Vicki Barr The Silver Ring Mystery PRT01

Vicki Barr The Silver Ring Mystery PRT01
Vicki Barr Flight Stewardess Series
Vicki Barr The Silver Ring Mystery PRT01

Sep 06 2022 | 01:43:56

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Episode 3 • September 06, 2022 • 01:43:56

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This part 1 of a 3 part series featuring The Silver Ring Mystery by Helen Wells

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1 0:00:00,480 --> 0:00:02,700 chip to would aboard the a lecture 2 0:00:03,300 --> 0:00:07,350 why that's why vicky explained to her 3 0:00:07,350 --> 0:00:10,590 family he electorate is so challenging mary 4 0:00:10,590 --> 0:00:12,390 carter warned us says to her is 5 0:00:12,720 --> 0:00:14,544 while she was written us for the 6 0:00:14,550 --> 0:00:17,346 alexa that dispute you fly so fast 7 0:00:17,346 --> 0:00:18,690 there's hardly time to get all your 8 0:00:18,690 --> 0:00:20,820 job's done you mean it's so hard 9 0:00:20,820 --> 0:00:23,670 assignment don't you said ginny she was 10 0:00:23,670 --> 0:00:26,490 fourteen and vicky's young her sister their 11 0:00:26,490 --> 0:00:28,860 mother betty bar said i'm sure if 12 0:00:28,860 --> 0:00:30,870 i had your job on a jet 13 0:00:30,870 --> 0:00:32,940 prop or is it a jet which 14 0:00:32,940 --> 0:00:36,090 is it louis professor bar looked amuse 15 0:00:36,420 --> 0:00:38,550 you know perfectly well the all jet 16 0:00:38,550 --> 0:00:41,220 without propellers he said the boeing seven 17 0:00:41,220 --> 0:00:43,019 or seven is used more for a 18 0:00:43,019 --> 0:00:45,900 long hauls nonstop coast to coast or 19 0:00:46,020 --> 0:00:49,440 across oceans the electorate a hundred and 20 0:00:49,440 --> 0:00:52,200 eighty eight with engines and propellers is 21 0:00:52,200 --> 0:00:55,200 used mainly for intercity cho i trust 22 0:00:55,200 --> 0:00:57,540 i have the facts correct victoria he 23 0:00:57,540 --> 0:00:59,490 smiled at vicky who looks so much 24 0:00:59,490 --> 0:01:02,040 like him for hair light blue eyes 25 0:01:02,310 --> 0:01:05,280 and that for or against that it 26 0:01:05,280 --> 0:01:08,880 was a familiar joke well anyhow said 27 0:01:08,880 --> 0:01:10,560 fuck is my the if i had 28 0:01:10,710 --> 0:01:12,840 to get his sixty a passenger safely 29 0:01:12,840 --> 0:01:15,060 on and off and fed and two 30 0:01:15,060 --> 0:01:17,820 hours to fortunately i'm not going to 31 0:01:17,820 --> 0:01:19,709 have to do everything all by myself 32 0:01:19,710 --> 0:01:22,440 vicky answered sheen cox and i will 33 0:01:22,440 --> 0:01:25,290 work over to new york chicago san 34 0:01:25,290 --> 0:01:27,660 francisco run together on the alert dre 35 0:01:28,260 --> 0:01:30,360 they were having a leisurely early lunch 36 0:01:30,360 --> 0:01:33,000 at home and the castle before vicky 37 0:01:33,000 --> 0:01:35,580 started out for chicago it was thursday 38 0:01:35,610 --> 0:01:38,970 feb twelve lincoln's birthday and appropriate day 39 0:01:38,978 --> 0:01:41,880 to be in lincoln state illinois the 40 0:01:41,880 --> 0:01:44,640 holiday ex the whole day explained why 41 0:01:44,640 --> 0:01:46,320 mr barr was not teaching at a 42 0:01:46,320 --> 0:01:48,930 nearby state university that take the holiday 43 0:01:48,930 --> 0:01:50,730 did not account for vicky's presence at 44 0:01:50,730 --> 0:01:53,310 home as a flight stewardess she often 45 0:01:53,310 --> 0:01:55,830 worked on holidays vicky popped in and 46 0:01:55,830 --> 0:01:58,620 out of the castle between assignments whenever 47 0:01:58,620 --> 0:02:01,470 she could that was adopted perhaps know 48 0:02:01,470 --> 0:02:03,840 the federal airlines was transferred her to 49 0:02:03,840 --> 0:02:05,754 the lecturer and one of the trans 50 0:02:05,754 --> 0:02:08,250 transcontinental notarized she may be lucky enough 51 0:02:08,250 --> 0:02:10,470 to see her family more often her 52 0:02:10,470 --> 0:02:12,390 mother was wondering about the same thing 53 0:02:12,780 --> 0:02:14,760 would you be based in san francisco 54 0:02:15,150 --> 0:02:18,000 mean that we once you much vicky 55 0:02:18,000 --> 0:02:20,280 went over schedule again with her family 56 0:02:20,550 --> 0:02:23,190 she and cox would slay regularly with 57 0:02:23,190 --> 0:02:24,720 to say true on the new york 58 0:02:24,720 --> 0:02:28,110 chicago san francisco rent and return flight 59 0:02:28,500 --> 0:02:30,570 they would have at least an overnight 60 0:02:30,570 --> 0:02:32,850 stop in chicago and some rest days 61 0:02:32,850 --> 0:02:35,245 in new york and san francisco was 62 0:02:35,250 --> 0:02:37,110 a in san francisco where playing will 63 0:02:37,140 --> 0:02:40,289 be serviced assistance to passenger traffic was 64 0:02:40,289 --> 0:02:43,140 sometimes heavier in the east vicky aging 65 0:02:43,140 --> 0:02:44,940 would occasion may fly the new york 66 0:02:45,360 --> 0:02:48,240 chicago had chicago new york turnaround run 67 0:02:48,840 --> 0:02:50,850 that fast cruising speed of the lecture 68 0:02:51,210 --> 0:02:53,670 of to five hundred mph made the 69 0:02:53,684 --> 0:02:57,450 schedules possible anyway hobby and out of 70 0:02:57,450 --> 0:02:59,640 chicago vicky told her family if i 71 0:02:59,640 --> 0:03:01,380 have time to run down to fairview 72 0:03:01,380 --> 0:03:03,360 to see maybe i'll drive up to 73 0:03:04,080 --> 0:03:05,640 me real drive up to chicago to 74 0:03:05,640 --> 0:03:08,100 see me how come her mother promised 75 0:03:08,400 --> 0:03:10,110 know if you don't start for chicago 76 0:03:10,110 --> 0:03:12,120 young lady to lecture my take off 77 0:03:12,120 --> 0:03:14,520 for new york without you heaven forbid 78 0:03:14,550 --> 0:03:16,320 have been steady and pack the same 79 0:03:16,710 --> 0:03:19,050 and dreaming of jet props so head 80 0:03:19,050 --> 0:03:22,050 her stewardess friend so ahead pilots and 81 0:03:22,050 --> 0:03:23,910 navigators all of them had been training 82 0:03:23,910 --> 0:03:26,610 intensely for this new aircraft at federal 83 0:03:26,610 --> 0:03:29,430 airlines school a new york and texas 84 0:03:29,790 --> 0:03:31,740 i going to miss today for anything 85 0:03:32,700 --> 0:03:34,410 her family job vicky to the fair 86 0:03:34,410 --> 0:03:36,540 to station and plenty of time for 87 0:03:36,540 --> 0:03:39,690 the new training was for the new 88 0:03:41,220 --> 0:03:44,190 for the nude train to chicago freckles 89 0:03:44,460 --> 0:03:48,270 there's freckles their spaniel sense vicky's excitement 90 0:03:48,540 --> 0:03:50,280 and ran around the platform so while 91 0:03:50,280 --> 0:03:52,650 the that for safety add to lock 92 0:03:52,650 --> 0:03:54,330 him in the car do you think 93 0:03:54,330 --> 0:03:56,573 you dear mrs var as vicky that 94 0:03:56,573 --> 0:03:58,830 you will meet any specially interesting people 95 0:03:58,830 --> 0:04:00,930 on this new plane i wouldn't be 96 0:04:00,930 --> 0:04:03,750 surprised i wouldn't be a bit surprised 97 0:04:04,140 --> 0:04:06,150 they could hear the chain coming in 98 0:04:06,150 --> 0:04:09,420 another minute and pop pounded and alongside 99 0:04:09,690 --> 0:04:12,270 to platform vicky's mother and sister hugged 100 0:04:12,270 --> 0:04:14,910 her good luck see you soon mr 101 0:04:14,910 --> 0:04:17,280 barr picked up overnight kit and helped 102 0:04:17,280 --> 0:04:19,140 her board the train he found it 103 0:04:19,860 --> 0:04:21,990 and found per se he bent over 104 0:04:21,990 --> 0:04:24,630 decatur you look mighty little to be 105 0:04:24,630 --> 0:04:27,720 flight coast to coast victoria i feel 106 0:04:27,720 --> 0:04:29,130 like an ego in the skies you 107 0:04:29,130 --> 0:04:32,430 know the words over the spiritual dead 108 0:04:32,490 --> 0:04:34,500 to change starting to move he got 109 0:04:34,500 --> 0:04:36,390 off hand and her family was waving 110 0:04:36,390 --> 0:04:38,400 to her and the train slid quickly 111 0:04:38,400 --> 0:04:40,290 out of the station she was on 112 0:04:40,290 --> 0:04:42,600 her way yea by three o'clock vicky 113 0:04:42,602 --> 0:04:45,060 was in chicago and a little before 114 0:04:45,450 --> 0:04:48,330 for she reached midway airport that allowed 115 0:04:48,330 --> 0:04:51,000 comfortably for an hour's preflight ground duties 116 0:04:51,240 --> 0:04:54,690 before departure time at five pm and 117 0:04:54,690 --> 0:04:57,240 the stewardesses large vicky changed into her 118 0:04:57,240 --> 0:04:59,370 blue uniform and cap that picked up 119 0:04:59,370 --> 0:05:01,650 her top coat purse and over naked 120 0:05:01,950 --> 0:05:04,530 she walked over to operations area where 121 0:05:04,530 --> 0:05:07,050 she initiated the crew check and she 122 0:05:07,380 --> 0:05:09,388 wrote in the time and notice thinking 123 0:05:09,388 --> 0:05:11,880 cox had signed in five minutes ago 124 0:05:12,240 --> 0:05:14,850 vicky found captain jordan in the busiest 125 0:05:14,940 --> 0:05:18,090 meteorologist room she gene was there too 126 0:05:18,960 --> 0:05:22,140 good afternoon captain jordan gene reporting in 127 0:05:22,170 --> 0:05:24,870 for a very first electroplate the pilot 128 0:05:24,870 --> 0:05:27,000 and grain solid build matter in blue 129 0:05:27,000 --> 0:05:30,120 uniform smiled at her and mean grinned 130 0:05:30,240 --> 0:05:32,520 gene cox that like a very good 131 0:05:32,520 --> 0:05:35,760 natured it with her crap brown hair 132 0:05:36,120 --> 0:05:38,820 and twinkling eyes vicky knew that her 133 0:05:38,820 --> 0:05:41,700 fellow stewardess despite the over screen were 134 0:05:41,700 --> 0:05:45,120 absolutely reliable just as their million mile 135 0:05:45,450 --> 0:05:48,270 captain time jordan was a rocket of 136 0:05:48,270 --> 0:05:51,840 strength he told his do stewardess dan 137 0:05:51,840 --> 0:05:53,040 biggar of a new will be or 138 0:05:53,044 --> 0:05:56,160 copilot and chuck's smith or navigator good 139 0:05:56,160 --> 0:05:58,650 men both of them i expected the 140 0:05:58,654 --> 0:06:00,750 five of us will work together fine 141 0:06:00,750 --> 0:06:02,940 as a unit know then kept him 142 0:06:03,180 --> 0:06:04,890 and gave vicky inching and the flight 143 0:06:04,890 --> 0:06:07,050 plan embraced him under route and the 144 0:06:07,050 --> 0:06:09,570 flight conditions for the chip vicky news 145 0:06:09,570 --> 0:06:12,150 that the passengers who ask questions about 146 0:06:12,150 --> 0:06:14,250 the flight might include anyone from the 147 0:06:14,250 --> 0:06:16,620 businessman who flew his own private plane 148 0:06:16,950 --> 0:06:19,470 to an aviation engineer so she listened 149 0:06:19,470 --> 0:06:22,380 carefully the pilot plant fly above the 150 0:06:22,380 --> 0:06:24,990 days when overcast an altitude of twenty 151 0:06:24,990 --> 0:06:27,510 two thousand feet or cruising speed would 152 0:06:27,570 --> 0:06:29,644 be about four hundred to four hundred 153 0:06:29,644 --> 0:06:32,250 and twenty mph he said kept enjoyed 154 0:06:32,250 --> 0:06:34,410 and then handed vicky and gene the 155 0:06:34,410 --> 0:06:37,050 stewardess briefing book which they quickly read 156 0:06:37,080 --> 0:06:42,180 any nationalized she initialed he answered a 157 0:06:42,180 --> 0:06:44,820 couple of questions for them discussing the 158 0:06:44,820 --> 0:06:47,700 each year estimate time of arrival and 159 0:06:47,700 --> 0:06:50,820 said see you aboard i sir said 160 0:06:50,820 --> 0:06:52,860 jean from both of them they two 161 0:06:52,860 --> 0:06:55,680 girls turned back it still the two 162 0:06:55,680 --> 0:06:58,590 girls turn hurried back to the stewardess 163 0:06:58,590 --> 0:07:01,110 lounge they are they prepared the necessary 164 0:07:01,110 --> 0:07:03,540 reports forms for the trip to i 165 0:07:03,543 --> 0:07:06,360 look alright vic gene este they'd both 166 0:07:06,360 --> 0:07:09,090 check their appearance and stewardess had to 167 0:07:09,090 --> 0:07:11,490 be perfectly groomed and turned up before 168 0:07:11,490 --> 0:07:14,100 leaving operation area of the building they 169 0:07:14,104 --> 0:07:15,900 hurry done this a flight of stairs 170 0:07:16,230 --> 0:07:18,720 into the hangar one in the vast 171 0:07:18,720 --> 0:07:21,120 a shared kept jordan had two men 172 0:07:21,120 --> 0:07:22,950 in blue uniform arms with him the 173 0:07:22,950 --> 0:07:25,050 five of them met beside the dc 174 0:07:25,050 --> 0:07:27,750 seven which a repair crew was tuning 175 0:07:27,750 --> 0:07:30,420 up the engine droid captain jordan had 176 0:07:30,420 --> 0:07:33,420 to show misery key bar machine cuts 177 0:07:33,720 --> 0:07:35,850 this is our first officer dan mcgovern 178 0:07:36,270 --> 0:07:38,430 the girl shook hands with a copilot 179 0:07:38,760 --> 0:07:41,100 who was a large quite serious looking 180 0:07:41,100 --> 0:07:44,160 man and or navigator chuck's smith checks 181 0:07:44,160 --> 0:07:46,020 met was a young small and why 182 0:07:46,020 --> 0:07:50,190 really and wiring with the ingratiating grant 183 0:07:50,520 --> 0:07:52,770 see were poured they sit for said 184 0:07:53,100 --> 0:07:55,350 the to stewardess one outdoors unto the 185 0:07:55,350 --> 0:07:57,840 when the airfield a little distance away 186 0:07:57,840 --> 0:08:00,300 their amen silver and a trusted waiting 187 0:08:00,300 --> 0:08:02,160 for them the plane was a hunch 188 0:08:02,160 --> 0:08:03,630 good and four feet long with a 189 0:08:03,630 --> 0:08:07,440 ninety nine foot wingspan seer size looked 190 0:08:08,610 --> 0:08:11,070 this sheer size took their breath away 191 0:08:11,580 --> 0:08:14,010 vicky and she had forty minutes work 192 0:08:14,010 --> 0:08:16,170 to do before the passengers came aboard 193 0:08:16,500 --> 0:08:18,450 they had many things to check it 194 0:08:18,450 --> 0:08:20,100 will be just too bad if one 195 0:08:20,520 --> 0:08:22,260 once a lot to discovered there was 196 0:08:22,260 --> 0:08:24,630 not enough water for making coffee or 197 0:08:24,630 --> 0:08:26,970 fun the ventilation are heating system was 198 0:08:26,970 --> 0:08:29,880 in functioning perfectly hurry up and down 199 0:08:29,880 --> 0:08:32,460 the line kevin how they took pride 200 0:08:32,460 --> 0:08:35,910 in their handsome electra glide reclining chair 201 0:08:36,060 --> 0:08:38,700 were upholstered and blue and beige and 202 0:08:38,700 --> 0:08:41,010 a few and pumpkin color the silver 203 0:08:41,010 --> 0:08:43,976 beige walls and curtains and coral colored 204 0:08:43,976 --> 0:08:47,820 carpet harmonized to get took special satisfaction 205 0:08:47,820 --> 0:08:50,070 in the semi so color observation out 206 0:08:50,460 --> 0:08:52,980 with it's wide windows and the rear 207 0:08:52,980 --> 0:08:55,620 of the plane for she checked the 208 0:08:55,620 --> 0:08:59,040 service get all emergency equipment cabin and 209 0:08:59,040 --> 0:09:01,770 laboratories plates see boats and a dozen 210 0:09:01,800 --> 0:09:04,201 or more other items vicky was busy 211 0:09:04,201 --> 0:09:06,600 in the buffet area mid ship to 212 0:09:06,600 --> 0:09:09,900 to toe wide metal but but it's 213 0:09:09,900 --> 0:09:13,710 facing each other held drawers and compartments 214 0:09:13,710 --> 0:09:15,810 for everything she in jena would need 215 0:09:15,810 --> 0:09:19,230 to store he and says sit sixty 216 0:09:19,230 --> 0:09:21,960 eight dinners and brew gallons of fresh 217 0:09:21,960 --> 0:09:24,090 coffee vicky you found it a big 218 0:09:24,090 --> 0:09:26,220 joke to check every item next the 219 0:09:26,220 --> 0:09:28,410 caterer brett i'm bored precooked at has 220 0:09:28,680 --> 0:09:31,110 and and visual trees wider bags of 221 0:09:31,110 --> 0:09:34,260 coffee and vicky checked all items off 222 0:09:34,260 --> 0:09:36,750 on her report farm she caught through 223 0:09:36,750 --> 0:09:39,090 the open service door to the commissioner 224 0:09:39,090 --> 0:09:41,010 a man on the ground where sure 225 0:09:41,010 --> 0:09:43,740 one dinner she saw the fueling crew 226 0:09:43,747 --> 0:09:46,410 hosting kerosene for the planes for jet 227 0:09:46,410 --> 0:09:48,300 engines into the storage tanks and said 228 0:09:48,300 --> 0:09:52,200 the way data daily was fading the 229 0:09:52,200 --> 0:09:54,960 first of their passengers were gathering behind 230 0:09:55,380 --> 0:09:57,840 the get lucky not captain during came 231 0:09:57,840 --> 0:10:00,420 aboard and went into the cockpit and 232 0:10:00,420 --> 0:10:02,730 emitter and to his copilot and navigator 233 0:10:02,730 --> 0:10:05,580 followed the cockpit door stood open until 234 0:10:05,640 --> 0:10:08,430 departure time vicky could see the complex 235 0:10:08,430 --> 0:10:10,980 instrument panel and the three airman at 236 0:10:10,980 --> 0:10:13,150 work with their air in where the 237 0:10:13,150 --> 0:10:15,490 charts she turned on the music a 238 0:10:15,490 --> 0:10:18,100 little early but they all were keyed 239 0:10:18,100 --> 0:10:20,197 up about this flight and it helped 240 0:10:20,197 --> 0:10:22,570 to have lightning music to fill the 241 0:10:22,570 --> 0:10:25,594 cabin twenty minutes later vicky in general 242 0:10:25,600 --> 0:10:28,060 or breast listen but ready they prob 243 0:10:29,320 --> 0:10:31,900 they reprap powder to their faces and 244 0:10:31,900 --> 0:10:34,570 smiled expectantly at each other she said 245 0:10:34,930 --> 0:10:37,240 i must say you look poised and 246 0:10:37,240 --> 0:10:40,240 kong come who me well there's were 247 0:10:40,248 --> 0:10:43,150 seen as good luck jean said a 248 0:10:43,180 --> 0:10:45,460 fever and amen and press down on 249 0:10:45,460 --> 0:10:47,800 the switch which released the folding staircase 250 0:10:48,130 --> 0:10:49,570 from the play aim to the ground 251 0:10:49,810 --> 0:10:52,930 silly the stared slowly the stairs were 252 0:10:52,932 --> 0:10:55,990 the passengers used dropped down into place 253 0:10:56,260 --> 0:10:59,230 and gene took up her post inside 254 0:10:59,230 --> 0:11:01,119 the main entrance door to greet their 255 0:11:01,119 --> 0:11:03,700 passengers vicky stood smile in the class 256 0:11:03,730 --> 0:11:05,770 cabin to greet them a system in 257 0:11:05,770 --> 0:11:08,890 getting seated mothers and babies was so 258 0:11:08,890 --> 0:11:12,010 mark children stable a board first vicky 259 0:11:12,010 --> 0:11:14,080 directly them to the window seats and 260 0:11:14,080 --> 0:11:16,580 acquired locations miss will you be will 261 0:11:16,690 --> 0:11:19,720 he he my views bottle once when 262 0:11:19,720 --> 0:11:21,880 mother asked yes i'll be glad to 263 0:11:22,360 --> 0:11:24,220 vicky turned to a young couple who 264 0:11:24,220 --> 0:11:27,400 looked like honeymooners their faces shown and 265 0:11:27,400 --> 0:11:30,640 their girl or flowers is welcome aboard 266 0:11:30,640 --> 0:11:33,010 vicky said to them and nearly added 267 0:11:33,010 --> 0:11:36,700 congratulations she suggested the for a cabin 268 0:11:36,700 --> 0:11:38,470 a compartment which was smaller and more 269 0:11:38,470 --> 0:11:41,920 private most of the passengers many of 270 0:11:41,920 --> 0:11:44,770 them businessman with beef cases found seats 271 0:11:44,770 --> 0:11:46,720 by themselves in a large main cabin 272 0:11:47,020 --> 0:11:49,000 and beyond the buffet area and the 273 0:11:49,000 --> 0:11:52,180 cat urban area buffet area in the 274 0:11:52,180 --> 0:11:55,360 kevin air and aft cabin for several 275 0:11:55,360 --> 0:11:57,670 minutes to white i swarmed with people 276 0:11:58,120 --> 0:11:59,860 please be seated vicky said to them 277 0:12:00,160 --> 0:12:02,650 as they pastor and they then i'll 278 0:12:02,650 --> 0:12:05,140 hang up your coats a white haired 279 0:12:05,140 --> 0:12:07,600 well just couple came very silly down 280 0:12:07,600 --> 0:12:09,160 the aisle he must have been in 281 0:12:09,160 --> 0:12:11,770 there mid sixties vicky thought the elderly 282 0:12:11,770 --> 0:12:14,410 woman looked pleasant but heavy set but 283 0:12:14,410 --> 0:12:16,990 the heavyset man was scaling and grumbling 284 0:12:16,990 --> 0:12:19,150 about something he had a look of 285 0:12:19,150 --> 0:12:22,180 authority of command victory went forward to 286 0:12:22,180 --> 0:12:24,550 help them good afternoon would you like 287 0:12:24,550 --> 0:12:26,428 to take a seat hear the men 288 0:12:26,428 --> 0:12:28,780 not it's currently he helped his wife 289 0:12:28,780 --> 0:12:30,940 into the window see them placed her 290 0:12:30,940 --> 0:12:33,190 head bucks up on the luggage rack 291 0:12:33,520 --> 0:12:35,110 if you don't mind say said vicky 292 0:12:35,380 --> 0:12:37,360 may i put that at bucks in 293 0:12:37,360 --> 0:12:39,280 the closet and my bounce off the 294 0:12:39,280 --> 0:12:41,380 rack and flight and the sharp corners 295 0:12:41,380 --> 0:12:43,930 might hurt somebody elderly man sit down 296 0:12:43,930 --> 0:12:45,850 as if he had not heard and 297 0:12:45,850 --> 0:12:48,100 he remarked have bucks can stay where 298 0:12:48,100 --> 0:12:51,130 it is vicky got and said with 299 0:12:51,130 --> 0:12:53,020 her sweet smile yes of course if 300 0:12:53,020 --> 0:12:55,840 you prefer the man's wife has smiled 301 0:12:55,840 --> 0:12:57,520 at her as if to say you 