1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000 Suspense. 2 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:37,000 This is The Man in Black, here again to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. 3 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Our star tonight is Miss Mary Astor, one of Hollywood's most charming and resourceful actresses. 4 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:48,000 And a lady who is no stranger to the art of keeping audiences in suspense. 5 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Ask anyone who saw her in the Maltese Falcon or across the Pacific. 6 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:02,000 The story called In Fear and Trembling by J. Donald Wilson is tonight's tale of suspense. 7 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:12,000 If you have been with us on these Tuesday nights, you will know that suspense is compounded of mystery and suspicion and dangerous adventure. 8 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:20,000 In this series, our tales are calculated to intrigue you, stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious situation, 9 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:25,000 and then withhold the solution until the last possible moment. 10 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:32,000 And so it is with In Fear and Trembling and Miss Mary Astor's performance, we again hope to keep you in... 11 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Suspense. 12 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:49,000 At the edge of the cliff, overlooking the sea, sits a grey stone mansion, weathered beaten by the storms of several decades. 13 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:55,000 To this mansion, Gilbert Durant brought his bride Lucia. That was four years ago. 14 00:01:55,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Gilbert and Lucia were quite happy until a year ago, when Lucia's half-sister Beverly came to live with them. 15 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Gradually, something began to happen. 16 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:12,000 Lucia felt it, felt that some insidious horror was beginning to gnaw at her happiness. 17 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:16,000 She began to know that Gilbert's ardor was beginning to cool. 18 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,000 He became more absorbed in his writing. 19 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Then she felt the cold clamminess of the great stone structure creeping about her, clutching at her heart. 20 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Anyone who saw her could tell that fear was growing in her mind, a fear of something which she could not or would not explain. 21 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:42,000 One evening, Lucia, having excused herself at dinner, tossed on her bed in a fretful sleep. 22 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:48,000 No, don't, don't, get away from me! 23 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Mrs. Durant, Mrs. Durant, what's wrong? 24 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Oh, Benson, come in. 25 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 What on earth is wrong? Why were you screaming? 26 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Oh, Benson, I must have been dreaming. It was horrible. 27 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000 No, quite as a ghost and shitting like that. 28 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Yes, I know. Oh, Mrs. Benson, I can't stand it. It's driving me mad. 29 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,000 That makes the fourth or fifth time I've dreamed the same thing, the same in every detail. 30 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 I've never heard you scream before. 31 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,000 No, that's probably because... 32 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000 What? 33 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Oh, it always comes a little closer to me. Tonight it almost reached me. 34 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,000 It? What do you mean? 35 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:29,000 I don't know what it is. It's a figure, a human figure, but I can't tell whether it's a man or a woman. 36 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:36,000 It comes through that door and walks slowly across the room with its arms outstretched, reaching for me. 37 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Are you sure you were dreaming? 38 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Now that I think of it, it isn't like a dream, an ordinary dream. 39 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Its reality seems to carry over even after I'm awake. 40 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 That's what's made you so ill. 41 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:57,000 This dream, if it is a dream, means something? Is that what you think? It's a premonition? 42 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Perhaps. 43 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 What time is it? 44 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Nine o'clock. 45 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Where's Gilbert? 46 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Your husband went horseback riding over an hour ago. 47 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Did he go alone? 48 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Your sister went with him. 49 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Beverly? Why didn't he ask me to go? 50 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Well, you've not been yourself lately. Not been feeling well. 51 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Yes, yes, of course. 52 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Well, if you're feeling better, I'll go back to my room. 53 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Oh, yes, I'll be all right. Thank you, Miss Benson. Good night. 54 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Good night. 55 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Beverly. 56 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Gilbert. 57 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Good night. 58 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Lucia lay there for a while, staring wild-eyed at the patch of moonlight on the bedroom door, 59 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,000 listening, waiting. 60 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Then, as the clock struck half past ten, the door opened, 61 00:04:54,000 --> 00:05:00,000 and a figure stepped into the room and moved noiselessly through the moonlight to Lucia's bed. 62 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Suddenly, Lucia opened her eyes. 63 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 Gilbert, don't, don't! 64 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Lucia, what's wrong with you? 65 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,000 What are you doing in my room? 66 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,000 I just wanted to know how you felt. 67 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 How long have you been standing there? 68 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Oh, just a few seconds. 69 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,000 I was dreaming, I guess. When I woke up, you startled me. 70 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Why were you yelling, don't, don't? 71 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,000 I don't know. I haven't the slightest idea. 72 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 I talked with Dr. Handy about you today. 