Phantom Lady Page #4

In a blind rage, he took the necktie

he had in his hands...

dropped it around her throat, and

tightened it with unimaginable cruelty!

Until it was so embedded

in her soft flesh...

that it had to be cut off.

Will the accused please rise

and face the jury?

Will the foreman of the jury

please stand?

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, your honor.

Do you find the defendant guilty

or not guilty of the charge?

I didn't hear the verdict, what as it?

- What did you expect...

guilty!

Hello, Mr. Henderson.

- Hello, Kansas.

I'll give you 5 minutes.

Is there anything I can do for you?

Yes, you can thank the foreman!

I forgot to!

I don't know what to say.

Skip it, Kansas. I'll be alright

now that I know where I stand.

I'll be fine.

Last night for the first time,

I didn't have to count sheep.

I slept like a guilty man.

- But you're going to appeal!

With what?

A set of blueprints

and my grandfather's watch?

If it's a question of money...

Oh, Kansas... no thanks.

It isn't the money.

We've done everything...

hired detectives, advertised in the

newspapers, bought time on the radio...

everything possible trying to find her!

- What about your friends?

Oh yes, remember all my friends?

Well, they aren't.

Haven't you heard from Mr. Marlow?

No, I... didn't let him know.

He's your best friend, looks like...

He'd be the one to help you. - I didn't

want to get him back from South America!

It's his big chance down there.

In any case, what good could he do?

I don't know.

But you need someone to help you

who really wants to!

Someone who just won't be beat!

Stop blowing bubbles, Kansas.

You can't let that verdict stand,

you've got to fight!

I told you, it's no use.

You were at the trial...

I don't blame the jury.

If I was in the jury box,

I'd have agreed with them.

But somebody has to go on looking

for her!

Being shut up alone so much...

I've been thinking.

Maybe there never was such a woman!

It's just my word against theirs!

Maybe I just imagined it!

Maybe she doesn't exist!

- Stop talking like that!

You can't work for a man as long as

I have and not know him pretty well.

You couldn't kill anybody.

Thanks, Kansas.

That makes you a minority of one.

Time's up.

Are you going back to Wichita?

I haven't decided what to do yet.

Whoever you work for will be

a lucky boss.

Keep your bobby pins off the floor and

the seams in your stockings straight.

If you don't, he'll fire you!

Goodbye, Kansas.

If you feel like a train ride,

visit me sometime.

Getting a new address tomorrow.

A big country estate on the Hudson.

On a clear day you can see New Jersey.

Bye, Kansas.

Bye, Mr. Henderson.

Here's the horse I like.

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