302 0:12:57,520 --> 0:13:01,750 mustn't mind chapter two vicky mister bryant 303 0:13:02,350 --> 0:13:04,660 all the passengers were aboard know gene 304 0:13:04,690 --> 0:13:07,090 had closed the main cabin door captain 305 0:13:07,090 --> 0:13:09,910 jordan slashing on the no smoking fasten 306 0:13:09,910 --> 0:13:11,860 see bill signed vicky bar when up 307 0:13:12,190 --> 0:13:13,780 and down the aisle checking to see 308 0:13:13,780 --> 0:13:16,150 that passengers had fasten this he seatbelts 309 0:13:16,600 --> 0:13:19,030 the airplane began to vibrate she made 310 0:13:19,030 --> 0:13:21,430 her welcoming announcement over the planes public 311 0:13:21,430 --> 0:13:24,040 address system adding kept in and will 312 0:13:24,040 --> 0:13:26,350 keep you informed of flight data and 313 0:13:26,350 --> 0:13:29,050 row then both stewardess phone seats that 314 0:13:29,680 --> 0:13:32,140 found see eats the observation that was 315 0:13:32,500 --> 0:13:34,600 the only vacant place and strapped in 316 0:13:34,600 --> 0:13:37,210 for the take off suddenly the electrical 317 0:13:37,240 --> 0:13:39,910 was to suddenly the lecture was tax 318 0:13:39,910 --> 0:13:41,920 and and in an instant they were 319 0:13:41,920 --> 0:13:44,170 racing past the end of the runway 320 0:13:44,650 --> 0:13:47,470 even more suddenly nowhere nowhere mean out 321 0:13:47,470 --> 0:13:50,890 the engines zoom wash up the went 322 0:13:51,580 --> 0:13:53,410 jean and vicky were so may set 323 0:13:53,410 --> 0:13:55,715 they stared at each other jet engine 324 0:13:55,787 --> 0:13:58,030 stay exclaimed look at a rate of 325 0:13:58,030 --> 0:14:01,090 climb and steep almost straight up the 326 0:14:01,090 --> 0:14:03,550 plane torrent this guy the no smoking 327 0:14:03,940 --> 0:14:05,590 and fasten seat belts i went off 328 0:14:05,980 --> 0:14:07,990 here in the cabin there was music 329 0:14:08,350 --> 0:14:11,260 era at a comfortable temperature and pressure 330 0:14:11,320 --> 0:14:14,890 newspapers magazines and pillows which vicky gene 331 0:14:14,890 --> 0:14:17,980 distributed the captain's carpet and sounded on 332 0:14:17,980 --> 0:14:21,160 the board and the buffet area can 333 0:14:21,160 --> 0:14:23,680 he spoke over their planes communication system 334 0:14:24,040 --> 0:14:26,680 to do to the two horses everybody 335 0:14:26,680 --> 0:14:30,490 comfortable ness captain said vicky you can 336 0:14:30,490 --> 0:14:32,500 tell our passengers we reached her cruising 337 0:14:32,500 --> 0:14:35,980 altitude within five minutes after taker anyone 338 0:14:35,980 --> 0:14:39,160 especially interesting aboard we'll tell you soon 339 0:14:39,310 --> 0:14:42,010 said vicky the passengers were interested in 340 0:14:42,040 --> 0:14:44,740 the lecture and ask questions was sixty 341 0:14:44,740 --> 0:14:47,500 eight my board making gene cannot stop 342 0:14:47,500 --> 0:14:49,420 to visit but they chatted with the 343 0:14:49,420 --> 0:14:52,390 passengers were they set up at each 344 0:14:52,390 --> 0:14:54,940 other's seats and tray tables for dinner 345 0:14:55,150 --> 0:14:57,930 and spread linen tablecloths the way here 346 0:14:57,940 --> 0:15:00,760 couple ugh vicky lee learned or mr 347 0:15:00,760 --> 0:15:04,510 and mrs marshall bryant the lady told 348 0:15:04,510 --> 0:15:06,580 her this the owner a man had 349 0:15:06,580 --> 0:15:09,370 far as safe as if over tired 350 0:15:09,790 --> 0:15:12,677 one junior man was a movie star 351 0:15:12,677 --> 0:15:17,380 him when geo man was a movie 352 0:15:17,380 --> 0:15:20,470 star printer young even though he had 353 0:15:20,470 --> 0:15:24,670 five children several passengers recognize him judging 354 0:15:24,670 --> 0:15:27,550 by their interests me interested aggressors he 355 0:15:27,550 --> 0:15:31,210 asked ricky several stiff technique technical questions 356 0:15:31,600 --> 0:15:34,120 about the jet propelled electra from across 357 0:15:34,120 --> 0:15:36,010 the aisle a woman touched vicky see 358 0:15:36,370 --> 0:15:38,380 my two youngsters are getting hungry i'm 359 0:15:38,380 --> 0:15:41,470 afraid could you please yes indeed will 360 0:15:41,470 --> 0:15:43,420 serve dinner so soon and will always 361 0:15:43,420 --> 0:15:45,640 serve the killed her first suki made 362 0:15:45,640 --> 0:15:47,800 her way along the slightly swain plane 363 0:15:48,130 --> 0:15:51,190 forward to a buffet area the she 364 0:15:51,190 --> 0:15:55,060 was waylaid she was waylaid by only 365 0:15:55,330 --> 0:15:57,850 three passengers on the way one man 366 0:15:57,850 --> 0:15:59,230 wanted to know if there was a 367 0:15:59,230 --> 0:16:01,270 razor a board which he could borrow 368 0:16:01,420 --> 0:16:04,270 there was a woman asked vicky how 369 0:16:04,270 --> 0:16:06,310 to adjust the individual air vents and 370 0:16:06,310 --> 0:16:09,812 regulates and it determined looking man announced 371 0:16:09,812 --> 0:16:11,740 to the stewardess that he was a 372 0:16:11,740 --> 0:16:14,821 vegetarian yes sir and said vicky and 373 0:16:14,821 --> 0:16:16,030 made her smiling a way to the 374 0:16:16,030 --> 0:16:18,880 scale kitchen when sunset clause it a 375 0:16:18,880 --> 0:16:22,060 cook the according once inside of it 376 0:16:22,180 --> 0:16:25,240 closed according curtains vicky lost smile and 377 0:16:25,240 --> 0:16:27,250 her face became as desperate as jeans 378 0:16:27,250 --> 0:16:30,190 and a struggle with several of our 379 0:16:30,220 --> 0:16:34,000 dryers full of turkey dinners paging greeted 380 0:16:34,000 --> 0:16:37,390 her very poitiers smoker like me i'm 381 0:16:37,390 --> 0:16:40,300 scared would still be serving dinners ten 382 0:16:40,300 --> 0:16:42,010 minutes after real landing a new york 383 0:16:42,520 --> 0:16:45,160 will do finds vicky said without believe 384 0:16:45,160 --> 0:16:47,530 in it and stared started to make 385 0:16:48,130 --> 0:16:51,520 coffee personally personally where's the parsley gene 386 0:16:51,520 --> 0:16:54,430 muttered somewhere in the overgrown filling cabinet 387 0:16:54,490 --> 0:16:57,160 oh yes here can whisper extra rules 388 0:16:57,160 --> 0:16:59,530 for some hungry kids tricky peered into 389 0:16:59,530 --> 0:17:02,920 the war role warmer as weekend she 390 0:17:02,920 --> 0:17:05,200 collected nine rules on the train one 391 0:17:05,200 --> 0:17:07,660 for each other children aboard on her 392 0:17:07,660 --> 0:17:09,520 way back to the buffet area yeah 393 0:17:09,880 --> 0:17:13,090 her empty trafficking or something was wrong 394 0:17:13,090 --> 0:17:15,490 and the bryants area too many passengers 395 0:17:15,490 --> 0:17:18,173 were standing over mister bryant one lucy 396 0:17:18,220 --> 0:17:20,350 his collar entire and the call but 397 0:17:20,350 --> 0:17:23,050 harry vicky hurry to them the pupil 398 0:17:23,050 --> 0:17:27,070 nearby were considerably snuffing out their cigarettes 399 0:17:27,070 --> 0:17:29,740 and opening air that's my husband has 400 0:17:29,740 --> 0:17:31,930 a heart condition mister bryant said anxiously 401 0:17:31,930 --> 0:17:34,000 to vicky i don't think he's having 402 0:17:34,000 --> 0:17:37,030 a heart attack by he vicky can 403 0:17:37,120 --> 0:17:39,970 see vicky concealed her alarm and looked 404 0:17:39,970 --> 0:17:41,890 at mister bryant who was my him 405 0:17:42,070 --> 0:17:44,170 back we create his share he was 406 0:17:44,170 --> 0:17:47,350 conscious but exhausted breathing was some difficulty 407 0:17:47,680 --> 0:17:49,780 his face was pale and sweaty more 408 0:17:49,789 --> 0:17:52,420 comfortable he muttered he needs oxygen for 409 0:17:52,420 --> 0:17:55,085 he said okay him the oxygen by 410 0:17:55,090 --> 0:17:56,980 ah mrs bryant is he in any 411 0:17:56,980 --> 0:18:00,010 paint know nuts good i'll be right 412 0:18:00,010 --> 0:18:02,950 back the two men standing by rather 413 0:18:02,950 --> 0:18:05,440 useless the vicky said thank you gentlemen 414 0:18:05,440 --> 0:18:07,660 i were trained to give first aid 415 0:18:08,080 --> 0:18:10,030 the men nodded and resume their seats 416 0:18:10,330 --> 0:18:12,640 vicky sped to do a storage compartment 417 0:18:12,940 --> 0:18:14,860 being careful to the calm for the 418 0:18:14,860 --> 0:18:17,410 benefit of other passengers and hurry back 419 0:18:17,410 --> 0:18:19,930 down the aisle carry new walk round 420 0:18:19,960 --> 0:18:22,920 auction bottle and a blanket she paused 421 0:18:22,930 --> 0:18:25,090 a moment at the buffet area gene 422 0:18:25,240 --> 0:18:27,610 as their doctor unborn not among my 423 0:18:27,610 --> 0:18:30,760 passengers whose sick the elderly man brian 424 0:18:31,090 --> 0:18:33,640 heart condition want me to notify captain 425 0:18:33,640 --> 0:18:36,340 jordan for you gene assed offered him 426 0:18:36,430 --> 0:18:38,950 a report sir bruce dern syrian dinners 427 0:18:38,950 --> 0:18:41,379 gene we must keep it person aboard 428 0:18:41,379 --> 0:18:43,870 just as usual ricky hasten back to 429 0:18:43,870 --> 0:18:46,030 the parents she covered the man with 430 0:18:46,030 --> 0:18:48,100 the blanket miss bar i must tell 431 0:18:48,100 --> 0:18:50,020 you this is brian made an effort 432 0:18:50,020 --> 0:18:52,060 to country overture when voice and her 433 0:18:52,060 --> 0:18:54,453 hands down my husband is more exhausted 434 0:18:54,460 --> 0:18:57,460 and l he has he had three 435 0:18:57,460 --> 0:19:00,370 quite tiring days and chicago i'm dizziness 436 0:19:00,430 --> 0:19:03,460 and has been hard on him make 437 0:19:03,460 --> 0:19:06,310 you was soothingly send people need extra 438 0:19:06,310 --> 0:19:08,830 oxygen at high altitudes where the air 439 0:19:08,830 --> 0:19:11,260 is thin or kevin is pressurized by 440 0:19:11,260 --> 0:19:13,930 for someone who is carty who is 441 0:19:13,930 --> 0:19:16,870 a cardiac and or more special needs 442 0:19:16,870 --> 0:19:20,110 we carry extra oxygen has she has 443 0:19:20,110 --> 0:19:22,477 she tacked she placed oxygen bottle and 444 0:19:22,477 --> 0:19:24,730 mr brown slap he was able to 445 0:19:24,730 --> 0:19:27,400 hold it steady vicky open the bottles 446 0:19:27,400 --> 0:19:29,290 now up and then adjusted the constant 447 0:19:29,290 --> 0:19:32,140 flow mask snowy over mister bryant martha 448 0:19:32,177 --> 0:19:34,718 nose almost at once is breathing drew 449 0:19:34,718 --> 0:19:37,060 easier a little color returned to his 450 0:19:37,060 --> 0:19:39,790 face when he seem comfortable again miss 451 0:19:40,030 --> 0:19:42,010 vicky in a mood the mask and 452 0:19:42,010 --> 0:19:43,960 close they're not just to say where 453 0:19:43,960 --> 0:19:46,360 she was worried he was still weak 454 0:19:46,390 --> 0:19:48,730 and he was a elderly person with 455 0:19:48,730 --> 0:19:51,850 an impaired heart mister bryant mrs brain 456 0:19:52,420 --> 0:19:54,730 mister bryant mrs bryant if you wish 457 0:19:54,730 --> 0:19:56,650 to have a doctor's care within just 458 0:19:56,650 --> 0:19:58,960 a few minutes vicky said earnestly we 459 0:19:58,960 --> 0:20:00,687 can arrange it for you the pilot 460 0:20:00,687 --> 0:20:02,980 they can make an emergency landing kept 461 0:20:02,980 --> 0:20:04,930 in georgia and will radio ahead to 462 0:20:04,930 --> 0:20:06,670 the nearest airport have a doctor an 463 0:20:06,670 --> 0:20:09,250 ambulance waiting to me are airplane mrs 464 0:20:09,250 --> 0:20:11,560 bryant murmured that's wonderful where do you 465 0:20:11,560 --> 0:20:15,250 think marshall no not necessary make you 466 0:20:15,310 --> 0:20:25,910 myself make me of conspicuous inconceivable to 467 0:20:25,910 --> 0:20:28,100 all these people not it also vicky 468 0:20:28,100 --> 0:20:30,200 said captain journey will probably be able 469 0:20:30,200 --> 0:20:32,150 to make up the time no i'm 470 0:20:32,270 --> 0:20:34,790 right own is only a week spell 471 0:20:35,120 --> 0:20:38,060 thank you anyway vicky as respectfully to 472 0:20:38,060 --> 0:20:40,550 the doctor gave you his give his 473 0:20:40,550 --> 0:20:42,620 permission for you to fly sir the 474 0:20:42,620 --> 0:20:45,288 doctor almost certainly did not as bryant 475 0:20:45,288 --> 0:20:48,500 started but the man interrupted for doctors 476 0:20:48,500 --> 0:20:50,870 will keep me in a rocking chair 477 0:20:51,020 --> 0:20:52,580 i have to do what i think 478 0:20:52,580 --> 0:20:55,760 is right ricky mentioned briefly the regulation 479 0:20:55,760 --> 0:20:58,370 for federal how airlines and person with 480 0:20:58,370 --> 0:21:00,770 serious her condition was not supposed to 481 0:21:00,770 --> 0:21:03,380 fly unless he had a doctor's written 482 0:21:03,380 --> 0:21:05,630 permission to do so on the ground 483 0:21:05,960 --> 0:21:08,270 that the chip was necessary and unless 484 0:21:08,270 --> 0:21:10,280 he had someone to accompany him who 485 0:21:10,280 --> 0:21:12,290 could nurse him to airlines relied on 486 0:21:12,530 --> 0:21:14,690 cardiac snapped up or to play with 487 0:21:14,690 --> 0:21:17,780 outset certification if we had known in 488 0:21:17,780 --> 0:21:21,200 advance mister bryant she said we would 489 0:21:21,200 --> 0:21:23,090 have been obliged to keep you off 490 0:21:23,090 --> 0:21:25,460 the plate where are you look for 491 0:21:25,460 --> 0:21:27,110 you to excellent care of me young 492 0:21:27,110 --> 0:21:30,380 way it worked out to mister bryant 493 0:21:30,380 --> 0:21:33,170 shaq mrs brian shook her head you 494 0:21:33,170 --> 0:21:35,900 are so self world marshall so stubborn 495 0:21:36,380 --> 0:21:38,480 vicky turned to her to oxygen i 496 0:21:38,480 --> 0:21:40,610 gave your husband is own only first 497 0:21:40,610 --> 0:21:42,470 aid you know do you feel a 498 0:21:42,470 --> 0:21:44,990 doctor should see him immediately why i've 499 0:21:44,990 --> 0:21:46,850 seen him have much were spells and 500 0:21:46,850 --> 0:21:48,920 this one night in the air either 501 0:21:49,310 --> 0:21:51,770 the elderly lady has a to he 502 0:21:51,770 --> 0:21:53,330 does seem to be much better now 503 0:21:53,810 --> 0:21:55,280 so he said that it was really 504 0:21:55,280 --> 0:21:57,200 up to the captain of the plane 505 0:21:57,200 --> 0:21:59,150 to decide whether to make an emergency 506 0:21:59,150 --> 0:22:01,760 landing shakes scuse yourself and went forward 507 0:22:01,760 --> 0:22:04,700 press curious passengers unlock the cabin door 508 0:22:04,700 --> 0:22:07,040 and stepped into the cockpit the cabin 509 0:22:07,040 --> 0:22:09,050 dozens of black and white tiles are 510 0:22:09,058 --> 0:22:11,900 the instrument panel glued needles flickered the 511 0:22:11,900 --> 0:22:14,270 radar screen flashed at a signal from 512 0:22:14,270 --> 0:22:16,820 captain jordan the cock the corporate took 513 0:22:16,820 --> 0:22:19,370 over the controls her vicky how is 514 0:22:19,370 --> 0:22:21,830 that man he's fairly close to fainting 515 0:22:21,830 --> 0:22:25,040 captain jordan he's only a little overweight 516 0:22:25,400 --> 0:22:27,950 and he has a heart condition however 517 0:22:27,950 --> 0:22:30,860 since his head therapeutic oxygen he's not 518 0:22:30,860 --> 0:22:33,110 in any distress and his wife seems 519 0:22:33,110 --> 0:22:34,970 fairly satisfied with the way he looks 520 0:22:34,970 --> 0:22:37,490 now and much rather than than take 521 0:22:37,490 --> 0:22:40,520 chances with a passengers life kept enjoy 522 0:22:40,520 --> 0:22:43,910 and looked at his wristwatch thinking and 523 0:22:43,910 --> 0:22:46,160 tell you what observed him for ten 524 0:22:46,160 --> 0:22:47,930 minutes and as he shows any signs 525 0:22:47,930 --> 0:22:50,630 a relapse me we can come down 526 0:22:50,630 --> 0:22:53,240 at clarksville in any case ricky we're 527 0:22:53,240 --> 0:22:55,670 going to have a doctor an ambulance 528 0:22:55,670 --> 0:22:57,830 on hand at new york or radio 529 0:22:57,830 --> 0:23:00,470 ahead to the airport thank you captain 530 0:23:00,470 --> 0:23:02,780 say vicky that's all for now vicky 531 0:23:02,990 --> 0:23:05,538 keep me informed figure returned to the 532 0:23:05,540 --> 0:23:08,150 brand's mister bryant was seen a perfect 533 0:23:08,150 --> 0:23:09,650 now it was a relief to see 534 0:23:09,650 --> 0:23:12,260 that she told them about the captain's 535 0:23:12,260 --> 0:23:15,230 decision i'm so grateful mrs brain exclaimed 536 0:23:15,560 --> 0:23:17,060 i'm sure we won't need to make 537 0:23:17,060 --> 0:23:20,360 special make a special stop mister bryant 538 0:23:20,360 --> 0:23:22,250 apparently was not a man to yield 539 0:23:22,610 --> 0:23:24,320 a point so easily but he did 540 0:23:24,320 --> 0:23:26,780 say very good of your airlines people 541 0:23:26,870 --> 0:23:29,660 very good indeed vicky brought the bryants 542 0:23:29,720 --> 0:23:32,240 their dinners right away and both old 543 0:23:32,240 --> 0:23:34,310 people picked up as they eat a 544 0:23:34,310 --> 0:23:36,530 hot food she raced through that serving 545 0:23:36,800 --> 0:23:39,770 all the other passengers gene carefully doubled 546 0:23:39,860 --> 0:23:42,350 up on jobs so that vicky finished 547 0:23:42,350 --> 0:23:44,570 her inflate choice on time do you 548 0:23:44,570 --> 0:23:46,670 think we have a set down once 549 0:23:46,760 --> 0:23:49,580 since take off jean said breathlessly she 550 0:23:50,570 --> 0:23:52,010 you been an angel on this ship 551 0:23:52,400 --> 0:23:54,110 for a while there i thought you 552 0:23:54,110 --> 0:23:57,500 had forehands saved complements who are coming 553 0:23:57,500 --> 0:23:59,360 in for a landing and twenty minutes 554 0:23:59,750 --> 0:24:02,390 twenty one minutes later they were down 555 0:24:02,390 --> 0:24:04,970 at laguardia airport think he summoned the 556 0:24:04,970 --> 0:24:07,490 passenger agent he and mister bryan his 557 0:24:07,490 --> 0:24:09,470 arm on the way out of the 558 0:24:09,470 --> 0:24:12,020 plane to with the waiting ambulance vicky 559 0:24:12,020 --> 0:24:16,190 escorted mrs brain walk in story ricky 560 0:24:16,190 --> 0:24:18,110 waiting for the bride's outside the elements 561 0:24:18,530 --> 0:24:20,300 or the doctor checked over the elderly 562 0:24:20,300 --> 0:24:22,880 man she hated to leave gene alone 563 0:24:22,940 --> 0:24:24,260 to say goodbye to on the other 564 0:24:24,260 --> 0:24:27,020 passengers and pick up the cabin afterward 565 0:24:27,350 --> 0:24:29,210 but she'd make it up to gain 566 0:24:29,240 --> 0:24:32,090 some other time the passenger ages head 567 0:24:32,090 --> 0:24:34,160 sent a man to locate the brand's 568 0:24:34,160 --> 0:24:36,440 car and chauffeur he would bring the 569 0:24:36,440 --> 0:24:38,480 car on to the airfield as near 570 0:24:38,480 --> 0:24:40,880 to the ambulance as possible the duchess 571 0:24:40,880 --> 0:24:43,730 data said to vicky oh it stewardess 572 0:24:44,060 --> 0:24:45,980 he may go home i think it's 573 0:24:45,980 --> 0:24:48,080 safe for his gentleman to drive to 574 0:24:48,080 --> 0:24:50,660 the city now he helped mister bryant 575 0:24:50,660 --> 0:24:52,940 down out of the ambulance and mister 576 0:24:52,940 --> 0:24:55,220 bryant of a car pulled up at 577 0:24:55,220 --> 0:24:57,860 that moment captain during came and over 578 0:24:58,130 --> 0:25:00,920 carrying his fly papers mrs bar or 579 0:25:00,920 --> 0:25:04,280 both brian all right yes captain tired 580 0:25:04,316 --> 0:25:06,830 but alright it rains thanked him and 581 0:25:06,830 --> 0:25:09,350 he went off the particularly think ricky 582 0:25:09,440 --> 0:25:11,599 they climbed into the car and as 583 0:25:11,600 --> 0:25:13,520 vicky of she wished to drive into 584 0:25:13,520 --> 0:25:17,360 the metropolitan new york with them it's 585 0:25:17,360 --> 0:25:18,800 kind of you but i have some 586 0:25:18,800 --> 0:25:21,050 duties here then you must come to 587 0:25:21,050 --> 0:25:23,240 lunch miss bryant said you've been a 588 0:25:23,240 --> 0:25:25,160 wonderful help and i want a chance 589 0:25:25,160 --> 0:25:27,140 to thank you properly i was only 590 0:25:27,140 --> 0:25:29,300 doing my job said vicky come to 591 0:25:29,300 --> 0:25:31,910 lunch tomorrow mister bryant barked at her 592 0:25:32,150 --> 0:25:34,340 can you think he was so startled 593 0:25:34,370 --> 0:25:37,634 she stammered yes as think you missed 594 0:25:37,634 --> 0:25:39,800 spry and smiled and told her the 595 0:25:39,800 --> 0:25:43,430 address at twelve miss bar then she 596 0:25:43,430 --> 0:25:45,650 said and odd thing you know idea 597 0:25:45,710 --> 0:25:48,500 we have a granddaughter who we've never 598 0:25:48,500 --> 0:25:51,650 seen lucy i hope she likes i 599 0:25:51,650 --> 0:25:54,350 hope she's like you vicky must have 600 0:25:54,380 --> 0:25:57,050 looked puzzled because mister bryant smart again 601 0:25:57,440 --> 0:25:59,660 will take about that tomorrow goodbye for 602 0:25:59,660 --> 0:26:03,800 now little miss bar chapter three the 603 0:26:03,800 --> 0:26:06,140 story of lucy figure went to the 604 0:26:06,140 --> 0:26:08,060 bryant has not knowing quite what to 605 0:26:08,060 --> 0:26:11,060 expect it was friday the thirteenth but 606 0:26:11,060 --> 0:26:12,920 said she was not foolish enough to 607 0:26:12,920 --> 0:26:15,350 