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Daphne? Surprise darling Daphne what in the world are you doing here? What'll the neighbors think? I had to see you Henry I was all alone Come in quickly Daphne darling you know you shouldn't have come here Why are you so frightened Henry your wife won't be back for another week Don't you understand that You don't seem very happy to see me Henry You know I'm glad to see you dear it's just that Well aren't you going to ask me to sit down? Of course this way Daphne No no not by the window over here Why are you so nervous Henry That's it right right here Thank you Henry There Don't I look at home here Oh now Daphne you've simply got to understand it won't do to have you around the house here ever You have a cigarette darling Cigarette oh yes of course Here Match Yes That's better Now go on dear sit down put your feet up Oh please Daphne would you be reasonable I'm being quite reasonable Now please sit down Henry I want to talk to you Very well Daphne Now forget about your wife She's at Arahead a hundred miles away Yes but I But what Henry Well her friends are always dropping in you know that Why couldn't it have waited till tonight I wanted to talk to you couldn't wait until then Why something wrong That depends upon you Henry What do you mean Do you love me Oh please don't be silly dear you know I do I'm not so sure Henry and I'm very tired of it The only time I get to see you is when you can get away from your wife I've tried to explain I want you all to myself and But if it can't be that way I don't want you at all That's why I came I'm meeting you in back alleys and dining with you In out of the way places where no one will see us You really love me you wouldn't treat me this way I know Daphne I know it It isn't very fair Of course it isn't Can't we talk about it tonight Yes that's it we'll have a nice quiet dinner at the willow Henry there isn't going to be any tonight We've got to make a decision now What was that Hey the garage door Someone's out there Could it be No no it's not Ruth Daphne we can't take a chance you better go I'm staying Henry Maybe it's one of her friends You'll start a lot of talk I want an answer Make up your mind Oh listen it's you Daphne believe me I promise you I'll free myself from Ruth some way But you're just out of your time now please please go All right Henry No no not the front door here You better go down into the cellar The door here Now you can wait down there at the foot of the stairs Until I go I'll call you Remember what I said Henry Yes of course of course Hi Ruth There you are Henry Well Well Surprise what are you doing here You know very well what I'm doing here I wrote to a letter two days ago asking you to join me at the lodge But I wired you Ruth I told you I couldn't take the weekend off I'm way behind it How do you think I steal up there all by myself now Leona and Emily You did all of them up there with their husbands and I'm alone They all want to know where you are Look I explained I feel like a fool Well I Henry Parker You're going back to Lake Arrowhead with me this very afternoon I've had enough of your excuses But I can't Don't you see I I asked so little of you Henry I asked only what a wife expects no more You've got to go back to the lake with me today And why may I ask Henry today is our tenth anniversary I told everyone you'd be there tonight They'll think it's strange if you aren't I'm sick of this pretence Ruth I'm fed up to the neck with all of your friends Furthermore I don't care I hang what they think Why don't you tell them Ruth Why don't you tell them I wanted a divorce You're not going to humiliate me They're all coming over tonight and you're going to be there I won't be a laughing stock Henry is that clear Yes that's very clear No one knows I'm here in town They think I'm still at the lodge They all went on a picnic to Big Bear today And I told them I had a headache Oh Henry they won't be back till tonight And when they arrive I want you to be there That's clever of you Why did you do all this I'd die if they knew I had to drive into town And beg you to come back with me And what about the neighbors here Well I took all the back roads And when I reached our street I came up the alley And drove into the garage Oh please understand Henry This means everything to me I couldn't face them You and your pride Oh please Henry it's only three o'clock We can drive there in three hours There's plenty of time I told everyone to drop in from nine o'clock You simply don't understand Ruth I'm not going I don't care what your friends think Don't you see that You're coming with me Henry That's all there is to it Now where you going Down in the cellar to get your overnight bed No wait a minute Ruth No wait wait Oh don't argue with me Go and get your razor and things from the bathroom All right Ruth All right you win I'll go down and get the suitcase I can get it Stay away from the door Henry who is that woman I told you not to open that door Henry Henry what are you doing You're a fool Don't be silly Don't be silly Don't be silly I've had all of you I intend to Don't be silly Daphne Say we better get some water here Let me What's the matter Daphne Daphne what's the matter What don't you see we better What don't you think that Just let us stay there darling There's no point in moving her now Oh you mean Yes Henry She's dead With the prologue of quiet Sunday The signal oil company brings 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Just like that Her unexpected arrival home Her irritating insistence that you go back To Lake Arrowhead with her The arguments the cellar stairs A flash of blinding rage in it was over Death is a strange terrifying thing Isn't it Henry? You've never been so close to it before All you can do is stand there at the foot of the stairs And look dumbly