WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:21.360 Roma wines present suspense. 00:21.360 --> 00:26.360 Roma wines made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 00:26.360 --> 00:27.360 Salud! 00:27.360 --> 00:29.400 Your health, senor. 00:29.400 --> 00:31.600 Roma wines toast the world. 00:31.600 --> 00:35.160 The wine for your table is Roma wine. 00:35.160 --> 00:40.040 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 00:40.040 --> 00:45.320 This is the man in black, here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California, to introduce 00:45.320 --> 00:49.800 this weekly half hour of suspense. 00:49.800 --> 00:54.400 Tonight in Hollywood, Roma wines bring you the distinguished actor who has just won the 00:54.400 --> 01:01.160 New York Film Critics Award for his performance in Watch on the Rhine, Mr. Paul Lucas. 01:01.160 --> 01:05.480 The suspense play which stars Mr. Lucas and which is produced and directed by William 01:05.480 --> 01:10.320 Spear is called A World of Darkness. 01:10.320 --> 01:14.440 And so with the performance of Paul Lucas as the musician named Anton Rizak, to whom 01:14.440 --> 01:31.000 the world was a world of darkness, we again hope to keep you in suspense. 01:31.000 --> 01:34.440 All patrol cars in J area, J for Johnson. 01:34.440 --> 01:43.520 All patrol cars in J area go to 325 West 52nd, 325 West 52, the theatrical rooming house, 01:43.520 --> 01:52.440 the homicide, this is homicide, a young woman stabbed, that is all. 01:52.440 --> 02:01.720 Okay, okay, okay, is everybody here now? 02:01.720 --> 02:03.640 Yes, I think I've got all of them. 02:03.640 --> 02:07.520 Mrs. Collins, Mr. Farrell, Miss Walker, Mr. Gunther. 02:07.520 --> 02:10.200 Yes, they're all here, Lieutenant. 02:10.200 --> 02:12.640 You're the landlady, Mrs. Washburn, right? 02:12.640 --> 02:15.000 Well, if you want to be blunt about it. 02:15.000 --> 02:19.040 I'm afraid I'm a blunt man, maybe it's a business I'm in. 02:19.040 --> 02:21.360 Last night a girl was killed in this house. 02:21.360 --> 02:24.240 According to the coroner, it happened about two in the morning. 02:24.240 --> 02:27.840 She was killed in a particularly cold-blooded manner, stabbed. 02:27.840 --> 02:31.040 And that's murder, there's no two ways about it. 02:31.040 --> 02:34.040 Now you're intelligent people, you're all connected with the theater. 02:34.040 --> 02:36.120 No, not all, not all. 02:36.120 --> 02:39.160 France is my sort of caretaker, handyman. 02:39.160 --> 02:44.840 Yes, handyman, but not to do with that theater, that place of sin and abomination. 02:44.840 --> 02:47.760 Don't mind him, France has always been a little prejudiced. 02:47.760 --> 02:51.320 I know when the sword of righteousness is ready to strike. 02:51.320 --> 02:52.720 Where were you at two o'clock in the morning? 02:52.720 --> 02:54.600 I was in my room waiting. 02:54.600 --> 02:56.320 What were you waiting for? 02:56.320 --> 02:59.760 Now look, don't you people realize what you're up against? 02:59.760 --> 03:04.520 Till you can account for your actions last night, you're all under suspicion of murder. 03:04.520 --> 03:07.080 What makes you so sure one of us did it? 03:07.080 --> 03:11.080 You were Miss Nancy Collins' fiance, is that right, Mr. Farrell? 03:11.080 --> 03:12.080 Yes. 03:12.080 --> 03:13.880 What were you doing last night? 03:13.880 --> 03:15.840 I was out, walking. 03:15.840 --> 03:17.040 Anybody see you? 03:17.040 --> 03:19.320 I don't know, I don't think so, how do I know? 03:19.320 --> 03:22.600 What were you doing out walking around at two o'clock in the morning? 03:22.600 --> 03:24.360 Well, after what happened, I... 03:24.360 --> 03:25.600 Oh, what happened? 03:25.600 --> 03:27.800 Oh, nothing, nothing, I was upset, that's all. 03:27.800 --> 03:29.360 Why don't you tell him the truth, Daniel? 03:29.360 --> 03:30.360 The truth? 03:30.360 --> 03:32.760 What's the use of all this talking? 03:32.760 --> 03:33.920 It's not gonna bring her back. 03:33.920 --> 03:36.440 What did you mean by that, Mrs. Collins, what truth? 03:36.440 --> 03:39.040 It's not my place to say. 03:39.040 --> 03:41.160 Daniel considers it a personal matter. 03:41.160 --> 03:43.400 It couldn't have had anything to do with what... 03:43.400 --> 03:48.160 Oh, I'm sure no one is concealing anything of the slightest importance. 03:48.160 --> 03:50.080 Everyone loved Nancy, everyone. 03:50.080 --> 03:53.480 Please, please, I know what you're getting around to. 03:53.480 --> 03:54.480 Why, Kate... 03:54.480 --> 03:58.080 That everyone loved her but me, that I hated her, but I didn't. 03:58.080 --> 04:01.560 Well, not enough to do a thing like that. 04:01.560 --> 04:03.640 Where were you at two this morning, Miss Walker? 