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- Now, now, don't get nasty my little friends,

your bumping's not gonna hurt you one bit.

Just relax and sleep.

Sleep, sleep, sleep

and in the morning you'll find yourselves in your new home.

Eh, my pets?

Good morning, Doc, what you got there?

Alvin, I found some new friends.

Listen.

Wasps?

You better be careful, they can sting a man to death.

Don't worry, we understand each other.

They know who their friend is.

They can tell.

Yeah, but they know when you ain't too.

Ah, nonsense.

If you knew about wasps what I know,

you'd have no fear of them my boy.

No fear.

- Hey you, give us a hand here!

Hello there, Mr. Barker.

Surprised to see you out here in the field, sir.

How are things running at the front office?

Smooth as honey, Renfro.

I see here you turned in over a thousand pounds

of orange blossom honey and 400 of beeswax

last month, Renfro, congratulations,

you've made the top of the list again.

Why, thank you sir.

- Holiday Honey needs your kinda man, Renfro.

You stay with it and I can see a bright future

for you with the company.

Well I do try to do my best, Mr. Barker.

I try to take my inspiration from the bees,

always busy, busy, busy.

Yes.

Now what about this fellow, Dr. Zinthrop?

Zinthrop?

Boy, there's a nut, him and his bees.

You know it wouldn't surprise me someday

to see him flapping his arms, taking off

after some queen bee with the rest of the drones.

- Mm-hmm, well he's paid to do research on royal jelly.

Haven't had a progress report from him in a month.

- Hmm, well, he has a little workshop up there,

back of the orange grove, keeps a few colonies.

- I suppose I better go up there and take a look.

Hey you!

Where's this fellow Zinthrop?

- Oh, he's up where the extractor is, up there!

Hey, hey, this isn't a honey bee.

These are wasps.

Wasps!

Who's responsible for this?

Most likely Dr. Zinthrop, sir.

I told you he was a crackpot.

Zinthrop, huh?

Zinthrop.

Zinthrop!

Zinthrop!

Now look here, Zinthrop,

what's all this nonsense about wasps?

I'm so glad you dropped in, Mr. Barker.

Mr. Barker, I'm on the verge of a great discovery.

Discovery, what do you mean?

- Well, sir, I almost perfected a new method

of extracting royal jelly from the queen wasp.

- According to my figures you're better at extracting funds

from the company.

Now look here, Zinthrop,

over $1,000 last month for miscellaneous.

Yes, yes, I know, but Mr. Barker,

let me just show you something.

Just let me show you something.

Already I've learned to slow the process of aging.

Soon,

I shall be able to reverse it entirely.

What are you getting at, Zinthrop?

Look, what do you see?

I see a big dog and a little dog.

Let's say an old dog and a young dog.

All right, so what?

But they're exactly the same age.

You see, the little one Greta has been given

regular injections of my compound from the queen wasp.

Just like I told ya, Mr. Barker.

- Now look here, Zinthrop, I understand about science

and progress and all that but you were attained

to extract queen bee royal jelly.

Now it's a health food, a cosmetic.

It's not a miracle drug or an elixir of youth,

that sort of thing is impossible.

- Oh, but Mr. Barker- - Zinthrop,

I'm sorry, Zinthrop, but

I'm gonna have to let you go.

You just don't seem to be one of the team.

You understand.

Good luck, I'm sure you'll fit in somewhere.

Fit in.

Somewhere.

Oh, now, now, don't worry, my friends.

We shall find a home somehow.

Somewhere.

Oh but you sound impatient.

I know, it's your babies, huh?

They're hungry and they must be fed.

Now, how would you like a nice, juicy little caterpillar?

You'd like that, wouldn't you?

There.

Now you must eat and be strong because,

well, a lot of work to do together.

Yes sir.

A lot of work.

As you can see, gentlemen,

sales for the last fiscal quarter have dropped.

14 and one half percent.

There's not been a corresponding drop

in our competitor's sales.

I trust one of you gentlemen has a

satisfactory explanation for this decline.

Not one little suggestion, gentlemen?

We'll start with you, Thompson.

As Public Relations Manager, no doubt you have some

faint glimmering of what's happening to Starlin Products.

Well, Thompson?

- Well, you see, I- - I had no idea

you were such an excellent public speaker, Thompson.

- Oh, I'm sorry Miss Starlin, I guess I'm not

feeling very well this morning.

I'm sorry you aren't.

