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It was on the train that I first met Patrice.
It was all over and done with.
I was on my way back to San Francisco.
Not that I cared much just then where I was going.
At least I had friends in San Francisco and it would be easier there as long as I had
to start out from scratch again anyway.
She was one of those friendly, trusting, wide-eyed girls who give you their life history at the
drop of a hat.
Besides, she was happy.
She wanted to talk.
She was a bride.
My, that was a good dinner.
Do you think I'll ever be able to cook a meal like that, Hugh?
You can't do better than that.
It's the divorce course for you, young lady.
Why, Mr. Hazard, I thought it was a wonderful dinner.
And thank you.
Oh, forget it.
Nice to have you with it.
Hugh, I think I'll step into the ladies' lounge here and do a little primping.
I always feel so messy on these trains.
Okay, I'll meet you back and I'll see you.
Want to come with me, Helen?
All right, yes.
Well, tomorrow when we arrive, the worst will be over.
Hugh says I'm silly, but I can't help being nervous.
Nervous?
About meeting his people.
His brother and his mother, that is.
And his dad is dead.
They're terribly wealthy, I guess.
I suppose I'm a snob.
That shouldn't make any difference.
It's nice, though, but they'll like you, don't you worry.
But sometimes I'm afraid they'll expect that nothing less than a raving beauty is good enough
for their Hugh.
And I know I'm not that.
Don't they even know what you look like?
Not even a picture.
Isn't that awful?
But you see, we were married in Europe.
We were both working for Unruh.
And then we had a chance to get a boat back home the next day.
And all we had time to do was send them a cable.
And now I'm scared to death.
Does your own family live in California?
I don't have any family.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Oh, that's all right.
It was a long time ago.
Would you mind holding my ring while I wash?
I have such a horror of losing it.
It slipped down a drain in Paris once and they had to take the whole pipe out to get
it back.
Oh, it's a lovely ring, isn't it?
I told Hugh he shouldn't spend so much money on a ring, but you know how men are sometimes.
See what it says on the inside?
It says, you know, it's a very nice ring.
It's a very nice ring.
Oh my, this road is rough.
At first it just seemed as though everything was white.
White ceiling and white porcelain things around me.
The white uniform bending over me.
The white cover that on the bed.
My hands lying there pale and white too.
And the white
blue.
And then I saw a ring on the third finger of my left hand.
I brought it up before my eyes.
Things began to come back then.
Well, how are you feeling now?
How long have I been here?
Almost two days.
What happened?
What happened to?
To who?
There was another girl.
I, I was talking to another girl and then is she all right?
Did you know her very well?
Just on the train.
Is she all right?
No.
She's dead?
Yes.
Oh.
Is there anyone else you want to ask about?
What happened to?
To him?
Yes.
You're going to have to be a very brave girl.
Can you be?
Yes.
Your husband wasn't saved either, Patrice.
For a long while I just lay there thinking.
I hadn't decided yet.
I was just thinking.
The things that she had told me echoing around in my head.
They're terribly wealthy.
Never seen me, not even in a picture.
No family of my own.
They're terribly wealthy.
Terribly wealthy.
The next afternoon the nurse came in with a big bunch of flowers.
Well, we're looking lots better today.
I feel better.
Where did those come from?
Do you think you feel well enough to have visitors?
Visitors?
Of course you don't have to.
Who?
Can't you guess, honey?
Oh, but, but I don't think that I've.
Now honey, it'll do you a world of good.
Hello, I'm Pridon.
Pridon?
But I've never seen them before.
You haven't?
Well, I declare.
Now don't you worry one little bit, honey.
They're just the nicest folks you'd ever meet anywhere.
I know they think an awful lot of you.
Do they?
I'll bring them in.
Mrs. Havard, you can come in now.
Only just a minute or two though.
Yes, I am to guess.
Patrice, I'm Hugh's mother.
I'm a mother of three.
I'm a mother of four.
I'm a mother of five.
I'm a mother of six.
I'm a mother of seven.
I'm a mother of eight.
I'm a mother of nine.
I'm a mother of ten.
How do you do?
And this is my other son, Bill.
Hello, Patrice.
Hello.
My dear, you know we can only stay a minute.
But I, well, I don't want to talk about anything that's painful to you.
