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[instrumental music]
[instrumental music]
[woman coughing]
Now, you mind your step, Jenny.
Nah, go on, don't you worry none about me.
I can hold me gin.
I'm right as rain.
[laughing]
- Ta-ta, love. - Oops.
Mind how you go.
[Jenny sighs]
[sighs]
โชโช ...above her brow.. โชโช
Go.
[footsteps approaching]
Oh!
โชโช ...above her brow โชโช
โชโช ...above her brow โชโช
[footsteps stops]
โชโช Come along dear โชโช
[footsteps approaching]
โชโช E-I-E-I-E-I-O โชโชโชโช
It's..
[footsteps stop]
[laughing] Oh.
- Evenin'. - 'Good evening.'
[sighs]
It's a raw night, isn't it?
(John) 'Yes...raw.'
You'll ruin them fine clothes.
Would you like this?
Come straight to the point, don't you, love?
Well, my place is right along here.
โชโช ...above her brow โชโช
'No.'
There.
We are in a hurry, aren't we?
[giggles]
Come on, then.
[giggling]
Oops!
Come along.
[giggling]
Oh. Right you are, sir.
Wouldn't want to break it.
[soft music]
Oh!
That's lovely!
'We got our own band!'
'Ha ha ha!'
Come on, then.
I'm hot..
...and gettin' colder, if you take my meanin'.
Ooh.
'What's your name, dearie?'
'John.'
John..
John..
'Oh, John..'
Oh, John!
John..
'But my friends all call me Jack.'
Oh..
[fabric ripping]
[music continues]
[music stops]
[indistinct singing]
[whistling]
[bell tolls]
[laughing]
(male #1) 'Is the gazette going to continue'
with your pieces on free love, H.G.?
Free love sells newspapers.
Gentlemen, I give you the fleet street Casanova.
(all) Hear, hear!
Well, I've got my little experiments to pay for.
You're the hero of the working class, H.G.
Free love is the only sort they can afford.
Oh, Lord, don't start him on socialism in heaven's name.
We'll have to listen to a sermon on the subject
from Father Wells.
You oughtn't call it a sermon.
You know, I don't believe in organized religion.
Socialism is the path mankind must inevitably tread
on its way to a utopian society.
Mckay's right, you know, we've heard all that.
'What's this great announcement'
'you've brought us all to supper for?'
Have you found the cure for gravity?
I think I'd prefer to wait until we're all here.
[knock on door]
Dr. Stevenson is here, Mr. Wells.
Thank you very much, Mrs. Turner.
Would you send him in?
Good evening, John.
- Gentlemen, good evening. - Hello, John.
We'd begun to despair. Have you dined?
There's still a little roast beef I think.
- Hopefully good. Try some. - Thank you, no.
Perhaps a little brandy to take away the chill.
I'm sorry to have missed supper, but a physician's hours
are not his own, I'm afraid.
[John pours drink]
Gentlemen..
- Good health! - Cheers.
Now, what has Herbert left for me tonight?
(male #2) 'Chess will have to wait, John.'
'You're only just in time for the big surprise.'
Isn't he, H.G. The great, big whatever-it-is?
- Am I? - I was waiting for you.
[sighs] I'm all attention.
Very well.
Gentlemen, I have called you together tonight
to bid you farewell.
Farewell? Where are you off to?
Another holiday in Scotland, eh?
No. No, I am going traveling
but I'm not leaving London.
Indeed, I do not expect to be leaving my laboratory.
Mmm, riddles again.
Gentlemen, I am talking about traveling through time
in a machine constructed for that very purpose.
What?
Poppycock!
(male #3) 'Why?'
Electric light, gentlemen.
Courtesy of Thomas Edison, the modern Prometheus.
Good heavens..
You were really serious!
Good God, I don't believe it!
You've actually built the bloody thing!
Well, free love has paid for most of it.
Yes, I've no doubt.
I didn't think practical jokes
was in your line of sport.
Twelve years ago, a French engineer
harnessed the power of the sun to run a printing press.
My time machine derives its power from the very same source.
You can't be serious.
You mean this thing
is propelled by sunshine?
This cup catches the rays of the sun
converting its heat to electricity here.
Electricity does the rest
juxtaposing fields of energy, creating friction.
The result is an ever-increasing series of reactions
that lifts, or literally rotates, the machine
out of one time sphere into another.
'The cruising speed is two years per minute.'
You can go into the past or future at will.
Two years per minute.
Acceleration will keep the machine and its occupant
outside all time spheres
How do you determine in which direction you're journeying?
Well, if you rotate to the west, you gain yesterdays.
To the east, you accumulate tomorrows.
Balderdash! Go North, you get to Glasgow.
The machine is designed with several safety features.
'The reversal-rotation lock'
automatically returns the machine to its starting date
after the completion of a voyage.
If the occupant is injured during the course of a flight
the passenger is returned to the point of departure..
...unless he uses this key to countermand the device.
(male #4) 'Without that key, then, the thing's a bloody homing pigeon.'
And what, may I ask, is this?
[chuckles] Well, John..
...this...is the vaporizing equalizer.
Without it the passenger journeys through time
without the machine.
And without the machine, there is no coming back.
(male #5) 'Well, H.G., which is it to be, the past or the future?'
Oh, the past, surely. He'll want to meet Cleopatra.
[all laughing]
The future.
Now why the future?
Because I belong there.
Within three generations
the social utopia will have come to pass.
There will be no more war, no crime, no poverty
and no disease, either, John.
Men will live like brothers and on terms of perfect equality
with women as well.
Oh, dear. Let's have the past.
Hear, hear!
[laughing]
I can't agree with you. Check.
Really, you astonish me, H.G.
In the midst of all your theorizing
you manage to ignore the facts.
(John) 'The evidence of human history is that'
we live in a cosmic charnel house.
Mankind has not changed for 2,000 years.
We hunt. We're hunted.
That's how it is. That's how it shall always be.
The future will prove you wrong.
The future will tell.
Anyway, I have just one question for myself.
When do you leave?
[laughing]
Uh, I'm not sure.
(male #6) 'Human frailty at last.'
Well, to be quite candid..
...I haven't quite worked up the nerve.
Oh, first time H.G. ever lacked nerve!
No, but I will.
All I've got to do is to set the date
and activate the switches in sequence.
(male #7) 'Of course you'll find it, and I'll inherit the Hope Diamond.'
