1 00:00:27,390 --> 00:00:28,890 Good evening. 2 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:33,530 I’ve been talked into making a high dive for publicity. 3 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,430 I was told it would be excellent for the show. 4 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,040 I’m not certain what it will do for me. 5 00:00:45,310 --> 00:00:48,980 I was promised that there would be someone to demonstrate 6 00:00:49,010 --> 00:00:51,050 how easy the dive is. 7 00:00:52,780 --> 00:00:55,920 Actually, it’s not the dive I’m worried about. 8 00:00:55,950 --> 00:00:57,050 It’s the landing. 9 00:01:18,510 --> 00:01:22,580 Jumping from the high-diving board into a small tub of water 10 00:01:22,610 --> 00:01:26,150 is exactly like presenting a play on television. 11 00:01:26,180 --> 00:01:29,450 You may have a big hit. Then again, you may miss. 12 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,090 But in either event, you make a big splash. 13 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,360 While we’re waiting for our friend to land, 14 00:01:38,390 --> 00:01:40,430 let’s put the time to good use. 15 00:01:58,380 --> 00:01:59,350 [hammering] 16 00:01:59,380 --> 00:02:01,150 All right, please. 17 00:02:01,180 --> 00:02:04,290 This coroner’s board of Kale County is now in session. 18 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,220 The clerk will please enter the opening data. 19 00:02:08,290 --> 00:02:10,430 Convening board is now in session 20 00:02:10,460 --> 00:02:14,960 to determine death causes and circumstances of the deceased. 21 00:02:15,060 --> 00:02:17,170 [man] If only suddenly I could feel the wonderful relief of knowing 22 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,540 that this courtroom and everything that’s happened is a dream. 23 00:02:20,570 --> 00:02:22,740 A hideous nightmare. 24 00:02:22,770 --> 00:02:24,970 But it’s not a dream. I am here. 25 00:02:25,070 --> 00:02:27,110 I am a murderer. 26 00:02:27,140 --> 00:02:31,080 Even if I don’t know how it happened or where it all began. 27 00:02:31,110 --> 00:02:33,250 Unless it was that day. 28 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,290 The first time I’d gone away without her. 29 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:41,760 Is this supposed to be packed? Oh, darling, you really are hopeless. 30 00:02:41,790 --> 00:02:43,260 It’s my artistic temperament. 31 00:02:43,290 --> 00:02:46,460 Remember how mad that expression used to make Dad? 32 00:02:46,490 --> 00:02:48,660 Humor was never one of your father’s strong points, 33 00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:52,000 and I’m very much afraid your sister Alice takes after him. 34 00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:54,740 You’re not much looking forward to going to Alice’s, are you? 35 00:02:54,770 --> 00:02:57,640 Well, let’s say I was looking forward to going to Vermont with you, 36 00:02:57,670 --> 00:03:03,040 but being a dutiful grandmamma, I go instead to nurse my ailing grandchildren. 37 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,110 Or perhaps I should say, to amuse the ones who aren’t ill. 38 00:03:06,150 --> 00:03:07,920 You and Dietrich are the only two women in the world 39 00:03:07,950 --> 00:03:10,550 who’ve managed to turn being a grandmother into an asset. 40 00:03:10,590 --> 00:03:12,890 -It’s an asset I could cheerfully do without. -Go on, 41 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:14,120 you love it. You know you do. 42 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:15,390 Oh, I love everyone’s reaction to it, 43 00:03:15,420 --> 00:03:16,790 that’s true, but... 44 00:03:16,830 --> 00:03:18,590 of course, you understand the first time 45 00:03:18,630 --> 00:03:20,130 anyone accepts it without surprise 46 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:21,730 will be the last time I announce it. 47 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,700 -Of course. -Have we time for a farewell drink before you go? 48 00:03:23,730 --> 00:03:25,130 There’s always time for a drink, Mother. 49 00:03:25,170 --> 00:03:26,870 I even have some ice left from last night. 