Trascrizione completa di One Eyed Cat

in the 44 00:02:42.009 --> 00:02:43.289 presence of strangers. 45 00:02:44.830 --> 00:02:47.689 What's the matter with her? Why does she keep her 46 00:02:47.729 --> 00:02:49.629 head to one side that way, Mr. Wake? 47 00:02:49.849 --> 00:02:51.849 She's blind in one eye, poor thing. 48 00:02:52.289 --> 00:02:54.909 And it's gotten her into quite a bit of mischief, too. 49 00:02:55.930 --> 00:02:59.610 As you can observe, Miss Garth, I'm unable to move 50 00:02:59.689 --> 00:03:00.870 out of this wheelchair. 51 00:03:01.389 --> 00:03:03.000 Yes, Mrs. Wilton mentioned it to her. 52 00:03:03.189 --> 00:03:04.900 Up to now, I've had a male nurse. 53 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:08.060 Strong young man who has been able to lift me 54 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:10.259 with ease and handle me like a baby. 55 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:14.219 I have a man's strength, Mr. Wake. In my arms 56 00:03:14.259 --> 00:03:14.780 and shoulders. 57 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:19.939 Lewis has left me now. He's gotten married. 58 00:03:20.460 --> 00:03:23.960 And as I was casting about for a suitable substitute, 59 00:03:24.060 --> 00:03:28.330 I thought of hiring a woman. You see, I discovered 60 00:03:28.389 --> 00:03:32.069 I need more than mere physical strength in a nurse. 61 00:03:32.289 --> 00:03:34.009 You need companionship, Mr. Wake. 62 00:03:34.669 --> 00:03:36.669 Yes, that's it exactly. 63 00:03:37.469 --> 00:03:40.430 I know how it is to be lonely. And I 64 00:03:40.469 --> 00:03:42.780 know how a constant friend can make things easier. 65 00:03:43.349 --> 00:03:46.240 You seem to be able to read my mind, Miss Garth. 66 00:03:47.060 --> 00:03:48.840 I have a fairly good education, Mr. 67 00:03:48.860 --> 00:03:49.080 Wake. 68 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:53.479 Besides, I'm sensitive to my patients. 69 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:54.800 Sensitive? 70 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:57.530 I like to read to them. Play for them on 71 00:03:57.569 --> 00:04:01.409 the piano. When I go on a case, Mr. Wake, 72 00:04:01.449 --> 00:04:04.729 I devote my life to it. And I'd like the 73 00:04:04.750 --> 00:04:07.370 chance to devote my life to you. 74 00:04:08.030 --> 00:04:09.949 You're an extraordinary woman. 75 00:04:10.050 --> 00:04:11.939 I don't want this position unless I can be sure 76 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:15.979 and badly needed. I want you to feel that every 77 00:04:16.019 --> 00:04:19.720 minute of the day, every hour, my thoughts are only 78 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:20.459 for your comfort. 79 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:23.060 Your salary... Oh, I don't care about the salary. 80 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:29.069 Oh, this whole... Has a wonderful atmosphere. A chance to 81 00:04:29.110 --> 00:04:34.370 belong and be needed. That's all I ask for. 82 00:04:34.550 --> 00:04:35.129 Nonsense. 83 00:04:35.389 --> 00:04:38.170 You'll be paid and well paid. I'm a rich man, 84 00:04:38.550 --> 00:04:39.670 if a helpless one. 85 00:04:39.689 --> 00:04:42.370 Oh, you won't be helpless any longer, Mr. Wake. I 86 00:04:42.410 --> 00:04:46.670 want so to help you. I'm sorry you'll think now 87 00:04:46.709 --> 00:04:50.069 that I'm giving you sympathy, but it isn't that. You'll 88 00:04:50.089 --> 00:04:52.529 be giving me much more than I'll be giving you, Mr. Wake. 89 00:04:54.129 --> 00:04:58.420 I need someone to depend on me. Or I can't exist. 90 00:04:59.180 --> 00:05:01.639 And I need someone to depend on. 91 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:04.899 I think we'll get along very well. 92 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:05.459 Miss Garth. 93 00:05:05.860 --> 00:05:08.100 I'm sure we will, Mr. Wake. 94 00:05:09.300 --> 00:05:17.069 Oh, Laura. Mrs. 95 00:05:17.089 --> 00:05:17.389 Wilden. 96 00:05:17.410 --> 00:05:21.050 Oh, yes, Miss Garth. Have you been hired? 97 00:05:21.110 --> 00:05:21.490 I have. 98 00:05:21.629 --> 00:05:25.029 Oh, I'm so glad. It'll be nice having another woman 99 00:05:25.069 --> 00:05:28.139 around the house. Up to now, it's just been Mr. 100 00:05:28.220 --> 00:05:32.680 Wake and me since Lewis left. Oh, I'd better fill 101 00:05:32.699 --> 00:05:33.819 you in on the routine. 