WEBVTT 00:00:17.899 --> 00:00:25.420 Come in. Welcome. I'm EG Marshall. Welcome to 00:00:25.420 --> 00:00:31.089 The Sound of Suspense. to the fear you can hear. 00:00:31.750 --> 00:00:35.869 Consider this. What is the nature of danger? 00:00:37.270 --> 00:00:41.030 Is it a clear threat to our safety? Or is it 00:00:41.030 --> 00:00:44.490 a murky product of our imagination? And what 00:00:44.490 --> 00:00:48.530 is safety? Do we ever really possess it? Isn't 00:00:48.530 --> 00:00:53.350 there always danger? Our tale is about a little 00:00:53.350 --> 00:00:57.530 old lady who ran from danger. and was pursued 00:00:57.530 --> 00:01:03.670 by a cat. How did you get into this house? Now 00:01:03.670 --> 00:01:07.430 get! I didn't even touch you. What's the matter 00:01:07.430 --> 00:01:11.150 with you? Sooner or later you're going to have 00:01:11.150 --> 00:01:13.769 to get out of my house. Don't you think I want 00:01:13.769 --> 00:01:15.750 to feed you because I'm not? There's nothing 00:01:15.750 --> 00:01:19.569 in the house to eat anyway. How in the world 00:01:19.569 --> 00:01:22.810 did you ever get in here? How am I going to get 00:01:22.810 --> 00:01:37.519 rid of you? Our mystery drama, The Resident, 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:40.200 was written especially for the mystery theater 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:44.180 by Elspeth Eric and stars Carmen Matthews. I'll 00:01:44.180 --> 00:02:00.280 be back shortly with act one. It's hard to live 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:05.819 with danger. Hard if you're old, elderly. Hard 00:02:05.819 --> 00:02:09.560 if you're a woman and hardest if you're alone 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:16.180 Miss Malvina Thrip is elderly a woman and alone 00:02:16.180 --> 00:02:21.000 How many years since I lived in a place with 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:25.199 stairs Forty at the very least How am I going 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:27.180 to navigate up and down six eight times a day 00:02:27.180 --> 00:02:32.180 at my age? Well, I wanted to get out of the city 00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:38.360 and here I am Oh, but it's a nice house. It really 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:44.259 is a nice house. What was that? Was that a cat? 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:48.699 Didn't I hear a cat? I'm sure... All right, Malvina. 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:52.060 You heard a cat. There's nothing surprising about 00:02:52.060 --> 00:02:55.699 hearing a cat, nothing alarming. The thing is 00:02:55.699 --> 00:02:58.580 that I haven't lived in a house since I was a 00:02:58.580 --> 00:03:03.370 child. It makes me feel very alone. Not that 00:03:03.370 --> 00:03:06.310 I'm not used to being alone. I like being alone, 00:03:06.449 --> 00:03:09.270 but in the city there was always somebody around 00:03:09.270 --> 00:03:12.930 other tenants not necessarily anyone you'd want 00:03:12.930 --> 00:03:16.389 to know or or even talk to but but you'd meet 00:03:16.389 --> 00:03:19.490 them maybe in the elevator and and exchange a 00:03:19.490 --> 00:03:24.069 few words Not that I even knew their names or 00:03:24.069 --> 00:03:28.750 cared to also There were the children at school 00:03:28.750 --> 00:03:32.439 But I never knew what to say to them either What 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:36.159 I really liked was to talk to people on buses. 00:03:37.379 --> 00:03:39.460 Because sooner or later one of us had to get 00:03:39.460 --> 00:03:48.159 off. Quiet out there, cat! Cat, go away! Honestly, 00:03:48.180 --> 00:03:52.979 cat, I will not let you in my house. Well, where 00:03:52.979 --> 00:03:56.500 are you? After all that racket, where are you? 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:02.319 Cat? Gone off to howl at somebody else. Well, 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:11.159 good. All that meowing. Well, how in the world 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:14.159 did you get in here? Did you skitter through 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:18.199 the door without my seeing you? My, you're a 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:23.819 big cat, aren't you? Big yellow eyes. And you're 00:04:23.819 --> 00:04:26.839 sitting in my chair, you know that. Get down. 00:04:27.860 --> 00:04:39.050 Get off my chair. Could that be? Maybe somebody 00:04:39.050 --> 00:04:43.230 looking for you. I devoutly hope so. Mailman! 00:04:44.069 --> 00:04:47.670 Mail? For me? Well, nobody knows I'm here. I 00:04:47.670 --> 00:04:51.310 just moved in. One letter addressed to resident. 00:04:52.050 --> 00:04:55.050 You the resident of this house? Oh, I'm the resident, 00:04:55.089 --> 00:04:58.589 all right. As of this morning. Here's your letter. 00:04:59.230 --> 00:05:05.449 Thank you. It says, Sam's Garage. Circular. Sam 00:05:05.449 --> 00:05:09.990 runs a good garage. I don't have a car. Better 00:05:09.990 --> 00:05:14.629 luck next time. Mr. Mailman, do you know anybody 00:05:14.629 --> 00:05:19.730 who's lost a cat? You found a cat? It's in my 00:05:19.730 --> 00:05:22.290 house. It doesn't want to leave. Crazy about 00:05:22.290 --> 00:05:26.370 you, huh? I wouldn't say that, no. Maybe if you 00:05:26.370 --> 00:05:29.569 leave the door open, it'll sort of wander out. 00:05:30.189 --> 00:05:33.329 Well, is that safe? To leave the door open? In 00:05:33.329 --> 00:05:38.220 this town? Are you kidding? Well, it's good to 00:05:38.220 --> 00:05:41.480 hear that. I had a cooperative apartment in the 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:44.079 city. Every cent I had was invested in it, and 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:48.480 I traded it for this house, to be safe. Everybody 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:51.600 here was born here and is about to die here. 00:05:52.300 --> 00:05:55.060 I'll inquire around if anybody's lost a cat. 00:05:55.079 --> 00:06:00.819 Thank you. I'd appreciate it. Oh, no. Leave it 00:06:00.819 --> 00:06:08.470 open, he said. Safe, he said. Well, now, cat, 00:06:09.269 --> 00:06:11.730 any time you're ready, the door is open. You 00:06:11.730 --> 00:06:15.990 can... Where are you? Where have you gone to? 00:06:16.889 --> 00:06:19.410 Are you still in this house? Looking for someone? 00:06:20.449 --> 00:06:25.629 Oh! You frightened me. The door was open. I left 00:06:25.629 --> 00:06:29.220 it open for the cat. You have a cat? No, no, 00:06:29.220 --> 00:06:31.439 I don't have a cat. It just showed up here a 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:33.259 little while ago, and it didn't seem about to 00:06:33.259 --> 00:06:37.160 leave, so I... Did you, uh... Did you want something? 