Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

She's certainly worse than when I last wrote you, 473 00:41:46,630 --> 00:41:51,176 but not to the extent of being committed. 474 00:41:51,259 --> 00:41:55,680 I'm sorry. There's just no way to avoid the problem. 475 00:41:55,764 --> 00:41:57,933 There are times when... 476 00:41:58,016 --> 00:42:02,062 she genuinely doesn't know what she's saying, but‒ 477 00:42:02,145 --> 00:42:04,272 On the other hand, I thought she described... 478 00:42:04,356 --> 00:42:07,692 the way you left me rather accurately. 479 00:42:07,776 --> 00:42:10,654 If it's any comfort, I've always regretted... 480 00:42:11,821 --> 00:42:15,075 having let you go. 481 00:42:18,245 --> 00:42:21,331 We don't have time for regrets now, Drew. 482 00:42:26,378 --> 00:42:31,550 And there is a lot to regret. 483 00:42:35,303 --> 00:42:37,305 John? 484 00:42:44,479 --> 00:42:46,648 John? 485 00:42:49,651 --> 00:42:52,404 What a shame. With all that money, 486 00:42:52,487 --> 00:42:56,199 she could have done such wonderful things with this place, 487 00:42:56,283 --> 00:42:59,244 made it so beautiful again. 488 00:42:59,327 --> 00:43:02,372 How could she stand being alone here all these years? 489 00:43:02,455 --> 00:43:07,544 People who oblige to live alone have a habit of creatin' company for themselves. 490 00:43:07,627 --> 00:43:11,881 Innocent fancies can become fixed delusions. 491 00:43:11,965 --> 00:43:15,885 I think she never fully accepted John Mayhew's death. 492 00:43:15,969 --> 00:43:18,888 At least, part of her mind hasn't. 493 00:43:18,972 --> 00:43:21,600 Sometimes, she speaks of him... 494 00:43:21,683 --> 00:43:25,895 as if he were still alive here in this house, 495 00:43:25,979 --> 00:43:30,108 as if she could still feel his personality. 496 00:43:30,191 --> 00:43:33,695 She plays that old harpsichord, the song he wrote for her. 497 00:43:35,864 --> 00:43:39,367 Often at night, she sits up dressed... 498 00:43:39,451 --> 00:43:42,037 as if she were still young... 499 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,289 and expectin' a beau. 500 00:43:45,790 --> 00:43:50,128 I seem to remember expecting something like that once myself. 501 00:44:01,890 --> 00:44:05,143 You going to be all right here? I could stay over. 502 00:44:05,226 --> 00:44:08,188 You've been content to let me get along on my own all these years. 503 00:44:08,271 --> 00:44:10,482 I don't think another night is gonna kill me. 504 00:44:10,565 --> 00:44:13,068 I guess you're right. 505 00:44:15,612 --> 00:44:18,031 Oh, uh, 506 00:44:18,114 --> 00:44:20,158 maybe you'd better have this. 507 00:44:20,241 --> 00:44:22,160 What on earth for? Well, you never know. 508 00:44:22,243 --> 00:44:25,622 You do have people skulkin' around here occasionally. 509 00:44:25,705 --> 00:44:29,793 Anyway, you'd better take it. Thank you. 510 00:44:29,876 --> 00:44:31,920 Good night. 511 00:44:32,003 --> 00:44:34,005 Good night. 512 00:44:35,465 --> 00:44:37,467 Good night. 513 00:47:05,573 --> 00:47:08,284 My dress. 514 00:47:08,368 --> 00:47:10,954 Somebody slashed my dress. 515 00:47:38,273 --> 00:47:40,400 <i>They certainly were attractive youngsters.</i> 516 00:47:40,483 --> 00:47:44,404 <i>Yes, sir. That was just about the biggest story that ever broke in this town.</i> 517 00:47:44,487 --> 00:47:48,157 <i>Yes, I can see you gave it what you might call "the full treatment."</i> 518 00:47:48,241 --> 00:47:51,870 Well, we couldn't very well bury it on the society page, could we? 519 00:47:51,953 --> 00:47:55,456 Anyhow, help yourself. I think you'll find everything that you need here. 520 00:47:55,540 --> 00:47:58,459 And that's a pretty good picture of Miss Charlotte. 521 00:47:58,543 --> 00:48:01,546 Yes, it is. 522 00:48:01,629 --> 00:48:04,549 <i>I was working for the press when she arrived in London.</i> 523 00:48:04,632 --> 00:48:08,720 Not one of us succeeded in getting an interview with her. 524 00:48:08,803 --> 00:48:10,722 Well, they said that Big Sam sent her over there... 525 00:48:10,805 --> 00:48:12,849 to prevent her from being charged and tried. 526 00:48:12,932 --> 00:48:15,059 But that wasn't so. 527 00:48:15,143 --> 00:48:16,769 Sending her out of the country wouldn't have helped. 528 00:48:16,853 --> 00:48:21,566 I reckon Sam's political connections had more to do with it. 529 00:48:21,649 --> 00:48:24,944 As I remember, the district attorney tried hard to make the charge stick, 530 00:48:25,028 --> 00:48:28,197 but the whole thing was transferred over to Baton Rouge. 531 00:48:28,281 --> 00:48:33,161 I reckon Sam's friends in the capitol got busy, because nothin' ever did come of it. 532 00:48:33,244 --> 00:48:36,289 Lack of evidence was the official explanation. 533 00:48:36,372 --> 00:48:38,583 You wouldn't think so from the headlines. 534 00:48:38,666 --> 00:48:42,378 Hi, Mr. Blake. Thanks for the use of the hall. 535 00:48:42,462 --> 00:48:46,090 Tell me, are you running anything on the return of Miriam Dee