mary pauses on the porch. the lights are on within the office. she tries door, finds it open, goes into office. camera follows her into office. there is no one present. mary goes to the desk, rings a small pushbell. there is no response. mary rubs her forehead in weariness and frustration, goes back out onto the porch. she looks off in another direction, slightly behind the office, and sees.
a high shot showing the freeway and bates house and motel on the side old highway. a pause and then across the bottom of the picture a white car speeds by on the freeway.
the white car speeding along the freeway again going in the opposite direction to last time. norman, a tiny figure, is seen going up the steps to his mother's house.
the white car goes by on the freeway again.
heavy traffic on the freeway. a beat or two - again the white car. it slows up opposite the distant motel. it makes a turn and goes back out of scene. a pause and it reappears on the old road and slowly makes its way toward the bates' motel.
a distant view of the house and motel. there is a light on in the house. there is also a light on in norman's office. we see norman emerge from his office and move along the porch toward the distant cabins. he carries sheets on his arm. he goes into the last cabin and switches the light on. into the foreground the hood of the white ford enters the scene and stops. arbogast gets out. he goes over to the motel office.