WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.120 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Suspense. 00:11.120 --> 00:26.600 Tonight, Auto Light brings you the Rose Garden, a suspense play starring Miss Miriam Hopkins. 00:26.600 --> 00:27.600 All through, don't you? 00:27.600 --> 00:28.600 Yes. 00:28.600 --> 00:30.200 What do you think? 00:30.200 --> 00:32.480 I'd rather not hazard a guess at this moment. 00:32.480 --> 00:35.720 Sure being here, it is a police case, isn't it, Mr. Richards? 00:35.720 --> 00:38.280 Well, three nice, quiet ladies all living together. 00:38.280 --> 00:42.600 A young one dies, another calls my office and screams murder, and the third is having 00:42.600 --> 00:43.600 hysterics. 00:43.600 --> 00:46.360 I don't know. 00:46.360 --> 00:47.360 You want an autopsy? 00:47.360 --> 00:49.880 I guess we better. 00:49.880 --> 00:51.400 You know Mrs. Hanson well? 00:51.400 --> 00:53.200 Quite well, yes. 00:53.200 --> 00:56.200 This is her home. 00:56.200 --> 00:59.040 I'd be obliged if you'd stick around, Doctor. 00:59.040 --> 01:02.760 Questioning old ladies about murder is a little out of my line. 01:02.760 --> 01:09.200 That's what I think this is, murder. 01:09.200 --> 01:13.040 In just a moment, Miss Miriam Hopkins in the first act of the Rose Garden. 01:13.040 --> 01:15.000 What are you doing, Harlow? 01:15.000 --> 01:18.000 Why are you standing there banging your hand on your forehead? 01:18.000 --> 01:19.600 I'm saluting, Hap. 01:19.600 --> 01:20.600 Saluting? 01:20.600 --> 01:21.600 Oh, I get it. 01:21.600 --> 01:25.160 Saluting world-famous ignition-engineered Auto Light spark plugs. 01:25.160 --> 01:29.440 No, Hap, not that those wonder-working whizzes don't warrant a whale of a whack. 01:29.440 --> 01:30.600 They certainly do. 01:30.600 --> 01:34.800 But tonight, I'm saluting the truckers of America, those grand, courteous, non-pareil 01:34.800 --> 01:38.800 purveyors of conveyors who are holding their annual get-together in New York City this 01:38.800 --> 01:39.800 week. 01:39.800 --> 01:42.800 Oh, you mean the American Trucking Association, Harlow. 01:42.800 --> 01:43.800 The same. 01:43.800 --> 01:47.320 Why, they're the world's safest drivers, Hap, and they do a grand job of making our 01:47.320 --> 01:52.560 highways safer places on which to travel with their never-ending safety campaigns. 01:52.560 --> 01:55.280 You've got millions of accident-free miles to their credit. 01:55.280 --> 01:56.280 How do they do it? 01:56.280 --> 02:02.480 Well, I'm not sure, Hap, but I think ignition-engineered Auto Light spark plugs must be behind it somehow. 02:02.480 --> 02:06.400 Because, well, because you're always right with Auto Light. 02:06.400 --> 02:11.960 And now with the Rose Garden and the performance of Miss Miriam Hopkins as Mrs. Trimble, Auto 02:11.960 --> 02:23.600 Light hopes once again to keep you in suspense. 02:23.600 --> 02:27.960 Dr. Kramer. 02:27.960 --> 02:34.440 Oh, Mrs. Hanson, come in, please. 02:34.440 --> 02:38.040 I'm afraid I can't tell you anything, but the sheriff wants to ask you some questions. 02:38.040 --> 02:39.040 She did it. 02:39.040 --> 02:40.040 I know she did. 02:40.040 --> 02:41.240 That's what you said before, Mrs. Hanson, but... 02:41.240 --> 02:42.240 Look, I found this. 02:42.240 --> 02:43.240 It was in my room. 02:43.240 --> 02:44.240 Effie left it there. 02:44.240 --> 02:45.240 She must have wanted me to read it. 02:45.240 --> 02:46.240 It was in my bureau. 02:46.240 --> 02:47.240 Diary? 02:47.240 --> 02:48.240 I read enough. 02:48.240 --> 02:49.240 I know. 02:49.240 --> 02:50.240 All right. 02:50.240 --> 02:51.240 Would you wait outside, please? 02:51.240 --> 02:52.240 I'll look at it. 02:52.240 --> 02:55.240 A doctor, as soon as Miss Bone has recovered, I'd like to see her. 02:55.240 --> 02:56.240 Oh, of course. 02:56.240 --> 02:57.240 Oh, it's so horrible, Dr. Kramer. 02:57.240 --> 02:58.240 I don't know what I'm doing. 02:58.240 --> 02:59.240 July 15th. 02:59.240 --> 03:00.240 I arrive today. 03:00.240 --> 03:01.240 It's a quiet little house on the edge of town. 03:01.240 --> 03:02.240 How nice. 03:02.240 --> 03:22.960 In the distance, you can hear the passing trains. 03:22.960 --> 03:24.760 Such a lonely sound. 