04:03.640 --> 04:04.640 In my room. 04:04.640 --> 04:05.640 Can you prove that? 04:05.640 --> 04:06.640 Of course I can't. 04:06.640 --> 04:07.960 That's the whole thing, don't you see? 04:07.960 --> 04:10.040 Now listen, listen, who's playing that piano? 04:10.040 --> 04:11.960 That's Mr. Reject in the room across the hall. 04:11.960 --> 04:12.960 He's a musician. 04:12.960 --> 04:13.960 Does he live here? 04:13.960 --> 04:14.960 Yes. 04:14.960 --> 04:15.960 Why didn't you tell me? 04:15.960 --> 04:16.960 I thought you said everybody was here. 04:16.960 --> 04:18.400 No use talking to him, he doesn't even know about it. 04:18.400 --> 04:19.720 Will you please let me handle this? 04:19.720 --> 04:21.360 Really, Lieutenant, he couldn't tell you anything. 04:21.360 --> 04:22.360 You see... 04:22.360 --> 04:23.960 You get him in here, Hackety, go get him. 04:23.960 --> 04:24.960 Okay. 04:24.960 --> 04:29.200 Now listen, you people have got an awful lot of explaining to do. 04:29.200 --> 04:33.440 None of you can prove where you were or what you were doing or why you were doing it. 04:33.440 --> 04:35.440 What about you, Mrs. Collins? 04:35.440 --> 04:37.160 You don't think? 04:37.160 --> 04:39.480 After all, I am poor Nancy's mother. 04:39.480 --> 04:41.440 Mrs. Collins, I'm just trying to get at the facts. 04:41.440 --> 04:43.040 You have the room next to Nancy. 04:43.040 --> 04:44.440 Didn't you even hear anything? 04:44.440 --> 04:45.440 No. 04:45.440 --> 04:47.280 I've had insomnia for years. 04:47.280 --> 04:51.160 I have to take a strong sedative every night. 04:51.160 --> 04:52.760 Here comes Mr. Reject. 04:52.760 --> 04:55.640 Oh, Mr. Reject, I... 04:55.640 --> 04:57.200 I'm sorry to disturb you, sir. 04:57.200 --> 04:59.520 I didn't realize that... 04:59.520 --> 05:00.520 That I was blind? 05:00.520 --> 05:02.920 Oh, it is no matter. 05:02.920 --> 05:05.320 I was waiting for you to send for me, officer. 05:05.320 --> 05:06.320 Thank you. 05:06.320 --> 05:08.200 You knew the police were here? 05:08.200 --> 05:09.480 But of course. 05:09.480 --> 05:14.080 Oh, Mrs. Washburn, has anyone seen anything of Carl yet this morning? 05:14.080 --> 05:15.080 No, not yet. 05:15.080 --> 05:17.480 Who is Carl, Mr. Reject? 05:17.480 --> 05:19.880 My Belgian police dog who guides me. 05:19.880 --> 05:22.400 He has wandered off somewhere. 05:22.400 --> 05:27.040 Although I cannot say I blame him, it is not much fun being a companion only to a blind 05:27.040 --> 05:28.040 man. 05:28.040 --> 05:29.720 Oh, he'll come back, that kind of all is done. 05:29.720 --> 05:31.760 Oh, I'm not worried. 05:31.760 --> 05:35.400 But now you wish to speak of the terrible thing that has happened to poor Nancy. 05:35.400 --> 05:38.000 Oh, you... you know about that? 05:38.000 --> 05:40.000 Unfortunately, yes. 05:40.000 --> 05:43.600 By the way, here is the key to her room. 05:43.600 --> 05:46.840 It was locked and you were obliged to force it, were you not? 05:46.840 --> 05:49.000 Oh, yes, but how did you... 05:49.000 --> 05:53.000 How do I have the key and how do I know? 05:53.000 --> 05:55.400 You see, I'm a blind man. 05:55.400 --> 05:59.320 But there are many ways for a blind man to know many, many things. 05:59.320 --> 06:01.520 Yes, I see. 06:01.520 --> 06:04.560 Poor Nancy, poor child. 06:04.560 --> 06:07.080 How much do you know about that? 06:07.080 --> 06:09.160 Quite a bit, I'm afraid. 06:09.160 --> 06:10.960 I know how she was killed. 06:10.960 --> 06:13.900 I know why she was killed. 06:13.900 --> 06:18.680 And I know who killed her. 06:18.680 --> 06:30.480 Tonight in our suspense theater, murder was unseen in the dark. 06:30.480 --> 06:36.240 But the crime was witnessed by a single human being with the eyes of night. 06:36.240 --> 06:41.240 Roma Wines is bringing you Paul Lucas as star of Suspense in the Robert L. Richard story, 06:41.240 --> 06:51.040 A World of Darkness. 06:51.040 --> 06:55.400 You have heard the prologue for tonight's tale of suspense. 06:55.400 --> 06:59.560 Before we return to the scene of our drama, let me take a moment to offer a practical 06:59.560 --> 07:00.720 reminder. 07:00.720 --> 07:05.920 Sudden calls on your hospitality suggest the advantages of having several Roma wines always 07:05.920 --> 07:07.200 on hand. 07:07.200 --> 07:12.600 For smart and gracious entertaining, nothing can take the place of a glass of Roma wine, 07:12.600 --> 07:17.440 whether as an enjoyable beverage by itself or on the table with meals. 07:17.440 --> 07:22.020 And look how economical entertainment centered around good wine can be. 07:22.020 --> 07:29.000 Only a few cents a glass when you choose the largest selling wines of America, Roma wines. 