WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:22.440 Roman wines present Suspense. 00:22.440 --> 00:28.400 Roman wines made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 00:28.400 --> 00:31.240 Salud! Your health, senor. 00:31.240 --> 00:33.840 Roman wines toast the world. 00:33.840 --> 00:45.960 The wine for your table is Roman wine, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 00:45.960 --> 00:50.600 This is the man in black, here for the Roman wine company of Fresno, California, 00:50.600 --> 00:55.720 to introduce this weekly half hour of Suspense. 00:55.720 --> 01:02.440 Tonight from Hollywood, Roman wines bring you as stars, Dame Mae Whitty and Miss Maureen O'Sullivan. 01:02.440 --> 01:09.760 And so with the performances of these two distinguished leading ladies in the play called The Black Shore, 01:09.760 --> 01:23.160 we again hope to keep you in Suspense. 01:23.160 --> 01:28.200 Listen to me, please. Listen carefully and tell me if I'm right. 01:28.200 --> 01:34.160 I'd say I'm about to be murdered. I'm not certain. No one's even threatened me. 01:34.160 --> 01:36.840 But I say I am going to be murdered. 01:36.840 --> 01:41.080 This is just a plain, ordinary looking kitchen that I'm sitting in. 01:41.080 --> 01:45.240 But for me, I know it is a death house. 01:45.240 --> 01:49.280 If it were only three days ago and I could live them all over again. 01:49.280 --> 01:54.480 Oh, if it only were. The fair was being held in town and everyone would game. 01:54.480 --> 02:11.800 And Robert was late as usual, but I didn't care. 02:11.800 --> 02:14.520 Susan, not waiting for Rob again, are you? 02:14.520 --> 02:16.640 Have you ever seen me when I haven't been? 02:16.640 --> 02:21.840 I'm an human lawyer for the watch factory. Somebody ought to teach him how to tell time. 02:21.840 --> 02:26.800 Hey, how about a dance, Sue? One short one before that boyfriend of yours comes round to steal you away. 02:26.800 --> 02:29.000 Oh, thanks, George, but I'd rather wait. 02:29.000 --> 02:32.680 If he's not quick about it, he'll find nothing left to steal except the veg. 02:32.680 --> 02:44.200 All right, but let me know if you're interested in a change of hands. 02:44.200 --> 02:46.600 Hello there. Oh, hello. 02:46.600 --> 02:50.240 I've been watching you sitting there and I wondered who you were waiting for. 02:50.240 --> 02:52.240 Oh, just a friend. I see. 02:52.240 --> 02:55.800 I don't wish to seem inquisitive. Please don't misunderstand. 02:55.800 --> 03:02.640 It's only that your face struck me as being unusually bright and alive, as well as being uncommonly pretty. 03:02.640 --> 03:06.840 Thank you. Now, you see, I have an eye for faces. 03:06.840 --> 03:12.760 My son was a sculptor. He worked almost entirely with heads and my job was choosing them. 03:12.760 --> 03:18.840 He's all very foolish, I'll admit, more so since he departed some time ago. 03:18.840 --> 03:21.920 Oh, I am sorry. Thank you. 03:21.920 --> 03:27.240 That's precisely why I was watching you. Of course, I know nothing about you any more than you do of me. 03:27.240 --> 03:31.160 But by the way, what's your name? Susan Appleby. 03:31.160 --> 03:33.360 Mine is Elizabeth Master. How do you do? 03:33.360 --> 03:35.640 I live just the other side of town. Oh. 03:35.640 --> 03:40.680 Let me come to the point, Susan. I admire your looks and I like the way you act and speak. 03:40.680 --> 03:46.560 I'm not a young woman and I'm lonely. I have been ever since I lost my son. 03:46.560 --> 03:50.440 I need a companion, someone who can stay with me and help me too. 03:50.440 --> 03:55.360 And you resemble closely my very first companion, my best remembered one. 03:55.360 --> 03:57.480 Oh, but I... I'll pay you well. 03:57.480 --> 04:03.080 Thirty pounds a month. Your chief occupation will be to brew me some tea and talk to me. 04:03.080 --> 04:06.280 Are you interested? Well, I have been seeking that sort of a position, but I... 04:06.280 --> 04:08.640 Splendid. You need look no longer. 04:08.640 --> 04:13.680 But you know nothing about me. I know that I like you and that I want you to accept my offer. 