WEBVTT 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:25.719 Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall, bidding you welcome 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:29.839 to the sound of suspense. Welcome to the fear 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:33.799 you can hear. Welcome to the world of mystery. 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:38.679 This is a tale of young love. The love of a charming 00:00:38.679 --> 00:00:42.439 young man for a charming young girl. It is also 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:45.939 the story of a mother's love for her child. As 00:00:45.939 --> 00:00:49.200 you can see, this story is positively dripping 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:53.020 with love. But don't be dismayed, because love, 00:00:53.380 --> 00:00:57.320 like a door, has two sides. And when the other 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:02.359 side is hatred, it can drip with venom and gore. 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:05.060 You're a liar, Mr. Snowden. Don't you think I 00:01:05.060 --> 00:01:07.099 know what you are? You're wrong, Mrs. Daniels. 00:01:07.099 --> 00:01:10.099 I love your daughter. Why? Because I do, that's 00:01:10.099 --> 00:01:11.819 all. You can't explain something like that. Listen 00:01:11.819 --> 00:01:16.000 to me, young man. Even her own father couldn't 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:18.670 bear to look at Bonnie's face. That's why he 00:01:18.670 --> 00:01:21.290 left her so much money because he felt guilty 00:01:21.290 --> 00:01:25.489 for what he felt for his own Poor homely daughter. 00:01:25.510 --> 00:01:29.010 Mrs. Daniels. Listen to me. You're a liar a liar 00:01:29.010 --> 00:01:42.069 and a thief Our mystery drama the locked room 00:01:42.069 --> 00:01:44.750 was written especially for the mystery theater 00:01:44.750 --> 00:01:49.060 by Henry Slesser and stars Jack Grimes and Corrine 00:01:49.060 --> 00:02:03.040 Orr. I'll be back shortly with Act One. We're 00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:06.040 on a lonely highway that winds its way into the 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:10.080 hilly regions upstate. The hour is late, and 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:12.319 the sleek white sports car whose hood ornament 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:15.960 faces north is the only vehicle for miles around. 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:19.020 Even the sound of its purring engine doesn't 00:02:19.020 --> 00:02:21.419 seem to disturb the quiet of the countryside. 00:02:22.300 --> 00:02:25.639 But inside the car, the sound level is something 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:44.229 very different. Hey, uh, how much longer is this 00:02:44.229 --> 00:02:46.689 gonna take? You said it was only 30 miles or 00:02:46.689 --> 00:02:48.569 so to the house, and we must have driven 50. 00:02:48.770 --> 00:02:50.909 We have not. You're not watching the mileage. 00:02:51.389 --> 00:02:53.689 Listen, there are so many gadgets on this dashboard, 00:02:53.689 --> 00:02:55.530 I wouldn't even know where the speedometer is. 00:02:55.729 --> 00:02:58.310 But you do like the car, don't you? Like it? 00:02:59.210 --> 00:03:00.449 Hey, Bonnie, do you know what I've been used 00:03:00.449 --> 00:03:03.310 to driving all my life? Second -hand pickup trucks. 00:03:03.810 --> 00:03:06.430 That's about all folks could afford. I hated 00:03:06.430 --> 00:03:08.430 this car at first when Mother gave it to me. 00:03:08.650 --> 00:03:10.430 I mean, she must have thought it was whatever 00:03:10.430 --> 00:03:13.409 young girl wanted on her 17th birthday. But the 00:03:13.409 --> 00:03:16.129 truth is, I was scared stiff of it. Well, why 00:03:16.129 --> 00:03:19.430 should you be? I don't know. Just what? It always 00:03:19.430 --> 00:03:23.129 felt like it was running away with me. Ah, but 00:03:23.129 --> 00:03:26.650 now you're running away with it, and me. Oh, 00:03:26.650 --> 00:03:29.610 I don't think that way. I don't feel we're running 00:03:29.610 --> 00:03:33.150 away, Davy. Oh, of course not, kid. It was just 00:03:33.150 --> 00:03:36.770 a figure of speech. Davy, look! We're almost 00:03:36.770 --> 00:03:39.719 there! Oh, there's the old red barn I told you 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:42.280 about. Hey, great. Do I make a right here? Yeah, 00:03:42.419 --> 00:03:44.479 a sharp right. And then straight up the hill 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:47.120 until you come to the side. Is it still there? 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:49.139 When was the last time you were here, anyway? 00:03:49.300 --> 00:03:52.400 About 10 years. Oh, you're no kidding. Yeah, 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:54.199 that's right. I was only eight when we left. 00:03:54.659 --> 00:03:57.460 Oh. Davey, there it is. You can see the chimneys. 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:01.599 Oh, wow. How many chimneys does the house have? 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:04.819 It seems like hundreds. There was a fireplace 00:04:04.819 --> 00:04:07.409 in every room except the bathroom. Wait till 00:04:07.409 --> 00:04:17.490 you see it, Davey. Oh, just wait! Well, there 00:04:17.490 --> 00:04:20.189 it is. What do you think? Now, that's what I 00:04:20.189 --> 00:04:23.189 call a real funky old house. How big is that 00:04:23.189 --> 00:04:26.350 place? It has four floors and I guess about 30 00:04:26.350 --> 00:04:29.329 or 40 rooms. I never counted them. All those 00:04:29.329 --> 00:04:31.430 rooms? And nobody living in them? I know. It 00:04:31.430 --> 00:04:33.250 does seem like a terrible waste, doesn't it? 00:04:33.470 --> 00:04:36.069 Oh, Bonnie, you're speaking to one room Davey 00:04:36.069 --> 00:04:38.389 Snowden, remember? The only place I lived in 00:04:38.389 --> 00:04:40.410 my whole life with more than one room was the 00:04:40.410 --> 00:04:43.110 farmhouse. That had three. Oh, I wish you wouldn't 00:04:43.110 --> 00:04:45.389 keep talking about that. I mean, you know, how 00:04:45.389 --> 00:04:49.230 poor you were. Okay, kitten. Rich little girls 00:04:49.230 --> 00:04:51.250 get to feeling guilty when they hear stuff like 00:04:51.250 --> 00:04:55.009 that. Look, let's not sit out in the car all 00:04:55.009 --> 00:04:57.149 night, huh? Let's go look at that old haunted 00:04:57.149 --> 00:05:00.029 house. It is not a haunted house. You sure you 00:05:00.029 --> 00:05:02.089 got the key now? Yeah, right here in my purse. 00:05:02.550 --> 00:05:04.990 And the lights are working? I told you, we rent 00:05:04.990 --> 00:05:07.649 the place every summer. We have to keep the electricity 00:05:07.649 --> 00:05:25.050 turned on. Well, let's go then. light switch 00:05:25.050 --> 00:05:29.329 right near the door. Yeah, here it is. There. 00:05:33.709 --> 00:05:36.569 Look at the size of this place. I know. It's 00:05:36.569 --> 00:05:39.009 a terrible old barn of a place. That's what my 00:05:39.009 --> 00:05:41.610 father called it. When he died, well, mother 00:05:41.610 --> 00:05:43.370 just thought it was foolish, the two of us living 00:05:43.370 --> 00:05:46.850 here all by ourselves. Looks kind of run down. 00:05:47.170 --> 00:05:50.230 I'm afraid it is. The foundation is still solid. 00:05:51.410 --> 00:05:54.339 Plenty of furniture. Hey, come on, show me the 00:05:54.339 --> 00:05:56.180 rest of the house, huh? What would you like to 00:05:56.180 --> 00:05:58.959 see first? Well, upstairs. That's where the bedrooms 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:01.620 are, right? Yes. Well, that's the first thing 00:06:01.620 --> 00:06:04.420 we have to do. Decide which bedroom we want. 