:28:02
It's magic.
:28:05
Just a tame magician.
So that was it.
:28:08
That was what?
:28:10
The answer to
my chemistry problem.
:28:13
Why don't...
:28:16
Right, children. Now,
just be good for a few minutes.
:28:18
I shall be back.
:28:22
- Holden. Delighted to see you.
- I hope we're not intruding.
:28:26
Not at all. Just my annual Halloween
party for the village children.
:28:29
I'll come right up.
:28:32
- He's just a nice old guy.
- Perhaps he's Santa Claus in disguise.
:28:36
I didn't recognize you.
:28:38
I used to earn my living
like this years ago.
:28:41
You see before you
Dr. Bobo the Magnifiicent.
:28:43
Excuse me.
This is Miss Joanna Harrington.
:28:45
- Miss, uh, not by any chance...
- Yes. He was my uncle.
:28:50
I was very sorry
to hear of his accident.
:28:52
He was a man of great principle.
:28:57
Mother?
:29:04
I'd like you to meet my mother.
You must try her homemade ice cream.
:29:07
She's very proud of it.
:29:10
- May I introduce Dr. Holden.
- How do you do?
:29:12
And Miss Joanna Harrington.
:29:14
Miss Harrington is a niece
of Henry Harrington's.
:29:18
Dr. Holden's going to borrow
a book from my library.
:29:21
- I've asked them to stay.
- How nice.
:29:23
I hope you don't mind
children's parties, my dear.
:29:26
Julian's so fond of children.
:29:28
He really ought to be married,
but he's so fussy.
:29:31
- You aren't married, are you?
- No.
:29:33
- Oh, Mother.
- Do you like ice cream, my dear?
:29:35
- Yes, I love it.
- Come with me. I'll give you a treat.
:29:39
- Would you like to try some?
- Not right now, thank you.
:29:42
Say, this is quite a place
you have here.
:29:44
Yes, yes.
Let me show you around.
:29:48
Snakes and Ladders. An English game.
You wouldn't know it.
:29:51
You see, if you land at the foot
of the ladder, you climb up to the top.
:29:54
But if you land on the head of a snake,
you slide all the way down again.
:29:57
Funny thing.
:29:59
I always preferred sliding down
the snakes to climbing up the ladders.