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(orchestral music)

(orchestral music)

(birds chirping)

(birds chirping)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(people speaking indistinctly)

- Harry, give me the phone, please.

- Harry, give me the phone, please.

Betty, get me George Evans right away.

He's got his crew the the new building.

He's got his crew the the new building.

(buzzer rings)

(buzzer rings)

- [Operator] George?

- Hmm?

Evans.

Evans.

No, Mr. Spence, I sure didn't.

No, Mr. Spence, I sure didn't.

Mansion house?

How can that be?

How can that be?

Well I'll go right down and check it and call you back.

Well I'll go right down and check it and call you back.

(orchestral music)

(orchestral music)

(birds chirping)

(birds chirping)

- So I said, "Let me see your ID."

(Linc chuckling)

I wasn't kidding.

I wasn't kidding.

That's when she kissed me.

I said, "I'm sorry, we don't serve minors."

I said, "I'm sorry, we don't serve minors."

She said, "I love you, that's not minor."

She said, "I love you, that's not minor."

Now there are tears in her eyes

and that's when she went for her father.

and that's when she went for her father.

- And she's only 15?

- He took me aside.

- He took me aside.

He said, "Young man,

"I understand the life of a social director

"during the season here at Poland Springs

"during the season here at Poland Springs

"can be fraught with all types of unique problems,

"can be fraught with all types of unique problems,

"of which Binky is probably the most unique."

"of which Binky is probably the most unique."

- Binky?

- That's his daughter's name, the one who's chasing me.

He said, "Don't discourage her.

He said, "Don't discourage her.

"She needs a lesson, not an explanation."

"She needs a lesson, not an explanation."

I said, "Sir, sir, your daughter is only a child.

I said, "Sir, sir, your daughter is only a child.

"You oughta be ashamed."

He said, "Shame is a judgmental word."

He said, "Shame is a judgmental word."

See, he's an analyst.

Anyway, he said, "I trust you, Stiles.

Anyway, he said, "I trust you, Stiles.

"You'll walk a careful line, won't you?"

"You'll walk a careful line, won't you?"

We had to leave it then because Binky came rushing in

and kissed me right in front of him and--

and kissed me right in front of him and--

- [Linc] Bye.

- He just stood there and smiled!

- He just stood there and smiled!

(horse vocalizing)

(horse vocalizing)

- Leo?

Put Hershey in number one stall.

- Yes, ma'am.

- We were all wondering when the horses would arrive.

- We were all wondering when the horses would arrive.

My boys love to ride.

I can guarantee you a waiting list of customers.

I can guarantee you a waiting list of customers.

- Your boys?

You don't look old enough.

- 60 of 'em.

- 60 of 'em.

Count 'em, 60.

I'm nextdoor at the caddy camp.

I'm nextdoor at the caddy camp.

Summer counselor.

Linc Case.

(soft music)

(soft music)

(horse vocalizing)

- You may close the gate now, Linc Case.

- You may close the gate now, Linc Case.

Leo?

Leo, put Calico down here.

Leo, put Calico down here.

- Mr. Spence?

Well, Mr. Spence, whoever did it broke the lock

and fried up furnace number two.

and fried up furnace number two.

First time in 30 years.

Don't make no sense at all.

Don't make no sense at all.

Yes, sir.

We'll put a new lock on.

- A sudden wind on Middle Range Lake.

- A sudden wind on Middle Range Lake.

The September sunset.

The September sunset.

Remember, George?

A canoe that overturned,

a girl who couldn't swim very well?

a girl who couldn't swim very well?

Well the least a person can do when he saves your life

Well the least a person can do when he saves your life

is to remember, wouldn't you think?

- Morgan?

- Morgan?

Morgan Matheson?

Are you Morgan Matheson?

Are you Morgan Matheson?

- I'm Morgan.

Only last name change.

- Well now as I recall it

that Morgan girl was about the best horsewoman in Maine.

that Morgan girl was about the best horsewoman in Maine.

Still with horses?

- Still.

- Still.

- I hope she'll stay this time.

- I hope she'll stay this time.

- She will, George.

She will.

(horse vocalizing)

(horse vocalizing)

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

(Morgan gasping)

(Morgan gasping)

Operator, area code for Downing, New York, please.

