<< * 165 JOE ORTON : WHAT THE BUTLER SAW . LONDON , METHUEN , 1971 . FIRST PERF. 050369 . CAST : 01 DR PRENTICE , 02 GE RALDINE , 03 MRS PRENTICE , 04 NICK , 05 DR RANCE , 06 MATCH . >> $ #7 $ < ACT ONE > $ < A ROOM IN A PRIVATE CLINIC . $ MORNING . $ DOORS LEAD TO THE WARDS , THE DISPENSARY AND THE HALL . $ FRENCH WINDOWS OPEN ON TO PLEASANT GARDENS AND SHRUBBERIES . $ SINK . $ DESK . $ CONSULTING COUCH WITH CURTAINS . $ DR PRENTICE ENTERS BRISKLY . $ GERALDINE BARCLAY FOLLOWS HIM . $ SHE CARRIES A SMALL CARDBOARD BOX . > $ 01 < ( TURNING AT THE DESK . ) > $ TAKE A SEAT . $ IS THIS YOUR FIRST JOB ? $ 02 < ( SITTING . ) > $ YES , DOCTOR . $ < DR PRENTICE PUTS ON A PAIR OF SPECTACLES , STARES AT HER . $ HE OPENS A DRAWER IN THE DESK , TAKES OUT A NOTEBOOK . > $ 01 < ( PICKING UP A PENCIL ) > $ I 'M GOING TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS . $ < ( HE HANDS HER A NOTEBOOK AND PENCIL . ) > $ WRITE THEM DOWN . $ IN ENGLISH , PLEASE . $ < ( HE RETURNS TO HIS DESK , SITS , SMILES . ) > $ WHO WAS YOUR FATHER ? $ PUT THAT AT THE HEAD OF THE PAGE . $ < GERALDINE PUTS THE CARDBOARD BOX SHE IS CARRYING TO ONE SI DE , CROSSES HER LEGS , RESTS THE NOTEBOOK UPON HER KNEE AND MAKES A NOTE . > $ AND NOW THE REPLY IMMEDIATELY UNDERNEATH FOR QUICK REFERENCE . $ 02 I 'VE NO IDEA WHO MY FATHER WAS . $ < DR PRENTICE IS PERTURBED BY HER REPLY ALTHOUGH HE GIVES NO EVIDENCE OF THIS . $ HE GIVES HER A KINDLY SMILE . > $ 01 I 'D BETTER BE FRANK , MISS BARCLAY . $ I CAN'T EMPLOY YOU IF YOU 'RE IN ANY WAY MIRACULOUS . $ IT WOULD BE CONTRARY TO ESTABLISHED PRACTICE . $ YOU DID HAVE A FATHER ? $ #8 $ 02 OH , I 'M SURE I DID . $ MY MOTHER WAS FRUGAL IN HER HABITS , BUT SHE 'D NEVER ECONOM IZE UNWISELY . $ 01 IF YOU HAD A FATHER WHY CAN'T YOU PRODUCE HIM ? $ 02 HE DESERTED MY MOTHER . $ MANY YEARS AGO . $ SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF AN UNPLEASANT ATTACK . $ 01 < ( SHREWDLY . ) > $ SHE WAS A NUN ? $ 02 NO . $ SHE WAS A CHAMBERMAID AT THE STATION HOTEL . $ < DR PRENTICE FROWNS , TAKES OFF HIS SPECTACLES AND PINCHES THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE . > $ 01 PASS THAT LARGE , LEATHER-BOUND VOLUME , WILL YOU ? $ I MUST CHECK YOUR STORY . $ TO SAFEGUARD MY INTERESTS , YOU UNDERSTAND ? $ < GERALDINE LIFTS THE BOOK FROM THE BOOKCASE AND TAKES IT TO DR PRENTICE . > $ < ( CONSULTING THE INDEX . ) > $ THE STATION HOTEL ? $ 02 YES . $ 01 < ( OPENING THE BOOK , RUNNING HIS FINGER DOWN THE PAGE ) > . $ AH , HERE WE ARE ! $ IT 'S A BUILDING OF SMALL ARCHITECTURAL MERIT BUILT FOR SOME UNKNOWN PURPOSE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY . $ IT WAS CONVERTED INTO A HOTEL BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION . $ < ( HE NODS , WISELY . ) > $ I STAYED THERE ONCE MYSELF AS A YOUNG MAN . $ IT HAS A REPUTATION FOR LUXURY WHICH BAFFLES THE MOST UNDEMA NDING GUEST . $ < ( HE CLOSES THE BOOK WITH A BANG AND PUSHES IT TO ONE SIDE . ) > $ YOUR STORY APPEARS , IN THE MAIN , TO BE CORRECT . $ THIS ADMIRABLE VOLUME , OF COURSE , OMITS MOST OF THE DETAIL S . $ BUT THAT IS ONLY TO BE EXPECTED IN A PUBLICATION OF WIDE GEN ERAL USAGE . $ < ( HE PUTS ON HIS SPECTACLES . ) > $ MAKE A NOTE TO THE EFFECT THAT YOUR FATHER IS MISSING . $ SAY NOTHING OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES . $ IT MIGHT INFLUENCE MY FINAL DECISION . $ < GERALDINE MAKES A JOTTING IN HER NOTEBOOK . $ DR PRENTICE TAKES THE LEATHER-BOUND VOLUME TO THE BOOKCASE . > $ 01 IS YOUR MOTHER ALIVE ? $ OR HAS SHE TOO UNACCOUNTABLY VANISHED ? $ THAT IS A TRICK QUESTION . $ BE CAREFUL - YOU COULD LOSE MARKS ON YOUR FINAL SCORING . $ #9 $ < HE RETURNS TO HIS DESK AND POURS HIMSELF A WHISKY . > $ 02 I HAVEN'T SEEN MY MOTHER FOR MANY YEARS . $ I WAS BROUGHT UP BY A MRS BARCLAY . $ SHE DIED RECENTLY . $ 01 FROM WHAT CAUSE ? $ 02 AN EXPLOSION , DUE TO A FAULTY GAS-MAIN , KILLED HER OUTR IGHT AND TOOK THE ROOF OFF THE HOUSE . $ 01 HAVE YOU APPLIED FOR COMPENSATION ? $ 02 JUST FOR THE ROOF . $ 01 WERE THERE NO OTHER VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER ? $ 02 YES . $ A RECENTLY ERECTED STATUE OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL WAS SO BA DLY INJURED THAT THE GEORGE MEDAL HAS BEEN TALKED OF . $ PARTS OF THE GREAT MAN WERE ACTUALLY FOUND EMBEDDED IN MY ST EP-MOTHER . $ 01 WHICH PARTS ? $ 02 I 'M AFRAID I CAN'T HELP YOU THERE . $ I WAS TOO UPSET TO SUPERVISE THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS . $ OR , INDEED , TO IDENTIFY THE BODY . $ 01 SURELY THE CHURCHILL FAMILY DID THAT ? $ 02 YES . $ THEY WERE MOST KIND . $ 01 YOU 'VE HAD A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE . $ IT 'S NOT EVERYONE HAS THEIR STEP-MOTHER ASSASSINATED BY THE NORTH THAMES GAS BOARD . $ < HE SHAKES HIS HEAD , SHARING THE POOR GIRL'S SORROW . > $ CAN I GET YOU AN ASPIRIN ? $ 02 NO , THANK YOU , SIR . $ I DON'T WANT TO START TAKING DRUGS . $ 01 YOUR CAUTION DOES YOU CREDIT , MY DEAR . $ < ( HE SMILES IN A KINDLY FASHION . ) > $ NOW , I HAVE TO ASK A QUESTION WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU EMBARRASS MENT . $ PLEASE REMEMBER THAT I 'M A DOCTOR . $ < ( PAUSE ) > $ WHAT IS YOUR SHORTHAND SPEED ? $ 02 I CAN MANAGE TWENTY WORDS A MINUTE WITH EASE , SIR . $ 01 AND YOUR TYPING SPEED ? $ 02 I HAVEN'T MASTERED THE KEYBOARD . $ MY MONEY RAN OUT , YOU SEE . $ #10 $ < DR PRENTICE TAKES THE NOTEBOOK FROM HER AND PUTS IT ASIDE . > $ 01 PERHAPS YOU HAVE OTHER QUALITIES WHICH AREN'T IMMEDIATELY APPARENT . $ LIE ON THAT COUCH . $ 02 WHY , DOCTOR ? $ 01 NEVER ASK QUESTIONS . $ THAT IS THE FIRST LESSON A SECRETARY MUST LEARN . $ < ( HE PULLS ASIDE THE CURTAINS ON THE COUCH . ) > $ AND KINDLY REMOVE YOUR STOCKINGS . $ I WISH TO SEE WHAT EFFECT YOUR STEP-MOTHER'S DEATH HAD UPON YOUR LEGS . $ 02 ISN'T THIS RATHER UNUSUAL , DOCTOR ? $ 01 HAVE NO FEAR , MISS BARCLAY . $ WHAT I SEE UPON THE COUCH ISN'T A LOVELY AND DESIRABLE GIRL . $ IT 'S A SICK MIND IN NEED OF PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT . $ THE BODY IS OF NO INTEREST TO A MAN OF MY STAMP . $ A WOMAN ONCE THREW HERSELF AT ME . $ I NEEDN'T TELL YOU THAT THIS IS SPOKEN IN CONFIDENCE . $ SHE WAS STARK NAKED . $ SHE WISHED ME TO MISBEHAVE MYSELF . $ AND , D' YOU KNOW , ALL I WAS CONSCIOUS OF WAS THAT SHE HAD A MALFORMED NAVEL ? $ THAT 'S HOW MUCH NOTICE I TAKE OF WOMEN'S BODIES . $ 02 PLEASE FORGIVE ME , DOCTOR . $ I WASN'T MEANING TO SUGGEST THAT YOUR ATTENTIONS WERE IN ANY WAY IMPROPER . $ < SHE TAKES OFF HER SHOES AND STOCKINGS AND LIES ON THE COUC H . $ DR PRENTICE RUNS A HAND ALONG HER LEGS AND NODS , SAGELY . > $ 01 AS I THOUGHT . $ YOU 'VE A FEBRILE CONDITION OF THE CALVES . $ YOU 'RE QUITE WISE TO HAVE A CHECK-UP . $ < ( HE STRAIGHTENS AND TAKES OFF HIS SPECTACLES . ) > $ UNDRESS . $ < HE TURNS TO THE DESK AND TAKES OFF HIS COAT . $ GERALDINE SITS UP ALARMED . > $ 02 I 'VE NEVER UNDRESSED IN FRONT OF A MAN BEFORE . $ 01 I SHALL TAKE ACCOUNT OF YOUR INEXPERIENCE IN THESE MATTER S . $ < HE PUTS HIS SPECTACLES ON THE DESK AND ROLLS BACK HIS CUFF S > $ 02 I COULDN'T ALLOW A MAN TO TOUCH ME WHILE I WAS UNCLOTHED . $ #11 $ 01 I SHALL WEAR RUBBER GLOVES . $ < GERALDINE IS WORRIED AND MAKES NO ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL HER G ROWING DOUBTS . > $ 02 HOW LONG WOULD I HAVE TO REMAIN UNDRESSED ? $ 01 IF YOUR REACTIONS ARE NORMAL YOU 'LL BE BACK ON YOUR FEET IN NEXT TO NO TIME . $ 02 MY HEADMISTRESS MADE NO MENTION OF THIS IN HER BOOKLET ' HINTS TO THE SCHOOL-LEAVER ' . $ 01 THE CHAPTER DEALING WITH MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS MAY HAVE BE EN OMITTED FROM THE TEXT . $ 02 BUT THAT WOULD BE RIDICULOUS IN A WORK INTENDED ONLY FOR USE IN SCHOOLS ! $ 01 YOUR CONCERN IS WELL-FOUNDED , MISS BARCLAY . $ OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM NEEDS THOROUGHLY LOOKING INTO . $ SPEAK TO YOUR HEADMISTRESS AT HER NEXT 'OLD GIRLS ' GET-TOGE THER ' . $ < HE TURNS TO THE SINK AND RINSES HIS HANDS . > $ 02 I 'D LIKE ANOTHER WOMAN PRESENT . $ IS YOUR WIFE AVAILABLE ? $ 01 MRS PRENTICE IS ATTENDING A MORE THAN USUALLY LENGTHY MEE TING OF HER COVEN . $ SHE WON'T BE BACK UNTIL THIS EVENING . $ 02 I COULD WAIT UNTIL THEN . $ 01 I HAVEN'T THE PATIENCE , MY DEAR . $ I 'VE A NATURAL TENDENCY TO RUSH THINGS . $ I WON'T TROUBLE YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF MY PRIVATE LIFE TILL YOU 'RE DRESSED . $ < HE PICKS UP A TOWEL AND DRIES HIS HANDS . > $ 01 PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON THE CHAIR PROVIDED . $ < GERALDINE UNZIPS AND REMOVES HER DRESS . $ DR PRENTICE WATCHES HER . $ PAUSE . $ HE PUTS THE TOWEL ASIDE AND PUTS ON HIS SPECTACLES . > $ I MUST ASK YOU NOT TO MENTION THIS EXAMINATION TO MY WIFE . $ I 'M NOT DOING IT UNDER THE HEALTH SCHEME , YOU SEE . $ SHE 'D BE SURE TO SEND IN A BILL . $ #12 $ AND THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO MISUNDERSTANDING . $ 02 WHAT IS MRS PRENTICE LIKE , DOCTOR ? $ I 'VE HEARD SO MANY STORIES ABOUT HER . $ < SHE PUTS HER DRESS ASIDE AND STANDS IN HER PANTIES AND BRA . > $ 01 MY WIFE IS A NYMPHOMANIAC . $ CONSEQUENTLY , LIKE THE HOLY GRAIL , SHE 'S ARDENTLY SOUGHT AFTER BY YOUNG MEN . $ I MARRIED HER FOR HER MONEY AND , UPON DISCOVERING HER TO BE PENNILESS , I ATTEMPTED TO THROTTLE HER . $ SHE ESCAPED MY MURDEROUS FURY AND I 'VE HAD TO LIVE WITH HER MALICE EVER SINCE . $ 02 < ( WITH A SIGH ) > $ POOR DR PRENTICE . $ HOW TRYING IT MUST BE FOR YOU . $ < ( CLIMBING ON TO THE COUCH . ) > $ I WISH THERE WERE SOMETHING I COULD DO TO CHEER YOU UP . $ < SHE PULLS CLOSE THE CURTAINS . $ DR PRENTICE PUTS ON A WHITE SURGICAL COAT . > $ 01 WELL , MY DEAR , IF IT 'LL GIVE YOU ANY PLEASURE YOU CAN TEST MY NEW CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE . $ < GERALDINE LOOKS OVER THE CURTAIN AND SMILES SWEETLY . > $ 02 < ( THROWING HER PANTIES AND BRA INTO A CHAIR ) > $ I 'LL BE DELIGHTED TO HELP YOU IN ANY WAY I CAN , DOCTOR . $ 01 < ( WITH AN INDULGENT , SUPERIOR SMILE ) > $ LIE ON THE COUCH WITH YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD AND THINK OF THE CLOSING CHAPTERS OF YOUR FAVOURITE WORK OF FICTION . $ THE REST MAY BE LEFT TO ME . $ < GERALDINE DISAPPEARS BEHIND THE CURTAIN . $ DR PRENTICE GOES TO THE DRAWER IN HIS DESK . $ MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE HALL . $ SHE IS WEARING A COSTLY FUR COAT . $ 03 WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO ? $ < DR PRENTICE IS SURPRISED AND ANGRY AT HIS WIFE'S UNEXPECTE D APPEARANCE . > $ #13 $ 01 < ( FLUSHING , GUILTY ) > $ I MUST ASK YOU NOT TO ENTER MY CONSULTING-ROOM WITHOUT WARNI NG . $ YOU 'RE INTERRUPTING MY STUDIES . $ < MRS PRENTICE STARES ABOUT THE ROOM . > $ 03 THERE 'S NO ONE HERE . $ WERE YOU TALKING TO YOURSELF ? $ 01 I WAS DICTATING A MESSAGE TO MATRON . $ SHE 'S WORRIED BY HER INABILITY TO CONTROL HER BLADDER . $ 03 CAN URINE BE CONTROLLED BY THINKING OF TESS OF THE D' URB EVILLES ? $ 01 MY THEORY IS STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGE . $ I 'D RATHER NOT DISCUSS IT . $ < MRS PRENTICE GOES TO THE DESK AND POURS HERSELF A DRINK . > $ 01 WHY HAVE YOU RETURNED ? $ YOU KNOW I CAN'T ENDURE THE TORMENT OF BEING IN YOUR COMPANY . $ 03 I ARRIVED AT MY MEETING TO FIND THE HALL IN AN UPROAR . $ HELEN DUNCANON HAD DECLARED HERSELF TO BE IN LOVE WITH A MAN . $ AND , AS YOU KNOW , THE CLUB IS PRIMARILY FOR LESBIANS . $ I MYSELF AM EXEMPT FROM THE RULE BECAUSE YOU COUNT AS A WOMA N . $ WE EXPELLED HELEN AND I SPENT THE NIGHT AT THE STATION HOTEL . $ < ( SHE SWALLOWS HER DRINK . ) > $ < NICHOLAS BECKETT ENTERS . $ HE IS A HOTEL PAGE . $ HE WEARS A PAGE-BOY'S UNIFORM . > $ 04 < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ IF YOU 'D CARE TO CHECK YOUR BAGGAGE , MADAM . $ I 'D LIKE TO RETURN TO MY DUTIES . $ 03 < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ CAST YOUR EYE ACROSS MY LUGGAGE , WILL YOU ? $ HALF OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN STOLEN BY THE HOTEL STAFF . $ < ( SHE TURNS TO THE TABLE AND POURS A DRINK . ) > $ IT 'S SO DIFFICULT BEING A WOMAN . $ 01 WELL , I 'M SURE YOU 'RE THE BEST JUDGE OF THAT . $ < HE GOES INTO THE HALL , DISGRUNTLED . $ MRS PRENTICE PUTS ICE IN HER DRINK AND TURNS TO NICK , A COL D EXPRESSION ON HER FACE . ) > $ #14 $ 03 I 'M NOT ASKING FOR MY HANDBAG BACK , OR FOR THE MONEY YO U 'VE STOLEN , BUT UNLESS MY DRESS AND WIG ARE RETURNED I SH ALL FILE A COMPLAINT WITH YOUR EMPLOYERS . $ YOU HAVE UNTIL LUNCHTIME . $ 04 I 'VE ALREADY SOLD THE DRESS FOR A LUMP SUM . $ I COULD GET IT BACK AT A PRICE . $ I 'VE ALSO FOUND SOMEONE TO TAKE AN OPTION ON THE PHOTOGRAPH S . $ < MRS PRENTICE STARES > $ 03 WHAT PHOTOGRAPHS ? $ 04 I HAD A CAMERA CONCEALED IN THE ROOM . $ 03 < ( OPEN-MOUTHED ) > $ WHEN I GAVE MYSELF TO YOU THE CONTRACT DIDN'T INCLUDE CINEMA TIC RIGHTS . $ 04 I 'D LIKE A HUNDRED QUID FOR THE NEGATIVES . $ YOU 'VE GOT UNTIL LUNCHTIME . $ 03 I SHALL COMPLAIN TO THE MANAGER . $ 04 IT WILL DO YOU NO GOOD . $ HE TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPHS . $ 03 OH , THIS IS SCANDALOUS ! $ I 'M A MARRIED WOMAN . $ 04 YOU DIDN'T BEHAVE LIKE A MARRIED WOMAN LAST NIGHT . $ 03 I WAS UPSET . $ A LESBIAN FRIEND OF MINE HAD JUST ANNOUNCED HER ENGAGEMENT T O A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT . $ 04 YOU MUST BE MORE CAREFUL IN YOUR CHOICE OF FRIENDS . $ I 'D LIKE TO GET OUT OF THE INDECENT PHOTOGRAPH RACKET . $ IT 'S SO WEARING ON THE NERVES . $ CAN YOU FIND ME A WORTHWILE JOB ? $ I HAD A HARD BOYHOOD . $ 03 WHAT KIND OF JOB DO YOU WANT ? $ 04 I 'M AN EXPERT TYPIST . $ I WAS TAUGHT BY A MAN IN THE PRINTING TRADE . $ 03 < ( FIRMLY ) > $ I 'M WILLING TO PAY FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHS , BUT I CAN'T POSSIB LY RECOMMEND YOUR TYPING . $ 04 I WANT A HUNDRED POUNDS AND THE POST OF SECRETARY TO YOUR HUSBAND ! $ 03 YOU PUT ME IN AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION . $ 04 NO POSITION IS IMPOSSIBLE WHEN YOU 'RE YOUNG AND HEALTHY . $ #15 $ < MRS PRENTICE TURNS TO THE DESK . $ SHE POURS HERSELF A DRINK . $ HER HAND TREMBLES . $ DR PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE HALL . $ HE CARRIES AN OVERNIGHT CASE . $ MRS PRENTICE PUTS AN EMPTY WHISKY BOTTLE ASIDE AND DROPS ICE INTO HER GLASS . > $ 01 < ( TO NICK ) > $ SHE 'LL BE SODDEN BEFORE LONG . $ < ( HE PUTS THE CASE DOWN ) > $ 04 HAVE YOU A FAMILY , SIR ? $ 01 NO . $F MY WIFE SAID BREAST-FEEDING WOULD SPOIL HER SHAPE . $ THOUGH , FROM WHAT I REMEMBER , IT WOULD 'VE BEEN IMPROVED B Y A LITTLE NIBBLING . $ < MRS PRENTICE GIVES A NERVY TOSS OF HER HEAD AND DRINKS WHI SKY . > $ 01 SHE 'S AN EXAMPLE OF IN-BREEDING AMONG THE LOBELIA-GROWIN G CLASSES . $ A FAILURE IN EUGENICS , COMBINED WITH A TASTE FOR ALCOHOL AN D SEXUAL INTERCOURSE , MAKES IT MOST UNDESIRABLE FOR HER TO BECOME A MOTHER . $ 03 < ( QUIETLY ) > $ I HARDLY EVER HAVE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE . $ 01 YOU WERE BORN WITH YOUR LEGS APART . $ THEY 'LL SEND YOU TO THE GRAVE IN A Y-SHAPED COFFIN . $ 03 < ( WITH A BRITTLE LAUGH ) > $ MY TROUBLE STEMS FROM YOUR INADEQUACY AS A LOVER ! $ IT 'S EMBARRASSING . $ YOU MUST 'VE LEARNED YOUR TECHNIQUE FROM A CHRISTMAS CRACKER . $ < ( HER MOUTH TWISTS INTO A SNEER . ) > $ REJUVENATION PILLS HAVE NO EFFECT ON YOU . $ 01 < ( STUFFILY ) > $ I NEVER TAKE PILLS . $ 03 YOU TAKE THEM ALL THE TIME DURING OUR LOVE-MAKING . $ THE DEAFENING SOUND OF YOUR CHEWING IS THE REASON FOR MY NEV ER HAVING AN ORGASM . $ < DR PRENTICE IS STUNG BY HER REMARKS . $ HE APPROACHES CLOSER . > $ 01 HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ! $ YOUR BOOK ON THE CLIMAX IN THE FEMALE IS LARGELY AUTOBIOGRAP HICAL . $ < ( PAUSE . $ HE STARES . ) > $ OR HAVE YOU BEEN MASQUERADING AS A SEXUALLY RESPONSIVE WOMAN ? $ #16 $ 03 MY UTERINE CONTRACTIONS HAVE BEEN BOGUS FOR SOME TIME ! $ < SHE PICKS UP HER DRINK AND TRIUMPHANTLY FLOUNCES INTO THE WARD CARRYING THE OVERNIGHT CASE . > $ 01 < ( LOOKING AFTER HER ) > $ WHAT A DISCOVERY ! $ MARRIED TO A MISTRESS OF THE FRAUDULENT CLIMAX . $ < ( HE POURS HIMSELF A DRINK ) > $ 04 < ( AFTER A PAUSE ) > $ MY PARENTS WERE DIVORCED , SIR . $ I MISSED THE WARMTH OF A HAPPY FAMILY ATMOSPHERE . $ 01 AS A PSYCHIATRIST I DO ALL I CAN TO BRING ESTRANGED COUPL ES TOGETHER . $ < ( HE PRESSES MONEY INTO NICK'S HAND ) > $ DON'T HESITATE TO CALL ON ME IF YOU 'RE MENTALLY DISTURBED . $ < NICK TAKES THE MONEY AND GOES INTO THE HALL . $ DR PRENTICE DRINK IN HAND , PULLS THE CURTAIN ON THE COUCH A SIDE AND LOOKS THROUGH . ) > $ 01 IT 'S NO GOOD LYING THERE , MISS BARCLAY . $ MY WIFE HAS RETURNED . $ < GERALDINE LOOKS OVER THE CURTAIN . > $ 02 OH , GOOD ! $ SHE 'LL BE ABLE TO HELP WITH YOUR EXAMINATION . $ 01 THE EXAMINATION IS CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE . $ < ( HE PICKS UP THE UNDERCLOTHES FROM THE CHAIR . ) > $ GET DRESSED ! $ < MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE WARD . $ SHE HAS AN EMPTY GLASS IN HER HAND . > $ 03 < ( GOING TO THE DESK ) > $ HAS YOUR NEW SECRETARY ARRIVED ? $ < DR PRENTICE HOLDS THE UNDERWEAR BEHIND HIS BACK . $ GERALDINE IS CONCEALED BY THE CURTAIN . > $ 01 YES . $ I 'VE GOT HER PARTICULARS SOMEWHERE . $ < UNABLE TO CONCEAL THE UNDERCLOTHES BEHIND HIS BACK , HE DR OPS THEM INTO A WASTEPAPER BASKET . $ MRS PRENTICE OPENS A NEW BOTTLE OF WHISKY . > $ #17 $ 03 HAVE YOU EVER GIVEN THOUGHT TO A MALE SECRETARY ? $ 01 A MAN COULD NEVER GET USED TO THE WORK . $ 03 MY FATHER HAD A MALE SECRETARY . $ MY MOTHER SAID HE WAS MUCH BETTER THAN A WOMAN . $ 01 I COULDN'T ASK A YOUNG FELLOW TO DO OVERTIME AND THEN PAL M HIM OFF WITH A LIPSTICK OR A BOTTLE OF YARDLEY'S . $ IT 'D BE SILK SUITS AND ALFA ROMEOS IF I SO MUCH AS BREATHED ON HIM . $ 03 TRY A BOY FOR A CHANGE . $ YOU 'RE A RICH MAN . $ YOU CAN AFFORD THE LUXURIES OF LIFE . $ 01 WHAT WILL BECOME OF MISS BARCLAY ? $ I 'VE ALREADY GIVEN HER A PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW . $ 03 YOU MUST EXPLAIN THE ALTERED CIRCUMSTANCES . $ < GERALDINE LOOKS OVER THE CURTAIN . $ DR PRENTICE MOTIONS HER DOWN . $ SHE DISAPPEARS . $ HE PICKS UP THE SHORTHAND PAD , SCRIBBLES A NOTE ON IT , AND TOSSES IT OVER THE CURTAIN . $ MRS PRENTICE POURS HERSELF A DRINK . $ DR PRENTICE SEES GERALDINE'S DRESS LYING ON THE CHAIR AND PI CKS IT UP . $ HE IS ABOUT TO DROP IT INTO THE WASTEPAPER BASKET WITH THE U NDERWEAR WHEN MRS PRENTICE TURNS , DRINK IN HAND . $ DR PRENTICE ATTEMPTS TO CONCEAL THE DRESS BEHIND HIS BACK . $ IT HANGS DOWN . > $ 03 < ( IN A SURPRISED TONE ) > $ WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT DRESS ? $ 01 < ( PAUSE > ) $ IT 'S AN OLD ONE OF YOURS . $ 03 HAVE YOU TAKEN UP TRANSVESTISM ? $ I 'D NO IDEA OUR MARRIAGE TEETERED ON THE EDGE OF FASHION . $ 01 OUR MARRIAGE IS LIKE THE PEACE OF GOD - IT PASSETH ALL UN DERSTANDING . $ < MRS PRENTICE SWALLOWS HER DRINK AND HOLDS OUT HER HAND . > $ 03 GIVE ME THE DRESS . $ I SHALL WEAR IT . $ 01 < ( RELUCTANT . ) > $ MAY I HAVE THE ONE YOU 'RE WEARING IN EXCHANGE ? $ 03< ( PUTTING GLASS DOWN ) > $ I 'M NOT WEARING A DRESS . $ #18 $ < SHE SLIPS OFF HER FUR COAT . $ UNDER IT SHE IS DRESSED ONLY IN A SLIP . $ DR PRENTICE CANNOT CONCEAL HIS SURPRISE . > $ 01 WHY AREN'T YOU WEARING A DRESS ? $ ARE YOU FOLLOWING SOME EXTREME FASHION ? $ 03 < ( PUTTING ON GERALDINE'S DRESS ) > $ I 'M GOING TO SPEAK FRANKLY AND WITH COMPLETE CANDOUR . $ PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY AND SAVE YOUR COMMENTS FOR LATER . $ < ( SHE ZIPS UP THE DRESS . ) > $ MY ROOM AT THE HOTEL WAS SMALL , AIRLESS AND UNCOMFORTABLE . $ A MODEL OF ITS KIND . $ AS I WAS DRESSING FOR DINNER I NOTICED THAT THE SHEETS ON TH E BED WERE NONE TOO CLEAN . $ I WENT TO THE LINEN CUPBOARD , WHICH I KNEW TO BE ON THE SEC OND FLOOR , HOPING TO FIND A CHAMBERMAID . $ INSTEAD I FOUND A PAGE-BOY WHO ENTICED ME INTO THE CUPBOARD AND THEN MADE AN INDECENT SUGGESTION . $ WHEN I REPULSED HIM HE ATTEMPTED TO RAPE ME . $ I FOUGHT HIM OFF BUT NOT BEFORE HE 'D STOLEN MY HANDBAG AND SEVERAL ARTICLES OF CLOTHING . $ 01 IT DOESN'T SOUND THE KIND OF BEHAVIOUR ONE EXPECTS AT A F OUR-STAR HOTEL . $ 03 THE BOY HAS PROMISED TO RETURN MY DRESS . $ HE 'S SOLD IT TO A FRIEND WHO PROBABLY INTENDS USING IT AT S EX ORGIES . $ 01 < ( JOINING HER AT THE DESK ) > $ DO YOU REALIZE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOUR ADVENTURES BECAME P UBLIC ? $ I 'D BE RUINED . $ THE DOORS OF LONDON SOCIETY WOULD BE SLAMMED IN MY FACE . $ < ( HE POURS A WHISKY . ) > $ DID YOU INFORM THE AUTHORITIES OF THIS ESCAPADE ? $ 03 NO . $ 01 WHY NOT ? $ 03 I SAW IN HIS YOUTH THE REMNANTS OF A NATURAL GOODNESS THA T HAD ALL BUT BEEN DESTROYED BY THE PRESSURES OF SOCIETY . $ I PROMISED TO FIND HIM EMPLOYMENT . $ 01 IS THERE A MARKET FOR ILLEGAL ENTRANCE ? $ 03 I DON'T PROPOSE TO LEAD HIM INTO A DEAD-END JOB . $ 01 WHAT OTHER QUALIFICATIONS HAS HE ? $ #19 $ 03 HE CAN TYPE . $ 01 THERE AREN'T MANY JOBS FOR MALE TYPISTS . $ 03 NO . $ HE 'S BEEN DEPRESSED BY HIS FAILURE IN COMMERCE . $ THAT 'S WHY HE TOOK TO RAPE . $ 01 HOW DO YOU HOPE TO EMPLOY HIM ? $ 03 AS YOUR SECRETARY . $ HE 'LL BE BACK IN AN HOUR . $ YOU CAN CHECK HIS CREDENTIALS AT YOUR LEISURE . $ WHERE IS MISS BARCLAY ? $ 01 SHE 'S UPSTAIRS . $ 03 I SHALL INFORM HER THAT THE SITUATION IS NO LONGER VACANT . $ < DR PRENTICE SWALLOWS HIS DRINK AND PUTS THE GLASS DOWN . > $ 01 COULD I BORROW ONE OF YOUR DRESSES FOR A WHILE , MY DEAR ? $ 03 I FIND YOUR SUDDEN CRAVING FOR WOMEN'S CLOTHING A DULL AN D , ON THE WHOLE , A RATHER DISTASTEFUL SUBJECT . $ < SHE PUTS HER GLASS DOWN AND GOES INTO THE HALL . $ DR PRENTICE PASSES A HAND ACROSS HIS BROW . > $ 01 SHE 'LL BRING MY GREY HAIRS IN SORROW TO THE GRAVE . $ < ( HE GOES TO THE COUCH , PULLS CURTAIN ASIDE , AND LOOKS T HROUGH . ) > $ MISS BARCLAY - THE PRESENT SITUATION IS FRAUGHT WITH DANGER - MY WIFE IS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOUR DRESS BELONGS TO HER . $ < GERALDINE LOOKS OVER THE CURTAIN . > $ 02 WE MUST EXPLAIN , AS TACTFULLY AS POSSIBLE , THAT SHE HAS MADE A MISTAKE . $ 01 I 'M AFRAID THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE . $ YOU MUST BE PATIENT FOR A LITTLE LONGER . $ 02 DOCTOR - I 'M NAKED ! $ YOU DO REALIZE THAT , DON'T YOU ? $ 01 < ( A TREMOR PASSING ACROSS HIS FACE . ) > $ INDEED I DO , MISS BARCLAY . $ #20 $ I 'M SURE IT MUST CAUSE YOU ACUTE EMBARRASSMENT . $ I 'LL SET ABOUT FINDING YOU SUITABLE CLOTHING . $ < HE TURNS TO THE WASTEPAPER BASKET , AND IS ABOUT TO REMOVE THE UNDERCLOTHING WHEN DR RANCE ENTERS FROM THE GARDEN . $ DR PRENTICE DROPS THE CLOTHING INTO THE BASKET AND PUTS THE BASKET DOWN . $ GERALDINE DUCKS BEHIND THE CURTAIN OUT OF SIGHT . > $ 05 < ( WITH A POLITE SMILE . ) > $ GOOD MORNING . $ < ( HE TAKES OFF HIS HAT . ) > $ ARE YOU DR PRENTICE ? $ 01 YES . $ HAVE YOU AN APPOINTMENT ? $ 05 NO . $ I NEVER MAKE APPOINTMENTS . $ < ( HE PUTS THE HAT AND THE BRIEF-CASE ASIDE AND SHAKES HAND S . ) > $ I 'D LIKE TO BE GIVEN DETAILS OF YOUR CLINIC . $ IT 'S RUN , I UNDERSTAND , WITH THE FULL KNOWLEDGE AND PERMI SSION OF THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES ? $ YOU SPECIALIZE IN THE COMPLETE BREAKDOWN AND ITS BY-PRODUCTS ? $ 01 YES . $ BUT IT'S HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL . $ MY FILES ARE NEVER OPEN TO STRANGERS . $ 05 YOU MAY SPEAK FREELY IN FRONT OF ME . $ I REPRESENT HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT . $ YOUR IMMEDIATE SUPERIORS IN MADNESS . $ I 'M FROM THE COMMISSIONERS . $ 01 < ( WORRIED , TAKING OFF HIS SPECTACLES ) > $ WHICH BRANCH ? $ 05 THE MENTAL BRANCH . $ 01 DO YOU COVER ASYLUMS PROPER ? $ OR JUST HOUSES OF TENTATIVE MADNESS ? $ 05 MY BRIEF IS INFINITE . $ I 'D HAVE SWAY OVER A RABBIT HUTCH IT THE INMATES WERE MENTA LLY DISTURBED . $ < ( HE OPENS THE BRIEF-CASE , AND TAKES OUT THE NOTEBOOK . ) > $ < DR PRENTICE , UNSTEADILY , POURS HIMSELF A WHISKY . > $ 01 YOU 'RE OBVIOUSLY A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH . $ 05 I HOPE OUR RELATIONSHIP WILL BE A PLEASANT ONE . $ IS THIS YOUR CONSULTING-ROOM ? $ 01 < ( SWALLOWING DRINK ) > $ YES . $ 05 WHY ARE THERE SO MANY DOORS . $ WAS THE HOUSE DESIGNED BY A LUNATIC ? $ #21 $ 01 YES . $ < ( HE POURS ANOTHER WHISKY ) > $ WE HAVE HIM HERE AS A PATIENT FROM TIME TO TIME . $ 05 < ( GLANCING UPWARDS ) > $ A SKYLIGHT TOO ? $ IS IT FUNCTIONAL ? $ 01 NO . $ IT 'S PERFECTLY USELESS FOR ANYTHING - EXCEPT TO LET LIGHT I N . $ < DR RANCE NODS , GRAVELY . $ HE WANDERS ROUND THE ROOM EXAMINING EVERYTHING , WATCHED BY DR PRENTICE . > $ 05 < ( BY THE COUCH ) > $ IS YOUR COUCH REGULATION SIZE ? $ IT LOOKS BIG ENOUGH FOR TWO . $ 01 < ( WITH A WARY SMILE ) > $ I DO DOUBLE CONSULTATIONS . $ TODDLERS ARE OFTEN TERRIFIED OF A DOCTOR . $ SO I 'VE TAKEN TO EXAMINING THEIR MOTHER AT THE SAME TIME . $ 05 HAS THE THEORY RECEIVED MUCH PUBLICITY ? $ 01 I DON'T APPROVE OF SCIENTISTS WHO PUBLICIZE THEIR THEORIE S . $ 05 I MUST SAY I AGREE WITH YOU . $ I WISH MORE SCIENTISTS WOULD KEEP THEIR IDEAS TO THEMSELVES . $ < A PIECE OF PAPER FLUTTERS FROM UNDER THE CURTAIN . > $ 05 < ( PICKING UP THE PAPER ) > $ IS THIS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU , PRENTICE ? $ 01 IT 'S A PRESCRIPTION , SIR . $ 05 < ( READING ) > $ ' KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN AND DON'T MAKE A SOUND ' ? $ < ( PAUSE ) > $ DO YOU FIND YOUR PATIENTS REACT FAVOURABLY TO SUCH TREATMENT ? $ 01 I CAN CLAIM TO HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH IT . $ 05 < ( DRILY ) > $ YOUR IDEAS , I THINK , ARE IN ADVANCE OF THE TIMES . $ < HE OPENS THE CURTAINS AND CLOSES THEM AGAIN , RAPIDLY . $ HE TURNS TO DR PRENTICE , STARTLED . > $ 05 THERE 'S A NAKED WOMAN BEHIND THERE . $ 01 SHE 'S A PATIENT , SIR . $ I 'D JUST MANAGED TO CALM HER DOWN WHEN YOU ARRIVED . $ 05 YOU WERE ATTACKED BY A NAKED WOMAN ? $ 01 YES . $ #22 $ 05 WELL , PRENTICE , I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO APPLAUD YOUR DA RING OR ENVY YOU YOUR LUCK . $ LET 'S TAKE A GLANCE AT HER . $ < DR PRENTICE GOES TO THE CURTAINS . > $ 01 MISS BARCLAY , A GENTLEMAN WISHES TO SPEAK TO YOU . $ 02 < ( LOOKING OVER THE CURTAIN ) > $ I CAN'T MEET ANYONE WITHOUT MY CLOTHES ON , DOCTOR . $ 01 < ( COOLLY , TO DR RANCE ) > $ NOTICE THE OBSTINACY WITH WHICH SHE CLINGS TO HER SUBURBAN U PBRINGING . $ 05 HAVE YOU TRIED SHOCK TREATMENT ? $ 01 NO . $ 05 HOW LONG HAS SHE BEEN A PATIENT ? $ 01 THE COMMITTAL ORDER HASN'T YET BEEN SIGNED . $ 05 BRING IT HERE . $ I 'LL SIGN IT . $ < DR PRENTICE GOES TO THE DESK . $ DR RANCE TURNS TO GERALDINE , AND ADDRESSES HER IN A BRUSQUE MANNER . > $ 05 WHY DID YOU TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF ? $ DID IT NEVER OCCUR TO YOU THAT YOUR PSYCHIATRIST MIGHT BE EM BARRASSED BY YOUR BEHAVIOUR ? $ 02 I 'M NOT A PATIENT . $ I 'M FROM THE FRIENDLY FACES EMPLOYMENT BUREAU . $ 05 < ( OVER HIS SHOULDER TO DR PRENTICE . ) > $ WHEN DID THOSE DELUSIONS FIRST MANIFEST THEMSELVES ? $ 01 < ( RETURNING WITH A DOCUMENT ) > $ I 'VE BEEN AWARE OF THEM FOR SOME TIME , SIR . $ 05 < ( TO GERALDINE ) > $ DO YOU IMAGINE THAT ANY BUSINESS-MAN WOULD TOLERATE A NAKED TYPIST IN HIS OFFICE ? $ < GERALDINE SMILES AND , IN A REASONABLE MANNER , ATTEMPTS T O EXPLAIN . > $ 02 DR PRENTICE ASKED ME TO UNDRESS IN ORDER THAT HE MIGHT DI SCOVER MY FITNESS FOR THE TASKS AHEAD . $ THERE WAS NO SUGGESTION OF MY WORKING PERMANENTLY WITHOUT CL OTHING . $ 05 < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ I SHALL TAKE CHARGE OF THIS CASE . $ IT APPEARS TO HAVE THE BIZARRE QUALITY THAT MAKES FOR A FASC INATING THESIS . $ #23 $ < ( HE SIGNS THE DOCUMENT ) > $ MAKE THE NECESSARY ENTRY IN YOUR REGISTER AND ALERT THE DISP ENSARY OF MY REQUIREMENTS . $ < DR PRENTICE GOES INTO THE DISPENSARY WITH THE DOCUMENT . $ DR RANCE TURNS TO GERALDINE . > $ 05 IS THERE A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN YOUR FAMILY ? $ 02 < ( PRIMLY ) > $ I FIND YOUR QUESTIONS IRRELEVANT . $ I REFUSE TO ANSWER THEM . $ 05 I 'VE JUST CERTIFIED YOU INSANE . $ YOU KNOW THAT , DON'T YOU ? $ < GERALDINE GIVES A GASP OF SURPRISE , AND DRAWS BACK FROM D R RANCE . > $ 02 WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU TO TAKE SUCH HIGH-HANDED ACTION ? $ 05 EVERY RIGHT . $ YOU 'VE HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN . $ 02 I 'M QUITE SANE ! $ 05 PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER . $ WHY HAVE YOU BEEN CERTIFIED IF YOU 'RE SANE ? $ EVEN FOR A MADWOMAN YOU 'RE UNUSUALLY DENSE . $ < DR PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE DISPENSARY WHEELING A HOSPITAL TROLLEY . $ ON IT IS A RUBBER MATTRESS , A PILLOW AND A BLANKET . $ OVER HIS ARM DR PRENTICE CARRIES A WHITE HOSPITAL NIGHTGOWN . $ DR RANCE TAKES THIS FROM HIM . $ HE THROWS IT OVER THE CURTAIN TO GERALDINE . > $ 05 PUT THAT ON ! $ 02 < ( TO DR RANCE ) > $ OH , THANK YOU . $ IT 'S A GREAT RELIEF TO BE CLOTHED AGAIN . $ < DR RANCE DRAWS DR PRENTICE ASIDE . $ GERALDINE PUTS ON THE NIGHTGOWN . > $ 05 WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND OF THIS CASE ? $ HAS THE PATIENT ANY FAMILY ? $ 01 NO , SIR . $ HER STEP-MOTHER DIED RECENTLY AFTER A REMARKABLY INTIMATE IN VOLVEMENT WITH SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL . $ #24 $ 05 WHAT OF THE FATHER ? $ 01 HE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN AN UNPLEASANT FELLOW . $ HE MADE HER MOTHER PREGNANT AT HER PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT . $ 05 WAS THERE ANY REASON FOR SUCH CONDUCT ? $ 01 THE PATIENT IS RETICENT ON THE SUBJECT . $ 05 I FIND THAT STRANGE . $ AND VERY REVEALING . $ < ( HE OPENS THE CURTAINS ON THE COUCH . $ TO GERALDINE ) > $ LIE ON THIS TROLLEY . $ < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ GO AND PREPARE A SEDATIVE . $ < DR PRENTICE GOES INTO THE DISPENSARY . $ DR RANCE HELPS GERALDINE FROM THE COUCH . > $ 02 PLEASE RING FOR A TAXI , SIR . $ I WISH TO RETURN HOME . $ I HAVEN'T THE QUALITIES REQUIRED FOR THIS JOB . $ 05 < ( LIFTING HER ON TO THE TROLLEY AND COVERING HER WITH T HE BLANKET ) > $ YOU 'RE SLOWING DOWN YOUR RECOVERY RATE , MISS BARCLAY . $ < DR PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE DISPENSARY WITH A KIDNEY-SHAPE D BOWL , SWABS AND A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE . $ DR RANCE BARES GERALDINE'S ARM , AND WIPES IT WITH A SWAB . > $ 02 < ( APPEALING TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ TELL HIM THE TRUTH , DOCTOR ! $ I 'M A FULLY QUALIFIED SHORTHAND-TYPIST ! $ < DR RANCE GIVES HER AN INJECTION . $ SHE GASPS , AND BURSTS INTO TEARS . > $ 02 THIS IS INTOLERABLE ! $ YOU 'RE A DISGRACE TO YOUR PROFESSION ! $ I SHALL RING THE B.M.A. AFTER LUNCH . $ 05 ACCEPT YOUR CONDITION WITHOUT TEARS AND WITHOUT ABUSING T HOSE PLACED IN AUTHORITY . $ < ( HE PUTS THE HYPODERMIC ASIDE , AND GOES TO WASH HIS HAND S . ) > $ < MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE HALL . > $ 03 < ( ANXIOUS . ) > $ MISS BARCLAY IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND . $ 05 SHE 'S UNDER STRONG SEDATION AND ON NO ACCOUNT TO BE DIST URBED . $ #25 $ < DR PRENTICE , NERVOUS , GIVES A FLEETING SMILE IN DR RANCE 'S DIRECTION . > $ 01 MY WIFE IS TALKING OF MY SECRETARY , SIR . $ SHE 'S BEEN MISSING FOR SOME TIME . $ 02 I 'M GERALDINE BARCLAY . $ LOOKING FOR PART-TIME SECRETARIAL WORK . $ I 'VE BEEN CERTIFIED INSANE . $ 05 < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ IGNORE THESE RANDOM REFLECTIONS . $ THEY 'RE AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR IN THE PATIENT'S CONDITION . $ < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ DOES SHE HAVE THE SAME NAME AS YOUR SECRETARY ? $ 01 SHE 'S TAKEN MY SECRETARY'S NAME AS HER ' NOM-DE-FOLIE ' . $ ALTHOUGH MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE , THERE 'S LITTLE WE CAN DO L EGALLY , I 'M AFRAID . $ 05 < ( DRYING HIS HANDS ) > $ IT SEEMS A TRIFLE CAPRICIOUS , BUT THE INSANE ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR WILD WAYS . $ 03 I SHALL CONTACT THE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY . $ MISS BARCLAY CAN'T HAVE VANISHED INTO THIN AIR . $ < SHE GOES INTO THE HALL . $ DR PRENTICE POURS HIMSELF A DRINK . > $ 01 MY WIFE IS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE HABITS OF YOUNG WOMEN , SI R . $ I 'VE KNOWN MANY WHO COULD VANISH INTO THIN AIR . $ AND SOME WHO TOOK A DELIGHT IN DOING SO . $ < DR RANCE PUTS ON A WHITE COAT . > $ 05 IN MY EXPERIENCE YOUNG WOMEN VANISH ONLY AT MIDNIGHT AND AFTER A HEAVY MEAL . $ < ( HE BUTTONS THE COAT . ) > $ WERE YOUR RELATIONS WITH YOUR SECRETARY NORMAL ? $ 01 YES . $ 05 WELL , PRENTICE , YOUR PRIVATE LIFE IS YOUR OWN AFFAIR . $ I FIND IT SHOCKING NONE THE LESS . $ DID THE PATIENT KNOW OF YOUR LIAISON WITH MISS BARCLAY ? $ SHE MAY HAVE DONE . $ 05 I SEE . $ A DEFINITE PATTERN IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE . $ < HE RETURNS TO THE TROLLEY AND STANDS LOOKING DOWN AT GERAL DINE . > $ #26 $ UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE DRUG I 'VE ADMINISTERED , MISS BA RCLAY , YOU ARE RELAXED AND UNAFRAID . $ I 'M GOING TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS WHICH I WANT ANSWERED I N A CLEAR NON-TECHNICAL STYLE . $ < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ SHE 'LL TAKE THAT AS AN INVITATION TO USE BAD LANGUAGE . $ < ( TO GERALDINE ) > $ WHO WAS THE FIRST MAN IN YOUR LIFE ? $ 02 MY FATHER . $ 05 DID HE ASSAULT YOU ? $ 02 NO ! $ 05 < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ SHE MAY MEAN ' YES ' WHEN SHE SAYS ' NO ' . $ IT 'S ELEMENTARY FEMININE PSYCHOLOGY . * < ( TO GERALDINE ) > $ WAS YOUR STEP-MOTHER AWARE OF YOUR LOVE FOR YOUR FATHER ? $ 02 I LIVED IN A NORMAL FAMILY . $ I HAD NO LOVE FOR MY FATHER . $ 05 < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ I 'D TAKE A BET THAT SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF AN INCESTUOUS ATT ACK . $ SHE CLEARLY ASSOCIATES VIOLENCE AND THE SEXUAL ACT . $ HER ATTEMPT , WHEN NAKED , TO PROVOKE YOU TO EROTIC RESPONSE MAY HAVE DEEPER SIGNIFICANCE . $ < ( TO GERALDINE . ) > $ DID YOUR FATHER HAVE ANY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ? $ 02 I 'M SURE HE DID . $ 05 < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ YET SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE LIVED IN A NORMAL FAMILY . $ THE DEPTH OF HER CONDITION CAN BE MEASURED FROM SUCH A STATE MENT . $ < ( TO GERALDINE ) > $ DID YOUR FATHER'S CHURCH SANCTION RAPE ? $ < ( TO DR PRENTICE . ) > $ SOME SECTS WILL TURN A BLIND EYE TO ANYTHING AS LONG AS IT ' S KEPT WITHIN THE FAMILY CIRCLE . $ < ( TO GERALDINE ) > $ WAS THERE A CHURCH SERVICE BEFORE YOU WERE ASSAULTED ? $ 02 I CAN'T ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS , SIR . $ THEY SEEM POINTLESS AND DISGUSTING . $ 05 I 'M INTERESTED IN RAPE , MISS BARCLAY , NOT THE AESTHETI CS OF CROSS-EXAMINATION . $ ANSWER ME , PLEASE ! $ WERE YOU MOLESTED BY YOUR FATHER ? $ 02 < ( WITH A SCREAM OF HORROR ) > $ NO , NO , NO ! $ < DR RANCE STRAIGHTENS UP AND FACES DR PRENTICE . > $ 05 THE VEHEMENCE OF HER DENIALS IS PROOF POSITIVE OF GUILT . $ #27 $ IT 'S A TEXT-BOOK CASE ! $ A MAN BEYOND INNOCENCE , A GIRL ACHING FOR EXPERIENCE . $ THE BEAUTY , CONFUSION AND URGENCY OF THEIR PASSION DRIVING THEM ON . $ THEY EMBARK ON A RECKLESS LOVE-AFFAIR . $ HE FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO RECONCILE HIS GUILTY SECRET WITH HI S SPIRITUAL CONVICTIONS . $ IT PREYS ON HIS MIND . $ SEXUAL ACTIVITY CEASES . $ SHE , WHO BASKED IN HIS LOVE , FEELS ANXIETY AT ITS LOSS . $ SHE SEEKS ADVICE FROM HER PRIEST . $ THE CHURCH , TRUE TO HER ANCIENT TRADITIONS , COUNSELS CHAST ITY . $ THE RESULT - MADNESS . $ < HE PUTS THE SWABS AND THE HYPODERMIC INTO THE KIDNEY-SHAPE D BOWL . > $ 01 IT 'S A FASCINATING THEORY , SIR , AND CLEVERLY PUT TOGET HER . $ DOES IT TIE IN WITH KNOWN FACTS ? $ < DR RANCE PICKS UP THE BOWL . > $ 05 THAT NEED NOT CAUSE US UNDUE ANXIETY . $ CIVILIZATIONS HAVE BEEN FOUNDED AND MAINTAINED ON THEORIES W HICH REFUSED TO OBEY FACTS . $ AS FAR AS I 'M CONCERNED THIS CHILD WAS UNNATURALLY ASSAULTE D BY HER OWN FATHER . $ I SHALL BASE MY FUTURE ACTIONS UPON THAT ASSUMPTION . $ < HE GOES INTO THE DISPENSARY TAKING THE BOWL , SWABS AND HY PODERMIC WITH HIM . > $ 02 < ( PAUSE . ) > $ AM I MAD , DOCTOR ? $ 01 NO . $ 02 ARE YOU MAD ? $ 01 NO . $ 02 IS IT THE CANDID CAMERA ? $ 01 THERE 'S A PERFECTLY RATIONAL EXPLANATION FOR WHAT IS TAK ING PLACE . $ KEEP CALM . $ ALL WILL BE WELL . $ < DR RANCE RE-ENTERS . > $ 05 IT 'S ALSO OBVIOUS TO THE MEANEST AMATEUR , PRENTICE , TH AT YOU RESEMBLE THE PATIENT'S FATHER . $ THAT IS WHY SHE UNDRESSED HERSELF . $ WHEN I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE SHE WAS ABOUT TO RE-ENACT THE IN ITIAL EXPERIENCE WITH HER PARENT . $ THE VEXED QUESTION OF MOTIVE IS NOW CLEAR . $ SHE WAS AWARE OF THE UNDERSTANDING THAT EXISTS BETWEEN YOU A ND YOUR SECRETARY . $ #28 $ YOU REPRESENT HER FATHER . $ HER IDENTIFICATION WITH MISS BARCLAY COMPLETES THE PICTURE . $ < HE RELEASES THE WHEEL-LOCK ON THE TROLLEY . > $ 01 PERHAPS THERE 'S A SIMPLER EXPLANATION FOR THE APPARENT C OMPLEXITIES OF THE CASE , SIR . $ 05 SIMPLE EXPLANATIONS ARE FOR SIMPLE MINDS . $ I 'VE NO USE FOR EITHER . $ < ( HE PUSHES THE TROLLEY TOWARDS THE WARD DOOR . ) > $ OPEN THE DOOR . $ I SHALL SUPERVISE THE CUTTING OF THE PATIENT'S HAIR . $ < DR PRENTICE OPENS THE WARD DOOR . $ DR RANCE WHEELS GERALDINE INTO THE WARD . $ DR PRENTICE GOES TO THE DESK , POURS HIMSELF A DRINK AND SWA LLOWS IT QUICKLY . $ HIS GLANCE FALLS ON TO THE WASTEPAPER BASKET . $ HE SHAKES OUT GERALDINE'S UNDERCLOTHES , SEES HER SHOES AND STOCKINGS AND PICKS THEM UP . $ MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE HALL . $ DR PRENTICE SWINGS ROUND , TURNS HIS BACK ON HER AND WALKS A WAY , BENT DOUBLE IN AN EFFORT TO CONCEAL THE CLOTHING . > $ 03 < ( ALARMED BY THIS STRANGE CONDUCT ) > $ WHAT 'S THE MATTER ? $ < ( SHE APPROACHES ) > $ ARE YOU IN PAIN ? $ 01 < ( HIS BACK TO HER , STRANGLED ) > $ YES . $ GET ME A GLASS OF WATER . $ < MRS PRENTICE HURRIES INTO THE DISPENSARY . $ DR PRENTICE STARES ABOUT HIM IN DESPERATION . $ HE SEES A TALL VASE OF ROSES . $ HE REMOVES THE ROSES AND STUFFS THE UNDERCLOTHING AND ONE SH OE INTO THE VASE . $ THE SECOND SHOE WON'T GO IN . $ HE PAUSES , PERPLEXED . $ HE IS ABOUT TO REPLACE THE ROSES WHEN MRS PRENTICE ENTERS CA RRYING A GLASS OF WATER . $ DR PRENTICE CONCEALS THE SHOE UNDER HIS COAT . $ MRS PRENTICE STARES . $ HE IS HOLDING THE ROSES . $ HE GIVES A FEEBLE SMILE AND PRESENTS THEM TO HER WITH A FLOU RISH . $ MRS PRENTICE IS SURPRISED AND ANGRY . > $ 03 PUT THEM BACK AT ONCE ! $ < THE SHOE SLIPS AND DR PRENTICE , IN AN EFFORT TO RETAIN IT , DOUBLES UP . > $ #29 $ SHOULD I CALL A DOCTOR ? $ 01 NO . $ I 'LL BE ALL RIGHT . $ 03 < ( OFFERING HIM THE GLASS . ) > $ HERE . $ DRINK THIS . $ < DR PRENTICE BACKS AWAY , STILL HOLDING THE ROSES AND THE S HOE . > $ 01 I WONDER IF YOU 'D GET ANOTHER GLASS ? $ THAT ONE IS QUITE THE WRONG SHAPE . $ 03 < ( PUZZLED ) > $ THE WRONG SHAPE ? $ 01 YES . $ < MRS PRENTICE STARES HARD AT HIM , THEN GOES INTO THE DISPE NSARY . $ DR PRENTICE TRIES TO REPLACE THE ROSES IN THE VASE . $ THEY WON'T GO IN . $ HE PICKS UP A PAIR OF SCISSORS FROM HIS DESK AND CUTS THE ST ALKS DOWN TO WITHIN AN INCH OR SO OF THE HEADS . $ HE PUTS THE ROSES INTO THE VASE AND WRAPS THE STALKS IN HIS HANDKERCHIEF AND PUTS IT INTO HIS POCKET . $ HE LOOKS FOR SOMEWHERE TO CONCEAL THE SECOND SHOE . $ HE GETS ON HIS KNEES AND SHOVES THE SHOE BETWEEN THE SPACE O N TOP OF THE BOOKS ON THE LOWER SHELF OF THE BOOKCASE . $ MRS PRENTICE ENTERS CARRYING ANOTHER GLASS . $ SHE STOPS AND STARES . > $ 03 WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW ? $ 01 < ( LIFTING HIS HANDS ) > $ PRAYING . $ 03 THIS PUERILE BEHAVIOUR ILL ACCORDS WITH YOUR HIGH ACADEMI C STANDARDS . $ < ( SHE PUTS THE GLASS OF WATER DOWN , AND TOSSES HER HEAD ) > $ THE YOUTH I WISH YOU TO ENGAGE AS YOUR SECRETARY HAS ARRIVED . $ 01 < ( DRINKING WATER ) > $ PERHAPS HE 'D CALL BACK LATER . $ I 'M STILL FEELING DICKY . $ 03 I 'LL SEE WHAT HE SAYS . $ HE 'S AN IMPATIENT YOUNG MAN . $ 01 IS THAT WHY HE TOOK TO RAPE ? $ 03 YES . $ HE CAN'T WAIT FOR ANYTHING . $ < SHE HURRIES AWAY INTO THE HALL . $ DR PRENTICE WIPES HIS BROW . > $ 01 TWO DECADES SPENT FIGHTING HER AND A RECEDING HAIRLINE ! $ I 'VE HAD JUST ABOUT ENOUGH OF BOTH . $ #30 $ < DR RANCE ENTERS FROM THE WARD . > $ 05 YOU 'LL HAVE NO TROUBLE RECOGNIZING THE PATIENT , PRENTIC E . $ I 'VE CLIPPED HER HAIR TO WITHIN AN INCH OF THE SCALP . $ 01 < ( SHOCKED ) > $ WAS IT QUITE WISE TO DO THAT , SIR ? $ IS IT IN ACCORD WITH THE PRESENT ENLIGHTENED APPROACH TO THE MENTALLY SICK ? $ 05 PERFECTLY IN ACCORD . $ I 'VE PUBLISHED A MONOGRAPH ON THE SUBJECT . $ I WROTE IT AT UNIVERSITY . $ ON THE ADVICE OF MY TUTOR . $ A REMARKABLE MAN . $ HAVING FAILED TO ACHIEVE MADNESS HIMSELF HE TOOK TO TEACHING IT TO OTHERS . $ 01 AND YOU WERE HIS PRIZE PUPIL ? $ 05 THERE WERE SOME MORE ABLE THAN I . $ 01 WHERE ARE THEY NOW ? $ 05 IN MENTAL INSTITUTIONS . $ 01 RUNNING THEM ? $ 05 FOR THE MOST PART . $ < MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE HALL . > $ 03 < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ HE INSISTS UPON PUNCTUALITY . $ HE 'LL GIVE YOU FIVE MINUTES . $ 01 < ( TO DR RANCE ) > $ A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE , SIR . $ IT 'S USELESS TO CLAIM THAT SOCIALISM HAS HAD NO EFFECT . $ 05 < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ IS THERE NO NEWS OF MISS BARCLAY ? $ 03 NONE . $ I 'VE CHECKED WITH THE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU . $ THEIR CLIENTS HAVE STRICT INSTRUCTIONS TO RING THEM IMMEDIAT ELY AFTER AN INTERVIEW . $ MISS BARCLAY HAS FAILED TO DO SO . $ 05 A SEARCH PARTY MUST BE ORGANIZED . $ < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ WHAT HAVE YOU IN THE WAY OF DOGS ? $ 01 A SPANIEL AND A MINIATURE POODLE . $ 05 LET THEM BE UNLEASHED ! $ GERALDINE BARCLAY MUST BE FOUND OR THE AUTHORITIES INFORMED . $ 03 I 'LL CONTACT THE WARDEN . $ HE HAS CHARGE OF THE GATE AND WILL KNOW WHETHER SHE LEFT THE BUILDING . $ < ( SHE TURNS TO GO ) > $ #31 $ 01 NO - DON'T DO THAT . $ MISS BARCLAY IS QUITE SAFE . $ SHE 'S DOWNSTAIRS . $ I 'VE JUST REMEMBERED . $ 05 < ( PAUSE , SURPRISED ) > $ WHY DID YOU KEEP THE FACT FROM US ? $ 01 IT 'D SLIPPED MY MEMORY . $ 05 HAVE YOU SUFFERED FROM LAPSES OF MEMORY BEFORE ? $ 01 I CAN'T REMEMBER . $ 05 YOUR MEMORY PLAYS YOU FALSE EVEN ON THE SUBJECT OF ITS OW N INADEQUACY ? $ 01 I MAY HAVE HAD A BLACKOUT . $ I DON'T RECALL HAVING ONE ON ANY OTHER OCCASION . $ 05 YOU MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN . $ YOU ADMIT YOUR MEMORY ISN'T RELIABLE . $ 01 I CAN ONLY STATE WHAT I KNOW , SIR . $ I CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO REMEMBER THINGS I 'VE FORGOTTEN . $ 03 WHAT 'S MISS BARCLAY DOING DOWNSTAIRS ? $ 01 SHE 'S MAKING WHITE GOLLIWOGS FOR SALE IN COLOUR-PREJUDIC E TROUBLE-SPOTS . $ < DR RANCE AND MRS PRENTICE EXCHANGE STARTLED LOOKS . > $ 05 YOU CLAIM , PRENTICE , THAT YOU FORGOT YOUR SECRETARY WAS MANUFACTURING THESE MONSTROSITIES ? $ 01 YES . $ 05 I CAN HARDLY CREDIT IT . $ ONCE SEEN A WHITE GOLLIWOG IS NOT EASILY FORGOTTEN . $ WHAT WAS THE OBJECT IN CREATING THESE NIGHTMARE CREATURES ? $ 01 I HOPED IT MIGHT PROMOTE RACIAL HARMONY . $ 05 THESE HELLISH WHITE HOMUNCULES MUST BE PUT OUT OF THEIR M ISERY . $ I ORDER YOU TO DESTROY THEM BEFORE THEIR BALEFUL INFLUENCE C AN MAKE ITSELF FELT . $ 01 < ( WEARILY ) > $ I 'LL GET MISS BARCLAY TO CARRY OUT YOUR ORDERS , SIR . $ < HE GOES OUT BY THE WARD DOOR . $ DR RANCE TURNS TO MRS PRENTICE AND MOPS HIS BROW . > $ 05 THE MAN 'S A SECOND FRANKENSTEIN . $ #32 $ < MRS PRENTICE GOES TO THE DESK AND POURS HERSELF A WHISKY . > $ 03 < ( WITH A HALF-SMILE ) > $ MY HUSBAND IS A STRANGE PERSON , DOCTOR . $ IS HE A GENIUS OR MERELY A HIGHLY-STRUNG FOOL ? $ 05 I 'D LIKE TO KNOW HIM BETTER BEFORE I VENTURED AN OPINION . $ HAVE THERE BEEN OTHER SCHEMES BESIDES THIS GOLLIWOG SCANDAL ? $ 03 < ( DRINKING WHISKY ) > $ HIS LETTERS TO THE NEWSPAPERS ARE LEGION . $ < SHE TAKES HER DRINK TO THE BOOKCASE . $ SHE LIFTS , FROM THE BOTTOM SHELF , A LEATHER-BOUND CUTTINGS BOOK . > $ < ( OPENING THE BOOK AND SHOWING IT TO DR RANCE ) > $ FROM HIS FIRST LETTER , AT THE AGE OF TWELVE , COMPLAINING O F INACCURATE INFORMATION GIVEN TO HIM BY A GERMAN CHILD WHIL ST THEY WERE PLAYING ' MOTHERS AND FATHERS ' - HE SPECULATES ON THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF NAZI PROPAGANDA . $ < DR RANCE STARES HARD AT THE BOOK . $ MRS PRENTICE TURNS THE PAGES . > $ TO HIS LATEST LETTER , PUBLISHED A MONTH AGO , IN WHICH HE C ALLS GENTLEMEN'S LAVATORIES ' THE LAST STRONGHOLD OF MALE PR IVILEGE ... ' $ < DR RANCE , AFTER READING , HANDS THE BOOK BACK . > $ 05 YOUR HUSBAND'S BEHAVIOUR GIVES ME CAUSE FOR GRAVE DISQUIE T . $ ARE YOU YOURSELF CONVINCED THAT HIS METHODS CAN RESULT IN A LESSENING OF TENSION BETWEEN THE SANE AND THE INSANE ? $ 03 THE PURPOSE OF MY HUSBAND'S CLINIC ISN'T TO CURE , BUT TO LIBERATE AND EXPLOIT MADNESS . $ 05 IN THIS HE APPEARS TO SUCCEED ONLY TOO WELL . $ < ( HE FACES HER , CANDIDLY ) > $ NEVER HAVE I SEEN MATTERS CONDUCTED AS THEY ARE IN THIS HOUS E . $ < HE TAKES A PIECE OF PAPER FROM HIS POCKET AND HANDS IT TO HER . > $ READ THAT . $ #33 $ 03 < ( READING . ) > $ ' KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN AND DON'T MAKE A SOUND ' ? $ < ( HANDING IT BACK ) > $ WHAT DOES IT MEAN ? $ 05 YOUR HUSBAND IS USING DANGEROUSLY UNORTHODOX METHODS IN H IS TREATMENT OF THE INSANE . $ < ( HE GOES TO HIS BRIEFCASE AND PUTS THE NOTE AWAY ) > $ < MRS PRENTICE FROWNS AND PUTS THE GLASS DOWN . > $ 03 I HESITATE TO MENTION THIS , DOCTOR - AS A WIFE MY LOYALT IES ARE INVOLVED - BUT I MUST CONFESS THAT ONLY THIS MORNING MY HUSBAND ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION OF USING THOMAS HARDY TO CURE A DISORDER OF THE BLADDER . $ 05 < ( GRIMLY ) > $ AS A PSYCHIATRIST YOUR HUSBAND SEEMS NOT ONLY INEFFECTIVE , BUT ALSO UNDESIRABLE . $ < MRS PRENTICE TAKES THE CUTTINGS BOOK BACK TO THE BOOKCASE AND ATTEMPTS TO PUT THE BOOK AWAY . $ SHE IS UNABLE TO DO SO . $ SHE INVESTIGATES . $ SHE DISCOVERS GERALDINE'S SHOE AND LOOKS AT IT IN AMAZEMENT . > $ 03 WHAT A THING TO FIND IN A BOOKCASE ! $ 05 < ( PAUSE ) > $ IS IT YOURS ? $ 03 NO . $ 05 LET ME SEE IT . $ < SHE HANDS HIM THE SHOE . $ HE TURNS IT OVER IN HIS HAND . > $ 05 < ( LOOKING UP , AFTER A PAUSE . ) > $ I MUST ASK YOU TO BE HONEST WITH ME , MRS PRENTICE . $ HAS DR PRENTICE AT ANY TIME GIVEN YOU CAUSE TO DOUBT HIS OWN SANITY ? $ < MRS PRENTICE GIVES A QUICK GASP OF FEAR , RISING TO HER FE ET . > $ 03 HE 'S A RESPECTED MEMBER OF HIS PROFESSION . $ HIS WORK IN ALL FIELDS HAS BEEN PRAISED BY NUMEROUS COLLEAGU ES . $ 05 RADICAL THOUGHT COMES EASILY TO THE LUNATIC . $ 03 < ( PAUSE ) > $ YOU 'RE QUITE RIGHT . $ < ( SHE DABS AT HER NOSE WITH A HANDKERCHIEF ) > $ I 'VE KNOWN FOR SOME TIME THAT ALL WAS NOT WELL . $ I 'VE TRIED TO CONVINCE MYSELF THAT MY FEARS WERE GROUNDLESS . $ ALL THE WHILE I KNEW I WAS CHEATING MYSELF . $ #34 $ < DR RANCE LEADS HER TO A CHAIR . $ SHE SITS , OVERCOME BY SHOCK > $ 05 < ( QUIETLY ) > $ WHAT FIRST AROUSED YOUR SUSPICIONS ? $ 03 OH , I THINK HIS BOORISH ATTITUDE TOWARDS MY MOTHER . $ HE USED TO RING HER UP AND SUGGEST PAINFUL WAYS OF COMMITTIN G SUICIDE . $ WORN OUT AT LAST BY HIS PESTERING SHE TOOK HIS ADVICE . $ 05 AND MORE RECENTLY , SAY FROM THIS MORNING , HAS THERE BEE N AN INCREASE IN HIS CONDITION ? $ 03 OH , YES . $ QUITE DEFINITELY , DOCTOR . $ HE HAD NO SYMPATHY FOR ME WHEN I COMPLAINED OF BEING ASSAULT ED BY A PAGE-BOY AT THE STATION HOTEL . $ 05 WHAT WAS THE OBJECT OF THE ASSAULT ? $ 03 THE YOUTH WANTED TO RAPE ME . $ 05 HE DIDN'T SUCCEED ? $ 03 NO . $ 05 < ( SHAKING HIS HEAD ) > $ THE SERVICE IN THESE HOTELS IS DREADFUL . $ 03 SHORTLY AFTER MY RETURN MY HUSBAND STARTED HAVING THE MOS T EXTRAORDINARY IDEAS WHICH I 'D 'VE BEEN WILLING TO INDULGE IF THEY HADN'T OVERSTEPPED THE BOUNDS OF GOOD TASTE . $ 05 GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE . $ 03 HE HAS DEVELOPED A CRAVING FOR WOMEN'S CLOTHES . $ 05 < ( PICKING UP GERALDINE'S SHOE ) > $ THIS CONFIRMS YOUR STORY . $ 03 I REFUSED TO LOAN HIM ANY OF MINE AND WENT IN SEARCH OF M ISS BARCLAY . $ SOME TIME LATER , IN MY PRESENCE , MY HUSBAND HAD A KIND OF FIT . $ HE ASKED ME TO GET HIM A DRINK . $ WHEN I RETURNED HE PRESENTED ME WITH A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS . $ 05 HE WISHED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR SAFE RETURN . $ 03 I 'D ONLY BEEN TO THE DISPENSARY . $ AND HE 'D TAKEN THE FLOWERS FROM THE VASE . $ < ( SHE POINTS TO THE VASE ) > $ I WAS ANGRY AND NOT A LITTLE FRIGHTENED . $ AT THIS POINT A SPASM OF AGONY CROSSED HIS OTHERWISE TRANQUI L FEATURES . $ #35 $ I OFFERED HIM THE GLASS OF WATER . $ HE REACTED IN A VIOLENT MANNER . $ HE SAID THE GLASS WAS THE WRONG SHAPE . $ 05 WHAT A REVEALING PHRASE ! $ 03 I RETURNED TO THE DISPENSARY . $ WHEN I GOT BACK HE WAS ON HIS KNEES PRAYING . $ 05 HOW SHOCKING ! $ HIS ABNORMAL CONDITION HAS DRIVEN HIM TO SEEK REFUGE IN RELI GION . $ ALWAYS THE LAST DITCH STAND OF A MAN ON THE BRINK OF DISASTE R . $ < ( HE PATS MRS PRENTICE ON THE SHOULDER ) > $ I CAN'T DOUBT THAT WHAT YOU 'VE TOLD ME HAS GREAT SIGNIFICAN CE . $ WE MUST ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HIS ADMITTED LAPSE OF MEMORY , AND THE ATTEMPTS TO CREATE ALIEN FORMS OF LIFE . $ < ( HE PUTS THE SHOE INTO HIS CASE ) > $ SAY NOTHING OF OUR SUSPICIONS . $ FANCIES GROW LIKE WEEDS IN THE UNHEALTHY SOIL OF A SICK BRAI N . $ 03 < ( DABBING HER EYES WITH A HANDKERCHIEF ) > $ OH , DOCTOR , YOU 'VE NO IDEA WHAT A RELIEF IT 'S BEEN TO TA LK TO SOMEONE LIKE YOURSELF . $ 05 WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE SO BEFORE ? $ 03 A WOMAN DOESN'T LIKE FACING THE FACT THAT THE MAN SHE LOV ES IS INSANE . $ IT MAKES HER LOOK SUCH A FOOL . $ < SHE PUTS THE HANDKERCHIEF AWAY , POURS HERSELF A DRINK AND DROPS ICE INTO THE GLASS . $ DR PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE WARD . > $ 05 < ( TURNING TO HIM ) > $ HAVE YOU CARRIED OUT MY INSTRUCTIONS ? $ 01 YES . $ 05 YOU GUILTY SCIENTISTS WILL DESTROY THE WORLD WITH YOUR SH AMEFUL SECRETS . $ < ( HE TAKES GERALDINE'S SHOE FROM HIS BRIEFCASE ) > $ DOES THIS BELONG TO YOUR SECRETARY ? $ 01 NO . $ < ( PAUSE ) > $ IT 'S MINE . $ < DR RANCE AND MRS PRENTICE EXCHANGE LOOKS . $ DR RANCE RAISES AN EYEBROW . > $ 05 < ( HEAVILY , WITH IRONY ) > $ ARE YOU IN THE HABIT OF WEARING WOMEN'S FOOTWEAR ? $ #36 $ 01 < ( QUICKLY , DESPERATE ) > $ MY PRIVATE LIFE IS MY OWN . $ SOCIETY MUST NOT BE TOO HARSH IN ITS JUDGEMENTS . $ < DR RANCE PUTS THE SHOE ASIDE > $ 05 WHERE IS THIS SECRETARY OF YOURS ? $ I 'VE A FEW QUESTIONS I 'D LIKE TO PUT TO HER . $ 01 I CAN'T ALLOW YOU TO DISTURB HER . $ SHE HAS WORK TO DO . $ < DR RANCE GIVES A HUMOURLESS SMILE > $ 05 I DON'T THINK YOU QUITE APPRECIATE THE POSITION , PRENTIC E . $ THE POWERS VESTED IN ME BY THE COMMISSIONERS GIVE THE RIGHT TO INTERVIEW ANY MEMBER OF YOUR STAFF SHOULD OCCASION DEMAND . $ WHERE IS GERALDINE BARCLAY ? $ 01 SHE 'S IN THE GARDEN . $ 05 ASK HER TO STEP THIS WAY . $ 01 SHE 'S MAKING A FUNERAL PYRE FOR THE GOLLIWOGS . $ IT WOULD BE WRONG TO DISTURB HER . $ 05 VERY WELL . $ < ( TIGHT-LIPPED ) > $ I SHALL SEEK HER OUT MYSELF . $ YOU MAY BE SURE , PRENTICE , YOUR CONDUCT WON'T GO UNREPORTE D ! $ < HE GOES INTO THE GARDEN . $ DR PRENTICE TURNS ON HIS WIFE IN COLD FURY > $ 01 WHAT 'VE YOU TOLD HIM ? $ 03 NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH . $ 01 < ( POURING A DRINK ) > $ YOU 'VE BEEN SPREADING IT AROUND THAT I 'M A TRANSVESTITE , HAVEN'T YOU ? $ 03 THERE WAS A WOMAN'S SHOE HIDDEN IN THE BOOKCASE . $ WHAT WAS IT DOING THERE ? $ 01 WHY WERE YOU ROOTING AMONG MY BOOKS ? $ 03 I WAS LOOKING FOR THE CUTTINGS ALBUM . $ I SHOWED IT TO DR RANCE . $ 01 YOU 'D NO RIGHT TO DO THAT . $ 03 ARE YOU ASHAMED OF THE FACT THAT YOU WRITE TO STRANGE MEN ? $ #37 $ 01 THERE 'S NOTHING FURTIVE IN MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EDIT OR OF THE GUARDIAN . $ < MRS PRENTICE POURS HERSELF ANOTHER DRINK > $ 03 DR RANCE AND I ARE TRYING TO HELP YOU . $ WE 'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH YOUR CONDITION . $ 01 NEITHER AM I . $ IT 'S IMPOSSIBLE AND YOU 'RE TO BLAME . $ I SHOULD 'VE DRIVEN YOU OUT WITH IGNOMINY YEARS AGO . $ < MRS PRENTICE PUTS THE EMPTY WHISKY BOTTLE ASIDE AND TURNS ON DR PRENTICE RESENTFULLY > $ 03 WHOSE FAULT IS IT IF OUR MARRIAGE IS ON THE ROCKS ? $ YOU 'RE SELFISH AND INCONSIDERATE . $ DON'T PUSH ME TOO FAR . $ < ( WITH A TOSS OF HER HEAD . ) > $ I MIGHT SLEEP WITH SOMEONE ELSE . $ 01 WHO ? $ 03 AN INDIAN STUDENT . $ 01 YOU DON'T KNOW ANY . $ 03 NEW DELHI IS FULL OF THEM . $ 01 < ( STARING , AGHAST . ) > $ YOU CAN'T TAKE LOVERS IN ASIA ! $ THE AIR FARE WOULD BE CRIPPLING . $ < MRS PRENTICE DROPS ICE INTO HER GLASS AND IGNORES DR PRENT ICE , HER NOSE IN THE AIR . $ DR PRENTICE STANDS BESIDE HER AND SHOUTS INTO HER EAR . > $ YOUR IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR CAUSES ME UNTOLD ANXIETY . $ A MAN EXPOSED HIMSELF TO YOU LAST SUMMER . $ 03 < ( WITHOUT LOOKING AT HIM ) > $ I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING . $ 01 AND YOUR DISAPPOINTMENT MARRED OUR HOLIDAY . $ 03 YOU 'VE NO PSYCHOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFICULTIE S I FACE . $ < ( SHE DRINKS WHISKY . ) > $ 01 < ( PULLING HER ROUND , WHITE WITH RAGE ) > $ UNLESS YOU 'RE VERY CAREFUL YOU 'LL FIND YOURSELF IN A SUITC ASE AWAITING COLLECTION ! $ < MRS PRENTICE LAUGHS , SHARPLY > $ #38 $ 03 THESE VEILED THREATS CONFIRM THE DOUBTS I ALREADY HAVE OF YOUR SANITY . $ < SHE DRINKS THE WHISKY AND WALKS AWAY FROM DR PRENTICE WHO SCOWLS AT HER . $ NICK ENTERS FROM THE HALL . $ HE CARRIES A SLIM CARDBOARD BOX WITH THE WORDS ' STATION HOT EL ' PRINTED ON IT . > $ 04 < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ IF YOU 'LL HAND OVER THE MONEY , MADAM , I 'LL LET YOU HAVE THE PHOTOS . $ HOWEVER , SOME GUARANTEE OF EMPLOYMENT MUST BE GIVEN BEFORE PART WITH THE NEGATIVES . $ < DR PRENTICE , PUZZLED , TURNS TO MRS PRENTICE > $ 01 WHAT 'S HE TALKING ABOUT ? $ 03 HE HAS IN HIS POSSESSION A SERIES OF PORNOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF