WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:24.440 Suspense. 00:24.440 --> 00:30.200 Brought by Roma Wines, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 00:30.200 --> 00:32.280 Salud, your health, señor. 00:32.280 --> 00:33.760 Roma toast the world. 00:33.760 --> 00:42.160 The wine for your table is Roma, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 00:42.160 --> 00:47.280 This is the man in black, here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California, to introduce 00:47.280 --> 00:51.720 this weekly half hour of suspense. 00:51.720 --> 00:56.040 Tonight in Hollywood, Roma brings you the MGM star, Mr. Charles Lawton. 00:56.040 --> 01:01.320 The suspense play which stars Charles Lawton, and which is produced and directed by William 01:01.320 --> 01:05.400 Spear, is called Wet Saturday. 01:05.400 --> 01:10.360 This remarkable and sardonic story is rather difficult to describe. 01:10.360 --> 01:14.080 It, well, it most certainly isn't a whodunit. 01:14.080 --> 01:15.080 Is it, Mr. Lawton? 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04:50.920 --> 04:51.920 Oh no. 04:51.920 --> 04:54.040 No, I'll kill myself. 04:54.040 --> 04:55.040 I will, I will. 04:55.040 --> 04:56.280 Don't be a fool. 04:56.280 --> 04:58.360 Any more than you have been, the Governor May. 04:58.360 --> 04:59.360 Will you be quiet? 04:59.360 --> 05:01.680 Wouldn't be so bad if it were you, George. 05:01.680 --> 05:05.720 Everybody in the village knows you're not responsible. 05:05.720 --> 05:07.600 Get off that couch and sit up on your spine. 05:07.600 --> 05:09.560 You might be of a little use here if you could think. 05:09.560 --> 05:13.240 What would I say Governor, this isn't my funeral. 05:13.240 --> 05:14.520 Shut up. 05:14.520 --> 05:18.400 As long as I can remember George, you've been a trial and tribulation to me. 05:18.400 --> 05:21.280 Oh I can't stand it, I can't stand it. 05:21.280 --> 05:26.920 You've got to stand it my dear and keep that hysterical note out of your voice, do you 05:26.920 --> 05:27.920 hear? 05:27.920 --> 05:28.920 Yes. 05:28.920 --> 05:29.920 Yes. 05:29.920 --> 05:31.280 We are talking about the weather. 05:31.280 --> 05:33.280 Now George. 05:33.280 --> 05:34.280 Yeah? 05:34.280 --> 05:35.280 George. 05:35.280 --> 05:38.200 You see, he fell down the old well so he's striking his head several times. 05:38.200 --> 05:39.200 What about that? 05:39.200 --> 05:41.400 I really don't know Governor. 05:41.400 --> 05:42.400 What about it? 05:42.400 --> 05:43.400 Don't be an ass George. 05:43.400 --> 05:45.080 I'm asking you to think. 05:45.080 --> 05:50.720 He'd have had to hit the side several times in 30 or 40 feet at all the correct angles. 05:50.720 --> 05:51.720 No, no, I'm afraid not. 05:51.720 --> 05:54.720 I'm afraid that won't do it. 05:54.720 --> 05:57.320 Oh we'll have to go over it all again Millicent. 05:57.320 --> 05:59.080 Oh no Father. 05:59.080 --> 06:01.240 No I couldn't, I couldn't. 06:01.240 --> 06:04.440 Millicent, we must go over it all again. 06:04.440 --> 06:06.320 Fred, you're torturing her. 06:06.320 --> 06:11.120 Oh face facts mate, with him lying there, no use pretending it's a picnic. 06:11.120 --> 06:13.280 We might hang you Millicent. 06:13.280 --> 06:16.640 Oh do stop that shaking. 06:16.640 --> 06:19.120 Stop it Millicent, stop it, you must stop it. 06:19.120 --> 06:21.960 You must keep your voice quiet Millicent. 06:21.960 --> 06:24.560 We are talking about the weather. 06:24.560 --> 06:25.560 Now we will proceed. 06:25.560 --> 06:30.560 I can't, I can't, not with those feet there. 06:30.560 --> 06:31.560 You should have thought of that Millie. 06:31.560 --> 06:32.560 I'm not moving her. 06:32.560 --> 06:36.440 Shut up George and stop shuffling your feet. 06:36.440 --> 06:39.320 Now Millicent look at me and answer me truthfully. 06:39.320 --> 06:40.320 Do you hear? 06:40.320 --> 06:41.320 Answer me. 06:41.320 --> 06:43.320 You were in the croaky court? 06:43.320 --> 06:44.320 Yes. 06:44.320 --> 06:48.400 Who knew you were in love with this wretched curate? 06:48.400 --> 06:52.960 The whole village knows, they've been sneering about in the pub for the three years past. 06:52.960 --> 06:55.200 Shut up George. 06:55.200 --> 06:57.480 Millicent we continue, you were on the croaky court? 06:57.480 --> 06:58.480 Yes. 06:58.480 --> 07:00.120 You were putting the croaky set into its box? 07:00.120 --> 07:02.840 Yes it was starting to rain. 07:02.840 --> 07:06.160 I was carrying the balls and mallets into the sun porch. 07:06.160 --> 07:07.160 The box was there. 