and address please

oh yes

yes yes this is whiny of course

run away

what are you laughing about you're the

one who's gonna have to go out there

well i thought they put her away

obviously she's back

obviously but what has she dreamed of

this time a woman

very alive on her property alive huh and

screaming to be dug up

well they wouldn't get going ah come on

sarge

ain't she got nobody in that place that

can wield a shuffle i guess they're all

doubting thomases like you

you know how many times i've been up

there looking for non-existent prowlers

and people following that lady

harry oh come on sarge

why don't you just call her back and

talk to her son or somebody

you heard me tell her we'll be right out

well where does it say in the sheriff's

manual that we gotta spend our time

humoring some batty old lady harry get

going

yes sir go through the motions harry

and keep that grin off your face when

you get there she may have slipped her

trolley but show a little respect

yeah for all the taxes she pays

for all her years and if you're lucky

you may get there one day yourself

thanks sarge

spare me the temperance lecture i was

just remembering how you couldn't bear

the taste of this stuff when we first

got married

progress now i can't bear anything else

without it

to you howard dear for making it all

possible

into your exquisite strength of

character listen carol and i told you

from the beginning i've wanted to avoid

a competency hearing and i still do

sure avoid anything unpleasant

anything that calls for a decision and

run from responsibility as it with a

flag

well if that's your image of me you can

take whatever satisfaction you want from

your having shaped it

oh no the putty had hardened long before

i met you

doesn't that make you pretty stupid for

marrying me indeed

why else work so hard to acquire a taste

for this

there is a simplest solution to your

problems carol

after you've acquired some community

property

oh well there it is

one point to you for frankness no

it's reality howard i've been taking

some cold silver looks in the mirror

barely sorry and well on the road to

being a bag

and i need traveling money it's nice to

know our future relationship won't be

complicated by emotion

bank on it died lingering death years

ago

damn

yes officer can i talk to a minute

sure good morning your mother called the

station mr wine

oh i'm awful sorry about this it's okay

part of the job mother i do wish you

told me you were going to call the

sheriff did you bring the show

no mrs wyman there's one in the tool

chief yes ma'am mother you've had far

too much excitement already i think you

should go live at the northeast corner

of the property

you'll find where an old smoke house has

been dismantled and it's basement filled

in

that's where she is yes ma'am and hurry

yes ma'am hi

oh boy

well that's it but

you can see there's no physical evidence

to back up mother's story at all

well there are some footprints sure

they're mine and our attorneys and

mothers but there weren't any when we

first got here

no signs of digging nope the ground

wasn't dug up at all nope

we looked for something we couldn't find

a thing what about the dog

no sign of him either of course some of

the people in the housing track behind

those trees have dogs and one of them

could have come running over here

chasing a squirrel or was

digging for a groundhog or something and

the barking and the whining just kind of

set mother off what was this place

it was a smokehouse years and years and

years ago

i don't know it seems incredible but

could some of the scent from the meats

that were being cured here won't still

be in the soil

no i doubt it where is this woman

supposed to be buried

mother sit somewhere within this area

here

this place hasn't been dug up in years

it'd take us all day to dig this up yep

mr winan your mother was actually

talking to the ground

yes

i suppose you know my mother was away

for a while

yes sir well the doctor said she was

ready to come home

i thought so too actually she's been

home for less than a week now this is

her first day out of the house

i'm sure it was very real to her

i don't know maybe if you told her that

you you dug up some earth and just

couldn't find anything it would help

yeah i guess that would be the best

thing to do

well just so i won't be lying

thank you i appreciate your help

well did you find her no ma'am

did your dick well i told you oh yes

ma'am and you can stop worrying

whatever it was you heard it wasn't

anybody buried what i heard was a woman

calling for help

yes ma'am well i can request the crew

with picks and shovels

but seeing how it's sunday and we're

short-handed well i probably couldn't

get up here until sometime tomorrow

yes and if she isn't already dead she

certainly will be by then

thank you for your trouble deputy thank

you deputy

did you win the deputy have a good laugh

you know that's not true mother

do i i could always tell when you were

lying howard since you were a little boy

where are martin and nana it's their day

off they've gone to santa maria

santa maria has to visit his brother he

told you that

mother the deputy told you the truth

and that's another lie you weren't gone

long enough

to do any digging

you need anything else

if you don't have enough already the

deputies testimonial clinching

close your mouth carol and your fangs

are showing

so

so