Operator, area code for Downing, New York, please.

Thank you.

Riverside Institute?

Dr. Martin Herzberg, please.

Tell him Mrs. Morgan Harper, no, no wait.

Tell him Mrs. Morgan Harper, no, no wait.

He wouldn't know that.

Mrs. Morgan Mallory.

Mrs. Morgan Mallory.

Hello?

Hello, doctor?

Hello, doctor?

Maine.

Poland Spring, Maine.

Poland Spring, Maine.

I'm surprised you remember.

I'm surprised you remember.

The last time we talked was long distance, too.

The last time we talked was long distance, too.

That's right, I called you from Madrid.

That's right, I called you from Madrid.

Eric's got away from you, hasn't he?

Eric's got away from you, hasn't he?

No.

No, I haven't seen, but.

He left a painting here where he'd be sure I'd,

He left a painting here where he'd be sure I'd,

I'd find it.

I'd find it.

Isn't that encouraging?

Isn't that encouraging?

I mean,

if he still wanted to kill me,

if he still wanted to kill me,

wouldn't he have just come here and stayed in the office?

wouldn't he have just come here and stayed in the office?

Well, so I wouldn't find the painting?

Well, so I wouldn't find the painting?

Maybe, maybe he's better.

Oh, no.

His nurse?

His nurse?

(phone drops to floor)

(phone drops to floor)

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

- I'm sorry, Mrs. Harper.

That Calico don't please me none at all.

That Calico don't please me none at all.

All the time showed me the whites of his eyes.

I don't think.

(orchestral music)

(orchestral music)

(soft music)

(metal clangs)

(Morgan grunts)

(Morgan grunts)

(birds chirping)

(birds chirping)

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

Dinah won't you blow

Dinah won't you blow

Dinah won't you blow

Dinah won't you blow on your horn

Dinah won't you blow on your horn

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah

Someone's

(boys chuckling)

(boys chuckling)

- What's the matter?

- Just hold me.

- These woods can get spooky, especially around sunset.

- These woods can get spooky, especially around sunset.

Engine or flat?

- Don't let me go, please.

- Don't let me go, please.

- Well if there's something out there that's frightened you,

why don't I go take a look?

- No thank you, Linc Case.

- No thank you, Linc Case.

Just take me home.

Just take me home.

Please.

(soft music)

(soft music)

- Out and in back.

- Don't stop!

- It will only take a couple of minutes to change that tire.

- It will only take a couple of minutes to change that tire.

- Just keep on driving.

(people speaking indistinctly)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(birds chirping)

(birds chirping)

(soft music)

(soft music)

- Stiles!

Are you hiding?

My social director hiding?

My social director hiding?

- Uh, no.

I was just scratching my back.

I was just scratching my back.

I think I've picked up a summer rash.

- Hope it's not contagious.

- Hope it's not contagious.

- There now.

- Dr., Mrs. Klein.

- Aren't you hungry, darling?

- Not especially.

- Not especially.

- I haven't eaten a thing since I first met you.

You can really lose weight when you're in love.

You can really lose weight when you're in love.

You can really lose weight when you're in love.

You have such strong, beautiful hands.

You have such strong, beautiful hands.

Kiss me!

Love lobster.

Love lobster.

Until now, I've always believed that a person's first duty

Until now, I've always believed that a person's first duty

was to themself, you know?

A never-ending search for identity,

A never-ending search for identity,

a quest for self-knowledge.

But I outgrew that nonsense the minute I saw you.

But I outgrew that nonsense the minute I saw you.

I knew without words, without explanations

I knew without words, without explanations

that a woman's prime responsibility is not to herself,

but to a man, one man,

but to a man, one man,

the only man, her first love, her true love.

the only man, her first love, her true love.

- Would you pass the butter, please?

- Would you pass the butter, please?

- All right, be evasive.

- All right, be evasive.

I can appreciate your confusion.

You look at me and you think, what can she have learned

You look at me and you think, what can she have learned

about anything in 16 short years?

But people can learn in one instant.

Experience is nothing but, but

Experience is nothing but, but

a swift flash of insight, if a person is tuned in.

a swift flash of insight, if a person is tuned in.

And what if each of my moments

is equivalent to the average person's week?

is equivalent to the average person's week?

