1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,520 Suspense! 2 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:23,280 Presented by Roma Wines, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 3 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,560 Salud, your health, senor. 4 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:29,160 The world toasts Roma, and Roma toasts the world. 5 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:37,000 The wine for your table is Roma, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 6 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:45,080 This is the man in black here for Roma Wines, to introduce this weekly half hour of suspense. 7 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:50,080 Tonight in Hollywood our stars are Mr. Robert Young and Margot. 8 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,280 The suspense play which stars Robert Young and Margot, and which is produced and directed 9 00:00:54,280 --> 00:01:00,720 by William Spear, is a tale of ordeal by fire, by Cornell Woolrich. 10 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:05,440 And so with the night reveals, and with the performances of Robert Young and Margot, Roma 11 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:20,840 again hopes to keep you in suspense. 12 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,080 Go ahead, tell us the story, Mr. Jordan. 13 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:24,800 I'd help to get it out of your system. 14 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,520 Yes, go ahead, Harry. 15 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,680 What, tell it here, Marie, in front of you? 16 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,920 Sure, I can stand it if you can. 17 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,120 Well, all right. 18 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:40,080 I'll tell it from when I first began to know, for sure, two weeks ago. 19 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,040 I should have known before that something was wrong. 20 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,240 I should have known by her eyes. 21 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:50,800 There was a queer look in them, staring at me one minute and avoiding me the next. 22 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,200 Well, I came home late one Monday night. 23 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:58,760 They were asleep, my son Johnny and my wife here, Marie. 24 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,120 I lay in bed reviewing my day's work. 25 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:06,240 You see, I'm an investigator for the Herkimer Fire Insurance Company. 26 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:10,600 While thinking about the fire on Second Avenue, I fell asleep. 27 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:15,180 Suddenly I was sitting bolt upright, wide awake, with a strange feeling of being alone 28 00:02:15,180 --> 00:02:16,180 in the room. 29 00:02:16,180 --> 00:02:18,240 I looked towards Marie's bed. 30 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,520 It's too dark to see. 31 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,480 I called Marie. 32 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:23,480 Marie! 33 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,560 There was no answer. 34 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,220 I got up and walked to her bed. 35 00:02:27,220 --> 00:02:28,220 The quilt was bunched up. 36 00:02:28,220 --> 00:02:29,640 I pulled the covers down. 37 00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:32,040 The bed was empty. 38 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:33,040 In the bathroom. 39 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,080 No, she wasn't there. 40 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,200 And not in Johnny's room either. 41 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:38,960 Johnny was alone. 42 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:39,960 Marie wasn't in the apartment. 43 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,640 I put on the light and looked at my watch. 44 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:44,880 It was two in the morning. 45 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,720 Got dressed and walked out and rang for the elevator. 46 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:48,720 It was nothing. 47 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:53,800 Of course it was nothing important, but my heart kept hammering away. 48 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:55,600 Morning, Mr. Jordan. 49 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:56,600 Kind of late for the... 50 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:00,480 Yes, good morning, Steve. 51 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,240 Did you see my wife go down? 52 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:03,240 Yes, Mr. Jordan. 53 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,240 About half an hour ago, I'd say. 54 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,000 Yes, yes, of course. 55 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,400 Did you see which way she went? 56 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,000 Yes, she went towards Third Avenue. 57 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Said she was going to... 58 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000 Went to the drugstore, I guess. 59 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Yes, that's right. 60 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,160 There's one over on 96th Street. 61 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:18,160 Open all night. 62 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:19,160 Thanks. 63 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,840 That was it. 64 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,960 She went to the drugstore. 65 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,400 I was worried over nothing at all. 66 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,400 I didn't know what to do quite. 67 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,840 I didn't want to follow her, but the elevator boy was watching me, so I strolled easily along 68 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:35,720 towards Third Avenue. 69 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,160 I stood on the deserted dark corner and looked up and down the street. 70 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:40,160 Then I saw her coming. 71 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:41,800 She was walking towards me briskly. 72 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,800 Harry, what are you doing here? 73 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,000 Well, I got up and saw you were gone and I... 74 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,280 I couldn't sleep. 75 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,520 I had a dreadful headache, so I decided to go down for some aspirin. 76 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:52,520 Yes. 77 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:56,600 Yes, of course, the drugstore on 96th Street. 78 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,920 But you were coming from 98th Street. 79 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,000 I took a little walk. 80 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,320 I thought some fresh air would do me some good. 81 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,240 Yes, it is a nice night. 82 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,600 I've only been gone about 10 minutes. 