"[ Sound of a crow cawing ]" "[ Horse-drawn cart approaching ]" " Go on." " Go on." " Go on." " Go on, go on, go on...go on." "[ Workers voices heard outside ]" "[ Dismantling tents and lumber slats ]" "[ Door squeaks open and slams shut ]" "Morning." "Hello." "[ Alex prods wreckage of his car; a Sunbeam?" "]" "On the Sunbeam's the name of the game." "What's your game?" " I give up." "No style." "That's your trouble." "Shades of Bretherton." "And mine." " Well they never went very well anyway, did it?" "Humph." "Same old truth." "Oh, I actually enjoyed caning the insurance company." "Well that's more than Blackie will be able to do." "It appears he wasn't insured." "And Step-Mama has all the money there was." "This should just about wipe him out." " Poor swine." " Poor us." "It'll mean Lydia will be even more sorry for him." "Humph." "Do they know how it happened?" "The gas company is strenuously denying reports of a faulty joint." "There is talk about a lamp being overturned." "That Blackie and his stepmother were quarrelling." "Ah, you know this town." "People will say anything." "Besides, we saw him come back." "Remember?" "Perhaps he only remembered the old man afterwards." "Ah, you're letting your imagination run away with you." "And leaving the old man aside, setting light to your only assets is a damn stupid way of getting revenge." "You look terrible." "You know that?" "Thanks." "Anytime, old boy." "Anytime." "You don't look so good, yourself." "If you can't raise the hand..." "lower the head." "[ Slurp ]" "Fearful thing, the first drink of the day." "To tell the truth, I'm never entirely sure whether it's going to come up or stay down." "Well let me know when you are." "How could you cover given time?" "These (moods) of mine still causes acute pain." "Accompanied by a degree of nausea." "Perhaps in the circumstances, you'd be so good to signal for replenishments." "Hello." "The same again." "Thank you." " What a night." "You can say that again." "If you insist." "Lydia turned me down." "What did you propose?" " Marriage, of course." " Of course." "And when you say she turned you down..." " She did." " Why?" "Because she doesn't love me." "Did she say that?" "She said she didn't know." "It comes to the same thing." "My dear fellow it comes to not even a thought!" "If she laughs and said she didn't love you well that would have been one thing, but say she didn't know." "It's a positive invitation for you to convince her." "Well it didn't seem like it at the time." " If at first you don't succeed..." "Look, all she wanted to do was get away, Alex." " To see whether you'd pursue her." " Alex!" " Well did you?" " No!" " Well then how do you know?" "It wasn't a game." "You do take things seriously, don't you?" "Things I'm serious about, yes." " How old are you?" "I don't think I could stand you being patronizing." "Not today." "Walking out on people is becoming a bad habit." "I've told you before!" "Well, I didn't walk out last night, did I?" "I was walked out on." "You've started my head aching again." " And back aching." " That's right." "Strike me." "Abuse me, but then walk out on me." "[ Sigh ]" "Let's drink to that." "Come, landlord, fill the flowing bowl!" " You are the most incorrigibly frivolous..." " That's selfish." "Don't forget selfish." "All right, and selfish," " person I've ever known." " And all your harmony, as it is." "All right." "You've made your point." " Cheers." "Look, I didn't mean to patronize you." "But you must look at it from Lydia's point of view." " There she is!" "Just 21." "The whole wide world opening up before her." " And you come along..." " Aw, I know." "I'm no great catch." "Goodness knows." "Self-pity will get you nowhere." " Well, what can I do?" "I don't know." "But I'll tell you one thing,... if you don't propose again soon... somebody else will." "And they'll come in (through) sure enough of themselves." "You, perhaps?" "Perhaps." "Oh, no,...you're far too fond of women to settle for just one." "If you say so." "[ Sound of door closing;" "footsteps approaching ]" "Good Lord." "Any chance of any lunch would you say?" "Of course." "Good." "Was there any luck with the car?" "Oh...write-off." "Ohhh." "Bumped into Richardson, who duly proceeded to bend my ear." "It appears he popped the question last night." "To