1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:18,000 Suspense! 2 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:24,160 Presented by Roma Wines, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 3 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:25,160 Salute! 4 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:26,160 Your health, sir. 5 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,200 Roma toast the world. 6 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:35,480 The wine for your table is Roma, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 7 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:42,400 This is the Man in Black, here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California, to introduce 8 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:46,560 this weekly half hour of Suspense! 9 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,600 Tonight in Hollywood, Roma brings you as star Mr. Peter Lorre. 10 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,720 The Suspense play which stars Mr. Lorre, and which is produced and directed by William 11 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,880 Spear is called Back for Christmas. 12 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:05,520 In this series, Roma brings you tales calculated to intrigue you, stir your nerves, to offer 13 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:12,480 you a precarious situation, and then withhold the solution until the last possible moment. 14 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:17,000 And so with Back for Christmas, and with the performance of Peter Lorre, we again hope 15 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:25,680 to keep you in Suspense! 16 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:46,240 Yes, Maria? 17 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,040 What on earth are you doing down here in the cellar? 18 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,400 Oh, just doing a little digging. 19 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:55,720 And why, may I ask, have you chosen this day of all days to dig up the cellar floor? 20 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:00,320 Oh, I thought because the weather has been so damp, this would be a good time to plant 21 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,640 that little devil's garden I told you about. 22 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:04,640 Devil's garden? 23 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,600 Whatever nonsense is that? 24 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,440 Don't you remember that was my little joke about it? 25 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:16,240 You see, I've managed to get hold of the spores of several unclassified wild orchids. 26 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:21,040 In their wild state, they bloom under damp masses of leaf mold. 27 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:26,560 The South American Indians call them devil flowers because they appear to bloom under 28 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:27,560 the ground. 29 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,000 Well, I'm sure the South American Indians would be very interested if you succeed in 30 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,240 growing these ridiculous flowers under the cellar floor. 31 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,840 Whom else it will interest, I can't imagine. 32 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,200 Oh, what's that terrible smell? 33 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:45,080 Oh, that's the leaf mold, chemically, identically with the earth blanket they grow under in 34 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:46,480 their wild state. 35 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,880 And I want to get these started before we close the house. 36 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:54,520 Do you realize that we're sailing for America a week from today and you've made no arrangements 37 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:55,520 whatever? 38 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:57,880 Unless you call digging a hole in the cellar making arrangements. 39 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:58,880 I certainly don't. 40 00:02:58,880 --> 00:02:59,880 Devil's garden, indeed. 41 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:04,120 Sometimes I think you're going soft in the head, Hubert. 42 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,840 Oh, I suppose it is inconsiderate of me. 43 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:12,520 You see, I've been wanting to try this experiment for a long time, but with all those lectures 44 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,560 and seminars at the university, there never seemed to be enough time. 45 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,360 Well, there certainly isn't any time for it now. 46 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,520 I suppose you've forgotten I made an appointment for you at the barbers this afternoon. 47 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,440 Must I shave my beard off, Hermione? 48 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,800 I thought we'd been through all that. 49 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:28,880 Of course you must. 50 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,040 They don't wear beards in America. 51 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,000 Bad enough you're speaking with that accent. 52 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,880 They'll probably think we're Germans as it is. 53 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,640 Oh, I should think it would be quite easy just to explain it, I'm Swiss. 54 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,560 Now, Hubert, don't be argumentative. 55 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,320 Go and get your jacket on and do as I tell you. 56 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:46,320 Yes, Hermione. 57 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:47,320 And don't forget to take your umbrella. 58 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,320 It looks like rain. 59 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:49,320 Yes, Hermione. 60 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,320 And don't look so put-upon, Hubert. 61 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,280 Someone has to plan things in this house. 62 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,320 Never even get to the university in time for your lectures, much less make arrangements 63 00:03:58,320 --> 00:03:59,600 for a trip to America. 64 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,760 I know, but what about my specimens? 65 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:07,200 There'll be plenty of time to plant your precious devil's garden when we get home from America. 66 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,760 We're not going to be gone forever, you know. 67 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:09,760 We'll be back here for Christmas. 