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I'll be back in a minute.

- Excuse me, please.

- All right, darling.

I just saw Miss Burton.

Has Mrs. Garroway met her yet?

Let's see those papers.

- Oh, hello.

- Hello again.

Sorry I was pushed off like that.

It's really crowded, isn't it?

- Staying at the hotel?

- Yes, I am.

- How do you like San Francisco?

- Wonderful.

- So many bridges. I've never...

- Yes.

- So many to cross.

- I beg your pardon?

What do you hear from Michael?

Oh, nothing much.

- Where is he, anyway?

- We're not sure, quite.

He hasn't written to anyone here

that I know.

Did you ever meet him?

No, I haven't.

I'm looking forward to it.

- What's he like?

- Well, he isn't handsome.

I thought not.

I imagine he and Alan are quite different.

Quite.

You know, there've been some pretty

unpleasant rumors about Michael.

Well, whatever they are,

I'm sure they're not true.

Are you?

Yes, I am.

Sorry.

What I really wanted to know...

...I was beginning to have a funny feeling

that he might be dead.

No, I'm sure Alan would know.

Yes.

You know, Miss Burton, this is funny.

When I first met you, I wondered

who it was you reminded me of. It's me.

Not our features.

Nothing you can put your finger on.

Just something intangible.

Have you noticed it?

No. Oh, is that your glove?

Oh, thanks.

Maybe it's the way we dress or walk

or something.

Flight 57.

Flight 57,

leaving for Seattle in five minutes.

Flight 57,

leaving for Seattle in five minutes.

Here. They're all there.

- You arrange a car for Mrs. Garroway?

- The one we drove out in.

- Bye. Have a good time.

- I will. Come back soon.

Two or three days at the most.

- Bye.

- Bye, Mr. Garroway.

- Bye, darling.

- Bye.

Thank you very much. If there's

anything you want, please call me.

I will. Thank you.

Mr. Warmsley?

Would you wait a minute, please?

I wonder if it would be possible

for me to see my husband's office.

- Certainly.

- You know, I never have...

...and I've always been curious

as to what it was like.

Well, it's important, isn't it?

My, that's an impressive mural.

What are they...?

Awards.

And awards.

Don't you ever get a sharp note

from the government...

...saying your last batch was miserable?

I'm afraid not.

It's not a very personal place, is it?

What were they like when it all started?

The plant, I mean.

Aren't there any pictures?

You know, the kind they usually take

of people who were in at the beginning.

There are some in my office,

Mrs. Garroway.

May I see them?

Please.

Thank you.

Like this. What's this?

The original building,

and some of the first men.

- How interesting. Are they still here?

- Three of them are.

- Where's the other one?

- He's dead.

- Which one is he?

- This one.

Oh, Carl Steuer?

Oh, I see my husband.

- And that's you, isn't it?

- Yes.

You're the only one

dressed in city clothes.

Well, I was a bookkeeper.

Which one is my husband's brother?

- I've never seen...

- He's not there.

He took the picture.

We were having a barbecue at his ranch.

His ranch? Oh, yes, I remember.

Mr. Garroway told me.

- What happened to it?

- Mr. Garroway took it over.

Oh, my husband owns it?

- Where is it? How far?

- About 30 miles.

That would be a nice ride someday.

- Did you know Michael very well, Mr...?

- No.

Is there anything else you'd like

to know, Mrs. Garroway?

No, I just... Thank you.

I'll be very happy to show you

the plant whenever you like.

You know, Mr. Warmsley...

...I think I'd like to drive out

to the ranch.

- I'm afraid that's not practical.

- Why?

For one, the ranch is isolated.

The fog is bad this time of year.

- There's a caretaker...

- That sounds wonderful.

You know, I've seen Nob Hill,

Chinatown...

...the Embarcadero, Gumpel's,

everything in the city.

I'd love to spend a day in the country.

- Would you give me the keys, please?

- Very well.

I'll get the keys

and send them in the morning.

And I wonder if it would be possible

to draw me a kind of a map of the road.

- Certainly.

- Thank you. It's very kind of you.

- Goodbye, Mr. Warmsley.

- Goodbye.

Oh, how do you do?

- Are you the caretaker?

- Yes.

I'm Mrs. Alan Garroway.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

- No, no.

Go ahead with what you're doing.

I'm just going to look around the house.

Pardon me, have you the keys

to this door?

I don't think it's locked.

It's probably just stuck.

Hasn't been opened. There.

Thank you.

I'll be leaving in a few minutes.

- Is there anything else I can do for you?

- No. Thank you very much.

- Mister...?

- Gordon.

Mr. Gordon, would you mind telling me,

did you know Michael Garroway?

Yes, I did. I'm a neighbor up the road.

What was he like to the people here?

I mean, did they like him?

Well, I guess so.

He left very suddenly, didn't he?

I guess he was a rather

unpredictable person.

Well, anyway, I think this is one of

the most charming houses I've ever seen.

It has dignity.

Doesn't look as though it had been

shut up at all, does it?

No.

- No, it doesn't.

- It looks...

...well, as though it were waiting

for someone.

I had a feeling, coming in,

that time was standing still.

Yeah, but time doesn't

stand still anywhere, does it?

Yes, it does.

Haven't you ever had a feeling

of complete peace and contentment?

That's what I felt when I came in here.

There's nothing to fear, think about.

This was, well, peaceful.

And time stood still.

You probably think that's foolish.

I suppose it is.

I don't think so. I agree with you

about the house. It is peaceful.

It's more. It's a home.

It's someone's home.

Was this his?

What kind of songs did he play?

Oh, I suppose he played almost anything.

That was silly of me.

What kind of songs do you play

on a guitar?

Are we on a hill?

I had the feeling, driving out,

that I was climbing for miles.

You came out of a valley. This is a hill.

That's the peak right there.

How could that be a peak? It's flat.

Yes, it is, isn't it?

The view must be heavenly.

That's where I would've built my house.

Mike fixed himself a place there.

He called it his oak-paneled office.

- Really? I'd love to see it.

- I'll show you the way.

You're very kind.

I said I came out here today because

I wanted a drive in the country.

That's not strictly true.

What I really wanna do is to try

to find out more about Michael Garroway.

Everyone seems to be so vague

about him...

...except my husband, of course.

But I saw a look in a girl's eye the other

day, when she was talking about him...

...and an insane look of fear

in the eyes of a horse he owned.

I know the kind of music and poetry

he liked. It's curious.

I wish you knew more about him.

I'd like to find out...

I don't know why I'm bothering you

with this.

I think it's very interesting,

Mrs. Garroway.

Well, here we are.

Golly.

Golly.

It's beautiful, isn't it?

It really is an oak-paneled office.

It's amazing.

He had so much.

Why do people do the things

they do to themselves?

Why doesn't someone step in

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