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Unable to
sleep, Elaine Wheeler paces the living room of her Manhattan townhouse,
troubled by unsettling memories and vague fears. Her husband tries to
comfort her, but when he steps away for a moment Elaine screams as she
sees (or believes she sees) the body of a dead man in the window across
the way. The police are called, but find nothing except an empty chair.
Elaine's terror grows as shortly thereafter she sees still another
body—this time a woman's—but by now the police are skeptical and pay no
heed to her frantic pleas. Her husband, claiming that Elaine may be on
the verge of a breakdown, calls in a lady psychiatrist, who agrees with
his suggestion that Elaine should commit herself to a sanitarium for
treatment. From this point on, the plot moves quickly and grippingly as
those involved—Elaine's old friend and house guest Blanche; the
inquisitive and rather sinister man who lives next door; and the nosy
German maid Helga—all contribute to the deepening suspense and mystery
of the play as it draws towards its riveting and chilling climax. |
