1 00:00:27,894 --> 00:00:30,530 Tonight we are going to tell the story of a woman... 2 00:00:30,563 --> 00:00:34,100 who disappears into thin air. 3 00:00:34,134 --> 00:00:37,604 By the way, have you noticed that thin air seems to be the type of air... 4 00:00:37,637 --> 00:00:40,540 most conducive to disappearances? 5 00:00:40,573 --> 00:00:43,376 There, certainly, is a fact well worth knowing. 6 00:00:43,410 --> 00:00:47,147 Now, in case you seem to recognize parts of the story... 7 00:00:47,180 --> 00:00:48,848 don't be alarmed. 8 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:52,786 It is familiar because it is a classic of its kind. 9 00:00:52,819 --> 00:00:55,388 Many, many people have borrowed this legend... 10 00:00:55,422 --> 00:00:57,657 quite profitably, too. 11 00:00:57,691 --> 00:00:59,926 Two novels have been written about it... 12 00:00:59,959 --> 00:01:03,830 and it has been made into a motion picture called The Lady Vanishes. 13 00:01:03,863 --> 00:01:08,535 Once by no less a personage than Alfred Hitchcock. 14 00:01:08,568 --> 00:01:11,905 It was also related by Alexander Woollcott in his book... 15 00:01:11,938 --> 00:01:13,973 While Rome Burns. 16 00:01:14,074 --> 00:01:18,345 Here, following our sponsor's all too brief message... 17 00:01:18,378 --> 00:01:22,282 is our version of that famous old tale. 18 00:01:22,315 --> 00:01:25,318 Now I had better get out of the way to enable you to see better. 19 00:01:25,352 --> 00:01:27,320 May I have a bit of thin air, please. 20 00:02:12,265 --> 00:02:15,935 How much? That is combien? 21 00:02:18,905 --> 00:02:19,806 Here. 22 00:02:21,307 --> 00:02:24,144 Merci, mademoiselle. 23 00:02:24,177 --> 00:02:26,746 Bonjour, madame. Bonjour, mademoiselle. 24 00:02:32,218 --> 00:02:37,090 I can't understand why I feel so tired. I was perfectly well on the boat. 25 00:02:37,090 --> 00:02:39,592 Five minutes more, Mother, and you can rest. 26 00:02:47,634 --> 00:02:49,002 [speaking French] 27 00:02:50,236 --> 00:02:53,406 I'm afraid we don't speak French. 28 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,110 Do you.... Does anyone here speak English? 29 00:02:57,143 --> 00:02:58,845 Forgive me, mademoiselle. 30 00:02:58,878 --> 00:03:01,081 I was asking whether you had reserved rooms. 31 00:03:01,114 --> 00:03:03,283 We're extremely busy at this particular time. 32 00:03:03,316 --> 00:03:06,386 Yes, we reserved by cable. Six weeks ago from India. 33 00:03:06,419 --> 00:03:07,554 Winthrop. Winthrop. 34 00:03:11,224 --> 00:03:12,592 [speaking French] 35 00:03:13,727 --> 00:03:15,061 Forgive me. 36 00:03:15,061 --> 00:03:17,764 I am afraid we can only give you one room, instead of the two... 37 00:03:17,797 --> 00:03:20,066 that you have requested in your cable. 38 00:03:20,066 --> 00:03:22,268 Paris is so crowded with the visitors who have come to see... 39 00:03:22,302 --> 00:03:24,471 our great World Exposition. 40 00:03:24,504 --> 00:03:27,273 However, we can-- Yes, thank you. That'll do nicely. 41 00:03:28,908 --> 00:03:30,076 Please. 42 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:34,447 [bell dings] 43 00:03:34,481 --> 00:03:35,815 [speaking French] 44 00:03:38,818 --> 00:03:39,953 [door opening] 45 00:03:41,321 --> 00:03:42,589 [speaking French] 46 00:03:45,692 --> 00:03:47,927 It's a lovely room. 47 00:03:47,961 --> 00:03:51,965 And look, Mother, an ormolu clock almost exactly like ours at home. 48 00:03:51,998 --> 00:03:54,134 And those wonderful velvet curtains. 49 00:03:54,167 --> 00:03:55,802 And that old-fashioned four-poster. 50 00:03:55,835 --> 00:03:57,704 Yes, dear, it's a lovely room. 51 00:03:58,872 --> 00:04:01,241 You are tired aren't you, dear? 52 00:04:01,274 --> 00:04:04,844 Just rest over here in this chair while I turn the bed down. 53 00:04:04,878 --> 00:04:06,913 Allow me, mademoiselle. Thank you. 54 00:04:06,946 --> 00:04:09,182 Now darling, we'll have you in bed in a moment. 