WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:17.520 Suspense! 00:17.520 --> 00:23.280 Presented by Roma Wines, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 00:23.280 --> 00:25.560 Salud, your health, senor. 00:25.560 --> 00:29.160 The world toasts Roma, and Roma toasts the world. 00:29.160 --> 00:37.000 The wine for your table is Roma, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 00:37.000 --> 00:45.080 This is the man in black here for Roma Wines, to introduce this weekly half hour of suspense. 00:45.080 --> 00:50.080 Tonight in Hollywood our stars are Mr. Robert Young and Margot. 00:50.080 --> 00:54.280 The suspense play which stars Robert Young and Margot, and which is produced and directed 00:54.280 --> 01:00.720 by William Spear, is a tale of ordeal by fire, by Cornell Woolrich. 01:00.720 --> 01:05.440 And so with the night reveals, and with the performances of Robert Young and Margot, Roma 01:05.440 --> 01:20.840 again hopes to keep you in suspense. 01:20.840 --> 01:23.080 Go ahead, tell us the story, Mr. Jordan. 01:23.080 --> 01:24.800 I'd help to get it out of your system. 01:24.800 --> 01:26.520 Yes, go ahead, Harry. 01:26.520 --> 01:28.680 What, tell it here, Marie, in front of you? 01:28.680 --> 01:30.920 Sure, I can stand it if you can. 01:30.920 --> 01:33.120 Well, all right. 01:33.120 --> 01:40.080 I'll tell it from when I first began to know, for sure, two weeks ago. 01:40.080 --> 01:43.040 I should have known before that something was wrong. 01:43.040 --> 01:45.240 I should have known by her eyes. 01:45.240 --> 01:50.800 There was a queer look in them, staring at me one minute and avoiding me the next. 01:50.800 --> 01:54.200 Well, I came home late one Monday night. 01:54.200 --> 01:58.760 They were asleep, my son Johnny and my wife here, Marie. 01:58.760 --> 02:01.120 I lay in bed reviewing my day's work. 02:01.120 --> 02:06.240 You see, I'm an investigator for the Herkimer Fire Insurance Company. 02:06.240 --> 02:10.600 While thinking about the fire on Second Avenue, I fell asleep. 02:10.600 --> 02:15.180 Suddenly I was sitting bolt upright, wide awake, with a strange feeling of being alone 02:15.180 --> 02:16.180 in the room. 02:16.180 --> 02:18.240 I looked towards Marie's bed. 02:18.240 --> 02:20.520 It's too dark to see. 02:20.520 --> 02:22.480 I called Marie. 02:22.480 --> 02:23.480 Marie! 02:23.480 --> 02:25.560 There was no answer. 02:25.560 --> 02:27.220 I got up and walked to her bed. 02:27.220 --> 02:28.220 The quilt was bunched up. 02:28.220 --> 02:29.640 I pulled the covers down. 02:29.640 --> 02:32.040 The bed was empty. 02:32.040 --> 02:33.040 In the bathroom. 02:33.040 --> 02:35.080 No, she wasn't there. 02:35.080 --> 02:37.200 And not in Johnny's room either. 02:37.200 --> 02:38.960 Johnny was alone. 02:38.960 --> 02:39.960 Marie wasn't in the apartment. 02:39.960 --> 02:42.640 I put on the light and looked at my watch. 02:42.640 --> 02:44.880 It was two in the morning. 02:44.880 --> 02:47.720 Got dressed and walked out and rang for the elevator. 02:47.720 --> 02:48.720 It was nothing. 02:48.720 --> 02:53.800 Of course it was nothing important, but my heart kept hammering away. 02:53.800 --> 02:55.600 Morning, Mr. Jordan. 02:55.600 --> 02:56.600 Kind of late for the... 02:56.600 --> 03:00.480 Yes, good morning, Steve. 03:00.480 --> 03:02.240 Did you see my wife go down? 03:02.240 --> 03:03.240 Yes, Mr. Jordan. 03:03.240 --> 03:05.240 About half an hour ago, I'd say. 03:05.240 --> 03:08.000 Yes, yes, of course. 03:08.000 --> 03:09.400 Did you see which way she went? 03:09.400 --> 03:12.000 Yes, she went towards Third Avenue. 03:12.000 --> 03:13.000 Said she was going to... 03:13.000 --> 03:14.000 Went to the drugstore, I guess. 03:14.000 --> 03:15.000 Yes, that's right. 03:15.000 --> 03:17.160 There's one over on 96th Street. 03:17.160 --> 03:18.160 Open all night. 03:18.160 --> 03:19.160 Thanks. 03:19.160 --> 03:21.840 That was it. 03:21.840 --> 03:23.960 She went to the drugstore. 03:23.960 --> 03:26.400 I was worried over nothing at all. 03:26.400 --> 03:29.400 I didn't know what to do quite. 03:29.400 --> 03:33.840 I didn't want to follow her, but the elevator boy was watching me, so I strolled easily along 03:33.840 --> 03:35.720 towards Third Avenue. 03:35.720 --> 03:39.160 I stood on the deserted dark corner and looked up and down the street. 03:39.160 --> 03:40.160 Then I saw her coming. 03:40.160 --> 03:41.800 She was walking towards me briskly. 03:41.800 --> 03:44.800 Harry, what are you doing here? 03:44.800 --> 03:47.000 Well, I got up and saw you were gone and I... 03:47.000 --> 03:48.280 I couldn't sleep. 