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:40.800 Something in particular, Miss... Viola's my name. 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:47.160 Viola? What? I've forgotten. Oh, you have a little 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:49.980 scratch on your arm. Well, the cat did that. 00:06:50.459 --> 00:06:53.600 What did you do to the cat? Well, I just wanted 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:56.339 her to get out of my chair. Why did you? Well, 00:06:56.339 --> 00:07:01.819 it's my favorite chair. No wonder. It's nice. 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:04.699 Oh, you... you don't want to sit in it. Yes, 00:07:04.699 --> 00:07:08.019 I do. Well, it has cat hairs all over it. These 00:07:08.019 --> 00:07:10.100 old dungarees have been up against worse than 00:07:10.100 --> 00:07:13.240 cat hairs. Okay to drop my knapsack here? Oh. 00:07:17.019 --> 00:07:21.740 You... live alone. I just moved in. This morning. 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:26.670 I saw you. You did? I should think you'd want 00:07:26.670 --> 00:07:30.730 a nice cat living here with you. Well, I don't. 00:07:31.029 --> 00:07:33.110 Anyway, it seems to have disappeared. Maybe she 00:07:33.110 --> 00:07:36.209 went upstairs. You think so? I think it's possible. 00:07:36.629 --> 00:07:39.850 Well, I must go and have a look. Good idea. If 00:07:39.850 --> 00:07:44.610 you want to be on your way now... Not quite yet. 00:07:45.470 --> 00:07:48.949 Do you need some money? I have a little in the 00:07:48.949 --> 00:07:53.009 house, not much, but... I just want to sit here 00:07:53.009 --> 00:07:58.879 in this nice chair. You go ahead. Go upstairs. 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:02.500 But I... I won't steal anything. Oh, I didn't 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:05.560 mean to suggest. There's nothing to steal. Well, 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:11.399 if you want to rest yourself... I do. I really 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:16.500 do. Yes. Well, you rest yourself and I'll just 00:08:16.500 --> 00:08:20.399 look upstairs. Maybe I'll take a hot bath and 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:23.399 change my clothes because I'm going out for dinner. 00:08:23.420 --> 00:08:29.149 Going out? There's no food in the house. I don't 00:08:29.149 --> 00:08:31.689 like leaving you here. You want me to come with 00:08:31.689 --> 00:08:34.830 you? Oh, no. No, I'll go by myself. Oh, wait. 00:08:35.929 --> 00:08:39.309 You forgot your letter. Oh, that's nothing. I 00:08:39.309 --> 00:08:44.610 guess it's yours. Resident. Is that you? What 00:08:44.610 --> 00:08:51.450 a nice name. My name is Malvina Thrip. Malvina 00:08:51.450 --> 00:08:56.750 Thrip. I think resident is a much nicer name. 00:08:56.909 --> 00:09:01.350 It could be anybody. Miss Viola, why don't you 00:09:01.350 --> 00:09:06.970 leave right now? Miss Thrip, I shall leave when 00:09:06.970 --> 00:09:13.769 I'm good and ready. Now go on upstairs. I really 00:09:13.769 --> 00:09:15.990 don't understand why I'm letting myself be subjected 00:09:15.990 --> 00:09:24.990 to all this. I'll be back shortly. Why, Miss 00:09:24.990 --> 00:09:32.210 Thrip, you were born to be subjected to all this 00:09:32.210 --> 00:09:39.970 and more. One bedroom door closed. You are a 00:09:39.970 --> 00:09:44.529 natural victim, Miss Thrip. Other door closed. 00:09:45.750 --> 00:09:49.370 Rest well, Miss Thrip. Pull the pretty pink and 00:09:49.370 --> 00:09:52.110 white afghan up around your shoulders and rest 00:09:52.110 --> 00:09:59.639 well. There's excitement in store for you There 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:08.700 you are my beautiful come here Come evil come 00:10:08.700 --> 00:10:16.320 to my arms My beautiful evil one She's lying 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:21.259 down now upstairs on her little white bed She's 00:10:21.259 --> 00:10:26.070 staring at the ceiling Making plans. She'll stay 00:10:26.070 --> 00:10:28.629 up there for a while, so you and I must make 00:10:28.629 --> 00:10:46.590 our plans, too. Our careful, careful plans. Feeling 00:10:46.590 --> 00:10:49.549 better, Miss Thrip? You're still here. You've 00:10:49.549 --> 00:10:52.159 changed your clothes. What on earth? What on 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:54.740 earth are you doing? This is our dinner. I'm 00:10:54.740 --> 00:10:57.440 going out. I told you. Look, a barbecued chicken 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:01.039 and a bottle of wine. What on earth? I had them 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:03.259 in my knapsack. On the road, I buy a chicken 00:11:03.259 --> 00:11:05.440 and a bottle of wine every day. Have a drumstick. 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:09.340 I couldn't. Not hungry? Not a bit hungry. Oh. 00:11:10.139 --> 00:11:13.720 You pack up your chicken and your wine and your 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:16.159 knapsack and you get out of my house. Miss Thrip, 00:11:17.659 --> 00:11:27.590 you sit down. Sit. Down, you old fool. Now listen 00:11:27.590 --> 00:11:33.590 to me. You're a selfish old lady. Here you are 00:11:33.590 --> 00:11:36.269 with a little gem of a house, two bedrooms, and 00:11:36.269 --> 00:11:39.330 you won't even share a little corner of it. It's 00:11:39.330 --> 00:11:42.389 my house. It's my house. Mine, mine, mine. What 00:11:42.389 --> 00:11:45.649 a way to talk. But it is my... Don't you know 00:11:45.649 --> 00:11:49.080 what it is to share? Why should I share my house 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:52.879 with you with anybody if I don't want sharing 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:55.659 that makes life beautiful miss strip Don't you 00:11:55.659 --> 00:11:58.799 know that for heaven's sake? No, well, then you 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:07.179 are going to learn Here Have some wine Perhaps 00:12:07.179 --> 00:12:14.419 I better of course you better There you are Say 00:12:14.419 --> 00:12:21.830 thank you Viola Thank you. Viola. Viola. Thank 00:12:21.830 --> 00:12:25.610 you, Viola. Eat a piece of chicken. No, I couldn't. 00:12:26.090 --> 00:12:33.090 But thank you, Viola. Finish the wine. Drink 00:12:33.090 --> 00:12:38.590 it all down. I don't drink wine as a rule or 00:12:38.590 --> 00:12:40.750 anything else. Rules were made to be broken. 