73 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,000 I told him I'll run down you were, and he suggested that I get a tonic for you. 74 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 I'll drop in at the drugstore on my way home tomorrow evening. 75 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 A tonic? 76 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Yes. 77 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 What, what is it? 78 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Oh, I don't remember. Something, something in strychnine. 79 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Strychnine? 80 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Yes, he said it would give you an appetite. 81 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Where have you been, Gil? 82 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Oh, I've been riding. 83 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Nice moonlight night. Very pleasant. 84 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Did Beverly enjoy it? 85 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Yes, she's an excellent rider. 86 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 I've decided to buy that filly from Thompson. 87 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,000 I'm going over there tomorrow afternoon. 88 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Is Beverly going with you? 89 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Yes. She's a good judge of horse flesh. Why? 90 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Nothing, I just asked. 91 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Well, good night, Lucia. 92 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 See you at breakfast? 93 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Yes. Good night. 94 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,000 Something, something in strychnine. 95 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Something, something in strychnine. 96 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Lucia jumps from her bed, rushes down to the library, 97 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,000 snaps on the light and steps to the shelf holding the encyclopedia. 98 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,000 She runs her fingers down the long line of books, L-M-N-O-P-R, 99 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:37,000 and then she stops and stares. 100 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,000 The S to P is missing. 101 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Then she sees it on the desk, the missing volume. 102 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,000 She rushes to the desk and stares down at the open page. 103 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Yes, yes, that's it. 104 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Strychnine. 105 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,000 I'll tell you what, Beverly, I'll leave the deal entirely up to you. 106 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Up to me? Oh, Gil, that's not fair. 107 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Why not? 108 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Well, suppose she turns out to be a lemon. 109 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,000 I don't think she will, because you're going to have the job of training her. 110 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,000 Oh, you certainly flatter me. 111 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Not in the least. 112 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Oh, good morning, Lucia. 113 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,000 I just realized what time it was. You'll be leaving in a few minutes. 114 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Yes, it's nine this very minute. 115 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,000 I'll step on it. More coffee, Beverly? 116 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,000 No, thanks. How do you feel, Lucia? 117 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Better, much better. 118 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,000 You'd better eat something. 119 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,000 No, no, I can't. 120 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,000 At least some coffee. 121 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,000 Yes, I'll have some coffee. 122 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 I've got to run. See you later, Lucia. 123 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Yes, Gil. 124 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 And I'll see you this afternoon at two, Beverly. 125 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Yes, I'll meet you in town at two. Oh, Gil, don't forget Lucia's medicine. 126 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,000 No, I won't. Bye, Lucia. 127 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Are you meeting Gil in town, Beverly? 128 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Yes, he wants me to decide on that filly he's interested in. 129 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Where did you learn so much about horses? 130 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Oh, seems to be natural. Why don't you get interested in horses, Lucia? 131 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Why should I? 132 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 What are you interested in? 133 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Well, I am interested in a few things. My husband in particular. 134 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,000 You don't act interested in anything. 135 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,000 Really? 136 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:08,000 Well, if you'll take my advice, you'll snap out of this coma and get some pep. 137 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Does Gil like women with pep? 138 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,000 No man cares about a woman who sits around and mopes. 139 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,000 I think you're a hypochondriac. 140 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,000 Do you? 141 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 You should do something about it. 142 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,000 I intend to. I intend to do something about it. 143 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:28,000 I'm glad to hear it. Get out, do things. Play games, golf, tennis, swim and ride. 144 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,000 Maybe this medicine will fix you up. 145 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 You know all about it, do you? What is it? 146 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,000 I don't know. It's a tonic, a builder-upper. 147 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 I wish I could believe that. 148 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,000 But at least you can try it. It won't hurt you. 149 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 No? 150 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 I wonder. 151 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,000 Oh, come in, Dr. Handy. 152 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Well, Lucia, why did you call me out here? What's wrong? 153 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,000 I just couldn't make it into town. 154 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 Oh, it can't be as bad as Orlando. 155 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Did Gilbert talk to you about me yesterday? 156 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:06,000 I saw Gil for a few moments at the club during lunch. Said you were run down. 157 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 Did you give him a prescription for me? 158 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Oh, never do that until I've examined the patient. 