07:07.160 --> 07:10.160 You heard someone enter the garden gate and come across the yard? 07:10.160 --> 07:11.160 Yes. 07:11.160 --> 07:12.160 Could you see who it was? 07:12.160 --> 07:15.800 Not at first, I was going into the sun porch. 07:15.800 --> 07:19.240 I threw down all the mallets but the red one and turned round. 07:19.240 --> 07:20.240 And it was Withers? 07:20.240 --> 07:21.240 Yes. 07:21.240 --> 07:22.240 So you called him? 07:22.240 --> 07:23.240 Yes. 07:23.240 --> 07:24.240 Loudly? 07:24.240 --> 07:25.240 Oh. 07:25.240 --> 07:27.280 Did you call him loudly? 07:27.280 --> 07:28.280 Could anyone have heard? 07:28.280 --> 07:31.120 No father, I'm sure not. 07:31.120 --> 07:35.160 I didn't really call him, I just spoke his name. 07:35.160 --> 07:38.880 He saw me as I went to the door and he just waved his hand and came over. 07:38.880 --> 07:43.360 Can I find out from you whether there was anyone about, whether he could have been seen? 07:43.360 --> 07:45.760 I'm sure not father, I'm quite sure. 07:45.760 --> 07:47.320 So you both went into the sun porch? 07:47.320 --> 07:48.980 Yes it was raining hard then. 07:48.980 --> 07:49.980 What did he say? 07:49.980 --> 07:55.160 He said hello Millie and excuses coming in the back way but he set out to walk over to 07:55.160 --> 07:56.160 Liston. 07:56.160 --> 07:57.160 Yes. 07:57.160 --> 08:01.960 He said, passing the park he'd seen the house and suddenly thought of me and he thought 08:01.960 --> 08:04.120 he'd just look in for a minute. 08:04.120 --> 08:06.440 He had something to tell me. 08:06.440 --> 08:07.440 Yes, go on. 08:07.440 --> 08:10.400 He said he was so happy he wanted me to share it. 08:10.400 --> 08:15.840 He'd heard from the bishop he was to have vicarage and it wasn't only that. 08:15.840 --> 08:22.280 It meant he could marry and he began to stutter and get all confused and because I thought 08:22.280 --> 08:23.280 it meant me. 08:23.280 --> 08:26.600 Don't tell me what you thought, tell me exactly what he said, nothing else. 08:26.600 --> 08:27.600 Yes, answer God now. 08:27.600 --> 08:28.600 Well, well, oh dear. 08:28.600 --> 08:37.600 Stop crying, it's a luxury you can no longer afford, tell me what happened. 08:37.600 --> 08:48.680 He said no, he said it wasn't me, it's Ella Bregdon Davis and he was sorry and all that. 08:48.680 --> 08:49.680 Then he went to go. 08:49.680 --> 08:50.680 And then? 08:50.680 --> 08:51.680 I got mad. 08:51.680 --> 08:57.560 He turned his back, I had the red mallet of the croak he set in my hand. 08:57.560 --> 09:00.440 I forgot to drop it in the box when I came and I was just. 09:00.440 --> 09:01.920 Did you shout or scream? 09:01.920 --> 09:04.960 I mean as you hit him. 09:04.960 --> 09:07.560 No, I'm sure I didn't. 09:07.560 --> 09:09.360 Did he? 09:09.360 --> 09:11.360 Come on speak up, you've got a tongue in your head. 09:11.360 --> 09:12.360 No father. 09:12.360 --> 09:13.360 And then? 09:13.360 --> 09:14.360 I threw it down. 09:14.360 --> 09:15.360 I came straight in here. 09:15.360 --> 09:16.360 I went to look for mother, that's all. 09:16.360 --> 09:23.160 My poor baby. 09:23.160 --> 09:25.160 And you're sure no one else was about? 09:25.160 --> 09:26.160 No, no one. 09:26.160 --> 09:27.160 No one. 09:27.160 --> 09:28.160 Leave the child alone, Fred. 09:28.160 --> 09:31.160 You're not such a child, mate. 09:31.160 --> 09:33.960 Oh, Milly, I had no idea. 09:33.960 --> 09:35.920 George, will you keep quiet? 09:35.920 --> 09:36.920 I'm thinking. 09:36.920 --> 09:41.760 You see, George, he probably told people he was going to listen. 09:41.760 --> 09:45.960 Certainly no one knows he came here, for he didn't decide until he crossed the park. 09:45.960 --> 09:47.440 He might have been attacked in the woods. 09:47.440 --> 09:49.440 We must consider every detail. 09:49.440 --> 09:52.000 A curate with his head battered in. 09:52.000 --> 09:54.000 Oh, don't father, don't. 09:54.000 --> 09:55.000 Oh, shut up. 09:55.000 --> 09:58.000 A curate with his head battered in. 09:58.000 --> 10:01.360 A curate with his head battered in. 10:01.360 --> 10:03.360 Well who would want to kill withers? 10:03.360 --> 10:05.360 Who'd want to kill withers? 10:05.360 --> 10:07.040 Well I would with pleasure. 10:07.040 --> 10:08.040 How do you do, Mrs. Princey? 10:08.040 --> 10:09.040 Captain, I'm sorry, it's not. 10:09.040 --> 10:10.040 Well, well, well, well. 10:10.040 --> 10:11.040 Oh, sit down, sit down. 10:11.040 --> 10:12.040 Pray you mustn't get up for me, Mrs. Princey. 10:12.040 --> 10:13.040 You are the militant, my word. 10:13.040 --> 10:17.760 I'm just being naively on a bad day. 10:17.760 --> 10:21.040 I wanted to ask you about those Dahlia bulbs, Princey. 