03:48.280 --> 03:51.520 I had a dreadful headache, so I decided to go down for some aspirin. 03:51.520 --> 03:52.520 Yes. 03:52.520 --> 03:56.600 Yes, of course, the drugstore on 96th Street. 03:56.600 --> 03:58.920 But you were coming from 98th Street. 03:58.920 --> 04:00.000 I took a little walk. 04:00.000 --> 04:02.320 I thought some fresh air would do me some good. 04:02.320 --> 04:05.240 Yes, it is a nice night. 04:05.240 --> 04:07.600 I've only been gone about 10 minutes. 04:07.600 --> 04:09.360 Steve says you were gone about a half hour. 04:09.360 --> 04:11.240 It was only 10 minutes. 04:11.240 --> 04:12.240 What time is it now? 04:12.240 --> 04:13.240 2.35. 04:13.240 --> 04:15.920 I've been out for almost 15 minutes. 04:15.920 --> 04:17.240 Oh, it's more than... 04:17.240 --> 04:19.760 It was 15 minutes, no more than that. 04:19.760 --> 04:20.760 Yeah. 04:20.760 --> 04:25.120 Yeah, I guess so. 04:25.120 --> 04:26.920 Everything seemed all right. 04:26.920 --> 04:29.120 Still I felt something was wrong. 04:29.120 --> 04:31.920 We got into our apartment and we both went to bed. 04:31.920 --> 04:35.240 For a minute or so, we said nothing. 04:35.240 --> 04:37.440 You've been working hard, Harry. 04:37.440 --> 04:40.200 Don't you think you ought to take a week off and sort of rest up? 04:40.200 --> 04:42.080 Oh, I feel perfectly all right, dear. 04:42.080 --> 04:43.080 There's nothing wrong with me. 04:43.080 --> 04:44.080 Listen. 04:44.080 --> 04:45.080 A fire. 04:45.080 --> 04:46.080 A fire. 04:46.080 --> 04:47.080 A fire. 04:47.080 --> 04:49.040 Yeah, it's not far. 04:49.040 --> 04:50.040 Over east a couple of blocks. 04:50.040 --> 04:51.800 By the river, I'd say. 04:51.800 --> 04:52.800 That's my district. 04:52.800 --> 04:53.800 A fire. 04:53.800 --> 04:54.800 Oh, what the... 04:54.800 --> 04:55.800 Hello. 04:55.800 --> 04:56.800 Hello, Harry. 04:56.800 --> 04:57.800 I'm sorry to wake you in the middle of the night. 04:57.800 --> 04:58.800 There's a bad one over near you. 04:58.800 --> 04:59.800 Between second and third. 04:59.800 --> 05:00.800 Maybe a total loss. 05:00.800 --> 05:01.800 Between second and third, Mr. Parmitter? 05:01.800 --> 05:02.800 An apartment building? 05:02.800 --> 05:03.800 Yeah, 98th Street. 05:03.800 --> 05:04.800 340 East 98. 05:04.800 --> 05:05.800 I called you because I'd like you to go there direct first thing in the morning instead of 05:05.800 --> 05:06.800 come at the office. 05:06.800 --> 05:07.800 I'm sorry. 05:07.800 --> 05:08.800 I'm sorry. 05:08.800 --> 05:09.800 I'm sorry. 05:09.800 --> 05:10.800 I'm sorry. 05:10.800 --> 05:11.800 I'm sorry. 05:11.800 --> 05:12.800 I'm sorry. 05:12.800 --> 05:13.800 I'm sorry. 05:13.800 --> 05:14.800 I'm sorry. 05:14.800 --> 05:15.800 I'll come at the office, okay? 05:15.800 --> 05:16.800 I'll meet you there. 05:16.800 --> 05:17.800 Okay, Mr. Parmitter. 05:17.800 --> 05:18.800 Good night. 05:18.800 --> 05:22.800 A fire on 98th Street? 05:22.800 --> 05:23.800 Yeah. 05:23.800 --> 05:28.280 I couldn't see Marie in the dark. 05:28.280 --> 05:30.800 I knew she was staring at me. 05:30.800 --> 05:33.280 I was very tired. 05:33.280 --> 05:35.040 Good night, Marie. 05:35.040 --> 05:47.280 Good night, Harry. 05:47.280 --> 05:51.160 This is a story of a husband and a wife. 05:51.160 --> 05:57.040 In a moment as the story continues, we shall learn how they came to know that death was 05:57.040 --> 06:06.320 living with them. 06:06.320 --> 06:12.360 Tonight the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California brings you Robert Young and Margot as stars 06:12.360 --> 06:18.440 of suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 06:18.440 --> 06:23.600 Somewhere tonight, perhaps in Havana, Cuba, a man and a girl sit at a table in a gay cafe. 06:23.600 --> 06:28.840 Music, laughter fill the big room, a tropic breeze stirs the palms and the terrors. 06:28.840 --> 06:32.400 As we watch, the young man pours wine into their glasses. 06:32.400 --> 06:34.840 They raise them in a toast to each other. 06:34.840 --> 06:35.840 Salud. 06:35.840 --> 06:36.840 Salud. 06:36.840 --> 06:38.960 Ah, an excellent wine, verdad? 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08:33.800 --> 08:35.400 Well, a few, but no one dead. 08:35.400 --> 08:37.760 Lucky they just installed the new fire escapes. 08:37.760 --> 08:38.760 Just the walls left. 08:38.760 --> 08:42.080 That fire must have been quite a sight in the height of its glory. 08:42.080 --> 08:43.360 Yeah, quite a sight. 08:43.360 --> 08:45.280 Man, those walls look pretty bad. 08:45.280 --> 08:46.760 They might collapse almost any time. 08:46.760 --> 08:48.440 Yeah, the building will have to be raised. 