159 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,000 You didn't give him a prescription? 160 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Well, no. 161 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 What did you suggest for me? 162 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Oh, I don't know. I mentioned a few tonics he might get for you. 163 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,000 I spoke of beef iron and wine and cherry and eggs and... 164 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,000 Oh, I don't remember what else. 165 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Then you mentioned nothing specifically. 166 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,000 I don't think so. 167 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,000 I see. 168 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,000 Now, what seems to be wrong with you, Lucia? 169 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:39,000 I don't know exactly, but something has been happening to me that... 170 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Well, frankly, I'm afraid I'm losing my mind. 171 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,000 We all feel that way at times. 172 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,000 I'm serious. Things happen to me in the night. 173 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,000 What sort of things? 174 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:55,000 At first I thought they were just nightmares, but when you have a nightmare, you wake up and the fear is gone. 175 00:09:55,000 --> 00:10:00,000 You realize the truth. But this vision that comes to me haunts me through the waking hours as well. 176 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Vision? 177 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Something. I think it's a person. Comes through my bedroom door. 178 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:10,000 Comes toward my bed with outstretched arms as though it intends to strangle me. 179 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Each time it comes a little closer. 180 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,000 And my fear is that eventually it will get to me before I wake up. 181 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 I see. 182 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Or was dream the same dream? 183 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 If it is a dream, yes. 184 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,000 And who is the person? 185 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000 I don't know. 186 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 You don't think it's really a dream? 187 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,000 No. I think it's a premonition. 188 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Hmm. 189 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Have you any basis for such a fear in real life? 190 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Is there someone or something that you're afraid of? 191 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,000 Doctor, I'm convinced they're not dreams, that I'm not asleep. 192 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,000 Oh, nonsense. 193 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 I'm positive they're not mere dreams. 194 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:48,000 Well, I think it's all due to your rundown condition. 195 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,000 You probably don't sleep as soundly as you should. 196 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,000 So you transfer sounds in the night to dreams and nightmares. 197 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 That's exactly what I mean. 198 00:10:55,000 --> 00:11:00,000 If I'm only half asleep, I may be transferring actual movements and sounds into dreams. 199 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,000 In other words, if someone slams a door in the night, 200 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,000 I may half hear it and attribute it to a dream. 201 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:10,000 But then perhaps I'm not dreaming. Don't you see? 202 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,000 Hmm. 203 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:17,000 I think you'd better come into town and have a thorough physical. 204 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,000 You mean a checkup by a psychiatrist? 205 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Oh, I may have someone help me. It's the usual thing, you know. 206 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,000 Oh, Doctor, I'm so drunk. 207 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 No, no, no, no, no. 208 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Everything's going to be all right. 209 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:35,000 I'm afraid, afraid that I'm going to die, that someone is trying to kill me. 210 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,000 Oh, you're not going to die. That's ridiculous. 211 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,000 I'll call you and make an appointment. 212 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,000 That's better. 213 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,000 Very well. In the meantime, try not to think about it. 214 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Keep your mind on the brighter side. 215 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Yes. I'll try. 216 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,000 All afternoon and on into the evening, 217 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:59,000 that awful gnawing of jealousy and fear occupied every moment. 218 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:04,000 Gill and Beverly, how could they do such a thing? 219 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,000 And how far will they go to get you out of the way, Lucia? 220 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Will they stop even at murder? 221 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,000 Are you asleep, Lucia? 222 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,000 No, I'm not asleep. 223 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,000 How are you feeling? 224 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,000 I seem to have developed a headache. 225 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,000 Have you eaten anything today? 226 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,000 No, I didn't care for anything. 227 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,000 Well, this will help you. 228 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,000 I'll take a dose now. I'll measure it for you. 229 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,000 What is it? 230 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,000 It's the tonic. 231 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Did Dr. Hanby prescribe it? 232 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Yes. Yes, he did. 233 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Where's Beverly? 234 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Down in the library. 235 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Did you buy the horse? 236 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Yes, Beverly thought she was a fine animal. 237 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 I didn't know Beverly knew so much about horses. 238 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,000 She's a horsewoman after my own heart. 239 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Is she? 240 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Rides like the wind, too. 241 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000 She had intended to go home tomorrow. 