- I think I can tell you why Starlin Products

are falling off so badly, Miss Starlin.

We're listening, Lane.

Where would you put the responsibility for this decline?

On you, Miss Starlin.

I imagine you

have arguments to support that contention?

- We've all been looking at it for the past 20 minutes.

The most convincing argument is right on that graph.

May I show you?

Thank you.

Now right here in April is when Starlin's sales

started falling off.

Very clever of you, Lane.

- Would you mind waiting until I finish, Miss Starlin?

- That's enough, Lane. - Relax, Willis.

My apologies for the interruption, go on.

Thank you.

Now as I said, sales began to fall in April.

But the reason for the fall was back here in February.

Starlin Products have always been thought of

as something of a modern miracle in the cosmetics trade.

A firm built to a multi-million-dollar-a-year business

on the strength and appeal of one person, Janice Starlin.

From the beginning right through until February

of this year, only one woman's face

was used to advertise those products.

Your face, Miss Starlin.

The public have come to accept you as a,

as a symbol.

Now, after 16 years, they see a different face,

they don't trust it.

They feel cheated.

The simple fact is that Starlin Cosmetics

should have Janice Starlin's picture advertising them.

Well that's about all I've got to say.

And a darn good job of saying it, too.

I agree.

- Lane makes a lot of sense on that score, Miss Starlin.

I think I've had enough

flattery for one morning, gentlemen.

It was a very convincing argument, Lane.

- There's a Mr. Zinthrop to see Miss Starlin.

- There's only one small factor you've overlooked.

Not even Janice Starlin can

remain a glamour girl forever.

Miss Starlin.

Yes, Mary?

There's a Mr. Zinthrop in reception,

he says he has an appointment.

Thank you.

Well, this has been a very informative get together,

that'll be all for now.

Oh, Arthur? - Yes, Miss Starlin?

- I'd like to see you in my office, please.

Sure, Miss Starlin.

Take it easy, hot shot.

Something on your mind, Miss Starlin?

- You've done some work on royal jelly, haven't you?

A little.

- Are there any real therapeutic values in it?

Oh, I'd say so.

Course a lot depends on each individual's

reaction to the stuff.

What do you mean?

- Just that no two people react in precisely the same way.

One man's meat's another man's poison.

Oh.

But you think royal jelly can be beneficial in some cases?

Queen bees set a lot of store by it.

- I'll accept that as an affirmative answer.

Supposing a more powerful form of royal jelly

could be obtained, from the queen wasp for example.

I mean, do you suppose that might have

some rejuvenating effect on a human being?

- I'd stay away from wasps if I were you, Miss Starlin.

Socially the queen wasp is on a level

with the black widow spider.

They're both carnivorous, they paralyze their victims

and then take their time devouring them alive.

They kill their mates in the same way too.

Strictly a one-sided romance.

Well, I'm not exactly interested in

the love life of the queen wasp.

I want your opinion on the possibilities of using

enzyme extracts from royal wasp jelly, commercially.

- Well, if you want an honest opinion, Miss Starlin-

Of course I want an honest opinion.

Then my advice is forget about it.

Thank you, Arthur.

Any time, Miss Starlin.

- Have Mr. Zinthrop come in. - Yes, Miss Starlin.

You can go in now, sir. - Oh.

'Bout time.

Janice Starlin Enterprises.

Miss Starlin?

Yes, how do you do?

I'm afraid I won't be able to give you much time,

Mr. Zinthrop.

- But it is I who give you the time, Miss Starlin.

Oh yes, plenty of time I give you, 10,

maybe 15 years I give you.

- I want you to understand one thing very clearly,

Mr. Zinthrop.

I expect absolute proof of what you claimed

in your letter, tangible proof, not words.

- Such proof you shall get, Madam, and more.

But I think I better show you in the laboratory, yes?

All right.

Come along.

Look.

They look terrible.

Why don't you put them out of their misery?

- Madam, you asked for proof, please be kind enough

to look at the proof you asked for.

May I proceed?

Thank you.

Come, come, come little one.

In a few minutes, Madam, we shall see a miracle

you shall not believe.

Oh, no tricks,

you may look if you like, I have no tricks.

Well, don't look at me, I'm not changing.

I don't believe it, it's not possible.

I see you do not believe one animal,

so I bring two.

I show you again, yes?

Yes, I must be sure.

Yes, Madam.

There.

Well, Miss Starlin, does my secret

have interest for you, yes?

