The Honeymoon Killers Page #7

Shall I get help?

No, no. There's an outside entrance

down here from the back yard.

But it's locked, also, and it's gonna

take me some time to get it open, dear.

You might as well

get ready for bed in the meantime.

Oh, poor Martha.

She's so tired.

Oh, she's fine.

Martha doesn't mind a bit.

What's the matter?

Can't you sleep?

No, I'm terribly restless. I guess

I'm not used to a strange bedroom.

- Do you want a sleeping pill?

- No.

No, I never take pills.

Not even aspirin.

That's too bad.

Oh, I'm keeping you up.

I'm sorry.

You must be tired, locked up

in the cellar for over an hour.

Janet, what's worrying you?

Well, the outside

cellar door...

the one you and Charles

got out of...

do you recall whether

you locked that behind you?

We have quite a bit of money here in the house

to be sleeping with a door unlocked.

All the doors

are locked tight.

Now go back to sleep.

You have a big day tomorrow.

I'll try.

Do you think poor Charles is all right

on that little couch in there?

He's fine. Now, do you have any more

questions, or can I go to sleep?

Well, if you

weren't so tired...

I would like to have

a little talk with you.

About what?

Well, about your brother.

And about you too, I suppose.

What about us?

Well, here I am sleeping under the same roof

with you, and I hardly know you.

What do you want

to know about us?

Well, I really know hardly

anything about Charles.

Well, about his past

for instance.

Don't you think 2:00 in the morning

is a little late for family histories?

Well, here I've endorsed

all my checks...

and now I don't

even know where they are.

For God's sakes, Janet. You asked him

to hide them for you in the cellar.

I know. But now I don't even

know where they are.

And you were down there

such a long time.

We were locked in!

I know. But right after you came up,

Charles went out to mail my letters...

and you and I came to bed and nobody

told me where you put them.

- Do you want me to take you down there

and show them to you? - Yes.

I'm not going to. The door from the kitchen

is stuck, or don't you remember?

Maybe Charles isn't

asleep yet. Maybe he'll show them to me.

I wouldn't repeat to my brother

some of the things you just said to me.

I don't think he'd want to marry

a woman who doesn't trust him.

Now you get back into bed...

and go to sleep, and I won't

tell him about this conversation.

I can't sleep.

I'm very upset.

What are you

upset about now?

I should have called Albert and Sarah.

I should have told them what I was doing.

They probably phoned the hotel

and were told I checked out.

They're probably worried to death

about me right this minute.

They'll get the surprise letters

in the morning.

How do you know about the letters?

You weren't even in the room when we did them.

I overheard you

from the kitchen.

Why were you

eavesdropping on us?

Janet, what's the matter with you?

I wish you'd let me give you a sleeping pill.

You're getting yourself

all upset over nothing.

- No. I wanna use the telephone. Where is it?

- What do you want the phone for?

I wanna speak to Albert and Sarah,

tell them where I am.

You can't.

The phone is in the living room...

and you're not gonna

wake my brother.

- You can do it in the morning.

- No. I wanna do it now.

I want Sarah's advice about those checks

I signed over to your brother.

You get back into bed, and we'll settle

it all in the morning.

- Why can't I call her now?

- Because it's late. That's why.

- You'll upset her. - She won't be upset.

She'll be glad to hear from me.

I said you can

call her in the morning.

Now get back into bed.

Janet, I'm going to give you

a few sleeping pills.

No. No pills.

Don't push me like that!

No! I want to call

this minute.

For God's sakes, Ray,

give this woman back her checks.

Take her to the train

and send her back to Albany.

Ray? Ray? Who's Ray?

Who's R... I want

to call my daughter!

She won't let me.

She slapped me.

Why is she

calling you "Ray"?

I'm frightened.

She wants her checks back.

I heard.

Oh, no. I don't

want them back, Charles.

I just want to call Sarah.

I don't want her to worry about me.

That's all. Can't I call her?

Please, Charles,

can't I call her?

I'll call her

and surprise her now, all right?

She's worried about me.

Please, let me call her!

First, let Martha

give you a few pills.

You're very upset.

They'll help calm you down.

And then you can

call your daughter!

No! No pills.

Why do you want to give me pills?

I'm afraid of pills!

Ray, what are

we gonna do with her?

Ray? Ray?

I-I don't want the checks back.

No, I don't want them back.

A-A-And I'm not

going to call Sarah.

All right?

All right, Ray?

I just wanna go for a little walk

by myself to think things over.

I just want to get a little fresh air,

and then I'll be right back.

I don't want the checks. Leave them

in your cellar where you hid them.

Please, go to bed!

I'll be right back.

I'll just take my jewelry

out of this trunk and put it

in my overcoat. That's all.

Where is it?

Oh, where is it?

I can't find it!

It isn't in here!

Somebody took my jewelry.

Where is it?

I can't find it.

It isn't in here.

I don't want it.

- You've got to do it.

- No, I don't want to.

If you love me,

you'll do it.

I won't take anything with me!

Nothing at all! I won't even get dressed.

No!

Hit her again!

Finish her!

Here. Tie it on

and let her have it.

And get her off the rug.

- Here. Use this as a tourniquet.

- Help me.

- Oh, God!

- You're shivering. Do you have a fever?

- What's the matter? - Nothing.

It's just that you're sweating so.

Take off your top. It's wet.

You'll catch a cold.

For God's sake, Martha,

put out the light.

Be calm. Nobody

knows what happened.

Only you and me.

I want to go

lie down for a while.

I need a drink!

Do you want

the light on or off?

Leave it on.

I want to make love.

"Dear Sarah and Albert..."

"By the time you

receive this letter...

"I will be

Mrs. Charles Martin...

"on my way to Florida...

where I will live

with my new husband."

Wait a minute. She always takes these

with her wherever she goes.

Now isn't that cute?

"Dear Charles, Thank you for your

thoughtful Christmas greetings.

"Christmas gives me

an empty, lonely feeling.

"Rainelle finally got

a tricycle for Christmas.

"She just can't wait

for spring to use it.

"She is anxious

to meet her Uncle Charles...

"and was very happy when I told her

that you and Aunt Martha...

were thinking of coming

out here for a visit."

"And so, boys and girls,

on the 15th of April...

"in the year 1865,

Abraham Lincoln...

"the 16th president

of the United Sates of America, died.

"Each year

on February the 12th, his birthday...

a grateful country celebrates

the hero who saved the Union."

What's

"celebrates," Mommy?

Well, "celebrates"

is what we did today for

Lincoln's Birthday, sweetheart.

You stayed home

from nursery school, didn't you?

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