03:24.760 --> 03:25.760 But I shan't care now. 03:25.760 --> 03:26.760 I can stay here. 03:26.760 --> 03:27.760 This can be home. 03:27.760 --> 03:28.760 I won't be lonely. 03:28.760 --> 03:29.760 The shades in the house were drawn by the wind. 03:29.760 --> 03:34.280 The shade in the house was drawn to keep the summer heat out. 03:34.280 --> 03:36.680 How cool it was in the sitting room. 03:36.680 --> 03:37.680 And nice and comfortable. 03:37.680 --> 03:40.840 The roses were the first thing I noticed. 03:40.840 --> 03:41.840 Freshly cut. 03:41.840 --> 03:42.840 And my very favorites. 03:42.840 --> 03:43.840 Dear cousin Amy. 03:43.840 --> 03:44.840 Well, Amy, I declare. 03:44.840 --> 03:45.840 American beauties. 03:45.840 --> 03:46.840 Yes, they're my special joy. 03:46.840 --> 03:47.840 I think they're such a proud flower, don't you? 03:47.840 --> 03:48.840 Oh, my goodness, yes. 03:48.840 --> 03:49.840 Well, now, Effie, dear, I want you to sit right here. 03:49.840 --> 03:50.840 I'll be right back. 03:50.840 --> 03:51.840 I'll be right back. 03:51.840 --> 03:52.840 I'll be right back. 03:52.840 --> 03:53.840 I'll be right back. 03:53.840 --> 03:54.840 I'll be right back. 03:54.840 --> 03:55.840 I'll be right back. 03:55.840 --> 03:56.840 I'll be right back. 03:56.840 --> 03:57.840 I'll be right back. 03:57.840 --> 03:58.840 I'll be right back. 03:58.840 --> 03:59.840 I'll be right back. 03:59.840 --> 04:00.840 You hear what you hear. 04:00.840 --> 04:01.840 Hello, little lady. 04:01.840 --> 04:02.840 Hel Tree, do you want to have a cup of tea? 04:02.840 --> 04:03.840 I'll go right away. 04:03.840 --> 04:04.840 Of course. 04:04.840 --> 04:05.840 Look. 04:05.840 --> 04:06.840 I want you to sit right down and risk yourself While I make a cup of tea. 04:06.840 --> 04:07.840 I know you're just worn out after that long I know are well. 04:07.840 --> 04:09.160 I'd have a say, no to a nice cup of tea, And you can go upstairs and rest. 04:09.160 --> 04:10.900 Oh, how nice. 04:10.900 --> 04:11.960 What a lovely sitting room. 04:11.960 --> 04:13.760 It's all cool and nice. 04:13.760 --> 04:16.760 Now you sit right down and Miss Bone will being presently 04:16.760 --> 04:17.760 Miss Bone. 04:17.760 --> 04:19.040 That's my other larger, you know. 04:19.040 --> 04:20.040 Oh, yes. 04:20.040 --> 04:22.720 Yes, she has the big room in the back next to yours. 04:22.720 --> 04:28.400 When Ernest died and left me so little to to manage with I had to take someone in. 04:28.400 --> 04:31.400 She's been with me for almost two years now. 04:31.400 --> 04:35.400 Poor old thing doesn't have any family and very few friends. 04:35.400 --> 04:38.400 So many of us now have no family or friends. 04:38.400 --> 04:41.400 Well, I always manage to find a friend or two anywhere. 04:41.400 --> 04:43.400 Yes, I've never let myself get lonely. 04:43.400 --> 04:48.400 No. Well, perhaps some people find it easier than I do. 04:48.400 --> 04:53.400 You see, well, George and I were so close not having children, 04:53.400 --> 04:56.400 I guess we lived too close. 04:56.400 --> 04:59.400 Still hard for me to believe that he's... 04:59.400 --> 05:03.400 When I wake up in the morning, I still turn to see if he's awake, 05:03.400 --> 05:05.400 and then I remember. 05:05.400 --> 05:07.400 Yes, I'm sure. Dear George. 05:07.400 --> 05:09.400 He was such a wonderful man. 05:09.400 --> 05:11.400 Of course he was, dear. 05:11.400 --> 05:13.400 Now, now you're very tired. 05:13.400 --> 05:17.400 You just look out at the rose garden and rest while I fix the tea. 05:17.400 --> 05:20.400 It's all ready, and we can have it in here where it's nice. 05:23.400 --> 05:24.400 How kind Amy is. 05:24.400 --> 05:29.400 I find it so easy to give way these days, and tears don't really help. 05:29.400 --> 05:31.400 I heard her rattling the cups in the kitchen. 05:31.400 --> 05:33.400 What a friendly sound. 05:33.400 --> 05:37.400 And then I knew that someone else had come into the room. 05:37.400 --> 05:41.400 When I looked away from the garden, she was staring at me, tall, 05:41.400 --> 05:44.400 and wearing a grey dress which rustled a little. 05:44.400 --> 05:48.400 She did look rather severe, and I was startled. 05:48.400 --> 05:51.400 I suppose I didn't make a very good impression. 05:51.400 --> 05:53.400 Are you Amy's cousin? 