83 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,360 Steve says you were gone about a half hour. 84 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,240 It was only 10 minutes. 85 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:12,240 What time is it now? 86 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:13,240 2.35. 87 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:15,920 I've been out for almost 15 minutes. 88 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:17,240 Oh, it's more than... 89 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,760 It was 15 minutes, no more than that. 90 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:20,760 Yeah. 91 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:25,120 Yeah, I guess so. 92 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:26,920 Everything seemed all right. 93 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,120 Still I felt something was wrong. 94 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,920 We got into our apartment and we both went to bed. 95 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,240 For a minute or so, we said nothing. 96 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,440 You've been working hard, Harry. 97 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,200 Don't you think you ought to take a week off and sort of rest up? 98 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,080 Oh, I feel perfectly all right, dear. 99 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:43,080 There's nothing wrong with me. 100 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:44,080 Listen. 101 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,080 A fire. 102 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:46,080 A fire. 103 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:47,080 A fire. 104 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,040 Yeah, it's not far. 105 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:50,040 Over east a couple of blocks. 106 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,800 By the river, I'd say. 107 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:52,800 That's my district. 108 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:53,800 A fire. 109 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:54,800 Oh, what the... 110 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:55,800 Hello. 111 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:56,800 Hello, Harry. 112 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:57,800 I'm sorry to wake you in the middle of the night. 113 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:58,800 There's a bad one over near you. 114 00:04:58,800 --> 00:04:59,800 Between second and third. 115 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:00,800 Maybe a total loss. 116 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:01,800 Between second and third, Mr. Parmitter? 117 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:02,800 An apartment building? 118 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:03,800 Yeah, 98th Street. 119 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:04,800 340 East 98. 120 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:05,800 I called you because I'd like you to go there direct first thing in the morning instead of 121 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:06,800 come at the office. 122 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:07,800 I'm sorry. 123 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:08,800 I'm sorry. 124 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:09,800 I'm sorry. 125 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:10,800 I'm sorry. 126 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:11,800 I'm sorry. 127 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:12,800 I'm sorry. 128 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:13,800 I'm sorry. 129 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:14,800 I'm sorry. 130 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:15,800 I'll come at the office, okay? 131 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:16,800 I'll meet you there. 132 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:17,800 Okay, Mr. Parmitter. 133 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:18,800 Good night. 134 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,800 A fire on 98th Street? 135 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:23,800 Yeah. 136 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:28,280 I couldn't see Marie in the dark. 137 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:30,800 I knew she was staring at me. 138 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,280 I was very tired. 139 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:35,040 Good night, Marie. 140 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:47,280 Good night, Harry. 141 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:51,160 This is a story of a husband and a wife. 142 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:57,040 In a moment as the story continues, we shall learn how they came to know that death was 143 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:06,320 living with them. 144 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:12,360 Tonight the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California brings you Robert Young and Margot as stars 145 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:18,440 of suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 146 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:23,600 Somewhere tonight, perhaps in Havana, Cuba, a man and a girl sit at a table in a gay cafe. 147 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:28,840 Music, laughter fill the big room, a tropic breeze stirs the palms and the terrors. 148 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:32,400 As we watch, the young man pours wine into their glasses. 149 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,840 They raise them in a toast to each other. 150 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:35,840 Salud. 151 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:36,840 Salud. 152 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:38,960 Ah, an excellent wine, verdad? 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181 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,400 Well, a few, but no one dead. 182 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,760 Lucky they just installed the new fire escapes. 183 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:38,760 Just the walls left. 184 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,080 That fire must have been quite a sight in the height of its glory. 185 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:43,360 Yeah, quite a sight. 186 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,280 Man, those walls look pretty bad. 187 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:46,760 They might collapse almost any time. 188 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:48,440 Yeah, the building will have to be raised. 189 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:49,960 That fire did a good job. 190 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:51,640 Oh, here's the commissioner. 191 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:52,640 Hello, Parmander. 192 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:53,640 Jordan. 193 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:54,640 How are you, Mr. Morales? 194 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:55,640 You know anything about the fire commission? 195 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:56,640 No, not a thing. 196 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:57,640 Well, we'll take a look. 197 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,200 I wouldn't go in there, Jordan. 