1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:21,120 Suspense! 2 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:27,440 This is the man in black, here again to win produce Columbia's program, Suspense. 3 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:32,520 Tonight from Hollywood we bring you two of America's most artful and distinguished stars. 4 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:38,560 From the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Lotstadt studios comes Mr. Robert Young, and from Warner Brothers, 5 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,160 Miss Geraldine Fitzgerald. 6 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:45,440 Mr. Young and Miss Fitzgerald are with us to play in an unusual tale by the unusual 7 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,640 James Thurber. 8 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:52,600 An excerpt from the book My World and Welcome to It called A Friend to Alexander, adapted 9 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:58,200 for radio by Freya Howard, his tonight's study in Suspense. 10 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,320 If you've been with us before, you will know that suspense is compounded of mystery and 11 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,080 suspicion and dangerous adventure. 12 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:11,140 In this series, our tales calculated to intrigue you, to stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious 13 00:01:11,140 --> 00:01:18,320 situation and then withhold the solution until the last possible moment. 14 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:22,680 And so it is with Mr. Thurber's poignant and strange story, and the performances of Robert 15 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:28,720 Young as the man who was a friend to Alexander, and of Geraldine Fitzgerald as his wife Bess 16 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,720 who relates these events to us. 17 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:31,920 We again hope to keep you in. 18 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:49,120 Suspense. 19 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:54,440 Harry was a laughing, happy-go-lucky fellow before he began to have those dreams. 20 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,980 I guess he was pretty much like dozens of other men who go to work every morning, settle 21 00:01:58,980 --> 00:02:03,840 down in soft chairs with their newspapers after dinner, and like a weekend in the country 22 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,200 now and then. 23 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,240 He was fond of easy living and good times. 24 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:16,200 Like everyone else, he talked of the war, rationing tires and his golf scores, until 25 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,520 those nightmares began to plague him. 26 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,600 At first, I was amused. 27 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,760 You know, I've been dreaming about Aaron Burr every night. 28 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:26,760 What for? 29 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,120 Well, how do I know what for? 30 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,240 Aaron Burr is a funny person to be dreaming about nowadays. 31 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:33,240 Why? 32 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,680 I mean, with all the countries in the world at war with each other. 33 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:38,440 What's so funny about dreaming? 34 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:39,440 Maybe you're upset. 35 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,800 Well, everybody dreams, don't they? 36 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,440 I don't see why you'd see Aaron Burr in your dreams. 37 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:45,440 Well, I do. 38 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:46,760 Where do you see him? 39 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,600 Well, places. 40 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,200 In Washington Square, or Bowling Green, or on Broadway. 41 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,040 Even here on 55th Street? 42 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,160 Mostly downtown. 43 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,880 I'll be talking to a woman in the Victoria, a woman holding a white lace parasol. 44 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:01,880 Oh. 45 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:08,680 And suddenly, there will be Aaron Burr, bowing and smiling and smelling like a carnation, 46 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,640 telling his stories about France and getting off his insults. 47 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:13,360 Who is the woman in the Victoria? 48 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:14,360 Hmm? 49 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:15,360 What? 50 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:16,360 The woman. 51 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:17,360 Who is she? 52 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:18,620 Well, how do I know? 53 00:03:18,620 --> 00:03:21,000 You know about people and dreams, don't you? 54 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,000 There's nobody at all. 55 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Or everybody. 56 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,920 Ah, but you see Aaron Burr plainly enough, though. 57 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:28,480 I mean, he isn't anybody or nobody. 58 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:29,480 Or everybody. 59 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:30,480 All right, all right. 60 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,600 You have me there, but I don't know who the woman is. 61 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:33,600 Are you sure? 62 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,440 What's more, I don't care. 63 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,640 Maybe it's Madame Jumel, or Mittens Willett, or a girl I knew in high school. 64 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:41,160 Who's Mittens Willett? 65 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,160 She was a famous New York actress in her day, 50 years ago or so. 66 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,920 She's buried in an old cemetery on Second Avenue. 67 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:49,320 I've seen the tombstone. 68 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:50,320 That's very sad. 69 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:51,320 Why is it? 70 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,440 Oh, I mean, she probably died young. 71 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,600 Just all women did in those days. 72 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,840 He's a vile, cynical cad. 73 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,160 I was standing and talking to Alexander Hamilton when Burr stepped up and slapped him in the 74 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,100 face. 75 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:08,320 When I looked at Hamilton, who do you suppose it was? 76 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:09,320 I don't know. 77 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:10,320 Who? 78 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,760 My brother, Walter, the one I've told you about. 