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Present company excepted.

Good evening, fellow clock watchers.

And welcome to Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

I shall never again lease an apartment

on the strength of an advertisement.

This one red* quarters for rent

for very slim gentleman who loves animals,

the animals of that infernal bird you just heard.

And an idiotic mouse that runs up the pendulum every now and then.

You know, the nursery rhyme that goes...

when the clock struck one.

Unfortunately, I'm the one it strikes.

But enough of my problems.

Now, as is customary on this program,

we shall have a word or two

from a dear friend.

Listen.

THE CHANGING HEART

Watches: Ulrich Klemm Clock

Good evening.

You have something?

I was wondering if you take a look at this.

I dropped it on the floor yesterday.

Let me see.

Huh?

A Chroisnof*,

a genuine Chroisnof*.

This is a very rare watch, my friend.

I haven't seen what in many years, not since I left the old country.

Oh, my uncle left it to me. It had been in his family for years.

Uh.

Yeah, yeah.

I can repair this, I think.

Will not be easy, and we'll have to make the parts myself.

Fine watch, my friend. Beautiful instrument.

Well *saved...

I noticed some interesting clocks here.

Did you bring them from Europe?

Yeah, when the war started.

Ah, but they could not save my masterpieces.

My... automatons*.

- Aut... - You do not know what they were?

- No. - It means clockwork figures.

You know, mechanical chess players,

little *jewel of the birds that fly

and sing when you wind them up.

Soldiers that march and sound their trumpets.

You make things like that?

From all over Europe, they came to me with commissions.

In Bonn. There is a church steeple.

When the hour strikes,

angels appear on the belfry

and raise golden swords to *fight hours of *Egypt.

I created those angels, my friend.

And now I am over here.

I earn my bread reparing cheap watches.

Uh... can you fix my watch, Mr. Klemm?

Yeah. Certainly I can.

But it will take time if I am to save it.

Strange, isn't it, huh?

It takes time to save time.

Time is the great mystery.

Grandfather?

I... I thought you were alone.

What is it, Lisa?

Dinner is ready.

Oh,

you see, my friend,

time is the great mystery.

I had no idea it was so late.

Would you join us for dinner?

Oh, I really shouldn't.

Oh, please.

We have plenty.

That's very kind of you.

Good. It's good.

I'd like to hear some more about your work.

Yeah?

Well, I have a few pieces in back which might interest you.

I'm interested, Mr. Klemm.

I'm interested very much,

Ah. Come Lisa.

Please...

Thank you.

Look closely, Mr. Ross.

That's marvelous.

I don't see how you do it.

Oh, it's a child's toy.

I have done far more important things in my days.

That is true.

Grandfather has made clocks for royalty, for kings.

He has a drawer full of medals.

- Oh. - Liebchen.

Liebchen. What is wrong?

I cut my finger on the knife.

Oh, let me bandage it for you.

It's just a scratch.

- Show me. - Yeah.

There. It is fixed now.

You can fix everything, can't you, grandfather?

A skilled hand should be able to repair anything.

You should have been a doctor, Mr. Klemm.

Strange you say so.

When I was a young man,

my father wanted me to be a surgeon.

Why didn't you?

Oh, human body is full of flaws, very imperfect.

*But the clockwork... a good chronometer...

that is perfection.

You mean because it doesn't bleed when it cuts its minute hand?

- Like I did? - Oh, Liebchen.

I wasn't talking about you.

You as one human being was never disappointed me.

She is my finest creation.

Please, what will Mr. Ross think, such a foolish talk?

No.

I don't find it foolish at all.

I should be going.

Thank you for a wonderful evening.

Pleasure. Pleasure.

I will repair your Chroisnof??, my friend.

You come back on Friday, it should be ready.

Friday. That'll be fine.

Yeah.

I'll see you then.

Mr. Ross.

Well, I'll see him to the door.

Yeah, beat* it.

Well, I'll see you again.

Of course, on Friday.

You know that's not what I meant.

I was talking about just the two of us.

Please... he'll hear you.

What? The old man?

Well, there's nothing wrong asking for a date, is there?

You don't know...

you don't understand.

- He wants to protect me. - From what?

Surely he can't object your going out with me.

Lisa.

You see,

he can't bear to see me out of his sight.

So he's jealous, I can see that.

No, you don't see.

Lisa.

Please go now.

All right.

I'm going to see you again.

You and I are going to see a lot of each other.

Lisa.

Lisa.

Well, where do I go from here?

You're leaving?

Who said anything about leaving, huh?

Ow.

Yes, leaving.

Uh, listen. We won't have any tears, will we?

We're not going to make a big scene out of this.

Try to cheer him up after I'm gone, won't you?

- Good bye. - Bye.

??* Ow.

What clown.

Lisa,

something happened this afternoon

at the office.

You didn't get fired, did you?