05:53.400 --> 05:56.400 Why, yes. Yes, I am. You must be Miss... 05:56.400 --> 05:58.400 I'm Miss Bone. I live here. 05:58.400 --> 06:00.400 Yes, Amy was telling me... 06:00.400 --> 06:02.400 You're sitting in my chair. 06:02.400 --> 06:04.400 Goodness, I didn't know that... 06:04.400 --> 06:07.400 Amy lets me have that chair. No one ever sits in that chair but me. 06:07.400 --> 06:08.400 I'm so sorry. 06:08.400 --> 06:13.400 Are you here for a visit, or are you staying here? 06:13.400 --> 06:18.400 Well, Amy, Mrs. Hanson, is my cousin in a kind of way. 06:18.400 --> 06:21.400 What do you mean in a kind of way? 06:21.400 --> 06:23.400 We're related by marriage. 06:23.400 --> 06:25.400 Well, where's your husband? 06:25.400 --> 06:29.400 My husband passed away two months ago. 06:29.400 --> 06:31.400 Have you got any children? 06:31.400 --> 06:36.400 No. No, I haven't anyone at all, except Amy. 06:36.400 --> 06:40.400 Miss Bone, Miss Bone, have you met my cousin, Mrs. Trimble? 06:40.400 --> 06:42.400 Yes, we just met. 06:42.400 --> 06:44.400 Effie is coming to live with us for a while. 06:44.400 --> 06:47.400 Isn't that nice and homey for us? 06:47.400 --> 06:50.400 It's going to make nice company for us, isn't it? 06:50.400 --> 06:52.400 Here's your tea, Eddie. 06:52.400 --> 06:56.400 I've been shopping for my cat, raw meat. 06:56.400 --> 06:57.400 Cat? 06:57.400 --> 06:59.400 Do you like cats, Mrs. Trimble? 06:59.400 --> 07:01.400 Why, some cats, yes. 07:01.400 --> 07:03.400 Why only some cats? 07:03.400 --> 07:05.400 Well, I hardly know why. 07:05.400 --> 07:08.400 You mean you don't like cats, Mrs. Trimble? 07:08.400 --> 07:10.400 Well, if they don't scratch. 07:10.400 --> 07:15.400 You see, I was scratched on the face by a cat once and it's always made me so nervous. 07:15.400 --> 07:18.400 I have the biggest and oldest cat you ever saw. 07:18.400 --> 07:21.400 Oh, but Chang is nearly always outside, Effie. 07:21.400 --> 07:23.400 I call him Chang because I was once in China. 07:23.400 --> 07:26.400 I lived in China for many years in Hong Kong. 07:26.400 --> 07:27.400 Oh, I declare. 07:27.400 --> 07:30.400 You get to like Chang if you're careful with him. 07:30.400 --> 07:35.400 You get to like cats by the time you go back home, Miss Bone. 07:35.400 --> 07:38.400 Effie isn't going back home. 07:38.400 --> 07:39.400 She'll have to go sometime. 07:39.400 --> 07:43.400 Oh, I know. Why, I explained all that to you. 07:43.400 --> 07:46.400 Effie has come to live with us. 07:46.400 --> 07:49.400 I'm going upstairs. Do my picture puzzle. 07:49.400 --> 07:51.400 But you haven't had your tea. 07:51.400 --> 07:52.400 I don't want any tea. 07:52.400 --> 07:56.400 I never had special tea made for me in this house. 07:56.400 --> 07:59.400 Oh, she, she doesn't like me, Amy. 07:59.400 --> 08:01.400 She resents me coming here. 08:01.400 --> 08:03.400 No, Effie, don't take it to heart. 08:03.400 --> 08:17.400 She'll get to like you as much as I do. 08:17.400 --> 08:20.400 Are you there, Amy? I'm back. 08:20.400 --> 08:22.400 Who's that? Who's there? 08:22.400 --> 08:25.400 Oh, goodness, Miss Bone. Where's Amy? 08:25.400 --> 08:26.400 Amy is not in. 08:26.400 --> 08:28.400 Not in? Oh, dear. 08:28.400 --> 08:30.400 She's gone to pick up a telegram. 08:30.400 --> 08:34.400 Miss Bone, would you like me to make you some coffee? 08:34.400 --> 08:36.400 I'm going to make a cup for myself. 08:36.400 --> 08:38.400 Being tired and hot. 08:38.400 --> 08:43.400 My husband always used to say I made the best coffee ever tasted. 08:43.400 --> 08:48.400 Jane, where are you? Come here, Jane. 08:48.400 --> 08:52.400 Oh, well, then I think I'll just go upstairs and... 08:52.400 --> 08:54.400 Wait. Here he is. 08:54.400 --> 09:00.400 Here he is. Come to minute I call him. Come here, Jane. 09:00.400 --> 09:04.400 Oh, isn't he the sleekest, biggest cat you ever laid eyes on? 09:04.400 --> 09:06.400 Look at that shiny coat. 09:06.400 --> 09:08.400 Raw meat does that, nothing like it. 09:08.400 --> 09:09.400 My, yes. 09:09.400 --> 09:12.400 Why don't you stroke him? He won't hurt you. 09:12.400 --> 09:13.400 Oh, no, I... 09:13.400 --> 09:17.400 Go on, stroke him. Here, I'll pick him up. 09:17.400 --> 09:19.400 There, now. 09:19.400 --> 09:21.400 Put your hand gently on his back. 09:21.400 --> 09:24.400 He's so big, isn't he? 09:24.400 --> 09:26.400 Go on. 09:26.400 --> 09:28.400 Nice fur. 09:28.400 --> 09:30.400 Oh, my God! 09:30.400 --> 09:36.400 Oh, see, he doesn't like strangers. He's like me. 09:36.400 --> 09:40.400 Well, shall I get him some milk? 09:40.400 --> 09:47.400 No one feeds him but me. No one else ever feeds him. 09:47.400 --> 09:51.400 I don't trust people who might poison innocent animals. 