The Legend of Lizzie Borden Page #2

You locked the door after him?

Yes, sir, I locked it.

Mr. Borden was very strict about that.

When I finished my dishes,

I took them into the dining room.

Mrs. Borden was there, dusting.

- Where is father?

- Went downtown.

He left while you were upstairs.

Oh, Bridget, get your pail and some water.

I want the windows washed.

Today, Mrs. Borden?

It's awful hot.

Inside and outside, both,

they're intolerably dirty.

Please, Mrs. Borden...

Look, I'm feeling poorly today.

Couldn't it wait, perhaps?

Stinking milk cow!

I went down into the cellar and got a pail

and a brush and went outdoors.

I started to work on the north

side of the house.

Maggie, are you going to be

out there long?

Yes, but you needn't lock the door

unless you want to.

I can get fresh water from the barn.

After a while,

Mrs. Kellysberg came to the fence

and I went over to talk to her.

Then I went back to me work.

There's a lot of windows in that house

and I had to go to the barn

three or four times for fresh water.

During all that time, I...

Did not see anybody come to the house

until Mr. Borden came home.

Is there any mail?

Not for you.

Where is Abby?

She had a note and went out.

Did she say where?

Someone in town was sick, I think.

Would you like to take a nap

before dinner?

After I've read my paper.

There's a cheap sale of dress goods

at Sergeant's this afternoon.

Eight cents a yard.

- Aye, I'm going to have some.

But not today in this heat.

I feel too ill.

Why don't you finish those windows later?

You can rest before the new meal.

I think I'll do just that.

Then I went upstairs to my room and

lay down without taking off any of my clothing.

I heard the City Hall clock

start to strike eleven.

I must have been there

three or four minutes,

I never went to sleep at all.

The next thing I heard was miss Lizzie

hollering:
"Maggie, Maggie!"

Up to the time miss Lizzie Borden

told her father

about the note which reportedly

came for her stepmother,

had you heard anything about it from anyone?

- No, sir, I never had.

- Thank you.

No further questions, your honor.

The witness is released

unconditionally, without bail.

She's leaving us, Lizzie.

Lizzie Borden to the stand, please.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth

and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

I do.

Please be seated.

You may begin, Mr. District Attorney.

Will you please give the

court your full name?

- Lizzie Andrew Borden.

- Is it Lizzie or Elizabeth?

- Lizzie. - You were so christened?

- I was so christened.

- What is your age, please?

- 32.

- Your mother is not living. - No, sir, she died

when I was two and half years old.

- What was your father's age?

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