be superstitious the date alone did not 608 0:26:15,350 --> 0:26:17,247 account for a sense of something special 609 0:26:17,247 --> 0:26:20,330 about happen well can i expect lunch 610 0:26:20,330 --> 0:26:22,730 and a conversation vicky that and went 611 0:26:22,730 --> 0:26:24,830 up a little weight when up till 612 0:26:24,830 --> 0:26:27,050 it went up the white marble steps 613 0:26:27,350 --> 0:26:28,760 of the bright house and she was 614 0:26:28,760 --> 0:26:31,490 a little intimidated by it's grander and 615 0:26:31,490 --> 0:26:33,110 by the butler who i minted her 616 0:26:33,440 --> 0:26:35,300 my goodness this is much too grand 617 0:26:35,330 --> 0:26:37,310 for me vicky that they must be 618 0:26:37,310 --> 0:26:39,800 awfully rich the butler said who shall 619 0:26:39,800 --> 0:26:41,990 i say is calling miss vicky bar 620 0:26:42,200 --> 0:26:44,510 vicky tried to stand up taller than 621 0:26:44,510 --> 0:26:46,640 she was and look older and never 622 0:26:46,640 --> 0:26:48,890 worked know yes miss bar you are 623 0:26:48,890 --> 0:26:51,493 expected she gave the butler her coat 624 0:26:51,493 --> 0:26:53,660 and followed him from the entrance of 625 0:26:53,672 --> 0:26:56,510 pass the former high ceiling the living 626 0:26:56,510 --> 0:26:58,700 room and into the big sunny sit 627 0:26:58,700 --> 0:27:01,040 down real it was a cheerful it 628 0:27:01,040 --> 0:27:04,310 was cheerful in here with flowers centers 629 0:27:04,430 --> 0:27:08,000 green plants and several extraordinary beautiful park 630 0:27:08,000 --> 0:27:11,480 it's in cages shaped like patagonia as 631 0:27:11,810 --> 0:27:15,140 and doll houses vicky exclaimed allowed oh 632 0:27:15,260 --> 0:27:17,810 lovely without her meaning to just as 633 0:27:17,810 --> 0:27:20,780 the butler announced her miss ricky mrs 634 0:27:20,780 --> 0:27:23,060 bread was sitting have hit and an 635 0:27:23,060 --> 0:27:26,000 immense when chair she put aside the 636 0:27:26,000 --> 0:27:28,400 needlepoint she was working on and made 637 0:27:28,400 --> 0:27:30,334 a point of getting up to get 638 0:27:30,433 --> 0:27:33,170 her young guest how nice to see 639 0:27:33,170 --> 0:27:35,210 you again miss par you are so 640 0:27:35,210 --> 0:27:37,160 busy yesterday on your plane that there 641 0:27:37,160 --> 0:27:38,900 was almost no chance to visit with 642 0:27:38,900 --> 0:27:41,180 you i kept you busy for one 643 0:27:41,180 --> 0:27:44,240 thing mr branch said he tiresome old 644 0:27:44,255 --> 0:27:48,470 khyber wasn't a young lady vicky smiles 645 0:27:48,500 --> 0:27:51,170 shyly and said mr and mrs prayer 646 0:27:51,230 --> 0:27:52,580 or a kind to let her come 647 0:27:52,910 --> 0:27:54,590 she asked mister bryant how he was 648 0:27:54,590 --> 0:27:58,460 feeling better thanks better know perfectly all 649 0:27:58,460 --> 0:28:00,439 right he started to pace up and 650 0:28:00,439 --> 0:28:03,020 debt missed his brain change the subject 651 0:28:03,020 --> 0:28:04,730 she invited vicky to sit next to 652 0:28:04,730 --> 0:28:06,890 her on the couch in the winter 653 0:28:06,890 --> 0:28:10,130 sun site and they chatted about electra 654 0:28:10,430 --> 0:28:12,940 mister bryant joined and with the with 655 0:28:12,941 --> 0:28:15,110 a question or to he seem less 656 0:28:15,110 --> 0:28:18,050 forbidding today still vicky that he is 657 0:28:18,050 --> 0:28:21,140 imposed this imposing their will probably never 658 0:28:21,140 --> 0:28:23,330 be easy to get along with sheets 659 0:28:23,420 --> 0:28:25,160 as soon attempt to be friends with 660 0:28:25,160 --> 0:28:29,210 the polar bear he reminded her an 661 0:28:29,210 --> 0:28:33,530 old still perform bear with his with 662 0:28:33,530 --> 0:28:36,020 is heavier rolling game and durch of 663 0:28:36,020 --> 0:28:39,170 yellowish white hair or his dorm he 664 0:28:39,170 --> 0:28:41,870 demanded not here yet his wife said 665 0:28:42,680 --> 0:28:44,510 dorm telephone to say he will be 666 0:28:44,510 --> 0:28:47,000 a little late it was unavoidable dare 667 0:28:47,480 --> 0:28:50,030 have while lie down again for a 668 0:28:50,030 --> 0:28:52,704 few minutes excuse me ladies he abruptly 669 0:28:52,704 --> 0:28:55,640 sector the room mrs bryant waited until 670 0:28:55,640 --> 0:28:56,990 he was how did that your earshot 671 0:28:57,320 --> 0:29:00,020 that smile vicky when i invited you 672 0:29:00,020 --> 0:29:02,420 to and chess today mrs bar said 673 0:29:02,420 --> 0:29:05,390 mrs brian this i thought you would 674 0:29:05,390 --> 0:29:07,820 be our only guessed that is marina 675 0:29:07,820 --> 0:29:09,980 young lawyer who is doing a particularly 676 0:29:09,980 --> 0:29:12,500 important piece of work for as telephone 677 0:29:12,500 --> 0:29:14,360 and as to whether he will cook 678 0:29:14,480 --> 0:29:17,390 see us about noon today so he'll 679 0:29:17,390 --> 0:29:19,400 be here for lunch to am sure 680 0:29:19,400 --> 0:29:22,370 you and i will have our visit 681 0:29:22,370 --> 0:29:25,610 anyway vicky was a little disappointed and 682 0:29:25,610 --> 0:29:28,910 offered to leave rather than intrude know 683 0:29:28,910 --> 0:29:31,790 indeed mrs brand example i want you 684 0:29:31,790 --> 0:29:33,980 to stay mr dorm is going to 685 0:29:33,980 --> 0:29:36,350 tell us about lucy or granddaughter who 686 0:29:36,350 --> 0:29:38,480 we have never seen she looked very 687 0:29:38,480 --> 0:29:41,120 thoughtful does that seem odd to you 688 0:29:41,570 --> 0:29:43,490 ricky was not quite sure what to 689 0:29:43,490 --> 0:29:47,120 answer unless she said your granddaughter has 690 0:29:47,120 --> 0:29:49,490 always lived at a great distance from 691 0:29:49,490 --> 0:29:52,520 you yes she has in every sense 692 0:29:52,640 --> 0:29:54,740 tell me miss bar in the course 693 0:29:54,740 --> 0:29:57,080 of your stewardess work or we have 694 0:29:57,080 --> 0:30:00,620 you ever been in the course of 695 0:30:00,620 --> 0:30:02,720 your stewardess will work or you ever 696 0:30:02,720 --> 0:30:04,970 in san francisco i'll be in and 697 0:30:04,970 --> 0:30:06,860 out of san francisco all the time 698 0:30:06,860 --> 0:30:09,620 now that i'm based here what that's 699 0:30:09,620 --> 0:30:13,481 extremely interesting but messmer but mister bryant 700 0:30:13,481 --> 0:30:16,430 did not say why well shall we 701 0:30:16,430 --> 0:30:21,340 look at our each her parakeets vicky 702 0:30:21,340 --> 0:30:23,651 walked along with mrs pray and and 703 0:30:23,710 --> 0:30:25,960 are mired exquisite birds and their cages 704 0:30:26,320 --> 0:30:28,750 her elderly hostess the pointed out the 705 0:30:28,750 --> 0:30:31,630 birds my teens in every tone of 706 0:30:31,630 --> 0:30:33,580 glue and rose and green yet her 707 0:30:33,580 --> 0:30:35,380 mind seem to be on something else 708 0:30:35,800 --> 0:30:37,480 i hope you won't find a tiresome 709 0:30:37,480 --> 0:30:40,390 at lunch vicky listening to a conversation 710 0:30:40,390 --> 0:30:42,670 about a girl you know nothing about 711 0:30:43,240 --> 0:30:45,760 what is lucy like ricky este mrs 712 0:30:45,760 --> 0:30:48,880 bryan said helplessly i don't know it 713 0:30:48,880 --> 0:30:51,340 is odd isn't it our daughters daughter 714 0:30:51,520 --> 0:30:53,410 and we don't know what she looks 715 0:30:53,410 --> 0:30:55,930 like except for an old snapshot who 716 0:30:55,930 --> 0:30:57,610 see was ten when it was taken 717 0:30:57,940 --> 0:31:00,340 and she's twenty one now from a 718 0:31:00,340 --> 0:31:02,380 desk drawer mrs brian took a small 719 0:31:02,380 --> 0:31:05,140 faded snapshot in a frame and handed 720 0:31:05,140 --> 0:31:07,480 it to vicki vicki studied at the 721 0:31:07,480 --> 0:31:10,510 little girl's face was rather blurred she 722 0:31:10,510 --> 0:31:12,940 could have she could have been any 723 0:31:12,940 --> 0:31:14,770 little girl sitting on a porch step 724 0:31:15,100 --> 0:31:17,650 her hair wasn't either dark brown or 725 0:31:17,650 --> 0:31:19,420 light brown it was hard to tell 726 0:31:19,420 --> 0:31:21,845 which i suppose lucy his hair might 727 0:31:21,845 --> 0:31:24,130 be darker by now said mrs bryant 728 0:31:24,490 --> 0:31:26,770 as the as vicky gave her back 729 0:31:27,100 --> 0:31:30,100 the snapshot my daughter eleanor wrote in 730 0:31:30,100 --> 0:31:32,320 one of her rare that is that 731 0:31:32,320 --> 0:31:35,290 woozy had my disposition they named her 732 0:31:35,290 --> 0:31:37,960 lucy after me and spite of everything 733 0:31:38,260 --> 0:31:40,090 but i must be boring you and 734 0:31:40,090 --> 0:31:43,000 very much interested mrs bryant well i 735 0:31:43,000 --> 0:31:45,070 am rather cheat up about it mr 736 0:31:45,430 --> 0:31:47,860 jones visit a rather keyed up about 737 0:31:47,860 --> 0:31:50,560 mr jones visit so many men old 738 0:31:50,560 --> 0:31:52,750 murray's come to mind today the silver 739 0:31:52,750 --> 0:31:54,850 rings for one day i hadn't thought 740 0:31:54,850 --> 0:31:57,520 about them and years there are only 741 0:31:57,520 --> 0:32:00,160 two legs and lucy has one and 742 0:32:00,160 --> 0:32:02,590 i have the other vicky glanced at 743 0:32:02,602 --> 0:32:06,640 mrs brown's had her hostess noticed know 744 0:32:06,640 --> 0:32:08,890 i've put my away i've never win 745 0:32:09,310 --> 0:32:11,560 rings of any kind mrs bryant said 746 0:32:11,920 --> 0:32:13,810 they annoy me but this pair of 747 0:32:13,810 --> 0:32:17,320 silver rings has interesting history they had 748 0:32:17,320 --> 0:32:20,380 an identical a like opened design missed 749 0:32:20,500 --> 0:32:24,040 his brand mrs bryant has long ago 750 0:32:24,370 --> 0:32:26,440 given one ring to her daughter eleanor 751 0:32:26,770 --> 0:32:28,630 and eleanor in turn had given it 752 0:32:29,110 --> 0:32:31,270 the ring to her daughter young lucy 753 0:32:31,570 --> 0:32:35,470 almost all almost all mister bryant and 754 0:32:35,470 --> 0:32:37,660 i know about our granddaughter is that 755 0:32:37,660 --> 0:32:39,910 she has during we had a few 756 0:32:39,910 --> 0:32:42,220 facts about her school and a sketchy 757 0:32:42,220 --> 0:32:44,830 description of her owner wrote us about 758 0:32:44,830 --> 0:32:47,590 does things before she died mrs bryant 759 0:32:47,620 --> 0:32:49,870 looked down at her tightly classed head 760 0:32:50,350 --> 0:32:53,170 as for the letters from who sees 761 0:32:53,170 --> 0:32:56,500 for either mrs prior started past vicky 762 0:32:56,650 --> 0:32:59,350 of has the birds we never answered 763 0:32:59,350 --> 0:33:02,860 session you never answered certain of those 764 0:33:02,920 --> 0:33:05,770 letters and we were wrong so terribly 765 0:33:05,770 --> 0:33:08,680 wrong then those grievous stories of lucy 766 0:33:08,680 --> 0:33:11,440 came tumbling out mrs brian and time 767 0:33:11,440 --> 0:33:13,660 vicky tried hard not to blame her 768 0:33:13,660 --> 0:33:16,720 husband vicky understood that marshall bryant was 769 0:33:16,720 --> 0:33:19,510 a man who valued money and important 770 0:33:19,540 --> 0:33:22,480 connections above all yes mrs by cannot 771 0:33:22,480 --> 0:33:25,720 cope with his to marine de myriad 772 0:33:25,720 --> 0:33:31,390 ways the ryan's had planned brilliant marriage 773 0:33:31,390 --> 0:33:32,950 for their only child who they were 774 0:33:32,950 --> 0:33:35,950 bitterly disappointed when eleanor married against their 775 0:33:35,950 --> 0:33:37,870 wishes a boy who had little money 776 0:33:38,260 --> 0:33:40,930 and limited education they felt and just 777 0:33:40,930 --> 0:33:42,940 see think jack was a fortune hunter 778 0:33:43,420 --> 0:33:45,880 marshall bryant made several attempts to break 779 0:33:45,880 --> 0:33:47,830 up to merge when he he failed 780 0:33:47,890 --> 0:33:50,410 he disowned his daughter he was determined 781 0:33:50,432 --> 0:33:52,690 that jack roush it never get a 782 0:33:52,690 --> 0:33:54,910 hold over the bryant money no matter 783 0:33:54,910 --> 0:33:57,490 what dependency to hundred or any children 784 0:33:57,490 --> 0:34:01,150 eleanor would have the young couple moved 785 0:34:01,150 --> 0:34:03,130 to california to get as far away 786 0:34:03,130 --> 0:34:05,530 from us as possible i suppose said 787 0:34:05,530 --> 0:34:07,810 mrs brian and also because jack had 788 0:34:07,810 --> 0:34:10,270 a job and opportunities there as for 789 0:34:10,270 --> 0:34:12,220 jes sally they were scattered all over 790 0:34:12,220 --> 0:34:14,440 the united states and we're not in 791 0:34:14,455 --> 0:34:18,040 touch the young couple made several overage 792 0:34:18,820 --> 0:34:20,830 the young couple made several overtures to 793 0:34:20,830 --> 0:34:23,470 the price especially after their daughter was 794 0:34:23,470 --> 0:34:26,050 born the neuter lucy after a grandmother 795 0:34:26,410 --> 0:34:29,830 but they're old couple refused any reconciliation 796 0:34:30,340 --> 0:34:32,909 they never saw their granddaughter i wanted 797 0:34:32,909 --> 0:34:35,620 to but mister bryant was adamant know 798 0:34:35,620 --> 0:34:38,110 i'm kimberley eleanor and jack for feeling 799 0:34:38,110 --> 0:34:40,870 reset for iraq sure and silence for 800 0:34:40,870 --> 0:34:44,230 the many years and shit a rupture 801 0:34:44,230 --> 0:34:46,690 ends silence of many years and seared 802 0:34:47,080 --> 0:34:49,060 once mister bryant wrote to her daughter 803 0:34:49,060 --> 0:34:51,850 offering aid for smaller see but eleanor 804 0:34:51,850 --> 0:34:54,550 never answer when young lose his mother 805 0:34:54,550 --> 0:34:57,490 died a few years ago her father 806 0:34:57,490 --> 0:34:59,980 wrote this news to their grandparents and 807 0:34:59,980 --> 0:35:01,330 as do they wish to attend the 808 0:35:01,330 --> 0:35:03,730 funeral marshall bread does i did that 809 0:35:03,730 --> 0:35:06,490 they would not go mrs brian murmured 810 0:35:06,790 --> 0:35:08,530 it was hard to lose eleanor without 811 0:35:08,530 --> 0:35:11,020 ever seen her again jack row hate 812 0:35:11,080 --> 0:35:13,630 suggested that the brand's my at long 813 0:35:13,630 --> 0:35:15,760 last wish to see the granddaughter but 814 0:35:16,150 --> 0:35:18,670 bryant hinted that rose motives was a 815 0:35:18,670 --> 0:35:21,250 desire to gain their fortune young lose 816 0:35:21,250 --> 0:35:24,100 his father as a result felt freshly 817 0:35:24,100 --> 0:35:27,400 antagonized and wrote them a better letter 818 0:35:27,790 --> 0:35:29,950 once more and the two families ceased 819 0:35:30,220 --> 0:35:32,950 to communicate recently was in the past 820 0:35:32,950 --> 0:35:35,530 year marshall bryant had developed as severe 821 0:35:35,530 --> 0:35:38,350 heart condition he still actives said mister 822 0:35:38,350 --> 0:35:40,390 bryant but he may not have learned 823 0:35:40,390 --> 0:35:43,240 to live this knowledge has modified his 824 0:35:43,240 --> 0:35:45,640 pro nobody he is more concerned than 825 0:35:45,640 --> 0:35:47,440 ever about what will become of his 826 0:35:47,530 --> 0:35:50,140 fortune after he and i pass away 827 0:35:50,590 --> 0:35:52,660 i'm afraid he is night charitable enough 828 0:35:52,660 --> 0:35:54,490 man to leave it the book of 829 0:35:54,490 --> 0:35:57,520 it to institutions for as he says 830 0:35:57,610 --> 0:36:01,030 strangers to enjoy also he now feels 831 0:36:01,420 --> 0:36:04,330 great remorse for discerning eleanor and for 832 0:36:04,330 --> 0:36:07,360 refusing any contact with her daughter as 833 0:36:07,360 --> 0:36:10,390 for herself mister bryant said she heard 834 0:36:10,660 --> 0:36:12,580 grieved for many years about the family 835 0:36:12,580 --> 0:36:15,760 rupture for a long time she encouraged 836 0:36:15,760 --> 0:36:17,980 marshall bright to make amends for the 837 0:36:17,980 --> 0:36:20,740 past finding this past christmas day they 838 0:36:20,740 --> 0:36:22,990 decide to find their grand daughter lucy 839 0:36:22,990 --> 0:36:25,270 row arrange for her to inherit the 840 0:36:25,270 --> 0:36:27,940 bryant fortune of lucy wishes to live 841 0:36:27,940 --> 0:36:30,250 with her sweet be so happy i'm 842 0:36:30,250 --> 0:36:32,380 so glad for he says softly that 843 0:36:32,380 --> 0:36:34,420 you're trying to find her you're right 844 0:36:34,450 --> 0:36:37,000 to say try because all we definitely 845 0:36:37,000 --> 0:36:39,280 know about her is her last address 846 0:36:39,280 --> 0:36:41,740 and san francisco that's the one i'm 847 0:36:41,740 --> 0:36:44,470 jack rose letter five years ago for 848 0:36:44,470 --> 0:36:46,720 a moment mister bryant close your eyes 849 0:36:47,080 --> 0:36:49,210 then she said matter of factly a 850 0:36:49,210 --> 0:36:51,010 five year old address and an old 851 0:36:51,010 --> 0:36:52,990 snapshot aren't much to go on either 852 0:36:53,470 --> 0:36:56,080 that's why we're relying on mr dorn 853 0:36:56,290 --> 0:36:59,230 to locate lucy for us this is 854 0:36:59,230 --> 0:37:02,230 brian explained that she and her husband 855 0:37:02,590 --> 0:37:04,990 were to utterly and to have to 856 0:37:04,990 --> 0:37:06,940 travel to san francisco and search for 857 0:37:06,940 --> 0:37:09,850 the girl themselves also misses bryan said 858 0:37:10,180 --> 0:37:13,090 they hesitated to a as directly either 859 0:37:13,090 --> 0:37:15,430 and person or by mail after then 860 0:37:15,430 --> 0:37:20,200 taken his would after day and antagonism 861 0:37:20,560 --> 0:37:22,810 which my husband and i to show 862 0:37:22,900 --> 0:37:27,220 them eleanor and jack naturally felt antagonized 863 0:37:27,310 --> 0:37:32,860 tortoise antagonistic toward us they're afraid earth 864 0:37:33,040 --> 0:37:35,650 that you may have instilled in their 865 0:37:35,650 --> 0:37:37,180 see she might not be glad to 866 0:37:37,180 --> 0:37:40,450 see her grandparents some martial bryant had 867 0:37:40,450 --> 0:37:43,120 engaged his lawyer from to locate lucy 868 0:37:43,120 --> 0:37:45,100 and bring her east he planned to 869 0:37:45,100 --> 0:37:48,130 transfer a gorgeous met part of the 870 0:37:48,130 --> 0:37:50,470 inheritance to ooh her immediately the law 871 0:37:50,470 --> 0:37:53,110 firm assign them indoor a young man 872 0:37:53,110 --> 0:37:56,290 to do the traveling and investigating involved 873 0:37:56,380 --> 0:37:59,290 in finding lucy mister bryant was pleased 874 0:37:59,290 --> 0:38:02,530 with the choice to dinner thurman dorn 875 0:38:02,830 --> 0:38:04,960 was relatively new and the from his 876 0:38:04,960 --> 0:38:07,030 uncle now dead head for many years 877 0:38:07,030 --> 0:38:09,340 done fine work for mister bryant do 878 0:38:09,340 --> 0:38:11,560 the same law for my husband i 879 0:38:11,560 --> 0:38:14,980 feel we know young thurman dorn said 880 0:38:15,250 --> 0:38:17,740 mrs bright or lawyers had told us 881 0:38:18,070 --> 0:38:20,260 that he came from chicago his hometown 882 0:38:20,620 --> 0:38:22,780 with the highest recommendations from one of 883 0:38:22,780 --> 0:38:25,510 his law school professors she mentioned the 884 0:38:25,510 --> 0:38:27,729 name of the law for steel him 885 0:38:27,729 --> 0:38:30,730 wilbur ricky ray recognized it as a 886 0:38:30,730 --> 0:38:33,940 respectable company mr dorn has persuaded us 887 0:38:33,940 --> 0:38:37,180 to stay entirely in the background and 888 0:38:37,180 --> 0:38:39,818 to let him act as intermediaries who 889 0:38:39,818 --> 0:38:41,800 with lucy i do think that's why 890 0:38:41,824 --> 0:38:44,140 the most discreet ways and such delicate 891 0:38:44,140 --> 0:38:47,170 situation and painful decision for a sick 892 0:38:47,170 --> 0:38:49,450 man and his elderly wife vicki that 893 0:38:49,690 --> 0:38:52,151 she said i do hope mr door 894 0:38:52,151 --> 0:38:54,250 and search will be successful in everywhere 895 0:38:54,700 --> 0:38:56,680 thank you my dear mister door and 896 0:38:56,680 --> 0:38:59,530 was in san francisco there mister dorn 897 0:38:59,533 --> 0:39:01,840 was in san francisco three or four 898 0:39:01,840 --> 0:39:03,790 weeks ago and i got his search 899 0:39:03,790 --> 0:39:07,240 for for lucy underway unfortunately he could 900 0:39:07,240 --> 0:39:09,580 not find her on that ship she 901 0:39:09,610 --> 0:39:11,800 had been away but perhaps he has 902 0:39:11,800 --> 0:39:14,560 come or that perhaps he has some 903 0:39:14,560 --> 0:39:16,720 other leads are news to tell about 904 0:39:16,720 --> 0:39:20,380 it to tell us about today i 905 0:39:20,380 --> 0:39:22,540 do think he'll bring will see with 906 0:39:22,540 --> 0:39:24,010 it oh do you think he'll bring 907 0:39:24,010 --> 0:39:27,010 lucy with him mrs brian smile shakily 908 0:39:27,370 --> 0:39:29,320 i'm afraid to hope for so much 909 0:39:29,650 --> 0:39:32,020 let's go find my husband he's feeling 910 0:39:32,020 --> 0:39:34,720 anxious to with thurman door and arrived 911 0:39:34,720 --> 0:39:36,820 a few minutes later he was alone 912 0:39:37,090 --> 0:39:39,367 vicky was impressed by his heir of 913 0:39:39,367 --> 0:39:43,150 professional competence and by his personal dignity 914 0:39:43,630 --> 0:39:46,030 he was about twenty seven a formal 915 0:39:46,450 --> 0:39:49,840 cool young man evidently highly educated