09:51.400 --> 09:56.400 Poison? Oh, my goodness, why, what a thing to say, Miss Bones. 09:56.400 --> 10:00.400 I know all about poisons. I lived in China for years. 10:00.400 --> 10:03.400 Yes, you told me. Come into my room sometime and I'll show you. 10:03.400 --> 10:05.400 You know what I've got? 10:05.400 --> 10:09.400 No, I've got a little bottle of keelai. 10:09.400 --> 10:12.400 The most deadly poison there is. It's Chinese. 10:12.400 --> 10:17.400 My goodness! I keep that for people who poison animals. 10:17.400 --> 10:22.400 Oh, well, isn't that rather dangerous? I mean, to keep in the house. 10:22.400 --> 10:26.400 Oh, that frightened you, didn't it? 10:26.400 --> 10:30.400 Some folks frighten so easily, don't they, Jack? 10:30.400 --> 10:34.400 Miss Bones, I... Oh, dear. 10:34.400 --> 10:36.400 Oh, Amy, I'm so glad you're back. 10:36.400 --> 10:39.400 Oh, Effie, I just received this telegram. 10:39.400 --> 10:43.400 My cousin in Indiana has had a stroke and is not expected to live. 10:43.400 --> 10:46.400 She's over 70, you know. Oh, Amy, I'm sorry. 10:46.400 --> 10:50.400 Oh, how dreadful. They want me to come as she's all alone. 10:50.400 --> 10:53.400 Oh, my. Well, I'll just have to go, Effie. 10:53.400 --> 10:56.400 I'll take the 710 train and change at Ridgeway. 10:56.400 --> 10:59.400 But, Amy, you can't go all the way to Indiana alone. 10:59.400 --> 11:02.400 What nonsense, of course I can. Now let me see. 11:02.400 --> 11:05.400 Oh, Amy, I couldn't stay here alone. 11:05.400 --> 11:09.400 Oh, now, Effie. Not with her. Oh, I know it's silly of me, 11:09.400 --> 11:14.400 but I don't think she likes me and... why don't I come along with you? 11:14.400 --> 11:16.400 Oh, now, Effie, that's just ridiculous. 11:16.400 --> 11:20.400 You've got to get this foolish idea out of your head that she doesn't like you. 11:20.400 --> 11:26.400 Amy, it's not that. I know this sounds terribly silly, but it's my heart. 11:26.400 --> 11:29.400 You know, the doctor said that slight shock... 11:29.400 --> 11:33.400 Effie, I'm going to be really mad with you if you don't stop this. 11:33.400 --> 11:38.400 Why, only just now she... she was talking about poison. 11:38.400 --> 11:40.400 No, Effie, I never heard so. 11:40.400 --> 11:43.400 Oh, it's true, it's true. She's got a little bottle of... 11:43.400 --> 11:46.400 well, something rather than... she keeps in her room. 11:46.400 --> 11:50.400 No, Effie, do you think I'd let anyone keep poison in my house? 11:50.400 --> 11:52.400 Amy, don't leave me here with her. 11:52.400 --> 11:55.400 I can't take you to Indiana, and that's final. 11:55.400 --> 11:59.400 If you're really scared, you can always call up Mrs Jackson next door to come in. 11:59.400 --> 12:03.400 Will you make me some coffee, and I'll get supper on the trip? 12:03.400 --> 12:06.400 Amy, please. 12:12.400 --> 12:15.400 You didn't understand, Amy. She isn't fooling. 12:15.400 --> 12:19.400 She hates me. She does keep poison in her room. 12:19.400 --> 12:22.400 You don't believe it, but I know, and I'm afraid... 12:22.400 --> 12:29.400 because I'll be all alone in this house with Miss Bone. 12:41.400 --> 12:46.400 Auto Light is bringing you Miss Miriam Hopkins with Jeanette Nolan in The Rose Garden. 12:46.400 --> 12:52.400 Tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 12:59.400 --> 13:02.400 Hi, Harlow. So you're getting your car ready for cold weather. 13:02.400 --> 13:06.400 Ah, you know me, Hap. Old weather-ize, winter-ize Wilcox. 13:06.400 --> 13:10.400 Why, when I step on the starter in a big blizzard, I buzz off like Bugs Bunny in a beehive. 13:10.400 --> 13:14.400 I see now you need antifreeze, change of oil, transmission grease, and... 13:14.400 --> 13:16.400 Check your spark plugs, too! 13:16.400 --> 13:18.400 Hey, that's right, Johnny, plug check. 