04:13.680 --> 04:19.120 I'll return here at the same time tomorrow evening. If you do want the position, please be here. 04:19.120 --> 04:22.200 And believe me, I hope you are here. 04:22.200 --> 04:24.880 Good night, Susan. Good night. 04:24.880 --> 04:29.200 See you tomorrow at eight. All right. I'll be here. 04:29.200 --> 04:35.200 Whistle 04:35.200 --> 04:38.800 Dada! What do you mean you'll be here? 04:38.800 --> 04:40.440 Oh, Rob, you frightened me. 04:40.440 --> 04:43.880 Well, you were whistling our tunes, so I thought you were expecting me. 04:43.880 --> 04:46.800 What do you think you're doing making dates with strange women? 04:46.800 --> 04:48.480 Believe me, she is a strange woman. 04:48.480 --> 04:51.200 Mrs. Masters? Oh, no, she's nice. 04:51.200 --> 04:52.680 And Rob, she offered me a position. 04:52.680 --> 04:54.400 On doing what? As a companion. 04:54.400 --> 04:57.400 Just what I wanted and at thirty pounds a month, darling. 04:57.400 --> 05:00.400 No small sum that. Too bad you can't manage it. 05:00.400 --> 05:02.000 But I'm thinking seriously of it, Bob. 05:02.000 --> 05:06.680 Well, stop then. I don't want you ever to have one serious thought about anything. 05:06.680 --> 05:08.200 Now, Rob, I'm going to take it. 05:08.200 --> 05:09.600 What do you know about the old hand? 05:09.600 --> 05:10.480 Nothing yet. 05:10.480 --> 05:12.600 Sue, did you look at the way she dressed? 05:12.600 --> 05:14.360 Black from shoes to shawl. 05:14.360 --> 05:17.200 Why the shawl's so large and black you'd hardly know she had a face. 05:17.200 --> 05:19.000 She seemed charming. 05:19.000 --> 05:22.920 She might well be, but I'm not so bad myself. 05:22.920 --> 05:25.240 And I want you for a companion too. 05:25.240 --> 05:28.200 Let's push the wedding date ahead, darling. Make it any time you will. 05:28.200 --> 05:32.280 Oh, now we've gone through this so many times, you know it can't be done. 05:32.280 --> 05:35.880 But with the way you're coming along and with thirty pounds a month additional, 05:35.880 --> 05:38.760 why, Rob, in no time at all we'll have all we need. 05:38.760 --> 05:40.480 You're an unawfully stubborn fellow, darling. 05:40.480 --> 05:42.000 Oh, you know I'm right. 05:42.000 --> 05:43.720 How many evenings off will she allow you? 05:43.720 --> 05:45.400 We didn't get that far. 05:45.400 --> 05:47.560 Well, where's the place at then? 05:47.560 --> 05:51.480 That's strange. She left so quickly I never had a chance to ask. 05:51.480 --> 05:53.000 Call it off, Sue. I... 05:53.000 --> 05:54.360 Well, why, Rob? 05:54.360 --> 05:55.880 Well, I don't like it. 05:55.880 --> 05:57.880 You know nothing about her, not even where she lives. 05:57.880 --> 06:02.720 Well, I told you I hardly spoke to her. Tomorrow I'll know everything. 06:02.720 --> 06:05.120 All right, my darling, you win. 06:05.120 --> 06:07.320 But let me hear from you as soon as you set me. 06:07.320 --> 06:10.480 Of course I will. Why, everything's going to be fine. 06:10.480 --> 06:12.760 Ah, I'm silly. Sure it will. 06:12.760 --> 06:14.840 Ha ha ha ha. Hello, darling. 06:14.840 --> 06:16.040 Hello, Rob. 06:16.040 --> 06:29.800 Everything will be fine for us. 06:29.800 --> 06:33.040 Tonight for Suspense, Roma wines are bringing you as stars 06:33.040 --> 06:35.440 Dame May Whitty and Maureen O'Sullivan, 06:35.440 --> 06:39.640 whom you have heard in the prologue to The Black Shawl by R.R. Lewis. 06:39.640 --> 06:51.760 Tonight's study in Suspense. 06:51.760 --> 06:56.320 Far from the scene we have just left, far to the south across the equator, 06:56.320 --> 06:59.200 is another scene I ask you to visit with me. 06:59.200 --> 07:02.280 It is just before the dinner hour on the beautiful roof terrace cafe 07:02.280 --> 07:06.560 of the Hotel Metropolitano of Galliquil, Ecuador. 07:06.560 --> 07:10.160 We are finishing our appetizers, an excellent sherry, 07:10.160 --> 07:15.000 and lifting your glass you remark to our host that you envy him such wine. 07:15.000 --> 07:17.800 He laughs. You are very kind, he says, 07:17.800 --> 07:21.720 but it is your own California you must praise for this splendid wine, 07:21.720 --> 07:26.080 for you see, it is Roma California sherry. 