242 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 Is she staying on? 243 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 She's got to. I wouldn't think of her leaving now. 244 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Why not? 245 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,000 Well, for one thing, she's going to train the horse. 246 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 And what else? 247 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Why, nothing else. 248 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Here, take this. 249 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 It's a little bitter, but you'll get used to it. 250 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Yield. 251 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Go ahead, it won't hurt you. 252 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,000 I don't want it. 253 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:26,000 And why not? 254 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,000 It has poison in it. 255 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,000 I suppose it does have a little, yes. 256 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000 But only enough to act as a tonic. 257 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 I don't want it. I won't take it. 258 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Are you going to act like a child? 259 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Take it and quit arguing. 260 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,000 I won't. I won't. 261 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Take it, swallow it down. 262 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 I can't take it. 263 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000 You're impossible to shake. 264 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 I'm afraid. 265 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,000 You need this medicine, but you're so 266 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,000 confoundedly stubborn you'd rather sit around and mope all day. 267 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Very well, there it is. You can take it or not. 268 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 I'm disgusted trying to help you pull out of this. 269 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,000 Good night. 270 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:53,000 No, no, no, no. Wait, Gilla. 271 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,000 I'll take it. I'll take it. 272 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,000 I don't care whether you do or not. 273 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 There. I've taken it. 274 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Terribly bitter. 275 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,000 Well, that's more like it. 276 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Now take another dose around eleven. 277 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Yield. 278 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Where's Mrs. Benson? 279 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Why, I told her she could have the night off. 280 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Thought she might like to spend the evening in town. 281 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 You let her off? 282 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Yes, she's been sticking pretty close lately. 283 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Yes, yes, she has. 284 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Good night. 285 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,000 Good night, Lucia. 286 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 What's wrong, Gil? You look upset. 287 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,000 I am. 288 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,000 Lucia didn't want to take it. 289 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 No? Why not? 290 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,000 She's afraid of medicine. 291 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,000 What are you going to do? 292 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 She finally took a dose of it. 293 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 But if I know her, she'll never take another drop. 294 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,000 She's got to take it, Gil. 295 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,000 We've got to figure out a way to make her take it. 296 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,000 It can't be disguised. It's too bitter. 297 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 Try something else. 298 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,000 I'll try and coax her into it again. 299 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Isn't there something that tastes more pleasant, or... 300 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,000 something you could put in milk or orange juice? 301 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,000 I don't know. 302 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 But I'll find something. 303 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 Of course you will. You've got to. 304 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,000 She's... 305 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,000 Wait a minute. 306 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 There's someone listening outside the door. 307 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Oh. Oh, sir. 308 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Well, Benson, what are you doing standing here in the dark? 309 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,000 Why, I was just going upstairs to see if Mrs. Durant 310 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,000 wanted anything before I went out. 311 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,000 I see. 312 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 By the way, I'm staying home for a couple of days, 313 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,000 and I thought that since you've been staying so close to the job, 314 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,000 you'd welcome a few days leave. 315 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Leave? 316 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 Why, yes. 317 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,000 But Mrs. Durant may prefer that I stay. 318 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 I think you'd better take a little rest yourself. 319 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,000 You needn't come back till Friday. 320 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,000 But I... I don't need to rest. 321 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,000 You come back Friday. 322 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,000 Yes, very well. 323 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,000 But that night for once, 324 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,000 the good Mrs. Benson disobeys orders. 325 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,000 A few minutes before 12, she returns to the mansion. 326 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 No lights are burning. 327 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,000 So she makes her way quietly through the back entrance, 328 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,000 slips up the stairs, 329 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,000 and taps lightly on Lucia's bedroom door. 330 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,000 Mrs. Durant? Mrs. Durant? 331 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Then she turns the knob, 332 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,000 opens the door, 333 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,000 and snaps on the light. 