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Many years ago when the Commodore built it,

it had been one of the show places of New Bristol,

11 Crescent Drive.

That's how the house was still listed in the city directory,

but it was a dead address.

It had been barred, locked, and shuttered for over 12 years.

Thousands of days had dawned without a ray

of sunshine striking through its windows.

It stood among the neighbouring homes, dark and blind,

and almost forgotten.

From a certain window in the house next door,

the crescent seemed deserted,

yet not quite deserted.

An old woman was crossing the street,

bundled against the rain.

In front of the empty house,

suddenly she paused, surprised,

and stared at something she saw,

a light in a place where no light should have been.

It moved behind the boarded windows.

It reached the wall.

It should have stopped there, but it didn't.

It went on through into the house next door,

and then she saw why.

Below her, dimly through the rain stained window,

a man appeared.

She saw him stoop and lift something heavy

and set it in place.

He must have heard her,

for suddenly he turned.

When the light hit her face,

she stumbled and dropped something.

A small gold watch.

It was probably the only thing of value she had to her name.

Frightened as she was, she stayed to look for it

just a little too long.

Above her, a door opened.

The door of number 10 Crescent Drive.

Taxi?

Number 10, Crescent Drive.

What do you want?

She wants in.

What do you think she wants?

I'm your new governess.

We've got a governess.

Sure you gave the right address, Miss?

There it is.

Fielding, number 10, Crescent Drive.

And they got a governess.

Yes?

Oh, you should be Miss Howard.

Come in.

Thank you.

You'll find Mr. Fielding in the library.

He's expecting you.

Mr. Fielding?

What is it?

I'm Elizabeth Howard.

Take a chair, Miss Howard.

Shall I answer it?

Why?

It'll stop ringing after awhile.

See?

Perhaps you don't remember.

The agency in Boston sent me here as a governess.

Well, aren't you even going to look at me?

Sure.

You're too young to know anything about children.

I'm sure I'm not. - The agency said you were 25.

You're not 25, are you?

Well, no, I'm not. - You're nothing like 25.

Have you ever had a job as a governess before?

No, but-

Have you ever had any kind of a job?

Yes, I have but-

Don't you ever finish a sentence?

Yes, if I'm allowed to.

Okay, let's start all over.

Sit down, tell me about yourself.

My home was in Sharon.

I went to Boston a year ago

and worked on a newspaper,

then I tried advertising for awhile.

You didn't like it?

I was fired.

I see.

I was never really trained for anything.

My father died suddenly while I was at college.

And your mother?

She died when I was a child.

Well, Miss Howard, you're young and pretty,

and you seem intelligent.

What makes you wanna be a governess?

I'm fond of children, Mr. Fielding.

You think that's enough?

Yes, I do.

You don't know my children.

Well, I've seen them.

But seeing them's one thing,

and making them behave as something else.

I'd like to try if you'll let me.

Well, let's go up and meet them.

I did hope you'd be a little more motherly.

I'll be 22 in March.

Remind me to congratulate you.

That's where they belong, behind bars.

After my wife died,

they went to live with their grandmother.

She didn't discipline them.

She bribed them.

That's my room and that's the nursery.

And this is your room.

Lily?

Lily?

Were you wanting me, Mr. Fielding?

Is there anyone else in this house called Lily?

Why hasn't this room been done?

Hasn't it?

When?

Last year?

Well, I'll...

I'll go and get the sweeper.

Do you know how to run a house, Miss Howard?

Yes, of course.

I wish you'd run this one.

A cheerful view, isn't it?

Cheerful?

That's the Tygarth place.

It's been boarded up for 12 years.

Around here we call it the Commodore's Folly.

I used to work for the old devil once.

This is Ellen's room.

Come on in here you two,

and say how do you do to Miss Howard.

This is my little girl.

Hello, Ellen.

Hello.

Barney?

This is Dumbo.

Hello, Dumbo.

Barney?

Barney's a very disobedient boy.

Really?

What are you doing, son?

Playing hard to get?

Come on, let's go out and be friends.

Don't want to.

Come on, she's all right.

Let's give her a chance.

This is Teddy, and this is Virginia May.

This is Barney.

How do you do Barney?

Well, I'll leave you to get acquainted.

I'll be downstairs if you need me.

Maxine was prettier.

Maxine was mean.

She wouldn't do my curls.

And who is Maxine?

Maxine's our governess.

She's coming back.

She told me so.

I'm glad you're going to live with us, Miss Howard.

I like you.

Well, I hope you're both going to like me.

Would you like to see my scrapbook, Miss Howard?

I'd like to very much.

There'll be some changes made

Barney's always playing that old record.

Maxine gave it to him.

Look, that's Donald Duck.

And that's Dopey,

and that's Grumpy, the cross one.

Snow White.

Isn't she pretty?

She's lovely.

He was in love with her.

He was? - Mm hm.

And what's this Ellen?

Salem Alley.

That's Alberta.

Alberta?

That's her there.

She's dead.

The man from the empty house isn't in the picture.

What man?

The man from the empty house.

He lives next door in there,

and he just goes out at night.

Nobody lives in there, Ellen.

Oh, yes he does.

Truly he does.

He comes into our house, too.

Barney's seen him, and he hasn't got a face.

Well, that's silly, Ellen.

Barney was just telling you a story to frighten you.

I never did!

Oh, what a fib.

He did so, Miss Howard.

Did not.

You did so.

You know what he told me?

You shut up!

You just talk and talk.