55 00:04:09,215 --> 00:04:11,785 Later, dear. I'll undress later. 56 00:04:16,523 --> 00:04:17,590 [sighs] 57 00:04:21,194 --> 00:04:23,063 (Diana) Thank you for coming so quickly. 58 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:26,099 I am right here in the hotel, for the convenience of the guests. 59 00:04:26,132 --> 00:04:27,667 But tell me... 60 00:04:27,701 --> 00:04:31,104 when did your mother first complain of feeling tired? 61 00:04:31,137 --> 00:04:34,841 It was on the boat train to Paris. We thought perhaps it was the heat. 62 00:04:34,874 --> 00:04:38,078 And you say you have come from India? 63 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:41,114 Yes, we stopped to see the Exposition on our way home. 64 00:04:41,147 --> 00:04:43,350 And now, with Mother feeling so ill... 65 00:04:43,383 --> 00:04:45,885 I almost wish we had gone straight to England instead. 66 00:04:45,919 --> 00:04:46,753 [moans] 67 00:04:47,387 --> 00:04:48,321 Pardon me. 68 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:04,337 Just a little fever. 69 00:05:11,077 --> 00:05:11,911 Doctor? 70 00:05:17,951 --> 00:05:18,752 Doctor? 71 00:05:23,857 --> 00:05:25,725 We have a small problem. 72 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:28,428 The medicine which I require must be prepared... 73 00:05:28,461 --> 00:05:33,099 and I'm afraid you will not find the chemist shop open so late at night. 74 00:05:33,133 --> 00:05:37,370 Therefore, it is necessary to procure the necessities somewhere else. 75 00:05:37,404 --> 00:05:39,806 Now, my wife, she is.... 76 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,809 She is licensed by law to dispense the medicine. 77 00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:45,578 So you will take a message to her, mademoiselle... 78 00:05:45,612 --> 00:05:48,615 and bring the medicine back here to me. 79 00:05:48,648 --> 00:05:51,618 I'm sorry, but I cannot leave the hotel right now. 80 00:05:52,719 --> 00:05:55,922 So you will take a fiacre. No. 81 00:05:55,955 --> 00:05:59,793 Madame is right. Not a fiacre for so young a girl. 82 00:05:59,826 --> 00:06:03,663 But I have it. I shall send you in my own carriage. 83 00:06:03,697 --> 00:06:08,401 The driver knows the way, he will bring you there and back safely. 84 00:06:08,435 --> 00:06:11,805 Couldn't you send a messenger? Oh, no, Madame. 85 00:06:11,838 --> 00:06:16,943 A messenger cannot be trusted with all the city en fete. 86 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:21,081 I'm sorry that we do not have telephone facilities in our home... 87 00:06:21,114 --> 00:06:24,451 otherwise, my wife would be enchanted to bring you the medicine back here. 88 00:06:25,919 --> 00:06:28,688 I'll be back soon, Mother, you mustn't worry. 89 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:32,492 I will make certain that Madame is well taken care of while you are gone. 90 00:06:32,525 --> 00:06:33,426 Au revoir. 91 00:06:42,202 --> 00:06:45,805 You mind waiting here, mademoiselle,while I get all the medicine? 92 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,776 It will take a little time. So, please have patience. 93 00:06:49,809 --> 00:06:50,910 (Diana) Thank you. 94 00:06:59,819 --> 00:07:00,653 [ticking] 95 00:07:06,459 --> 00:07:09,195 I regret, mademoiselle, the long delay. 96 00:07:09,229 --> 00:07:11,564 But you see the medicine must be prepared with great care. 97 00:07:11,598 --> 00:07:14,834 Yes, thank you. Merci.Goodbye. 98 00:07:14,868 --> 00:07:16,302 I must hurry back to my mother. 99 00:07:16,336 --> 00:07:18,605 [clock dinging] 100 00:07:18,638 --> 00:07:21,408 It's taken so long. It's nearly midnight. 101 00:07:24,778 --> 00:07:26,079 [telephone ringing] 102 00:07:28,048 --> 00:07:29,382 Bonsoir, mademoiselle. 103 00:07:32,285 --> 00:07:33,887 [telephone continues ringing] 104 00:07:41,661 --> 00:07:44,397 May I have my key, please? Number 342. 