Checkmate, Herbert.
- 'How does he do it?' - 'Not again.'
(John) 'Every time.'
I know how he thinks, that's all.
One day I shall win.
Yes, when you learn how I think.
[knock on door]
Oh, sorry to interrupt, Mr. Wells
but there are two gentlemen from Scotland Yard
who would like a word with you.
Gentlemen, what is the meaning of this?
Uh, beg pardon, sir, I'm sure.
Mind we have a word with you, sir?
[whispering]
The Ripper? In this vicinity?
(male #8) 'I'm afraid so, sir.'
We've cordoned off the entire neighborhood.
We're asking the folk hereabout to cooperate.
Will that be alright with you, sir?
Your housekeeper will sleep the better for it.
- Of course, by all means. - Oh, thank you very much, sir.
What's happened?
Apparently, the Ripper has struck again.
- No! - Oh, my Lord! Goodness!
He hasn't been heard from for years!
Nor in this part of town!
No doubt about it, I'm afraid, gentlemen.
He has a very distinctive style.
Blimey.
I think you'd better have a look at this, sir!
(Turner) 'That's Dr. Stevenson's bag.'
(H.G.) 'That belongs to one of my guests'.
What did you say this man's name was?
Stevenson, John Leslie Stevenson.
He's chief of surgery at St. Bartholomew's.
I'm afraid he's also chief of surgery in Whitechapel.
[indistinct chatter]
[intense music]
Nothing upstairs, inspector.
All windows are locked from within.
- And the skyline? - Also closed.
We checked the roof, sir. There was no sign of him.
What's in back?
A dead end mews with a high brick wall, sir.
He's not gone that way, I'll take my oath on it.
- He was with you just now? - Yes.
He must have gone out the front somehow as we came in.
It doesn't matter, we know who he is
'which is a sight more than we did until tonight.'
'We'll round him up.'
If you gentlemen will accompany me
I'll see that you reach your homes
safely under a police escort.
There's bound to be an explanation.
Beyond belief!
(male #3) 'Thank you, dear. That's my umbrella.'
(Turner) 'I've never been so frightened.'
'That bag, I don't know how many times'
I've put it in the closet for him.
[sighs] I wonder he didn't take it with him when he left.
Then we'd never have known.
He was always such a gentleman.
Yes...a gentleman.
I wonder where he got to so fast
the coppers couldn't find him.
They searched high and low
and we were by the front door the whole time.
'Oh, well, if he's fooled them all for this long'
'I don't wonder he's fooled them again.'
What did you say?
I said, we were by the front door
the whole time.
[intense music]
(John) When you learn how I think.
[music continues]
[music continues]
[rumbling]
[rattling]
[humming]
Nineteen-seventy-nine.
[turns engine off]
What have I done?
I've turned that bloody maniac loose upon utopia.
Mr. Wells--
Bring me the housekeeping money
Mrs. Turner, all of it.
And any money you may have of your own, if you please?
I'll make it up to you.
[intense music]
- How much? - Uh, ยฃ15 and sixpence, sir.
Will you want it all?
All, if you please, Mrs. Turner.
- Oh. - Something wrong, sir?
Uh, no. Would you mind awfully?
Money may not answer, I'm afraid.
I may have to trade with the natives.
[instrumental music]
Oh, let me see.
The key..
86 years..
...two years per minute.
That makes 43 minutes.
Estimated time of arrival would be..
...11:15.
Alright.
Utopia.
[instrumental music]
[electricity crackling]
Mr. Wells?
Mr. Wells?
[instrumental music]
[clocks ticking]
[machine buzzing]
[dramatic music]
[horse neighs]
(male #9) 'German army closes into France..'
โชโช Over there โชโช
โชโช Over there โชโชโชโช
[explosion]
["The Charleston" instrumental]
(man over radio) 'Lindbergh over the Irish coast..'
(Enrico Caruso) โชโช Pagliacci โชโชโชโช
[man speaking German]
(male #10) 'The East is tempting.'
(President Roosevelt) 'We have to fear is..'
[man speaking German]
(crowd) 'Sieg heil! Sieg heil!'
[explosion]
(male #11) 'Their fine tower.'
(male #12) 'That attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii..'
(male #13) 'I shall return..'
(male #14) 'This is London..'
[explosion]
โชโช Rum and coca-cola โชโชโชโช
(female #1) 'Enemy in whose throat you'd like to cut.'
[explosion]
(male #15) 'Reclaim the state of Israel.'
[trumpet fanfare]
(male #16) 'Queen Elizabeth II is crowned.'
[machine gun fire]
(male #17) 'Forces from North Korea..'
(President Kennedy) 'Ask not..'
(male #18) 'President Kennedy is dead.'
(male #19) 'Martin Luther King..'
(male #20) 'Senator Kennedy...'
(Neil Armstrong) 'One small step for man..'
(male #21) 'The Israeli athletes were killed.
(male #22) 'Vietnam, cease-fire agreement..'
[rock music plays]
(President Nixon) 'Because of the Watergate matter..'
(male #23) 'The second test-tube baby..'
(male #24) 'Pope John Paul's successor..'
(male #25) 'Khomeini executed four..'
[rapid heartbeat]
(boy #1) 'Mommy? Mommy, look at that.'
'Mommy, come over here.'
Mommy, who's that man?
(Woman) 'Jason, come away.'
He probably works here.
[heartbeat slows]
(female #2) 'The Wells exhibit is on loan from a British museum.'
'The objects in this hall have been painstakingly assembled'
'to form a portrait of the public and private life'
'of an extraordinary human being'
'whose prophetic vision influenced'
'the shape of things to come.'
'On your left as you enter is the inlaid wood secretary'
'with its unique roll top from Wells' rooms..'
'It was on this desk...'
Hey, you! Get away from that exhibit!
'Where do you think you are, Disneyland?'
[panting]
- Pardon? - 'You heard me.'
Now come on, get behind those ropes.
That's what they're there for.
'Come on, come on.'
'...during a German air raid in 1941.'
'The reasons for his building the model are not known.'
[instrumental music]
Novel?
Time?
'...his father was a shopkeeper'
'and professional cricket player.'
'His mother, a lady's maid.'
'The youngest of three sons..'
You people!
Christ Almighty!
[sighs]
Never!
'...on his graduation from London University'
'Wells taught a course..'
[sighs]
'...about the tuberculosis, however..'