102 00:05:34.420 --> 00:05:34.759 Mr. 103 00:05:34.819 --> 00:05:37.680 Wake dines at seven, while you and I will eat 104 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:39.470 at six. And that gives us time to. 105 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:41.060 I dine at seven myself, Mrs. 106 00:05:41.100 --> 00:05:41.439 Wilton. 107 00:05:42.100 --> 00:05:47.240 Oh, I see. Well, I suppose I can change my hour. 108 00:05:47.259 --> 00:05:48.240 There'll be no need for that. 109 00:05:49.100 --> 00:05:50.920 What? Mr. 110 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:55.079 Wake and I will dine together. You'll eat by yourself, 111 00:05:55.180 --> 00:06:02.899 as usual. Oh, you have a beautiful garden, Mr. 112 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:03.139 Wake. 113 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:06.399 And you seem to know a great deal about flowers, 114 00:06:06.500 --> 00:06:07.040 Miss Garth. 115 00:06:07.500 --> 00:06:09.639 I've always loved delicate and gentle things. 116 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:10.339 Yes. 117 00:06:11.019 --> 00:06:14.750 You're a gentle person. A very gentle person. And I'm 118 00:06:15.050 --> 00:06:15.829 glad you're here. 119 00:06:19.829 --> 00:06:20.389 Mrs. Wilden. 120 00:06:22.250 --> 00:06:23.329 What is it, Miss Garth? 121 00:06:23.410 --> 00:06:25.529 I left my shoes in the hall this morning. Did 122 00:06:25.569 --> 00:06:28.089 you see them? Yes. Then why weren't they polished? 123 00:06:28.670 --> 00:06:29.350 Miss Garth. 124 00:06:30.069 --> 00:06:32.079 I think it's about time you and I came to 125 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:36.319 an understanding. I'm neither a bootblack nor a chambermaid. Since 126 00:06:36.339 --> 00:06:38.870 you came to this house three weeks ago, you've done 127 00:06:38.930 --> 00:06:41.910 nothing but order me around. And I'm getting just a 128 00:06:41.949 --> 00:06:42.990 little tired of you. 129 00:06:43.029 --> 00:06:43.269 Oh, you. 130 00:06:44.579 --> 00:06:46.040 Perhaps that will

put you in your place. 131 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:49.069 Oh, I won't stand for that. 132 00:06:49.930 --> 00:06:52.670 I'll tell Mr. Wake. That's what I'll... You'll what? 133 00:06:53.529 --> 00:06:58.810 My arm. You're breaking it. Oh, please, please. 134 00:06:58.870 --> 00:07:00.959 I could wrench your arm out of its socket with 135 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:03.319 a twist of my hand, Mrs. Wilton, and I assure 136 00:07:03.379 --> 00:07:06.439 you that if you annoy me again, I'll do just that. 137 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:08.040 Oh, please let me go. 138 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:11.199 My shoes are still in the hall. I want them 139 00:07:11.259 --> 00:07:14.329 polished within the hour. Do you understand? 140 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:17.000 Yes, only please don't hurt me. 141 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:25.339 Oh, don't hurt me. I've brought your milk, Mr. Wake. 142 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:28.480 You're very sweet to think of it, Miss Garth. 143 00:07:28.819 --> 00:07:34.100 Now you finish it. Come on, every drop. It's good 144 00:07:34.139 --> 00:07:34.519 for you. 145 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:39.360 That seems to be your only concern. The things that 146 00:07:39.420 --> 00:07:40.439 are good for me. 147 00:07:42.220 --> 00:07:44.519 Have you been there? Happy since I've come? 148 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:47.870 These past two months have been wonderful. 149 00:07:48.459 --> 00:07:52.029 I've never known anyone as kind or as self-sacrificing as you. 150 00:07:52.870 --> 00:07:55.689 And I've never felt so contented. Oh. 151 00:07:57.509 --> 00:08:00.290 I want you to know, sir, that... Well, it isn't 152 00:08:00.310 --> 00:08:02.550 because you pay me. Of course not. 153 00:08:03.069 --> 00:08:04.870 I would never suggest such a thing. 