105 00:07:44,431 --> 00:07:46,933 [speaking French] 106 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:49,469 I'm afraid you've forgotten. I don't speak French. 107 00:07:51,705 --> 00:07:54,741 Whom does mademoiselle wish to see? 108 00:07:54,774 --> 00:07:57,344 I want the key. The key to my room. 109 00:07:57,377 --> 00:07:59,813 But, the name, please. 110 00:07:59,846 --> 00:08:03,016 Winthrop. Miss Winthrop. I'm here with my mother. 111 00:08:03,016 --> 00:08:03,817 Winthrop. 112 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:07,887 Winthrop. I am sorry, mademoiselle... 113 00:08:07,921 --> 00:08:10,123 a thousand pardons, but I do not.... 114 00:08:13,259 --> 00:08:16,029 Perhaps mademoiselle has mistakenly come to the wrong hotel. 115 00:08:16,029 --> 00:08:17,097 Oh, good heavens. 116 00:08:24,204 --> 00:08:25,805 This is the right hotel. 117 00:08:26,506 --> 00:08:27,674 I remember it. 118 00:08:28,208 --> 00:08:30,076 I know you. 119 00:08:30,110 --> 00:08:33,680 Don't you remember, we asked for two rooms and you had only one? 120 00:08:33,713 --> 00:08:35,749 Why, I signed that register, right there. 121 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:40,653 I am sorry, mademoiselle, but see for yourself. 122 00:08:40,687 --> 00:08:45,058 Number 342, MonsieurDuchesne. He has been with us for some days. 123 00:08:52,065 --> 00:08:55,702 The city is crowded with visitors. There is much confusion. 124 00:08:55,735 --> 00:08:58,638 You have merely mistaken the identity of your hotel. 125 00:08:58,672 --> 00:09:01,508 It happens frequently, mademoiselle. 126 00:09:01,541 --> 00:09:07,580 I have not mistaken the hotel. I remember you, I know my room number. 127 00:09:07,614 --> 00:09:11,317 My mother is up there now. She's very ill and I must go to her. 128 00:09:11,351 --> 00:09:12,552 Mademoiselle.... 129 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,522 I cannot permit you. 130 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:19,092 MonsieurDuchesne retired early, he must not be disturbed. 131 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:22,796 I don't believe you. I know she's there. Please, Mademoiselle. 132 00:09:28,101 --> 00:09:31,338 Why, that porter over there. He carried up our bags. 133 00:09:31,371 --> 00:09:32,605 [speaking French] 134 00:09:33,573 --> 00:09:35,041 [speaking French] 135 00:09:35,041 --> 00:09:37,310 This young lady wishes to know if you remember her. 136 00:09:37,344 --> 00:09:38,745 [speaking French] 137 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:44,050 No, I have never seen her before. 138 00:09:44,050 --> 00:09:47,587 But you have. You carried up our bags, just this evening. 139 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:48,922 No, mademoiselle. 140 00:09:53,159 --> 00:09:55,061 The doctor. 141 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:59,566 He sent me for this medicine. He'll tell you. He's probably with my mother this minute. 142 00:09:59,599 --> 00:10:01,968 I am sorry, mademoiselle, but the doctor is not here. 143 00:10:02,002 --> 00:10:05,071 He will not be back until morning. 144 00:10:05,105 --> 00:10:08,808 I can't believe he'd send me for medicine and then... 145 00:10:08,842 --> 00:10:11,044 go away before I came back with it. 146 00:10:11,077 --> 00:10:14,314 Mademoiselle,I beg of you. Think. 147 00:10:14,347 --> 00:10:17,350 It is impossible that you are in the right hotel. 148 00:10:17,384 --> 00:10:19,919 The maid. Where's the maid? 149 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:22,322 She'll tell you. She'll remember, I know. 150 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:25,158 [speaking French] 151 00:10:26,726 --> 00:10:27,627 [speaking French] 152 00:10:29,396 --> 00:10:31,064 Mademoiselle... 153 00:10:31,097 --> 00:10:33,933 we will be glad to provide you with a room for the night. 