The Lady Is Willing Page #5

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the Press Department was sending up?

Oh, I'm sorry.

Good afternoon, Miss Madden.

How do you do?

I'm Sergeant Barnes,

and Mrs Cummings of

the Child Welfare Department.

How do you do?

And this is Patrolman Murphy.

How do you do?

Miss Madden, I'd like to ask you

a few questions about a baby.

A baby?!

A baby was abandoned in

a rooming house on 47th Street.

Murphy was investigating

the case when a woman offered

to hold the baby for him.

She walked off with the baby.

Why, do you mean she...?

Uh-huh. Vanished. We found

the cab driver who drove her

and the baby to this building.

But you can't have babies here,

it's in the lease.

Murphy and the other witnesses

say that this lady was wearing

the screwiest hat they'd ever seen.

That's hardly a distinguishing

characteristic these days.

So we come here and we ask

the bellboys what lady wears

the screwiest hats.

And every one of them

says Miss Madden.

Well. The bellboys.

What do they know

about hats anyway?

So we thought you wouldn't

mind if we looked around,

just to see if we could

sort of find a baby

that perhaps you hadn't noticed.

That's an outrage.

Aren't you supposed to have

a certificate or a writ or something?

Swing low, sweet chariot

Them gates is locked

And closed up good and tight

Swing low, sweet chariot

Can't nobody get that little mite

I thought I heard somebody.

Well, sergeant, help yourself.

Buddy, show them

through the place.

Oh, well, there really isn't

very much to see, captain.

We lead such a quiet life here.

This is the living room

where we live.

Shall we sit down, Mrs Canning?

This is the library or

the smoking room where we...

Smoke, I suppose.

Your work must be fascinating,

Mrs Cunning.

Cummings.

Yes, I suppose it is.

Frankly, Mrs Cummings, don't

you think it's rather ridiculous

suspecting me of kidnapping?

On the contrary, we have many

similar cases. It happens every day.

Generally to women

whose lives have been so selfish

that they've never experienced

the normal feelings of love

and self-sacrifice.

It's very interesting, Miss Madden.

When the lipstick's gone,

Miss Madden puts

buckshot in them

and we hold up filling stations.

You might recognise

the headpiece.

Is this all?

Except the chute that

whooshes the bodies

down to the East River.

That's it!

Say, take it easy there, sonny,

a lot of those aren't paid for.

Oh, well, what's that?

One of your hats.

Would you mind trying it on?

Well, that old thing.

I haven't worn that in years.

I can't think how that got

back in the cupboard.

Would you try it on, please?

Try it on... Of course.

Certainly.

Now, I don't think that's

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