198 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:00,200 Those walls are pretty bad. 199 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:01,200 I can take care of myself. 200 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:02,200 Maybe you better not go inside, Harry. 201 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,200 Don't worry about me. 202 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:04,200 I know fires as well as anyone. 203 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:05,520 You stay outside, Mr. Parmander. 204 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:06,520 I'm going in. 205 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:12,680 I walked gingerly into the blackened, ruined hallway, in ashes up to my ankles, until I 206 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:15,040 reached the remains of the stairway. 207 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:19,040 Underneath were several baby carriages, just twisted pieces of metal. 208 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,320 A burned fragment of something fell nearby. 209 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:22,480 Come on back, Jordan. 210 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:23,480 I'm all right. 211 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:28,560 I poked around the carriages sifting through the clean, fine ashes. 212 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:29,560 Something caught my eye. 213 00:09:29,560 --> 00:09:32,560 A glob of yellow metal. 214 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:36,680 I picked it up, and I worked my way out. 215 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:38,840 You're learning through, isn't she? 216 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:39,840 Yep. 217 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:40,840 Cleaned through. 218 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:41,840 Nothing left of it. 219 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:42,840 Did you find anything, Harry? 220 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:43,840 Nothing much. 221 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:44,840 The fire started in the hallway all right. 222 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:45,840 Cellar's untouched. 223 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:46,840 Firework's its way up. 224 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:47,840 What's that in your hand? 225 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,120 Well, that is just a piece of metal I found. 226 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:51,120 Here. 227 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:52,120 I just picked it up for my kid. 228 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:53,120 He likes shiny things. 229 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:54,600 What do you think, Commissioner? 230 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,480 Probably one of those gadgets they have on baby carriages. 231 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:58,960 I guess you're right. 232 00:09:58,960 --> 00:09:59,960 It isn't anything. 233 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:00,960 But it was something. 234 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,920 I had run my fingernail across this glob of metal. 235 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:05,920 It looked like gold. 236 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,520 I decided to examine it in detail at home. 237 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,520 Hello, Daddy. 238 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,520 Hiya, Johnny. 239 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,200 Mama says I was bad today. 240 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,640 Harry, you're home early. 241 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,760 Yes, I got through sooner than I expected, and I... 242 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,000 What is it, Harry? 243 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Your locket. 244 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,040 You're not wearing it. 245 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,040 You never had it off before. 246 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:30,040 My locket? 247 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:31,040 Well, I... don't you remember? 248 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:32,040 Daddy, can I go over to see Davy Taylor for a minute? 249 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:33,040 Yeah, yeah. 250 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:34,040 Go ahead, Johnny. 251 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:35,040 All right. 252 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:36,040 Gee, thanks, Daddy. 253 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:37,040 You shouldn't have done that. 254 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:38,040 I didn't want him to go. 255 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:39,040 He hasn't had his dinner. 256 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:40,040 Never mind, Johnny. 257 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,040 What did you say happened to the locket? 258 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,040 Well, I gave it to you. 259 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:43,040 To me? 260 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:44,040 Yes, I put it in your pocket to have it fixed. 261 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:45,040 The catch was loose. 262 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:46,040 I don't remember. 263 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,040 You've been very forgetful lately. 264 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:48,040 Very forgetful. 265 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:49,040 Maybe I should have told you. 266 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:50,040 I'm sorry. 267 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:51,040 I'm sorry. 268 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:52,040 I'm sorry. 269 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:53,040 I'm sorry. 270 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:54,040 I'm sorry. 271 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,040 I'm sorry. 272 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:56,040 I'm sorry. 273 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:57,040 I'm sorry. 274 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,040 I'm very forgetful lately. 275 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,040 Maybe you thought you gave it to me. 276 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:03,040 No, no. 277 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:04,040 I put it in your pocket, Harry. 278 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,040 I forgot to mention it to you. 279 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:10,040 I wanted you to take it to the jewelers and get the catch fixed. 280 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,040 I just put it in your coat pocket while you were shaving. 281 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,040 When? 282 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:15,040 Yesterday. 283 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,040 Yes. 284 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:17,040 Yesterday morning. 285 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,040 Then it should be in my pocket now. 286 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,040 I wore this suit yesterday too. 287 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,040 Nothing in my pockets, Marie. 