very 916 0:39:49,840 --> 0:39:51,910 correct and his men as an entire 917 0:39:52,330 --> 0:39:55,720 his meticulous tailored suit his british looking 918 0:39:55,720 --> 0:39:59,050 mustache the stiff way he stood reminder 919 0:39:59,063 --> 0:40:02,020 vicky of a fashion simply or perhaps 920 0:40:02,320 --> 0:40:06,070 a stone statue she wished so she 921 0:40:06,070 --> 0:40:09,070 where someone less formal less and sentimental 922 0:40:09,430 --> 0:40:11,020 we're here to bridge the gap between 923 0:40:11,020 --> 0:40:14,020 young with zero and her grandparents well 924 0:40:14,020 --> 0:40:16,450 perhaps it would took someone as cool 925 0:40:16,790 --> 0:40:19,870 deliberate and obviously hard headed as mr 926 0:40:19,870 --> 0:40:21,320 door and to to see in the 927 0:40:21,320 --> 0:40:24,050 first place vicky could see how highly 928 0:40:24,050 --> 0:40:27,470 marshall bread valued this young lawyer mister 929 0:40:27,620 --> 0:40:30,350 bryant and reduce vicky and thurman and 930 0:40:30,470 --> 0:40:32,480 he said how do you do to 931 0:40:32,480 --> 0:40:34,550 her with the a delightful little bow 932 0:40:34,550 --> 0:40:37,010 and smile and remarks or when mister 933 0:40:37,070 --> 0:40:39,380 bryant said sookie bar is a flight 934 0:40:39,380 --> 0:40:42,680 stewardess with federal airlines is that he 935 0:40:42,680 --> 0:40:44,990 was an air travel to see ist 936 0:40:45,020 --> 0:40:47,540 however he quickly turned away and hair 937 0:40:47,544 --> 0:40:50,000 little further to say to vicky during 938 0:40:50,000 --> 0:40:53,480 lunch she was sure that mrs brian's 939 0:40:53,990 --> 0:40:56,990 mention overworked dinner interest him and probably 940 0:40:56,990 --> 0:40:59,570 never registered with him at all he 941 0:40:59,570 --> 0:41:02,540 was busy describe to mister bryant and 942 0:41:02,540 --> 0:41:06,650 to mrs pratt to thoroughly secondarily the 943 0:41:06,650 --> 0:41:09,200 progress of search for in san francisco 944 0:41:09,710 --> 0:41:12,200 now mr bread and mrs bet you 945 0:41:12,200 --> 0:41:14,360 already know that this searches and i 946 0:41:14,360 --> 0:41:17,030 proceeded as easily and quickly as we 947 0:41:17,030 --> 0:41:19,670 could wish down there and said reaching 948 0:41:19,670 --> 0:41:22,160 miss lucy takes time and patience so 949 0:41:22,160 --> 0:41:26,150 we're effect in a reconciliation every couple 950 0:41:26,150 --> 0:41:28,610 listen to him their hopes visually rising 951 0:41:28,970 --> 0:41:31,280 and falling as he school you know 952 0:41:31,280 --> 0:41:34,370 that i made only partial progress when 953 0:41:34,390 --> 0:41:36,770 at your request i visited san francisco 954 0:41:36,770 --> 0:41:38,900 for a week and personally conducted a 955 0:41:38,900 --> 0:41:41,870 search for your granddaughter i remember receiving 956 0:41:41,870 --> 0:41:44,330 your bills from st clair her hotel 957 0:41:44,720 --> 0:41:47,390 mister bryant said dryly young door and 958 0:41:47,390 --> 0:41:50,540 accepted this with a differential smile and 959 0:41:50,540 --> 0:41:52,700 unfortunately i had to come back and 960 0:41:52,700 --> 0:41:54,770 tell you the disappointing news that by 961 0:41:54,830 --> 0:41:57,260 the time and located lose his present 962 0:41:57,260 --> 0:41:59,750 home and work address she had gone 963 0:41:59,750 --> 0:42:01,820 off for a trip for i believe 964 0:42:01,850 --> 0:42:04,400 a month or more net mrs brian 965 0:42:04,400 --> 0:42:07,163 turn toward vicky at least mr doyle 966 0:42:07,190 --> 0:42:10,160 me learned that lucy had some traveling 967 0:42:10,160 --> 0:42:13,490 with respectable friends another girl and the 968 0:42:13,490 --> 0:42:16,640 girl's mother mister bryant looked up from 969 0:42:16,640 --> 0:42:19,940 the serving from serving himself seconds from 970 0:42:19,940 --> 0:42:22,790 the dish the made offered well sir 971 0:42:23,150 --> 0:42:24,800 it's about a month since you have 972 0:42:24,800 --> 0:42:26,780 been out there he soon see will 973 0:42:26,780 --> 0:42:29,150 be back in san francisco seen how 974 0:42:29,150 --> 0:42:31,010 soon can you go about their again 975 0:42:31,340 --> 0:42:33,920 and get on with disco very soon 976 0:42:33,920 --> 0:42:37,850 i hope on sit down dawn said 977 0:42:38,180 --> 0:42:39,920 although a would be a waste of 978 0:42:39,935 --> 0:42:42,642 my time with your my twitter and 979 0:42:42,642 --> 0:42:45,860 san francisco until miss lucy returns don't 980 0:42:45,860 --> 0:42:47,930 see how the girl who you say 981 0:42:47,990 --> 0:42:50,450 is is is secure che can afford 982 0:42:50,840 --> 0:42:54,140 to stay don't see how a girl 983 0:42:54,710 --> 0:42:57,650 who you say is a secretary can 984 0:42:57,650 --> 0:42:59,930 afford to stay away longer than a 985 0:42:59,930 --> 0:43:02,840 month and marshall brantley grumbled dark are 986 0:43:02,840 --> 0:43:04,940 you certain that is lucy era has 987 0:43:04,940 --> 0:43:07,910 actually are granddaughter know i'm not certain 988 0:43:07,910 --> 0:43:09,800 if it's only reason i'm presumption at 989 0:43:09,800 --> 0:43:12,740 this point mister bryant that me he 990 0:43:12,740 --> 0:43:14,450 actually see and talk to the girl 991 0:43:14,690 --> 0:43:17,390 i want to question her yes discreetly 992 0:43:17,390 --> 0:43:19,730 about certain particular is of the bright 993 0:43:19,790 --> 0:43:22,490 family history which she would like feel 994 0:43:22,490 --> 0:43:24,110 like me to know how i to 995 0:43:24,110 --> 0:43:26,570 see whether she has any of your 996 0:43:26,570 --> 0:43:29,000 old letters or or photographs of yourself 997 0:43:29,090 --> 0:43:31,640 or your daughter eleanor that brings me 998 0:43:31,640 --> 0:43:33,470 to my reason or one of the 999 0:43:33,470 --> 0:43:35,540 reasons for asking you to let me 1000 0:43:35,540 --> 0:43:38,900 come today the new zero isn't so 1001 0:43:38,900 --> 0:43:43,610 unusual miss misprint interrupted print may be 1002 0:43:43,610 --> 0:43:45,860 one of them more might be more 1003 0:43:45,860 --> 0:43:47,540 than one girl by that name in 1004 0:43:47,540 --> 0:43:50,330 a city as as san francisco exactly 1005 0:43:50,330 --> 0:43:53,120 my view to sir said mr dorrit 1006 0:43:53,510 --> 0:43:55,370 you have told me many details about 1007 0:43:55,370 --> 0:43:58,033 the family history and shown me documents 1008 0:43:58,040 --> 0:43:59,720 but a few questions occurred to me 1009 0:44:00,200 --> 0:44:02,540 or so it would help if providing 1010 0:44:02,540 --> 0:44:05,450 this who sewers identity if you could 1011 0:44:05,840 --> 0:44:08,750 let me steady does documents and steady 1012 0:44:08,750 --> 0:44:11,240 any letters and your die daughter eleanor 1013 0:44:11,240 --> 0:44:13,850 his handwriting or any family photographs if 1014 0:44:13,850 --> 0:44:16,310 you haven't to have any available that 1015 0:44:16,310 --> 0:44:18,770 i could examine say overnight for a 1016 0:44:18,770 --> 0:44:21,590 few hours this afternoon good idea said 1017 0:44:21,590 --> 0:44:23,840 marshall bryant plenty of those things are 1018 0:44:23,840 --> 0:44:25,850 in the safe right here in the 1019 0:44:25,850 --> 0:44:28,760 house allen them to you overnight or 1020 0:44:28,760 --> 0:44:30,410 for a day or two whatever you 1021 0:44:30,410 --> 0:44:32,970 say there will be a help said 1022 0:44:32,990 --> 0:44:35,480 to mr dorrit i'll return them to 1023 0:44:35,480 --> 0:44:38,810 you promptly one thing puzzled vicky way 1024 0:44:38,840 --> 0:44:40,910 had no one at a luncheon t 1025 0:44:40,954 --> 0:44:43,460 will match jack row the girl's father 1026 0:44:43,520 --> 0:44:45,560 she murmurs your question to mrs bryant 1027 0:44:45,980 --> 0:44:47,930 because his his father died two years 1028 0:44:47,930 --> 0:44:50,540 ago in an auto accident mrs bright 1029 0:44:50,540 --> 0:44:53,060 answered her lucy denote right to tell 1030 0:44:53,060 --> 0:44:54,950 us who's he had never written to 1031 0:44:54,950 --> 0:44:57,170 us except one or two christmas letters 1032 0:44:57,560 --> 0:44:59,330 when she was a child which my 1033 0:44:59,330 --> 0:45:02,150 husband asked me not to answer this 1034 0:45:02,150 --> 0:45:04,340 is brian side so we have no 1035 0:45:04,340 --> 0:45:06,320 way of knowing about jack until mister 1036 0:45:06,680 --> 0:45:09,500 to adorn investigated and reported to us 1037 0:45:09,500 --> 0:45:12,142 that three weeks ago i'm sorry about 1038 0:45:12,142 --> 0:45:14,330 the check if only because his passing 1039 0:45:14,660 --> 0:45:18,200 has left losing have left lucy entirely 1040 0:45:18,200 --> 0:45:20,480 alone in the world she has had 1041 0:45:20,900 --> 0:45:24,020 her grandfather vicky she has you and 1042 0:45:24,020 --> 0:45:26,930 her grandfather tricky said if we can 1043 0:45:26,930 --> 0:45:28,910 find you and if she can't forget 1044 0:45:28,940 --> 0:45:32,540 or difficulties however you are elderly woman 1045 0:45:32,870 --> 0:45:35,270 frightened and the basis of what he's 1046 0:45:35,270 --> 0:45:37,730 already learned mr dorrance it's hopeful that 1047 0:45:37,730 --> 0:45:40,160 everything will work out then she said 1048 0:45:40,520 --> 0:45:42,350 oh mister door and didn't you say 1049 0:45:42,350 --> 0:45:44,540 you had some further worry about lucy 1050 0:45:45,050 --> 0:45:47,180 yes mrs bright i've had a letter 1051 0:45:47,180 --> 0:45:49,370 from one of her friends who i 1052 0:45:49,370 --> 0:45:51,680 was unable to me and prison keep 1053 0:45:52,040 --> 0:45:54,110 her friend who writes that lucy is 1054 0:45:54,110 --> 0:45:57,800 an accomplish swimmer and horsewoman you know 1055 0:45:57,800 --> 0:46:00,620 about how californians go in for sports 1056 0:46:00,620 --> 0:46:03,140 and outdoor living her friend also wrote 1057 0:46:03,140 --> 0:46:06,440 my of for sorry for sorry i 1058 0:46:06,470 --> 0:46:08,660 forget to bring the slayer them miss 1059 0:46:08,660 --> 0:46:10,670 lucy is fun of birds and know 1060 0:46:10,680 --> 0:46:13,370 something about them she'll be interested in 1061 0:46:13,370 --> 0:46:17,690 your parakeets mrs bryant said to his 1062 0:46:17,690 --> 0:46:21,290 wife show enjoyed the swimming pool let's 1063 0:46:21,290 --> 0:46:23,750 hope so we all people may be 1064 0:46:23,750 --> 0:46:26,450 door company for she sounds like a 1065 0:46:26,450 --> 0:46:29,330 delightful girl mr dodd the lawyer said 1066 0:46:29,330 --> 0:46:31,640 from everything i've learned so far she 1067 0:46:31,640 --> 0:46:33,920 sounds and charming girl and a girl 1068 0:46:33,920 --> 0:46:37,760 have considerable character marshall bryant looked gratified 1069 0:46:38,090 --> 0:46:40,370 with his wife looked so eager that 1070 0:46:40,580 --> 0:46:44,000 vicky felt almost afraid for how every 1071 0:46:44,000 --> 0:46:46,490 detail which mr door was able to 1072 0:46:46,490 --> 0:46:49,340 supply increase their desire to meet a 1073 0:46:49,340 --> 0:46:51,890 granddaughter her disappointed they will be of 1074 0:46:51,890 --> 0:46:53,900 lucy we're not all they wanted her 1075 0:46:53,900 --> 0:46:56,030 to be or of heaven forbid door 1076 0:46:56,124 --> 0:46:59,000 could not locate the granddaughter after all 1077 0:46:59,600 --> 0:47:01,280 as they were rising from the dinner 1078 0:47:01,280 --> 0:47:04,220 table mrs bryant reminded lawyer about to 1079 0:47:04,220 --> 0:47:06,410 silver ring if you want another look 1080 0:47:06,410 --> 0:47:07,940 at it it's in a safe to 1081 0:47:08,420 --> 0:47:10,700 thank you mrs brian i will examine 1082 0:47:10,700 --> 0:47:12,950 it again it will be interesting to 1083 0:47:12,950 --> 0:47:15,260 learn whether who zero still has the 1084 0:47:15,260 --> 0:47:17,510 silver ring which which is twins to 1085 0:47:17,510 --> 0:47:20,240 yours now young man how soon are 1086 0:47:20,240 --> 0:47:21,590 you going to be back to san 1087 0:47:21,590 --> 0:47:24,800 francisco mister bryant pressed him how about 1088 0:47:24,800 --> 0:47:26,960 this week the lawyer was inclined to 1089 0:47:26,960 --> 0:47:29,240 wait until the next week in order 1090 0:47:29,300 --> 0:47:30,890 to be sure that lucy row was 1091 0:47:30,890 --> 0:47:33,440 back in san francisco he offered to 1092 0:47:33,440 --> 0:47:36,050 telegraph her employees and friends there was 1093 0:47:36,050 --> 0:47:39,110 to learn if when she had returned 1094 0:47:39,680 --> 0:47:41,870 this was reasonable the bride's had to 1095 0:47:41,870 --> 0:47:44,270 agree but they were disappointed about the 1096 0:47:44,270 --> 0:47:47,000 delay i am sorry about delay to 1097 0:47:47,030 --> 0:47:49,450 said the lawyer but let us make 1098 0:47:49,460 --> 0:47:51,680 a say now let's be a little 1099 0:47:51,680 --> 0:47:53,990 cautious and discreet there is a large 1100 0:47:53,990 --> 0:47:56,750 inheritance involved here and you are well 1101 0:47:56,750 --> 0:47:59,000 well known and if any false i 1102 0:47:59,013 --> 0:48:01,640 made data invite a lot of publicity 1103 0:48:02,060 --> 0:48:04,580 and newspaper stories pictures in the paper 1104 0:48:04,580 --> 0:48:06,770 and so forth mister bryant made a 1105 0:48:06,774 --> 0:48:09,980 gesture of distaste while mrs brian pretended 1106 0:48:09,980 --> 0:48:12,140 to shutter there was a moment of 1107 0:48:12,140 --> 0:48:14,180 awkwardness the lawyer turn to vicky and 1108 0:48:14,180 --> 0:48:16,910 said i understand that you are right 1109 0:48:16,910 --> 0:48:18,950 we're of service to mister brain yesterday 1110 0:48:18,950 --> 0:48:22,400 when he was taken ill no said 1111 0:48:22,400 --> 0:48:24,620 vicky i'm just sorry mister bryant and 1112 0:48:24,645 --> 0:48:26,480 feel well enough to enjoy his flight 1113 0:48:26,840 --> 0:48:29,900 on the archer mister mister dorn when 1114 0:48:29,900 --> 0:48:32,870 you fly to the out west mr 1115 0:48:32,870 --> 0:48:34,820 done when you fly out to the 1116 0:48:34,820 --> 0:48:37,280 west coast do you gonna lecture via 1117 0:48:37,280 --> 0:48:39,680 chicago she said it only to make 1118 0:48:39,680 --> 0:48:42,560 conversation thinking sunday to on my be 1119 0:48:42,590 --> 0:48:44,900 one of the her passengers but suddenly 1120 0:48:44,900 --> 0:48:47,570 his expression changed she was surprised at 1121 0:48:47,570 --> 0:48:49,910 the odd duck out his face was 1122 0:48:50,240 --> 0:48:52,700 he thinking of something else mrs ryan 1123 0:48:52,700 --> 0:48:54,500 said i believe mister during you told 1124 0:48:54,500 --> 0:48:57,530 us your mother lives in chicago yes 1125 0:48:57,530 --> 0:48:59,960 i sometimes go home the weekends to 1126 0:48:59,960 --> 0:49:02,600 see her very occasionally well of course 1127 0:49:02,600 --> 0:49:04,850 who i think my husband is waiting 1128 0:49:04,850 --> 0:49:08,414 to see you oh yes will you 1129 0:49:08,414 --> 0:49:12,050 excuse me miss it bryant miss a 1130 0:49:12,110 --> 0:49:16,430 huge hook oh yes we scuse me 1131 0:49:16,430 --> 0:49:19,430 mister bryant miss her he had forgotten 1132 0:49:19,430 --> 0:49:21,770 her name the young lawyer followed mister 1133 0:49:21,770 --> 0:49:24,620 bryant to the library vicky felt that 1134 0:49:24,620 --> 0:49:26,570 it was time to say goodbye to 1135 0:49:26,570 --> 0:49:29,990 her hut hostess but mrs brian have 1136 0:49:29,990 --> 0:49:31,910 let her back into the room with 1137 0:49:31,970 --> 0:49:34,370 depart part parakeets by now the son 1138 0:49:34,370 --> 0:49:35,870 had moved far to the end of 1139 0:49:35,870 --> 0:49:38,060 the room and the birds were asleep 1140 0:49:38,210 --> 0:49:40,850 mrs brian took vicky's head i hope 1141 0:49:40,880 --> 0:49:42,650 all this talk about our grand daughter 1142 0:49:42,650 --> 0:49:45,260 wasn't or on for you on the 1143 0:49:45,260 --> 0:49:47,570 contrary mrs brian i couldn't help thinking 1144 0:49:47,900 --> 0:49:50,210 suppose it were my grandparents who i'd 1145 0:49:50,210 --> 0:49:52,310 never seen who are looking for me 1146 0:49:52,850 --> 0:49:56,570 your sympathetic vicky i wonder you're going 1147 0:49:56,570 --> 0:49:58,970 to be in san francisco often vicky 1148 0:49:58,970 --> 0:50:00,740 not in the no wonder whether i 1149 0:50:00,740 --> 0:50:02,360 could ask you to do we agree 1150 0:50:02,373 --> 0:50:04,400 favor but only if it won't take 1151 0:50:04,400 --> 0:50:06,530 too much of your type ricky said 1152 0:50:06,530 --> 0:50:08,360 and met it that if the fever 1153 0:50:08,360 --> 0:50:10,340 had a eating do with lucy she 1154 0:50:10,340 --> 0:50:12,290 would be only too happy to give 1155 0:50:12,590 --> 0:50:15,260 his her free time mrs brian smile 1156 0:50:15,590 --> 0:50:18,020 then i wish very much that you 1157 0:50:18,020 --> 0:50:19,850 would see whether you can learn anything 1158 0:50:20,240 --> 0:50:23,450 further about her granddaughter why have every 1159 0:50:23,450 --> 0:50:26,060 confidence and mr door it is careful 1160 0:50:26,060 --> 0:50:29,330 discreet approach this delays very hard even 1161 0:50:29,330 --> 0:50:31,670 another week or ten days seem so 1162 0:50:31,670 --> 0:50:34,190 long time and so long a time 1163 0:50:34,190 --> 0:50:36,440 to wait i'll be in san francisco 1164 0:50:36,440 --> 0:50:39,530 day after tomorrow vicky said wonderful of 1165 0:50:39,530 --> 0:50:41,690 lucy is backed by then once you 1166 0:50:41,690 --> 0:50:44,210 try to telephone her and give her 1167 0:50:44,210 --> 0:50:46,220 my love and i i have is 1168 0:50:46,220 --> 0:50:48,140 her last address and sir radar heights 1169 0:50:48,530 --> 0:50:50,600 in the suburbs it's five years old 1170 0:50:50,810 --> 0:50:53,180 i think mister door mention that she 1171 0:50:53,180 --> 0:50:55,040 had moved in with their friends in 1172 0:50:55,040 --> 0:50:56,990 the city in order to be nearer 1173 0:50:56,990 --> 0:50:59,210 to her place of employment i wish 1174 0:50:59,210 --> 0:51:01,310 i had thought to read done the 1175 0:51:01,310 --> 0:51:04,400 firm's name but we were leaving everything 1176 0:51:04,760 --> 0:51:06,530 on that it chose to mr door 1177 0:51:07,490 --> 0:51:09,260 do you think mister darn will consider 1178 0:51:09,650 --> 0:51:13,010 that interfering i wouldn't want to cause 1179 0:51:13,010 --> 0:51:15,440 any complications why am i don't see 1180 0:51:15,440 --> 0:51:17,904 how you could mrs bryant went to 1181 0:51:17,904 --> 0:51:19,670 her desk for this his last address 1182 0:51:20,000 --> 0:51:22,010 and copied it for vicky it might 1183 0:51:22,010 --> 0:51:24,020 be more tactful they're not to let 1184 0:51:24,020 --> 0:51:25,820 mister don't know that you are taking 1185 0:51:25,820 --> 0:51:29,030 part vicky agreed and the let's not 1186 0:51:29,060 --> 0:51:31,280 mention it to my husband either mrs 1187 0:51:31,280 --> 0:51:32,720 bryan said of with a gleam of 1188 0:51:32,720 --> 0:51:36,830 mischief they use the address my dear 1189 0:51:36,890 --> 0:51:39,110 thank you so very much don't say 1190 0:51:39,110 --> 0:51:41,480 that yet mrs bryant first let's see 1191 0:51:41,510 --> 0:51:43,940 what else i can do she think 1192 0:51:43,940 --> 0:51:46,940 mrs bryant for hospitality and say goodbye 1193 0:51:47,390 --> 0:51:49,520 mrs brown walked to the front door 1194 0:51:49,940 --> 0:51:52,190 when ricky had stood looking out over 1195 0:51:54,320 --> 0:51:56,660 yet still looking after her as she 1196 0:51:56,660 --> 0:51:58,880 went down the morals steps she looked 1197 0:51:58,880 --> 0:52:01,400 so hot and yet afraid to hope 1198 0:52:01,513 --> 0:52:04,310 that what vicky that i'm going to 1199 0:52:04,310 --> 0:52:06,470 do everything i can to help those 1200 0:52:06,470 --> 0:52:10,070 to old people chapter four a puzzling 1201 0:52:10,070 --> 0:52:12,440 discovery i don't even want to hear 1202 0:52:12,440 --> 0:52:14,930 anyone suggests that we go sightseeing around 1203 0:52:14,930 --> 0:52:17,750 san francisco today said jean cox from 1204 0:52:17,750 --> 0:52:20,030 the other twin bed on monday morning 1205 0:52:20,240 --> 0:52:21,770 i want to stay right here in 1206 0:52:21,770 --> 0:52:24,470 our nice hotel room and sleep i 1207 0:52:24,470 --> 0:52:26,600 was going to suggest sightseeing not yet 1208 0:52:26,600 --> 0:52:29,330 anyway said vicky at the mir then 1209 0:52:29,330 --> 0:52:30,740 why are you up and dress so 1210 0:52:30,740 --> 0:52:33,140 early after this weekend runs we put 1211 0:52:33,140 --> 0:52:36,440 in why aren't you unconscious to and 1212 0:52:36,440 --> 0:52:38,300 saturday their crew had flown from new 1213 0:52:38,300 --> 0:52:41,330 york to chicago stayed overnight and chicago 1214 0:52:41,750 --> 0:52:44,060 and on sunday had flown from chicago 1215 0:52:44,060 --> 0:52:46,610 to san francisco now they were to 1216 0:52:46,610 --> 0:52:48,470 have a day and san francisco to 1217 0:52:48,530 --> 0:52:51,590 rest vicky figured she would rest later 1218 0:52:51,770 --> 0:52:54,320 and look for lucy row first she 1219 0:52:54,320 --> 0:52:56,960 told the green her plans well chin 1220 0:52:56,960 --> 0:52:59,600 yardage stretched under the covers i can 1221 0:52:59,600 --> 0:53:02,120 say is that a frail looking dreamy 1222 0:53:02,120 --> 0:53:04,910 looking little bland like you has more 1223 0:53:04,910 --> 0:53:07,640 