1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:24,440 Suspense. 2 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:30,200 Brought by Roma Wines, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 3 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,280 Salud, your health, señor. 4 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:33,760 Roma toast the world. 5 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:42,160 The wine for your table is Roma, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 6 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:47,280 This is the man in black, here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California, to introduce 7 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,720 this weekly half hour of suspense. 8 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:56,040 Tonight in Hollywood, Roma brings you the MGM star, Mr. Charles Lawton. 9 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:01,320 The suspense play which stars Charles Lawton, and which is produced and directed by William 10 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:05,400 Spear, is called Wet Saturday. 11 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:10,360 This remarkable and sardonic story is rather difficult to describe. 12 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:14,080 It, well, it most certainly isn't a whodunit. 13 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:15,080 Is it, Mr. Lawton? 14 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,040 No, no, it definitely isn't. 15 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,000 The question involved is not at all a matter of whodunit. 16 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:25,520 It's a matter of whether or not the who who done it is going to get it in the neck. 17 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:29,680 And if not, then who is, regardless of who actually done it. 18 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:30,680 It's very complicated. 19 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:31,680 Very well put, sir. 20 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:36,520 And before the curtain rises on suspense, will you eavesdrop with me a moment? 21 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:37,520 Dinner is over. 22 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,360 A delightful dinner in one of the great homes of a land far to the south. 23 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,480 And one of the guests is complimenting his host. 24 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:48,800 Harrah, all your reputation as a host grows with each of your magnificent dinners. 25 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,840 That superb wine tonight, where did you find such perfection? 26 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,600 I will tell you a great secret. 27 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:59,560 When I visited our good neighbor, Nellie, the United States, I tasted the wines of that 28 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:04,400 California and knew instantly it was a great wine country. 29 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:11,600 And I learned that some of their very choiceless minions produced the wine we enjoyed tonight. 30 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:12,600 Roma wine. 31 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,880 Our good neighbor to the south is right. 32 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:19,480 Our own sunny California provides perfect conditions of climate and soil to produce 33 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,160 some of the world's finest wines. 34 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:23,600 And note this. 35 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:28,320 What your wine connoisseur of another land prized as an expensive import, with import 36 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:33,360 duties and high shipping costs included in his purchase price, comes to you from the 37 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:39,040 great Roma wineries in California as an inexpensive American product. 38 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:44,120 Roma's wide varieties of types and Roma's modest costs means that you can enjoy these 39 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:50,120 fine wines often when entertaining guests as a pre-meal appetizer to serve with meals 40 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,320 or for after-dinner enjoyment. 41 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:56,700 You will be amazed at how little your dealer will ask for an assortment of several types 42 00:02:56,700 --> 00:02:59,320 of these fine Roma wines. 43 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:07,240 Visit your dealer tomorrow and ask him for Roma, R-O-M-A, America's largest selling wine, 44 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:13,600 made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 45 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:19,160 And now with Wet Saturday and with the performance of Charles Lawton, we again hope to keep you 46 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:34,520 in suspense. 47 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:40,440 On this rainy afternoon, we should like you to meet the Princy family and their visitor. 48 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:46,520 They are of course at home, Mrs. Princy, daughter Millicent, George, the son and heir sprawled 49 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:52,400 on a couch, and finally Mr. Princy, fighting on a dry pipe. 50 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:57,160 Their living room is dull and overstuffed, rain beats at the windows. 51 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:03,460 They are any middle-class family at home on a wet day, except for one small item. 52 00:04:03,460 --> 00:04:07,840 As you sit with them in the living room, you can see through the door to the sun porch 53 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:13,960 a pair of men's feet encased in high black shoes. 54 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,440 They look like the feet of a curate. 55 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:22,400 There is a tenseness in the room, the air is charged with excitement, but the feet are 56 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:28,400 very still. 57 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,800 But don't keep staring at them, listen to me all of you. 58 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,560 Don't you see, they'd hang her. 59 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:34,840 That's what they'd do, they'd hang her. 60 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:37,160 Oh Fred, it's too awful. 61 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:38,160 It's catastrophic. 62 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:42,920 A supposedly sweet, gentle, intelligent girl respected and loved by the whole village doing 63 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:43,920 a thing like this. 64 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,080 Think of the publicity and the disgrace. 65 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,600 Do you think I'm going to resign from the bench, the vestry and sell out and live in 66 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:50,920 some foggy hotel abroad? 67 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:51,920 Oh no. 68 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,040 No, I'll kill myself. 69 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:55,040 I will, I will. 70 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:56,280 Don't be a fool. 71 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:58,360 Any more than you have been, the Governor May. 72 00:04:58,360 --> 00:04:59,360 Will you be quiet? 73 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,680 Wouldn't be so bad if it were you, George. 74 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,720 Everybody in the village knows you're not responsible. 75 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,600 Get off that couch and sit up on your spine. 76 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,560 You might be of a little use here if you could think. 