ME . $ HE TOOK THEM LAST NIGHT WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE . $ < DR PRENTICE TURNS AWAY , WEARY , ALMOST IN TEARS > $ 01 OH , THE DAMNABLE FRIVOLITY OF THE WOMAN ! $ I SHALL HAVE TO TURN PAEDERAST TO GET HER OUT OF THIS MESS . $ < ( HE PASSES A HAND ACROSS HIS BROW ) > $ < NICK PRESENTS MRS PRENTICE WITH THE BOX > $ 04 I HAVE TO DELIVER THIS . $ IT 'S FROM OUR TWO-HOUR CLEANING SERVICE . $ < MRS PRENTICE OPENS THE BOX > $ 03 < ( WITH DELIGHT ) > $ MY DRESS AND WIG ! $ < DR PRENTICE NARROWS HIS EYES AND GIVES A BRIEF EXCLAMATION > $ 01 A DRESS ? $ I 'LL TAKE POSSESSION OF THAT . $ < ( HE TAKES THE BOX FROM HER ) > $ 03 I SHALL INFORM DR RANCE OF YOUR THEFT OF ONE OF MY DRESSE S . $ < ( SHE SPITS THE WORDS INTO HIS ASTONISHED FACE ) > $ 01 DON'T RAISE YOUR VOICE . $ TAKE A BISCUIT FROM THE BARREL AND RETIRE TO YOUR ROOM . $ #39 $ < MRS PRENTICE TOSSES HER HEAD , PICKS A FULL BOTTLE OF WHIS KY FROM THE DESK AND FLOUNCES INTO THE HALL > $ 04 I 'M SORRY IF MY BEHAVIOUR LAST NIGHT CAUSED YOUR WIFE AN XIETY , BUT I 'VE A BURNING DESIRE TO SLEEP WITH EVERY WOMAN I MEET . $ 01 THAT 'S A FILTHY HABIT AND , IN MY OPINION , VERY INJURIO US TO THE HEALTH . $ 04 IT IS , SIR . $ MY HEALTH 'S NEVER BEEN THE SAME SINCE I WENT OFF STAMP-COLL ECTING . $ < DR PRENTICE PUTS THE BOX ON TO THE DESK AND POURS HIMSELF A DRINK . > $ 01 WE HAVE AN OVERALL MORAL POLICY IN THIS CLINIC FROM WHICH EVEN I AM NOT EXEMPT . $ WHILST YOU 'RE WITH US I SHALL EXPECT YOU TO SHOW AN INTERES T IN NO ONE'S SEXUAL ORGANS BUT YOUR OWN . $ 04 I WOULD MISS A LOT OF FUN THAT WAY . $ 01 THAT IS THE OBJECT OF THE EXERCISE . $ < DR RANCE ENTERS FROM THE GARDEN > $ 05 I CAN FIND NO TRACE OF YOUR SECRETARY . $ I MIGHT ADD , PRENTICE , THAT MY PATIENCE IS ALL BUT EXHAUST ED . $ 01 SHE MIGHT BE IN THE DISPENSARY . $ 05 UNLESS I DISCOVER HER WHEREABOUTS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MIN UTES YOU 'LL FIND YOURSELF IN SERIOUS TROUBLE . $ < HE GOES INTO THE DISPENSARY . $ MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE HALL > $ 03 A POLICEMAN IS AT THE DOOR . $ HE WISHES TO SPEAK TO SOME MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD . $ 01 ASK HIM TO STEP THIS WAY . $ < MRS PRENTICE GOES INTO THE HALL . $ NICK STANDS AND APPEALS TO DR PRENTICE , EMOTIONAL . > $ 04 OH , SIR ! $ THEY 'VE COME TO ARREST ME ! $ 01 THIS PARANOIA IS UNCALLED-FOR . $ THE OFFICER HAS PROBABLY CALLED TO ASK ME FOR THE HAND OF MY COOK IN MARRIAGE . $ #40 $ 04 YOU 'RE WRONG , SIR ! $ THEY 'LL GIVE ME FIVE YEARS IF I 'M CAUGHT . $ 01 WHY ARE YOU IN DANGER OF ARREST . $ YOU MAY BE QUITE FRANK WITH ME . $ 04 WELL , SIR , AS YOUR WIFE HAS ALREADY TOLD YOU , I ATTEMP TED LAST NIGHT TO MISBEHAVE MYSELF WITH HER . $ I DIDN'T SUCCEED . $ 01 I 'M SURE YOU DIDN'T . $ DESPITE ALL APPEARANCES TO THE CONTRARY , MRS PRENTICE IS HA RDER TO GET INTO THAN THE READING ROOM AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM . $ 04 UNDETERRED I TOOK THE LIFT TO THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE HOTE L WHERE A PARTY OF SCHOOLGIRLS WERE STAYING . $ OH , SIR , WHAT LONELY AND AIMLESS LIVES THEY LEAD ! $ 01 < ( WITH A FROWN ) > $ WAS THERE NO MISTRESS IN ATTENDANCE ? $ 04 SHE OCCUPIED A ROOM ACROSS THE CORRIDOR . $ 01 DID YOU DISTURB HER ? $ 04 NO . $ AND SHE 'LL NEVER FORGIVE ME FOR IT . $ IT WAS SHE WHO REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE POLICE . $ OH , SIR ! $ DON'T TURN ME OVER TO THE LAW . $ < DR RANCE ENTERS FROM THE DISPENSARY > $ 05 I WARN YOU , PRENTICE , UNLESS YOU 'RE PREPARED TO CO-OPE RATE IN FINDING MISS BARCLAY I SHALL CALL UPON YOU TO ACCOUN T FOR HER DISAPPEARANCE . $ IF YOU 'RE UNABLE TO DO SO THE POLICE MUST BE INFORMED . $ < HE GOES INTO THE WARD > $ 04 HAVE YOU GIVEN A THOUGHT TO MY PREDICAMENT ? $ 01 NO . $ I 'M OBSESSED BY MY OWN . $ < ( HE WIPES HIS BROW . ) > $ WE SHALL BE SHARING THE SAME CELL AT THIS RATE . $ < HIS EYE LIGHTS ON THE CARDBOARD BOX . $ HE TURNS TO NICK , AN IDEA DAWNING . > $ < ( ABRUPTLY ) > $ TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF . $ #41 $ 04 < ( PAUSE ) > $ ARE YOU GOING TO MESS ME ABOUT , SIR ? $ 01 CERTAINLY NOT ! $ IS THAT WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN MEN ASK YOU TO TAKE YOUR C LOTHES OFF ? $ 04 YES . $ THEY GIVE ME FIVE SHILLINGS . $ 01 FIVE SHILLINGS ! $ GOOD GRACIOUS THE RATE HASN'T CHANGED IN THIRTY YEARS . $ WHAT CAN THE UNIONS BE THINKING OF ? $ < ( HE PUTS A HAND ON NICK'S SHOULDER ) > $ COME ALONG , STRIP ! $ < NICK TUGS AT A ZIP . $ THE JACKET OPENS FROM SHOULDER TO HIP . $ HE TAKES IT OFF , KICKS AWAY HIS SHOES AND DROPS HIS TROUSER S . $ DR PRENTICE STARES IN ADMIRATION . > $ 01 REMARKABLE . $ MY LAST SECRETARY COULDN'T BETTER YOU . $ AND SHE WAS A DESCENDANT OF HOUDINI . $ < NICK HANDS THE CLOTHES TO DR PRENTICE . $ HE IS NAKED EXCEPT FOR A PAIR OF SHORTS . $ HE IS ABOUT TO TAKE THEM OFF WHEN DR PRENTICE HOLDS UP HIS H AND > $ DON'T REMOVE YOUR DRAWERS . $ MY MEDICAL TRAINING HAS FAMILIARIZED ME WITH WHAT IS UNDERNE ATH . $ < MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE HALL . $ SHE STOPS IN HORROR > $ 03 WHAT DEVILRY ARE YOU UP TO NOW ? $ 01 I 'M CARRYING OUT A MEDICAL EXAMINATION . $ 03 BUT YOU 'RE NOT A PHYSICIAN . $ WHY DO YOU NEED THE CHILD UNDRESSED ? $ 01 < ( SMILING , WITH ENORMOUS PATIENCE ) > $ MY INVESTIGATIONS UPON HIS CLOTHED BODY WOULD BE STRICTLY ' UNSCIENTIFIC ' AND , INEVITABLY , SUPERFICIAL . $ IN ORDER TO ASSURE MYSELF THAT HE 'S GOING TO BE OF USE TO M E I MUST EXAMINE HIM FULLY . $ AND SKIN-WISE . $ 03 YOU OGRE ! $ NEVER , IN MY WHOLE LIFE , HAVE I HEARD ANYTHING SO LAME AND STUPID . $ THIS FOLLY WILL GET YOU STRUCK OFF THE REGISTER . $ < ( PICKING UP NICK'S UNIFORM ) > $ COME WITH ME , DEAR . $ YOU MUSTN'T BE LEFT WITH THIS MAN . $ < SHE TAKES THE UNIFORM INTO THE HALL . > $ #42 $ 04 WHAT DO WE DO NOW , SIR ? $ IF THE LAW COMES I CAN'T EVEN RUN FOR IT . $ < DR PRENTICE PICKS UP THE CARDBOARD BOX AND TAKES OUT A LEO PARD-SPOTTED DRESS AND A WIG . > $ 01 I HAVE AN IDEA . $ I WANT YOU TO IMPERSONATE MY SECRETARY . $ HER NAME IS GERALDINE BARCLAY . $ IT WILL SOLVE ALL OUR PROBLEMS IF YOU AGREE TO MY REQUEST . $ < HE GIVES NICK THE DRESS AND WIG > $ IT 'S OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO CONVINCE DR RANCE THAT YOU 'RE A WOMAN . $ YOU SHOULD ENCOUNTER NO REAL DIFFICULTIES THERE . $ HE 'S AN ELDERLY MAN . $ I DON'T SUPPOSE HE 'S CHECKED WITH THE ORIGINAL LATELY . $ < HE TAKES NICK TO THE DISPENSARY DOOR > $ AFTER YOUR MEETING PLEAD ILLNESS AND LEAVE THE HOUSE . $ I 'LL BE WAITING WITH YOUR OWN CLOTHES . $ THE OPERATION COMPLETED YOU 'LL BE GIVEN A SUM OF MONEY AND A TICKET FOR ANY DESTINATION YOU CHOOSE . $ < ( PUSHING HIM INTO THE DISPENSARY . ) > $ IF YOU RUN INTO TROUBLE I SHALL DENY ALL KNOWLEDGE OF YOU . $ DRESS IN THERE . $ < HE SHUTS THE DISPENSARY DOOR , GOES TO THE HALL AND CALLS IN FRIENDLY TONES > $ WOULD YOU LIKE TO STEP THIS WAY , OFFICER ? $ I 'M SORRY TO HAVE KEPT YOU WAITING . $ < HE GOES TO THE DESK AND OPENS A FRESH BOTTLE OF WHISKY . $ NICK OPENS THE DISPENSARY DOOR AND LOOKS THROUGH . > $ 04 SHOES , SIR ! $ < DR PRENTICE SWINGS ROUND IN ALARM . > $ 01 SHOES ! $ < HE PUTS THE BOTTLE DOWN ) > $ ONE MOMENT ! $ < HE TAKES GERALDINE'S SHOE FROM DR RANCE'S BRIEF-CASE AND T HROWS IT TO NICK . $ HE GOES TO THE VASE AND LIFTS THE ROSES QUICKLY . $ #43 $ HE PUTS A HAND INTO THE VASE , SEARCHING FOR THE OTHER SHOE . $ SERGEANT MATCH ENTERS . $ NICK DARTS INTO THE DISPENSARY . $ DR PRENTICE PUTS THE ROSES BEHIND HIS BACK . > $ < ( IN COLD TONES ) > $ WOULD YOU MIND NOT ENTERING MY CONSULTING ROOM WITHOUT PERMI SSION ? $ 06 < ( A LITTLE PUT OUT ) > $ YOU ASKED ME TO COME IN , SIR . $ 01 I DON'T BELIEVE I DID . $ WAIT OUTSIDE . $ < SERGEANT MATCH LEAVES THE ROOM . $ DR PRENTICE SHAKES GERALDINE'S SHOE FROM THE VASE . $ HE HURRIES TO THE DISPENSARY , THROWS THE SHOE INSIDE AND DA RTS BACK TO THE VASE . $ HE IS ABOUT TO REPLACE THE FLOWERS WHEN MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE HALL . $ SHE SEES DR PRENTICE IS HOLDING THE FLOWERS AND STEPS BACK I N AMAZEMENT . $ DR PRENTICE OFFERS HER THE BUNCH OF ROSES . $ HER FACE TURNS ASHEN . $ SHE IS ANGRY AND A LITTLE FRIGHTENED . > $ 03 WHY DO YOU KEEP GIVING ME FLOWERS ? $ 01 IT 'S BECAUSE I 'M VERY FOND OF YOU , MY DEAR . $ 03 YOUR ACTIONS GROW WILDER WITH EVERY PASSING MOMENT . $ WHY WERE YOU RUDE TO THE POLICEMAN ? $ 01 HE BARGED IN WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A BY-YOUR-LEAVE . $ 03 BUT YOU ASKED HIM TO COME IN . $ HAD YOU FORGOTTEN ? $ 01 YES . $ < ( PAUSE ) > $ MY MEMORY ISN'T WHAT IT WAS . $ TELL HIM I 'LL SEE HIM NOW . $ < MRS PRENTICE GOES INTO THE HALL . $ DR PRENTICE REPLACES THE FLOWERS , GOES TO HIS DESK AND POUR S A LARGE WHISKY . $ GERALDINE ENTERS FROM THE WARD . $ HER HAIR HAS BEEN CUT SHORT . $ SHE IS WEARING THE HOSPITAL NIGHTGOWN . $ DR PRENTICE IS CONSIDERABLY ALARMED BY HER PRESENCE IN THE R OOM . > $ MISS BARCLAY ! $ WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE ? $ 02 NOTHING WOULD INDUCE ME TO REMAIN ON YOUR STAFF A MOMENT LONGER , DOCTOR . $ I WISH TO GIVE NOTICE . $ < SERGEANT MATCH ENTERS FROM THE HALL . $ HIS VIEW OF GERALDINE IS OBSCURED BY THE COUCH . > $ #44 $ 06 SORRY FOR THE MISUNDERSTANDING , SIR . $ 01 < ( TURNING , ABRUPT ) > $ PLEASE REMAIN OUTSIDE . $ I THINK I MADE MYSELF PLAIN . $ 06 < ( PAUSE ) > $ YOU DON'T WISH TO SEE ME ? $ 01 NO . $ < SERGEANT MATCH , SOMEWHAT PERPLEXED BY THE SITUATION , GOE S INTO THE HALL . $ DR PRENTICE TAKES GERALDINE BY THE ARM . > $ YOUR DISCLOSURES COULD RUIN ME . $ GIVE ME A CHANCE TO GET US OUT OF THIS MESS . $ 02 YOU MUST PUT MATTERS RIGHT BY TELLING THE TRUTH . $ 01 < ( PULLS CURTAINS ROUND COUCH . ) > $ HIDE BEHIND HERE . $ NOTHING UNPLEASANT WILL HAPPEN . $ YOU HAVE MY WORD AS A GENTLEMAN . $ 02 WE MUST TELL THE TRUTH ! $ 01 THAT 'S A THOROUGHLY DEFEATIST ATTITUDE . $ < ( HE BUNDLES HER BEHIND THE CURTAIN ) > $ 02 < ( LOOKING OVER THE CURTAIN ) > $ AT LEAST GIVE ME BACK MY CLOTHES . $ I FEEL NAKED WITHOUT THEM . $ < DR PRENTICE REMOVES THE ROSES FROM THE VASE , TAKES OUT GE RALDINE'S UNDERCLOTHES AND STOCKINGS AND THROWS THEM TO HER . $ MRS PRENTICE AND SERGEANT MATCH ENTER FROM THE HALL . $ GERALDINE DUCKS BEHIND THE CURTAIN . $ DR PRENTICE HAS THE ROSES IN HIS HAND . $ MRS PRENTICE CLUTCHES SERGEANT MATCH'S ARM . > $ 03 OH , IF HE PRESENTS ME WITH THOSE FLOWERS AGAIN I SHALL F AINT ! $ < THEY WATCH IN SILENCE AS DR PRENTICE REPLACES THE ROSES WI TH AN AIR OF CONFIDENCE . $ WITHOUT GERALDINE'S CLOTHES UNDER THEM THE STALKS ARE TOO SH ORT . $ THE FLOWERS VANISH INTO THE VASE . $ MRS PRENTICE CRIES OUT IN SURPRISE . > $ 03 HE 'S CUT THE STALKS OFF ! $ HIS LUNACY IS BEYOND BELIEF . $ #45 $ < DR PRENTICE PICKS UP HIS DRINK AND TURNS , BLANDLY , TO SE RGEANT MATCH . > $ 01 EXCUSE MY WIFE'S HYSTERIA , SERGEANT . $ A MAN TRIED TO MOLEST HER LAST NIGHT . $ HER RECOVERY IS FAR FROM COMPLETE . $ 06 I UNDERSTAND THAT MRS PRENTICE INTRODUCED THE YOUNG MAN T O YOU , SIR ? $ 01 YES . $ WE SHAN'T PREFER CHARGES . $ 06 I BELIEVE YOUR WIFE TO BE ILL-ADVISED IN NOT REPEATING HE R EXPERIENCES BEFORE A JUDGE AND JURY . $ HOWEVER , AS IT HAPPENS , I 'M NOT CONCERNED WITH THIS CASE . $ I 'M INTERESTED IN THE YOUTH'S MOVEMENTS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AN D SEVEN A.M. $ DURING THAT PERIOD HE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE MISCONDUCTED HIMSEL F WITH A PARTY OF SCHOOLCHILDREN . $ 03 < ( POURING A DRINK ) > $ HOW VILE AND DISGRACEFUL ! $ 06 AFTER CARRYING OUT A MEDICAL EXAMINATION OUR LADY DOCTOR IS UP IN ARMS . $ SHE CAN'T WAIT TO MEET THIS FELLOW FACE TO FACE . $ 01 WELL , SERGEANT , HE ISN'T ON THE PREMISES . $ IF HE TURNS UP YOU 'LL BE INFORMED . $ 03 < ( SHOCKED ) > $ HOW DARE YOU GIVE MISLEADING INFORMATION TO THE POLICE ? $ < ( TO SERGEANT MATCH . ) > $ HE WAS HERE . $ I HAVE HIS CLOTHES OUTSIDE . $ 06 VERY WISE OF YOU TO CONFISCATE HIS CLOTHING , MA'AM . $ IF MORE WOMEN DID THE SAME THE NUMBER OF CASES OF RAPE WOULD BE HALVED . $ 01 < ( AT THE DESK ) > $ OR DOUBLED . $ 03 DISREGARD ANYTHING MY HUSBAND SAYS . $ I 'LL FETCH THE CLOTHING . $ < SHE GOES INTO THE HALL CARRYING HER DRINK . $ SERGEANT MATCH TURNS TO DR PRENTICE > $ 06 I 'M ALSO ANXIOUS , SIR , TO TRACE THE WHEREABOUTS OF A Y OUNG WOMAN CALLED BARCLAY . $ CAN YOU HELP IN MY INQUIRIES ? $ 01 < ( A SPASM OF ANXIETY CROSSING HIS FACE ) > $ WHY DO YOU WISH TO SEE MISS BARCLAY ? $ #46 $ 06 IT 'S A MATTER OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE . $ MISS BARCLAY'S STEP-MOTHER , A WOMAN OF OTHERWISE UNBLEMISHE D CHARACTER , DIED RECENTLY . $ SHORTLY AFTER HER DEATH HER NAME HAD BEEN LINKED IN A MOST U NPLEASANT WAY WITH THAT OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL . $ MRS BARCLAY'S ASSOCIATION WITH THE GREAT MAN GAVE OFFENCE IN SOME CIRCLES . $ HOWEVER , THE LOCAL COUNCIL , COMPOSED BY AND LARGE OF NO-NO NSENSE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE 'SIXTIES , DECIDED IN VIEW OF HI S WAR RECORD TO OVERLOOK SIR WINSTON'S MORAL LAPSE . $ UNDER EXPERT GUIDANCE HE WAS TO BE REINTEGRATED INTO SOCIETY . $ THE TASK ACCOMPLISHED IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE GREAT MAN WAS INCOMPLETE . $ WHEN THE TRUE FACTS GOT OUT THE DIE-HARDS WERE IN UPROAR . $ THE PRESS TOOK UP THE STORY AND IT SNOWBALLED OUT OF ALL PRO PORTION . $ AT LAST - WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE CONSERVATIVE AND UNIO NIST PARTY - THE COUNCIL DECIDEDTO SUE THE HEIRS OF MRS BARC LAY FOR THOSE PARTS OF SIR WINSTON WHICH AN ARMY-TYPE MEDICA L HAD PROVED TO BE MISSING . $ THE COUNCIL'S LAWYERS OBTAINED AN EXHUMATION ORDER . $ THIS MORNING THE COFFIN WAS OPENED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LO RD MAYOR AND LADY MAYORESS OF THIS BOROUGH . $ FAINTING WOMEN WERE HELD BACK AS THE OFFICIAL IN CHARGE SEAR CHED HIGH AND LOW FOR COUNCIL PROPERTY . $ HIS EFFORTS WERE NOT CROWNED WITH SUCCESS . $ MRS BARCLAY HAD TAKEN NOTHING WITH HER TO THE GRAVE EXCEPT T HOSE THINGS WHICH SHE OUGHT TO HAVE DONE . $ AT NOON TODAY THE MATTER CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE POLICE . $ 01 < ( POURING WHISKY ) > $ YOU SUSPECT MY SECRETARY OF HAVING STOLEN CERTAIN PARTS OF S IR WINSTON CHURCHILL ? $ < MRS PRENTICE ENTERS WITH NICK'S UNIFORM > $ 03 HERE IS PROOF THAT THE YOUNG MAN WAS IN THIS ROOM . $ 06 HE CAN'T GET FAR WITHOUT CLOTHING . $ 03 HIS PROGRESS WITHOUT CLOTHING LAST NIGHT WAS ENVIABLE . $ 0L < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ YOU STILL CLAIM , SIR , THAT YOU HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE YO UTH'S WHEREABOUTS ? $ #47 $ 01 NO . $ 06 AND WHAT HAS BECOME OF MISS BARCLAY ? $ 01 I 'VE NO IDEA . $ 03 YOU TOLD DR RANCE SHE WAS BURNING THE GOLLIWOGS . $ < SERGEANT MATCH LOOKS FROM ONE TO THE OTHER IN AMAZEMENT . > $ WAS THAT A LIE ? $ 01 IT MAY HAVE BEEN . $ I CAN'T REMEMBER . $ < MRS PRENTICE GIVES AN IMPATIENT TOSS OF HER HEAD > $ 03 YOU MUST TALK TO DR RANCE , SERGEANT . $ HE MAY BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR MY HUSBAND'S UNUSUAL BEHAVIOUR PATTERN . $ 06 WHERE WOULD THE DOCTOR BE ? $ 03 IN THE GARDEN . $ PLEASE TELL HIM THAT HIS SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE IS URGENTLY R EQUIRED . $ < SERGEANT MATCH GOES INTO THE GARDEN . $ MRS PRENTICE TURNS TO HER HUSBAND AND ADDRESSES HIM IN UNFAM ILIAR TONES OF QUIETNESS AND SYMPATHY > $ NOW , DARLING , YOU 'VE CLEARLY LOST THE CAPACITY TO REMEMBE R FRESH ITEMS OF INFORMATION , TO SOLVE UNACCUSTOMED PROBLEM S AND TO REMAIN ORIENTATED . $ DON'T LET THIS WORRY YOU . $ I SHALL BE AT YOUR SIDE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COURSE OF YOUR ILLNESS . $ I 'M EVEN GOING TO TAKE NOTES ON THE PROGRESS OF YOUR BREAKD OWN . $ SO NOTHING WILL BE WASTED . $ TRY TO REMEMBER WHY YOU DAMAGED THE FLOWERS IN THIS VASE . $ IT MAY HAVE A DIRECT BEARING ON THE CASE . $ < SHE GIVES A CHARMING SMILE , PICKS UP THE VASE AND GOES IN TO THE HALL . $ GERALDINE POKES HER HEAD OVER THE CURTAIN > $ 02 TELL THE TRUTH , SIR . $ ALL YOUR TROUBLES SPRING FROM A LACK OF CANDOUR . $ 01 MY TROUBLES SPRING FROM A MISGUIDED ATTEMPT TO SEDUCE YOU . $ #48 $ 02 < ( WITH A GASP ) > $ YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU WERE SEDUCING ME . $ YOU SAID YOU WERE INTERESTED IN MY MIND . $ 01 THAT 'S LIKE ' OPEN SESAME ' - A FORMULA FOR GAINING ENTR ANCE . $ < SERGEANT MATCH APPEARS IN THE FRENCH WINDOWS . $ GERALDINE DUCKS BEHIND THE CURTAIN > $ 06 ARE YOU SURE THAT DR RANCE IS OUT THERE , SIR ? $ 01 YES . $ 06 WHERE WOULD HE BE THEN ? $ 01 IN THE SHRUBBERY . $ WE 'VE A NAKED ELF ON A BIRD-BATH . $ WE OFTEN HAVE TROUBLE WITH PEEPING-TOMS . $ 06 I 'D LIKE YOU TO ACCOMPANY ME , SIR . $ < DR PRENTICE SHRUGS AND FOLLOWS SERGEANT MATCH INTO THE GAR DEN . $ GERALDINE STEPS DOWN FROM THE COUCH . $ SHE IS WEARING HER PANTIES AND BRA . $ SHE CARRIES THE NIGHTGOWN . $ SHE PICKS UP NICK'S UNIFORM . $ SHE DROPS THE NIGHTGOWN ON TO A CHAIR AND HURRIES TO THE DIS PENSARY . $ SHE RETREATS AT ONCE . > $ 02 A STRANGE WOMAN ! $ < SHE RUNS TO THE WARD DOOR , LOOKS THROUGH AND BACKS TERRIF FIED . > $ DR. RANCE ! $ OH , WHATEVER SHALL I DO ? $ < SHE SCURRIES TO THE HALL , CHECKS HERSELF AND SCUTTLES BAC K TO THE COUCH . $ SHE CLIMBS BEHIND THE CURTAINS . $ MRS PRENTICE ENTERS CARRYING THE ROSES IN A SMALLER VASE . $ NICK ENTERS FROM THE DISPENSARY . $ HE IS DRESSED IN WOMEN'S CLOTHING AND WEARS A BLONDE WIG . $ MRS PRENTICE GIVES A GASP OF SURPRISE AND PUTS THE VASE DOWN . > $ 03 ARE YOU GERALDINE BARCLAY ? $ 04 YES . $ < ( HE SPEAKS IN LOW , CULTURED TONES ) > $ 03 WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ? $ 04 < ( PRIMLY ) > $ I 'VE BEEN ATTENDING TO THE THOUSAND AND ONE DUTIES THAT OCC UPY THE AVERAGE SECRETARY DURING HER WORKING HOURS . $ #49 $ 03 IT DOESN'T TAKE THE WHOLE MORNING TO FILE YOUR NAILS , SU ELY ? $ 04 I HAD TO LIE DOWN . $ I WAS SICK . $ 03 ARE YOU PREGNANT ? $ < NICK TOSSES BACK A LOCK OF HAIR > $ 04 I CAN'T DISCUSS MY EMPLOYER'S BUSINESS