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Heat. Heat.

Okay, now try and yell as hard as you can.

Open wide. Huh?

Uh, try to vary the pitch. Try to make a deep sound.

Does that hurt?

I'm sorry, honey. I got to make out a report for the clinic. Otherwise,

they'd have to do all these tests.

And all I want them to do is to bring back your voice.

It's there, Helen.

It's just that the uh link's been broken somewhere between here and there. Broken by what you saw,

by by what happened to you. And the repair links like that every day at the clinic.

You're not doing it for me. You're doing it so that one day you can tell me about

your little daughter and about your husband. You're doing it so you can

learn to live with the memory of them and with me.

I'd like to hear you say that one day.

25 north of Morain Street.

Miss Brighton, confirm the Boston Clinic for Mrs. Mallalerie, will you? She'll arrive tomorrow.

Get Doc Rolley over here and uh notify our next of Ken. Her name is uh Heather Low. Helen, honey,

I'll drive you home in a minute. I want to see your grandmother. She's going to miss you.

It's going to break. Yeah. Well, get him on the phone again or something,

would you? Yeah. I know. Listen, I know it's not your fault. It's the whole damn system.

Helen, stay in the car. I won't be gone a minute, please.

Headquarters.

I want to report now on a full autopsy fast.

Anything special? She was blind. Good boy. Good boy.

within the last hour. How come she's been here so long? Nobody notified us. What happened? Oh,

the ASPCA got here first. Just get me that autopsy report, will you, doctor? Huh?

Lieutenant, this is the fifth murder in a year. Five. And I've got you an autopsy on

everyone. And all you guys do is give our parking tickets. Now, for Christ's sake, Lieutenant,

what do you want me to tell you? Listen, that ambulance cause of death. We've been trying for

the last half hour, Lieutenant. Five people, each with a physical disability have been murdered in

your precinct. Listen, Doc. I'm not working for your job. Just let me alone. Huh? Oh,

I see. I've been interrupting something. Is that what's troubling you? Huh? No,

Lieutenant. You're not troubling anybody. The girl in that car is Helen Mallerie, and she

has a disability. She can't speak, and I don't want her to be number six on your killer's list.

Helen, I'm sorry. I'm going to have to stay. I'll call you, cab.

Oh, Helen, stay at home.

Mommy, mommy, help me. Mommy, mommy, help me. Mommy,

help me. Help me. Somebody help me. Mommy, please go. Where are you? Mommy.

Mommy. Mommy, help.

Oh, good. You're back. Your grandmother's been worried about you. She's been buzzing down on

that thing every 5 minutes for the last hour. Have you seen the damn dog outside anywhere? Oh,

don't bother. The professor is upstairs checking the bedrooms. It's probably under some bed.

I can't find that idiot dog, Jason. You seen him anywhere, Alan? Well,

I'll go and look for him in the cold shed.

Oh, don't bother Mrs. Mallerie. Let him do his own checking. You're on vacation now.

Jason

Jason.

David.

Thank God you're safe. Thank god you're all right. Don't Don't worry. Don't worry.

Don't be frightened. Don't be frightened. You're all right. You're all right. Come on,

darling. We're going to the house. Huh? No. Come on. Wrap up. That's it. That's

it. That's it. Come on. She was just helping the professor. Come on. You're home. Come on.

She'll be on her way up now. Look after Mrs. Oats,

will you? I'll call the police. What is it? What do you want?

Dr. P. Buzz. Buzz. I kill your witch myself. Yes. She's coming right up. I don't know who

the man was, Lieutenant, but he scared my niece half to death. Right. And I'll be out

there right away. All right, just keep everyone inside. Well, thank you. Bye.

Oh, come on, Blanch. The filing can wait. I've got three months

ahead of me. I'll do it myself. Mm- You would put everything in the wrong place.

Now, you could stay here and help me take some of your holidays here. Now,

Joe, you know I have to go home and see my family and after that I am all booked up.

Do you know that we have 485 applications for next year's course already? You know,

I swear if I proposed to you, you'd file it under applications.

Uh, page 18, chapter 3, rule four. Many a good secretary has married her boss.

No good boss has ever married his secretary. Quote, unquote.