00:12:42.730 --> 00:12:46.330 Do you like me, Miss Thrip? Well, I... I'm sure 00:12:46.330 --> 00:12:49.889 you're a very nice girl, really, but don't you 00:12:49.889 --> 00:12:54.049 think you ought... I mean, do your parents know 00:12:54.049 --> 00:12:56.789 where you are, what you're doing? What are parents? 00:12:57.610 --> 00:13:01.590 Your father, your mother. Oh, my biological predecessors. 00:13:03.009 --> 00:13:06.450 Do they know what you're doing? Wandering about 00:13:06.450 --> 00:13:08.870 with a knapsack, living off of chicken and wine? 00:13:08.889 --> 00:13:15.809 Let me fill your glass. They don't care. And 00:13:15.809 --> 00:13:21.289 I don't care. It's very strange. Only the very 00:13:21.289 --> 00:13:24.070 weak cling to their families. Well, I know I'm 00:13:24.070 --> 00:13:27.230 not strong, but on the other hand, I'm not weak 00:13:27.230 --> 00:13:32.190 either. I don't think I am. Wishy -washy. I've 00:13:32.190 --> 00:13:35.389 supported myself. I've lived alone. I haven't 00:13:35.389 --> 00:13:38.889 complained. You call that being strong? Well, 00:13:38.909 --> 00:13:42.210 it isn't being weak. Anyway, I... I've never 00:13:42.210 --> 00:13:46.730 thought it was. You've endured, Miss Thrip. Strong 00:13:46.730 --> 00:13:51.070 people don't endure things. They change them. 00:13:51.429 --> 00:13:55.149 They take things and they change them. I wouldn't 00:13:55.149 --> 00:13:58.509 know how to change. To take. If one way doesn't 00:13:58.509 --> 00:14:01.649 work, try another. That's how. The thing is, 00:14:01.649 --> 00:14:05.929 get what you want. I want my house. I want my 00:14:05.929 --> 00:14:10.559 house. Take it. If you just go. Make me. would 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:13.679 just go. If I could just have my house back again 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:15.519 the way it was when I moved in. You want more 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:20.240 chicken, Miss Thrip? Oh no, no. It's the cat. 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:27.500 She's back. You like those bones, do you, my 00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:35.639 lovely? My evil. My beautiful evil. What did 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:40.110 you call her? Eva. That's her name. How do you 00:14:40.110 --> 00:14:43.590 know what her name is? Because I just named her. 00:14:44.029 --> 00:14:49.509 Evil is a horrible name. Oh, it isn't. Think 00:14:49.509 --> 00:14:54.210 about it, Miss Thrip. Evil, spelled backwards, 00:14:55.789 --> 00:15:08.009 is Liv. Think about that. Evil, spelled backwards, 00:15:08.169 --> 00:15:16.179 is Liv. EVIL. L -I -V -E. The girl's right. No 00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:20.879 doubt about it. But wait. Take the same letters 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:25.639 and mix them up again. And they spell vile. V 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:30.360 -I -L -E. Think about that. I'll be back shortly 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:45.929 with act two. Now let's get back to the story 00:15:45.929 --> 00:15:50.269 of a lady living alone. Until a cat moved in. 00:15:50.789 --> 00:15:55.629 A cat named Evil. Until a girl moved in, named 00:15:55.629 --> 00:16:01.470 Viola. And the lady no longer lived alone. Wake 00:16:01.470 --> 00:16:04.090 up, Ms. Thrip. It's morning. Time to wake up. 00:16:04.389 --> 00:16:09.110 What? Huh, we're... What happened? You went to 00:16:09.110 --> 00:16:11.809 sleep on the couch, that's all. Why did I do 00:16:11.809 --> 00:16:17.000 that? Who are you? You know me, I'm Viola. Why 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:21.620 are you holding that cat? This is evil. Evil 00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:25.740 slept upstairs with me on my bed. Your bed? Don't 00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:30.080 you remember anything at all? I wanted the cat 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:32.879 to get out of my house. And evil wouldn't go, 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:37.299 would you? You lovely thing. And then... You 00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:40.620 walked into my house. A total stranger. I won't 00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:43.059 be a stranger for long. You can count on that. 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:47.519 I want you to get out of my house. You and the 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:49.940 cat, both of you. Can't you understand that? 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:53.080 This is my house. Where's the telephone? I don't 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:58.039 have a telephone. Why? Look at you. You've got 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:00.299 my dress on. Why don't you have a telephone? 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:03.559 How dare you put my dress on? My dungarees were 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:07.079 dirty. Why don't you have a telephone? I haven't 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:09.500 had one put in yet. No, I'll have to go out. 00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:11.859 You're leaving? I have to go out and get some 00:17:11.859 --> 00:17:14.160 food. We have to have breakfast, don't we? I 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:17.440 don't care about breakfast. I want my house back. 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:20.740 Miss Thrip, you really must stop being so selfish. 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:23.700 I just want what belongs to me. That's not selfish. 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:27.940 Listen, old lady. I'm going out, but I'll be 00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:31.420 back. Don't get any ideas in your foolish head 00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:34.099 that you can keep me out. I'll get the police. 00:17:34.660 --> 00:17:36.579 I'll tell them... Tell them a girl is in your 00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:39.779 house and a cat? Tell them they moved in and 00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:42.200 ate chicken and drank wine, and so did you, till 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:45.339 you fell asleep on the sofa? But... But it's 00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:49.279 true! Does it sound true? But... I'll show them! 