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We again hope 03:00.000 --> 03:04.000 to keep you in suspense. 03:04.000 --> 03:08.000 Music 03:08.000 --> 03:12.000 Music 03:12.000 --> 03:16.000 Harry was a laughing happy-go-lucky fellow before he began to have those dreams. 03:16.000 --> 03:20.000 I guess he was pretty much like dozens of other men who go to work 03:20.000 --> 03:24.000 every morning, settle down in soft chairs with their newspapers after dinner 03:24.000 --> 03:28.000 and like a weekend in the country now and then. He was fond of easy 03:28.000 --> 03:32.000 living and good times. Like everyone else he talked of the war, rationing 03:32.000 --> 03:36.000 tires and his golf scores. Until 03:36.000 --> 03:40.000 those nightmares began to plague him. At first I was 03:40.000 --> 03:44.000 amused. You know I've been dreaming about Aaron Burr every night. 03:44.000 --> 03:48.000 What for? Well how do I know what for? Aaron Burr's a funny person 03:48.000 --> 03:52.000 to be dreaming about nowadays. I mean with all the countries in the world at war with each other. 03:52.000 --> 03:56.000 What's so funny about dreaming? Maybe you're upset. Everybody dreams don't they? 03:56.000 --> 04:00.000 I don't know why you see Aaron Burr in your dreams. Well I do. Where do you 04:00.000 --> 04:04.000 see him? Old places, Washington Square, Bowling Green or on Broadway. 04:04.000 --> 04:08.000 Even here on 55th Street? No mostly downtown. I'll be talking to a 04:08.000 --> 04:12.000 woman in Victoria, a woman holding a white lace parasol. Oh. 04:12.000 --> 04:16.000 And suddenly there will be Aaron Burr bowing and smiling and smelling 04:16.000 --> 04:20.000 like a carnation. Telling his stories about France and getting off his insults. 04:20.000 --> 04:24.000 Who is the woman in the Victoria? Huh? The woman. Who is she? 04:24.000 --> 04:28.000 How do I know? You know about people in dreams don't you? They're nobody at all or everybody. 04:28.000 --> 04:32.000 But you see Aaron Burr plainly enough though. I mean he isn't anybody or nobody or 04:32.000 --> 04:36.000 everybody. Maybe I don't know who the woman is. Maybe it's Madame Jumel or Mittens Willett 04:36.000 --> 04:40.000 or a girl I went to high school with. Who's Mittens Willett? Well she was a famous New York 04:40.000 --> 04:44.000 actress in her day 50 years ago or so. She's buried in an old cemetery on 04:44.000 --> 04:48.000 Second Avenue. I've seen the tombstone. That's very sad. Why is it? 04:48.000 --> 04:52.000 I mean she probably died young. Almost all women did in those days. 04:52.000 --> 04:56.000 He's a vile cynical cad. I was standing and talking to Alexander 04:56.000 --> 05:00.000 Hamilton when Burr stepped up and slapped him in the face. When I looked at Hamilton who do 05:00.000 --> 05:04.000 you suppose he was? I don't know. Who? My brother Walter, the one I told you about. 05:04.000 --> 05:08.000 The one who was killed by that tramp in the cemetery. Harry I never could get that story straight. 05:08.000 --> 05:12.000 I told you about a dozen times that the tramp came up to him when his back was turned. 05:12.000 --> 05:16.000 What was he doing in the cemetery? That's not the point. He was killed. That's what's important. I loved him very much. 05:16.000 --> 05:20.000 I don't understand what anyone... What's the use of telling you? Every time I start mentioning it you 05:20.000 --> 05:24.000 ask the same question. I understand now dear. 05:24.000 --> 05:28.000 When you looked at Hamilton he was your brother Walter. Yes. 05:28.000 --> 05:32.000 Harry, maybe we ought to go to the country for more weekends. 