The Bat Whispers (1930)

Spencer Charters: The Caretaker

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Quotes 

• Cornelia van Gorder : Who did that?

  The Caretaker : I don't know... this house gets on my nerves, they won't let me sleep.

  Lizzie Allen : Don't trust him, caretaker means servant... Bat!

  Cornelia van Gorder : Who won't let you sleep?

  The Caretaker : The ghosts... he slams doors, and there's no one there to slam them... he opens windows, and I can't see nothing... he rolls things down the stairs, and there's no one there to make them roll... that ain't all, he whispers to me, from behind the wall.

  [a loud scream is heard] 

  The Caretaker : Listen, he's here again... stay here long enough, you'll see.

  Lizzie Allen : Let's go back to the city.

• Cornelia van Gorder : We'll get to the bottom of this. I've sent for detectives.

  The Caretaker : Detectives won't do no good. The entire police force won't do no good.

  [nervous laugh] 

  The Caretaker : They can't stop ghosts.

• The Caretaker : I don't like that doctor. One look at him would cure anybody!