Shadow of a Doubt Page #4

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wants you to give a little talk.

Women's club.

Oh! Oh, you haven't finished unpacking.

I'll do that for you.

- Where ' s Charlie?

- She's running around like a mad thing.

She thinks everything needs fixing.

But what I wanted to tell you was that

you're not the only celebrity in this town.

- We're all going to be in limelight.

- What are you cooking up?

Well, a young man called this morning,

said his name was Graham,

and he wants to interview

everybody in this house.

- Interview everybody?

- That's what he said.

He's being sent around the country

by some kind of institute or committee

and he has to pick a representative

American family and ask them questions.

It's a kind of a poll.

It's called the National Public Survey.

Wonder how he happened

to pick this family?

Well, he said he wanted

a typical American family.

I told him

we weren't a typical American family.

If he's going to ask a lot of questions,

he can leave me out of it.

Oh, but you could tell him so much more

than any of us could.

- He's going to take our pictures too.

- Pictures.

My, isn't that lovely?

You see, there were really,

there were two young men.

One of them takes the pictures.

- Oh, there were two.

- Yes. Mr Graham was the nicest.

Oh, he doesn't want us

to dress up or anything.

He just wants us to act

the way we always do.

Emmy, women are fools.

They'd fall for anything.

Why do you let two strangers come

and turn this place upside down.

Why expose the family

to a couple of snoopers?

- You should have more sense.

- Why, Charles, I -

- Good morning, Uncle Charlie.

- Good morning, Charlie.

Your mother says the Newtons have been

picked for all-American suckers.

- What do you know about it?

- Charlie wasn't here when they came.

But really, the way Mr Graham told it,

it wasn't like snooping at all.

It was our duty as citizens.

It's something the government wants.

- Government?

- Well, it's for the public good.

I told them about you andtheplaces

you've been and he was very interested.

Now, listen, Emmy.

I'll have nothing to do with this.

I'm just a visitor here and my advice

to you is to slam the door in his face.

Oh. Well, I-I couldn't do that.

But you don't have to meet him

if you don't want to.

Well, I think I'd be kind of exciting.

He'd take your photograph

and then we could have it for nothing.

No thank you. I've never been

photographed and I don't want to be.

Oh, Charles, how can you talk that way?

I had a photograph of you.

I gave it to Charlie.

I tell you, there are none.

I guess you've forgotten this one.

Get it, Charlie.

You sure you don't remember?

Of course I don't

ever remember being photographed.

46 Burnham Street.

Mm-hm. It was taken

the Christmas you got your bicycle.

- Just before your accident.

- Uncle Charlie, you were beautiful.

Wasn't he, though?

And such a quiet boy. Always reading.

Papa shouldn't have got you that bicycle.

You didn't know how to handle it.

He took it right out on the icy road

and skidded into a streetcar.

- We thought he was going to die.

- I'm glad he didn't.

He almost did. He fractured his skull,

and he was laid up so long.

And then, when he was getting well,

there was no holding him.

And it was just as though

all the rest he had was too much for him

and he had to get into mischief

to blow off steam.

He didn't do much reading after that,

let me tell you.

It was taken the very day

he had his accident.

A few days later when the pictures

came home, how mama cried.

She wondered if he'd ever look the same.

She wondered if he'd ever be the same.

What's the use of looking backward?

What's the use of looking ahead?

Today's the thing.

That's my philosophy. Today.

If today's the thing,

then you'd better finish your breakfast

and get down to the bank

because Joe'll be waiting.

Charlie, don't be late back.

The survey men are coming at 4:00.

- Good morning, Charlie.

- Hello, Madge.

- Good morning, Charlie.

- Hello, Catherine.

Did you see the way they looked at you?

I bet they wonder who you are.

Uncle Charlie, I love to walk with you.

I want everybody to see you.

There's Papa in that window over there.

Hello, Joe. Can you stop embezzling

a minute and give me your attention?

Oh, uh...

Charles, we don't joke

about such things here.

Oh, what's a little shortage in the books

at the end of the month?

Any good bank clerk can cover up

alittle shortage. Isn't that right, Charlie

- Everyone can hear you.

- Good. We all know what banks are.

Look all right, but noone knows

what goes on when they lock the doors.

Can't fool me, though.

Well, Joe, let's see your president.

Still want to open that account, Charles?

That's why I'm here.

Well, uh, you wait right here.

I'll see if Mr Greene's busy.

And, uh, Charles, he doesn't care much

for jokes about banks.

Well, $40,000 is no joke.

Not to him, I bet.

It's a joke to me.

The whole world's a joke to me.

I'll be right back.

You shouldn't tease Papa like that.

I wasn't teasing him.

I just hate this stuffy atmosphere.

They're waving for us to come in.

- Hello, Mr Greene.

- Hello, Charlie.

Well, Mr Greene, this is

my brother-in-law, Mr Oakley.

- How do you do?

- How are you, Mr Oakley?

Well, Mr Greene, I was thinking

of settling down here for a while.

Great country. Great country.

We think so. What have you been doing?

I suppose you might call me a promoter.

I've done a little bit of everything.

The only trouble is that once I make

the money, I'm not interested in it.

Not interested in money?

You know there's money just lying around

waiting for somebody to pick it up.

I thought maybe I'd put some of

my loose cash away for safekeeping.

- In the bank where Joe works, naturally.

- Loose cash?

Well, I got in a habit of carrying a lot

of cash with me when I was travelling.

- A dangerous habit.

- Never lost a penny in my life.

I guess heaven takes care

of fools and scoundrels.

- Yes.

- Thirty, thirty-five...

Forty thousand.

Shall we start with forty?

- If you'll just write out a deposit slip.

- Ah, details.

I'm glad to see you're a man

who understands details, Mr Greene.

They're most important to me.

Most important. All the little details.

Oh, dear. I'm sorry.

I didn't know you were busy.

- We can come back.

- Come in, now that you're here.

Mrs Greene,

I'd like you to meet my uncle, Mr Oakley.

Uncle Charlie,

this is Mrs Greene and Mrs Potter.

Mrs Greene, Miss Potter.

Mrs Potter.

- Something about you made me think -

- Yes?

- What did you want, Margaret?

- I need some money to go shopping.

There's one good thing

in being a widow, isn't there?

You don't have to ask

your husband for money.

- Here you are.

- Oh, thank you.

- Goodbye, Mr Oakley.

- Mrs Potter.

Bye, Mrs Greene.

There. There you are, Mr Greene.

- Charlie, let's see the town.

- Goodbye, Mr Oakley.

- Bye, Mr Greene.

- Call on us for advice anytime.

- Thank you.

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