08:48.440 --> 08:49.960 That fire did a good job. 08:49.960 --> 08:51.640 Oh, here's the commissioner. 08:51.640 --> 08:52.640 Hello, Parmander. 08:52.640 --> 08:53.640 Jordan. 08:53.640 --> 08:54.640 How are you, Mr. Morales? 08:54.640 --> 08:55.640 You know anything about the fire commission? 08:55.640 --> 08:56.640 No, not a thing. 08:56.640 --> 08:57.640 Well, we'll take a look. 08:57.640 --> 08:59.200 I wouldn't go in there, Jordan. 08:59.200 --> 09:00.200 Those walls are pretty bad. 09:00.200 --> 09:01.200 I can take care of myself. 09:01.200 --> 09:02.200 Maybe you better not go inside, Harry. 09:02.200 --> 09:03.200 Don't worry about me. 09:03.200 --> 09:04.200 I know fires as well as anyone. 09:04.200 --> 09:05.520 You stay outside, Mr. Parmander. 09:05.520 --> 09:06.520 I'm going in. 09:06.520 --> 09:12.680 I walked gingerly into the blackened, ruined hallway, in ashes up to my ankles, until I 09:12.680 --> 09:15.040 reached the remains of the stairway. 09:15.040 --> 09:19.040 Underneath were several baby carriages, just twisted pieces of metal. 09:19.040 --> 09:21.320 A burned fragment of something fell nearby. 09:21.320 --> 09:22.480 Come on back, Jordan. 09:22.480 --> 09:23.480 I'm all right. 09:23.480 --> 09:28.560 I poked around the carriages sifting through the clean, fine ashes. 09:28.560 --> 09:29.560 Something caught my eye. 09:29.560 --> 09:32.560 A glob of yellow metal. 09:32.560 --> 09:36.680 I picked it up, and I worked my way out. 09:36.680 --> 09:38.840 You're learning through, isn't she? 09:38.840 --> 09:39.840 Yep. 09:39.840 --> 09:40.840 Cleaned through. 09:40.840 --> 09:41.840 Nothing left of it. 09:41.840 --> 09:42.840 Did you find anything, Harry? 09:42.840 --> 09:43.840 Nothing much. 09:43.840 --> 09:44.840 The fire started in the hallway all right. 09:44.840 --> 09:45.840 Cellar's untouched. 09:45.840 --> 09:46.840 Firework's its way up. 09:46.840 --> 09:47.840 What's that in your hand? 09:47.840 --> 09:50.120 Well, that is just a piece of metal I found. 09:50.120 --> 09:51.120 Here. 09:51.120 --> 09:52.120 I just picked it up for my kid. 09:52.120 --> 09:53.120 He likes shiny things. 09:53.120 --> 09:54.600 What do you think, Commissioner? 09:54.600 --> 09:57.480 Probably one of those gadgets they have on baby carriages. 09:57.480 --> 09:58.960 I guess you're right. 09:58.960 --> 09:59.960 It isn't anything. 09:59.960 --> 10:00.960 But it was something. 10:00.960 --> 10:04.920 I had run my fingernail across this glob of metal. 10:04.920 --> 10:05.920 It looked like gold. 10:05.920 --> 10:09.520 I decided to examine it in detail at home. 10:09.520 --> 10:12.520 Hello, Daddy. 10:12.520 --> 10:15.520 Hiya, Johnny. 10:15.520 --> 10:18.200 Mama says I was bad today. 10:18.200 --> 10:19.640 Harry, you're home early. 10:19.640 --> 10:22.760 Yes, I got through sooner than I expected, and I... 10:22.760 --> 10:25.000 What is it, Harry? 10:25.000 --> 10:26.000 Your locket. 10:26.000 --> 10:28.040 You're not wearing it. 10:28.040 --> 10:29.040 You never had it off before. 10:29.040 --> 10:30.040 My locket? 10:30.040 --> 10:31.040 Well, I... don't you remember? 10:31.040 --> 10:32.040 Daddy, can I go over to see Davy Taylor for a minute? 10:32.040 --> 10:33.040 Yeah, yeah. 10:33.040 --> 10:34.040 Go ahead, Johnny. 10:34.040 --> 10:35.040 All right. 10:35.040 --> 10:36.040 Gee, thanks, Daddy. 10:36.040 --> 10:37.040 You shouldn't have done that. 10:37.040 --> 10:38.040 I didn't want him to go. 10:38.040 --> 10:39.040 He hasn't had his dinner. 10:39.040 --> 10:40.040 Never mind, Johnny. 10:40.040 --> 10:41.040 What did you say happened to the locket? 10:41.040 --> 10:42.040 Well, I gave it to you. 10:42.040 --> 10:43.040 To me? 10:43.040 --> 10:44.040 Yes, I put it in your pocket to have it fixed. 10:44.040 --> 10:45.040 The catch was loose. 10:45.040 --> 10:46.040 I don't remember. 10:46.040 --> 10:47.040 You've been very forgetful lately. 10:47.040 --> 10:48.040 Very forgetful. 10:48.040 --> 10:49.040 Maybe I should have told you. 10:49.040 --> 10:50.040 I'm sorry. 10:50.040 --> 10:51.040 I'm sorry. 10:51.040 --> 10:52.040 I'm sorry. 10:52.040 --> 10:53.040 I'm sorry. 10:53.040 --> 10:54.040 I'm sorry. 10:54.040 --> 10:55.040 I'm sorry. 10:55.040 --> 10:56.040 I'm sorry. 10:56.040 --> 10:57.040 I'm sorry. 10:57.040 --> 11:00.040 I'm very forgetful lately. 11:00.040 --> 11:02.040 Maybe you thought you gave it to me. 11:02.040 --> 11:03.040 No, no. 11:03.040 --> 11:04.040 I put it in your pocket, Harry. 11:04.040 --> 11:06.040 I forgot to mention it to you. 11:06.040 --> 11:10.040 I wanted you to take it to the jewelers and get the catch fixed. 11:10.040 --> 11:13.040 I just put it in your coat pocket while you were shaving. 