154 00:08:04.949 --> 00:08:07.689 It's just that... Well, you have no one else, and 155 00:08:08.189 --> 00:08:10.949 I have no one else. We seem to give each 156 00:08:10.990 --> 00:08:13.860 other a great deal of... Strength and understanding. 157 00:08:14.420 --> 00:08:20.209 You've even made me forget my affliction. Even though Flora 158 00:08:20.250 --> 00:08:22.009 here keeps reminding. 159 00:08:21.490 --> 00:08:21.899 Me of it. 160 00:08:22.389 --> 00:08:24.730 You seem to have such a great affection for that cat, Mr. Wake. 161 00:08:24.769 --> 00:08:27.610 You keep her on your lap almost all the time. 162 00:08:27.629 --> 00:08:32.100 Poor Flora is rather handicapped with one eye. And she 163 00:08:32.139 --> 00:08:35.240 has a habit of running between people's legs when they walk. 164 00:08:36.059 --> 00:08:37.779 I hold her on my lap to keep her out 165 00:08:37.820 --> 00:08:42.440 of mischief. You see, she's already caused her quota of 166 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:43.899 trouble with me. 167 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:44.779 With you? 168 00:08:44.799 --> 00:08:47.879 A little over a year ago, as I was walking 169 00:08:47.940 --> 00:08:50.639 across my room, Flora ran between my feet. 170 00:08:51.580 --> 00:08:54.039

I tripped and broke my back. 171 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:57.409 You mean she caused your paralysis? 172 00:08:58.309 --> 00:08:59.690 Indirectly, yes. 173 00:08:59.970 --> 00:09:00.759 And you still keep her? 174 00:09:01.860 --> 00:09:06.320 It wasn't Flora's fault that she couldn't see too well. Besides, 175 00:09:06.340 --> 00:09:11.009 I have a great capacity for pity and forgiveness, as you. 176 00:09:10.809 --> 00:09:13.570 Do, Miss Garth. 177 00:09:13.610 --> 00:09:13.690 Mr. 178 00:09:13.769 --> 00:09:16.409 Wake. Oh, what is it, Mrs. Wilton? 179 00:09:16.870 --> 00:09:18.710 I've been trying to see you alone for quite a 180 00:09:18.730 --> 00:09:21.830 while now, but Miss Garth hasn't given me the chance. 181 00:09:22.269 --> 00:09:23.830 I'm afraid I don't understand, Mrs. 182 00:09:23.870 --> 00:09:24.070 Wilton. 183 00:09:24.190 --> 00:09:27.929 Why are you so nervous, Mrs. Wilton? What's the trouble? Mr. 184 00:09:27.970 --> 00:09:30.450 Wake, I... I'm leaving. 185 00:09:31.470 --> 00:09:34.730 Leaving? You mean leaving my employ? 186 00:09:34.750 --> 00:09:35.049 Yes. 187 00:09:35.210 --> 00:09:36.409 But why? 188 00:09:36.610 --> 00:09:39.230 I refuse to stay here with that woman. 189 00:09:39.470 --> 00:09:41.190 Are you referring to Miss Garth? 190 00:09:41.629 --> 00:09:44.789 I'm sorry that I can't give you notice. I'm going tonight. 191 00:09:45.629 --> 00:09:47.490 And if you want to know the reason, I'll tell 192 00:09:47.529 --> 00:09:51.269 it to you alone in the library. 193 00:09:51.289 --> 00:09:54.549 What is all this, Miss Garth? 194 00:09:54.769 --> 00:09:57.309 Oh, Mr. Wake, I'm so sorry it had to come 195 00:09:57.370 --> 00:09:59.879 up this way. I didn't want to tell you because I... 196 00:10:00.059 --> 00:10:03.379 knew how fond you are of Mrs. Wiltman. Well, I 197 00:10:03.419 --> 00:10:05.470 was almost sure she'd never, never do it again. 198 00:10:05.490 --> 00:10:06.389 Do what again? 199 00:10:07.669 --> 00:10:11.990 Steal from you. No. I'm afraid that I wouldn't have 200 00:10:12.009 --> 00:10:12.490 to tell you. 201 00:10:13.149 --> 00:10:15.450 What has she stolen? How do you know this? 202 00:10:15.789 --> 00:10:17.970 That picture of your dead wife was in a solid 203 00:10:18.009 --> 00:10:21.590 gold frame. If you remember, Mrs. Wilkins told you the 204 00:10:21.629 --> 00:10:25.309 picture was missing, that it had been misplaced. Well, she 205 00:10:25.330 --> 00:10:27.649 stole that picture for the frame. 206 00:10:27.669 --> 00:10:30.850 I can't believe it. 207 00:10:31.129 --> 00:10:35.190 She's stolen several other things, your tie pin, your diamond cufflinks. Oh, 208 00:10:35.230 --> 00:10:39.669 you thought you'd lost them, but I knew. Mrs. Wilkins 209 00:10:39.690 --> 00:10:41.710 realizes that I know, and she's trying to brazen it out. 210 00:10:42.769 --> 00:10:44.389 She hopes that you'll get rid of me instead. 211 00:10:45.549 --> 00:10:47.929 But Harriet Wilkins was a trusted friend. 