WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:18.160 Suspense. 00:18.160 --> 00:24.120 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Miss Betty Davis in Good Night Mrs. Russell, 00:24.120 --> 00:32.680 a suspense play produced and edited by William Spear. 00:32.680 --> 00:36.920 Say Harlow, what's the idea? Why do you stand there so stiffly and keep banging your hand 00:36.920 --> 00:37.920 on your forehead? 00:37.920 --> 00:38.920 I'm saluting, Hap. 00:38.920 --> 00:39.920 Saluting? 00:39.920 --> 00:40.920 Yeah. 00:40.920 --> 00:43.720 Oh, I get it. Saluting auto light resistor spark plugs. 00:43.720 --> 00:48.880 No, no. Not that those wonder working wide gap whizzes don't warrant a whale of a whack 00:48.880 --> 00:53.920 on the welkin. They do, they do. 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I know he's turning over 01:42.560 --> 01:50.960 in his mind how he's going to kill me. Argument and reasoning are useless. It's almost dawn 01:50.960 --> 01:58.920 now. In a little while, the milkman and the paper boys will be making their rounds. I'll 01:58.920 --> 02:01.920 be dead. 02:01.920 --> 02:11.640 The cafe was just half a block away from where I worked. It was a small, pleasant little 02:11.640 --> 02:17.320 place, spotlessly clean with a large plate glass window in the sidewalk. And there was 02:17.320 --> 02:22.680 always a beautiful looking roast turkey and a juicy baked ham in the window. And you could 02:22.680 --> 02:27.440 watch Henry carve off succulent pieces of meat and arrange them into meat sandwiches with 02:27.440 --> 02:32.480 an olive and a dab of potato salad on the plate. Every noon, all of us who worked in 02:32.480 --> 02:39.200 the Hillmar building would go there for lunch. We crowded in on the high stools and jabbered, 02:39.200 --> 02:44.520 as women do while Henry patiently served us and put up with our female chatter. He was 02:44.520 --> 02:46.800 always the only one there. 02:46.800 --> 02:48.080 How are you today, ma'am? 02:48.080 --> 02:51.760 Fine, thank you, Henry. How about some of your nice baked ham? 02:51.760 --> 02:55.280 Yes, ma'am. Coming up. 02:55.280 --> 03:01.920 He was always especially nice to me. I suppose that was because I'm well a little older than 03:01.920 --> 03:10.240 the others. Other girls are all very young, very cute. Henry always seemed uncomfortable 03:10.240 --> 03:11.720 a little with them. 03:11.720 --> 03:13.720 Yes, ma'am. Coffee? 03:13.720 --> 03:19.040 Please. And I believe I'll have some of your cherry pie. You're an excellent cook, Henry. 03:19.040 --> 03:26.720 Why, thank you, ma'am. I'm glad you think so. Twenty and fifteen's thirty-five, and... 03:26.720 --> 03:33.640 Henry had been right in the middle of adding up my check, and he stopped and stood very 03:33.640 --> 03:37.800 still and looked out of the corner of his eye with his head cocked on one side as though 03:37.800 --> 03:43.520 he were listening to something. His expression was a little horrified. I thought maybe he'd 03:43.520 --> 03:47.800 heard a sound that meant something to him, you know, like the refrigerator out of water 03:47.800 --> 03:52.320 or something. Then all of a sudden he shook his head and rushed away. Whatever it was, 03:52.320 --> 03:53.320 he'd heard. 03:53.320 --> 04:02.640 Twenty and fifteen's thirty-five, and forty-five. You should try one of my dinners sometime, 04:02.640 --> 04:03.640 ma'am. 04:03.640 --> 04:05.480 Henry, Henry, how about some service? 04:05.480 --> 04:07.920 Excuse me, ma'am. 04:07.920 --> 04:21.440 That was Henry. Oh, one other thing. Funny, but Henry never smiled. Perhaps I should have 04:21.440 --> 04:28.560 realized about him because of that. But I didn't. He was so nice and clean and polite, 04:28.560 --> 04:33.200 I rather liked him. As a rule, I make my own dinner in the apartment, but one night I had 04:33.200 --> 04:38.180 to work quite late at the office, and I decided to stop by Henry's and get a little bite before 04:38.180 --> 04:44.380 catching the streetcar home. Ever since my husband's death, I've felt just a little uneasy 04:44.380 --> 04:48.280 on the streets alone at night. I was glad to see the bright light in Henry's little 04:48.280 --> 04:53.680 cafe down the block. Henry was alone inside, and I could see him fussing around cleaning 04:53.680 --> 04:56.240 up the place. He didn't hear me approaching. 