77 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,240 What would I say Governor, this isn't my funeral. 78 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:14,520 Shut up. 79 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,400 As long as I can remember George, you've been a trial and tribulation to me. 80 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,280 Oh I can't stand it, I can't stand it. 81 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:26,920 You've got to stand it my dear and keep that hysterical note out of your voice, do you 82 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:27,920 hear? 83 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:28,920 Yes. 84 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:29,920 Yes. 85 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:31,280 We are talking about the weather. 86 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:33,280 Now George. 87 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:34,280 Yeah? 88 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:35,280 George. 89 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:38,200 You see, he fell down the old well so he's striking his head several times. 90 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:39,200 What about that? 91 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,400 I really don't know Governor. 92 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:42,400 What about it? 93 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:43,400 Don't be an ass George. 94 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,080 I'm asking you to think. 95 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:50,720 He'd have had to hit the side several times in 30 or 40 feet at all the correct angles. 96 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:51,720 No, no, I'm afraid not. 97 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,720 I'm afraid that won't do it. 98 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,320 Oh we'll have to go over it all again Millicent. 99 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,080 Oh no Father. 100 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,240 No I couldn't, I couldn't. 101 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,440 Millicent, we must go over it all again. 102 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,320 Fred, you're torturing her. 103 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:11,120 Oh face facts mate, with him lying there, no use pretending it's a picnic. 104 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,280 We might hang you Millicent. 105 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:16,640 Oh do stop that shaking. 106 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,120 Stop it Millicent, stop it, you must stop it. 107 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,960 You must keep your voice quiet Millicent. 108 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,560 We are talking about the weather. 109 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:25,560 Now we will proceed. 110 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:30,560 I can't, I can't, not with those feet there. 111 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:31,560 You should have thought of that Millie. 112 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:32,560 I'm not moving her. 113 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:36,440 Shut up George and stop shuffling your feet. 114 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,320 Now Millicent look at me and answer me truthfully. 115 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:40,320 Do you hear? 116 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:41,320 Answer me. 117 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,320 You were in the croaky court? 118 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:44,320 Yes. 119 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,400 Who knew you were in love with this wretched curate? 120 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,960 The whole village knows, they've been sneering about in the pub for the three years past. 121 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,200 Shut up George. 122 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,480 Millicent we continue, you were on the croaky court? 123 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:58,480 Yes. 124 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:00,120 You were putting the croaky set into its box? 125 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,840 Yes it was starting to rain. 126 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:06,160 I was carrying the balls and mallets into the sun porch. 127 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,160 The box was there. 128 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,160 You heard someone enter the garden gate and come across the yard? 129 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:11,160 Yes. 130 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:12,160 Could you see who it was? 131 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,800 Not at first, I was going into the sun porch. 132 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,240 I threw down all the mallets but the red one and turned round. 133 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:20,240 And it was Withers? 134 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:21,240 Yes. 135 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:22,240 So you called him? 136 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:23,240 Yes. 137 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:24,240 Loudly? 138 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:25,240 Oh. 139 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,280 Did you call him loudly? 140 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:28,280 Could anyone have heard? 141 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,120 No father, I'm sure not. 142 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:35,160 I didn't really call him, I just spoke his name. 143 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,880 He saw me as I went to the door and he just waved his hand and came over. 144 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:43,360 Can I find out from you whether there was anyone about, whether he could have been seen? 145 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,760 I'm sure not father, I'm quite sure. 146 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:47,320 So you both went into the sun porch? 147 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:48,980 Yes it was raining hard then. 148 00:07:48,980 --> 00:07:49,980 What did he say? 149 00:07:49,980 --> 00:07:55,160 He said hello Millie and excuses coming in the back way but he set out to walk over to 150 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:56,160 Liston. 151 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:57,160 Yes. 152 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,960 He said, passing the park he'd seen the house and suddenly thought of me and he thought 153 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,120 he'd just look in for a minute. 154 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,440 He had something to tell me. 155 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:07,440 Yes, go on. 156 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,400 He said he was so happy he wanted me to share it. 157 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:15,840 He'd heard from the bishop he was to have vicarage and it wasn't only that. 158 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:22,280 It meant he could marry and he began to stutter and get all confused and because I thought 159 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:23,280 it meant me. 160 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,600 Don't tell me what you thought, tell me exactly what he said, nothing else. 161 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:27,600 Yes, answer God now. 162 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:28,600 Well, well, oh dear. 163 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:37,600 Stop crying, it's a luxury you can no longer afford, tell me what happened. 