68 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:10,760 Yes, of course. 69 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:11,760 Back for Christmas. 70 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:12,760 I've forgotten. 71 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,200 We'll try to remember it. 72 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,040 And if you can't do that, just do as I tell you. 73 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,920 I've been making the plans in this house for 20 years. 74 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:25,560 And if there's any digging to be done, I'll manage that as well. 75 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:26,560 You understand, Hubert? 76 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:27,560 Yes, Hermione. 77 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:28,560 Good. 78 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,320 Now, you have just 20 minutes to clean up this mess down here and keep your appointment 79 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:33,400 at the barbers. 80 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,160 And when you're finished there, I want you to come straight home. 81 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:37,160 All right. 82 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:38,160 Oh, oh, oh. 83 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,200 I'll go up at Miss Markham's and pick up some books I ordered. 84 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:42,200 Well, all right. 85 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:46,040 But don't loiter there the whole afternoon moiling over those old books the way you usually 86 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:47,040 do. 87 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:48,040 Now hurry and clear up this rubbish. 88 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,400 Get rid of that smelly stuff. 89 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,920 And no more digging, my joke. 90 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,920 No more digging. 91 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,120 I'll show her. 92 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:04,480 I'll have my devil's garden and if I... no more digging, eh? 93 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,480 No more digging. 94 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:11,240 Oh, 15 men on a dead man's chest. 95 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:12,240 Yoo-hoo! 96 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,240 You'll win a battle of the run. 97 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,240 Good evening, sir. 98 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:23,240 Good evening, Miss Markham. 99 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:29,600 Why, it is Professor Schumacher, isn't it? 100 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,440 Do you like me better this way? 101 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,920 You look ever so much younger without the beard. 102 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:34,920 Twenty years at least. 103 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:35,920 Twenty years. 104 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,680 Oh, you'll be glad to know those books you ordered have finally arrived. 105 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:40,680 Twenty... oh, yes, the books. 106 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:46,800 Let me see, the Phytotomy of Phthaloid Gametophytes and Coniferous Shrubs of North America. 107 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,200 Those are the ones you ordered, aren't they? 108 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:49,200 Oh, really good. 109 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:50,200 Yes, thank you. 110 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:51,200 You're very kind, Miss Markham. 111 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:52,200 Why kind, Professor Schumacher? 112 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:58,400 Well, not many young ladies in bookshops would go out of their way to look up a rare books 113 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,520 for an old professor of botany. 114 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,520 Why, you're not old, Professor Schumacher. 115 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:03,520 Really, you look... 116 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:04,520 What do I look like? 117 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,600 And besides, I adore botany. 118 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,160 It's my particular hobby. 119 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:09,160 Oh, really? 120 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,480 You've never told me that before, Miss Markham. 121 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:12,880 Well, I was afraid to. 122 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,080 You look so imposing with the beard and all. 123 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:22,600 Oh, Miss Markham, forgive me if this sounds foolish, but since talking with you today, 124 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:28,440 I feel that shaving off my beard is the most important thing I've done for twenties. 125 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:29,840 Oh, it is. 126 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:30,840 I'm sure it is. 127 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:31,840 For twenties. 128 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:36,000 I'm so sorry that I've been so distant with you all this time. 129 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,280 Oh, there were times when I almost spoke up. 130 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:43,440 Times when you came in here, tired, after a day with your students at the university. 131 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,840 You seem so alone, the way I'm alone in the world. 132 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:52,600 I'd like to have asked you to stay a while and talk with me, but some way or other, I 133 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,640 always wound up giving you your change and letting you go on your way. 134 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,680 Say you, you're alone in the world? 135 00:06:58,680 --> 00:06:59,680 Since my father died. 136 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:04,240 Oh, Miss Markham, did you never think of marrying? 137 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,880 My father was a very remarkable man. 138 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:11,880 I never found anyone who seemed to measure up to what he led me to expect of men. 139 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:12,880 Miss Markham. 140 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,680 Oh, it's been so long since anyone called me by my first name. 141 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,600 I'd like you to, if you want to. 142 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:19,600 It's Marion. 