All language subtitles for S01E13 - The Cheney Vase.en

Oh, oh, good evening.

I was just about to send
greetings to an old friend.

I'm sure Martin's civilized
methods of homicide...

are much more efficient,
but I don't care for them.

I abhor violence.

That is why on this program...

we use stabbings,
shooting and garrotings...

only when they are absolutely
essential to the plot...

or when the whim strikes us.

Tonight's play
begins in a museum.

And the title is
The Cheney Vase.

That's all
I intend to tell you.

You'll have to figure
the rest out for yourselves.

I don't intend to
discuss it any further.

I want you to leave the
museum this afternoon.

Mr. Koether, the work I did
here as your assistant...

could be done by a
reasonably intelligent child.

Leaving won't be
exactly a hardship.

However, you're rather conveniently
forgetting my severance pay.

If you want to make an
issue of the money, Lyle...

I'll be glad to
take it up with the Board.

I'm prepared to go completely
into your record...

during the three months
you've been here.

Your inability to arrive
even approximately on time.

The four days off last month,
with no reason whatsoever.

It was spring, Mr. Koether. Though I
doubt whether you were aware of that.

I want you
out of this building by 3:00.

Yes, sir.

How'd it go, Lyle?
It went and so shall I.

Oh, no,
what are you going to do?

You got me this job,
you got any other ideas?

Let me go.

Mr. Endicott!

Miss Cheney, no one told
me you were in the museum.

Frances and I
just arrived.

Now, aren't you looking
chipper, if I may say so.

Well, of course
you may say so.

Everyone lies to me and spoils me.
I'd rather be put out, if they didn't.

But the only thing chipper
about my appearance...

is perhaps my suit.

And if you had known me
longer, Mr. Endicott...

you'd know that that's almost
as old as you are.

Well, it's still very
handsome, and so is its owner.

But now, doesn't this
add a touch of color?

There we go. It's very
thoughtful of you, Mr. Endicott.

Thank you.
You're not gonna run off...

with one of the museum's
treasures in that box, are you?

No, this is- this is
my own last little effort.

Frances, why don't you run
along and do your errands?

I shan't need you for a while.

Well, now, you know,
it's really very good.

You've cut this
in here beautifully.

Yeah.

Well, of course...

it's only a hobby, but...

at least no one can say that
I completely waste my time...

rattling around in that old
house out in the country.

There you are, Herbert.
Good afternoon, Martha.

What a nice surprise. I didn't
expect you till Wednesday.

It was the only day
I could come.

Have you taken care of that
matter, as I asked you to?

Yes, I'll take care of that
immediately, Mr. Koether.

Miss Cheney, it was so
nice to see you again.

Goodbye, Mr. Endicott.
Goodbye.

What did you want
to see me about?

Martha,
I'm leaving for the coast.

Are you really?
Day after tomorrow.

Martha, it would be a wonderful
send-off for my trip...

if I could inform the Board of
Trustees that at long last...

I've arranged to purchase the Cheney
vase. Now, you're not still at it?

No, Herbert, you know
I could never sell it.

It was the last thing of my father's,
and I'll keep it as long as I live...

and that's going to be
a long, long time.

But, Martha, you always
promised. No, Herbert...

that's final.

So, you're leaving for the
coast? Frances is leaving me, too.

So I have to manage
without Frances.

This will probably be
my last visit, for a while.

So act like a curator,
Herbert.

I'd like to see
those Chinese figurines...

No explanation, no nothing.
He just fired you.

Darling, I'm sick.

What is it with us? Do we
just have the unlucky touch?

Other people get married,
save money and have babies.

Think that this is the best
of all possible worlds.

Why not just once...

just once can something
work out right for me?

Will they let you stay in your
apartment until I get my check?

I'm not gonna take
any more money from you.

Take a letter, Miss Waring.
What?

Of recommendation.

At least you can type one,
I think...

even if our distinguished
curator won't feel obliged to.

What will I say? Just write a
nice, kind enthusiastic letter.

Lyle Endicott worked here at
the Manhattan Museum of Art...

as my assistant
until May 12...

during which time, he turned out
to be a very dependable worker.

I hope you don't mind
my coming to you.

But, you see, I'm in no position
financially to engage someone like you.

There could be other
compensations in my case.

You see, I could continue my research
here in your wonderful library.

May I?

Thank you, Mr. Endicott.
Call me Lyle.

Well, I... Look, if I'm going
to be taking care of you...

you can hardly go around
calling me mister, now, can you?

It was very kind of you
and Herbert to think of me...

but you know that when Frances leaves,
there'll just be Bella, the cook...

and I'm helpless
since my illness last year.

