1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000 Suspense. 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:42,000 This is the Man in Black, here again to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. 3 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Tonight in one of her rare radio appearances, we bring you one of Hollywood's most idolized personalities, 4 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Miss Dolores Costello. With such noteworthy and distinguished players as Mr. Martin Koslik, 5 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Mr. George Zuko, and Mr. Ian Wolfe, Miss Costello appears in a story of today played against the background of the new order in Europe, 6 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:10,000 the story of an oppressed people who use strange and effective methods in dealing with their oppressors and with traitors. 7 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:17,000 The story tonight is called The King's Birthday and was written by Corporal Lewis Pelletier, AUS. 8 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:25,000 And with the performances of Dolores Costello as the Danish Countess Elsa, of Martin Koslik as the Nazi go-lighter, 9 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Reitman, of George Zuko as Dr. Ericsson, and of Ian Wolfe as old Peter of Cronwald Castle, 10 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:40,000 we again hope to keep you in. Suspense. 11 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:48,000 They come to the castle almost every day now, the Gestapo trying to question me. But it seems I'm very stupid. 12 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:54,000 Somehow I don't give the right answer. Perhaps it's my advanced age. 13 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:02,000 When they question me about the night of the king's birthday, I get confused. I ramble on in the fashion of old people. 14 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:12,000 Gentlemen, Cronwald Castle is 300 years old. For all those years, Cronwald has been a symbol of Danish liberty. 15 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:19,000 Gentlemen, the sea waves beat against the rocks of Cronwald. The sea is deep. 16 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Ah, the sea knows everything. Ask her. 17 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Stop babbling nonsense, you old fool. Ask her my question. Did you know about those notes? 18 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,000 But of course, Herr Lieutenant, everybody in the district knows about them. 19 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:39,000 The notes said Count Victor would kill himself on the night of the king's birthday. 20 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Did you see the notes? 21 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Oh, no, Herr Lieutenant. But the notes said that Count Victor would kill himself because of his great shame. 22 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:52,000 That I do know. And the notes said the exact time, 12 midnight. 23 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,000 So, so you know the exact time. 24 00:02:54,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Yes, yes, I'm fond of clocks, you see. My father had a clock that told the time with a bird jumping out. 25 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,000 The bird whistled like this. 26 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Stop that insane chirping. 27 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Yes, Herr Lieutenant. 28 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:16,000 I'll take care of you later. Perhaps I'll have something that will improve your memory. Stay there till I call you. 29 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Yes, Herr Lieutenant. 30 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:26,000 There's nothing to matter with my memory. I could tell them a thing or two if I wanted. 31 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,000 I could tell them how it all happened. 32 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:33,000 It began two days before the king's birthday. 33 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:39,000 That was the day the new Nazi Gauleiter, Herr Reichmann, came to the castle to see the Countess Elsa. 34 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,000 I was told to show him to the library. 35 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:50,000 It was cold and gray, and the sea was pounding on the rocks, very angry, like it always is in November. 36 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:56,000 The new Gauleiter sat by the fireplace and warmed his hands and called for a glass of brandy. 37 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 And bring some soda, too, please. 38 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Yes, Herr Reichmann. 39 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,000 How soon did your mistress say she would see me? 40 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,000 In a few minutes, Herr Reichmann. 41 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 You told her it was most urgent. 42 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Yes, yes, I told her. She'll be with you soon. 43 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:16,000 I doubt it. Most women's idea of soon is the best part of an hour. In my country, we train our women to... 44 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,000 The brandy, Herr Reichmann. 45 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Oh, thank you. Yes, in Germany, we... 46 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Hmm, Courvoisier. Ready to get brandy like this. 47 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Count Victor can get many things that are forbidden to his countrymen, Herr Reichmann. 48 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Count Victor's cellar is well-stocked. 49 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Is it really? 50 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Yes. We have meat at the castle. Nobody in Denmark has meat. Only Kronwall Castle. 51 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,000 You're lucky. 52 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,000 So they say. Shall I leave the brandy, sir? 53 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Yes, but you stay here a minute. Tell me, what's your name? 54 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Peter, sir. 55 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:56,000 Ah, yes, Peter. You have been at Kronwall since you were a child. Sixty-three years. Am I correct? 56 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Why, why, yes. How did you... 57 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:03,000 It's my business to know a lot of things, Peter. You don't approve of Count Victor, do you? 58 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,000 It's not my place, sir, to... 59 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:12,000 Three days ago in the marketplace, you were heard to make an indiscreet remark concerning Count Victor's collaboration with Berlin. 60 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,000 I think a word very close to traitor was used. 61 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Was it, sir? 62 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 What do you think? 63 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:25,000 I think, Herr Reichmann, the fire is in need of some more wood. If you'll excuse me, I'll get some. 64 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Do by all means. And Peter. 65 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Yes, sir? 66 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Tell your mistress that I do not intend to spend all afternoon here. My business is urgent and I... 67 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,000 You may tell the Countess yourself, sir. 68 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Herr Reichmann. 