I wrote that before you came here. Why don't we go have a drink to that

lunch?

Come on now. What about my drink? You know how I love office parties.

Come in.

Shut the window. Dear,

look what I caught in my web tonight. A China mock moth lepodopter piridi Slavia born in water.

We get cancer and lead poisoning, genetic abnormalities,

heart disease.

All they do is change color.

It's harmless enough. Hubby, come here. Let me thank you for the flowers. and for spending a

vacation with your dull old granny. No, it's good of you. This isn't exactly Honolulu.

Stay close to me. I saw you coming home tonight.

I can smell fear.

5 days before my husband died, he stank of fear.

Oh lordy,

you tired?

15 men every 3 weeks and they are all so boring. Huh? You know,

I get asked the same two questions five times a day, every day. Number one, Miss Blanch,

how am I doing on this course? And number two, uh, would you like to slip up to my room after dinner?

And, uh, what do you tell them? I tell them that they are here to have their

potential as executives measured and that questions like that do not get

asked by the president of General Motors. Oliver, please. Thank you,

sir. Have you ever actually dated anyone on our course? Mhm. Once.

He offered me $500. They gave him a good report. Well, you should have told me. I

might have given him extra marks and initiative. I uh thought you

were testing management skills, Professor Ch. Well, blackmail is a management skill.

Oh my god. Mrs. Oats must have rinsed this in axle grease, which is another reason why it would

never work out between you and me. I swear, Joe, every time you kissed me, you would run and go.

My father was like that, you know. He hated dirt. Oh boy, how he hated dirt. All dirt, he said,

led to disease. He was scared of absolutely nothing except disease. He couldn't bear

imperfection of any kind. And in fact, everything in life had to be to him pristine, perfect.

When they told him he had cancer, he shot himself.

Mother keeps the gun he did it with.

It's like a sort of trophy. It's 8:00 here on KGBY Albany. In a few moments,

national and international news from the KJBY newsroom, where news breaks first.

You'll come in whatever I say. What would you like for dinner if there's chicken?

Is that a question or a statement? It's a statement, I guess. How's it cooked? Cooked

by Mrs. Oats. That's how it's cooked. Why don't you just bring me a bacon sandwich?

A diabetic is not permitted fats under any circumstances. You know that as well as I

do. There was a time when being sick could be fun. There was a time when nursing could

be rewarding. Chicken. Yes, dear chicken. Tell Mrs. Oats to remove all the feathers.

No wonder that old lady is sick. You call that food? There is little wrong with Mrs. Sherman that

a good kick up the ass wouldn't cure everything except her hemorrhoids, I should imagine.

There he goes. Don't lose him.

He's not going any crazy. Go after him.

Hands on your head. Come out slowly, Lieutenant. It's Logan.

You nearly killed me.

All right. Out.

You can't. You can't. He was. That's right. Resisting arrest.

Leave him. Ever hear of knocking? I'm carrying a tray.

You're not meant to be drinking. I'm not meant to be in a wheelchair. Go away. You know,

I don't see why you bother to have me here at all. Neither do I. I probably overpaid my blue

cross. Well, I can't make you eat, can I? No, you can't. Why don't you go home? Oh,

I'm paid to stay until 10:00 tonight. And until 10:00, I stay.

She's the kind of woman who'd give Florence Nightingale a bad name.

This chicken's been drinking.

Well, we got him. Old Mike Bahoney. Oh, why no? He's no killer.

Mind if I use your telephone? You know what it is? Yeah. Thanks. Some lousy night.

You know him? Oh, yeah. Just some old bum. Spent more time in a penitentiary than out of it.

Lieutenant Field. Yeah. Can you send the meat wagon to the Sherman house?

Yeah. Okay.

He's been hurt. He's dead. You shot him. Listen, there's a killer who's out there.

In the last year, he's killed the blind with a crippled. It's pitch black outside

and pouring with rain. And the man ran. In my book, that's resisting arrest. Well,

that's great. Except you got the wrong man, didn't you? I did him a favor.

It's a big place. Professor, you make sure to lock up real tight now. You here? That girl Helen,

she's a potential victim. You can be quite sure Helen will be safe here. Well,

it's lonely around here. You make sure Helen understands. Make sure she realizes how serious

feels. There's a distinction between being dumb and being stupid. Except in the vernacular.