Lydia?" " Huh, there's the difference." "I asked the big question." "You would." "But that's lovely" "Except she turned him down." "Oh, poor Edward." "Was he fearfully disappointed?" "Hangdog to a degree." "Still, the night of her 21st." "It would have been romantic, but I can quite see she would" " want to just... enjoy the occasion and not look too far ahead." " Besides, you know how serious Edward can be." "I do indeed." "And all of the excitement of the fire and everything." "Still if I were him I wouldn't take one no for an answer." "[ Laughs quietly ]" "Just what I said." "Except without the cliché." " I don't know why I put up with you." " Hm." " No other woman would." " I wonder." "Well if Lydia doesn't want to think about getting married, that's one thing." "If she really doesn't love Richardson, well,...it's a whole different kettle of fish, isn't it, for everybody?" " But you..." " Hm?" "[ Gasp ] Oh, my darling you must admit your record do date hardly suggests a faithful heart." "Oh, I'm sick of people saying that." "What?" "[ Laughing ] Look, all I'm saying is... if Dickie is out of the running..." "I've a jolly good mind to try my luck with Lydia." "[ Sound of party cleanup outside ]" "Rollo." "[ Slams door shut ]" " Time for this service, have you?" "I've been out!" "Oh." "Plumb awful day it is, too." "[ Big sigh ]" "Somewhat stole your thunder, eh?" "The fire at Johnson's garage." "Ha, ha, ha." "Nothing left, I hear." "[ Sigh] I suppose you're sorry it didn't happen earlier." "Then it really would have ruined my 21st." "There's not much of that now." "[ Gasp ] Racket all over the place." "Damned mess, everywhere." "It was an evening I'll never forget." "And I'll bet you never even thanked the girls." "Oh, I'll be in a bad way when I need you to tell me how to behave." " Now, see here..." " Oh, save it for Boodle!" "Impudent (leper)." " Ah, good morning." " Morning" "[ Door slams ]" "Or, is it?" " Not really." " Inclined to bluster." " Surely cold." " There ought to be another phrase for foul weather greeting." "Yeouw!" "The morning." " And the same to you!" " [ Bertie laughs ]" "Ah, well, that's enough." "By and large I thought..." "the evening went off very well." "Oh, yes." "Very well." "Thank you." " I mean, everybody seemed to enjoy themselves." "No, I mean it." "Thank you." "[ Bertie laughs ] Dear child." "Where's Aunt Julie?" "And, she says she means to spend the morning in bed." "Friday." "Well, I just want to go and thank her, too." "Oh, well, if she's asleep, don't wake her." "No, of course not." "Heh, no." "[ Knock on door ]" "[ Door opens ] May I come in, Auntie?" " Aunt Julie?" " Are you...?" " Uh, hello." " Old sport." "I'm sorry to hear the news." " Heh?" " Oh, Juliana." "Yes, bad business." "Plumb awful." "So,..." "life goes on." "Or does it?" "You don't shoot, do you?" " No." " Does it?" "Whole lot of vermin about this year." "Never had so many." "They eat of the year's corn, uh, and such." "We can't have that, can we?" "I wouldn't have thought of you as if corn really mattered." "You're wrong, old boy, very wrong." "Corn's one little ears, picks 'em,...not big ears, and when you get too many ears, after too many years..." "[ Sigh ] as if," "She's had a squad of visitors, you know." " Miss Juliana?" " No, Lydia." "No, not really Lydia, I mean to say it was her party." "Could have been Juliana, was it, I mean where the doctor chap is." "You know, bad law, you know, box and..." "lo and behold." "Look, I think it's bit odd to blame Lydia because" "Miss Juliana chose to come downstairs." "Yeah, I suppose you would." "Miss Bertie will see you now." "You mustn't mind." "Yes." "Well, you'll see." "Mr. Richardson, ma'am." " What...is the name of this plant?" "It's an Anthurium." "For the life of me I can't remember." "Words have begun to go clean out of my head." "Hm." "Did you hear Lydia and Rollo having words at breakfast, and again last night?" "It's awfully distressing, that kind of thing." "I can't bear it." "We never had it before, and I can't bear it now." "He..." "He brought the most monstrous accusations against Aunt Julie." "Well...not exactly... accusations." "He was..." "He was..." "He was...taunting her." "He's become..." "dreadfully sarcastic." "[ Breathing heavily ]" "It..." "I wanted to ask you something." "[ Loud and clear ] Have you asked..." "Lydia to marry you?" "Yes." "What did she say?" "She said..." "she didn't think she could." "Are you going to ask her again?" "Why?" "Don't you wish me to?" "I wish you to, very much." "I suggest you ask her again." "[ Softer and wistful ] Before it's...too late." "Too late?" "Ah-ha." "I remember the name of that plant." " It's Seri-hibiscus something, or..." " Well, actual fact?" "It's that lovely hibiscus." "It's odd how you can't..." "grasp something." "It's maddening when you can't grasp something" " you know all the time." " Yes." "[ Quietly sobbing ]" "It's...