154 00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:36,236 You should wait till morning, and then... 155 00:10:36,269 --> 00:10:38,872 perhaps try to remember from which hotel you have wandered? 156 00:10:38,905 --> 00:10:41,608 The lateness of the hour-- I certainly do not.... 157 00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:45,512 I must find my mother. She's ill. 158 00:10:45,545 --> 00:10:47,781 It's not a thing to be put off until morning. 159 00:10:48,748 --> 00:10:50,483 Good evening. 160 00:10:50,517 --> 00:10:53,019 Do you remember, in Room 342... 161 00:10:53,053 --> 00:10:55,655 when you took my mother's hat, and asked if there was anything else-- 162 00:10:55,689 --> 00:10:58,058 342? 163 00:10:58,091 --> 00:11:01,861 There is a gentlemen in 342. A MonsieurDuchesne. 164 00:11:01,895 --> 00:11:03,963 Don't you remember me? 165 00:11:04,064 --> 00:11:07,067 My mother was ill. I am sorry, mademoiselle. 166 00:11:09,336 --> 00:11:12,806 Mademoiselle, may I conduct you to a room. 167 00:11:12,839 --> 00:11:14,341 There you may compose yourself... 168 00:11:14,374 --> 00:11:16,976 and perhaps in the morning you may recollect. 169 00:11:19,379 --> 00:11:20,980 What am I going to do? 170 00:11:24,084 --> 00:11:27,287 Where is my mother? She will no doubt find you, mademoiselle. 171 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:31,658 Meanwhile, number 254 is a very nice room. 172 00:11:31,691 --> 00:11:35,795 You think I can go to bed, not knowing what's become of my mother? 173 00:11:35,829 --> 00:11:39,199 Mademoisellemust realize that her memory is at fault. 174 00:11:39,232 --> 00:11:41,901 However, if you wish to go and inquire at other hotels.... 175 00:11:41,935 --> 00:11:44,104 But this is the hotel. 176 00:11:49,943 --> 00:11:51,244 Perhaps you're right. 177 00:11:52,245 --> 00:11:53,380 I'm very tired. 178 00:11:55,415 --> 00:11:57,250 I should go to bed and think. 179 00:11:58,585 --> 00:12:01,488 There must be some explanation. 180 00:12:01,521 --> 00:12:06,159 Certainly, mademoiselle. Of course, there is. 181 00:12:06,192 --> 00:12:09,929 When you are rested, you will consider and reveal the truth to yourself. 182 00:12:11,731 --> 00:12:13,266 After you, mademoiselle. 183 00:12:17,704 --> 00:12:20,674 Now, mademoiselle,you should go to bed immediately. 184 00:12:22,642 --> 00:12:25,378 You will feel much more restored in the morning. 185 00:12:26,346 --> 00:12:27,247 Perhaps. 186 00:12:35,121 --> 00:12:36,089 [sighs] 187 00:12:37,424 --> 00:12:38,825 Bonsoir, mademoiselle. 188 00:12:39,993 --> 00:12:41,861 You'd better get some rest now. 189 00:12:43,463 --> 00:12:45,398 Yes, thank you. Goodnight. 190 00:12:55,442 --> 00:12:58,678 What's happened? What can have happened? 191 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:02,482 Where's my mother? 192 00:13:02,515 --> 00:13:05,919 I know it's the right hotel. I remember all of those people. 193 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:11,725 All, but that doctor. I did sign the register. 194 00:13:11,758 --> 00:13:14,561 There has to be an explanation. 195 00:13:14,594 --> 00:13:18,598 I'm not going out of my mind. No, certainly not, Miss Winthrop. 196 00:13:20,066 --> 00:13:22,168 As you say, there must be an explanation. 197 00:13:22,202 --> 00:13:24,104 Perhaps-- I clearly remember all those people... 198 00:13:24,137 --> 00:13:27,340 who now choose to deny they ever saw me before. 199 00:13:27,374 --> 00:13:29,943 I'm afraid. I must have help. 200 00:13:29,976 --> 00:13:32,712 The Embassy will help you, of course. 201 00:13:32,746 --> 00:13:36,383 I think the best thing to do is to get in touch with your relatives in England... 202 00:13:36,416 --> 00:13:38,852 and arrange-- I wont leave Paris without my mother. 203 00:13:38,885 --> 00:13:41,221 My dear Miss Winthrop, what possible reason... 204 00:13:41,254 --> 00:13:44,224 could the people at the Madeleine Hotel have for such a conspiracy? 205 00:13:44,257 --> 00:13:47,293 I should very much like to know that, too, Sir Everett. 