Ellen, if you'll get your curlers ready,

I'll put your hair up.

Oh, will you, will you really, Miss Howard?

I Never do

I When you grow old you don't last long

I You're here today and then tomorrow you're gone

Do you mind if we turn this off for a minute?

Let it alone.

What's the matter, Barney?

Won't you tell me?

I want Maxine to come back.

I love her.

That's all right.

There's no reason why you shouldn't love Maxine,

but can't we be friends too?

Why did you come here?

We don't want you here.

You're my enemy.

I hate you.

There'll be some changes made today

There'll be some changes made

Yes, yes.

Yeah, I know, yes.

Oh, excuse me.

Oh, please don't go.

But I saw her two hours ago.

What's the matter with her now?

I see.

Well, hold on a minute, will you?

You're looking for David?

Yes.

I thought the house looked

a little brighter this evening.

You're the new governess?

Yes.

Well, Dave is in the living room

with a creature named Goodwin.

Well, if Mr. Fielding has company, I'll-

Oh, I'd hardly call Goodwin company.

He's one of the local pests.

Oh, you go on, I'll join you.

Huh?

Yeah, well you better phone her

and tell her I'll drop round about 9:30 to put her to bed.

Besides this other place being more modern

and easier on servants.

Not near the shipyard too.

Oh, come in.

This is Mr. Goodwin, Miss Howard.

How do?

Sit down, won't you? I'll be through in just a moment.

Look, it takes me exactly 10 minutes to get to the shipyard.

You understand, Mr. Fielding,

I'm just looking out for your interests.

If you'd listened to me, you would've gotten rid

of this house long ago.

It's gloomy, it's damp.

It's old fashioned.

It's full of cockroaches,

the roof's falling in and the plumbing's coming apart.

This is a private conversation

if you don't mind, Dr. Evans.

Why wouldn't I mind?

I was asked here for a game of cribbage.

You understand, Mr. Fielding,

it's of no consequence to me one way or the other.

Except for your commission.

Just a minute now, Dr. Evans.

In the whole 15 years I've been in business in this town,

have I ever let a commission get between me and a client?

I wouldn't know.

I haven't been watching you.

Night all.

Goodnight, Goodwin.

You're pretty.

The last one was pretty, too.

Subtle little fellow, isn't he?

What's he up to this time?

You heard him.

Would you care for a drink, Miss Howard?

Thank you, I don't drink.

Well, you don't have to make a virtue of it.

Well, why not?

It's a refreshing touch around here.

Is it?

Oh, you two haven't met?

Yes, we have.

In the library, quite casually, but very pleasantly.

How'd you make out with the children, Miss Howard?

Everything all right?

I think so.

Ellen and I read all about the Cowardly Lion

and I put her hair in curlers.

How 'bout Barney?

Barney and I had a talk, too.

You mean you had a talk?

Let's have it, Miss Howard.

What do you really think about Barney?

He seems very intelligent.

He is very intelligent.

He's also tricky and overemotional.

If you cross him,

he'll find a way to pay you back double.

On top of that, he has a vile temper

and he's an unprincipled little liar.

You make him sound like a little monster.

Do I?

I thought I made him sound like my son.

Miss Howard has hardly been here long

enough to see the resemblance.

Don't believe a word he says.

Oh, I don't.

Just seems so unfair.

Does it?

You have time for another game of cribbage, Charles?

No, I'm afraid that I must be getting along.

Where too?

To the hospital.

I have to look in on Mrs. Dexter.

Oh, good.

You can give me a lift.

I'm going that way.

You're not the nervous sort I hope?

You'll be alone here a great deal.

Mr. Fielding?

Yes?

I meant to give you this.

Where'd you find it?

The dressing table in my room.

I see.

Are you from Boston, Miss Howard?

We lived in Sharon.

Oh, well then you're used to small towns.

You won't be too bored here.

I'm sure I won't.

Miss Howard, if you'd like something to read,

you'll find it right in there.

Just to help yourself.

Thank you.

When I'm out at night,

this light is always left on.

I'll turn it off when I come home.

Goodnight, Miss Howard.

Night.

Goodnight.

Goodnight, Mr. Fielding.

Well, what did you think of her?

Well, for once in his life, Goodwin was right.

She is pretty, very pretty.

That's not what I meant.

Still, it doesn't do any harm, does it?

Oh, good evening.

I'm sorry to disturb you.

I wonder if I might choose your telephone to call a cab?

I think it's going to rain again.

Of course.

Come in.

It's in here.

Oh, thank you.

There are no public telephones anywhere near here.

Shall I call it for you?

Oh, please do.

I'll do it, I promise I'll do it.

She's downstairs.

She came this afternoon, but I'll do it honestly.

Be sure now Barney or I'll-

Cross my heart and hope to die

in a cellar full of rats.

You're a good boy, Barney.

Who is that?

Hello?

Barney, who are you talking to?

Barney, who was that?

Will you excuse me a moment?

Perhaps you better call a taxi yourself.

I've got to go now.

That was her.

She's coming. She heard us.

Who was that on the phone, Barney?

Who?

Barney, I heard you.

You were talking to somebody.

You said, "I'll do it."

What did she tell you to do?

She told me to be a good boy.

I don't believe that, Barney.

If you wanna use the phone again,

you're to ask my permission.

Do you understand?

Yes, Miss Howard.

And you shouldn't be reading.

You should be asleep.

Yes, Miss Howard.

Did you get your cab?

Oh, I hope you don't mind my coming in here.