05:32.000 --> 05:36.000 Weekends? Yes. Maybe we don't... Oh I'm going to bed. 05:36.000 --> 05:40.000 I'm going to bed. 05:40.000 --> 05:44.000 For a time that evening 05:44.000 --> 05:48.000 I worried about Harry. Not about his dream. 05:48.000 --> 05:52.000 Why shouldn't he dream? But I wondered about his health. 05:52.000 --> 05:56.000 He looked so... so unlike himself. 05:56.000 --> 06:00.000 I was glad when he went to bed. A good night's sleep was just what he needed I thought. 06:00.000 --> 06:04.000 Sleep. How could I know? 06:04.000 --> 06:08.000 The next morning we were quietly eating our 06:08.000 --> 06:12.000 grapefruit when Harry flung down his spoon. Now we should go back to France and stay there. 06:12.000 --> 06:16.000 Him and his la la. Who dear? Oh you mean Aaron Burr. 06:16.000 --> 06:20.000 Did you dream about him again? Yes and he said la la to me. 06:20.000 --> 06:24.000 Why should he say la la? Look I was at the tavern and we were drinking ale. 06:24.000 --> 06:28.000 I said something funny. I don't remember what it was. Something amusing about what Ben Franklin had said to Washington once. 06:28.000 --> 06:32.000 It was one of those things you know. No I don't. Have 06:32.000 --> 06:36.000 some more coffee dear. No I don't want any more coffee. I made this remark and everyone laughed. 06:36.000 --> 06:40.000 Everyone but Burr that is. He sort of sniffed and then he said la la. 06:40.000 --> 06:44.000 Well why not? I mean is there anything wrong about 06:44.000 --> 06:48.000 him saying la la? Well it's the way he said it. He was sneering at me. 06:48.000 --> 06:52.000 They all noticed it. Who dear? Who noticed it? The others. All of them. And Hamilton. 06:52.000 --> 06:56.000 I was there with Hamilton. It was swell until 06:56.000 --> 07:00.000 Burr came in. Aaron Burr. I don't see why you dream about him all the time. 07:00.000 --> 07:04.000 Don't you think you ought to take some luminal? I'm not sick I tell you. I know what I'm 07:04.000 --> 07:08.000 dreaming. I just thought well it's always Burr and that seems odd. 07:08.000 --> 07:12.000 Why? Why shouldn't I dream about Burr if I want to? But you don't want to. 07:12.000 --> 07:16.000 No but I can't help it. Everywhere I go with Alexander sooner or later 07:16.000 --> 07:20.000 Burr shows up and he makes those nasty remarks. Last night he elbowed Alexander 07:20.000 --> 07:24.000 out of his way. He did it deliberately. Alexander? Hamilton. Oh Alexander 07:24.000 --> 07:28.000 Hamilton. Yes goodness knows I'm familiar enough with him by this time to call him by 07:28.000 --> 07:34.000 his first name. You know we might go to the Old Rovers Inn this weekend. You like it there. 07:34.000 --> 07:40.000 Hamilton has become not only my brother Walter but practically every other guy I've ever liked. 07:40.000 --> 07:46.000 Don't you like the Old Rovers Inn anymore? Isn't it natural that Hamilton should represent my brother and guys I like? 07:46.000 --> 07:52.000 Well that's natural isn't it? Yes. I suppose it is. Then why are you looking at me like that? 07:52.000 --> 07:57.000 You know dear I wish you'd go and see Dr. Fox. But I don't want to go and see Dr. Fox. 07:57.000 --> 08:04.000 I want Aaron Burr to stop sneering at me. And my clothes. He looks at me and his lip curls up and he says 08:04.000 --> 08:12.000 La la Mr. Andrews what odd taste you have. I wish you'd go and see Dr. Fox. I'm going to the zoo and feed popcorn to the rhinoceros. 