143 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:20,600 Marion. 144 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:21,600 Oh, how nice. 145 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:22,600 And yours? 146 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:28,040 Well, Hubertus, but in English, Hubert sounds better. 147 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:29,600 How long have you been alone, Hubert? 148 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:30,600 Alone? 149 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:31,600 I knew you were a widower, of course. 150 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:32,600 The first time I saw you. 151 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:33,600 A widower? 152 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:34,600 I can always tell. 153 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:40,200 There's a certain sadness in a man's eyes, a sweet sadness, I think, when he's been married 154 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:41,200 and then lost. 155 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:42,200 A widower. 156 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,960 I never thought of it in quite that way. 157 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:46,040 Oh, I'm sorry. 158 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:51,160 I shouldn't have been talking like this, I suppose, but I've often wondered what she must 159 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:52,160 have been like. 160 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:53,160 Your wife, I mean. 161 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:54,160 Hermione? 162 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,880 Not an easy woman to forget. 163 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:58,880 Very strong. 164 00:07:58,880 --> 00:07:59,880 Always managing things. 165 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:00,880 The house, my wardrobe, my friends. 166 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:05,880 Even when we dined at a restaurant, she even then ordered my food. 167 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:10,880 She was always managing things. 168 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,000 Her whole life. 169 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,000 Managed herself to death. 170 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,400 Poor woman. 171 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:19,680 She must have loved you very much. 172 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,160 But you needn't have put herself out so. 173 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,640 It's plain to see you don't need things managed for you. 174 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:25,640 No. 175 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,400 You need companionship, I think. 176 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,000 I'm sympathetic with your work. 177 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,520 But the last thing on earth you need is a manager. 178 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,280 How well you put it. 179 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:37,360 The last thing on earth. 180 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,360 Operator. 181 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:45,720 Operator, are you there? 182 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,520 I'm still waiting on that call to Salisbury. 183 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,520 Well, put them on quickly. 184 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:50,520 Hello? 185 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,960 Is this Paul Houlton, sons? 186 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:54,960 It's Mrs. Hubert Schumacher. 187 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:56,960 Did you receive my letter? 188 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:57,960 Good. 189 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:02,680 Now, remember, we'll be back for Christmas and I want the job done without fail. 190 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:03,680 What's that? 191 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:04,680 No. 192 00:09:04,680 --> 00:09:08,440 No, I'm sure he doesn't suspect anything. 193 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,040 Send it to me in New York as I instructed you. 194 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,560 Addressed in my name, of course. 195 00:09:13,560 --> 00:09:14,560 Yes. 196 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:16,440 I've already put them in the mail. 197 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,280 You'll get them tomorrow. 198 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:19,280 Thank you. 199 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:20,280 Thank you so much. 200 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:23,280 Oh, here you are, Hubert. 201 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,280 Where have you been? 202 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:26,280 Oh, back stairs. 203 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:27,280 I dismissed the servants. 204 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:28,280 Dismissed the servants? 205 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:29,280 Mm-hmm. 206 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:35,280 But I've asked some friends of mine into a farewell lunch and go and tell them it's 207 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:36,280 a mistake. 208 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,520 Well, I'm afraid it's too late now. 209 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,720 They've packed and gone. 210 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:42,480 You have messed things up properly. 211 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,960 How many times have I told you to leave things to me? 212 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,960 I make the plans around here. 213 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:47,960 Yes, Hermione. 214 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,600 You have to do better than this when I plan the trip home or we'll never in the world 215 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,060 be back for Christmas. 216 00:09:53,060 --> 00:09:54,960 Back for Christmas. 217 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:56,560 Back for Christmas. 218 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:58,560 Must you keep saying that? 219 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:00,080 Why not? 220 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,160 We are coming back for Christmas, aren't we? 221 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:06,920 Oh, supposing I were offered a professorship in one of those wealthy American universities. 222 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:07,920 Nonsense. 223 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:09,200 Americans care nothing for botany. 