10:21.040 --> 10:24.400 I took a short cut on account of the rain and walked right in. 10:24.400 --> 10:25.960 I knew you wouldn't mind. 10:25.960 --> 10:26.960 He heard you, father. 10:26.960 --> 10:27.960 Oh, dear. 10:27.960 --> 10:32.280 We can all have our little jokes, can't we? 10:32.280 --> 10:34.680 Don't you pretend to be shocked. 10:34.680 --> 10:35.680 This way, Smollett. 10:35.680 --> 10:37.680 This chair facing the fireplace, old man. 10:37.680 --> 10:38.680 Sit down, mother. 10:38.680 --> 10:41.680 Just straighten the curtain to the sun porch, dear. 10:41.680 --> 10:43.280 It looks so gloomy out there. 10:43.280 --> 10:46.360 Might as well shut the rain out. 10:46.360 --> 10:53.120 Well, we were just talking about a little theoretical cure at killing, Smollett. 10:53.120 --> 10:55.320 Young people these days like killers. 10:55.320 --> 10:56.320 Parsonicide? 10:56.320 --> 10:57.320 Justifiable, parsonicide. 10:57.320 --> 11:02.080 You heard about Ella Bragdon Davis? 11:02.080 --> 11:04.920 I should be a proper laughingstock. 11:04.920 --> 11:07.560 Why should you be a proper laughingstock, Smollett? 11:07.560 --> 11:09.920 Oh, I had a shot in that direction myself. 11:09.920 --> 11:10.920 Did you? 11:10.920 --> 11:11.920 I have said yes, too. 11:11.920 --> 11:12.920 Isn't it too hard? 11:12.920 --> 11:13.920 She told most people. 11:13.920 --> 11:18.440 Now I look as if I were jilted. 11:18.440 --> 11:19.440 Too bad. 11:19.440 --> 11:21.520 Oh, the fortune of war. 11:21.520 --> 11:24.000 Yes, the fortune of war. 11:24.000 --> 11:27.880 Yes, odd how that happens, isn't it? 11:27.880 --> 11:29.880 Sit down, Smollett, old man. 11:29.880 --> 11:35.920 Mother, Millicent, would you console Captain Smollett with your best light conversation? 11:35.920 --> 11:38.160 George and I have something to look at outside. 11:38.160 --> 11:39.160 The rain, you know. 11:39.160 --> 11:40.320 Very bad, very bad. 11:40.320 --> 11:41.320 Come along, George. 11:41.320 --> 11:42.320 Perhaps we'll need raincoats. 11:42.320 --> 11:43.320 Oh, I don't think so, George. 11:43.320 --> 11:44.320 Just make yourself at home, Smollett. 11:44.320 --> 11:45.320 Make yourself at home, old boy. 11:45.320 --> 11:46.320 A cigarette, Captain Smollett. 11:46.320 --> 11:47.320 Thank you, thank you. 11:47.320 --> 11:48.320 Nasty day to be going out. 11:48.320 --> 11:49.320 Oh, it's something about the old well just off the sun porch door, you know. 11:49.320 --> 11:50.320 This terrible, sudden weather seems to have loosened some of the stones. 11:50.320 --> 11:51.320 Too bad, too dash bad. 11:51.320 --> 11:52.320 Spoils the tennis and the croquet. 11:52.320 --> 11:53.320 I mean, a day like this. 11:53.320 --> 11:54.320 Doesn't it, Millicent? 11:54.320 --> 11:55.320 Yes, it does. 11:55.320 --> 11:56.320 She was practicing out on the croquet. 11:56.320 --> 11:57.320 She was practicing out on the croquet. 11:57.320 --> 11:58.320 She was practicing out on the croquet. 11:58.320 --> 11:59.320 She was practicing out on the croquet. 11:59.320 --> 12:00.320 She was practicing out on the croquet. 12:00.320 --> 12:19.320 She was practicing out on the croquet. 12:19.320 --> 12:34.320 I hope you don't feel too bad about Ella Bragdon, David. 12:34.320 --> 12:37.320 Oh, can't always win, you know. 12:37.320 --> 12:40.320 Can't understand what you women see in these bloodless clerics. 12:40.320 --> 12:45.320 Oh, I always thought Mr. Withers was a, is a very charming man. 12:45.320 --> 12:48.320 I quite agree, but why should anyone want to marry him? 12:48.320 --> 12:49.320 I mean, I suppose you didn't say. 12:49.320 --> 12:50.320 Good Lord, man, you come on a fellow suddenly. 12:50.320 --> 12:51.320 I suppose I did. 12:51.320 --> 12:55.320 You don't mind this old double-barreled shotgun, do you, Smollett? 12:55.320 --> 12:57.320 I've been working on it. 12:57.320 --> 13:01.320 May I have your attention for a minute? 13:01.320 --> 13:05.320 There's something on the sun porch I'd like to show you. 13:05.320 --> 13:07.320 Oh, yes, yes, of course. 13:07.320 --> 13:11.320 Smollett, George and I went out to see if we could shoot some rats, which had been driven 13:11.320 --> 13:13.320 out of the old well by the high water. 13:13.320 --> 13:15.320 We were afraid they might get into the house. 13:15.320 --> 13:20.320 But you must listen to me very carefully, very carefully, or you'll be shot by accident. 13:20.320 --> 13:23.320 Frenzy, what's the matter with you? 13:23.320 --> 13:25.320 You heard me ask as you came in who would kill Withers. 13:25.320 --> 13:29.320 You also heard Millicent make a comment, an unguarded comment. 13:29.320 --> 13:31.320 Well, what of it? 13:31.320 --> 13:35.320 Very little, unless you were to hear that Withers had met with a violent end this afternoon. 