07:26.080 --> 07:31.320 Yes, in many far countries where discerning tastes have found Roma wines, 07:31.320 --> 07:34.640 it is a luxury, imported and treasured. 07:34.640 --> 07:38.000 For Roma wines are in every sense fine wines, 07:38.000 --> 07:40.840 from the rich vineyard country of California, 07:40.840 --> 07:43.440 products of age-old winemaking skill, 07:43.440 --> 07:46.920 aided by modern quality controls and tests. 07:46.920 --> 07:51.000 And here in the United States Roma wines cost mere pennies a glass full, 07:51.000 --> 07:56.320 because here there is no import duty, no overseas shipping cost. 07:56.320 --> 07:59.160 Such enjoyable flavor and constant quality, 07:59.160 --> 08:02.440 such low cost, such high wine values, 08:02.440 --> 08:06.160 have made Roma by far America's largest selling wines, 08:06.160 --> 08:11.280 enjoyed by millions with meals, when entertaining, anytime. 08:11.280 --> 08:17.760 To enjoy these delights yourself, ask for R.O.M.A. Roma Wine, 08:17.760 --> 08:22.360 made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 08:22.360 --> 08:28.200 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our sound stage, 08:28.200 --> 08:32.920 Maureen O'Sullivan as Susan and Dame May Whitty as Mrs. Masters, 08:32.920 --> 08:40.040 in the Black Shawl, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 08:40.040 --> 09:00.200 And so I was there waiting as Mrs. Masters had instructed me the following night. 09:00.200 --> 09:02.360 We got into her car and she drove us off. 09:02.360 --> 09:05.040 It only seemed a mile or two from town, 09:05.040 --> 09:07.760 but we twisted and turned so many times, 09:07.760 --> 09:12.040 that in the dark I became completely confused as to my whereabouts. 09:12.040 --> 09:16.040 Then finally, we stopped. 09:19.680 --> 09:22.680 There it is, straight ahead, down the path. 09:22.680 --> 09:25.680 Miss Appleby, welcome to Masters Hall. 09:25.680 --> 09:28.680 I'm in the parlor, Miss Appleby. 09:28.680 --> 09:30.680 Won't you join me in a cup of tea? 09:30.680 --> 09:32.680 Oh, thank you, Mrs. Masters. 09:32.680 --> 09:34.680 I'd be very grateful if I might. 09:34.680 --> 09:35.680 I love my room. 09:35.680 --> 09:36.680 Good. 09:36.680 --> 09:38.680 Sit down over there opposite me, won't you? 09:38.680 --> 09:39.680 I certainly will. 09:39.680 --> 09:41.680 The fire's as inviting as the tea. 09:41.680 --> 09:44.680 I've always had one burning whenever I'm home. 09:44.680 --> 09:46.680 I get cold so easily. 09:46.680 --> 09:48.680 That's why I always wear this coat. 09:48.680 --> 09:50.680 I'm not a fan of the cold. 09:50.680 --> 09:52.680 I'm not a fan of the cold. 09:52.680 --> 09:56.680 I get cold so easily. That's why I always wear this shawl around me. 09:56.680 --> 09:57.680 Sugar? 09:57.680 --> 10:00.680 Thank you. No lemon or milk, thank you. 10:01.680 --> 10:04.680 Now, Susan, tell me about yourself. 10:04.680 --> 10:08.680 Everything, all you've done, all you see in the future for you. 10:08.680 --> 10:09.680 Oh, there's very little to tell. 10:09.680 --> 10:11.680 I've always lived here in town. 10:11.680 --> 10:13.680 I expect I always shall remain here. 10:13.680 --> 10:14.680 After your marriage, you mean? 10:14.680 --> 10:16.680 I presume you've such intentions. 10:16.680 --> 10:17.680 I expect so. 10:17.680 --> 10:19.680 It is the only thing that matters, isn't it? 10:19.680 --> 10:21.680 Having someone to care for? 10:21.680 --> 10:22.680 Yes. 10:22.680 --> 10:23.680 I know. 10:23.680 --> 10:26.680 Before my son left me, I desired nothing. 10:26.680 --> 10:31.680 The scope of his talent was the world we lived in, and beautiful it was. 10:31.680 --> 10:34.680 I suppose love is like talent in that respect. 10:34.680 --> 10:38.680 It too creates a smaller world within the large one we inhabit, 10:38.680 --> 10:40.680 and makes you want it never to disappear. 10:40.680 --> 10:42.680 Did his talents receive recognition? 