Jesus out. Where the hell have you been? I fell in the river.

What happened to Mahoney?

What happened out there? Oh, the poor man was tithing in the coal cellar.

So, we called the police. I told him he could sleep out there tonight. He's dead.

I suppose the police are getting a little nervous,

especially with Helen here. Yeah. Well, she'll be all right. It's only tonight.

I'm going to lock the place up.

Where the hell did you get that? The professor left the liquor cabinet in

the dining room unlocked. That's stealing. When the old man was alive, we had a deal. Gallery,

bed, board. Those are the terms of my employment. Here's my board. Oh boy.

See you.

Oh, I was looking for you. wearing an empty suit.

What'd you get these for? Courage of madness. I only wear those to gin mills. Get me a lot

of free booze. You didn't come up here to discuss my military record, did you,

big brother? No, I came to ask you to help me check all the doors and

windows. A matter of fact. Why? What's another girl was killed around here today.

Jesus. Well, you going to give me a hand or not? Yeah, sure, big brother. Anything for you.

How long are you going to stick around this time? Well, Joe, I thought I'd stick around and take

your fantastic executive training course. Well, you'll have to be a fantastic executive first. I'm

vice president of this setup. Doesn't that make me an executive? Wrong. It makes you $30,000 a year

to stay out of my hair. Every man's got his price. The deal was for you to keep away. Hey Joe, I'd

like to see mom once in a while, huh? Oh, why? I'd like to stay a breast of her butterfly collection.

Yeah, well, take care of the gymnasium door, would you? Joe, it's raining outside. Somebody has to

do it. Somebody has to do it. You know, my CEO said that the day he executed 15 villagers. Oh.

rivers rising fast. Mhm. Mhm. You figure those power lines up the mountain, they go

awful easy. Oh, it's Yeah. Every time we have needed this generator and we've had it now for

uh how long is it? 12 years. 12 years. 12 years. You have had it in pieces for maintenance.

Well, your father and me, we used to strip it down,

put it back together again in 2 hours flat. Yeah. Well, this is a crying shame

that daddy isn't here to help you now, isn't it? Yes, it is. Yeah. You're right.

Come and

leaves coming down in the rain. Leaves being beaten down by the rain.

You having a seance? Listen, I hear Oats is down trying to fix that generator,

which means that we are going to have a power failure. Now,

we all know Oats does not know how to fix the generator. So, I am preparing for the emergency.

That's much better.

I like it. So do I. But right now, Steven, where is your brother? He's

running around like a mad fool, locking the doors and the windows, the shutters.

Don't you think? Perhaps we ought to lock this one.

When you take the tray down, tell that woman not to wake me up, to give me a sleeping pill.

Good night.

Heat.

Heat.

What?

Excellent.

Mommy. Mommy, help me. Mommy,

mommy, help me. Sie.

You are a stubborn old woman. What in God's name do you think I'm here for?

I'm all right. Leave me alone. You didn't even get any into you. Helen,

get me another insulin shot. They're in the ice box in my room. When insulin tablets come out,

you're fired. When insulin tablets come out, we'll probably both be dead. H.

It's in the ice box.

You know, in school, they told us to shower to take

our minds off this kind of thing. Southern girls are told to pray.

What? Well, I don't know what the other girls used to pray for. I used to pray for things like this.

And what are your prayers that were answered, my dear? Mhm. I can't use them. I bet they were

Steven. Mhm. Would you do me a favor tonight? Sure. Would you mind laying off Joe

now? Come on. Stop bugging him. I won't bug him tonight. You leave him alone now. I like

it here. I like Joe and I don't want you messing things up for me. Okay. Okay. Is that a promise?

That's a promise. Okay.

Too many trees.

They reach out their branches, knock against the window trying to get in.

Right. They move. I've seen them creeping up to the house.

Helen, you must leave here tonight.

No. Tonight, not tomorrow.

Stay with Dr. Raleigh. It's not safe here. We'll give you some strong black coffee until

Dr. Raleigh gets here. You're not safe here. It's not safe. I know what I know. Please,

Mrs. Sherman, try to rest now. Come along, Ellen. She mustn't be overt tired. She really mustn't.