13:35.320 --> 13:38.320 And that, my dear Smollett, is what you are going to hear. 13:38.320 --> 13:42.320 What? Withers dead? 13:42.320 --> 13:44.320 Yes. 13:44.320 --> 13:46.320 Who killed him? 13:46.320 --> 13:48.320 Millicent. 13:48.320 --> 13:50.320 Good Lord. 13:50.320 --> 13:53.320 Oh, shut up, sniveling Millie. 13:53.320 --> 13:55.320 Yes, it's a mess. 13:55.320 --> 13:58.320 And of course you would have remembered and guessed. 13:58.320 --> 14:01.320 Maybe, yes, I suppose I should. 14:01.320 --> 14:04.320 Therefore you constitute a problem. 14:04.320 --> 14:06.320 Why did she kill him? 14:06.320 --> 14:09.320 It's one of those disgusting things. 14:09.320 --> 14:11.320 Pityable, too, I think. 14:11.320 --> 14:14.320 She deluded herself that he was in love with her. 14:14.320 --> 14:16.320 Good heavens. 14:16.320 --> 14:19.320 Millie, yes, of course I see. 14:19.320 --> 14:22.320 He told her about the Davies girl, Ella Bregdon Davies. 14:22.320 --> 14:24.320 I understand. 14:24.320 --> 14:29.320 I have no wish as you will comprehend that she should be proved either a lunatic or a murderess. 14:29.320 --> 14:31.320 I could hardly go on living here after that, could I? 14:31.320 --> 14:33.320 Besides, I'm rather fond of Millie. 14:33.320 --> 14:34.320 Quite. 14:34.320 --> 14:36.320 On the other hand, you know about it. 14:36.320 --> 14:38.320 Yes, I see that makes me a problem. 14:38.320 --> 14:43.320 You were wondering if I could keep my mouth shut if I promised? 14:43.320 --> 14:45.320 I'm wondering if I could believe you. 14:45.320 --> 14:47.320 But if I promised? 14:47.320 --> 14:49.320 If things went smoothly, yes. 14:49.320 --> 14:52.320 But not if there was any sort of suspicion or any questioning. 14:52.320 --> 14:54.320 You would be afraid of being an accessory. 14:54.320 --> 14:55.320 I don't know. 14:55.320 --> 14:56.320 I do. 14:56.320 --> 14:58.320 What are we going to do? 14:58.320 --> 15:00.320 I can't see anything else. 15:00.320 --> 15:03.320 I mean, you'll never be fool enough to do me in. 15:03.320 --> 15:05.320 You can't get rid of two corpses. 15:05.320 --> 15:08.320 Well, I regard it as a better risk than the other. 15:08.320 --> 15:10.320 It could be an accident. 15:10.320 --> 15:12.320 Or you and Withers could both disappear. 15:12.320 --> 15:14.320 There are possibilities in that. 15:14.320 --> 15:16.320 Listen, you can't... 15:16.320 --> 15:18.320 I can. 15:18.320 --> 15:20.320 But there may be a way out. 15:20.320 --> 15:22.320 There is, Smollett. 15:22.320 --> 15:24.320 You gave it to me yourself. 15:24.320 --> 15:26.320 I did? What? 15:26.320 --> 15:28.320 Well, you said you would kill Withers. 15:28.320 --> 15:30.320 You have a motive. 15:30.320 --> 15:32.320 Look here, now. I was guilty. 15:32.320 --> 15:34.320 Now, listen, Smollett, I can't trust you. 15:34.320 --> 15:36.320 You must trust me. 15:36.320 --> 15:39.320 Or else I will kill you now in the next minute. 15:39.320 --> 15:41.320 I mean that. 15:41.320 --> 15:43.320 You can choose between living and dying. 15:43.320 --> 15:45.320 Go on. 15:45.320 --> 15:48.320 There's the old well just outside the Sunport porch door. 15:48.320 --> 15:50.320 That's where I'm going to put Withers. 15:50.320 --> 15:52.320 No one outside knows he's come up here this afternoon. 15:52.320 --> 15:55.320 No one will ever look there for him unless you tell them now. 15:55.320 --> 15:59.320 You must give me evidence that you have murdered Withers. 15:59.320 --> 16:01.320 I... I murdered him? 16:01.320 --> 16:03.320 But why do you want that? 16:03.320 --> 16:06.320 So that I shall be dead sure that you'll never open your lips on the subject. 16:06.320 --> 16:08.320 I... I see. 16:08.320 --> 16:10.320 What evidence? 16:10.320 --> 16:12.320 George. Yes, Governor? 16:12.320 --> 16:14.320 Hit him in the face. Sure! 16:14.320 --> 16:16.320 You keep out of this, Milford. 16:16.320 --> 16:18.320 Oh, you can't, gin. 16:18.320 --> 16:20.320 You should be more careful. 16:20.320 --> 16:22.320 Look what your teeth did to my knuckle. 16:22.320 --> 16:24.320 Do it again, George. Okay. 16:24.320 --> 16:26.320 Oh, I can't! 16:26.320 --> 16:28.320 Smollett, how can you? 16:28.320 --> 16:30.320 You keep quiet, Millie. Stop snivelling. 16:30.320 --> 16:32.320 I'm sorry, Smollett. 16:32.320 --> 16:35.320 But there must be traces of a struggle between you and Withers. 16:35.320 --> 16:39.320 Then it will be not altogether safe for you to go to the police. 16:39.320 --> 16:41.320 Mmm. 16:41.320 --> 16:43.320 Now, George, would you get the croaky mallet? 16:43.320 --> 16:45.320 Oh, right. 16:45.320 --> 16:47.320 And, George, take your handkerchief to it. 16:47.320 --> 16:49.320 You'll find it there on the sun porch floor. 