04:56.240 --> 05:03.840 What's that? Oh, you're, you're frightening me, ma'am. I didn't hear you coming. 05:03.840 --> 05:07.680 I just thought I'd try one of your dinners tonight, Henry. You mentioned it. 05:07.680 --> 05:13.240 Yes, I know. Sit down, won't you, ma'am? 05:13.240 --> 05:15.680 You weren't closing or anything? 05:15.680 --> 05:19.480 No, no, not at all. What would you like? 05:19.480 --> 05:23.240 Oh, I'll try your number four dinner. 05:23.240 --> 05:26.040 Number four? Yes, ma'am. 05:26.040 --> 05:32.120 He seemed frightened about something or suspicious. Yes, that was it. He seemed suspicious about 05:32.120 --> 05:39.120 something, I thought. I wanted to help him somehow, but I didn't want to butt in. 05:39.120 --> 05:42.560 This is the first time you've ever been by here at night, ma'am. 05:42.560 --> 05:47.680 Yes, I had to work late tonight, Henry. Didn't want to go home without dinner, you know. 05:47.680 --> 05:50.040 I see. 05:50.040 --> 05:52.080 There's something wrong, Henry. 05:52.080 --> 05:59.840 No, no, I'll get the rest of your dinner. 05:59.840 --> 06:05.280 Delicious soup. Thank you, ma'am. 06:05.280 --> 06:08.480 You don't often work late, do you? 06:08.480 --> 06:13.440 No, I don't. This is the first time, in fact. My boss asked me to stay late to type some 06:13.440 --> 06:14.440 letters. 06:14.440 --> 06:17.000 I know. You work in the Hillmar Building. 06:17.000 --> 06:19.680 Why, yes, I do. How do you... 06:19.680 --> 06:25.240 I know lots of things, ma'am. 06:25.240 --> 06:36.600 This is a good dinner, Henry. I guess I'm not as hungry as I thought I was. I'm afraid 06:36.600 --> 06:38.800 I'm going to have to leave some of it. 06:38.800 --> 06:42.880 I thought you liked my cooking. You said so just the other day. 06:42.880 --> 06:47.120 Oh, I do. I think you're a fine cook, Henry. I'm just not hungry tonight. I waited too 06:47.120 --> 06:48.120 long to eat, I guess. 06:48.120 --> 06:52.720 You don't have to make excuses, ma'am. If you didn't like it, just say so. 06:52.720 --> 06:57.800 Oh, no, I mean it. Your food is wonderful, Henry. If it weren't, I wouldn't have come 06:57.800 --> 06:58.800 here. 06:58.800 --> 06:59.800 Wouldn't you? 06:59.800 --> 07:04.520 No. Now, could I have my check, please? 07:04.520 --> 07:07.520 85 cents, ma'am. 07:07.520 --> 07:12.520 All right. There you are, Henry. You may keep the change. 07:12.520 --> 07:15.320 I'd rather not, ma'am. Here. 07:15.320 --> 07:18.400 Very well. Good night, Henry. 07:18.400 --> 07:21.520 Good night. And ma'am. 07:21.520 --> 07:23.480 Yes? 07:23.480 --> 07:26.960 Next time you come, I'll have something you like. 07:26.960 --> 07:27.960 But I did like... 07:27.960 --> 07:28.960 Oh, good night, Henry. 07:28.960 --> 07:29.960 Good night, Mrs. Russell. 07:29.960 --> 07:36.960 It was good food, but I... Oh, I felt ill at ease in there for some reason. That's why 07:36.960 --> 07:47.960 I couldn't eat. I decided not to go back there alone. Rather hard to talk to Henry. 07:47.960 --> 07:57.720 And I didn't go back alone. That is not for three weeks. Had to work late and again and 07:57.720 --> 08:02.400 for the last time I went to Henry's. 08:02.400 --> 08:05.400 Hello, Henry. 08:05.400 --> 08:11.600 Ah, you decided to try me again, I see. 08:11.600 --> 08:13.560 Why, Henry, I've been eating here every day. 08:13.560 --> 08:14.560 Not at night. 08:14.560 --> 08:15.560 What's the difference? 08:15.560 --> 08:18.720 Well, in the daytime, you're always with your friends. 08:18.720 --> 08:23.840 I like to eat with my friends. Now, come on, let's have no more of this silly talk. How 08:23.840 --> 08:28.400 about one of your wonderful dinners, Henry? I promise to eat all of it tonight. 