That'd make me ancient, wouldn't it?

That'd make me ancient, wouldn't it?

- Actually, Binky, I find you irresistible.

- Actually, Binky, I find you irresistible.

- That's below your level, Tod.

Condescending, teasing, that's not you.

Condescending, teasing, that's not you.

- The fact is I'm married.

- The fact is I'm married.

- Mr. Spence let me see your personnel record.

- [Tod] How dare he!

- [Tod] How dare he!

(jaunty music)

(jaunty music)

(jaunty music)

- Scar tissue around the eyes.

- Scar tissue around the eyes.

One eye, one eye is gone.

One eye, one eye is gone.

He had an accident,

He had an accident,

a very bad accident.

- Well, he sure doesn't sound like a hard one to spot.

- Well, he sure doesn't sound like a hard one to spot.

I'm leaving Deputy Stone here

I'm leaving Deputy Stone here

in case he tries to make contact again.

in case he tries to make contact again.

I guess I don't have to tell you, stay close.

I guess I don't have to tell you, stay close.

Don't go off the hotel grounds until we get him.

Don't go off the hotel grounds until we get him.

Stone.

- I'm going to get cleaned up and have some dinner.

- I'm going to get cleaned up and have some dinner.

I guess you're not very hungry

but maybe you'd like some company.

but maybe you'd like some company.

- Top drawer of the filing cabinet.

- Top drawer of the filing cabinet.

There's a bottle.

Shot glasses should be there, too.

Shot glasses should be there, too.

(drawer opening and closing)

(drawer opening and closing)

I keep it for company.

- Company.

- Company.

- The world's full of company, Linc Case.

- The world's full of company, Linc Case.

Young men who have time to offer

Young men who have time to offer

and nothing else.

and nothing else.

Strong, young shoulders to cry on.

Strong, young shoulders to cry on.

On Corfu, Majorca, in Sicily.

On Corfu, Majorca, in Sicily.

The streets, the bars, the cafes, the ski slopes.

The streets, the bars, the cafes, the ski slopes.

They all have plenty of time.

They all have plenty of time.

You can waste your life away,

a weekend here, a month there,

a weekend here, a month there,

and never know what happened to it or to you.

and never know what happened to it or to you.

So I came back where I started

So I came back where I started

when I was a girl and I had nothing but time to give.

when I was a girl and I had nothing but time to give.

One for the road?

- Do you want me to go quietly?

- Do you want me to go quietly?

- Actually I don't want you to go at all.

- Actually I don't want you to go at all.

There's nothing in the world I'd rather do

There's nothing in the world I'd rather do

than have dinner with you.

(soft music)

(soft music)

But close the door on the way out.

But close the door on the way out.

And don't ask me again.

And don't ask me again.

Just stay away from me.

(orchestral music)

(orchestral music)

- Broke this one, too, Mr. Spence.

- Broke this one, too, Mr. Spence.

The size of that fire,

he must have shoved a quarter ton of coal in there.

he must have shoved a quarter ton of coal in there.

- Why?

- Kids, maybe?

- I'm going to put one of your men in here.

- I'm going to put one of your men in here.

Keep him out of sight and see that he can spell.

Around the clock, George, I want this room watched

Around the clock, George, I want this room watched

until we find out what this is all about.

until we find out what this is all about.

- Clothes off the line.

- Clothes off the line.

Very good, very good.

Stop writing on the walls.

Stop writing on the walls.

Clothes off the bunk.

(fingers snap)

Put the yarn away.

Straighten your blankets.

Straighten your blankets.

Very good.

Dismissed.

- [Boy] Let's go!

- [Boy] Get the ball!

- Aren't you even interested why I'm here?

- Aren't you even interested why I'm here?

- [Linc] Why?

- Since you insist, I'll tell ya.

- Since you insist, I'll tell ya.

- No, I mean why should I ask?

- No, I mean why should I ask?

- [Tod] Common courtesy.

- I got a date with man's best friend.

- I got a date with man's best friend.

- Mrs. Harper.

- A horse.

- A horse.

- Dogs are man's best friend, not horses.

- Dogs are man's best friend, not horses.

- You can't ride a dog, you can ride a horse.

- You and I, good buddy, are gonna swap jobs.

- You and I, good buddy, are gonna swap jobs.