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:52.779 They'll see! I'll hide. Where? Where would you 00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:56.400 hide? Under the porch. Behind a bush. Up a tree. 00:17:56.700 --> 00:18:00.059 In the attic. In the cellar. Under the stairs. 00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:04.740 Oh, I know how to hide. You've done this before. 00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:07.980 You've moved in on people before. I do it all 00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:12.319 the time. I have to live, don't I? Well, I've 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:14.740 got to get going or we'll all starve. Please, 00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:17.359 take the cat with you. And leave you all alone. 00:18:17.859 --> 00:18:21.500 I want to be alone. It... It's what I'm used 00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:26.160 to. I'm off to the store. I won't forget you, 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:35.130 Evo. I'll bring you something delicious. Be quiet, 00:18:35.369 --> 00:18:42.069 Cat. I want to think. I'm afraid. That's what 00:18:42.069 --> 00:18:48.109 I am. Scared to death. Oh, I wish I had my little 00:18:48.109 --> 00:18:51.410 apartment back in the city. I loved it there. 00:18:51.569 --> 00:18:55.930 I really did. Well, no use thinking about that. 00:18:56.809 --> 00:18:59.609 Those people have it now. They'd never let me 00:18:59.609 --> 00:19:02.650 have it again and take back this awful house. 00:19:04.970 --> 00:19:09.509 Why, you're purring, aren't you? Are you talking 00:19:09.509 --> 00:19:14.509 to me? What are you saying? Tell me. Oh, tell 00:19:14.509 --> 00:19:20.049 me. Because I'm not just frightened. I'm panicky. 00:19:20.829 --> 00:19:23.750 I don't know what to do. I don't want to do anything 00:19:23.750 --> 00:19:28.329 foolish. And when people are in a panic, they 00:19:28.329 --> 00:19:32.829 do do foolish things. Anything I did might be 00:19:32.829 --> 00:19:37.180 foolish. There's no use locking the door, is 00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:41.940 there? There's no use going to neighbors. They 00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:43.579 don't even know who I am. They've never seen 00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:49.099 me before. Neighbors. The police. Well, those 00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:52.220 are things I do in the city. Sensible things. 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:58.400 Practical things. Not here, though. No, I'm... 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:04.460 I'm in a strange place. In very strange circumstances. 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:11.099 You're a very extraordinary cat. I'm not going 00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:14.279 to pretend I like you. I couldn't fool you anyhow, 00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:18.460 could I? Of course I couldn't. But you're very 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:23.240 unusual. I'm sure you're very wise, very knowing. 00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:27.900 You must know strange things, secret things that 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:32.039 I don't know, couldn't possibly know. Evil things. 00:20:36.490 --> 00:20:42.849 is live. And I want to live. And I can't live 00:20:42.849 --> 00:20:46.390 being afraid like this. Fear is an impossible 00:20:46.390 --> 00:20:50.789 thing to live with. So tell me, Cat, tell me 00:20:50.789 --> 00:20:56.869 what to do. I'm sure you know. And I'll do whatever 00:20:56.869 --> 00:21:17.450 you say. What did you? You wouldn't be such a 00:21:17.450 --> 00:21:24.509 fool. We're in the kitchen. Well, there you are. 00:21:24.710 --> 00:21:28.869 The two of you. We're hungry. Well, I bought 00:21:28.869 --> 00:21:32.450 plenty. Eggs and butter and all that kind of 00:21:32.450 --> 00:21:35.029 stuff for breakfast. Coffee, tea, and meat and 00:21:35.029 --> 00:21:36.769 vegetables for dinner. Enough for the whole week. 00:21:37.329 --> 00:21:39.450 The whole week? I don't want to keep going to 00:21:39.450 --> 00:21:51.299 the store. Did you have enough money for all 00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:56.599 this? Of course not, I charged it. To me? To 00:21:56.599 --> 00:22:02.940 Miss Malvina Thrip. But didn't they say anything? 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:06.220 They don't even know me. That's how small towns 00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:11.500 are. They just went ahead and charged it? They'd 00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:13.619 never do that in the city? They gave me a couple 00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:15.940 of applications to fill out for charge accounts. 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:17.900 I said I'd drop them by tomorrow. You'd better 00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:22.599 sign them. In the city, I always pay cash. You're 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:25.380 not in the city now. Oh, I know, I know. So sign 00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:34.119 them. There. That fixes that. Viola, did you 00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:38.460 say... Did you tell them at the store that you 00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:42.420 were me? I said my name was Malvina Thrip, so 00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:46.480 I guess they thought I was Malvina Thrip. Uh, 00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:51.819 are you just going to sit there? Or are you going 00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:55.019 to fix us some breakfast? What should I fix? 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:58.079 Well, I don't know about you, but I want grapefruit 00:22:58.079 --> 00:23:01.279 and fried eggs and toast. Oh, and open the caviar 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:05.259 for the cat. Put the coffee on. And start the 00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:07.799 eggs. Before the coffee's ready? And put the 00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:10.549 bread in the toaster. I haven't unpacked the 00:23:10.549 --> 00:23:12.769 toaster. Well, then butter some bread. Cut the 00:23:12.769 --> 00:23:15.369 grapefruit. There's no knife to cut the grapefruit. 