08:28.400 --> 08:31.200 All right, ma'am. Which one? 08:31.200 --> 08:35.520 I'll try the number four again, please. I think that way I can convince you I really 08:35.520 --> 08:36.520 like it. 08:36.520 --> 08:37.520 Why? 08:37.520 --> 08:43.680 Why? Oh, because I think four is lucky, don't you? 08:43.680 --> 08:47.840 All right, ma'am. It's all ready. 08:47.840 --> 08:52.400 You don't have many customers at night, do you, Henry? 08:52.400 --> 08:53.680 No, ma'am. Not many. 08:53.680 --> 08:55.040 I'm surprised you stay open. 08:55.040 --> 09:02.560 Are you? There you are. I hope you... I hope... 09:02.560 --> 09:09.840 Henry, what is it? You seem to be listening for something. Is there... 09:09.840 --> 09:11.000 Are you enjoying your dinner? 09:11.000 --> 09:16.200 I hate to sound like I'm prying. I know it isn't my business at all, but I do think something's 09:16.200 --> 09:17.200 bothering you. 09:17.200 --> 09:18.200 Do you? 09:18.200 --> 09:21.920 Yes, isn't it? Some way I can help you? 09:21.920 --> 09:25.040 Something's bothering me, ma'am. 09:25.040 --> 09:30.480 Yes. You know, I had a son like you. 09:30.480 --> 09:31.480 Did you? 09:31.480 --> 09:36.400 He was in the army, killed in the war. He was very much like you. 09:36.400 --> 09:37.400 I see. 09:37.400 --> 09:42.520 That left me all alone in the world. My husband Leonard died four years ago. 09:42.520 --> 09:43.520 Yes? 09:43.520 --> 09:48.400 He was a wonderful man. Everyone admired him. The contractor, you know. 09:48.400 --> 09:49.400 I see. 09:49.400 --> 09:54.800 You'll have noticed that as I talked away about my family and everything, he became 09:54.800 --> 10:00.680 very quiet. He sat down on the cooler back of the counter and just watched me, his face 10:00.680 --> 10:05.960 absolutely blank. Couldn't tell what he was thinking. When I'd ask him a question, he'd 10:05.960 --> 10:15.440 just answer with, I see, or yes, or no. Sometimes he wouldn't answer at all, just stare at me. 10:15.440 --> 10:22.120 I was getting uneasy again. I just about decided to make up an excuse to pay my bill and leave. 10:22.120 --> 10:36.000 It was getting quite late when my head began to feel heavy and I began to feel sick. Henry, 10:36.000 --> 10:48.600 Henry, I feel ill. Henry, I'm awfully dizzy. I don't think I can... Henry, can't you hear 10:48.600 --> 11:05.880 me? I believe I'm going to faint. Perhaps you'd better help. Did you do something? 11:05.880 --> 11:20.000 Good night, Mrs. Russell. 11:20.000 --> 11:24.280 Auto Light is bringing you Miss Betty Davis in Good Night, Mrs. Russell, tonight's production 11:24.280 --> 11:37.560 and radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. Say, Harlow, how'd you stain your 11:37.560 --> 11:42.320 tie? Oh, that's from the alphabet soup we had at dinner. Boy, do I love that soup. Crazy 11:42.320 --> 11:49.680 about it, huh? Yeah. We have a special alphabet too. Only the letters A-L-R-S-P. A-L-R-S-P? 11:49.680 --> 11:54.440 And for Auto Light Resistor Spark Plugs. Oh, brother. Say, when you eat it, do you make 11:54.440 --> 12:00.040 noises that sound like A-L-R-S-P? Noise? No, sir. 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And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, 12:41.200 --> 12:47.160 our star, Betty Davis with Elliot Reid in Good Night, Mrs. Russell. A tale well calculated 12:47.160 --> 13:01.560 to keep you in... Suspense. I don't know how long I was unconscious. It seemed just for 13:01.560 --> 13:07.080 a moment, a moment crowded with horrible nightmares and dreadful sounds. I remember hearing a 13:07.080 --> 13:14.760 woman screaming, screaming and crying horribly. It was ghastly. I must have been unconscious 13:14.760 --> 13:23.560 several hours. And when I opened my eyes, it was dark, pitch dark. A clock was ticking 13:23.560 --> 13:37.160 somewhere and I realized that the screaming woman had been me. Is, is anyone here? Where 13:37.160 --> 13:58.480 am I? I'm tied up. Who's there? Can anyone hear me? Help. Help. Help. Where am I? You're 13:58.480 --> 14:08.360 in my room, Mrs. Russell. It was Henry. Where was he? The room was black as night. I could 14:08.360 --> 14:14.760 see nothing. What was I doing here? Why was I tied up? How did I get here? I