- You and I, good buddy, are gonna swap jobs.

- Oh?

- Well you need the experience of meeting people.

You need to broaden your horizons.

You need to broaden your horizons.

You need to open up, old man.

You need to open up, old man.

What is this, inspecting a bunch of kids

to see if they can make hospital corners on their cots,

to see if they can make hospital corners on their cots,

to make sure their socks and their sweatshirts are washed?

to make sure their socks and their sweatshirts are washed?

There's no growth in a job like that.

There's no growth in a job like that.

- Binky's really bugging you, huh?

- Binky?

- Binky?

What's Binky?

- [Linc] Ask her, she's right behind you.

- [Tod] Huh?

- [Tod] Huh?

(jaunty music)

- You need to open up more, old man.

And watch those horizons, hear?

And watch those horizons, hear?

- They told me the road to the farm is impossible,

- They told me the road to the farm is impossible,

so unless you want to ride along with us,

you'll just have have the take my word for it

you'll just have have the take my word for it

that's there's nothing to worry about.

We'll be back before dark.

We'll be back before dark.

- I've never been on a horse, Mrs. Harper.

The least you can do is wait till I call the Sheriff

The least you can do is wait till I call the Sheriff

so he can shoot Andy over here to ride along with ya.

so he can shoot Andy over here to ride along with ya.

- I've asked you to find Eric, not quarantine me.

- I've asked you to find Eric, not quarantine me.

When I made the decision to come back home to Poland Spring,

When I made the decision to come back home to Poland Spring,

there were a great number of collateral decisions

that went along with the main decision.

that went along with the main decision.

One of them was that I would live my life,

One of them was that I would live my life,

what's left of it, without being afraid.

what's left of it, without being afraid.

No more fear.

Not fear of loneliness,

not even fear of myself.

not even fear of myself.

Another was to restore the farm my family had for 136 years.

Another was to restore the farm my family had for 136 years.

I'm going to ride up there, look that farm over,

I'm going to ride up there, look that farm over,

and see what's needed.

Then start getting it done.

Not tomorrow, not next month,

Not tomorrow, not next month,

but right now.

(soft music)

(soft music)

Anyway, Leo will be with me.

Anyway, Leo will be with me.

- Tell her to get down off that horse and stay put

till we collar this maniac!

till we collar this maniac!

Sheriff's office, please.

(horse vocalizing)

(horse vocalizing)

Andy's down in Portland?

But I can't ride, Sheriff.

But I can't ride, Sheriff.

Yes, sir, right away, sir.

Yes, sir, right away, sir.

You do that pretty well.

- You're talking to a Texan, sir.

- You're talking to a Texan, sir.

- [Deputy Stone] Can you saddle another one?

- Another time.

If I don't hurry, I'll lose 'em.

If I don't hurry, I'll lose 'em.

- I know where they're going.

(orchestral music)

- Very impressive.

- Very impressive.

All you need is a cape billowing behind you.

- Never travel without one.

- Never travel without one.

- I thought I made myself fairly clear last night.

- I thought I made myself fairly clear last night.

- I thought I made myself fairly clear last night.

- You know, I remember when I was six.

- You know, I remember when I was six.

There was a closet in the back bedroom of our house.

There was a closet in the back bedroom of our house.

Well one night when nobody was home, the moment came

Well one night when nobody was home, the moment came

when I had to face the monster I knew was in that closet.

when I had to face the monster I knew was in that closet.

So I went in the room and stood in front of the door

So I went in the room and stood in front of the door

for 10 minutes until I got up enough courage to open it.

for 10 minutes until I got up enough courage to open it.

And there it was.

Biggest, most horrible-looking monster that ever existed.

Biggest, most horrible-looking monster that ever existed.

I sit there petrified and alone.

I sit there petrified and alone.

I wanted to yell and I couldn't make a sound.

I wanted to yell and I couldn't make a sound.

Last night you looked how I felt that night

Last night you looked how I felt that night

when I was six years old.

when I was six years old.

- Don't you understand?

- Don't you understand?

I don't want to need anyone.