WITH YOU . $ 03 WHAT WAS YOUR LAST JOB ? $ 04 I WAS A HOSTESS AT THE ' ONE , TWO , THREE ' CLUB . $ < MRS PRENTICE PURSES HER LIPS IN DISAPPROVAL > $ 03 IT 'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU 'RE UNSUITED TO THE WORK HERE . $ I SHAN'T RECOMMEND YOU FOR EMPLOYMENT $ < DR PRENTICE AND SERGEANT MATCH ENTER FROM THE GARDEN > $ < ( TO SERGEANT MATCH ) > $ THIS IS MY HUSBAND'S SECRETARY , SERGEANT . $ SHE 'LL BE PLEASED TO HELP YOU IN YOUR INQUIRIES . $ 06 < ( TO NICK ) > $ MISS BARCLAY , I MUST ASK YOU TO PRODUCE OR CAUSE TO BE PROD UCED , THE MISSING PARTS OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL . $ 04 WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE ? $ 06 YOU 'RE CLAIMING IGNORANCE OF THE SHAPE AND STRUCTURE OF THE OBJECTS SOUGHT ? $ 04 I 'M IN THE DARK . $ 06 YOU HANDLED THEM ONLY AT NIGHT ? $ WE SHALL DRAW OUR OWN CONCLUSIONS . $ 04 I 'M NOT THE KIND OF GIRL TO BE MIXED-UP IN THAT KIND OF THING . $ I 'M AN EX-MEMBER OF THE BROWNIES . $ 06 ARE YOU CONCEALING UNLAWFUL PROPERTY ABOUT YOUR PERSON ? $ 04 NO . $ #50 $ 06 I 'LL HAVE TO CALL MEDICAL EVIDENCE TO PROVE YOUR STORY , MISS . $ YOU MUST BE THOROUGHLY LOOKED INTO . $ 01 I 'M A QUALIFIED DOCTOR . $ 06 ONLY WOMEN ARE PERMITTED TO EXAMINE FEMALE SUSPECTS . $ 01 DOESN'T THAT BREED DISCONTENT IN THE FORCE ? $ 06 AMONG THE SINGLE MEN THERE 'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BITTERN ESS . $ MARRIED MEN WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE COUNTRY ARE GLAD TO BE LET OFF EXTRA MAP-READING . $ 03 I 'LL EXAMINE MISS BARCLAY . $ THAT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM . $ 06 THANK YOU , MA'AM . $ I ACCEPT YOUR KIND OFFER . $ TAKE THE YOUNG LADY INTO THE DISPENSARY AND GET HER TO SUBMI T TO A MEDICAL EXAMINATION . $ < MRS PRENTICE LEADS NICK INTO THE DISPENSARY . $ DR RANCE ENTERS FROM THE WARD , HIS FACE A MASK OF HORROR . > $ 05 PRENTICE ! $ THE PATIENT HAS ESCAPED . $ SOUND THE ALARM . $ 06 HOW LONG HAS THE PATIENT BEEN GONE , SIR ? $ 05 ONLY A FEW MINUTES . $ 05 ANY STEPS YOU FEEL MAY BE NECESSARY TO RECOVER YOUR PATIE NT MAY BE TAKEN , SIR . $ < DR RANCE CROSSES , PULLS THE SIREN BELL AND HURRIES INTO T HE HALL . > $ SHE MUST 'VE COME THROUGH THIS ROOM . $ YOU AND I WERE IN THE GARDEN . $ MRS PRENTICE WAS IN THE HALL . $ ESCAPE WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE . $ SHE MUST STILL BE IN THIS ROOM . $ < ( HE TURNS TO DR PRENTICE IN TRIUMPH . ) > $ ONLY ONE HIDING PLACE IS POSSIBLE . $ < HE PULLS THE CURTAIN ON THE COUCH ASIDE . $ GERALDINE IS REVEALED . $ SHE IS WEARING NICK'S UNIFORM , HIS HAT AND SHOES . $ SHE HAS ON DR PRENTICE'S SPECTACLES . > $ 06 < ( TAKING IN THE PICTURE AT A GLANCE ) > $ ARE YOU FROM THE STATION HOTEL ? $ #51 $ < GERALDINE ANSWERS IN A SCARED VOICE > $ 02 YES . $ 06 I WANT A WORD WITH YOU , MY LAD . $ < ( HE TAKES OUT HIS NOTEBOOK ) > $ < A SIREN BEGINS TO WAIL > $ < CURTAIN > $ #52 $ < ACT TWO > $ < ONE MINUTE LATER . $ THE SIREN FADES . $ DR PRENTICE OPENS ANOTHER BOTTLE OF WHISKY . $ GERALDINE STEPS FROM THE COUCH IN RELIEF > $ 02 < ( TO SERGEANT MATCH ) > $ YOU 'VE NO IDEA HOW GLAD I AM TO BE ARRESTED . $ 06 WHY ? $ 02 I 'M IN GREAT DANGER . $ 06 WHO FROM ? $ 02 DR PRENTICE . $ HIS CONDUCT IS SCANDALOUS . $ TAKE ME TO THE POLICE STATION . $ I SHALL PREFER CHARGES . $ 06 < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO SAY , SIR ? $ 01 YES . $ WHAT THIS YOUNG WOMAN CLAIMS IS A TISSUE OF LIES . $ < SERGEANT MATCH SCRATCHES HIS HEAD > $ 06 < ( PAUSE ) > $ THIS IS A BOY , SIR . $ NOT A GIRL . $ IF YOU 'RE BAFFLED BY THE DIFFERENCE IT MIGHT BE AS WELL TO APPROACH BOTH WITH CAUTION . $ < ( TO GERALDINE ) > $ LET 'S HEAR WHAT YOU 'VE GOT TO SAY FOR YOURSELF . $ 02 I CAME HERE FOR A JOB . $ ON SOME PRETEXT THE DOCTOR GOT ME TO REMOVE MY CLOTHES . $ AFTERWARDS HE BEHAVED IN A STRANGE MANNER . $ 06 WHAT DID HE DO ? $ 02 HE ASKED ME TO LIE ON THAT COUCH . $ < SERGEANT MATCH GLANCES AT DR PRENTICE IN DISAPPROVAL . $ DR PRENTICE DRINKS WHISKY . $ MATCH TURNS TO GERALDINE > $ 06 < ( QUIETLY ) > $ DID HE , AT ANY TIME , ATTEMPT TO INTERFERE WITH YOU ? $ #53 $ 01 < ( PUTTING THE GLASS DOWN ) > $ YOU 'LL BE DISAPPOINTED , SERGEANT , IF YOU IMAGINE THAT BOY HAS LOST HIS VIRGINITY . $ 06 I HOPE HE 'LL BE CONSIDERABLY MORE EXPERIENCED BEFORE HE LOSES THAT , SIR . $ WHAT REASON HAD YOU FOR TAKING OFF HIS CLOTHES ? $ 01 I WISHED TO ASSURE MYSELF OF HIS UNQUESTIONING OBEDIENCE . $ I GIVE A PRIZE EACH YEAR . $ I HOPE ULTIMATELY TO TIE IT IN WITH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME . $ 06 I 'D PREFER NOT TO HAVE ROYALTY MENTIONED IN THIS CONTEXT , SIR . $ HAVE YOU BEEN IN TROUBLE OF THIS KIND BEFORE ? $ 01 I 'M NOT IN TROUBLE . $ 06 YOU MUST REALIZE THIS BOY IS BRINGING A SERIOUS CHARGE AG AINST YOU ? $ 01 YES . $ IT 'S RIDICULOUS . $ I 'M A MARRIED MAN . $ 06 MARRIAGE EXCUSES NO ONE THE FREAKS' ROLL-CALL . $ 01 I 'M A RESPECTED MEMBER OF MY PROFESSION . $ YOUR ACCUSATION IS ABSURD . $ 06 IT 'S NOT FOR ME TO BRING ACCUSATIONS IN A MATTER I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND . $ 01 THE BOY HAS AN UNSAVOURY REPUTATION . $ LAST NIGHT REQUIRES EXPLAINING BEFORE THIS MORNING . $ 02 I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DISGRACEFUL HAPPENINGS AT TH E STATION HOTEL . $ 06 YOU DENY THAT ON THE NIGHT OF THURSDAY LAST YOU DID BEHAV E IN AN OBSCENE MANNER WITH A SECTION OF THE PRIORY ROAD SCH OOL FOR GIRLS ? $ 02 YES . $ 06 NICHOLAS BECKETT I WARN YOU THAT EVERYTHING YOU SAY WILL BE TAKEN DOWN AND MAY BE USED IN EVIDENCE AGAINST YOU . $ 02 MY NAME ISN'T NICHOLAS BECKETT . $ 06 < ( PAUSE , WITH A FROWN ) > $ THEN WHY D' YOU SUPPOSE I 'D WISH TO ARREST YOU ? $ 02 TO SAFEGUARD MY INTERESTS ? $ < DR PRENTICE , AT THE DESK , POURS WHISKY INTO A GLASS > $ #54 $ 01 YOU IMAGINE YOU 'LL BE SAFE FROM ACTS OF INDECENCY IN A P OLICE STATION ? $ 02 OF COURSE . $ 01 I WISH I SHARED YOUR OPTIMISM . $ < DR RANCE ENTERS FROM THE HALL > $ 05 FULL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS ARE IN FORCE . $ NO ONE IS TO LEAVE THE CLINIC WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION . $ PRENTICE , GET YOUR SECRETARY TO ISSUE WARRANTS TO EVERY MEM BER OF THE STAFF . $ 01 I 'LL DO THAT , SIR , AS SOON AS SHE 'S READY TO RESUME H ER NORMAL DUTIES . $ 06 < ( TO DR RANCE ) > $ WOULD YOU HELP US CLEAR UP A SPOT OF BOTHER , DOCTOR ? $ IT 'S A MATTER OF SOME URGENCY . $ LAST NIGHT THIS YOUTH ASSAULTED A NUMBER OF CHILDREN . $ THIS MORNING HE WAS ASSAULTED IN HIS TURN . $ 05 < ( WITH A SHRUG ) > $ WHAT CAN I SAY ? $ IT 'S AN EXTREME CASE OF ' BE DONE BY AS YOU DID ' . $ 06 THE BOY HAS MADE A SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST DR PRENTICE . $ HE CLAIMS HE WAS FORCED TO STRIP AND LIE ON A COUCH . $ 05 < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ A COMPLETE LIST OF YOUR INDISCRETIONS WOULD MAKE A BEST-SELL ER . $ 01 IT 'S ALL A DREADFUL MISTAKE , SIR . $ 05 NOW , PRENTICE , AT THE MOMENT THERE 'S ONLY ONE THING TO ADVISE . $ ABSOLUTE FRANKNESS . $ HAVE YOU BEHAVED IN AN UNSEEMLY MANNER ? $ 01 NO ! $ 05 THE DOCTOR SAID HE WANTED TO PUT THE BOY IN SOME KIND OF CLUB . $ 05 IT 'S NO GOOD TRYING TO DO THAT . $ BOYS CANNOT BE PUT IN THE CLUB . $ THAT 'S HALF THEIR CHARM . $ < DR PRENTICE PASSES A HAND ACROSS HIS BROW . $ AN EXPRESSION OF DESPERATE ANXIETY IS ON HIS FACE > $ 01 I 'M SORRY IF MY STATEMENT MISLED THE SERGEANT . $ MY NERVES ARE ON EDGE . $ 05 YOU SHOULD CONSULT A QUALIFIED PSYCHIATRIST . $ #55 $ 01 I AM A QUALIFIED PSYCHIATRIST . $ 05 YOU 'RE A FOOL . $ THAT ISN'T QUITE THE SAME THING . $ THOUGH , IN YOUR CASE, THE TWO MAY HAVE MUCH IN COMMON . $ < ( TO SERGEANT MATCH ) > $ HAS THE BOY COME TO YOUR NOTICE BEFORE ? $ 06 NOT ON A CASE OF THIS KIND . $ THAT 'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL . $ AS THE DOCTOR RIGHTLY SAYS , HE HAS AN UNSAVOURY REPUTATION . $ IT MAY BE THAT HE BEARS OR PRENTICE A GRUDGE . $ 05 < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ PERHAPS THIS ACCUSATION SPRINGS FROM DISAPPOINTMENT . $ IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WISER IF YOU HADN'T REJECTED THE YOUNG FE LLOW'S BLANDISHMENTS . $ 01 UNNATURAL VICE CAN RUIN A MAN . $ 05 RUIN FOLLOWS THE ACCUSATION NOT THE VICE . $ HAD YOU COMMITTED THE ACT YOU WOULDN'T NOW BE FACING THE CHA RGE . $ 01 I COULDN'T COMMIT THE ACT . $ I 'M A HETEROSEXUAL . $ 05 I WISH YOU WOULDN'T USE THESE CHAUCERIAN WORDS . $ IT 'S MOST CONFUSING . $ < ( TO SERGEANT MATCH ) > $ HOW DO YOU PROPOSE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS AFFAIR ? $ 06 A REPUTABLE PERSON MUST EXAMINE THE LAD . $ 02 I REFUSE TO BE EXAMINED ! $ 06 YOU CAN'T REFUSE . $ YOU 'RE UNDER ARREST . $ 02 I 'M NOT NICHOLAS BECKETT . $ I WANT TO BE TAKEN TO PRISON . $ 06 IF YOU AREN'T NICHOLAS BECKETT YOU CAN'T GO TO PRISON . $ YOU 'RE NOT UNDER ARREST . $ 02 < ( PAUSE , BITING HER LIP ) > $ I AM NICHOLAS BECKETT . $ 06 THEN YOU 'RE UNDER ARREST . $ YOU 'LL SUBMIT TO A MEDICAL EXAMINATION . $ 05 AND I SHALL CONDUCT IT . $ THE MIND OF THE VICTIM OF THIS KIND OF ASSAULT MUST BE CONSI DERED EQUALLY WITH THE BODY . $ 02 I HAVEN'T BEEN ASSAULTED . $ 05 THEN WHY MAKE SUCH A FOUL ACCUSATION ? $ 02 I DIDN'T ACCUSE ANYONE . $ THE SERGEANT MADE THE ACCUSATION . $ 05 < ( TO SERGEANT MATCH ) > $ HAS DR PRENTICE ASSAULTED YOU TOO ? $ < ( TO DR PRENTICE . ) > $ IS IT POLICEMEN OR YOUNG BOYS YOU 'RE AFTER ? $ #56 $ AT YOUR AGE IT 'S HIGH TIME YOU CAME TO A DECISION . $ < ( TO SERGEANT MATCH ) > $ WAIT OUTSIDE . $ I SHALL EXAMINE THE BOY AND MAKE MY REPORT . $ AFTERWARDS I 'LL TAKE A LOOK AT YOU . $ 06 < ( STUNNED ) > $ AT ME ? $ 05 YES . $ WE CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL . $ 06 IT SEEMS A BIT UNUSUAL , SIR . $ 05 < ( WITH A BRAY OF LAUGHTER ) > $ YOU 'RE IN A MADHOUSE . $ UNUSUAL BEHAVIOUR IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY . $ 06 ONLY FOR PATIENTS . $ 05 WE 'VE NO PRIVILEGED CLASS HERE . $ IT 'S DEMOCRATIC LUNACY WE PRACTISE . $ < SERGEANT MATCH GOES INTO THE HALL , PERPLEXED . $ DR RANCE TURNS TO THE SINK , FOLDS BACK HIS CUFFS AND RINSES HIS HANDS . > $ < ( OVER HIS SHOULDR ) > $ TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF , SONNY . $ LIE ON THE COUCH . $ < ( HE RETURNS TO THE SINK ) > $ < GERALDINE CLUTCHES DR PRENTICE BY THE ARM > $ 02 < ( IN A FRANTIC WHISPER ) > $ WHAT ARE WE TO DO NOW ? $ I CAN'T UNDRESS . $ HE 'D SPOT THE DECEPTION AT ONCE . $ 01 KEEP CALM ! $ THE SITUATION , THOUGH DESPERATE , IS BY NO MEANS LOST . $ < DR RANCE PICKS UP A TOWEL AND DRIES HIS HANDS > $ 02 I SHOULDN'T 'VE BEHAVED AS I DID , SIT . $ I WASN'T HARMED . $ 05 YOU ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE ? $ < ( HE PUTS THE TOWEL ASIDE QND PULLS ON RUBBER GLOVES ) > $ WOULD YOU ENJOY NORMAL INTERCOURSE ? $ 02 NO . $ I MIGHT GET PREGNANT - $ < ( SHE REALIZES HER MISTAKE AND ATTEMPTS TO COVER UP ) > $ - OR BE THE CAUSE OF PREGNANCY IN OTHERS . $ < DR RANCE , QUICK TO NOTICE THE ERROR , TURNS TO DR PRENTIC E . > $ 05 HE 'S JUST GIVEN AWAY A VITAL PIECE OF INFORMATION . $ #57 $ < ( HE ADVANCES ON GERALDINE ) > $ DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF AS A GIRL ? $ 02 NO . $ 05 WHY NOT ? $ 02 I 'M A BOY . $ 05 < ( KINDLY ) > $ DO YOU HAVE THE EVIDENCE ABOUT YOU ? $ 02 < ( HER EYES FLASHING AN APPEAL TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ I MUST BE A BOY . $ I LIKE GIRLS . $ < DR RANCE STOPS AND WRINKLES HIS BROW , PUZZLED > $ 05 < ( ASIDE , TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ I CAN'T QUITE FOLLOW THE REASONING THERE . $ 01 MANY MEN IMAGINE THAT A PREFERENCE FOR WOMEN , IS IPSO FA CTO , A PROOF OF VIRILITY . $ 05 < ( NODDING , SAGELY ) > $ SOMEONE SHOULD REALLY WRITE A BOOK ON THESE FOLK-MYTHS . $ < ( TO GERALDINE ) > $ TAKE YOUR TROUSERS DOWN . $ I 'LL TELL YOU WHICH SEX YOU BELONG TO . $ 02 < ( BACKING AWAY ) > $ I 'D RATHER NOT KNOW ! $ 05 YOU WISH TO REMAIN IN IGNORANCE ? $ 02 YES . $ 05 I CAN'T ENCOURAGE YOU IN SUCH A SELF-INDULGENT ATTITUDE . $ YOU MUST FACE FACTS LIKE THE REST OF US . $ < HE FORCES GERALDINE BACK TO THE COUCH > $ 01 YOU 'RE FORCING THE BOY TO UNDERGO A REPETITION OF A TRAU MATIC EXPERIENCE , SIR . $ HE MIGHT GO INSANE . $ 05 THIS IS A MENTAL HOME . $ HE COULDN'T CHOOSE A MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE . $ < ( TO GERALDINE ) > $ UNDRESS . $ MY TIME IS VALUABLE . $ < GERALDINE , UNABLE TO STAND THE ORDEAL ANY LONGER , CRIES OUT TO DR PRENTICE IN ANGUISH > $ 02 I CAN'T GO ON , DOCTOR ! $ I MUST TELL THE TRUTH . $ < ( TO DR RANCE ) > $ I 'M NOT A BOY ! $ I 'M A GIRL ! $ 05 < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ EXCELLENT . $ A CONFESSION AT LAST . $ HE WISHES TO BELIEVE HE 'S A GIRL IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE F EELINGS OF GUILT AFTER HOMOSEXUAL INTERCOURSE . $ #58 $ 02 < ( WILD-EYED , DESPERATE ) > $ I PRETENDED TO BE A BOY . $ I DID IT TO HELP DR PRENTICE . $ 05 HOW DOES IT HELP A MAN IF A GIRL PRETENDS TO BE A BOY ? $ 02 WIVES ARE ANGRY IF THEY FIND THEIR HUSBANDS HAVE UNDRESSE D AND SEDUCED A GIRL . $ 05 BUT BOYS ARE FAIR GAME ? $ I DOUBT WHETHER YOUR VERY PERSONAL VIEW OF SOCIETY WOULD GO UNCHALLENGED . $ < PROVOKED BEYOND ENDURANCE , GERALDINE FLINGS HERSLEF INTO DR RANCE'S ARMS AND CRIES HYSTERICALLY > $ 02 UNDRESS ME THEN , DOCTOR ! $ DO WHATEVER YOU LIKE ONLY PROVE THAT I 'M A GIRL . $ < DR RANCE PUSHES AWAY AND TURNS , FRIGIDLY TO DR PRENTICE > $ 05 IF HE 'S GOING TO CARRY ON LIKE THIS HE 'LL HAVE TO BE ST RAPPED DOWN . $ < MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE DISPENSARY > $ 03 < ( TO DR RANCE ) > $ WOULD YOU TAKE A LOOK AT MISS BARCLAY , DOCTOR ? $ SHE REFUSES TO UNDRESS IN FRONT OF A WOMAN . $ 05 HOW ABOUT IN FRONT OF A MAN ? $ 03 I HAVEN'T SOUNDED HER ON THE SUBJECT . $ 05 I WONDER IF I COULD TEMPT HER . $ < ( HE CHEWS HIS LIP ) > $ I 'LL GIVE IT A TRY . $ SHE MAY BE A NYMPHOMANIAC . $ < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ IT THIS LAD BECOMES FOUL-MOUTHED KEEP HIM ON THE BOIL TILL I RETURN . $ < HE GOES INTO THE DISPENSARY FOLLOWED BY MRS PRENTICE . $ GERALDINE PULLS HERSELF TOGETHER > $ 02 I 'LL GO THROUGH THE GARDEN , DOCTOR . $ I CAN GET A TAXI HOME . $ 01 THAT ISN'T POSSIBLE . $ STRICT SECURITY PRECAUTIONS ARE IN FORCE UNTIL THE PATIENT I S RECAPTURED . $ 02 WHEN SHE IS RECAPTURED CAN I GO ? $ #59 $ 01 NO . $ 02 WHY NOT ? $ 01 YOU ARE THE PATIENT . $ < GERALDINE GIVES A LITTLE CRY OF DISTRESS . $ DR RANCE RE-ENTERS FROM THE DISPENSARY REMOVING HIS RUBBER G LOVES > $ 05 YOUR SECRETARY IS STANDING ON A TABLE FIGHTING OFF ANY AT TEMPT TO UNDRESS HER . $ SHE SEEMS INCAPABLE OF CONDUCTING HERSELF IN A PROPER MANNER . $ 01 SHE 'S GIVEN ME NO CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT . $ 05 BUT YOU EXPECT A SECRETARY TO MISBEHAVE HERSELF . $ IT 'S A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT . $ < ( HE FACES DR PRENTICE , CANDIDLY . ) > $ DO YOU REALIZE THE WOMAN USES A RAZOR ? $ 01 I SEE NOTHING REMARKABLE IN THAT . $ MRS PRENTICE HAS OCCASION SOMETIMES TO REMOVE UNWANTED HAIR . $ 05 FROM HER CHIN ? $ < ( HE FLINGS THE RUBBER GLOVES ASIDE ) > $ THERE ARE TWO SEXES . $ THE UNPALATABLE TRUTH MUST BE FACED . $ YOUR ATTEMPTS AT A MERGER CAN END ONLY IN HEARTBREAK . $ < MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE DISPENSARY LEADING A CHASTENE D NICK BY THE HAND . > $ 03 MISS BARCLAY IS CALMER NOW , DOCTOR . $ I 'VE GIVEN HER A SEDATIVE . $ 05 < ( TURNING TO NICK , SHAKING HIS HEAD ) > $ WHAT AN ABSORBING PICTURE OF THE MIND IN DECAY . $ 01 MISS BARCLAY IS NO MORE ILL THAN I AM . $ 05 BUT YOUR CONDITION IS WORSE THAN HERS . $ 01 I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT . $ 05 NO MADMAN EVER ACCEPTS MADNESS . $ ONLY THE SANE DO THAT . $ < ( TO NICK , BRUSQUELY ) > $ WHY WON'T YOU ALLOW MRS PRENTICE TO UNDRESS YOU ? $ 03 HER OBJECTIONS APPEAR TO BE RELIGIOUS . $ SHE CLAIMS TO BE AT ONE WITH GOD . $ 05 < ( TO NICK ) > $ WHEN WERE YOU FIRST AWARE OF A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ALMIGHTY ? $ #60 $ 04 WHEN I WAS PRESENTED WITH A COPY OF THE BIBLE BOUND IN CA LF . $ 05 WAS IT AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY ? $ 04 I DON'T THINK GOD ACTUALLY SIGNED IT . $ 05 WELL , OF COURSE , THESE THINGS SLIP ONE'S MEMORY . $ WAS THERE AN INSCRIPTION ? $ 04 YES . $ 05 WHAT DID IT SAY ? $ 04 W.H. SMITH & SONS . $ 05 OH , THEY COUNT AS GOD . $ YOU 'VE CLEARLY HAD A GENUINE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE . $ < ( HE NODS TO GERALDINE ) > $ WERE YOU PRESENT WHEN DR PRENTICE USED THIS YOUTH UNNATURALL Y ? $ 04 WHAT IS UNNATURAL ? $ 05 < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ HOW DISTURBING THE QUESTIONS OF THE MAD CAN BE . $ < ( TO NICK ) > $ SUPPOSE I MADE AN INDECENT SUGGESTION TO YOU ? $ IF YOU AGREED SOMETHING MIGHT OCCUR WHICH , BY AND LARGE , W OULD BE REGARDED AS NATURAL . $ IF , ON THE OTHER HAND , I APPROACHED THIS CHILD - $ < ( HE SMILES AT GERALDINE ) > $ - MY ACTION COULD RESULT ONLY IN A GROSS VIOLATION OF THE OR DER OF THINGS . $ 03 < ( NODDING TO GERALDINE ) > $ HAS MY HUSBAND MISBEHAVED WITH THAT BOY ? $ 05 IT 'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WITH ANY DEGREE OF ACCURACY . $ HE REFUSES TO CO-OPERATE WITH A MEDICAL EXAMINATION . $ 03 < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER BOY ? $ 01 WHICH BOY ? $ 03 THE ONE YOU UNDRESSED . $ 05 THIS IS THE BOY HE UNDRESSED . $ 03 NO . $ HE UNDRESSED THE BOY WHO MADE A NUISANCE OF HIMSELF TO ME . $ 05 < ( PAUSE ) > $ ISN'T THIS THE SAME ONE ? $ 03 NO . $ 05 < ( STARING , PERPLEXED ) > $ THERE 'S ANOTHER BOY ? $ 03 HE WAS BEING INTERVIEWED FOR A SECRETARIAL POST . $ MY HUSBAND MADE HIM UNDRESS . $ #61 $ 05 < ( COLDLY , TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A PERVERT ? $ 01 I 'M NOT A PERVERT ! $ 05 HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE A MAN WHO MAULS YOUNG BOYS , IMPOR TUNES POLICEMEN AND LIVES ON TERMS OF INTIMACY WITH A WOMAN WHO SHAVES TWICE A DAY ? $ 01 I 'D SAY THE MAN WAS A PERVERT . $ 05 I 'M GLAD YOU 'RE