10:42.680 --> 10:43.680 To a limited degree. 10:43.680 --> 10:48.680 Everyone saw in his work the promise of a truly great sculptor. 10:48.680 --> 10:50.680 The promise never bore fruit, 10:50.680 --> 10:52.680 because he hadn't enough time. 10:52.680 --> 10:55.680 Winter came far too early in his life. 10:55.680 --> 10:56.680 How old was he? 10:56.680 --> 10:59.680 I lost him before he was 21. 10:59.680 --> 11:03.680 Oh, Mrs. Masters, that's terrible. 11:03.680 --> 11:04.680 So great a waste. 11:04.680 --> 11:06.680 That's it. 11:06.680 --> 11:09.680 You realize it too, the waste. 11:09.680 --> 11:12.680 To lose a useless thing, that can be forgiven. 11:12.680 --> 11:16.680 Or if the last can't be held, there's nothing we can say but to cast away genius, 11:16.680 --> 11:21.680 to kill it before it's reached its full expression, that no one can forgive. 11:21.680 --> 11:24.680 No one can forget. 11:24.680 --> 11:27.680 Oh, no, no, please, Mrs. Masters, we have no control over such matters. 11:27.680 --> 11:29.680 They're God's will. 11:29.680 --> 11:30.680 Of course. 11:30.680 --> 11:32.680 Thank you, dear. 11:32.680 --> 11:33.680 You're very sweet. 11:33.680 --> 11:36.680 I wish you more success in the world of your love. 11:36.680 --> 11:38.680 I'm sure you'll have more. 11:38.680 --> 11:40.680 Oh, that kind of you. 11:40.680 --> 11:42.680 Another good man ruined. 11:42.680 --> 11:44.680 I should be insulted. 11:44.680 --> 11:47.680 Ruined by a woman. 11:47.680 --> 11:48.680 That's it. 11:48.680 --> 11:50.680 Smile, laugh. 11:50.680 --> 11:52.680 Life can be so short. 11:52.680 --> 11:56.680 Remember, my boy, enjoy life while you may. 12:04.680 --> 12:08.680 I slept well that first night and did not awaken until almost nine. 12:08.680 --> 12:12.680 When I realized how late it was, I dressed quickly and ran downstairs. 12:12.680 --> 12:17.680 Mrs. Masters had left a note on the kitchen table telling me she'd gone shopping. 12:17.680 --> 12:20.680 I was to take my breakfast and then wait for her. 12:20.680 --> 12:24.680 I looked around to see if I might do something, but everything was in perfect order. 12:24.680 --> 12:30.680 I looked for a phone thinking I'd call Rob, but I could find none in the kitchen or the center hall. 12:30.680 --> 12:34.680 Finally, I thought I'd take a look at the outside, get a bit of fresh air. 12:34.680 --> 12:37.680 I went to the front door and tried it. 12:37.680 --> 12:39.680 It was locked. 12:39.680 --> 12:41.680 I turned the bolt and pulled. 12:41.680 --> 12:43.680 The door was still locked. 12:43.680 --> 12:45.680 I couldn't understand. 12:45.680 --> 12:49.680 Then suddenly I realized the door was locked from the outside. 12:51.680 --> 12:55.680 I ran to the kitchen, not afraid, but surprised. 12:55.680 --> 12:58.680 Then something struck me that I hadn't noticed before. 12:58.680 --> 13:01.680 All the kitchen windows were barred. 13:01.680 --> 13:04.680 I made a quick dash for the kitchen door. 13:04.680 --> 13:07.680 Oh, my, Susan. 13:07.680 --> 13:09.680 Good morning. 13:09.680 --> 13:11.680 Did you have a good night's rest? 13:11.680 --> 13:13.680 Oh, yes, I did. Thank you. 13:13.680 --> 13:15.680 Fine. But you're trembling. 13:15.680 --> 13:17.680 Is there a chill in the house? 13:17.680 --> 13:19.680 You really should stay away from the doors. 13:19.680 --> 13:22.680 Oh, I know, but I wanted a breath of air. 13:22.680 --> 13:24.680 The front door was locked. 13:24.680 --> 13:25.680 Was it? 13:25.680 --> 13:25.680 Yes. 13:25.680 --> 13:27.680 Oh, I must have done it automatically. 13:27.680 --> 13:30.680 You see, I've lived alone for so long, and it's natural for a person who lives alone 13:30.680 --> 13:34.680 to lock all doors behind them when they go out. 13:34.680 --> 13:36.680 Why are the windows barred? 13:36.680 --> 13:39.680 That goes back to the time my son did his work here. 13:39.680 --> 13:42.680 We had so much of it lying carelessly about all over the house. 13:42.680 --> 13:44.680 So much of value. 13:44.680 --> 13:46.680 Anyone might easily have climbed through the windows. 