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Good evening,
students of the macabre.

This evening's lecture
has as its text

the short story "De Mortuis"

translated from the Latin.

This means "about the dead."

At the risk
of being facetious,

I would like to point out

that Latin is a dead language.

Thank you.

It is rewarding to know
that there are still
a few students

interested in achieving
high marks.

If you can't hear me
in the back of the room,

please raise your hand
and adjust the volume control.

Regrettably, the author
wrote only his title in Latin,

and did the story in English.

Writers are always
compromising to attain
commercial success.

I shall leave it
to your judgment
as to whether or not

it would have sounded
better in Latin.

BUD: Anybody home?

Hey, Prof!

(TRAIN TOOTING IN DISTANCE)

Prof, fish are biting
right now. What about it?

You in here?

Guess he's not home.

Well, I told you.
Car's not in the garage.

Coffee's percolating.
Probably be back
in a minute or two.

You wanna wait?

Sure.
Maybe just went uptown
for a couple of minutes.

Let's have a cup of coffee.

All right.

(SIGHS)

That Irene ain't much
of a housekeeper, is she?

I'll say.

Wonder where she is.

That's a good question.

You know something?

He's gonna find out
about her sometime.

Somebody's gonna tell him.

Sure.

Wonder what he'll do.

I don't know.

He's an innocent.
He'd never suspect anything.

Such a nice guy that even
if he did, he probably
wouldn't do anything to her.

Probably not.

Where's the sugar?

Huh.

Look.

Well,

it's just a shame he ever
married that dame to start
off with, you know that.

Mmm-hmm.

I wonder how come.

Well, she comes
from a good family
and all that.

Can't say she ain't a dish.

Nobody told him.

Well, of course,
I didn't know him
until after he married her.

Oh, he used to come into
the bank and to my window a
couple of times, at the back,

but you couldn't say
I knew him.

You sold him this house,
didn't you?

That's right.

Well, why didn't you
tell him?

I don't know. I just didn't.

Thought about it a couple
of times, but, well...

You know how it is.
Yeah.

It's a funny thing.

You know a fellow's gonna
get stuck in a business deal,

you tell him.

But a woman...

Well, even
if we had told him,

I doubt if it'd
have done much good.

How long they been married?

Well, he came here
to college two years ago...

About a year and a half.

Well, it was last week
I saw her.

No, no,
it was the week before.
Anyway, school was out,

and the Prof was down
at Columbus
for the convention.

Week and a half ago, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.

Well, I went into Benny's
to get a bite to eat.

He's batting .342,
can't do any better than that.

Yeah, but wait till the series
with the Giants.

They got a pitcher
he can't hit.

Bring him way down.

IRENE: Benny?
Yeah.

Hi.

Oh, let me have a package
of cigarettes, will you?

Sure.

BUD: And she came in.

This truck driver came in
right behind her.

I'll have to admit,
he was a good-looking guy.

Let me have a beer,
will you?
Sure.

Uh, Benny, let me have
a cup of coffee, will you?

Right.

Is there anything doing
in this town?

I'm supposed to pull out
of here at 4:00.

TRUCK DRIVER:
They haven't even started
loading my truck yet.

Looks like I'm stuck here
with nothing to do.

BENNY:
Well, there's a ball game
on Saturday,

only this ain't Saturday.

Oh, thank you.

What does a guy do
in this town?

Bet he bats .325
for the season.

Nah. He'll never do it.

But I wouldn't wanna
bet nothing on it.

(COINS CLATTERING)

Well.

Prof never did find out
about it.

Hey, Bud, sit down a minute.
Go on, sit down.

I wanna tell you one.

Must've been about
four years ago.

Yeah, it was just before
Marge and me got married.

Uh...

A bunch of us were
going down to Fowler's Camp
on the river, see,

and Irene had a date
with Harry Bell.

Well, something
came up, you know.
He couldn't get there.

And there she was,
Irene without any date.

I'll bet
that worried the wives
and the other gals something.

We never had it so good,
and they couldn't do
enough for us.

Anyway,

it was the last night there.

I woke up about 3:00
in the morning,

starving.

So, I eased into the kitchen
to see what I could find.

IRENE: Hi.

Hi, Irene.

You hungry, too?

No, not especially.

I'm starved.

Hmm. Now, let's see.
What do we have in here?

Well, there's cheese.
You want some cheese
and milk?

No, I don't think so.

I guess I'll have
a sandwich.

Oh, maybe I will have
a glass of milk.

Kind of a hot night,
isn't it?

Why don't we go outside
and have a cigarette?

Sure!

Um...

I don't have any cigarettes.
I better get some.

(PLATE CLATTERING)

Uh,

I'll wait for you
on the porch.

Yeah.
All right?

Don't be long.

I won't.

Well?

Well?

Oh, I never went out.
I just went back to bed.

Well, I got nervous
with Marge there
and everything.

Let's get out of here.

He'll never show up.