334 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,000 Mrs. Durant, are you here? 335 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 Then Benson steps quickly toward the bed. 336 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,000 The bed is empty, 337 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000 but a horrible sight meets her eyes. 338 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,000 Blood! 339 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,000 Blood all over the bed! 340 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:37,000 Get me the police department! 341 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,000 All right, Mrs. Benson. 342 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,000 Now just calm down and tell us what happened this evening. 343 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,000 Well, earlier in the evening, 344 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Mr. Durant promised that I could have the night off 345 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,000 since I'd been staying close to Mrs. Durant for some time. 346 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,000 And then later he said he decided to let me off until Friday. 347 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 I didn't want to go, but he insisted. 348 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Was there anyone else in the house? 349 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Yes, Mrs. Durant's half-sister, Beverly. 350 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000 Did you leave the house? 351 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,000 Yes, but I sneaked up the back stairs 352 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 and told Mrs. Durant I'd be back about midnight. 353 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Hmm. 354 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,000 If you had until Friday, 355 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,000 why did you come back at midnight? 356 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Because we were both frightened. 357 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,000 Of what? 358 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,000 Well, Mrs. Durant had been having premonitions 359 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,000 that someone was trying to kill her. 360 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000 Who was trying to kill her? 361 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,000 She didn't know, but she knew. 362 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,000 She didn't know, but she was terribly frightened. 363 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000 Is that all? 364 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,000 No. 365 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,000 Her husband tried to get her to take some medicine 366 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,000 he had brought home. 367 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,000 She refused, and he got angry. 368 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,000 How do you know he was angry? 369 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,000 I heard him talking about it to Beverly. 370 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,000 They were in the library. 371 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,000 And he told Beverly that Lucia was stubborn. 372 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,000 Beverly said that he'd have to think of some other way. 373 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Did Mrs. Durant suspect her husband and Beverly 374 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000 of trying to do away with her? 375 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,000 Yes. 376 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,000 Yes, she did. 377 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 She was convinced that Mr. Durant and Beverly 378 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000 were in love and wanted her out of the way. 379 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,000 I see. 380 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Mm-hmm. 381 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 Well, so you came back tonight because you anticipated 382 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000 that something was going to happen. 383 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,000 Yes. 384 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,000 House was dark, so I came up the back stairs, 385 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,000 knocked on her door. 386 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,000 When I got no answer, I came in, turned on the lights, 387 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,000 saw she was gone. 388 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,000 And then I saw the bed, all covered with blood. 389 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:30,000 She wouldn't take the poison, so they did it another way. 390 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,000 That's what they planned in the library. 391 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Where are they now? Any idea? 392 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Well, they didn't expect me back tonight, 393 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000 so they've probably gone to dispose of the body, 394 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:42,000 intending to come back here and clean the place up later. 395 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,000 I see. 396 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Anybody else know about Mrs. Durant's fears? 397 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 Yes. She talked to Dr. Hanvey. 398 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,000 I called him right after phoning the police 399 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,000 and told him about it. He knows. 400 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 Dr. Hanvey, Captain Drake? 401 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 What in the world is the meaning of this? 402 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,000 From all indications, Mrs. Durant has been murdered 403 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 and the body disposed of. 404 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,000 Dr. Hanvey, Mrs. Durant told you that she was afraid 405 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,000 that something was going to happen to her, 406 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,000 that she was going to die. 407 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,000 Who told you that? 408 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,000 Mrs. Benson here. 409 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,000 I see. Well, she did call me in this morning. 410 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,000 She'd been having strange dreams. 411 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,000 Premonition, she called them. 412 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 I called them hallucinations. 413 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 What do you think it was? 414 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 She couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, 415 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,000 but someone was always approaching her bed 416 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,000 without stretched arms, trying to choke. 417 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,000 Do you think it was more than a dream? 418 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,000 I asked her to come into town 419 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,000 where I could give her a thorough examination. 