13:46.680 --> 13:48.680 Oh, of course. 13:48.680 --> 13:50.680 Quite silly of me. 13:50.680 --> 13:52.680 For a moment, though, I felt so much like a... 13:52.680 --> 13:54.680 like a prisoner behind those bars. 13:54.680 --> 13:57.680 An unusual experience for you, I take it. 13:57.680 --> 13:59.680 A very unusual one. 13:59.680 --> 14:01.680 Now you're smiling again. 14:01.680 --> 14:02.680 That's fine. 14:02.680 --> 14:05.680 My boy always liked to see a smile on a woman's face 14:05.680 --> 14:08.680 without when he always said they reminded him of... 14:08.680 --> 14:09.680 death. 14:09.680 --> 14:11.680 His. 14:11.680 --> 14:13.680 Death. 14:13.680 --> 14:16.680 Next day, I wrote to Rob. 14:16.680 --> 14:19.680 Please come to see me now, Rob, if you can. 14:19.680 --> 14:20.680 Everything's all right. 14:20.680 --> 14:22.680 Don't worry about me, but come to me. 14:22.680 --> 14:24.680 It's unbelievable, but I must tell you 14:24.680 --> 14:26.680 that I still don't know the address here. 14:26.680 --> 14:28.680 I cannot tell you how to find it. 14:28.680 --> 14:30.680 I'm afraid I'll have to go to the police. 14:30.680 --> 14:32.680 I'll have to go to the police. 14:32.680 --> 14:34.680 I'll have to go to the police. 14:34.680 --> 14:36.680 I'll have to go to the police. 14:36.680 --> 14:38.680 I'll have to go to the police. 14:38.680 --> 14:40.680 I'll have to go to the police. 14:40.680 --> 14:42.680 I'll have to go to the police. 14:42.680 --> 14:44.680 I don't know how to find it, but someone must know, 14:44.680 --> 14:46.680 Mrs. Masters, and can tell you where she lives. 14:46.680 --> 14:49.680 I want to send this off to you now, so I'll close. 14:49.680 --> 14:52.680 I can't tell you, darling, how great is my need to see you 14:52.680 --> 14:54.680 and my love for you soon. 14:59.680 --> 15:00.680 Mrs. Masters? 15:00.680 --> 15:02.680 Why, yes, Susan, what is it? 15:02.680 --> 15:03.680 Where can I post a letter? 15:03.680 --> 15:05.680 Let me have whatever you want sent, 15:05.680 --> 15:07.680 and I'll drop it in the box when I go shopping tomorrow. 15:07.680 --> 15:08.680 Oh, I don't want to bother you. 15:08.680 --> 15:09.680 I'll take it down myself. 15:09.680 --> 15:10.680 No bother at all. 15:10.680 --> 15:12.680 There's nowhere else to post a letter, 15:12.680 --> 15:13.680 and I pass the box every day. 15:13.680 --> 15:14.680 Oh, but I'd much rather... 15:14.680 --> 15:15.680 It's settled. 15:15.680 --> 15:16.680 Let me have it. 15:16.680 --> 15:18.680 It'll be sent early tomorrow. 15:18.680 --> 15:20.680 Oh, of course. 15:20.680 --> 15:21.680 Here you are. 15:21.680 --> 15:22.680 Thank you. 15:22.680 --> 15:23.680 And Susan, I've dropped my shawl. 15:23.680 --> 15:24.680 Would you mind? 15:24.680 --> 15:25.680 Oh, not at all. 15:25.680 --> 15:26.680 Excuses, isn't it? 15:26.680 --> 15:28.680 Will you join me in a cup of tea? 15:28.680 --> 15:30.680 No, thank you. 15:30.680 --> 15:34.680 Mrs. Masters, this morning I said I was silly 15:34.680 --> 15:36.680 for feeling like a prisoner in your home, 15:36.680 --> 15:39.680 but the feeling is still there. 15:39.680 --> 15:42.680 What have I done or said that might create any such impression? 15:42.680 --> 15:44.680 That's not the question I'm trying to answer. 15:44.680 --> 15:45.680 I just feel it. 15:45.680 --> 15:48.680 The answer I don't know is, what do you want with me? 15:48.680 --> 15:50.680 What was that? 15:50.680 --> 15:51.680 Wait right here. 15:51.680 --> 15:52.680 I'll be down shortly. 15:52.680 --> 15:53.680 Where are you going? 15:53.680 --> 15:54.680 Upstairs. 15:54.680 --> 15:55.680 Would you wait down here? 15:55.680 --> 15:56.680 Do you understand? 15:56.680 --> 15:57.680 Oh. 15:57.680 --> 15:58.680 No. 15:58.680 --> 16:01.680 No, I won't stay down here. 16:01.680 --> 16:03.680 I'm frightened I'm coming up too. 16:03.680 --> 16:06.680 No, dear. 16:06.680 --> 16:09.680 Don't worry about the bus. 16:09.680 --> 16:11.680 It hasn't broken at all. 16:11.680 --> 16:12.680 Oh, no. 16:12.680 --> 16:14.680 There's not a scratch on it. 16:14.680 --> 16:17.680 Dear, dear, please don't cry. 16:17.680 --> 16:20.680 Susan, I told you to stay downstairs. 