79 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,600 The one who was killed by that drunk in the cemetery. 80 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,440 Harry, I never could get that story straight. 81 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:17,880 I've told you about it a dozen times. 82 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,000 This drunk came up to him when his back was turned and... 83 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,520 What was he doing in the cemetery? 84 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:22,520 That's not the point. 85 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:23,520 He was killed. 86 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,320 And I loved him very much. 87 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:27,440 I don't understand what you... 88 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:28,960 What's the use of telling you every time I mention it? 89 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,280 You start asking the same questions. 90 00:04:32,280 --> 00:04:34,440 I understand now, dear. 91 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,880 When you looked at Hamilton, he was your brother, Walter. 92 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:38,880 Yes. 93 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,640 Harry, maybe... maybe we ought to go to the country for more weekends. 94 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:44,640 Weekends? 95 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:45,640 Yes. 96 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:55,680 I'm going to bed. 97 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,240 For a time that evening, I worried about Harry. 98 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:00,240 Not about his dream. 99 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:01,480 Why shouldn't he dream? 100 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,040 But I wondered about his health. 101 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,820 He looked so... so worried somehow. 102 00:05:06,820 --> 00:05:08,520 So unlike himself. 103 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,160 I was glad when he went to bed. 104 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,240 A good night's sleep was just what he needed, I thought. 105 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,240 How could I know? 106 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:20,840 The next morning, we were quietly eating our grapefruit when Harry flung down his spoon. 107 00:05:20,840 --> 00:05:23,600 I wish he'd go back to France and stay there, him and his la-la. 108 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:24,600 Who, dear? 109 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,600 Oh, you mean Aaron Burr. 110 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,120 Did you dream about him again? 111 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:29,120 Yes. 112 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:30,800 He said la-la to me. 113 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,000 Why should he say la-la? 114 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,880 I was at the tavern and we were drinking ale and I said something funny. 115 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:36,360 I don't remember what it was. 116 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,720 Something amusing about what Ben Franklin had said to Washington once. 117 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,080 One of those things, you know. 118 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,120 No, I don't. 119 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,080 Have some... have some more coffee, dear. 120 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:47,560 I don't want any coffee. 121 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,440 I made this remark and everyone laughed. 122 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,160 Everyone but Burr, that is. 123 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,240 He sort of sniffed and then he said la-la. 124 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,240 Well, why not? 125 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,560 I mean, is there anything wrong about him saying la-la? 126 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:02,760 It was the way he said it. 127 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:04,200 He was sneering at me. 128 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:05,200 They all noticed it. 129 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:06,200 Who, dear? 130 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:07,200 Who noticed it? 131 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:08,280 The others, all of them. 132 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:09,640 And Hamilton. 133 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:10,840 I was there with Hamilton. 134 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:14,000 It was swell until Burr came in. 135 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,240 Aaron Burr. 136 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,640 I don't see why you dream about him all the time. 137 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,520 Don't you think you should take some luminal? 138 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:21,720 I'm not sick, I tell you. 139 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:22,720 I know what I'm dreaming. 140 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:27,040 I just thought, well, it's always Burr and that seems odd. 141 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:28,040 Well, why? 142 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:29,480 Why shouldn't I dream about Burr if I want to? 143 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:30,480 But you don't want to. 144 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,240 No, but I can't help it. 145 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:36,240 Everywhere I go with Alexander, sooner or later, Burr shows up and makes those nasty 146 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:37,640 remarks. 147 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,440 Last night he elbowed Alexander out of his way, did it deliberately. 148 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:41,440 Alexander? 149 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:42,440 Hamilton. 150 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,680 Oh, Alexander Hamilton. 151 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,920 Yes, goodness knows I'm familiar enough with him by this time to call him by his first 152 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:48,920 name. 153 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:53,640 Harry, you know, we might go to the old Rover's Inn this weekend. 154 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,200 You like it there. 155 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,000 Hamilton has become not only my brother, Walter, but practically every other guy I've ever 156 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 liked. 157 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,440 Don't you like the old Rover's Inn anymore? 