50 00:03:28,700 --> 00:03:31,270 You know, it was really a very good idea of mine 51 00:03:31,310 --> 00:03:34,080 to turn this part of the house into a private apartment for you. 52 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:35,440 One of your best. 53 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,410 Now I have all the privileges of living alone 54 00:03:37,450 --> 00:03:41,080 with none of the drawbacks, like having to pay rent and eating out. 55 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,620 If the truth were known, I think that’s the real reason you keep on living here-- 56 00:03:44,650 --> 00:03:46,150 because Jane is such a good cook. 57 00:03:46,190 --> 00:03:48,390 Not at all. I’m a dutiful son. 58 00:03:48,420 --> 00:03:51,160 -And I don’t want to leave you alone in your old age. -Oh, please! 59 00:03:51,190 --> 00:03:53,830 You make me feel like Whistler’s Mother. 60 00:03:53,860 --> 00:03:55,860 Except you’d be alone a quick five minutes, and you know it. 61 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:57,770 Flattery will get you anything. 62 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,100 Cheers, darling. 63 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:00,340 Have a lovely time. 64 00:04:00,370 --> 00:04:02,040 And I’ll get there just as soon as I can. 65 00:04:04,570 --> 00:04:06,680 [man] I think it was the second day I met Lotte, 66 00:04:06,710 --> 00:04:07,880 or the third, it doesn’t matter. 67 00:04:07,910 --> 00:04:10,510 What matters is that I did meet her. 68 00:04:10,550 --> 00:04:13,920 And in a way, I guess that’s the answer as far as where it began. 69 00:04:13,950 --> 00:04:15,780 It was right there. 70 00:04:15,820 --> 00:04:17,590 That minute. 71 00:04:17,620 --> 00:04:20,460 Good morning. May I help you? 72 00:04:20,490 --> 00:04:24,360 -Yes, I’d like some color film, if you have it. -Right over here. 73 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,530 How many would you like? 74 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,130 Oh, three or four. 75 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,200 Here you are. 76 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:36,570 Thank you. 77 00:04:38,270 --> 00:04:40,680 -A beautiful camera. -Yes, it is, isn’t it? 78 00:04:40,710 --> 00:04:43,710 -Are you a photographer? -Oh, no. No, I just fool around. 79 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:46,480 People who just fool around don’t have cameras like this. 80 00:04:46,510 --> 00:04:48,380 -It’s a present from my mother. -Oh. 81 00:04:48,420 --> 00:04:51,790 Well, there are lovely places around here to photograph. 82 00:04:51,820 --> 00:04:54,260 We have some slides, too. 83 00:04:54,290 --> 00:04:57,690 Oh, but you’d probably rather take your own pictures. 84 00:04:57,730 --> 00:05:00,160 -Oh, no, no. May I see some of your slides? -Of course. 85 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,140 Oh. Here. This is my favorite place. 86 00:05:12,940 --> 00:05:14,640 Isn’t it beautiful? 87 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,950 Yes, it certainly is. 88 00:05:17,050 --> 00:05:19,080 -Is it far from here? -No. 89 00:05:19,110 --> 00:05:21,150 It’s quite near. 90 00:05:21,180 --> 00:05:23,150 I’ll be glad to show it to you sometime. 91 00:05:23,180 --> 00:05:25,720 I go there often. 92 00:05:25,750 --> 00:05:28,620 Why, that would be very nice of you. 93 00:05:28,660 --> 00:05:30,760 If I’d known that first night we went to the waterfall, 94 00:05:30,790 --> 00:05:33,190 what was eventually going to happen... 95 00:05:33,230 --> 00:05:34,930 But how could I? 96 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,070 How could any average, normal person think of murder 97 00:05:38,070 --> 00:05:39,830 in connection with themselves? 98 00:05:46,340 --> 00:05:48,710 It’s not exactly what I’d call a short walk. 99 00:05:48,740 --> 00:05:51,410 But I knew you could do it, and you see I was right. 100 00:05:51,450 --> 00:05:52,680 Yes. Yes, I do... 101 00:05:52,710 --> 00:05:54,650 pamper this leg of mine a little too much. 102 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,950 What happened? Does it bother you to talk about it? 103 00:05:56,990 --> 00:05:58,790 Oh, no. No, no, not particularly. 104 00:05:58,820 --> 00:06:02,790 I had polio when I was 18. It’s been like this ever since. 105 00:06:02,820 --> 00:06:06,630 My mother says I was lucky I got off lightly. 106 00:06:06,660 --> 00:06:11,030 -You certainly were right. This is a beautiful spot. -I’m glad you like it. 107 00:06:11,070 --> 00:06:13,270 I sometimes wonder why I love it so much. 108 00:06:13,300 --> 00:06:15,670 I suppose it’s because it’s such a contrast 109 00:06:15,700 --> 00:06:18,510 to so many things I’ve known for so long. 110 00:06:18,540 --> 00:06:20,840 I’m not sure I understand what you mean. 111 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,240 Well, here it’s so beautiful. 