206 00:13:47,327 --> 00:13:48,895 Yes, I see. 207 00:13:50,897 --> 00:13:53,099 Of course you were quite right to call me in, Farnham, but... 208 00:13:53,099 --> 00:13:54,534 I think... 209 00:13:54,567 --> 00:13:57,303 I think you can handle the situation yourself. 210 00:13:57,337 --> 00:14:00,674 Yes, you're in good hands, Miss Winthrop. 211 00:14:00,707 --> 00:14:04,511 Mr. Farnham will assist you in every way possible, and... 212 00:14:05,045 --> 00:14:05,845 good day. 213 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:10,183 He thinks I'm insane. 214 00:14:11,618 --> 00:14:14,888 Mr. Farnham, do you believe a single thing I've told you? 215 00:14:14,921 --> 00:14:17,557 I'm going to believe everything I possibly can. 216 00:14:17,590 --> 00:14:19,125 Now let's begin at the beginning. 217 00:14:20,727 --> 00:14:23,163 Meadows, please put through a trunk call to Marseilles... 218 00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:25,198 and inquire whether a Mrs. Herbert Winthrop... 219 00:14:25,231 --> 00:14:27,634 and Miss Diana Winthrop arrived on the Lafayette... 220 00:14:27,667 --> 00:14:29,502 on August 18th and took the boat train to Paris. 221 00:14:29,536 --> 00:14:30,570 Yes, sir. 222 00:14:33,106 --> 00:14:36,076 You don't even believe she was with me. 223 00:14:36,076 --> 00:14:39,446 Certainly I believe she was with you, but we're going to prove it. 224 00:14:39,479 --> 00:14:41,514 Don't you think it'd be wise... 225 00:14:41,548 --> 00:14:44,217 to have one of your relatives in England come over here to help you. 226 00:14:44,250 --> 00:14:47,754 There isn't anyone but Aunt Minerva. She is 75 and deaf. 227 00:14:47,787 --> 00:14:50,824 By all means, send for her. I see. 228 00:14:50,857 --> 00:14:52,292 You are alone, aren't you? 229 00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:54,861 My mother is alone, too. 230 00:14:56,096 --> 00:14:59,532 She's ill, maybe very ill. She's disappeared. 231 00:15:01,101 --> 00:15:04,137 She hasn't even got the medicine he sent me for. 232 00:15:04,170 --> 00:15:06,840 Where did he send you for it? Would you know how to get there again? 233 00:15:06,873 --> 00:15:08,441 No, I'm afraid not. 234 00:15:08,475 --> 00:15:11,311 A closed carriage took me there and brought me back. 235 00:15:11,344 --> 00:15:14,047 Is this the medicine? Let's unwrap it. 236 00:15:14,047 --> 00:15:16,549 Perhaps the label will say where it came from. 237 00:15:19,519 --> 00:15:23,123 Miss Winthrop, this isn't medicine. 238 00:15:23,156 --> 00:15:26,559 This is a small bottle of Vittel Water. You could've.... 239 00:15:26,593 --> 00:15:28,128 It could have been bought anywhere. 240 00:15:28,161 --> 00:15:31,064 But, that's what she gave me. The doctor's wife. 241 00:15:32,432 --> 00:15:34,801 And she made me wait nearly two hours for it. 242 00:15:35,702 --> 00:15:36,736 Why? 243 00:15:36,770 --> 00:15:38,672 [door opening] 244 00:15:38,705 --> 00:15:43,109 Sir, the steamship company says that Mrs. Winthrop and Miss Diana Winthrop... 245 00:15:43,143 --> 00:15:44,744 arrived in Marseilles on the 18th... 246 00:15:44,778 --> 00:15:47,814 and were booked through to Paris on the boat train. 247 00:15:47,847 --> 00:15:49,716 Thank you, Meadows. Yes. 248 00:15:51,518 --> 00:15:53,953 Now, won't you come to the hotel and talk to these people? 249 00:15:53,987 --> 00:15:55,789 Of course, right away. 250 00:15:59,592 --> 00:16:02,629 What else can we say, monsieur.We do not recognize this young lady. 251 00:16:02,662 --> 00:16:05,665 Nobody here. Not the porter, not the maid. 252 00:16:05,699 --> 00:16:08,702 It is evident that mademoiselleis suffering from delusions. 253 00:16:08,735 --> 00:16:10,770 You do know where she is, you do. 254 00:16:13,573 --> 00:16:17,043 Monsieur,may I suggest that you seek competent medical aid for Miss Winthrop. 