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:10.360 Oh, Davy. Do you love me, Bonnie? Oh, you know 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:16.579 I do. Say it. I love you. Say, I love you, Davy. 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:21.540 I love you, Davy. Well, in that case, let's pick 00:06:21.540 --> 00:06:24.410 out the bedroom. How many choices do we have? 00:06:24.730 --> 00:06:27.750 At least ten. Oh, it might take us all night. 00:06:28.129 --> 00:06:38.529 Come on. I don't like the look of that one. It's 00:06:38.529 --> 00:06:41.170 too yet gloomy. That was my mother's room. You 00:06:41.170 --> 00:06:43.089 mean your folks had their own room? That's right. 00:06:43.850 --> 00:06:45.490 Well, maybe that's how they do things when you're 00:06:45.490 --> 00:06:48.430 rich. But me, I'm just a country boy. Now, let's 00:06:48.430 --> 00:06:52.000 see about this door. Hey, uh, this one's stuck. 00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:56.060 No, it's locked. It's always been locked. What 00:06:56.060 --> 00:06:59.420 for? I don't know. Well, what's behind it? Another 00:06:59.420 --> 00:07:01.480 bedroom? Honestly, I don't have the faintest 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:04.300 idea. It's been locked ever since I can remember. 00:07:05.060 --> 00:07:07.139 Daddy once told me never to go near this room. 00:07:07.740 --> 00:07:10.379 Once I remember my mother talking about it. Sort 00:07:10.379 --> 00:07:13.620 of nervously. Oh, that sounds very mysterious. 00:07:13.819 --> 00:07:16.019 What do you say we break it in, huh? Oh, Davy, 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:18.500 no, we can't do that. Well, gee, aren't you curious? 00:07:18.579 --> 00:07:21.000 Maybe it's full of hanging women, like in Bluebeard's 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:23.160 castle. Or maybe that's where the family jewels 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:25.959 are hidden. Oh, let's leave it alone, Davy. I 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:28.139 was always scared of that door. Yeah, but what's 00:07:28.139 --> 00:07:30.939 it locked for? Seems to me when a door is locked, 00:07:31.060 --> 00:07:32.240 that means there's something pretty interesting 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:34.819 behind it. Stance to reason, right? Well, I'm 00:07:34.819 --> 00:07:36.740 sure it's just some old storeroom or something. 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:39.160 Bonnie, listen, there could be something valuable 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:41.839 in there, something worth money. And since the 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:44.339 house is yours... I mean, this is your house, 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:46.000 isn't it? Your father left it to you, didn't 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.439 he? Yes. Well, if there's anything valuable in 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:51.540 there, it belongs to you. Oh, Davy, all those 00:07:51.540 --> 00:07:55.139 promises. Not to talk about money. I'm not talking 00:07:55.139 --> 00:07:57.199 about your mother's money. I'm talking about 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:00.060 what's yours, rightfully yours. But the house 00:08:00.060 --> 00:08:02.939 isn't really mine. Not yet. Not until I'm 21, 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:05.220 and that's almost four years from now. Now, don't 00:08:05.220 --> 00:08:09.399 be technical. Oh, Davy. Okay, okay, if that's 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:12.720 how you feel about it. We've got plenty of time 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:16.740 anyway. Davy, remember what you said about the 00:08:16.740 --> 00:08:20.600 fire? It's getting late, Bonnie. Don't you think 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:23.040 we should be in bed? Couldn't we have a fire 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:28.500 first, please? Sure, anything you say. We want 00:08:28.500 --> 00:08:39.279 this night to be perfect, don't we? Yeah, I guess 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:42.149 I am a little like that. boasts all about my 00:08:42.149 --> 00:08:45.629 poor childhood, as if it's a badge of honor or 00:08:45.629 --> 00:08:49.710 something. We didn't light fires because they 00:08:49.710 --> 00:08:52.110 were cozy and romantic, only because they made 00:08:52.110 --> 00:08:57.970 us warm. They're not very warm at that. Locked 00:08:57.970 --> 00:09:02.169 rooms. Yeah, that's really something, a locked 00:09:02.169 --> 00:09:05.929 room. The only room in our place that had a lock 00:09:05.929 --> 00:09:07.990 on it was the outhouse. Even that didn't work. 00:09:09.689 --> 00:09:13.769 Hey, you asleep? Hey, kitten, wake up. It's time 00:09:13.769 --> 00:09:20.110 to go to bed. Come on, Bonnie. Wake up. Hey, 00:09:20.169 --> 00:09:23.610 what's that? Pete's sick. There's a car outside. 00:09:24.429 --> 00:09:26.690 Hey, Bonnie, wake up. There's somebody coming 00:09:26.690 --> 00:09:30.909 up. What? We got company. Oh, no. Well, who is 00:09:30.909 --> 00:09:36.250 it? Oh, Davey. It can't be. Yes. That's her car 00:09:36.250 --> 00:09:38.720 outside. You can see it through the window. You 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:40.980 mean it's a neighbor or something? No! It's my 00:09:40.980 --> 00:09:44.039 mother! Oh, wow. Oh, I have to let her in. She 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:52.120 knows I'm here. She saw my car outside. Oh. I'm 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:54.899 surprised you two aren't in bed already. That 00:09:54.899 --> 00:09:57.460 was the general idea, wasn't it? Mother, please 00:09:57.460 --> 00:10:01.080 let me explain. I suppose you're David Snowden? 00:10:01.259 --> 00:10:04.279 Yes, I am, Mrs. Daniels. I see we have no trouble 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:07.570 recognizing each other. Bonnie, fix your clothes. 00:10:07.590 --> 00:10:10.629 They're a mess. I was just lying on the rug in 00:10:10.629 --> 00:10:13.929 front of the fireplace. Yes, I've... I've heard 00:10:13.929 --> 00:10:16.730 all about you, Mr. Snowden. Thank goodness I 00:10:16.730 --> 00:10:18.750 had the sense to think of this place when Bonnie 00:10:18.750 --> 00:10:20.970 didn't show up at home. You have it all wrong, 00:10:21.190 --> 00:10:23.649 Mother. Davey, tell her. Mrs. Daniels... Never 00:10:23.649 --> 00:10:27.669 mind. I understand everything. I was afraid something 00:10:27.669 --> 00:10:29.769 like this might happen as soon as Bonnie started 00:10:29.769 --> 00:10:33.309 mentioning you in her letters from school. Bonnie, 00:10:33.529 --> 00:10:35.629 get your things. We're going home. Mrs. Daniels, 00:10:35.669 --> 00:10:38.149 listen to me. Sorry to break up your party, young 00:10:38.149 --> 00:10:43.269 man. We're married, Mrs. Daniels. What did you 00:10:43.269 --> 00:10:45.850 say? Bonnie and I were married this afternoon. 00:10:45.889 --> 00:10:48.190 I've got the license right here. It's true, Mother. 