Or we could leave
a note for him.

That's an idea.

(CRASHING)

Prof! Hey, Prof!
You down there?

RANKIN: Yes.

Hey, Wally, here he is.
He's in the cellar.

He's been there
all the time.

Hey, we've been waiting
for you up there.

Did you hear us yell?

No, I was busy
with this work.

I just didn't hear
anyone come in, sorry.

WALLY: Hey, Prof.

What are you doing here?

Oh, some water was coming up
through the floor.

I thought I'd fix it,
so I dug down
around the place

and filled it up
with cement.

Water? There can't be
any water. This is the best
subsoil around here.

It's perfect drainage.
I looked it up on the map
before I sold you the place.

Water?

Well, maybe some underground
spring opened up.

I expect
this will stop it, though.

(GROANING)

I'm afraid
I should've called in
a professional, though.

I'll bet I'm sore tomorrow.

Well, I think I did
a nice job, though, don't you?

Very smooth and professional,
wouldn't you say?

BUD: Yep, sure is.

Spring? Never been one
in this section before.

Well, what are you
worried about?

You sold him the place
already, didn't you?

(LAUGHING)

Hey, Prof.

We came to take you fishing.

Roy Jacks was out yesterday,

and he says the fish were
clobbering each other trying
to get to the hook first.

I better not today.
I have some things
to do around here.

Oh, come along.
Irene won't mind.

Oh, it's not that.

Matter of fact,
she isn't even here today.

She's gone visiting

to Evanston.

Catching the 11:00 train.

To Evanston?

What's the matter with me?
I didn't mean Evanston.

It's Franklin.

Oh.

Friends there?

Mrs. Slater.

She used to live next door
to her when she was a kid
over on Sycamore Street.

Slater?

On Sycamore?

Oh, yeah. She was telling me
about her last night.

Seems Mrs. Slater looked after
her mother when she was
in the hospital one time.

I don't remember anybody
named Slater.

Not next door to Irene.

(CHUCKLING)

It was a good
many years ago.

There was nobody
next door named Slater.

Oh?

Well, maybe this woman
married again. Maybe it was
a different name then.

Maybe so.

Time to feed the animals.

Hey, now, don't step
on my new cement.

Well, I guess we may
as well be getting on.

Oh, you're not gonna catch
any fish down here.

Say, Prof,

what do you got
over there?

It's a new experiment
of mine.

With rats?

Well, it's very interesting.

What I'm trying to do
is to find out if there's
a relation between

disposition and nutrition.

In particular,
certain enzyme factors.

Now, this is
my control pen, here.

They're getting a normal diet.

All the rats in the experiment
are from the same strain,
of course.

Well, what does Irene think
about them?
Don't they bother her?

No, no.

Well, they did at first,
but they don't anymore.

What did you find out, Prof?
Did you get any results?

Yes, rather spectacular,
in fact.

It's very exciting.

See, what I've done
is withhold or add

some of these different
enzyme factors.

Now, you'll notice some effect
on growth, too, of course,

but it's more than that.

Now, here you see
a whole family.
Three generations,

all living together
quite happily.

No fighting, ever.

In fact, they seem to be
quite fond of each other,

and like living in a group.

Now, these are very timid,
very retiring, non-aggressing.

They're frightened
by anything,

noise, light,
sudden movement.

Is that a fact?

Say, they do look scared,
don't they?

Yes.

This is the interesting cage.

They've become so ferocious
that each one must be
penned separately.

Even male and female
will attack each other
instantly.

They're completely vicious.

WALLY: You mean they try
to kill each other?

Absolutely.

See, the rats
in the smaller cages
get what you might call

more vitamins than those
in the larger cages.

Actually,
they all receive pretty much
of a balanced diet.

It's the addition
or lack of the enzymes
that makes the difference.

You say Irene left
just before we got here?

Mmm-hmm.

We came down Main Street,
we didn't see her.

Oh, I expect she took
a short cut across the field.

She was walking,
the car's in the shop.

That's a tough walk
with a suitcase.

Oh, she just had a couple
little things in a bag.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Oh, pardon me, the phone.

Can you imagine?
The Prof!

I can't believe it.

I know. Me neither.

What are we gonna do?

I don't know.

I hate to turn him in.

But murder?

I know.

Hello?

Swanson here, at the bank.

Yes?

Sorry to have to bother you,
but I'm afraid your account
is overdrawn again.

Oh, I'm sorry.
How much is it?

$198.

It seems Mrs. Rankin
cashed a couple of checks
yesterday.

I see.

Well, I'll bring the money
right over to cover it.

Yes, and thank you very much.

Prof, when did you
find out?

What? Find out?

About Irene?

WALLY: We should've warned you
about her, Prof,
before you ever married her.

I know a lot of people
think Irene

hasn't exactly
been a perfect wife.

Then I'm pretty old for her.

I'm 51.

She's young.
She's full of life.

Skip it, Prof. Skip it.