It's all right.
I just want you to know that your loss, our loss, is something I hope we can overcome
together.
We both feel that, Patrice.
Thank you.
As soon as you're well, in a few days, we're going to take you home with us to Caulfield.
And we want you to know that our home will be your home.
Always.
Oh, I don't see how...
Now, you let us do the planning for a while, Patrice.
I'm afraid you're not in very good shape for it just yet.
Patrice, from everything we both know of Hugh, we know he'd want it that way, don't we?
It's hard to lose a son, as it was hard for you to lose your mother.
I know.
But it'll be easier now, now that I have a daughter and you have a mother.
Do you see?
I...
I don't know what to say, Mrs. Hazard.
Not Mrs. Hazard, dear.
From now on, it's mother.
I... you see, I...
Come on, my dear.
Say it.
Yes.
Mother.
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A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense.
What would you have done?
Don't judge me unless you've worked in a hash house or behind the counter of a third-rate
department store and scrimped and starved to keep up appearances.
Don't judge me unless you've been through that and suddenly had a chance to trade it
all in for security and wealth and a home.
Just because somebody somewhere made a little mistake.
You're the daughter-in-law of a wealthy family in California and all you have to do is keep
your mouth shut and not deny it.
What would you have done?
I kept my mouth shut and there were clothes and a car and a lovely room of my own.
And a mother and Bill.
Bill was my brother-in-law.
The brother-in-law of Patrice.
Because I wasn't Helen Georgson anymore.
I wasn't the poor bedraggable girl who'd been divorced two months ago by a rotten leech
of a husband.
I was Patrice for two months.
And then everything seemed to happen at once.
And just one day, today, began at breakfast this morning.
More coffee, Bill?
No, thanks.
I have to run in a minute.
You know, Patrice, I was in Paris once as a girl, oh, many years ago.
Tell me, has it changed much since those days?
Changed?
How can she answer that, Mother?
She wasn't there when you were, so how could she know if it's different than it was then?
Oh, you know what I mean.
Don't be so technical.
Why?
Yes, yes, it has.
Yes, it has changed, I suppose.
You and you were married there, weren't you?
No, Mother, London.
Don't you remember the letter with some London letterhead?
You mean the cable?
No, dear.
I remember the cable, of course.
I mean the letter.
And I'm positive it had a Paris postmark, Bill.
I have it right upstairs somewhere I can show you.
Well, you hardly have to do that.
Patrice certainly knows where she was married.
All right, Smarty, we'll see.
Which was it, Patrice?
London or Paris?
It was London.
Well, I could have sworn.
But we left right away for Paris, you see.
I think what happened was that Hugh wrote the letter in London and, well, he didn't
get a chance to mail it until we got to Paris.
Well, that probably was it.
Funny, I don't remember anything about London, though.
But Mrs. Hazard the morning mail.
Oh, thank you, Stephen.
Just put it right down here.
Yes, ma'am.
Hmm, Bill's, Bill's, Bill's.
And Circular's.
Oh, here's one for you, Bill.
Huh?
Fred Ellis, I guess.
Oh, thanks.
Why, Patrice.
Here's one for you.
For me?
Uh-huh.
That's a local postmark, too.
I wonder who it could be from.
Why, I don't know.
Why, Patrice, where are you going?
I just remembered.
I think I let the bathwater running.
The bathwater?
The letter was typewritten.
It was unsigned.
All it said was, I know who you are.
It was in the afternoon that I got the phone call.
And the hours in between were almost worse than anything else that happened.
Wondering who it was who knew who I was.
It was just by luck that I was downstairs when it rang.
Hello?
I'd like to speak to Mrs. Hazard, please, the younger Mrs. Hazard.
This is she.
Oh.
Hello, Helen.
This is Steve.
Steve.
Well, I'm glad at least that you remember me.
I was afraid that under the circumstances you might have forgotten.
What do you want?
I want to see you.
You know that can't be.
Oh, but I must.
I want to hear all about it, the train wreck and everything.
It can't be done.
Now, Helen, I simply won't take no for an answer.
You'll drive out of town along the Lake Road and about five miles out on the left you'll
see a little bungalow with a green coupe standing out in front of it.
I'll be waiting.
Look, Steve.