164 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:48,680 He said no, he said it wasn't me, it's Ella Bregdon Davis and he was sorry and all that. 165 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:49,680 Then he went to go. 166 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:50,680 And then? 167 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:51,680 I got mad. 168 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:57,560 He turned his back, I had the red mallet of the croak he set in my hand. 169 00:08:57,560 --> 00:09:00,440 I forgot to drop it in the box when I came and I was just. 170 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:01,920 Did you shout or scream? 171 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,960 I mean as you hit him. 172 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,560 No, I'm sure I didn't. 173 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:09,360 Did he? 174 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,360 Come on speak up, you've got a tongue in your head. 175 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:12,360 No father. 176 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:13,360 And then? 177 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:14,360 I threw it down. 178 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:15,360 I came straight in here. 179 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:16,360 I went to look for mother, that's all. 180 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:23,160 My poor baby. 181 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:25,160 And you're sure no one else was about? 182 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:26,160 No, no one. 183 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:27,160 No one. 184 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:28,160 Leave the child alone, Fred. 185 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,160 You're not such a child, mate. 186 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,960 Oh, Milly, I had no idea. 187 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,920 George, will you keep quiet? 188 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:36,920 I'm thinking. 189 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:41,760 You see, George, he probably told people he was going to listen. 190 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,960 Certainly no one knows he came here, for he didn't decide until he crossed the park. 191 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:47,440 He might have been attacked in the woods. 192 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,440 We must consider every detail. 193 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,000 A curate with his head battered in. 194 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Oh, don't father, don't. 195 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Oh, shut up. 196 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,000 A curate with his head battered in. 197 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,360 A curate with his head battered in. 198 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,360 Well who would want to kill withers? 199 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,360 Who'd want to kill withers? 200 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,040 Well I would with pleasure. 201 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,040 How do you do, Mrs. Princey? 202 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:09,040 Captain, I'm sorry, it's not. 203 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:10,040 Well, well, well, well. 204 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:11,040 Oh, sit down, sit down. 205 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:12,040 Pray you mustn't get up for me, Mrs. Princey. 206 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:13,040 You are the militant, my word. 207 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:17,760 I'm just being naively on a bad day. 208 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:21,040 I wanted to ask you about those Dahlia bulbs, Princey. 209 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,400 I took a short cut on account of the rain and walked right in. 210 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:25,960 I knew you wouldn't mind. 211 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:26,960 He heard you, father. 212 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:27,960 Oh, dear. 213 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:32,280 We can all have our little jokes, can't we? 214 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,680 Don't you pretend to be shocked. 215 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:35,680 This way, Smollett. 216 00:10:35,680 --> 00:10:37,680 This chair facing the fireplace, old man. 217 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:38,680 Sit down, mother. 218 00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:41,680 Just straighten the curtain to the sun porch, dear. 219 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:43,280 It looks so gloomy out there. 220 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,360 Might as well shut the rain out. 221 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:53,120 Well, we were just talking about a little theoretical cure at killing, Smollett. 222 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,320 Young people these days like killers. 223 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:56,320 Parsonicide? 224 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:57,320 Justifiable, parsonicide. 225 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:02,080 You heard about Ella Bragdon Davis? 226 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,920 I should be a proper laughingstock. 227 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,560 Why should you be a proper laughingstock, Smollett? 228 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:09,920 Oh, I had a shot in that direction myself. 229 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:10,920 Did you? 230 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:11,920 I have said yes, too. 231 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:12,920 Isn't it too hard? 232 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:13,920 She told most people. 233 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:18,440 Now I look as if I were jilted. 234 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:19,440 Too bad. 235 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,520 Oh, the fortune of war. 236 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,000 Yes, the fortune of war. 237 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,880 Yes, odd how that happens, isn't it? 238 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:29,880 Sit down, Smollett, old man. 239 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:35,920 Mother, Millicent, would you console Captain Smollett with your best light conversation? 240 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,160 George and I have something to look at outside. 241 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:39,160 The rain, you know. 242 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:40,320 Very bad, very bad. 243 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:41,320 Come along, George. 244 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:42,320 Perhaps we'll need raincoats. 245 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:43,320 Oh, I don't think so, George. 246 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:44,320 Just make yourself at home, Smollett. 247 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:45,320 Make yourself at home, old boy. 248 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:46,320 A cigarette, Captain Smollett. 249 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:47,320 Thank you, thank you. 250 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:48,320 Nasty day to be going out. 251 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:49,320 Oh, it's something about the old well just off the sun porch door, you know. 252 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:50,320 This terrible, sudden weather seems to have loosened some of the stones. 253 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:51,320 Too bad, too dash bad. 254 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:52,320 Spoils the tennis and the croquet. 255 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:53,320 I mean, a day like this. 256 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:54,320 Doesn't it, Millicent? 