420 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,000 I didn't take her story too seriously, 421 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,000 but this certainly puts a different slant 422 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,000 on the entire picture. 423 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Yes. 424 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,000 We haven't found the body, but I have men out looking now. 425 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 We'll find it. 426 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Yes, Mr. Durant and his sister-in-law, 427 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 they found them about half a mile down the beach. 428 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 How are you, Durant? 429 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 What in the world goes on here? 430 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,000 What's wrong, doctor? 431 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Take a look at that bed. 432 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,000 What happened? 433 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Lucia. 434 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Where is she? 435 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 We thought you might enlighten us on that point. 436 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 What do you mean, where is she? 437 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000 Is Lucia dead? 438 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Oh, Gil, what... 439 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,000 What happened? 440 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 We think your wife has been murdered. 441 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Murdered? What are you doing here, Mrs. Benson? 442 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,000 I thought you were gone until Friday. 443 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 Why did you tell her to go until Friday? 444 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,000 I thought she needed to rest. 445 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 She'd been having long hours. 446 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,000 Where is Lucia? 447 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,000 Where have you and your sister-in-law been? 448 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,000 I slipped upstairs and saw Lucia was asleep, 449 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,000 so we decided to take a little ride down the beach. 450 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 It was still early. 451 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Mm-hmm. 452 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,000 Didn't take anything, will you? 453 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,000 Certainly not. 454 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000 What do you mean by that? What would we take? 455 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,000 I don't know, I just ask. 456 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,000 Did you two try to get Lucia to take some medicine? 457 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,000 No. 458 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,000 Wait a minute, Beverly. 459 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000 That won't do any good. 460 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Yes, we did. 461 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,000 Lucia was run down and needed a tonic, 462 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000 but she refused to take medicine. 463 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,000 Maybe she was afraid of being poisoned. 464 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,000 Poisoned? 465 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Why should I want to poison her? 466 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Lucia was my wife. 467 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,000 How long has your sister-in-law Beverly 468 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,000 been here with you? 469 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,000 I don't know. Quite some time. 470 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Just a minute. 471 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Are you inferring that Gil and I... 472 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,000 I'm not inferring anything. 473 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,000 I merely asked you a question. 474 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,000 Gil, tell him that... 475 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,000 Just a moment, Beverly. Mrs. Benson, what have you been saying? 476 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 What did you tell them? 477 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 I told them the truth. 478 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 You think I planned to kill Lucia, is that it? 479 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,000 Yes, you and this woman. 480 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,000 You're out of your mind. 481 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,000 You tried to get her to take some medicine. 482 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 She knew you were in love with her sister 483 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 and that you were trying to poison her. 484 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 And how did she come to that conclusion? 485 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 She had premonition. 486 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 That means nothing. 487 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 And besides, I heard you talking, 488 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 you and Beverly planning the whole thing. 489 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 What? 490 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 She's lying. 491 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 I heard you. 492 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 When you realized Lucia wouldn't take the medicine, 493 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,000 Beverly said you'd have to think of some other way. 494 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Some other way to what? 495 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 To get rid of her, to kill her. 496 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 There must be some... 497 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 Dr. Hanby, you know better than this. 498 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Do you think I had a reason 499 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000 back of wanting to know about various medicines? 500 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Well, no, no, I didn't. 501 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,000 Not at the time, but now... 502 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Now what? 503 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Well, I'm sorry to say 504 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000 it all adds up to something suspicious. 505 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Seems more than just coincidental. 506 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000 Do you... 507 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,000 Do you think I killed Lucia? 508 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000 Look about you. 509 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Look at the room. What else am I to think? 510 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000 What was the tonic you tried to give your wife? 511 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000 It had strychnine in it. 512 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000 Is that right, Durant? 