I wanted to see the back garden,

but I'm afraid it's too dark.

Our garden?

No, my garden.

But I thought that-

I'm Marian Tygarth.

Oh, that was your father's house?

No, the Commodore was my husband.

Oh, I thought of him-

As an old man?

Well, yes.

He was, a mean old man.

He was the meanest man I've ever known.

When he was gone, I tried to feel sorry,

but he died abroad, you know?

Does David Fielding still live here?

Yes.

Is he as handsome as ever?

Yes, he's-

He looks younger than I do, doesn't he?

Yes.

He is.

Are you his second wife?

No, I'm not Mrs. Fielding, I'm the governess.

Then he didn't marry again after the accident?

No.

That must be your cab.

Do you like it here in New Bristol?

I've only been here a few hours.

Oh, you're lucky.

I was born here.

I was married here.

I came to that house next door as a bride.

I was just about your age.

Now it's all I have left in the world.

Anybody call a cab?

- Oh, yes I did. - Okay, it's here.

Oh, it is raining.

I'll get an umbrella.

Look at it, sealed up like a vault.

The day before we left,

my husband had Mr. Goodwin's men boarded up so tight

not even a ray of light to get into it.

Mr. Goodwin was the commodore's agent, you know?

Yes, I've met Mr. Goodwin.

Ladies, I'm not getting any drier standing here.

Oh, I'm coming.

Well, goodbye.

You've been very nice to me.

I hope to see more of you.

Miss Howard?

Yes?

Yes, Ellen?

Still awake, dear?

Do you always leave the door open

in between our rooms at night?

If you want.

It's time for little girls to be asleep.

Miss Howard, what did they call you

when you were a little girl?

I'm afraid they called me Liz.

May I call you Miss Liz?

Of course you may, beginning tomorrow morning.

Would you like Dumbo to sleep with you?

Barney's got him.

I'll get him for you.

Is Barney taking a bath?

Oh no, he leaves the water running to keep awake.

You see, he's not allowed to go to sleep.

Oh, please don't say I told you, Miss Liz.

Here's Dumbo, and I'll leave the door open.

Now, go to sleep.

Goodnight, Miss Liz.

Gimme that.

I told you I needed him.

Barney!

No dear, it's G natural, not G sharp.

Try it again.

Bravo.

And when did we give our first concert?

Soon now.

Good afternoon.

And how is Miss Fielding today?

Cough better?

It's entirely gone.

Thank you, Doctor.

That's very gratifying.

Wanna listen to my chest?

What would that get me?

Oh, go on beat it. You're as strong as a horse.

A horse?

Stop that Barney and go put your coat on.

Aren't you going to finish your piece, dear?

Yes, Miss Liz.

I see you've made someone in this house happy already.

I only hope you can do as well for the others.

Thank you.

I hope you'll be happy here yourself.

I'm sure I will.

They need someone like you.

David isn't the easiest person

in the world to get along with.

And since his wife was killed-

I finished, Miss Liz.

All right, dear.

Get your things on.

That was two years ago.

He's never really got over it,

but are days when he's the most charming man I know.

And other days he's not quite so charming.

And since you're going to be in the house,

you are to be the victim.

The victim of what, Charles?

I wish you wouldn't creep up on people, David,

especially when they're talking about you.

Here.

Here are your sleeping pills.

If these don't work, I'll buy you a hammer.

Come on, Chip,

we're going out.

Wait for me!

I can run faster than anybody in the world.

I can run faster than you can.

No, you can't!

Where are the children going?

I'm taking them for a walk.

How 'bout a game this evening?

I'm dining out.

If I get home early, I'll call you.

"Slayer's still at large."

Ellen!

"No clues say police in brutal murder."

Give that to me.

I'm afraid this is one of those other days.

Have a good time.

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I Break your mother's back I

Barney!

A� Step on a crack 4�

I Break your mother's back I

Barney, Daddy told you never to say that!

He did, Miss Liz. - Sneak!

He's just impossible. - Hello.

Well, well, the whole family.

Good afternoon.

Come on, Chip.

Out seeing our little town?

Yes, the children are showing me around.

Not very much to see, I'm afraid.

Not at first.

You have to have lived here.

You have to know things about people.

I'm not very inquisitive, Mr. Goodwin.

Aren't you?

I am. In my business, I have to be.

Barney, wait for me!

Now, take that young lady I mentioned to you last night.

Barney!

She was pretty all right, but I could see she was trouble.

Excuse me, Mr. Goodwin.

Don't walk too far.

Look, Mounties.

Can we go?

Can we see the movie?

I don't know, it's after four.

Oh, please Miss Liz.

Let's see the movie.

I didn't bring any money.

Barney's got money.

Not that much.

I have too, look.

That is a lot of money.

Did you open your bank?

- No. - It's his wages.

Wages?

Barney, where did you get so much money?

Oh, I had it.

Three, please.

I'll give it back to you, Barney, when we get home.

Sonny, you can take that dog in there.

Leave him with the usher as you go in.

Oh, gee.

Where's Barney?

He went out.

When?

He's probably calling her again.

Come on, Ellen.

Oh, please, Miss Liz.

Come along.

Yes, I do.

Tell me again, quick.

I'll do it.

Cross my heart, I'll do my best.

I did tell her to go away.

Please, please, I've got to go now.

She's coming.

Hello.

What did I tell you about telephone calls, Barney?

I wasn't calling anybody.

You were too, and I know who.

You shut your big mouth.

Come on, Chip.