257 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:55,320 Yes, it does. 258 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:56,320 She was practicing out on the croquet. 259 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:57,320 She was practicing out on the croquet. 260 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:58,320 She was practicing out on the croquet. 261 00:11:58,320 --> 00:11:59,320 She was practicing out on the croquet. 262 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:00,320 She was practicing out on the croquet. 263 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:19,320 She was practicing out on the croquet. 264 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:34,320 I hope you don't feel too bad about Ella Bragdon, David. 265 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,320 Oh, can't always win, you know. 266 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,320 Can't understand what you women see in these bloodless clerics. 267 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:45,320 Oh, I always thought Mr. Withers was a, is a very charming man. 268 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,320 I quite agree, but why should anyone want to marry him? 269 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:49,320 I mean, I suppose you didn't say. 270 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:50,320 Good Lord, man, you come on a fellow suddenly. 271 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:51,320 I suppose I did. 272 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:55,320 You don't mind this old double-barreled shotgun, do you, Smollett? 273 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,320 I've been working on it. 274 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:01,320 May I have your attention for a minute? 275 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:05,320 There's something on the sun porch I'd like to show you. 276 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,320 Oh, yes, yes, of course. 277 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:11,320 Smollett, George and I went out to see if we could shoot some rats, which had been driven 278 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,320 out of the old well by the high water. 279 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,320 We were afraid they might get into the house. 280 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:20,320 But you must listen to me very carefully, very carefully, or you'll be shot by accident. 281 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,320 Frenzy, what's the matter with you? 282 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,320 You heard me ask as you came in who would kill Withers. 283 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:29,320 You also heard Millicent make a comment, an unguarded comment. 284 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,320 Well, what of it? 285 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:35,320 Very little, unless you were to hear that Withers had met with a violent end this afternoon. 286 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,320 And that, my dear Smollett, is what you are going to hear. 287 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:42,320 What? Withers dead? 288 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,320 Yes. 289 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:46,320 Who killed him? 290 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,320 Millicent. 291 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,320 Good Lord. 292 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:53,320 Oh, shut up, sniveling Millie. 293 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,320 Yes, it's a mess. 294 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,320 And of course you would have remembered and guessed. 295 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,320 Maybe, yes, I suppose I should. 296 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,320 Therefore you constitute a problem. 297 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,320 Why did she kill him? 298 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,320 It's one of those disgusting things. 299 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,320 Pityable, too, I think. 300 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,320 She deluded herself that he was in love with her. 301 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,320 Good heavens. 302 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:19,320 Millie, yes, of course I see. 303 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,320 He told her about the Davies girl, Ella Bregdon Davies. 304 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,320 I understand. 305 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:29,320 I have no wish as you will comprehend that she should be proved either a lunatic or a murderess. 306 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,320 I could hardly go on living here after that, could I? 307 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,320 Besides, I'm rather fond of Millie. 308 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:34,320 Quite. 309 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,320 On the other hand, you know about it. 310 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,320 Yes, I see that makes me a problem. 311 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:43,320 You were wondering if I could keep my mouth shut if I promised? 312 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,320 I'm wondering if I could believe you. 313 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,320 But if I promised? 314 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,320 If things went smoothly, yes. 315 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,320 But not if there was any sort of suspicion or any questioning. 316 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,320 You would be afraid of being an accessory. 317 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:55,320 I don't know. 318 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:56,320 I do. 319 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,320 What are we going to do? 320 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,320 I can't see anything else. 321 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,320 I mean, you'll never be fool enough to do me in. 322 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,320 You can't get rid of two corpses. 323 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:08,320 Well, I regard it as a better risk than the other. 324 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,320 It could be an accident. 325 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:12,320 Or you and Withers could both disappear. 326 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,320 There are possibilities in that. 327 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,320 Listen, you can't... 328 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,320 I can. 329 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,320 But there may be a way out. 330 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,320 There is, Smollett. 331 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,320 You gave it to me yourself. 332 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:26,320 I did? What? 333 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,320 Well, you said you would kill Withers. 334 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,320 You have a motive. 335 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,320 Look here, now. I was guilty. 336 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,320 Now, listen, Smollett, I can't trust you. 337 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,320 You must trust me. 338 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,320 Or else I will kill you now in the next minute. 339 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:41,320 I mean that. 340 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,320 You can choose between living and dying. 341 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,320 Go on. 342 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,320 There's the old well just outside the Sunport porch door. 343 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,320 That's where I'm going to put Withers. 344 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,320 No one outside knows he's come up here this afternoon. 