224 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,560 Well, Luther Burbank was an American, wasn't he? 225 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:12,560 That's different. 226 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:15,920 What have you ever done except muck around in the dirt with a lot of roots and tubers? 227 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,440 Well, they asked me to lecture, didn't they? 228 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:19,440 All right. 229 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:20,440 All right. 230 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,720 Now, there's no use getting yourself in a state about this, Hubert. 231 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:28,000 No doubt this extra money will come in very handy when we arrive back for Christmas. 232 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Back for Christmas, I know. 233 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,000 Precisely. 234 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,000 No good to make a joke of it. 235 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,520 Heaven knows where you'd be today if I hadn't got a sense of time. 236 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:36,520 Yes, Hermione. 237 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,640 And as you've been so foolish as to dismiss the servants, you may empty the ashtrays and 238 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,560 straighten up this room while we're waiting for the guests to arrive. 239 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:45,400 I'm going in to have my bath. 240 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:46,400 Call me when they get here. 241 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:54,160 Marion, it's Hubert. 242 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:59,080 No, no, darling. 243 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,920 No, nothing is wrong. 244 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,800 My plans are the same, unless you have changed. 245 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:06,800 No? 246 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,480 We'll meet in New York then and be married there. 247 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,840 I'll explain to you why later. 248 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:13,800 You just have to trust me. 249 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:14,800 Yes. 250 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:15,800 Yes, madame. 251 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:16,800 Hubert? 252 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:17,800 I'm so sorry. 253 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:18,800 I can't talk any longer. 254 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:19,800 Yes, I'll meet you in New York without fail. 255 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:20,800 Au revoir, madame. 256 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:21,800 Hubert, were you talking on the phone just now? 257 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:22,800 Yes, yes, Hermione. 258 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:23,800 Whoever was it? 259 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:24,800 Oh, Freddie. 260 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:25,800 Freddie Sinclair. 261 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:26,800 Didn't I hear you say something about meeting somebody in New York? 262 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:27,800 Why, yes. 263 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,800 Freddie said he might possibly get over there before we even leave. 264 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:35,800 And I said, of course, we'd meet him there if he decided to go. 265 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:47,840 That seems very peculiar. 266 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,800 But then all of your friends are peculiar. 267 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:50,800 Yes, Hermione. 268 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:53,240 And just look at your jacket. 269 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,040 Have you been digging in that cellar again? 270 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:56,040 Yes, Hermione. 271 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,520 Well, there's no need for it. 272 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,800 You can't possibly get that devil's garden thing finished before we sail for America. 273 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:03,800 Go and change your clothes before the guests arrive. 274 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:04,800 Oh, never mind. 275 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:05,800 I see somebody coming up the walk now. 276 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:06,800 Go and let them in. 277 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:07,800 Yes. 278 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:08,800 Uh, Hubert. 279 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:09,800 Yes? 280 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:10,800 Look out the window. 281 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:15,800 There's Professor and Mrs. Goodenow, but who's that with them? 282 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:16,800 Well, who... 283 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:17,800 Precisely. 284 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:18,800 Freddie Sinclair. 285 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:19,800 Peculiar. 286 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:25,800 You should have been talking to him on the phone not three minutes ago, and now here 287 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:26,800 he is. 288 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:27,800 Yes, isn't him? 289 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:32,800 But then, as you see, Hermione, all of my friends are peculiar. 290 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:36,240 Not half so peculiar as you. 291 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,560 Digging in the cellar the very day we leave for America. 292 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:41,880 Just look at yourself. 293 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:43,800 And now that I think of it... 294 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:44,800 Yes? 295 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:45,800 Oh, never mind. 296 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:46,800 Go and let them in. 297 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:52,360 Oh, you were going to ask me something, Hermione, about the hole I'm digging in the cellar. 298 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:55,680 Good heavens, stop rolling your eyes about that way. 299 00:12:55,680 --> 00:12:58,800 One would think you were digging a grave down there instead of a storage bin. 300 00:12:58,800 --> 00:12:59,800 Yes, Hermione. 301 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:00,800 What's that? 302 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,800 I said, yes, Hermione. 