158 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:08,080 Isn't it natural that Hamilton should represent my brother and guys I like? 159 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,360 That's natural, isn't it? 160 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:11,560 Yes. 161 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:12,560 I suppose it is. 162 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,960 Well, then why are you looking at me like that? 163 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:18,600 You know, dear, I wish you'd go and see Dr. Fox. 164 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,640 I don't want to see Dr. Fox. 165 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:24,240 I want Aaron Burr to stop sneering at me in my clothes. 166 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,760 He looks at me and his lips curl up and he says, la la, Mr. Andrews, what odd taste you 167 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:30,600 have. 168 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,760 I wish you'd go and see Dr. Fox. 169 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:36,240 I'm going to the zoo and feed popcorn to the rhinoceros. 170 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:49,480 That makes the singing things seem right for a little while anyway. 171 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:55,160 I thought he'd forgotten all about that ancient pistol duel because for two days after that, 172 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:59,160 he lost his haggard, tired look and actually seemed cheerful. 173 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:05,360 But one night, about five in the morning, he came into my room in pajamas and bare feet. 174 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,920 His head is shoveled and his eyes wild. 175 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,560 He's got him. 176 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:10,560 He got him. 177 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:12,320 The rotter got him. 178 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:16,600 Alexander fired in the air and smiled at him, just like Walter must have smiled. 179 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:17,600 Like Walter? 180 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,840 Oh, yes, dear, your brother Walter, who was killed in the cemetery. 181 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,320 This was at Weehawken in New Jersey. 182 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:23,320 What? 183 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:24,320 Your brother? 184 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:25,320 No, Hamilton and Burr. 185 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:26,320 The duel. 186 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:28,240 Hamilton had a white ruff around his neck. 187 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,080 Burr was in black tights, French clothes. 188 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:35,440 Alexander lifted his pistol and fired in the air and then smiled at Burr. 189 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,320 And then that fiend from hell took deliberate aim. 190 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:39,800 He took so long. 191 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:41,160 He meant to take his time about it. 192 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:42,160 I saw him grin. 193 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,440 And then he pointed his pistol at Alexander and fired. 194 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,320 He killed him with cold blood, the foul scum. 195 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,720 Oh, darling, don't, darling. 196 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,560 Here, here, dear. 197 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:54,560 Take some of these pills. 198 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:55,560 I don't want any. 199 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:56,560 Oh, take it. 200 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:57,560 You'll feel better. 201 00:08:57,560 --> 00:08:59,560 I don't want any, I tell you. 202 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:00,560 Here, darling. 203 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:01,560 Swallow. 204 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:02,560 Please, swallow. 205 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:03,560 All right. 206 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:04,560 There. 207 00:09:04,560 --> 00:09:05,560 That's better. 208 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:17,160 The cad, the rotten, sneaking cad. 209 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:18,880 He grinned just as he fired. 210 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:24,720 And Alexander clutched himself at the stomach and shook his head and tried to walk forward. 211 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,320 And he fell. 212 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,600 And his mouth opened as though he wanted to say something. 213 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:46,560 And Burr stood there, grinning. 214 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:48,200 He was better after that. 215 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,120 But I kept urging him to see Dr. Fox. 216 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:52,920 At first he refused. 217 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,480 But later he decided to humor me. 218 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,840 He was humoring me by this time. 219 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,840 And Dr. Fox, too. 220 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:02,840 How you been feeling, Doc? 221 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,080 Oh, fairly well, Mr. Androse. 222 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,040 My pulse has been a sta... 223 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,320 Now, just what seems to be the trouble? 224 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:11,320 Nothing. 225 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:12,320 Nothing wrong with me. 226 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:13,320 He has nightmares. 227 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:14,880 You look a little underweight. 228 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:15,880 Perhaps your diet. 229 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:17,720 Oh, I'm not underweight. 230 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,880 Overweight maybe, but not underweight. 231 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,520 Getting enough exercise? 232 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:23,520 Same as usual. 233 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,640 He's, he's worried about something. 234 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,600 He always has this same dream. 235 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:28,600 Aha! 236 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:29,600 A dream, eh? 237 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:30,600 What kind of a dream? 238 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:31,600 Just a plain old dream. 239 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:32,600 Aha! 240 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:33,600 No, it isn't. 241 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,760 It's about his brother Walter, who was killed in a cemetery by a drunken man. 242 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:38,880 Only it isn't really about him. 243 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:39,880 Really? 244 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:43,640 Why, very few people are actually killed in cemeteries. 