Shock Page #6

Something on your mind?

Darling, what's happening with us?

Richard, I must speak to you.

People are talking about

you and that nurse, Miss Jordan.

How do you like

my hair, Richard?

Of course, I had it dyed.

Everyone says it makes me

look years younger.

I could give her four injections.

Then, with the last one, an overdose.

Then we'd be safe.

No matter what the district

attorney's office found, we'd be safe.

Get me Lt. Stewart, please.

The treatment itself

consists of a series of shocks...

brought on by injections of insulin.

The dosage and the degree

of shock is gradually increased...

until we've reached what we feel is

the limit the patient's system can stand.

Well, if you do give Janet this insulin,

how certain can you be it'll help her?

I'm neither a miracle man

nor a prophet, Lieutenant.

If medicine were an

exact science, and not an art...

I might be able to tell you.

But you think there's a chance?

Yes, I do.

I-I have seen it

work in the Army.

- All right, Doctor. Go ahead and try it.

- Fine.

We'll begin the treatment

tomorrow morning.

We'll give her about

an hour and a half.

Now watch her.

- Oh! Oh!

- Dextrose. We'll bring her out now.

No.

- Is Dr. Harvey in?

- Yes. He's in.

Do you have an appointment?

I'll be glad to consult

with you, Doctor.

I'm sorry to break in this way-

- My secretary will make the appointment.

- I had to see you.

It's about my wife. She's been

getting insulin shock treatments-

Now, just a moment, young man.

Oh. It's Lt. Stewart.

Well, we've had some

wonderful results with insulin.

But after three treatments

she still insists...

she saw Dr. Cross murder

his wife with a candlestick.

- Murder his wife?

- Yes, and she says he's trying to kill her.

Well, that's a very

common delusion.

Mrs. Cross is dead and

Dr. Cross did live in our hotel.

You and the Crosses

were in the same hotel?

- The Belmont Arms.

- I see.

- And when was it she said that? Yesterday?

- Yes, after the treatment.

Hmm.

You realize, it's hard

to make generalizations...

but, as a rule, the patient

is completely normal...

immediately after insulin shock.

They may relapse into their

hallucination after this lucid period...

but for that moment,

no matter how bad the case...

the patient speaks the truth.

You're telling me,

in your own way, that...

that Janet's normal-

That she's got something on Cross,

and he's pretending she's crazy...

- to save his own neck.

- I'm not saying quite that, but-

Will you read this, Doctor?

Get Dr. Cross at his sanatorium, please.

It seems inconceivable.

- Hello, Dr. Cross.

- I'm sorry, Dr. Harvey.

Dr. Cross is with Mrs. Stewart.

No, sir. This is Dr. Stevens day off.

I see. Thank you.

Well, Lieutenant,

I think a trip is in order.

She's the only one

who knows, Richard.

No matter what O'Neill

says or anyone else.

If she's out of the way,

we've nothing to worry about.

They can hint and guess all they want,

but without her, they have nothing.

Oh!

Oh!

I can't do it, Elaine. Dextrose.

I've got to bring her out of it.

- No. No, you can't. Dick, you can't.

- Oh!

Dextrose, Elaine.

I've got to save her. I've got to.

- You can't. We've got to go through with it.

- I can't go through with it.

- It's her life or ours! No one will ever know.

- Get off me, Elaine-

- Richard, listen to me.

- Let go of me.

- Richard, I love you.

- Let go.

Richard! Richard!

- Dr. Cross, where is he?

- With Mrs. Stewart.

Come along. I may need you.

Adrenaline, quickly.

Don't worry, son. She'll come

out of it in a couple of hours...

and you'll be able to take her

home in two or three days.

I'm very grateful to you, Doctor.

- Paul.

- Oh, Janet, darling.

September 13.

In the case of Janet Stewart...

I gave her insulin shock again today...

for the fourth time.

Can you give me a minute?

Thank you.

Dr. Harvey completed

the treatments successfully...

and the case is closed.

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