07:29.000 --> 07:34.340 Explanation of Roma wineries in favorite wine districts of California and Roma's vast experience 07:34.340 --> 07:41.280 and skill as winemakers explain why wine connoisseurs of other lands hail Roma wines and keenly 07:41.280 --> 07:42.720 enjoy them. 07:42.720 --> 07:48.720 So you know you are complimenting your guests good taste when you serve Roma wines made 07:48.720 --> 07:54.080 in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 07:54.080 --> 07:59.280 And now it is with pleasure that Roma wines bring back to our soundstage Mr. Paul Lucas 07:59.280 --> 08:18.380 in a World of Darkness, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 08:18.380 --> 08:21.560 You think it is a great affliction to be bind. 08:21.560 --> 08:24.480 Yes, in a way it is. 08:24.480 --> 08:28.880 If he yields to it, it can make a man bitter and distort his mind. 08:28.880 --> 08:33.360 But if he struggles against it, there are merciful compensations. 08:33.360 --> 08:40.040 In time, he reaches out into the world again and finds he can perceive the meaning of the 08:40.040 --> 08:42.600 life around him without his eyes. 08:42.600 --> 08:48.000 The world of darkness becomes to him a place of utmost sensitivity to other things, to 08:48.000 --> 08:52.520 touch, to smell, but above all to sound. 08:52.520 --> 08:57.880 The ticking of a watch, the rustle of clothing, the sound of breathing, or even the beat of 08:57.880 --> 08:59.520 a heart. 08:59.520 --> 09:06.680 I have only to focus my attention on a sound so distant or so slight as to be utterly imperceptible 09:06.680 --> 09:08.440 to anyone else. 09:08.440 --> 09:13.600 And to me it is magnified and amplified a hundred times. 09:13.600 --> 09:19.480 This night, though sitting in my room and confined in my eternal darkness, I heard what 09:19.480 --> 09:21.580 I could not see. 09:21.580 --> 09:32.840 And I was witness to a murder. 09:32.840 --> 09:36.720 The bells of Trinity had just run the three quarter hour. 09:36.720 --> 09:41.440 They are at the lower extremity of the city, but I always like to listen for them. 09:41.440 --> 09:44.120 It was a quarter to midnight. 09:44.120 --> 09:46.720 I was about to go back to my piano. 09:46.720 --> 09:51.320 I had been working on a little composition of my own when I heard Nancy coming down the 09:51.320 --> 09:53.800 street from the direction of the theater. 09:53.800 --> 09:55.720 She was walking very fast. 09:55.720 --> 09:59.520 It was clear to me that she was disturbed about something, so I knew she would want 09:59.520 --> 10:01.040 to see me. 10:01.040 --> 10:11.360 I waited for her knock. 10:11.360 --> 10:13.600 Yes, Nancy, come in. 10:13.600 --> 10:18.960 Oh, you are troubled. 10:18.960 --> 10:19.960 What is it? 10:19.960 --> 10:21.300 How did you know? 10:21.300 --> 10:24.520 You know I can always tell these things. 10:24.520 --> 10:25.520 See even Carl knows. 10:25.520 --> 10:26.520 Oh, hello, Carl. 10:26.520 --> 10:27.520 He's so nice. 10:27.520 --> 10:31.440 You're both so nice. 10:31.440 --> 10:34.920 Carl and I. 10:34.920 --> 10:36.160 You know he loves you, Nancy. 10:36.160 --> 10:37.520 I think he really does. 10:37.520 --> 10:38.640 Almost as much as he loves me. 10:38.640 --> 10:39.640 I know. 10:39.640 --> 10:43.840 Oh, I'm going to miss you both terribly. 10:43.840 --> 10:45.600 You are going away? 10:45.600 --> 10:49.160 Anton, I'm going to marry Danny Farrell. 10:49.160 --> 10:50.160 To marry? 10:50.160 --> 10:54.520 Yes, he's quitting the stage and he's going into the army. 10:54.520 --> 10:56.520 I'm going with him. 10:56.520 --> 10:58.960 That's what I want to tell you about. 10:58.960 --> 10:59.960 I see. 10:59.960 --> 11:03.160 Anton, you've always been so good to me. 11:03.160 --> 11:09.120 You've helped me so much and I've always felt that you liked me. 11:09.120 --> 11:10.120 More than that, Nancy. 11:10.120 --> 11:12.760 I'm very, very fond of you. 11:12.760 --> 11:16.160 Oh, Anton, you're the best friend I've ever had. 11:16.160 --> 11:18.640 But I'm nearly twice your age and blind. 11:18.640 --> 11:20.200 Oh, that doesn't matter. 11:20.200 --> 11:22.640 We've had some wonderful times together. 11:22.640 --> 11:23.880 Yes. 11:23.880 --> 11:27.120 And now you wish to talk to me because you are still not sure you have made the right 11:27.120 --> 11:28.120 decision. 11:28.120 --> 11:29.120 Yes. 11:29.120 --> 11:34.000 Now, to leave the stage now, just when you are having the first time such a wonderful 11:34.000 --> 11:35.000 success. 