69 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Countess Elster, excuse me. I was just saying... 70 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,000 That's quite all right here, Reichmann. Sit down, please. 71 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Thank you. 72 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Peter told me your business was urgent. I hope I haven't kept you. 73 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:55,000 No, not at all. My business is urgent. But as a new garliter of this district, I am at combined social pleasure with business and... 74 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Oh, that's very kind of you. 75 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 I had hoped that my wife, Frau Reichmann... 76 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Oh, of course. You must ask her to call sometime. 77 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Yes, I will. Although I never had the pleasure of meeting Count Victor, it would be a great honor if we may call as soon as he returns from Berlin. 78 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Certainly, Herr Reichmann. 79 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Thank you. 80 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,000 And this urgent business? 81 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Yes, we come to that. Do you mind if I smoke? 82 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Not at all. 83 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,000 A good cigar always makes unpleasant things easier to tell. 84 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Sounds almost as if you had rehearsed that line on the way to the castle, Herr Reichmann. 85 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,000 I did. And since it was ineffective, I'll be blunt, Countess. 86 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 I'd prefer it. 87 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Three days ago, Countess, to be exact, on the day I arrived at Kronwald to begin my duties as garliter of this district, I found this note on my desk. Read it, please. 88 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Count Victor of Kronwald will kill himself on the night of the King's birthday. 89 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:55,000 That note was on my desk in the morning. At noon I found this one. Read it, please. 90 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Count Victor of Kronwald will repudiate his Nazi collaborators. He will choose the night of the King's birthday for his death. 91 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:11,000 I thought at first it was some crank, but the notes kept coming. Then I heard that everybody in the district believed what the note said. 92 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:18,000 In every house and shop and farm, they are saying that Count Victor is going to kill himself. You see why I said my business was urgent. 93 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Yes, yes, I see. 94 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:27,000 It's not that I have the slightest fear for the Count's safety, but the writer of these notes must be found and treated with severest penalties. 95 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,000 You have no fear for my husband's safety? 96 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Of course not. Certainly no anonymous letter writer could force a Count to take his own life. 97 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 Hmm. I wonder. 98 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,000 What do you mean? 99 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 You wish me to be frank with you. 100 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Naturally. 101 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,000 You know that my husband is hated by the whole countryside? 102 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,000 What of it? People here are too stupid to know what's good for them. 103 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:53,000 Perhaps. But the writer of these notes seems to be a little less than stupid. 104 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,000 You think so? 105 00:07:55,000 --> 00:08:04,000 If you knew Danish history here, Reichmann, you might agree. For hundreds of years, the night of the King's birthday has been a special occasion at Grunwald. 106 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:10,000 On that night, the Castle renews its pledge of loyalty to the King and to Denmark's freedom. 107 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Hmm. A very theatrical gesture. 108 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:17,000 Hmm. Quite. But if anyone wished to remind Count Victor... 109 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,000 If someone wished to remind the Count that he had chosen our glorious Fuhrer for his leader... 110 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:29,000 Yes. The night of the King's birthday would be, shall we say, the psychologically correct time to do it. 111 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,000 You reason well, Countess. 112 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 I know my countrymen. 113 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Evidently. 114 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 I can see how these notes would inflame their imagination. 115 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:45,000 If Count Victor would have taken his own life as a public repudiation of his present political bonds, the whole country would be stirred to its depths. 116 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:51,000 I see. You seem to view the possibility of your husband's death rather calmly, Countess. 117 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Like you, Herr Reichmann, I have no fear for his safety. I am only presenting the political possibilities. 118 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Quite so. And since you grasp the full significance of the notes, you understand that I must take certain liberties... 119 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 ...in order to track down the writer. 120 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,000 Liberties? 121 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,000 Yes. I shall ask your permission to talk with Dr. Erickson. 122 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Oh, Dr. Erickson? 123 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 I'm told he lives here at the castle. 124 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 Yes, but... 125 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,000 I should like to talk with Dr. Erickson. 126 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:24,000 As you wish. Peter will show you to the doctor's study. However, I assure you... 127 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:29,000 My time is short, Countess. I understand that Dr. Erickson is one of your country's able psychiatrists. 128 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:35,000 And the standard of Dr. Erickson is an authority on mass suggestion. His health should be invaluable. 129 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Dr. Erickson! 130 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Yes, Peter. Show the gentleman in. 131 00:09:54,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Sit down, Herr Reichmann. Don't be alarmed about these mice. I'll remove them just as soon as Herman here gets through the maze. 132 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:09,000 Watch him. He's really quite clever. I've been trying him on liver extract and... 133 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Ah, he made it. Good night, Herman. Now off to bed. 134 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:22,000 I've been expecting you, Herr Reichmann. Please sit down. 135 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,000 Thank you. 136 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,000 You've come to see me about the notes, am I right? 