11:13.040 --> 11:14.040 When? 11:14.040 --> 11:15.040 Yesterday. 11:15.040 --> 11:16.040 Yes. 11:16.040 --> 11:17.040 Yesterday morning. 11:17.040 --> 11:19.040 Then it should be in my pocket now. 11:19.040 --> 11:22.040 I wore this suit yesterday too. 11:22.040 --> 11:24.040 Nothing in my pockets, Marie. 11:24.040 --> 11:25.040 Well? 11:25.040 --> 11:26.040 Marie. 11:26.040 --> 11:27.040 Yes, Harry? 11:27.040 --> 11:30.040 Is anything wrong with you? 11:30.040 --> 11:31.040 Don't you feel... 11:31.040 --> 11:32.040 With me? 11:32.040 --> 11:33.040 No, no, of course not. 11:33.040 --> 11:34.040 I'm all right. 11:34.040 --> 11:35.040 I'm perfectly all right. 11:35.040 --> 11:37.040 There's not a thing wrong with me. 11:37.040 --> 11:39.040 You look worried as if you've got something on your mind. 11:39.040 --> 11:41.040 Oh, it's nothing. 11:41.040 --> 11:43.040 I've just been having a headache. 11:43.040 --> 11:44.040 Maybe you ought to see a doctor. 11:44.040 --> 11:45.040 Oh, no. 11:45.040 --> 11:47.040 It really doesn't amount to much. 11:47.040 --> 11:50.040 Well, I think I'll take another look for the locket. 11:50.040 --> 11:53.040 Which suit did you say you put it in? 11:53.040 --> 11:55.040 Your blue suit, I think. 11:55.040 --> 11:56.040 Or maybe it was the gray, though. 11:56.040 --> 11:58.040 I don't know. 11:58.040 --> 12:00.040 I couldn't make it out. 12:00.040 --> 12:01.040 What had she done with the locket? 12:01.040 --> 12:02.040 Had she pawned it? 12:02.040 --> 12:04.040 Had she given it away? 12:04.040 --> 12:06.040 Then I remembered something. 12:06.040 --> 12:09.040 I went into the bathroom and locked the door. 12:09.040 --> 12:12.040 I looked at this shapeless little glob of yellow metal. 12:12.040 --> 12:16.040 I rubbed the blackened spots away, all of it, until it was gleaming. 12:16.040 --> 12:19.040 I studied it, turning it over and over. 12:19.040 --> 12:20.040 I noticed a thin crack. 12:20.040 --> 12:24.040 It was small, so I took a nail file out of the medicine chest and began to file it. 12:24.040 --> 12:28.040 I kept filing until I had enlarged the crack to the full length of the piece of gold. 12:28.040 --> 12:32.040 Then I slipped the nail file inside and pried it open. 12:32.040 --> 12:34.040 Tiny fragments of glass. 12:34.040 --> 12:37.040 And then I saw a piece of scorched paper. 12:37.040 --> 12:40.040 It was a photograph. 12:40.040 --> 12:42.040 A picture of my son, Johnny. 12:42.040 --> 12:45.040 This glob of metal was my wife's locket. 12:45.040 --> 12:55.040 I put the locket and the picture in my pocket and walked out. 12:55.040 --> 12:59.040 The next hour I sat trying to read a book while Marie busied herself, 12:59.040 --> 13:02.040 first feeding Johnny and then helping him with his homework. 13:02.040 --> 13:05.040 What's the largest continent in the world? 13:05.040 --> 13:08.040 Oh, I know. It's, uh, it's Asia. 13:08.040 --> 13:10.040 And the next largest? 13:10.040 --> 13:14.040 Oh, that's easy. Africa. It's full of jungles. That's where Tarzan lives. 13:14.040 --> 13:16.040 Isn't it time for Johnny to be in bed? 13:16.040 --> 13:19.040 Oh, yes. I had no idea it was so late. 13:19.040 --> 13:21.040 Run along to your room, Johnny. I'll be in in a minute. 13:21.040 --> 13:23.040 All right, Mother. Good night, Dad. 13:23.040 --> 13:25.040 Good night, Johnny. Sleep well. 13:25.040 --> 13:29.040 He's getting along very well in school, except for arithmetic. 13:29.040 --> 13:31.040 He seems to be having a little trouble. 13:31.040 --> 13:33.040 Oh, Johnny will be all right. 13:33.040 --> 13:37.040 Yes. Johnny will be all right. I know he'll be all right. 13:37.040 --> 13:41.040 I watched her. She seemed very uneasy. 13:41.040 --> 13:46.040 I walked over to my pipe rack where I kept several books of matches in a jar. 13:46.040 --> 13:48.040 There weren't any there. 13:48.040 --> 13:52.040 All this time I knew she was watching me, watching me closely. 13:52.040 --> 13:55.040 I looked behind the rack. There wasn't a match around. 13:57.040 --> 13:59.040 What the devil happened to all my matches? 13:59.040 --> 14:01.040 I have a match here. Let me light it for you. 14:01.040 --> 14:03.040 Did you take the matches out of the jar, Marie? 14:03.040 --> 14:04.040 Well, I, uh... 14:04.040 --> 14:05.040 Did you? 14:05.040 --> 14:08.040 Yes, I... I needed them in the kitchen. 14:08.040 --> 14:10.040 Shall I light your pipe for you? 14:10.040 --> 14:13.040 No, I'll... I'll light it myself. 14:13.040 --> 14:15.040 I picked a match out of the booklet. 