I can't get around at all. Then
you need a man around the house...

now, don't you?

Well...

would you be willing
to put it on a trial basis?

Say, one month?
Of course.

I know that
I won't change my mind.

Well. Then let's seal
the bargain, Lyle.

Would you like
another cup of tea, dear?

Sitting here gossiping with you
isn't going to get any work done.

And I ought to have been
in my studio an hour ago.

We certainly can't let talent
go to waste, now, can we?

Here we go. Whee!
Oh, no.

Lyle.

There.
Oh, no, please.

There.
Really.

Now, you go on upstairs
and get to work...

and I'll make all the
arrangements about lunch.

You're not supposed to
bother about things like that.

Why not? I enjoy doing
things for you. There we go.

Oh, Lyle.

Put those somewhere.
I'll answer them later.

Okay.

Yes, sir.

Bella, would you clear up Miss
Cheney's tea things, will you?

Yes, sir.

But, Bella,
it isn't important...

one cup, and you so rarely
break anything.

Miss Cheney, I didn't break
it. Now, as Mr. Endicott said:

"It wasn't broken
when I had my tea from it...

"and you're the only one
who's touched the tray since."

If you cracked a cup, there's
no harm in admitting it...

but don't try to
blame someone else.

Are you calling me
a liar, sir?

I'm saying that when one is as old
as you are, and is prone to breaking-

Bella, I know you're tired. You've
had too much to do since Frances left.

So why don't you go and
lie down for a little while.

Never thought the time would come
you wouldn't believe me, Miss Cheney.

I can see
I'm not wanted in this house.

Bella, wait. Bella.

I'm afraid
we hurt her feelings.

I hated having to
worry you about this...

but some of the things
that've gone on lately...

Bella has been with me
for 18, almost 20 years.

I couldn't possibly
do without her.

I hope she'll stay with me as long
as I live. I just thought perhaps...

she might need
a little vacation.

Why don't you tell her to
take a couple of weeks off?

I'm sure
I can take care of you.

Well.

So, this is where the artist
creates her masterpieces?

It's a good place for work.
It's quiet, it's soundproof.

When the elevator's downstairs, I feel
cut off from the rest of the world.

Do you keep the vase up here?

What vase? The vase. There's
only one, isn't there?

I don't want to talk...

I don't want
to talk about it.

Everybody's always asking me about it. I
thought you'd be different from the rest.

It seems a shame to keep such a
beautiful work of art hidden away...

where no one
can appreciate it.

It's my vase and I will do
what I like with it.

Everybody's always telling me
what I have to do.

Martha, what's the matter?
Can I help you?

I think, if you don't mind, Lyle, I'd
like to be alone for a while, please...

and just rest quietly.
Oh, no.

No, I wouldn't think of leaving you now.
You need someone to take care of you.

Good morning, Martha.
How are we feeling today?

Oh, I'm sure, I'm much better.
Good.

I thought maybe I could go out
for a little while into the air.

I haven't been out of
the house for three weeks.

Why don't you go upstairs
and try and do a little work?

You know how you've missed
your sculpting.

Do you think I could?
Why, of course.

Why, you were showing just wonderful
work before this little setback of yours.

Why, that last head you did
showed tremendous improvement.

Here we go, up we go.
That's right. Hold tight.

There, now.

We'll have a beautiful one-woman
show for you in no time at all.

Sit right down,
that's right.

There we go.

There we are. Now.

I've got to talk to you,
Mr. Endicott. Later, Ruby.

But-
Later.

Lyle.
What?

I don't like that maid.

When are you going
to get rid of her?

As soon as I can find someone
who'll come all the way out here.

But Bella will be back soon
from her vacation.

Vacation?

Martha, don't tell me you've
forgotten already that Bella wrote you.

Bella wrote me?
Yes.

When?

Really, Lyle?

Martha,
she wrote you in August...

saying that it was too much work
and that she couldn't come back.

Don't you remember,
Martha?

I know
I get confused sometimes...

but this is different.
I know.

That's why I've been
so very worried about you.

You've been wonderful,
Lyle.

I don't know why you put
up with a silly old woman.

But I do worry. It's wrong.
Why is it wrong?

She's got that vase hidden away
somewhere. What good's it doing her?

I know, Lyle, but she's
a helpless old woman.

I do wish
you'd give up the idea.

Maybe Koether
might know where it is.

I'm sure he doesn't.
Are you positive?

Yes.

She's got it hidden away
in that house somewhere.

I may have to strangle her,
but I'll get it.

Darling.

Who's Max Reisenweber?

He's one of the most important
art collectors in Europe.

He's written the museum
a couple of times.