137 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,000 Yes, you're right, Doctor. 138 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:36,000 When I first heard about them, I said to myself, the new goleiter will want my theory concerning the type of mind which would be prompted to write such notes. 139 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 I'll tell you my theory, Herr Reichmann. 140 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:42,000 I don't want your theory, Doctor. I want you to answer some questions. 141 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Oh, so it's like that. And perhaps you want a sample of my handwriting, too. 142 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,000 I'm not a fool, Doctor. 143 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,000 That's very possible. 144 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:53,000 How long have you been treating Count Victor for a certain nervous disorder? 145 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Five years. 146 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,000 What would you say is his condition now? 147 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,000 You've never met Count Victor, have you, Herr Reichmann? 148 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,000 No. 149 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:07,000 When you talk with him, you'll see no outward sign of his malady. It manifests itself only during periods of despondency. 150 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,000 In the last few years, I am happy to say that these periods have been infrequent. 151 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,000 Count Victor depends a good deal on you, doesn't he, Doctor? 152 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,000 Perhaps. I've almost cured him. 153 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:21,000 In return, he's given me this laboratory and money for my experiments. 154 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,000 But you do have a great deal of influence on his mental processes. 155 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,000 Yes, Herr Reichmann, I do. 156 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:36,000 In fact, if I decided to, shall we say, liquidate Count Victor, I would have written the notes exactly as the people say they are written. 157 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Like all nervous people, the Count would be highly susceptible to such mental attack. 158 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 That's what you wanted me to say, isn't it? 159 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Yes. 160 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,000 We know, then, where we stand. 161 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:49,000 Almost. One thing more I'll ask you, Doctor. 162 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Count Victor had a brother who left Kronberg and Denmark was occupied by our troops. 163 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,000 That brother, Christian, is now known to be working with the Danish Underground. 164 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Formerly he was one of your students at the University. Is that right? 165 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Christian was one of my most brilliant students. 166 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Do you know where he is now? 167 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:13,000 No, I don't. And neither does your Gestapo. That's the only thing we share in common. 168 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 You are a very outspoken man, Doctor. 169 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,000 I find it the best form of deception. 170 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:21,000 Do you think it wise to try to deceive the lawful government of your country? 171 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:25,000 Lawful government? You have a quaint sense of humor, Herr Reichmann. 172 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,000 You may not find it so quaint if Count Victor ever removes his protection from you. 173 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:37,000 He won't. When you've informed him of his impending suicide, as I presume you will, you'll see he'll need me more than ever. 174 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,000 You do intend to show the notes to the Count, don't you? 175 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Yes. I will present myself to His Excellency tonight on his return from Berlin. 176 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,000 His reactions to the notes will be most interesting. 177 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Would it inconvenience you if I would be present on the occasion? 178 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Oh, not at all, Doctor. I'd be delighted. Your own reactions should be most interesting too. 179 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,000 Dad, that's what the people think, eh? They think they can kill me with words. 180 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 They can't do that to me, can they, Doctor? 181 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Easy, Count Victor, easy. 182 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:15,000 This childish note. Count Victor will kill himself on the night of the King's birthday. 183 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Because of his great shame here, I'll great shame them all right. They'll see that... 184 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,000 Doctor, Doctor, a little of the brandy, please. 185 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,000 Yes, of course, Count Victor. Now, you mustn't upset yourself. 186 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Who's upset? The whole thing is completely nonsensical, completely. 187 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:37,000 Of course it is. Ask Herr Reichmann. His police have practically caught the writer of the notes, haven't they, Herr Reichmann? 188 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,000 Practically, Doctor. You have nothing to worry about, Count Victor. 189 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,000 You see? 190 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Doctor, tonight, if I need a sedative... 191 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Certainly, Count Victor. 192 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,000 I'll show them. I'll give them a dinner here on the night of the King's birthday. Everyone will hear about it. 193 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 They'll see who's afraid. I'll give a dinner. 194 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,000 Herr Reichmann, will you be my guest at dinner? 195 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,000 With pleasure, Count Victor. 196 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,000 I'll light up this whole castle like a... like a Christmas tree. 197 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 And also you'll wear that gown you wore at the palace in your jewels. 198 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,000 You understand? You'll wear all your jewels. 199 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,000 Yes, Victor. 200 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Kill me with words, eh? If it's words, after all, I'll give them words. 201 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Herr Reichmann, I'll... I'll make a statement to your newspapers on the night of the King's birthday. 