16:20.680 --> 16:22.680 Why don't you come up? 16:22.680 --> 16:23.680 All right. 16:23.680 --> 16:25.680 You'll know now. 16:25.680 --> 16:29.680 Miss Appleby, this is John Masters, my son. 16:29.680 --> 16:30.680 Oh. 16:30.680 --> 16:31.680 Oh. 16:31.680 --> 16:32.680 Oh. 16:32.680 --> 16:42.680 That night at dinner, there were three of us. 16:42.680 --> 16:44.680 I couldn't bear to look at him. 16:44.680 --> 16:52.680 The twisted face, the dull glazed eyes, whimpering, grunting, unable even to speak a single intelligible 16:52.680 --> 16:53.680 word. 16:53.680 --> 16:58.680 And when I saw the two together, she with a horrible black shawl draped around her, I 16:58.680 --> 17:02.680 knew for certain that in her own way she was as mad as her son. 17:02.680 --> 17:07.680 And I knew more surely than ever how great was my own danger. 17:07.680 --> 17:11.680 Late that night I packed my bag silently and swiftly. 17:11.680 --> 17:12.680 And I waited. 17:12.680 --> 17:17.680 It was well past midnight before I dared open my door and look out. 17:17.680 --> 17:21.680 The house was completely dark upstairs and down. 17:21.680 --> 17:26.680 I felt my way along and started down the stairs. 17:26.680 --> 17:31.680 I reached the bottom and went right to the front door first. 17:31.680 --> 17:32.680 Susan. 17:32.680 --> 17:36.680 Susan, where are you going? 17:36.680 --> 17:39.680 You couldn't possibly know your way about once outside the house. 17:39.680 --> 17:41.680 You'd surely have lost your way. 17:41.680 --> 17:42.680 Wouldn't she, John? 17:42.680 --> 17:43.680 Stop it. 17:43.680 --> 17:44.680 Stop it. 17:44.680 --> 17:45.680 All right. 17:45.680 --> 17:48.680 John, leave us now. 17:48.680 --> 17:53.680 John, dear, did you hear me? 17:53.680 --> 17:56.680 I'm sorry. 17:56.680 --> 18:00.680 You have no right to keep me here if I don't wish to stay. 18:00.680 --> 18:05.680 When I accepted this position, I was of the opinion that you lived alone. 18:05.680 --> 18:07.680 Conditions have changed. 18:07.680 --> 18:09.680 Now I wish to leave. 18:09.680 --> 18:13.680 Please, Susan, believe me, I don't blame you a bit. 18:13.680 --> 18:15.680 But think of me. 18:15.680 --> 18:19.680 Just for a single moment, why do you think I asked you here? 18:19.680 --> 18:23.680 Do you believe it's so easy for me, chained to this lost thing, 18:23.680 --> 18:25.680 no one to talk to day or night? 18:25.680 --> 18:27.680 I needed someone. 18:27.680 --> 18:28.680 I need you now. 18:28.680 --> 18:30.680 You told me he was dead. 18:30.680 --> 18:31.680 I never told you that. 18:31.680 --> 18:33.680 Only that he'd left me. 18:33.680 --> 18:34.680 And so he has. 18:34.680 --> 18:35.680 Oh, no. 18:35.680 --> 18:36.680 No, I won't stay. 18:36.680 --> 18:38.680 I'd go mad if I do. 18:38.680 --> 18:39.680 Very well, dear. 18:39.680 --> 18:41.680 It's no use trying to argue with you. 18:41.680 --> 18:44.680 But stay at least until tomorrow. 18:44.680 --> 18:46.680 You could never find your way tonight. 18:46.680 --> 18:50.680 And if you stay over, it'll give me a chance to find someone in town. 18:50.680 --> 18:52.680 I'd rather go now. 18:52.680 --> 18:53.680 If you don't mind. 18:53.680 --> 18:54.680 Tomorrow night. 18:54.680 --> 18:56.680 Just until then. 18:56.680 --> 18:59.680 Even if I've no one, well, you can leave after dinner tomorrow. 18:59.680 --> 19:02.680 I'll pay you two weeks' wages if you do. 19:02.680 --> 19:05.680 Please, you can't refuse me that. 19:05.680 --> 19:06.680 Well, I... 19:06.680 --> 19:07.680 Thank you. 19:07.680 --> 19:17.680 Thank you, dear Susan. 19:17.680 --> 19:19.680 I shouldn't have stayed. 19:19.680 --> 19:21.680 I knew that from the moment I agreed. 19:21.680 --> 19:24.680 I slept badly, waking from time to time. 19:24.680 --> 19:27.680 Certain that I heard odd noises from the next room. 19:27.680 --> 19:30.680 Low chuckles, whispered, voiceless muttering. 19:30.680 --> 19:32.680 But the night passed finally. 