'and forced him into a period of convalescence..'
'...in 1895, he published a series of articles on time..'
'Eight hours off?'
[clanging]
โชโช Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna โชโช
โชโช Krishna, Krishna โชโช
โชโช Hare, Hare โชโชโชโช
[clanging]
[airplane engine roars]
[tires screech]
(male #26) 'Hey, what did you do to my car?!'
'Don't you know how to drive?!'
[horns honking]
(male #27) 'Guys move it.'
I beg your pardon, could you please tell me
what city this is?
Come on!
I beg your pardon, could you please tell me what city this--
Excuse me.
San Francisco?
California!
Of course!
Eight hours difference.
13...14...15 pounds.
This money's quite old. You're aware of that.
But they're still good, aren't they?
'Sure.'
It's just that a coin dealer
would probably give you more for them.
Here, all you'll get is the current rate of exchange
which is..
...$25.50.
$25?!
Really.
It's the same all over.
Money makes the world go around.
It's just worthless unless--
Money, yes.
Everyone needs money.
Tell me, has there been another gentleman here, uh, recently?
Uh, another Englishman dressed like me
with currency like mine?
'Not that I can recall.'
And they would have sent him to me if
he wanted to exchange pounds for dollars.
I see.
[instrumental music]
(male #28) 'Gimme a big mac, an order of fries'
and a small Coke to go, please.
Thank you, dear.
[imitating man] Gimme a big mac, fries..
[normal voice] ...and tea to go, please.
Pommes frites!
Fries are pommes frites!
Mmm.
I never saw wood like this before.
[instrumental music]
Amazing, I haven't seen stones in settings like these
since before the war.
- The war? - Since the second World War.
- You know. - Did you say, World War?
Since World War II, I said.
Um, how much are they worth?
Oh, today's market... $6000, easy.
Uh, would you like to buy them?
Oh, I-I couldn't give you top dollar, I'm afraid.
Oh, that's alright. What's your offer?
Uh..[clears throat]
Um...hmm...uh..
Uh..
$4,000?
Very well.
You don't want to think about it?
Okay. Uh, may I see some ID?
'You know, uh, driver's license or credit card'
'something like that?'
I'm afraid I don't have some.
I can't do business unless I have some identification.
How do I know these aren't hot?
Hot?
- You know, stolen. - Stolen?
I assure you, sir, I give you my word as a gentleman.
Come on, give me a break. What's this "gentleman" stuff?
How come you don't got any ID?
'Ah, look, let me do a computer check on the stuff.'
'If it's clear, we can do business.'
In a week, you'll have a check!
I don't have a week.
[ringing bells]
[sighs]
I don't believe you exist..
but if you do, I need your help.
Just let me stay the night
and I'll be on my way in the morning.
And not trouble you again.
I'm sorry. We're closing now.
[ringing bells]
Utopia.
[instrumental music]
$200, $300, $400.
There you are, sir.
Thank you.
May I help you?
I'd like to see the officer in charge
of foreign currency exchange.
You're looking at him.
You?!
But surely there must be a gentleman?
Don't be a chauvinist.
It's taken me three years to make it to foreign.
What's the matter? Don't you believe in women's liberation?
Women's liberation?
Well, I'm dreadfully sorry. I meant no disrespect.
As a matter of fact, I was all for it, so I shouldn't complain.
You were all for it? What changed your mind?
[laughs nervously]
Nothing.
Uh, I don't know whether you can help me.
May I help you?
Thank you.
I'm certainly willing for you to try.
I'm looking for a man, another Englishman like me
who may have tried to exchange some money here.
I'll say!
Then he was here?
Yesterday afternoon, big as life.
With a money belt that was even bigger, must have weighed a ton.
- Friend of yours? - We were traveling together.
And now I've, um.. I've lost him.
His name was John Leslie Stevenson?
That's him, alright.
I tried to get him to open an account with us
but he only cashed a couple hundred dollars worth.
You wouldn't happen to know what's become of him?
And where he's got to, I mean.
Well, as a matter of fact, he asked me to recommend a hotel.
An hotel?
So I sent him to the Hyatt Regency
on Drumm street.
Uh, Hyatt Regency?
Yeah.
Oh, thank you.
'You here on a visit?'
Tourist-type thing?
Mm-hmm.
Well, if you don't know anyone
perhaps you'll let me show you around.
'We San Franciscans are pretty proud of this old town.'
[clears throat]
Well..
...yes, uh, perhaps that might be nice.
Well, it's your option. You've got the card.
Give me a ring if you feel like it. My name's Amy.
- A ring? - You know.
Da-da-da-da-da.
Oh, yeah.
Da-da-da-da da-da da.
My number's on the card.
What's your name?
Herbert..
...Wells.
What was that?
That was a very cute man.
Mm-hmm.
That was a pickup. Against bank rules.
I don't care.
At least he's not gay.
Plus, I love the way he talks!
How about that suit, early American?
He'll be back.
[tires screech]
- What's up, doc? - I beg your pardon?
You were saying, where to?
Could you please take me as quickly as possible
to the Hyatt--
[tires screech]
[tires screech]
[engine revving]
[tires screech]
[piano music playing]
[knock on door]
Who is it?
[American accent] 'Your breakfast, sir.'
Bless my soul.
May I come in?
Certainly, certainly.
You were, literally, the last person
on earth I expected to see.
You've given me quite a turn.
[closes door]
But now I think of it, there's no way
of preventing the machine from returning.
- I haven't the key. - No.
'And you managed to find the nerve after all'
after I'd tested your machine for you.
And how did you manage to track me down once you'd got here?
That was brilliant.
We must add, "detective" to your list of accomplishments.
You're a regular Sherlock Holmes.
I'm not here to engage in idle banter with you, Stevenson.
You've used me.
And you've used my machine to escape the hands--
I must congratulate you on that device.
I confess that at dinner the other...century
I thought you'd lost your wits.
But fate intervened and forced me to ascertain for myself
that you are truly the Columbus of a new age.
The dawn of time travel.
I salute you.
I want you to come with me now.
Yes, of course, where are we going this time?
To the museum.
I'm obliged to take you back
to face the consequences of your acts.
[chuckles]
You can't be serious.
You're so Victorian. You'll take me back.
How do you propose to do that, by force?
Be reasonable, John.
We don't belong here. We've violated--
We don't belong here?
Let me show you something.
Sit down.
'Come on, I won't bite you.'