202 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 I'll stuff words down the people's throat. 203 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Yes. And there's someone in particular who'll read what I have to say. 204 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:21,000 My brother, Christian. I want him especially to read it. 205 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,000 Herr Reichmann. Have you ever seen my brother? 206 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,000 No, Count Victor. 207 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,000 His picture was in that empty frame up there next to mine. 208 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,000 I destroyed his picture! 209 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,000 Victor, you're getting excited. Dr. Erickson! 210 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Yes, you're right, Elsa. Sometimes the strain of my work is too much. 211 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Dr. Erickson, you'll... you'll talk to me for a while before I go to bed, won't you? 212 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,000 Of course. Talk to you, Count Victor? 213 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Yes. The doctor has a way of calming my nerves. 214 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,000 It's slightly hypnotic, isn't it, Doctor? 215 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,000 You might call it that, Count Victor. 216 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,000 Count Victor, I'd strongly advise... 217 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,000 No, no. It's the only thing that helps me, eh? 218 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Just go quietly to sleep while the doctor talks. 219 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,000 But, Count Victor... 220 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Good night, Herr Reichmann. I'll expect you here for dinner on the night of the King's birthday. 221 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Of course, Count Victor. 222 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,000 Elsa. 223 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,000 Yes, Victor. 224 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,000 They can't hurt me with words, can they? 225 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,000 No, Victor. 226 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:13,000 They can't hurt me if I don't listen, can they? If I shut my ears, I'll be all right. 227 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,000 That's it. Shut my ears. 228 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:20,000 I won't listen. I won't listen. 229 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:31,000 I won't listen. I won't listen. I won't listen. 230 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Herr Gauleiter. 231 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,000 Yes, Lieutenant? 232 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,000 While you were out to lunch. 233 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000 You needn't tell me. It's another note. 234 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,000 Yes, Herr Gauleiter. 235 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Where did you find it this time? 236 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,000 I... I hesitate to... 237 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,000 Speak up! Speak up! 238 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:49,000 I found it, Herr Gauleiter, in the pocket of my own tunic when I was about to go on duty. 239 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,000 Never mind the details. I found one of them under my pillow this morning. 240 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,000 Count Victor called me and said there was one delivered with his morning paper. 241 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:00,000 A farmer came in here at eight o'clock. He found one near to his door. 242 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Lieutenant, it has got to stop! 243 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,000 Yes, Herr Gauleiter. 244 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,000 Just as our Fuhrer says, if you tell a lie often enough, everybody believes it. 245 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,000 That's true, Herr Gauleiter. 246 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Is it? 247 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,000 Well, as the Gauleiter says... 248 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,000 Do you believe Count Victor will kill himself? 249 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Oh, no, Herr Gauleiter. 250 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Rather do I. But the Countess was right about one thing. 251 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:24,000 If he did kill himself after all these notes, the effect on the people would be electrifying. 252 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,000 But you just said that... 253 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,000 I am talking about effects, Lieutenant. 254 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:32,000 From what I have seen of the Count, he is too much of a coward to take his own life. 255 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,000 But if someone else killed him and made it look like suicide... 256 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Yes, yes, it could be done, but how? 257 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:43,000 How? I don't know. There will be four of us at dinner. 258 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,000 I have ordered 50 guards to patrol the grounds. 259 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,000 Four guards will be stationed in the dining room while we eat. 260 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,000 No one can get near the Count. It's impossible to kill him. 261 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,000 But in this strange country, you can't even trust the impossible. 262 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000 They say the castle is guarded tonight. 263 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Fifty soldiers. 264 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,000 They say the Count locked himself in his room all day writing. 265 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 A message to the people, they say. 266 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,000 They say the Gauleiter has five Gestappelmen at the castle besides the soldiers. 267 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,000 One Gestappelman is watching the food for poison. 268 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,000 Wait a minute, you. 269 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,000 Taste that wine before you bring it into the dining room. 270 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,000 What did you say, sir? 271 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 I said, taste that wine. 272 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Oh, oh, taste it. Why, of course. 273 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,000 Ah, it's very good, sir. 274 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,000 Did you doubt its quality? 275 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,000 Don't be insolent. 276 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,000 All right. 277 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,000 Let me take it in. 278 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,000 Thank you, sir. 279 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,000 And if there's any left after that through... 280 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 I'll take care of you, sir. 281 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,000 Ah, more wine. Good boy, Peter. 