00:23:15.369 --> 00:23:17.390 Oh, let's have a little efficiency around here. 00:23:17.390 --> 00:23:20.970 There's no frying pan. Hurry up! I can't. There 00:23:20.970 --> 00:23:22.990 is the butter. There's the bread. Now put the 00:23:22.990 --> 00:23:25.730 butter on the bread. Use your fingers. I can't 00:23:25.730 --> 00:23:28.150 understand why I'm doing all this. I am telling 00:23:28.150 --> 00:23:31.589 you to. There's no reason. And you like it. I 00:23:31.589 --> 00:23:35.650 don't. You like being told what to do. I hate 00:23:35.650 --> 00:23:41.740 it. All right, Miss Thrip. You may not like it 00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:45.440 now, but you'll get where you like it never I 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:47.980 won't you'll get where you can't live without 00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:53.000 it miss trip you just wait and see You're a very 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:57.859 passive person miss trip and Passive people need 00:23:57.859 --> 00:24:00.740 someone to tell them what to do and then when 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:02.759 they do it they get a pat on the head And they 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:06.660 are very very happy Is that how it is that's 00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:12.589 how it is to the end of time The coffee is ready. 00:24:12.829 --> 00:24:16.069 People like you need people like me. I tell you 00:24:16.069 --> 00:24:18.230 what to do and you do it and that's what makes 00:24:18.230 --> 00:24:23.930 the world go around. Pour the coffee. Very nice. 00:24:25.190 --> 00:24:30.849 Hot and strong. Thank you. Pour yourself a cup. 00:24:32.069 --> 00:24:36.250 Thank you. I will. You're getting the hang of 00:24:36.250 --> 00:24:41.589 it. Of what? Of doing as you're told. Am I? Now, 00:24:41.690 --> 00:24:44.470 let's see. What'll I have you do next? I'm not 00:24:44.470 --> 00:24:47.289 going to do anything next. Yes, you are. No, 00:24:47.809 --> 00:24:53.970 I'm not. Get out! Get out of my house! Coffee 00:24:53.970 --> 00:24:56.529 all over my dress! It's not your dress! It's 00:24:56.529 --> 00:24:59.670 my dress! It's not your coffee! It's mine! And 00:24:59.670 --> 00:25:05.329 it's my kitchen! And my house! One more word 00:25:05.329 --> 00:25:12.690 about your house and I'll slap you again! Now 00:25:12.690 --> 00:25:17.049 I Am going upstairs and change these clothes 00:25:17.049 --> 00:25:21.470 and put something on those burns And when I come 00:25:21.470 --> 00:25:24.529 back, I want you to be in control of yourself 00:25:24.529 --> 00:25:27.470 I can't possibly be in control of myself as long 00:25:27.470 --> 00:25:33.529 as you're in this house You told me wrong cat 00:25:33.529 --> 00:25:38.119 it didn't work you told me to give in to her 00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:41.980 and do everything she wanted. And it didn't work 00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:47.039 at all. I don't think I want any more of your 00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:50.720 advice. She was asking me to be her servant. 00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:53.539 Pretty soon it would have been sweep the floor, 00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:56.240 scour the sink, take out the garbage. I'd be 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:58.460 her personal slave for as long as she stayed 00:25:58.460 --> 00:26:02.500 here. Suppose she stayed forever. Suppose I never 00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:08.920 got my house back. Is that possible? Surely somebody 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:15.720 would, would what? Come to the door? Who? Oh, 00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:21.619 I wish I had friends, people who cared about 00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:27.960 me and would miss me and worry about me. I used 00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:30.220 to think I only needed someone to talk to now 00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:33.900 and then, and not for very long, but that's not 00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:40.549 true now. I need someone Close. Someone who cares. 00:26:56.150 --> 00:27:02.470 Well, what's this? Both of you asleep? What kind 00:27:02.470 --> 00:27:05.690 of a household are we running here? I just... 00:27:05.630 --> 00:27:08.970 Put my head down on the table for a minute. Dirty 00:27:08.970 --> 00:27:13.589 cups? Evil, get off the table. I said, get off 00:27:13.589 --> 00:27:19.130 the table! Go lie down somewhere else. Okay, 00:27:19.250 --> 00:27:22.789 Miss Thrip. Wash the cups and then sweep the 00:27:22.789 --> 00:27:26.970 floor. Oh, here's something else. What? My dungarees. 00:27:26.990 --> 00:27:28.670 They're filthy dirty. I've been traveling in 00:27:28.670 --> 00:27:31.210 them for weeks. What am I supposed to do with 00:27:31.210 --> 00:27:35.579 them? Wash them. What do you think? You? Want 00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:38.420 me? Throw them in the washer dryer. I don't have 00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:40.839 a washer dryer. Everybody has a washer dryer. 00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:44.420 And if I did, I wouldn't wash your dirty dungarees 00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:46.599 in it. Then you're just going to have to do them 00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:49.680 by hand. No. I am not going to wash them by hand. 00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:52.559 And I'm not going to wash your clothes, or buy 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:55.440 your food, or cook your meals. We had an arrangement. 00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:59.180 You had an arrangement. Where you'd swagger around 00:27:59.180 --> 00:28:02.000 this house, my house. and give orders, and act 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:04.279 as if you own the place. And I would do what 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:06.680 you told me. And that's the way it's going to 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:10.440 be. It's not. That's the way it has to be, Miss 00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:13.619 Thrip. It can't. There are people who give orders 00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:16.160 and people who take them, and nobody in between. 