345 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,320 No one will ever look there for him unless you tell them now. 346 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:59,320 You must give me evidence that you have murdered Withers. 347 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,320 I... I murdered him? 348 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:03,320 But why do you want that? 349 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,320 So that I shall be dead sure that you'll never open your lips on the subject. 350 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,320 I... I see. 351 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,320 What evidence? 352 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,320 George. Yes, Governor? 353 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:14,320 Hit him in the face. Sure! 354 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,320 You keep out of this, Milford. 355 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,320 Oh, you can't, gin. 356 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,320 You should be more careful. 357 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,320 Look what your teeth did to my knuckle. 358 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,320 Do it again, George. Okay. 359 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,320 Oh, I can't! 360 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,320 Smollett, how can you? 361 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,320 You keep quiet, Millie. Stop snivelling. 362 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,320 I'm sorry, Smollett. 363 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,320 But there must be traces of a struggle between you and Withers. 364 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:39,320 Then it will be not altogether safe for you to go to the police. 365 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,320 Mmm. 366 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,320 Now, George, would you get the croaky mallet? 367 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,320 Oh, right. 368 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,320 And, George, take your handkerchief to it. 369 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:49,320 You'll find it there on the sun porch floor. 370 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,320 Oh, yeah. Yeah, I got it, Governor. 371 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,320 Yes, right, boy. 372 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:55,320 There, Captain. There's the weapon. 373 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,320 See, as I told you, Smollett, there it was. 374 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,320 Now, if you please, just grasp the end that mashed Withers' head. 375 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,320 I shall shoot you if you don't. 376 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,320 Good Lord, you... you can't. 377 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,320 There. All right. 378 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:09,320 That's it, old boy. That's right. 379 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,320 Now, deposit it by the side of the house. 380 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:14,320 Out of the rain, of course. 381 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,320 Now, wait, George. 382 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,320 First, you'd better pull a few hairs out of his head 383 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:22,320 and put them under the nail of Withers' right hand. 384 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,320 Wait, I'm sorry to mash your hair up, Captain. 385 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:27,320 Oh! 386 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,320 Oh! 387 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:31,320 Oh, my babies. 388 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,320 That's all we need. 389 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,320 And now for Withers, and we'll fix it right up. 390 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,320 I'll be right with you, Governor. 391 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:40,320 Smollett, you may turn round now. 392 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,320 Withers is just there in the sun porch. 393 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:44,320 Draw back the curtain, old man. 394 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,320 Good Lord. 395 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,320 Yes. 396 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,320 Messy. 397 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,320 Now, you, Smollett, 398 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,320 now you've just got to drag him through the door 399 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,320 and help him in the old well. 400 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,320 Just beyond the door, Captain. 401 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,320 I... I won't touch him. I won't. 402 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,320 All right, all right. Stand aside, George. 403 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,320 Out of range, George. Just over there. 404 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,320 There's only one place I want this charge of shop to go to. 405 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,320 Oh, Mother. Mother. 406 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,320 Now, Millie, you keep quiet and stop snivelling. 407 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,320 My aim is... Wait a minute. Wait. 408 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,320 That's better. 409 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,320 That's better, Smollett. Much better. 410 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,320 Now, go along now. 411 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,320 In here. 412 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,320 You've got to take him outside, old boy. 413 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:27,320 My shoulders ought to do it, Captain. 414 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,320 You keep quiet, George. Now, go on, Smollett. Go on. 415 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:31,320 Under the arms. You've seen dead men before. 416 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,320 Now, don't go green. Drag him out. Drag him, old boy. 417 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,320 You little pulley. I'll just hold the gun here 418 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,320 to make sure everything goes all right. 419 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,320 Steady now. Mind the step there. 420 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,320 Mother. 421 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,320 Come away from the window, dear. Don't look. 422 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,320 But, Captain Smollett... 423 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,320 Your father is a very resourceful man, Millicent. 424 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,320 I'm sure what he's doing... 425 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,320 But the captain... I... I can't stand him. 426 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,320 You mustn't question your dear father. 427 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,320 You two still, I'd say. 428 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,320 There's enough trouble around here with our blubbering. 429 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,320 Don't you call me blubbering, George Princey. 430 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,320 Well... 431 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,320 You see, Smollett, everything is perfectly safe. 432 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,320 You remember, you see, that no one knows 433 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,320 that Withers came here. 434 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,320 Everyone thinks he walked off to Liston. 435 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,320 And he's at five miles of country to search. 