08:12.000 --> 08:16.000 That makes things seem right. For a little while anyway. 08:16.000 --> 08:32.000 I thought he'd forgotten all about that ancient pistol duel because for two days after that he lost his haggard, tired look and actually seemed cheerful. 08:32.000 --> 08:39.000 But one night about five in the morning he came into my room in pajamas and bare feet, his hair disheveled and his eyes wild. 08:39.000 --> 08:44.000 He got him. He got him. The rotter got him. Alexander fired in the air and smiled at him. 08:44.000 --> 08:49.000 Just like Walter must have smiled. Like Walter? Oh yes dear, your brother Walter who was killed in the cemetery. 08:49.000 --> 08:54.000 This was at Weehawken in New Jersey. What? Your brother? No, no. Hamilton and Burr. Their duel. 08:54.000 --> 08:59.000 Hamilton had a white ruff around his neck. Burr was in black tights, French clothes. 08:59.000 --> 09:06.000 Alexander lifted his pistol and fired in the air and he smiled at Burr. And then that fiend from hell took deliberate aim. 09:06.000 --> 09:16.000 He took so long. He meant to take his time about it. I saw him grin. Then he pointed his pistol at Alexander and fired. 09:16.000 --> 09:26.000 He killed him in cold blood. Foul scum. Don't, don't. Here darling. Take some of these pills. 09:26.000 --> 09:32.000 No, no I don't want any. Oh take it, you'll feel better. No, I don't want any, I tell you. 09:32.000 --> 09:40.000 Here, swallow. Please dear, swallow. All right. There, that's better. 09:40.000 --> 09:50.000 Cad. A rotten, sneaking cad. He grinned just as he fired. And Alexander clutched himself at the stomach. 09:50.000 --> 09:59.000 And then he shook his head and he tried to walk forward. And then he fell with his mouth open. 09:59.000 --> 10:07.000 As though he wanted to say something. And Burr stood, just stood there grinning. 10:07.000 --> 10:23.000 I finally got him to see Dr. Fox and he said Harry was fine. Heart perfect, everything. 10:23.000 --> 10:31.000 But Aaron Burr did not leave my husband to sweeter or more peaceful dreams. Harry said nothing about it for several mornings. 10:31.000 --> 10:37.000 But I could tell he was still being tortured by these ghosts. He brooded over his breakfast. He didn't answer me when I spoke to him. 10:37.000 --> 10:43.000 What was that? Only my butter knife dear. Oh. 10:43.000 --> 10:49.000 Harry, are you still dreaming about that man? I wish I hadn't told you about it. Forget it will you? 10:49.000 --> 10:54.000 I can't forget it with you going on this way. Can't you forget I mentioned it? 10:54.000 --> 11:01.000 What does he do now? He goes around bragging. Bragging that he did it with his eyes closed. He says he didn't even look. 11:01.000 --> 11:04.000 Didn't look when? When he killed Alexander in the duel. Well what does... 11:04.000 --> 11:14.000 He claims that he could have hit the ace of spades at 30 paces blindfolded. Furthermore, since you asked what he does now, he jostles me at parties now. 11:14.000 --> 11:19.000 I think you should stay out of this Harry. It wasn't any business of yours anyway and it happened so long ago. 11:19.000 --> 11:22.000 I'm not getting into anything. It's getting into me. Can't you see that? 11:22.000 --> 11:28.000 I see that we've got to get you away from here. Maybe if you slept some place else for a few nights you wouldn't dream about him anymore. 11:28.000 --> 11:32.000 I don't know. Oh let's go to the country tomorrow. We'll stay at Lime Rock Lodge. 