288 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:25,040 Well? 289 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:26,040 Marie. 290 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:27,040 Yes, Harry? 291 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,040 Is anything wrong with you? 292 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:31,040 Don't you feel... 293 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,040 With me? 294 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:33,040 No, no, of course not. 295 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:34,040 I'm all right. 296 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:35,040 I'm perfectly all right. 297 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,040 There's not a thing wrong with me. 298 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,040 You look worried as if you've got something on your mind. 299 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,040 Oh, it's nothing. 300 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,040 I've just been having a headache. 301 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:44,040 Maybe you ought to see a doctor. 302 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:45,040 Oh, no. 303 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,040 It really doesn't amount to much. 304 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:50,040 Well, I think I'll take another look for the locket. 305 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,040 Which suit did you say you put it in? 306 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,040 Your blue suit, I think. 307 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:56,040 Or maybe it was the gray, though. 308 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,040 I don't know. 309 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,040 I couldn't make it out. 310 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:01,040 What had she done with the locket? 311 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:02,040 Had she pawned it? 312 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,040 Had she given it away? 313 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,040 Then I remembered something. 314 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:09,040 I went into the bathroom and locked the door. 315 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:12,040 I looked at this shapeless little glob of yellow metal. 316 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:16,040 I rubbed the blackened spots away, all of it, until it was gleaming. 317 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:19,040 I studied it, turning it over and over. 318 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:20,040 I noticed a thin crack. 319 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:24,040 It was small, so I took a nail file out of the medicine chest and began to file it. 320 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:28,040 I kept filing until I had enlarged the crack to the full length of the piece of gold. 321 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:32,040 Then I slipped the nail file inside and pried it open. 322 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,040 Tiny fragments of glass. 323 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,040 And then I saw a piece of scorched paper. 324 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,040 It was a photograph. 325 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,040 A picture of my son, Johnny. 326 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,040 This glob of metal was my wife's locket. 327 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:55,040 I put the locket and the picture in my pocket and walked out. 328 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:59,040 The next hour I sat trying to read a book while Marie busied herself, 329 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,040 first feeding Johnny and then helping him with his homework. 330 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,040 What's the largest continent in the world? 331 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,040 Oh, I know. It's, uh, it's Asia. 332 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,040 And the next largest? 333 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:14,040 Oh, that's easy. Africa. It's full of jungles. That's where Tarzan lives. 334 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,040 Isn't it time for Johnny to be in bed? 335 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:19,040 Oh, yes. I had no idea it was so late. 336 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,040 Run along to your room, Johnny. I'll be in in a minute. 337 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,040 All right, Mother. Good night, Dad. 338 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,040 Good night, Johnny. Sleep well. 339 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:29,040 He's getting along very well in school, except for arithmetic. 340 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,040 He seems to be having a little trouble. 341 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,040 Oh, Johnny will be all right. 342 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:37,040 Yes. Johnny will be all right. I know he'll be all right. 343 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:41,040 I watched her. She seemed very uneasy. 344 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:46,040 I walked over to my pipe rack where I kept several books of matches in a jar. 345 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,040 There weren't any there. 346 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:52,040 All this time I knew she was watching me, watching me closely. 347 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,040 I looked behind the rack. There wasn't a match around. 348 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,040 What the devil happened to all my matches? 349 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,040 I have a match here. Let me light it for you. 350 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,040 Did you take the matches out of the jar, Marie? 351 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:04,040 Well, I, uh... 352 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:05,040 Did you? 353 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,040 Yes, I... I needed them in the kitchen. 354 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,040 Shall I light your pipe for you? 355 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,040 No, I'll... I'll light it myself. 356 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,040 I picked a match out of the booklet. 357 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,040 It was a clean white match with a green head. 358 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,040 I struck it against the side. 359 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:24,040 The match sputtered up into a yellow flame, fringed on the bottom with blue. 360 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:28,040 Marie stared at it, until I felt the sharp bite of the flame on my thumb. 361 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,040 Would... would you like a cup of tea, Harry? 362 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,040 No, dear, I don't think so. 363 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:38,040 I watched her. Her hand casually brushed along the table and picked up the matches. 364 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,040 Marie! Leave the matches on the table. 365 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:45,040 I need them. I'm rather short of matches and the pilot light isn't working. 366 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,040 Is this the only book of matches in the house? 