Helen, do me a favor. Go down to the kitchen and make some strong black

coffee. All right. I don't know. I guess the best thing to do is to try to keep her awake.

Are you looking for something, Mrs. Mallerie Pet? Huh? Do you want a drink? Oh, coffee. Oh, coffee.

God's sake. You're drunk. You're dead, right? I'm drunk. For professor. Oh, God. He's lovely man.

And you know, he gave me a whole pot of whiskey off myself. He did. It was to celebrate Mrs.

Maller's last day. Oh, sure. Oh, no. No, no. I didn't mean not celebrate. No, miserate. Miserate.

He is miserating. Mrs. Mallerie. Professor never gave you anything. You're a thief. He a goddamn

thief. He gave it. He gave it. You go and ask him. Go on. Get up. Get out of my ass and ask him. Will

you stop trotting me like that? Don't ask him now. I'm going to see where he is. Where is Professor?

Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. He's locking up. [ __ ] now. Don't you worry about tonight, Mr.

Mor. This place is locked up tighter than a drum. No one's going to do anything to you tonight, Mr.

Mor. Yeah. Now, you listen to him for once. He's right. You know, he lay down his life for you,

M. Rosewood. I'd break the brains of anyone who tries doing anything to you, Mr. Mary. Break the

brains. That's what he tells me. And if I didn't, that nurse upstairs would. Hey, she's a better

man than you are. Damn sure. In case you're interested, there's someone at the front door.

What happened to the coffee, Mrs. Mallerie? The bell ain't working. Yeah, the bell ain't working.

And that is another thing you'll never stop doing. It's all right. I'll look after this. You go. Hey,

mercy. What about a drink? Huh? Buddy better look after something around here. God knows

there's nobody there.

There's no one there.

Oh god. Hey, look. Look. Will somebody please let me in? Sorry, doctor. You frighten me to death.

Hello, Mrs. Sherman. The nurse uh tells me you've been misbehaving again. I didn't

lose the insulin. Well, I just happen to keep a little pile of my own. So, nurse,

uh my bag is in the hall. Would you mind?

Doctor, Helen isn't safe here. You must take her with you tonight. She's

coming with me in the morning, Mrs. Sherman. No, no, tonight.

I I don't think Helen, listen to me. There's been another murder, hasn't there?

Have you?

Who told you? Nobody told me. They don't have to. She must be taken away somewhere safe for

the love of God. When was the last injection given? At 9:00 this morning. 50 millig.

You've been tiring yourself.

I seem to be out of insulin, too. And we'll uh give you one of these pills. These should

keep the adrenaline flowing and we'll send Mr. Oats out for some more insulin. Doctor,

what about Helen? Helen's going to be all right, Mrs. Sherman. The clinic is very experienced.

I believe that we can unblock the trauma and then she'll be back with you again. Tonight,

I mean tonight. No, you rest now. I'll be back later and we'll speak again.

I'm supposed to be off tonight, but I guess I could stay over if you really

think it's necessary. Oh, don't you worry. I'll come back later. Thank you.

Well, our own two bit Dr. Freud has spoken. We can unblock the trauma. Huh? Well, it's

her mind you're flexing your adolescent medical muscles on. Doctor, only drains get unblocked.

And another thing, genius. I haven't noticed my mother

getting any better since you started coming out here five times a week.

Your mother is on the verge of a diabetic com. She needs rest, complete rest, until she could be

treated. So you keep out of her room until I tell you that it's all right. Or get another doctor.

Folks will be back with us inside the hour.

I'll be back soon.

Where is he? She's up there. Hey. Hey. Daddy. Daddy. Be careful.

Daddy.

coming. Help me.

Mrs. Mallalerie. Mrs. Mallalerie.

Mrs. Mallalerie. It's okay. Mrs. Mallerie, it's okay. There's nothing to be scared of here. Honey,

your doctor will be back soon. You couldn't shake that young man loose if you tried.

You were very happy together, Mrs. Mallerie. Just like us three.

Me and her in the bottle.

