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Good evening, fellow railroaders.

I became bored with model railroading.

-I like-- like-- -[motor roaring]

[train whistle]

[train whistle]

No point in using two tracks when one will do.

[crash]

Never even stopped that one.

And now, for something else that can’t be stopped,

that is inevitable, unrelenting, unceasing...

Goodnight to you, Miss Smith.

Goodnight, Mr. Blake.

Mr. Blake.

Can I talk to you a minute?

[chattering]

Sorry.

Oh, thanks.

Ah, Gibson, please.

-Yes, sir. -Sorry.

I’m gonna miss my express?

That clock’s on the dot, sir.

OK, so I miss it. I’ll take the 5:48.

[bartender] There’s always another train, sir.

I’ve heard that before.

Thank you, sir.

-Fix you another, sir? -No. No, thanks.

Excuse me.

[wind blowing]

-Oh, Watkins. -Evening.

Oh, Mr. Watkins.

Mrs. Compton, how are you?

Sit here, won’t you?

Oh, thank you very much.

I’ll put my coat up here.

There we go.

I’m so glad you came along.

I’d certainly rather talk to you than to him

all the way out to Shady Hill.

-Who? Blake? -Yes.

I’m very fond of his wife, you know,

but somehow I never seem to find anything to say to him.

Nice woman, Louise Blake.

He’s pretty successful, I guess.

I don’t know him very well.

Neither do I, actually.

[train whistle]

[Miss Dent] Mr. Blake.

Hello, Miss Dent.

Do you mind if I sit here?

Are you living in this direction now, Miss Dent?

No.

I’ve been very sick.

This is the first time I’ve been out of bed

in two weeks.

Oh, I’m very sorry to hear that.

Oh, where are you working now?

What?

I said,

"Where are you working now?"

Don’t make me laugh.

I don’t understand you.

You poisoned their minds.

Where are you going?

I’m going up to the car ahead.

No. No, no.

Don’t do that.

Don’t--

Don’t try to escape me, or I’ll kill you.

[train whistle]

And I don’t want to.

All I want to do is talk to you.

So, don’t go, please.

Or I’ll kill you. Don’t.

[bell ringing]

You understand me now, don’t you?

You understand I’m serious?

We’ll just sit quietly here for a little while.

[train whistle]

I get so-- so excited.

I get all confused.

I...

need to think out

what I should do about you.

I don’t understand it.

I was so grateful for my job.

I thought it was so kind to you to help me out.

My break-down and all.

I never minded working overtime, Mr. Blake.

I never complained.

Hey, look at the time. I missed my train.

Oh, I’m sorry. I’m afraid you have.

Well, doesn’t matter.

At least I know we’ve cleared everything up,

as far as I can see.

How much have you got there, Miss Dent?

That’s quite a lot.

Oh, I don’t mind, Mr. Blake.

Type it up the first thing in the morning.

It’s too late for me to get supper at home.

How about you?

Would you like to have a bite to eat with me?

I’d love to.

Well, fine, fine.

Oh, this it?

Yes, I have an apartment on the first floor.

You see, I haven’t anyone in New York.

No family, I mean.

I guess that’s why I don’t mind working night.

Thank you for a lovely dinner.

It wasn’t bad.

Thank you for seeing me home.

Not at all. Goodnight.

Oh, would you care to come in?

For a drink perhaps?

It’s 45 minutes till my next train.

That’s a wonderful idea.

It’s convenient to the office.

It must be so nice living way out where you do.

There’s some Scotch, I think.

Yes. Here, help yourself.

Well, it’s my brand. That’s fine. Thanks.

There’s some glasses there.

I hope there’s some ice.

Sometimes this icebox acts up.

Can I help?

Oh, I don’t keep much food around.

It’s kind of lonely eating here by myself.

I usually go out. I like to watch the people.

How it is you’re here in New York alone like this?

Well, I...

-Do you mind? -No, that’s fine.

You’re not gonna let me drink by myself.

Oh, no.

Are these your folks?

Yes.

I took that about five years ago.

It’s not very good of them, really.

Photography is kind of a hobby of mine.

I bought myself one of those new 35 millimeter camera just the other day.

Well, what do you do to amuse yourself

when you’re not taking photos?

Oh, I read a lot.

I’m used to being alone.

Would you like to sit down?

Thank you.

Don’t tell you don’t have some boyfriends

to come take you out occasionally.

No.

I don’t know anyone in New York really.

Well, sometimes I go to the movies

with one of the other girls of the office, but...

most evenings I stay home

and watch television or play my records.

You got Liszt,

Brahms,

Beethoven.

You like classical music, I take it.

Yes.

I used to play the violin in the orchestra in Allentown,

school.

Miss Trent, our music teacher, she didn’t encourage jazz.

Well, this is a compromise. It’s a waltz.

Even Miss Trent can’t object to that.

[music playing]

Shall we?

How about it?

You see, I came to New York from Allentown,

and I had a very good job at first,

but then I got sick and...

now that I am out of the hospital and all...

I just don’t know anybody back there.

I don’t know what I’d do back home anyway.

Mind if I have one for the road?