11:32.000 --> 11:36.000 Bess, why can't we visit the Crowley's? They live in the country. 11:36.000 --> 11:41.000 Alright, fine. Bob has a pistol. We could do a little target shooting. 11:41.000 --> 11:46.000 What do you want a pistol for? Plenty of open space. I'd think you'd want to get away from shooting. 11:46.000 --> 11:49.000 Yes, yes sure dear, sure. 11:58.000 --> 12:07.000 The vacation seemed a success at first. When we arrived at the Crowley's house in the cab, I thought I'd left my suitcase at the railroad station. 12:07.000 --> 12:12.000 Harry laughed his old normal laugh for the first time in many days as he found the bag and handed it to me. 12:12.000 --> 12:16.000 And then he leaned over and kissed me. Good old Connecticut. 12:16.000 --> 12:20.000 Oh Harry, this is wonderful. We'll have a grand time. Yes, sir. 12:20.000 --> 12:24.000 Here they come. Good old Bob, remind me to tell him that rabbit joke. 12:24.000 --> 12:28.000 Hello Madison. I'll take your bags Mr. Andrew. Oh thanks Madison, good to see you. Thank you. 12:28.000 --> 12:32.000 Hello there. Well Bob, how's the old country squad? Fine, fine. How have you been? 12:32.000 --> 12:38.000 Never better boys good to be here. Hello Alice. Well you two, I'm glad you've come. It gets kind of dull out here in the hinterlands. 12:38.000 --> 12:44.000 Well Harry and I'll fix that. Wait until you get one of our extra special cold martinis in there. You'll feel ship shaped then. 12:44.000 --> 12:48.000 You still know how to mix them, huh? Better than ever. Get lots of practice these long country women. 12:55.000 --> 13:00.000 It was grand seeing Harry's face relaxed and smiling over his cocktail glass. 13:00.000 --> 13:05.000 When I went to bed that night I felt that at last that nasty old business of the dream was over. 13:05.000 --> 13:16.000 And I was happy. But when I awoke the next morning, when I awoke, I saw my husband lying rigid on his back staring at the ceiling. 13:19.000 --> 13:24.000 One Henry Andrews architect. What's the matter dear? Nothing. 13:24.000 --> 13:30.000 Oh, why don't you go back to sleep Harry? It's only eight o'clock and this is the country. 13:30.000 --> 13:35.000 One Henry Andrews an architect. What are you talking about? That's what he calls me. Calls you? Who? 13:35.000 --> 13:42.000 One Henry Andrews an architect. He keeps saying it in his nasty sneering little voice. One Henry Andrews! 13:42.000 --> 13:47.000 Harry, Harry, please don't yell. You'll wake the whole house. It's early. People want to sleep. 13:47.000 --> 13:58.000 I'm beneath him. I'm just nobody. I'm a man in a grey suit. Be on your good behaviour, my good man, he says, or I shall have one of my lackeys give you a taste of the writing crop. 13:58.000 --> 14:03.000 Why should he say that to you? You ask me why? He wasn't such a great man, was he? 14:03.000 --> 14:07.000 I mean, didn't he try to sell Louisiana to the French or something behind Washington's back? He was a traitor. 14:07.000 --> 14:12.000 Then why worry what he says? He was a scoundrel, but he had a very brilliant mind. 14:12.000 --> 14:16.000 I was in hopes that you weren't going to dream about him anymore. I thought if we came up here that... 14:16.000 --> 14:20.000 It's him or me. I can't stand this forever. Neither can I. 14:29.000 --> 14:34.000 As I had expected, Harry spent most of the afternoon with Bob shooting at targets. 14:34.000 --> 14:39.000 At first they just aimed at the paper squares. It all seemed to be good natured and in fun. 14:39.000 --> 14:44.000 After a while, Harry stood with his back to the dead tree trunk on which the targets were nailed. 