255 00:16:18,645 --> 00:16:20,880 Mr. Farnham, you don't think that I.... 256 00:16:22,048 --> 00:16:23,950 Everybody seems to think I.... 257 00:16:29,356 --> 00:16:31,324 Good day, gentlemen, and thank you. 258 00:16:31,358 --> 00:16:33,960 I suspect you haven't had any breakfast. Come along. 259 00:16:39,599 --> 00:16:41,067 [horses approaching] 260 00:16:41,735 --> 00:16:43,536 She kept me waiting... 261 00:16:43,570 --> 00:16:45,605 until I remembered the clock striking 12:00. 262 00:16:45,638 --> 00:16:47,073 I'd been there for.... 263 00:16:48,375 --> 00:16:49,642 The telephone. 264 00:16:49,676 --> 00:16:51,177 The doctor. 265 00:16:51,211 --> 00:16:53,580 The first doctor told me he had no telephone. 266 00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:55,148 That was why I had to take a note... 267 00:16:55,181 --> 00:16:57,217 because he couldn't communicate with his wife. 268 00:16:57,250 --> 00:16:59,686 And then when I was leaving the telephone rang. 269 00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:02,422 The doctor's wife was at the door with me, and it rang... 270 00:17:02,455 --> 00:17:05,892 she shut the door as quickly as she could but I could still hear it. 271 00:17:05,925 --> 00:17:09,729 That's all very interesting. But, you see, you were the only one who heard it. 272 00:17:09,763 --> 00:17:12,032 I don't see how we can use it. 273 00:17:12,065 --> 00:17:12,866 Oh. 274 00:17:15,168 --> 00:17:16,036 I know. 275 00:17:17,103 --> 00:17:19,339 Why didn't I think of it before. 276 00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:23,576 I know exactly how that room, number 342, looks. 277 00:17:23,610 --> 00:17:25,612 I've never been to Paris before. 278 00:17:25,645 --> 00:17:28,515 I couldn't possibly know what it looks like, could I? 279 00:17:28,548 --> 00:17:32,052 If I'd never seen it? If MonsieurDuchesne had been in it for several days. 280 00:17:32,052 --> 00:17:35,055 That's quite true. Tell me exactly how the room was. 281 00:17:36,723 --> 00:17:39,626 It had green damask drapes... 282 00:17:40,460 --> 00:17:42,228 rose-patterned wallpaper... 283 00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:45,498 an ormolu clock. 284 00:17:45,532 --> 00:17:49,936 A sofa in gray, a gray rug, a little oval satinwood table... 285 00:17:49,969 --> 00:17:52,539 and a big four-poster bed. 286 00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:56,443 I think that's all I can remember. Oh, yes, a lamp. 287 00:17:56,476 --> 00:17:59,412 Come along, let's have a look at that room. 288 00:17:59,446 --> 00:18:02,449 They won't let us see it. They wouldn't let me in last night. 289 00:18:02,482 --> 00:18:03,717 They will today. 290 00:18:07,587 --> 00:18:09,089 Voici, mademoiselle. 291 00:18:13,860 --> 00:18:16,062 (Diana) Clock and everything's all different. 292 00:18:27,507 --> 00:18:30,610 The best thing for you to do is to get to London where you can rest... 293 00:18:30,643 --> 00:18:33,546 and leave us to make inquiries into the disappearance of your mother. 294 00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:35,415 It's no good staying here and torturing yourself. 295 00:18:35,448 --> 00:18:37,117 Very well. 296 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:39,285 The Embassy will make all the arrangements... 297 00:18:39,319 --> 00:18:41,554 and I'll get you tickets for tomorrow's boat. 298 00:18:41,588 --> 00:18:43,523 We'll take you a room in some quiet hotel for tonight... 299 00:18:43,556 --> 00:18:45,125 I'm sure you don't want to stay here. 300 00:18:45,158 --> 00:18:47,193 I never want to see the place again. 301 00:18:47,227 --> 00:18:49,129 Just a minute, I'll ask the clerk. 302 00:18:54,634 --> 00:18:56,970 The clerk says the Marie Antoinette is a nice quiet hotel. 303 00:18:57,070 --> 00:18:59,072 I've taken a room for you there. 304 00:19:00,674 --> 00:19:02,042 [brush swooshing] 305 00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:08,281 Painting the hotel. 