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[00:02.55]Chapter 5
[00:05.96]Slowly, Old Mrs White went back into the house．
[00:10.38]Her husband looked up and saw something strange in her face．
[00:14.96]'What's the matter?'he asked．
[00:18.27]'Nothing,'his wife answered,
[00:21.12]and she sat down to finish her breakfast．
[00:24.70]She began to think about Tom Morris again
[00:27.71]and suddenly she said to her husband,
[00:31.00]'Your friend drank a lot of whisky last night!
[00:34.78]A monkey's paw! What a story!'
[00:39.51]Mr White did not answer her
[00:41.80]because just then the post man arrived．
[00:45.12]He brought two letters for them-
[00:47.60]but there was no money in them．
[00:50.80]After breakfast the two old people forgot about the money and the monkey's paw．
[00:56.89]Later in the day, at about one o'clock,
[00:59.94]Mr and Mrs White sat down to eat
[01:02.20]and then they began to talk about money again．
[01:06.93]They did not have very much money,
[01:09.22]so they often needed to talk about it．
[01:12.25]'That thirty thousand pounds,'
[01:15.26]Mrs White said, 'we need it!'
[01:18.97]'But it didn't come this morning,'
[01:21.23]her husband answered．'Let's forget it!'
[01:25.12]Then he said,'But that thing moved．
[01:29.24]The monkey's paw moved in my hand!
[01:32.53]Tom's story was true!'
[01:35.59]'You drank a lot of whisky last night．
[01:38.85]Perhaps the paw didn't move,'Mrs White answered．
[01:43.60]'It moved!'Mr White cried angrily．
[01:48.16]At first his wife did not answer,but then she said,
[01:52.33]'Well, Herbert laughed about it…'
[01:56.57]Suddenly she stopped talking．
[01:59.15]She stood up and went over to the window．
[02:02.00]'What's the matter?' her husband asked ．
[02:05.98]'There's a man in front of our house,'
[02:08.58]Mrs White answered．
[02:10.36]'He's a stranger-very tall-and well－dressed．
[02:15.21]He's looking at our house…
[02:17.82]Oh,no…it's OK…He's going away…'
[02:23.02]'Come and sit down!
[02:24.94]Finish eating!'Mr White said．
[02:29.13]The old woman did not listen to her husband．
[02:33.52]'He isn't going away,'
[02:35.20]she went on．'He's coming back．
[02:38.65]I don't know him-he's a stranger．
[02:42.61]Yes, he's very well-dressed…'
[02:46.17]suddenly Mrs White stopped．
[02:48.66]She was very excited．
[02:50.64]'He's coming to the door…
[02:52.85]Perhaps he's bringing the money!'
[02:55.49]And she ran out of the room to open the front door．
[02:59.77]The tall, well－dressed stranger stood there．
[03:03.48]For a minute he said nothing,
[03:05.36]but then he began,'Good afternoon．
[03:09.28]I'm looking for Mr and Mrs White．'
[03:12.70]'Well,I'm Mrs White,' the old woman answered．
[03:16.79]'What can I do for you?'
[03:19.26]At first the stranger did not answer,
[03:21.98]but then he said,'Mrs White,
[03:25.66]I'm from Maw and Meggins．
[03:28.68]Can I come in and talk to you?'
[03:32.10]Maw and Meggins had a big factory
[03:35.19]and Herbert White worked there on the machinery．
[03:38.45]'Yes,of course,'Mrs White answered．
[03:42.06]' Please come in．'
[03:44.46]The well－dressed stranger came into the little living－room
[03:48.20]and Mr White stood up．
[03:51.12]'Are you Mr White?' the stranger began．
[03:55.42]Then he went on,'I'm from Maw and Meggins．'
[04:00.69]Mrs White looked at the stranger and she thought,
[04:04.83]'Perhaps he has the money…
[04:07.52]but why Maw and Meggins?
[04:10.52]And his face is very unhappy… Why?'
[04:15.20]suddenly the old woman was afraid．
[04:18.98]'Please sit down,' Mr White began,
[04:23.02]but now his wife could not wait．
[04:25.81]'What's the matter?'she cried．
[04:28.70]'Is Herbert…'she could not finish the question．
[04:33.54]The stranger did not look at their faces-
[04:36.50]and Mr White began to be afraid too．
[04:39.68]'Please, tell us!' he said．
[04:43.42]'I'm very sorry,' the man from Maw and Meggins began．
[04:49.34]He stopped for a minute and then he began again．
[04:54.26]'I'm very sorry,
[04:56.65]but this morning there was an accident at the factory…'
[05:00.98]'What's the matter?
[05:02.80]Is Herbert OK?' Mrs White cried again．
[05:07.51]'Well…' the man began slowly．
[05:11.77]'Is he in hospital?
[05:13.96]the old woman asked, very afraid now．
[05:17.43]'Yes, but…' the stranger looked at Mrs White's face and stopped．
[05:25.40]'Is he dead? Is Herbert dead?
[05:31.09]Mr White asked quietly．
[05:33.54]'Dead!' Mrs White cried．
[05:36.43]'Oh no… please…not dead!
[05:40.64]Not Herbert! Not our son!'
[05:45.77]Suddenly the old woman stopped
[05:48.35]because she saw the stranger's face．
[05:51.31]Then the two old people knew．
[05:53.99]Their son was dead!
[05:57.14]Old Mrs White began to cry quietly
[06:00.22]and Mr White put his arm round her．
[06:03.72]Sometime later the man from Maw and Meggins said,
[06:08.34]'It was the machinery-an accident Herbert called,
[06:13.42]"Help!"． The men heard him-
[06:16.73]and ran to him quickly,
[06:19.15]but they could do nothing．
[06:21.48]The next minute he was in the machinery．
[06:24.77]I'm very, very sorry,' he finished．
[06:30.30]For a minute or two the room was quiet．
[06:33.85]At last Mrs White said,
[06:36.68]'Our son! Dead! We're never going to see him again．
[06:42.82]What are we going to do without him?'
[06:46.16]Her husband said,'He was our son． We loved him．'
[06:53.20]Then Mrs White asked the stranger,
[06:56.49]'Can we see him?Can we see our son?
[07:00.56]Please take me to him．
[07:02.50]I want to see my son．'
[07:05.14]But the stranger answered quickly,
[07:07.74]'No!' he said．'It's better not to see him．
[07:12.51]They couldn't stop the machinery quickly．
[07:15.80]He was in there for a long time．
[07:18.64]And at first they couldn't get him out．
[07:21.29]He was… 'the man stopped．
[07:24.55]Then he said ,'Don't go to see him!'
[07:29.01]The stranger went over to the window
[07:31.66]because he did not want to see the faces of the two old people．
[07:35.67]He said nothing,
[07:37.26]but he stood there for some time and he waited．
[07:41.82]Then he went back to the old people and began to talk again．
[07:46.86]'There's one more thing,' he said．
[07:50.68]'Your son worked for Maw and Meggins for six years and he was a good worker．
[07:56.54]Now Maw and Meggins want to help you at this unhappy time．'
[08:02.10]Again the stranger stopped．
[08:05.23]After a minute he began again．
[08:08.58]'Maw and Meggins want to give you some money．
[08:12.75]' Then he put something into Mr White's hand．
[08:16.37]Old Mr White did not look at the money in his hand．
[08:20.21]Slowly he stood up and looked at the stranger, afraid．
[08:24.93]'How much?' Mr White asked, very quietly．
[08:30.77]He did not want to hear the answer．
[08:33.77]'Thirty thousand pounds,' the stranger said．