Night Monster

How did you find the frogs at pollard slough, sir?

Quite well, thank you, torque.

Quite well, but very uncommunicative.

Uncommunicative, he says.

As if the frogs were likely to tell him anything they knew.

Why don't you have Millie do that, miss judd?

That's a maid's work, not a housekeeper's.

You needn't answer because I know the reason.

That spot under your hand is blood,

and you didn't want anyone to know.

= blood?

Ridiculous.

Yes, it is ridiculous.

It couldn't be blood, but it is.

I've seen those spots before,

and I've seen you trying to scrub them out

because you knew what they were.

Blood, the whole house reeks of it.

The air is charged with death and hatred

and something that's unclean.

Oh, come to your room and rest, Ms. ingston.

Keep your hands off me.

You're not my keeper.

No, of course not.

You're just a little overwrought, that's all.

Come along.

That's not what you mean.

You want me to believe that I'm insane.

I'm not insane, am I, miss judd, not really insane?

No more insane than the rest of us.

= the rest of us?

How many of us are sane?

You wouldn't know, but I shall soon.

I've sent to the city of a psychiatrist.

- A psychiatrist? - The very best, Dr. Harper.

Get to the phone, and cancel the call immediately.

= it's too late.

Even you couldn't stop him.

He's motoring down, and there's no way to reach him.

You must stop him.

Your brother sent for his own doctors.

Oh no, he mustn't.

Oh, I've got to see him... No no no, it's useless.

They're coming by the next train.

Laurie's going to the station to meet them.

= you know what that will mean.

You won't admit it, but you know!

Stop it, Margaret.

Oh, but they'll believe all...

You're talking too much!

Go to your room!

I said, go to you room!

Hello Sadie, this is Millie Carson.

Get me the constable"s office, will ya?

Yeah, cap beggs, if he's in, uh-huh.

Hello cap?

Say listen, there's a lotta funny business going on out here

that I think you oughta look into before it's too late.

What?

Oh, this is Millie, out at.

What was the idea of that?

You know it is contrary to orders

for servants to use the phone for their personal affairs.

There was nothing very personal

about what I was going to say.

Moreover, it is extremely bad form to gossip

about your employers.

If I did my duty, I'd dismiss you on the spot.

Well, you needn't bother, I'm quitting.

= you can't do that.

Not without giving notice.

After what I've seen and heard around this asylum?

Try and stop me.

What is it you think you have seen and heard?

As if you don't know better than I do.

You're not going till I find out

what sort of slander you intend to spread about honest folk.

Let her alone, Rolf.

He can't stop you from quittin' if you wanna.

Remember your place, Laurie.

I happen to be in charge of this household.

Sure, sure, sure, sure.

This is the way I win my women,

savin' 'em from butlers.

Turn her loose.

I'll drop you off in town, kid.

Go get your stuff.

Thanks, I'll call for it later.

You know, of course, I must report you to Mr. ingston.

Do that and see what it gets you.

Him and me understand one another.

Rolf.

It might be wise to say nothing of this to Mr. ingston.

Say, where'd Mr. ingston collect all that menagerie

he has around him anyhow?

Whaddya mean, torque?

Yeah, torque and those man-eating dogs

and that crystal-gazer, and that Butler looks like

something you'd find under a wet rock.

And his housekeeper, and his sister.

Say, she hasn't got all her buttons, has she?

= search me.

But what about yours truly?

Anything wrong with me?

You oughta know.

What is it you think's goin' on back there?

If you don't know, you wouldn't believe me,

and if you don't know, I'd be wasting my time.

But I'm sure gonna hand cap beggs and earful.

It might not be healthy to talk too much

about what you think you know.

Healthy.

Okay.

Don't say I didn't tell ya.

What's this for, as if I didn't know?

How is it dames always know what's on a guy's mind

before he knows himself?

You read the confession magazine.

Now wait a minute, there's nothing really wrong with me.

Nothin' a good case of rigor mortis wouldn't cure.

= oof!

- Dr. king. - Well, hello phipps.

It's good to see you, again.

How are you, Dr. Timmons?

How do you do?

What are you two doing here?

Are they holding a medical convention in hillsdale?

No no no, we're going to ingston towers.

Kurt ingston, you know.

Ingston towers, that's where I'm going.

They're supposed to have a car for me here.

Perhaps that's it. = must be.

It's the only one in sight.

Is this by any chance

the car from the towers?

Yeah, this is it.

Still in glands, I suppose, phipps.

Of course, fascinating little structures.

Oh, well by the way, I performed an interesting experiment

last week the journal intends to publish.

There was a mother that...

Don't tell me now, let me read about it in the journal.

Oh forget it, Millie, forget it.

It's too flimsy.

I can't act until something really happens.

Well, wouldn't you say something had happened

when they found doc Kramer murdered out at pollard slough?

Pollard slough ain't on ingston property.

Well, it's right in back of it.

And there's something unnatural about that killing, too.

That's right, the doc was strangled,

but there was a big blood spot right beside him.

Oh, he probably wounded whoever attacked him.

Anyway, he ain't got no connection with the towers.

Oh, all right.

But I'm going out there and get my things.

I wouldn't spend another night there if I owned the place.

Ain't you 'fraid to go out there alone, Millie?

It'll be dark, you know, the time you get there.

Don't worry, I'm not going out there alone.

Jeb's driving me. - Huh?

I didn't say we'd go out there tonight.

Well now, there's nothing to be afraid of.

Cap just said so himself.

Oh, I ain't scared.

Eh?

Well, I just don't like the frogs

out around that slough.

It sounds like you heard about what's been seen

walkin' around that slough foggy nights,

and how even the frogs quit croakin' when it shows up.

Oh bosh, I don't believe none of that granny talk.

Well then, let's get started.

And let's stop by my house, I wanna get my cape.

Goodbye.

If you will follow me please,

I will show you to your rooms.

Which one of you is Dr. Harper?

None of us is Dr. Harper.

Dr. king, Dr. phipps.

My name is Timmons, miss... Ingston.

I was expecting Dr. houndston.

Well, you better go to your room, dear.

But I wanted to see Dr. Harper before...

But Dr. Harper's not here, you better go upstairs.

= you'll let me know when he arrives?

= of course.

If you will excuse me.

Miss ingston's not been herself lately.

You no doubt recognize the symptoms.

I think we understand, nerves.

Glands, Dr. Timmons, definitely glands.

This way, gentlemen.

Are we to see Mr. ingston?

Mr. ingston will join you at dinner, sir.

Oh, it's you.

Yes, I've come for my things, if you don't mind.

It's a pleasure.

Uh, you walked all the way out here

through the fog alone?