306 00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:11,017 Yes, sprucing it up for the Exposition very likely. 307 00:19:13,253 --> 00:19:15,555 Changed my mind, I want to stay here. 308 00:19:15,588 --> 00:19:17,123 Oh, no, surely not. You'd much better-- 309 00:19:17,157 --> 00:19:20,260 I'm sorry, but I do. Now, wait. 310 00:19:20,293 --> 00:19:22,629 I've changed my mind. I'd like to stay here tonight. 311 00:19:22,662 --> 00:19:24,464 Here, mademoiselle? Yes, here. 312 00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:25,265 But I.... 313 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:29,803 If you think-- Miss Winthrop, please. 314 00:19:29,836 --> 00:19:32,105 Is there any reason why I can't stay here? 315 00:19:32,138 --> 00:19:34,474 No, none at all. 316 00:19:34,507 --> 00:19:36,076 I want Room 342. 317 00:19:36,876 --> 00:19:39,279 No, it's reserved. 318 00:19:40,313 --> 00:19:42,582 It's taken. 319 00:19:42,615 --> 00:19:45,785 However I have one equally pleasant for mademoiselle. 320 00:19:45,819 --> 00:19:49,589 Is it as large? Yes, larger, perhaps. 321 00:19:49,622 --> 00:19:53,493 In that case, you can give it to whoever has reserved Room 342. 322 00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:56,463 Oh, no. Impossible. 323 00:19:56,496 --> 00:19:59,366 I'm sure they didn't write and ask to reserve Room 342. 324 00:19:59,399 --> 00:20:01,468 They merely asked for a large room. 325 00:20:01,501 --> 00:20:04,337 In that case, I can't see why I can't have Room 342. 326 00:20:04,371 --> 00:20:06,272 Is there any reason why she shouldn't have it? 327 00:20:06,306 --> 00:20:09,242 Why it's irregular, most irregular. 328 00:20:09,275 --> 00:20:10,810 The rooms have been assigned-- 329 00:20:10,844 --> 00:20:12,812 I won't keep thinking it's the same room if I'm in it... 330 00:20:12,846 --> 00:20:14,381 and can see that it isn't. 331 00:20:14,414 --> 00:20:17,450 We don't insist, of course, but Miss Winthrop has had a frightful experience. 332 00:20:17,484 --> 00:20:19,552 If it would comfort her to stay in the same room... 333 00:20:19,586 --> 00:20:21,521 I cannot see why you should object. 334 00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:24,224 It is a matter of indifference to me, I assure you. 335 00:20:25,592 --> 00:20:27,861 However, it is quite expensive. 336 00:20:27,894 --> 00:20:31,464 Oh, is it very expensive? Perhaps I'd better not. 337 00:20:31,498 --> 00:20:35,301 Could I just look at it? Maybe I'm being foolish, but I must be sure. 338 00:20:37,537 --> 00:20:38,505 Very well. 339 00:21:05,432 --> 00:21:06,366 Mademoiselle? 340 00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:11,905 I just can't decide. Mr. Farnham, what do you think? 341 00:21:11,938 --> 00:21:15,275 Do you think that having more room would be worth the extra expense? 342 00:21:15,308 --> 00:21:17,977 On the other hand, I don't know how long I shall be here. 343 00:21:19,846 --> 00:21:21,648 Look! Mademoiselle. 344 00:21:21,681 --> 00:21:24,551 There's the old paper. That's the pattern I described to you. 345 00:21:24,584 --> 00:21:27,287 They've changed this room, re-papered it. 346 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,989 Mademoiselle, that is ridiculous. Pay no attention, monsieur. 347 00:21:30,090 --> 00:21:32,559 Oh, I knew it. It even smells new. 348 00:21:32,592 --> 00:21:35,862 Can't you smell the wallpaper paste, Mr. Farnham? 349 00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:39,232 Feel the wall. It's cool, it's not even dry yet. 350 00:21:44,704 --> 00:21:46,740 Where is she? 351 00:21:46,773 --> 00:21:48,475 What have you done with my mother? 352 00:21:52,112 --> 00:21:53,913 What's taking so long? 353 00:21:55,382 --> 00:21:57,484 How could she have died so quickly? 354 00:21:59,519 --> 00:22:02,055 Why won't they tell me anything? 355 00:22:02,055 --> 00:22:05,525 Try to hold on, Diana. I don't know what it's all about either. 