282 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,000 Set it right here. 283 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 We'll drink another toast to the King. 284 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Oh, Victor, I think we've drunk enough. 285 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Oh, nonsense. This is the King's birthday dinner. 286 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,000 We've got to drink to the King. 287 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:58,000 Oh, Peter. 288 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,000 Yes, sir? 289 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Did they make you taste that wine before you brought it in? 290 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Yes, doctor, they did. 291 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,000 What's this? 292 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,000 What's this about tasting wine? 293 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,000 A simple precaution of mine, Convictor. 294 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,000 I hope you don't mind. 295 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Mind? No, no, I don't mind, but you don't think that... 296 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000 Now, Victor, don't get upset. 297 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Well, so for the love of heaven, stop repeating that inane phrase. 298 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 I'm saying that all through dinner. I'm not upset, not upset. 299 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:23,000 I... just want to know what's going on. 300 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 What have I got to be upset about? 301 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:29,000 I, uh... you... you're more nervous than I am. 302 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 I can understand the Countess's feeling. 303 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 This is the first dinner I've ever had with four soldiers 304 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 observing my digestive processes. 305 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Don't you think, Herr Reichmann? 306 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,000 I must insist, doctor, that the soldiers remain. 307 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,000 Well, at least ask them to sit down. 308 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,000 Refleiter. 309 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,000 Yes, Herr Gauleiter. 310 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Your men may be seated. 311 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000 Thank you, Herr Gauleiter. 312 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,000 Yes, sir. And Peter. 313 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,000 Peter, go get some wine for the soldiers. 314 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Yes, sir. 315 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,000 Yes. 316 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,000 Everyone will have more wine, Peter. 317 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 We're going to toast the King. 318 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,000 The... 319 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,000 What time is it, doctor? 320 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,000 Five minutes to twelve, Count Victor. 321 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,000 And I'm still alive. Peter, it's five minutes to twelve, 322 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,000 and I'm still alive. 323 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,000 Go get the wine, Peter. 324 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,000 Yes, sir. 325 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,000 You know... you know, Peter... 326 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Peter tells me everything they say down at the village. 327 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 The people say I have five minutes to live. 328 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,000 So, Peter tells you the village gossip. 329 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Oh, yes. 330 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,000 He knows everything. 331 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 It was Peter who discovered most of the notes 332 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,000 and brought them to me. 333 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,000 He brought you the notes? 334 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,000 Oh, yes, and the last one said that the... 335 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,000 Now, what did it say? 336 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,000 Victor, can't we talk about something else? 337 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Why? Ask the doctor. 338 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000 He and I discussed it for hours. 339 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,000 Well, the doctor told me about some sect 340 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,000 over in the West Indies that disposes of an enemy 341 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,000 by simply writing the victim's name on a piece of paper 342 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,000 and sending it to him. 343 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Same sort of nonsense being tried on me. 344 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Isn't that your theory, doctor? 345 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,000 Well, I... 346 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Dr. Erickson, in view of the Count's 347 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,000 nervous condition, don't you think... 348 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,000 Herr Gauleiter, my private life is my own affair. 349 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,000 I'm not going to tell you anything. 350 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,000 When you work for the Reich, Victor, 351 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 you have no private life. 352 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,000 I repeat, Dr. Erickson, 353 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 in view of the Count's nervous disorder... 354 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000 As the Count's personal physician, 355 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,000 I prescribe my own remedies. 356 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 To know the truth about our gold practices 357 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,000 is the best way to guard against them. 358 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,000 Surely you don't think that... 359 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 In hiatus, Herr Reichman, 360 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 I saw a man die after receiving a note 361 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 with his name on it. 362 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,000 I don't explain it. I tell you a fact. 363 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:26,000 You see, it's possible. 364 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,000 It's a fact. 365 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 I could be murdered with pen and ink. 366 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 It could be done in exactly 367 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 three minutes of my watches, right? 368 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,000 Yes. Three minutes to live. 369 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,000 Where's Peter without wine? 370 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000 Victor, if you will excuse me. 371 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,000 I have a headache. 