:08:10
Father.
:08:11
I wish you'd leave me alone,
Flora, when I'm working.
:08:13
I can't bear it. We've got to do something.
:08:15
- Do something? What about?
- About Jack.
:08:18
He'll come back. Don't you worry.
:08:20
Father, please put
that horrid thing down and listen.
:08:24
It's nearly a month now, without a word.
:08:26
But the note he left was quite clear.
He said we might not hear for a while.
:08:30
It's good to go away when
you're finishing a difficult experiment.
:08:34
- What kind of experiment is it, Father?
- Something of his own.
:08:38
I had a terrible feeling last night.
I felt he was in desperate trouble.
:08:44
Hello, Kemp. Flora's worried about Griffin.
:08:47
I don't wonder. I should have thought
at least he could drop a line.
:08:51
It's a queer thing.
:08:53
It certainly is,
considering he was in your employ.
:08:55
He had my permission to carry out
his own experiments in his spare time.
:08:59
And to clear off when he liked?
:09:01
What does it matter, if he's in trouble?
:09:12
(Flora sobbing)
:09:25
I've got the car outside.
It'll give you a rest to come for a run.
:09:29
Do you think there are
any papers in his room?
:09:31
Surely he must have arranged where
he was going. There may be letters.
:09:34
He left burnt papers
in his fireplace, that's all.
:09:37
He was so strange those last few days
before he went. So excited and strung up.
:09:42
Yet he wouldn't say a word to explain.
I've never seen him like it before.
:09:46
He was always so keen
to tell me about his experiments.
:09:51
He meddled in things
men should leave alone.
:09:54
Your father's a scientist. He's discovered
more about preserving food than anyone.
:09:58
Jack and I were employed to help him.
That's a plain, straightforward job.