303 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:07,800 Father, open the door and please stop saying yes, Hermione. 304 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:15,800 I think, my dear, I have said it for the last time. 305 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:26,800 A professor of botany, his loving wife, and an oblong pit in the cellar, just the right 306 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:31,720 size for his botanical specimens, his devil's garden. 307 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:37,560 With these ingredients for a story of a perfect crime, Back for Christmas by John Collier 308 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:42,800 and starring Peter Lorre, the Roma Wine Company closes the curtain for a moment on another 309 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:54,920 breathless study in suspense. 310 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:59,040 In this brief intermission in the play, it's pleasant to think about the holidays. 311 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:03,960 Not everyone celebrates the holidays against a background of snow and pine trees. 312 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:08,520 Somewhere south of the Gulf in the Caribbean, in a gracious home surrounded by palm trees 313 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:15,960 and the warm sun, you might find holiday dinners ending this way. 314 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,840 One moment, please. 315 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:23,480 Our North American guest wishes to propose a toast. 316 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,000 Yes, mis amigos. 317 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:30,400 I drink a toast in gratitude to you for your gracious hospitality and the enjoyment you've 318 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,680 given me, an American so far from home. 319 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,080 It is only a fair exchange, my friend. 320 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:43,480 This wine in which you drink your toast, it brings enjoyment to us from your country, 321 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:44,480 from America. 322 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:48,000 It is Roma wine made in your own California. 323 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:53,240 Yes, and when you choose the wine for your holiday table, remember this. 324 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:57,960 Only a few wines are so fine that many countries of the world import them. 325 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:05,480 And among these greatly enjoyable wines are the wines of Roma, R-O-M-A, made in California 326 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,320 for enjoyment throughout the world. 327 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:13,800 Yet here in America, we are truly fortunate, for we may buy Roma wines at a very low cost 328 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:18,100 since we don't have to pay import duty or costly shipping charges. 329 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:23,100 So serve Roma wine with pride on any and all holiday occasions. 330 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:26,560 And Roma too for everyday dinners, you can afford to. 331 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:32,560 Ask your dealer tomorrow for your favorite Roma wine, America's largest selling wine. 332 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:38,920 But before you buy wine, buy War Bonds. 333 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:44,040 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our sound stage Mr. Peter Lorre in 334 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:52,200 Act Two of Back for Christmas, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 335 00:15:52,200 --> 00:16:02,560 Back for Christmas. 336 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,720 Back for Christmas. 337 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:11,320 Hermione was so positive we would be back for Christmas that last afternoon, pouring 338 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:16,200 tea out for a few friends who had come in to see her last-minute farewells, she kept 339 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:17,560 reiterating it. 340 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:21,560 Now mind you, Hermione, don't let those Americans lure your husband with one of their 341 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,360 fat university jobs. 342 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,720 We absolutely must have you with us for Christmas. 343 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:27,520 He shall be back, I promise you. 344 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,920 Well, it's not absolutely certain, of course. 345 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:31,920 Hubert, now what do you mean it's not certain? 346 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:32,920 Of course it's certain. 347 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:36,760 After all, Hubert's old boy, you've consented to lecture for only three months. 348 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,840 Oh, that's quite right, but then of course anything may happen. 349 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,240 Hubert adores being unpredictable. 350 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:47,120 Now what other man would decide the day, the very day mind you, before leaving for America 351 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,960 to dig a great hole in the floor of the cellar? 352 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:50,960 In the cellar? 353 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:51,960 Yes. 354 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:55,880 He's going to put some unclassified wild orchids down there. 355 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,440 A devil's garden, if you please. 356 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,880 It sounds so mysterious. 357 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:02,360 That's Hubert, though. 358 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:06,760 It's really quite simple, however, once you find out what he's up to. 359 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:10,360 Now take the telephone call he put through to you a few minutes ago, Freddy. 360 00:17:10,360 --> 00:17:11,360 To me? 361 00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:12,360 Of course. 362 00:17:12,360 --> 00:17:16,240 Now Hubert wanted to surprise me about your plan to meet us in New York next month. 363 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:17,920 Wasn't that why he called? 364 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,920 To ask you not to mention it? 365 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:24,120 My dear Hermione, Hubert couldn't possibly have telephoned me within the past hour. 366 00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:26,680 I've been walking in the park since three. 