372 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000 You stay here, Elsa. 373 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,000 No one leaves this room till midnight. 374 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,000 Herr Gauleiter. 375 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,000 Yes, Herr Gauleiter. 376 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,000 Lock the door. 377 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,000 Hold all the windows. 378 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Yes, Herr Gauleiter. 379 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,000 Chill, Jason. 380 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Yes, that's right, boy. 381 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000 Yes, that's right. Hold everything. 382 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,000 They won't come in here after me. 383 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,000 They won't touch me. 384 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000 Victor, you're being absurd. I ask you. 385 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,000 Countess, I think it best to comply 386 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,000 with Count Victor's wishes. 387 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Humor me, my dear. Humor me. 388 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,000 You'd never forgive yourself 389 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,000 if you treated me unkindly 390 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,000 during the last two minutes of my life. 391 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Especially since you wished me dead 392 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,000 so many times. 393 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Victor. 394 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,000 It's the truth, isn't it? 395 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,000 Count Victor. 396 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,000 Two minutes to live, doctor. 397 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,000 This is a good time to hear Elsa's confession. 398 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,000 I may say a word. 399 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,000 You may not. 400 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Elsa, it's the truth, isn't it? 401 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,000 Isn't it? 402 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Isn't it? 403 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000 Yes, Victor. 404 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 It's the truth. 405 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 I wish you were dead. 406 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:33,000 I hate every minute I live under your roof. 407 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,000 I hate the thing you've become. 408 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000 A Nazi puppet. 409 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,000 I hate your sniveling goose-stepping mind 410 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 just as I loathe this fat specimen 411 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 of the super race you've invited to dinner. 412 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Herr Gauleiter, I... 413 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,000 No, no, let her finish, Herr Gauleiter. 414 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,000 Go on, Elsa. 415 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,000 I despise you as a man. 416 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Your countrymen despise you. 417 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 Even before the Nazis came, 418 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000 you were planning to sell us out. 419 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,000 All that Kronvold has fought for 420 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,000 down through the years. 421 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,000 That Dane should be a proud and free people. 422 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:08,000 You sold all that for a cast iron Nazi cross. 423 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,000 I wish you were dead, Victor. 424 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,000 I wish your soul were rotting in the grave 425 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,000 that's waiting for all these mad men of Europe. 426 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:23,000 Doctor, listen. 427 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:27,000 Five o'clock. 428 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,000 May God grant wisdom to our king 429 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 and freedom to our people. 430 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:42,000 May Kronvold always keep the faith. 431 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,000 Who turned out the lights? 432 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,000 Who turned out the lights? 433 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Herr Gauleiter, I hear a door opening. 434 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000 No, Herr Gauleiter, my hand is on the door. 435 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,000 It is not moving. 436 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 Victor. 437 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,000 Yes? 438 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Herr Gauleiter. 439 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,000 Come, Victor of Kronvold. 440 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 I hear you. 441 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Who is speaking? 442 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,000 Victor, this is your time. 443 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Are you ready? 444 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,000 I am ready. 445 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,000 Now you die like a soldier, Victor. 446 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:16,000 But your name will live on. 447 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 Victor, don't do it, Victor. 448 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,000 Goodbye, Elsa. 449 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Victor! 450 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 Have they found the body? 451 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 They say the body was washed out to sea. 452 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000 But yesterday on the rocks they found the count's wristwatch 453 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 and a handkerchief with the initial V on it. 454 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 They'll never find it. 455 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 They'll never find the body. 456 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000 Say what you will. 457 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Count Victor was a brave man to take his own life. 458 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:50,000 Yes, he showed those Nazis a dame could die for honor. 459 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 You know what the Nazis say? 460 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 They say someone forced the count to kill himself. 461 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,000 How could you force him? 462 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,000 That's what the Nazis say. 463 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,000 And listen, they've arrested old Peter. 