BEGINNING TO FACE THE REALITIES OF THE SITUATION . $ < ( TO GERALDINE ) > $ WHO ARE YOU IF YOU 'RE NOT NICHOLAS BECKETT ? $ < GERALDINE LOOKS TO DR PRENTICE AND BITES HER LIP . > $ 01 HIS NAME IS GERALD BARCLAY . $ 05 < ( INDICATING NICK ) > $ IS HE THIS YOUNG WOMAN'S BROTHER ? $ 01 NO . $ 05 WHAT HAS HAPPENED THEN TO NICHOLAS BECKETT ? $ 01 HE LEFT AN HOUR AGO TO RESUME HIS DUTIES AT THE STATION H OTEL . $ 03 HE CAN'T HAVE DONE ! $ I TOOK HIS UNIFORM . $ HE 'D BE NAKED . $ 01 FROM WHAT ONE HEARS OF THE STATION HOTEL THE UNIFORM IS O PTIONAL . $ 05 < ( SHAKING HIS HEAD , WORRIED ) > $ I HOPE WE HAVEN'T LOST ANOTHER ONE . $ WE 'LL BE ALONE WITH OUR MIRACLE DRUGS IF MANY MORE GO . $ < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ FIND OUT WHETHER THE BOY HAS RETURNED TO THE HOTEL . $ < MRS PRENTICE GOES INTO THE HALL . $ DR RANCE TURNS TO DR PRENTICE > $ PREPARE THE NECESSARY PAPERS . $ I 'M CERTIFYING THESE TWO . $ < CRIES OF ALARM COME FROM NICK AND GERALDINE . > $ 04 CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT HIM , SIR ? $ HE 'S OFF HIS HEAD . $ 05 < ( STERNLY ) > $ I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF ORDER , YOU OF CHAOS . $ UNLESS THAT FACT IS FACED I CAN NEVER HOPE TO CURE YOU . $ #62 $ < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ MAKE OUT THE COMMITTAL ORDERS FOR ME TO SIGN . $ 01 < ( UPSET AND ANGRY . ) > $ I CAN'T AGREE TO SUCH DRASTIC ACTION . $ WE 'VE NO EVIDENCE OF INSANITY . $ 05 I 'M RELIEVING YOU OF YOUR POST AS HEAD OF THIS CLINIC . $ YOU 'LL DO AS I SAY FROM NOW ON . $ 01 I RESENT YOUR HANDLING OF THIS AFFAIR , SIR . $ I SHALL MAKE MY VIEWS KNOWN TO THE COMMISSIONERS . $ 05 I DOUBT WHETHER THE VIEWS OF A MADMAN WILL CARRY MUCH WEI GHT WITH THE COMMISSIONERS . $ 01 I 'M NOT MAD . $ IT ONLY LOOKS THAT WAY . $ 05 YOUR ACTIONS TODAY WOULD GET THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY DECLARED NON-COMPOS . $ 01 I 'M NOT THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY . $ 05 THAT WILL COME AT A LATER STAGE OF YOUR ILLNESS . $ 01 YOUR INTERPRETATION OF MY BEHAVIOUR IS MISPLACED AND ERRO NEOUS . $ IF ANYONE BORDERS ON LUNACY IT 'S YOU YOURSELF ! $ 05 BEARING IN MIND YOUR ABNORMALITY THAT IS A NORMAL REACTIO N . $ THE SANE APPEAR AS STRANGE TO THE MAD AS THE MAD TO THE SANE . $ REMAIN WHERE YOU ARE . $ I SHALL GIVE YOU A CAPSULE . $ < HE HURRIES INTO THE DISPENSARY > $ 02 < ( WITH A SOB ) > $ TWICE DECLARED INSANE IN ONE DAY ! $ AND THEY SAID I 'D BE WORKING FOR A CHEERFUL , WELL-SPOKEN C ROWD . $ < ( SHE BLOWS HER NOSE ) > $ 04 WHY IS HE WEARING MY UNIFORM ? $ 01 HE ISN'T A BOY . $ HE 'S A GIRL . $ 02 WHY IS SHE WEARING MY SHOES ? $ 01 SHE ISN'T A GIRL . $ SHE 'S A BOY . $ < ( POURING WHISKY ) > $ OH , IF I LIVE TO BE NINETY , I 'LL NEVER AGAIN ATTEMPT SEXU AL INTERCOURSE . $ 04 IF WE CHANGED CLOTHES , SIR , WE COULD GET THINGS BACK TO NORMAL . $ 01 WE 'D THEN HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY SE CRETARY AND THE PAGE-BOY . $ #63 $ 02 BUT THEY DON'T EXIST ! $ 01 WHEN PEOPLE WHO DON'T EXIST DISAPPEAR THE ACCOUNT OF THEI R DEPARTURE MUST BE CONVINCING . $ 04 < ( PAUSE ) > $ IS THE SERGEANT CORRUPTIBLE ? $ 01 NO . $ 04 I MUST HAVE HIS UNIFORM . $ 01 WHY ? $ 04 TO ARREST MYSELF . $ < DR PRENTICE PASSES A HAND ACROSS HIS FOREHEAD , DAZED AND WEARY . > $ 01 I 'VE BEEN TOO LONG AMONG THE MAD TO KNOW WHAT SANITY IS . $ 04 ONCE I 'M ARRESTED WE CAN WRITE ME OFF . $ 02 YOU 'RE MULTIPLYING OUR PROBLEMS NOT DIVIDING THEM . $ 04 < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ SOME GLIB PRETEXT WILL GET HER OUT OF THE WAY . $ THEN WE CAN CHANGE CLOTHES . $ 01 < ( PAUSE , UNEASY ) > $ THE DANGERS OF THE CURE MAY OUTWEIGH THE DISEASE . $ < DR RANCE ENTERS FROM THE DISPENSARY . $ HE HANDS A BRIGHT RED PILL-BOX TO DR PRENTICE > $ 05 TAKE TWO OF THESE . $ 01 < ( LOOKING AT THE PILL-BOX ) > $ WHAT ARE THEY ? $ 05 DANGEROUS DRUGS INTENDED TO RELIEVE YOUR PATHOLOGICALLY E LEVATED MOOD . $ BE CAREFUL NOT TO EXCEED THE STATED DOSE . $ < ( TO NICK ) > $ GET A GRIP ON YOURSELF , YOUNG WOMAN , AND RELEASE THOSE OBJ ECTS FOR WHICH THE POLICE OF FIVE COUNTIES ARE SEARCHING . $ $ < ( HE TAKES GERALDINE BY THE ARM ) > $ I 'M PUTTING THIS YOUTH INTO A PADDED CELL . $ RAMPANT HERMAPHRODITISM MUST BE DISCOURAGED . $ 02 OH , I 'M GLAD MY PARENTS ARE DEAD . $ THIS WOULD 'VE KILLED THEM . $ < DR RANCE TAKES HER INTO THE WARD > $ #64 $ 01 < ( TO NICK ) > $ I 'LL GET THE SERGEANT TO UNDRESS . $ I 'M SUSPECTED OF THE OFFENCE , I MIGHT AS WELL COMMIT IT . $ 04 CAN'T YOU GIVE HIM A SHOT OF SOMETHING , SIR ? $ TO DAMP HIM DOWN ? $ 01 A MILD TRANQUILLIZER WOULDN'T HARM HIM , I SUPPOSE . $ YOU 'LL FIND A BOX OF ANTI-DEPRESSANTS IN MY DESK . $ < NICK GOES TO THE DESK AND TAKES A SQUARE , WHITE PILL-BOX FROM THE DRAWER . $ DR PRENTICE OPENS THE HALL DOOR . > $ < ( CALLING , FRIENDLY ) > $ WOULD YOU STEP THIS WAY , SERGEANT ? $ < NICK HANDS DR PRENTICE THE WHITE PILL-BOX AND ENTERS THE D ISPENSARY . $ SERGEANT MATCH ENTERS FROM THE HALL . > $ 06 YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO ME , DOCTOR ? $ 01 YES . $ I 'D LIKE YOU TO UNDRESS AND LIE ON THAT COUCH . $ 06 < ( PAUSE ) > $ I HAVEN'T BEEN INTERFERED WITH . $ 01 NEVER MIND ABOUT THAT . $ STRIP DOWN TO YOUR UNDERRWEAR . $ 06 < ( SITTING ON COUCH , UNLACING BOOTS ) > $ IF YOU MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO AROUSE ME , DOCTOR , I SHALL CALL FOR HELP . $ 01 IT 'S EASY TO SEE WHY YOU 'VE NEVER BEEN INTERFERED WITH . $ YOU PLACE TOO MANY OBSTACLES IN THE WAY . $ < SERGEANT MATCH TAKES OFF HIS BOOTS . $ NICK APPEARS IN THE DOORWAY OF THE DISPENSARY . $ DR PRENTICE HANDS HIM THE BOOTS . $ NICK TAKES THEM INTO THE DISPENSARY . $ SERGEANT MATCH TAKES OFF HIS TUNIC AND HANDS IT TO DR PRENTI CE . $ NICK , WITHOUT HIS SHOES AND WIG , APPEARS IN THE DOORWAY OF THE DISPENSARY . $ DR PRENTICE HANDS HIM THE SERGEANT'S TUNIC . $ NICK TURNS . $ DR PRENTICE UNZIPS HIS DRESS . $ NICK TAKES THE TUNIC INTO THE DISPENSARY . $ SERGEANT MATCH TAKES OFF HIS SHIRT AND TIE . $ NICK WEARING ONLY HIS UNDERPANTS , APPEARS IN THE DOORWAY OF THE DISPENSARY . $ DR PRENTICE HANDS HIM THE SERGEANT'S SHIRT AND TIE . $ NICK GOES INTO THE DISPENSARY . $ SERGEANT MATCH DROPS HIS TROUSERS . $ MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE HALL . $ SEEING THE SERGEANT WITHOUT HIS TROUSERS , SHE SCREAMS LOUDL Y . $ #65 $ SHOCKED AND EMBARRASSED SERGEANT MATCH , PULLS UP HIS TROUSE RS . > $ 03 < ( ICILY ) > $ WHAT WERE YOU DOING WITH YOUR TROUSERS DOWN , OFFICER ? $ 06 THE DOCTOR IS GOING TO EXAMINE ME . $ 03 WHY ? $ 06 THERE 'S REASON TO SUPPOSE THAT I HAD A NASTY EXPERIENCE A SHORT TIME AGO . $ 03 WHAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE . $ 01 HE WAS MEDDLED WITH . $ 03 BY WHOM ? $ 01 ME . $ 03 AND WHY ARE YOU EXAMINING HIM ? $ 01 TO FIND OUT WHETHER HIS STORY IS TRUE . $ 03 DON'T YOU KNOW ? $ 01 NO . $ I DIDN'T FEEL A THING . $ 03 < ( WITH A TOSS OF HER HEAD ) > $ WHERE IS DR RANCE ? $ 01 HE 'S JUST CERTIFIED THE HOTEL PAGE . $ HE 'S PUTTING HIM IN A PADDED CELL . $ 03 I MUST SPEAK TO HIM . $ THINGS ARE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL . $ < SHE HURRIES INTO THE WARD . $ DR PRENTICE TURNS TO SERGEANT MATCH . > $ 01 REMOVE YOUR TROUSERS , SERGEANT , AND WE 'LL CONTINUE . $ < SERGEANT MATCH TAKES OFF HIS TROUSERS AND HANDS THEM TO DR PRENTICE . $ HE IS NAKED EXCEPT FOR HIS UNDERPANTS AND SOCKS . $ WITH A FLOURISH DR PRENTICE TAKES THE RED PILL-BOX FROM HIS POCKET AND HANDS IT TO THE SERGEANT > $ < ( SMILING ) > $ I 'D LIKE YOU TO SWALLOW THESE . $ TAKE AS MANY AS YOU LIKE . $ THEY 'RE QUITE HARMLESS . $ < THE SERGEANT ACCEPTS THE BOX > $ NOW I WANT YOU TO LIE ON THIS COUCH AND CONCENTRATE ON THE C LOSING CHAPTERS OF YOUR FAVOURITE WORK OF FICTION . $ #66 $ < SERGEANT MATCH LIES ON THE COUCH . $ DR PRENTICE PULLS THE CURTAIN AROUND HIM AND HURRIES TO THE DISPENSARY WITH THE TROUSERS . $ HE MEETS NICK IN THE DOORWAY . $ NICK CARRIES THE SERGEANT'S UNIFORM . $ DR PRENTICE HANDS HIM THE TROUSERS . > $ < ( TO NICK ) > $ IN THE GARDEN YOU 'LL FIND A LITTLE SUMMER HOUSE . $ YOU WON'T BE DISTURBED IN THERE . $ < NICK GOES INTO THE GARDEN WITH THE CLOTHES . $ DR PRENTICE GOES TO THE DESK AND POURS A WHISKY . $ HE SWALLOWS IT QUICKLY . $ NICK APPEARS , WITHOUT THE UNIFORM , IN THE FRENCH WINDOWS . > $ 04 THE HELMET , SIR ! $ < DR PRENTICE HURRIES TO THE COUCH > $ 01 THE HELMET , SERGEANT ! $ 06 < ( FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN ) > $ IN THE HALL , SIR . $ 01 < ( TO NICK ) > $ WHERE ARE MISS BARCLAY'S CLOTHES ? $ 04 IN THE DISPENSARY ! $ < NICK HURRIES INTO THE HALL . $ DR PRENTICE HURRIES INTO THE DISPENSARY . $ MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE WARD . $ NICK RE-ENTERS FROM THE HALL WEARING ONLY UNDERPANTS AND THE HELMET . $ UPON SEEING HIM MRS PRENTICE SHRIEKS AND BACKS AWAY . $ NICK RUNS INTO THE GARDEN . > $ 03 < ( AT THE DESK , WEAKLY ) > $ OH , THIS PLACE IS LIKE A MADHOUSE ! $ < DR RANCE ENTERS FROM THE WARD . $ MRS PRENTICE TURNS UPON HIM , WILDLY . > $ YOU MUST HELP ME , DOCTOR ! $ I KEEP SEEING NAKED MEN . $ 05 < ( PAUSE ) > $ WHEN DID THESE DELUSIONS START ? $ 03 THEY 'RE NOT DELUSIONS . $ THEY 'RE REAL . $ 05 < ( WITH A BRAY OF LAUGHTER ) > $ EVERYONE WHO SUFFERS FROM HALLUCINATIONS IMAGINES THEY ARE R EAL . $ WHEN DID YOU LAST THINK YOU SAW A NAKED MAN ? $ 03 JUST NOW . $ HE WAS NUDE EXCEPT FOR A POLICEMAN'S HELMET . $ #67 $ 05 < ( DRILY ) > $ IT 'S NOT DIFFICULT TO GUESS WHAT 'S ON YOUR MIND , MY DEAR . $ ARE YOU HAVING MARITAL TROUBLES ? $ 03 WELL , I DO SUFFER FROM NEURITIS . $ MY HUSBAND REFUSES TO PRESCRIBE ANYTHING . $ 05 A MAN SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DRUG HIS WIFE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A HAPPY UNION . $ 03 I DON'T WANT DRUGS . $ I WANT ACCOUNT TAKEN OF MY SEXUAL NATURE . $ < SHE GOES TO THE DESK AND POURS WHISKY . $ DR RANCE SPEAKS TO HER GENTLY YET WITH FIRMNESS . > $ 05 YOUR DEPRAVED APPETITIES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN PART TO YOUR HUSBAND'S BREAKDOWN . $ WHERE IS DR PRENTICE ? $ 03 < ( PUTTING ICE INTO HER GLASS ) > $ I DON'T KNOW . $ WHEN I RETURNED FROM TELEPHONING THE STATION HOTEL HE WAS UN DRESSING THE SERGEANT . $ 05 HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE HIS RELATIONS WITH THE SERGEANT ? $ 03 STRANGE AND , IN MANY WAYS , PUZZLING . $ HE 'S CALLED HIM INTO THIS ROOM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THE N ABRUPTLY DISMISSED HIM . $ 05 PLAYING THE COQUETTE , EH ? $ WELL , WELL , IT ADDS SPICE TO A LOVE AFFAIR . $ WHAT NEWS OF THE PATIENT ? $ 03 NONE . $ EXCEPT THAT THIS LOOKS LIKE THE NIGHTGOWN SHE WAS WEARING . $ < ( SHE HOLDS UP GERALDINE'S NIGHTGOWN ) > $ 05 SHE MUST BE NAKED THEN ? $ 03 YES . $ 05 AND WHAT 'S THE REPORT FROM THE STATION HOTEL ? $ 03 THEY STATE THAT THEY HAVE NO PAGE CALLED GERALD BARCLAY O N THEIR REGISTER . $ THE YOUTH YOU 'VE CERTIFIED INSANE MUST BE AN IMPOSTOR . $ 05 AND WHAT OF NICHOLAS BECKETT - THE REAL PAGE-BOY ? $ 03 HE HASN'T RETURNED TO THE HOTEL . $ YET WHEN HE DISAPPEARED HIS UNIFORM WAS IN MY POSSESSION . $ 05 < ( GREATLY CONCERNED ) > $ TWO YOUNG PEOPLE - ONE MAD AND ONE SEXUALLY INSATIABLE - BOT H NAKED - ARE ROAMING THIS HOUSE . $ AT ALL COSTS WE MUST PREVENT A COLLISION . $ #68 $ 03 OH , DOCTOR ! $ DOES ANY OF THIS MAKE SENSE TO YOU ? $ 05 IT MOST CERTAINLY DOES . $ IT 'S A HUMAN INTEREST STORY . $ A RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL FRATERNITY IS MARRIED TO A DAZZLINGLY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN . $ HOPELESSLY IN LOVE BUT , THROUGH MUTUAL DISTRUST , REFUSING TO ADMIT IT , THERE IS LITTLE THEY CAN DO TO PREVENT A ONCE- PRECIOUS RELATIONSHIP TURNING SOUR . $ THE DOCTOR HAS A CHARMING , BUT MENTALLY UNSTABLE PATIENT . SHE IS THE KEY TO THE MYSTERY . $ AT AN EARLY AGE SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF A SEXUAL ATTACK . $ THE ASSAILANT WAS HER OWN FATHER ! $ AN ACT OF TRANSFERENCE , COMMON TO THE EXPERIENCE OF ANY PSY CHIATRIST , ALLOWS HER TO IDENTIFY THE DOCTOR AS HER PARENT . $ THE DEMANDS OF A NYMPHOMANIAC WIFE AND PATIENT , COUPLED WIT H THOSE OF HIS TORRID SECRETARY , PROVE TOO MUCH FOR HIS SAN ITY . $ HE TURNS , IN HIS ANGUISH , TO ASSAULTING YOUNG BOYS . $ RETAINING , HOWEVER , SOME VESTIGES OF NORMAL FEELINGS , HE PERSUADES HIS MINIONS TO DRESS IN WOMEN'S CLOTHES . $ THIS EXPLAINS HIS DESIRE FOR FEMALE GARMENTS . $ AS HIS NEUROSIS MATURES WE 'LL BETTER BE ABLE TO DECIDE WHET HER HE INTENDED HIS BOYS TO IMPERSONATE WIFE , PATIENT OR SE CRETARY . $ 03 AND WHY DID HE ASSAULT THE POLICEMAN ? $ 05 PURE MADNESS . $ NO OTHER REASON . $ 03 HOW LONG DO YOU THINK MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN INSANE ? $ 05 I TRACE THE ORIGINS OF HIS ILLNESS AS FAR BACK AS THAT FI RST LETTER TO THE GUARDIAN . $ FROM THE STARTLING IDEAS OF DR GOEBBELS ON THE FUNCTION OF T HE MALE SEXUAL ORGAN WE PASS QUITE LOGICALLY TO WHITE GOLLIW OGS . $ AN ATTEMPT , IN FACT , TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF CREATION - HOM OSEXUALITY SLOTS IN HERE - DABBLING IN THE BLACK ARTS ! $ THE REPORTED THEFT OF THE PRIVATE PARTS OF A WELL-KNOWN PUB LIC FIGURE TIES IN WITH THIS THEORY . $ WE 'VE PHALLIC WORSHIP UNDER OUR NOSES OR I 'M A DUTCHMAN ! $ < ( WITH A NEIGH OF LAUGHTER ) > $ WHEN THIS IS PUBLISHED I 'LL MAKE MY FORTUNE . $ MY ' DOCUMENTARY TYPE ' NOVELETTE WILL GO INTO TWELVE RECORD -BREAKING REPRINTS . $ #69 $ I 'LL BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE SERVICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND BASK IN THE ATTENTIONS OF THOSE WHO , LIKE MYSELF , FIND OTH ER PEOPLE'S INQUITY PUTS MONEY IN THEIR PURSE . $ 03 < ( DRINKING WHISKY WITH A SHUDDER ) > $ WHAT A DREADFUL STORY . $ I 'D CONDEMN IT IN THE STRONGEST TERMS IF IT WERE FICTION . $ 05 I SHAN'T NOW ASK DR PRENTICE TO OPEN OUR MENTAL HEALTH FA IR . $ < ( PRESSING HIS LIPS TOGETHER ) > $ WE 'LL HAVE TO FALL BACK UPON ONE OF THE SANER MEMBERS OF TH E CABINET . $ < MRS PRENTICE PICKS A BRIGHT RED PILL-BOX FROM THE FLOOR NE AR THE COUCH . $ DR RANCE IS QUICK TO NOTICE . > $ WHAT 'S THAT ? $ 03 A PILL-BOX , DOCTOR . $ IT 'S EMPTY . $ < DR RANCE SEIZES IT AND TURNS IT OVER , WITH SLOWLY GROWING HORROR . > $ 0K HE 'S TAKEN AN OVERDOSE ! $ WE HAVE HERE TERRIBLE EVIDENCE OF CONFLICT . $ HIS TORMENTED MIND , SEEKING RELEASE , HAS LED HIM TO ATTEMP T TO DESTROY HIMSELF . $ < MRS PRENTICE GASPS WITH SHOCK AND AMAZEMENT > $ 03 SUICIDE ? $ THIS IS SO UNEXPECTED . $ 05 JUST WHEN ONE LEAST EXPECTS IT , THE UNEXPECTED ALWAYS HA PPENS . $ WE MUST FIND HIM BEFORE IT 'S TOO LATE . $ < THEY PART RAPIDLY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS - MRS PRENTICE IN TO THE HALL , DR RANCE INTO THE WARD . $ DR PRENTICE AND NICK ENTER SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM THE DISPENSAR Y AND THE GARDEN . $ DR PRENTICE CARRIES THE SHOES AND WIG WRAPPED IN THE DRESS . $ NICK IS WEARING THE SERGEANT'S UNIFORM . > $ 04 < ( URGENT ) > $ MISS BARCLAY IS HANGING FROM THE WINDOW OF THE PADDED CELL , DOCTOR ! $ 01 < ( STARING ABOUT THE ROOM ) > $ WHERE CAN ONE HIDE A WOMAN'S DRESS IN A DOCTOR'S CONSULTING- ROOM ? $ #70 $ < HE PICKS UP THE VASE . $ IT IS NOW TOO SMALL TO CONTAIN THE DRESS . $ HE LOOKS AROUND , QUICKLY , DESPERATE . $ THE CURTAINS OF THE COUCH PART AND SERGEANT MATCH TUMBLES FO RWARD ON THE FLOOR , DRUGGED INTO INSENSIBILITY . $ DR PRENTICE AND NICK REACT TO THE SERGEANT'S CONDITION . $ DR PRENTICE FEELS IN HIS POCKET AND PULLS OUT THE SQUARE WHI TE PILL-BOX . $ HIS EYES WIDEN . $ HE CLUTCHES HIS THROAT > $ < ( WITH A STRANGLED CRY . ) > $ MY GOD ! $ I 'VE POISONED HIM ! $ < NICK RUNS TO THE SINK , WETS A TOWEL AND FLICKS IT INTO TH E SERGEANT'S FACE . $ DR PRENTICE PUTS THE DRESS DOWN AND ATTEMPTS TO DRAG SERGEAN T MATCH TO HIS FEET . $ THE SERGEANT MOANS , STARES ABOUT HIM IN A STUPOR AND SHIVER S UNCONTROLLABLY . > $ 04 < ( HOLDING THE SERGEANT'S PULSE ) > $ HE 'S FROZEN , SIR . $ 01 THE EFFECT OF THE DRUG . $ WE FIND THE SAME PROCESS AT WORK IN CORPSES . $ 04 GET SOME CLOTHES ON HIM AND DUMP HIM OUTSIDE . $ LET HIM SLEEP IT OFF . $ < HE PICKS UP THE DRESS > $ 01 < ( WRINGING HIS HANDS ) > $ HOW SHALL I EXPLAIN THE PRESENCE IN MY GARDEN OF THE DRUGGED BODY OF A POLICE SERGEANT ? $ 04 < ( PUTTING THE DRESS ON TO SERGEANT MATCH ) > $ YOU 'RE GUILTY . $ YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN . $ ONLY THE INNOCENT DO THAT . $ < HE ZIPS UP THE DRESS . $ DR PRENTICE FORCES THE SERGEANT TO HIS FEET . > $ 01 < ( WITH A WAIL ) > $ OH , IF THIS GETS OUT I 'LL BE REDUCED TO SELLING MATCHES ! $ < THEY DRAG THE SEMI-CONSCIOUS SERGEANT MATCH INTO THE GARDE N . $ MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE HALL , DR RANCE FROM THE WARD . > $ #71 $ 03 SOMEONE HAS STOLEN THE SERGEANT'S HELMET FROM THE HALL TA BLE . $ DO YOU SUPPOSE IT COULD BE MY HUSBAND ? $ 05 POSSIBLY . $ HIS BEHAVIOUR IS SO RIDICULOUS ONE MIGHT ALMOST SUSPECT HIM OF BEING SANE . $ < MRS PRENTICE , AT THE FRENCH WINDOWS , SUDDENLY CRIES OUT IN ALARM . > $ WHAT IS IT , MY DEAR ? $ YOU SEEM TO EXPRESS MORE EMOTION THAN IS NECESSARY AT THE ME NTION OF A POLICEMAN'S HELMET . $ 03 I 'VE JUST SEEN MY HUSBAND CARRYING A WOMAN INTO THE SHRU BBERY . $ 05 WAS SHE STRUGGLING ? $ 03 NO . $ 05 THEN A NEW AND FRIGHTENING POSSIBILITY PRESENTS ITSELF . $ THE DRUGS IN THIS BOX - $ < ( HE LIFTS UP THE BRIGHT RED PILL-BOX ) > $ - MAY NOT HAVE BEEN USED FOR SUICIDE , BUT FOR MURDER . $ YOUR HUSBAND HAS MADE AWAY WITH HIS SECRETARY ! $ < MRS PRENTICE POURS A WHISKY WITH A NERVOUS LAUGH . > $ 03 ISN'T THAT A LITTLE MELODRAMATIC , DOCTOR ? $ 05 LUNATICS ARE MELODRAMATIC . $ THE SUBTLETIES OF DRAMA ARE WASTED ON THEM . $ THE UGLY SHADOW OF ANTI-CHRIST STALKS THIS HOUSE . $ HAVING DISCOVERED HER FATHER/LOVER IN DR PRENTICE THE PATIEN T REPLACES HIM IN A PSYCHOLOGICAL RESHUFFLE BY THAT ARCHETYP AL FATHER-FIGURE - THE DEVIL HIMSELF . $ EVERYTHING IS NOW CLEAR . $ THE FINAL CHAPTERS OF MY BOOK ARE KNITTING TOGETHER : INCEST , BUGGERY , OUTRAGEOUS WOMEN AND