19:32.680 --> 19:34.680 And today was uneventful. 19:34.680 --> 19:37.680 When Mrs. Masters returned from shopping in the village, 19:37.680 --> 19:40.680 she informed me that my successor would arrive tomorrow morning. 19:40.680 --> 19:44.680 And I was therefore free to leave immediately after dinner. 19:44.680 --> 19:47.680 She spent the rest of the day preparing the evening meal. 19:47.680 --> 19:51.680 It was as though it were a special holiday, so great were the pains she took. 19:51.680 --> 19:53.680 The dinner turned out to be wonderful. 19:53.680 --> 19:56.680 And Mrs. Masters was extremely gracious. 19:56.680 --> 20:00.680 Dear Susan, we drink to you, my dear, dear Susan. 20:00.680 --> 20:03.680 To your future, to your man. 20:03.680 --> 20:06.680 To your future with your man. 20:06.680 --> 20:07.680 Thank you. 20:07.680 --> 20:10.680 And may you remember this evening all the rest of your days. 20:10.680 --> 20:11.680 You're very kind. 20:11.680 --> 20:12.680 All the rest of your days. 20:12.680 --> 20:14.680 Thank you. 20:14.680 --> 20:16.680 Not at all, not at all, my dear. 20:16.680 --> 20:18.680 Let me pour you out some more wine. 20:18.680 --> 20:20.680 And some for you, John. 20:20.680 --> 20:24.680 I'm really sorry that I must hurt you by leaving you this way. 20:24.680 --> 20:25.680 You hurt me? 20:25.680 --> 20:29.680 Why, my dear, if anyone has been hurt, surely it's you. 20:29.680 --> 20:30.680 We frightened you so. 20:30.680 --> 20:32.680 Made you so miserable. 20:32.680 --> 20:34.680 You're the hurt one, Susan dear. 20:34.680 --> 20:36.680 Not I. 20:36.680 --> 20:39.680 Anything I've felt or said is forgotten now. 20:39.680 --> 20:42.680 Always when I think of you, I shall remember this evening. 20:42.680 --> 20:44.680 I'm certain of it. 20:44.680 --> 20:46.680 And so you may remember better, my dear. 20:46.680 --> 20:50.680 Let me imprint the occasion still more clearly upon your mind. 20:50.680 --> 20:53.680 Do you know what happening it is we celebrate? 20:53.680 --> 20:55.680 I expected it was my leaving. 20:55.680 --> 20:56.680 So it is. 20:56.680 --> 21:01.680 But did it seem likely that you alone would cause so much excitement in our home? 21:01.680 --> 21:02.680 Well, I... 21:02.680 --> 21:09.680 Miss Appleby, this is the third anniversary of the most important event in the history of Masters Hall. 21:09.680 --> 21:12.680 We honor you by asking you to partake of our joy. 21:12.680 --> 21:14.680 And I thank you for it. 21:14.680 --> 21:15.680 No need of that. 21:15.680 --> 21:18.680 You need only listen and be silent. 21:18.680 --> 21:21.680 Three years ago, my son was a genius. 21:21.680 --> 21:24.680 Today, he is my son. 21:24.680 --> 21:28.680 Three years ago, the world's doors stood wide before us. 21:28.680 --> 21:31.680 Today, all the shoulders on earth couldn't break it down. 21:31.680 --> 21:35.680 It was shut upon us three years ago tonight. 21:35.680 --> 21:37.680 She slammed it as she left. 21:37.680 --> 21:39.680 My son loved her dearly. 21:39.680 --> 21:42.680 My first sweet companion. 21:42.680 --> 21:44.680 I warned him. 21:44.680 --> 21:47.680 I told him that no woman would put up with his temperament. 21:47.680 --> 21:48.680 He wouldn't listen. 21:48.680 --> 21:50.680 He loved her madly. 21:50.680 --> 21:52.680 Madly. 21:52.680 --> 21:54.680 The perfect word for it. 21:54.680 --> 21:57.680 And for that, she slammed the door on him. 21:57.680 --> 22:01.680 Slammed it in his face, his heart, his head. 22:01.680 --> 22:04.680 That night, he lost the power of his mind. 22:04.680 --> 22:07.680 Ever since we waited in vain for its return. 22:07.680 --> 22:09.680 But we've honored the occasion. 22:09.680 --> 22:11.680 Don't think we've forgotten. 22:11.680 --> 22:13.680 Eh, John? 22:13.680 --> 22:18.680 Two years ago this evening on the first anniversary, Sally Thwait left us. 22:18.680 --> 22:20.680 We told her the story. 22:20.680 --> 22:21.680 She was overwhelmed. 22:21.680 --> 22:24.680 She couldn't bear to stay and left. 22:24.680 --> 22:26.680 Quite suddenly. 