00:10:48.450 --> 00:10:52.649 We were married in Elkton. That can't be. You're 00:10:52.649 --> 00:10:55.389 underage. Not in Elkton, Mother. Eighteen is 00:10:55.389 --> 00:10:57.929 old enough. Davey and I are married, so you can't 00:10:57.929 --> 00:11:01.470 tell us what to do. For the love of heaven, I, 00:11:01.470 --> 00:11:04.740 uh... I think I have to sit down. Oh, well, here, 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:06.639 Mrs. Daniels, I'll just get the sheet off this 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:10.320 chair. Mother, please try to understand. I... 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:13.840 I understand, Bonnie. I... I went through a dozen 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:18.419 Davies when I was your age. Oh, Bonnie. Oh... 00:11:18.419 --> 00:11:21.559 Oh, my poor Bonnie. Well, you don't have to feel 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:25.519 sorry for her, Mrs. Daniels. Don't I? No, because 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:29.120 I love her. I suppose you have no money. Mother! 00:11:29.379 --> 00:11:33.779 Be quiet. No, Mrs. Daniels. My family were farm 00:11:33.779 --> 00:11:35.620 people. My father's dead, my mother's alive, 00:11:35.620 --> 00:11:38.059 but I don't even know where. But you don't have 00:11:38.059 --> 00:11:40.279 to worry about that, Mrs. Daniels. I didn't marry 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:42.799 your daughter because of money. Didn't you? No, 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:45.720 I didn't. Bonnie and I talked about it. I almost 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:47.460 didn't marry her because of that, because of 00:11:47.460 --> 00:11:49.240 what people like you would say. You're a liar, 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:52.820 Mr. Snowden. Don't you think I know what you 00:11:52.820 --> 00:11:55.059 are? You're wrong, Mrs. Daniels. I love your 00:11:55.059 --> 00:11:58.059 daughter. Why? Because I do, that's all. You 00:11:58.059 --> 00:11:59.360 can't explain something like that. Listen to 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:04.120 me, young man. Even... Her own father couldn't 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:06.500 bear to look at Bonnie's face. That's why he 00:12:06.500 --> 00:12:08.799 left her so much money because he felt guilty 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:13.200 at what he felt for his own poor, homely daughter. 00:12:14.500 --> 00:12:17.259 Mother, don't, please. Mrs. Daniels, listen to 00:12:17.259 --> 00:12:22.259 me. You're a liar. A liar and a thief. Stop it! 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:24.960 Stop it! You've got a smooth tongue, Mr. Snowden. 00:12:25.220 --> 00:12:28.259 A handsome face and a smooth tongue. And I'm 00:12:28.259 --> 00:12:30.679 sure you've convinced my daughter that you're 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:33.899 utterly sincere. But it's only her heart you 00:12:33.899 --> 00:12:36.399 want to steal, not her fortune. I love Bonnie. 00:12:36.500 --> 00:12:38.120 That's all there is to it. We're married and 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:39.919 there's nothing you can do about it. You're quite 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:42.779 wrong. There's everything in the world I can 00:12:42.779 --> 00:12:47.090 do about it. I intend to have this marriage annulled 00:12:47.090 --> 00:12:49.850 immediately. You can't do that. You have no idea 00:12:49.850 --> 00:12:54.570 how much money can do, young man. Bonnie, I'm 00:12:54.570 --> 00:12:57.269 going home now, and I want you to come with me. 00:12:57.370 --> 00:13:00.549 No, no, I won't. Don't make it any worse than 00:13:00.549 --> 00:13:03.450 it is now. I won't go with you. Do you see how 00:13:03.450 --> 00:13:08.710 it is, Mrs. Daniels? Yes. I see how it is. Very 00:13:08.710 --> 00:13:11.769 well, Bonnie. But you'll regret this. Mark my 00:13:11.769 --> 00:13:15.250 words. Mother! I can't live without Davey. If 00:13:15.250 --> 00:13:17.649 you make us separate, I'll never forgive you. 00:13:17.870 --> 00:13:21.090 You will, darling. Strangely enough. I'll kill 00:13:21.090 --> 00:13:24.269 myself. Do you hear, Mother? I'll kill myself 00:13:24.269 --> 00:13:27.610 if you do this. Now, don't talk nonsense. You 00:13:27.610 --> 00:13:31.269 think your heart will break. But it won't. A 00:13:31.269 --> 00:13:35.169 heart doesn't break. It withers. That's what 00:13:35.169 --> 00:13:40.269 I don't want you to find out. Goodbye, Bonnie. 00:13:56.330 --> 00:13:59.690 informed us, the course of true love never did 00:13:59.690 --> 00:14:02.929 go smooth. And perhaps the same applies to the 00:14:02.929 --> 00:14:06.169 course of untrue love. But let's not judge the 00:14:06.169 --> 00:14:09.509 sincerity of young Davy Snowden just yet. Let's 00:14:09.509 --> 00:14:12.169 wait and see what happens next to the newlyweds 00:14:12.169 --> 00:14:26.110 when we return shortly with Act Two. Now let's 00:14:26.110 --> 00:14:29.610 return to the locked room. The door we're looking 00:14:29.610 --> 00:14:32.669 at right now isn't the door to the old Daniel's 00:14:32.669 --> 00:14:36.129 mansion upstate. This door is reached by walking 00:14:36.129 --> 00:14:38.870 up several long flights of stairs before you 00:14:38.870 --> 00:14:46.590 can read the faded numerals 4G. Are we there, 00:14:46.809 --> 00:14:49.769 Davey? Yeah, honey, here we are. Hey, you're 00:14:49.769 --> 00:14:53.600 wounded pretty bad. No, I'm all right. I warned 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:55.779 you that I'm not very strong. And I warned you 00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:58.399 that a fourth -floor walk -up is no fun. We don't 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:00.879 have anywhere else to go, Davy. Yeah, I know 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:04.700 that all right. Well, brace yourself. Here's 00:15:04.700 --> 00:15:10.500 the Snowden residence. I suppose I should carry 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:13.779 you over the threshold. Well, come on in, come 00:15:13.779 --> 00:15:17.879 on in. Don't just stare at it. It's not at all 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:21.159 bad, Davy. Really. Oh, you don't have to say 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:25.019 that. Don't... Don't say anything except I love 00:15:25.019 --> 00:15:28.980 you. That's always nice to hear. You know that 00:15:28.980 --> 00:15:32.100 I love you, Davy. Then close the door and show 00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:39.600 me. Oh, Davy. Davy, I'm so worried. Yeah, I knew 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:41.679 that my room would affect you that way. I don't 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:44.179 care about the room. Anywhere is all right if 00:15:44.179 --> 00:15:46.679 I'm with you. We'll get along. And then I'll 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.039 have the money my father left me. Yeah, yeah, 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:51.779 and three years, if you survive that long. I'm 00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:53.820 sure my mother will change her mind about us. 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:56.480 I'm sure of it. As soon as she gets to know you. 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:59.200 Oh, Bonnie, couldn't you tell? It was hate at 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:01.519 first sight. She took one look at me and it was 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:05.379 hate kill. Davey, do you think she can really 00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:08.399 do what she said? Get our marriage annulled? 