'Sit.'
Now, look.
(man on TV) 'Palestine terrorists carried out their threat'
'and began shooting the first 5 of 106 Israeli school children.'
'Held hostage for 18 days in a--
[click]
[explosion]
[crowd roars]
'You haven't gone forward, Herbert.'
'You've gone back.'
[click]
(man on TV) 'We've just received word that'
'Mayor Griffin Margolin of Columbus, Ohio, was shot--
[click]
(Stevenson) 'We don't belong here?'
On the contrary, Herbert.
I belong here completely and utterly.
[sirens wail]
I'm home.
'It's you who do not belong here.'
You, with your absurd notions
of a perfect and harmonious society.
'It's drivel.'
The world has caught up with me
and surpassed me.
Ninety years ago, I was a freak.
Today, I'm an amateur.
You go back, Herbert.
The future isn't what you thought.
It's what I am.
Do you know that you can go into a shop here
and purchase a rifle or a revolver.
It's perfectly legal. These people encourage--
Stop it!
It's catching, isn't it..
...violence?
You know, you finding me here is rather fortuitous.
For me, that is.
Otherwise, I'd be obliged to search for you.
Well, are you going to give it to me?
I have no idea what you mean.
Of course you do.
I'm talking about the key.
I can't have you following me about eternity
like the Flying Dutchman.
'Give me the key, and we'll be quits.'
The key?
I don't have it with me.
Herbert.
Herbert, I've played countless games of chess with you
and the one thing you cannot do is bluff.
I want that key!
Uhm!
Oh, god!
[knock on door]
Maid.
[gasps]
Senor!
[dramatic music]
Stevenson!
[dramatic music]
[tires screech]
(male #29) 'The car hit him.'
[indistinct chatter]
[indistinct chatter]
- I beg your pardon. - I'll talk to you later.
Just a minute, please.
- Yes? - I'm looking for a patient.
Recently admitted less than an hour ago.
- He was in an accident. - Name?
John Leslie Stevenson.
[telephone rings]
Not here.
But they told me he was gonna be brought here.
This is San Francisco general hospital?
Not here, not under that name, anyway. Next.
He must have only just arrived. He was hit by a motorcar.
- 'A motorcar?' - 'Pardon? '
You mean a car?
Yes...a car, yes.
He's a tall, flaxen-haired
distinguished-looking Englishman.
'Just a minute, please.'
Oh. I'm-I'm sorry.
But an accident victim answering your description
died 20 minutes ago.
We had him listed as John Doe number 16.
Died?! But that's absolutely impossible.
I saw him sitting up after the accident.
'His chart says, "internal injuries."'
It happens that way sometimes.
Uh, wait!
May I see the body?
Are you family?
Are you a relative?
He doesn't have any relatives.
I'm sorry.
Wait a minute, please.
Excuse me.
[bell rings]
O-R-A-J.
"'Orajovsky"..'
Oh, hello.
You decided to let me take you to lunch!
Hello.
Um, what did you say?
I said lunch on me. What do you say?
Oh, well, um..
Just let me get my things.
Uh..
That is what you had in mind?
Yes, certainly, if you like.
Wait right there.
All set.
Where to?
Well, it's your city. I'll leave it up to you.
[exhales]
I know, something with a view.
(Amy) 'Don't worry, it's perfectly safe.'
'We haven't had any trouble since the big one in 1906.'
Knock wood. [taps wood]
- 'The big one?' - 'The earthquake.'
Don't you know about that?
You haven't done your reading.
It leveled the whole shebang.
The shebang?
I see.
Mmm-mmm! This is delicious.
Far superior to that Scottish place where I breakfasted.
Scottish?
MacDougall's.
- What about your friend? - Friend?
'Dr. Stevenson.'
Well, he wasn't exactly my friend.
We had a bit of a falling-out.
I won't be seeing him again.
I like that suit!
Is that what they're wearing in London?
It was when I left.
Is that where you're from, London?
Everybody I ever meet from England's from London.
I'm sorry. What were you saying?
Oh, I was asking if you were from London
'cause, um, I have some friends there.
I thought maybe you might know them.
'Course I realize
it's a pretty big city and everything
but, um..
Anyway, their name is Phillips.
He works for Coca-Cola.
Any chance?
- No, afraid not. - Oh, yeah, well.
You probably move in different circles anyway.
Are you, um...
Are you a scientist or something?
Whatever makes you say that?
Just a hunch, I don't know
you give me the impression
of someone who's cloistered away
somewhere most of the time in
a library or something doing research
and never reads the newspaper.
Oh, well, as a matter of fact
I used to write for a newspaper
The Pall Mall Gazette.
Really?
Well, shows how much I know, right?
You were a reporter?
I wrote articles on
whatever struck my fancy.
Social issues, mainly.
The last thing I did
was a series on free love.
Free love?
Mmm. Jesus.
I haven't heard that term since the eighth grade.
Tell me something
did you think it was very forward of me
to invite you to lunch like this?
Do you, uh, often invite--
Do I often invite strange men to lunch?
No, I do not
but it's not often that
a strange man turns me on.
Or a strange woman.
Oh, don't get me wrong. I didn't mean to imply I was a dyke.
- A dyke? - Oh, sorry.
Lesbian or anything like that
'cause I'm not. I like my sex straight.
It's just that I do go for months sometimes
without meeting anybody who does it for me.
You know what I mean?
A lot of people, like, um
'like my friend Carol, you know
I'm not telling tales out of school but
'a lot of people can just sleep around, you know'
But not me, I really have to like the guy.
Otherwise, it's just no-go.
'I'm sorry.'
I guess I shouldn't say all that stuff
right off the bat like that.
It's not women's lib.
I just get nervous.
When I get nervous, I tend to babble.
Do I make you nervous?
Yes.
You do, sort of.
Why?
Because I like you.
'Hmm, if you think that's something
you ought to see the Golden Gate.'
Oh, what's that?
Oh, you've got to be kidding me.
Now, how did you decide to visit this place
stick a pin in a map or something?
The Golden Gate.
The Golden Gate.
(Amy) 'Hey, you want to drive across it?'
Oh, is it for motorcars?
[engine turns over]
"R" stands for reverse
'and "D" stands for drive.
And the right pedal
causes us to accelerate
while the left retards our speed.'
(Amy) 'Of course. Honestly, Herbert'
'you act as though you've never been in a car before.'