112 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:27,480 And there was very little beauty in Germany during the war or even after it. 113 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:28,550 You were there during the war? 114 00:06:28,580 --> 00:06:30,890 Yes, and for a long time after, 115 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,060 trying to save up enough money to get here. 116 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:36,060 What about your family? Couldn’t they help? 117 00:06:36,060 --> 00:06:38,690 My mother died when I was very young. 118 00:06:38,730 --> 00:06:41,600 And my father was killed during a bombing. 119 00:06:41,630 --> 00:06:42,900 Oh... 120 00:06:42,930 --> 00:06:44,370 I’m sorry. 121 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,300 He was glad to die. 122 00:06:46,330 --> 00:06:50,470 When the war started, we lost everything. 123 00:06:50,510 --> 00:06:52,540 My father always had money and position. 124 00:06:52,570 --> 00:06:55,180 He just couldn’t cope without them. 125 00:06:55,210 --> 00:06:58,380 Yes, I can imagine it’s pretty hard to accept. 126 00:06:58,410 --> 00:07:00,650 I don’t know, I suppose it is. 127 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:02,920 But it can be rewarding, too. 128 00:07:03,020 --> 00:07:07,490 Every time you pull yourself up a step, you can say I did this by myself, 129 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:11,460 with no help from anyone. It’s satisfying. 130 00:07:11,490 --> 00:07:14,600 Yes. 131 00:07:14,630 --> 00:07:16,870 You must have been quite young when all this happened. 132 00:07:16,900 --> 00:07:21,670 I was 15 and very childish in spite of everything. 133 00:07:21,700 --> 00:07:24,240 I thought it was going to be better afterwards. 134 00:07:24,270 --> 00:07:26,440 Instead it was worse, much worse. 135 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,720 I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to talk so much about myself. 136 00:07:33,750 --> 00:07:35,820 I think it must be this place. 137 00:07:35,850 --> 00:07:37,920 Yes, it does have a kind of enchantment, doesn’t it? 138 00:07:37,950 --> 00:07:39,850 Even for you? 139 00:07:39,890 --> 00:07:43,960 I would have thought beautiful places were not unusual in your life. 140 00:07:44,060 --> 00:07:47,200 Well, I’ve been pretty lucky. 141 00:07:47,230 --> 00:07:50,530 When my father died, he left us fairly well off. 142 00:07:50,570 --> 00:07:52,700 That must be a very comforting feeling. 143 00:07:52,730 --> 00:07:55,470 [chuckles] Yes, it is. 144 00:07:55,500 --> 00:07:57,970 Say, speaking of family, my mother’s coming down here to join me soon. 145 00:07:58,070 --> 00:08:00,380 -I want you to meet her. You’ll like her. -I’m sure I will. 146 00:08:00,410 --> 00:08:02,740 Everyone does. She’s very young and gay and pretty. 147 00:08:07,250 --> 00:08:09,880 -Say, I’d better be going. -But why? It’s still early. 148 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,220 I know, but I’m expecting a call about 9:00. 149 00:08:12,250 --> 00:08:15,790 -A long-distance call? -Yes, my mother. She always calls at 9:00. 150 00:08:24,900 --> 00:08:26,840 Maybe it was because we saw so much of each other 151 00:08:26,870 --> 00:08:28,500 that it happened so quickly. 152 00:08:28,540 --> 00:08:31,640 Or maybe it was something in Lotte. She was so sure. 153 00:08:31,670 --> 00:08:33,070 Sure enough for both of us. 154 00:08:33,110 --> 00:08:34,380 [slow jazz music playing] 155 00:08:34,410 --> 00:08:37,380 -I just don’t dance, Lotte. -But you can try. 156 00:08:37,410 --> 00:08:38,910 I haven’t danced since I was 17. 157 00:08:38,950 --> 00:08:40,420 It makes no difference. 158 00:08:40,450 --> 00:08:42,150 Dancing is something you don’t forget 159 00:08:42,180 --> 00:08:43,520 no matter how long it is. 160 00:08:43,550 --> 00:08:45,750 -Well, I’ve forgotten. -Then I’ll show you. 161 00:08:45,790 --> 00:08:46,790 It’s very easy. 162 00:08:46,820 --> 00:08:48,460 Not for me, not with this leg. 163 00:08:48,490 --> 00:08:50,230 Oh, forget your leg. 164 00:08:50,260 --> 00:08:52,360 -You think too much about it. -Lotte, the dining room’s closed. 165 00:08:52,390 --> 00:08:53,760 They’re not going to like our being in here. 166 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:58,430 But we are doing no harm. Come on, please? 