Helen, for your own good, I think you'd better come.
In fact, I know you'd better come.
I went, of course.
He hadn't changed.
A little more rundown at the heel, a little more cynical and sardonic than usual for him.
Perhaps.
But he hadn't changed.
Oh, no.
He hadn't changed.
And after I heard about the train wreck, it was comparatively simple.
Oh, by the way, I identified your body.
You owe me something for that at least.
Oh, you something?
Well, don't you think so?
Oh, what are you doing?
Mental arithmetic?
I'm wondering how I could have ever married a man who'd stooped a blackmail.
Oh, come, come, Helen.
Let's not be emotional about this.
You have a very nice thing here.
I don't have a thing.
They have the money.
But you do have your own bank account, don't you?
How much do you want?
I'm going to be very fair with you, Helen.
The truth is, I need just enough for a little business venture in Mexico.
How much?
Only $1,000.
If you have neglected to bring your checkbook with you, I have one here.
A check?
I said I was going to be fair.
Don't you see, Helen, when the check goes through the bank and comes back to you with
my signature on it, you'll have evidence against me.
I think you call it blackmail.
Do you know another name for it?
I think you're being a little unkind, considering that when you get your check back, you'll
have permanent insurance against my asking you for any more.
Now, here.
Make the check out to me, Helen, not to Cash.
And the name is Steven Jortson, if you remember.
I remember.
Thank you, dear.
I have an idea that I shall make a very handsome profit on this little investment.
I hope you do.
Because when I do, darling, I promise that you will be the first to know.
That should have been enough.
Enough for one day.
But I might have known that it wouldn't be.
I might have known if I'd stopped to think that I was only getting in deeper and deeper.
There was a strange car in front of the house when I got back.
I tried to come in quietly, to fear someone would ask where I'd been.
The family was in the library, and they couldn't help but see me.
Oh, Patrice.
Yes, Mother?
Won't you come in a minute, my dear?
Patrice, do you know Mr. Winthrop?
I don't believe I do.
Mr. Winthrop is our attorney.
How do you do?
Sit down, Patrice.
Join the party.
Yes, dear, we want you to hear this.
It concerns you.
Well, I think I've just about done my part.
The rest of it is up to you two now.
All right.
Shall I sign now?
Well, I think you'd better tell Patrice first.
Don't you think she ought to know?
I'll tell her if you like.
Perhaps I can explain it a little easier.
You see, Mrs. Hazard is changing her will.
Her... her will?
Yes.
Previously, her estate had been equally divided between her two sons.
But now, since there is only one remaining heir, that is Bill, she's adding a codicil
providing that one half of her estate shall now go to you.
Don't look that way about it.
You're not doing anybody out of anything, Patrice.
I have the business dad left for me.
No.
No, you mustn't do it.
It was Bill's own suggestion, my dear.
I don't want any part of it.
You see, she feels that way on account of Hugh.
Oh, I know, Mother, but...
Patrice!
You'd better go after her and try to talk to her.
All right, Patrice.
Wait a minute.
Listen to me.
Patrice, what in the world?
Oh, you and Mother have been so wonderful to me.
Oh, why not?
You're one of the family now.
I don't deserve it, that's all.
Listen, Patrice, there's something I want to tell you very seriously.
I'll admit that at first I wondered if your coming to us, if the money had anything to
do with it.
I wondered about one or two other little things, but now I know, because I know you, Patrice.
And changing the will won't really make any difference now, because I...
No.
No, wait, Bill, don't.
You know, don't you?
Bill, please not yet.
This isn't the time.
I know it hasn't been very long, but I've got to tell you.
Now, I love you, Patrice, and I want you to marry me.
Oh, Bill.
Is it as bad as all that?
I know I didn't say it right, but I see you every day, Patrice.
I'm with you every day.
Why couldn't you just have given me a few more days?
There is some hope, Patrice.
I don't know.
Patrice, is it the past?
Oh, no, I've never really been in love...
I've got to go now, Bill.
Are you afraid I'll kiss you?
I'm afraid I'll want you to.
So, you see, it wasn't just the money, the security anymore.
I'd have loved him if he'd been a pauper.
This is it, he said.
This was it, all right.
At first, I hadn't wanted to go to the dance at the country club and be stared at and asked
tatful questions about you.
