The Cat and the Canary Page #4

Well, I congratulate you, dear,

with definite reservations.

Oh, thanks, darling.

Well...

Well, aren't you

going to congratulate me?

Oh, sure. I'll do

more than that.

I'll recommend a nice,

quiet bombproof cellar to you

for the next 30 days.

Thanks.

Here are the keys

to the house, Miss Norman.

Oh, well, won't you

remain as my housekeeper?

Mr. Norman told me to give

this letter to the heir

after the will was read.

How did he know

you'd be here?

I told him I would be.

It's the first

I've known of it.

Well, what do you

suppose...

That's probably

about the buried treasure.

Buried treasure!

What are you

talking about?

Yeah, well, there's always a

buried treasure, isn't there?

You know a pot of gold, or

a diamond necklace, or a...

Don't pin me down.

It's very peculiar that you

should mention a necklace.

Yeah? Why?

There was one.

See!

Well, did somebody

tell you about it?

Now let me think. Oh, it

must have been my mother.

The last time you saw your

mother, you were three years old.

Yeah, I was

just...

I doubt if you'd remember the conversation.

What sort of a necklace

was it, Aunt Susan?

Diamonds and emeralds,

worth a fortune.

After Cyrus had it made,

it was stolen.

Who stole it?

Well, don't look at me.

I just got here.

I've never believed

it was stolen.

I always thought Mr. Norman

hid it here in this house.

Why would he

do that?

Because he

was a nut.

There's food

in the dining room.

I don't want

anything to eat.

Personally, I've changed

my plans and I'm leaving.

That's impossible, there are no

more trains out until morning,

even if you could

get to the mainland.

Why can't we

get to the mainland?

Because of members of Local Number

2 of the Bayou Canoe Paddlers

and Putt Putt Pushers Union

won't putt after midnight.

You mean we've got to stay

here whether we like it or not?

I arranged it that way and I think

you'll all be very comfortable.

So shall we eat,

drink and be merry?

For tomorrow,

we...

It's on the house.

My house, come on.

Cicily.

I could

use a drink.

Yeah, I could, too.

I think I could stiff.

Might as well be a live

stiff as a dead stiff.

Since we are all to be prisoners in this

terrible house until tomorrow morning,

I suggest that you and I sleep together.

I suggest we all

sleep together.

Miss Lu knew we'd have to stay here and...

Oh, Miss Lu.

I don't know much

about the house yet,

but are there rooms

for everyone?

Yes, Miss Norman. The main

bedroom, your bedroom, is here.

Mr. Campbell, at the head of

the stairs, Lawyer Crosby...

What happened?

They do that when you don't pay

your bill. Are you all right?

Yes, of course, but...

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