167 00:08:58,470 --> 00:09:00,100 Well, don’t say I didn’t warn you. 168 00:09:16,250 --> 00:09:18,450 You see? I knew you could do it. 169 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:50,920 John, what were you trying to say to me a few minutes ago? 170 00:09:52,690 --> 00:09:54,790 Well... 171 00:09:54,820 --> 00:09:57,360 Were you trying to ask me to marry you? 172 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:01,900 -Yes, I guess I was. -You guess? 173 00:10:01,930 --> 00:10:04,730 I mean I was. 174 00:10:04,770 --> 00:10:08,140 I just didn’t do it very well. I haven’t had much practice. 175 00:10:08,170 --> 00:10:09,770 It’s the first time I ever proposed to anyone. 176 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:11,340 -Is it? -Mm-hm. 177 00:10:11,370 --> 00:10:13,710 But surely you must have been in love before. 178 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,580 No. 179 00:10:17,610 --> 00:10:19,980 I don’t think I ever was. Not like-- like this. 180 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,750 I guess I was too satisfied and... 181 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:27,290 comfortable with my life to ever fall in love. 182 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,660 Johnny, will your mother be pleased? 183 00:10:30,690 --> 00:10:32,390 Of course. 184 00:10:32,430 --> 00:10:35,300 Why of course? You know, Many mothers wouldn’t. 185 00:10:35,330 --> 00:10:37,430 Claire’s different. I told her about-- 186 00:10:39,030 --> 00:10:42,400 -Good heavens! We’ve got to get back. -But why? 187 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,070 It’s past 11:00. I’ve missed Claire’s call again. 188 00:10:45,110 --> 00:10:49,440 -Oh, but Johnny... -I mean she’ll worry, you know-- 189 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:09,860 [Claire] Hello, darling! 190 00:11:09,900 --> 00:11:11,470 Claire! 191 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:14,670 Claire, darling! 192 00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:16,270 Oh, the children were so much better. 193 00:11:16,300 --> 00:11:17,640 -I thought I’d surprise you. -And you have, 194 00:11:17,670 --> 00:11:19,210 and what a wonderful surprise! 195 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:22,340 Oh, my dear, it’s so good to see you. 196 00:11:22,380 --> 00:11:24,710 I want to hear about everything you’ve been doing. 197 00:11:24,750 --> 00:11:27,280 Oh, darling! 198 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:28,920 And I’m-- 199 00:11:28,950 --> 00:11:32,090 I’m so looking forward to meeting your friend, Lotte. 200 00:11:39,330 --> 00:11:43,160 Oh, Darling, I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to be here with you at last. 201 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:44,870 Wonderful to have you, Mother. 202 00:11:44,900 --> 00:11:47,100 The only thing is you’re looking a bit tired. 203 00:11:47,100 --> 00:11:48,400 I hope you’ve been getting some rest. 204 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,110 Well, I don’t know how I look, but I feel great. 205 00:11:50,110 --> 00:11:52,110 I’ve been having a wonderful time. 206 00:11:52,140 --> 00:11:53,380 I’m so glad. 207 00:11:53,410 --> 00:11:54,880 I’ll have to thank Miss Rank personally 208 00:11:54,910 --> 00:11:56,850 for keeping you amused until I got here. 209 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,110 She’s done more than that, Mother. 210 00:11:58,110 --> 00:12:00,580 She’s an extraordinary girl. 211 00:12:00,620 --> 00:12:02,120 I’m sure she is. 212 00:12:02,150 --> 00:12:04,650 She even got me over that phobia I had about dancing. 213 00:12:04,690 --> 00:12:07,460 But, darling, that’s wonderful. 214 00:12:07,490 --> 00:12:10,060 It’s years since I’ve danced myself. 215 00:12:10,060 --> 00:12:13,230 I was always afraid if I did, it would remind you that you couldn’t. 216 00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:16,060 That’s so typical of you. Have you ever put yourself first in your whole life? 217 00:12:16,060 --> 00:12:18,170 Oh, don’t be silly, dear. I always do. 218 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,740 -I’m a selfish old woman, and you know it. -Of course I do. 219 00:12:21,770 --> 00:12:24,370 Still, I’m very anxious for you to meet her. 220 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:26,310 But no more than I. 221 00:12:26,340 --> 00:12:29,410 You understood why I didn’t want to last night after the trip. 222 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:33,250 -I was so exhausted and I looked so ghastly. -Of course I did. 223 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,550 I thought we might have tea together this afternoon. 