What are your terms, Mr. Zinthrop?

First, I must have a laboratory equipped

with everything I need for my research.

If we're successful, well, I ask for a little percentage.

But I must get full credit for my discovery,

that is most important to me.

I'll have Gordon draw up the contracts.

Oh, contracts, contracts I do not need,

you give me your word, good enough for me.

You amaze me.

Frankly, when I received your letter I thought

you were just another eccentric.

But there was always a chance you might not be.

Then you walk in here and show me

nothing short of a miracle.

Two miracles.

And you say that you'll accept my word

that I won't cheat you.

You won't.

I know you're a good woman,

even if you do not like other people to know it.

However, my formula may not be good for human beings,

I have not tested yet.

You will, on me.

- Oh, no, no, no, no, there might be danger.

Those are my terms, Mr. Zinthrop.

Janice Starlin will be your next guinea pig.

Very well.

Though it may take a little time to prepare

a sufficient extract, a week, maybe more.

- I'll make whatever arrangements you may need

for your equipment.

Thank you, Madam.

Now I see how you built all this.

- I'm very close to losing it, Mr. Zinthrop.

Maybe working together we can save

Janice Starlin Enterprises,

maybe even make it bigger than ever before.

Yes.

Oh, yes.

- I'm sure the next three months we will see

a rise in Starlin sales that will surpass

anything we've dared imagine.

Mr. Zinthrop...

Is working on the final stages of a development

that will revolutionize the cosmetics industry.

He's to have a free hand in his experiments

and will be answerable to no one but myself.

At the moment I cannot divulge the nature

of Mr. Zinthrop's experiments but I can assure you

it will bring world-wide recognition

to Janice Starlin Enterprises.

- I dunno, this Zinthrop must be the granddaddy

of all confidence men to have taken a gal like Starlin.

Now why doesn't somebody wise her up?

Like you, for instance?

Bill, what makes you think Zinthrop

really isn't on the level?

After all, we don't even know what he's working on,

it could be very legitimate.

You're as bad as she is.

Oh, women.

Men.

Every time you're stuck for an answer

you always come up with, "Women."

You're not getting out of this one so easily.

I'd like to know why you think Zinthrop

really hasn't got something.

- Well you can call it male intuition if you like.

It's just that there's something about this whole business

that doesn't smell right.

The private laboratory, the secret experiments,

Zinthrop himself.

The only thing that's missing is a genie with a lamp.

You better leave the intuition to me.

Come on, I'll let you buy me dinner.

Buy you dinner?

What's happened to your sporting blood?

I thought we were gonna toss for the check.

Oh no,

you won the last three times.

- All right, look, I'll make a deal with you.

Dinner is on me if you promise to keep an eye

on what goes on in there.

- Oh, what do you want me to do, read her mail

and send you messages in secret code?

You could do worse.

Oh no, Mr. Cooper, not you too.

- I've been trying to tell bright eyes here

that I think Zinthrop is a phony and a confidence man.

- If I were sure of that I wouldn't be worried.

I think he's a lot more dangerous.

A quack.

Well, I don't follow you, Coop.

Well, a confidence man

would just be interested in your money.

The only damage they can do is to your pocket book.

A quack can be fatal.

- So I says to him, I says, "Listen Irving,

"I'm getting sick of this TV every night, I mean,

"you know, we can do the same thing in a night club."

Well, almost.

Good morning, Janice Starlin Enterprises.

I got two words for ya,

drop dead.

Twice.

Irving?

Calls me to tell me Dr. Cyclops

is on channel nine tonight.

What a crust.

He's seen it twice already.

Good morning.

Is Miss Starlin in her office now?

Miss Starlin's in conference.

Would you like to speak to her secretary?

Oh, no, no, no, just say to Miss Starlin

I should like to see her when she has time, huh?

Yes sir.

Was there something else, Mr. Zinthrop?

No, no, no, no, goodbye.

Goodbye. - Goodbye.

What a character, a regular two-eyed Dr. Cyclops.

Even the bow.

- "Good morning, may I see Miss Zarlin, please?"

He's a real weirdy.

Wonder what his game is. - Who cares.

You know, Morton thinks he's a crackpot,

I heard him telling Cooper so.

Old bug eyes really has the execs worried.

About what?

That's just it, they don't know.

Oh.

So anyway, back to Irving.

- Good morning, Miss Starlin, good morning.