(Herbert) 'Non-sense, I was in one only this morning.'
You're a very good driver.
Damn straight.
My husband used to
drive in the stock-car rallies.
'He taught me good.'
(Amy) 'What you thinking about?'
(Herbert) 'A brave, new world that has such people in it.
'May I ask you a question?'
'Sure.'
'You mentioned your husband before.'
'My ex. '
'Yeah, I was married for a while'
'when I was very young.'
We met during an anti-war demonstration.'
Ah, the second World War?
Are you kidding?
How old do you think I am?
Oh, I'm sorry, uh.
The third World War?
The Vietnam War.
(Herbert) 'Vietnam?'
It's just that he wanted me to give up work
and have children.
You know, the housewife routine.
Not for me.
He never took my ambitions seriously.
What about you? You married?
I wouldn't be here with you if I were.
Well, that's nice.
A lot of guys..
Well, it's no big deal. I like that.
As a matter of fact, I'm also divorced
for similar reasons.
She wanted you to be a housewife?
She wanted me to be routine.
'Oh.'
Well, that is one thing you definitely are not.
I don't know what it is.
First, I thought it was your voice
'or maybe your clothes.'
'Now, I don't know.'
'Maybe it's that kind of'
little-boy-lost quality you give off.
brings out my maternal instincts.
You're very perceptive.
Lost is what I am.
Hmm.
No.
[machine gun fires]
Herbert?
Herb--
Herbert.
Herbert.
It's only a movie.
[explosion]
I hate all that violence.
Did you ever see Red Shoes?
I really got off on that.
Careers.
It's almost six.
Do you have plans for the evening?
Actually, I haven't made any.
Are you tired of me yet?
No, not in the least.
Great.
How about I cook you dinner?
I don't live too far from here.
You sure it's not too much trouble?
Are you kidding? I'm half Italian.
Italians love to cook.
What about the other half?
Norwegian. Norwegians love to eat.
What on earth is that?
- Isn't that incredible? - Uh huh.
They built that for the Pan-American
exposition of 1914.
Somehow, it's still standing.
I love living next to it.
Come on, I'll give you the cook's tour.
I'll bet you don't have anything
like this in London, right?
You've never seen the Albert Hall.
Oh, well, hell, I've never even been to London.
Where do you live?
'This way.'
(Amy) 'You should see this place when they
turn the lights on at night.'
Is it marble?
Would you believe plaster?
[garbage disposal runs]
(Herbert) 'What on earth is Cosmopolitan?'
Where are all your books?
I don't have all that many.
I know that's terrible
but I just don't seem to read that much anymore.
I never have time and when I do
it seems easier to watch the TV.
Even though that's mainly crap.
[telephone rings]
What's that?
The phone.
Ted's idea.
Hello?
'Oh, hi.'
This is my friend Carol from the bank
checking up on you.
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
No.
Who knows?
[laughs] Well
Carol, I'm trying
so will you please let me get on with it?
'I have to go now. Bye.'
'Carol says hi.'
She wants to know if London's
really crawling with Arabs.
Arabs?
She wants to marry into oil.
This is almost ready, I wonder if you mind
if I changed my clothes
because I've been in my work clothes all day.
I really won't be a minute.
No, please, please.
You go right ahead.
[garbage disposal runs]
[instrumental music]
You look very beautiful.
[instrumental music]
[instrumental music]
Herbert, if you don't take me
into your arms this very minute
I'll scream.
[sighs]
Well, hello there.
Hello.
Why, Miss Jones, you're gorgeous.
What?
You don't close your eyes.
Well, neither do you.
Gee, these are the funniest buttons
I ever saw.
It's like it was some kind of costume.
Oh, my gosh.
Is the rest of this outfit as interesting?
Amy. Amy.
I don't want to compromise you.
Are you quite certain I'm not forcing you
to do anything that you'll regret--
Forcing me?
My god, Herbert
I'm practically raping you.
Yeah, that's true.
Here.
(male #30) 'All naked and it's all happening right here.
This is where we got the hottest
wildest, sexiest ladies in San Francisco, sir.
Come on in and check it out. Sir, this is the one, come on.
Take the young lady's advice. This is where it's happening.
Come on in and check it out.
God's great, sir, you ought to come in and check it out.
If you're old enough, you're bold enough.
This is the one. Hold it, now, hold it.'
(male #31) 'Come here, come here, come here let me show you.
'The biggest, the best here, hey.'
'The largest in the West here.'
Now, wait a minute, fellas..'
[instrumental music]
(woman over radio)'And the weather for this fine November day'
'should be sunny with low clouds along the coast.'
'It's a nippy 51 degrees at present'
'going up to a high of 68'
'then dropping to a predicted'
'overnight low of 43.'
'In the news this morning..'
Good morning.
Good morning.
You want some coffee?
Mmm. Thank you.
(woman on radio) '...walked into City Hall yesterday'
'and shot and killed Mayor Kevin Margolin.'
In local news, another nude body
the second in 14 hours
has been discovered in the North beach area.
Identified as Cindy Chow, a prostitute
the brutally mutilated corpse
was found by trash collectors
in an alley behind the City Lights bookstore.
Police refuse to comment
on the relationship between the murders
stating only that the style of the killings is similar.
According to Police Chief Rod DeVito
there are no leads as yet.
In other news, the stock market opened..'
- No. - Coffee's ready.
How do you take it?
Is milk okay instead of cream?
I have to talk to you.
I'm running late.
'Amy, I have to talk to you now.'
He's alive and out there somewhere
and I've no idea what's to be done.
You say you're after this man.
Are you a detective or something?
You work for Scotland Yard?
Well, let's just say that
their interests are definitely involved.
I don't understand.
Why can't you go to the police
tell them who they're looking for?
What's wrong with that?
They'd never believe me.
You don't know that.
They'd never be..
If you knew the whole story
you would never believe me.
I'd believe you.
Well, they wouldn't.
If I told them the whole truth
they'd pack me off to a lunatic asylum and not him.
Yeah, your right.
I led you to him, didn't I?
What were you doing, visiting bank after bank?
Would you have gone to bed with anybody
who told you where he was?
Oh, Amy.
You don't suppose that for one minute.
No, I guess I don't.
I don't know, this is very confusing.
And I'm late, on top of everything else.
Wednesday morning is executive staff meeting.
I'm sorry. I didn't want to burden you with all this.
Look, I'll get dressed and go.