16:49.320 --> 16:51.320 Oh, yeah. Yeah, I got it, Governor. 16:51.320 --> 16:53.320 Yes, right, boy. 16:53.320 --> 16:55.320 There, Captain. There's the weapon. 16:55.320 --> 16:57.320 See, as I told you, Smollett, there it was. 16:57.320 --> 17:00.320 Now, if you please, just grasp the end that mashed Withers' head. 17:00.320 --> 17:02.320 I shall shoot you if you don't. 17:02.320 --> 17:05.320 Good Lord, you... you can't. 17:05.320 --> 17:07.320 There. All right. 17:07.320 --> 17:09.320 That's it, old boy. That's right. 17:09.320 --> 17:12.320 Now, deposit it by the side of the house. 17:12.320 --> 17:14.320 Out of the rain, of course. 17:14.320 --> 17:16.320 Now, wait, George. 17:16.320 --> 17:19.320 First, you'd better pull a few hairs out of his head 17:19.320 --> 17:22.320 and put them under the nail of Withers' right hand. 17:22.320 --> 17:25.320 Wait, I'm sorry to mash your hair up, Captain. 17:25.320 --> 17:27.320 Oh! 17:27.320 --> 17:29.320 Oh! 17:29.320 --> 17:31.320 Oh, my babies. 17:31.320 --> 17:33.320 That's all we need. 17:33.320 --> 17:35.320 And now for Withers, and we'll fix it right up. 17:35.320 --> 17:37.320 I'll be right with you, Governor. 17:37.320 --> 17:40.320 Smollett, you may turn round now. 17:40.320 --> 17:42.320 Withers is just there in the sun porch. 17:42.320 --> 17:44.320 Draw back the curtain, old man. 17:47.320 --> 17:49.320 Good Lord. 17:49.320 --> 17:51.320 Yes. 17:51.320 --> 17:53.320 Messy. 17:53.320 --> 17:55.320 Now, you, Smollett, 17:55.320 --> 17:57.320 now you've just got to drag him through the door 17:57.320 --> 17:59.320 and help him in the old well. 17:59.320 --> 18:01.320 Just beyond the door, Captain. 18:01.320 --> 18:03.320 I... I won't touch him. I won't. 18:03.320 --> 18:05.320 All right, all right. Stand aside, George. 18:05.320 --> 18:07.320 Out of range, George. Just over there. 18:07.320 --> 18:09.320 There's only one place I want this charge of shop to go to. 18:09.320 --> 18:11.320 Oh, Mother. Mother. 18:11.320 --> 18:13.320 Now, Millie, you keep quiet and stop snivelling. 18:13.320 --> 18:15.320 My aim is... Wait a minute. Wait. 18:15.320 --> 18:17.320 That's better. 18:17.320 --> 18:19.320 That's better, Smollett. Much better. 18:19.320 --> 18:21.320 Now, go along now. 18:21.320 --> 18:23.320 In here. 18:23.320 --> 18:25.320 You've got to take him outside, old boy. 18:25.320 --> 18:27.320 My shoulders ought to do it, Captain. 18:27.320 --> 18:29.320 You keep quiet, George. Now, go on, Smollett. Go on. 18:29.320 --> 18:31.320 Under the arms. You've seen dead men before. 18:31.320 --> 18:33.320 Now, don't go green. Drag him out. Drag him, old boy. 18:33.320 --> 18:35.320 You little pulley. I'll just hold the gun here 18:35.320 --> 18:37.320 to make sure everything goes all right. 18:37.320 --> 18:39.320 Steady now. Mind the step there. 18:39.320 --> 18:41.320 Mother. 18:41.320 --> 18:43.320 Come away from the window, dear. Don't look. 18:43.320 --> 18:45.320 But, Captain Smollett... 18:45.320 --> 18:47.320 Your father is a very resourceful man, Millicent. 18:47.320 --> 18:49.320 I'm sure what he's doing... 18:49.320 --> 18:51.320 But the captain... I... I can't stand him. 18:51.320 --> 18:53.320 You mustn't question your dear father. 18:53.320 --> 18:55.320 You two still, I'd say. 18:55.320 --> 18:57.320 There's enough trouble around here with our blubbering. 18:57.320 --> 18:59.320 Don't you call me blubbering, George Princey. 18:59.320 --> 19:01.320 Well... 19:01.320 --> 19:03.320 You see, Smollett, everything is perfectly safe. 19:03.320 --> 19:05.320 You remember, you see, that no one knows 19:05.320 --> 19:07.320 that Withers came here. 19:07.320 --> 19:09.320 Everyone thinks he walked off to Liston. 19:09.320 --> 19:11.320 And he's at five miles of country to search. 19:11.320 --> 19:13.320 They'll never look in our well. 19:13.320 --> 19:15.320 Don't you see how safe it is? 19:15.320 --> 19:17.320 I... I guess so. 19:17.320 --> 19:19.320 Good heavens, old boy. You're dripping wet. 19:19.320 --> 19:21.320 Why don't you slip your raincoat on? 19:21.320 --> 19:23.320 Is the tea ready, dear? 19:23.320 --> 19:25.320 In just a minute, dear. I'll ring for Bridget. 19:25.320 --> 19:27.320 It's exactly what you need, Smollett. 19:27.320 --> 19:29.320 A nice hot cup of tea. 19:29.320 --> 19:31.320 It's the best thing in the world to ward off a cold. 19:31.320 --> 19:33.320 Sit down, won't you, old man? 19:33.320 --> 19:35.320 Don't you mind getting the chair wet? That's all right. 19:35.320 --> 19:37.320 Would you have a cigarette? 19:37.320 --> 19:39.320 No. Open yourself, old boy. 19:39.320 --> 19:41.320 See, I stick to my pipe. Funny how you get attached to pipes. 