That's better.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Well, what's the light banter of the Sherman household going to cover this evening?

some uh witty reparte from dear brother on the relationship between stress and output in the over

60 bracket. No, Steven, you made me a promise. Oh, what did he uh promise? Oh, yeah, yeah,

yeah. I I forgot. I promised to listen quietly to every golden pearl which dropped from your lips,

not to wipe my mouth on the back of my hand, and only to speak when spoken to.

Childishness is the paranoid's ultimate luxury to you, and it avoids all responsibilities.

I assume silence will now fall until coffee. Silence make you uneasy? No,

not at all. Just bored.

This is ridiculous. Oh, sibling rivalry has an honorable history. You know,

Cain was awful mean to Abel. At least they talked, huh? BL,

you decided uh where you're going to take your vacation.

She's going to an island off Trinidad. It's called Tobago.

We will be there for 8 weeks.

Son, send us a rung and you boom. I don't understand. What do you mean? Blanch and I

we we together. Eight weeks of sun, sea, and sexual. Steven, that will be enough. Sorry,

Joe. I would like to explain to you that

Joe, please listen to me. Don't be silly, Bludge. I got eyes on my head,

Joe. That's what I like about you. You're a gentleman and a scholar, and you

just take this coffee up to mother. Excuse me.

You know that he worships the ground that I walk on.

So would I if we lived in a better neighborhood.

You really are a complete and total bastard.

Practice makes perfect.

Come on. Just leave me alone. Come on. Time to go to sleep. Come on. Come on.

Never leave me alone. What are you? What? What? What? What? What? What are you hiding

under there? Never you mind. Uhhuh. What is it? A secret? Huh? What? Mrs. Sherman

has a secret. Come on. What little secret does Mrs. Sherman have? Leave me alone.

Brought you some coffee.

The lights are out. There'll be no more moss trapped tonight.

No lights. I'll try and get that damn generator started somehow.

They won't fly. Not in this storm. They'll hide. Barks in the trees.

Oats hasn't come back yet. I know. I was worried about him. I hope he's all right. Poor old Oats.

Your father gave him his first job. Did you know that?

And this house was a home.

No strangers. No

institutes.

Joe,

look after Helen. Kelly, look after Helen. It's all right,

mother. She's quite safe. She's all right.

It's It's a storm. Last time we had a storm. Yes, I know. I know. I know. I know. I know.

You shouldn't be in a hospital, mother. Tomorrow after the storm's gone, after it's daylight,

your father hated illness.

He couldn't stand to see anybody sick.

Try to sleep.

I tell you what, why don't we have an Irish coffee and I'll go and get

a bottle of Irish. I've got a better idea, Mrs. Oats. Why don't we have

some black coffee and I'll have the nurse give it to you intravenously.

Are you leaving already? I am. I'm leaving under Dr. Rley's express wishes. The old lady

doesn't want me to stay either. I'm not one to hang around any place I'm not wanted. Oh,

don't you worry about that. Your doctor knowit all has it all arranged. I'll

see you in the morning if and when I'm notified. Morning. Oh my god.

All right, honey. It's all right. I've got to find my suitcases anyway. I think we'll leave

the dishwash into the dishwasher if she ever soers up. Oh my darn.

Joe. Joe, are you down there? Yeah.

Oh, this is really something.

I thought it was about time I came and look for my suitcases.

I could always wait until we I had a little light on the subject. Well, I think it's going to be

pretty long wait. I see. Back to candle light and sorts. Well, take the kerosene lamp over. Okay.

Joe, I I'm very sorry about what happened at dinner. Steven had asked me if he could come

with me, and I had told him no. Oh, come on. You're grown up. You don't have to apologize.

Joe, I want you to know that Steven is not coming with me. I promise you that, Joe.

And you're an honest woman, L. There'd be no institute without you.

I thought it was on. I What are you doing? I don't understand.

You're You're hurting me. Please stop. You can be

Wow. Ow.

Okay.

Huh?

Get ready.

This is something.

Hey

people.

Helen, Helen,

Helen, Helen, can you hear me? Helen Helen, listen to me. Helen,

Helen, Helen. No. Helen, no. Helen, Helen, open it up. Helen, Helen,

open it up. Helen, come back here. Helen. Helen.

Uh

ah uh.