11:35.000 --> 11:36.000 Oh, it isn't that. 11:36.000 --> 11:37.000 I've always hated the stage. 11:37.000 --> 11:38.000 Hated it. 11:38.000 --> 11:40.800 Now, Nancy, now, you have a very great talent. 11:40.800 --> 11:43.200 You can't have a talent for anything you don't like. 11:43.200 --> 11:47.600 And you can't like anything you've had crammed down your throat ever since you were barely 11:47.600 --> 11:48.600 able to talk. 11:48.600 --> 11:50.240 Oh, it's your mother. 11:50.240 --> 11:51.800 She's counted on it all these years. 11:51.800 --> 11:54.360 She sacrificed everything for my career. 11:54.360 --> 12:02.600 Oh, mother loves me in her way, but sometimes she's so strange. 12:02.600 --> 12:07.720 When I told her about Danny tonight, I thought she was going to have a stroke or something. 12:07.720 --> 12:11.080 I've seen her angry before, but never like this. 12:11.080 --> 12:13.080 No, we feel pass. 12:13.080 --> 12:18.160 Anton, for a minute she looked insane. 12:18.160 --> 12:21.240 I was frightened, really frightened. 12:21.240 --> 12:22.240 Listen. 12:22.240 --> 12:23.240 What? 12:23.240 --> 12:34.560 Anton, what is it? 12:34.560 --> 12:37.680 Your mother leaving her room. 12:37.680 --> 12:39.920 She will be coming down here to look for you. 12:39.920 --> 12:40.920 How do you know? 12:40.920 --> 12:43.240 The rustle of her satin robe. 12:43.240 --> 12:44.240 I hear it often. 12:44.240 --> 12:47.320 Perhaps you better not speak anymore just now of your little trouble. 12:47.320 --> 12:48.760 Oh, I shouldn't have bothered you. 12:48.760 --> 12:50.960 I know it must seem childish and silly to you. 12:50.960 --> 12:51.960 No, no, no, no, Nancy. 12:51.960 --> 12:52.960 It is not for me. 12:52.960 --> 12:55.920 But perhaps your mother will not like it that you confide in others. 12:55.920 --> 12:57.720 But how could you know that she's... 12:57.720 --> 12:58.720 Nancy. 12:58.720 --> 12:59.720 You see? 12:59.720 --> 13:00.720 She is coming. 13:00.720 --> 13:01.720 Nancy. 13:01.720 --> 13:02.720 Yes, mother. 13:02.720 --> 13:03.720 Oh, there you are. 13:03.720 --> 13:11.400 I thought you might be here. 13:11.400 --> 13:12.400 Good evening, Edna. 13:12.400 --> 13:15.080 Nancy, you really must come upstairs now. 13:15.080 --> 13:17.120 I'm going to have you new dress ready for the equity party. 13:17.120 --> 13:19.920 I've got to cut it from the pattern tonight and I want you to help me. 13:19.920 --> 13:22.000 Mother, I'm not going to the party. 13:22.000 --> 13:25.640 Why, Nancy, of course you are. 13:25.640 --> 13:26.640 It's very important. 13:26.640 --> 13:29.200 Mother, do we have to go through it all again? 13:29.200 --> 13:30.440 Nancy, dear. 13:30.440 --> 13:33.760 I'm sorry I lost my temper this evening. 13:33.760 --> 13:39.360 I know this seems like the only thing in the world that matters just now, love and all. 13:39.360 --> 13:43.560 But you simply can't walk out of the lead in a hit play and ever expect to be successful. 13:43.560 --> 13:45.400 I don't want to be successful. 13:45.400 --> 13:46.800 Can't you get that through your head? 13:46.800 --> 13:49.800 After I've slaved and skimped and planned all these years. 13:49.800 --> 13:51.120 You'll be all right, mother. 13:51.120 --> 13:52.480 There'll be enough. 13:52.480 --> 13:54.440 I'll be all right. 13:54.440 --> 13:56.560 I'm not thinking of myself. 13:56.560 --> 13:59.120 I've never had a chance to think of myself. 13:59.120 --> 14:03.680 Only last week I drew every penny of my own savings and took an insurance policy on you. 14:03.680 --> 14:07.320 A hundred thousand dollars so that you'd have something for your old age. 14:07.320 --> 14:08.800 You shouldn't have done that, mother. 14:08.800 --> 14:12.520 And now you want to throw away everything I've done for that harebrained boy. 14:12.520 --> 14:14.400 But Edna, if Nancy's in love... 14:14.400 --> 14:16.920 You keep out of this. 14:16.920 --> 14:17.920 Mother, please. 14:17.920 --> 14:24.880 Oh, I've watched you too, Anton Rejak, but I knew she wouldn't have anything to do with 14:24.880 --> 14:26.200 a blind man. 14:26.200 --> 14:27.200 Mother. 14:27.200 --> 14:30.880 You couldn't see her, but you could touch her, couldn't you? 14:30.880 --> 14:33.320 You could be in love with her. 14:33.320 --> 14:37.440 Well, I hope you see now what a fool you've made of yourself. 14:37.440 --> 14:38.680 You fool. 14:38.680 --> 14:40.680 You blind fool. 14:40.680 --> 14:41.680 Fool. 14:41.680 --> 14:42.680 Fool. 14:42.680 --> 14:43.680 Fool. 14:43.680 --> 14:44.840 Don Carlin, quiet. 14:44.840 --> 14:45.840 He struck me. 14:45.840 --> 14:46.840 I'm sorry. 14:46.840 --> 14:47.840 You deserved it, mother. 14:47.840 --> 14:48.840 I think you'd better go, Naren. 