245 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,240 It's an interesting coincidence, if I may say so. 246 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,800 You mean, you know somebody who was killed in a cemetery, too? 247 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:50,800 Is that the coincidence? 248 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:51,800 I know I. 249 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,640 I meant your brother being killed in a cemetery. 250 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,480 You know, dead in a cemetery. 251 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,400 A sort of, do you follow me? 252 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:02,760 No. 253 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:06,520 I think you should go see Dr. Fox, Dr. Fox. 254 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,000 Hmm, interesting. 255 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,320 Yes, very interesting. 256 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:14,000 I wonder if you would mind stepping into the next room, Mr. Andrews. 257 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,800 I want to give you a thorough examination. 258 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:28,880 Right in here, sir, and we'll just have a look at you. 259 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:29,880 Well I hope you're satisfied. 260 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:30,880 You heard what he said. 261 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:32,840 There's nothing to matter with me at all. 262 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,080 I'm glad your heart is so fine. 263 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:36,080 He said so, you know. 264 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:37,760 He said your heart is fine. 265 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:38,760 Sure it's fine. 266 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:39,760 My heart's fine. 267 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:40,760 Everything's fine. 268 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:42,960 And you know, you know what I was thinking? 269 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:43,960 No, what? 270 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:49,560 I was just thinking that now that Alexander Hamilton is dead, why, you won't see any more 271 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:50,560 of Aaron Burr. 272 00:11:50,560 --> 00:12:04,280 Yeah, yeah, I guess you're right. 273 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:06,080 But I was wrong. 274 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:10,800 Aaron Burr did not leave my husband to sweet or more peaceful dreams. 275 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:15,720 Harry said nothing about it for several mornings, but I could tell he was still being tortured 276 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:17,760 by those ghosts. 277 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:19,680 He brooded over his breakfast. 278 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:21,720 He didn't answer me when I spoke to him. 279 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,960 I dropped my butter knife and he jumped. 280 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:24,960 What was that? 281 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,960 Only my knife. 282 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:27,960 Oh. 283 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:32,640 Harry, are you still dreaming about that man? 284 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,400 Oh, I wish I hadn't told you about it. 285 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:35,400 Forget it, will you? 286 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,240 I can't forget it with you going on this way. 287 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,880 Can't you forget I mentioned it? 288 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:42,160 Maybe you should see a psychiatrist. 289 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:43,640 Oh, Bosh. 290 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,360 What does he do now? 291 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:46,840 What does who do? 292 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,120 Aaron Burr. 293 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:51,240 I don't see why he keeps coming into your dreams now. 294 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,520 He goes around bragging that he did it with his eyes closed. 295 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:56,520 He says he didn't even look. 296 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:57,520 Didn't look when? 297 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:58,520 When he killed Alexander in that duel. 298 00:12:58,520 --> 00:12:59,520 Well, what? 299 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,040 He claims he can hit the ace of spades at 30 paces blindfolded. 300 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:06,120 Furthermore, since you ask what he does, he jostles me at parties now. 301 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:07,880 I think you should stay out of this, Harry. 302 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,040 It wasn't any business of yours anyway, and it happened so long ago. 303 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:12,160 I'm not getting into anything. 304 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:13,160 It's getting into me. 305 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:14,160 Can't you see that? 306 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,240 I see that we've got to get you away from here. 307 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:20,760 Oh, maybe if you slept some pace out for a few nights, you wouldn't dream about him 308 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:21,760 anymore. 309 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:22,760 I don't know. 310 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:24,160 Let's go to the country tomorrow. 311 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,000 We'll stay at the Limelock rog. 312 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,240 Bess, why can't we visit the Crowley's? 313 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:32,240 They live in the country. 314 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,240 All right, fine. 315 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:38,120 Bob has a pistol, and we could do a little target shooting. 316 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:39,880 What do you want a pistol for? 317 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:41,440 Plenty of open space. 318 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,200 I think you'd want to get away from shooting. 319 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:45,200 Yes. 320 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:46,200 Sure, dear. 321 00:13:46,200 --> 00:14:02,680 The vacation seemed a success at first. 322 00:14:02,680 --> 00:14:06,920 When we arrived at the Crowley's house in the cab, I thought I'd left my suitcase at 323 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:08,480 the railroad station. 324 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:12,800 Harry laughed his old normal laugh for the first time in many days as he found the bag 325 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:14,520 and handed it to me. 326 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:18,360 And then he leaned over and kissed me. 327 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:19,360 Good old kinetic. 328 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:20,880 Oh, Harry, this is wonderful. 