Ben

Ben.

- Ben, I... -

Ben!

I'm gonna kill you!

This is sickening. Let's get Danny home.

No, no, I want to find out what happened.

I'm not tired anyway.

You'll be tired by the time we get home. Come on.

It's only two blocks.

It's three. It's a long walk for you.

You've seen enough.

Do you mind if my man covers it?

Go ahead.

Adams!

- All right. -

Hatfield.

Play the story down a little, will you?

First, Al Martin, now Willard Stiles.

Both of them torn to pieces the same way.

How? How do I play it down?

- Ever seen a panic? - Panic sells papers.

- You gonna show me the diary? - No.

Look, Lieutenant, you... Lieutenant!

Men have been through every room in the house.

The cellar, the back yard, no rats.

Okay. Tell them to check the rest of the houses on the block.

Will do.

What's so important about the diary?

Give us a chance to study it, will you, Hatfield?

You didn't answer my question.

You don't listen too well.

Well, you'll start listening well tomorrow,

when you read the papers.

You gonna give that diary to the press?

Oh, yeah, of course. Socrates, Ben, Willard "King of the rats".

Come on, Joe. I'm not that crazy.

What have you got, Cliff?

I wish to God I knew.

Kelly.

Keep an eye on the front of the building.

- Reade, take the rear. - Right.

Border patrolmen will take over at 6:00 a.m.

- You afraid of rats? - Nah.

They're easy to handle. Give them a chance,

they'll always run away from you.

I know that, you know that, but do they know that?

Every animal will run away if you give it a chance.

We're the only ones that keep coming.

Kelly!

- Kelly! -

Kelly! For God's sake! Kelly!

Sir, the door was open.

The light was on and there were dead rats all over.

But all I was... All I saw...

I saw him, I saw him.

Now, take it easy, Kelly. Take it easy.

Yes. And then there was traffic.

There was traffic on the street.

And I heard some shots.

Okay, Kelly, thanks.

Come on, you guys, move!

Get the rest of those panels off!

Come on, Kelly, you give them a hand, too.

- Joe! Damn it! Joe! - What?

I wasn't talking to you!

Get that exterminator down here tonight!

I mean, tonight. Not tomorrow. Tonight!

I want this place gassed from top to bottom.

I don't want a microbe alive in here when they're through!

Yes, sir.

You wish to disclose something to the press, Lieutenant?

Just what the hell would I say?

To start, you could tell me what the hell

you're hiding in that diary.

Hatfield, you won't believe it either.

Try me.

Willard Stiles trained thousands of intelligent rats.

Don't put me on.

- -

Don't run, Danny.

I know how fast I can go.

Come on, Danny.

Alrighty.

Mom can't sell dresses that look like that.

They look silly.

Well, lots of good dresses look silly.

Not that silly.

All right, critic.

There's a sandwich in your workshop for you.

Good deal.

I'll eat the sandwich, you try and fix the sketches.

- Where's Danny? - Workshop.

He should be in the house. I don't like him out there

all by himself. ...Well, he's safe enough.

It is not safe. There are men all over.

Searching houses, police cars, exterminators, everything.

- Did he rest today? - Not much.

- So stubborn. - That's what's kept him alive.

He's trying to take his father's place.

That's what's kept him alive.

And you.

Maybe.

God! It's not fair.

I wish you had a chance to go out once in a while.

You don't have any life of your own anymore,

just the house and Danny.

He's my brother.

A girl your age is entitled.

Mother, we're a family. We'll make it out.

He's going to make it, Mother.

He will.

Don't be afraid. Please.

Come on in. I wouldn't hurt you.

I wouldn't.

Come on, get your lunch.

Oh, oh, you're welcome.

Hey, we're talking!

Oh, my God! Oh, God!

- Oh! Oh! -

Why?

Never saw people look like that before.

I did once.

In a town of West Virginia.

They were bringing some bodies out of a mine shaft.

That was Sally Harper on the phone.

They're getting out of the city, going to their beach house.

The Harpers were leaving town anyway.

Sally's just being dramatic.

How can you be so complacent, Eve?

Police.

Uh, excuse me, ma'am,

have you seen any evidence of rats around here?

No.

I'd like to bring some men around tomorrow

to spread some rat traps and some poison.

- Is anyone going to be at home? - Oh, my daughter will be here.

Right. You're... you're Mrs. Garrison, right?

Yes. This is my daughter, Eve.

How do you do?

All right, thank you, Mrs. Garrison.

We'll be along sometime in the morning, Miss.

Is there any danger?

No, just a precautionary measure, Mrs. Garrison.

See you tomorrow. Thank you.

I'll try to get back before dark.

Don't worry, Mother.

And I'm not complacent about it.