14:48.840 --> 14:49.840 I'm sorry. 14:49.840 --> 14:50.840 I'm sorry. 14:50.840 --> 14:51.840 I'm sorry. 14:51.840 --> 14:52.840 I'm sorry. 14:52.840 --> 14:53.840 I'm sorry. 14:53.840 --> 14:54.840 I'm sorry. 14:54.840 --> 14:55.840 I'm sorry. 14:55.840 --> 14:56.840 I'm sorry. 14:56.840 --> 15:01.240 Nancy, I want you to come upstairs right away. 15:01.240 --> 15:04.240 We're going to cut out your new dress tonight. 15:04.240 --> 15:08.200 Oh, Anton, forgive me. 15:08.200 --> 15:09.960 No, it is nothing. 15:09.960 --> 15:10.960 I'm sorry. 15:10.960 --> 15:13.360 I did what I did, but I was afraid she would become hysterical. 15:13.360 --> 15:14.360 Anton, I didn't know. 15:14.360 --> 15:15.360 Believe me, I didn't know. 15:15.360 --> 15:16.360 No, I did nothing. 15:16.360 --> 15:18.400 You had better go up to her now. 15:18.400 --> 15:19.400 Yes. 15:19.400 --> 15:20.400 Oh, I'm afraid. 15:20.400 --> 15:22.840 Oh, but there is nothing to be afraid of. 15:22.840 --> 15:23.840 Yes. 15:23.840 --> 15:24.840 But I'm afraid. 15:24.840 --> 15:38.480 I could not sleep, although it was late. 15:38.480 --> 15:42.960 I tried to go back to my work, but my attention wandered. 15:42.960 --> 15:48.480 I could not keep from mine from what was going on in that room upstairs. 15:48.480 --> 15:54.800 I heard each sound as clearly as though the cause of it were there at my very side. 15:54.800 --> 16:01.520 Nancy was weeping and against the sound of her tears like an inexorable counterpoint, 16:01.520 --> 16:07.240 the scissors, deliberate mechanical snipping and crunching of heavy dressmaker's shears, 16:07.240 --> 16:12.160 cutting material on a table. 16:12.160 --> 16:17.760 Then there was an interruption, footsteps soaring up the stairs, the footsteps of Danny 16:17.760 --> 16:21.060 Farrah. 16:21.060 --> 16:22.360 I knew what would happen then. 16:22.360 --> 16:23.360 Listen, Collins, you've got to listen. 16:23.360 --> 16:24.960 So I did not want to listen. 16:24.960 --> 16:26.600 But for a moment I did. 16:26.600 --> 16:28.200 Danny, I don't know what to do. 16:28.200 --> 16:30.320 Well, it's about time you found out, isn't it? 16:30.320 --> 16:31.760 I shot my mind to it. 16:31.760 --> 16:33.900 I didn't want to hear anymore. 16:33.900 --> 16:39.960 There was to be another quarrel, another agonizing scene. 16:39.960 --> 16:44.960 And then presently I heard the steps again, slow and heavy this time, coming down the 16:44.960 --> 16:45.960 stairs. 16:45.960 --> 16:50.320 They went out the front door instead of to his own room. 16:50.320 --> 16:52.080 He was going out. 16:52.080 --> 16:55.000 I did not know what he might do. 16:55.000 --> 16:59.160 I went to my own door and as casually as I could, I opened it. 16:59.160 --> 17:02.320 Oh, hello, Aunt Anne. 17:02.320 --> 17:04.560 Why hello, Danny. 17:04.560 --> 17:05.560 Were you going out? 17:05.560 --> 17:07.160 For a little walk. 17:07.160 --> 17:08.160 It's late. 17:08.160 --> 17:12.640 I guess it is. 17:12.640 --> 17:13.640 I'm sorry, Danny. 17:13.640 --> 17:15.640 You know about it, do you? 17:15.640 --> 17:17.560 Yes, Nancy told me tonight. 17:17.560 --> 17:21.240 There was a scene with her mother again, but it will come out all right. 17:21.240 --> 17:22.520 Oh, no, it won't. 17:22.520 --> 17:23.520 Why? 17:23.520 --> 17:24.840 Nancy's changed her mind. 17:24.840 --> 17:27.000 Or rather, her mother's changed it for her. 17:27.000 --> 17:28.000 Poor child. 17:28.000 --> 17:31.120 Anton, Nancy's a lovely girl. 17:31.120 --> 17:33.760 She's the loveliest girl in the world, but she's weak. 17:33.760 --> 17:36.360 But we are all weak in one way or another. 17:36.360 --> 17:38.380 But she doesn't know what she does to people. 17:38.380 --> 17:40.720 She doesn't know the torture she puts people through. 17:40.720 --> 17:41.720 No. 17:41.720 --> 17:43.960 And I can't stand it any longer. 17:43.960 --> 17:46.240 If I can't have Nancy, I'll do something. 17:46.240 --> 17:48.560 Danny, it will be all right. 17:48.560 --> 17:50.160 It can't be all right. 17:50.160 --> 17:53.440 How do I know it won't go on like this after we're married? 17:53.440 --> 17:58.160 I'm crazy, I suppose, but I know how these things are. 17:58.160 --> 18:02.600 Two young people in love cannot be kept apart by anyone or anything in this earth. 18:02.600 --> 18:03.760 No, Anton. 18:03.760 --> 18:06.520 I thought it over and over every way there is. 18:06.520 --> 18:08.160 It won't work. 18:08.160 --> 18:10.080 Oh, come in. 18:10.080 --> 18:11.680 Anton, I... 18:11.680 --> 18:12.680 Oh. 18:12.680 --> 18:15.440 I didn't know you were here, Danny. 18:15.440 --> 18:16.440 Okay. 18:16.440 --> 18:20.120 I just heard the news over at the theater. 