13:18.400 --> 13:21.400 Spark plugs are the very heart of your car's ignition system. 13:21.400 --> 13:25.400 So when they're right, your chances of starting are better than ever, even on coldest days. 13:25.400 --> 13:27.400 You mean spark plugs need winter-izing, too? 13:27.400 --> 13:30.400 Why, sure, Hap. And if you need any replacements, 13:30.400 --> 13:33.400 tell them to put in ignition-engineered auto light spark plugs. 13:33.400 --> 13:37.400 The spark plugs that are world-famous for quality and dependability. 13:37.400 --> 13:40.400 Why, man, they're engineered by the same auto light ignition engineers 13:40.400 --> 13:45.400 who engineer coils, distributors, and all the other important parts of the ignition system 13:45.400 --> 13:47.400 to operate as a perfect team. 13:47.400 --> 13:52.400 And that's why you can't buy better spark plugs for your car than auto light. 13:52.400 --> 13:56.400 Okay, Harlow, and when I'm getting my car ready for winter, I'll... 13:56.400 --> 13:58.400 Check the spark plugs, too! 13:58.400 --> 14:02.400 Right, and replace worn plugs with ignition-engineered auto light spark plugs. 14:02.400 --> 14:08.400 Whether you choose the standard or resistor type, you're always right with auto light. 14:08.400 --> 14:11.400 And now auto light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage 14:11.400 --> 14:16.400 Miss Miriam Hopkins in Elliot Lewis's production of The Rose Garden. 14:16.400 --> 14:19.400 A tale well calculated to keep you in... 14:19.400 --> 14:39.400 Suspended! 14:39.400 --> 14:42.400 Who's that? 14:42.400 --> 14:44.400 Is that you? 14:44.400 --> 14:45.400 Yes. 14:45.400 --> 14:47.400 Where have you been all evening? 14:47.400 --> 14:51.400 It was so hot, I thought a little walk. 14:51.400 --> 14:53.400 Why are you so out of breath? Have you been running? 14:53.400 --> 14:55.400 It's my heart. Sometimes... 14:55.400 --> 14:58.400 People with bad hearts have no business to be running. 14:58.400 --> 14:59.400 I wasn't. 14:59.400 --> 15:01.400 I've been doing my picture puzzle. 15:01.400 --> 15:02.400 Want to see? 15:02.400 --> 15:06.400 Well, I'm a little tired now. I think I'll just go right to bed. 15:06.400 --> 15:09.400 It's a Chinese one. I've done it 73 times. 15:09.400 --> 15:13.400 There are 2,000 pieces. Come and see. 15:13.400 --> 15:14.400 Come on. 15:14.400 --> 15:15.400 Well... 15:15.400 --> 15:17.400 Come on. 15:17.400 --> 15:19.400 Never seen my room, have you? 15:19.400 --> 15:20.400 No, I... 15:20.400 --> 15:23.400 I'm proud of my room. It's full of priceless relics. 15:23.400 --> 15:25.400 This is my room. 15:25.400 --> 15:26.400 It's... 15:26.400 --> 15:27.400 Oh, it's so hot in here. 15:27.400 --> 15:30.400 I never open a window. It's an invitation to murder. 15:30.400 --> 15:32.400 Yes, I suppose it is. 15:32.400 --> 15:36.400 Well, I declare, what a huge picture puzzle. 15:36.400 --> 15:38.400 2,000 pieces. 15:38.400 --> 15:40.400 It's what we used to call a jigsaw. 15:40.400 --> 15:41.400 It is not. 15:41.400 --> 15:45.400 The Chinese picture puzzle represents the murder of the Princess Chulua 15:45.400 --> 15:47.400 in the Third Dynasty. She was poisoned. 15:47.400 --> 15:50.400 Oh, I'm working on her hand now. 15:50.400 --> 15:53.400 It's all finished except her hand lifting the fatal cup. 15:53.400 --> 15:56.400 Yes, it's almost finished. 15:56.400 --> 15:59.400 When I have finished, she will be dead. 15:59.400 --> 16:02.400 My, she's very beautiful. 16:02.400 --> 16:04.400 I was considered a beauty when I was young. 16:04.400 --> 16:07.400 I had every bow in town at my feet. 16:07.400 --> 16:08.400 I'm sure. 16:08.400 --> 16:09.400 But I wouldn't have one of them. 16:09.400 --> 16:12.400 Hypocrites. All men are hypocrites and liars. 16:12.400 --> 16:15.400 Oh, I don't know. Not all. 16:15.400 --> 16:17.400 What do you know about it? 16:17.400 --> 16:19.400 See this? 16:19.400 --> 16:23.400 Now this is my special fancy. 16:23.400 --> 16:25.400 Oh, isn't that lovely? 16:25.400 --> 16:26.400 My. 16:26.400 --> 16:27.400 What is it? 16:27.400 --> 16:29.400 Can't you see? 16:29.400 --> 16:31.400 Well, it's so dark in here. 16:31.400 --> 16:34.400 It's a little golden vial. 16:34.400 --> 16:35.400 Here. 16:35.400 --> 16:38.400 Smell. 