329 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:22,880 Oh, we'll have a grand time, Bess. 330 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:23,880 Yes, dear. 331 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:24,880 Hello, Bess. 332 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:25,880 Hi, Harry. 333 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:26,880 Here they come. 334 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:27,880 Good old Bob. 335 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:28,880 Remind me to tell him that rabbit joke. 336 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:29,880 Hello, Madison. 337 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:30,880 I'll take your bags, Mr. Andrews. 338 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:31,880 Thank you, Madison. 339 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:32,880 Thank you. 340 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:33,880 Thank you, sir. 341 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:34,880 Hello there. 342 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:35,880 Bess, what a wonderful day. 343 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:36,880 Well, Bob, how's the old country squire? 344 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:37,880 Oh, fine. 345 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:38,880 How have you been? 346 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:39,880 Never better. 347 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:40,880 Boy, it's good to be here. 348 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:41,880 Hello, Alice. 349 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:42,880 Well, you too. 350 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:43,880 I'm so glad you've come. 351 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:44,880 It gets kind of dull here in the hinterland. 352 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:45,880 Oh, I'm glad too. 353 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,440 Say, will you get one of our extra special cold martinis into you? 354 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:49,440 You'll feel ship-shaped. 355 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,000 Still know how to mix them, huh? 356 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,000 Better never. 357 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,880 Get lots of practice these long country winters. 358 00:14:54,880 --> 00:15:07,240 Oh, it was grand seeing Harry's face relaxed and smiling over his cocktail glass. 359 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,800 When I went to bed that night, I felt that at last that nasty old business of the dream 360 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,000 was over, and I was happy. 361 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:21,240 But when I woke the next morning, when I woke, I saw my husband lying rigid on his back staring 362 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:22,920 at the ceiling. 363 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,280 One Henry Andrews, an architect. 364 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:26,280 What's the matter, dear? 365 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:27,280 Nothing. 366 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,200 Oh, why don't you go back to sleep, Harry? 367 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,480 It's only eight o'clock, and this is the country. 368 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,040 One Henry Andrews, an architect. 369 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:35,040 What are you talking about? 370 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:36,040 That's what he calls me. 371 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:37,840 Calls you who? 372 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,560 One Henry Andrews, an architect. 373 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:43,800 He keeps saying in his nasty little sneering voice, one Henry Andrews. 374 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:45,920 Harry, Harry, please don't yell. 375 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:47,520 You'll wake the whole house. 376 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:48,520 It's early. 377 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:49,520 People want to sleep. 378 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:50,520 I'm beneath him. 379 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:51,520 I'm just anybody. 380 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:52,520 I'm a man in a gray suit. 381 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:57,240 Be on your good behavior, my good man, he says to me, or I shall have one of my lackeys 382 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:58,840 give you a taste of the writing crop. 383 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:00,360 Why should he say that to you? 384 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,360 You ask me why. 385 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,000 He wasn't such a great man, was he? 386 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,040 I mean, didn't he try to sell Louisiana to the French or something behind Washington's 387 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,040 back? 388 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:10,040 He was a traitor. 389 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:11,040 Then why worry what he says? 390 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,680 He was a scoundrel, but a very brilliant mind. 391 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,000 I was in hopes you weren't going to dream about him anymore. 392 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,400 I thought if we came up here... 393 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:20,760 It's him or me. 394 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:21,760 I can't stand this forever. 395 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:35,280 Neither can I. 396 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:40,320 As I had expected, Harry spent most of the afternoon with Bob shooting at targets. 397 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,840 At first they just aimed at the paper squares. 398 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,920 It all seemed to be good nature and in fun. 399 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:50,120 After a while, Harry stood with his back to the dead tree trunk on which the targets were 400 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:51,640 nailed. 401 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:57,960 Then he walked 30 paces ahead in a stiff legged manner and his face was set in stern lines. 402 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,720 His revolver was at arm's length above his head. 403 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,800 When he turned suddenly and fired, Bob dropped to the ground scared. 404 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,000 Hey, what's the big idea, Harry? 405 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,440 But Harry didn't answer. 406 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,760 He started to walk back to that dead tree trunk again. 407 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:16,360 Then with his back to the target, he began marking off the 30 paces. 