stamina and some of us husky people 1224 0:53:08,570 --> 0:53:10,610 vicky grand is anything i can do 1225 0:53:10,610 --> 0:53:12,800 for you before i leave just go 1226 0:53:12,800 --> 0:53:14,570 away my love and let me sleep 1227 0:53:15,200 --> 0:53:16,880 they arranged to be in touch later 1228 0:53:16,880 --> 0:53:19,250 in the day vicky sofie letters of 1229 0:53:19,250 --> 0:53:21,560 our and to the hotel corridor and 1230 0:53:21,560 --> 0:53:24,020 went downstairs to the busy lobby part 1231 0:53:24,020 --> 0:53:25,310 of the fun of been a flight 1232 0:53:25,310 --> 0:53:27,320 stewardess was living all over the united 1233 0:53:27,320 --> 0:53:30,080 states and staying at pleasant hotels where 1234 0:53:30,080 --> 0:53:32,450 the airline put up their cruise along 1235 0:53:32,450 --> 0:53:34,850 with her breakfast vicky enjoyed a magnificent 1236 0:53:34,850 --> 0:53:37,730 view us a of san francisco's hills 1237 0:53:38,240 --> 0:53:40,970 ever since talking with mister bryant vicky 1238 0:53:40,970 --> 0:53:43,580 had carefully zero old address safety and 1239 0:53:43,580 --> 0:53:45,500 her purse now she took it out 1240 0:53:45,650 --> 0:53:47,840 a todo does she ask for directions 1241 0:53:48,140 --> 0:53:50,840 to serota heights vicky made up her 1242 0:53:50,840 --> 0:53:54,260 mind vicky made her way they're writing 1243 0:53:54,260 --> 0:53:56,390 up and down steep hills walking down 1244 0:53:56,720 --> 0:53:59,240 a long wooden stairway for when street 1245 0:53:59,240 --> 0:54:01,490 level to another she climbed past a 1246 0:54:01,490 --> 0:54:04,280 cliff top part with white painted statues 1247 0:54:04,400 --> 0:54:07,310 high above beach hype of beach and 1248 0:54:07,310 --> 0:54:10,280 ocean san can certainly have their ups 1249 0:54:10,280 --> 0:54:13,100 and downs vicky that puffin but wider 1250 0:54:13,100 --> 0:54:16,880 view on these on three sides she 1251 0:54:16,880 --> 0:54:19,040 looked down over the blue pacific the 1252 0:54:19,040 --> 0:54:22,550 air was see fresh cool spring like 1253 0:54:23,450 --> 0:54:25,760 ricky was so enchanted that she almost 1254 0:54:25,760 --> 0:54:27,590 forgot about the address in her purse 1255 0:54:28,010 --> 0:54:29,990 he led her to a modest leafy 1256 0:54:30,320 --> 0:54:34,263 st anna and pretentious cottage there were 1257 0:54:34,263 --> 0:54:36,740 it there were a yard and an 1258 0:54:36,740 --> 0:54:39,980 attempt ever flowerbed children toys littered on 1259 0:54:39,980 --> 0:54:42,260 the porch when vicky rang the doorbell 1260 0:54:42,260 --> 0:54:44,690 pleasant young women and shirt and jeans 1261 0:54:44,690 --> 0:54:46,520 came to the door she looked not 1262 0:54:46,520 --> 0:54:49,160 much older than vicky or men vic 1263 0:54:49,184 --> 0:54:52,100 loses age twenty one and looking for 1264 0:54:52,100 --> 0:54:54,920 lucy rose said vicky and introduced herself 1265 0:54:55,250 --> 0:54:57,290 she careful not to mention the brain's 1266 0:54:57,350 --> 0:54:59,960 not to intrude on the lawyers products 1267 0:55:00,260 --> 0:55:02,360 she said she understood the roast lived 1268 0:55:02,360 --> 0:55:04,280 here are used to i wonder whether 1269 0:55:04,280 --> 0:55:05,960 you could tell me what the zeros 1270 0:55:05,960 --> 0:55:08,660 addresses now my goodness i should be 1271 0:55:08,660 --> 0:55:10,850 able to lucy and i went to 1272 0:55:10,850 --> 0:55:13,190 high school together for old neighbors to 1273 0:55:13,340 --> 0:55:15,650 after her mother died my family but 1274 0:55:15,650 --> 0:55:17,930 their house this has come in miss 1275 0:55:17,930 --> 0:55:21,710 bar i'm jill joseph come in don't 1276 0:55:21,710 --> 0:55:23,990 mind the boys the living room seem 1277 0:55:23,990 --> 0:55:25,910 to be overrun with very small boys 1278 0:55:25,910 --> 0:55:29,360 and puppies young mrs joseph shoot the 1279 0:55:29,360 --> 0:55:31,550 whole group outdoors and she and vicky 1280 0:55:31,550 --> 0:55:33,710 sat down to talk i haven't any 1281 0:55:33,710 --> 0:55:35,690 address from the at the moment mrs 1282 0:55:35,870 --> 0:55:38,750 joseph said because she's away lucy is 1283 0:55:38,750 --> 0:55:40,340 a darling are you a friend of 1284 0:55:40,340 --> 0:55:42,680 hers i'm a friend or a friend 1285 0:55:42,680 --> 0:55:45,170 of hers vicky said an elderly lady 1286 0:55:45,170 --> 0:55:47,120 who hasn't heard from lucy or had 1287 0:55:47,120 --> 0:55:49,460 any news of her since eleanor miss 1288 0:55:49,580 --> 0:55:51,950 zero died by that was five years 1289 0:55:51,950 --> 0:55:53,960 ago would you feel me and vicky 1290 0:55:53,960 --> 0:55:56,510 assed job just of nodded five years 1291 0:55:56,510 --> 0:55:59,000 ago lucien i still had another year 1292 0:55:59,000 --> 0:56:00,800 to go in high school then she 1293 0:56:00,800 --> 0:56:02,750 lost her mother the house was quite 1294 0:56:02,750 --> 0:56:04,070 a lot of work for lucy and 1295 0:56:04,070 --> 0:56:06,020 her father he you know how for 1296 0:56:06,020 --> 0:56:07,610 the last year of high school is 1297 0:56:08,060 --> 0:56:11,120 and mister row worked hard at she 1298 0:56:11,120 --> 0:56:13,912 named alert san francisco department store so 1299 0:56:13,912 --> 0:56:15,890 lucy and her father moved to a 1300 0:56:15,890 --> 0:56:18,380 small apartment near here and we brought 1301 0:56:18,380 --> 0:56:20,450 their house i see what sort of 1302 0:56:20,450 --> 0:56:22,340 worked in mister road to for a 1303 0:56:22,340 --> 0:56:24,020 long time he worked at any job 1304 0:56:24,020 --> 0:56:26,120 the department store gave him the rose 1305 0:56:26,127 --> 0:56:27,740 never had an easy time of it 1306 0:56:27,740 --> 0:56:31,280 financially the neighbors hesitated a never hesitated 1307 0:56:31,640 --> 0:56:33,200 it was hard on lose his mother 1308 0:56:33,440 --> 0:56:34,790 she seemed to be used to more 1309 0:56:34,790 --> 0:56:36,860 than the rose could afford a lot 1310 0:56:36,860 --> 0:56:40,160 of us wondered about eleanor note that 1311 0:56:40,160 --> 0:56:43,640 she ever complained anyway the young woman 1312 0:56:43,640 --> 0:56:46,430 went on briskly whose whose father finally 1313 0:56:46,430 --> 0:56:48,530 worked himself up to a head of 1314 0:56:48,530 --> 0:56:50,780 the store delivery service had to get 1315 0:56:50,780 --> 0:56:53,090 was where it was jack rule like 1316 0:56:53,090 --> 0:56:55,910 vicky assed nice the most devoted husband 1317 0:56:55,910 --> 0:56:58,280 and father you ever sir he would 1318 0:56:58,280 --> 0:57:00,110 have made a good doctor he was 1319 0:57:00,110 --> 0:57:02,420 so kind and patient and gentle so 1320 0:57:02,420 --> 0:57:03,740 this was the son in law the 1321 0:57:03,740 --> 0:57:06,080 virus had considered unworthy of their daughter 1322 0:57:06,440 --> 0:57:08,840 vicky thought those his mother was nice 1323 0:57:08,840 --> 0:57:11,120 to the neighbor said though she was 1324 0:57:11,120 --> 0:57:14,840 quite quiet and sort of sad sometimes 1325 0:57:14,930 --> 0:57:17,210 she worried about what would become of 1326 0:57:17,210 --> 0:57:19,550 lucy lucy used to try to laugh 1327 0:57:19,880 --> 0:57:21,530 her way out of it my goodness 1328 0:57:21,560 --> 0:57:23,810 hampshire hurry on she tell me more 1329 0:57:23,810 --> 0:57:26,090 about lucy vicky said i'm not sure 1330 0:57:26,090 --> 0:57:28,580 what she looks like well she's taller 1331 0:57:28,580 --> 0:57:30,860 than you are and slim but she's 1332 0:57:30,860 --> 0:57:33,380 strong good at all sports and she 1333 0:57:33,380 --> 0:57:35,750 knows a lot about nature lore mr 1334 0:57:35,750 --> 0:57:38,480 dorn has reported that vicky recalled brown 1335 0:57:38,480 --> 0:57:40,670 hair brown eyes on is sometimes they 1336 0:57:40,670 --> 0:57:43,430 look easel mrs joe oh said she's 1337 0:57:43,910 --> 0:57:47,300 she's active and friendly isn't it hard 1338 0:57:47,300 --> 0:57:49,352 to describe someone you know the chief 1339 0:57:49,352 --> 0:57:51,230 thing about this is she's a nice 1340 0:57:51,230 --> 0:57:53,840 person and it shows does she missed 1341 0:57:53,840 --> 0:57:56,090 her mother very much ricky assed and 1342 0:57:56,090 --> 0:57:58,790 her father yes terribly vicky such a 1343 0:57:58,790 --> 0:58:01,220 lawyer and warm hearted person she always 1344 0:58:01,220 --> 0:58:03,860 preference law asked dogs and hungry cats 1345 0:58:03,860 --> 0:58:05,720 and people who need her it was 1346 0:58:05,720 --> 0:58:07,580 out of loneliness and a need to 1347 0:58:07,580 --> 0:58:10,070 be with people the neighbor said that 1348 0:58:10,070 --> 0:58:11,900 after her father died in an auto 1349 0:58:12,020 --> 0:58:14,660 accident two years ago lucy moved in 1350 0:58:14,660 --> 0:58:18,080 downtown into downtown san francisco to live 1351 0:58:18,080 --> 0:58:20,150 with another girl and her girl's mother 1352 0:58:20,600 --> 0:58:22,430 also lucy wanted to be near her 1353 0:58:22,430 --> 0:58:24,800 job up after graduation from high school 1354 0:58:24,800 --> 0:58:27,080 she had taken an intensive three months 1355 0:58:27,080 --> 0:58:29,330 business course and had been working as 1356 0:58:29,330 --> 0:58:31,970 a secretary ever since nearly four years 1357 0:58:31,970 --> 0:58:33,890 now can you tell me the name 1358 0:58:33,890 --> 0:58:36,050 and address of the her employer and 1359 0:58:36,050 --> 0:58:38,000 the girl and her mother vicky assed 1360 0:58:39,080 --> 0:58:40,910 yes i write them down for you 1361 0:58:41,240 --> 0:58:42,410 but you won't be able to see 1362 0:58:42,410 --> 0:58:44,990 mary and mr scott they've gone off 1363 0:58:44,990 --> 0:58:46,670 on a trip lucy is a way 1364 0:58:46,678 --> 0:58:49,520 to sudan had learned vicky reminder her 1365 0:58:49,520 --> 0:58:51,830 so she asked do you know when 1366 0:58:51,830 --> 0:58:53,898 she'll be back she was unsure of 1367 0:58:53,898 --> 0:58:56,330 herself when she called me to say 1368 0:58:56,330 --> 0:58:59,180 goodbye why don't you ask at the 1369 0:58:59,660 --> 0:59:02,150 woman's hotel where she's been living maybe 1370 0:59:02,150 --> 0:59:04,910 she left word it's the hotel alcott 1371 0:59:05,510 --> 0:59:08,585 the woman's hotel vicky felt confused at 1372 0:59:08,585 --> 0:59:09,740 at least he had been living with 1373 0:59:09,740 --> 0:59:13,220 mary and mrs scott the she did 1374 0:59:13,220 --> 0:59:15,740 until recently i'm not sure how recently 1375 0:59:15,830 --> 0:59:17,840 lucy and i aren't in constant such 1376 0:59:18,170 --> 0:59:20,625 showed joseph explained that the scots how 1377 0:59:20,684 --> 0:59:22,220 i or was a smoke and lucy 1378 0:59:22,220 --> 0:59:24,440 had thought she was crowding them vicky 1379 0:59:24,440 --> 0:59:26,660 could not remember where the mr door 1380 0:59:26,660 --> 0:59:28,910 and had reported were lucy live she 1381 0:59:28,910 --> 0:59:31,010 had the impression and perhaps the by 1382 0:59:31,010 --> 0:59:33,470 and did to that lucy lived with 1383 0:59:33,470 --> 0:59:35,720 the girl and her mother with whom 1384 0:59:35,720 --> 0:59:38,390 she was no traveling well vicky that 1385 0:59:38,630 --> 0:59:41,720 she cleared up this point a telephone 1386 0:59:41,720 --> 0:59:44,240 the sees employer ricky este couldn't they 1387 0:59:44,240 --> 0:59:46,400 tell me away when she'll be back 1388 0:59:46,880 --> 0:59:48,320 i think she gave up her job 1389 0:59:48,320 --> 0:59:50,810 at the interstate insurance company though you 1390 0:59:50,810 --> 0:59:52,910 can ask the give up her job 1391 0:59:53,060 --> 0:59:56,330 during her not reported this why something 1392 0:59:56,330 --> 0:59:58,760 about a new job decay we're having 1393 0:59:58,820 --> 1:00:01,010 a squabble and i couldn't get it 1394 1:00:01,010 --> 1:00:03,260 straight over the phone you mean those 1395 1:00:03,260 --> 1:00:04,970 he starts a new job when she 1396 1:00:04,970 --> 1:00:07,070 comes back from a trip from that 1397 1:00:07,370 --> 1:00:09,770 with the scots lucy is and chevy 1398 1:00:09,780 --> 1:00:12,320 with mary mrs skype i think traveling 1399 1:00:12,320 --> 1:00:14,510 as part of her new job this 1400 1:00:14,510 --> 1:00:16,190 news did not tell you with mr 1401 1:00:16,190 --> 1:00:18,680 dorms report or more accurately a point 1402 1:00:18,680 --> 1:00:21,020 beyond to lawyers report well it was 1403 1:00:21,020 --> 1:00:23,000 possible lucy had been away during the 1404 1:00:23,000 --> 1:00:25,340 period that darn was looking for her 1405 1:00:25,430 --> 1:00:27,170 and then had returned it to give 1406 1:00:27,170 --> 1:00:30,550 her job to give up her job 1407 1:00:30,550 --> 1:00:32,290 and take a new one then to 1408 1:00:32,320 --> 1:00:34,690 judge joseph admitted she didn't have all 1409 1:00:34,690 --> 1:00:36,880 the facts straight i'll choir at the 1410 1:00:36,880 --> 1:00:39,850 hotel alcott vicky said at the inch 1411 1:00:40,060 --> 1:00:42,910 and or stay insurance company tried telephone 1412 1:00:42,910 --> 1:00:45,190 in the scots to perhaps they're back 1413 1:00:45,190 --> 1:00:47,920 now and heard from lucy vicky angel 1414 1:00:48,820 --> 1:00:51,100 vicky in judge joseph chattered a lot 1415 1:00:51,310 --> 1:00:53,470 a while longer vicky yeah they that 1416 1:00:53,470 --> 1:00:55,900 lucy life was rather bleak even though 1417 1:00:55,900 --> 1:00:58,336 she had friends and one or two 1418 1:00:58,402 --> 1:01:03,238 not important box she missed her family 1419 1:01:03,250 --> 1:01:06,670 and home and felt alone evenings after 1420 1:01:06,670 --> 1:01:09,520 work she often kept herself busy taking 1421 1:01:09,520 --> 1:01:12,640 college courses and attending church choir practice 1422 1:01:13,030 --> 1:01:15,220 i guess the river and mr hall 1423 1:01:15,490 --> 1:01:17,200 has done more than anyone to help 1424 1:01:17,200 --> 1:01:19,810 loosely fill a lesser up less alone 1425 1:01:20,530 --> 1:01:23,110 mrs joseph said he's a wonderful man 1426 1:01:23,110 --> 1:01:25,510 he knew her parents and he's known 1427 1:01:25,510 --> 1:01:27,520 lucy all her life he used to 1428 1:01:27,520 --> 1:01:29,170 be in charge of a church share 1429 1:01:29,170 --> 1:01:31,540 an answer into heights but he's been 1430 1:01:31,540 --> 1:01:34,330 transferred to russian hill i'll give you 1431 1:01:34,330 --> 1:01:36,610 his address to a few minutes later 1432 1:01:36,610 --> 1:01:39,100 vicky think joke joseph and say goodbye 1433 1:01:39,100 --> 1:01:40,990 to her you been a great help 1434 1:01:41,050 --> 1:01:43,060 more than you know anything i can 1435 1:01:43,060 --> 1:01:45,400 do for lucy well she needs all 1436 1:01:45,400 --> 1:01:46,870 the help and love her friends can 1437 1:01:46,870 --> 1:01:49,210 give her how wonderful it was going 1438 1:01:49,270 --> 1:01:51,760 to be for lucy vicky far as 1439 1:01:51,760 --> 1:01:53,260 she traveled back to the center of 1440 1:01:53,290 --> 1:01:55,900 town to discover that her grandparents cared 1441 1:01:55,900 --> 1:01:58,240 for what a happy change her left 1442 1:01:58,262 --> 1:02:00,670 it there would be on the way 1443 1:02:01,120 --> 1:02:03,130 ricky stopped at the drugstore and called 1444 1:02:03,130 --> 1:02:05,050 the scots of from my telephone booth 1445 1:02:05,380 --> 1:02:08,410 the telephone rang repeatedly without answer vicky 1446 1:02:08,410 --> 1:02:10,960 then called the interstate insurance company and 1447 1:02:10,960 --> 1:02:13,780 talk to a prisoner manager miss lucy 1448 1:02:13,780 --> 1:02:16,385 row he repeated just a moment while 1449 1:02:16,385 --> 1:02:19,210 look up her car a pause mesereau 1450 1:02:19,240 --> 1:02:21,850 resigned from our employ on january twenty 1451 1:02:21,850 --> 1:02:24,550 second vicky scribble down the state and 1452 1:02:24,550 --> 1:02:27,010 noted that he was now monday february 1453 1:02:27,010 --> 1:02:29,170 sixteenth a little less than a month 1454 1:02:29,170 --> 1:02:31,630 ago just about the time mr during 1455 1:02:31,660 --> 1:02:33,550 had said she left san francisco go 1456 1:02:34,000 --> 1:02:36,460 well then darn was right vicky asked 1457 1:02:36,460 --> 1:02:38,440 whether the person personal manager could tell 1458 1:02:38,440 --> 1:02:41,197 her anything further about lucy like and 1459 1:02:41,197 --> 1:02:43,690 tell you that you she's an excellent 1460 1:02:43,690 --> 1:02:46,180 secretary was with us for or three 1461 1:02:46,180 --> 1:02:48,430 years and we're very sorry to lose 1462 1:02:48,430 --> 1:02:50,800 her not so fine record isn't it 1463 1:02:51,070 --> 1:02:53,320 thank you very much sir vicky her 1464 1:02:53,620 --> 1:02:55,712 she telephoned the scots twice again on 1465 1:02:55,720 --> 1:02:57,910 our way back down and town way 1466 1:02:57,910 --> 1:03:00,850 back to downtown san francisco no answer 1467 1:03:01,030 --> 1:03:02,560 on a third call a man's voice 1468 1:03:02,560 --> 1:03:05,830 answered mariska she and her mother went 1469 1:03:05,830 --> 1:03:07,690 away and a large ship this is 1470 1:03:07,720 --> 1:03:10,240 her the superintendent i am in their 1471 1:03:10,240 --> 1:03:12,700 place fixing a leaky pipe no ma'am 1472 1:03:12,700 --> 1:03:14,380 i don't know window be back home 1473 1:03:15,340 --> 1:03:17,911 thank you vicky said next she tried 1474 1:03:18,460 --> 1:03:22,540 reverend mr halls number here she kept 1475 1:03:22,540 --> 1:03:24,820 getting busy signals and she decided to 1476 1:03:24,820 --> 1:03:26,770 stop for lunch and then visit lose 1477 1:03:26,770 --> 1:03:29,260 his place of residence arriving at the 1478 1:03:29,260 --> 1:03:31,510 hotel our car in the early afternoon 1479 1:03:31,810 --> 1:03:33,970 she found to be a pleasant friendly 1480 1:03:34,120 --> 1:03:36,310 plane sort of place a few people 1481 1:03:36,310 --> 1:03:38,320 mostly women were in the lobby she 1482 1:03:38,320 --> 1:03:41,800 spoke to the desk clerk i wonder 1483 1:03:41,800 --> 1:03:43,150 if you could help me i'm looking 1484 1:03:43,150 --> 1:03:45,760 for miss lucy row oh yes lucy 1485 1:03:45,820 --> 1:03:47,620 the middle aged woman behind the desk 1486 1:03:47,620 --> 1:03:50,200 smiled by shook her head you unfriend 1487 1:03:50,200 --> 1:03:52,510 lucy here can lady she checked out 1488 1:03:53,590 --> 1:03:55,420 can you please tell me when and 1489 1:03:55,420 --> 1:03:58,720 where she is now the woman hesitated 1490 1:03:59,050 --> 1:04:02,230 vicky produced her airline identification card to 1491 1:04:02,230 --> 1:04:04,150 introduce yourself and explained that she had 1492 1:04:04,150 --> 1:04:06,340 a message to deliver to see the 1493 1:04:06,340 --> 1:04:09,100 women seem satisfied she opened a ledger 1494 1:04:09,520 --> 1:04:12,940 lucy checked on lucy checked out our 1495 1:04:13,300 --> 1:04:16,505 let me see saturday february seventeenth that 1496 1:04:16,505 --> 1:04:19,570 would be today what there would be 1497 1:04:19,570 --> 1:04:23,650 today was monday february sixteenth only nine 1498 1:04:23,650 --> 1:04:26,020 days ago yet mr do reported that 1499 1:04:26,020 --> 1:04:27,880 lucy i love san francisco a month 1500 1:04:27,880 --> 1:04:31,060 ago vicky cannot account for the discrepancy 1501 1:04:31,390 --> 1:04:33,610 she asked the desk like i wonder 1502 1:04:33,610 --> 1:04:35,290 whether lucy has been out of town 1503 1:04:35,590 --> 1:04:37,240 taken any sort of chips and last 1504 1:04:37,240 --> 1:04:39,580 month it to yes recently some of 1505 1:04:39,580 --> 1:04:41,380 the girls here persuaded her to go 1506 1:04:41,380 --> 1:04:44,140 off for weekends with them to ski 1507 1:04:44,500 --> 1:04:46,330 or hike in the mountains can you 1508 1:04:46,330 --> 1:04:48,040 tell me vicky asked the desk clerk 1509 1:04:48,370 --> 1:04:50,020 where the loose he was away about 1510 1:04:50,020 --> 1:04:51,910 a month ago i'm sorry i don't 1511 1:04:51,910 --> 1:04:54,280 remember the dates well will you please 1512 1:04:54,280 --> 1:04:56,650 tell me one more thing ricky was 1513 1:04:56,650 --> 1:04:59,050 trying to figure dates starting with the 1514 1:04:59,050 --> 1:05:01,270 fact of his visit about a month 1515 1:05:01,270 --> 1:05:03,400 ago to lucy live at the hotel 1516 1:05:03,400 --> 1:05:05,920 our cat a month ago the women 1517 1:05:05,920 --> 1:05:08,830 consultant the ledger again yes lucy was 1518 1:05:08,830 --> 1:05:11,530 west us just barely a month it 1519 1:05:11,530 --> 1:05:13,960 was possible the heater that lucy my 1520 1:05:13,960 --> 1:05:15,820 not yet have moved to the hotel 1521 1:05:15,820 --> 1:05:18,250 alka at a time of dons visit 1522 1:05:18,760 --> 1:05:21,310 if you tried to locate lucy miss 1523 1:05:21,310 --> 1:05:23,890 bar said the clerk i think the 1524 1:05:23,890 --> 1:05:25,210 best way to do it would be 1525 1:05:25,210 --> 1:05:28,240 so mr heath who is mister he 1526 1:05:28,540 --> 1:05:30,790 who is mrs he's a very nice 1527 1:05:30,790 --> 1:05:32,680 older woman who is now lucy his 1528 1:05:32,680 --> 1:05:36,640 employer mrs elizabeth he's a writer grey 1529 1:05:36,640 --> 1:05:39,910 hair well dressed and distinguished looking she 1530 1:05:39,910 --> 1:05:41,710 stayed with us at the hotel for 1531 1:05:41,710 --> 1:05:43,330 a while she was looking for a 1532 1:05:43,330 --> 1:05:45,730 second terry companion and this he turned 1533 1:05:45,730 --> 1:05:47,110 out to be just the right girl 1534 1:05:47,230 --> 1:05:49,600 for the job the hotel clerk said 1535 1:05:49,600 --> 1:05:52,180 with they send pride and satisfaction it's 1536 1:05:52,180 --> 1:05:53,830 a happy arrangement for both of em 1537 1:05:53,830 --> 1:05:56,260 i think vicky was surprised when she 1538 1:05:56,260 --> 1:05:58,960 felt better here was deafening and reassurance 1539 1:05:58,960 --> 1:06:01,300 news of lucy she asked the woman 1540 1:06:01,300 --> 1:06:03,010 from this is heath and elysees his 1541 1:06:03,010 --> 1:06:05,350 address the heaven sent us their address 1542 1:06:05,350 --> 1:06:07,660 yet to him and said probably they're 1543 1:06:07,660 --> 1:06:10,540 just traveling around mrs he's had a 1544 1:06:10,540 --> 1:06:12,970 car and as i understood it her 1545 1:06:12,970 --> 1:06:15,310 powers to travel around a california and 1546 1:06:15,310 --> 1:06:17,710 stared in here and there and right 1547 1:06:17,710 --> 1:06:19,690 her memoir in a leisurely sort of 1548 1:06:19,690 --> 1:06:22,090 way mrs he may rent a house 1549 1:06:22,420 --> 1:06:23,920 that sounds like a lowly job for 1550 1:06:23,920 --> 1:06:26,260 lucy lot of the girls here at 1551 1:06:26,260 --> 1:06:28,150 elkhart would like to have such a 1552 1:06:28,150 --> 1:06:31,240 job it does sound like a pleasant 1553 1:06:31,240 --> 1:06:33,130 job vicky agreed but how can i 1554 1:06:33,130 --> 1:06:35,560 find lucy miss the clerk said her 1555 1:06:35,560 --> 1:06:38,890 name was mrs stacey hasn't any one 1556 1:06:39,130 --> 1:06:42,040 heard from lucy since she left not 1557 1:06:42,040 --> 1:06:44,421 even a postcard she's been gone on 1558 1:06:44,421 --> 1:06:46,510 their little over a week the hotel 1559 1:06:46,510 --> 1:06:48,640 clerk pointed out show right to her 1560 1:06:48,640 --> 1:06:51,160 friends here i'm sure she may already 1561 1:06:51,160 --> 1:06:53,140 be in touch with them minister mr 1562 1:06:53,140 --> 1:06:55,210 hall he's a great friend of hers 1563 1:06:55,810 --> 1:06:58,030 he said she had his address and 1564 1:06:58,030 --> 1:07:00,580 telephone number and call him right away 1565 1:07:00,850 --> 1:07:02,620 she think mrs dc for all her 1566 1:07:02,620 --> 1:07:05,920 kindness ricky again telephone the reverend mr 1567 1:07:05,920 --> 1:07:07,690 her she was able to reach him 1568 1:07:08,050 --> 1:07:10,900 he was rather cherry have given information 1569 1:07:10,900 --> 1:07:13,510 on the telephone vicky explained who she 1570 1:07:13,510 --> 1:07:15,400 was and told him a little of 1571 1:07:15,400 --> 1:07:17,080 why she was looking for lucy row 1572 1:07:17,860 --> 1:07:19,840 i see as a matter of fact 1573 1:07:19,840 --> 1:07:21,850 miss bar i myself will act in 1574 1:07:21,850 --> 1:07:23,800 our lucy is at the moment the 1575 1:07:23,800 --> 1:07:26,860 ministers voice was friendly indirect vicky that 1576 1:07:26,860 --> 1:07:29,530 she heard an undertone of worry mister 1577 1:07:29,530 --> 1:07:31,420 her i'm here at the hotel out 1578 1:07:31,540 --> 1:07:33,550 her and they've told me lose he 1579 1:07:33,550 --> 1:07:35,290 has a fine job was mrs he's 1580 1:07:35,830 --> 1:07:37,750 yes i know everybody is and this 1581 1:07:37,750 --> 1:07:40,270 yeah stick about lucy new job except 1582 1:07:40,270 --> 1:07:43,450 myself advised her to consider and make 1583 1:07:43,450 --> 1:07:47,170 haste slowly but she vicky heard voices 1584 1:07:47,470 --> 1:07:49,810 and the background however i can go 1585 1:07:49,840 --> 1:07:52,240 into this on the telephone may come 1586 1:07:52,240 --> 1:07:54,130 to see you mr have vicky assed 1587 1:07:54,460 --> 1:07:56,740 it's important for me to locate lucy 1588 1:07:57,190 --> 1:07:59,440 yes indeed though today i'm all filled 1589 1:07:59,440 --> 1:08:01,930 up he suggested that vicky telephone him 1590 1:08:01,930 --> 1:08:04,339 again and the dared to forgive promise 1591 1:08:04,339 --> 1:08:06,400 she would and thanked him and hung 1592 1:08:06,400 --> 1:08:08,890 up vicky went back to her hotel 1593 1:08:09,280 --> 1:08:12,100 and wanted to pack interest so that 1594 1:08:12,100 --> 1:08:14,320 she would be fit for work she 1595 1:08:14,320 --> 1:08:16,870 was scheduled for i am a lecture 1596 1:08:17,230 --> 1:08:19,000 for and eighty am a lecture flight 1597 1:08:19,300 --> 1:08:22,330 the next morning jean cox was arrested 1598 1:08:22,660 --> 1:08:24,700 after extra sleep what did you find 1599 1:08:24,700 --> 1:08:27,520 out about lucy roshi assed don't ask 1600 1:08:27,520 --> 1:08:30,070 me don't ask me yet i haven't 1601 1:08:30,070 --> 1:08:34,090 any it's only some new questions chapter 1602 1:08:34,090 --> 1:08:37,270 five the girl in the portrait from 1603 1:08:37,270 --> 1:08:39,695 san francisco to chicago on tuesday and 1604 1:08:39,695 --> 1:08:42,610 back on wednesday let vicky free by 1605 1:08:42,610 --> 1:08:45,100 thursday morning she at once telephone the 1606 1:08:45,100 --> 1:08:47,470 minister he said she may come over 1607 1:08:47,470 --> 1:08:50,050 immediately vicky found her way to russian 1608 1:08:50,050 --> 1:08:52,360 hill an area of steep of far 1609 1:08:52,360 --> 1:08:55,600 flung streets crisscrossed with leafy lanes the 1610 1:08:55,600 --> 1:08:58,240 church she was seeking was handsome modern 1611 1:08:58,240 --> 1:09:01,300 stone building the minister's residence next during 1612 1:09:01,300 --> 1:09:03,280 contrast was one of the old wooden 1613 1:09:03,280 --> 1:09:06,040 houses with least like balconies an ornate 1614 1:09:06,130 --> 1:09:10,960 couple cupolas that surveyed the san francisco 1615 1:09:10,960 --> 1:09:13,780 earthquake and fire a housekeeper admitted her 1616 1:09:13,780 --> 1:09:15,760 and let her into mr how study 1617 1:09:16,210 --> 1:09:18,490 vicky's first impression of the minister was 1618 1:09:18,910 --> 1:09:21,640 of a pair of extraordinary perspective ice 1619 1:09:22,000 --> 1:09:24,100 he received vicky simply with her any 1620 1:09:24,100 --> 1:09:26,372 ceremony and made her feel at ease 1621 1:09:26,800 --> 1:09:29,560 she presented her credentials wishes she could 1622 1:09:29,590 --> 1:09:31,840 tell the ministry about lose his grandparents 1623 1:09:32,230 --> 1:09:34,450 and they're wonderful plans for her and 1624 1:09:34,450 --> 1:09:35,530 where do you have come to me 1625 1:09:35,530 --> 1:09:38,110 miss bar he said hey you a 1626 1:09:38,110 --> 1:09:40,570 little worried to about lucy i don't 1627 1:09:40,570 --> 1:09:42,370 know what to think mister her i 1628 1:09:42,370 --> 1:09:44,830 had been advised by his friends in 1629 1:09:44,830 --> 1:09:46,660 new york that she was probably on 1630 1:09:46,660 --> 1:09:49,360 vacation traveling with friends now i find 1631 1:09:49,360 --> 1:09:51,280 that she isn't exactly how that is 1632 1:09:51,640 --> 1:09:54,670 unless there's been some misunderstanding to minister 1633 1:09:54,670 --> 1:09:57,040 said that was possible then we speak 1634 1:09:57,040 --> 1:09:59,080 frankly to you miss bar i wasn't 1635 1:09:59,080 --> 1:10:01,600 keen about lucy taking this job at 1636 1:10:01,600 --> 1:10:03,880 least not so quickly as hard to 1637 1:10:03,880 --> 1:10:05,980 get a little better acquainted with mrs 1638 1:10:05,980 --> 1:10:08,470 he first before she went up traveling 1639 1:10:08,470 --> 1:10:10,895 with her it's to mrs hughes showed 1640 1:10:10,895 --> 1:10:14,380 lucy unimpeachable references and she seemed to 1641 1:10:14,380 --> 1:10:16,900 be a substantial percent did you meet 1642 1:10:16,900 --> 1:10:20,290 mrs heath vicky assed i very much 1643 1:10:20,290 --> 1:10:22,960 wanted to the ministry said but unfortunately 1644 1:10:22,960 --> 1:10:24,700 the lady was too ill was a 1645 1:10:24,700 --> 1:10:26,710 virus to see me we did have 1646 1:10:26,710 --> 1:10:29,170 a pleasant telephone congress patient i was 1647 1:10:29,170 --> 1:10:31,510 left with the impression that she is 1648 1:10:31,510 --> 1:10:34,900 above reproach still i'm not satisfied he 1649 1:10:34,900 --> 1:10:36,940 looked out the window where the elementary 1650 1:10:36,940 --> 1:10:39,820 stood you see the minister said that 1651 1:10:39,820 --> 1:10:42,280 lucy had met mrs heat at a 1652 1:10:42,280 --> 1:10:44,350 woman's her to and later from the 1653 1:10:44,350 --> 1:10:46,960 start and some ways mrs heathrow minded 1654 1:10:46,960 --> 1:10:49,820 lucy of her mother she missed within 1655 1:10:49,820 --> 1:10:51,530 a short time only about a week 1656 1:10:51,890 --> 1:10:53,780 they were good friends and mrs he's 1657 1:10:53,780 --> 1:10:55,760 asked busy with whether she would like 1658 1:10:55,760 --> 1:10:58,040 to be her secretary and traveling companion 1659 1:10:58,490 --> 1:11:00,140 lucy he came to mr hard to 1660 1:11:00,140 --> 1:11:02,600 talk it over with him mrs he's 1661 1:11:02,630 --> 1:11:05,450 offer was attractive a long term job 1662 1:11:05,480 --> 1:11:08,390 interesting work a good salary plus her 1663 1:11:08,480 --> 1:11:10,880 oh her living costs paid for by 1664 1:11:10,880 --> 1:11:13,160 mrs heath and a chance to travel 1665 1:11:13,700 --> 1:11:15,860 who's he felt the confined living in 1666 1:11:15,860 --> 1:11:17,720 the city and working at a routine 1667 1:11:17,720 --> 1:11:20,330 job so misses his plan appeal to 1668 1:11:20,330 --> 1:11:22,430 her i pointed out to the see 1669 1:11:22,430 --> 1:11:23,990 that she needed and be and such 1670 1:11:23,990 --> 1:11:25,820 a hurry to give up her job 1671 1:11:25,820 --> 1:11:27,680 and accept this new one said the 1672 1:11:27,680 --> 1:11:30,470 minister for she told me mrs heath 1673 1:11:30,470 --> 1:11:31,970 was eager to start work on her 1674 1:11:31,970 --> 1:11:34,640 book and anyway as lucy pointed out 1675 1:11:34,640 --> 1:11:36,470 to me they do not rush off 1676 1:11:36,470 --> 1:11:39,380 at once lucy give up her job 1677 1:11:39,680 --> 1:11:41,480 at the insurance company for the next 1678 1:11:41,480 --> 1:11:43,760 two weeks helped to mrs he's prepare 1679 1:11:43,760 --> 1:11:46,010 for her per trip and did some 1680 1:11:46,010 --> 1:11:47,900 library of you search for her i 1681 1:11:47,900 --> 1:11:49,850 must him at least he seemed interested 1682 1:11:49,850 --> 1:11:52,550 a happy said the minister and those 1683 1:11:52,550 --> 1:11:55,100 two weeks mrs he'd allow lucy plenty 1684 1:11:55,100 --> 1:11:56,540 of town to wind up her own 1685 1:11:56,540 --> 1:11:59,060 affairs and san francisco a then using 1686 1:11:59,060 --> 1:12:01,250 misses his car or rather a car 1687 1:12:01,250 --> 1:12:03,350 with mrs he the rented for several 1688 1:12:03,350 --> 1:12:05,840 months and they started out when did 1689 1:12:05,840 --> 1:12:08,030 they start vicky este he was on 1690 1:12:08,120 --> 1:12:10,520 a saturday i believe the first saturday 1691 1:12:10,580 --> 1:12:13,460 february vicky scribble down the stairs with 1692 1:12:13,460 --> 1:12:15,920 a note and did they say anything 1693 1:12:16,430 --> 1:12:18,650 or they were going oh yes certainly 1694 1:12:18,650 --> 1:12:20,450 the missed it the minister and said 1695 1:12:20,810 --> 1:12:21,950 i don't wish to give you the 1696 1:12:21,950 --> 1:12:24,500 wrong impression about mrs he's the most 1697 1:12:24,500 --> 1:12:26,390 are said to vicky i only wish 1698 1:12:26,390 --> 1:12:28,850 lucy had gotten more story and made 1699 1:12:28,850 --> 1:12:31,580 sure she and mrs he's really would 1700 1:12:31,580 --> 1:12:33,650 be compatible over a period of several 1701 1:12:33,650 --> 1:12:36,891 months close association and checked a little 1702 1:12:36,891 --> 1:12:39,140 on misses his financial ability to pay 1703 1:12:39,140 --> 1:12:42,710 all the bills and lucy salary are 1704 1:12:42,710 --> 1:12:47,480 you their plant the minister told vicky 1705 1:12:47,480 --> 1:12:49,550 who has to head slightly north and 1706 1:12:49,550 --> 1:12:51,680 east of sacramento and to mother look 1707 1:12:52,370 --> 1:12:55,760 loud country mrs have misses his head 1708 1:12:55,760 --> 1:12:58,280 made an earlier trip to the hello 1709 1:12:58,280 --> 1:13:00,860 region and said she may possibly rent 1710 1:13:00,860 --> 1:13:02,960 a house and area i received a 1711 1:13:02,960 --> 1:13:04,940 post from a post card from this 1712 1:13:04,940 --> 1:13:07,010 he said mr her just a moment 1713 1:13:08,060 --> 1:13:10,880 the minister picked up a picture postcard 1714 1:13:10,910 --> 1:13:12,560 from his debts and handed it to 1715 1:13:12,560 --> 1:13:16,130 vicky it was postmark piece of california 1716 1:13:16,460 --> 1:13:20,150 february seventeenth at four pm vicky glance 1717 1:13:20,154 --> 1:13:22,880 at the desk calendar february seventeenth was 1718 1:13:22,880 --> 1:13:25,760 the first saturday and february wasn't as 1719 1:13:25,760 --> 1:13:27,860 postcard meld the same day that lucien 1720 1:13:27,860 --> 1:13:30,620 mrs he started out vicky este yes 1721 1:13:30,620 --> 1:13:33,770 evidently loose emailed the postcard and route 1722 1:13:34,010 --> 1:13:37,580 she says nothing actually beautiful country beautiful 1723 1:13:37,580 --> 1:13:39,950 weather will write soon but she hasn't 1724 1:13:39,950 --> 1:13:42,500 written since miss bar not to me 1725 1:13:42,650 --> 1:13:44,180 or so far as i can learn 1726 1:13:44,450 --> 1:13:46,070 to any of her friends and i 1727 1:13:46,070 --> 1:13:48,410 don't know where she is vicky felt 1728 1:13:48,410 --> 1:13:51,500 a sharp miss jury have you have 1729 1:13:51,500 --> 1:13:53,420 you plan to take any steps to 1730 1:13:53,420 --> 1:13:54,860 get in touch with her mr how 1731 1:13:55,340 --> 1:13:58,010 he hesitated as not quite two weeks 1732 1:13:58,010 --> 1:14:00,260 since lucy left i believe they plan 1733 1:14:00,260 --> 1:14:02,540 to work on misses his book so 1734 1:14:02,540 --> 1:14:04,640 that possibly lucy hasn't had a chance 1735 1:14:04,640 --> 1:14:06,230 to read to me i don't mean 1736 1:14:06,230 --> 1:14:08,000 to alarm you miss bar but i 1737 1:14:08,000 --> 1:14:10,040 think you are a little alarmed mr 1738 1:14:10,040 --> 1:14:12,440 her but he thought for a moment 1739 1:14:12,740 --> 1:14:14,690 now that you pose the question yes 1740 1:14:14,990 --> 1:14:17,900 i'm uneasy about lucy did a mr 1741 1:14:17,900 --> 1:14:21,140 don't ever call you don't know that 1742 1:14:21,140 --> 1:14:23,690 troubled vicky she also wondered what really 1743 1:14:23,690 --> 1:14:26,810 lay behind new sees change jobs she 1744 1:14:26,810 --> 1:14:29,300 remarked as much to mr her yes 1745 1:14:29,300 --> 1:14:30,500 i feel there is more to know 1746 1:14:30,500 --> 1:14:32,450 about lose his job situation than we 1747 1:14:32,450 --> 1:14:35,570 do know he said he reflected maybe 1748 1:14:35,570 --> 1:14:38,111 gravy could tell you something more fuck 1749 1:14:38,120 --> 1:14:40,220 he smiled i beg your pardon did 1750 1:14:40,220 --> 1:14:43,550 you say someone's name is gravy the 1751 1:14:43,550 --> 1:14:46,970 ministers my back at her graves nolan 1752 1:14:46,970 --> 1:14:49,070 graves he and his wife are young 1753 1:14:49,070 --> 1:14:51,440 people friends or lucy she was the 1754 1:14:51,440 --> 1:14:53,990 one who dubbed him gravy his of 1755 1:14:53,990 --> 1:14:55,790 the he's a painter and he's been 1756 1:14:55,790 --> 1:14:58,190 doing lucy is perched it i think 1757 1:14:58,190 --> 1:15:02,000 that's because i think that i think 1758 1:15:02,000 --> 1:15:03,860 that because of work on the porch 1759 1:15:03,860 --> 1:15:06,110 it the graves had been seen the 1760 1:15:06,110 --> 1:15:09,860 see often and had been seen lucy 1761 1:15:10,220 --> 1:15:13,640 often more than anyone else had just 1762 1:15:13,640 --> 1:15:16,160 before she left do you think mr 1763 1:15:16,160 --> 1:15:18,290 and mrs graves would be willing to 1764 1:15:18,290 --> 1:15:20,240 talk to me about lucy vicky assed 1765 1:15:20,660 --> 1:15:22,400 will see mr have picked up the 1766 1:15:22,400 --> 1:15:25,070 telephone and dialed a number he talked 1767 1:15:25,070 --> 1:15:27,440 to noting graves paving the way for 1768 1:15:27,440 --> 1:15:29,630 vicky yes i thi i miss barking 1769 1:15:29,630 --> 1:15:32,600 come over right away vicky know what 1770 1:15:32,870 --> 1:15:35,000 yes i'll tell her thanks very much 1771 1:15:35,000 --> 1:15:36,860 the minister hung up he turned to 1772 1:15:36,860 --> 1:15:39,080 vicky graves wanted me to tell you 1773 1:15:39,110 --> 1:15:41,570 with due apologies that he has a 1774 1:15:41,570 --> 1:15:43,640 heavy work schedule if you're willing to 1775 1:15:43,640 --> 1:15:46,190 go over to telegraph hill for just 1776 1:15:46,190 --> 1:15:48,560 a short visit he be very glad 1777 1:15:48,560 --> 1:15:50,900 to see vicky got to have seen 1778 1:15:51,161 --> 1:15:53,540 you in a few minutes could even 1779 1:15:53,540 --> 1:15:55,790 a few minutes stock could be revealing 1780 1:15:56,480 --> 1:15:58,460 mr hall horror down the graves address 1781 1:15:58,730 --> 1:16:01,550 and gave vicky directions forgetting that she 1782 1:16:01,550 --> 1:16:03,200 thinks the minister were me for all 1783 1:16:03,200 --> 1:16:05,870 his help and kindness he said just 1784 1:16:05,870 --> 1:16:08,240 as warmly i feel you and i 1785 1:16:08,330 --> 1:16:10,010 are no league for or loose best 1786 1:16:10,010 --> 1:16:12,410 interests he smiled and his i seem 1787 1:16:12,410 --> 1:16:15,110 to look through and through her perhaps 1788 1:16:15,110 --> 1:16:17,030 you have more news of lucy then 1789 1:16:17,030 --> 1:16:18,650 you are willing to confide in me 1790 1:16:19,010 --> 1:16:21,260 on a first visit come back and 1791 1:16:21,260 --> 1:16:23,360 see me again whether or not you 1792 1:16:23,360 --> 1:16:26,030 learn any news grace was a large 1793 1:16:26,030 --> 1:16:28,550 noisy young man he has boomed over 1794 1:16:28,550 --> 1:16:32,540 at her he brunette heard that his 1795 1:16:32,540 --> 1:16:35,240 wife magic was out shopping he made 1796 1:16:35,240 --> 1:16:36,650 a mess of the studio and if 1797 1:16:36,650 --> 1:16:38,450 she was a friend of the see 1798 1:16:38,450 --> 1:16:40,250 how come he never met her before 1799 1:16:40,760 --> 1:16:43,850 figure followed him into a workmanlike studio 1800 1:16:43,940 --> 1:16:45,620 explain that she was only a friend 1801 1:16:45,620 --> 1:16:47,810 of a friend or their mutual friend 1802 1:16:48,200 --> 1:16:50,090 how's that again great baby boomed at 1803 1:16:50,090 --> 1:16:52,220 her he looked at her very stanley 1804 1:16:52,550 --> 1:16:55,310 interesting planes and your face ever sit 1805 1:16:55,310 --> 1:16:58,850 up for a portrait vicky perched on 1806 1:16:58,850 --> 1:17:01,730 the painted splatters wooden chair and said 1807 1:17:01,730 --> 1:17:04,160 friendly know my friend i'm too busy 1808 1:17:04,160 --> 1:17:07,010 to can we talk about lucy okay 1809 1:17:07,010 --> 1:17:09,560 gosh you look serious there isn't anything 1810 1:17:09,560 --> 1:17:11,840 wrong is there about lucy i mean 1811 1:17:12,200 --> 1:17:14,600 i don't know what anything or i 1812 1:17:14,600 --> 1:17:16,910 don't know that anything wrong vicky said 1813 1:17:16,910 --> 1:17:18,920 careful lee as just i've heard some 1814 1:17:18,920 --> 1:17:21,374 confused reports about her and she's gonna 1815 1:17:21,374 --> 1:17:23,060 of traveling with a woman she hardly 1816 1:17:23,060 --> 1:17:25,940 knows that wasn't toys my wife feels 1817 1:17:25,940 --> 1:17:28,190 the same way you do so i 1818 1:17:28,190 --> 1:17:31,220 say that heathrow in sounds alright don't 1819 1:17:31,220 --> 1:17:33,980 worry greece moved a pile of unfriend 1820 1:17:34,010 --> 1:17:35,900 calluses out of the way and sat 1821 1:17:35,900 --> 1:17:38,990 down face and vicky lucy likes that 1822 1:17:38,990 --> 1:17:42,530 mrs hughes she was motherly to lucy 1823 1:17:42,530 --> 1:17:45,560 i guess that's why vicky asked whether 1824 1:17:45,560 --> 1:17:47,960 greece have learned from lucy they had 1825 1:17:47,960 --> 1:17:50,750 not the graves was on traveled about 1826 1:17:50,750 --> 1:17:53,780 it he said recently all i want 1827 1:17:53,780 --> 1:17:55,370 is for lucy to drop i hear 1828 1:17:55,370 --> 1:17:57,892 one of these days i can finish 1829 1:17:57,892 --> 1:18:00,350 your portrait want to see it to 1830 1:18:00,350 --> 1:18:02,180 rummage through a pile of canvases and 1831 1:18:02,180 --> 1:18:04,790 pulled but and pulled out one and 1832 1:18:05,045 --> 1:18:06,830 it on and is also vicky could 1833 1:18:06,830 --> 1:18:09,220 see it she took a long curious 1834 1:18:09,260 --> 1:18:11,990 like allowing for the painter's rather abstract 1835 1:18:11,990 --> 1:18:14,000 style she could see see from graves 1836 1:18:14,000 --> 1:18:16,160 porch that lucy row look like a 1837 1:18:16,160 --> 1:18:18,380 girl with big eyes light brown hair 1838 1:18:18,710 --> 1:18:20,930 and rather square face which and feminine 1839 1:18:20,930 --> 1:18:25,010 version recalled him marshall brian's vicky could 1840 1:18:25,010 --> 1:18:27,200 also see a little of lucy pleasant 1841 1:18:27,200 --> 1:18:30,050 