Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) Shooting script - HorrorLair

62.154 CONTINUED: 154JEKYLL(muttering throughhis teeth some dimremembered quotation)"... if once this thing is born again,Decapitate it - e're it fouls theair..."Then he quickly turns from the mirror, crosses and picks upthe letter he has written Beatrix, tears it into small pieces,throws it in the waste-basket, and adjusting his coat, startsup the stairs. Half way up he hesitates, then proceeds moreslowly, as weDISSOLVE TO:155 FULL SHOT - INT. JEKYLL'S CONSULTING ROOM - BEATRIX155The room is much as we would expect... a desk, consultationchair, many shelves of medical books, a few standardinstruments in a case. Beatrix is seated, nervous and anxious.She turns quickly, as Jekyll opens the door from the hall,in the b.g. Jekyll's attitude is one of hesitancy at first,as though awaiting some feared reaction from her.BEATRIX(quickly)Then you're not -? Harry, what's the -?(on this she isstarting over towardshim, then stops,looking at him - hisattitude is tense,strained as thoughshe knew something.Then she gives him apuzzled little smile,feels her temple)I can't explain why... but I had astrange feeling you were going away -without ever seeing me again ...isn't that silly?(she slowly sinksdown in a chair,looks about the room,then up at him withan embarrassed,nervous little laugh)It - it was silly, wasn't it? Becausehere you are - and here I am...(CONTINUED)