436 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:13,320 They'll never look in our well. 437 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,320 Don't you see how safe it is? 438 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,320 I... I guess so. 439 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,320 Good heavens, old boy. You're dripping wet. 440 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,320 Why don't you slip your raincoat on? 441 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,320 Is the tea ready, dear? 442 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,320 In just a minute, dear. I'll ring for Bridget. 443 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:27,320 It's exactly what you need, Smollett. 444 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,320 A nice hot cup of tea. 445 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,320 It's the best thing in the world to ward off a cold. 446 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,320 Sit down, won't you, old man? 447 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,320 Don't you mind getting the chair wet? That's all right. 448 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,320 Would you have a cigarette? 449 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:39,320 No. Open yourself, old boy. 450 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,320 See, I stick to my pipe. Funny how you get attached to pipes. 451 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,320 My wife always says to me... Everything's hot, ma'am. 452 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,320 Oh, Bridget, yes. Put the tray in front of me. 453 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,320 Here, on the table. That's it. 454 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,320 Say, Captain... 455 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,320 I'm sorry you've cut your lip. 456 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,320 Oh, well, I just knocked it. 457 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,320 Why, how dreadful. 458 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,320 Here, Bridget. Give the captain this cup. 459 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,320 No, no, no, no. Thank you. I... 460 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,320 I'd rather think I'll be running along, if you don't mind. 461 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:03,320 Why, Captain Smollett, without any tea? 462 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,320 If you don't mind, Mrs. Princey, 463 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,320 if I could just have my raincoat. 464 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,320 Come on, get it for you, Cap. 465 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,320 This is very distressing, Smollett. 466 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,320 Very odd. 467 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,320 I'll be all right presently, I'm sure. 468 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,320 Oh, here we are. Let me help you, sir. 469 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,320 Oh, thank you... 470 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,320 young man. 471 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,320 There. 472 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,320 You'd better go out the front way, Smollett. 473 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,320 The walk is drier. 474 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,320 Oh, let me hold the door for you, Cap. 475 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,320 And don't worry, old fellow. Don't worry at all. 476 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:33,320 No, no, no. I... 477 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,320 I won't. Good afternoon. 478 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,320 It's nothing serious, I imagine. 479 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,320 Dear, a little rest, of course. 480 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,320 He'll be as right as rain. 481 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,320 Oh, by the way, Millicent, 482 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,320 you're not looking any too well, dear. 483 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,320 Not well at all. 484 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:49,320 I'm sure it was that croquet caught. 485 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,320 Being outdoors in weather like this is 486 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,320 simply foolhardy. 487 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,320 Oh, mate is right, Millie. 488 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,320 You saw what happened to Captain Smollett. 489 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,320 Come along, dear. 490 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,320 I shall give you a hot foot bath and put you to bed. 491 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,320 A couple of days in bed and you'll be fine again. 492 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,320 You'll get plenty of rest, Millicent, 493 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,320 and don't you worry about a thing. 494 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,320 That's the best cure for you, dear. 495 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:11,320 I guess I'll have a little nap, too, Governor. 496 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,320 Fine afternoon for a nap. 497 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:15,320 Yes, it is. Nice. 498 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,320 Indeed it is, Sam. 499 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,320 Well, enjoy yourself, boy. I'll see you later. 500 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,320 I'll see you all later. 501 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum 502 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum 503 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum-ta-da 504 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum-ta-da 505 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum-ta-da 506 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,320 Your number, please. 507 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,320 Oh, er, would you get me to Police Station? 508 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,320 Police Station? Right away, sir. 509 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum-ta-da 510 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum-ta-da 511 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum-ta-da 512 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,320 Police headquarters. Sergeant Yancey speaking. 513 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,320 Oh, hello, Sergeant. This is Princey of Abbots Road. 514 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,320 I believe you know me. 515 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,320 Oh, oh, indeed I do, Mr. Princey. 516 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,320 Sergeant, a rather horrible thing has just occurred. 517 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,320 Quite extraordinary. It's murder, in fact. 518 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,320 Murder? 519 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,320 I'm afraid it looks rather bad. Well, 520 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,320 for a close friend of ours, unfortunately. 521 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,320 We saw him do it. I think you'd better send someone over right away. 522 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,320 Oh, a man should be there right about now, Mr. Princey. 523 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,320 I beg your pardon? 524 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:11,320 I think our man should be there now. 525 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,320 Constable Martin has his post right below your house. 526 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,320 They're just rying in. 527 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,320 Seems Captain Smollett was with him. 528 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,320 Captain Smollett? 