Dr.Seward introduces his daughter Mina Seward (Helen Chandler), her friend Lucy Weston (Frances Dade), and Mina""s fiancee John Harker (David Manners).) (from Kansas) collect two sacks of mail from the boat""s purser Rafael and inquire about female prospects among the tourist passengers.Each was tied up and wired to oil-drum explosives with timers set to about 5 minutes - and only one could be saved by Batman ("Choose between one life or the other.I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.Laura: But you write about people with such real understanding and sentiment.That""s what makes your column so good.Lydecker: The sentiment comes easy at 50 cents a word.Laura: Well, if that""s the way you really feel, you must be very lonely.Lydecker: Will you kindly continue this character analysis elsewhere? You begin to bore me.Laura: You""re a poor man.I""m very sorry for you.After Laura quickly packs her things and leaves, Lydecker reminisces that he had a sudden change of heart - he remembers how appealing Laura was: "She had something about her, that girl.One of the boys hums a few notes of eerieTwilight Zonemusic.Mary observes: "There""s nothing in here." Although they find a few odd-shaped racks in the dirt, Michael believes they are only the tracks of coyotes hat have returned to the neighborhood ("the coyote""s come back again, Mom").