408 00:17:16,360 --> 00:17:17,360 Bob called to him. 409 00:17:17,360 --> 00:17:19,640 I think they kept their arms hanging straight down. 410 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,720 I don't think they struck him up in the air. 411 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:23,800 But my husband continued to count off. 412 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:29,400 At the 30th step, he lowered his arm, wheeled about suddenly and fired from his hip. 413 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,360 Hey there, watch out! 414 00:17:31,360 --> 00:17:35,040 Two of the shots missed the tree, but the last one hit it. 415 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:39,520 Like a mechanical man or someone in a trance, Harry began to walk back to the tree again 416 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:40,960 without a word. 417 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,320 His lips tight, his eyes bright, his breathing coming fast. 418 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:45,880 And look, it's my turn. 419 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,480 But Harry about faced and stalked on. 420 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:53,720 This time when he fired, his eyes were closed. 421 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,360 Poor Bob didn't know what to make of this strange behavior. 422 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:59,200 Hey, good heavens, man, give me that gun, will you? 423 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:01,640 Without a protest, Harry let him have it. 424 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,040 For the first time, he spoke. 425 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:06,040 I... 426 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,280 I need a lot more practice, I guess. 427 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,360 Well, not with me standing around. 428 00:18:10,360 --> 00:18:12,680 Come on, let's get back to the house and shake up a drink. 429 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,280 Gee, I've got the jumps. 430 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:25,080 I need a lot more practice. 431 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:30,280 I guess I must have slept soundly that night because I didn't hear him leave the room. 432 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:35,160 He must have crawled out of bed, dressed silently and crept out of the room. 433 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:40,600 The sun was just coming up and the light was hard and the air was cold. 434 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,600 Then I heard the shots. 435 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,760 I threw on a dressing gown and ran downstairs. 436 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,560 The crowlies were in the hall. 437 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,320 Oh, good heavens, Beth. 438 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:52,320 Is Harry all right? 439 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:53,320 It sounds like it. 440 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:54,320 Where is he? 441 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:55,320 What's he doing? 442 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,320 It sounds as though he's out behind the studio shooting. 443 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:58,320 Oh, Alice. 444 00:18:58,320 --> 00:18:59,800 Oh, no, no, take it easy, Beth. 445 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,000 Bob will go out and get him. 446 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,480 Maybe... maybe he had a nightmare or walked in his sleep. 447 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,440 No, no, he never walks in his sleep. 448 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:06,440 He's awake all right. 449 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,120 Now let's go down and get some coffee. 450 00:19:08,120 --> 00:19:09,120 He'll need some. 451 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:10,560 Yes, I'll need some too. 452 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:11,840 What the dickens is the matter with him anyway? 453 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:12,840 I don't know. 454 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:13,840 I'm so sorry. 455 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:14,840 Bob, you go get him. 456 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:15,840 At your service, madam. 457 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:16,840 Alive or dead. 458 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:17,840 Bob, stop it. 459 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,560 Okay, I'll do my best. 460 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:22,560 Come on, Beth. 461 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:23,560 We'll go to the kitchen. 462 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:24,560 What's that noise? 463 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:25,560 Where? 464 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:26,560 In the kitchen. 465 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:27,560 Oh, oh, it's you, Madison. 466 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:28,560 Yes, ma'am. 467 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:29,560 Well, you're shaking. 468 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:30,560 I was just wondering, ma'am. 469 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:31,560 No, no, no, it's all right, Madison. 470 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:32,560 You go on back to bed. 471 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:33,560 Clothida was scared, ma'am, and I thought... 472 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:34,560 Will you tell me what happened? 473 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:35,560 I was just wondering, ma'am. 474 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:36,560 Oh, I'm sorry. 475 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:37,560 I was just wondering, ma'am. 476 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:38,560 Oh, I'm sorry. 477 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:39,560 I was just wondering, ma'am. 478 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:44,560 Will you tell me what happened? 479 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,560 Andrews is shooting a little. He couldn't sleep. 480 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:48,560 Yes, ma'am. 481 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:49,560 Yes. 482 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,560 I don't know what to do, Alice. 483 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:15,560 I guess the Crowley's were relieved when the cab came to drive us to the station early that day. 484 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:22,560 Their maid had threatened to leave. The neighbors were complaining about the early morning disturbance, and their own nerves were ragged. 485 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,560 Boy, I'll need a drink after that. 486 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,560 Here's an eight-miner's stiff one. 487 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,560 Gee, I'm sure glad he's gone. 488 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:34,560 Well, it was either he or Clotheda. You can't afford to lose a good cook these days. 489 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,560 Say, what do you think's the matter with him? 490 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,560 I don't know. It's what Clotheda would call the shoots, I guess. 491 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,560 You know, he said a funny thing when I went out and got him this morning. 492 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,560 Well, let's have it. I could stand the funny thing. 