Blanche Did you have a nice drive?
What are you talking about?
Blanche Nothing, dear. I... it's been so long since you were out of the house. I thought perhaps you had gone for a drive or something. You know I was thinking, it's ever so long since we had a talk. You know, a real talk about the future and everything. Jane, I didn't want you to be worried about the house, even if I do have to sell it, we'll still be together.
Blanche, you're not gonna sell this house. Daddy bought this house, and he bought it for me! You don't think I remember that, do you?
Blanche You're wrong, Jane. You've just forgotten. I bought this house for the two of us, when I signed my first contract.
You don't think I remember anything, do you? There are a whole lot of things I remember. And you never paid for this house. Baby Jane Hudson made the money that paid for this house, that's who!
Blanche You don't know what you're saying.
Blanche, you aren't ever gonna sell this house. And you aren't ever gonna leave it either.
Blanche Jane. Jane! Do you remember when I first came back after the accident?
You promised you wouldn't ever talk about that again.
Blanche I know I did. But I'm still in this chair. After all those years, I'm still in this chair. Doesn't that give you some kind of responsibility? Jane, I'm just trying to explain to you how things really are. You wouldn't be able to do these awful things to me if I weren't still in this chair.
But you are, Blanche! You are in that chair!
Blanche Who was that at the door earlier?
Blanche Where is she now? In the kitchen?
No, I gave her the day off. She has a pretty hard time considering. I told her to come back next week.
[pauses]
Oh, Blanche? You know we've got rats in the cellar?
Blanche I was just hoping, maybe, maybe I could meet him and we could have a nice talk - just the three of us.
Yeah, you'd like that, wouldn't you! Then you could tell him a whole lot of lies about me! Scare him off! Or, maybe have him for yourself!
[Jane slaps Blanche]
You know, we're right back where we started. When I was on the stage you had to depend on me for everything. Even the food you ate came from me. Now you have to depend on me for your food again. So, you see, we're right back where we started.
Blanche Why are you doing this to me? Why?
Blanche Making me afraid to eat. Trying to make me starve myself.
Don't be silly. If you starve you die.
Blanche Jane, did you ever stop to think that - if anything happened to me, I mean anything bad, there wouldn't be any money for you? I wouldn't be here to sign the checks. You wouldn't even have pocket money. Did you ever think of that?
Yeah, I've thought about that.
[Blanche presses the buzzer multiple times]
OH, SHUT UP!!
[Blanche keep pressing buzzer]
DAMMIT! What do you want this time?
Blanche Who's in the telephone?
It's none of your business, what are you ringing for?
Blanche I'm hungry Jane.
Of course you're hungry, that's why you didn't eat your dinner.
Blanche But you didn't bring the breakfast.
I didn't forget the breakfast, I didn't bring the breakfast because you haven't ate your din-din.