00:16:09.259 --> 00:16:12.620 I don't know. It was a legal marriage. I mean, 00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:14.940 you didn't need parental consent in that state. 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:17.419 But she's so... She's smart about such things. 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:20.179 She's run my father's company since he died. 00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:22.779 She has all these lawyers on her payroll. Stop 00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:24.779 worrying about it, Bonnie. But what if she could 00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:28.200 do it? I couldn't stand that, Davy. Stop worrying, 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:31.840 I said. You got one thing going for you, kitten, 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:33.519 and that makes all the difference in the world. 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:37.419 Your mother loves you. She wouldn't hurt you 00:16:37.419 --> 00:16:43.039 for anything. Davy, tell me the truth. Do you 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:47.960 think I'm homely? I think you're beautiful. I 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:51.899 know that isn't true, but I'm not really repulsive, 00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:58.059 am I? Are you kidding? Come here. Oh, Davey. 00:16:58.700 --> 00:17:01.820 It's true about my father. I know that. He was 00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:04.400 so disappointed that I wasn't pretty. He must 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:09.579 have needed glasses. Who's that? Nobody even 00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:16.990 knows I'm here. Hello? Yeah, that's right. Who's 00:17:16.990 --> 00:17:20.470 this? My name is Hedinger, Mr. Snowden. I'm an 00:17:20.470 --> 00:17:24.410 attorney, Hedinger and Dolls. We're on Vanderbilt 00:17:24.410 --> 00:17:28.529 Street. Yeah, so? One of my clients is Mrs. Harriet 00:17:28.529 --> 00:17:32.750 Daniels. I'm sure the name is familiar to you. 00:17:33.630 --> 00:17:36.549 Yes, I've heard of her. I was wondering if we 00:17:36.549 --> 00:17:39.210 could get together to discuss a certain matter 00:17:39.210 --> 00:17:43.609 regarding her daughter Bonnie. You mean my wife 00:17:43.609 --> 00:17:47.440 Bonnie? Is it, Davey? Yes, that's right. I wonder 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:49.440 if it would be convenient for you to come to 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:52.740 my office sometime this afternoon. Well, I'm 00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:55.660 sorry, Mr. Heddinger, but Mrs. Snowden and myself 00:17:55.660 --> 00:17:58.420 are a little busy at the moment. Well, what about 00:17:58.420 --> 00:18:00.799 tomorrow, then? Would that be possible? Isn't 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:02.700 my father's lawyer? Yeah, one of them, anyway. 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:06.140 I beg your pardon? All right, Mr. Heddinger, 00:18:06.380 --> 00:18:10.000 I'll come to your office tomorrow. Say, about 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:20.670 10 o 'clock? I'll be there. Well, it looks like 00:18:20.670 --> 00:18:30.690 the fun is starting. Oh, Davey. Please sit down, 00:18:30.730 --> 00:18:33.609 Mr. Snowden. I think you know the situation as 00:18:33.609 --> 00:18:37.450 well as I do. And you've probably anticipated 00:18:37.450 --> 00:18:40.519 my first question. Well, I'm not sure I have 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:43.059 unless it's why don't I just go away and stop 00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:46.140 bothering her daughter. It's something like that 00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:49.099 But it would be hardly sensible to expect you 00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:53.319 to do such a thing without Incentive. Oh now 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:55.259 wait a minute. Don't don't tell me I'm about 00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:58.259 to get an offer. I'm a money offer Nobody's talking 00:18:58.259 --> 00:19:02.299 about a bribe. I assure you There's a practical 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:05.859 reason for such an offer Anomal proceedings no 00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:09.670 matter how certain we are of success Cost money. 00:19:10.250 --> 00:19:12.809 Mrs. Daniels could actually realize quite a savings 00:19:12.809 --> 00:19:18.109 if you cooperated for some flat figure, say $5 00:19:18.109 --> 00:19:22.069 ,000. Not unreasonable of her. Do me a favor, 00:19:22.190 --> 00:19:24.269 huh? You tell Mrs. Daniels that I wouldn't give 00:19:24.269 --> 00:19:27.170 up my marriage license for one million bucks. 00:19:28.190 --> 00:19:34.269 I notice you specify one million. So long, Mr. 00:19:34.329 --> 00:19:37.369 Headon. Please sit down. That wasn't all I had 00:19:37.369 --> 00:19:42.589 to tell you. Okay. What else is there? We can 00:19:42.589 --> 00:19:46.349 sue for annulment on a few other bases. Such 00:19:46.349 --> 00:19:48.990 as what? Falsification of your marriage certificate, 00:19:48.990 --> 00:19:51.809 for instance. Falsific? What the heck are you 00:19:51.809 --> 00:19:56.349 talking about? Your, uh, age, for instance. You're 00:19:56.349 --> 00:20:02.210 not 24, Mr. Snowden. You happen to be 30. Well, 00:20:02.230 --> 00:20:04.150 what's so important about that, for Pete's sake? 00:20:04.250 --> 00:20:08.140 You gave your age as, uh, 24. Well, so what? 00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:10.359 Everybody knocks a few years off their age at 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:13.500 some time or other. It's just business. Let's 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:17.059 see. Your business is straightforwarding, isn't 00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:20.240 it? You work in a three -man company. At a salary 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:25.519 of $145 a week. Surely you didn't think it was 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:29.480 necessary to dye your hair or anything like that 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:33.619 for the sake of executive advancement. Look, 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:37.019 Mr. Heddinger, first of all, I'm 29, not 30. 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:40.240 I am a few days premature, I suppose. You'll 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:43.000 be 30 next week, won't you? Happy birthday, in 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.960 case I don't see you. I just didn't want Bonnie 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:47.859 to think I was too old for a... Don't make everything 00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:51.299 so difficult, Mr. Snowden, because you know how 00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:54.819 it's going to end. Mrs. Daniels is the most determined 00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:58.299 woman you've ever met in your life. She, uh... 00:20:58.299 --> 00:21:00.779 Scares the pants off me, I can tell you. Oh, 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:03.279 well, that's your problem. If she has to spend 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:06.059 a million dollars to get Bonnie out of your clutches, 00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:10.940 she'll do it. I'll guarantee you 10 ,000 if you'll 00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:13.819 sign an agreement. I'm sorry, Mr. Hedinger. No 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:17.039 can do. You're a stupid boy. Do you know that? 00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:24.200 Sorry, I take that back. A stupid man. So long, 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:27.039 Mr. Hedinger. Give my best to Bonnie's mother. 