- Good morning, I couldn't get away any sooner,

is it important?

- Miss Starlin, do you remember the big cat

I showed you last week, no?

What about it?

Well, I want you to look at him, come.

No.

Quite a difference, yes?

Why, it's incredible!

The same mark.

Same cat.

- You're young again, can you realize what that means?

You're a kitten again.

Your whole life to live over.

How does it feel?

- I think perhaps you'll be able to find out

for yourself, Miss Starlin.

Today...

Today will be your first injection.

Come.

Sit down, please.

- Mr. Gleason, of accounting, on line three.

What is it, Gleason?

I sent you a memo.

Mr. Zinthrop has carte Blanche

to order anything he requires.

It is no concern of yours, Gleason.

Make out a check for the full amount.

Sue?

Mary.

Can I talk to Mr. Lane a minute, please?

Bill?

Hey, listen, Gleason just got a bill for $2,300.

Zinthrop.

Enzyme extracts.

Yes, yes, yes, we are making progress,

there's great improvement in the tissue.

Why is it taking so long?

It's the third week.

You forget, my dear,

there's more to you than a little kitten, no?

Besides, there's a difference in metabolism.

Why not increase the dosage?

Wouldn't that step up the process?

Patience, my dear, patience.

We must tread lightly, with care, your arm, please.

There.

You know, I've been experimenting with

a concentrated solution of the enzymes,

oh a great deal more powerful than the solution

I've been using in your injection.

Oh?

Yes.

And I think, I think it will be better for lotions,

as an emollient lotion it'll make estrogenic creams

and all such products old fashioned.

My dear, Starlin will be world famous,

bringing you to millions.

If you're right, Zinthrop,

there are going to be a few red faces

in my advertising department.

But I am right, why your own mirror

will tell you that I am right.

Why, you look at least five years younger

than you looked three weeks ago.

I know.

- Will you let me talk to Bill a minute, Sue?

Thanks.

Bill, I think I've got it.

Yeah, I'm a nervous wreck.

At lunch, at lunch.

You'll have to translate for me, Coop,

I'm not very good at that technical stuff.

Pseudo-technical.

Our Mr. Zinthrop's a very capable confidence man

from what I read in this letter.

He claims he can stimulate the processes of rejuvenation

through the use of enzymes extracted from wasps.

Oh, for...

- Well, what are you two Sherlocks going to do about it?

Right now I don't know.

- Frankly I'm getting tired of the whole business.

That woman's so intent on holding back time

she's ready to fall for the first phony line she hears.

Wasps.

Bill.

Face the facts, Mary, Janice Starlin

has built her whole life on youth and beauty.

Now that she's losing them she's scared to death.

Right now she's on cloud nine with that quack Zinthrop

but I'd hate to be around when she comes back down to Earth.

Well maybe we can let her down easy.

I think we owe her that much.

Yeah.

What are we gonna do?

We can't just let Zinthrop build up her hopes

and then knock the props out from under her.

How can he do such a terrible thing?

Poor Jan.

There must be something we can do before it's too late.

He's got a mighty convincing argument.

Very impressive to the layman.

10 to one he's got a record just as impressive.

There are ways to find out.

The answer might be right here in our hands.

Heads.

I'm gonna keep this letter for a day or two.

- Wait a minute, suppose she finds out it's gone,

I'm the only one with access to that desk,

she'll know I took it.

That's a chance you have to take, Mary.

I think we can be pretty sure that Coop

knows what he's doing, honey.

Well come on, young lovers.

What is it, Maureen?

It is you, Miss Starlin?

Of course it's me.

Who did you think it was?

You look so different.

Finish your nails.

Maureen.

Hmm?

I think your phone is ringing.

Oh, yes, Miss Starlin.

Good morning, Janice Starlin Enterprises.

Gentlemen, Janice Starlin Enterprises

is about to start on the most wide-spread publicity campaign

in the history of the cosmetic industry.

Our slogan will be, "Return to youth with Janice Starlin."

When Mr. Zinthrop arrives, there will be a press interview

and all questions regarding the rejuvenation process

will be referred to him.

That'll be all for now, gentlemen.

- It's amazing. - Why, it's wonderful.

- Absolutely amazing. - You look marvelous.

- I said that will be all for now, gentlemen.

Good morning.

Oh not you, Mary, wait a moment, please.

Yes, Miss Starlin?

Mary, isn't it wonderful?

It's a miracle, a wonderful, incredible miracle!