Who? Me?

The best engineer in the firm?

No, I... I got promoted.

I'm being transferred to Seattle.

You're going away?

We are going away, darling.

- But Dane, I... - The two of us.

You and I.

Mr. and Mrs. Dane Ross.

No.

I can't do that to him.

Grandfather, he's... he's an old man.

Maybe... maybe if we wait, and in a few years, we could.

In a few years?

I'm leaving Sunday morning for Seattle.

What is it? What's... what's the matter?

I was wondering what time it was.

Just nine, why?

I must go.

Grandfather will be wondering where I am.

Look, can't you understand? I love you.

I want to marry you.

Now, that old man doesn't own you, does he?

He can't carry you around on...

on the end of a chain like this watch, can he?

Or can he?

Is that what he's been doing to you all these years?

He has turned you into a piece of clockwork

that he can wind up to carry out his orders to obey him?

That's not true.

You know I love you.

Well, then let's tell him so, now.

No.

- You can't. - Can't I?

You wait and see.

And I'm not going to take no for an answer.

No, no, you cannot marry Lisa.

It's out of the question.

Question? There's no question about it.

We're leaving together.

With your blessing or without it.

Is this true?

- I... - Tell him, Lisa.

Yes. Tell me, Lisa.

Would you go without my permission?

Please, darling?

Come here, my child.

Tell him, Lisa,

you cannot go.

You will never go,

you will never leave me.

I... cannot go.

I... cannot go.

You belong here.

You will never leave me.

I will never... leave you.

You see?

What are you doing? Hypnotizing her?

A human body is a curious instrument, my friend.

Liebshen, it is getting late.

Go to your room.

Lisa, wait.

Go to your room, Lisa.

You can't get away with this.

I am not getting away with anything.

Lisa is a good girl.

She will do what I tell her.

You mean you've turned her into an automaton?

That's what you've been doing all these years, isn't it?

I've been protecting the one thing I love.

It's a one thing I rescued from the old life

and brought to this new world.

She is my masterpiece.

No one will take her from me.

That's insane.

I think you had better go.

You can't threaten me.

I am not threatening you.

But if I own a thing of beauty,

I cannot bear to see it fall into the hands of others.

Rather than that, I would destroy it myself.

You understand?

I would destroy it myself.

Dane.

Dane.

There, there, Liebchen. You must rest.

What was that?

Only the shot.

It was nothing. Only it's a mail man.

Was there a letter for me?

No.

Now go to sleep, Lisa.

Sleep and rest.

Close your eyes.

Sleep and rest.

There.

That's better.

- Mr. Klemm? - Go away. We're closed.

Please, I must see you, sir. I'm a friend of Dane Ross.

Yeah, yeah, I know.

Go away.

Please, I have to talk to you.

Now, this'll only take a minute.

Ten minutes.

Dane asked me to stop by to see you.

He wrote to me because he was worried.

Tell your friend there is nothing to worry about.

He's been gone for three months.

And he says that he's written to Lisa,

but that she's never answered any of his letters.

Letters?

There have been no letters.

Oh, no. Wait a minute, pop.

Don't lie to me.

What's the matter? You ill?

No.

No,

just Lisa...

Lisa who is ill.

Lisa?

- Where is she? - It's your friend who made her ill.

Mr. Klemm. That's ridiculous.

He should never have come here in the first place.

After he left, she couldn't rest.

If she is sick, he is the one to blame.

Have you had the doctor?

Doctor?

What does he know?

Pills he gives her. Pills for her heart.

He is a fool, that doctor.

She should belong in the hospital.

Why?

So that they can give her more pills?

No, my friend. I am here.

I can take care of her.

Mr. Klemm, if Lisa is so sick, she needs proper care.

It's terrible,

terrible to sit beside the one thing you love

and watch her slowly fail and falter.

Please, you've got to do something for her.

I know what to do, young man.

I know this girl better than any doctor.

But she may be dying.

No.

She will not die.

I will not let her die.

Flight eight three four,

from Seattle at Concourse B.

Mr. Klemm.

Mr. Klemm.

Anybody here?

Mr. Klemm.

Mr. Klemm.

Mr. Klemm, wake up.

I'm afraid this is the end.

No sleep for days.

I have not the strength to go on.

But the operation is a success. I know it.

I promised to save her and I did.

If I die, does not matter.

Because she will live.

Lisa.

Lisa, you're alive.

He saved you.

Just as he promised,

he saved you.

Perhaps it was something she ate.

And now our sponsor would like to tick off a few of the reasons

why he feels he deserves your steadfast support.

I shall again be available after the customary interval.

But don't bother to call me.

I'll call you.

My problems have been solved.

I had a workman over and he removed that awful cuckoo sound.

I won't be needing these anymore.

That's all for tonight.

Next week we should be back with another story.

Until then, good night.