14:44.000 --> 14:51.000 Then he walked 30 paces ahead in a stiff-legged manner and his face was set in stern lines. 14:51.000 --> 14:56.000 His revolver was at arm's length above his head, when he turned suddenly and fired. 14:56.000 --> 15:00.000 Bob dropped to the ground, scared. What's the big idea, Harry? 15:00.000 --> 15:04.000 But Harry didn't answer. He started to walk back to that dead tree trunk again. Oh, I get it. 15:04.000 --> 15:09.000 Then with his back to the target, he began marking off the 30 paces. Bob called to him. 15:09.000 --> 15:13.000 I think they kept their arms hanging straight on. I don't think they stuck them up in the air. 15:13.000 --> 15:20.000 But my husband continued to count off. At the 30th step, he lowered his arm, wheeled about suddenly and fired from his hip. 15:20.000 --> 15:23.000 Hey, watch your step! Two of the shots missed the tree. The last one. 15:23.000 --> 15:25.000 Hey, watch out! 15:25.000 --> 15:30.000 Like a mechanical man or someone in a trance, Harry began to walk back to the tree again without a word. 15:30.000 --> 15:33.000 His lips tight, his eyes bright, his breathing coming fast. 15:33.000 --> 15:36.000 Look, it's my turn, Bob. 15:36.000 --> 15:45.000 But Harry about-faced and stalked on. This time when he fired, his eyes were closed. 15:45.000 --> 15:48.000 Poor Bob didn't know what to make of this strange behavior. 15:48.000 --> 15:51.000 Good heavens, man! Give me that gun, will you? 15:51.000 --> 15:56.000 Without a protest, Harry let him take it. For the first time, he spoke. 15:56.000 --> 15:58.000 I need a lot more practice, I guess. 15:58.000 --> 16:04.000 Not with me standing around. Come on, let's get back to the house and shake up a drink. I got the jumps. 16:04.000 --> 16:06.000 I need a lot more practice. 16:13.000 --> 16:18.000 I guess I must have slept soundly that night because I didn't hear him leave the room. 16:18.000 --> 16:22.000 He must have crawled out of bed, dressed silently and crept out of the room. 16:22.000 --> 16:26.000 The sun was just coming up, but the light was hard and the air was cold. 16:26.000 --> 16:28.000 Then I heard the shots. 16:29.000 --> 16:30.000 Harry! 16:30.000 --> 16:35.000 I threw on a dressing-dye and ran downstairs. The crowd is around the hall. 16:35.000 --> 16:38.000 Is Harry all right? 16:39.000 --> 16:41.000 Certainly sounds like it. 16:41.000 --> 16:43.000 Where is he? What's he doing? 16:43.000 --> 16:45.000 It sounds as though he's out behind the studio shooting. 16:45.000 --> 16:46.000 Oh, Alan. 16:46.000 --> 16:48.000 Take it easy, Beth. Bob will go out and get him. 16:48.000 --> 16:51.000 Maybe he had a nightmare or walked in his sleep. 16:51.000 --> 16:54.000 No, he never walks in his sleep. He's awake all right. 16:54.000 --> 16:57.000 Let's go down and get some coffee. He'll need some. 16:57.000 --> 17:00.000 I need some too. What the dick is the matter with him anyway? 17:00.000 --> 17:02.000 Oh, I don't know. I'm so sorry to be... 17:02.000 --> 17:03.000 You go get him, Bob. 17:03.000 --> 17:05.000 At your service, madam. Alive or dead. 17:05.000 --> 17:06.000 Bob, stop it. 17:06.000 --> 17:08.000 Well, okay. I'll do my best. 17:09.000 --> 17:11.000 Hey, Harry! 17:12.000 --> 17:14.000 Harry! 17:16.000 --> 17:18.000 Harry, Harry, what's the matter with you? 17:18.000 --> 17:19.000 What? 17:19.000 --> 17:21.000 What the dick is you doing out here in this freezing air? 17:21.000 --> 17:22.000 What? 17:22.000 --> 17:24.000 Holding your pants and your shirt and your shoes on. 17:24.000 --> 17:26.000 I'll get him one of these nights. 