[ Quietly sobbing ] It's awful...how sometimes..." " Are you all right?" " Yes." "Hello." "Hello." " I'm sorry." "Thank you." "I've just seen Miss Bertie." " How is she?" "[ Sighing ] Well, most of the time she didn't seem to know who I was." "She's been like that ever since she heard." "Not helped by me and Rollo quarrelling." " I saw him, too." "He's trying to make out it's all my fault." "Because of the party." "Yes, I gathered." "He's vile." "Yes...vile." "I found..." "I went to thank her." "Will these keep in water?" "No." "[ Laugh ]" "You always say that." "Wild flowers never do." "Oh." "The night of your birthday." " What I said then." " Oh, don't." " Now, look." " I made a fool of myself and embarrassed you." " No." " And if I were to ask you again?" " No, please." "It's like...well..." "look, I don't want the responsibility, the commitment to being married." "I'm too young for either!" "[ Sigh ] Well, it's..." "Oh, there's just so much to... well, do,...be, feel!" "And you don't love me?" "Who said?" " You did." " Oh, never mind what I said." "I do love you." " [ Gasp ] Oh, God, Lydia!" " Well, in a way!" "My way, I do." "What do you, why must we be so grim about it?" "So solemn and...going on about..." "[ Sigh; gasp ]" "Why can't we just be friends?" " Loving friends?" " Yes!" "Yes, the way we used to be." "You know, no boring plans yet, just..." "All right." " You mean it?" "Yes." "Oh, that makes me so happy!" "Oh, I shall love that so." "Loving you." "No, you'll see." "I shall." "I believe you." " Of course, we shouldn't really talk about it now, I mean." " Oh, no." "It's a bad patch." "A patch." "Yes, that's it." "That's right." " But it'll be over, won't it?" " Oh, yes." "And when it is we'll have one again?" " Yes." " We'll all have such fun together!" "[ Laughing ]" "Here we are together again." "Ha, ha, ha, together again." " Isn't it good?" " Rather." "And fun." " I know tonight's going to be fun, too." " Can't fail." " [ Singing ] The more we are together..." " Alex. [ Laughing ]" " All together, now..." "[ All singing ] Together, together, the more we are together" "[ All singing ] the merrier we shall be." "#Foryourfriendsaremyfriends, and my friends are your friends." "#Themorewearetogether the merrier we shall be." "Look!" "Lydia, ask him to stop so we can see the house." "[ Opening window ] Would you stop a minute, please?" "Yes, Miss Aspen." "[ Brakes squeal ]" " Exactly like an island you see from a ship at sea." " Like a ship, isn't it?" " Yes." " That all though I hate ships." " We can trust you." "Even the best of them do bob about so. [ Laughing ]" "Well, if the rest of it is as lovely as this it's going to be the most wonderful evening we've ever had together." "Oh, didn't I tell you?" "Didn't I say?" "Car coming up." "We'd better shove off." "Oh, you can drive on now." "Yes, Miss." "[ Car drives off ]" "[ Sound of music ]" "[ Orchestra playing and dancers talking ]" " [ Lydia ] I think you should go and dance with Nancy." "She's in an (outfit) that is just awful." "I don't want to dance with Nancy." "Why not?" "Because I'd rather dance with you." "Well, we can't dance together all evening." "Oh, why not?" "[ Edward ] So." "Be a (swell), and go and dance with her." "The dance after next." "The dance after this one." "You will?" "Don't be unhappy." "You'll have a rain check." "Don't make her unhappy." "She's so excited when she's unhappy, I could have cried." "Have the next dance (with her), okay?" " For me." " For you." "Not for her." "Sounds selfish." "Not like usually so." "I didn't mean it." "(Then change it." "That's what she needs.)" "All right." "For you." "Because I love you." "Then you mustn't love me." "I