00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:20.700 That's the way it is. That's the way it always 00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:24.299 has been. And that is the way it's going to be. 00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:30.519 Not in my house. Right here! In your house. Now, 00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:33.579 pick up those dungarees. You pick them up. Pick 00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:37.680 them up! And take them to the sink and wash them! 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:41.000 Wash them yourself, and then put them on, and 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:44.200 get out of my house! Don't talk to me that way! 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:48.359 You stupid old woman, I'll show you if I have 00:28:48.359 --> 00:29:11.980 to kill you! It's true what they say. Put two 00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:15.059 women in the same house, it never works out. 00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:20.720 Or am I being catty? I'll be back shortly with 00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:38.079 Act 3. Two women in the same kitchen, plus a 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:43.289 cat. Teeth are bared. Clothes are unsheathed. 00:29:43.450 --> 00:29:47.109 Fur flies. It's a cat fight. What else could 00:29:47.109 --> 00:29:52.829 it possibly be? Did she hurt you? My arms are 00:29:52.829 --> 00:29:56.450 bleeding. Your face is bleeding too. And my hands. 00:29:57.430 --> 00:30:00.630 What got into her? I can't imagine. I thought 00:30:00.630 --> 00:30:03.849 she was asleep. Have you got some iodine? I haven't 00:30:03.849 --> 00:30:06.700 unpacked it yet. Well, unpack it. I wouldn't 00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:09.160 know where to look. Then give me some soap and 00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:12.859 water. Yes, that will do just as well. I thought 00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:16.420 that damn cat liked me. Well, you can never tell 00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:20.400 with cats. Maybe she didn't like me, but she 00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:24.539 respected me. It is very hard to get respect 00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:28.160 from cats. As hard as getting them to like you. 00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:32.200 Here's the water. And here's a towel. There's 00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:34.819 no soap. This water isn't very hot. Well, it's 00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:40.140 the best I can do. Well, that's enough. You can 00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:46.420 use it now. I don't need it. Why don't you need... 00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:52.240 Why, look at you. You haven't got a scratch. 00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:59.220 That cat didn't even touch you. But we were standing 00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:03.670 right together. She came between us. Why didn't 00:31:03.670 --> 00:31:09.130 she scratch you? Why just me? I wouldn't know. 00:31:09.910 --> 00:31:13.309 It couldn't be that she likes you. No, I don't 00:31:13.309 --> 00:31:20.450 suppose so. Once in a very long while, a cat 00:31:20.450 --> 00:31:24.789 falls in love. I've never heard of that. When 00:31:24.789 --> 00:31:31.309 a cat falls in love, it's disgusting. They lose... 00:31:31.789 --> 00:31:42.609 Everything that made them cats. Proud, beautiful 00:31:42.609 --> 00:31:48.289 animals aloof, untouchable, sitting in the softest 00:31:48.289 --> 00:31:52.930 spots, staring at things no one else can see, 00:31:54.410 --> 00:31:58.680 thinking their secret thoughts. Why the ancient 00:31:58.680 --> 00:32:01.440 Egyptians worshipped cats, kept them in temples, 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:06.099 bowed down to them. They knew what cats are. 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:14.619 The inscrutable. The unknowable. But when a cat 00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:20.900 falls in love, everything is changed. What happens, 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:25.099 Viola? The cat becomes the lowest of the low. 00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:30.569 Shameless! cringing, rubbing up against the person 00:32:30.569 --> 00:32:33.329 she loves, wanting to be touched, to be held, 00:32:34.130 --> 00:32:36.250 not looking off into the distance anymore, only 00:32:36.250 --> 00:32:39.390 watching where the loved one moves. And when 00:32:39.390 --> 00:32:43.269 will he return to the cat who is waiting so patiently, 00:32:43.630 --> 00:32:48.710 loving, and longing without dignity, without 00:32:48.710 --> 00:32:54.890 pride? It sounds sweet. It's sickening, I suppose. 00:32:56.460 --> 00:33:00.319 is in love with you. Oh, I don't think so. It 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:02.660 isn't reasonable. That's why she came between 00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:04.720 us when she thought I might hurt you and she 00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:08.519 didn't scratch you. She only scratched me. She's 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:13.559 in love with you. She's put me out of her mind 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:21.420 and she's in love with you. Well, that settles 00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:24.819 that. We'll get rid of her. Put her outside, 00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:27.180 you mean. What good would that do if she's in 00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:30.319 love with you? She'd get back in, no. We have 00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:33.279 to kill her. Kill her? Well, you couldn't do 00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:36.279 that. Have you got some poison? Poison? We'll 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:39.200 put it in the caviar. But I... I don't have any 00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:41.279 poison. Why would I have any? A knife. Give me 00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:43.900 a knife. Well, there isn't any knife. A poker. 00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:47.400 A shovel. I don't have any of those things. I'll 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:50.619 strangle her. That's what I'll do. You better 00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:53.130 leave her alone! Your hand! Stay in my house! 