We'll have to hurry.

It's getting late.

Barney, I thought you said you knew the way?

Barney, it's so late and we're nowhere near home.

Yes, we are.

This is a shortcut.

Barney, you're sure?

Right down here.

It comes out near the house.

Oh, Miss Liz, he's-

Yes, Ellen, what were you saying?

Nothing, Miss Liz.

It's dark and I'm scared. - Shh, darling.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

There is too, Miss Liz.

He's up to something, I know he is.

Barney, where are we?

What is this street?

We're in Salem Alley.

Salem Alley?

Barney, come back here.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

You brought us here and we're going through.

Come on, children.

It's him, he's out for us!

Open the door, let us in.

Hurry, hurry! Quick!

Close the door, Dad,

close the door! - Faster, faster!

What happened?

The children are scared to death.

We were walking through Salem Alley.

Salem Alley?

What for?

To get home.

But it's clear outta your way.

But I didn't know that.

Well, you know what happened there, don't you?

A woman was murdered.

Is that a place to take children?

I didn't take them, they took me.

I see.

Mr. Fielding? - Yes?

I'm trying to do my best for them,

but you have to help me.

How?

How much pocket money do you give Barney?

A quarter a week if he brushes his teeth regularly,

and he lives right up to his income.

Quarter a week?

Perhaps you don't think that's enough?

Of course, only- - Only what?

Why did you discharge Maxine?

She was a bad influence on the children

and she took too much interest in my private affairs.

Satisfied?

Barney still telephones her.

Why don't you stop him?

I told him not to do it again.

Well, see that he obeys you.

And from now on, suppose you keep your mind on the children

and off things that don't concern you.

Goodnight.

I said Goodnight, Miss Howard.

Mr. Fielding?

Mr. Fielding?

You got beer?

Beer?

The other one gave me beer.

Who are you?

Smoke?

I'm Chester.

Were you...

Are you the man I saw in the garden last night?

Sure.

I'm here every night.

I fix the furnace.

Oh.

And I fix it good.

You tell that cook if she leaves the damper open again,

I'll get mad.

I'll break something.

Hm?

You tell her?

Yes, I'll tell her.

What are you scared for?

I'm a nice guy.

Ask Maxine.

She knows.

Next time beer, hm?

Mr. Fielding, would you like some...

Oh!

What's the matter?

You startled me.

I didn't expect to see you.

I live here, remember?

Why yes, but-

Coffee.

Who's the second cup for?

For you.

Great, I'm starved.

We had squab for dinner, wharf squab.

And some awful dessert with lemon jelly in it.

I thought you'd gone upstairs.

Expect me to go to bed with the children?

Of course not, but...

That's not the way to carve.

Yeah, well, it's this knife.

Are you sure it's the knife?

You try it.

Oh, well, you carve it on the side.

You think that's unfair?

I wasn't very civil to you this afternoon.

No, you weren't.

Sorry.

Well, I don't blame you.

I must seemed a little silly rushing in

that way after the children.

Well, I didn't have to growl at you.

Why not if you felt like growling?

Dr. Evans was right.

This house does need somebody like you.

Needs you very much.

Thank you.

You know, I almost sent you

back to Boston yesterday.

Why didn't you?

Well, I guess I liked the way you talked.

It sounded like the truth.

You mean because I told you I was fired?

Mm hm.

And the way you spoke up for Barney last night.

I like that too.

I like your smile, the way your hair falls outta place.

I even like the way you carve.

What have I done now?

Oh, nothing.

I just wondered why you had your overcoat on.

Well, it's cold outside.

How's the coffee coming?

I'll see.

It's gone.

What's gone?

It was here under this.

What was where under what?

A 50 cent piece under the shaker.

I thought it was left for the milkman or somebody.

Well, don't look at me.

I didn't take it.

But it was here just before I went down to the cellar.

What were you doing in the cellar?

I heard a noise.

What sort of a noise?

I'm trying to tell you.

I heard something so I made myself go down and look.

Then when I saw what it was-

Is there any reason why you shouldn't tell me

what you're talking about?

I'll show you what I'm talking about.

It's not there anymore.

The coal was all over the floor.

That was the noise I heard, one of the sacks falling.

Chester cleaned it up.

Chester had already gone.

He must have come back.

He couldn't.

I'd have seen him come in.

You didn't see me come in, did you?

I heard you in the front hall.

I called down to you.

But I came in through the garage.

I wasn't even near the front hall.

Then who put out the light?

Perhaps I forgot to turn it on it.

It was on when you left, I saw it.

Maybe the bulb went out.

Mr. Fielding, I heard someone come in the front way.

You seem to have heard a lot of things tonight.

I haven't heard anything that wasn't there.

I tell you, someone's been in this house tonight.

Do you have these hallucinations often, Miss Howard?

Will you stop treating me like a mental case?

Then stop acting like one.

Why won't you believe me?

I'm telling you the truth.

I'm frightened.

I think you'd better stop talking nonsense

and pull yourself together.

I see.

Very well, goodnight.

I said goodnight, Mr. Fielding.

Now look what you've done!

You've wrecked my train.

You're a nasty, destructive little boy.

Ellen!

He is, Miss Liz.

He's killed all my passengers.

I wanna talk to you.

Yes, Miss Liz?

Ellen, what was the name of the woman in your scrapbook?

Snow White.

Not Snow White, dear.

The other one.

I don't know, Miss Liz.

Ellen, bring me your scrapbook, please.

Here it is, Miss Liz.