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:37.000 Until it were both very happy. Oh, Davey, it's 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:40.220 horrible. We don't have a chance. I know we don't. 00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:42.339 Well, it doesn't look good, that's for sure. 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:44.559 You should have told me the truth. You should 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:47.759 have told me you were really 27. I don't know. 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:50.019 I just... I just didn't want you to think that 00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:52.640 I was still an undergraduate at that age. There's 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:55.640 got to be some way out, Davey. There has to be. 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:58.490 If you could just talk... She won't give me the 00:21:58.490 --> 00:22:00.529 chance. She's made up her mind that all I want 00:22:00.529 --> 00:22:02.849 is your lousy money. Well, what if there wasn't 00:22:02.849 --> 00:22:05.210 any money? What if I signed away the rights to 00:22:05.210 --> 00:22:07.269 the money my father left me? That would make 00:22:07.269 --> 00:22:11.650 her believe us, wouldn't it? Well, that's pretty 00:22:11.650 --> 00:22:14.230 drastic, Kitten. I mean, that money is yours. 00:22:14.890 --> 00:22:16.289 You know, when you come of age, you're entitled 00:22:16.289 --> 00:22:19.269 to it. I don't care about money, Davy. Well, 00:22:19.309 --> 00:22:22.980 you don't now, maybe, but later... I couldn't 00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:25.019 have you making that kind of sacrifice for me. 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.740 Bonnie, you'd probably hate me for it later. 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:29.880 Oh, I could never hate you. I love you so much. 00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:34.519 I think I'll love you after I'm dead. Davey? 00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:40.740 Davey, what are you thinking? Nothing. Davey, 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:45.279 you don't care about the money, do you? Please 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:51.359 talk to me. Bonnie, I have an idea. I have a 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:58.259 very crazy, very good idea. About what? I wouldn't 00:22:58.259 --> 00:23:00.359 blame you for not going through with it. I'd 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:04.359 understand. But what is it? You remember what 00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:08.700 you said, what you told your mother up at the 00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:12.079 house about you killing yourself? Yeah, I remember. 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:14.859 Well, she didn't believe you, of course. What 00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:16.900 if your mother really thought you were serious 00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:19.940 about killing yourself? Wouldn't that make her 00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:22.640 change her mind in a hurry? Well, yeah, I suppose 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:25.859 it would, but we could never fool her about such 00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:28.539 a thing. No, no, no. If we were smart, we could. 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:31.319 No. She's smarter than both of us put together. 00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:34.140 I know her, Davey. There's just no fooling her. 00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:36.299 Wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait. Don't throw 00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:39.119 it away so fast. Let's talk about it. Let's think 00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:41.799 for a minute. But it just wouldn't work. Yeah, 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:45.200 but if you really did try, Bonnie, only you didn't. 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:48.400 Try too hard, only enough to make it look good. 00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:51.859 How could I do that? There's a couple of ways. 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:56.000 Gas, for instance. We could fix up a phony gas 00:23:56.000 --> 00:24:01.140 suicide. Bonnie, don't look like that. I'm sorry. 00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:04.599 All right, forget it. Forget I ever said it. 00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:12.200 No. No, go on. It could be something like sleeping 00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:15.039 pills. You've got sleeping pills, haven't you? 00:24:15.049 --> 00:24:17.450 Yeah, I have. Well, you wouldn't have to take 00:24:17.450 --> 00:24:20.289 more than two. Maybe three. Now, that won't hurt 00:24:20.289 --> 00:24:22.369 at all. And we'd make her think you took the 00:24:22.369 --> 00:24:25.349 whole bottle. Now, don't you see how easy that'd 00:24:25.349 --> 00:24:32.049 be? Yes, I suppose so. Oh, Davey, hold me, please. 00:24:32.650 --> 00:24:34.650 Kitten, you could write your mother a letter. 00:24:35.130 --> 00:24:37.029 You could tell her what you were planning to 00:24:37.029 --> 00:24:40.210 do, but that I don't know about it, see? You 00:24:40.210 --> 00:24:41.890 could say you were going to swallow the whole 00:24:41.890 --> 00:24:45.019 bottle of pills. But you'll actually take just 00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:48.339 a few. Then when your mother shows up here... 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:51.240 I'm so scared, Davy. I promise you nothing will 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:53.220 happen except that your mother will know that 00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:56.019 you meant it, Bonnie, about loving me so much. 00:24:57.819 --> 00:25:02.339 You do love me, don't you? Yes. Yes, Davy. I 00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:11.920 do. I do. There's another famous saying about 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:17.200 love. that it conquers all. Presumably that includes 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:21.619 time, distance, and mothers -in -law. But will 00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:25.700 love and deception succeed together? We'll find 00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:39.539 out shortly when I return with Act 3. Things 00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:43.609 seem very normal in Apartment 4G. the one -room 00:25:43.609 --> 00:25:46.950 residence of the newlyweds Bonnie and David Snowden. 