493 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:53,560 I asked him what the deuce he was doing out there in that freezing air with only his pants and shirt and shoes on, and you know what he said? 494 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:54,560 What? 495 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:58,560 I'll get him one of these nights. That's just what he said. 496 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,560 By this time, I was really frightened. 497 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:14,560 When we returned to the city, Harry was a picture of gloom. 498 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:22,560 Our first night back, I looked at him as he lay on the chaise long in my bedroom in his blue dressing gown, smoking a cigarette. 499 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:26,560 He was haggard and tired, and he kept biting his lower lip. 500 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,560 I mixed a scotch and water nightcap for him. 501 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,560 No thanks, no liquor. I need a steady hand. 502 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,560 Watch my hand. Does it tremble? 503 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:35,560 No. 504 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:36,560 Is it steady? 505 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:38,560 Yes, very. 506 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,560 That's good. That's very good. You need a steady hand, you know. 507 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,560 For what, dear? 508 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,560 Oh, things. 509 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,560 Harry, will you sleep in my room tonight? 510 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:55,560 No, you'd keep shaking me all night to keep me awake. You're afraid to let me meet him. 511 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,560 Are you still on that? 512 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,560 Why do you think everybody's better than I? I can out-shoot him the best day he ever lived. 513 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:02,560 Oh, of course, dear. 514 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:10,560 In the Westcat, right next to the middle button. He has three big pearl buttons on his Westcat. Came from France. 515 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:14,560 Why don't you dream about somebody else? Anybody else, please? 516 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:18,560 You'd like that, wouldn't you? You'd like to have me dream about somebody who wouldn't hurt a fly, somebody like that. 517 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,560 Because you'd know I'd never get in a duel with him. 518 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:23,560 A duel? You're dreaming of a duel now? 519 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:25,560 Ever since Hamilton died. 520 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,560 Burr knows I hate him. It's nearly over now. 521 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:30,560 Harry. 522 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,560 It's him or me. I'll get him, the Rotter. 523 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:34,560 But, Harry... 524 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,560 I know I'll get him. 525 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:41,560 You see, I have a modern pistol. He has to use an old-fashioned single-shot muzzleloader. 526 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:43,560 Is that quite fair? 527 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,560 Fair? What do I care if it's fair or not? Was it fair the way he shot Alexander? 528 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,560 Was it? 529 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,560 Don't be mad with me, Harry. 530 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,560 Oh, I'm... I'm sorry, darling. 531 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,560 I'm very unhappy. 532 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:56,560 I'm sorry, darling. 533 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,560 And I'm worried sick. 534 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:02,560 I'm sorry, darling. Don't cry. Please don't cry. It upsets me when you cry. 535 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:11,560 And I mustn't be upset. I must be very calm and rested. My hand must be steady tonight. Especially tonight. 536 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:13,560 I'm so worried, Harry. 537 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:19,560 Don't worry about me. I'll be all right. I'll be fine. My hand is like a rock. 538 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:31,560 Later, when I kissed him good night, I knew it was really goodbye. He didn't say anything and neither did I. 539 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:36,560 It's just that he seemed so far away. In... in another world. 540 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,560 And each moment I felt that he was becoming more and more remote. 541 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,560 Something told me he wasn't coming back. 542 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:55,560 I couldn't sleep. After an hour of tossing and turning, I went to Harry's room. He was sleeping peacefully. 543 00:23:55,560 --> 00:24:02,560 I sat down in his chair and watched over him for a long while. Then, finally, I must have fallen asleep. 544 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,560 A beautiful morning. 545 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:10,560 It was about five in the morning when I awoke. Harry was talking in his sleep. 546 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:17,560 Ah, yes. The doctor. Good of you to come, doctor. Yes, often misty at this hour. 547 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:18,560 Harry. 548 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,560 Are they loaded? Splendid. 549 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,560 Harry, wake up. 550 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:29,560 Yes, I'm perfectly ready. Here's Mr. Burr. He is good. Shall we proceed? 551 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,560 No, I do not care to make a statement. 552 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:39,560 Very well. Yes, I understand perfectly. Ten paces. Turn and fire at the dropping of the handkerchief. 553 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,560 Yes, ten paces. 554 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:42,560 Harry. Harry. 555 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,560 Thank you for acting as my second, Mr. J. Of course, extremely good of you. 556 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,560 Very well, then I'm quite ready. 557 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:50,560 One. 558 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:51,560 Harry. 559 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:52,560 Two. 560 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:53,560 Three. 561 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:54,560 Harry. 562 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:55,560 Four. 563 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:56,560 Harry, please. 564 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:57,560 Five. 565 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:58,560 Don't, Harry. 566 00:24:58,560 --> 00:24:59,560 Six. 567 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:00,560 Harry! 