18:20.120 --> 18:21.120 Congratulations. 18:21.120 --> 18:22.120 Thanks. 18:22.120 --> 18:24.720 I suppose I had to say that. 18:24.720 --> 18:25.720 You know I don't mean it, Danny. 18:25.720 --> 18:26.720 Please, Kay, I... 18:26.720 --> 18:27.960 I don't think you love her, Danny. 18:27.960 --> 18:28.960 I don't see how you could. 18:28.960 --> 18:30.560 Kay, I don't want to talk about it tonight. 18:30.560 --> 18:32.080 Are you afraid to talk to me, Danny? 18:32.080 --> 18:33.080 Are you? 18:33.080 --> 18:34.080 I'm sorry, Kay. 18:34.080 --> 18:35.080 Good night, Anton. 18:35.080 --> 18:36.080 Danny. 18:36.080 --> 18:37.080 Danny, listen to me. 18:37.080 --> 18:38.080 Danny! 18:38.080 --> 18:39.080 Oh, let him go. 18:39.080 --> 18:40.080 He's upset tonight. 18:40.080 --> 18:41.080 He's upset. 18:41.080 --> 18:42.080 He's upset. 18:42.080 --> 18:43.080 Kay. 18:43.080 --> 18:44.160 Kay, stop it. 18:44.160 --> 18:46.760 Get hold of yourself. 18:46.760 --> 18:48.280 I love him. 18:48.280 --> 18:49.600 I love him. 18:49.600 --> 18:50.600 I can't let him go. 18:50.600 --> 18:52.600 Oh, but you must, don't you see? 18:52.600 --> 18:54.760 He's going to be married. 18:54.760 --> 18:58.680 Before she came along, he couldn't even think of anyone but me. 18:58.680 --> 19:00.760 She planned it very nicely. 19:00.760 --> 19:02.640 Just the way she's planned everything else. 19:02.640 --> 19:05.760 She doesn't care how many lives she wrecks, including his. 19:05.760 --> 19:07.120 But it won't be so easy this time. 19:07.120 --> 19:08.840 Kay, Kay, you are talking foolishness. 19:08.840 --> 19:10.400 Listen, Anton. 19:10.400 --> 19:13.320 Before I'd let her get away with this, I'd kill her. 19:13.320 --> 19:21.320 So help me, I'd kill her. 19:21.320 --> 19:23.080 She left me at last. 19:23.080 --> 19:25.600 I paid no heed to where she went. 19:25.600 --> 19:27.840 I was disturbed and troubled. 19:27.840 --> 19:32.280 I sat in the darkness of my mind, thinking. 19:32.280 --> 19:34.640 Then I heard steps again. 19:34.640 --> 19:38.720 Those odd dragging steps coming towards my door. 19:38.720 --> 19:40.160 Franz? 19:40.160 --> 19:43.240 Yes, Mr. Reject. 19:43.240 --> 19:47.120 Did you want to see me, Franz? 19:47.120 --> 19:48.120 No. 19:48.120 --> 19:50.120 No, I was only listening. 19:50.120 --> 19:51.120 Listening? 19:51.120 --> 19:52.120 To what? 19:52.120 --> 19:53.520 Don't you hear it? 19:53.520 --> 19:55.200 The beating of the wings? 19:55.200 --> 19:57.480 They've been close about the house all evening. 19:57.480 --> 19:59.160 Oh, have they? 19:59.160 --> 20:01.480 The time is very near. 20:01.480 --> 20:03.400 Are you a good man, Mr. Reject? 20:03.400 --> 20:04.680 I don't know, Franz. 20:04.680 --> 20:05.680 I try to be. 20:05.680 --> 20:09.320 The black angel with the bright sword of righteousness and vengeance. 20:09.320 --> 20:11.040 Do you think we can escape him? 20:11.040 --> 20:12.880 Well, I hope so. 20:12.880 --> 20:14.360 Oh, no. 20:14.360 --> 20:16.600 Don't you know what goes on in this house? 20:16.600 --> 20:17.720 Haven't you seen them? 20:17.720 --> 20:22.240 With their painted lips, their tinkling rings and bracelets, and their vanity and their 20:22.240 --> 20:23.240 scotting? 20:23.240 --> 20:24.520 Yes, yes, Franz. 20:24.520 --> 20:26.520 What have you in your bag there? 20:26.520 --> 20:29.960 Oh, yes, my tools. 20:29.960 --> 20:30.960 Always I work. 20:30.960 --> 20:33.080 Work day and night. 20:33.080 --> 20:35.280 There's a dripping faucet up in Miss Collins' room. 20:35.280 --> 20:37.840 I have to fix it. 20:37.840 --> 20:38.840 Dripping faucet? 20:38.840 --> 20:39.840 Oh, yes. 20:39.840 --> 20:51.000 What's the matter, Mr. Reject? 20:51.000 --> 20:52.000 Did you think of something? 20:52.000 --> 20:53.000 Oh, yes, yes, yes. 20:53.000 --> 20:56.200 I was thinking that I must take Carl out for a walk. 20:56.200 --> 20:58.960 Oh, no, Carl, down, down, down. 20:58.960 --> 20:59.960 Hello there, Carl. 20:59.960 --> 21:01.960 He's a fine dog, huh? 21:01.960 --> 21:02.960 Franz. 21:02.960 --> 21:03.960 Yes, yes. 21:03.960 --> 21:04.960 Go along. 21:04.960 --> 21:05.960 Do what I told you. 21:05.960 --> 21:06.960 It's late. 21:06.960 --> 21:07.960 Yes, yes. 21:07.960 --> 21:09.960 I do what I'm told. 21:09.960 --> 21:15.920 Remove out of the midst of Babylon and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, for 21:15.920 --> 21:32.920 this city will I humble to the dust, and this house will I make a place of weeping and desolation. 