We were so worried about you,

we really thought you were in danger.

We even went to plotting how to rescue you

from Mr. Zinthrop.

It all seems so silly, it seems ridiculous.

Oh Mary,

Mary, how old do I look?

Tell me, how old?

How old do I look?

Tell me!

How old?

23?

Maybe 22?

That's how old I was when I started

Janice Starlin Enterprises.

Do you realize what that means?

I'm back where I started, 18 years ago,

with what it took 18 years to accomplish.

It's like a dream.

- 30 years ago a bunch of quacks were treating people

with monkey glands.

Seemed to work for a while.

Then the deterioration set in.

That's awful.

Do you think that will happen to Jan?

I don't know.

If I could just get inside of his lab and

run a breakdown on what he's using.

Mr. Zinthrop!

Mr. Zinthrop?

Mr. Zinthrop?

I want you to find him, Mr. Hellman,

I don't care what it costs.

We'll find him all right,

sooner or later we find them all.

Time is vital, Mr. Hellman.

Every hour he's gone,

it means more than you can possibly imagine.

- Well, you haven't given me very much to go on.

No home address, no former employer, no phone,

this is just like starting from scratch.

Mr. Zinthrop wasn't a,

a conventional employee.

He didn't go through regular personnel.

Uh-huh.

You say he came here about a month ago,

well how did he come here, Miss Starlin?

He just didn't walk in off the street, did he?

The letter.

Right here in my drawer.

- Maybe one of the other drawers?

So that's what she meant?

What who meant?

Miss Starlin?

The letter's been taken and you think you know who took it,

is that right?

My secretary, Miss Dennison.

You got her address handy?

Her phone number.

- It might be better if I busted in on her cold.

This way she'll have a chance to prepare a story.

I know what I'm doing.

All right.

Mary?

Janice Starlin.

- Before I went to lunch I made a duplicate copy

of Mr. Zinthrop's letter.

I was going to take that one to Bill and Mr. Cooper at first

but then I thought that the original would be better.

Have you got the copy?

Yes, it's in my desk.

Get that copy, Miss Dennison.

Uh-huh, 946 West 73rd Street, Manhattan.

Yeah, that's right, get right on it, Jerry

and check back with me as soon as you can.

Yeah?

Oh?

You're sure he's our boy?

Uh-huh.

Is he?

Central emergency.

Mm-hmm.

Right.

Well, it looks like we've got him.

There's a John Doe down at central emergency,

auto accident.

There's no identification on him but he was wearing

a lab smock and fills Zinthrop's description.

- Mary, get my coat and Lane, get a cab downstairs.

Is he badly hurt?

- Head injury, general contusion to the body.

- He's had a severe injury and there's definite

brain damage, just how much we can't tell as yet.

How long before you'll know?

It's hard to say, Miss Starlin.

- Who's the best man for this kind of injury?

Well, there's several top specialists.

Get the best,

I'll take full responsibility for the expenses.

Yes, Miss Starlin.

I don't know, Arthur.

I think it best we wait.

- It's been three days since the accident, Jan,

and no sign of improvement, he's still in a coma.

You heard what the doctor said.

He may never regain consciousness.

And even if he does, who knows how badly

his brain has been damaged.

Well,

I'll give it another 48 hours.

If he doesn't regain consciousness by then,

you can take over the laboratory, Arthur.

Janice.

It's my decision.

- It's incredible, right in front of our noses.

He can't have used it all.

I could run a qualitative analysis.

- Confounded thing, always goes on the fritz

right in the middle of a good program.

- I want this to be the biggest advertising campaign

in the history of cosmetic advertising.

Every newspaper and magazine in the country

will be flooded with our new slogan,

"Return to youth with Janice Starlin."

Excuse me, Miss Starlin.

What is it, Thompson?

- I think we should be a little conservative,

Miss Starlin, cosmetics are one thing,

medications another, we're liable to run into trouble.

Yes.

All advertising copy will be cleared through your office.

It's a touchy business, you know?

Max is right, Miss Starlin.

- You don't have to second the motion, Lane.

I want one thing understood very clearly now, gentlemen.

Janice Starlin Enterprises

is going to bring the most fantastically sellable product

ever developed by modern cosmetics to the public.

And I don't intend to be restricted by timidity

on the part of my own staff, is that clear?

Are you all right, Miss Starlin?

It's just a little headache, Mary.

I'm fine.