16:38.400 --> 16:40.400 My goodness. It's sweet, isn't it? 16:40.400 --> 16:44.400 Like, like something deadly. 16:44.400 --> 16:46.400 Key lie. 16:46.400 --> 16:49.400 Tiny scratch and you'll be dead in two minutes. 16:49.400 --> 16:50.400 Don't drop it. 16:50.400 --> 16:51.400 Oh, please. 16:51.400 --> 16:52.400 Give it to me. 16:52.400 --> 16:55.400 I keep this for any business. 16:55.400 --> 16:58.400 But you oughtn't to have a deadly poison around the house. 16:58.400 --> 17:01.400 Now, what if someone picked it up by accident? 17:01.400 --> 17:02.400 What's the matter with you? 17:02.400 --> 17:03.400 Me? 17:03.400 --> 17:04.400 What's the matter with your hands? 17:04.400 --> 17:06.400 Well, nothing. 17:06.400 --> 17:09.400 I hate to keep rubbing them together. I hate nervous people. 17:09.400 --> 17:12.400 I, if you'll excuse me, I must go to bed now. 17:12.400 --> 17:14.400 Don't be nervous with me. 17:14.400 --> 17:15.400 You're not, are you? 17:15.400 --> 17:16.400 Oh, gracious, no. 17:16.400 --> 17:18.400 Then come and sit down. 17:18.400 --> 17:19.400 No, thank you. 17:19.400 --> 17:21.400 Come do as I tell you. 17:21.400 --> 17:22.400 Sit here on the bed. 17:22.400 --> 17:24.400 Well, just for a minute. 17:24.400 --> 17:25.400 I... 17:25.400 --> 17:27.400 Oh, my. 17:27.400 --> 17:32.400 You didn't know he was here, did you? 17:32.400 --> 17:35.400 He likes to sleep under the eiderdown. 17:35.400 --> 17:37.400 Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Boat. 17:37.400 --> 17:38.400 I think it's... 17:38.400 --> 17:41.400 Oh, some folks scare very easily. 17:41.400 --> 17:42.400 Oh, please. 17:42.400 --> 17:45.400 You gave me such a fright. 17:53.400 --> 17:56.400 Oh, my stars, this can't be happening to me. 17:56.400 --> 17:58.400 She wants to kill me. 17:58.400 --> 18:01.400 Amy, if only you were here. 18:01.400 --> 18:05.400 He'd know what to do. 18:08.400 --> 18:10.400 July 21st. 18:10.400 --> 18:12.400 She watches me. 18:12.400 --> 18:14.400 Even when I'm in the rose garden, 18:14.400 --> 18:16.400 I can feel her watching behind the curtain. 18:16.400 --> 18:19.400 Today I thought I'd talk to Mrs. Jackson next door. 18:19.400 --> 18:21.400 Amy introduced us before she left, 18:21.400 --> 18:23.400 but Mrs. Jackson was out. 18:23.400 --> 18:25.400 She's away, too. 18:25.400 --> 18:27.400 She looked kind. 18:27.400 --> 18:29.400 She might have been able to help. 18:29.400 --> 18:32.400 I walked back through the garden and picked some of the roses. 18:32.400 --> 18:35.400 The house is different now, even with the roses. 18:35.400 --> 18:38.400 Wicked, lonely. 18:38.400 --> 18:42.400 I went into the kitchen to make some coffee. 18:42.400 --> 18:44.400 Where have you been? 18:44.400 --> 18:46.400 Oh, I'm sorry. 18:46.400 --> 18:47.400 You frightened me. 18:47.400 --> 18:48.400 I didn't hear you. 18:48.400 --> 18:50.400 I went next door to see if Mrs. Jackson... 18:50.400 --> 18:51.400 She's gone away. 18:51.400 --> 18:52.400 Yes, I know. 18:52.400 --> 18:54.400 I wanted to ask if she had... 18:54.400 --> 18:56.400 if she had any sugar. 18:56.400 --> 18:59.400 Why'd you lock yourself in your room all today and all yesterday? 18:59.400 --> 19:01.400 I... I had a headache. 19:01.400 --> 19:02.400 Headache? 19:02.400 --> 19:04.400 Oh, I... 19:04.400 --> 19:06.400 Do you want coffee, Miss Bowen? 19:06.400 --> 19:09.400 You left the gate open in the garden when you came in. 19:09.400 --> 19:11.400 Did I? 19:11.400 --> 19:13.400 Well, the catch isn't quite... 19:13.400 --> 19:15.400 I had to go and shut it. 19:15.400 --> 19:17.400 Chang could have gotten out. 19:17.400 --> 19:20.400 People who have no thought for other people's animals 19:20.400 --> 19:22.400 don't deserve to live. 19:22.400 --> 19:24.400 Oh, my goodness, I'm sure I didn't mean... 19:24.400 --> 19:26.400 What are those flowers doing here? 19:26.400 --> 19:30.400 Amy said any time I wanted to pick them, it would be all right. 19:30.400 --> 19:32.400 We never have them in the house. 19:32.400 --> 19:34.400 I don't approve of flowers in the house. 19:34.400 --> 19:36.400 They give out poisonous odors at night and kill people. 19:36.400 --> 19:38.400 Flowers are dangerous. You don't want to get poisoned, do you? 19:38.400 --> 19:41.400 My glory, I never heard anyone say that about flowers before. 