personality from the east way she tossed 1842 1:18:30,050 --> 1:18:32,240 a book vain whole scarf or and 1843 1:18:32,240 --> 1:18:34,430 her shoulder and her friend the half 1844 1:18:34,430 --> 1:18:38,300 smile lucy looks about lucy looks as 1845 1:18:38,300 --> 1:18:39,800 if she's about to speak for he 1846 1:18:39,800 --> 1:18:42,410 said well we did tackle out while 1847 1:18:42,410 --> 1:18:44,840 you're doing this courtship graves said she 1848 1:18:44,840 --> 1:18:46,730 was all excited about the job offer 1849 1:18:46,730 --> 1:18:48,770 from the says he's did she ever 1850 1:18:48,770 --> 1:18:51,410 talk about anyone else fergie asked about 1851 1:18:51,410 --> 1:18:55,130 her parents or or her grandparents it's 1852 1:18:55,132 --> 1:18:56,990 find that you should ask that sure 1853 1:18:57,260 --> 1:18:59,390 she always talked about her parents but 1854 1:18:59,390 --> 1:19:01,370 during the city a lot of stuff 1855 1:19:01,370 --> 1:19:03,950 about her grandparents came out funny she 1856 1:19:03,950 --> 1:19:06,020 never would have mentioned their name for 1857 1:19:06,020 --> 1:19:08,300 it was such a touchy subject with 1858 1:19:08,300 --> 1:19:11,480 her graves look certainly advocate i guess 1859 1:19:11,480 --> 1:19:13,130 it's all right to repeat it it's 1860 1:19:13,130 --> 1:19:15,860 not exactly a secret a confidence me 1861 1:19:15,860 --> 1:19:19,550 maybe well who's he told maggie me 1862 1:19:19,579 --> 1:19:21,890 that she always thought no one but 1863 1:19:21,890 --> 1:19:23,960 her parents actually really wanted her are 1864 1:19:23,960 --> 1:19:26,360 cared about her she just couldn't believe 1865 1:19:26,360 --> 1:19:28,910 her friends cared a lot about her 1866 1:19:29,210 --> 1:19:31,100 or that someday shall find a husband 1867 1:19:31,100 --> 1:19:33,230 who cares for her and her needs 1868 1:19:33,560 --> 1:19:35,150 you know what that feeling comes out 1869 1:19:35,150 --> 1:19:37,700 of from the way her grandparents reject 1870 1:19:37,700 --> 1:19:40,247 good her and her parents all lucy 1871 1:19:40,247 --> 1:19:42,620 his life made them feel him related 1872 1:19:42,920 --> 1:19:45,740 left out wouldn't answer their letters that 1873 1:19:45,740 --> 1:19:48,470 even cared to meet the granddaughter these 1874 1:19:48,500 --> 1:19:51,320 rose didn't have any close relatives they 1875 1:19:51,320 --> 1:19:53,900 sort of huddled together by themselves then 1876 1:19:53,900 --> 1:19:55,880 lucy lost her mother and then her 1877 1:19:55,880 --> 1:19:58,220 father so now lucy feels or learn 1878 1:19:58,220 --> 1:20:02,420 and unwanted well on came dismisses will 1879 1:20:02,420 --> 1:20:05,360 hurt mrs he's and she was motherly 1880 1:20:05,360 --> 1:20:08,390 to lucy besides she needed lucy she 1881 1:20:08,390 --> 1:20:10,340 wanted lucy to be with her to 1882 1:20:10,340 --> 1:20:12,140 help her with her book and to 1883 1:20:12,140 --> 1:20:14,720 be her child and campaigning she even 1884 1:20:14,720 --> 1:20:16,460 decided to go to the hills had 1885 1:20:16,460 --> 1:20:19,400 to please lucy pretty nice ever hey 1886 1:20:20,480 --> 1:20:22,820 new should have seen how much happier 1887 1:20:22,820 --> 1:20:24,320 that girl was all of a son 1888 1:20:24,770 --> 1:20:26,540 my way says that's why lucy took 1889 1:20:26,540 --> 1:20:29,210 the new job almost without hesitation i 1890 1:20:29,210 --> 1:20:31,250 tell you lose his heart is in 1891 1:20:31,250 --> 1:20:35,450 that job vicky you felt puzzled as 1892 1:20:35,450 --> 1:20:37,430 she listened to all this how could 1893 1:20:37,430 --> 1:20:39,200 a lawyer like mr done a man 1894 1:20:39,200 --> 1:20:42,110 trained to make investigations not have on 1895 1:20:42,140 --> 1:20:43,790 earth the fact that lose his job 1896 1:20:43,790 --> 1:20:46,580 with mrs heath except that mrs stacey 1897 1:20:46,610 --> 1:20:49,193 had said lucy had been an hour 1898 1:20:49,193 --> 1:20:51,530 to san francisco several times with their 1899 1:20:51,530 --> 1:20:53,980 friends just the time of mr during 1900 1:20:53,980 --> 1:20:56,890 was here mrs graves did a man 1901 1:20:57,580 --> 1:20:59,410 mr graves did a man named during 1902 1:20:59,440 --> 1:21:02,080 get in touch with you darn never 1903 1:21:02,080 --> 1:21:04,150 heard of him to lucy mention and 1904 1:21:04,180 --> 1:21:06,460 mister drawn to you crew shook his 1905 1:21:06,460 --> 1:21:08,740 head well vicky that door in the 1906 1:21:08,740 --> 1:21:10,990 see must have just missed each other 1907 1:21:11,410 --> 1:21:13,270 and some of her friends must have 1908 1:21:13,270 --> 1:21:16,039 given a garbled were incomplete account of 1909 1:21:16,060 --> 1:21:18,910 a chip and plans and the respectable 1910 1:21:18,910 --> 1:21:21,250 older lady with whom she was traveling 1911 1:21:21,850 --> 1:21:23,530 he said mrs heat and lucy we're 1912 1:21:23,530 --> 1:21:25,450 going into the hills can you tell 1913 1:21:25,450 --> 1:21:27,400 me where in the hills vicky asked 1914 1:21:27,940 --> 1:21:30,520 about three hours drive from san francisco 1915 1:21:30,820 --> 1:21:32,950 and the foothills of the sierra nevada 1916 1:21:32,950 --> 1:21:35,770 mountains gravy said it's east of the 1917 1:21:35,770 --> 1:21:38,290 grand valley and the what allowed country 1918 1:21:38,590 --> 1:21:42,010 with with all those little p growing 1919 1:21:42,670 --> 1:21:45,130 pair growing towns like fazer ville and 1920 1:21:45,160 --> 1:21:49,541 order auburn and grass valley as west 1921 1:21:49,541 --> 1:21:50,920 of the mountains on the way to 1922 1:21:50,920 --> 1:21:53,380 donors pass just about where the hills 1923 1:21:53,380 --> 1:21:55,690 really started to roll and climb and 1924 1:21:55,690 --> 1:21:57,700 start train and to my tens that's 1925 1:21:57,700 --> 1:22:00,010 her lucy spent some happy vacations with 1926 1:22:00,010 --> 1:22:02,080 her parents when she was a child 1927 1:22:02,620 --> 1:22:04,899 as graves talk to vicky visualized a 1928 1:22:04,899 --> 1:22:06,850 map of california and her my mine 1929 1:22:06,850 --> 1:22:09,550 she tried to fix the location isn't 1930 1:22:09,580 --> 1:22:12,550 marred loud country isn't the mother lode 1931 1:22:12,550 --> 1:22:15,250 country where they first discovered gold and 1932 1:22:15,280 --> 1:22:18,010 eighteen forty eight vicky asked the right 1933 1:22:18,688 --> 1:22:20,650 that's right that was a gold rush 1934 1:22:20,654 --> 1:22:23,020 county they're still mining a little gold 1935 1:22:23,183 --> 1:22:26,320 them for near the hills get gravy 1936 1:22:26,320 --> 1:22:28,720 said with a grin vicky asked him 1937 1:22:28,720 --> 1:22:31,150 when this stretch of hills was like 1938 1:22:31,570 --> 1:22:34,210 it's high about fifteen hundred or two 1939 1:22:34,210 --> 1:22:37,090 thousand feet elevation and lucy talked about 1940 1:22:37,090 --> 1:22:39,250 the pine cheese there was a little 1941 1:22:39,250 --> 1:22:41,620 town scattered through there and a lot 1942 1:22:41,620 --> 1:22:44,049 of small to five acre pair of 1943 1:22:44,049 --> 1:22:46,480 farms and arm and farms who's he 1944 1:22:46,487 --> 1:22:48,760 said it was really pretty kind of 1945 1:22:48,760 --> 1:22:51,430 quiet and peaceful not too many people 1946 1:22:51,430 --> 1:22:56,380 around isolated vicky suggestive well gravy that 1947 1:22:57,010 --> 1:22:59,860 very thoughtfully rubbed his chin as opposed 1948 1:22:59,860 --> 1:23:01,599 to mrs he's wanted to find the 1949 1:23:01,599 --> 1:23:04,570 real private location to hold up and 1950 1:23:04,570 --> 1:23:06,400 right her book she wouldn't have too 1951 1:23:06,400 --> 1:23:08,170 many neighbors to bother her in the 1952 1:23:08,170 --> 1:23:12,940 sierra foothills especially if she didn't stay 1953 1:23:12,940 --> 1:23:15,280 at ends if she rented a house 1954 1:23:15,700 --> 1:23:17,650 so lucy and mrs is for somewhere 1955 1:23:17,650 --> 1:23:20,020 in the sierra foothills around a pair 1956 1:23:20,020 --> 1:23:22,422 growing town gravy had said that there 1957 1:23:22,422 --> 1:23:24,580 was about three hours drive time from 1958 1:23:24,580 --> 1:23:27,640 san francisco by private plane vicky figured 1959 1:23:27,940 --> 1:23:29,976 it would take much less time as 1960 1:23:29,976 --> 1:23:31,990 she visited and inquired at the main 1961 1:23:31,990 --> 1:23:34,270 village and the air she probably would 1962 1:23:34,270 --> 1:23:37,044 learn something about the two women strangers 1963 1:23:37,060 --> 1:23:38,830 and the rural area would surely be 1964 1:23:38,830 --> 1:23:41,590 noticed that's what i would do vicky 1965 1:23:41,590 --> 1:23:43,210 that it's a not much of a 1966 1:23:43,210 --> 1:23:46,120 chip and it wouldn't be too difficult 1967 1:23:46,120 --> 1:23:48,070 to look around with it i did 1968 1:23:48,070 --> 1:23:49,720 promise mister bryant i would do my 1969 1:23:49,720 --> 1:23:52,210 best show he noted gravies glance and 1970 1:23:52,210 --> 1:23:54,640 the embarrassment toward large clock on the 1971 1:23:54,640 --> 1:23:56,950 war oh i'm sorry mister gray said 1972 1:23:56,950 --> 1:23:59,046 vicky mr hard to me i must 1973 1:23:59,140 --> 1:24:01,420 detain you to learn gosh i'm sorry 1974 1:24:01,480 --> 1:24:02,830 i guess i told you everything i 1975 1:24:02,830 --> 1:24:05,650 could about lucy maybe maggie what could 1976 1:24:05,650 --> 1:24:08,200 have remembered something more tricky said she 1977 1:24:08,200 --> 1:24:09,850 hoped and mean his wife another time 1978 1:24:10,300 --> 1:24:12,100 at thanks a painter and went to 1979 1:24:12,100 --> 1:24:14,470 the door if you see lucy say 1980 1:24:14,477 --> 1:24:16,810 graves letting her up tower one more 1981 1:24:16,810 --> 1:24:19,180 city will finish up to portrait so 1982 1:24:19,180 --> 1:24:21,970 long now if lucy if she saw 1983 1:24:21,970 --> 1:24:25,255 lucy she wanted to try vicky founded 1984 1:24:25,255 --> 1:24:27,910 drugstore ordered a coke and took her 1985 1:24:27,910 --> 1:24:30,220 bed sheet out of her purse to 1986 1:24:30,220 --> 1:24:33,370 bitch teacher oh her schedule the bed 1987 1:24:33,370 --> 1:24:36,790 sheet show showed her scheduled flying days 1988 1:24:36,790 --> 1:24:38,950 her and her day off she had 1989 1:24:39,010 --> 1:24:42,220 three days' rest today tomorrow and saturday 1990 1:24:42,490 --> 1:24:45,250 her next assigned site was gene cox 1991 1:24:45,250 --> 1:24:47,890 was not until nine am on saturday 1992 1:24:47,980 --> 1:24:50,320 that was fine on sunday that was 1993 1:24:50,320 --> 1:24:53,110 fine this afternoon she could arrange to 1994 1:24:53,110 --> 1:24:55,750 rent a private plane and steady maps 1995 1:24:55,990 --> 1:24:58,870 tomorrow and if necessary saturday she would 1996 1:24:58,870 --> 1:25:00,730 search when the see that should be 1997 1:25:00,730 --> 1:25:04,060 enough time vicky have one misgiving supposed 1998 1:25:04,075 --> 1:25:05,710 lucy and mrs he it's were no 1999 1:25:05,710 --> 1:25:08,290 longer and piece of her region where 2000 1:25:08,290 --> 1:25:11,590 lucy had melted a postcard suppose mrs 2001 1:25:11,590 --> 1:25:14,200 heats had decided to move on or 2002 1:25:14,200 --> 1:25:17,710 fleeting suspicious occurred to vicky suppose mrs 2003 1:25:17,710 --> 1:25:19,420 he has had never intended to settle 2004 1:25:19,420 --> 1:25:21,580 in that region the whole story of 2005 1:25:21,580 --> 1:25:23,830 the sudden job offer a disturbed vicky 2006 1:25:24,160 --> 1:25:25,960 as much as it had the minister 2007 1:25:26,530 --> 1:25:27,880 there's only one way to find out 2008 1:25:27,910 --> 1:25:30,130 figures cited and that's to go look 2009 1:25:30,130 --> 1:25:34,480 for lucy row chapter six vicky searches 2010 1:25:35,080 --> 1:25:36,820 the next morning and vicky went to 2011 1:25:36,820 --> 1:25:39,790 never to airport and marine county forty 2012 1:25:39,790 --> 1:25:42,730 minutes from san francisco having been out 2013 1:25:42,730 --> 1:25:45,490 there late yesterday afternoon she was brief 2014 1:25:45,490 --> 1:25:47,920 for her flight pacer ville her first 2015 1:25:47,920 --> 1:25:49,960 step was about a hundred and twenty 2016 1:25:49,960 --> 1:25:52,720 five miles away joe and add foster 2017 1:25:52,810 --> 1:25:54,820 demand from her she was renting the 2018 1:25:54,820 --> 1:25:58,420 cessna one fifty had remarked on her 2019 1:25:58,420 --> 1:26:01,030 air map the routes landmarks and sites 2020 1:26:01,030 --> 1:26:03,310 a small airports and and near pace 2021 1:26:03,310 --> 1:26:06,160 ago and surrounding villages the trim little 2022 1:26:06,160 --> 1:26:08,800 cessna one fifty as a single engine 2023 1:26:08,800 --> 1:26:12,550 to paste put airplane with landing sites 2024 1:26:12,820 --> 1:26:15,730 when lights for navigation and two way 2025 1:26:15,790 --> 1:26:18,370 radio vicky carefully when over the plane 2026 1:26:18,670 --> 1:26:20,380 making a line check it was in 2027 1:26:20,380 --> 1:26:23,260 a one condition and fully fueled she 2028 1:26:23,260 --> 1:26:25,207 climbed and with a lift from and 2029 1:26:25,207 --> 1:26:28,570 joe foster all okay he asked vicky 2030 1:26:28,900 --> 1:26:31,030 smiled and on it now river over 2031 1:26:31,150 --> 1:26:32,560 the plane has a fast rate of 2032 1:26:32,560 --> 1:26:37,034 climb watch it i'm remember yesterday afternoon 2033 1:26:37,034 --> 1:26:39,006 and she had texted the says now 2034 1:26:39,006 --> 1:26:40,690 run hello to see how the plane 2035 1:26:40,690 --> 1:26:43,186 handled and had fallen in love with 2036 1:26:43,210 --> 1:26:45,910 it instantly response of aircraft fig he 2037 1:26:45,910 --> 1:26:47,860 said i'll bring her back late this 2038 1:26:47,860 --> 1:26:51,340 afternoon mr foster said bring her back 2039 1:26:51,340 --> 1:26:53,890 late this afternoon mr foster said she 2040 1:26:53,890 --> 1:26:55,780 would rather not do night flying in 2041 1:26:55,870 --> 1:26:58,930 an unfamiliar airplane over a country which 2042 1:26:58,930 --> 1:27:01,660 was new to her foster waved happy 2043 1:27:01,660 --> 1:27:05,260 landings thank you see vicky close the 2044 1:27:05,260 --> 1:27:08,200 door and her feet on the petals 2045 1:27:08,200 --> 1:27:10,810 cracked the throttle forward slightly and released 2046 1:27:10,810 --> 1:27:13,150 the brakes and press the starter button 2047 1:27:13,510 --> 1:27:15,880 the plane was skimming along the airstrip 2048 1:27:16,210 --> 1:27:17,775 as the cessna love to the ground 2049 1:27:17,813 --> 1:27:20,530 vicky felt she was simply floating up 2050 1:27:20,530 --> 1:27:22,660 into the air while she was figuring 2051 1:27:22,660 --> 1:27:24,700 out how rapidly to reach the altitude 2052 1:27:25,090 --> 1:27:27,430 and airspace she wanted the cessna reach 2053 1:27:27,443 --> 1:27:29,770 these and almost flew off by acer 2054 1:27:30,292 --> 1:27:32,860 have their vicky explain the lab this 2055 1:27:32,860 --> 1:27:35,440 was exhilarating she put the nose down 2056 1:27:35,440 --> 1:27:38,440 a little in nevada and turf ne 2057 1:27:39,070 --> 1:27:42,280 once across the comparatively locos the low 2058 1:27:42,280 --> 1:27:45,340 coast range mountains vicky noise down on 2059 1:27:45,340 --> 1:27:48,970 the sacramento river flowing there floyd the 2060 1:27:48,970 --> 1:27:52,330 rich find a kettle prairie vicky bypass 2061 1:27:52,338 --> 1:27:55,390 the city of sacramento capital a california 2062 1:27:55,540 --> 1:27:58,090 and went sailing over the great valley 2063 1:27:58,120 --> 1:28:00,516 her cockpit was for a sunshine and 2064 1:28:00,520 --> 1:28:02,770 a plane flew quite smoothly she was 2065 1:28:02,770 --> 1:28:05,320 making sixty miles an hour the plane 2066 1:28:05,320 --> 1:28:07,630 could do eighty or more vicky have 2067 1:28:07,630 --> 1:28:10,510 landmarks to watch for another hour passed 2068 1:28:10,510 --> 1:28:12,700 and vicky saw the town's below to 2069 1:28:12,700 --> 1:28:14,800 a smaller and further apart and the 2070 1:28:14,800 --> 1:28:18,010 landing began to and land began to 2071 1:28:18,010 --> 1:28:20,560 roll slightly lou our lands of hills 2072 1:28:20,560 --> 1:28:23,080 appeared on the horizon ricky climb to 2073 1:28:23,080 --> 1:28:25,210 a higher up to the temperature grew 2074 1:28:25,232 --> 1:28:27,760 much cooler vicky but and her jacket 2075 1:28:28,060 --> 1:28:30,640 and flu minutes later a few minutes 2076 1:28:30,640 --> 1:28:33,670 later she saw higher much higher allies 2077 1:28:33,670 --> 1:28:36,280 on the horizon the immense distant peaks 2078 1:28:36,370 --> 1:28:38,680 of the sierra nevada's limbed up like 2079 1:28:38,680 --> 1:28:41,500 a great war rookie consulted her aircraft 2080 1:28:41,800 --> 1:28:44,230 and let down to locate pacer it 2081 1:28:44,230 --> 1:28:45,820 was the first over the village is 2082 1:28:45,820 --> 1:28:47,860 nestled law and the side of the 2083 1:28:47,860 --> 1:28:52,180 distant motives vicky found the local airstrip 2084 1:28:52,180 --> 1:28:54,670 i made a neat landing mechanic at 2085 1:28:54,670 --> 1:28:57,550 work a mechanic at work in the 2086 1:28:57,550 --> 1:28:59,590 hangar told her it was ten minutes 2087 1:28:59,590 --> 1:29:01,450 walk to the town or you can 2088 1:29:01,450 --> 1:29:03,970 hitch a ride miss thanks i walk 2089 1:29:04,000 --> 1:29:05,707 she was pretty wary of driving with 2090 1:29:05,707 --> 1:29:08,496 strangers and besides the country side of 2091 1:29:08,500 --> 1:29:10,780 a net and fruit ranches offered a 2092 1:29:10,780 --> 1:29:14,050 beautiful walk in the village vicky acquired 2093 1:29:14,170 --> 1:29:16,300 at the first small hotel the owner 2094 1:29:16,300 --> 1:29:20,200 put down his paper and oblige obliging 2095 1:29:20,260 --> 1:29:22,420 looking through the rich to step it 2096 1:29:22,420 --> 1:29:25,150 had just it just had a few 2097 1:29:25,150 --> 1:29:27,610 guess this it miss lucy and mrs 2098 1:29:27,610 --> 1:29:29,980 heath were not among them did you 2099 1:29:29,980 --> 1:29:32,440 see any older woman with a young 2100 1:29:32,440 --> 1:29:34,300 brown haired woman for asked at the 2101 1:29:34,300 --> 1:29:37,240 hotel as to the hotel or no 2102 1:29:37,240 --> 1:29:39,190 miss why don't you ask at the 2103 1:29:39,220 --> 1:29:41,530 pines and motel you can find them 2104 1:29:41,560 --> 1:29:44,980 pierre vicky telephoned the motor a had 2105 1:29:44,980 --> 1:29:46,933 no record or recall the to for 2106 1:29:46,933 --> 1:29:48,920 her she went to the place of 2107 1:29:48,920 --> 1:29:52,000 will russia garage police office and past 2108 1:29:52,360 --> 1:29:54,550 no news murky flew on to the 2109 1:29:54,550 --> 1:29:57,010 next town over she tacked with a 2110 1:29:57,010 --> 1:29:59,980 friend a friendly tradesman in a local 2111 1:30:02,230 --> 1:30:04,450 local people at the roadside stand heaped 2112 1:30:04,450 --> 1:30:07,780 with cherries almonds grapes wallet and apple's 2113 1:30:08,170 --> 1:30:10,060 know and know even the motel keeper 2114 1:30:10,420 --> 1:30:12,310 where the gas station owner had seen 2115 1:30:12,310 --> 1:30:14,800 the woman and the girl ricky described 2116 1:30:15,160 --> 1:30:18,160 neither of abrons police officers the next 2117 1:30:18,160 --> 1:30:22,240 town marysville vicky acquired again no results 2118 1:30:22,360 --> 1:30:24,340 in each vote for each a few 2119 1:30:24,340 --> 1:30:26,410 of them were almost ghost towns of 2120 1:30:26,410 --> 1:30:28,690 gold rush fame she got the same 2121 1:30:28,690 --> 1:30:30,370 story no one had seen the two 2122 1:30:30,370 --> 1:30:33,160 women by mid afternoon vicky felt badly 2123 1:30:33,160 --> 1:30:36,370 discouraged well except shall i give up 2124 1:30:36,940 --> 1:30:38,950 vicky thought it over so far she 2125 1:30:38,950 --> 1:30:41,526 had tried only the villages diminished during 2126 1:30:41,530 --> 1:30:44,500 painter had mentioned the possibility that mrs 2127 1:30:44,500 --> 1:30:46,000 he's might rent a house in the 2128 1:30:46,000 --> 1:30:48,970 sierra foothills a house off by itself 2129 1:30:48,970 --> 1:30:50,950 in the hills that's the next thing 2130 1:30:50,950 --> 1:30:53,620 to look for and ask about vicky 2131 1:30:53,620 --> 1:30:55,960 took the cessna up again thinking hard 2132 1:30:55,960 --> 1:30:57,610 about the best way to locate such 2133 1:30:57,610 --> 1:30:59,950 a house she had been last fifteen 2134 1:30:59,950 --> 1:31:02,650 minutes when she decided it these precaution 2135 1:31:03,040 --> 1:31:05,710 to replenish your gas supply the aircraft 2136 1:31:05,710 --> 1:31:08,170 showed a small airport off to the 2137 1:31:08,170 --> 1:31:10,360 north the the air chirp showed a 2138 1:31:10,360 --> 1:31:12,370 small airport off to the north east 2139 1:31:12,700 --> 1:31:14,500 vicky hope she could buy gas there 2140 1:31:14,770 --> 1:31:18,070 she turned her she turned reduce speed 2141 1:31:18,070 --> 1:31:20,200 and watched for the airport just or 2142 1:31:20,200 --> 1:31:22,480 the highway she spotted a meadow with 2143 1:31:22,480 --> 1:31:24,820 airstrips mode in the grass three or 2144 1:31:24,820 --> 1:31:27,040 four planes and cars were parked outside 2145 1:31:27,040 --> 1:31:28,840 a bar which must be a hangar 2146 1:31:29,140 --> 