(soft music)

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

(Morgan crying)

(Morgan crying)

(soft music)

(soft music)

(birds chirping)

- [Pastor] The Earth and the sea shall give up their dead

- [Pastor] The Earth and the sea shall give up their dead

and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in him

and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in him

shall be changed and made like unto his own glorious body.

shall be changed and made like unto his own glorious body.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God

and the communion of the Holly Spirit be with you all.

and the communion of the Holly Spirit be with you all.

Amen.

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

- Would you care to sign our guestbook?

- Would you care to sign our guestbook?

- You have paintings in that room on the third floor.

- You have paintings in that room on the third floor.

- Oh you've been here before.

Yes, some of them are quite lovely, aren't they?

Yes, some of them are quite lovely, aren't they?

But most people don't want to take the trouble

to climb the stairs.

to climb the stairs.

- In 1943, one August afternoon I came out of that door,

- In 1943, one August afternoon I came out of that door,

just as she came in from the outside.

just as she came in from the outside.

- That sounds most romantic.

What happened?

- We lived happily ever after.

- We lived happily ever after.

- Oh, then this is a second honeymoon, your coming back?

- Oh, then this is a second honeymoon, your coming back?

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(people speaking indistinctly)

- How's your backhand?

We take on the winners.

We take on the winners.

- Can you get away?

- Can you get away?

- Sure.

- I hardly know you.

- Who knows anybody?

- Who knows anybody?

- I mean, what do you dream about?

What do you hope for?

What do you hope for?

- Well if I get 10% of it I'm ahead of the game.

- Well if I get 10% of it I'm ahead of the game.

- Any special girl?

- No special girl.

- No special girl.

- What if you never got that 10%?

- What if you never got that 10%?

- Some people don't.

I'd be one of 'em.

- I'm trying to get up enough courage to ask you to,

- I'm trying to get up enough courage to ask you to,

well, to do something that could end all your dreams.

well, to do something that could end all your dreams.

(Morgan sighs)

(Morgan sighs)

I've got to find Eric,

talk to him before him he kills somebody else.

talk to him before him he kills somebody else.

Or before he gets killed himself.

I went to see the Sheriff today.

I went to see the Sheriff today.

"Give me one of your young men," I asked him.

"Give me one of your young men," I asked him.

"Let him go with me while I look for Eric."

"Let him go with me while I look for Eric."

He got very angry.

He got very angry.

He told me stay put in my stable.

He told me stay put in my stable.

"My stakeouts, my roadblocks will trap Eric," he said.

"My stakeouts, my roadblocks will trap Eric," he said.

But he doesn't know him.

He doesn't know how sensitive he is, how

He doesn't know how sensitive he is, how

perceptive.

"I'm not sending anyone out to play games with your maniac."

"I'm not sending anyone out to play games with your maniac."

That's what he told me.

That's what he told me.

"None of my boys is a pigeon, Mrs. Harper."

"None of my boys is a pigeon, Mrs. Harper."

(soft music)

Is there no limit to guilt?

Is there no limit to guilt?

Guess not.

Else,

why would I ask you to help me, Linc Case?

why would I ask you to help me, Linc Case?

Why I say to you please,

please,

please,

please help me?

(people speaking indistinctly)

(people speaking indistinctly)

- Guess who?

- Guess who?

(Binky chuckling)

(Binky chuckling)

- Well you won't have to do another good deed all day,

will you, you little charmer?

will you, you little charmer?

Now would you get me some more coffee,

Now would you get me some more coffee,

if it won't cut into playtime too much?

if it won't cut into playtime too much?

- Here's the 40 I owe you.

- Here's the 40 I owe you.

- I thank you and Binky thanks you.

- I thank you and Binky thanks you.

Now we can get that magnificent set of sterling

we've always wanted.

we've always wanted.

- Extra set of car keys, bank book,

- Extra set of car keys, bank book,

and a letter to my mother,

but don't mail it unless you have to.

- The only thing you've forgotten

- The only thing you've forgotten

is a last will and testament,

like what do I do with your ranger jump boots?

like what do I do with your ranger jump boots?

Where do you think you're going?

Where do you think you're going?

- With Morgan to find Eric.

- With Morgan to find Eric?

- With Morgan to find Eric?

Why?

Why?

- Because she asked me.

(orchestral music)

(orchestral music)

(soft music)

(birds chirping)

(birds chirping)

- We used to have only one ticket booth,

- We used to have only one ticket booth,

on that side.