shall love you til my bones rot." "A speech you're going to say, but all the same you mustn't." "Remember?" "An agreement." "(Stay a little love....)" "You're much happier if you make other people happy." "That sounds like a text hung on a bedroom wall." "But it isn't." "It's true, and I discovered it." "Oh?" " How?" " Never mind how." "Just go and dance with Nancy." "[ Applause ]" " May I?" " Yes, please." "(Go, then.)" "Seems time someone (brought happy to me, too)." " [Alex ] Nancy, come and share my loneliness with me." "Uh,...could we have a private word?" " Last minute." " Shut up." "I'm always between your private words." "You're always enjoying it." "May I have the pleasure?" "My pleasure." "What do I owe this immense, sudden, free grass spur-of-the-moment?" "Don't tell me I've neglected you, too." "You really haven't had a chance." "I've been chased all evening by a master of fox hunting actually calling me his little vixen." "[ Edward laughs ]" "Ah,...this is a tango!" "[ Gasp ] Now I know why your feet are crossed like knitting needles." "You'll have to master it one of these days." "You don't think I ought to (shower)?" "Just one." "Eh!" "Would you rather sit out?" "Please." "[ indistinct ]" "Oh, they sting." "The little vixen chaser." "[ Loud, vulgar shouting ]" "Cheerio." "I suppose you've heard about Blackie?" "Oh, the fire?" "And the fact that he wasn't insured." "Yes,...well people who need to be never are, are they?" "No." "Do you think that rig's got something more recognizably alcholic?" " This is neither Claret nor Cup." " I'll go and see." " How's brandy?" " Oh...here we go again." "Mmm...better." "Is it true that you asked Lydia to marry you?" "Yes." "And she refused?" "Well...what's once or twice in a rough line of the story?" "What's once or twice between friends?" "Are you going to ask her again?" "I want to." "I think women like being asked more than once." "It makes them feel desirable and flattered." "Do you mind if we go outside?" "I'm going to say something that I'm afraid will hurt you terribly." "I don't think you can say anything that could possibly hurt me." "I think Alex is going to ask her." "[ Edward laughs ]" "What's wrong with you?" "Don't you think he's serious?" "Well, what about those strings of broken-hearted secretaries he's always leaving?" "Of course Alex isn't serious." "He's never been serious about a girl in his life." "[ Edward laughs ]" "He didn't come to bed last night." "He took a hammock and stayed at the bottom of the garden all night." "Under the apple trees." "Well, if it was later in the year I would have said that an apple had fallen on his head." "Oh, please." "Anyway, there's no better cure for love than a good hammock." "[ Edward laughs ]" "It's that what you think of my worries about you, we'd better go back!" "Yes, I think so, too." "Don't speak to Alex about this." "No." "He wouldn't remember, anyway." "[ Applause inside ] I'm going to stay out here." "[ Kiss ] You're very sweet about it." "I don't like to think it would hurt, and I'm glad you aren't." "Well, it's mid-summer." "Everybody expects a little madness." "You might say you're [ indistinct ] even if you can't say you're sorry." "You never give up, do you?" "[ Edward llaughs ]" "What's the (jest) in me coming?" "One of these days I might tell you." "Have you seen Lydia?" "Oh, don't worry." "I've been keeping an eye on her for you." "You're too kind." "She's outside." " I must go to her." " There's someone there besides her." "In case you'd like to know." "That is what it's about." "Lydia." "Is that you?" " [ Lydia ] Edward." "Wait a minute." "Oh, don't go." "I'm not like that, please." "Is there sense in running away like that?" "That's silly." "Just come back with me." "I was simply talking to Blackie, that's all." "He needs help." "So do we all." "Well if you're going to take that impossible, childish," "(Gerald's) attitude,..." "there's no point in explaining, is there?" "Not that we need to explain." " We?" "..." "We?" " Yes, Mr. Richardson, we." " I don't know what the bloody all this has got to do with you, anyway!" " It was just business." " Aw, yes." "Miss Aspen (came out) to give me some help." "I said I'd think it over, give my answer." "In the dark." "In the garden!" "In the bloody romantic summer's night?" "[ Whispers ] How can you mingle (so such)?" "The man's a mechanic!" "If you're gonna make a fool of yourself you might at least trust someone of your own class!" "What do you think you're talking about?" "Have a bit of pride, can't you?" "If we're going to play social strata, who the hell do you think you are?" "With a...a mechanic." "With a bloody grease merchant without even a garage!" "You're not doing us quite fair, Mr. Richardson." "Fair?" "Who the bloody hell's talking about being fair?" "Quite obviously not you." "Anyone would think this (over) would be terribly secret or something." "Anyone would think it..." "you'd offered to marry him!" " And suppose I have?" "And have you?" "Even if I had it could be no possible concern of yours." "[ Applauses ]" "Well, old man, quite a showplace, eh?" "You look awful." "You look like death." "I'm going." "Now look." "Now look." "I'm walking home." "A drink's all you need." "What's happened now?" "Lydia's in the garden with Blackie." "I found them there." "She talked about marrying him." "No, that can't be true." "That simply couldn't be true." "Why not?" "You said yourself the business over the insurance" " would just make her feel more sorry for him." " (Think about it.)" "No, it couldn't be true." "I heard her myself." "You may not need a drink, but..." "For once I do." "(Certainly.)" " Damn good anchovies, too." "Just whips up a fresh lot from somewhere." "Got you this time, my little vixen." "Thought I'd lost you, didn't you?" " Hey, ho!" " I might have known it." " What big turnover (that you know to lead you to the flask)?" " One is as bad as the other." " Well, your blinking conceit is losing everything else." " I'm going, Alex." "Goodnight." " But, like I told you..." " Oh, let him go." "Thank you." "Dance with me." "Alex will dance with you." "My dancing days are over." "What's the matter with him?" "He just heard Lydia asking Blackie Johnson to marry her." "I don't believe it." "He just heard her." "Excuse me." "Excuse me, Tom." "Where's Mrs. Sanderson?" "Dancing I think." "I don't know." "Stay there and wait then." " Sorry." "Excuse us." " (Great bears.) Look here!" "Ha, ha." "Gone (awood)." " Bless you." "Trouble?" "(Ted's on fire.)" "Well, let him his lessons." "No!" "He heard Lydia propose to Blackie." "(It's all right.)" "Where's Alex." "He's in the bar." "Steady, old man." "Go to hell." " Let's find Lydia." "There's no sense in getting drunk." "What is there to stay sober for?" "[ Owl hooting ]" " Where's Lydia." " Not a sight." " [ Sigh ]" "Can't you come in?" "Please come in." "I'm waiting." "No luck." "There don't seem to be anywhere he'd have got to upstairs, either." "We hope they haven't done anything silly, that's all." " Rex, Arthur!" "[ Alex drunk and shouting ]" " Ah-i-ah-i-ah-i-ah!" "I hate this trouble." "Well it is a bit of a ball." " I thought you two were (plenty) such friends." " Now, then." "So we are...but when he makes trouble, and then..." "Stop it all!" "Frex!" " Ah-i-ah-i-ah-i-ah!" " For pity's sake!" " I saw him from inside." "He's setting off down the drive" " like a bat-out-of-hell." " When?" " About a half-an-hour back." "He could have reached the river by now." " Don't" " We can get there before him." "Best get in, Miss." "[ Door slams ]" "[ Slams door; stands outside ] (Hi, give out.)" " You want to get inside, Mr. Sanders..." " Don't tell me what to do." "We'll probably be traveling far too fast for anyone..." " Just for one minute..." " Alex, please." "[ Blows kiss and gets inside ]" "[ Doors close ]" "[ Car drives off ]" "[ Later, on the bridge, Alex recites the poem Casabianca ]" "[ Drunk Alex sleeps ]" "[ Nancy worries ]" " That's him, all right." " We've made it." "Thank God." " [ Drunk Alex shouting ] Good old boy!" "The lost is found!" " Ha!" " Hop in." " There's always time." " Hop in." "Hop in." "Oh, good old boy." " We thought we'd lost him." "We thought you'd must have taken the Cuttershore Road." "Good old boy." "Come on." " I'm walking." " Oh, hop in." "Glad we found you." "Good old boy." " Please get in." " I think we've all had enough of this." " You had us worried sick." " Ha!" "[ Clap ] Good old boy!" " Are you coming?" "No." " It's not like you to do something." " Of course it's like him." " Why, it's exactly like him." " [ Alex climbs onto