367 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,040 I... I'll have to get some tomorrow. 368 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:51,040 Where are you going, Harry? 369 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:52,040 Get a drink of water. 370 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,040 No, no, I'll get it for you, Harry. 371 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:56,040 Never mind, Marie, I'll get it myself. 372 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,040 I went into the kitchen. 373 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,040 There was a paper bag alongside the gas range. 374 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,040 Matches, all thrown in, helter-skelter. 375 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:08,040 Books of matches and safety matches, all mixed together. 376 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,040 I walked back and sat down in my chair. 377 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,040 She sat a few feet away, torturing a handkerchief. 378 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:19,040 She looked so helpless and terrified that my anger passed away. 379 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,040 Marie, you've been having headaches lately. 380 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:27,040 Perhaps you ought to see a doctor. You haven't been looking too well. 381 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,040 I'm just tired. It's nothing serious. 382 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,040 Look, um, how would you like to go away for a few days? 383 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,040 I'll get a maid to take care of Johnny and me. 384 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:36,040 It'll do you a lot of good. 385 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,040 No, no, I don't need a vacation. 386 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,040 There's nothing wrong with me, but... Harry, there is... 387 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:42,040 Yes? 388 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,040 Uh, there's nothing the matter with... 389 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,040 You were about to say something else. 390 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,040 I... I've got to go into Johnny's room and see that he's covered. 391 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,040 He always throws the covers off. 392 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,040 I sat there looking at the door. 393 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,040 Then I glanced about the room. 394 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,040 There was the pack of matches lying open on the table. 395 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,040 I closed the cover and my eye caught a purse lying nearby. 396 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:04,040 It was bulging. 397 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:05,040 Harry! 398 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:06,040 Well, what's the matter? 399 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:07,040 My purse! 400 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,040 Yes, that's your purse. Here, look. 401 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,040 See, the handle's loose. 402 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,040 And it's full of matches. 403 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:15,040 A dozen books of them. 404 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,040 And these newspaper clippings. 405 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:18,040 Give it back to me! 406 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:19,040 Why are you saving these clippings? 407 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:20,040 Why do you carry matches with you? 408 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,040 I bought the matches in a store. They were a dozen for five cents. 409 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,040 These clippings. Look here. 410 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:27,040 Fire on 112th Street causes severe damage. 411 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:28,040 And these others. 412 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,040 Why are you saving these clippings, Marie? 413 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:31,040 There's nothing wrong in that. 414 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,040 I'm interested, interested in your work. 415 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,040 I intend to keep a file on fires. 416 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,040 It'll help you in your work. 417 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,040 Well, that's very considerate, Marie. 418 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,040 Oh, Harry. 419 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,040 You're so good. 420 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,040 Why should this have to happen to us? 421 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,040 Towards midnight I went to bed. 422 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,040 Marie didn't follow me. 423 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,040 I lay in the semi-darkness, wide awake, 424 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,040 trying to think what I should do. 425 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,040 I couldn't collect my thoughts. 426 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,040 Every time I closed my eyes, I could see the flame of the match, 427 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,040 yellow and blue, crawling along the matchstick. 428 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,040 Then Marie came in with a cup of steaming liquid. 429 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:13,040 Drink this, Harry. It'll help you sleep. 430 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:14,040 What is it? 431 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:16,040 It's cocoa. It's very good for you. 432 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:19,040 I'm not the one that's having trouble falling asleep. 433 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,040 We both couldn't sleep last night. 434 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,040 I'm taking some of this myself as soon as I go to bed. 435 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,040 All right. Leave it on the nightstand. 436 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,040 Be sure to drink it while it's hot. 437 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:29,040 Yes, Marie, I will. 438 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:30,040 Good night, darling. 439 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,040 Good night, Marie. 440 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,040 Cocoa. 441 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,040 Then suddenly I knew. 442 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,040 I looked around quickly for something to pour it in. 443 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,040 There was a radiator pan. It was empty. 444 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,040 I poured the cup of liquid into it. 445 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,040 Then I lay back and waited. 446 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,040 Waited for her next move. 447 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,040 About a half hour later I heard the door open softly 448 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:54,040 and Marie tiptoed towards my bed. 449 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,040 Harry. 