My picture used to be here in a frame like this.

My picture used to be here in a frame like this.

I remember I had butterflies that night.

I remember I had butterflies that night.

It was my first time on stage.

It was my first time on stage.

Eric sat up there in the balcony.

Eric sat up there in the balcony.

The lights were so bright

The lights were so bright

that I couldn't see him sitting up there painting me.

that I couldn't see him sitting up there painting me.

When the performance was over, he came down,

When the performance was over, he came down,

then as we were still taking curtain calls

then as we were still taking curtain calls

he handed me the painting.

I remember thinking, "Am I that beautiful?"

I remember thinking, "Am I that beautiful?"

And suddenly Eric said, "You are to me,"

And suddenly Eric said, "You are to me,"

just as though he could read my thoughts.

(soft music)

(soft music)

The play closed after Labor Day.

Eric and I were married in October.

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

(people speaking indistinctly)

(people speaking indistinctly)

- I am not leaving!

- I am not leaving!

- Get in the car, honey.

- Get in the car, honey.

Now say that again.

- I'm not leaving, I'm not ever leaving!

- I'm not leaving, I'm not ever leaving!

- I want you to know, Binky,

that for 16 years I have cherished and adored you.

that for 16 years I have cherished and adored you.

I have lavished upon you the essence of all my scholarship,

I have lavished upon you the essence of all my scholarship,

the distilled learning

of centuries of Judeo-Christian philosophy,

of centuries of Judeo-Christian philosophy,

the psychic revelations of Freud,

the psychic revelations of Freud,

the revisionism of subsequent schools of human behaviorism.

the revisionism of subsequent schools of human behaviorism.

I have done this, I earnestly believe,

not out of parental guilt but out of my love for you,

and I now with that same love tell you to get into this car

and I now with that same love tell you to get into this car

and knock off this nonsense

and knock off this nonsense

or I shall in plain sight of everyone take you over my knee

and whale the living daylights out of you.

(Binky crying)

(Binky crying)

It's a count of three, Binky, then no mercy.

One.

Two.

Two.

- Tod!

(Dr. Klein sighs)

- Three.

- Three.

- Oh!

Oh Tod, I knew you wouldn't let me go!

Oh Tod, I knew you wouldn't let me go!

- Binky, knock off the tears.

I have a problem a friend of mine who's in real trouble.

I have a problem a friend of mine who's in real trouble.

I have a list.

I have a list.

These are things I absolutely hate to do.

I also know they happen to be things you love to do.

I also know they happen to be things you love to do.

Water skiing.

Water skiing.

I have water on the knee, same problem in the snow.

There's horseback riding, a slipped disk.

There's horseback riding, a slipped disk.

Tennis, tennis elbow.

Golf, weak wrist.

Golf, weak wrist.

Dancing, two left feet.

Moonlight and flowers just put me to sleep.

Moonlight and flowers just put me to sleep.

Face it, Binky, it'll never work.

Face it, Binky, it'll never work.

- I'll never marry anyone but you.

- I'll never marry anyone but you.

- [Tod] Goodbye, Binky.

- [Tod] Goodbye, Binky.

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- They say this is the purest water in the world.

- They say this is the purest water in the world.

"Our love," he said, "is pure, like this water.

"Our love," he said, "is pure, like this water.

"Eternal."

We went to New York

We went to New York

and I began to see how different we was from other men.

and I began to see how different we was from other men.

He was preoccupied

trying to isolate one single theme and paint it.

trying to isolate one single theme and paint it.

trying to isolate one single theme and paint it.

His theme was love

and I was his model.

and I was his model.

He saw everything through me,

He saw everything through me,

but with me alone he couldn't capture what he wanted.

but with me alone he couldn't capture what he wanted.

He brought in young men to pose with me.

He brought in young men to pose with me.

Made them hold me, kiss me while he painted.

Made them hold me, kiss me while he painted.

There was, there was this one young man.

There was, there was this one young man.

With him and with me, Eric began to paint his masterwork.

With him and with me, Eric began to paint his masterwork.

With him and with me, Eric began to paint his masterwork.

The Colors of Love, he called it.

No wonder.

Eric found out.

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

For an hour he didn't say a word

For an hour he didn't say a word

while I cried and asked for forgiveness.

while I cried and asked for forgiveness.