Thank you.

Where is the picture of Salem Alley?

You've torn it out.

Barney, be quiet and stop that train.

Ellen, what was the name of the woman in that picture?

And don't pretend you don't know.

- Her name was- - She doesn't know her name.

Yes, she does.

So do you, Barney.

I don't either.

Ellen, you told me her name was Alberta.

She made it up.

She's always making things up.

Barney, I'm talking to Ellen.

Ellen, you didn't make it up, did you?

Yes, I did, Miss Liz.

I made it all up out of my own head.

Go to your room, Ellen, and shut the door.

I'm very angry with you both.

You're not to talk to each other nor play together.

Miss Liz?

Yes?

Aren't we friends anymore?

Not until you tell me the truth.

She did make it up.

Did she?

Nobody wants you to know

There'll be some changes made today

There'll be some changes made

Oh, Mrs. Norris?

You want me?

Would you keep an eye on the children? - Yes.

I'm going over to talk to the doctor.

The number's 23, isn't it?

Across the crescent, first house on the left.

Be gone long?

Just a few minutes.

I hope so.

I don't reckon to be here after dark.

Not the way things are.

What do you mean, Mrs. Norris?

You ought to know.

Just get back before dark, that's all.

Oh, I Will.

You must remember that David's children

have been left to themselves more than most.

It was an unhappy marriage and had a tragic ending.

Since then, they've seen much too little of their father.

Now, next door to them is this huge empty, shuttered house.

Do you wonder that it fascinates them?

That they make it the setting for whatever play story

they happen to be acting out at the moment?

They weren't acting yesterday in Salem Alley.

They were terrified,

and those telephone calls were real enough,

and that murder's real.

Yes, it is.

And they knew that dead woman's name two days

before it was in the paper.

Can you explain that?

No, I'm afraid I can't.

What does David think?

I suppose you told him.

I tried to tell him what happened last night, but-

He wasn't very helpful, eh?

Would you like me to talk to him?

No, please don't.

I'd much rather you didn't.

Oh, come now. David is not that unreasonable.

Yeah?

- Excuse me, Doctor. - Yes, Miss Budge?

Miss Gardner is still waiting

and Mr. Ellis has an appointment for 4:30.

Thank you.

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have kept you so long.

That's quite all right.

I think I've told you all there is.

I'm afraid I haven't been very helpful.

You've been very kind.

I don't think even you realise how worried I am.

Last night I almost thought of calling the police.

The police?

I hope you didn't mention that to David.

No. - In your place,

it's the last thing I'd do,

before consulting David that is.

Oh, I wouldn't really.

It's just that I, I didn't know where to turn.

I know we all feel that way at times.

If it happens again, I wish you'd call me.

Miss Budge, if Miss Howard phones when I'm not here

I want you to get in touch with me immediately.

Yes, Doctor.

Goodbye, Miss Howard.

Thank you, Doctor.

Goodbye.

Can't figure why you'd be

gettin' sentimental all of a sudden.

But can't they put it off just for a few days?

I think they wouldn't.

I wouldn't care to ask him.

Oh, Miss Howard?

Good afternoon.

Well, how do you do?

You are not ill, I hope?

No.

I just wondered seeing you come out from the doctors.

How's David?

Mr. Fielding's quite well, thank you.

You might tell him I'm a little annoyed with him

for not coming to see me.

We used to be such good friends, you know?

Mr. Goodwin is handling the opening of my house.

You're opening it?

I have to.

That's why I came back from abroad.

I hate that tune.

Stop playing that.

Please stop it at once.

Here.

Go and play somewhere else.

Thank you.

I just can't bear that tune.

Somebody was playing it,

I heard it coming across the garden

the night the Commodore died.

Well, goodbye, Mrs. Tygarth.

Oh, there you are.

I thought you were never coming.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Norris.

Well, it's happened.

What's happened? - She's gone.

What are you talking about?

That Lily? I just looked in her room.

But this is her day off.

Her day off, is it?

She's moved out back in baggage.

You mean she isn't coming back?

What do you think I mean?

What's more unless you get somebody to take her place,

I'm not coming back either.

But Mrs. Norris, you can't do that.

You can't leave me all alone in this house.

Can't I?

If you had any sense, you'd go too.

And leave the children?

That's your business.

Seen this?

Yes, I've seen it.

A day worker like me lying all alone

in the gutter with a broken neck.

Mrs. Norris, please come back.

I'll come back when you get a maid, maybe.

I'll call the agency the first thing in the morning.

You'd better.

Miss Liz?

Miss Liz?

Please don't be mad anymore.

I'm not mad at you, Ellen,

but I can't talk to you until you tell me the truth.

I'll tell you, Miss Liz.

I'll tell you how I knew her name.

It was in the watch.

In the watch?

Barney found it outside on the steps

after the woman ran away.

He hid it in that drawer there.

Come on, dear.

You must go back to bed.

Can't I stay here with you, Miss Liz?

Aren't we friends again?

Yes, of course we're friends.

Now you have to be a good girl and go to sleep.

It's very late.

I'm not tired.

You'll go to sleep all right.

Barney's in there sleeping like a little door mouse.

Barney doesn't have to stay awake tonight.

He's earned his wages.

Ellen, Ellen, how does Barney earn his wages?

He opens the front door

so the man from the empty house can come in.

Maxine tells him when.

After he's opened the door, he puts Dumbo in the window.

All right, dear.

Now let's forget all about that for tonight and go to sleep.

Hello?