513 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Yes. It was one of the things Dr. Hanby mentioned. 514 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 It was... 515 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 Iron, quinine, and strychnine. 516 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Did you mention that, Doctor? 517 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 Well, I suppose I did. 518 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 It's a commonly known tonic. 519 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000 Did you add anything else to it, Durant? 520 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 Certainly not. 521 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 How about it, Sergeant? What's the report? 522 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 The bottle contained iron, quinine, and strychnine 523 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 and a heavy content of arsenic. 524 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,000 Arsenic? 525 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,000 But that isn't possible. 526 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 I put nothing in it. 527 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,000 Where would I get arsenic? 528 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,000 It was in there, just the thing. 529 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,000 Good heavens. 530 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Doctor, this isn't true. You know it isn't. 531 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 I hate to say it, Gil. 532 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 The evidence looks bad for you. 533 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 Fancy knows what this is all about. 534 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 She's lying. She knows Gil wouldn't do such a thing. 535 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,000 She's back at it all. 536 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,000 Why? 537 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 I don't know. But believe me, I'll find out if I have... 538 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 That'll do. That'll do. 539 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Under the circumstances, I think it all better come down to headquarters 540 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,000 so we can keep you separated. 541 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Come on. And no more talking. 542 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,000 After 48 hours, 543 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000 hours of relentless grilling, endless questioning, 544 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 Gil and Beverly are released 545 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,000 on a writ of habeas corpus. 546 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 Weeks go by, 547 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 and Lucia's body has not been discovered. 548 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000 So the district fraternity makes a public announcement 549 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 that no murder charges can be 550 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000 preferred against them 551 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 due to lack of corpus delicti, 552 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 the failure to produce the body, 553 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 Lucia's body. 554 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Then one evening, Beverly and Gil 555 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,000 talk in the library. 556 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,000 Beverly, I want you to know how wonderful 557 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,000 I think you've been. 558 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000 You've stuck right beside me, never lost your nerve, 559 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000 and, well, 560 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 you're one girl in a million. 561 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Oh, thanks, Gil, but it isn't over yet. 562 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000 They won't stop their search 563 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 for Lucia's body, and if they find it, 564 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 we haven't a chance. 565 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 I know, but what can we do about it? 566 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Well, why couldn't we leave the country? 567 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Together? 568 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 We could go separately, 569 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 in different ways, and... 570 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 And meet some place later on, is that what you mean? 571 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,000 Yes, that's what I mean. 572 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,000 It seems a bit mad, 573 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,000 and it'll be equal to an out-and-out confession. 574 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Oh, but, Gil, if they find Lucia's body, 575 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000 we haven't a chance. It's too strong against us. 576 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,000 We could never come back, Beverly. 577 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 What of it? 578 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 I don't want to die, Gil, 579 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 and I don't want anything to happen to you. 580 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000 Beverly, I... 581 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,000 No, I don't know what to say. 582 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 I'm frightened, Gil. I can't stay here 583 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 with such horrible fear hanging over me. I'll go mad. 584 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000 If you don't go, then I will. 585 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000 I'll leave tonight. Please, Beverly, 586 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,000 I need you more than ever now. Please don't go. 587 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 Don't worry, Gilbert. 588 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,000 She won't leave you. 589 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000 Goddamn it, Lucia. I won't let her leave you. 590 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 I'll see that you both go together, 591 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 and stay together for a long, long time. 592 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Lucia, what? 593 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,000 Lucia. We thought you were dead. 594 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Disappointed, aren't you? 595 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 Where have you been? What are you going to do with that gun? 596 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 You thought I was dead. Well, I'm not. 597 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 I'm live enough to pull this trigger. 598 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000 I've been hiding for weeks, 599 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,000 and I've been behind those curtains 600 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 for the last 20 minutes. 