19:41.320 --> 19:43.320 My wife always says to me... Everything's hot, ma'am. 19:43.320 --> 19:45.320 Oh, Bridget, yes. Put the tray in front of me. 19:45.320 --> 19:47.320 Here, on the table. That's it. 19:47.320 --> 19:49.320 Say, Captain... 19:49.320 --> 19:51.320 I'm sorry you've cut your lip. 19:51.320 --> 19:53.320 Oh, well, I just knocked it. 19:53.320 --> 19:55.320 Why, how dreadful. 19:55.320 --> 19:57.320 Here, Bridget. Give the captain this cup. 19:57.320 --> 19:59.320 No, no, no, no. Thank you. I... 19:59.320 --> 20:01.320 I'd rather think I'll be running along, if you don't mind. 20:01.320 --> 20:03.320 Why, Captain Smollett, without any tea? 20:03.320 --> 20:05.320 If you don't mind, Mrs. Princey, 20:05.320 --> 20:07.320 if I could just have my raincoat. 20:07.320 --> 20:09.320 Come on, get it for you, Cap. 20:09.320 --> 20:11.320 This is very distressing, Smollett. 20:11.320 --> 20:13.320 Very odd. 20:13.320 --> 20:15.320 I'll be all right presently, I'm sure. 20:15.320 --> 20:17.320 Oh, here we are. Let me help you, sir. 20:17.320 --> 20:19.320 Oh, thank you... 20:19.320 --> 20:21.320 young man. 20:21.320 --> 20:23.320 There. 20:23.320 --> 20:25.320 You'd better go out the front way, Smollett. 20:25.320 --> 20:27.320 The walk is drier. 20:27.320 --> 20:29.320 Oh, let me hold the door for you, Cap. 20:29.320 --> 20:31.320 And don't worry, old fellow. Don't worry at all. 20:31.320 --> 20:33.320 No, no, no. I... 20:33.320 --> 20:35.320 I won't. Good afternoon. 20:35.320 --> 20:37.320 It's nothing serious, I imagine. 20:37.320 --> 20:39.320 Dear, a little rest, of course. 20:39.320 --> 20:41.320 He'll be as right as rain. 20:41.320 --> 20:43.320 Oh, by the way, Millicent, 20:43.320 --> 20:45.320 you're not looking any too well, dear. 20:45.320 --> 20:47.320 Not well at all. 20:47.320 --> 20:49.320 I'm sure it was that croquet caught. 20:49.320 --> 20:51.320 Being outdoors in weather like this is 20:51.320 --> 20:53.320 simply foolhardy. 20:53.320 --> 20:55.320 Oh, mate is right, Millie. 20:55.320 --> 20:57.320 You saw what happened to Captain Smollett. 20:57.320 --> 20:59.320 Come along, dear. 20:59.320 --> 21:01.320 I shall give you a hot foot bath and put you to bed. 21:01.320 --> 21:03.320 A couple of days in bed and you'll be fine again. 21:03.320 --> 21:05.320 You'll get plenty of rest, Millicent, 21:05.320 --> 21:07.320 and don't you worry about a thing. 21:07.320 --> 21:09.320 That's the best cure for you, dear. 21:09.320 --> 21:11.320 I guess I'll have a little nap, too, Governor. 21:11.320 --> 21:13.320 Fine afternoon for a nap. 21:13.320 --> 21:15.320 Yes, it is. Nice. 21:15.320 --> 21:17.320 Indeed it is, Sam. 21:17.320 --> 21:19.320 Well, enjoy yourself, boy. I'll see you later. 21:19.320 --> 21:21.320 I'll see you all later. 21:21.320 --> 21:23.320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum 21:23.320 --> 21:25.320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum 21:25.320 --> 21:27.320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum-ta-da 21:27.320 --> 21:29.320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum-ta-da 21:29.320 --> 21:31.320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum-ta-da 21:31.320 --> 21:33.320 Your number, please. 21:33.320 --> 21:35.320 Oh, er, would you get me to Police Station? 21:35.320 --> 21:37.320 Police Station? Right away, sir. 21:37.320 --> 21:39.320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum-ta-da 21:39.320 --> 21:41.320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum-ta-da 21:41.320 --> 21:43.320 Ta-da-da-dum-dum-dum-ta-da 21:43.320 --> 21:45.320 Police headquarters. Sergeant Yancey speaking. 21:45.320 --> 21:47.320 Oh, hello, Sergeant. This is Princey of Abbots Road. 21:47.320 --> 21:49.320 I believe you know me. 21:49.320 --> 21:51.320 Oh, oh, indeed I do, Mr. Princey. 21:51.320 --> 21:53.320 Sergeant, a rather horrible thing has just occurred. 21:53.320 --> 21:55.320 Quite extraordinary. It's murder, in fact. 21:55.320 --> 21:57.320 Murder? 21:57.320 --> 21:59.320 I'm afraid it looks rather bad. Well, 21:59.320 --> 22:01.320 for a close friend of ours, unfortunately. 22:01.320 --> 22:03.320 We saw him do it. I think you'd better send someone over right away. 22:03.320 --> 22:05.320 Oh, a man should be there right about now, Mr. Princey. 22:07.320 --> 22:09.320 I beg your pardon? 22:09.320 --> 22:11.320 I think our man should be there now. 22:11.320 --> 22:13.320 Constable Martin has his post right below your house. 22:13.320 --> 22:15.320 They're just rying in. 22:15.320 --> 22:17.320 Seems Captain Smollett was with him. 22:17.320 --> 22:19.320 Captain Smollett? 