hello

can you hear me where are you

can you hear me

can you hear me

yes i'll help you

i'll get you out i'll get you out

can you hear me i can't do it

can i get help i'll find someone to help

hello hi you live on the street

i do all of you she doesn't she's my

cousin

her folks are visiting at my house then

your mother's home

yeah what about you yeah i live down the

street

what's your name david your mother home

too david

yeah she's taking a nap her and daddy

i see um do you know if any of the

ladies on the street are

missing or anything like that no

i don't why well i just wondered

david are you strong sure

you suppose you could help me do some

digging what for

well i lost a piece of jewelry and

earring but i know

just where it is well i don't know if i

can i'd appreciate it david

you see my fingers aren't very strong

anymore

arthritis grown-ups hands get like that

sometimes

i pay for your help david how much a

dollar

ah a dollar okay i'm strong too for a

girl

thank you but this is really a one-man

job i'll go home and get my dad's shot

no no i've got a shovel david come along

i'll show you where it is okay

come on i'm trying this dumb game let's

go in the house and watch tv in there

yes it's not power gee

i don't know what's the matter

well you're not the lady who lives there

are you

why well my folks say that she's kind of

what david well they say she's

nothing well i i don't live there david

i'm

i i'm just prisoner you know her this is

why

this is one yeah is she like they say

you mean ill yeah i guess looney

everyone says

oh well she wasn't well but uh

i think she's just fine now won't she be

mad about

our going under her property i hear

she's awful mean

my mom says she just hates everybody oh

no david she won't mind i'm sure of it

well okay

you can see where i've been trying to

dig but a strong boy like you can do it

easily

right here right there

oh that's very good david you certainly

are strong

how'd the hearing get in so deep well it

was all done up here the other day

when i was here last and then it was

filled in again

sure got hard in just a couple of days

do i get the dollar even if you don't

find it of course

of course

hey you

heard it well sure i heard it

how'd you do that you got one of them

been twisting in your mouth

ventriloquist david yeah let me see it

huh

oh hey

you didn't do that your mouth was closed

it came from down there david

there's a woman buried down there what

we've got to get her out

that's why i need your help baby

come back david your dollar

david

yes i need some help

what could you help me help you how lady

well i know it sounds odd but i need

someone to dig

in just a few minutes i'm sure you see

my hands aren't strong enough

i haven't got the faintest idea what

you're talking about it's not far

just the other side of that ravine well

that's private property

yes i know it's mine i live there but

you see i need help

you're mrs wyland yes bill

bill who is this uh mrs weiner

who this is why

if you'd just be kind enough to give me

a hand

well why do you want to dig look i'm

watching football in there uh can't you

get your gardener your son

or someone to do it for you but you see

uh

there's a woman buried there

i think you'd better call the sheriff

about that it seems like a matter for

them

i don't want to get mixed up at anything

like that destroying evidence and all

but you don't understand she's alive and

every minute counts

well you're welcome to use our phone if

you want to call the sheriff

no oh

oh never mind

all that money she sure can keep it

maybe i should call her son no

you probably have one of those unlisted

numbers i mean they usually do

besides she looked harmless to me

so

yes what is it forgive me for disturbing

you but is the lady in the house in

why well i just i just want to make sure

she's all right

what that's her it is

what is it with you lady what are you

trying to do i'm terribly sorry about

startling david but startling him

you scared him after death you probably

have nightmares for the next couple of

weeks

what kind of nut are you anyway please

it's very important

you see there's someone in trouble you

get your kicks out of scaring little

kids

believe me i didn't intend to frighten

him people like you want to be locked up

you must listen to me no you listen to

me if you don't stop bothering us i'll

call the police and press

charges against you

you're one

so

hey let's go in there

ted's ready to go he's gonna beat the

pants off you today

come on i'm here she's not here bernice

what do you mean we have a date for

lunch and bridget wilmer

where's your golf bag oh well you see

last night uh helen and i had a oh boy

don't tell me you and helen had another

fight oh yeah

it was quite a wingding too i'm afraid

it was loud enough to entertain the

whole neighborhood

i suppose she's gone to her mother's

again uh well she said she was gonna

send for a thing sexy

that bad yeah

yeah that bad look i'll i'll come and

apologize to ted

i knew i should have called you know

i don't think your buddy feels much like

golf today look i am sorry

i i i only get dragged to you out there

well helen's gone up to her mother or

somewhere

why don't you play golf anyway get your

mind off your trouble

helen can be the golf ball

look i'm awfully sorry i know i should

have called you in everything look uh

sunday i'll give you two strokes aside