Oh, not all people
want the same things.

I'm a sort of a dry fellow.
I don't open up very easily.

And Irene... Well, you'd say
she was sort of carefree,
wouldn't you?

Look, Prof,
you don't have...

We know, see.

You don't have to
pretend anymore. We found out.

And I wish we hadn't.
Puts us in an awful spot.

Darn right.

'Course,
he was bound to find out
sooner or later.

You remember what we said,
right here in this room,

while we were
waiting for him?

And do you realize?
All the time
he was down there...

What are you talking about?

We never should've let him
marry her in the first place.

Somebody should have told him.

And I thought about it
and I just never did it.

Well, like I said. You know,
a fellow's gonna get stuck
in a business deal...

Well, I never thought a thing
like this would happen.

Well, of course not.
Who did? Not with him.

Hey, Prof,

who was it you found out
about, anyhow?

Was it Langley or McCormack?

Or both?

No.

Neither of them.

Listen, Prof, the thing is,
what are we gonna do?

This puts us
in an awful spot, see?
What do we do?

I wish we hadn't come here
in the first place.

So do I.

But this business
of being an accessory,
that's serious!

Yeah, but he's our friend.
We... Look, Prof,
we like you.

We like... We don't want to
see anything happen to you.

Well, I know
we don't wanna turn you in,
but murder's murder.

And there's a law.

And if we're accessories...

What are you talking about?

Look, Prof,
what happens if somebody
gets suspicious?

What happens if they go
down there and start to dig,
what then, hmm?

And you can't be sure
they won't. You can't be sure.

Are you both insane?

What is it
you're trying to say?

Do you actually believe
that I've...

That Irene...

That's fantastic.

(LAUGHING)

It's marvelous.

That's marvelous.

(RANKIN LAUGHING)

It's not that
we blame you.

Well, we do, but, I mean,

if anybody had good reason,
and you did, I'll say that.

Sure, he knows that.
We know it.
The whole town knows it.

But just try and make
a jury believe it.

That's right.

And even if you did,
they'd only say
you should've divorced her,

that's all, instead of...

And you should have.

That's the trouble.
You shouldn't have
done a thing like this.

But I didn't, I tell you!

Come on!
Go down in the cellar!

Dig up the cement!
Call the Sheriff!

Oh, what's the use?

What am I going to do?

That's right, Prof.

Forget about that
down there. That's over.

The problem is,
what are you gonna do?

And what are we gonna do?

I don't know.

It's up to you, Wally,
I can't turn him in.

I just can't see
a nice guy like him
hang for a dame like Irene.

Neither can I.

Listen.

Maybe we aren't
accessories after all.

We don't know anything.
We don't have any proof.

We don't necessarily
have to have noticed anything,
figured anything out.

BUD: Yeah,
but that's just us.

But it don't help
the Prof any, if somebody
starts snooping around

down there in the cellar,
when Irene don't show up.

That's right. Listen,

when we came up the lane.
It was empty, wasn't it?

BUD: Yeah!

And anyhow, nobody knows that
we went down to the cellar.

Right.

Prof.

Prof!

We never went down
the cellar. Remember.

We came in here,
we yelled for you,
and then we cleared out,

but we never went down
in the cellar.

All you have to say
is that Irene went for a walk
and she never came back.

And don't give them any
of that phony stuff about her
visiting people in Franklin.

We can swear we saw her
heading out of town
with some fellow in a truck.

Everybody'll believe that.

Okay, we better clear out.

And remember, now,
stick to it.

We haven't been in the cellar
and you haven't seen us today.

You better get down
and clean up that
pile of dirt right away.

(DOOR OPENING)

IRENE: Yoo-hoo!

Hoo!

I'm back.

Irene, you back already?

I'm down here!

Can you beat it?

I missed the train
after all.

RANKIN: Oh?

Did you come back
across the field?

IRENE: Yes.

Wish our car was working,
so you could drive me
over to the junction.

RANKIN: Yes, too bad.

Did you meet anyone
coming back?

No. No, not a soul.

Aren't you finished
with that old job, yet?

No, I'm going to have to
take it all up again.

Come down here,
I'll show it to you.

All right, just a second.

Well, what is it?

And so, just like many
a Hollywood movie star,

Irene Rankin was immortalized
in concrete.

But Professor Rankin
was not so fortunate.

He remarried.

His crime was
later discovered and
he paid the supreme penalty.

I have asked one of the actors
to come out after the show,

for I want to congratulate him
on a splendid performance,
and I'm sure you do, too.

He played the most ferocious
of the rats,

a characterization that was
quite a departure for him.

Offstage, he's entirely
different, as you can see.

He's a family man,

never seen in the nightclubs.

He's just like the fellow
who lives next door to you.

(SQUEAKING)

Thank you.

We have another story.
Oh, here it is.

But I'm afraid
there isn't time enough
to present it.

We'll have to do it next time.

Until then, good night.