17:26.000 --> 17:27.000 What are you... 17:27.000 --> 17:29.000 I'll get him one of these nights. 17:37.000 --> 17:40.000 By this time, I was really frightened. 17:40.000 --> 17:44.000 When we returned to the city, Harry was the picture of gloom. 17:44.000 --> 17:50.000 Our first night back, I looked at him as he lay on the shades lounge in my bedroom in his blue dressing gown, 17:50.000 --> 17:52.000 smoking a cigarette. 17:52.000 --> 17:55.000 He was haggard and tired, and he kept biting his lower lip. 17:55.000 --> 17:58.000 I mixed a scotch and water nightcap for him. 17:58.000 --> 18:01.000 No. No, no, no, no, thanks. No liquor. 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 I need a steady hand. 18:03.000 --> 18:06.000 Look, watch my hand. Does it tremble? Is it steady? 18:06.000 --> 18:08.000 Yes. Very. 18:08.000 --> 18:10.000 That's good. That's very good. You need a steady hand, you know. 18:10.000 --> 18:11.000 For what, dear? 18:11.000 --> 18:13.000 Oh, things, things. 18:13.000 --> 18:16.000 Harry, will you sleep in my room tonight? 18:16.000 --> 18:21.000 No. You'll keep shaking me all night to keep me awake. 18:21.000 --> 18:23.000 You're afraid to let me meet him. 18:23.000 --> 18:24.000 Are you still on that? 18:24.000 --> 18:26.000 Why do you think everybody's better than I am? 18:26.000 --> 18:28.000 I can out-shoot him the best day he ever had. 18:28.000 --> 18:29.000 Of course, dear. 18:29.000 --> 18:32.000 In the waistcoat, right next to the middle button. 18:32.000 --> 18:35.000 He has three big pearl buttons on his waistcoat. 18:35.000 --> 18:36.000 Came from France. 18:36.000 --> 18:39.000 Why don't you dream about it? Somebody else. Anybody else. Please. 18:39.000 --> 18:40.000 You'd like that, wouldn't you? 18:40.000 --> 18:43.000 You'd like to have me dream about somebody who wouldn't hurt a fly, 18:43.000 --> 18:45.000 somebody like that because you knew I'd never get in a duel with him. 18:45.000 --> 18:48.000 A duel? You're dreaming of a duel now? 18:48.000 --> 18:50.000 Ever since Hamilton died, Burr knows I hate him. 18:50.000 --> 18:51.000 It's nearly over now. 18:51.000 --> 18:52.000 Harry. 18:52.000 --> 18:55.000 It's him or me. I'll get him the lotter. 18:55.000 --> 18:56.000 But, Harry... 18:55.000 --> 18:58.000 I know I'll get him. I have a modern pistol. 18:58.000 --> 19:02.000 He has to use an old-fashioned single-shot muzzleloader. 19:02.000 --> 19:03.000 Is that quite fair? 19:03.000 --> 19:06.000 Fair? What do I care whether it's fair or not? 19:06.000 --> 19:08.000 Was it fair the way he shot Alexander? Was it? 19:08.000 --> 19:09.000 Don't be mad with me, Harry. 19:09.000 --> 19:11.000 Oh, I'm sorry, darling. 19:11.000 --> 19:12.000 I'm very unhappy. 19:12.000 --> 19:13.000 I'm sorry, darling. 19:13.000 --> 19:14.000 And I'm worried sick. 19:14.000 --> 19:17.000 Oh, I'm sorry, darling. Don't cry. Please don't cry. 19:17.000 --> 19:20.000 You'd upset me when you were crying. And you mustn't be upset. 19:20.000 --> 19:23.000 I mustn't be upset. I must be very calm and rested. 19:23.000 --> 19:26.000 My hand must be steady tonight. Especially tonight. 19:26.000 --> 19:28.000 I'm so worried, Harry. 19:28.000 --> 19:32.000 Oh, don't worry about me. I'll be all right. I'll be fine. 19:32.000 --> 19:34.000 My hand is like a rock. 19:39.000 --> 19:43.000 Later, when I kissed him goodnight, I knew it was really goodbye. 