:05:01
Goodbye, Julia Rainbird!
Goodbye, Blanche.
:05:06
(Gasps)
:05:09
(Softly) Goodbye.
:05:13
- (Moans)
- Madame Blanche! Are you alright?
:05:16
Oh. It was - (Clears Throat, Noisily)
:05:22
What in the world's been going on here?
:05:23
I feel as though
I've been properly done over.
:05:26
- Don't you remember what happened?
- Mm-mm.
:05:30
Not the details, Miss Rainbird,
only the gist, if you know what I mean.
:05:33
Suppose you give me the gist of it.
(Blows Nose)
:05:35
Oh well, I wonder - (Gasps)
:05:39
Could I trouble you
for a sip of something? Ju-Just -
:05:41
Oh, of course. What would you like?
:05:43
Oh, a double shot of anyth-
:05:46
- A spot of that sherry might be nice.
- Oh, yes. Of course.
:05:54
(Sniffles) Thank you.
:05:59
(Clock Chiming Quarter-Hour)
:06:01
Now, tell me
what you remember of the seance.
:06:05
- In a nutshell?
- Please.
:06:08
Well - (Clears Throat)
:06:11
About 40 years ago,
you arranged to have
:06:14
your sister Harriet's baby
given away without a trace.
:06:17
And now your bad dreams
and troubled conscience tell you
:06:20
to find the grown-up person,
take him into the family
:06:23
and bestow your wealth on him.
:06:25
- Excellent.
- Thank you.
:06:27
And why did I force my sister
to give the child away?
:06:31
I guess the kid was a -
illegitimate, Miss Rainbird.
:06:37
I don't want you
to think me a puritan, Madame Blanche.
:06:40
But 40 years ago, an unmarried mother
:06:43
was not the commonplace
it is nowadays.
:06:46
And in a family like ours,
:06:48
a scandal had to be
covered up at all costs.
:06:51
I understand.
:06:53
And I'm still sufficiently old-fashioned,
:06:55
and sufficiently protective
of the Rainbird name,
:06:58
to want to seek the missing heir