at Daphne Too stunned even to think Daphne I didn't mean it It was an accident You saw it all didn't you? There was nothing just slipped Stop it Henry You saw it And you can tell him about it I said stop it I'm not going to tell him anything What do you mean we've got it? Forget it You pushed her and you know it What do you mean you're going to tell him? Oh Daphne you can't What don't you see? Listen honey There's a way to get out of this gracefully Now get hold of yourself I could hear her through the door What did she say about sneaking away from the lake? Oh it was our anniversary And she wanted me to be there Her friends are away at Big Bear They think she's still at the lodge And no one knows she came down here No She wasn't seen No Henry Supposing she fell down the stairs at the lodge Instead of here Huh? While you were spending a quiet Sunday in town I don't know how she could Now wait a minute There's a long staircase up there I remembered What if her friends came back from Big Bear At 9 o'clock and found her at the foot of the stairs When everyone knows you were here in town Well I Yeah but How could we get her up there? We've got to try it's the only way Look I'll take her car up to the lodge It's got to be found there I can get to Arrowhead without being seen I know it And then I'll come back with you Well uh What about Ruth? You've got to take her up in the trunk of your car And there's only one thing more Somebody's got to know you've been in town all day Oh That's right Yeah an alibi huh Of course Where could you be for the next few hours? Oh I don't know Daphne I don't know how I A movie What about a movie? Yes that did Pick one that you've seen Yeah Yeah wait a minute Oh And uh There's Charlie Hardcastle He goes to the committee meeting At church early every Sunday Oh yeah I could pick him up And I'll tell him I'm going to the movies Of course I'll take a go in and then sneak out the side entrance Yeah It'll be dark when we get to the lake And I'll meet you at the Y in the road Just before you get to the lodge Yes I'll haunt my horn twice Do you understand? Oh yes I understand We don't have much time Come on we've got to get her up to the car We'll get that blanket over there And we'll wrap her in that Oh this works All right Here you are Just throw it over Okay Are you ready? Yes all right All right All right we'll go right up I don't know Something crashed through the window Quick back under the stairs Yes hurry Now get down I don't know Wait a minute There it is at the baseball Those little kids next door playing baseball On the big table They'll be coming after it Go out and give it to them Before they try to come down All right Here you are Just throw it over Okay Are you ready? Yes all right All right Before they try to come down All right all right I'll throw down and get it Gee I can't see down here One full sourcress Parker is Oh Hello Mr. Parker Hello Freddie Gee with We're sorry about the window Oh that's all right Freddie Here let me hand the ball to you Well you can't reach Mr. Parker I'll come around and get it No no no You stay right out there I'll Here You see You can't reach up this far I'll be down in a sec No you stay right there I said Gee where's I only Now now let me throw it up to you Look out Mr. Parker You'll bust the other window Here you are Oh go on now Never mind the window Go on with your game We'll divvy up the first one Mr. Parker What's this Look I said never mind Freddie Go on get out of here And close that window after you will you Okay Mr. Parker Don't worry about that now Let's get her into the car Just a quiet Sunday afternoon Henry Nothing tomorrow It's peaceful stillness Except the small matter of getting the body of your wife Ruth up to Lake Arrowhead Leaving it at the foot of the stairs at your lodge Parking your car where she always leaves it And returning with Daphne to Los Angeles Oh without being seen And uh Oh yes There's the matter too of Mr. Charles Hardcastle and the alibi Henry you've got to get hold of yourself Oh wait a minute Maybe Hardcastle's left already You're shaking like a leaf Hello Charlie This is Henry Parker Charlie Yeah I'm fine Well um Look I was going to a show tonight And I wondered if you'd like to join me Oh you're going to a committee meeting It's a church Oh that's right I forgot Well how about letting me drop you off It's right near the theater How good I'll pick you up in a few minutes Huh Oh no forget it Charlie I'm glad to do it Alright then Goodbye What's up Charlie I swear to the high heavens I stayed in town What time is it Uh 5 o'clock You've only got an hour to spare It'll take 3 hours to drive up there Remember I'll be waiting for you at the Y in the road Oh Daphne At the Y in the road There's no turning back now is there Henry The body is riding behind you now On the trunk of the car As you drive slowly down the street You'll have Charlie hard castles You're beginning to settle down a little aren't you The terrible shock that gripped you at first Is beginning to wear off And you're thinking more clearly Some of Daphne's quick cool courage Was there for you to borrow When you needed it most When the panic made your knees weak When you could think of nothing else Except running blindly away to hide somewhere At 10 past 5 You stop by for Charlie And quickly begin to build your alibi The two of you drive toward the church Oh don't be silly Charlie There's no trouble at all driving around this way There's nothing else to do you know Just taking in a show You've got to surprise me Henry Calling up that way Oh did I Yeah it's been a coon's age since we've been out together And by the way where's Ruth Uh Oh we've been up to the lake for a little rest How I envy you that much I'd like to get away sometime myself I'll tell you what Charlie As soon as Ruth gets back Why don't you and Sadie go up to