Can I get you something?

I'm all right, I'm all right, thank you.

I have some Aspirin in my purse.

It's all right, Mary.

Well, that'll be all for now, gentlemen.

Hi.

Hi, sweetie.

- Gee, I sure hope they give the girls working at Starlin

first crack at that new stuff.

Imagine being 18 again.

- I guess if it can take 15 years off Starlin,

it can take 10 off you.

What do you mean 10?

- Face it honey, this is Maureen you're talking to.

Yeah?

Well if I were you I'd take a double dose

then maybe Irving wouldn't watch television so much.

So who says he looks at it?

I can't imagine what else he does.

Three guesses.

- Say, did Cooper come in yet? - Uh-uh.

Missed a board meeting this morning,

I bet Starlin's having a fit.

He should worry.

Uh-oh, see you later.

Bye, honey.

Hi pretty puss.

You know where

Miss Starlin's office is?

Suite number one.

- I. Di da, the Duchess of Flatbush herself.

- How'd you like to have this phone wrapped around your ear?

Wise guy.

That's more like it, sister.

Suite number one.

Thank you.

Miss Starlin.

Oh, what is it, Mary?

Is there anything I can do?

Yes, is Mr. Zinthrop's room ready?

- Uh-huh, the nurse is fixing the emergency equipment now

and the ambulance is due any minute.

Be sure to let me know when it arrives.

Oh, Mary, please, before you go,

could you see if you could work that thing?

Oh, sure.

I've seen lots of these.

Oh, simple enough.

That'll be all, Mary, thank you.

All right.

- We've had a room especially made over for you,

Mr. Zinthrop and Mrs. Warren has a room adjoining yours

so there'll be someone near you at all times.

Thank you, thank you.

- When you're feeling better, Mr. Zinthrop,

there are a few things I'd like to discuss with you.

Good, good.

We'll do everything we can

to make you comfortable, Mr. Zinthrop.

I'm going to spend the nights here in my office

so if anything develops, I'll be on hand.

Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Starlin.

Only there's something

I must tell you,

something important.

But, important but...

I cannot remember.

I'm sure it can wait.

Right now the main thing is to get you back to health.

Take good care of him, Mrs. Warren.

Yes, Miss Starlin.

Sure is funny about old Coop.

- He misses one day of work and you're ready

to call missing persons.

- Well, he's a pretty conscientious guy, honey,

if he felt sick or something he'd have called in.

Relax, he'll probably be in bright

and chipper in the morning.

Oh, am I interrupting something?

- Oh, we were just having a little coffee class,

Miss Starlin, we were talking about Mr. Cooper.

What about Mr. Cooper?

- Well, about his missing the meeting this morning.

Nobody's been able to reach him all day.

I wouldn't worry about that,

Mr. Cooper's been here a long time.

Probably feels he's entitled to take a day

for himself now and then.

- That's what I've been trying to tell Mr. Lane.

- Oh, by the way, Miss Starlin, how is Mr. Zinthrop?

Oh, fine.

In a few days we'll start the layouts for the campaign.

I'm ready when you are, boss.

Look those over.

Hey, Bill.

Hmm?

- Don't go getting any ideas about the boss.

- Me? Don't be silly, I just want her to know

that I'm an eager member of the team.

Still, she is looking a lot younger these days, isn't she?

You think Zinthrop would give you any of those treatments?

Break the watch or something.

Guarantee on this too.

What's that?

Lie back now, you just had a bad dream.

Lie down now, go to sleep.

This horrible sound.

Like a nightmare.

Just a bad dream.

Lie down.

Just a dream.

- Tell Mr. Green that personnel is his responsibility.

I have other things to think about than worrying

whether the night watchman walked off the job.

Well that's just it, Miss Starlin,

Mr. Green feels that the watchman never left the building.

His lunch pail and his raincoat are still in the basement.

- I don't want to hear anything more about it, Mary.

All right, Miss Starlin.

We'll use these.

Fine.

She swears she heard a scream

from one of the other floors.

Zinthrop heard it too but she convinced him

he was having a bad dream.

Oh, maybe they both were.

It's not funny any more, Mary,

there's something going on in that building.

And I'm gonna find out what it is.

How?

- Have a look around Cooper's lab, for one thing.

After that I,

I don't know.

Hold it steady.

Bill, this is crazy.

We could really get in trouble.

I won't tire him, Mrs. Warren but

it is important.