huh it's okay

you won't have any trouble getting a

fourth out there will you no sweat

um

how do you do how do you do i wonder if

you'd know if anyone uh

any of the women on the street are

missing i beg your pardon

i know it's a strange question oh mrs

winant

to what do we owe the honor of a visit

from the grand dam

of winat hill i can do i know you

oh i'm sure you don't mrs weiner but you

can bet that i'll never forget you

i'm afraid i don't understand see i'm

the guy that uh

built these houses that went into hawk

to option this land and then you and

your fancy friends tried to hang me out

to dry

oh ken please all your lawyers trying

every trick in the book to get this

property rezoned

so you could keep riffraff like us out

of your neighborhood

you almost did it too you almost broke

me

now what can i do for you

i need your help

do you now please it's very important

there's a woman no

whatever it is no

but let me tell you mrs winant you have

made my day

you've made my week goodbye mrs weiner

so

so

sir can you help me i'm at my wit's end

sir can you help me please i'm at my

wit's end

i'm sorry what's the trouble no one will

believe me

but i'm sure now it's not my imagination

there's a woman

buried just beyond those trees

buried yes yes

well i'm sorry i don't understand they

won't believe you who did you tell

oh my son the sheriff everyone sure

everyone but they think they think i'm

out of my mind

oh i see

i'm not strong enough to dig and they

won't but she's there

i know she is well how is it that you

happen

i mean how how do you know she's there

because i heard her

you heard her yes calling for help

then she's still alive

how could she possibly still be alive i

mean how could anyone

breathe under the ground but i don't

know

but her voice was very weak as if she

had very little strength left

or was slowly suffocating

well when when did you hear i mean how

how long ago

the last time perhaps a half hour

she may be dead by now

still it's a very difficult story to

believe just the same i'm telling you

the truth

a little boy heard her too

little boy yes but it frightened him he

ran away

oh please you must help me yes sir

yes yes i will help you of course you

have to come and sit here there's no

time well just a minute

every second you seem so so very

exhausted

oh you don't

believe me either yes i do believe you

and i'm gonna help you

but first you have to sit down and tell

me the details quickly

so that i can help you

still nothing's not a signer had you

looked at the house carefully

every inch of it twice now and you're

certain she's not on the property

yes yes yes okay let's check with the

neighbors get in okay

now feel better are you sure you know

where to find her

absolutely i mean i'll dig where you

were digging perhaps i better come with

you

no no that won't be necessary as soon as

i find him then i'll come back here

why that's the little dog oh

dusty what about it but she was digging

there

where the woman is dusty has a great

nose

mr nurse but where is your wife

my wife she's missing her mother

what are you doing i'm going home mr

nelson i don't think it's better to let

me buy you still

i'm sorry you never intended to do any

digging did you

mr nesbitt your wife may still be alive

it's not likely

i'd only be digging up a gas chamber for

myself

what do you intend to do with me mr

i'm not sure

i'm sorry i wish you hadn't backed me

into a corner like this

you see i didn't mean to hurt anyone we

had an argument there was an accident

well it doesn't matter anyone is it

yes it does if it was an accident not

for meditative mitigating circumstances

you are not a murderer

oh the man and his wife have a fight he

kills her and then he buries in the

ground

no

not a chance

but you a woman with your history

if she apparently committed suicidal

had an accident and no one would be

surprised

shall i scream mr nesbit or will you

open the door

one what is his wife buried there i'm

sorry sir oh

that's all right mr wanted i'm glad you

came by i let your mother come in

because

well she was acting kind of strange she

was talking about a woman buried in the

woods out there well i was gonna call

you i'm terribly sorry sir i understand

she's spending the day over their

mother's every sunday i was just going

to call

she really didn't make much sense did

she

but shouldn't she be under a doctor's

care or something

she was oh yeah i guess i'll have to

take her back now

must really terrible for our family huh

sorry about this mr nesbit oh

no no doctor please doctor no you have

to order please don't doctor

please no you must there's no one to

help her but me

no one why are you doing this to me you

know i'm not insane you know it of

course you're not

insane but you worked yourself into such

a state that you leave me no alternative

now when you've rested and calmed down

we'll talk but you're killing her

if she's not already dead she surely

will be by then don't you see lara

please now please don't fight it

you've got to get some rest oh that poor

woman if only

somebody

so

she'll sleep now i'll be down a minute

all right sir

i keep an eye on her how long do you

think she'll sleep sir

well she's utterly exhausted that's a

powerful drug ordinarily i'd say she

ought to sleep through

the morning but nearly your mother

has a great power of will and she's

exceedingly agitated it's unlikely