remembered 14:14.760 --> 14:27.760 nothing after, after feeling dizzy at him. So that was it. You, you put something in my 14:27.760 --> 14:33.400 food, didn't you, Henry? Yes, I did, Mrs. Russell. I didn't want to kill you at the 14:33.400 --> 14:46.000 cafe, you see. Kill me? Yes, Mrs. Russell. Kill you. Did. Why, Henry? Why? Because 14:46.000 --> 14:50.560 you're my enemy, you and all the others. Your enemy? I, I like you, Henry. I've always 14:50.560 --> 14:55.560 liked you. I, I do. Don't lie, Mrs. Russell. You thought I didn't know, didn't you? You 14:55.560 --> 14:59.960 thought I didn't know what you were up to. What I was up to? Planning to kill me. Night 14:59.960 --> 15:05.640 after night, I've heard you, all of you, outside my window, whispering, whispering, talking 15:05.640 --> 15:10.160 about how you were going to kill me. Didn't you know I could hear you? I'm saying. Oh, 15:10.160 --> 15:17.440 no, I'm smart, Mrs. Russell. And you know it. That's why all of you planned to kill me, 15:17.440 --> 15:23.640 get rid of me. Oh, it's just lucky I found out you were one of them. You'll be the first 15:23.640 --> 15:31.720 to die, Mrs. Russell. And you're going to die slowly in the dark. How do you like that, 15:31.720 --> 15:40.960 Mrs. Russell? Be quiet, Mrs. Russell. Or I'll have to beat you up before I kill you. 15:40.960 --> 15:50.120 I tried to make myself think. I remembered you're supposed to humor people that are like 15:50.120 --> 15:56.840 you, Henry. I tried to control myself. No one can hear you. No one even knows you're 15:56.840 --> 16:12.360 here. And I'm not going to untie you, either. Not until you're dead. Henry, I'm just, I'm 16:12.360 --> 16:17.860 I'm only in order. You'll lie here in the dark and listen to the clock for half an hour. 16:17.860 --> 16:23.520 Just half an hour, Mrs. Russell. And then I'll kill you. You see, I want you to suffer 16:23.520 --> 16:28.880 like you've made me suffer. Henry, I'm just an ordinary woman. Oh, I'm smart enough to 16:28.880 --> 16:34.240 see through those remarks you made. Remarks? Always talking about what a good cook I was. 16:34.240 --> 16:40.160 As if you felt I wasn't a man. I know what you were thinking. Henry, I didn't mean anything 16:40.160 --> 16:44.260 of the sort. I really. And then rubbing it in about your precious son in the army. Rubbing 16:44.260 --> 16:49.640 it in, torturing you. Henry, that's wrong. And always ordering number four dinner. Oh, 16:49.640 --> 16:56.760 I'm smart, you see, Mrs. Russell. I can figure things out. Number four is lucky, you said. 16:56.760 --> 17:02.200 Four for four F you meant. Henry, Henry, all those things, they were your imagination. 17:02.200 --> 17:08.480 I didn't mean them that way at all. I didn't know about the army. Weak excuses, Mrs. Russell. 17:08.480 --> 17:16.480 You're like all the rest. I'm too smart for you and you know it. So you want to kill me. 17:16.480 --> 17:28.760 I'm a dangerous enemy, Mrs. Russell. How long have I got to live, Henry? Oh, a half hour. 17:28.760 --> 17:39.120 I don't know. The alarm will ring and then I'll kill you. I was resigned to it then. 17:39.120 --> 17:45.440 It seemed so hopeless. But then I thought if I could just get him to turn on the light, 17:45.440 --> 17:57.000 I might see a way out. It was a full lawn hoe, but I tried it. Henry? Henry? How do 17:57.000 --> 18:06.360 you know you set the clock right? Henry? I heard you. No, you didn't answer. I thought 18:06.360 --> 18:17.080 you thought you could get me to turn on the light. Sorry, Mrs. Russell. Henry, you're 18:17.080 --> 18:22.320 torturing yourself more than you are me. Henry, do you know that? What do you mean? Well, 18:22.320 --> 18:26.320 you don't know when the alarm's going to ring either. You must be sitting on the edge of 18:26.320 --> 18:32.160 your seat waiting to hear it. Aren't you? You see, when it rings, I know that I'll have 18:32.160 --> 18:38.840 to die. But you know that you'll have to commit a terrible crime. Murder, Henry. Shut up. 18:38.840 --> 18:44.240 It is true then, isn't it? You can't trick me into turning on the light. I'm too smart 18:44.240 --> 19:10.400 for that. You're going to suffer in the dark. As I have. I decided to turn on the light, 19:10.400 --> 19:17.080 Mrs. Russell. At first I was blind to having been in the dark so long. Then I saw his hands. 