224 00:12:36,580 --> 00:12:38,250 Oh! Tea’s a lovely idea, but... 225 00:12:39,950 --> 00:12:43,660 you know, I really would like to know a little more about her. 226 00:12:43,690 --> 00:12:48,630 You’ve hardly told me anything other than that she’s wonderful, extraordinary... 227 00:12:48,660 --> 00:12:49,930 I’d rather not. 228 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:51,730 I-I’d rather you met her and got to know her 229 00:12:51,770 --> 00:12:53,500 without being influenced by my opinion. 230 00:12:53,540 --> 00:12:55,470 Good heavens. Don’t tell me she has a lurid past. 231 00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:57,910 Oh, no, no. Just a sad one. 232 00:12:57,940 --> 00:12:59,840 Oh, dear, what a pity. 233 00:12:59,870 --> 00:13:03,140 -It’s always been my ambition to meet someone with a lurid past. -[laughs] 234 00:13:03,180 --> 00:13:04,810 -More coffee, dear? -No, thank you. 235 00:13:04,850 --> 00:13:07,320 I’ll go down to the station and pick up the rest of your luggage. 236 00:13:07,350 --> 00:13:10,090 You’re sure you don’t mind? They said they’d send someone for it this afternoon. 237 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,050 Don’t be silly. I know how much you want to get settled. 238 00:13:13,050 --> 00:13:15,060 I’ll be back in about an hour. 239 00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:17,460 Darling, get someone at the station to help you with that large one, will you? 240 00:13:17,490 --> 00:13:19,860 -It’s frightfully heavy. -I’ll manage. 241 00:13:19,890 --> 00:13:21,430 Don’t worry about it, Mother. 242 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:30,340 [John] I never did find out how Claire 243 00:13:30,370 --> 00:13:32,510 discovered Lotte worked in the gift shop, 244 00:13:32,540 --> 00:13:35,580 but she did, and later, much later, Lotte told me what happened 245 00:13:35,610 --> 00:13:37,250 when she came into the shop that morning. 246 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:38,580 [door opens] 247 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,250 Good morning. May I help you? 248 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,420 Well, I’m not quite sure. I’m-- 249 00:13:46,450 --> 00:13:49,090 I’m looking for a rather special gift for someone. 250 00:13:49,090 --> 00:13:50,990 -A man or a woman? -A man. 251 00:13:52,630 --> 00:13:55,630 Well, we have some very lovely things here. 252 00:13:55,660 --> 00:13:57,270 Maybe some cuff links. 253 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:05,710 Hmm... they’re just a bit gaudy, don’t you think? 254 00:14:05,740 --> 00:14:07,840 Possibly, but I... 255 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,510 Well, perhaps I’m too conservative, but they are for me. 256 00:14:11,550 --> 00:14:12,910 Maybe something else, then. 257 00:14:17,620 --> 00:14:19,120 You have an interesting accent. 258 00:14:19,150 --> 00:14:21,690 Have you been here long? I-In this country, I mean? 259 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:23,930 No, not very. 260 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,130 Oh, so, you’re not a citizen? 261 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,200 Well, it takes a long time. 262 00:14:29,230 --> 00:14:31,370 Oh, well, what does it matter? 263 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,370 A pretty girl like you will get married, and... 264 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,200 that will take care of everything, won’t it? 265 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,910 I believe that’s the law. 266 00:14:37,940 --> 00:14:40,380 My dear, I’m sure you know it is. 267 00:14:40,410 --> 00:14:43,280 That’s the way most European girls manage it, 268 00:14:43,310 --> 00:14:44,950 don’t they? 269 00:14:44,980 --> 00:14:50,320 Possibly, but then I’m not most European girls. 270 00:14:50,350 --> 00:14:53,760 If you see anything you like, I’d be very happy to show it to you. 271 00:14:55,790 --> 00:14:58,160 No, I don’t think so. 272 00:14:58,190 --> 00:15:01,760 I can’t imagine who does the buying for these places. 273 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,700 They must have no taste whatsoever. 274 00:15:05,670 --> 00:15:07,940 Forgive me for taking up your time. 275 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,440 -Good morning. -Good morning. 276 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:19,080 Oh, darling, there’s no need to be nervous. 