19:43.000 --> 19:46.000 He didn't say anything, and neither did I. 19:46.000 --> 19:51.000 It's just that he seemed so far away in another world. 19:51.000 --> 19:55.000 And each moment I felt that he was becoming more and more remote. 19:55.000 --> 19:58.000 Something told me he wasn't coming back. 20:05.000 --> 20:07.000 I couldn't sleep. 20:07.000 --> 20:11.000 After an hour of tossing and turning, I went to Harry's room. 20:11.000 --> 20:13.000 He was sleeping peacefully. 20:13.000 --> 20:17.000 I sat down in his chair and watched over him for a long while. 20:17.000 --> 20:20.000 Then finally, I must have fallen asleep. 20:26.000 --> 20:28.000 Beautiful morning. 20:28.000 --> 20:30.000 It was about five in the morning when I awoke. 20:30.000 --> 20:32.000 Harry was talking in his sleep. 20:32.000 --> 20:35.000 Oh, yes. 20:35.000 --> 20:37.000 Doctor? 20:37.000 --> 20:40.000 Good of you to come, doctor. 20:40.000 --> 20:42.000 Yes. 20:42.000 --> 20:44.000 Often misty at this hour. 20:44.000 --> 20:46.000 Harry? 20:46.000 --> 20:48.000 Are they loaded? 20:48.000 --> 20:50.000 Splendid. 20:50.000 --> 20:52.000 Harry, wake up. 20:52.000 --> 20:55.000 Yes, I'm perfectly ready. 20:55.000 --> 20:58.000 Is Mr. Burr? 20:58.000 --> 21:00.000 He is. 21:00.000 --> 21:02.000 Good. 21:02.000 --> 21:04.000 Shall we proceed? 21:07.000 --> 21:10.000 No, no, I do not care to make any statement. 21:10.000 --> 21:12.000 Wake up. 21:12.000 --> 21:14.000 Very well. 21:12.000 --> 21:14.000 Harry? 21:14.000 --> 21:16.000 I understand it perfectly. 21:16.000 --> 21:18.000 Ten paces. 21:18.000 --> 21:21.000 Turn and fire at the dropping of the handkerchief. 21:21.000 --> 21:23.000 Yes. 21:23.000 --> 21:25.000 Ten paces. 21:25.000 --> 21:27.000 Harry, Harry! 21:27.000 --> 21:30.000 Thank you for acting as my second, Mr. J. 21:30.000 --> 21:34.000 It's, of course, extremely good of you. 21:34.000 --> 21:36.000 Very well, then. 21:36.000 --> 21:38.000 I'm quite ready. 21:38.000 --> 21:53.000 One, two, three, four... 21:53.000 --> 21:55.000 Harry, Harry, please! 21:55.000 --> 21:57.000 Five. 21:55.000 --> 21:57.000 Don't, Harry! 21:57.000 --> 22:07.000 Six, seven, eight, nine, ten. 22:07.000 --> 22:09.000 Ten. 22:13.000 --> 22:15.000 Harry? 22:15.000 --> 22:17.000 Harry dear? 22:17.000 --> 22:19.000 Harry? 22:19.000 --> 22:21.000 Harry? 22:35.000 --> 22:38.000 Dr. Fox was puzzled when he examined Harry. 22:38.000 --> 22:40.000 It's extraordinary. 22:40.000 --> 22:43.000 His heart was as sound as a doll when I saw him the other day. 22:43.000 --> 22:45.000 It seemed to be fine, Dr. Fox. 22:45.000 --> 22:47.000 I can't understand it. 22:47.000 --> 22:49.000 What? 22:49.000 --> 22:51.000 His heart stopped as if it'd been shot. 22:51.000 --> 22:53.000 Shot? 22:53.000 --> 22:55.000 Yes, of course, there were no gunshots. 22:55.000 --> 22:57.000 Shot? 22:57.000 --> 22:59.000 Mrs. Andrews, you'll have to calm yourself. 22:59.000 --> 23:01.000 You can't help him now. 23:01.000 --> 23:03.000 I should have known it would happen. 23:03.000 --> 23:05.000 I kept staring at Harry's right hand. 23:05.000 --> 23:09.000 The three fingers next to the index finger were closed stiffly on the palm, 23:09.000 --> 23:11.000 as if gripping the handle of a pistol. 23:11.000 --> 23:16.000 The taught thumb was doing its part to hold that invisible handle tightly and unwaveringly. 23:16.000 --> 23:19.000 But it was the index finger which held my eye the longest. 23:19.000 --> 23:22.000 I looked carefully to make sure that I was right. 