19:41.400 --> 19:44.400 Well, I've had flowers in my house all my life, always. 19:44.400 --> 19:47.400 My husband and I used to like having flowers in the house. 19:47.400 --> 19:50.400 And now you've got a bad heart, haven't you, eh? 19:50.400 --> 19:51.400 Flowers did that. 19:51.400 --> 19:52.400 Now then. 19:52.400 --> 19:54.400 Oh, my goodness. 19:54.400 --> 19:56.400 Oh, please, Miss Bone, don't shut the window. 19:56.400 --> 19:58.400 It's so hot in here. 19:58.400 --> 20:00.400 It's my window, and I'll shut it. 20:00.400 --> 20:03.400 It was my window before ever you came here. 20:03.400 --> 20:06.400 We never had trouble before you came here. 20:06.400 --> 20:09.400 We got along all right, Amy and me. 20:09.400 --> 20:12.400 You weren't wanted here. 20:12.400 --> 20:14.400 I'm going out for a while. 20:14.400 --> 20:16.400 Will you be gone long? 20:16.400 --> 20:17.400 Not long. 20:17.400 --> 20:22.400 I'm going to the butcher to buy my raw meat. 20:32.400 --> 20:34.400 Yes. 20:34.400 --> 20:36.400 Hi. Miss Bone there? 20:36.400 --> 20:39.400 Um, why, uh, no. 20:39.400 --> 20:45.400 Miss Bone went out about a half an hour ago to buy meat for her cat. 20:45.400 --> 20:48.400 Gee, imagine that. Her cat's lying in the gutter. 20:48.400 --> 20:50.400 It's been run over. 20:50.400 --> 20:52.400 Someone left the gate open. 20:52.400 --> 20:54.400 Oh, my goodness. 20:54.400 --> 20:56.400 Miss Bone is sure going to be wild. 20:56.400 --> 21:00.400 Yes, I... Oh, my gracious. 21:00.400 --> 21:04.400 I went out a while ago to put the trash bin out. 21:04.400 --> 21:06.400 Oh, here comes the old girl now. 21:06.400 --> 21:07.400 I guess I better ask her. 21:07.400 --> 21:09.400 Okay, lady. 21:09.400 --> 21:11.400 What will I do? 21:11.400 --> 21:12.400 Oh, my glory. 21:12.400 --> 21:14.400 I must have left the gate open again. 21:14.400 --> 21:17.400 I didn't mean... I'll tell her I... 21:17.400 --> 21:18.400 Oh, goodness. 21:18.400 --> 21:21.400 What will I say? 21:21.400 --> 21:24.400 She'll kill me. 21:24.400 --> 21:26.400 Oh, there she is. 21:26.400 --> 21:27.400 Oh, Lord, help me. 21:27.400 --> 21:28.400 Don't let her kill me. 21:28.400 --> 21:30.400 Don't let her... 21:30.400 --> 21:32.400 Oh, Miss Bone, I... 21:32.400 --> 21:34.400 It was my fault. 21:34.400 --> 21:36.400 The gate couldn't have been properly fastened. 21:36.400 --> 21:39.400 My glory, I don't know how to tell you how sorry I am. 21:39.400 --> 21:41.400 I do grieve for you. 21:41.400 --> 21:44.400 Really, I do. 21:44.400 --> 21:46.400 I know how you loved him. 21:46.400 --> 21:48.400 Why I wouldn't have done it on purpose. 21:48.400 --> 21:50.400 You know that. 21:50.400 --> 21:52.400 I wouldn't ever hurt a little animal on purpose. 21:52.400 --> 21:54.400 Why, my goodness, George always said 21:54.400 --> 21:56.400 I wouldn't step on a snail. 21:56.400 --> 21:58.400 He used to chide me. 21:58.400 --> 22:02.400 Miss Bone, I'll get you another cat. 22:02.400 --> 22:05.400 I promise on my word of honor. 22:05.400 --> 22:08.400 Miss Bone, please don't go upstairs. 22:08.400 --> 22:10.400 Miss Bone. 22:10.400 --> 22:13.400 Oh, Miss Bone. 22:25.400 --> 22:27.400 That's the last entry. 22:27.400 --> 22:29.400 No. Oh, no. 22:29.400 --> 22:31.400 You must believe me. 22:31.400 --> 22:33.400 I was only fooling, really. 22:33.400 --> 22:35.400 She wasn't poisoned, was she, Dr. Kramer? 22:35.400 --> 22:37.400 She couldn't have been. 22:37.400 --> 22:39.400 Mrs. Hanson here has made an accusation, Miss Bone. 22:39.400 --> 22:42.400 This diary also accuses you of intent to murder. 22:42.400 --> 22:44.400 Oh, but I didn't. I didn't. 22:44.400 --> 22:46.400 What happened then after you went upstairs? 22:46.400 --> 22:50.400 After I went upstairs, nothing. 22:50.400 --> 22:53.400 I was unhappy because of Chang. 22:53.400 --> 22:55.400 It was all her fault. 22:55.400 --> 22:58.400 He was my true friend. 22:58.400 --> 23:10.400 Then the next morning, she was still there. 23:10.400 --> 23:12.400 Miss Bone. 23:12.400 --> 23:16.400 Oh, I was so upset all night I couldn't sleep a wink. 23:16.400 --> 23:18.400 How do you feel? 23:18.400 --> 23:21.400 I thought you'd like to know. 23:21.400 --> 23:24.400 A telegram came from Amy early this morning. 