277 00:15:19,110 --> 00:15:21,080 I know, it’s silly of me, isn’t it? 278 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,880 I’m just so anxious for you to like each other. 279 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,590 Well, I can’t speak for Miss Rank, but as far as I’m concerned, 280 00:15:25,620 --> 00:15:27,360 I’d like anyone who was kind to you. 281 00:15:27,390 --> 00:15:28,860 I know you would, Mother. 282 00:15:28,890 --> 00:15:31,760 Oh, here she comes now. 283 00:15:31,790 --> 00:15:34,460 -Good heavens, why didn’t you tell me? -Tell you what? 284 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:36,130 Well, she’s the girl from the gift shop. 285 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,670 -[Lotte] Hello, Johnny. -Hi, Lotte. 286 00:15:38,700 --> 00:15:41,240 Lotte, this is my mother. 287 00:15:41,270 --> 00:15:42,600 How do you do? 288 00:15:44,970 --> 00:15:46,340 How do you do? 289 00:15:47,610 --> 00:15:48,810 Do sit down, my dear. 290 00:15:53,250 --> 00:15:56,920 Whatever must you think of me? 291 00:15:56,950 --> 00:15:59,790 Why, I had no idea this morning 292 00:15:59,820 --> 00:16:02,920 that you were the young lady that I’ve heard so much about. 293 00:16:03,020 --> 00:16:04,530 Oh, that’s all right. 294 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,190 I don’t know what either of you is talking about. 295 00:16:06,230 --> 00:16:09,030 I went into the gift shop this morning. 296 00:16:09,030 --> 00:16:11,700 Oh, just think, if we’d only known 297 00:16:11,730 --> 00:16:14,740 we could have had a lovely chat without John interrupting. 298 00:16:14,770 --> 00:16:16,600 Go ahead and chat. I promise not to say a word. 299 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:18,210 Oh, darling, I’m only teasing. 300 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,710 Tea, Miss Rank, or perhaps you’d prefer a drink? 301 00:16:20,740 --> 00:16:22,540 Tea would be fine, thank you. 302 00:16:22,580 --> 00:16:24,810 -Plain. -There you are. 303 00:16:27,150 --> 00:16:30,350 I can’t tell you, my dear, how grateful I am 304 00:16:30,390 --> 00:16:32,390 for all your kindness to John. 305 00:16:32,420 --> 00:16:35,190 On the contrary, it was he who was kind to me. 306 00:16:35,220 --> 00:16:37,160 Well, whatever. 307 00:16:37,190 --> 00:16:40,200 I know you’ve been having a wonderful time, 308 00:16:40,230 --> 00:16:43,160 and I don’t want either of you to think for one moment 309 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,300 that my being here is going to change anything. 310 00:16:46,330 --> 00:16:49,340 I want you both just to pretend that I’m not here. 311 00:16:49,370 --> 00:16:53,210 -Mother, what kind of nonsense is that? -I mean it, dear. 312 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,810 -I’m perfectly capable of amusing myself. -But that’s not the point. 313 00:16:56,850 --> 00:16:58,950 Well, of course it is. 314 00:16:58,980 --> 00:17:01,680 Why should you drag me around with you everywhere you go? 315 00:17:03,790 --> 00:17:05,850 Don’t you agree, Miss Rank? 316 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,530 Will you excuse me? 317 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,360 -Must you go so soon? -Yes. 318 00:17:12,390 --> 00:17:14,360 It was nice meeting you. 319 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,500 -Thank you for the tea. -But, Lotte... 320 00:17:16,530 --> 00:17:18,330 I really must go. 321 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:24,140 Did I say something to offend her? 322 00:17:24,170 --> 00:17:27,710 No. No, no, of course not. 323 00:17:27,740 --> 00:17:29,310 I just don’t understand. 324 00:17:29,340 --> 00:17:33,250 Oh, well, I expect it’s only natural for her to resent me. 325 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,950 But why on earth should she? 326 00:17:36,050 --> 00:17:39,350 Women sometimes do resent mothers of eligible young men. 327 00:17:39,390 --> 00:17:41,090 But that’s nonsense. 328 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:42,820 [chuckles] Is it? 329 00:17:44,460 --> 00:17:47,630 Oh, well. Don’t worry, darling. 330 00:17:47,660 --> 00:17:49,660 I’m sure when she realizes 331 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:52,670 that I don’t intend to make a nuisance of myself, she’ll feel differently. 332 00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:56,940 Now, you take her to some lovely place for dinner tonight. 333 00:17:56,970 --> 00:18:00,080 But I wanted the three of us to have dinner tonight. 334 00:18:00,110 --> 00:18:04,010 No. No, I’ll have dinner here by myself. 