Miss Howard?

Yes, he just got back from the hospital.

Would you ask him to come over?

It's very important.

Thank you.

Did you find what you were looking for?

I see you did find it.

It has her name in it. - Really?

The woman who was murdered.

You're quite a detective, aren't you?

Barney found it outside this house.

I don't like people prying into my affairs.

I told you that.

He found it the night she was killed.

And I won't have you or anyone else going through my desk.

I thought I made that clear, too.

Now, give it to me.

I said give it to me.

Hello.

What are you doing here?

You all right, Miss Howard?

What makes you think she isn't?

Well, when a doctor gets called in the middle of the night,

he usually assumes that something is not all right.

You did call, didn't you?

If she did, she seems to have forgotten why.

What is this, a game?

Perhaps Miss Howard was nervous in the house alone

and wanted someone to talk to,

or maybe she had something to show you.

Was that it?

No.

While I was out, she made a discovery,

didn't you, Miss Howard?

You wouldn't want the doctor to make a trip for nothing.

Show him what you found.

What is it, Miss Howard?

You did send for me, you know?

Go on, show it to him.

Leave me alone, both of you.

Jumpy, isn't she?

What would you suggest?

Don't be a fool, David.

Now, if either one of you

has another brainstorm before morning,

please leave me out of it.

Goodnight.

Well, you called him and he came.

You satisfied?

Can't you say anything at all?

I haven't anything to say,

except I'm sorry I opened your desk.

Here's your watch.

And why did you pretend not to believe me last night

when I told you somebody had come into this house?

Do you think I was pretending?

You said you hadn't been near the front hall,

I don't believe that.

And the door was open again tonight

and I know now who opened it.

Barney did.

So you think my little boy's letting me into my own house?

He doesn't know who he's letting in.

But you do?

Is that what you were thinking when Charles was here?

Is that why you didn't show him the watch?

Answer me.

You know why.

- Elizabeth- - Leave me alone, can't you?

So this is what it was all about.

That name mean anything to you?

Oh yes, David.

I read the papers.

- Barney found it. - Where?

In front of the house. What am I gonna do with it?

Only one thing you can do with it.

Take it to the police.

No, I won't do that.

You'll have to, David.

They're going to find out.

Not unless someone tells them.

Somebody always does tell them.

She's dead, isn't she?

She doesn't need her watch anymore.

I don't want them swarming

over the place questioning everyone, even the children.

I don't want anything more to do with the police.

Why go back to all that?

That's over and done with.

It's never done with once you've seen it happen.

I've seen her lying there beside the road dead

with her head hanging limp.

Everyone knew that was an accident.

What makes you so sure?

The police weren't.

They don't know you as well as I do, David.

Come on, let's forget it.

Here, this is what you need.

Maybe you'd better let me give

that watch to the police.

I can say I found it.

It wouldn't work.

You said yourself, they always find out.

How do you do?

Is Mr. Fielding in?

I'm sorry, he isn't.

Be back soon, won't he?

Well, I don't know.

I'll wait.

Does Mr. Fielding know you?

Yes, he knows me.

I'll wait in the library.

Hello, hello?

Yes.

Yes, this is the Fielding house.

Oh, you wanna speak to Miss Howard?

Barney?

How many times do I have to tell you

to stay away from the telephone?

It's for you.

It's the agency.

This is Miss Howard.

Not until this afternoon?

But please do the best you can.

We need a made as soon as possible.

Thank you.

Goodbye.

Good morning, Mr. Fielding.

Guess you know why I'm here.

Do I?

I'm working on the Salem Alley murder.

We got a phone call about that watch.

Any particular reason why you didn't bring it in?

Suppose I haven't got it.

I heard different.

Come on, Mr. Fielding.

You can't withhold evidence from the police.

You ought to know that better than most people.

I know what police evidence

is worth better than most people.

You taught me that, Sullivan.

Did I?

Well, your wife's death

had to be investigated. Mr. Fielding,

just like any other death,

for such things as planned accidents, dark nights,

a road is slick, there's a fog,

car goes over an embankment.

This woman in Salem Alley,

her neck was broken, too.

All she did was fall off the sidewalk into the gutter.

Well, that couldn't have been an accident.

Could it?

Why ask me?

You don't think I knew this woman, do you?

I never saw her alive or dead.

It's possible.

It's the same.

You had her watch.

According to my information.

Maybe you better check your information.

Okay, Mr. Fielding.

Don't ever think I won't.

When I do, I'll be back.

Sure, anytime.

Just break a window and climb in.

No, I won't do that.

I'll just ring the bell and somebody will let me in,

just like they did this time.

Bye.

Mr. Fielding-

I guess he was right at that.

Well, I couldn't very- - Forget it.

How soon can you pack and be ready to leave?

Leave?

Yes, I wanna get Barney and Ellen outta here right away.

You might have thought a little about the children

before you called the police.

There's a train at 8:20.

Very well, we'll be ready.

David?

Yes?

Do you really think I called the police?

What do you expect me to think?

I'm not going to Grandma's.

You are too! - I'm not going anywhere.

Isn't he difficult, Miss Liz?

Oh, he's just being silly.

Of course he'll go.

When we get there. We can ride the pony.

Has Grandma got a pony?

It's my pony.

She gave it to me and I ride him every morning.

Shall I open it? - No, I'll go.

He's my pony too.

Grandma said I could ride him.

Good afternoon.

Is this the fielding house? - Yes.

You're looking for a general house worker?

Won't you come in?