22:19.320 --> 22:21.320 We reported some rather queer goings-on at your place, 22:21.320 --> 22:23.320 but I certainly didn't understand it was murder. 22:23.320 --> 22:25.320 But just don't touch anything, Mr. Princey, 22:25.320 --> 22:27.320 and don't worry. 22:27.320 --> 22:29.320 Don't worry at all. 22:29.320 --> 22:31.320 Now, now, now, now, Sergeant. 22:31.320 --> 22:33.320 Don't worry, thank you. 22:33.320 --> 22:39.320 Governor, Governor, where are you? 22:39.320 --> 22:41.320 I'm right here, and stop shouting. 22:41.320 --> 22:43.320 We have some visitors, Governor. 22:43.320 --> 22:45.320 I can see that. 22:47.320 --> 22:49.320 Well, Constable, 22:49.320 --> 22:51.320 good afternoon. 22:51.320 --> 22:53.320 Hello, Smollett. 22:53.320 --> 22:55.320 What a remarkable fellow you are, 22:55.320 --> 22:57.320 coming back like this, 22:57.320 --> 22:59.320 here to re-enact the crime. 22:59.320 --> 23:01.320 Only the one against me, Princey, 23:01.320 --> 23:03.320 the one against the Curate, 23:03.320 --> 23:05.320 are a leaf to you people. 23:05.320 --> 23:07.320 Extraordinary sense of humor you have. 23:07.320 --> 23:11.320 Mr. Princey, I just had a look at what's in your well. 23:11.320 --> 23:13.320 Not a pretty sight, that. Not pretty at all. 23:13.320 --> 23:15.320 Yes, Captain Smollett was thorough, 23:15.320 --> 23:17.320 if nothing else. 23:17.320 --> 23:19.320 You saw him when he did it, sir, 23:19.320 --> 23:21.320 out in the back? 23:21.320 --> 23:23.320 Oh, yes, yes, oh, quite. 23:23.320 --> 23:25.320 We were just returning from a walk, 23:25.320 --> 23:27.320 and Smollett has evidently been lying for the Curate, 23:27.320 --> 23:29.320 hiding out in those bushes by the road, I imagine. 23:29.320 --> 23:31.320 Never inside this house? 23:31.320 --> 23:33.320 Never. 23:33.320 --> 23:35.320 And you say, Captain? 23:35.320 --> 23:37.320 I say that while I was inside this house, 23:37.320 --> 23:39.320 a guest of the family, 23:39.320 --> 23:41.320 I was coerced into dragging the Curate's body outside, 23:41.320 --> 23:43.320 and dumping it in the well. 23:43.320 --> 23:45.320 Well, there we are. 23:45.320 --> 23:47.320 Not entirely, Constable. 23:47.320 --> 23:49.320 I'll just remove my raincoat here, 23:49.320 --> 23:53.320 and demonstrate how damp I got my clothes 23:53.320 --> 23:55.320 when I went outside without it. 23:55.320 --> 23:57.320 Now, that's interesting, isn't it? 23:57.320 --> 23:59.320 Yes, yes. 23:59.320 --> 24:01.320 He undoubtedly removed his coat at some point 24:01.320 --> 24:03.320 between here and your post. 24:03.320 --> 24:05.320 I might as well tell you that his weapon, 24:05.320 --> 24:07.320 a red croaky mallet, is out by the side of this house. 24:07.320 --> 24:09.320 I shouldn't be at all surprised 24:09.320 --> 24:11.320 that you'd find his fingerprints all over it. 24:11.320 --> 24:13.320 All over the end of the mallet, Constable. 24:13.320 --> 24:15.320 The end that mashed with his head. 24:15.320 --> 24:17.320 Not the end I'd have to grasp 24:17.320 --> 24:19.320 in order to do the mashing. 24:19.320 --> 24:21.320 Captain, I think... 24:21.320 --> 24:23.320 That's a decent try, Smollett, but it won't work. 24:23.320 --> 24:25.320 There must be other evidence, Constable. 24:25.320 --> 24:27.320 You'll undoubtedly find it when you examine the body. 24:27.320 --> 24:29.320 He means the hair under Withers' nails. 24:29.320 --> 24:31.320 Well, sir, I happen to notice something 24:31.320 --> 24:33.320 when your young George there opened the door for me. 24:33.320 --> 24:35.320 If you'll carefully look, 24:35.320 --> 24:37.320 I believe you'll find a few of my precious hairs 24:37.320 --> 24:39.320 under his nails, too. 24:39.320 --> 24:41.320 What are you trying to say? 24:41.320 --> 24:43.320 Shut up, George, will you? 24:43.320 --> 24:45.320 Constable, this is a complete waste of time. 24:45.320 --> 24:47.320 So far as a violent struggle between Smollett 24:47.320 --> 24:49.320 and Withers is concerned, 24:49.320 --> 24:51.320 Smollett's face speaks for itself quite eloquently. 24:51.320 --> 24:53.320 But no more eloquently than your son's knuckles. 24:53.320 --> 24:55.320 As you see, Constable, a fresh abrasion. 24:55.320 --> 24:57.320 He did that on my teeth. 24:57.320 --> 24:59.320 Oh, uh, hmm. 24:59.320 --> 25:01.320 Or, uh, did he? 25:01.320 --> 25:03.320 What? 25:03.320 --> 25:05.320 I said, uh, or did he? 25:05.320 --> 25:07.320 He might have done that on Withers' teeth. 25:07.320 --> 25:09.320 Oh, oh, I see. 25:09.320 --> 25:11.320 Yes. 25:11.320 --> 25:13.320 I see what you mean. 25:13.320 --> 25:15.320 But I didn't, Captain. 25:15.320 --> 25:17.320 He said that I didn't, Mr. Withers. 