212 00:10:48.870 --> 00:10:51.110 The things she stole, Mr. Wake, are in her room. 213 00:10:51.129 --> 00:10:54.210 I'm sorry to have to do it this way, but 214 00:10:54.269 --> 00:10:58.009 your security means more to me than sentiment. And I'm 215 00:10:58.029 --> 00:11:00.590 going to prove what I say right now. I'll go 216 00:11:00.629 --> 00:11:03.009 to her room. 217 00:11:06.539 --> 00:11:08.480 I would like to speak to you alone, Mr. 218 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:08.879 Wake. 219 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:12.879 There'll be no need for an explanation, Mrs. Wilton. 220 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:14.100 What do you mean? 221 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:16.700 I found these in your room. 222 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:18.639 I don't understand. 223 00:11:18.779 --> 00:11:21.809 Because of the many years of faithful service you've given 224 00:11:21.870 --> 00:11:25.590 me in the past, I won't inform the police. But 225 00:11:25.649 --> 00:11:27.629 I want you to take your things and leave this 226 00:11:27.690 --> 00:11:28.690 house immediately. 227 00:11:29.149 --> 00:11:31.769 She made this up. She did this just to get 228 00:11:31.809 --> 00:11:32.370 rid of me. 229 00:11:32.389 --> 00:11:38.820 Mrs. Wilton, I want you to leave now without any 230 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:39.860 further discussion. 231 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:41.340 Very well, Mr. 232 00:11:41.379 --> 00:11:41.600 Wake. 233 00:11:42.940 --> 00:11:46.039 But heaven help you when you're all alone with her. 234 00:11:50.029 --> 00:11:50.909 I'm sorry, Miss Garth. 235 00:11:51.029 --> 00:11:52.169 Oh, that's all right, Mr. 236 00:11:52.210 --> 00:11:52.450 Wake. 237 00:11:53.710 --> 00:11:56.629 I've forgiven her, as you have for everything. 238 00:11:56.649 --> 00:11:59.289 I'll hire another housekeeper in the morning. 239 00:11:59.929 --> 00:12:04.690 That won't be necessary. No? You won't need anyone else 240 00:12:04.730 --> 00:12:07.519 from now on, Mr. Wake. But me. 241 00:12:24.899 --> 00:12:27.659 A cat has nine lives, according to the experts, and 242 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:30.500 the four-legged creatures can afford a risk or two. But 243 00:12:30.539 --> 00:12:32.379 man has only one, and when he finds that one 244 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:35.409 in jeopardy, each minute becomes more precious. 245 00:12:35.129 --> 00:12:37.690 Than the next, and each hour to spend in staving 246 00:12:37.809 --> 00:12:41.350 off is doomed. I'm afraid I've become a little worried, 247 00:12:41.429 --> 00:12:46.950 Miss Garth. Worried? About what? I just haven't heard. 248 00:12:46.750 --> 00:12:49.980 From anyone in so long. I used to receive an 249 00:12:50.019 --> 00:12:52.200 occasional visit from my friends in the city. 250 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:53.269 But Now? 251 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:54.460 Aren't you lonely, Mr. 252 00:12:54.500 --> 00:12:54.779 Wake? 253 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:55.580 With me? 254 00:12:55.899 --> 00:12:58.019 Oh, it's not that, Leah. Leah? 255 00:12:59.120 --> 00:12:59.240 Oh.

256 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:02.019 I'm sorry. Oh, please. 257 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:04.679 I've been wanting you to call me Leah ever since 258 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:05.139 I came. 259 00:13:05.659 --> 00:13:09.639 Well, you sent those letters I wrote. 260 00:13:10.980 --> 00:13:11.419 Yesterday. 261 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:14.470 I don't know why the others were never answered. 262 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:16.610 Perhaps your friends don't want to be bothered. 263 00:13:17.750 --> 00:13:18.409 What do you mean? 264 00:13:19.070 --> 00:13:21.230 No one is cheered by an invalid. 265 00:13:21.429 --> 00:13:26.190 And An invalid? You've never referred to me that way before. 266 00:13:26.210 --> 00:13:29.029 I just want you to know, Jasper, that I'm the 267 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:32.480 only one you can depend on. I'm the only one 268 00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:37.500 in the world who really loves you. Leah. Oh, I'm sorry. 