23:22.000 --> 23:24.000 Yes, yes it was so. 23:24.000 --> 23:27.000 That index finger was curved inward slightly, 23:27.000 --> 23:31.000 as if it were about to press the trigger of a pistol. 23:31.000 --> 23:34.000 So there had been a duel after all. 23:34.000 --> 23:36.000 Perhaps there was no gunshot wound, 23:36.000 --> 23:40.000 but Harry had been shot as surely as he was dead. 23:40.000 --> 23:44.000 Dr. Fox saw me staring and spoke to me. 23:44.000 --> 23:47.000 What are you looking at, Mrs. Andrews? 23:47.000 --> 23:50.000 Harry never even fired a shot. 23:50.000 --> 23:54.000 Aaron Burr killed him the way he killed Hamilton. 23:54.000 --> 23:56.000 What are you talking about? 23:56.000 --> 23:58.000 Aaron Burr shot him through the heart. 23:58.000 --> 23:59.000 I knew he would. 23:59.000 --> 24:00.000 Yes, but there's no evidence. 24:00.000 --> 24:02.000 I know he would! 24:08.000 --> 24:10.000 Then Dr. Fox put an arm around me. 24:10.000 --> 24:13.000 He looked at me gently and a bit frightened. 24:13.000 --> 24:17.000 The way I used to look at Harry when he told me about his dreams. 24:17.000 --> 24:20.000 He led me to his assistant and whispered something. 24:20.000 --> 24:22.000 He thought I didn't hear him, but I did. 24:22.000 --> 24:24.000 She's crazy. 24:24.000 --> 24:26.000 Stark, raving, crazy. 24:26.000 --> 24:29.000 I let the assistant take me away. 24:29.000 --> 24:31.000 Maybe he thought I was crazy too. 24:31.000 --> 24:35.000 But now I knew. 24:35.000 --> 24:38.000 Aaron Burr got Harry. 24:38.000 --> 24:42.000 Just as he had killed Hamilton in that old quarrel long ago, 24:42.000 --> 24:44.000 I knew he would. 24:44.000 --> 24:47.000 I knew he would! 24:59.000 --> 25:05.000 And so closes A Friend to Alexander, starring Geraldine Fitzgerald and Richard Wharf, 25:05.000 --> 25:08.000 the James Thurber story which was tonight's tale of... 25:08.000 --> 25:11.000 Suspense. 25:11.000 --> 25:14.000 Suspense is produced and directed by William Spear. 25:14.000 --> 25:20.000 It is a significant fact that when lovers of truly fine food gather in many a far corner of the world, 25:20.000 --> 25:26.000 there you may well find Roma wines lending their subtle magic to the greater enjoyment of living. 25:26.000 --> 25:29.000 They furnish a gracious prelude to any meal, 25:29.000 --> 25:33.000 a flavor complementing delight during the meal and even at dessert time too. 25:33.000 --> 25:40.000 For truly, the exquisite flavor of Roma California wines used in cooking and also served with the food. 25:40.000 --> 25:46.000 Can make even the simplest everyday meal, the simplest entertaining, a special occasion treat. 25:46.000 --> 25:51.000 Discover for yourself how much far famed Roma wines can add to your meals 25:51.000 --> 25:54.000 and delight your friends when you entertain. 25:54.000 --> 26:00.000 Remember, Roma wines are almost unbelievably inexpensive for wines of such distinguished character. 26:00.000 --> 26:02.000 Only pennies a glass full. 26:02.000 --> 26:09.000 Ask for R-O-M-A, Roma wines, America's largest selling wines. 26:09.000 --> 26:14.000 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 26:14.000 --> 26:18.000 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Lucille Ball in... 26:18.000 --> 26:20.000 Suspense. 26:20.000 --> 26:24.000 Presented by Roma wines, R-O-M-A. 26:24.000 --> 26:29.000 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 26:29.000 --> 26:39.000 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.