Koether seems to think
he's a bit shady.

Oh?
Why do you ask?

"And if it is
a genuine Cheney vase...

"I may be induced to go
as high as $45,000...

"payable in dollars,
or marks at Frankfurt."

Think of what we could do
with all that money.

We'd go to Europe,
we can have cars, clothes...

Where's the book with the
picture of the vase in it?

Yeah.

"The Cheney vase
is comparatively small...

being eight inches high.

"Made of porous sodaphine...

"it bears a simple crimson design
on a lustrous natural background.

"It was discovered by the
archeologist, William Cheney, in 1881."

What now?

I think you might start learning
German and arrange about your passport.

I think we ought to deliver it to that
very nice Mr. Reisenweber in person.

Who's that?

I figured you'd been up here for such a
time, maybe a cup of tea would taste good.

Nobody told me,
I just figured.

Now, that's very...

that's very kind.

Put it on the table.

I don't remember your name,
my dear. Ruby Boyenton.

Ruby...

where is Mr. Endicott? I don't
know. Downstairs, I guess.

Ruby.

I want you to help me.

I've got to get out of here,
and he won't let me.

He won't let me see anyone.

He's done something to the
telephone and I can't call anyone.

You've got to help me.

Now,
this is to my attorney.

I want you to take it and
make sure that he gets it.

Will you, please?

Please.

Thank you.

Allow me, dear.

Why didn't you ring?

I don't think I can get what
I want in this house anymore.

Martha.

You know that everything
I do here is for you.

Why, I feel like
almost one of the family.

Lyle, this arrangement of ours, it
hasn't worked out. I want you to go.

Martha, I'd feel guilty if I left
you now. You know you're not yourself.

You are not responsible. I know
I haven't been myself recently.

But I'm beginning to see
everything very clearly now.

How can you say that,
Martha?

When you have such delusions.

When you can write such
fantastic letters like this?

Martha, really.

Hello.
Hello, darling.

Listen, I'm afraid
I got some bad news.

I think our little scheme's
down the drain.

The man from her bank is just here,
and it seems like the Cheney vase...

is in the safe deposit box
down there.

Good evening, darling.

How about a drink?
I've had a bad day.

Why can't just once, just once,
something work out right for us?

And now she says
she needs a rest...

and she wants to go off
somewhere with me for a month.

Where are you going? Her
sister's got a place up in Maine.

I don't know. We'll be stuck
up in the North woods...

with no telephone, I won't-
Stop it, Lyle!

I'm sick of death
of your lying...

I'm sick of whatever you're
doing to that poor woman.

What are you talking about?

When you applied for your passport, you
gave the museum as your business address.

I did a little checking, and suddenly
everything began to fall into place.

The way
you've been avoiding me...

that cock-and-bull story about
the vase being in a bank somewhere.

And now
you're going off to Maine.

All right,
I'll level with you.

You're right.

I do consider you and your
morality excess baggage...

but since I'm off to
Frankfurt tonight at 8:30...

What?
Oh, yes.

It's been delightful, Pamela,
every minute of it.

I just have time to go over and pick up the
little vase from Miss Cheney's and be off.

And I wouldn't go to the
police, if I were you.

That letter of recommendation you
wrote implicates you just as much as me.

Hello. Yes, Mr. Koether.

I'm at the station.

I hate to bother you,
but I have a mountain of work.

I wondered if you could come
round the museum tomorrow...

even though it's Saturday.
Yes.

Yes, I think so.
Fine.

I'll tell you
about the trip tomorrow.

Mr. Koether, go to Mrs.
Cheney's at once, it's important.

He'll be there by 6:00.
You haven't got time.

It's almost 5:00 now. It'll take him
an hour to get there from the station.

I still have time.

I wouldn't do that, Mr. Endicott.
That one might be the original.

And I wouldn't try to make me
tell you which one it is.

I'm a poor, deluded old woman,
probably mad, you know...

I wouldn't be able
to tell one from the other.

You know, they're really
rather good, those copies.

I'll probably be able
to sell them...

for a great deal of money.

And so another
American primitive was born.

Thinking our audience...

might be interested in obtaining
a memento of tonight's story...

we asked Grandma Cheney...

to whip up
a few thousand more vases.

And we're prepared to make
an amazing offer...

on a strictly
first-come first-served basis.

Listen closely,
this will not be repeated.

If you wish
one of these lovely vases...

just send us
your name and address...

together with $45,000 in cash.

PIease do not send
stamps or coins.

My, they did go fast,
didn't they?

Next week we shall return-

Please, don't be alarmed.

Plastic.

Next week we shall return
with another story. Good night.