00:33:53.349 --> 00:34:02.849 I don't hate you! She loves you. Viola, you don't 00:34:02.849 --> 00:34:05.970 mean that I should... Oh, no. No, I couldn't 00:34:05.970 --> 00:34:08.909 do that. I just couldn't. Pick her up. No, no, 00:34:08.909 --> 00:34:15.690 I... Pick her up! I... I... I can't do what you 00:34:15.690 --> 00:34:19.659 said. I can't strangle a cat. You didn't mean 00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:22.400 it, did you? We'll take her upstairs and we'll 00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:24.900 throw her out the window. Come on. No, no, we 00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:28.280 can't do that. Nevertheless, it's what's going 00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:31.639 to be done. It's what you're going to do. Up 00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:36.300 the stairs now. I'm right behind you. Keep going. 00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:40.000 I never wanted this cat in my house, but that 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:43.920 doesn't mean that I wanted this. Keep going. 00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:50.550 In here. Oh, good. The window's open. Go ahead, 00:34:50.570 --> 00:34:54.150 throw her out. I can't. I can't do it. Yes, you 00:34:54.150 --> 00:34:57.389 can. Just lean out and drop her. The doorbell. 00:34:58.510 --> 00:35:02.289 The doorbell. Come back here. Oh, it's a friend. 00:35:02.650 --> 00:35:05.289 It's a friend. Someone remembered. I'm coming. 00:35:06.429 --> 00:35:11.449 Wait. I'm coming. Another letter, Miss Thrip. 00:35:11.769 --> 00:35:16.860 Oh. Come in. This one's addressed to you. Oh, 00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:19.659 please. Please come in. I'm so glad to see you. 00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:23.780 Miss Malvina Thripp, it says. Nothing like hearing 00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:26.440 from a friend who's there. Listen, they're in 00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:29.420 the bedroom. She's going to kill her. Hold on 00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:32.440 now. Maybe she has already. She wanted me to 00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:35.280 do it, but I couldn't. What bedroom is this, 00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:37.780 Miss Thripp? The front one. Top of the stairs. 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:42.190 I look outside. Maybe she's there. Maybe she 00:35:42.190 --> 00:35:46.909 fell in a tree, or a bush, or something. Cat? 00:35:48.170 --> 00:35:52.909 Where are you? Are you all right, Cat? Oh, please, 00:35:53.210 --> 00:35:56.429 be all right. I didn't want you in my house, 00:35:56.530 --> 00:35:59.429 but that was all. I never meant that you should... 00:35:59.429 --> 00:36:08.869 Oh, oh, where are you? Yes, yes, I'm here. What? 00:36:10.250 --> 00:36:14.869 What did you find? Upstairs? Nobody. Nothing. 00:36:16.190 --> 00:36:21.230 Nobody? No cat? No cat. Wasn't there a girl? 00:36:21.650 --> 00:36:25.769 A young girl? Nobody. Nothing. Well, both of 00:36:25.769 --> 00:36:27.829 them couldn't have gone out the window. I... 00:36:27.829 --> 00:36:29.989 I don't think both of them... Look, Miss Thrip, 00:36:30.110 --> 00:36:33.690 you're all shook up. Why don't we go into the 00:36:33.690 --> 00:36:38.329 kitchen and I'll pour you some coffee? I... I 00:36:38.329 --> 00:36:41.840 threw the coffee at her. There isn't any. Well, 00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:45.440 I'll make some fresh, and you can tell me all 00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:50.599 about the cat and the girl, the whole dream. 00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:57.340 It wasn't a dream. Well, whatever it was. You 00:36:57.340 --> 00:37:01.739 think it could have been a hallucination? Maybe 00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:04.900 something like that. You remember, I told you. 00:37:05.190 --> 00:37:08.349 There was a cat in my house. And I told you I'd 00:37:08.349 --> 00:37:12.130 inquire around about a lost cat, and I did. But 00:37:12.130 --> 00:37:16.789 nobody's lost a cat. This girl, this Viola, she 00:37:16.789 --> 00:37:18.869 went and bought things at the store. Look, look, 00:37:18.989 --> 00:37:21.369 all these groceries. She bought them. I didn't. 00:37:21.590 --> 00:37:24.130 And caviar for the cat. She charged everything 00:37:24.130 --> 00:37:28.409 to me. You sure it wasn't you charged all these 00:37:28.409 --> 00:37:31.780 things? I haven't been out of the house. What 00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:33.920 would I have done if you hadn't rung the bell? 00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:36.699 Viola was going to make me throw the cat out 00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:40.280 of the window. Miss Thrip, maybe I should call 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:42.699 a doctor. Oh, I'll be all right now that you're 00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:46.559 here. You're my friend. You brought me a letter 00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:50.579 yesterday from Sam's garage, you remember? Address 00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:54.340 to resident. Yes, and I'm the resident here. 00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:58.010 I'm Malvina Thrip. And I'm the resident of this 00:37:58.010 --> 00:38:01.130 house. Sure you are. Although for a while there, 00:38:01.550 --> 00:38:04.250 I didn't know if I really was the resident of 00:38:04.250 --> 00:38:07.449 this house. Well, I wouldn't have taken the letter 00:38:07.449 --> 00:38:11.590 from you if I wasn't. Would I? Resident means 00:38:11.590 --> 00:38:15.210 anybody who's living here. And I'm living here. 00:38:15.750 --> 00:38:20.969 I was at the time. And I am. Of course. Of course 00:38:20.969 --> 00:38:28.119 you are. You don't think... I'm out of my head, 00:38:28.260 --> 00:38:32.760 do you? Oh, not necessarily. You were upset. 