Oh, no, no, no, please you stay.
I don't know what to say.
Listen, I like you.
'I like you very much. I'd like to see you again.'
But I don't know how to help you
if you can't go to the police.
This is crazy. I don't even know where you're staying.
Yesterday was my first day.
Well, you stay here for a while.
Have some breakfast and
try to sort things out.
I'll call you if I get any bright ideas
Okay?
Be sure and slam the door when you leave
or it doesn't lock.
One thing I never would have pegged you as.
A detective.
[door slams]
[instrumental music]
[motor runs]
Well, you look like
the cat that ate the canary.
Did you?
Hi, Carol. How's everything?
"Hi, Carol. How's everything?"
I don't know. You tell me.
You're the one who took off the whole afternoon.
In one word, fabulous.
He's..
I just can't describe it.
On second thought, please don't try.
I may just die of envy.
Well, I want you to meet him.
Could you come for dinner
Friday night around 7:00?
I'm sure it'll be fine with Herbert.
[laughs] Herbert?
You must really be hooked.
[laughs] I think so.
I'll just check my busy social calendar.
Talk to you later.
Hello, again.
I've come to change some more currency.
Oh.
'Yes, of course.'
How much did you have in mind
to exchange this time?
Oh, say, 40 guineas.
Forty guineas.
Uh-uh, I'm sorry.
Would you excuse me for a moment?
I'll be right back.
Take your time.
[telephone rings]
Herbert, Herbert, Herbert.
Come on, come on, come on.
[telephone rings]
Herbert? Herbert, it's me.
Listen, Herbert. He's here.
(Herbert) 'Amy?'
Wh-who is?
'What do you mean "who"? Who do you think?'
What?
He's right at my desk
with a money belt.
He wants to change more sovereigns.
Herbert, what do I do? I'm terrified.
'Amy, Amy, be.. Look.'
Be calm. It's perfectly alright.
You're in the middle of a bank.
He's mad, but he's not stupid.
Now, nothing's going to happen to you.
Listen, can you keep him there?
- What? - 'I know its a lot to ask.'
But try. Just until I get there.
I'm on my way right now.
I'll try.
What-what-what did you say?
I said I'll try.
Uh, sorry about that.
I was checking to see
what the exchange rates are this morning.
You know, they fluctuate every day.
I wouldn't want you to get gypped.
Are you enjoying your stay in San Francisco?
- Very much. - That's wonderful.
Did they find room for you at the Hyatt Regency?
Yes, thanks to you, I've..
Thanks to you.
You wouldn't happen to know a man
called Wells, would you?
I thought so.
Miss Amy Robbins.
He asked you to detain me
until he could get here, is that right?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Oh.
Well, I don't think I'll
conduct my business here anymore
if it's all the same to you.
'Good day.'
There's just one other item.
Be good enough to leave a message
for Mr. Wells from me.
Tell him I want that key.
Tell him to leave it for me at the exhibit.
Leave the key
or face the consequences.
Have you got that?
Yes, I believe you have.
Herbert, you got to bring the police in on this.
Now, if you don't, I will.
That man is crazy.
I could see it in his face.
And he threatened you.
'Something about leaving
the key to the exhibit.'
We've got to go to the police.
Now, if you don't, I will.
But I don't know what to tell them.
Herbert, you can't fool around
with a person like that.
He's crazy.
"Robbins.
2340 Francisco."
(Herbert) 'His name is John Leslie Stevenson.'
English. He's a surgeon.
Approximately 37 years of age.
Flaxen hair, clean shaven
and stands well above six feet in height.
What makes you say that this Dr., uh, Stevenson
Stevenson is responsible for the death
of these two girls?
I just know for a fact that he is.
I see. Do you have spiritual powers?
- Do I what? - Have spiritual powers.
Are you a medium or a mystic?
I make no claim
to supernatural gifts of any sort.
If I could reveal the source of my information..
As a matter of fact
I'm also a detective.
I was sent from London on the trail
of John Leslie Stevenson
traveling incognito, of course.
'My name, uh..'
My name is Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes. I see.
'Go on, go on.'
But I-I can't go on.
I-I've given you a complete description.
I've told you the man's name.
I've told you everything that I know.
Well, it was certainly very good of you to come in
and share your insight with us, Mr. Holmes.
Uh, where can we reach you in case
we want to speak with you again?
Is that necessary? You see, it's rather awkward.
I'm staying with a friend, um.
Must we involve her in this?
Unless it's unavoidable that we contact you.
Otherwise.
We're known for our discretion.
Very well. Her name is Miss Amy Robbins.
She lives at 2340 Francisco.
Okay, thank you for your time, Mr. Holmes.
You don't believe me, do you?
Mr. Holmes, I'd like to believe you.
My job would be a lot simpler if I could.
'But this is a computer printout
it says U.S. Customs has no record
of a John Leslie Stevenson entering the country.
British customs has no record
of anyone by that name
leaving Great Britain.'
And there's also no mention
of a Mr. Sherlock Holmes
coming into the country, either.
'Now, of course'
'he could be using another name.'
But, since we don't even know where he is at the moment
we can't very well pick him up for questioning.
Can we?
No.
Well, thank you for your time.
Good day.
Put this on file.
(Herbert) 'Entire affair was a fiasco.'
He didn't believe a word of it.
Well, you tried.
Trying isn't good enough, I'm afraid.
[instrumental music]
Are we in or out, here?
Out. Would you care to join me for a walk?
Sure.
Uh-uh.
You have to slam it hard.
Old buildings have their little quirks.
Why is it your responsibility?
[sighs]
Alright, I'm..
I'm going to tell you the truth.
'In the first place'
my name isn't Herbert Wells
it's Herbert George Wells.
'H.G. Wells.'
In the second place..
...I'm 113 years old.
[instrumental music]
I swear to God
I am telling you the truth.
Please, please, believe me.
Oh.
And where are you going?
(Amy) 'Home.'
You don't believe me?
Christ, Herbert, what do you think?
Please go away. I don't want to see you anymore.
Amy, please.
Amy, listen to me.
I have listened to you
and a bigger crock of shit
I never heard.
Look, I don't know if you're crazy or what
but anyway, I don't care.
Just go back to whatever
hole you crawled out of.
Go back to your machine.
Amy.
Wait, Amy.
Amy. Amy. Amy.
What if I can prove that what I've told you is true?
- Oh, Herbert. - But what if?