Then quite calmly he walked over to the drapes

Then quite calmly he walked over to the drapes

and set fire to them with his lighter.

and set fire to them with his lighter.

One by one he started throwing his paintings

One by one he started throwing his paintings

into the flames.

into the flames.

I tried to run out but he forced me back into the studio.

I tried to run out but he forced me back into the studio.

I got out through the skylight.

I got out through the skylight.

A panel of glass fell on his face.

A panel of glass fell on his face.

- I don't blame you for that, Morgan.

- I don't blame you for that, Morgan.

I paint better with one eye.

How's the old saying,

how blue the day is to the eye that's been blinded?

how blue the day is to the eye that's been blinded?

- Eric, let him go.

- Eric, let him go.

I'll come with you.

I'll come with you.

(rifle cocks)

- Do you love him?

- Do you love him?

- I love you.

- We'll take your car.

- We'll take your car.

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

- He's a big guy with broad shoulders, blue eyes,

and a soft head.

and a soft head.

He's traveling with a woman,

one of those handsome mid-40 jobs in a Cadi convertible.

one of those handsome mid-40 jobs in a Cadi convertible.

Does that ring any bells?

Does that ring any bells?

- No.

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

- Get me the Sheriff's office.

- Get me the Sheriff's office.

- Larson, dead?

- I couldn't see too good through the window

with all the coal dust on him,

with all the coal dust on him,

but I sure could see it was Larson,

in the bin there with his head all caved in.

And over in the corner

And over in the corner

is this guy with a shotgun busy painting

and he's got Morgan and the Case kid

and he's got Morgan and the Case kid

backed up against the furnace.

backed up against the furnace.

- Betty, get the Sheriff on the line.

- [Betty] Yes, sir.

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

- Uh, darling.

- Uh, darling.

Get, get in close to the furnace, please.

Get, get in close to the furnace, please.

I want the pattern of the flames back behind you.

I want the pattern of the flames back behind you.

Yes, yes, that's it, yes.

Yes, yes, that's it, yes.

Now, now, now, now put your arms around her, please.

Now, now, now, now put your arms around her, please.

Don't.

I said arms around her.

Now.

Now look at her.

Now look at her.

Now look, look, look in her eyes.

Let, let your feelings show.

Let, let your feelings show.

Yes, yes.

Yes.

Darling, when I finish this,

how would you like to go to Kashmir?

how would you like to go to Kashmir?

We'll rent a houseboat.

We'll rent a houseboat.

And the lotus grow in the water and minstrels pass by on.

And the lotus grow in the water and minstrels pass by on.

What, what do they call those little boats

What, what do they call those little boats

that they propel around the lakes?

It starts with a D, doesn't it?

It starts with a D, doesn't it?

- I'm sorry, Eric.

I don't know.

- Yes, well maybe we'll find it there

on the surface of their lake,

in the substance of their moon,

in the substance of their moon,

the reflection of love, and I shall pin it to canvass

the reflection of love, and I shall pin it to canvass

and make it last forever in paint.

and make it last forever in paint.

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

And would you like that?

And would you like that?

- Yes, darling.

It sounds wonderful.

It sounds wonderful.

- I've missed you terribly, Morgan.

- I've missed you terribly, Morgan.

I waited all week to paint you.

I waited all week to paint you.

And why did you go out and not tell me?

And why did you go out and not tell me?

- Darling, I only went to the store.

I bought the raisin bread you like so much.

I bought the raisin bread you like so much.

- [Linc] Now!

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

(shot fires)

(shot fires)

- Morgan, don't leave me!

(wind whistling)

(wind whistling)

(soft music)

- If you'd never come to Maine,

- If you'd never come to Maine,

we might never have met.

If you hadn't been an artist,

If you hadn't been an artist,

if you'd been anything else,

if you'd been anything else,

we might have met and had a life of love

we might have met and had a life of love

and some significance.

If I hadn't been so lonely and weak

If I hadn't been so lonely and weak

I might not have destroyed you.

I might not have destroyed you.

(moderate jazz)

(moderate jazz)

- [Announcer] A Screen Gems presentation.

Herbert B. Leonard, Executive Producer.

Herbert B. Leonard, Executive Producer.

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