The Snake Pit

00:37:35,486 --> 00:37:38,071 <i>Where are you going?</i> 539 00:37:38,237 --> 00:37:41,368 <i>- He'll tie it for me. - Who will tie it for you?</i> 540 00:37:50,525 --> 00:37:54,137 I'm coming! I'm coming! 541 00:37:54,301 --> 00:37:58,392 Hello. I'm ready, Gordon. I hope... I hope I'm not too late. 542 00:37:58,526 --> 00:38:02,137 <i>- Gordon? - Yes. He hates to be kept waiting.</i> 543 00:38:02,301 --> 00:38:05,684 - All right. Go on. - I tried not to go with him, but I had to. 544 00:38:05,821 --> 00:38:10,938 Last Sunday, I tried. I'm going to Chicago next Sunday, Gordon. There's a concert. 545 00:38:11,069 --> 00:38:13,938 Oh, but you know, Gordon. He said it was the annual banquet May 12. 546 00:38:14,045 --> 00:38:17,176 Gordon, please, couldn't you go without me? 547 00:38:17,278 --> 00:38:20,311 L... But he... Oh, he... 548 00:38:20,413 --> 00:38:23,064 - He said you must be ready by 6:30, Virginia? - Yes. 549 00:38:23,230 --> 00:38:27,288 6:30, and to wear my long dress. I had to. I had to. 550 00:38:27,389 --> 00:38:30,553 - You liked doing what Gordon told you? - Oh, I don't know. 551 00:38:30,685 --> 00:38:33,947 Yes, I thought I owed it to him. He took such good care of his mother and sister. 552 00:38:34,077 --> 00:38:36,117 Janey said he was like a father to them. 553 00:38:36,222 --> 00:38:38,709 Was Gordon the first one you cared for after your father died? 554 00:38:38,877 --> 00:38:41,747 Yes. I was writing all the time. I wanted to become a writer. 555 00:38:41,853 --> 00:38:44,220 And before that, in school, did you go out with boys? 556 00:38:44,349 --> 00:38:49,619 Oh, no. I had to study. Gordon was the only one. He seemed to know what was best. 557 00:38:49,758 --> 00:38:51,700 He always tied the bow in my hair. 558 00:38:51,805 --> 00:38:53,976 - Gordon? - Oh, no. My father. 559 00:38:54,110 --> 00:38:56,531 Tell me about your father. 560 00:38:56,669 --> 00:39:01,721 - I was ready, just as Gordon said, at 6:30 sharp. - Go on. 561 00:39:01,853 --> 00:39:07,352 - You remember it now. - Yes. Yes, I do. 562 00:39:10,526 --> 00:39:13,787 Hello. I'm ready, Gordon. I hope... I hope I'm not too late. 563 00:39:13,918 --> 00:39:16,373 Ready? Not quite. 564 00:39:16,542 --> 00:39:19,924 - Oh, I am sorry. - I'm afraid you'll never change. 565 00:39:20,061 --> 00:39:23,193 There. You look rather pretty tonight, Virginia. 566 00:39:23,293 --> 00:39:27,417 Well, we'd better be going. It's a long drive, and I don't like to be late. 567 00:39:27,549 --> 00:39:30,845 <i>Go on. What happened then?</i> 568 00:39:30,973 --> 00:39:35,064 <i>- I don't remember. - You're in Gordon's car.</i> 569 00:39:35,197 --> 00:39:38,579 <i>Yes. Yes.</i> 570 00:39:38,717 --> 00:39:40,889 <i>Gordon's car.</i> 571 00:39:41,021 --> 00:39:45,047 You know, for the first time since I've known you, you had me worried for a while. 572 00:39:45,149 --> 00:39:48,465 Oh, I was sure you'd be there, butJaney was trying to call you all day. 573 00:39:48,605 --> 00:39:50,972 I'm sorry, Gordon. I was out. 574 00:39:51,102 --> 00:39:53,468 She and George Bennett are going to be married in June. 575 00:39:53,597 --> 00:39:56,314 Oh, I'm glad forJaney. George is a nice boy. 576 00:39:56,477 --> 00:39:59,194 You bet. So you see, honey. Now I not only getJaney off my hands... 577 00:39:59,357 --> 00:40:02,259 but George said he'd be glad to pitch in and help with Mother. 578 00:40:02,365 --> 00:40:05,661 Well, I decided... I mean, this is as good a time as any. 579 00:40:05,789 --> 00:40:07,578 We'll make it a double wedding, huh? 580 00:40:07,773 --> 00:40:12,629 I haven't got an engagement ring yet like George, but we'll announce it at the dinner. 581 00:40:15,741 --> 00:40:18,108 - You're shaking. - It's nothing. I'll be all right. 582 00:40:18,238 --> 00:40:20,572 - Virginia, are you sick? - I don't know. I just feel... 583 00:40:20,701 --> 00:40:23,418 - There's a drugstore about a mile up the road. - I think I'd better go home. 584 00:40:23,581 --> 00:40:29,048 - Virginia, what's the matter? - Please, Gordon. Take me home. 585 00:40:29,213 --> 00:40:31,384 <i>You didn't want to marry him.</i> 586 00:40:31,517 --> 00:40:35,063 <i>- Virginia, why? - I was really sick. I couldn't help it.</i> 587 00:40:35,229 --> 00:40:39,833 Of course you couldn't. What happened then? 588 00:40:41,565 --> 00:40:44,435 Gordon's taking you home. 589 00:40:44,541 --> 00:40:48,698 I couldn't help it. I couldn't. I couldn't. 590 00:41:02,141 --> 00:41:05,557 Oh, he can't be dead! He can't be! 591 00:41:05,725 --> 00:41:11,290 Oh, Gordon! If only I hadn't made him turn back, he wouldn't have died! 592 00:41:11,453 --> 00:41:14,748 You didn't make him turn back. 593 00:41:14,878 --> 00:41:17,911 You were sick, and he was taking you home. That's wh