The House on Telegraph Hill Page #5

Margaret remembers herself how it was.

But it's certainly nothing

for you to start worrying about now.

Your hands are like ice.

Is something going on in

that funny little head of yours?

- Something you're keeping from me?

- I'm not keeping anything from you, Alan.

You make me feel as though

I've failed you somehow-

as though I haven't been

the husband I wanted to be.

No, it isn't you, Alan.

Sometimes, things come back-

things I want to forget.

I can't help it.

You must be patient with me.

I'll be all right.

Of course you will, darling.

It takes time.

We'll just have to try harder to-

to make you forget.

Chris? You forgot

to make up your room again.

I didn't forget.

I'm just goin' to market with Mom now.

- I'll do it when we get back.

- Oh, Chris, you promised.

Go right in and do it now.

I'll wait for you.

Would you like me to go

to the market for you, Mrs. Spender?

Cook said he wanted

the chops for lunch.

Ooh, that's right.

No, I'll go, Margaret.

I'm sorry, darling.

You'll come with me next time, okay?

Okay.

Chris? Chris?

Are you hurt, lady?

What happened?

- You better cut the motor off.

Somebody, get an ambulance.

- Yeah, I'll go get one.

- I wouldn't move around, lady.

- What happened?

- They're getting an ambulance for you.

- Did anybody see what happened?

I-I don't want an ambulance.

I'm all right.

You better let me take you home,

huh, lady? Where do you live?

Home? No, I- Please,

will you take me to a telephone?

Yeah, sure. Sure thing, lady.

Hello. Mr. Marc Bennett, please.

Yes?

Oh? Put her on.

Hello, Karin. How are you?

An accident?

Are you all right?

Oh. Yes. Well, let me call Alan-

Oh, no, I don't want Alan to-

Marc, please, don't call Alan.

I want to see you alone, now.

All right. I just thought that-

I'll be right there.

What's the address?

So after the man brought me here

to the telephone, he sent for a tow car.

And then he kept insisting

I have a doctor look at me right away.

- He should have. It was

a terrible thing to have happen.

- Oh, Marc, it didn't "happen."

It wasn't an accident.

He made the brakes so they wouldn't work.

- He's trying to kill me!

- Hey, hey.

Let's not go off

the deep end again.

You've had a bad shock.

Now, who's trying to kill you?

- Alan.

- Alan?

Oh, Marc, please believe me.

I'm not hysterical now.

He wants to get rid of me.

I've felt it for a long time.

Can't you see it, Marc?

Aunt Sophie left everything to Chris.

Alan is his guardian.

If something should happen to him...

Alan would get the estate.

And Chris could have been with me

in the car this morning.

He wants us out of the way.

It's for the money, Marc.

Don't you see?

You don't, do you?

But why would he marry you?

He didn't have to, you know.

He may have been attracted to me.

I don't know.

But you don't think

he was going to let...

the boy's mother take everything

away from him, do you?

There's one way to find out.

Come on.

Your master cylinder's bone-dry.

These are hydraulic brakes.

No fluid, they don't work.

- How come no fluid?

- A leak, right here.

A break in the line

going to the front wheel.

That's an unusual place

to spring a leak, isn't it?

Well, it don't happen every day,

but it can happen.

Look, you've been over

this thing pretty thoroughly.

Is it possible that somebody might have

tampered with that brake line deliberately?

Anything's possible.

My guess is you hit a rock or something.

- Okay, thanks.

- Yeah.

I suppose you think I'm crazy.

But I cannot help it.

I cannot help what I feel.

Karin, it's no news to you

that I'm not very fond of Alan.

I think he'd do almost anything

to hold onto the nice, cushy

life he's made for himself.

I don't think he'd be crazy enough

to try a thing like this.

I don't know.

I don't know

what to think anymore.

I'm sorry to have given you

so much trouble for nothing.

For nothing?

I told you once, you might need a friend.

You came to me as a friend.

I don't consider that nothing.

What you need is somebody to teach you

how to relax and enjoy life...

something Alan never learned.

He's been so busy trying to get up to

that house on the hill that...

he's been blind

to everything else.

I must go home, Marc.

Well, at least you stopped

calling me "Major." That's a net gain.

- Where have you been?

- I was hungry, and...

I went down to the kitchen

for a glass of milk.

You'd better come to bed.

It's very late.

Yes, dear. In a minute.

- Yes?

- Fowler? Marc Bennett.

Say, my client

will be here in a few minutes.

Can you give me any idea

what your report will be on those gloves?

I think I can. I wanna run one more test

just to double-check, but-

I see.

No, I'll be right here

waiting for it, thanks.

Karin!

Alan. What are you doing here?

Me? I just went up

to see my insurance man.

Where are you going?

To the dentist.

I have an appointment.

- Dr. Lipman?

- Mm-hmm.

Darling, he's in

the medical building.

Oh. Oh, you're right.

I-I wonder how the taxi driver

could have made such a mistake.

Well, I'm glad he did. It gives me

a chance to give a beautiful lady a lift.

As a matter of fact, it's, uh, almost 4:00.

I'll wait for you.

We'll drive home together.

4:
00? I didn't realize it was so late.

I-I'm afraid

I've missed my appointment.

Well, you can

see him tomorrow.

I'll tell you what. Let's have an

early dinner and take in a movie, huh?

Uh-huh.

- Hello, Margaret.

- Good evening.

- Where's Chris?

- He's in his room listening to the radio.

- Any calls?

- Mr. Marc Bennett.

Did he leave any message?

He just said he'd be in his office until

6:
00 if either of you returned by then.

Thank you, Margaret.

Mr. Bennett, please.

Mr. Spender calling.

- Relax, darling.

It can't be anything important.

Hello, Marc?

I understand you called.

Oh, fine, thanks.

How about yourself?

Tonight? Just a minute.

Karin's right here. I'll ask her.

He wants to take us to dinner tonight.

What do you say?

- Whatever you like, Alan.

- Well, Karin says she'd love to.

Sure. 8:
30's fine.

Mm-hmm. I'll see you then.

What's the matter, darling?

I was just thinking, I've spent

so little time with Chris today.

Oh, stop worrying about Chris for a change.

It'll do you good to get out.

Yes, Alan.

Oh, will you excuse me? I-I promised

to call Chris and say good night.

- You must have a crystal ball.

- What do you mean?

- Your call this afternoon. May I?

- Of course.

- I was just gonna call you.

- Really? Anything special?

- It's about Karin.

- Karin?

This afternoon, coming down

from Charlie Decker's office,

I ran into her in the lobby.

She almost jumped out of her skin

when she saw me.

I could have sworn she was on her way up

to see you. Was she, Marc?

Why didn't you ask her?

I did. She told me she was going up

to see her dentist.

- Well, that seems to settle it, doesn't it?

- No, not quite.

You see, her dentist happens

to be in the medical building.

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