You go upstairs, children.

Start packing.

I'll be with you in a moment.

Yes, Miss Howard.

Did you bring references?

I've never done housework before.

I worked in an office and then my eyes went bad on me.

We need somebody to clean and serve.

Then it's no use.

I couldn't serve.

Perhaps you won't need to.

There won't be much to do.

Mr. Fielding will be alone in the house for a few days.

Would you like to try it?

I might as well.

What's your name?

Mary Saunders.

I'll show you your room.

Ouch.

Ouch, Barney, you're hurting me.

Then promise you won't tell.

I promise.

Say it.

Say, "I promise, cross my heart,

and hope to die in a cell full of rats."

I promise, cross my heart and hope

to die in a cellar full of rats.

David, I have to talk to you.

Here are the tickets.

I've wired my mother you're coming.

I'll drive you to the train.

David- - You'll like my mother.

She'll try and spoil you the way she does the children.

Be quite a change for you

after what you've gone through in this house.

David, listen to me.

I didn't call the police.

It's all right.

It isn't all right.

I won't have you thinking that about me.

Why should you care? What I think?

But I do care.

And what I said last night, David, wasn't true.

It can't be.

Hello?

Well, this is Mr. Fielding.

What?

Maybe tomorrow?

Yes, I'll tell Miss Howard.

Right.

Who was that?

The employment agency.

Something about a maid they haven't been able to send.

They haven't sent anybody?

Or what's the matter? - Then how did that girl...

David, what does Maxine look like?

Maxine?

You were a good boy to call me about Lily.

You sure you haven't told anyone Barney?

I didn't see it work to anybody, cross my heart.

You were a good boy.

Ellen told something.

Ellen?

What did she say?

Told about the watch.

What watch, Barney?

The one the old woman dropped.

I saw her and I saw him run after her too.

The man from the empty house,

that was him who killed her.

Killed her?

Barney, you didn't see that?

Did so.

He came out of our house and chased her,

honest he did.

Go to your room, Barney.

So, you did tell him I was here?

Come on Son, out.

I thought I told you to stay away from this house.

Yes.

I like your house.

I'll give you just five minutes to get out of it.

What's the hurry?

You need help, don't you?

The new governess said so.

Not bad is she?

Come on, get your things together.

Is this all you brought?

I wasn't intending to stay.

I just dropped in to look around.

I'm a girl that likes to know what goes on.

You've done all the looking around you're

gonna do in this house.

Maybe. I've done all I need to.

You'd be surprised what I've got out of this little visit.

The nice thing about information is,

there are such a lot of things you can do with it,

besides giving it to the cops.

Well, look out you don't cut your with it.

Now, get out.

I'll go when I'm ready.

Miss Liz, What I do?

This bag won't close.

All right, clear, I'll help you.

Maxine, don't go.

I don't want you to go.

Get outta my way, tattletale.

You said I was a good boy.

I told you I would chase the old woman.

You shut your big mouth.

I did too, see me come outta her house and chase-

Shut up!

Barney-

I did everything she told me.

I opened the door for him every night.

I was a good boy, and then she hit me.

Oh, please don't cry, Barney.

Go to your room clear and wait 'til I come back...

She's my enemy.

I hate her.

David?

David?

Maxine?

Maxine?

Maxine?

Open up, Dr. Evans!

Miss Howard, whatever's the matter?

She's lying out there.

She's dead! - Who?

What do you mean?

Miss Howard, what is it?

What are you talking about?

I knew something would happen.

He wouldn't listen.

No one would listen to me- - Stop that!

Now, try and tell me what happened?

He's killed Maxine.

She's lying out there.

Okay.

Know anybody who had it in for this dame, Doctor?

I hardly knew her.

I did.

You seen Fielding around?

No, why?

I just asked.

Don't be a fool, Sullivan.

Is that what I am?

Mr. Fielding, please.

He went out.

You know where I can find him? It's important.

No.

When did he go out?

Quite awhile ago.

Could you be a little more definite, please?

An hour at least.

Thank you.

Can we go to Grandma's tomorrow?

Yes, dear. Now, go to sleep.

Goodnight.

Goodnight, Miss Liz.

Miss Liz?

Yes, Barney?

You're not my enemy anymore.

I never was.

You should have known that.

I'm a bad boy.

No, you're not.

Yes, I am.

I'm as bad as I can be.

Oh, Barney,

Miss Howard?

Try to go to sleep now, Barney.

Can you come down, please?

Yes, Doctor.

Did you check all the windows and the back door?

Yes, Doctor. Everything's locked.

All right, Budge, you better get back to the office.

Yes, Doctor.

Still no sign of David?

No.

I wish I knew where he was.

Oh, don't worry.

I can give the police all the information they need,

and they have till tomorrow.

Mrs. Tygarth is here.

She insisted on coming over.

You poor dear.

If I'd known you were here alone, I'd have come sooner.

Oh, stop fussing, Marian.

Miss Howard will be all right, won't you?

Yes, thank you.

Good girl.

You'd better bolt this door.

I'll look in later.

It's so quiet out there now.

And just a little while ago, she-

Close the door, dear.

Try not to think about it.

It was kind of you to come, Mrs. Tygarth.

I was only too glad to.

There's a fire in the living room.

Oh, how nice.

It's turned quite cold tonight.

If only I could have gotten to her sooner.

No, please, my dear.

He must have been waiting out there for her,

if only she had told somebody who he was.

You mustn't talk about it anymore.

Why, what a lovely fire.