356 00:22:05,558 --> 00:22:07,394 They won't talk to anybody but Sir Everett. 357 00:22:07,427 --> 00:22:08,962 He'll be here in a moment, just a moment. 358 00:22:09,062 --> 00:22:10,063 [door opening] 359 00:22:12,599 --> 00:22:14,567 Sorry to have kept you waiting, Miss Winthrop, but.... 360 00:22:14,601 --> 00:22:16,202 Sit down. 361 00:22:16,236 --> 00:22:19,272 But this is a very singular... 362 00:22:20,907 --> 00:22:22,275 very difficult.... 363 00:22:24,644 --> 00:22:28,248 What is it, Sir Everett? Tell me, please. 364 00:22:28,281 --> 00:22:32,152 Miss Winthrop, let me say first that we, the Embassy... 365 00:22:32,185 --> 00:22:35,355 would never for a moment have countenanced this, never, but... 366 00:22:35,388 --> 00:22:38,425 we've been presented with a fait accompli. 367 00:22:38,458 --> 00:22:41,728 There's nothing we can do about it. About what? 368 00:22:41,761 --> 00:22:43,963 About what? 369 00:22:43,997 --> 00:22:46,533 The doctor saw at once that your mother was very ill... 370 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:50,136 very ill indeed. 371 00:22:50,170 --> 00:22:52,272 He sent you on this wild goose chase... 372 00:22:52,305 --> 00:22:54,374 to give himself time to make arrangements for her 373 00:22:54,407 --> 00:22:56,776 to be transferred elsewhere secretly. 374 00:22:56,810 --> 00:22:58,244 Arrangements? 375 00:22:59,346 --> 00:23:01,348 Why did they have to be secret? 376 00:23:01,381 --> 00:23:04,250 I know it's hard for you, my dear. Very hard. 377 00:23:05,485 --> 00:23:07,454 I'm trying to explain the best way I can. 378 00:23:08,788 --> 00:23:10,590 You see... 379 00:23:10,623 --> 00:23:12,359 before you got back to your hotel... 380 00:23:13,193 --> 00:23:14,961 your mother had already died. 381 00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:18,798 But how could she? 382 00:23:18,832 --> 00:23:23,069 She was perfectly well in the afternoon. I know, I know. 383 00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:26,439 You must understand we don't condone their actions, not for a moment. 384 00:23:26,473 --> 00:23:30,076 But one can see why they did what they did. 385 00:23:30,076 --> 00:23:32,679 They spent millions on their Exposition... 386 00:23:32,712 --> 00:23:36,383 the city is full of visitors, the hotels are full of guests. 387 00:23:36,416 --> 00:23:40,086 Why did they all lie? The maid, the porter. 388 00:23:40,086 --> 00:23:43,089 Why did they want to pretend she had never come to Paris? To obliterate her? 389 00:23:43,123 --> 00:23:45,258 They were only obeying their orders. 390 00:23:45,291 --> 00:23:48,895 As soon as the doctor reported your mother's case to the authorities... 391 00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:52,399 the French government stepped in quickly, and gave everyone explicit orders. 392 00:23:53,533 --> 00:23:55,535 Government? 393 00:23:55,568 --> 00:23:57,671 Why? My mother hadn't done anything wrong. 394 00:23:59,806 --> 00:24:01,041 Where is she? 395 00:24:02,075 --> 00:24:04,110 I want to take her home to England. 396 00:24:04,878 --> 00:24:05,912 No, my dear. 397 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:08,214 No, I.... 398 00:24:09,416 --> 00:24:11,051 I'm afraid that isn't possible. 399 00:24:13,653 --> 00:24:14,487 You see... 400 00:24:15,789 --> 00:24:18,558 your mother died of plague. 401 00:24:19,592 --> 00:24:20,894 The bubonic plague. 402 00:24:30,337 --> 00:24:33,073 And that completes our offering for tonight. 403 00:24:33,073 --> 00:24:35,542 However, I am not giving up. 404 00:24:35,575 --> 00:24:38,511 Next week I plan to stage a comeback. 405 00:24:38,545 --> 00:24:42,082 I shall present another in our series of situation tragedies. 406 00:24:42,082 --> 00:24:42,882 Good night. 407 00:24:46,286 --> 00:24:49,089 Oh, incidentally... 408 00:24:49,089 --> 00:24:51,691 I thought the little leading lady was rather good, didn't you?