14:15.040 --> 14:18.040 It was a clean white match with a green head. 14:18.040 --> 14:20.040 I struck it against the side. 14:20.040 --> 14:24.040 The match sputtered up into a yellow flame, fringed on the bottom with blue. 14:24.040 --> 14:28.040 Marie stared at it, until I felt the sharp bite of the flame on my thumb. 14:28.040 --> 14:31.040 Would... would you like a cup of tea, Harry? 14:31.040 --> 14:33.040 No, dear, I don't think so. 14:33.040 --> 14:38.040 I watched her. Her hand casually brushed along the table and picked up the matches. 14:38.040 --> 14:41.040 Marie! Leave the matches on the table. 14:41.040 --> 14:45.040 I need them. I'm rather short of matches and the pilot light isn't working. 14:45.040 --> 14:47.040 Is this the only book of matches in the house? 14:47.040 --> 14:49.040 I... I'll have to get some tomorrow. 14:50.040 --> 14:51.040 Where are you going, Harry? 14:51.040 --> 14:52.040 Get a drink of water. 14:52.040 --> 14:54.040 No, no, I'll get it for you, Harry. 14:54.040 --> 14:56.040 Never mind, Marie, I'll get it myself. 14:56.040 --> 14:58.040 I went into the kitchen. 14:58.040 --> 15:01.040 There was a paper bag alongside the gas range. 15:01.040 --> 15:04.040 Matches, all thrown in, helter-skelter. 15:04.040 --> 15:08.040 Books of matches and safety matches, all mixed together. 15:08.040 --> 15:11.040 I walked back and sat down in my chair. 15:11.040 --> 15:14.040 She sat a few feet away, torturing a handkerchief. 15:14.040 --> 15:19.040 She looked so helpless and terrified that my anger passed away. 15:20.040 --> 15:23.040 Marie, you've been having headaches lately. 15:23.040 --> 15:27.040 Perhaps you ought to see a doctor. You haven't been looking too well. 15:27.040 --> 15:30.040 I'm just tired. It's nothing serious. 15:30.040 --> 15:33.040 Look, um, how would you like to go away for a few days? 15:33.040 --> 15:35.040 I'll get a maid to take care of Johnny and me. 15:35.040 --> 15:36.040 It'll do you a lot of good. 15:36.040 --> 15:38.040 No, no, I don't need a vacation. 15:38.040 --> 15:41.040 There's nothing wrong with me, but... Harry, there is... 15:41.040 --> 15:42.040 Yes? 15:43.040 --> 15:45.040 Uh, there's nothing the matter with... 15:45.040 --> 15:47.040 You were about to say something else. 15:47.040 --> 15:50.040 I... I've got to go into Johnny's room and see that he's covered. 15:50.040 --> 15:52.040 He always throws the covers off. 15:53.040 --> 15:55.040 I sat there looking at the door. 15:55.040 --> 15:57.040 Then I glanced about the room. 15:57.040 --> 16:00.040 There was the pack of matches lying open on the table. 16:00.040 --> 16:03.040 I closed the cover and my eye caught a purse lying nearby. 16:03.040 --> 16:04.040 It was bulging. 16:04.040 --> 16:05.040 Harry! 16:05.040 --> 16:06.040 Well, what's the matter? 16:06.040 --> 16:07.040 My purse! 16:07.040 --> 16:09.040 Yes, that's your purse. Here, look. 16:09.040 --> 16:11.040 See, the handle's loose. 16:12.040 --> 16:14.040 And it's full of matches. 16:14.040 --> 16:15.040 A dozen books of them. 16:15.040 --> 16:17.040 And these newspaper clippings. 16:17.040 --> 16:18.040 Give it back to me! 16:18.040 --> 16:19.040 Why are you saving these clippings? 16:19.040 --> 16:20.040 Why do you carry matches with you? 16:20.040 --> 16:23.040 I bought the matches in a store. They were a dozen for five cents. 16:23.040 --> 16:25.040 These clippings. Look here. 16:25.040 --> 16:27.040 Fire on 112th Street causes severe damage. 16:27.040 --> 16:28.040 And these others. 16:28.040 --> 16:30.040 Why are you saving these clippings, Marie? 16:30.040 --> 16:31.040 There's nothing wrong in that. 16:31.040 --> 16:33.040 I'm interested, interested in your work. 16:33.040 --> 16:35.040 I intend to keep a file on fires. 16:35.040 --> 16:37.040 It'll help you in your work. 16:37.040 --> 16:39.040 Well, that's very considerate, Marie. 16:39.040 --> 16:41.040 Oh, Harry. 16:41.040 --> 16:43.040 You're so good. 16:43.040 --> 16:45.040 Why should this have to happen to us? 16:52.040 --> 16:54.040 Towards midnight I went to bed. 16:54.040 --> 16:56.040 Marie didn't follow me. 16:56.040 --> 16:58.040 I lay in the semi-darkness, wide awake, 16:58.040 --> 17:00.040 trying to think what I should do. 17:00.040 --> 17:02.040 I couldn't collect my thoughts. 17:02.040 --> 17:05.040 Every time I closed my eyes, I could see the flame of the match, 17:05.040 --> 17:07.040 yellow and blue, crawling along the matchstick. 17:07.040 --> 17:10.040 Then Marie came in with a cup of steaming liquid. 17:10.040 --> 17:13.040 Drink this, Harry. It'll help you sleep. 17:13.040 --> 17:14.040 What is it? 17:14.040 --> 17:16.040 It's cocoa. It's very good for you. 17:16.040 --> 17:19.040 I'm not the one that's having trouble falling asleep. 