Won't you give me that chance?
I know I sound mad.
Don't you think I knew how you'd respond?
Didn't I say yesterday that when you knew
you wouldn't believe me?
And I said I would.
Alright..
...there is an H.G. Wells exhibit with time machine.
Alright..
...there is some resemblance
between you and the man in those pictures.
(man over PA) 'The museum is closing.'
(Amy) 'But that doesn't prove anything.'
Now what?
I want you to go to the powder room.
(man over PA) 'The museum is closing.'
Hang on.
- Hello. - Hi!
Holy shit, flowers.
Wow.
Well, let me go put these in water. Come on in.
- You're early, you know. - I couldn't wait.
Aw, you're cute.
'God, the last time I had flowers
was my graduation in high school.
Do you give flowers to all your women?
Why don't you sit down? I'll be right in, okay?'
You want some grass?
Grass?
Yeah, marijuana.
Don't they call it grass where you come from?
England, right?
I could tell from your accent this morning.
You're very observant.
Are you a typical American woman?
Am I a typical American woman?
[laughs] Me?
'Mm, yeah, more or less. You know.'
I like to hang out.
'And what about you?'
Are you a typical Englishman?
Not really.
Hey, neat watch.
Are we going somewhere?
No.
Well, what time is it?
Later than you think.
[gasps]
[screams]
[instrumental music]
This is really dumb.
What's this gizmo?
Well, let's just say.
that we wouldn't want to go anywhere without it.
Right, well, this time
I'll drive.
Come on. Get in.
[door closes]
You sure you know what you're doing?
What am I saying?
This is completely bananas.
I don't propose to take you any great distance.
Suppose we just go forward to
this Saturday. How would that be?
Just fine. My cleaning's due back.
That would make it
November the tenth.
Now, don't expect too much.
The entire voyage will only last
about a quarter of a second.
Are you ready?
Come on.
[crackling]
(Herbert) 'Well, we're here.'
Good. Can we go now, please?
You still maintain this is all poppycock?
That wasn't exactly the word I had in mind.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
[music continues]
[music continues]
Amy, you just wait. You wait..
What's the matter?
[moaning]
Ah! Uh!
Amy.
We've got to go back.
We must go back.
You know, we could easily avoid
this whole thing.
You mean, give him the key?
No, I mean, come back with me.
- 'Back?' - Yes.
Back to 1893.
I'm a 20th-century woman.
I have a career and a mind of my own.
Be reasonable.
How am I going to make it in 1893?
Is your work so important?
It's your life we're talking about.
My work is my life.
As much as yours or any other man's.
Please, don't start sounding like my husband.
Wait a minute.
What about forward?
Forward?
You mean, into the future?
Yes, of course, we..
No.
No, we're forgetting something. Him.
I can't just leave him here
to do what he likes.
So much for your place or mine.
Stop a bit.
You know, we're making a big mistake.
We keep imagining that time is our enemy
but it's not.
'We know what's supposed to happen
when and where.
'He doesn't.'
This is one time I do know
how he thinks.
I even know before he thinks.
Look here..
...we're too late to prevent the murder
of number three, Shirley Beckwith.
'But what about number four? Let's see.'
"Dolores Marks, she was killed in McLaren Park."
Is that far from here?
Nothing's far from anywhere in San Francisco.
Well, she was killed
or rather, she will be killed
at three o'clock in the morning
in McLaren Park.
So, all I have to do is to be there
and surprise him.
I'll sit tight here for a few hours
and then be off.
We.
I'm coming too.
No. I absolutely forbid it.
Herbert, you can't drive.
You don't even know where the park is.
I'm perfectly safe.
I've got till Friday at 7:30.
Haven't you read the paper?
[disco music]
[music continues]
[music continues]
[music continues]
It's too bad there aren't any
sporting goods stores open this time of night.
Whatever for?
So we could buy a gun.
He's dangerous, in case you hadn't heard.
Well, I wouldn't purchase a weapon now
even if I could.
Oh, what is this, Victorian chivalry or something?
We're playing for keeps, here.
Exactly, and Stevenson was right
about one thing
violence is contagious
like measles.
And the real problem with progress
is not that things aren't more efficient.
The trouble is, they're the same things.
World War this..
...World War that.
Oh, we're obviously killing much more efficiently
but we're still killing.
Well, I'm not going to stoop
to that man's barbaric level.
The first man to raise a fist
is the man who's run out of ideas.
I love you.
[disco music]
[music continues]
[tire bursts]
Oh, no.
What's happening?
Oh, God damn it.
The.. The tire is flat.
Can you mend it?
Can it-can it be repaired?
Yes, uh, yes.
But it's going to take time.
Alright, Amy, calm down.
Now, you work as fast as you can
and I'll go and telephone the police.
Now, where would I be likely to find one?
I don't know, Herbert.
There are phone booths all around here.
- Do you have a dime? - Hmm?
Herbert, do you have
ten cents for the call?
Hurry! De-oh-look, here.
It's 9-1-1.
9-1-1.
Read the instructions.
I'll be right back.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
[music continues]
Out of order? Damn!
[panting] 9-1-1.
Oh.
[instrumental music]
Did you get that? McLaren Park.
Get there as soon as possible.
Oh, what?
Wells. No, it's-it's, uh, Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes.
McLaren Park as soon as possible.
[instrumental music]
You alright?
Yeah, I think so.
[tires screech]
[music continues]
(Amy) 'Oh, no.'
No.
(Herbert) 'Keep moving. Don't stop.'
Don't stop. Do you hear me?
Oh, my God.
Come on, Amy, go! Come on!
[music continues]
I don't want to die.
I don't want to die!
First the zodiac, and now this.
Yeah, they're out for blood, I see.
Oh, I see our Mr. Holmes called last night.
- What time would that be? - That was at 2:45 a.m.
Maybe he is psychic.
No.
We won't be here. It's very simple.
We just won't be here.
It's almost 10:30.
I'm going to go out for a few minutes.
- No! - Just for a little bit.
I'll come back, we'll get into your car
and be off well before 7:30 tonight.
Where are you going?
There's something that I've got to do.
You do trust me, don't you? I'll tell you what.
What's the best hotel in the city, your favorite?
The Huntington. I used to work there.
The Huntington. Write down the telephone number.
If I'm not back in an hour
then you register at The Huntington Hotel.
You've got the car.
You promise you'll be back. You promise me.