1:31:31,360 she's circled low over the meadow twice 2147 1:31:31,570 --> 1:31:33,070 to let the people know she wanted 2148 1:31:33,070 --> 1:31:35,290 to lead to and him cover all 2149 1:31:35,380 --> 1:31:37,360 came out of the hair they motioned 2150 1:31:37,360 --> 1:31:39,130 of to or and had to come 2151 1:31:39,130 --> 1:31:41,620 down and pointed to the woodstock atop 2152 1:31:41,620 --> 1:31:43,720 the bar vicky why got the played 2153 1:31:43,720 --> 1:31:46,510 in reply flu in nyc air patter 2154 1:31:46,840 --> 1:31:49,210 and coasted of for a landing by 2155 1:31:49,210 --> 1:31:51,220 the times the other men were encouraged 2156 1:31:51,250 --> 1:31:53,080 had come to watch her they gave 2157 1:31:53,080 --> 1:31:54,940 vicky a friendly smile she stepped out 2158 1:31:54,940 --> 1:31:57,490 of the plane hello anything we can 2159 1:31:57,490 --> 1:31:59,648 do for you one astor they were 2160 1:31:59,648 --> 1:32:01,870 all young men deeply tanned was son 2161 1:32:02,110 --> 1:32:04,480 squinted lights are on their eyes and 2162 1:32:04,480 --> 1:32:07,240 immediately interested in vicky cessna one fifty 2163 1:32:07,570 --> 1:32:09,130 thanks i like to buy some gas 2164 1:32:09,130 --> 1:32:11,350 here fake said and maybe ill advised 2165 1:32:11,350 --> 1:32:12,520 me and how to find a place 2166 1:32:12,520 --> 1:32:14,740 i'm looking for glad to do both 2167 1:32:14,770 --> 1:32:17,110 said one young man i'm was clarke 2168 1:32:17,500 --> 1:32:19,690 quay introduced the for others the to 2169 1:32:20,020 --> 1:32:22,690 make any brothers a red headed code 2170 1:32:22,690 --> 1:32:24,760 red jones and at all man who 2171 1:32:24,880 --> 1:32:29,200 had spoken first check winter jack whitey 2172 1:32:29,650 --> 1:32:31,750 vicky told them her name and said 2173 1:32:31,750 --> 1:32:35,320 her home was in fairview illinois they 2174 1:32:35,320 --> 1:32:37,480 all said hello and invited vicky to 2175 1:32:37,480 --> 1:32:40,060 see their play she was interested in 2176 1:32:40,060 --> 1:32:42,760 their heavy played with special equipment and 2177 1:32:42,760 --> 1:32:45,190 as what they were doing were prospecting 2178 1:32:45,190 --> 1:32:47,470 from the sky was foster said we 2179 1:32:47,475 --> 1:32:49,960 search for buried in the ground mostly 2180 1:32:49,960 --> 1:32:52,120 for a mineral packets want to see 2181 1:32:52,120 --> 1:32:54,790 how the aerial miners work i suddenly 2182 1:32:54,790 --> 1:32:57,010 want to know when about a long 2183 1:32:57,010 --> 1:32:59,170 to peter thing tied to the back 2184 1:32:59,170 --> 1:33:01,690 of your plane is vicky admitted the 2185 1:33:01,690 --> 1:33:04,394 vicky brothers said as ours they were 2186 1:33:04,420 --> 1:33:06,550 that shook experts and at worth they 2187 1:33:06,550 --> 1:33:08,830 sat inside the big achievements to watch 2188 1:33:09,100 --> 1:33:11,322 for the tell tell lump or dialed 2189 1:33:11,322 --> 1:33:13,330 the us at this new per plane 2190 1:33:13,360 --> 1:33:16,000 flew over the mountains lakes and valleys 2191 1:33:16,240 --> 1:33:19,000 the admin extend vic explained to vicky 2192 1:33:19,000 --> 1:33:21,730 that a strong radioactive source such as 2193 1:33:21,730 --> 1:33:24,490 uranium showed on the detectors do you 2194 1:33:24,490 --> 1:33:26,740 need maps or vicky este she was 2195 1:33:26,740 --> 1:33:28,720 thinking of her own search for a 2196 1:33:28,750 --> 1:33:32,110 secluded a house in the hills sure 2197 1:33:32,170 --> 1:33:35,950 we use maps who were years sure 2198 1:33:35,950 --> 1:33:37,990 we use maps why doing here is 2199 1:33:37,990 --> 1:33:40,990 our aerial photographer he makes an aerial 2200 1:33:40,990 --> 1:33:43,720 survey with a movie camera thats coordinated 2201 1:33:44,080 --> 1:33:46,869 with electronic needles then he pieces of 2202 1:33:46,869 --> 1:33:48,910 for us together and when big map 2203 1:33:49,960 --> 1:33:54,250 all that he gives us he then 2204 1:33:54,280 --> 1:33:57,220 pieces the photographs together into one big 2205 1:33:57,220 --> 1:33:59,650 every a map that gives us and 2206 1:33:59,650 --> 1:34:02,860 our geologist and overall picture of the 2207 1:34:02,860 --> 1:34:06,400 reasons were exploring read joe stammered so 2208 1:34:06,400 --> 1:34:09,520 he told vicky he was a geologist 2209 1:34:09,520 --> 1:34:11,260 on the team she asked if she 2210 1:34:11,260 --> 1:34:13,450 might see the map he used were 2211 1:34:13,450 --> 1:34:15,430 just looking at it in the hangar 2212 1:34:15,430 --> 1:34:18,430 come on miss bar they all went 2213 1:34:18,430 --> 1:34:20,140 into the hangar where the equipment and 2214 1:34:20,140 --> 1:34:23,560 large photographing map were spread out on 2215 1:34:23,560 --> 1:34:25,570 the table jack white in and west 2216 1:34:25,570 --> 1:34:27,400 clerk started to explain the map to 2217 1:34:27,400 --> 1:34:29,740 vicky they said it showed the contours 2218 1:34:29,740 --> 1:34:31,720 and tips or the peaks and rugged 2219 1:34:31,720 --> 1:34:33,430 terrain or on here the for a 2220 1:34:33,430 --> 1:34:35,980 map was build a complicated diagram and 2221 1:34:35,980 --> 1:34:37,270 it was not easy for of vicky 2222 1:34:37,270 --> 1:34:39,280 to read where are you looking for 2223 1:34:39,280 --> 1:34:42,550 anything in particular were fighting the aerial 2224 1:34:42,550 --> 1:34:45,880 photographer astor yes an isolated house sitter 2225 1:34:45,880 --> 1:34:48,670 a key that's a tall order there 2226 1:34:48,670 --> 1:34:50,590 are several houses and buildings off by 2227 1:34:50,590 --> 1:34:53,350 themselves way up in the hills was 2228 1:34:53,350 --> 1:34:55,480 clerk suggested that they start by looking 2229 1:34:55,480 --> 1:34:57,670 in such houses on the photo map 2230 1:34:57,940 --> 1:35:00,040 they located several small marks on the 2231 1:35:00,040 --> 1:35:03,430 map which were houses however you remember 2232 1:35:03,730 --> 1:35:05,200 that to of the boys were power 2233 1:35:05,200 --> 1:35:08,350 stations one a sportsman hunting lodge and 2234 1:35:08,350 --> 1:35:10,060 one house a new to report it 2235 1:35:10,060 --> 1:35:12,340 up what's this vicky put her finger 2236 1:35:12,730 --> 1:35:14,050 on a bird spot on the for 2237 1:35:14,050 --> 1:35:15,760 a map it's the size of a 2238 1:35:15,760 --> 1:35:18,640 pin head that's a half a dozen 2239 1:35:18,640 --> 1:35:21,370 houses and a general store to smile 2240 1:35:21,370 --> 1:35:23,046 you and to be a village the 2241 1:35:23,080 --> 1:35:25,870 and mckee brother said no post office 2242 1:35:25,870 --> 1:35:28,322 or anything the ranchers around their called 2243 1:35:28,322 --> 1:35:30,820 the place pine tar no i don't 2244 1:35:30,820 --> 1:35:33,490 mean the cluster houses where he insisted 2245 1:35:33,580 --> 1:35:35,770 i mean this tiny dogs but could 2246 1:35:35,770 --> 1:35:37,660 it be a hidden house the young 2247 1:35:37,660 --> 1:35:39,940 men peered at the player could be 2248 1:35:40,030 --> 1:35:42,400 the aerial photo or said finally lets 2249 1:35:42,400 --> 1:35:45,130 a forest and high windy roads at 2250 1:35:45,130 --> 1:35:46,930 that point if it's a house it's 2251 1:35:46,930 --> 1:35:49,000 hidden all right the camera doesn't tell 2252 1:35:49,000 --> 1:35:52,380 what templars i'm afraid vicky looks certainly 2253 1:35:52,380 --> 1:35:54,130 at the map she cannot see any 2254 1:35:54,130 --> 1:35:56,380 other mark which suggested a private house 2255 1:35:56,950 --> 1:35:59,590 only the one above pine tar i 2256 1:35:59,590 --> 1:36:02,230 think she said slowly of gamble on 2257 1:36:02,230 --> 1:36:05,020 it and fly to pine tar maintain 2258 1:36:05,020 --> 1:36:07,540 enough altitude was cleric advice to you 2259 1:36:07,540 --> 1:36:09,730 can get guess from someone at pine 2260 1:36:09,730 --> 1:36:13,024 top if necessary gas vicky remembered and 2261 1:36:13,024 --> 1:36:14,620 need some right now if he can 2262 1:36:14,620 --> 1:36:17,110 spare the airfield had a commercial so 2263 1:36:17,110 --> 1:36:19,540 aw service gas pump was clark said 2264 1:36:19,540 --> 1:36:22,090 with a grin or advice is free 2265 1:36:22,360 --> 1:36:23,410 for you have to pay for the 2266 1:36:23,410 --> 1:36:25,810 guess i'm glad to have both said 2267 1:36:25,810 --> 1:36:28,125 vicky the young men helped her to 2268 1:36:28,125 --> 1:36:30,220 that refuel her plate and watch to 2269 1:36:30,223 --> 1:36:32,890 climb in was clegg looked at his 2270 1:36:32,980 --> 1:36:35,170 wristwatch and set pretty late in the 2271 1:36:35,170 --> 1:36:37,360 afternoon to head for pine tar i 2272 1:36:37,360 --> 1:36:39,280 wouldn't try it for the first time 2273 1:36:39,280 --> 1:36:41,800 at dusk if area they were right 2274 1:36:41,950 --> 1:36:43,510 and to explore a half months in 2275 1:36:43,510 --> 1:36:46,115 history by air and fading light would 2276 1:36:46,115 --> 1:36:48,820 be foolhardy besides she was growing tired 2277 1:36:49,120 --> 1:36:50,740 and there was still the return flight 2278 1:36:50,740 --> 1:36:53,110 to san francisco to make all right 2279 1:36:53,410 --> 1:36:55,270 i'll try for pint up tomorrow she 2280 1:36:55,270 --> 1:36:57,610 said she smiled and waved at the 2281 1:36:57,610 --> 1:36:59,830 five young man think so lot for 2282 1:36:59,830 --> 1:37:01,930 everything out to see you all again 2283 1:37:01,930 --> 1:37:04,930 sometime see you there repeated get home 2284 1:37:04,930 --> 1:37:08,590 safely happy landings that named vicky dreamed 2285 1:37:08,590 --> 1:37:10,810 of pine tar and of the dark 2286 1:37:10,810 --> 1:37:13,630 fantastic how's clinging to the wouldn't mountainside 2287 1:37:14,080 --> 1:37:16,480 those troubled pictures were of of reflection 2288 1:37:16,480 --> 1:37:20,590 of her worry about lose he actually 2289 1:37:20,650 --> 1:37:22,330 when she was a wide awake on 2290 1:37:22,330 --> 1:37:25,270 saturday afternoon and looking down friend the 2291 1:37:25,270 --> 1:37:28,390 cessna one fifteen the bright sky pint 2292 1:37:28,390 --> 1:37:29,830 up turn out to be a cheerful 2293 1:37:29,830 --> 1:37:32,020 place there wasn't much of a pint 2294 1:37:32,020 --> 1:37:34,240 up just a few houses clustered together 2295 1:37:34,690 --> 1:37:37,390 and refreshing green a forest and harry's 2296 1:37:37,480 --> 1:37:40,780 gazing lands she looked down and sickle 2297 1:37:40,900 --> 1:37:42,940 losing altitude searching for an area to 2298 1:37:42,940 --> 1:37:45,190 land the one level place she could 2299 1:37:45,190 --> 1:37:47,200 see was a back road and a 2300 1:37:47,200 --> 1:37:50,140 white empty dirt road vicky came down 2301 1:37:50,140 --> 1:37:53,320 bubbly and stuck down the played at 2302 1:37:53,320 --> 1:37:54,459 the sight of the road and a 2303 1:37:54,459 --> 1:37:56,740 hike toward the house now one was 2304 1:37:56,740 --> 1:37:58,810 and say no one was and say 2305 1:37:59,170 --> 1:38:01,510 only a yellow hound dog for general 2306 1:38:01,510 --> 1:38:03,370 store seemed the like the as place 2307 1:38:03,370 --> 1:38:06,070 to make inquiries going and vicky found 2308 1:38:06,135 --> 1:38:08,650 deserted she looked around had the shelves 2309 1:38:08,701 --> 1:38:11,530 counters boxes and barrels piled with provisions 2310 1:38:11,890 --> 1:38:13,420 for live in deep in the country 2311 1:38:13,690 --> 1:38:14,830 she known as the bell on the 2312 1:38:14,830 --> 1:38:16,750 counter and rang it did wait it 2313 1:38:17,440 --> 1:38:19,270 presently a man or woman came in 2314 1:38:19,270 --> 1:38:22,090 and carrying baskets of garden produce they 2315 1:38:22,090 --> 1:38:23,798 sake a mine to vicky and looked 2316 1:38:23,798 --> 1:38:26,350 at her curiously was a you fine 2317 1:38:26,355 --> 1:38:28,390 around here a while ago the man 2318 1:38:28,390 --> 1:38:31,510 as vicky smiled and nodded well what 2319 1:38:31,510 --> 1:38:32,800 are you doing in these parts young 2320 1:38:32,800 --> 1:38:35,290 lady we don't often see strangers the 2321 1:38:35,290 --> 1:38:37,690 woman put in she said their names 2322 1:38:37,780 --> 1:38:41,350 were carl edgy part potter my that's 2323 1:38:41,350 --> 1:38:43,565 a handsome jacket you're worried thank you 2324 1:38:43,565 --> 1:38:45,310 said vicky i wonder if you'd give 2325 1:38:45,310 --> 1:38:47,350 me some advice a cup or were 2326 1:38:47,380 --> 1:38:49,090 eager to help i wonder if you 2327 1:38:49,090 --> 1:38:51,160 seen an elderly lady with a brown 2328 1:38:51,160 --> 1:38:53,440 haired girl about my age who had 2329 1:38:53,451 --> 1:38:55,600 her why sure enough we have to 2330 1:38:55,600 --> 1:38:58,540 answer vicky's hopes the dup they came 2331 1:38:58,540 --> 1:39:00,790 in here in a car about to 2332 1:39:00,790 --> 1:39:03,160 weeks ago the lady's name was mrs 2333 1:39:03,160 --> 1:39:05,890 elizabeth he's though i'm in said importantly 2334 1:39:06,250 --> 1:39:07,681 i saw her name on it and 2335 1:39:07,900 --> 1:39:10,570 vacation tag tied to her suitcase i 2336 1:39:10,570 --> 1:39:12,250 noticed it when i carried some of 2337 1:39:12,280 --> 1:39:14,110 the is out of to her car 2338 1:39:14,620 --> 1:39:16,420 i can figure out whether the girl 2339 1:39:16,480 --> 1:39:18,700 is her daughter or nice or exactly 2340 1:39:18,700 --> 1:39:21,160 what they brought a whole carlo order 2341 1:39:21,160 --> 1:39:23,530 groceries from us the same day the 2342 1:39:23,530 --> 1:39:25,120 guy here who went up to the 2343 1:39:25,120 --> 1:39:27,640 old giddens place the house up in 2344 1:39:27,640 --> 1:39:30,640 the hills vicky este for her nobody's 2345 1:39:30,640 --> 1:39:33,910 seen or nobody's seen hide nor hair 2346 1:39:34,240 --> 1:39:36,753 of them since said in that village 2347 1:39:36,845 --> 1:39:38,950 gets from the telephone company strung up 2348 1:39:38,950 --> 1:39:40,840 a wire to their house so we 2349 1:39:40,840 --> 1:39:43,450 know mrs he has the phone working 2350 1:39:43,450 --> 1:39:46,090 again except for the phony me to 2351 1:39:46,090 --> 1:39:48,220 bring more groceries she has and called 2352 1:39:48,220 --> 1:39:51,400 up nobody here that woman's stiffened that 2353 1:39:51,400 --> 1:39:54,010 mrs heath was on pity when she 2354 1:39:54,010 --> 1:39:56,283 brought her groceries from us the girls 2355 1:39:56,283 --> 1:39:58,870 seem real nice though it's the girl 2356 1:39:58,870 --> 1:40:00,700 want to see ricky fault a great 2357 1:40:00,700 --> 1:40:03,232 sense of relief at actually haven't located 2358 1:40:03,232 --> 1:40:05,470 in mrs he said see how far 2359 1:40:05,470 --> 1:40:07,450 as the gilded place from here oh 2360 1:40:07,450 --> 1:40:09,670 about twenty minutes up and awfully curry 2361 1:40:09,670 --> 1:40:11,950 narrow piece of wrote we could drive 2362 1:40:11,950 --> 1:40:14,170 you up there now piled into the 2363 1:40:14,170 --> 1:40:17,290 couples jalopy the narrow road up the 2364 1:40:17,290 --> 1:40:20,110 house claim and round on a wet 2365 1:40:20,110 --> 1:40:22,450 day said mrs porter anyone who drives 2366 1:40:22,450 --> 1:40:25,390 on issued would break his neck at 2367 1:40:25,408 --> 1:40:27,340 the top of the road the land 2368 1:40:27,670 --> 1:40:29,470 leveled off and they reached the high 2369 1:40:29,470 --> 1:40:31,870 stone wall behind it vicky could see 2370 1:40:31,870 --> 1:40:33,580 on a tree tops and the second 2371 1:40:33,580 --> 1:40:36,190 floor of a house the party said 2372 1:40:36,190 --> 1:40:38,650 the was completely enclosed the gilded place 2373 1:40:39,100 --> 1:40:41,380 mister potter stuff to car before a 2374 1:40:41,380 --> 1:40:43,510 large wooden door in the hot we 2375 1:40:43,510 --> 1:40:45,790 have to hug he said when there 2376 1:40:45,790 --> 1:40:47,620 was no answer he tried the door 2377 1:40:47,920 --> 1:40:50,290 locked he said and you porter raised 2378 1:40:50,290 --> 1:40:53,230 her voice overs is heath mrs he's 2379 1:40:53,470 --> 1:40:56,860 still no answer maybe nobody's home vicky 2380 1:40:56,860 --> 1:40:59,080 said the upstairs windows are open and 2381 1:40:59,080 --> 1:41:01,870 the curtains open to somebody supposedly home 2382 1:41:03,350 --> 1:41:06,650 mr porter home to mrs buttercup vicky 2383 1:41:06,650 --> 1:41:08,030 knocked on the wooden door and the 2384 1:41:08,030 --> 1:41:10,268 war they had made so much noise 2385 1:41:10,280 --> 1:41:11,900 at a flock of birds swooped out 2386 1:41:11,900 --> 1:41:14,090 of the nearby tree and flew away 2387 1:41:14,540 --> 1:41:17,570 now very narrowly mrs potter grumbled vicky 2388 1:41:17,570 --> 1:41:20,210 felt discomfort you granted them mrs he 2389 1:41:20,270 --> 1:41:22,220 wanted an isolated place in which to 2390 1:41:22,220 --> 1:41:24,423 read her book still did the to 2391 1:41:24,423 --> 1:41:26,300 women in have to isolate themselves so 2392 1:41:26,300 --> 1:41:29,090 rigidly well we might as well go 2393 1:41:29,090 --> 1:41:31,490 said mrs potter they made a cautious 2394 1:41:31,490 --> 1:41:34,310 descend down the narrow steeper the potters 2395 1:41:34,310 --> 1:41:36,620 joe vicky back to this but where 2396 1:41:36,620 --> 1:41:38,537 she had parked the plane they would 2397 1:41:38,537 --> 1:41:40,528 not hear of accepting the payment she 2398 1:41:40,528 --> 1:41:43,278 effort and saved ribeye she wait and 2399 1:41:43,278 --> 1:41:45,710 until the potters drove safely off fact 2400 1:41:45,710 --> 1:41:46,970 the road and that she got into 2401 1:41:46,970 --> 1:41:49,460 the cessna taxied as far as the 2402 1:41:49,460 --> 1:41:51,230 rope from it it and took off 2403 1:41:51,560 --> 1:41:53,270 in the air she figured out a 2404 1:41:53,270 --> 1:41:55,370 route which would take a clear of 2405 1:41:55,370 --> 1:41:58,700 the just leave hillside near bring her 2406 1:41:58,700 --> 1:42:00,980 over the house within sight of the 2407 1:42:00,980 --> 1:42:03,860 was the house the fast plane rolled 2408 1:42:03,890 --> 1:42:07,610 a little when vicky overt tried it 2409 1:42:07,610 --> 1:42:10,370 to fly more slowly first she followed 2410 1:42:10,370 --> 1:42:12,740 the war to get her beckons and 2411 1:42:12,740 --> 1:42:14,930 relation to the house and road and 2412 1:42:14,930 --> 1:42:16,790 took it for a possible place to 2413 1:42:16,790 --> 1:42:18,920 land she was surprised to see that 2414 1:42:18,920 --> 1:42:20,510 the property covered quite a bit of 2415 1:42:20,540 --> 1:42:22,700 acreage the far end of it was 2416 1:42:22,700 --> 1:42:25,070 hilly woods but this led to a 2417 1:42:25,160 --> 1:42:27,890 lawn family level stretch of me of 2418 1:42:28,040 --> 1:42:30,800 which were afford landing area the metre 2419 1:42:30,803 --> 1:42:32,660 lead up to the house before she 2420 1:42:32,660 --> 1:42:34,490 knew it vicky have thought over the 2421 1:42:34,490 --> 1:42:37,100 house which was known very large she 2422 1:42:37,100 --> 1:42:39,080 would have circle around to fly back 2423 1:42:39,080 --> 1:42:40,760 for a better luck the house was 2424 1:42:40,760 --> 1:42:44,180 rather rested and along and low it 2425 1:42:44,180 --> 1:42:45,980 was not far from the road behind 2426 1:42:45,980 --> 1:42:47,990 the wall and gardens right it it 2427 1:42:48,320 --> 1:42:50,270 and for and both sides but the 2428 1:42:50,270 --> 1:42:52,640 most interesting thing she saw below was 2429 1:42:52,640 --> 1:42:54,740 to women working in the garden on 2430 1:42:54,740 --> 1:42:56,360 the sunny south side of the house 2431 1:42:56,760 --> 1:42:58,880 one woman was gray haired the other 2432 1:42:58,880 --> 1:43:00,680 figure was a girl was brought here 2433 1:43:00,950 --> 1:43:03,740 she was thrown around her shoulders a 2434 1:43:03,740 --> 1:43:06,860 bookie green wouldn't scarf like the scarf 2435 1:43:06,860 --> 1:43:10,014 and the porsche lucy thought and excitement 2436 1:43:10,040 --> 1:43:12,770 dose lucy row high fighter and the 2437 1:43:12,770 --> 1:43:14,690 instant the see flew over them they 2438 1:43:14,697 --> 1:43:16,250 looked up at the plane which had 2439 1:43:16,250 --> 1:43:19,190 no flown past twice vicky that would 2440 1:43:19,190 --> 1:43:21,491 they be astonished when i landed inside 2441 1:43:21,491 --> 1:43:23,930 there was she headed over the meadow 2442 1:43:23,966 --> 1:43:26,480 thinking about the wind direction and then 2443 1:43:26,480 --> 1:43:28,100 it's for you then she'll run read 2444 1:43:28,100 --> 1:43:30,560 at a glance tourists and watch that 2445 1:43:30,560 --> 1:43:32,960 was alarmed at the time there was 2446 1:43:32,960 --> 1:43:35,158 simply wasn't time to landed talk to 2447 1:43:35,158 --> 1:43:37,070 lucy him as mrs heath her free 2448 1:43:37,100 --> 1:43:39,950 time had nearly out vicky was obliged 2449 1:43:39,950 --> 1:43:41,624 to fly past the meadow beyond that 2450 1:43:41,624 --> 1:43:43,490 word he'll say and out over the 2451 1:43:43,490 --> 1:43:45,770 point out country in the direction of 2452 1:43:45,770 --> 1:43:48,440 the coast and san francisco she was 2453 1:43:48,440 --> 1:43:51,800 extremely disappointed well i have ample time 2454 1:43:51,800 --> 1:43:53,870 off next week vicky consoled her so 2455 1:43:54,260 --> 1:43:55,070 i'll come back

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