335 00:18:04,010 --> 00:18:05,450 But I don’t want you eating by yourself. 336 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:07,150 Especially not your first night here. 337 00:18:07,180 --> 00:18:11,890 Darling, I’ve been alone before and I shall be again. 338 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,590 I’m quite capable of coping with the problem. 339 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,560 We can’t avoid the subject all evening, Lotte. 340 00:18:18,590 --> 00:18:20,160 I don’t suppose we can. 341 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,160 -You don’t like my mother, do you? -No. 342 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,270 Why not? What did she do? She was trying to be friendly. 343 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:27,270 Is that what you think she was trying to be? 344 00:18:27,300 --> 00:18:29,040 How little you know about women, Johnny. 345 00:18:29,070 --> 00:18:30,340 Now, what’s that supposed to mean? 346 00:18:30,370 --> 00:18:32,870 It means that now I understand the situation. 347 00:18:32,910 --> 00:18:35,410 Oh, I’ve wondered about it from the beginning. 348 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,110 The telephone calls every night. 349 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:40,050 The number of times her name comes into your conversation. 350 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,490 The fact that she joined you here, that you still live with her. 351 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,050 I wondered about all these things, 352 00:18:46,050 --> 00:18:49,520 but it wasn’t until I met her and saw you both together 353 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,330 that I knew there was no chance for me. 354 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:53,500 But you’re wrong. You just don’t understand. 355 00:18:53,530 --> 00:18:54,760 -Don’t I? -No. 356 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,900 Then, let me ask you something, Johnny. 357 00:18:56,930 --> 00:18:58,930 You spoke about family money. 358 00:18:58,970 --> 00:19:02,600 Isn’t it true that it’s your mother’s money which she shares with you? 359 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,410 My father left it to both of us. 360 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:06,880 So, it’s in her name, but when she dies, it’ll all come to me. 361 00:19:06,910 --> 00:19:11,650 When she dies, my dear, is when you’ll be free of her, and not before. 362 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,320 -What kind of a thing is that to say? -It’s the truth. 363 00:19:14,350 --> 00:19:17,420 I’ve seen women like her before. She’ll never let you go. 364 00:19:20,490 --> 00:19:22,460 -Claire’s different. -Is she? 365 00:19:22,490 --> 00:19:25,930 Then what did she say when you told her we were going to be married? 366 00:19:26,030 --> 00:19:27,200 Well... 367 00:19:27,230 --> 00:19:28,860 You didn’t tell her, did you? 368 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:30,830 No. I thought you could get to know and like each other first. 369 00:19:30,870 --> 00:19:34,340 That’s not possible. You may as well tell her right away, tonight. 370 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:38,940 Are you able to do that, Johnny? 371 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:40,710 Of course, I am. 372 00:19:40,740 --> 00:19:42,740 Then there’s no problem. 373 00:19:42,780 --> 00:19:44,110 Tell her. 374 00:19:49,050 --> 00:19:54,260 Oh... it’s been such a lovely, quiet evening. 375 00:19:54,290 --> 00:19:57,230 After three children, being alone has its compensations. 376 00:19:57,260 --> 00:19:58,760 I’m sorry about that, Claire. 377 00:19:58,790 --> 00:20:02,560 Oh, darling, don’t be silly. It’s the way I wanted it. 378 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,030 And don’t look so serious, especially not tonight. 379 00:20:06,070 --> 00:20:08,040 I need a little gaiety after the past two weeks. 380 00:20:08,070 --> 00:20:12,410 -I’ll bet you do. Was it awful? -Oh, no. Not really. 381 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:16,510 But I imagine your dear brother-in-law was very happy to see the last of me. 382 00:20:16,540 --> 00:20:17,580 What do you mean? 383 00:20:17,610 --> 00:20:19,580 Scandal, my dear. 384 00:20:19,610 --> 00:20:21,880 I had a gentleman caller. 385 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:26,050 As a matter of fact, he practically moved in. 386 00:20:26,090 --> 00:20:28,560 You don’t mean that character who lives next door to them? 387 00:20:28,590 --> 00:20:30,130 I do indeed. 