I promise. I promise.
You try and get some rest.
Here, there's a little brandy in the flask if you need it.
That's alright. I have some Valium.
Sedatives.
Alright. Try and get some rest.
[intense music]
[music continues]
Hold it right there!
[screams]
What is the meaning of this?
Shut up!
Amy!
- Well, look here. - Listen to me, constable.
- Amy! - Come on.
No. Amy!
Amy, get out of the house!
[intense music]
If you could just get Lieutenant Mitchell down here..
(Herbert) You're going to have another murder if you don't let me go.
State your name, please.
I've told you, Herbert George Wells!
- What is this thing? - Your valuables.
Preposterous! Please hurry. Please!
There is a young lady who's in very grave danger.
Your watch, please.
My watch? This is ridiculous.
Where is Lieutenant Mitchell? Is he around?
Oh, you don't need that. It's just a key.
- Yes, we do. - Look, there is a woman.
Miss Amy Robbins in very grave..
Why do you need my glasses?
Now I...look, please. Where is the lieutenant?
I demand to see Lieutenant Mitchell!
(woman over phone) 'I'm sorry, we have no one by the name Amy Robbins'
'registered at The Hotel Huntington'
'and I have no reservation for anyone in that name.'
You've absolutely no right..
Look, please, let me see Lieutenant Mitchell, please!
Look, now! Soon! Hurry! Please!
Help!
(Herbert) 'I've told you. I've told you 50 times.'
'My name is H.G. Wells.'
'I came here in a time machine of my own construction.'
I'm pursuing Jack The Ripper who escaped
into the future in my machine.
Now, if you don't do something
'he'll have killed Miss Robbins by 7:30 tonight.'
What about the gun? They weren't making that model back in 1893.
That's Korean war ordinance.
I've told you. I just purchased it.
I purchased it to defend Miss Robbins
should the worst come to the worst.
- Where did you purchase it? - 'At a pawn shop.'
Look, I don't remember the name.
You're wasting your time. Please, listen to me.
I mean, forget about the shop. Forget about the time machine.
Forget that I'm H.G. Wells.
Please...please, just save the girl.
I'm afraid you'll have to do better than that.
Last time, you were Sherlock Holmes.
(Lt. Mitchell) 'Alright, let's take it from the top.'
My name is H.G. Wells.
I came here in a time machine, the one at the museum.
Just tell me what you want.
I want the truth, not this cock-and-bull story!
And we're going to stay here until I get it!
Lieutenant, take a look at this.
That's right! That's it. Take a look!
Take a look, you cretinous idiot!
This is tomorrow's bloody paper! You see what it says?
You see what will happen if you don't listen to me?
Listen to me!
Mr. Wells or whatever your real name is
you know as well as I do that novelty shops
will run off a phony newspaper edition for you
if you pay them 3 dollars.
Now, you may have been born yesterday
but I certainly wasn't.
Now, where did you get the gun?
[instrumental music]
[whispers] Herbert?
Herbert?
You want to break for dinner?
(Lt. Mitchell) 'Hey!'
I'll strike a bargain with you.
I confess! I'll confess to anything you like!
[intense music]
[thud]
I killed them! I killed them all!
[music continues]
Now, please.
Please, please, send a car to 2340 Francisco.
'Send a car, and I'll sign whatever you want.'
[siren wailing]
[coughing]
[sighs]
You're free to go.
I'm sorry.
'Please, believe me. I am truly sorry.'
[tires screech]
[horn blares]
[pocket watch music]
(Amy) 'Herbert.'
'Herbert, I'm over here.'
'He murdered Carol, my friend from work.'
'I forgot I invited her over for dinner to meet you.'
- Amy? - 'He's got the car.'
'Amy!'
[music stops]
The newspaper was wrong.
Amy!
Not so fast.
We have a little unfinished business.
What more do you want?
(Stevenson) 'You know what I want. Give me the key.'
And you get the white queen.
Alright.
Alright.
'You let her go, and I'll throw it to you.'
Oh, no.
'My mother was rather an atrocious woman'
'in her way, but her many failings did not include'
'raising mentally deficient sons.'
You throw me the key, and I'll release the girl.
On your honor, John?
You have my word as a gentleman.
[key clangs]
Now, there's just one thing.
I would have expected that you'd noticed by now
that I am not a gentleman.
[engine turns over]
'Say goodbye.'
Goodbye, Herbert.
[intense music]
You know where we're going.
[engine turns over]
[engine revving]
[crash]
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[horns honking]
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You haven't instructed him in the use
of one of these machines, have you?
Go faster, please.
[tires screeching]
[music continues]
Go faster.
If I go any faster, I'm gonna wrap us
around a phone pole.
[tires screech]
Herbert!
Stevenson!
[alarm ringing]
Stevenson!
What is it, H.G.? You're becoming extremely tiresome.
The girl.
Which girl? Oh, you mean this one.
Let her go. Please, I beg you.
'You can afford to be magnanimous.'
Women throughout the centuries are yours for the taking.
Is it so important?
Frankly, I don't find her especially attractive. Do you?
Now, you're not about to disagree with me, are you?
- No. - "No" what?
No, I don't find her particularly attractive.
Well, shall I cut her throat right now, then?
No, please.
John, you and I, we were friends once.
I admired you.
Now, what are you babbling about, Wells?
Really, you've become quite an old fool, haven't you?
Yes, yes, I am an old fool!
I know nothing.
And she means that much to you?
[voice breaking] Yes.
Please..
I'm sorry.
H.G., it's checkmate, and you've lost again.
[pocket watch music]
Herbert!
[intense music]
A-a-ah!
'What did you do?'
I sent him to where he belongs.
Infinity.
That's the last anyone will hear of Jack The Ripper.
Now, it's time for us to say goodbye
before the police arrive.
You're going back? Why?
I've got to dismantle that machine, for one thing.
Until we master ourselves, we have no proper use for time.
And then I've got all those books to write
whatever they are.
Fiction, I hope.
Every age is the same.
It's only love that makes any of them bearable.
And finally..
...I must go back because that is where I belong.
And my life is almost as important to me as yours.
Not quite.
Almost.
Herbert! You wait for me!
You wait for me!
You wait for me!
Herbert!
It isn't life without you. Please!
Look at me! Oh!
Now, just don't expect miracles.
I'm changing my name to Susan B. Anthony.
[chuckles]
Let's go.
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