well if she fights that sedation it's

possible

five or six hours that she could force

herself away

and what do we do then that depends on

on her state of mind

if necessary my service can get a hold

of me at a moment's notice

and uh i'll come up and see her in the

morning uh doctor

yeah i'm sorry sergey do you have a

moment certainly do you think we could

talk sir to just

uh sir what uh what does this mean

i mean you thought that she was ready to

come home and i did too but

obviously she's had some kind of some

kind of regression

yeah but you can't expect me to make a

diagnosis based on

one hysterical incident oh it's been

going on all day it didn't start with

hysterics

just aberrations she kept insisting that

she saw on her things that were all in

her head

do you think she could possibly be

remembering that woman in florida

you know was buried alive by the

kidnappers

the idea of a woman buried alive

it could be a kind of transference

tell me uh did anything

happen something that that she might

feel threatens her

well perhaps the fact that she knows

that we

have had offers to sell off most of the

land

and perhaps the fact that she knows that

we haven't got much choice in the matter

i don't know sir i've tried to talk to

her about it

but she's been very unreasonable about

the whole thing irrational you mean

undoubtedly her breakdown was triggered

by uh

your father's death but before this

before going away and after she's been

back she forgets things

what day it is what happened a few years

ago what what happened a few moments ago

well what's that if not unbalanced

that is physiological it's uh

not an uncommon geriatric condition

caused by hardening of the arteries

but sir she's not that old my dear

fellow it can happen to

anyone in their 40s sometimes it's a

series of

of of little strokes

that temporarily only temporarily

cut off the supply of blood to a small

portion of the brain but

it can be treated it's definitely

very definitely is not a psychiatric

condition

and what happened today well

as i said no more curbside diagnosis

doctor yes

if you were called upon to testify at a

competency hearing

in view of what did happen today what

would your professional opinion be

do you plan one

well

uh we're considering it

oh i see well doctor

my professional opinion i haven't got

one yet

um

what are you doing with that shovel

you're going to bury your body

what stevie yeah well hamlet's come to

the mountain like celebration time

no all right well that's not a big

reward for driving up here why isn't

the matter no no no i'd say here let me

get the lights huh

just uh just the neighbors come on

inside um i was about to make myself a

drink you know but i decided that it

would be much better if you made it for

me

you're glad i came aren't you sure come

on

so

so

anybody in particular the same anybody

you were with until 4 30 this morning

oh you've been keeping tabs on me how

nice makes a girl feel loved

no carolyn i beg your pardon you're not

going anywhere

wow don't be such an ass if i divorce

you now there won't be any community

property to share

you divorce me yes i'm tired of being

known as the cuckold of wine and hill

well aren't you interesting standing

there on your hind legs making sounds

like an outraged husband

interesting but a long time late i'm

quite serious carolyn

good because i have a bulletin for you

howard dear

i called a lawyer this afternoon and he

gave me a choice bit of information

a daughter-in-law can force competency

hearings in this state

without her husband's cooperation and

thanks to your mother's

marvelous performance today in front of

a large and assorted audience

i'm practically assured of the result so

get the divorce going

by all means

so

honey i i'm sorry but i i just don't

think i'm going to be very good company

for you tonight

you aren't tired about her being here

aren't you

yeah i guess that's it silly boy

i mean this is your house now she's out

of your life forever

come on come and sit in this chair let

these educated fingers do their

do their stuff nasty tension in your

neck

no no honey look i really i'm not i'm

not in any mood for that idea

i think you better just let me stew in

my own juices for a while

are you challenging me

we just knock it off all right

i accept the challenge now you make

yourself another drink all right my

darling boy

well i switched into something more

comfortable okay no no i said knock a

door for him

or what or what carl i'm sorry honey

you hurt my arm

what do you think i was going to get

into something of hers hand you really

think i'm that common

i said i was sorry please try and

understand it's just i had my mind on

some

some other things i see i don't actually

repulse you i just bore you no

no i mean it's what you said it's this

house you know what i think we're gonna

have to figure on living somewhere else

uh we see get a fresh start yeah

yes carl we have to figure out a lot of

new things a whole lot of new things

maybe we just better stop before we

start

i mean i don't need a brick wall to fall

on me you know

ah

uh

please honey i

i'll call you soon huh yes yes if you

wish

huh

ah

you saved her life

she saved mine

may i drive you home man yes

yes thank you sergeant it's been a long

day

what happened i heard something on the

radio carolyn

your case just got thrown out of court

hey

you