450 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,040 Harry. 451 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,040 Are you asleep? 452 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,040 I didn't answer but breathed evenly. 453 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,040 She hovered for a moment over me, then she tiptoed out, 454 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,040 carefully closing the door behind her. 455 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,040 I dashed out of bed and hurried into my clothes. 456 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,040 Quickly I poured the liquid from the pan into a bottle 457 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,040 and put it into my pocket. 458 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,040 Then I grabbed my coat and followed her. 459 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:16,040 I rang for the elevator. 460 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,040 She had only a few minutes headway. 461 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,040 I would catch up to her easily and then... 462 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,040 then we'd have a showdown. 463 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:25,040 Steve looked at me with controlled amazement. 464 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,040 Hello, Steve. 465 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,040 Hello, Mr. Jordan. 466 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:34,040 My wife went down a moment ago, didn't she? 467 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,040 Yes, Mr. Jordan. Just took her down. 468 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,040 She went towards Third Avenue, didn't she? 469 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,040 I think so. 470 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,040 She sort of stopped me for a minute 471 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,040 and then turned towards Third. 472 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:48,040 Had to get back to the elevator because you were ringing. 473 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,040 When I reached the corner, I looked up and down Third Avenue 474 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,040 and I saw her. 475 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:54,040 She was walking north. 476 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,040 I crossed to the other side of the street and followed her, 477 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:57,040 keeping at a distance. 478 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:59,040 At 98th Street, she turned east. 479 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:02,040 Down the middle of the block was the remains of last night's fire. 480 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,040 She paused in front of the gutted building for a long time, 481 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,040 just stood there, looking at it. 482 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,040 Then she walked inside. 483 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,040 I waited for a few seconds and then followed her. 484 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:15,040 It was pitch dark in the burnt-out hallway. 485 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,040 Ahead of me, I could see the glow of a match. 486 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,040 Then I saw what she was doing. 487 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:24,040 She was collecting the charred debris near the baby carriages. 488 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:25,040 How foolish. 489 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:28,040 There wasn't anything that could burn there now. 490 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:29,040 She lit another match. 491 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,040 I watched the flame light up her face, 492 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,040 a face so intent upon her work that she didn't hear me approach. 493 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:37,040 Marie! 494 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:38,040 Who's there? 495 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:39,040 It's me, Harry. 496 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:40,040 Harry, why did you... 497 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:41,040 Come along, Marie. 498 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:42,040 We'd better get out of here. 499 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:43,040 The police. 500 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,040 I took her hand and without a word, she came along. 501 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,040 We walked home in complete silence. 502 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,040 We both knew. 503 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,040 When we came to our apartment house, I stopped and rang for the elevator. 504 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,040 In the light of the hallway, I could see her face. 505 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,040 My wife's face. 506 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:01,040 Ashy gray. 507 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:04,040 Her eyes bright and painful. 508 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,040 You run upstairs, Marie. I'll be along in a minute. 509 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,040 Harry, where are you going? 510 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,040 I'll be right back. 511 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:10,040 Please, Harry, don't do anything. 512 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,040 You run along, Marie. 513 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:12,040 You're not going to... 514 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,040 No, I'm only going to the drugstore to get something. 515 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,040 I'll be back in a few minutes. 516 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,040 I came home a half hour later. 517 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:30,040 She was waiting for me. 518 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:31,040 Did you... 519 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:32,040 Did you do it, Harry? 520 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:35,040 Harry, please, please tell me. I've got to know. 521 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,040 I had the cocoa you gave me, Analiah. 522 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:38,040 I'm sorry. 523 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:39,040 I had to do it. 524 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:40,040 Don't you see? I couldn't help it. 525 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:44,040 It was very easy for the drugist, especially when I told him what I thought was in it. 526 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,040 Sodium amytal. 527 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,040 That's the stuff that makes you sleep through an earthquake. 528 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,040 Please try to understand, Harry. You must understand. 529 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:52,040 Is the kid asleep? 530 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,040 Yes, Johnny's all right. 531 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:56,040 I was sorry for Marie. 