269 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:39.879 I've been holding that back for so long, I shouldn't 270 00:13:39.899 --> 00:13:40.279 have said it. 271 00:13:40.740 --> 00:13:43.139 Leah, you've been a good friend to me and a 272 00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:46.139 great help, but I don't want you to go too 273 00:13:46.659 --> 00:13:48.120 far in your own imagination. 274 00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:51.139 You mean you... You don't share my affection. 275 00:13:51.299 --> 00:13:54.299 I admire you greatly, and there's nothing in the world 276 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:57.090 I wouldn't do for you. But love. 277 00:13:58.210 --> 00:14:01.929 Well, I'm afraid I'm just a little too old for 278 00:14:01.970 --> 00:14:02.750 that sort of thing. 279 00:14:03.230 --> 00:14:03.710 I see. 280 00:14:04.110 --> 00:14:05.450 Please don't be hurt. 281 00:14:05.529 --> 00:14:06.240 Oh, no, no, I. 282 00:14:07.529 --> 00:14:08.590 I think I understand. 283 00:14:09.570 --> 00:14:13.679 You know, I've just had an idea. I think we'll 284 00:14:13.700 --> 00:14:15.240 have a little party this weekend. 285 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:15.779 A party? 286 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:21.799 I'll invite some friends, old cronies. It's really been rather 287 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:24.440 dull around the house in the last few weeks. I 288 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:25.080 feel the. 289 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:28.789 Need of a little company. A male company, I mean. 290 00:14:29.509 --> 00:14:31.090 No reflections on you, my dear. 291 00:14:31.169 --> 00:14:33.649 But you've written to your friends and they haven't answered. 292 00:14:34.190 --> 00:14:38.690 Lazy cusses. But I'll fool them. I'll call them personally. 293 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.120 May I have that phone, please? 294 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:46.940 Very well. 295 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:49.279 Let's see. 296 00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:54.320 I'll call my attorney first. An excellent fellow, John Hanley. 297 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:55.370 You'll like him. 298 00:14:58.950 --> 00:15:04.889 Funny. Operator doesn't answer. Hello? Hello? 299 00:15:04.929 --> 00:15:05.429 Jasper. 300 00:15:05.450 --> 00:15:06.309 Yeah? 301 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:08.320 The phone is out of order. 302 00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:10.960 Out of... Since when? 303 00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:14.080 It's been out of order for quite a while now. 304 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:18.519 Why didn't you mention it to me? 305 00:15:19.470 --> 00:15:20.610 I didn't think it was necessary. 306 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:23.230 Not necessary? To be without a phone all the way 307 00:15:23.289 --> 00:15:27.789 out here? It's our only communication with the outside world. 308 00:15:27.889 --> 00:15:31.370 I know. What do you mean, you know? 309 00:15:32.429 --> 00:15:35.750 I don't want you to communicate with anyone, Jasper. I 310 00:15:35.789 --> 00:15:36.830 want you all to myself. 311 00:15:37.899 --> 00:15:40.759 Don't you think you're being a bit silly, Leah? 312 00:15:40.940 --> 00:15:44.570 Just you and I in this lonely house. It's all 313 00:15:44.590 --> 00:15:45.669 I've ever wanted, Jasper. 314 00:15:45.990 --> 00:15:48.730 Now, look here. Let's stop this nonsense and get that 315 00:15:48.769 --> 00:15:51.710 phone fixed. Come along. We'll take the car and drive 316 00:15:51.730 --> 00:15:53.990 into town. We'll get a phone mechanic up here in 317 00:15:54.110 --> 00:15:58.299 no time at all. What did I do with my 318 00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:59.179 car keys? 319 00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:00.799 I have them, Jasper. 