568 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,560 Nine. Ten. 569 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:05,560 Harry. 570 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:08,560 Harry, dear. 571 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:12,560 Harry. 572 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,560 Dr. Fox was puzzled when he examined Harry the next morning. 573 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:30,560 Oh, extraordinary. His heart was as sound as a dollar when I saw him the other day. 574 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,560 He seemed to be fine, Dr. Fox. 575 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:33,560 I can't understand it. 576 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:34,560 What? 577 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,560 Why his heart stopped as if he'd been shot. 578 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:38,560 Shot? 579 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,560 Yes. Of course, there are no gunshot wounds and no... 580 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:42,560 Shot. 581 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:43,560 Now, Mrs. Andrews. 582 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:44,560 That's it. Shot. 583 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,560 Now, now, you'll have to calm yourself. You can't help him now. 584 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,560 I should have known it would happen. 585 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:52,560 I kept staring at Harry's right hand. 586 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,560 The three fingers next to the index finger were closed stiffly on the palm, 587 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:58,560 as if gripping the handle of a pestle. 588 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:04,560 The taut thumb was doing its part to hold that invisible handle tightly and unwaveringly. 589 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,560 But it was the index finger which held my eye the longest. 590 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,560 I looked carefully to make sure I was right. 591 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,560 Yes. Yes, it was so. 592 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,560 That index finger was curved inward slightly. 593 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,560 As if it were about to press the trigger of a pistol. 594 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,560 So there had been a duel after all. 595 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,560 Perhaps there was no gunshot wound. 596 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,560 But Harry had been shot as surely as he was dead. 597 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,560 Dr. Fox saw me staring and spoke to me. 598 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:36,560 What are you looking at, Mrs. Andrews? 599 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,560 Harry never even fired a shot. 600 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,560 Aaron Burr killed him the way he killed Hamilton. 601 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,560 Aaron Burr killed him the way he killed Hamilton. 602 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:47,560 What are you talking about? 603 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,560 Aaron Burr shot him through the heart. 604 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:51,560 I knew he would. 605 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:52,560 Yes, but there's no evidence to... 606 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,560 I knew he would! 607 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,560 Then Dr. Fox put an arm around me. 608 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:04,560 He looked at me gently and a bit frightened, 609 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,560 the way I used to look at Harry when he told me about his dreams. 610 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,560 He led me to his assistant and whispered something. 611 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,560 He thought I didn't hear him, but I did. 612 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:15,560 She's crazy. 613 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,560 Stark raving crazy. 614 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:20,560 I let the assistant take me away. 615 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,560 Maybe he thought I was crazy too. 616 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,560 But now I knew. 617 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,560 Aaron Burr got Harry. 618 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:35,560 Just as he had killed Hamilton in that old quarrel long ago. 619 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:39,560 I knew he would! 620 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,560 I knew he would! 621 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:03,560 And so closes A Friend to Alexander, 622 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,560 starring Robert Young and Geraldine Fitzgerald, 623 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,560 the James Thurber story which was tonight's tale of... 624 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:12,560 Suspense. 625 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,560 The producer of these broadcasts is William Spear, 626 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,560 who with Robert Louis Shea on guest director, 627 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,560 Freya Howard author, 628 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:25,560 and Bernard Herman and Lucy Ann Marowick conductor and composer, 629 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:30,560 collaborated in presenting A Friend to Alexander. 630 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:35,560 Now CBS is pleased to announce that beginning August 17th 631 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,560 at 10 to 10.30 Eastern War time, 632 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:42,560 Mr. Robert Young, whom you've heard as star of tonight's suspense, 633 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:47,560 will begin a brand new CBS series entitled Passport for Hunter. 634 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,560 Passport for Hunter will bring you each week the adventures 635 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:54,560 of an American newspaper reporter among the people of the United Nations. 636 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,560 Next week's broadcast will be written and directed by Norman Reed, 637 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,560 next week's broadcast will be written and directed by Norman Corwin, 638 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,560 with music by Bernard Herman, 639 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,560 and the stars we have said will be Robert Young. 640 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:10,560 This is your narrator, the man in black, 641 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:15,560 inviting you to be with us next week at the same time when with Miss Agnes Moorhead, 642 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:20,560 and with a repeat performance by popular request of the play called Sorry Wrong Number. 643 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:22,560 We again hope to keep you in... 644 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,560 Suspense. 645 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:29,560 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.