601 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 I heard every word. 602 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000 Now I know you're in love with each other. 603 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000 Now I know you wanted to do away with me. 604 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 In love? Beverly and I... 605 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 From the day she came here, 606 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,000 she took you away from me. 607 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,000 I did not. We never thought of such a thing. Never. 608 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,000 Never, Edith Armand. Why lie about it? 609 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,000 You've let your imagination run away with you, Lucia. 610 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 You think so? Well, if I am, it's your fault. 611 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000 Yours and Beverly's. 612 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000 You've driven me insane, both of you. 613 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,000 I had a plan to get even with you, to make you pay for what you've done, 614 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 but it failed. What plan? 615 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000 You see, I didn't know about the law of corpus delicti, 616 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000 but I do now. 617 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 And this time there will be a body. 618 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Two bodies. Yours and Beverly's. 619 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,000 You're a suspicious-minded devil, Lucia. 620 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,000 I planned to trap you on a murder charge. 621 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000 My murder. But it's going to be your murder now. 622 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000 You were convinced that Beverly and I were in love? 623 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Of course. 624 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 I never needed a dream nor a premonition. 625 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 I cut myself and smeared blood on the bed and disappeared. 626 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 When I found they couldn't touch you without the corpus delicti, 627 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,000 I came back to kill you. 628 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,000 Lucia, you fool! 629 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 You vicious-minded fool! 630 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 I'm going to tell you something. 631 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000 Then go ahead and shoot me, if you will. 632 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000 Lucia, not until now, this very moment, 633 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 has the thought of loving Beverly ever occurred to me. 634 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 You never loved me. 635 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,000 You never loved me. 636 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,000 You never loved me. 637 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000 You never loved me. 638 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,000 You never loved me. 639 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,000 No. But I can tell you this, Lucia. 640 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000 Not that I've seen you as you really are. 641 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,000 I could never love you again. Never. 642 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,000 Gail! 643 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,000 Wait, Beverly. 644 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000 But I... 645 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000 I was sure... I was convinced that you would ever... 646 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,000 You were sure only because your warped, 647 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,000 jealous mind convinced you that there was something between us. 648 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000 You mean I... 649 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,000 You certainly made a sorry mess of your life, Lucia. 650 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,000 Then I... 651 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,000 All I've done is... 652 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,000 All I've done is... 653 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 killed your love. 654 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,000 Oh, Gil! 655 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000 Yes, Lucia. And you've no one to blame. 656 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000 No one but your own miserable self. 657 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,000 No one but your own miserable self. 658 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000 Gil! 659 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 Lucia! Don't, Lucia! 660 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000 Oh, Gil! 661 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000 Gil! 662 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000 Yes, yes, Beverly. 663 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000 But it's... 664 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,000 probably the best thing 665 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 for her and for us. 666 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,000 And so closes 667 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,000 in fear and trembling 668 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,000 starring Metro Golden Mayor's 669 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000 Mary Astor, tonight's tale of... 670 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000 suspense. 671 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,000 The broadcast originated in Columbia Square 672 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,000 in Hollywood. 673 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000 This is your narrator, the Man in Black, 674 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000 who conveys to you Columbia's invitation 675 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,000 to spend this half hour in suspense 676 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,000 with us again next Tuesday, 677 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,000 when another of the screen's 678 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,000 lovelier leading ladies 679 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,000 Geraldine Fitzgerald 680 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,000 will star in the uneasy drama called 681 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000 Will You Walk into My Parlor? 682 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,000 William Spear, the producer, 683 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,000 Ted Bliss, the director, 684 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,000 Matt Gluskin, the musical director, 685 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,000 Lucian Morrowick, the composer, 686 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,000 and J. Donald Wilson, the author, 687 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000 collaborated on tonight's... 688 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,000 suspense. 689 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,000 Tonight's... suspense. 690 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,000 This is the Columbia 691 00:28:50,000 --> 00:29:08,000 Broadcasting System.