STRANGE LOVE-CULTS CATERIN G FOR DEPRAVED APPETITES . $ ALL THE FASHIONABLE BRIC-A-BRAC . $ A BEAUTIFUL BUT NEUROTIC GIRL HAS INFLUENCED THE DOCTOR TO S ACRIFICE A WHITE VIRGIN TO PROPITIATE THE DARK GODS OF UNREA SON . $ ' WHEN THEY BROKE INTO THE EVIL-SMELLING DEN THEY FOUND HER POOR BODY BLEEDING BENEATH THE OBSCENE AND HALF-ERECT PHALLU S . ' $ < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ MY ' UNBIASED ACCOUNT ' OF THE CASE OF THE INFAMOUS SEX-KILL ER PRENTICE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY ADD A GREAT DEAL TO OUR UNDERST ANDING OF SUCH CREATURES . $ SOCIETY MUST BE MADE AWARE OF THE GROWING MENACE OF PORNOGRA PHY . $ #72 $ THE WHOLE TREACHEROUS AVANT-GARDE MOVEMENT WILL BE EXPOSED F OR WHAT IT IS - AN INSTRUMENT FOR INCITING DECENT CITIZENS T O COMMIT BIZARRE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND THE STATE ! $ < ( HE PAUSES , A LITTLE OVERCOME AND WIPES HIS BROW ) > $ YOU HAVE , UNDER YOUR ROOF , MY DEAR , ONE OF THE MOST REMAR KABLE LUNATICS OF ALL TIME . $ WE MUST INSTITUTE A SEARCH FOR THE CORPSE . $ AS A TRANSVESTITE , FETISHIST , BI-SEXUAL MURDERER DR PRENTI CE DISPLAYS CONSIDERABLE DEVIATION OVERLAP . $ WE MAY GET NECROPHILIA TOO . $ AS A SORT OF BONUS . $ < DR PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE GARDEN > $ < ( TURNING AND GIVING A DISDAINFUL STARE ) > $ WOULD YOU CONFIRM , PRENTICE , THAT YOUR WIFE SAW YOU CARRYI NG A BODY INTO THE SHRUBBERY ? $ 01 YES . $ I HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR MY CONDUCT . $ 05 I 'M NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR EXPLANATIONS . $ I CAN PROVIDE MY OWN . $ WHERE IS YOUR SECRETARY ? $ 01 I 'VE GIVEN HER THE SACK . $ 05 < ( ASIDE TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ HE KILLED HER AND WRAPPED HER BODY IN A SACK . $ THE WORD ASSOCIATION IS VERY CLEAR . $ 01 I HAVEN'T KILLED ANYONE ! $ 05 YOUR ANSWER IS IN ACCORD WITH THE COMPLEX STRUCTURE OF YO UR NEUROSIS . $ 01 THE PERSON MY WIFE SAW WASN'T DEAD . $ THEY WERE ASLEEP . $ 05 < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ HE HOPES FOR A RESURRECTION . $ WE 'VE A LINK HERE WITH PRIMITIVE RELIGION . $ < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ WHY HAVE YOU TURNED YOUR BACK ON THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS ? $ 01 I 'M A RATIONALIST . $ 05 YOU CAN'T BE A RATIONALIST IN AN IRRATIONAL WORLD . $ IT ISN'T RATIONAL . $ < ( PICKING UP THE WIG AND SHOES ) > $ WAS IT YOUR INTENTION TO WEAR THESE FOR AUTO-EROTIC EXCITEME NT ? $ 01 NO , I 'M A PERFECTLY NORMAL MAN . $ 05 < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ HIS BELIEF IN NORMALITY IS QUITE ABNORMAL . $ #73 $ < ( TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ WAS THE GIRL KILLED BEFORE OR AFTER YOU TOOK HER CLOTHES OFF ? $ 01 HE WASN'T A GIRL . $ HE WAS A MAN . $ 03 HE WAS WEARING A DRESS . $ 01 HE WAS A MAN FOR ALL THAT . $ 05 WOMEN WEAR DRESSES , PRENTICE , NOT MEN . $ I WON'T BE A PARTY TO THE WANTON DESTRUCTION OF A FINE OLD T RADITION . $ DID YOU CHANGE CLOTHES WITH YOUR VICTIM BEFORE IT DIED ? $ 01 NOBODY DIED ! $ THE PERSON YOU SAW ME WITH WAS A POLICEMAN WHO 'D TAKEN AN O VERDOSE OF NARCOTICS . $ 03 WHY WAS HE DRESSED AS A WOMAN ? $ 01 HE WAS NAKED WHEN I FOUND HIM . $ THE DRESS WAS READILY TO HAND . $ 03 WHERE WERE HIS OWN CLOTHES ? $ 01 A BOY HAD STOLEN THEM . $ < DR RANCE DRAWS MRS PRENTICE ASIDE , HIS FACE A MASK OF DIS APPROVAL . ) > $ 05 THE TIME HAS COME TO CALL A HALT TO THIS GRAECO-ROMAN HAL LUCINATION . $ IS THERE A STRAIT-JACKET IN THE HOUSE ? $ 03 MODERN METHODS OF TREATMENT HAVE RENDERED THE STRAIT-JACK ET OBSOLETE . $ 05 I 'M WELL AWARE OF THAT . $ WE STILL USE THEM NONE THE LESS . $ HAVE YOU ONE IN YOUR POSSESSION ? $ 03 THE PORTER HAS A FEW . $ 05 WE CAN TAKE NO CHANCES WITH YOUR HUSBAND IN HIS PRESENT C ONDITION . $ < HE GOES INTO THE HALL . $ DR PRENTICE , AT THE DESK , POURING WHISKY , SPITS HIS WORDS VENOMOUSLY AT HIS WIFE . > $ 01 IS THIS ANOTHER OF YOUR PLOTS TO UNDERMINE MY REPUTATION FOR SOUND JUDGEMENT , YOU TREACHEROUS HARPY ? $ < MRS PRENTICE MAKES NO EFFORT TO REPLY . $ SHE SMILES AND PUTS A HAND UPON DR PRENTICE'S SHOULDER . > $ 03 < ( GENTLY ) > $ YOU 'VE CAUSED A POOR GIRL'S DEATH' DARLING . $ #74 $ YOU MAY BE CALLED UPON TO ACCEPT A PERIOD OF RESTRAINT . $ 01 < ( SWALLOWING WHISKY ) > $ MISS BARCLAY ISN'T DEAD ! $ 03 PRODUCE HER THEN AND YOUR DIFFICULTIES WILL BE OVER . $ 01 I CAN'T . $ 03 WHY NOT ? $ 01 YOU 'RE WEARING HER DRESS . $ < ( WITH A SHRUG OF RESIGNATION ) > $ YOU SURPRISED ME THIS MORNING MAKING AN ILL-TIMED ATTEMPT TO SEDUCE HER . $ < MRS PRENTICE SMILES A SMILE OF QUIET DISBELIEF > $ 03 IF WE 'RE TO SAVE OUR MARRIAGE , MY DEAR , YOU MUST ADMIT THAT YOU PREFER BOYS TO WOMEN . $ DR RANCE HAS EXPLAINED THE REASONS FOR YOUR ABERRATION . $ YOU 'LL FIND ME QUITE TOLERANT . $ IN FACT I KNOW A NUMBER OF CHARMING YOUTHS . $ I COULD PASS A FEW OF THE YOUNGER ONES ON TO YOU . $ IT WOULD RAISE THE TONE OF OUR MARRIAGE CONSIDERABLY . $ < DR PRENTICE IS STUNNED BY HER SUGGESTION . $ HE ROUNDS ON HER IN A FURY > $ 01 I WON'T HAVE YOU MAKING SCANDALOUS ALLEGATIONS IN A MATTE R OF WHICH YOU KNOW NOTHING . $ 03 < ( TOSSING HER HEAD ) > $ THE PAGE AT THE HOTEL ACCUSED YOU OF BEHAVING IN AN INDECENT MANNER . $ 01 THAT WASN'T A BOY . $ IT WAS A GIRL . $ 03 ADMIT THAT YOU PREFER YOUR SEX TO MINE . $ I 'VE NO HESITATION IN SAYING THAT I DO . $ 01 YOU FILTHY DEGENERATE ! $ TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF ! $ < MRS PRENTICE UNZIPS HER DRESS > $ 03 < ( EAGERLY ) > $ ARE YOU GOING TO BEAT ME ? $ DO IF YOU WISH . $ YOUR PSYCHOTIC EXPERIENCES ARE IMMENSELY VALUABLE TO YOU AND SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED RATHER THAN THWARTED OR REPRESSED . $ #75 $ < DR PRENTICE SEIZES HER , SMACKS HER FACE AND TEARS THE DRE SS FROM HER . $ SHE STRUGGLES . > $ 03 < ( GASPING AS HE SLAPS HER ) > $ OH , MY DARLING ! $ THIS IS THE WAY TO SEXUAL ADJUSTMENT IN MARRIAGE . $ < DR PRENTICE THROWS HER FROM HIM . $ SHE CRASHES INTO THE VASE WHICH TOPPLES TO THE FLOOR . $ DR RANCE RUNS IN FROM THE HALL WITH TWO STRAIT-JACKETS . $ DR PRENTICE RUNS INTO THE GARDEN WITH HIS WIFE'S DRESS . $ MRS PRENTICE SITS AMONG THE OVERTHROWN FLOWERS , HER HAIR TO USLED , WEARING ONLY HER UNDERCLOTHES . > $ 03 < ( RISING , STUMBLING TO THE DESK ) > $ OH , DOCTOR , DURING YOUR ABSENCE MY HUSBAND BECAME VIOLENT AND STRUCK ME . $ < ( SHE POURS A WHISKY ) > $ 05 DID YOU ENJOY IT ? $ 03 AT FIRST . $ BUT THE PLEASURE OF THE SENSES QUICKLY PALL . $ < SHE DRINKS THE WHISKY . $ DR RANCE STOOPS AND PICKS UP THE VASE AND SCATTERED FLOWERS > $ 05 WAS THERE AN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THESE FLOWERS ? $ 03 THEY FELL DURING THE STRUGGLE . $ 05 YOU 'RE AWARE OF THE PLANT ALLEGORY ? $ THE ROSE IS A COMMON CIPHER FOR A WOMAN . $ HE INTENDED TO DO YOU HARM . $ 03 YES . $ I WAS BEATEN UNTIL I WAS NEARLY SENSELESS . $ 05 OH , THAT WAS A MERE PHYSICAL ACT WITH NO SPECIAL PSYCHOL OGICAL SIGNIFICANCE . $ WE MUST LOSE NO TIME IN PUTTING DR PRENTICE UNDER RESTRAINT . $ WE 'LL NEED HELP IN THE ENTERPRISE . $ HAVE YOU NO BRAWNY YOUTH UPON WHOM YOU CAN CALL IN TIMES OF STRESS ? $ 03 I 'M A MARRIED WOMAN , DOCTOR ! $ YOUR SUGGESTION IS IN THE WORST OF TASTE . $ < NICK ENTERS FROM THE GARDEN DRESSED IN THE SERGEANT'S UNIF ORM . > $ 04 I 'D LIKE A WORD WITH YOU , DOCTOR , ABOUT MY BROTHER , N ICHOLAS BECKETT . $ I 'VE JUST ARRESTED HIM . $ #76 $ 05 SUCH A TOUCHING DEMONSTRATION OF BROTHERLY LOVE IS QUITE IN KEY WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE . $ WHY DID YOU ARREST HIM ? $ 04 HE 'D BROKEN THE LAW . $ 05 AND BECAUSE OF THAT HE 'S TO BE TREATED AS A CRIMINAL ? $ WHAT 'S HAPPENED TO THE BRITISH LOVE OF THE FAIR PLAY ? $ WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER NOW ? $ 04 IN GAOL . $ 05 < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ YOUR SLEEP WON'T BE DISTURBED TONIGHT , MY DEAR . $ 03 LIFE IS FULL OF DISAPPOINTMENTS . $ 05 < ( TO NICK ) > $ WHERE IS SERGEANT MATCH ? $ 04 KEEPING MY BROTHER COMPANY . $ 05 HAS HE BEEN CHARGED ? $ 04 HE HASN'T COMMITTED A CRIME . $ 05 < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ WHEN THE PUNISHMENT FOR GUILT OR INNOCENCE IS THE SAME IT BE COMES AN ACT OF LOGIC TO COMMIT THE CRIME . $ < ( TO NICK ) > $ WAS DR PRENTICE IN THE GARDEN ? $ 04 NO . $ 05 YOU MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY IN RECOGNIZING HIM . $ HE WAS PROBABLY DRESSED AS A WOMAN . $ 03 HE HAS KILLED HIS SECRETARY . $ 04 < ( HORRIFIED ) > $ HE CAN'T 'VE DONE . $ HE 'S AN O.B.E. $ 05 THESE CABBALISTIC SIGNS ARE OF NO MORE USE IN WARDING OFF EVIL THAN THE MOONS AND STARS ON A SORCERER'S HAT . $ WE SHALL NEED YOUR HELP IN TRACKING DOWN THE MINDLESS KILLER OF YOUNG GERALDINE BARCLAY . > $ < NICK STARES AT DR RANCE > $ 04 < ( WITH A GROAN ) > $ OH , DOCTOR , I 'M OBSESSED BY FEELINGS OF GUILT . $ I HAVE TO MAKE A CONFESSION . $ 05 YOU MUST RING FOR AN APPOINTMENT . $ I CAN'T LISTEN TO CONFESSIONS OFF THE CUFF . $ 04 I AM NICHOLAS BECKETT . $ I 'VE NO RIGHT TO WEAR THIS UNIFORM . $ < ( HE TAKES OFF HIS HELMET ) > $ I DID IT AT THE DOCTOR'S REQUEST NEVER IMAGINING THAT I WAS UNWITTINGLY ASSISTING A PSYCHOPATH . $ #77 $ 05 YOU HAVE NO BROTHER ? $ AND SERGEANT MATCH ISN'T CUSTODY ? $ 04 NO . $ I 'M A PAGE-BOY EMPLOYED BY THE STATION HOTEL . $ I MET DR PRENTICE QUITE BY CHANCE . $ I TOOK TO HIM INSTANTLY . $ AFTER A SHORT CONVERSATION DURING WHICH WE DISCUSSED SEX MAT TERS IN AN UNINHIBITED AND FREE-WHEELING WAY , HE ASKED ME I F I 'D MIND DRESSING UP AS A WOMAN . $ I AGREED TO HIS SUGGESTION HAVING HEARD THAT TRANSVESTISM IS NO LONGER HELD TO BE A DANGEROUS DEBILITATING VICE . $ THE DOCTOR INTRODUCED ME TO HIS COLLEAGUES AS ' MISS BARCLAY ' . $ I WAS TO BE PAID A SUM OF MONEY . $ < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ THAT 'S WHY I OBJECTED TO BEING UNDRESSED . $ IT WOULD 'VE EMBARRASSED ME . $ 03 < ( TO DR RANCE ) > $ YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS , DOCTOR ? $ 05 YES . $ MISS BARCLAY HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE THIS MORNING . $ < ( TO NICK ) > $ WHEN DR PRENTICE ASKED YOU TO POSE AS A WOMAN DID HE GIVE A REASON ? $ 04 NO . $ 03 DIDN'T YOU CONSIDER HIS REQUEST STRANGE ? $ 04 NO . $ 05 HAVE YOU AIDED OTHER MEN IN THEIR PERVERTED FOLLIES ? $ 04 DURING MY LAST TERM AT SCHOOL I WAS THE SLAVE OF A CORPOR AL IN THE WELSH FUSILIERS . $ 05 WERE YOU NEVER WARNED OF THE DANGERS INHERENT IN SUCH REL ATIONSHIPS ? $ 04 WHEN HE WAS POSTED ABROAD HE GAVE ME A COPY OF ' THE WAY TO HEALTHY MANHOOD ' . $ 05 < ( DRILY , TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ A CASE OF OPENING THE STABLE DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS IN . $ < ( TO NICK ) > $ YOUR LIFE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SPENT AMONG THE MORE BRUTAL A ND IRRESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY . $ YOU 'D BETTER HELP ME TO RIGHT THE WRONGS YOU 'VE DONE . $ 04 WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO , SIR ? $ AFTER MY RECENT EXPERIENCES I 'M UNDERSTANDABLY SUSPICIOUS . $ #78 $ 05 YOU 'LL FIND THE DEMANDS OF MEDICINE EASIER TO SATISFY TH AN THOSE OF THE ARMY . $ < ( HE PICKS UP THE STRAIT-JACKET . ) > $ THIS IS A STRAIT-JACKET . $ I REQUIRE YOUR HELP IN PERSUADING DR PRENTICE TO PUT IT ON . $ THERE MAY BE VIOLENCE . $ HIS BODY HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN . $ < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ HAVE YOU A GUN ? $ < MRS PRENTICE OPENS A DRAWER IN THE DESK AND TAKES OUT TWO GUNS > $ 03 < ( HANDING ONE TO DR RANCE . ) > $ YOU WILL MAKE SURE BEFORE YOU FIRE THAT MY HUSBAND ISN'T WAV ING AN OLIVE BRANCH ? $ 05 AN OLIVE BRANCH CAN BE USED AS AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON . $ IF THERE 'S TROUBLE I SHALL BLOW HIM FROM THE FLOOR . $ 04 < ( TO DR RANCE ) > $ YOU 'RE GOING TO FLUSH HIM FROM HIS HIDING-PLACE , SIR ? $ 05 YES . $ REALLY WE SHOULD HIRE BEATERS , BUT THEY 'LL EXPECT TO HAVE THEIR FARES PAID FROM SCOTLAND . $ < ( HE GOES TO THE FRENCH WINDOWS , SHAKING HIS HEAD ) > $ I 'M LOATH TO CERTIFY A FELLOW PSYCHIATRIST . $ IT CAUSES SUCH BAD FEELINGS WITHIN THE PROFESSION . $ < HE GOES INTO THE GARDEN > $ 03< ( TO NICK ) > $ TAKE NO CHANCES . $ CALL FOR HELP IMMEDIATELY YOU SEE DR PRENTICE . $ < ( SHE GOES TO THE HALL DOOR , WAVING THE GUN ) > $ TRY NOT TO BREAK HIS ARMS OR LEGS . $ IT MAKES THE JOB OF ADJUSTING THE JACKET DOUBLY DIFFICULT . $ < SHE GOES INTO THE HALL . $ NICK OPENS THE STRAIT-JACKET . $ DR PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE WARD CARRYING THE DRESS TAKEN FR OM MRS PRENTICE . $ HE LOOKS HARASSED . > $ 01 MISS BARCLAY HAS FALLEN FROM THE WINDOW OF THE PADDED CEL L . $ WHEN I ASKED HER TO UNDRESS SHE BECAME HYSTERICAL . $ < NICK NODS , UNDERSTANDINGLY . $ HE WALKS ACROSS TO DR PRENTICE AND TAKES HIM FIRMLY BY THE S HOULDER . > $ #79 $ 04 COME ALONG NOW , DOCTOR , I WANT YOU TO PUT THIS ON . $ < ( HE LIFTS THE JACKET ) > $ 01 < ( HARDLY HEARING ) > $ I WANT YOU TO CO-OPERATE WITH ME IN GETTING THINGS BACK TO N ORMAL IN THIS HOUSE . $ 04 < ( SOOTHINGLY ) > $ YOU CAN RELY ON ME , SIR . $ 01 IT WOULD HELP ME CONSIDERABLY IF YOU 'D TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF . $ 04 < ( PAUSE ) > $ IF I DO THAT , SIR , WILL YOU PUT THIS ON ? $ < ( HE HOLDS UP THE JACKET . ) > $ 01 < ( ANGRY , LOSING PATIENCE ) > $ OF COURSE NOT ! $ THAT 'S A STRAIT-JACKET . $ I WON'T BE A PARTY TO KINKY CAPERS . $ YOU 'VE LIVED TOO LONG AT THE STATION HOTEL TO KNOW HOW DECE NT PEOPLE BEHAVE . $ NOW DO AS I SAY AND UNDRESS ! $ < SERGEANT MATCH , WEARING THE LEOPARD-SPOTTED DRESSS APPEAR S IN THE FRENCH WINDOWS . > $ 06 < ( SWAYING , UNSTEADILY ) > $ I 'M READY TO BE EXAMINED WHEN YOU ARE , DOCTOR . $ < HE STUMBLES INTO THE DISPENSARY , CLUTCHING THE FURNITURE , HIS FACE PALE , HIS EYES STARING . $ GERALDINE , WEARING NICK'S UNIFORM , STAGGERS IN FROM THE GA RDEN . $ HER FACE IS BRUISED AND SMEARED WITH SOIL . $ SHE IS WHITE WITH SHOCK . > $ 02 THEY 'RE COMBING THE GROUNDS FOR US , DOCTOR ! $ THEY 'VE GOT GUNS . $ WHAT SHALL WE DO ? $ 01 YOU MUST LOSE NO TIME IN GETTING UNDRESSED . $ < ( HE SEIZES HER AND ATTEMPTS TO UNBUTTON HER UNIFORM . ) > $ 02 < ( TEARFUL , BEATING HIM AWAY ) > $ YOU 'RE BEHAVING LIKE A MANIAC ! $ 04 HE IS A MANIAC . $ HE 'S MURDERED A WOMAN AND HIDDEN HER BODY SOMEWHERE . $ 01 WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE VILE STORIES ? $ 04 DR RANCE IS HAVING YOU CERTIFIED . $ < ( WAVING THE JACKET ) > $ I 'VE GOT TO GET YOU INTO THIS ! $ < HE LEAPS UPON DR PRENTICE AND ATTEMPTS TO PUT HIM INTO THE STRAIT-JACKET . $ DR PRENTICE PULLS GERALDINE'S TROUSERS DOWN . $ #80 $ SHE BEATS HIM AWAY , WEEPING PROFUSELY . $ SHE PULLS HER TROUSERS UP . $ DR PRENTICE WARDS OFF NICK AND TRIES TO PREVENT GERALDINE PU LLING UP HER TROUSERS . $ SERGEANT MATCH ENTERS DIZZILY FROM THE DISPENSARY , STUMBLIN G ACROSS THE ROOM , CRASHING AND UPSETTING FURNITURE . > $ 06 I 'M READY WHEN YOU ARE , DOCTOR ! $ < HE REELS OUT INTO THE WARD . $ DR PRENTICE SHAKES NICK AWAY , FURIOUSLY > $ 01 < ( TO GERALDINE ) > $ GIVE THIS YOUTH THE CLOTHES YOU 'RE WEARING . $ < ( HE LIFTS THE DRESS . ) > $ PUT THIS ON . $ < ( TO NICK ) > $ LET THE SERGEANT HAVE HIS UNIFORM BACK . $ WHEN HE NEXT PASSES THROUGH WE CAN CONFISCATE MY WIFE'S DRES S AND OUR PROBLEMS WILL BE SOLVED . $ < NICK TAKES OFF HIS UNIFORM . $ GERALDINE PULLS DOWN HER TROUSERS . $ A SHOT IS HEARD FROM THE WARD . $ SERGEANT MATCH ENTERS . $ BLOOD IS POURING DOWN HIS LEG . > $ 06 I WAS ON THE LAVATORY , DOCTOR , WHEN A MAN APPEARED AND FIRED A GUN AT ME . $ I 'D LIKE YOUR OPINION AS TO THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE . $ < HE REELS INTO THE DISPENSARY . $ A CRASH IS HEARD . $ NICK IS NOW NAKED EXCEPT FOR HIS UNDERPANTS . $ MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE HALL . $ NICK DUCKS BEHIND THE DESK , GERALDINE IS CONCEALED FROM VIE W BY THE COUCH . $ MRS PRENTICE ADVANCES ON DR PRENTICE . > $ 03 < ( WAVING THE GUN ) > $ COME WITH ME AND LIE DOWN ! $ 01 THE WOMAN IS INSATIABLE . $ 03 UNLESS YOU MAKE LOVE TO ME I SHALL SHOOT YOU . $ 01 NO HUSBAND CAN BE EXPECTED TO GIVE HIS BEST AT GUN-POINT . $ < ( BACKING AWAY ) > $ < MRS PRENTICE FIRES . $ DR PRENTICE DUCKS AND RUNS QUICKLY FROM THE ROOM INTO THE GA RDEN . $ MRS PRENTICE FOLLOWS AND FIRES AGAIN . $ SERGEANT MATCH RUNS OUT OF THE DISPENSARY , TERRIFIED . $ #81 $ SEEING HIM MRS PRENTICE SCREAMS . $ SERGEANT MATCH GIVES A BELLOW OF FRIGHT AND RUNS INTO THE HA LL . $ NICK RUNS FROM BEHIND THE DESK INTO THE HALL . $ MRS PRENTICE SQUEALS WITH SURPRISE . $ GERALDINE , WEARING THE TOP HALF OF NICK'S UNIFORM AND NO TR OUSERS , RUNS INTO THE DISPENSARY . $ MRS PRENTICE RUNS TO THE WARD DOOR . $ AS SHE REACHES IT A SHOT IS HEARD AND NICK RE-ENTERS , MOANI NG AND CLUTCHING HIS SHOULDER . $ SCREAMING WITH TERROR MRS PRENTICE FIRES WILDLY AT NICK WHO GIVES A YELP OF PAIN AND RUNS INTO THE GARDEN . $ DR RANCE ENTERS FROM THE WARD HOLDING A SMOKING GUN . $ MRS PRENTICE FLINGS HERSELF UPON HIM . > $ 03 DOCTOR , DOCTOR ! $ THE WORLD IS FULL OF NAKED MEN RUNNING IN ALL DIRECTIONS! $ < DR RANCE GRABS HER ARM > $ 05 WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOUR TRANQUILLIZERS ? $ < MRS PRENTICE HURRIES INTO THE DISPENSARY . $ A CRY AND A CRASH ARE HEARD AND GERALDINE RUNS OUT . $ SHE HAS TAKEN OFF THE UNIFORM AND WEARS HER OWN PANTIES AND BRA . > $ 05 < ( WITH A BRAY OF TRIUMPH ) > $ AT LAST WE 'VE CAUGHT THE PATIENT ! $ < HE POINTS HIS GUN AT GERALDINE . $ MRS PRENTICE RUNS FROM THE DISPENSARY WITH A STRAIT-JACKET A ND FLINGS IT OVER GERALDINE . $ 02 I 'M NOT A PATIENT . $ I 'M TELLING THE TRUTH ! $ 05 IT 'S MUCH TO LATE TO TELL THE TRUTH . $ < THEY DRAG THE WEEPING GIRL TO THE COUCH AND FASTEN HER INT O THE STRAIT-JACKET . > $ 05 < ( WATCHING AS MRS PRENTICE TIES GERALDINE DOWN ) > $ THESE FINAL HARROWING SCENES WILL BE LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED WI TH GRAPHS SHOWING THE EFFECT OF HER DOWNFALL UPON HER POOR