-Of course. -Oh, I’ll fix it.

How about you?

I’d love it.

[clearing his throat]

[ice clinks]

[music playing]

Here you are.

Thank you.

Well, here’s to...

something or other.

I suppose you mustn’t miss your train.

There’s always another train.

-Good morning. -Good morning.

Mr. Johnson’s in your office. He said you wanted to see him.

Thank you.

[door closing]

[typing]

[no audible dialogue]

-Miss Dent. -Yes, Mr. Johnson.

I’m afraid we won’t be requiring you after today.

I-- I beg your pardon?

I’m afraid we’re going to have to let you go.

Of course you’ll get two weeks severance pay.

I-I-I don’t understand. Let me go?

I’m sorry, your work--

you have not been satisfactory.

So if you will bring your things and step into my office,

I’ll-- I’ll have your check ready.

Now?

I don’t understand.

Well, these things happen in business.

And I’m sure you will get another job.

I have to talk to him.

No, please, Mr. Blake is very busy.

He asked me to explain to you.

Please.

But you don’t understand. I have to talk to him.

I’ve never been able to talk to you since that day.

What were you afraid of?

I wouldn’t have tell your wife.

I would have understood...

[door closes]

I would have understood then.

What do you want?

I told you.

I wanted to talk to you.

You... could have come to my office.

I went there every day for two weeks.

They didn’t let me in.

Did you tell me not to let me in?

No, I--

You should made an appointment.

No.

I wrote a letter.

I like trains.

I like to travel.

It’s good for someone who’s been in bed a long time.

I know what you’re thinking.

You’re thinking I’m crazy.

And it’s true.

I have been very sick.

But I’m going to be better.

It’s going to make me much better to talk to you.

I was in the hospital eight months before I came to work for you.

And I thought I was all right.

But since you fired me, I don’t know...

I gotten all confused.

But I’m not afraid to kill you

because I don’t care what happens to myself.

You said you wrote to me. I never got your letter.

I swear to you I never got it.

I was too sick to go out and mail it.

But it’s there. On the seat.

Pick it up.

I want you to read it.

I was too sick to go out.

I haven’t go out for two weeks.

I haven’t spoken to anyone but the janitor.

Read the letter.

Read it to me.

"Dear--

Dear husband.

I dream about you every night.

I always had a gift for dreams.

I’m clairvoyant.

I can tell when the telephone is going to ring.

I’ve never had a true friend in my whole life."

It’s true.

It’s true.

Shady Hill next.

I know what you’re thinking.

I can tell.

You’re thinking you can get away from me

in Shady Hill, aren’t you?

But I’ve planning this for weeks.

It’s all I have had to think about.

I’ve thinking, if there are people in this world

who represent evil,

isn’t it our duty to exterminate them?

I sometimes think I ought to kill you.

I sometimes think, if I do that,

you may be the only obstacle between me and my happiness.

-I sometimes-- -You don’t want to do that, Miss Dent.

You don’t want to kill me. You don’t want to kill anybody.

All I’ve ever wanted in my life is a little love.

I don’t know what I need, though.

I have to think.

[train whistle]

Don’t move.

[conductor] Shady Hill! Shady Hill!

Now, you go ahead of me.

There’s your package.

Thanks, Mr. Watkins.

Excuse me.

[conductor] Board!

I missed the express by two minutes, Walter.

Goodnight and my best to the family.

-[Watkins] Goodnight. -[Mrs. Compton] Goodnight.

[car horn]

I’m sorry, darling. All of our clocks seemed to be slow.

I’ve never been here before.

Shady Hill.

This is where you live.

I thought it would look different somehow.

Let’s get out of the light.

Go on. Over there. Go on.

Stop.

Look at me.

I ought to feel sorry for you.

Look at your poor face.

But you don’t know what I’ve been through.

I’m afraid to go out in the daylight.

I only feel like myself when it begins to get dark.

But, still and all, I’m better than you.

I still have good dreams sometimes.

I dream about picnics,

heaven, and castles in the moonlight

and a river with willow trees all along the edge of it.

And after all, I know more about love

than you do.

Turn around.

Turn around!

Kneel down.

Do what I said! Kneel down!

Kneel down!

You see?

If you do what I say, I won’t harm you

because I--

I really don’t want to harm you.

I want to help you.

But sometimes I think I can’t.

Sometimes I think If I were... good and loving,

oh, much better than I am...

and if I tried to show you the right way...

But I’m better that you.

I’m better than you!

And why should I waste my time

or spoil my life like this?

Put your face in the dirt.

Do what I say. Put your dace in the dirt!

Now I feel better.

Now I can wash my hands of you.

Now I can wash my hands of all this

because, you see...

there is some kindness,

some saneness in me

that I can find again.

Apparently there are more hazards to commuting than I knew.

I’m afraid you seem to be approaching one of those dismal tunnels again.

Just sit quietly and beware the strange person sitting next to you.

I shall be here when the smoke clears.

We have arrived at our destination.

We made the trip in just 30 minutes.

Next week, we should make another sojourn

on the great railroad of life. Join us then.

Goodnight.