532 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,040 She looked so haggard and worn. 533 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,040 It wasn't her fault. 534 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:03,040 I was sorry for myself. My head was roaring. 535 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:07,040 I wasn't feeling too well. I kept seeing sparks in front of my eyes. 536 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,040 I closed my eyes for a moment. 537 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,040 Let's go to bed, Harry. 538 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,040 Marie, we can do something. 539 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:15,040 Let's burn up every match, every match in the house. 540 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,040 We'll never bring another match in here. 541 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,040 No, no, Harry, we can't do that. 542 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:19,040 You don't want to? 543 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:20,040 No, Harry, not now. 544 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,040 See? This is the first book. It's turning black. 545 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,040 We'll do it with every book of matches. 546 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,040 It's no use. It's no use, Harry. 547 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,040 Strange, isn't it, that this should happen to me? 548 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,040 Me, a fire inspector. That's funny. 549 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,040 Give me the matches, Marie, all the matches. 550 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,040 No, I can't do it. I won't. 551 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:34,040 Give them to me. 552 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,040 Please, please, please, don't take them out. Do anything you want. Anything. 553 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:40,040 Where did you hide them? Tell me, where are they? 554 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,040 Inside the range, behind the paper bag. 555 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,040 I dropped her hand and she sank to the floor in a huddle, weeping. 556 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,040 Then I went into the kitchen and got all the matches. 557 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,040 By now, my anger was cooling off. 558 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,040 Look, Marie, look up. See? 559 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:58,040 I'll light each book of matches one at a time until they're all gone up in smoke. 560 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,040 Yellow flame licked its way down the matches. 561 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,040 The cover caught fire and blackened. 562 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,040 I watched her look at the flame with day's eyes. 563 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,040 Listen, listen, Harry, do you hear? 564 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:08,040 Just someone in the hall. 565 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,040 Oh, it's more than someone. Something's happened. 566 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,040 Something has happened. 567 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:14,040 I'll take a look. 568 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,040 Hey, Mr. Jordan, the house is on fire. 569 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,040 The house, the house is on fire. 570 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,040 Yes, Marie, wake up Johnny. 571 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:20,040 Johnny, Johnny. 572 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,040 We'll have to hurry. The flames are coming up the stairs. 573 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:24,040 There's an upward draft. 574 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,040 Oh, what's the matter, Mother? 575 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,040 The house is on fire. We've got to get out, Johnny. Come on. 576 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,040 It's too late to go down. We'll have to go up through the roof. 577 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,040 Oh, I've, I've hurt my leg. 578 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:33,040 Come along, Johnny. 579 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,040 Mother, wait for Mother. 580 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:36,040 She'll come along. 581 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,040 No, no, I want to wait for Mother. 582 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,040 It's all right, Johnny. Go along with Daddy. I'll follow you. 583 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:44,040 No, no, I won't go. I won't go without you, Mother. 584 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,040 Hold on to my arm, Marie. Come on. 585 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,040 Give me your hand, Johnny. Don't be scared. 586 00:22:48,040 --> 00:23:01,040 The fire won't hurt you. It won't hurt you at all. You're safe with me. 587 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,040 We made our way upstairs very slowly because of Marie's sprained ankle. 588 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,040 Finally, we got to the roof. 589 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:10,040 There were some firemen on the next roof, about ten feet separated the two buildings. 590 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,040 Don't get panicky. We'll get you off safely. 591 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:19,040 Are we, are we going to have to jump across, Daddy? Because Mother won't be able to jump her foot. 592 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,040 It's all right, Johnny. Don't be scared. 593 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,040 They're putting a board across the two roofs. We'll just walk across. 594 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:29,040 All right, now. One at a time. Tie the rope around you and come across. 595 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,040 Johnny, you go first. Don't be afraid. 596 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,040 There. The rope will hold you in case you slip. 597 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,040 Mother, you got to go first. 598 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,040 I'll go right after you, Johnny. 599 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,040 You promise? 600 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,040 Go ahead, Johnny. Another will follow you. 601 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,040 Don't turn around. Keep walking. 602 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,040 All right. The kid's safe. Now you, lady. 603 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,040 Be careful. The board. 604 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,040 Hey, the board slipped off. Hurry, one of you guys. Get another board. 605 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:56,040 Mother. Mother. I want my mother. 606 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:57,040 Your mother's going to be all right, kid. 607 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,040 You push the board off, Harry. I saw you do it. 608 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,040 No, no, I didn't, Marie. I didn't. 609 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,040 All right, ladies. Just tie the rope around you. 610 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,040 Don't be afraid. Don't look down. 611 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,040 Ready? Okay, boys. 612 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,040 She's all right. Now you, mister. 