T ORTURED MIND . $ MEANWHILE , IN HIS TEMPLE OF LOVE , THE HIDEOUS DR PRENTICE AND HIS ACOLYTE ARE PRAYING TO THEIR FALSE GODS UNAWARE THAT THE FORCES OF REASON HAVE GOT THEIR MEASURE . $ #82 $ MRS PRENTICE STEPS BACK > $ FETCH A SYRINGE . $ < MRS PRENTICE GOES INTO THE DISPENSARY . > $ 02 < ( TRUSSED UP , UNABLE TO MOVE ) > $ WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS ? $ I 'VE ALWAYS LED SUCH A RESPECTABLE LIFE . $ 05 YOUR MIND HAS GIVEN WAY . $ YOU 'LL FIND THE EXPERIENCE INVALUABLE IN YOUR EFFORTS TO CO ME TO TERMS WITH TWENTIETH-CENTURY LIVING . $ WHY DID YOU PERSUADE YOUR FATHER TO KILL GERALDINE BARCLAY ? $ 02 I AM GERALDINE BARCLAY . $ 05 YOU IMAGINE YOU 'RE A SECRETARY . $ IN FACT YOU 'RE THE LEADING PLAYER IN ONE OF THE MOST REMARK ABLE AND SINISTER STORIES OF RECENT HISTORY . $ THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOU INFLUENCED YOUR EMPLOYER AND CONTRIB UTED TO HIS BREAKDOWN HAS YET TO BE MEASURED . $ 02 < ( WEEPING , BITTERLY ) > $ THIS IS DREADFUL . $ DREADFUL . $ 05 I 'M GLAD YOU 'RE ADOPTING A MORE RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE . $ IT 'S MOST ENCOURAGING . $ WHERE IS THE BODY ? $ 02 I DON'T KNOW . $ 05 ARE YOU UNDER THE SEAL OF THE CONFESSIONAL ? $ WHAT BLACK RITES WERE YOU INITIATED INTO BY THAT FOUL PRIEST OF THE UNKNOWN ? $ < GERALDINE SOBS , UNABLE TO SPEAK . $ DR RANCE ABRUPTLY THROWS HIMSELF ON TO HER AND HOLDS HER IN HIS ARMS . > $ LET ME CURE YOUR NEUROSIS ! $ IT 'S THE ONLY THING I WANT OUT OF LIFE . $ < MRS PRENTICE ENTERS FROM THE DISPENSARY CARRYING A HYPODER MIC SYRINGE AND BOWL . > $ 03 WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS EXHIBITION ? $ 05 < ( BREAKING AWAY FROM GERALDINE ) > $ IT 'S A NEW AND HITHERTO UNTRIED TYPE OF THERAPY . $ #83 $ I THINK IT 'S VIABLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES . $ 03 YOUR TREATMENT SEEMS DESIGNED TO PLUNGE THE PATIENT DEEPE R INTO LUNACY RATHER THAN ACHIEVE ANY LASTING CURE . $ < DR RANCE ROUNDS ON HER WITH ICY DIGNITY > $ 05 SOMEONE WHOSE UNCONSCIOUS IS AS QUIRKY AS YOUR OWN COULD HARDLY BE EXPECTED TO UNDERSTAND MY METHODS . $ 03 WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT ? $ 05 I 'M REFERRING TO THOSE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE PENIS WHICH YOU ENCOUNTER WITH AN INCREASING DEGREE OF FREQUENCY . $ 03 YOU 'VE SEEN THEM TOO . $ 05 WHAT DOES THAT PROVE ? $ MERELY THAT YOU 'VE GIVEN ME YOUR WRETCHED DISEASE . $ < ( HE TAKES THE HYPODERMIC FROM HER ) > $ 03 SHALL I SWAB THE PATIENT'S ARM ? $ 05 YOU DON'T IMAGINE I 'M WASTING THIS STUFF ON HER , DO YOU ? $ < ( HE ROLLS BACK HIS SLEEVE ) > $ AT FIVE GUINEAS AN OUNCE IT WOULD BE CRIMINAL . $ < ( HE GIVES HIMSELF AN INJECTION ) > $ GO AND CALL THE POLICE . $ < MRS PRENTICE GOES INTO THE HALL . $ DR RANCE PUTS THE HYPODERMIC ASIDE . $ MRS PRENTICE RE-ENTERS , WILD-EYED , HER HANDS SMEARED WITH BLOOD . > $ 03 THERE 'S A POLICEMAN OUTSIDE . $ NAKED AND COVERED IN BLOOD . $ 05 THE BOUNDS OF DECENCY HAVE LONG BEEN OVERSTEPPED IN THIS HOUSE . $ < ( HE SLAPS HER FACE . ) > $ YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS CANNOT BE ENCOURAGED IN ITS SKULDUGGERY . $ 03 < ( DESPERATE , SHOWING HER HANDS ) > $ IS THIS BLOOD REAL ? $ 05 NO . $ 03 CAN YOU SEE IT ? $ 05 YES . $ 03 THEN WHAT EXPLANATION IS THERE ? $ 05 I 'M A SCIENTIST . $ I STATE FACTS , I CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE EXPLANATIONS . $ #84 $ REJECT ANY PARA-NORMAL PHENOMENA . $ IT 'S THE ONLY WAY TO REMAIN SANE . $ 03 IT SEEMS REAL . $ 05 WHO ARE YOU TO DECIDE WHAT REALITY IS ? $ REMAIN WHERE YOU ARE . $ I 'LL CALL THE POLICE . $ < HE GOES INTO THE HALL . $ MRS PRENTICE POURS HERSELF A WHISKY . $ NICK APPEARS IN THE FRENCH WINDOWS , PALE , SWAYING UNSTEADI LY AND BLEEDING FROM A WOUND ON HIS SHOULDER . $ BLOOD OOZES FROM BETWEEN HIS FINGERS . > $ 04 < ( ANGUISHED , FAINTING ) > $ I 'M IN PAIN . $ I 'VE BEEN SHOT . $ CALL A DOCTOR . $ 03 < ( DROPPING HER GLASS , HIDING HER HEAD IN HER HANDS ) > $ OH , I 'M LOSING MY MIND ! $ < SHE SODS TO HERSELF . $ GERALDINE CALLS TO NICK > $ 02 HELP ME ! $ I 'M SUFFERING UNTOLD ANGUISH . $ UNTIE ME . $ 04 WHY ARE YOU TIED UP ? $ 02 DR RANCE DID IT . $ HE SAYS I 'M MAD . $ 04 HE 'S A PSYCHIATRIST , HE MUST KNOW . $ HE WOULDN'T PUT YOU IN A STRAIT-JACKET IF YOU WERE SANE . $ HE 'D HAVE TO BE MAD . $ 02 HE IS MAD ! $ < NICK SUPPORTS HIMSELF ON THE DESK AND STARES AT THE SOBBIN G MRS PRENTICE > $ 04 < ( TO GERALDINE ) > $ IS SHE MAD ? $ 02 SHE THINKS SHE IS . $ SHE IMAGINES YOU 'RE A FIGMENT OF HER IMAGINATION . $ 04 < ( TO MRS PRENTICE , NODDING TO GERALDINE ) > $ SHE CAN SEE ME . $ DOESN'T THAT PROVE I 'M REAL ? $ 03 NO . $ SHE 'S MAD . $ 04 IF YOU THINK I 'M A PHANTOM OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS YOU MUST BE MAD . $ 03 < ( WITH A HYSTERICAL SHRIEK ) > $ I AM MAD ! $ < GERALDINE BURSTS INTO TEARS . $ NICK HANGS OVER THE DESK , BLOOD POURING FROM HIS WOUND . $ DR PRENTICE HURRIES IN FROM THE GARDEN > $ #85 $ 01 MY WIFE HAS SHOT AT ME . $ SHE THINKS I 'M MAD ! $ 04 YOU ARE MAD ! $ I 'VE BEEN TOLD TO PUT YOU INTO A STRAIT-JACKET . $ < HE PICKS MRS PRENTICE'S GUN FROM THE DESK , LIFTS THE STRA IT-JACKET AND ADVANCES ON DR PRENTICE . $ MRS PRENTICE COVERS HER FACE WITH HER HANDS . $ DR RANCE RUNS IN FROM THE HALL CARRYING ANOTHER STRAIT-JACKE T . $ HE FLINGS IT OVER MRS PRENTICE . $ THEY CRASH TO THE FLOOR SCREAMING AND STRUGGLING . > $ 01 < ( TO NICK ) > $ PUT THAT GUN DOWN ! $ < ( TO DR RANCE ) > $ A HUSBAND MUST BE ALLOWED TO PUT HIS WIFE INTO A STRAIT-JACK ET . $ IT 'S ONE OF THE FEW PLEASURES LEFT IN MODERN MARRIAGE . $ < HE MAKES A MOVE . $ NICK HOLDS OUT THE JACKET WITH ONE HAND AND WAVES THE GUN WI TH THE OTHER . > $ YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT WOUND ATTENTED TO . $ HAVE YOU A HANDKERCHIEF ? $ 04 NO . $ 01 BORROW MINE . $ < HE PULLS HIS HANDKERCHIEF FROM HIS POCKET . $ IT IS FULL OF FLOWER STALKS . $ HE TOSSES THEM INTO NICK'S FACE . $ NICK IS KNOCKED OFF GUARD . $ DR PRENTICE FLINGS HIMSELF ON TO HIM . $ THEY JOIN DR RANCE AND MRS PRENTICE IN A STRUGGLING , GRUNTI NG HEAP ON THE FLOOR WATCHED BY THE TEARFUL GERALDINE FROM T HE COUCH . $ DR PRENTICE WRENCHES THE GUN FROM NICK AND STANDS . $ NICK MOANS AND CRAWLS AWAY , HIS WOUND STREAMING BLOOD , HIS FACE WHITE AND ILL . $ DR RANCE STANDS TO HIS FEET HAVING TIED MRS PRENTICE INTO A STRAIT-JACKET . > $ 01 < ( WAVING HIS GUN ) > $ STAY WHERE YOU ARE , DOCTOR ! $ YOUR CONDUCT TODAY HAS BEEN A MODEL OF OFFICIAL IRRESPONSIBI LITY AND BLOODY-MINDEDNESS . $ I 'M GOING TO CERTIFY YOU . $ 05 < ( QUIETLY , WITH DIGNITY ) > $ NO . $ I AM GOING TO CERTIFY YOU . $ #86 $ 01 I HAVE THE WEAPON . $ YOU HAVE THE CHOICE . $ WHAT IS IT TO BE ? $ EITHER MADNESS OR DEATH ? $ 05 NEITHER OF YOUR ALTERNATIVES WOULD ENABLE ME TO CONTINUE TO BE EMPLOYED BY HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT . $ 01 THAT ISN'T TRUE . $ THE HIGHER REACHES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE ARE RECRUITED ENTIRE LY FROM CORPSES OR MADMEN . $ PRESS THE ALARM ! $ < DR RANCE GOES TO THE WALL AND PRESSES THE ALARM . $ A SIREN WAILS . $ METAL GRILLES FALL OVER EACH OF THE DOORS . $ THE LIGHTS GO OUT . $ THE SIREN WAILS TO A STOP . $ THE ROOM IS LIT ONLY BY THE GLARE OF A BLOODY SUNSET SHINING THROUGH THE TREES IN THE GARDEN . > $ AN OVERLOADING OF THE CIRCUIT ! $ WE 'RE TRAPPED . $ 05 < ( DRILY ) > $ I HOPE THE SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS IN THE WARDS ARE AS EFFICIE NT AS THOSE IN YOUR CONSULTING-ROOM . $ WE COULD STARVE TO DEATH . $ 01 A FITTING TRIBUTE TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR EARLY WARNI NG SYSTEM . $ 05 SINCE NEITHER OF US CAN ESCAPE YOUR DETERRENT IS USELESS . $ PUT IT DOWN . $ < DR PRENTICE PUTS THE GUN ON TO THE DESK . $ DR RANCE TAKES OUT HIS OWN AND POINTS IT AT THE ASTONISHED D R PRENTICE . > $ 05 < ( HOLDING DR PRENTICE AT BAY WITH ONE GUN AN PICKING UP THE OTHER ) > $ I 'LL HAVE YOU IN A JACKET WITHIN THE HOUR . $ IT 'S A HAT TRICK ! $ 01 IS THIS A RECORD FOR YOU ? $ 05 < ( SLIPPING DR PRENTICE'S GUN INTO HIS POCKET ) > $ BY NO MEANS . $ I ONCE PUT A WHOLE FAMILY INTO A COMMUNAL STRAIT-JACKET . $ 01 HOW PROUD YOUR MOTHER MUST 'VE BEEN . $ 05 SHE WASN'T , I 'M AFRAID . $ IT WAS MY OWN FAMILY , YOU SEE . $ I 'VE A PICTURE OF THE SCENE AT HOME . $ MY FOOT PLACED SQUARELY UPON MY FATHER'S HEAD . $ I SENT IT TO SIGMUND FREUD AND HAD A CHARMING POSTCARD IN RE PLY . $ < NICK CRAWLS , ALMOST FAINTING , TO A CHAIR > $ #87 $ 04 WHAT ABOUT ME , SIR ? $ I 'M NOT MAD . $ 05 < ( WITH A SMILE ) > $ YOU 'RE NOT HUMAN . $ 04 I CAN'T BE AN HALLUCINATION . $ < ( HE POINTS TO HIS BLEEDING SHOULDER . ) > $ LOOK AT THIS WOUND . $ THAT 'S REAL . $ 05 IT APPEARS TO BE . $ 04 IF THE PAIN IS REAL I MUST BE REAL . $ 05 I 'D RATHER NOT GET INVOLVED IN A METAPHYSICAL SPECULATIO N . $ 01 THIS YOUNG MAN IS THE PAGE-BOY FROM THE STATION HOTEL . $ HE MISBEHAVED HIMSELF WITH MY WIFE . $ HE WASN'T AN HALLUCINATION WHEN HE DID THAT . $ 05 YOUR WIFE IS SUBJECT TO A TYPE OF NERVOUS DISORDER WHICH LEADS HER TO IMAGINE SHE IS BEING PURSUED BY UNCLOTHED MALE FIGURES . $ THIS YOUNG MAN IS ONE OF THEM . $ IF HE IS HER ASSAILANT IT FOLLOWS THAT THE ASSAULT WAS A FAB RICATION OF HER DISEASED MIND . $ 01 BUT SERGEANT MATCH WISHES TO ARREST THE YOUNG MAN . $ 05 THE SERGEANT TOO MAY NOT EXIST . $ ACCORDING TO YOUR WIFE HE ALSO APPEARED TO HER NAKED . $ FOR ALL WE KNOW HE COULD BE A TYPE OF INCUBUS EMPLOYED BY SC OTLAND YARD . $ HE ADMITTED THAT HIS BROTHER WAS A FIGMENT OF HIS IMAGINATIO N CONFIRMING MY OWN LAW THAT THE RELATIONS OF APPARITIONS AR E ALSO APPARITIONS . $ < ( IN A FIRM VOICE ) > $ WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH GERALDINE BARCLAY ? $ 02 < ( FEEBLY ) > $ I 'M HERE . $ < DR PRENTICE GOES TO THE DESK AND POURS A LARGE WHISKY > $ 01 < ( TO DR RANCE ) > $ THE STORY YOU 'RE ABOUT TO HEAR IS CONCERNED SOLELY WITH THE HEART : THE MIND AND ITS MYSTERIES COULD NOT HAVE BEEN FURT HER FROM MY THOUGHTS WHEN , EARLY THIS MORNING , I PERSUADED THAT YOUNG WOMAN TO TAKE HER CLOTHES OFF . $ < ( HE DRINKS THE WHISKY . ) > $ 02 < ( TO DR RANCE ) > $ MRS PRENTICE MISTOOK MY DRESS FOR HER OWN AND , BY AN OVERSI GHT , YOU MISTOOK ME FOR A PATIENT . $ DR PRENTICE ASKED ME TO KEEP QUIET IN ORDER TO PROTECT HIS G OOD NAME . $ #88 $ WHAT COULD I DO ? $ I WAS TERRIFIED OF EXPOSURE . $ 05 YOU WERE NAKED AT THE TIME ? $ 02 YES . $ UNDER DURESS I AGREED TO HELP THE DOCTOR . $ I 'VE NEVER CEASED REPROACHING MYSELF . $ THE WHOLE DAY HAS BEEN SPENT FIGHTING TO RETAIN MY SELF-RESP ECT . $ < DR RANCE CHEWS HIS LIP AND TURNS ABRUPTLY TO DR PRENTICE > $ 05 RELEASE HER . $ AND YOUR WIFE . $ < ( AS DR PRENTICE DOES SO HE STARES , BAFFLED ) > $ I 'D BE WILLING TO STAKE MY PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION UPON THE FACT THAT THIS GIRL HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF AN INCESTUOUS AT TACK . $ I WON'T GO BACK UPON MY DIAGNOSIS . $ MY PUBLISHERS WILL SUE ME FOR LOSS OF ROYALTIES . $ 02 < ( STEPPING FROM THE COUCH) > $ I 'M SURE MY TYPING SPEED HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY WHAT I 'VE SU FFERED TODAY . $ < ( TEARFUL , TO DR PRENTICE ) > $ AND I WISH TO REPORT THE LOSS OF MY LUCKY ELEPHANT CHARM . $ < DR RANCE TAKES A BROOCH FROM HIS POCKET > $ 05 IS THIS THE PIECE OF JEWELLERY TO WHICH YOU REFER ? $ 02 YES . $ IT HAS GREAT SENTIMENTAL VALUE . $ < DR RANCE GIVES IT TO HER . $ NICK PICKS UP THE TROUSERS OF HIS UNIFORM > $ 04 I 'VE GOT A BROOCH LIKE THAT . $ < ( HE SHOWS GERALDINE A BROOCH ) > $ YOU SEE - THEY MAKE A PAIR ! $ < MRS PRENTICE , RELEASED NOW FROM THE STRAIT-JACKET , GIVES A CRY OF SURPRISE . > $ 03 LET ME SEE THOSE PIECES OF JEWELLERY . $ < ( THE TWO BROOCHES ARE SHOWN TO HER ) > $ A SINGLE BROOCH CAN BE MADE OF THESE TWO FRAGMENTS . $ < ( SHE FITS THE BROOCH TOGETHER ) > $ OH , MY HEART IS BEATING LIKE A WILD THING ! $ < DR RANCE EXAMINES THE BROOCH . > $ 05 TWO ELEPHANTS CARRYING A RICHLY ENGRAVED HOWDAH IN WHICH IS SEATED A YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL WOMAN - PERHAPS A PRINCESS O F THE ROYAL LINE - MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF ORIENTAL CRAFTMANS HIP . $ #89 $ < ( TO MRS PRENTICE ) > $ HOW DID YOU KNOW THIS WAS A SINGLE PIECE ? $ 03 IT BELONGED TO ME ONCE . $ MANY YEARS AGO , WHEN I WAS A YOUNG WOMAN , I WAS RAPED IN A LINEN CUPBOARD ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE STATION HOTEL . $ AS THE MAN LEFT ME HE PRESSED THAT BROOCH INTO MY HANDS IN P ART PAYMENT . $ 05 HOW DID THESE CHILDREN COME TO BE IN POSSESSION OF THE SE PARATE HALVES ? $ 03 I PAID FOR MY MISDEMEANOUR BY CONCEIVING TWINS . $ IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO KEEP THEM - I WAS BY THEN ENGAGE D TO BE MARRIED TO A PROMISING YOUNG PSYCHIATRIST . $ I DECIDED TO ABANDON THEM TO THEIR FATE . $ I BROKE THE BROOCH IN HALF AND PINNED A SEPARATE PIECE TO EA CH BABE . $ I THEN PLACED THEM AT EITHER END OF THE SMALL COUNTRY TOWN I N WHICH I WAS RESIDENT . $ SOME KIND PEOPLE MUST 'VE BROUGHT THE CHILDREN UP AS THEIR O WN . $ < ( WEEPING , HUGGING NICK AND GERALDINE . ) > $ OH , CHILDREN ! $ I AM YOUR MOTHER . $ CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME FOR WHAT I DID ? $ 04 WHAT KIND OF MOTHER MUST YOU HAVE BEEN TO STAY ALONE AT T HE STATION HOTEL ? $ 03 I WAS EMPLOYED AS A CHAMBERMAID . $ I DID IT FOR A JOKE SHORTLY AFTER THE WAR . $ THE EFFECT OF A LABOUR GOVERNMENT ON THE MIDDLE-CLASSES HAD TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED . $ 02 WAS OUR FATHER ALSO EMPLOYED BY THE STATION HOTEL ? $ 03 I NEVER SAW YOUR FATHER . $ THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A POWER-CUT . $ I BECAME PREGNANT AS I WAITED FOR NORMAL SERVICE TO BE RESUM ED . $ < DR PRENTICE , HIS FACE WHITE WITH SHOCK , COMES FORWARD > $ 01 < ( WEAKLY , TO DR RANCE . ) > $ YOU 'LL FIND AN INSCRIPTION ON THE BACK OF THE BROOCH , SIR - $ < DR RANCE TURNS THE BROOCH OVER > $ #90 $ 01 - ' TO LILLIAN FROM AVIS . $ CHRISTMAS 1939 '. $ I FOUND THAT BROOCH MANY YEARS AGO . $ IT WAS ON THE PAVEMENT OUTSIDE A LARGE DEPARTMENT STORE . $ 05 WHO WERE LILLIAN AND AVIS ? $ 01 I 'VE NO IDEA . $ IT FELL FROM THE COLLAR OF A PEKINESE . $ LILLIAN AND AVIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE CREATURE'S OWNERS . $ < ( HE STARES ABOUT HIM IN SHAME ) > $ I HAVEN'T SEEN IT SINCE I PRESSED IT INTO THE HAND OF A CHAM BERMAID WHOM I DEBAUCHED SHORTLY BEFORE MY MARRIAGE . $ 03 < ( WITH A CRY OF RECOGNITION ) > $ I UNDERSTAND NOW WHY YOU SUGGESTED THAT WE SPEND OUR WEDDING NIGHT IN A LINEN CUPBOARD ! $ 01 I WISHED TO RECREATE A MOMENT THAT WAS VERY PRECIOUS TO M E . $ IF YOU 'D GIVEN IN TO MY REQUEST OUR MARRIAGE WOULD NEVER HA VE FOUNDERED . $ 03 FROM THIS TIME ON WE 'LL NEVER MAKE LOVE EXCEPT IN A LINE N CUPBOARD . $ IT 'S THE LEAST I CAN DO AFTER THE YEARS OF SUFFERING I 'VE CAUSED YOU ! $ < HE EMBRACES HER AND EMBRACES NICK AND GERALDINE > $ 05 < TO PRENTICE , WITH WILD DELIGHT ) > $ IF YOU ARE THIS CHILD'S FATHER MY BOOK CAN BE WRITTEN IN GOO D FAITH - SHE IS THE VICTIM OF AN INCESTUOUS ASSAULT ! $ 03 AN SO AM I , DOCTOR ! $ MY SON HAS A COLLECTION OF INDECENT PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH PROVE BEYOND DOUBT THAT HE MADE FREE WITH ME IN THE SAME HOTEL - I NDEED IN THE SAME LINEN CUPBOARD WHERE HIS CONCEPTION TOOK P LACE . $ 05 OH , WHAT JOY THIS DISCOVERY GIVES ME ! $ < ( EMBRACING MRS PRENTICE , GERALDINE AND NICK ) > $ DOUBLE INCEST IS EVEN MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE A BEST-SELLER T HAN MURDER - AND THIS IS AS IT SHOULD BE FOR LOVE MUST BRING GREATER JOY THAN VIOLENCE . $ < EVERYONE EMBRACES ONE ANOTHER . $ THE SKYLIGHT OPENS , A ROPE LADDER IS LOWERED AND , IN A GRE AT BLAZE OF GLORY , SERGEANT MATCH , THE LEOPARD-SPOTTED DRE SS TORN FROM ONE SHOULDER AND STREAMING WITH BLOOD , DESCEND S . > $ #91 $ WE 'RE APPROACHING WHAT OUR RACIER NOVELISTS TERM 'THE CLIMA X ' . $ < REACHING THE FLOOR SERGEANT MATCH STARES ABOUT HIM IN BEWI LDERMENT > $ 06 WILL SOMEONE PRODUCE OR CAUSE TO BE PRODUCED THE MISSING PARTS OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL ? $ 05 WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH THINGS . $ 06 I MUST ASK FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION IN A MATTER OF VITAL IMP ORTANCE TO THIS COUNTRY . $ < ( HE SWAYS , BUT HANGS ON TO THE ROPE LADDER ) > $ WHO WAS THE LAST TO SEE MRS BARCLAY DEAD ? $ 02 THE UNDERTAKER . $ 06 DID HE HAVE NO WORDS OF COMFORT FOR YOU AS THE ONLY LIVIN G DESCENDANT OF A WOMAN VIOLATED BY THE HERO OF 1940 ? $ 02 HE HANDED ME A BOX . $ 06 WHAT DID IT CONTAIN ? $ 02 I ASSUMED IT HELD THE CLOTHES MY STEP-MOTHER WORE ON THE DAY OF HER DEATH . $ I WAS GOING TO DELIVER THEM TO SOME POOR AND NEEDY PERSON . $ 06 WHERE IS THE BOX ? $ < GERALDINE PICKS UP THE BOX WHICH SHE HAD UPON ENTERING THE ROOM . $ IT HAS REMAINED ON THE DESK EVER SINCE . $ SERGEANT MATCH OPENS THE BOX , LOOKS INSIDE , AND GIVES A SI GH . > $ THE GREAT MAN CAN ONCE MORE TAKE UP HIS PLACE IN THE HIGH ST REET AS AN EXAMPLE TO US ALL OF THE SPIRIT THAT WON THE BATT LE OF BRITAIN . $ < RANCE LOOKS INSIDE THE BOX . > $ 05 < ( WITH ADMIRATION ) > $ HOW MUCH MORE INSPIRING IF , IN THOSE DARK DAYS , WE 'D SEEN WHAT WE SEE NOW . $ INSTEAD WE HAD TO BE CONTENT WITH A CIGAR - THE SYMBOL FALLI NG FAR SHORT , AS WE ALL REALIZE , OF THE OBJECT ITSELF . $ < GERALDINE LOOKS INSIDE THE BOX > $ 02 BUT IT IS A CIGAR ! $ #92 $ 05 AH , THE ILLUSIONS OF YOUTH ! $ < SERGEANT MATCH LOUDLY SHUTS THE LID OF THE BOX AND TUCKS I T UNDER HIS ARM > $ 01 WELL , SERGEANT , WE HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN UNCOVERING A NUMBER OF REMARKABLE PECCADILLOES TODAY . $ I 'M SURE YOU 'LL CO-OPERATE IN KEEPING THEM OUT OF THE PAPE RS ? $ 06 I WILL , SIR . $ 05 I 'M GLAD YOU DON'T DESPISE TRADITION . $ LET US PUT OUR CLOTHES ON AND FACE THE WORLD . $ < THEY PICK UP THEIR CLOTHES AND WEARY , BLEEDING , DRUGGED AND DRUNK , CLIMB THE ROPE LADDER INTO THE BLAZING LIGHT . > $ < CURTAIN > $