- All right, Miss Starlin, I'll be in my room.

Zinthrop,

Zinthrop, you've got to help me.

Something's happening.

Something's happening to me, I can't control it.

There's something I must remember but

I can't.

Try to think.

The wasp enzymes,

the extracts you were experimenting with

before the accident.

Try to think!

I can't

Well this is Zinthrop's notebook, Mary.

Notes on his experiments with Jan.

Well how did Cooper get hold of it?

I don't know.

If only Coop would show up.

Mary, look.

It's Mr. Cooper's pipe.

Don't you get it?

He'd sooner go out without his pants

than leave that pipe behind.

He's still somewhere in the building,

I'd bet a year's salary on it.

- If he is- - He's dead.

And the night watchman.

- There's only enough left for one more injection.

One more.

You've got to make more, Zinthrop.

Help me, Zinthrop!

Please, leave, my head, oh my head.

Zinthrop, help me!

Help me!

Is he asleep?

I don't know.

Bill, don't touch him.

- If anybody knows what's behind all this, it's him.

Mr. Zinthrop?

Bill.

Look it.

- Well, her coat, purse and everything else

is still in there.

She wouldn't go out without her purse.

- Bill, let's get out of here, I don't like it.

The cat...

The cat...

Must warn her.

Mr. Zinthrop!

Who are you?

- Now there's nothing to be alarmed about, Mr. Zinthrop,

I'm Bill Lane and this is Miss Dennison,

Miss Starlin's secretary.

Miss Starlin, the cat.

What about a cat?

Must warn her.

The injections, must not take any more injections.

Is Miss Starlin in danger?

Terrible danger.

I must-

- Take it easy, Mr. Zinthrop, you're still pretty weak.

Mary, see if you can get Jan on the phone.

There's no answer.

- Oh, Miss Starlin? - Is that you, Mary?

- Where are you? - We're in the building.

We're in Mr. Zinthrop's room.

Something's happened down here-

Here, let me talk to her.

Hello, Miss Starlin, this is Lane.

- Why are you and Mary still in the building?

It's after 10. - I must help,

I'm responsible. - Don't let him get up, Mary.

I must help.

I must- - I can't explain now, Miss Starlin.

I must go.

- Hang on to him. - I must help.

You must not hold me back.

Don't worry, Mr. Zinthrop,

we won't let anything happen to Miss Starlin.

Hello, hello, Miss Starlin.

What's going on down there?

Stay in your office, I'll be right up.

Keep an eye on Zinthrop, honey, I'm going upstairs.

No, no, no!

The insect, the insect!

Take it easy, Mr. Zinthrop.

You do not understand, Miss Starlin,

she's in danger, I must warn.

- Look, I'll have to stay here, you go for Jan.

Okay.

When you get up there, call the police,

you can't get outside on this phone.

All right, all right, I'll hurry.

Not the police, not the police.

Miss Starlin!

Miss Starlin,

it's me, Mary!

Miss Starlin, please, open the door!

- What is it, Mary? - Miss Starlin, please!

Will you please call the police?

What for?

Look, I don't have time to, never mind.

Mary!

I'm sorry I had to do that.

There's no time for hysteria.

Now what is this?

- The enzymes, the enzymes, they're going crazy.

Sure, Mr. Zinthrop, you just relax

and take it easy, everything'll be all right,

we'll take care of those whatever you call those-

- You do not understand, you do not understand,

that girl, you shouldn't have sent her upstairs.

She's in danger, you must stop her

before it is too late. - Okay.

As soon as the cops get here, we'll take-

Oh, you fool, you fool.

Miss Starlin will kill her and tear her body to shreds.

Miss Starlin kill Mary?

- Miss Starlin is not a human being any longer.

The enzymes have changed her.

She will destroy the girl as an evil wasp

would destroy her enemies.

And then devour the remains.

- Then Bill found Mr. Zinthrop's notebook in Cooper's desk.

No, no, there's no mistake,

we've got to call the police now.

- Now, Mary, you're just getting a little excited.

Now who could possibly want to hurt Mr. Coop...

I don't know.

But it's not only Mr. Cooper.

What about...

I told you, we're too late.

Mary!

Mary!

Wait, I'll go with you.

I can't wait, I'm gonna take the stairs.

Oh look.

Laboratory, she's going to the laboratory.

Going up the stairs.

Mary!

Mary, Mary!

Help!

Get away from her!

Mary.

Oh, Mary.