320 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:02.230 Oh. Well, let.... 321 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:04.580 Leah. 322 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:04.669 Yes? 323 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:05.500 Yes? 324 00:16:06.389 --> 00:16:10.289 Did you say you mailed those letters I wrote yesterday? 325 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:11.279 Yes. 326 00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:14.519 Then what are they doing in my desk? 327 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:17.980 I was going to destroy them after I'd read them. 328 00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:21.740 I haven't had the chance to yet. But it doesn't matter. 329 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:25.620 Never mind the letters. You're taking me into town right now. 330 00:16:25.700 --> 00:16:26.379 No, Jasper. 331 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:28.899 I demand that you drive me in, Leah. 332 00:16:29.230 --> 00:16:36.379 You're never leaving here, Jasper. And neither am I. I'll 333 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:37.240 prepare your dinner. 334 00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:43.220 What is it? 335 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:46.679 Why, you haven't finished your dinner, Jasper. 336 00:16:46.700 --> 00:16:47.860 I'm not hungry. 337 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:50.299 You've hardly eaten in the past few days. You know, 338 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:51.220 that isn't nice. 339 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:54.360 Leah, for heaven's sake, tell me what this is all about. 340 00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:56.919 Why are you keeping me a prisoner here? What have 341 00:16:56.940 --> 00:16:58.000 I done to deserve this? 342 00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:59.120 I love you, Jasper. 343 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:00.149 I

don't believe it. 344 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:03.519 I was hoping one day we'd marry. 345 00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:06.779 You must be out of your mind. Do you think 346 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:10.039 for one second that I'd marry you? Is that your game? 347 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:11.400 Are you after my money? 348 00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:14.019 Frankly, Jasper, you're making it more difficult for me. 349 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:15.289 I warn you, Leah. 350 00:17:15.369 --> 00:17:19.750 I love you so, but you won't reciprocate. Well, perhaps 351 00:17:19.769 --> 00:17:23.789 you'll do something else. Perhaps you'll sign this paper for me. 352 00:17:25.309 --> 00:17:26.650 What's printed on that paper? 353 00:17:26.910 --> 00:17:30.740 Your will. And you leave everything to me. 354 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:34.779 My will? Now, I know you're crazy. 355 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:35.500 Jasper! 356 00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:39.059 Do you think I can't see through your hideous scheme? 357 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:42.299 Do you think I'm a child? Why, you may be 358 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:44.559 fiend enough to kill me if I sign that paper. 359 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:49.569 And I'll kill you, Jasper, if you don't. 360 00:18:00.789 --> 00:18:03.029 Time moves on relentlessly for Jasper Wake. 361 00:18:03.650 --> 00:18:05.829 Like all of us, he cannot stop it, regardless of 362 00:18:05.869 --> 00:18:07.400 what the next few minutes hold for him. 363 00:18:10.789 --> 00:18:12.309 Where are you taking me, Leah? 364 00:18:12.710 --> 00:18:14.109 We're going for a walk in the garden. 365 00:18:14.410 --> 00:18:17.319 I hate the garden. I hate everything in it. 366 00:18:17.329 --> 00:18:19.630 Why, Jasper? Because I love it so. 367 00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:23.880 You'll live and die in this house, Leah, before you 368 00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:25.019 get me to sign that will. 369 00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:26.839 Oh, you're so stubborn, Jasper. 