19:17.080 --> 19:22.680 They were long and slim and brown. Blue veins stood out on the backs of him. I looked up 19:22.680 --> 19:28.480 at him. He was glaring at me from beneath, bulging for it. Then he picked up the alarm 19:28.480 --> 19:38.520 crock and looked at it. Henry, I see it's ten minutes to three. Yes, Mrs. Russell. You 19:38.520 --> 19:44.960 have ten minutes to live. Can you wait? It was a tiny, neat living room. I was on a couch. 19:44.960 --> 19:52.600 The shades were down. There was no phone. The front door might be unlocked. It might be. 19:52.600 --> 20:02.200 I can wait, Henry. Eight minutes now. Somehow with the lights on, I felt more optimistic, 20:02.200 --> 20:07.080 though. The hands were racing each other around the face of the clock. If I could just get 20:07.080 --> 20:13.400 untied now, there'd be a chance. I'd have to be careful, but quick, quick. Five minutes, 20:13.400 --> 20:22.080 Mrs. Russell. Henry, what? Are those things strapped to that board over there on the wall? 20:22.080 --> 20:30.920 Huh? Oh, that's my collection. A collection? Match folders. Oh, do you collect match folders? 20:30.920 --> 20:37.240 Oh, yes. I'll show them to you. I held my breath as he took them down off the wall. If 20:37.240 --> 20:45.360 that clock would only stand still for five minutes. Here. See? I have folders from all 20:45.360 --> 20:55.560 the famous night spots. Here's Ciro's and the Stork Club and 21. I bet you didn't think 20:55.560 --> 21:00.840 I'd been to all those places, did you? I know. Have you, Henry? Oh, sure. Lots of times. 21:00.840 --> 21:08.480 People would never believe me. That's why I have these. They're lovely, Henry. Henry, 21:08.480 --> 21:15.120 my arms and legs are numb from being tied up like this. Could you? No! I warned you 21:15.120 --> 21:21.400 not to get tricky, Mrs. Russell. I just wanted you to loosen my hands so I could look at 21:21.400 --> 21:31.000 your collection. Well, just your hands. I've forgotten about everything. His collection 21:31.000 --> 21:35.720 for the moment. But that alarm would go any second and I would remind him. Here. As he 21:35.720 --> 21:43.840 untied my hands, my eyes fell on a large jade bookend beside the couch. There. Now, be careful, 21:43.840 --> 21:51.320 Mrs. Russell. You just wanted to see my collection, remember? Yes, Henry. Show it to me. Now, 21:51.320 --> 21:57.840 oh, see this one? That's from the Coconut Grove. Yes, yes, Henry. And this one. I let 21:57.840 --> 22:03.600 my hands steal along the couch toward the bookend. Isn't that beautiful? Yes, yes, it 22:03.600 --> 22:14.800 is, Henry. I had it in my hands. You're not paying attention. Oh, yes, I am! Henry! I 22:14.800 --> 22:21.000 don't remember doing it, but somehow I'd gotten the bindings off my feet when I was 22:21.000 --> 22:24.960 outside in the night. He'd been telling the truth. His house was completely isolated on 22:24.960 --> 22:30.000 one block. I ran down the block as hard as I could. I didn't even think about direction, 22:30.000 --> 22:34.280 just ran. I knew he'd come to in a minute and I had to get out of sight. I'm not used 22:34.280 --> 22:39.040 to such exercise and my heart was pounding so hard. It ached. In the middle of the next 22:39.040 --> 22:44.440 block, I stopped for a moment and leaned against a tree to breathe. And I looked back and I 22:44.440 --> 22:51.240 saw him. I could see him beneath the street lamp. He'd stopped not knowing which way I'd 22:51.240 --> 22:57.280 gone. He was wild. His mouth was hanging open loosely. I shrank back further in the shadows 22:57.280 --> 23:05.560 and prayed he'd go the other way. He didn't. He started walking rapidly again in my direction. 