367 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:28,360 He didn't telephone you? 368 00:17:28,360 --> 00:17:29,360 How could he? 369 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:31,320 This is for my going to America. 370 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:32,320 No, no, no, no, no. 371 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:33,320 Come, Freddy, come. 372 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:34,320 You may as well confess. 373 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,320 Hermione has just found me out again. 374 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,200 But Hubert's old chap I rarely do. 375 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,000 You see what a poor liar Hubert makes. 376 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,000 He's ready to beatroot. 377 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:47,120 Aren't you ashamed of yourself, Professor, stringing poor Hermione along like that? 378 00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:51,280 And as for you, Freddy, I'm furious you said nothing to us about going to America. 379 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:55,600 But look here, old girl, I've been trying to tell everyone here that I'm... 380 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:56,600 Oh, stop the nonsense. 381 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:57,960 The game's gone on long enough. 382 00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:59,520 Besides, we must start getting ready. 383 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,800 Now it was marvelous of all of you to come in to say goodbye. 384 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,040 And don't worry about Hubert's little jokes. 385 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,080 I will bring him back for Christmas. 386 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:13,120 You may rely on it. 387 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:15,120 He all believed her. 388 00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:21,160 For years she had been promising me for dinner parties, garden parties, committees, and the 389 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,640 promises had always been kept. 390 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,560 This time they would not be. 391 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:29,960 I had seen to that. 392 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,160 The servants were gun for good. 393 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,160 The farewells all said. 394 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:40,160 I had time to the minute how long it would take to fill in a hole in a cellar. 395 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,160 My devil's garden. 396 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,880 Once in a bedroom I undressed and put on my old bathrobe. 397 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:50,560 And then I opened the door into Hermione's room. 398 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,760 Oh, Hermione, have you a moment to spare? 399 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:54,760 Of course, dear. 400 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:55,760 I'm just finished. 401 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,560 Well, then, will you come in here for a moment, please? 402 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,760 There's something rather extraordinary here. 403 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:00,760 Oh, good heavens, Hubert. 404 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,760 What are you lounging about in that filthy old bathrobe? 405 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,320 For I told you to put it into the furnace. 406 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:06,320 Oh, I'll do it. 407 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:07,320 I'll do it today. 408 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:08,320 Yes, I will. 409 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:09,320 I promise. 410 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:10,320 Well, high time. 411 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:12,120 Now, what is it you want to show me? 412 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:14,640 Oh, here, here, in the bathroom. 413 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:15,640 Just look. 414 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,480 Who in the world do you suppose dropped a gold chain down the bathtub drain? 415 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,000 Nobody has, of course. 416 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,280 Nobody wears such a thing. 417 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:23,800 Then what is it doing in here? 418 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:24,800 I don't see anything. 419 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:25,800 Well, look. 420 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,800 I'll hold this flashlight here for you. 421 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,080 If you lean right over, you can see it shining. 422 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:32,080 It's deep down. 423 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:33,080 Oh, such a lot of nonsense. 424 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:34,080 Just as well. 425 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:35,080 Well, I don't see it, Hubert. 426 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:38,080 Well, go on looking, Hermione, in just a moment. 427 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:39,080 Hubert, I absolutely refuse. 428 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:40,080 Hubert, what are you doing? 429 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,080 Take your hands off my neck. 430 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:49,520 I will, Hermione, just as soon as I've finished the arrangements for my trip to America. 431 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:51,240 What are you talking about? 432 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:56,200 You thought you were the only one who could plan things, didn't you? 433 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,200 Didn't you, Hermione, huh? 434 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:03,400 Well, I've been making some plans of my own this past week. 435 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:09,240 In exactly two minutes and 16 seconds, you'll be dead. 436 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:10,240 You see? 437 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:14,000 You see, I've planned it very accurately. 438 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,000 You'll never get away with it. 439 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:22,040 Oh, I thought you would say that, Hermione, but I will get away with it. 440 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:27,920 You won't mind the smell of the leaf mow down in the cellar when I take you down there today? 