00:25:47.210 --> 00:25:50.470 Music is playing on their transistor radio, a 00:25:50.470 --> 00:25:54.089 frozen dinner is thawing slowly, and Bonnie and 00:25:54.089 --> 00:25:57.269 David are hunched over the kitchen table composing 00:25:57.269 --> 00:26:00.990 a letter. The only thing that makes this domestic 00:26:00.990 --> 00:26:04.789 scene a bit bizarre is that they are collaborating 00:26:04.789 --> 00:26:10.230 on a suicide note. Dear mother, I warned you 00:26:10.230 --> 00:26:15.579 what I would do. if you tried to get our marriage 00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:20.880 annulled. Tonight, I'm going to take a whole 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:24.660 bottle. Davey, do we have to have that music? 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:27.359 Okay, okay. I didn't know it was bothering you. 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:33.400 I'm nervous enough as it is. Okay, I said. Dear 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:37.160 mother, I warned you what I would do if you tried 00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:40.700 to get our marriage annulled. Tonight, I'm going 00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:44.529 to take... A whole bottle of sleeping pills. 00:26:45.569 --> 00:26:49.529 Oh, Davey, it just doesn't sound right. It's 00:26:49.529 --> 00:26:53.670 not so bad, Bonnie. Look, maybe you'd better 00:26:53.670 --> 00:26:56.390 put in something about me not knowing about it. 00:26:56.609 --> 00:26:59.029 I think that's important that your mother realizes 00:26:59.029 --> 00:27:01.089 that I had no idea you were gonna try to take 00:27:01.089 --> 00:27:03.170 your life. Maybe you'd better write it, Davey. 00:27:03.170 --> 00:27:06.210 I'm just no good at this sort of thing. Yeah, 00:27:06.210 --> 00:27:08.470 I guess you don't have much experience writing 00:27:08.470 --> 00:27:11.880 suicide notes. Well... I just can't help feeling 00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:15.779 it's wrong. Wrong what? How? Well, you know. 00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:18.319 No, no, no, I don't. The only thing that could 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:22.579 be wrong about it is if it didn't work. But OK, 00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:24.680 if you've got cold feet, OK, we'll let your mother 00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:27.480 go through with it. We'll let that lawyer Hedinger 00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:29.380 get our marriage annulled. Is that what you want? 00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:31.339 You know it isn't. Then have you got a better 00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:36.160 idea than this? Have you? No. Then tell me what 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:39.650 you want to do, Bonnie. You name it. Tell me 00:27:39.650 --> 00:27:43.230 what to write in the letter. Well, the first 00:27:43.230 --> 00:27:47.670 line is okay. Only after that, I think you should 00:27:47.670 --> 00:27:52.309 say, um... Davey doesn't know I'm doing this. 00:27:53.029 --> 00:27:56.349 I didn't want anyone to know so that nobody would 00:27:56.349 --> 00:27:59.589 stop me. Wait a minute. Not so fast. Well, you 00:27:59.589 --> 00:28:01.410 don't have to put it down exactly the way I said 00:28:01.410 --> 00:28:03.910 it. Make it sound like yourself, you know. Yeah, 00:28:04.170 --> 00:28:08.079 I'll try. And, uh... What else? Oh, yeah, say 00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:12.220 something about doing this because I love Davey, 00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:16.619 because I can't live without him. Yes. That'll 00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:18.680 make her understand. You see, she'll realize 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:20.859 that you might try to kid yourself again if she 00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:23.599 broke us up. And if she loves you, she won't 00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:27.519 want that to happen, Bonnie. You see? Yes, yes. 00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:30.539 Hey, come on. You're getting tears all over the 00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:34.660 letter. Oh, Davey. Go on, Bonnie. Now sign it. 00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:42.240 That's right, that's just perfect. Aunt, you 00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:45.839 got that one? Here. Okay, if I get it into the 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:48.420 mail now, she'll have it tomorrow morning. Now, 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:50.180 she should have phoned here as soon as she receives 00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:53.240 it. Davy, she might even call the police. Well, 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:55.240 it doesn't matter who she calls. Police, the 00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:57.440 doctor, they'll be okay. I mean, you'll really 00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:59.880 be asleep, auntie. You'll take just enough pills 00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:02.420 to put you into a nice, deep sleep. Understand? 00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:07.539 Yes. I understand. Now, I'll be right back, sweetheart. 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:09.720 I'll just run downstairs and mail this, huh? 00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:14.059 All right, Davey, but hurry, hurry back. I don't 00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:24.180 want to be alone. What time is it, Davey? Nine 00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:26.740 fifteen. Do you think Mother got the letter this 00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:28.980 morning? Well, you never know with a post office 00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:31.619 these days, but it could happen. Even if the 00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:33.740 letter gets there, she might not be home. She 00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:36.059 might have left the house early. Doesn't matter, 00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:38.200 Bonnie. Sooner or later, she'll see it. Well, 00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:43.079 I just don't think it's gonna work, Davy. There. 00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:48.880 That must be her. Do you think it is, really? 00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:50.680 There's no doubt about it. I don't know anybody 00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:52.579 who'd call me this early in the morning. Well, 00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:55.039 how about the people at your office? No, no, 00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:57.259 no, no. I'm away on a two -week honeymoon, remember? 