529 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,320 We reported some rather queer goings-on at your place, 530 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,320 but I certainly didn't understand it was murder. 531 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,320 But just don't touch anything, Mr. Princey, 532 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,320 and don't worry. 533 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,320 Don't worry at all. 534 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,320 Now, now, now, now, Sergeant. 535 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,320 Don't worry, thank you. 536 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:39,320 Governor, Governor, where are you? 537 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,320 I'm right here, and stop shouting. 538 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,320 We have some visitors, Governor. 539 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:45,320 I can see that. 540 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,320 Well, Constable, 541 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:51,320 good afternoon. 542 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,320 Hello, Smollett. 543 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,320 What a remarkable fellow you are, 544 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:57,320 coming back like this, 545 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,320 here to re-enact the crime. 546 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,320 Only the one against me, Princey, 547 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,320 the one against the Curate, 548 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,320 are a leaf to you people. 549 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,320 Extraordinary sense of humor you have. 550 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:11,320 Mr. Princey, I just had a look at what's in your well. 551 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,320 Not a pretty sight, that. Not pretty at all. 552 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,320 Yes, Captain Smollett was thorough, 553 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,320 if nothing else. 554 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,320 You saw him when he did it, sir, 555 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,320 out in the back? 556 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,320 Oh, yes, yes, oh, quite. 557 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,320 We were just returning from a walk, 558 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,320 and Smollett has evidently been lying for the Curate, 559 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,320 hiding out in those bushes by the road, I imagine. 560 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,320 Never inside this house? 561 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,320 Never. 562 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,320 And you say, Captain? 563 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,320 I say that while I was inside this house, 564 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,320 a guest of the family, 565 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,320 I was coerced into dragging the Curate's body outside, 566 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,320 and dumping it in the well. 567 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,320 Well, there we are. 568 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,320 Not entirely, Constable. 569 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,320 I'll just remove my raincoat here, 570 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,320 and demonstrate how damp I got my clothes 571 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,320 when I went outside without it. 572 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,320 Now, that's interesting, isn't it? 573 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,320 Yes, yes. 574 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,320 He undoubtedly removed his coat at some point 575 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,320 between here and your post. 576 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,320 I might as well tell you that his weapon, 577 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,320 a red croaky mallet, is out by the side of this house. 578 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,320 I shouldn't be at all surprised 579 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,320 that you'd find his fingerprints all over it. 580 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,320 All over the end of the mallet, Constable. 581 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,320 The end that mashed with his head. 582 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,320 Not the end I'd have to grasp 583 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,320 in order to do the mashing. 584 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:21,320 Captain, I think... 585 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,320 That's a decent try, Smollett, but it won't work. 586 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,320 There must be other evidence, Constable. 587 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:27,320 You'll undoubtedly find it when you examine the body. 588 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,320 He means the hair under Withers' nails. 589 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,320 Well, sir, I happen to notice something 590 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,320 when your young George there opened the door for me. 591 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,320 If you'll carefully look, 592 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,320 I believe you'll find a few of my precious hairs 593 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,320 under his nails, too. 594 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,320 What are you trying to say? 595 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,320 Shut up, George, will you? 596 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,320 Constable, this is a complete waste of time. 597 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,320 So far as a violent struggle between Smollett 598 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,320 and Withers is concerned, 599 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,320 Smollett's face speaks for itself quite eloquently. 600 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,320 But no more eloquently than your son's knuckles. 601 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,320 As you see, Constable, a fresh abrasion. 602 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,320 He did that on my teeth. 603 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,320 Oh, uh, hmm. 604 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,320 Or, uh, did he? 605 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,320 What? 606 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,320 I said, uh, or did he? 607 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,320 He might have done that on Withers' teeth. 608 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,320 Oh, oh, I see. 609 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,320 Yes. 610 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,320 I see what you mean. 611 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,320 But I didn't, Captain. 612 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,320 He said that I didn't, Mr. Withers. 613 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,320 Now, here, you keep still, you nitwit. 614 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,320 Let me think. Let me think. 615 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,320 As a matter of fact, George, 616 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,320 the more I think of it, 617 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,320 the more I'm convinced it was your voice I heard. 618 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,320 Quite a vigorous quarrel. 619 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,320 Something about the, uh, curate 620 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,320 of tilting your sister. 621 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,320 Dumb and ridiculous, Smollett. 