441 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:28,920 Yes. 442 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:35,720 That is where you are going, Hermione, right into my devil's garden. 443 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,320 That annoyed you so much. 444 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,440 My friends all expect me back for Christmas. 445 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:40,440 They do. 446 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,400 If they don't hear from me, they'll start asking questions. 447 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:50,200 No, they won't, because you'll write them letters, Hermione, on the typewriter, as you 448 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:51,680 always do. 449 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:56,320 They'll be signed each in that neat, corrupting way. 450 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:58,800 You always sign your notes to your friends. 451 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,800 Here, let me up now. 452 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:01,800 No! 453 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:03,240 It won't work, Hubert. 454 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,320 You were never any good at planning things. 455 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:06,320 Oh, but I have changed. 456 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:10,520 I have learned from watching you all these years. 457 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:14,800 The lecture people in America, they'll expect you to be traveling with your wife. 458 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:20,560 I will be traveling with my wife, but not my present wife, Hermione. 459 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:21,560 Hubert! 460 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,720 It won't work, I tell you. 461 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:25,080 That pit you dug in the cellar? 462 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:26,080 Oh, it will work. 463 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,080 It'll serve its purpose well. 464 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:29,080 Hubert! 465 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,080 No, no, I'm sorry, dear. 466 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:37,160 This thing has to be done exactly as planned. 467 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,920 You have just five seconds to say your prayers. 468 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:42,920 Hubert, you must listen. 469 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,920 The cellar, it... 470 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:46,920 Don't do it, Hubert! 471 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:47,920 Hubert! 472 00:21:47,920 --> 00:22:02,720 Hermione! 473 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:03,720 Oh, uh, Stuart? 474 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:04,720 Yes, sir? 475 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,160 Oh, my wife, she's in this post. 476 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,160 She'll be taking her meals in our stateroom. 477 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:10,640 For the whole voyage, sir? 478 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:16,440 Yes, for the whole voyage. 479 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,680 I trust your wife is feeling better this morning, Professor Schumacher? 480 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:20,680 A little. 481 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,960 Not yet well enough to leave her cabin. 482 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:23,960 Oh, what a shame. 483 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:24,960 Oh, Professor Schumacher? 484 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:25,960 Yes? 485 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,640 Here's a copy of the radiogram you sent for your wife last evening. 486 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:29,640 Oh, thank you. 487 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:30,640 I'll just check it over. 488 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,640 Oh, but, but, look, look here. 489 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,080 Why, what's the matter? 490 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,080 Did the typist make a mistake? 491 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:39,080 No, no. 492 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:42,080 It's nothing important. 493 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:48,600 She can correct it later. 494 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:55,720 For a moment, I had a feeling that Hermione had been leaning over my shoulder again, correcting 495 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:59,520 what I had written as she always did. 496 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:03,400 I had written a radiogram to Professor Goodenough and his wife. 497 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:08,960 Haven't been out of my cabin the whole beastly trip, Hubert, well. 498 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,280 Now, doubt will be back for Christmas. 499 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:22,000 But the operator had left out the W and, and it read, no doubt will be back for Christmas. 500 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,800 Exactly what Hermione would have written. 501 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:32,360 Well, the rest of the trip was uneventful. 502 00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:37,520 Marion and I met in New York just as we had planned. 503 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:53,440 Just as we had planned. 504 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,920 Professor and Mrs. Schumacher, we have reservations, I believe. 505 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:57,600 Oh, yes, we've been expecting you, sir. 506 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,200 Boy, take Professor and Mrs. Schumacher's luggage up to their suite. 507 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,520 You know, Mrs. Schumacher, you're quite a surprise. 508 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,120 Your letter reserving the rooms was so thorough. 509 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:10,000 I was expecting an older, more forbidding sort of person, frankly, man. 510 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,000 No. 511 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,080 As a matter of fact, we're just married, but I... 512 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:15,400 My letter was reserving the rooms. 513 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:19,760 Oh, I wrote the letter, my dear, and I signed it Mrs. Hubert Schumacher. 514 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:20,760 Just a joke. 515 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,560 What a cunning old fox you are, Hubert. 