Now I was glad.
Now it was pure escape from the turmoil of my thoughts and the guilt and indecision.
Pure escape.
I thought.
Well, if I'd known you'd dance this well...
Do I?
Hasn't anybody ever told you that before?
Not really.
Well, then I'll continue.
That you're by far the most beautiful girl here.
Am I?
Oh, you know quite well you're perfectly aware of all this.
And if you weren't, one look at that stag line would tell you.
Patrice, what's the matter?
I must have stumbled.
Stumbled?
Oh, not you.
I beg your pardon.
Do you mind if I cut in?
Oh, Mrs. Hazard.
Mr. Georgeson.
Oh, this is a very great pleasure, Mrs. Hazard.
Bill, I'll see you later.
What are you doing here?
Oh, I've been moving in quite the best circles, didn't you know, dear?
You shouldn't be dancing with me.
Why not?
You know why not.
It's not safe.
Is there anything that is for someone in your position?
Leave me alone, can't you?
I want to talk to you about that.
No, no, not here.
Yes, I guess you're right.
Come on, let's go out on the veranda.
What I have to say won't take very long, dear.
Oh, yes, yes, I think it's much better out here.
All right, Steve.
What about the check?
Oh, yes, indeed.
It's quite the nicest check I've ever had.
In fact, I've still got it.
Aren't you going to cash it?
I'm afraid you weren't thinking very clearly this afternoon, Helen.
You remember I told you that once that check passed through the bank and came back to you
with my signature on it, you would be holding evidence against me.
Yes.
But, of course, if I don't catch it, if I just hang on to it, then I'll be able to
get you back to your position.
I'll be able to get you back to your position.
Then I'm holding evidence against you, dear.
Yes, I would, unless...
Unless what?
Unless you take a little drive with me that I've planned for tonight.
Oh, it's not far, just to Hastings, but it's over the state line and there's a justice
of the peace there.
Justice of the peace?
Mm-hmm.
And it's going to make us man and wife all over again.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen George.
Steve?
No, then I'll mail the check tonight.
Why?
Why do you have to do this?
Mrs. Hazard, whom you've been calling your mother-in-law, can't last forever.
and when she goes of course you'll inherit watch estimate about two hundred
thousand dollars under the law as your husband a third of that is mine
and for that kind of money darling i can afford to work
how could you know the prime
i'll let you choose the time must be
do you there must be some there isn't
tonight but i'm able to check
it's got to be
i see a point
how many to do it
three o'clock
and then
beyond time haven't because the united states mail is always on time
all over the trees
all excuse me
tonight missus hasn't i've been looking for you i wasn't
too long was a no
do you know that for george
or i'm glad you don't
he's no good
oh seems he's a professional gambler wasn't sure until tonight but
he's done some of our members out of quite a little money
including me
would you take me home
and terribly
course
course i will thanks
trees
yes
thought about what i said this afternoon
i can't give you an answer
what the
there was nothing else to do now
i wait until the house
i'm sure everyone was
nice without the gun that i found one day in a covered in the garage
i drove out to meet
didn't need to worry about my being on time
i was right there on
coming
anything you'd like to have before we start
i'd like to get it
just want to be sure you still have it
it is right michael
i'm put on a gun
you'd just
have a good
i took the check out of his pocket and burned it there on the fireplace
i threw the gun as far as i could into the lake
then i drove home and let myself into the dark quiet house
although i just killed a man
i slept like an innocent child
wake up the trees
what time is it
this morning
i'm sorry to wake you but
it only give me a few minutes
what's the matter
i've just been arrested
for murder
i just wanted to know from the first of all and tell you i didn't do it
no matter how bad it looks i didn't do it
but they know i threatened him publicly about the money he cheated me out of them
the bullets for the same as those for a german mazra i got in the far east and
people around town who i had
but they haven't found the kind yet
found me out there i'd gone out to have a showdown with him
bomb of the delivers milk came in just after i got there
who
steven georgeson
they are
regular come along now
don't worry
but you know i didn't do it don't you
i know you didn't do it
that's why i've written
one of those things read about in the papers
assigned confession
terribly nice
hired the best lawyers
say maybe i won't get to that
and bill says that
no matter how long it is he'll still be waiting
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