622 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,320 Very well, Princey. 623 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,320 If he didn't do it, who did? 624 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,320 Yes, that's what I'd like to know. 625 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,320 How about it, Mr. Princey? 626 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,320 Yes, that is a stickle all right. 627 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,320 George, my boy, 628 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:49,320 it looks to me as if you're elected. 629 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,320 Elected? 630 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,320 Well, what do you mean? I didn't do it. 631 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,320 Keep your mouth shut. 632 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,320 Well, I won't, sir. I'm not going to take the blame for her. 633 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,320 Millie did it. She did it. 634 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,320 It was the mallet I saw. 635 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,320 Me? Why, you? 636 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,320 Millie? 637 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,320 You could prove that? 638 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,320 Prove it? Why, yes. 639 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,320 Yes, her fingerprints 640 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,320 on the mallet, that handle. 641 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,320 Why, George, don't you remember 642 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,320 when you made me touch the mallet 643 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:19,320 and picked it up with your handkerchief? 644 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,320 George, I'm sure you wiped that handle clean. 645 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,320 Oh, well, 646 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:25,320 I can hardly expect you to remember that 647 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,320 if you can't even remember 648 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,320 killing the curate. 649 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:31,320 I told you 650 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,320 to keep still, George. 651 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,320 I am thinking. 652 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,320 You're not going to let him say that. 653 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:41,320 As long as I can remember, George, 654 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,320 you have been a trial and tribulation to me. 655 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,320 What? 656 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,320 You shouldn't have done it, George. 657 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,320 Oh, no. 658 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,320 You shouldn't have done it. 659 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:53,320 Now, let's all have a nice hot cup of tea. 660 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,320 It warms the cockles of the arse. 661 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,320 Very good for you. 662 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,320 And so closes 663 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,320 Wet Saturday, 664 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,320 starring Mr. Charles 665 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,320 and his wife, 666 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,320 Millie. 667 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,320 And so closes 668 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,320 Wet Saturday, 669 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,320 starring Mr. Charles 670 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,320 and his wife, 671 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,320 Millie. 672 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,320 And so closes 673 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,320 Wet Saturday, 674 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,320 starring Mr. Charles 675 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,320 and his wife, 676 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,320 Millie. 677 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,320 And so closes 678 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:31,320 Wet Saturday, 679 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,320 starring Mr. Charles 680 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,320 and his wife, 681 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,320 Millie. 682 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,320 In just a moment, we shall hear again from Mr. Lawton. 683 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,320 But first, let me ask you a question. 684 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,320 It's so easy for you to make certain 685 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,320 of high quality in your wine, 686 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,320 because all you have to do is to go to your dealer 687 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,320 and ask for Roma, 688 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,320 America's largest selling wines. 689 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,320 They are made in California, 690 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,320 one of the world's greatest 691 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,320 wine producing sections. 692 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,320 You'll have your choice of Roma's great variety 693 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,320 of types, from a delicious 694 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,320 Tangy Sherry, a Brilliant Claret, 695 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,320 or a Hearty Burgundy to a sweeter, 696 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,320 heavier port. 697 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,320 And you will be so impressed by the modest 698 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,320 cost of Roma wines, you will want 699 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,320 to enjoy them regularly at home, 700 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,320 as well as when you entertain. 701 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,320 For this traditional form of hospitality 702 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,320 is smart, yet inexpensive. 703 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,320 A full measure of enjoyment, 704 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,320 yet moderation in its best 705 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,320 sense. For wines with 706 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,320 greatness of character, always 707 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,320 ask for Roma Wines, 708 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,320 R-O-M-A, 709 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,320 made in California 710 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,320 for enjoyment throughout 711 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,320 the world. But remember, 712 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,320 before you buy wine, 713 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,320 buy War Bonds and Stamps. 714 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,320 Hello, this is 715 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,320 Charles Lawton. 716 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,320 I hope you enjoyed our play this evening. 717 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,320 Next week, I'm told that Suspense 718 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,320 will bring you another of John Collier's 719 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,320 stories. It's one of my very particular 720 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,320 favorites. 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