21:32.920 --> 21:37.480 The moment the old man called my attention to the faucet, I had heard it. 21:37.480 --> 21:43.000 When I went back into my room, I still heard it. 21:43.000 --> 21:48.360 I heard the old man tinkering with the pipes. 21:48.360 --> 21:53.720 And the dripping grew less and stopped. 21:53.720 --> 22:01.760 Then the shears began again, with long, sharp scissors cutting the dress. 22:01.760 --> 22:12.000 I forced myself to return to my work, and for a while I heard nothing more. 22:12.000 --> 22:14.120 Then I heard it. 22:14.120 --> 22:16.680 The dripping had begun again. 22:16.680 --> 22:23.320 But this time it was no longer water that was dripping. 22:23.320 --> 22:25.320 It was then that I knew. 22:25.320 --> 22:28.560 I sat frozen with horror. 22:28.560 --> 22:32.040 It was the most terrible sound I had ever heard in my life. 22:32.040 --> 22:36.560 At last I got up and took my cane and went to the door. 22:36.560 --> 22:40.560 Carl wished to go with me, but I closed the door on him. 22:40.560 --> 22:44.640 It was later somehow in my confusion that he slipped away. 22:44.640 --> 22:46.640 I started up the stairs. 22:46.640 --> 22:49.520 That terrible sound grew louder. 22:49.520 --> 22:51.840 It came from Nancy's room. 22:51.840 --> 22:56.440 I had just reached the top of the stairs. 22:56.440 --> 23:02.240 There was no way for anyone to leave Nancy's room except in my direction. 23:02.240 --> 23:06.720 It was then that I heard the fair tale whisper. 23:06.720 --> 23:10.640 The murder had passed me in the darkness. 23:10.640 --> 23:13.480 I went to Nancy's door. 23:13.480 --> 23:15.840 There was no need to go in. 23:15.840 --> 23:20.520 I knew what was there, as surely as though I had seen it. 23:20.520 --> 23:24.520 Happened with the eyes I no longer have. 23:24.520 --> 23:33.560 But I could hear the steady dripping of her blood. 23:33.560 --> 23:35.560 I closed the door and locked it. 23:35.560 --> 23:38.160 I put the key in my pocket. 23:38.160 --> 23:42.040 I wished to make certain that the criminal would have no chance to return and cover up 23:42.040 --> 23:45.000 any evidence of the crime. 23:45.000 --> 23:50.520 Then I returned to my room to wait for you officers of the police to come. 23:50.520 --> 23:58.520 And now you would know as I knew why Nancy Collins died and who killed her. 23:58.520 --> 24:07.720 Well, do all you people here confirm what Mr. Rejack says about your movements last 24:07.720 --> 24:08.720 night? 24:08.720 --> 24:13.000 Wait, what did you mean about the tell tale whisper? 24:13.000 --> 24:15.560 What is the use of any longer pretending, Edna? 24:15.560 --> 24:16.560 You killed her. 24:16.560 --> 24:18.160 Now you must pay for it. 24:18.160 --> 24:19.160 No, no! 24:19.160 --> 24:23.320 You have already found her fingerprints on the scissors with which Nancy has stabbed. 24:23.320 --> 24:26.200 Oh, naturally they were Mrs. Collins' scissors anyway. 24:26.200 --> 24:29.680 And I have a suspicion that you will find the insurance policy she took out on her daughter's 24:29.680 --> 24:34.320 life only last week that makes Edna Collins the beneficiary in the event of Nancy's death. 24:34.320 --> 24:35.920 No, no, I didn't do it! 24:35.920 --> 24:37.800 You better take her along, Haggis. 24:37.800 --> 24:38.800 Come on, man. 24:38.800 --> 24:39.800 No, please, wait a minute! 24:39.800 --> 24:40.800 Maybe I've been selfish, but I loved her! 24:40.800 --> 24:41.800 He's lying because he hates me for what I said! 24:41.800 --> 24:42.800 No! 24:42.800 --> 24:43.800 No, please! 24:43.800 --> 24:51.120 Well, Mr. Rejack, I guess several people owe you their thanks for this. 24:51.120 --> 24:55.800 And you owe me nothing if it could only bring her back to life. 24:55.800 --> 24:56.800 Come in. 24:56.800 --> 25:00.120 We found Mr. Rejack's dog, ma'am, down in the cellar. 25:00.120 --> 25:01.600 Been there all night. 25:01.600 --> 25:02.600 Here, Carl. 25:02.600 --> 25:05.600 Carl, my poor old Carl. 25:05.600 --> 25:06.600 Here, Carl. 25:06.600 --> 25:07.600 Carl, what's the matter now? 25:07.600 --> 25:08.600 Where are you? 25:08.600 --> 25:09.600 Grab him from the back here. 25:09.600 --> 25:10.600 Pull him right back here. 25:10.600 --> 25:14.600 There he is! 25:14.600 --> 25:16.560 Carl, what's the matter? 25:16.560 --> 25:18.560 Don't you know me? 25:18.560 --> 25:23.600 Mr. Rejack, you say you shot your dog in your room before you went upstairs last night. 25:23.600 --> 25:24.600 Yes, yes. 25:24.600 --> 25:25.600 Are you certain? 25:25.600 --> 25:26.600 But of course. 25:26.600 --> 25:31.040 And you say you did not go into Nancy Collins' room after you discovered the murder? 25:31.040 --> 25:32.600 No, no, I did not. 25:32.600 --> 25:34.880 Well, that's very strange, Mr. Rejack. 