00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:59.420 They don't even know I'm in town. Well, Davy, 00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:02.079 shouldn't you answer it? No, Kitten, no. Don't 00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:04.000 you understand? She's got to get worried enough 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:08.019 to do something. And you've got something to 00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:11.880 do, too. You mean, take those pills. That's right, 00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:17.700 Bonnie. Hey, you see? She stopped calling. She's 00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:22.740 probably on her way over here right now. Get 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:26.240 the pills, Bonnie. Yes, I have them right here. 00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:29.809 There are only three of them. Okay, I'll get 00:30:29.809 --> 00:30:37.910 you a glass of water. All right. Davy, you're 00:30:37.910 --> 00:30:41.029 sure it'll be all right? I'm sure, Bonnie. It 00:30:41.029 --> 00:30:43.150 takes like a dozen of these things to hurt you. 00:30:43.150 --> 00:30:45.589 You just take a couple. Yeah, no, you better 00:30:45.589 --> 00:30:47.470 make it all three just to make sure you're fast 00:30:47.470 --> 00:30:49.190 asleep when your mother gets here. She's only 00:30:49.190 --> 00:30:51.369 about half an hour away. Well, it's time enough 00:30:51.369 --> 00:30:56.390 if you take them now. Yeah, all right. You can 00:30:56.390 --> 00:30:59.430 trust me, Bonnie. You know that. I won't let 00:30:59.430 --> 00:31:03.269 anything happen to you. Yeah, I know that. I 00:31:03.269 --> 00:31:05.730 know that, Davy. Okay, now come on. Take the 00:31:05.730 --> 00:31:12.630 pill, sweetheart. Yes. There. That wasn't so 00:31:12.630 --> 00:31:16.390 hard, was it? No. Now all you have to do is go 00:31:16.390 --> 00:31:20.950 back to bed. Go to bed and sleep. That won't 00:31:20.950 --> 00:31:24.910 be so hard either. Even without the pills. I 00:31:24.910 --> 00:31:28.930 slept so badly last night. Yeah, I know. Davy? 00:31:29.670 --> 00:31:36.150 Yes, Kitten? Please kiss me. Kiss me. Good night. 00:31:44.609 --> 00:31:51.569 One second. Oh, Mrs. Daniels. Where is she? Where's 00:31:51.569 --> 00:31:53.569 Bonnie? Well, not to take it easy. She's sleeping. 00:31:54.410 --> 00:31:56.559 Is she all right? Well, what are you talking 00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.980 about? Of course she's all right. She's just 00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:59.700 asleep. She likes to sleep a little late in the 00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:03.119 morning, that's all. Bonnie? Bonnie? Hey, now, 00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:04.700 what do you think you're doing, Mrs. Daniels? 00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:06.640 Let her sleep, will you? She's had a bad night. 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:11.279 Look. Look at her color. Look at her. Can't you 00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:13.359 see this isn't normal? Well, she's always a little 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:17.140 pale, so what? Bonnie. Bonnie, can you hear me? 00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:22.279 It's Mother. Oh, dear God. Hey, what's the matter 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:25.119 with you? You idiot! Where were you? I phoned 00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:27.339 here about an hour ago. The phone just rang and 00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:29.519 rang. I was out. I went out to get the paper. 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:31.500 I just got back a couple of minutes ago. Bonnie, 00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:36.720 darling. Wake up. Wake up. Why didn't I call 00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:39.119 somebody? Why didn't I call a doctor? A doctor? 00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:42.920 What for? Here. Read this. Well, what is it? 00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:47.559 Where's your telephone? Where is it? Good Lord, 00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:50.119 this letter is... We need a doctor, you idiot. 00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:58.440 Bonnie, maybe... Oh, no. Mrs. Daniels. She's 00:32:58.440 --> 00:33:02.579 dead. She's dead. Oh, she can't be. She's just 00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:06.859 sleeping, Mrs. Daniels. She took the pills. All 00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:09.039 those pills. There weren't that many in that 00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:12.460 bottle. Maybe she'll be okay. I'll get the doctor. 00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:16.619 It's too late. Too late. She's not dead, I tell 00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:21.019 you. Bonnie. Bonnie, wake up, Kitten. Wake up. 00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:26.369 It's all right. Everything's all right. Bonnie, 00:33:26.549 --> 00:33:28.930 for Pete's sake, it's all over now. You've got 00:33:28.930 --> 00:33:36.250 to wake up. Oh, she's so cold. Bonnie, wake up! 00:33:36.269 --> 00:33:40.170 Leave her alone. Actually, that poor girl alone, 00:33:40.430 --> 00:33:43.690 even now. Mrs. Daniels, I swear there weren't 00:33:43.690 --> 00:33:45.809 many pills in that bottle. It wouldn't have taken 00:33:45.809 --> 00:33:49.049 many. Not with Bonnie's heart. It wouldn't take 00:33:49.049 --> 00:33:52.630 so... Well, it wouldn't take many. What are you 00:33:52.630 --> 00:33:58.569 talking about? Barney had rheumatic fever when 00:33:58.569 --> 00:34:04.730 she was 12. Her heart's been weak ever since. 00:34:05.970 --> 00:34:15.210 No. No. Barney, please. Please. You've got to 00:34:15.210 --> 00:34:32.630 wake up. Yes. Walter Hedinger, you remember me, 00:34:32.630 --> 00:34:36.489 I trust? Yes, I remember you. Sorry to disturb 00:34:36.489 --> 00:34:40.269 you. I realize that you're still in mourning, 00:34:40.329 --> 00:34:42.829 of course. What do you want? I was wondering 00:34:42.829 --> 00:34:44.829 if you might be able to attend a meeting in our 00:34:44.829 --> 00:34:49.309 offices at 10 .30 tomorrow. A meeting? What for? 00:34:52.170 --> 00:34:53.849 What are you talking about? I've got nothing 00:34:53.849 --> 00:34:55.869 to do with my wife's estate and you know it. 00:34:56.030 --> 00:34:57.769 Bonnie wasn't dead two weeks and I got a letter 00:34:57.769 --> 00:35:00.610 from you telling me so. Well, there is still 00:35:00.610 --> 00:35:02.969 something that Mrs. Daniels wishes to discuss 00:35:02.969 --> 00:35:07.250 with you. Something beyond the, shall I say, 00:35:07.449 --> 00:35:10.570 legality of the situation. Look, if Mrs. Daniels 00:35:10.570 --> 00:35:12.230 thinks she can make some kind of trouble for 00:35:12.230 --> 00:35:14.789 me... No, no, no, no. It's nothing of the kind. 00:35:14.969 --> 00:35:17.269 Don't try to kid me. She still blames me for 00:35:17.269 --> 00:35:19.389 Bonnie's death. She'd do anything she could to 00:35:19.389 --> 00:35:29.079 hurt me. I assure you... advantage that's correct 00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:33.199 because I can promise you one thing mrs. Daniels 00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:43.239 wants to do the right thing please come in mr. 00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:49.400 Snowden yes yes how are you mrs. Daniels I'm 00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:53.860 as well as I can be thank you yes of course don't 00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:56.639 look stricken young man Nobody's going to hurt 00:35:56.639 --> 00:36:00.679 you. Have a chair. Thank you. Well, let's get 00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:04.039 started, shall we? Mrs. Daniels, as you know, 00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:06.460 we've already informed Mr. Snowden that he has 00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:09.679 no legal claims on your daughter's estate. Yeah, 00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:12.380 I know all about that. But did you explain why? 00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:16.260 You see, Bonnie's inheritance from my late husband 00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:20.300 wasn't due until she reached the age of 21. Since 00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:23.699 her death, it automatically reverts to me. I 00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:26.300 didn't expect anything, Mrs. Daniels. A very 00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:28.400 kind of you, I'm sure. However, Mr. Snowden, 00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:31.260 the fact that you did marry Barney imposes a 00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:35.039 certain kind of obligation on me. Some kind of 00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:39.579 gesture regarding your welfare. I don't understand. 