516 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,040 Now that I think of it, I... 517 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:26,040 Oh, I almost forgot. 518 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:27,040 Letter for you, Mrs. Schumacher. 519 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,040 That's peculiar. 520 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:29,040 I wonder who on earth... 521 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:33,640 Oh, well, we'll soon find out in good time. 522 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:34,640 Come along, darling. 523 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,640 Oh, we are keeping the boy waiting. 524 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,640 Come on. 525 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:48,120 Oh, ah. 526 00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:51,000 Nothing like a cold, brisk shower to put a man to rest. 527 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,000 Hubert, this letter. 528 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Oh, yes, the letter. 529 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Oh, dry my hair, will you, darling? 530 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,000 Please. 531 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,920 It seems to be a bill of some sort from a building contractor in Salisbury. 532 00:24:58,920 --> 00:24:59,920 Oh, really? 533 00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:00,920 Oh, bother. 534 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:01,920 Dry your own hair. 535 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,920 Oh, thank you, darling. 536 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,680 I'd see this bill or whatever it is. 537 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,680 It's very puzzling. 538 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,600 Hubert, you were a widower, weren't you? 539 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,360 I mean, Hermione isn't still alive. 540 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:15,400 Good heavens, no. 541 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,320 Well, let me read that. 542 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:19,320 Mm-hmm. 543 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:26,080 Dear Madame, this is to acknowledge your order, together with the keys to your house 544 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,320 in Lonson Place. 545 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:34,680 Our man had no difficulty in finding the place where your husband had begun the excavation 546 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:40,120 in a cellar, but apparently he changed his mind at the last moment and filled it in again. 547 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:41,120 What is it, Hubert? 548 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:48,200 Our man will begin digging tomorrow, and the job will be completed in ample time for your 549 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,200 surprise. 550 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,040 Christmas present to your husband. 551 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:59,160 We are happy to be conspirators with you in this thoughtful gesture and hope that Professor 552 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:06,520 Schumacher will be pleased at the results of our work on his devil's garden, very truly 553 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:11,280 yours, Paul Holtz's son's contractor's. 554 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:16,520 What does it mean, Hubert? 555 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:22,160 It means that Hermione was right. 556 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,280 I will be back for Christmas. 557 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,280 I will be back for Christmas. 558 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:29,280 I will be back for Christmas. 559 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:30,280 Back for Christmas. 560 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:53,240 Yes, Hermione. 561 00:26:53,240 --> 00:27:04,800 And so closes Back for Christmas, starring Mr. Peter Lorry, tonight's tale of suspense. 562 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,280 In just a moment, we shall hear again from Mr. Lorry. 563 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,160 But first, just a word that seems appropriate. 564 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:16,060 One of the world's oldest customs is the Christmas toast, and traditionally down through centuries 565 00:27:16,060 --> 00:27:20,820 of war and peace, the Christmas toast has been drunk in wine. 566 00:27:20,820 --> 00:27:25,280 This year, when the glasses are filled and raised once again, we know that in every home 567 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:31,480 the toast will be to a speedy victory and a speedy return of those we love. 568 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:36,000 And before we set the wine glasses down, let us all resolve to do everything within our 569 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,520 power to help make that toast come true. 570 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:45,720 Let us resolve to help supply the weapons of war by buying even more and more war bonds. 571 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,520 Let us resolve to face our own inconveniences without complaining. 572 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:54,920 And above all, let us resolve that when this war is at last over, each of us will exert 573 00:27:54,920 --> 00:28:01,480 all our effort to see that future Christmases truly express peace on earth, goodwill to 574 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:02,940 men. 575 00:28:02,940 --> 00:28:07,280 This thought, together with our very best wishes of the season, is the Roma Wine Company's 576 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:13,040 Christmas message for you, its friends, here in America and throughout the world. 577 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:14,040 This is Peter Lorry. 578 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:18,840 Thank you for listening to our suspense play this evening, and I know you are looking forward 579 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,560 to next week's show as I am. 580 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:27,720 It is called, uh, Finishing School, and its subtitle might be the famous quotation, the 581 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:33,000 female of the species is more deadly than the male. 582 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:40,200 Don't forget then, next Thursday, same time, for Margot, Elsa Lanchester, Janet Beecher, 583 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:48,760 and a distinguished all-feminine cast in Suspense, presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A. 584 00:28:48,760 --> 00:29:04,240 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 585 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:19,880 This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.