370 00:18:26.900 --> 00:18:29.460 You'll see how stubborn I can be after a while. 371 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:31.640 I don't intend to wait much longer. No? As a 372 00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:34.180 matter of fact, I'm giving you just 24 hours to 373 00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.900 make up your mind. 374 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:36.160 And if I refuse? 375 00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:38.059 You won't refuse, Jasper. 376 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:39.700 We'll see about that. 377 00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:42.279 Tomorrow at six, you'll sign that will. 378 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:48.009 Never. Wait a minute. Stop this chair. 379 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:49.740 I intended to stop right here. 380 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:54.359 So, as a last cheap trick, you've destroyed my garden, too. 381 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:56.059 I haven't destroyed it, Jasper. 382 00:18:56.099 --> 00:18:57.380 You've been digging holes in it. 383 00:18:57.380 --> 00:19:01.519 Just one pitch was all I dug. Look at it closely, Jasper. 384 00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:06.140 It's long and it's deep. What

does it remind you of? 385 00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:07.259 No, no. 386 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:17.789 Yes, Jasper. And I dug it just for you. Don't 387 00:19:17.809 --> 00:19:19.049 you intend to eat lunch, Jasper? 388 00:19:19.470 --> 00:19:20.650 Get out and leave me alone. 389 00:19:20.890 --> 00:19:25.410 Oh, you're so irritable today. Oh, my, that filthy little beast. 390 00:19:25.470 --> 00:19:28.539 I'll keep away from her, Leah. 391 00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:30.039 Treat that cat as if it was human. 392 00:19:30.140 --> 00:19:31.900 Compared to you, it is human. 393 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:35.440 You know, I feel sorry for Flora. 394 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:35.900 Do you? 395 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:39.450 It's unfair to allow a cat like that to suffer. 396 00:19:40.490 --> 00:19:43.880 Juliet, if you dare lay one finger on Flora... One. 397 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:46.519 Finger would be enough to take care of its other eye. 398 00:19:47.650 --> 00:19:49.950 You're not a woman, you're a female. 399 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:51.859 Horror. Get out of my sight. 400 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:53.079 Get out and leave me alone. 401 00:19:53.099 --> 00:20:00.940 Yes, it's two o'clock, Jasper. The will is on your desk. 402 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:28.170 I'll be back at six with a fountain pen. Well, Jasper? 403 00:20:28.349 --> 00:20:30.910 You're right on time, aren't you? 404 00:20:31.269 --> 00:20:32.309 Have you made up your mind? 405 00:20:33.029 --> 00:20:35.609 Suppose I sign. Then what? 406 00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:40.420 I'll be your devoted slave, as I've always been. 407 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:42.009 For how long? 408 00:20:42.769 --> 00:20:47.190 The rest of your life. Do you see what I've 409 00:20:47.210 --> 00:20:50.990 placed on that table, Jasper? It's a bottle of chloroform. 410 00:20:52.630 --> 00:20:54.970 A few drops on this wad of cotton and you're finished. 411 00:20:54.990 --> 00:20:59.079 Do you want this cotton across your face? 412 00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:04.519 Will you let me live if I sign that will? 413 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.960 A bargain is a bargain. 414 00:21:07.869 --> 00:21:08.480 Give me the pen. 415 00:21:09.329 --> 00:21:12.509 You're very sweet, Jasmine. 416 00:21:12.869 --> 00:21:14.509 Flora, Flora, come back. 417 00:21:14.529 --> 00:21:15.230 Never mind the cap. 418 00:21:16.609 --> 00:21:17.369 There's your paper. 419 00:21:17.950 --> 00:21:20.589 Thank you, Jasmine. 