25:34.880 --> 25:49.760 What your dog did is cold as matter with her blood. 25:49.760 --> 25:53.880 I realize now that the dog must have followed me. 25:53.880 --> 25:56.640 I heard him whimper when I struck. 25:56.640 --> 25:59.300 Then somehow he disappeared. 25:59.300 --> 26:05.560 But before I locked the room, the beast must have found on her where she fell. 26:05.560 --> 26:08.160 Yes, I... 26:08.160 --> 26:10.480 I killed her. 26:10.480 --> 26:12.780 It is no matter now. 26:12.780 --> 26:15.200 She will marry no one now. 26:15.200 --> 26:17.580 Nor will I. 26:17.580 --> 26:20.080 Yet it is true I heard those things. 26:20.080 --> 26:23.000 Yes, most of them. 26:23.000 --> 26:26.120 You would be amazed what I can hear. 26:26.120 --> 26:30.560 Now even from where I sit, I can hear the men at work at the place where they will take 26:30.560 --> 26:31.560 me. 26:31.560 --> 26:33.600 Although that place is many miles away. 26:33.600 --> 26:39.760 They are hammering on the scaffolding in preparation for me. 26:39.760 --> 26:44.800 And now they are clamoring up upon the platform. 26:44.800 --> 26:51.760 And now they are about to test the ingenious device that will snuff out my life. 26:51.760 --> 26:52.960 Listen. 26:52.960 --> 27:13.360 They spring the trap. 27:13.360 --> 27:18.960 And so closes a world of darkness presented by Roma Wines and starring Paul Lucas. 27:18.960 --> 27:24.120 Tonight's tale of suspense. 27:24.120 --> 27:26.800 In just a moment we'll hear again from Mr. Lucas. 27:26.800 --> 27:30.080 First though, let's visit one of the great airports in our country. 27:30.080 --> 27:32.960 The afternoon clipper has just landed in the USA. 27:32.960 --> 27:37.120 A North American and his newly arrived visitor from south of the border are about to take 27:37.120 --> 27:39.080 a table at an airport cafe. 27:39.080 --> 27:43.480 Well, Elliot, I promised to return to visit and here I am. 27:43.480 --> 27:46.920 I'll try to make things as pleasant for you here as you made them for me in your beautiful 27:46.920 --> 27:47.920 home in Las Palmas. 27:47.920 --> 27:49.880 How about some wine before dinner, Carlos? 27:49.880 --> 27:50.880 Oh, thank you. 27:50.880 --> 27:51.880 Some sherry perhaps? 27:51.880 --> 27:52.880 Certainly. 27:52.880 --> 27:53.880 Waiter. 27:53.880 --> 27:57.600 Oh, Elliot, can we get here that wonderful Roma wine we had the day you left my country? 27:57.600 --> 27:59.000 Well, of course, Carlos. 27:59.000 --> 28:01.360 Here we can have Roma wine anytime. 28:01.360 --> 28:06.540 To wine connoisseurs abroad, Roma wines are a rare treat because shipping now is difficult 28:06.540 --> 28:08.360 and duty is high. 28:08.360 --> 28:12.040 But here at home you can enjoy these great wines as often as you like. 28:12.040 --> 28:16.320 For Roma wines of all types are made in our own California. 28:16.320 --> 28:21.760 Highly prized and high priced elsewhere, Roma wines here cost little enough to be served 28:21.760 --> 28:24.040 even at everyday family meals. 28:24.040 --> 28:27.000 And what a difference they make in meal enjoyment. 28:27.000 --> 28:31.840 Why don't you surprise your family tomorrow with delicious Roma California sherry? 28:31.840 --> 28:33.680 You never tasted finer. 28:33.680 --> 28:36.640 You don't need a special menu or special glasses either. 28:36.640 --> 28:40.760 Just chill the wine beforehand and when your folks come home, pour them a delightful glass 28:40.760 --> 28:41.760 of Roma. 28:41.760 --> 28:46.300 Almost all wine dealers have complete assortments of Roma wines. 28:46.300 --> 28:48.880 They're America's largest selling wines. 28:48.880 --> 28:56.400 Ask for Roma, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 28:56.400 --> 29:01.440 But before you buy wine, buy war bonds and stamps. 29:01.440 --> 29:04.840 This is Paul Lucas again, ladies and gentlemen. 29:04.840 --> 29:08.000 Germany murders her cripples. 29:08.000 --> 29:11.980 We protect ours, have them back to normal lives. 29:11.980 --> 29:16.960 And we fight the major cause of crippling, infantile paralysis. 29:16.960 --> 29:22.500 Every night from now till January 31st, sort out all the dimes you have. 29:22.500 --> 29:25.240 Then enlist them in the March of Dimes. 29:25.240 --> 29:29.200 Send your contribution to President Roosevelt at the White House. 29:29.200 --> 29:30.600 It's the American way. 29:30.600 --> 29:32.340 Thank you, Mr. Lucas. 29:32.340 --> 29:38.640 Next Thursday, same time, your stars will be Virginia Bruce and Alan Jocelyn in Suspense. 29:38.640 --> 29:47.160 Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 29:47.160 --> 30:15.720 This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.