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A former college friend of his, Gavin Elster, hires Scottie to spy on his wife Madeleine, telling him that she has been acting strangely and he suspects she may be suicidal. Scottie trails Judy to an [[museum|art museum]], where he watches her for three hours as she stares intently at a portrait of Carlotta Valdes, a Spanish matron who has been dead for more than two centuries. Then she goes and buys flowers and puts them on Carlotta's grave.

A former college friend of his, Gavin Elster, hires Scottie to spy on his wife Madeleine, telling him that she has been acting strangely and he suspects she may be suicidal. Scottie trails Judy to an [[museum|art museum]], where he watches her for three hours as she stares intently at a portrait of Carlotta Valdes, a Spanish matron who has been dead for more than two centuries. Then she goes and buys flowers and puts them on Carlotta's grave.

Scottie determines that Madeleine is depressed; that she is obsessed with a dead Spanish woman; and that she has only one suit, which is gray. After a few days of observation, Madeline travels to a ledge below the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] (a familiar backdrop in Hitchcock's films) and jumps over the edge.  Scottie follows her in, and saves her.  He brings her back to his apartment to recuperate, they speak, and she returns home.

Scottie determines that Madeleine is depressed and that she is obsessed with a dead Spanish woman. After a few days of observation, Madeline travels to a ledge below the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] (a familiar backdrop in Hitchcock's films) and jumps over the edge.  Scottie follows her in, and saves her.  He brings her back to his apartment to recuperate, they speak, and she returns home.

The two see each other many times after that, and gradually fall in love.  Scottie and Madeline work together on Madeline's mysterious fixation on Carlotta.  In an effort to solve their mystery, they travel to Mission San Juan Bautista.  Madeline runs away to a bell tower, and Scottie attempts to follow, but is delayed by his difficulty with vertigo.  He reaches the top in time to see Madeline's body on the roof.  Scottie faints.

The two see each other many times after that, and gradually fall in love.  Scottie and Madeline work together on Madeline's mysterious fixation on Carlotta.  In an effort to solve their mystery, they travel to Mission San Juan Bautista.  Madeline runs away to a bell tower, and Scottie attempts to follow, but is delayed by his difficulty with vertigo.  He reaches the top in time to see Madeline's body on the roof.  Scottie faints.