23:24.400 --> 23:26.400 She's due back today. 23:26.400 --> 23:28.400 Her cousin passed away. 23:28.400 --> 23:30.400 I guess it's a blessing, really. 23:30.400 --> 23:32.400 Such an elderly woman and alone. 23:32.400 --> 23:36.400 Well, anyway, I just thought that as Amy's coming back, 23:36.400 --> 23:38.400 I'd pick some roses. 23:38.400 --> 23:41.400 Roses make such a difference to a room, don't you think? 23:41.400 --> 23:43.400 Miss Bone. 23:43.400 --> 23:46.400 I just finished my puzzle. 23:46.400 --> 23:48.400 Oh, did you? Well, isn't that... 23:48.400 --> 23:50.400 I just put in the last piece. 23:50.400 --> 23:52.400 That's just fine. 23:52.400 --> 23:55.400 The Princess Tudeloa is dead. 23:55.400 --> 23:57.400 Poisoned. 23:57.400 --> 23:59.400 Oh. 23:59.400 --> 24:01.400 You pricked your finger on a thorn. 24:01.400 --> 24:03.400 So I have. I knew you would. 24:03.400 --> 24:05.400 What do you mean? 24:05.400 --> 24:07.400 And watch your silly arranging of flowers. 24:07.400 --> 24:09.400 You always prick your finger. 24:09.400 --> 24:11.400 I wasn't deep. 24:11.400 --> 24:13.400 Now you've sucked in the poison. 24:13.400 --> 24:18.400 Oh, I don't think. 24:18.400 --> 24:23.400 What's... what's that in your hand? 24:23.400 --> 24:25.400 The people who kill animals 24:25.400 --> 24:29.400 don't deserve to have the priceless gift of life. 24:29.400 --> 24:32.400 Oh, that's... 24:32.400 --> 24:34.400 that thing. 24:34.400 --> 24:36.400 That golden vial. 24:36.400 --> 24:40.400 Only takes a tiny dab on each thorn. 24:40.400 --> 24:42.400 Kill I. It's deadly. 24:42.400 --> 24:45.400 No! No, no, you didn't. 24:45.400 --> 24:47.400 You just tried to scare me again. 24:47.400 --> 24:49.400 Look at the thorns. 24:49.400 --> 24:51.400 No. 24:51.400 --> 24:53.400 No. 24:53.400 --> 24:56.400 There is... there is something... 24:56.400 --> 24:58.400 something sticky. 24:58.400 --> 25:02.400 Oh, my lord. 25:02.400 --> 25:04.400 Oh. Oh, dear heaven. 25:04.400 --> 25:06.400 You killed Fang. 25:06.400 --> 25:09.400 You killed my lovely boy. 25:09.400 --> 25:11.400 I didn't mean... 25:11.400 --> 25:13.400 Where are you going? 25:13.400 --> 25:15.400 Doctor. 25:15.400 --> 25:18.400 I've got to get you a doctor. 25:18.400 --> 25:22.400 No. You won't have much time. 25:22.400 --> 25:27.400 Where... where is... telephone. 25:27.400 --> 25:33.400 I can't... I can't find... 25:33.400 --> 25:35.400 Fluttery woman. 25:35.400 --> 25:37.400 I hate you. 25:37.400 --> 25:39.400 We never wanted you in this house. 25:39.400 --> 25:42.400 You cat killer. 25:42.400 --> 25:45.400 Stop crawling on the floor, you stupid little woman. 25:45.400 --> 25:47.400 There's nothing wrong with you. Get up. 25:47.400 --> 25:50.400 Amy and I can live alone in our house. 25:50.400 --> 25:53.400 Help me. Oh, somebody help me. 25:53.400 --> 25:55.400 Get up. 25:55.400 --> 25:58.400 I was only joking. There's no poison. 25:58.400 --> 26:01.400 I wanted to pay you back. That's all. 26:01.400 --> 26:03.400 What's the matter with you? 26:03.400 --> 26:06.400 I can't breathe. 26:06.400 --> 26:08.400 Now you're trying to frighten me. 26:08.400 --> 26:10.400 Get up. You're all right. 26:10.400 --> 26:12.400 Oh, dear. 26:12.400 --> 26:14.400 What's happened? What? 26:14.400 --> 26:19.400 Amy, get... get... a doctor. 26:19.400 --> 26:24.400 She... she's poisoned me. 26:34.400 --> 26:36.400 I was fooling with her, Amy. 26:36.400 --> 26:41.400 You know... you know I wouldn't do a thing like that. 26:41.400 --> 26:45.400 Amy, don't even talk to me, Miss Bones. 26:45.400 --> 26:48.400 What about it, doctor? You had a look at that bottle? 26:48.400 --> 26:49.400 Yes. 26:49.400 --> 26:50.400 Well? 26:50.400 --> 26:51.400 I don't know what's in it. 26:51.400 --> 26:54.400 Mrs. Trimble could have died of fright or heart attack. 26:54.400 --> 26:58.400 Okay. Either way, you better come along with me, Miss Bones. 26:58.400 --> 27:00.400 Oh, you don't understand. 27:00.400 --> 27:02.400 I was joking with her. 27:02.400 --> 27:05.400 I wanted her to leave, that's all. 27:05.400 --> 27:08.400 She was such a stupid little woman. 27:08.400 --> 27:11.400 I was only trying to frighten her. 27:11.400 --> 27:14.400 You did. 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