the lake You're welcome to use our lot Well that's mighty nice of you Henry I'm sure Sadie will be thrilled to pieces Not at all You've no idea what a great help you've been to me Why many times What's that I better pull over You got a flat I'm afraid Flat Oh no it can't be It just can't be Take it easy Henry It's just a flat No listen I'll tell you I'll run on the rim I don't care about the tire I haven't got time anyway Don't be silly Henry You don't want to go around With a perfectly good tire these days Let's have a look at it Your casing's okay You're lucky Look Charlie it's only a few blocks to the church You better run along I'll fix it You're all talking to the best Tire changer in the business Come on where are the two No come on go ahead please Charlie What's the matter with you Henry Oh I just don't want you to be late It'll only take me a minute I wouldn't think of it I'll get the keys out of the dash It's over in the trunk aren't they We'll get her No wait a minute Wait Charlie I'll get the keys Here give them to me Take it easy I don't mind a bit I'll get the spare out of the trunk No let me do it I'll tell you Something neat in you Henry I just rather do it myself You sure got the jitters Don't you see Charlie I just don't want to see you get all Missed up and dirty before church Say look why don't you go up the street And slow the traffic down Have them swing around me I'm not too close to the curb And the street's kind of narrow Okay Henry if you say so Here are the keys It's worse than ever now Henry Worse even in the moment when you look down at roof Flying still at the foot of the cellar stairs One more second and Charlie would have opened the trunk Looked curiously at the blanket wrap Shapeless thing that was your wife And it would have been all over But you can't waste time thinking about that now Your hands won't work You fumble clumsily with a jack With the lug nuts on the wheel Lance nervously at Charlie down at the corner Directing traffic A thousand years later the tire has changed And you're frantically trying to get the old wheel Back in the trunk when come Let me get a hand with that Henry No no no I can't Here I'll take it No no no wait a minute That's got it All set Yeah yeah You can go ahead and get in Where are we Hey you left the jack out Here let me put it in the front No no no it's all locked out I'll throw it in the back seat Better get in That was kind of a tough break wasn't it Yeah Hey Charlie Sorry I got the jumpy Funny thing old flat tires always kind of throw me a little I don't think I was much of a help though standing out there You're a sulk to the skin Yeah I am Well you see Never would have done to have you show up at church this way Well gosh it's too bad you can't go to the show with me Hey you know I was thinking Maybe I won't go to church I wouldn't mind seeing a movie tonight myself Oh now I want to talk you out of going to church Don't get me wrong Charlie I can let you off right at the door What's playing at the show today I don't know some second rate picture I'll tell you I'll give you a report on it You can take it in tomorrow night if it's any good I'd hate to think I kept you out of church All right Henry Don't worry I'm going to church Please how many Could you tell me if the main features on please Starting in about six minutes Oh good I always hate to come in during the middle of a picture How many please Just one Fifty five please Oh I'm sorry I don't have change Can you break a twenty I've done it before let me try huh I'm terribly sorry Oh here you are Two, three, four, five, ten and twenty Thank you Thank you Awfully hot tonight isn't it You can say that again Next please Yeah too warm to suit me Earthquake weather that's what I call it Say buddy if you don't mind Oh oh pardon me of course Good night miss Get that guy What a character I'll see him in my sleep That's right Henry They'll remember you now A minute later you're lost in the comfortable blackness of the theater At an high old seat near the side exit You sit there for a moment and then slip out unseen And hurry back to your car It's six o'clock now Henry Just three hours left to make it Sunday night The traffic is coming the other way now Back into Los Angeles Fifty fifty five Sixty miles an hour And always you're careful to watch the rear view mirror Would never do to be picked up for speeding would it Thirty I made wonderful time And there's the Y in the road ahead Where is she Oh yeah I made it darling Is everything all right I think so Anyone see you No I was also careful You better go ahead I'll follow you You've been up to the lodge No hurry go on ahead We haven't time to talk Okay Where does she usually leave the car Over there at the side better move it now No no we'll take her in first You got the keys Yeah right here All right hurry and open the trunk I'll help the carrier Yeah We're in time darling We made it The lodge is deserted And there'll be plenty of time for you and Daphne To arrange Ruth's accidental fall At the foot of the steep staircase Leave quietly Lock the door And sneak back down the dark road to the highway It's simple isn't it Your alibi will hold your sure Yes Henry you're safe now And strangely the horror that gripped you When you first looked down on Ruth's body is gone As the two of you carry it up the stairs To the front door of the lodge Where's the key I've got it right here The keyhole I better get on that Joe now wait a minute Here you are Good Not so fast Okay Don't know my way in the dark Where are the stairs This way We'll turn on the lights Change tail The whistler is broadcast for your entertainment By the marketers of signal gasoline And motor oil And fine quality automotive accessories And by your neighborhood signal dealer Featured in tonight's cast Where Joseph 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