17:19.040 --> 17:21.040 We both couldn't sleep last night. 17:21.040 --> 17:24.040 I'm taking some of this myself as soon as I go to bed. 17:24.040 --> 17:26.040 All right. Leave it on the nightstand. 17:26.040 --> 17:28.040 Be sure to drink it while it's hot. 17:28.040 --> 17:29.040 Yes, Marie, I will. 17:29.040 --> 17:30.040 Good night, darling. 17:30.040 --> 17:32.040 Good night, Marie. 17:32.040 --> 17:34.040 Cocoa. 17:36.040 --> 17:38.040 Then suddenly I knew. 17:38.040 --> 17:40.040 I looked around quickly for something to pour it in. 17:40.040 --> 17:42.040 There was a radiator pan. It was empty. 17:42.040 --> 17:44.040 I poured the cup of liquid into it. 17:44.040 --> 17:46.040 Then I lay back and waited. 17:46.040 --> 17:48.040 Waited for her next move. 17:48.040 --> 17:50.040 About a half hour later I heard the door open softly 17:50.040 --> 17:54.040 and Marie tiptoed towards my bed. 17:54.040 --> 17:56.040 Harry. 17:56.040 --> 17:58.040 Harry. 17:58.040 --> 18:00.040 Are you asleep? 18:01.040 --> 18:03.040 I didn't answer but breathed evenly. 18:03.040 --> 18:06.040 She hovered for a moment over me, then she tiptoed out, 18:06.040 --> 18:08.040 carefully closing the door behind her. 18:08.040 --> 18:10.040 I dashed out of bed and hurried into my clothes. 18:10.040 --> 18:12.040 Quickly I poured the liquid from the pan into a bottle 18:12.040 --> 18:14.040 and put it into my pocket. 18:14.040 --> 18:15.040 Then I grabbed my coat and followed her. 18:15.040 --> 18:16.040 I rang for the elevator. 18:16.040 --> 18:18.040 She had only a few minutes headway. 18:18.040 --> 18:20.040 I would catch up to her easily and then... 18:20.040 --> 18:22.040 then we'd have a showdown. 18:23.040 --> 18:25.040 Steve looked at me with controlled amazement. 18:27.040 --> 18:29.040 Hello, Steve. 18:29.040 --> 18:31.040 Hello, Mr. Jordan. 18:31.040 --> 18:34.040 My wife went down a moment ago, didn't she? 18:34.040 --> 18:36.040 Yes, Mr. Jordan. Just took her down. 18:36.040 --> 18:38.040 She went towards Third Avenue, didn't she? 18:38.040 --> 18:40.040 I think so. 18:40.040 --> 18:42.040 She sort of stopped me for a minute 18:42.040 --> 18:44.040 and then turned towards Third. 18:44.040 --> 18:48.040 Had to get back to the elevator because you were ringing. 18:50.040 --> 18:52.040 When I reached the corner, I looked up and down Third Avenue 18:52.040 --> 18:53.040 and I saw her. 18:53.040 --> 18:54.040 She was walking north. 18:54.040 --> 18:56.040 I crossed to the other side of the street and followed her, 18:56.040 --> 18:57.040 keeping at a distance. 18:57.040 --> 18:59.040 At 98th Street, she turned east. 18:59.040 --> 19:02.040 Down the middle of the block was the remains of last night's fire. 19:02.040 --> 19:06.040 She paused in front of the gutted building for a long time, 19:06.040 --> 19:08.040 just stood there, looking at it. 19:08.040 --> 19:10.040 Then she walked inside. 19:10.040 --> 19:12.040 I waited for a few seconds and then followed her. 19:12.040 --> 19:15.040 It was pitch dark in the burnt-out hallway. 19:15.040 --> 19:18.040 Ahead of me, I could see the glow of a match. 19:18.040 --> 19:20.040 Then I saw what she was doing. 19:20.040 --> 19:24.040 She was collecting the charred debris near the baby carriages. 19:24.040 --> 19:25.040 How foolish. 19:25.040 --> 19:28.040 There wasn't anything that could burn there now. 19:28.040 --> 19:29.040 She lit another match. 19:29.040 --> 19:31.040 I watched the flame light up her face, 19:31.040 --> 19:34.040 a face so intent upon her work that she didn't hear me approach. 19:36.040 --> 19:37.040 Marie! 19:37.040 --> 19:38.040 Who's there? 19:38.040 --> 19:39.040 It's me, Harry. 19:39.040 --> 19:40.040 Harry, why did you... 19:40.040 --> 19:41.040 Come along, Marie. 19:41.040 --> 19:42.040 We'd better get out of here. 19:42.040 --> 19:43.040 The police. 19:44.040 --> 19:47.040 I took her hand and without a word, she came along. 19:47.040 --> 19:50.040 We walked home in complete silence. 19:50.040 --> 19:52.040 We both knew. 19:52.040 --> 19:55.040 When we came to our apartment house, I stopped and rang for the elevator. 19:55.040 --> 19:58.040 In the light of the hallway, I could see her face. 19:58.040 --> 20:00.040 My wife's face. 20:00.040 --> 20:01.040 Ashy gray. 20:01.040 --> 20:04.040 Her eyes bright and painful. 20:04.040 --> 20:07.040 You run upstairs, Marie. I'll be along in a minute. 20:07.040 --> 20:08.040 Harry, where are you going? 20:08.040 --> 20:09.040 I'll be right back. 20:09.040 --> 20:10.040 Please, Harry, don't do anything. 20:10.040 --> 20:11.040 You run along, Marie. 20:11.040 --> 20:12.040 You're not going to... 20:12.040 --> 20:15.040 No, I'm only going to the drugstore to get something. 