25:17.320 --> 25:19.320 Now, here, you keep still, you nitwit. 25:19.320 --> 25:21.320 Let me think. Let me think. 25:21.320 --> 25:23.320 As a matter of fact, George, 25:23.320 --> 25:25.320 the more I think of it, 25:25.320 --> 25:27.320 the more I'm convinced it was your voice I heard. 25:27.320 --> 25:29.320 Quite a vigorous quarrel. 25:29.320 --> 25:31.320 Something about the, uh, curate 25:31.320 --> 25:33.320 of tilting your sister. 25:33.320 --> 25:35.320 Dumb and ridiculous, Smollett. 25:35.320 --> 25:37.320 Very well, Princey. 25:37.320 --> 25:39.320 If he didn't do it, who did? 25:39.320 --> 25:41.320 Yes, that's what I'd like to know. 25:41.320 --> 25:43.320 How about it, Mr. Princey? 25:43.320 --> 25:45.320 Yes, that is a stickle all right. 25:45.320 --> 25:47.320 George, my boy, 25:47.320 --> 25:49.320 it looks to me as if you're elected. 25:49.320 --> 25:51.320 Elected? 25:51.320 --> 25:53.320 Well, what do you mean? I didn't do it. 25:53.320 --> 25:55.320 Keep your mouth shut. 25:55.320 --> 25:57.320 Well, I won't, sir. I'm not going to take the blame for her. 25:57.320 --> 25:59.320 Millie did it. She did it. 25:59.320 --> 26:01.320 It was the mallet I saw. 26:01.320 --> 26:03.320 Me? Why, you? 26:03.320 --> 26:05.320 Millie? 26:05.320 --> 26:07.320 You could prove that? 26:07.320 --> 26:09.320 Prove it? Why, yes. 26:09.320 --> 26:11.320 Yes, her fingerprints 26:11.320 --> 26:13.320 on the mallet, that handle. 26:13.320 --> 26:15.320 Why, George, don't you remember 26:15.320 --> 26:17.320 when you made me touch the mallet 26:17.320 --> 26:19.320 and picked it up with your handkerchief? 26:19.320 --> 26:21.320 George, I'm sure you wiped that handle clean. 26:21.320 --> 26:23.320 Oh, well, 26:23.320 --> 26:25.320 I can hardly expect you to remember that 26:25.320 --> 26:27.320 if you can't even remember 26:27.320 --> 26:29.320 killing the curate. 26:29.320 --> 26:31.320 I told you 26:31.320 --> 26:33.320 to keep still, George. 26:33.320 --> 26:35.320 I am thinking. 26:35.320 --> 26:37.320 You're not going to let him say that. 26:37.320 --> 26:41.320 As long as I can remember, George, 26:41.320 --> 26:43.320 you have been a trial and tribulation to me. 26:43.320 --> 26:45.320 What? 26:45.320 --> 26:47.320 You shouldn't have done it, George. 26:47.320 --> 26:49.320 Oh, no. 26:49.320 --> 26:51.320 You shouldn't have done it. 26:51.320 --> 26:53.320 Now, let's all have a nice hot cup of tea. 26:53.320 --> 26:55.320 It warms the cockles of the arse. 26:55.320 --> 26:57.320 Very good for you. 26:57.320 --> 26:59.320 And so closes 26:59.320 --> 27:01.320 Wet Saturday, 27:01.320 --> 27:03.320 starring Mr. Charles 27:03.320 --> 27:05.320 and his wife, 27:05.320 --> 27:07.320 Millie. 27:07.320 --> 27:09.320 And so closes 27:09.320 --> 27:11.320 Wet Saturday, 27:11.320 --> 27:13.320 starring Mr. Charles 27:13.320 --> 27:15.320 and his wife, 27:15.320 --> 27:17.320 Millie. 27:17.320 --> 27:19.320 And so closes 27:19.320 --> 27:21.320 Wet Saturday, 27:21.320 --> 27:23.320 starring Mr. Charles 27:23.320 --> 27:25.320 and his wife, 27:25.320 --> 27:27.320 Millie. 27:27.320 --> 27:29.320 And so closes 27:29.320 --> 27:31.320 Wet Saturday, 27:31.320 --> 27:33.320 starring Mr. Charles 27:33.320 --> 27:35.320 and his wife, 27:35.320 --> 27:37.320 Millie. 27:37.320 --> 27:39.320 In just a moment, we shall hear again from Mr. Lawton. 27:39.320 --> 27:41.320 But first, let me ask you a question. 27:41.320 --> 27:43.320 It's so easy for you to make certain 27:43.320 --> 27:45.320 of high quality in your wine, 27:45.320 --> 27:47.320 because all you have to do is to go to your dealer 27:47.320 --> 27:49.320 and ask for Roma, 27:49.320 --> 27:51.320 America's largest selling wines. 27:51.320 --> 27:53.320 They are made in California, 27:53.320 --> 27:55.320 one of the world's greatest 27:55.320 --> 27:57.320 wine producing sections. 27:57.320 --> 27:59.320 You'll have your choice of Roma's great variety 27:59.320 --> 28:01.320 of types, from a delicious 28:01.320 --> 28:03.320 Tangy Sherry, a Brilliant Claret, 28:03.320 --> 28:05.320 or a Hearty Burgundy to a sweeter, 28:05.320 --> 28:07.320 heavier port. 28:07.320 --> 28:09.320 And you will be so impressed by the modest 28:09.320 --> 28:11.320 cost of Roma wines, you will want 28:11.320 --> 28:13.320 to enjoy them regularly at home, 28:13.320 --> 28:15.320 as well as when you entertain. 28:15.320 --> 28:17.320 For this traditional form of hospitality 28:17.320 --> 28:19.320 is smart, yet inexpensive. 28:19.320 --> 28:21.320 A full measure of enjoyment, 28:21.320 --> 28:23.320 yet moderation in its best 28:23.320 --> 28:25.320 sense. 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