613 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,040 That's right. Tie the rope around you. 614 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,040 Okay. All set? Okay. 615 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,040 On the ground we stood there, the three of us watching the fire. 616 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,040 Sparks were shooting up through the hole where it had bitten through. 617 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,040 Great flames shot out, stabbing at the sky. 618 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,040 The top of the roof was burning now. 619 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,040 Red flame crawled along, searching out the inflammable spots. 620 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,040 A wooden pole caught fire and blazed up 621 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,040 with a long, narrow, curving arc. 622 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,040 The wind was helping her. 623 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,040 All this time Marie was shaking, shaking violently. 624 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:53,040 Not with cold. I pitied her. 625 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,040 And then she threw up her hands and shrieked. 626 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,040 Harry! No, no, darling, don't. 627 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,040 I can't stand it. We can't go on this way. 628 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,040 Police! Police! Come here! Don't do it, Marie. 629 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,040 There's no need to. Not the police. 630 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,040 I don't know what you're saying. 631 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,040 What is it, lady? You'd better calm down now. 632 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:13,040 Officer, please. 633 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,040 No, no, it's no use, Harry. 634 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,040 Officer, these awful fires, they're not accidental. 635 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,040 There's a pyromaniac, a criminal. 636 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,040 And I know who it is. 637 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,040 You've got to arrest the person. Arrest. 638 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,040 So there won't be any more. 639 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:31,040 All right, lady. Now, what is this? Who is the pyromaniac? 640 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:35,040 The criminal is my husband, Harry Jordan. 641 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,040 Arrest this man here. Arrest him, officer. 642 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:59,040 Well, that's about all there is to the story, gentlemen. 643 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,040 Then I was brought here. 644 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:06,040 Must have sounded kind of, well, painful for you to hear it all over again, Marie. 645 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,040 No, it was all right, Harry. 646 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:12,040 I wonder, um, I got a cigarette. Could I... 647 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,040 No, I'll light it for you, Harry. 648 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,040 You don't have to worry. 649 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,040 I won't try and keep the matches here. 650 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,040 She's been awfully good to me, gentlemen. 651 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,040 You'll take good care of her, won't you? 652 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,040 She tried everything to help. 653 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:31,040 She hid the matches so as to keep them from me. 654 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:36,040 She even tried to give me sleeping pills so I wouldn't... 655 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,040 It's all right, Harry. 656 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,040 I'm sorry about the locket, dear. 657 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:45,040 Must have fallen out of my coat when I was in that building at 98th Street. 658 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,040 I... 659 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:51,040 It's all right, Harry. You can buy me another one sometime. 660 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,040 You... 661 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,040 You can't blame anybody for liking fires. 662 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,040 It's not their fault. 663 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,040 Fires are beautiful to watch. 664 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,040 So bright and clean. 665 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,040 They burn up all the filth and dirt. 666 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,040 And they're magnificent to watch. 667 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,040 Especially the big ones. 668 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:15,040 The way the flames roar and crackle, lighting up everything around you. 669 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,040 The beautiful fire. 670 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,040 The beautiful fire. 671 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:26,040 Beautiful. 672 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:43,040 And so closes The Night Reveals, starring Mr. Robert Young and Margot. 673 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:47,040 Tonight's tale of suspense. 674 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:54,040 I want you to know that the distinguished Roma California wines include the most enjoyable types for every possible occasion. 675 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,040 Dry table wines, red and white. 676 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,040 Appetizer and dessert wines. 677 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,040 And also champagne and sparkling burgundy. 678 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:06,040 Nothing can add more downright pleasure to your meals or to your entertainment of friends. 679 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,040 And no enjoyment could be more economical. 680 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,040 For not only are they supremely delicious. 681 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:14,040 Roma wines are America's largest selling wines. 682 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,040 And they cost only a few cents a glass. 683 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:21,040 The vast quantities regularly purchased and enjoyed by wine lovers. 684 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:28,040 The advantageous locations of the great Roma wineries in the favored wine districts throughout California. 685 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:34,040 These things permit truly modest prices that make Roma wines the world's outstanding wine values. 686 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:37,040 Roma. 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