464 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,000 They're trying to make old Peter talk. 465 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Peter won't talk, but if he did, 466 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:11,000 I bet he could tell them a thing or two. 467 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Yes, I could tell them a thing or two. 468 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000 I could tell them why they'll never find 469 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,000 Count Victor's body. 470 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,000 You know why? 471 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,000 Because Count Victor didn't jump out of the window. 472 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 How could he? 473 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:32,000 Count Victor was dead six days before the king's birthday. 474 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000 No, I didn't kill him. 475 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,000 He was shot through the head by his own brother, Christian, 476 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,000 the night he came home unexpectedly from Berlin, 477 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,000 six days before the king's birthday. 478 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 Yes, I worked with the underground, 479 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,000 and so did the countess and Dr. Erickson. 480 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,000 That's why Christian came here to see us. 481 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 When the count returned unexpectedly, 482 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,000 Christian decided to try to reason with him. 483 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 They quarreled, and well, 484 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,000 Christian eliminated the slimmiest traitor, 485 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Denmark has ever known. 486 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,000 It was then that Dr. Erickson got the idea for the notes. 487 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 Christian, we've got to try it. 488 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,000 This new gulleter has never seen Count Victor. 489 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,000 You'll pose as the count, and we'll stage your suicide. 490 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 The moral effect on the people will be tremendous. 491 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,000 Christian agreed, and we started sending the notes. 492 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 The rest was easy. 493 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,000 We all played our parts, and Dr. Erickson coached us 494 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,000 on the exact thing to do at 12 midnight. 495 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,000 At the last book of 12, 496 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,000 Peter will turn out the lights from downstairs. 497 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 You've got that, Peter? Yes, Doctor. 498 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,000 Then what do you do? 499 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,000 I go through the passageway that leads to the hidden door 500 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 in the dining room fireplace. 501 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000 I open the door and call out, 502 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:46,000 Count Victor, this is your time. 503 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Are you ready? 504 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,000 And you, Christian? I say, I am ready. 505 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:55,000 I call out, don't do it, Victor, don't do it. 506 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000 Then I break one of the windows. 507 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,000 And you, Christian? I go through the fireplace door 508 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,000 and disappear. Yes. 509 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:06,000 And Count Victor of Kronwald has died for his country. 510 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,000 Well, that's how it was done. 511 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,000 We planned it well, even to putting 512 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 Count Victor's wristwatch and handkerchief on the rock 513 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,000 where the Nazis would find them. 514 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,000 Presently, the gulliter will question me some more, 515 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:28,000 but soon, soon there will be a note on his desk 516 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,000 and I can hear him saying... 517 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:35,000 Lieutenant, lieutenant, how did this note get on my desk? 518 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,000 A note? I don't know, Herr Gulliter. 519 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000 What does it say? 520 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,000 It says, it says, 521 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:45,000 remember the night of the king's birthday. 522 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,000 Your turn is next, Herr Gulliter. 523 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:54,000 Your turn is next. 524 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000 And so closes the king's birthday, 525 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000 starring Dolores Costello with Martin Koslack, 526 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000 George Zuko and Ian Wolf. 527 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,000 Tonight's tale of suspense. 528 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,000 The producer of these broadcasts is William Spear, 529 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 who with Ted Bliss, director, 530 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,000 Lud Gluskin and Lucien Marowick, conductor and composer, 531 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,000 and Corporal Lewis Pelletier, radio author, 532 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,000 collaborated on tonight's Suspense. 533 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,000 This is your narrator, the man in black, 534 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,000 who conveys to you Columbia's invitation 535 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:37,000 to spend this half hour in suspense with us again next week. 536 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,000 Suspense will be heard at a new time, 537 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,000 Thursdays at 10.30 Eastern wartime 538 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,000 and 7.30 Pacific wartime. 539 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000 Perhaps you will want to note this down. 540 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,000 The new time for Suspense will be Thursdays 541 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:53,000 beginning next Thursday at 10.30 Eastern wartime 542 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:57,000 and 7.30 Pacific wartime. 543 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,000 Our play next Thursday will be The Singing Walls 544 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,000 based on a story by Cornell Woolrich. 545 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:12,000 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.