guard rail ]" " There's nothing in the world..." "[ Alex ] 'The boy stood on the burning deck,'" "If you're not coming I think we'd better go." "Are you coming?" "'Whence...' How does it go?" "Uh, 'Whence all but he had fled;'" " He's in one of his moods." " He thinks too good for us." " [ Alex ] 'The flame that...'" " Clever of you to recognize it at last." " You've not business talking like that to Nancy." " [ Alex ] 'The flame that lit the battle's wreck'" "[ Blackie races engine ]" "Won't you come?" " [ Alex laughs ] 'Hung round him like the dead.' - [ Nancy sobbing ]" " No." " [ Alex ] 'The flame that lit the battle's wreck'" " [ Alex ] 'Shone round him o'er the dead.' - [ Lydia ] Make me very happy. - [ Nancy sobs ]" " [ Alex ] De dum, de dum, de dum, de dee." "De diddle de diddle de dum. [ Clap ] - [ Lydia silently ] We both would be happy." " [ Nancy sobbing ] - [ Lydia ] For the last time, please." " No - [ Alex ] Dum de dum de dem de dee, de dum de dum de dee." "I'll give you a chance of getting out and walking." "Oh, I can't do that." "This is where to count, good!" "It so happens I don't want to." "I've made up my mind about it." "[ Alex ] 'Then came a burst of thunder sound'" "It's all made up." "I don't suppose you understand." "I don't blame you, but that's how it is." " [ Alex ] 'The boy...' - [ Lydia ] So, please." " [ Alex ] 'The boy...'" " [ Mrs. Sanderson ] Alex!" "No!" "[ Splash ]" "It's over there!" "It's where you are!" "I knew something like this would happen." "I knew it would." "[ Nancy sobbing ]" "Why don't we try the other side." "[ Blackie choking and coughing ]" "[ Nancy crying ]" "[ Tom surfaces gasping ]" "I think I've found it." "In the car...rope." "[ Blackie coughs ]" "No, no." "Stop it!" "Stop." "Stop it." "[ Tom coughs ]" "[ Tom gasping; exhausted ]" "Oh, God." "What have I done!" "[ Nancy cries ]" "[ Nancy only cries ]" "Someone will have to go for the police." "[ Tom breathes heavily ]" "[ Nancy continues crying ]" " [ Policeman ] I don't quite understand." " Oh, for God's sake, Arthur." "There'll have to be an inquest, won't there?" "( Aye.)" "Somebody'll have to come down and identify the body formally." "Next of kin." "That'll be my husband." "I'll tell him about it." "He'll be home as soon as he can." "(Where?" "When?" ")" "I've still go to put in my report, and I..." " Can't you come and see us later?" " I suppose I could." " No." " It's up to you, really." " No, it'll only drag on and on." "[ Sigh ] You should let me get you some dry things." "Oh, these near-enough dry, now, thank you." " Well, at least have some tea." "What don't you understand?" "Well, just why Alex..." "deceased, that is... was in such a state when he got to the bridge." "He was going to ask Lydia to marry him." " I see." "And you, Miss Aspen..." "There's no reason why you shouldn't mind." "It's a free country, and..." "You turned him down?" "He never asked." " He thought you was spoken for." " How did he get that idea?" "He was told." "I found them in the garden." "I told you it was business." "None of my business, sir." "And it wasn't." "Perhaps I just got the wrong end of the stick." "I expect so." "We all had quite a bit to drink, hadn't we?" "Didn't you say you heard Lydia ask Blackie to marry her?" "Not in so many words." " He just heard!" "That's Alex told me!" " (Nancy, please.)" "You walked out?" "That's when Alex really started to hit the bottle." "Sorry." "I just couldn't go back." "(That's was exact what?" ")" "I think we'd all had enough by then." "Why wouldn't you walk home with me?" "Why should I?" "Alex starts to play the giddy goat." "[ Gasp ] Oh!" "Aye, well, I think we can leave the rest to the coroner." "[ Blackie sneezes ]" "Blackie, I thought I meant to get you some dry things, and then you can drive people home." "Police car can take you if you like." " What I mean is I've got the orders..." " Yes, all right." " Perhaps you tell Mrs. Sanderson we've gone out." " Right." "[ Whispering ] Come on." "[ Door opens ]" "Hope I didn't..." "I was only trying." "This can be a rotten job sometimes." "Everybody's gone?" "In the police car." "(Child's) wrapped in a shawl, I suppose." "Mrs. Sanderson said to excuse her." "She won't be down again." "Let's just go and see." "I'd better be gettin' home." "[ Outer door closes ]"