23:05.560 --> 23:11.760 There was a house on this block, a big rambling place. It was after 3 a.m. and the people 23:11.760 --> 23:18.760 would be asleep, but I knew I could run no further. Help! Help! Let me in, please! Please, 23:18.760 --> 23:31.760 open the door! Open! And then I saw the note pinned to the door. It said, no milk for 10 23:31.760 --> 23:37.520 days. I could hear Henry's footsteps down the street and I knew he must have heard me. 23:37.520 --> 23:48.520 My heart felt as though it would burst. The street was deserted. And then I heard a car 23:48.520 --> 23:54.400 approaching. It was a block away. I ran out on the street and waved my arms. Help! Help 23:54.400 --> 24:13.720 me! Stop! Please! Please stop! Stop! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! 24:13.720 --> 24:23.880 Hello, Mrs. Russell. Henry! Come on, Mrs. Russell. Come on! Now, we're going home again. 24:23.880 --> 24:43.360 Mrs. Russell? There's no escaping now. He hasn't said a word for 10 minutes. I know he's turning 24:43.360 --> 24:50.480 over in his mind how he's going to kill me. It's almost dawn now. In a little while, the 24:50.480 --> 25:01.160 milkman and paper boys will be making their rounds. I'll be dead. You shouldn't have tried 25:01.160 --> 25:12.720 to get away, Mrs. Russell. You made me very mad. I know. You shouldn't have hit me either. 25:12.720 --> 25:19.440 You were even smarter than I thought, Mrs. Russell. You almost made it. But you weren't 25:19.440 --> 25:25.200 smart enough, were you? If you're going to kill me, Henry, please do it. Haven't you 25:25.200 --> 25:30.720 tortured me enough? You see, it just didn't do you any good to be my enemy, did it? I 25:30.720 --> 25:34.880 don't like to kill you, but I have to. It's the only way I can protect myself. Don't 25:34.880 --> 25:39.880 you see you're not well, Henry? Please try to listen to me. You'll have to kill all the 25:39.880 --> 25:45.440 others too. If I don't, they'll kill me. The others? Oh, don't pretend you don't know, 25:45.440 --> 25:51.880 Mrs. Russell. Oh, I've heard them whispering about me. You must have heard them too. The 25:51.880 --> 25:58.600 voices... The voices? All the time. Just like I told you. When I'm at work and even here 25:58.600 --> 26:04.320 at home, I hear them plotting. They don't know I know. Henry, there's no one. It's 26:04.320 --> 26:09.060 all an illusion. Don't you see? Just like you are, they're afraid of me because they 26:09.060 --> 26:14.560 know I can outsmart them. I'm too clever for them and they know it. That's why they want 26:14.560 --> 26:18.720 to kill me. That's why you want to kill me, isn't it, Mrs. Russell? I don't want to kill 26:18.720 --> 26:24.960 you, Henry, if only... Oh, I've sort of got to like you, Mrs. Russell. If you weren't 26:24.960 --> 26:30.280 dangerous to me, I might let you live. I'm not dangerous to you, Henry. Oh, yes, you 26:30.280 --> 26:38.640 are. I've decided to choke you. If you close your eyes, it will happen very quickly. You'll 26:38.640 --> 26:47.600 hardly know it. Are you ready, Mrs. Russell? Please don't struggle. It'll be much easier 26:47.600 --> 27:02.400 for both of us. Aren't you going to close your eyes? No. What's that? What? Listen. You 27:02.400 --> 27:11.680 can hear them. Don't you hear them? The voices. The voices. The voices. Don't you hear them? 27:11.680 --> 27:19.320 Yes, I hear them, Henry. See? Now you believe me, don't you? You hear what they're saying? 27:19.320 --> 27:26.640 Yes. Yes, it's just as you said, Henry. They must be right near. Yes, right near. There 27:26.640 --> 27:34.240 are a lot of them. Too many! You'd better hide, Henry. Yes. Yes, but where? They sound 27:34.240 --> 27:40.200 louder all the time. They're getting closer. Have you a closet? Yes, that's it. The closet. 27:40.200 --> 27:47.680 Over here. Shall I help you, Henry? Yes, yes. But be quick. This closet. I'll hide in here. 27:47.680 --> 27:55.440 All right, Henry. I'll protect you. There. A good place to hide. What if they find me 27:55.440 --> 28:02.440 here? I'll lock the door, Henry. No. I don't want to be locked in. They're getting closer, 28:02.440 --> 28:14.240 Henry. You'll unlock the door when they're gone? Yes, Henry. 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