00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:36.719 I'm going to call a doctor for you, eh? Well, 00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:39.519 there's no phone. I haven't had one put in yet. 00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:42.619 I'll go next door. Oh, don't go. Don't. Don't 00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:48.059 leave me. You don't believe me. You don't think 00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:51.900 there was any cat here or any girl or that we 00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:54.320 ate chicken and drank wine and the cat ate the 00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:56.670 bones. And in the morning she came downstairs 00:38:56.670 --> 00:38:59.449 and she was holding the cat in her arms and I 00:38:59.449 --> 00:39:03.110 was on the couch. I'd been there all night. I 00:39:03.110 --> 00:39:07.409 think... I think I was drunk from the wine. Drunk, 00:39:07.489 --> 00:39:10.570 huh? Well, the bottle must be around here somewhere. 00:39:11.530 --> 00:39:14.989 I don't see it. And she told me to get breakfast 00:39:14.989 --> 00:39:17.469 and wash the dishes and then to sweep the floor 00:39:17.469 --> 00:39:20.389 and wash her dungarees, her dirty dungarees. 00:39:20.489 --> 00:39:23.750 Look! Look! There they are, her dirty, filthy 00:39:23.750 --> 00:39:26.670 dungarees. Are they not yours? You don't think 00:39:26.670 --> 00:39:29.170 I'd wear anything like that, do you? Oh, lots 00:39:29.170 --> 00:39:34.010 of women wear dungarees these days. What was 00:39:34.010 --> 00:39:37.030 this girl wearing if she wasn't wearing her dungarees? 00:39:37.389 --> 00:39:41.210 My dress. Can you imagine? She was wearing my 00:39:41.210 --> 00:39:43.789 dress till I threw the coffee pot at her. Threw 00:39:43.789 --> 00:39:46.690 the coffee pot at her, did you? Yes, and the 00:39:46.690 --> 00:39:50.329 cat attacked her. You don't say. Not me, just 00:39:50.329 --> 00:39:53.329 her. Mm -hmm, and she said the cat was in love 00:39:53.329 --> 00:39:57.789 with me Now I don't know if that was true If 00:39:57.789 --> 00:40:00.989 such a thing could be true, but she said it was 00:40:00.989 --> 00:40:04.510 and she said in that case We would have to kill 00:40:04.510 --> 00:40:08.309 the cat poison it or stab it or strangle it, 00:40:08.610 --> 00:40:11.469 but I couldn't do that Of course not not any 00:40:11.469 --> 00:40:15.530 of those things Then she said we'd take the cat 00:40:15.530 --> 00:40:19.199 upstairs and throw it out of the window And that's 00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:21.639 where we were, when you rang the front doorbell, 00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:29.760 and oh, was I glad. You don't believe any of 00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:33.340 it, do you? Where now? Let's just say you've 00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:36.340 been through a lot, what with one thing and another. 00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:41.250 Oh, I have. What you need is something to calm 00:40:41.250 --> 00:40:44.349 you down. Well, I never take anything like that. 00:40:44.530 --> 00:40:47.889 Oh, just something mild to relax your nerves. 00:40:48.030 --> 00:40:51.889 I'll be all right now that I have my house back. 00:40:52.190 --> 00:40:55.469 There's a very nice doctor lives not far from 00:40:55.469 --> 00:40:58.489 here. He's on my mail route. I'll call him and 00:40:58.489 --> 00:41:01.909 ask him to stop over. Oh, please, don't go. He'll 00:41:01.909 --> 00:41:07.929 fix you up fine. Hey, look what's coming up the 00:41:07.929 --> 00:41:17.510 wall. I'm so glad to see you. Careful. Don't 00:41:17.510 --> 00:41:20.329 let her in the house. Oh, that's all right. I've 00:41:20.329 --> 00:41:23.130 gotten sort of fond of her. And she's, well, 00:41:24.030 --> 00:41:27.329 she's rather fond of me. Oh, see. Almost forgot 00:41:27.329 --> 00:41:31.750 what I came by for. Got a letter for you. Another 00:41:31.750 --> 00:41:36.130 circular? Not Sam's garage again. Oh, no, no. 00:41:36.469 --> 00:41:40.329 Addressed to you, Miss Malvina Thrip. Well, for 00:41:40.329 --> 00:41:43.880 heaven's sakes. It's from the city, my old address, 00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:46.260 where I used to live. Miss you already, do they? 00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:49.360 Well, I don't think anyone misses me. I didn't 00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:52.320 even tell anyone I was moving. Open the letter. 00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:56.960 Why don't you? Imagine. My hands are shaking. 00:41:57.639 --> 00:42:00.980 Want me to do it for you? No. No, that's all 00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:09.550 right. Why? It's from the people who took my 00:42:09.550 --> 00:42:11.969 apartment, the people who used to own this house. 00:42:12.429 --> 00:42:18.730 I told you, we traded. Well, dear Miss Thrip, 00:42:19.550 --> 00:42:22.090 we hope you are enjoying the little house as 00:42:22.090 --> 00:42:26.349 much as we are enjoying your apartment. One day 00:42:26.349 --> 00:42:29.369 soon, if it's all right with you, we want to 00:42:29.369 --> 00:42:33.670 drive up and see you. Well, and how you're getting 00:42:33.670 --> 00:42:41.300 along. Also to pick up... Our cat. We came away 00:42:41.300 --> 00:42:45.219 in such a hurry, she got left behind. Will you 00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:48.119 be kind enough to let her share your house until 00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:51.400 we can make arrangements? She's a dear, sweet 00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:59.500 thing. Her name is Viola. And we know you will 00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:19.539 love her as much as we do. Sweet Viola. Good 00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:25.420 Viola. Or is she vicious Viola? Violent Viola. 00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:31.840 Vile Viola. Hmm? Well, anyway, for the time being, 00:43:32.340 --> 00:43:35.500 Viola has a home with Miss Valvina Thrip, the 00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:38.840 resident. May they both rest safe and sound. 00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:54.070 I'll be back shortly. There's so much good in 00:43:54.070 --> 00:43:57.590 the worst of us and so much bad in the best of 00:43:57.590 --> 00:44:01.650 us. It scarcely behooves any of us to talk about 00:44:01.650 --> 00:44:06.269 the rest of us. So the poet said, think about 00:44:06.269 --> 00:44:10.849 it. That's what I'm going to do. Our cast included 00:44:10.849 --> 00:44:13.670 Carmen Matthews, Joan Loring, and Gilbert Mack. 00:44:14.369 --> 00:44:16.429 The entire production was under the direction 00:44:16.429 --> 00:44:19.750 of Hyman Brown. This is E .G. Marshall inviting 00:44:19.750 --> 00:44:22.849 you to return to our Mystery Theater. for another 00:44:22.849 --> 00:44:29.110 adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant 00:44:29.110 --> 00:44:30.230 dreams.