00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:43.780 Mr. Snowden, you seemed most impressed by that 00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:46.639 old house we own upstate. You recall the one 00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:50.760 I mean? Yes, of course. It was once valued at 00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:56.329 a great deal of money. And it's yours. What was 00:36:56.329 --> 00:36:59.630 that? I'm deeding you the property. It would 00:36:59.630 --> 00:37:02.429 have been Bonnie's in a few more years. I have 00:37:02.429 --> 00:37:05.650 no further use for it. You may have complete 00:37:05.650 --> 00:37:08.750 possession of the land, the house, and everything 00:37:08.750 --> 00:37:14.250 in it. Everything? You really mean everything? 00:37:14.369 --> 00:37:18.449 Of course. Mr. Heddinger will see to the formalities. 00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:21.539 Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go. What? 00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:24.639 Gee, Mrs. Daniels, I... Please don't thank me. 00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:28.480 I can stand anything from you now except gratitude. 00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:36.260 Good day. Well, let's take care of the details. 00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:39.380 Mr. Hedinger, could I ask just one question? 00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:42.440 Yes. When Mrs. Daniels said I could have everything 00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:46.250 in that house... Well, there are certain places, 00:37:46.670 --> 00:37:50.389 locked rooms and things like that. Am I entitled 00:37:50.389 --> 00:37:53.630 to all of the contents? You're entitled to every 00:37:53.630 --> 00:37:57.530 stick in the place, Mr. Snowden. In fact, Mrs. 00:37:57.829 --> 00:38:10.909 Daniels left you this full set of keys. Oh, look 00:38:10.909 --> 00:38:14.260 at it. Look at it. It's all mine the whole house 00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:21.800 mine God knows how much it's worth Hey sure, 00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:26.960 it's run down, but the furniture alone Now where's 00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:32.320 that light switch and here it is And what did 00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:38.199 Bonnie call it a terrible old barn Yeah, but 00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:41.199 it's all mine sweetheart. It's Davy's bar now 00:38:42.190 --> 00:38:44.210 Maybe it's not a million bucks, but it's something. 00:38:45.150 --> 00:38:49.250 Where are the rest of the keys? A dozen keys, 00:38:49.409 --> 00:38:52.309 but one of them must open that door. Yeah, one 00:38:52.309 --> 00:38:54.030 of them will do it, so let's just get going, 00:38:54.230 --> 00:38:58.329 baby boy. It was really something, her giving 00:38:58.329 --> 00:39:03.110 me this house. No bless oblige, I guess. I got 00:39:03.110 --> 00:39:07.110 to give the lady credit. She's got class. Let's 00:39:07.110 --> 00:39:10.670 see. It wasn't this floor. No, it was the next. 00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:14.659 It's gotta be a very good reason for locking 00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:17.119 up a room. There's gotta be something very valuable 00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:21.940 inside. Yeah, that's the door. That's the one. 00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:28.079 Okay, now to find the key. No, no, not that one. 00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:32.199 This is, no, it's obviously too small. How about 00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:38.219 this one? No, that didn't do it. This one's too 00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:42.059 big. No, not yet. I hope it's here. The lawyer 00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:46.900 said they were all here. I'll try this one. Well, 00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:50.199 it slipped in all right, but will it turn? Wait 00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:53.440 a minute, it's stuck, but I think it's gonna 00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:57.960 do it. I think it's gonna work. That did it, 00:39:57.960 --> 00:40:01.400 that did it. The lock's open. Now all I gotta 00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:10.889 do is open the door. Pretty dark in there. Shades 00:40:10.889 --> 00:40:16.170 it down. Uh -huh. What? I see a lamp over there. 00:40:25.610 --> 00:40:29.489 Some more sherry, Walter? No, thank you, Mrs. 00:40:29.750 --> 00:40:33.130 Daniels. Stop looking so grim, Walter. Sit back 00:40:33.130 --> 00:40:37.590 and relax. Mrs. Daniels, I can't help but worry 00:40:37.590 --> 00:40:42.239 about... Oh, about what happened. Worry? About 00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:45.639 that scoundrel? You know what I mean. When that 00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:47.820 police lieutenant questioned me about Snowden's 00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:52.500 death, well, I didn't actually lie to him, but 00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:56.619 I didn't tell him the whole truth either. You 00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:59.000 were completely honest, Walter. I'm sure you 00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:04.260 were. No, I wasn't. You see, I'm absolutely sure 00:41:04.260 --> 00:41:06.300 you knew what you were doing when you deeded 00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:08.869 that house to him. Of course I knew what I was 00:41:08.869 --> 00:41:15.409 doing. I was being generous. But you knew what 00:41:15.409 --> 00:41:18.570 would happen, didn't you? Yes, Walter, I knew. 00:41:19.349 --> 00:41:22.369 I knew there was no treasure behind that door. 00:41:23.090 --> 00:41:25.929 Only the rotten floorboards that made us shut 00:41:25.929 --> 00:41:29.090 up the room fifteen years ago. I used to argue 00:41:29.090 --> 00:41:31.449 with my husband about it. I used to say that 00:41:31.449 --> 00:41:34.849 we should have the floor repaired before someone 00:41:34.849 --> 00:41:39.409 fell through to the basement. But he was a strangely 00:41:39.409 --> 00:41:43.650 miserly man sometimes, not nearly as generous 00:41:43.650 --> 00:41:52.570 as I am. Now drink your sherry, Walter. Well, 00:41:52.869 --> 00:41:55.289 what can you say about an 18 -year -old girl 00:41:55.289 --> 00:41:59.130 who dies, or her 30 -year -old lover, for that 00:41:59.130 --> 00:42:03.349 matter? 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