20:15.040 --> 20:17.040 I'll be back in a few minutes. 20:27.040 --> 20:29.040 I came home a half hour later. 20:29.040 --> 20:30.040 She was waiting for me. 20:30.040 --> 20:31.040 Did you... 20:31.040 --> 20:32.040 Did you do it, Harry? 20:32.040 --> 20:35.040 Harry, please, please tell me. I've got to know. 20:35.040 --> 20:37.040 I had the cocoa you gave me, Analiah. 20:37.040 --> 20:38.040 I'm sorry. 20:38.040 --> 20:39.040 I had to do it. 20:39.040 --> 20:40.040 Don't you see? I couldn't help it. 20:40.040 --> 20:44.040 It was very easy for the drugist, especially when I told him what I thought was in it. 20:44.040 --> 20:46.040 Sodium amytal. 20:46.040 --> 20:48.040 That's the stuff that makes you sleep through an earthquake. 20:48.040 --> 20:51.040 Please try to understand, Harry. You must understand. 20:51.040 --> 20:52.040 Is the kid asleep? 20:52.040 --> 20:54.040 Yes, Johnny's all right. 20:54.040 --> 20:56.040 I was sorry for Marie. 20:56.040 --> 20:58.040 She looked so haggard and worn. 20:58.040 --> 21:00.040 It wasn't her fault. 21:00.040 --> 21:03.040 I was sorry for myself. My head was roaring. 21:03.040 --> 21:07.040 I wasn't feeling too well. I kept seeing sparks in front of my eyes. 21:07.040 --> 21:09.040 I closed my eyes for a moment. 21:09.040 --> 21:11.040 Let's go to bed, Harry. 21:11.040 --> 21:13.040 Marie, we can do something. 21:13.040 --> 21:15.040 Let's burn up every match, every match in the house. 21:15.040 --> 21:17.040 We'll never bring another match in here. 21:17.040 --> 21:18.040 No, no, Harry, we can't do that. 21:18.040 --> 21:19.040 You don't want to? 21:19.040 --> 21:20.040 No, Harry, not now. 21:20.040 --> 21:22.040 See? This is the first book. It's turning black. 21:22.040 --> 21:24.040 We'll do it with every book of matches. 21:24.040 --> 21:25.040 It's no use. It's no use, Harry. 21:25.040 --> 21:27.040 Strange, isn't it, that this should happen to me? 21:27.040 --> 21:30.040 Me, a fire inspector. That's funny. 21:30.040 --> 21:32.040 Give me the matches, Marie, all the matches. 21:32.040 --> 21:33.040 No, I can't do it. I won't. 21:33.040 --> 21:34.040 Give them to me. 21:34.040 --> 21:37.040 Please, please, please, don't take them out. Do anything you want. Anything. 21:37.040 --> 21:40.040 Where did you hide them? Tell me, where are they? 21:40.040 --> 21:43.040 Inside the range, behind the paper bag. 21:43.040 --> 21:46.040 I dropped her hand and she sank to the floor in a huddle, weeping. 21:46.040 --> 21:49.040 Then I went into the kitchen and got all the matches. 21:50.040 --> 21:52.040 By now, my anger was cooling off. 21:52.040 --> 21:54.040 Look, Marie, look up. See? 21:54.040 --> 21:58.040 I'll light each book of matches one at a time until they're all gone up in smoke. 21:58.040 --> 22:00.040 Yellow flame licked its way down the matches. 22:00.040 --> 22:02.040 The cover caught fire and blackened. 22:02.040 --> 22:04.040 I watched her look at the flame with day's eyes. 22:05.040 --> 22:07.040 Listen, listen, Harry, do you hear? 22:07.040 --> 22:08.040 Just someone in the hall. 22:08.040 --> 22:11.040 Oh, it's more than someone. Something's happened. 22:11.040 --> 22:13.040 Something has happened. 22:13.040 --> 22:14.040 I'll take a look. 22:14.040 --> 22:16.040 Hey, Mr. Jordan, the house is on fire. 22:16.040 --> 22:18.040 The house, the house is on fire. 22:18.040 --> 22:19.040 Yes, Marie, wake up Johnny. 22:19.040 --> 22:20.040 Johnny, Johnny. 22:21.040 --> 22:23.040 We'll have to hurry. The flames are coming up the stairs. 22:23.040 --> 22:24.040 There's an upward draft. 22:24.040 --> 22:26.040 Oh, what's the matter, Mother? 22:26.040 --> 22:28.040 The house is on fire. We've got to get out, Johnny. Come on. 22:28.040 --> 22:30.040 It's too late to go down. We'll have to go up through the roof. 22:30.040 --> 22:32.040 Oh, I've, I've hurt my leg. 22:32.040 --> 22:33.040 Come along, Johnny. 22:33.040 --> 22:35.040 Mother, wait for Mother. 22:35.040 --> 22:36.040 She'll come along. 22:36.040 --> 22:38.040 No, no, I want to wait for Mother. 22:38.040 --> 22:40.040 It's all right, Johnny. Go along with Daddy. I'll follow you. 22:40.040 --> 22:44.040 No, no, I won't go. I won't go without you, Mother. 22:44.040 --> 22:46.040 Hold on to my arm, Marie. Come on. 22:46.040 --> 22:48.040 Give me your hand, Johnny. Don't be scared. 22:48.040 --> 23:01.040 The fire won't hurt you. It won't hurt you at all. You're safe with me. 23:01.040 --> 23:04.040 We made our way upstairs very slowly because of Marie's sprained ankle. 23:04.040 --> 23:06.040 Finally, we got to the roof. 23:06.040 --> 23:10.040 There were some firemen on the next roof, about ten feet separated the two buildings. 