Nice and cosy in here.

I always did like this house when I lived next door.

12 years is a long time, isn't it?

Yes, it is.

You're still worrying, aren't you?

Yes, I suppose I am.

It's about the children, isn't it?

Don't you want to go up and see if they're all right?

No, I'm sure they're asleep.

Oh, well do go.

You mustn't treat me like company, my dear.

You better answer that.

It might be David.

I'm going to give him back my wages.

Do you know where he is?

No.

Then how will you give him back his money?

I'm going to leave it for him in the empty house.

Was it David?

No, it wasn't.

That's the tune the hurdy-gurdy was playing.

But I thought you said you hated it.

Oh, I was just being silly.

It's really a lovely old tune.

Do you know it?

I haven't played it in ages.

Now I remember it.

That's it.

Please play the rest of it.

That's lovely, my dear.

Even though it does bring back that last night,

my husband and I had been quarrelling all day.

It was horrible.

And all day the sound of the hammering had gone on.

Hammering?

Oh, please go on playing.

They were boarding up the windows.

We were leaving early in the morning.

The Commodore had sent the servants away.

It was almost as though he'd planned it himself.

The next morning I locked up the house

and said that my husband had gone on ahead.

But Mrs. Tygarth, didn't you tell me

your husband had died abroad?

How could he?

He never went abroad.

He never went away at all.

He died in that house,

and the man who killed him is in there now.

Don't stop, even for a moment.

I told him I'd keep you playing.

If that piano stops, he'll start back here.

He'll kill us, the way he killed the others.

The murderer's never sure.

He had to go back just once more.

And tonight was his last chance.

He made me help him.

He thinks I wouldn't dare give him away.

He thinks I'm afraid.

He'll find out how afraid I am.

Keep right on playing.

I'm going to call the police.

It's our only chance,

the only way to keep him in there until they come.

Miss Liz?

Ellen, what are you doing here?

I'm lonely.

Where's Barney?

He's gone to the empty house.

The empty house?

Are you sure?

Sit down, Ellen.

Now play your piece, the one you play so nicely.

Yes, Miss Liz.

That's right, dear.

Now, just keep on playing until I come back.

Blood isn't so easy to get rid of is it?

Even after 12 years.

But you've done it, haven't you?

It's all gone.

Every trace of it.

And when they open these windows tomorrow,

nobody will ever dream

that an old man was murdered in this room.

It was worth coming back for, wasn't it?

One last time to be sure, to feel quite safe.

You'd feel even safer if you killed me

the way you killed that old woman

when she saw you come out of here

and that girl tonight because she knew too much.

I'd be next, I suppose.

Well, it isn't going to be like that.

They're going to find you here with this gun beside you

and that'll tell them all they need to know.

Take that light-

- Barney? - He's after me, run!

Run!

Barney, Barney?

Don't stop.

He'll catch us!

Barney, Barney! - He's got a gun.

He'll kill us!

Ellen!

Ellen, come up here at once!

He was after me, I saw him.

You saw him?

I saw him just as clear as clear.

Barney, tell me who is he?

Miss Howard?

Miss Howard?

What's this door doing open?

I told you to bolt it.

But I did bold it.

Who opened it then?

David?

Where's Mrs. Tygarth?

Have you you lost your tongue? Where is she?

You mean the man who killed her husband in that house?

And then she said she was going to call the police,

but she couldn't have could she, or they'd be here.

I'll soon find out.

I see.

She didn't call them.

Yes, I know you are.

Well, you'd better get out here right away.

They're looking for David.

They're wrong, Dr. Evans.

It can't be.

Can't it?

I wish it weren't.

I wish it even more than you do.

David?

I'd like to speak to Dr. Evans, alone.

Please.

They're looking for you. - Yes, I know.

Tonight when I saw Sullivan coming

toward this house, I knew what he wanted.

Well, it looks as if he was going to get it,

doesn't it, Charles?

Does it?

You can hide a thing for just so long, can't you?

And then they find out.

Someone always tells them.

You said that yourself, remember?

Yes, I remember.

Here.

Coal dust from the cellar.

Cellar?

I wasn't wearing gloves.

So that's what you were.

Strange, isn't it, what fear can do to a man?

Well, not just little things

like keeping a watch from the police.

Fear could do that to anybody, even an innocent man.

I dare say it could.

But if he wasn't innocent,

suppose he'd killed someone a long time ago.

David, what are you talking about?

You mean who am I talking about?

I wasn't sure until now.

I'm talking about the man

who helped Marian Tygarth kill her husband 12 years ago.

You thought she was in love with you didn't you, Charles?

Then when you found out the truth, it was too late,

but at least the house

was still locked up and you were safe.

And then suddenly it's gonna be opened

with murder still in there.

And so little time, just days, then hours.

You knew Sullivan would suspect me.

You'd seen to that.

It was so easy for you to use my house,

to bribe my servant, even my little boy.

Barney, get out of here.

Daddy.

Go on upstairs, do you hear me?

I was in that house and heard

what Marian said before you killed her.

You're still the only one that knows, David.

Here, here are my wages.

Give the money to me, Son.

You're a good boy.

Now, run along.

Sullivan's a little late, as usual.

About 12 years late.

Well, I was the one that called him, wasn't I David?

Where's Fielding?

You don't want Fielding.

David?

It's all right now, Elizabeth.

Daddy?

Are you coming with us to Grandmas?

You'd better ask Miss Liz.

She's gonna have a lot to say about things from now on.

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