420 00:21:21.029 --> 00:21:21.569 You're going? 421 00:21:22.289 --> 00:21:22.890 Not just yet. 422 00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:27.740 What are you doing with that bottle? 423 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:30.339 I told you I'd be your devoted slave for the 424 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:33.839 rest of your life. I neglected to mention how short 425 00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:35.069 a time that would be. Yes. 426 00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:42.440 I know. You're going to kill me anyway. I thought 427 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:46.599 you might have one shred of pity. But you haven't. 428 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:49.539 Goodbye, Jasper. 429 00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:49.900 Leah. 430 00:21:50.720 --> 00:22:07.200 And thanks for everything. Mr. 431 00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.180 Wake. Mr. 432 00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.980 Wake, open up. 433 00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:12.099 Break the door down, Sheriff. I know something's happened to him. 434 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.579 Mr. Wake. 435 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:18.759 Mr. 436 00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.140 Wake. 437 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.420 Mr. Wake. 438 00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.400 Where are you? 439 00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:23.220 I'm over here, Mrs. 440 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.559 Wilton. 441 00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:25.009 Oh, are you okay? 442 00:22:25.329 --> 00:22:25.609 Mrs. 443 00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:28.200 Wilton here said somebody might be trying to murder you. 444 00:22:29.109 --> 00:22:31.210 I've been trying to get you on the phone, Mr. Wake, 445 00:22:31.230 --> 00:22:34.509 for days. Then I noticed you never came into town anymore. 446 00:22:34.630 --> 00:22:36.750 I'm quite all right, Mrs. Wilton. 447 00:22:36.950 --> 00:22:40.579 That woman. Where is she? She's wanted by the police. Yes. Yes. 448 00:22:41.430 --> 00:22:44.170 You were right about her, Mrs. Wilkins. Quite right. 449 00:22:44.470 --> 00:22:45.130 Where is she? 450 00:22:45.190 --> 00:22:45.849 Did she get out? 451 00:22:45.950 --> 00:22:49.769 No, she's in the next room, Sheriff. In the next room? 452 00:22:49.789 --> 00:22:50.769 But there's no hurry. 453 00:22:51.490 --> 00:22:54.170 She tripped over Flora here when she tried to kill me. 454 00:22:54.730 --> 00:23:25.170 She can't escape. She can't even move. She's paralyzed. And 455 00:23:25.230 --> 00:23:27.619 that is the story of Jasper Wake as recorded by 456 00:23:27.650 --> 00:23:31.240 the clock. Leah's punishment was well befitting of her crime. 457 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:34.160 A coincidence? Her accident, you mean? 458 00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:38.200 Well, now, really, life mirrors a great number of even 459 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:40.839 stranger things, and I happen to know that lightning can 460 00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:42.180 strike twice in the same place. 461 00:23:43.190 --> 00:23:45.329 I'll prove it to you sometime, if you'll join me in. 462 00:23:45.309 --> 00:23:47.690 My perch high above that skyscraper I like to cling to, 463 00:23:47.910 --> 00:23:50.569 the lofty building near Madison Square. You can see the 464 00:23:50.609 --> 00:23:53.089 entire city from that crow's nest, and there's nothing more 465 00:23:53.130 --> 00:23:55.970 dramatic than a storm. So join me there some evening, 466 00:23:56.009 --> 00:23:58.809 and the two of us can pass a little time. 467 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:03.559 The clock will be heard again next week, same time, 468 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:06.740 same station. The clock is directed by John Saul, a 469 00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:08.160 Grace Gibson radio production.