Hello, operator here. Can I help you? Hello, this is the operator. Hello,

I'm having great difficulty in hearing you. Could you speak louder, please?

Child, what is it? Hey. Hey. All right, calm down.

Blanch

dead.

Blanch

and Oops.

Oh my god.

I can't believe it.

Right, I'll take you upstairs to my mother's room.

Did you lock Steven in the cellar?

You must stay upstairs with me.

I'll call Lieutenant Fields.

You've been through enough.

I'll take care of things now.

You tried to use the telephone, didn't you?

I'm glad you couldn't.

You looked in a mirror once before today. I watched you.

You had no mouth, Helen.

No mouth.

No mouth.

I have to send you on. See, like all the others were sent home.

I must You can see that, can't you? There's no room. No room in this world for imperfection.

I'm sorry, Helen, but you have no mouth.

I was worried about Steven. He might have stopped me,

but you locked him in the cellar. Thank you for that.

It had to be tonight.

Your last night, little mouthless.

It's no good. Mrs. Oats is too drunk to help you.

Hello, Helen. I

is dead. Remember, Helen, I fixed the insulin shortage. I had to get

him out of the house. He's dead. Remember? Oh,

that

you I'm too drunk to read.

The storm's still raging.

Helen. Helen. Helen, listen to me. Helen, I had to lock you up for your own safety.

Helen. Quiet now. Helen. Joe. Joe. Just you and me. Joe. Joe,

come over here. Blanch isn't here now. I just want to talk to you. I had to send her on. Joe,

I love Blanch. Joe. I can complain about Blanch. She was so I know what she meant.

Do you perfect in many ways, but in her mind? A little carry. She was dishonest. Just open the

door so we can talk about it. Huh? Open the door. Tragic. Can you hear me? I love her.

But you took care of Steven for me. Thank you for that.

Joe. Joe, open the door. Joe,

open the door. I want to talk to you. Joe. Joe, open the door. Open the door. Huh? No. Stephen,

no. Joe, slide the bolt. No. Joe, open it up. I want to talk to you. Steven,

open it. God damn it. Joe, listen to me. Imperfection.

Open. Listen to me. God damn it. Listen. Listen. Yes. Open the door

so I can talk to you. At Blanch's room, I listen to I can explain that. Joe,

open the door. Open it so we can talk. Joe. Joe. Joe,

open it. I want to talk to you right here. Joe, right now. Open. Slide the boat. Joe. Joe. Joe.

I had a call from Dr. Raleigh.

The road into town was blocked. Dr. Roy figured Oats might not get the insulin,

so he asked me to bring it. That's very kind of you, Lieutenant.

I very much obliged to you. Yeah. Everything all right? Yes. Thank you. And thank you.

Thanks for the drink. Well, back up tight.

Heat. Heat.

Sherman Institute. Professor Sherman. Dr. Rolley. Oh, yes. Dr. Rolley. Did Lieutenant

Fields get there safely with the insulin? I gave him. Yes. Thank you, doctor. Ah,

good. Good. And uh she's much better. In fact, she's sleeping now. Okay. Fine. Well, I just

called to say that I wouldn't make it back there tonight unless it's all right, doctor. She's fine.

Tell Ellen I'll be around to pick her up in 10. I'm sorry. What did you say? I said tell

Helen I'll pick her up at around 10:00 in the morning. Fine. Fine. It's such a bad line with

this storm. Yes. The power lines came down a couple hours ago. Well, be sure to call me at

any time if Mrs. Sherman's condition changes. I will, doctor. Well, uh, goodbye. Goodbye.

Wow.

Okay.

Heat.

Talk to me, Helen.

Talk to me. Helen,

talk to me.

Helen,

is that you? Helen,

no. No, no, no. Not from that side. Shove it underneath the door. Hurry up.

It's nearly over.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Joe.

Mom. Mom, you all right?

I'm sorry, Steven.

I always thought it was you. That's all right, Mom. You just lie there quietly now. We'll get

a doctor. It always happened when you came home. Get Dr. Raleigh quickly. Lie there and relax. Huh?

Hello, Dr. Roy. John. Yes. Hello. Hello. Who is this? It's It's Helen.

Heat.

Heat.