23:10.040 --> 23:13.040 Don't get panicky. We'll get you off safely. 23:13.040 --> 23:19.040 Are we, are we going to have to jump across, Daddy? Because Mother won't be able to jump her foot. 23:19.040 --> 23:21.040 It's all right, Johnny. Don't be scared. 23:21.040 --> 23:24.040 They're putting a board across the two roofs. We'll just walk across. 23:24.040 --> 23:29.040 All right, now. One at a time. Tie the rope around you and come across. 23:29.040 --> 23:31.040 Johnny, you go first. Don't be afraid. 23:31.040 --> 23:34.040 There. The rope will hold you in case you slip. 23:34.040 --> 23:36.040 Mother, you got to go first. 23:36.040 --> 23:38.040 I'll go right after you, Johnny. 23:38.040 --> 23:40.040 You promise? 23:40.040 --> 23:42.040 Go ahead, Johnny. Another will follow you. 23:42.040 --> 23:44.040 Don't turn around. Keep walking. 23:44.040 --> 23:47.040 All right. The kid's safe. Now you, lady. 23:47.040 --> 23:49.040 Be careful. The board. 23:49.040 --> 23:52.040 Hey, the board slipped off. Hurry, one of you guys. Get another board. 23:52.040 --> 23:56.040 Mother. Mother. I want my mother. 23:56.040 --> 23:57.040 Your mother's going to be all right, kid. 23:57.040 --> 23:59.040 You push the board off, Harry. I saw you do it. 23:59.040 --> 24:01.040 No, no, I didn't, Marie. I didn't. 24:01.040 --> 24:04.040 All right, ladies. Just tie the rope around you. 24:04.040 --> 24:07.040 Don't be afraid. Don't look down. 24:07.040 --> 24:10.040 Ready? Okay, boys. 24:10.040 --> 24:13.040 She's all right. Now you, mister. 24:13.040 --> 24:15.040 That's right. Tie the rope around you. 24:15.040 --> 24:18.040 Okay. All set? Okay. 24:25.040 --> 24:28.040 On the ground we stood there, the three of us watching the fire. 24:28.040 --> 24:31.040 Sparks were shooting up through the hole where it had bitten through. 24:31.040 --> 24:34.040 Great flames shot out, stabbing at the sky. 24:34.040 --> 24:36.040 The top of the roof was burning now. 24:36.040 --> 24:39.040 Red flame crawled along, searching out the inflammable spots. 24:39.040 --> 24:41.040 A wooden pole caught fire and blazed up 24:41.040 --> 24:44.040 with a long, narrow, curving arc. 24:44.040 --> 24:46.040 The wind was helping her. 24:46.040 --> 24:49.040 All this time Marie was shaking, shaking violently. 24:49.040 --> 24:53.040 Not with cold. I pitied her. 24:53.040 --> 24:56.040 And then she threw up her hands and shrieked. 24:59.040 --> 25:01.040 Harry! No, no, darling, don't. 25:01.040 --> 25:04.040 I can't stand it. We can't go on this way. 25:04.040 --> 25:06.040 Police! Police! Come here! Don't do it, Marie. 25:06.040 --> 25:08.040 There's no need to. Not the police. 25:08.040 --> 25:10.040 I don't know what you're saying. 25:10.040 --> 25:12.040 What is it, lady? You'd better calm down now. 25:12.040 --> 25:13.040 Officer, please. 25:13.040 --> 25:15.040 No, no, it's no use, Harry. 25:15.040 --> 25:18.040 Officer, these awful fires, they're not accidental. 25:18.040 --> 25:20.040 There's a pyromaniac, a criminal. 25:20.040 --> 25:22.040 And I know who it is. 25:22.040 --> 25:25.040 You've got to arrest the person. Arrest. 25:25.040 --> 25:27.040 So there won't be any more. 25:27.040 --> 25:31.040 All right, lady. Now, what is this? Who is the pyromaniac? 25:31.040 --> 25:35.040 The criminal is my husband, Harry Jordan. 25:35.040 --> 25:38.040 Arrest this man here. Arrest him, officer. 25:55.040 --> 25:59.040 Well, that's about all there is to the story, gentlemen. 25:59.040 --> 26:01.040 Then I was brought here. 26:01.040 --> 26:06.040 Must have sounded kind of, well, painful for you to hear it all over again, Marie. 26:06.040 --> 26:09.040 No, it was all right, Harry. 26:09.040 --> 26:12.040 I wonder, um, I got a cigarette. Could I... 26:12.040 --> 26:15.040 No, I'll light it for you, Harry. 26:15.040 --> 26:17.040 You don't have to worry. 26:17.040 --> 26:20.040 I won't try and keep the matches here. 26:20.040 --> 26:23.040 She's been awfully good to me, gentlemen. 26:23.040 --> 26:25.040 You'll take good care of her, won't you? 26:25.040 --> 26:27.040 She tried everything to help. 26:27.040 --> 26:31.040 She hid the matches so as to keep them from me. 26:31.040 --> 26:36.040 She even tried to give me sleeping pills so I wouldn't... 26:36.040 --> 26:38.040 It's all right, Harry. 26:38.040 --> 26:41.040 I'm sorry about the locket, dear. 26:41.040 --> 26:45.040 Must have fallen out of my coat when I was in that building at 98th Street. 26:45.040 --> 26:47.040 I... 26:47.040 --> 26:51.040 It's all right, Harry. 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