388 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,600 [laughing] That’s pretty funny. 389 00:20:33,630 --> 00:20:36,030 I don’t see what’s so funny about it. 390 00:20:36,060 --> 00:20:39,270 He’s not unattractive and he’s certainly dependable. 391 00:20:39,300 --> 00:20:43,970 -And dull. He’d bore you to death in ten minutes. -Five. 392 00:20:44,010 --> 00:20:45,740 Oh, Mother... 393 00:20:45,770 --> 00:20:50,980 It’s all very well to laugh, but I do have my old age to think about. 394 00:20:51,010 --> 00:20:54,080 You’ll be getting married one of these days, and no one likes to be alone. 395 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,020 My getting married doesn’t mean you’ll be left alone. 396 00:20:59,050 --> 00:21:00,960 Oh, darling, 397 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:03,660 how little you know of women. 398 00:21:03,690 --> 00:21:05,890 Wives don’t share their husbands. 399 00:21:05,930 --> 00:21:08,900 Oh, they don’t say anything about it as a rule, but... 400 00:21:08,930 --> 00:21:13,230 gradually, they manage to see less and less of their mother-in-law. 401 00:21:13,270 --> 00:21:15,340 You can’t blame them. It’s only natural. 402 00:21:17,070 --> 00:21:18,640 Is it? 403 00:21:18,670 --> 00:21:20,310 Well, of course it is. 404 00:21:20,340 --> 00:21:23,750 Oh! But we don’t have to worry about that yet. 405 00:21:23,780 --> 00:21:25,910 You’re a long way from getting married. 406 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:31,750 Lotte, I don’t know what to do, I just don’t. 407 00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:35,090 -Tell her. -I can’t. 408 00:21:35,090 --> 00:21:37,090 Then you’ve already chosen. Her. 409 00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:38,630 -No. -Yes. 410 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,870 John, I have some vacation time coming to me. 411 00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:46,000 I think I’m going to take it and go away. 412 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:48,570 -You can’t do that -Yes, I can. 413 00:21:50,270 --> 00:21:53,240 Unless you tell her. 414 00:21:53,270 --> 00:21:55,680 Or better still, why don’t we both tell her? 415 00:21:58,810 --> 00:22:02,250 -I don’t want any scenes, Lotte. -There’s no need for any. 416 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,050 We can make it all very friendly. 417 00:22:05,090 --> 00:22:06,490 We can take a drive. 418 00:22:09,290 --> 00:22:11,560 We can even take her to see the waterfall. 419 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:15,600 [John] I knew then what Lotte was planning, 420 00:22:15,630 --> 00:22:17,500 even though she didn’t actually say it. 421 00:22:17,530 --> 00:22:20,140 There was no need to go up there. 422 00:22:20,170 --> 00:22:24,340 Unless she was thinking the problem could be solved in another way. 423 00:22:24,370 --> 00:22:28,340 Lotte was so sure that only Claire’s death would set me free. 424 00:22:58,670 --> 00:23:03,510 All evidence and facts have been presented with neither restraint nor malice, 425 00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:06,850 and the ruling of this court is accidental death. 426 00:23:14,660 --> 00:23:16,520 Are you all right, darling? 427 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,090 Yes, Mother, I’m all right. 428 00:23:19,460 --> 00:23:21,130 Can we go home now? 429 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,960 Of course. 430 00:23:45,990 --> 00:23:49,090 A word about our story in a moment. 431 00:23:49,090 --> 00:23:52,830 I’ve just been told that our diver landed, 432 00:23:52,860 --> 00:23:57,370 -but I’m awaiting confirmation. -[splash] 433 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:01,300 Well, I suppose it’s nice to know he arrived safely. 434 00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:03,870 By the way, in tonight’s story, 435 00:24:03,910 --> 00:24:09,710 the police ultimately found the correct answer to that age-old question, 436 00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:13,350 "Was she pushed, or did she jump?" 437 00:24:13,380 --> 00:24:16,150 Now, for a jump of my own. 438 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:20,760 [boat horn] 439 00:24:23,690 --> 00:24:25,960 I don’t mind jumping, 440 00:24:26,060 --> 00:24:28,660 but not if they keep moving things. 441 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:31,930 Until next time, goodnight.