22:26.680 --> 22:29.680 Last year, that's what it was. 22:29.680 --> 22:32.680 Kitty got to call her last name at the moment. 22:32.680 --> 22:34.680 She wanted to leave us too. 22:34.680 --> 22:36.680 How could we refuse? 22:36.680 --> 22:40.680 And now, tonight, Susan Appleby. 22:40.680 --> 22:44.680 Tonight, Susan, you are leaving us. 22:44.680 --> 22:46.680 Ha ha ha ha. 22:46.680 --> 22:48.680 Where are you going, Susan? 22:48.680 --> 22:49.680 To the kitchen. 22:49.680 --> 22:51.680 Excuse me, please. 22:51.680 --> 23:01.680 That is why I say I'm going to be murdered. 23:01.680 --> 23:03.680 I can't know for sure. 23:03.680 --> 23:06.680 But the way they laugh, the way they look. 23:06.680 --> 23:10.680 The way she sits there fingering that ugly, torn black shawl. 23:10.680 --> 23:13.680 The shawl that looks like death. 23:13.680 --> 23:15.680 What can I think? 23:15.680 --> 23:17.680 What can I do? 23:17.680 --> 23:22.680 Susan, there's one thing more. 23:22.680 --> 23:26.680 This shawl, so beautiful, so exquisitely wrought. 23:26.680 --> 23:30.680 You must surely have noticed that I wear it all the time. 23:30.680 --> 23:33.680 It belonged to her, a gift from my son. 23:33.680 --> 23:36.680 In a hasted slip from her shoulders as she left. 23:36.680 --> 23:41.680 So this is all that remains of that lovely, wonderful creature. 23:41.680 --> 23:44.680 I should like you to wear it, if only for a moment. 23:44.680 --> 23:49.680 You're so much like her, and her memory is John's greatest comfort. 23:49.680 --> 23:52.680 Oh, no. No, don't come near me. 23:52.680 --> 23:53.680 Don't touch me. 23:53.680 --> 23:55.680 Please, just around your shoulders. 23:55.680 --> 23:57.680 I won't wear it. Stay away from me. 23:57.680 --> 24:00.680 Please don't. 24:00.680 --> 24:03.680 Oh, don't. 24:03.680 --> 24:05.680 Who would be coming here now? 24:05.680 --> 24:08.680 John, watch her closely. 24:08.680 --> 24:10.680 I'll look through the window. 24:10.680 --> 24:15.680 I don't know who he is. 24:15.680 --> 24:18.680 Surely you've seen the light in the kitchen. 24:18.680 --> 24:21.680 I'll just send him away. I'll only be a moment. 24:21.680 --> 24:25.680 Watch her, John, if she shouts for him. 24:25.680 --> 24:30.680 Well, you mustn't allow that, must you, John? 24:30.680 --> 24:35.680 So you'd better be still, Susan. 24:35.680 --> 24:37.680 Yes? What is it you want? 24:37.680 --> 24:40.680 I beg your pardon. I'm looking for a Miss Susan Appleby. 24:40.680 --> 24:42.680 You won't find her here. I'm sorry. 24:42.680 --> 24:44.680 Are you certain of that? 24:44.680 --> 24:47.680 It seems to me I recognize that shawl. 24:47.680 --> 24:50.680 It was worn by the woman Miss Appleby went to work for the night before last. 24:50.680 --> 24:53.680 Surely this is not the only black shawl in the world. 24:53.680 --> 24:55.680 Nor am I the only woman who wears one. 24:55.680 --> 25:00.680 I've been inquiring in the village, and all the shopkeepers remembered you as the woman who always does. 25:00.680 --> 25:02.680 I followed you here this morning. 25:02.680 --> 25:05.680 Then I returned to the village, and now I'm back again. 25:05.680 --> 25:07.680 Well, you can return right to the village. 25:07.680 --> 25:11.680 If you must know, Miss Susan Appleby was here. 25:11.680 --> 25:14.680 But you've entirely untouched her. 25:14.680 --> 25:16.680 She's probably not at home now. 25:16.680 --> 25:19.680 Well, all right. 25:19.680 --> 25:22.680 If she's gone home, I'll see her there. 25:22.680 --> 25:24.680 And so sorry for your trouble. 25:24.680 --> 25:25.680 Not at all. 25:25.680 --> 25:27.680 Thank you. Good day. 25:27.680 --> 25:29.680 Good day. 25:31.680 --> 25:33.680 Susan. 25:33.680 --> 25:35.680 Susan, was that you whistling a moment ago? 25:35.680 --> 25:38.680 I thought I told you to be still. 25:38.680 --> 25:40.680 I was nervous. 25:40.680 --> 25:41.680 It's a habit of mine. 25:41.680 --> 25:44.680 A very bad one, of which you've many. 25:44.680 --> 25:47.680 Among them, no doubt, is that of driving men mad. 25:47.680 --> 25:49.680 That one just now. 25:49.680 --> 25:51.680 The love in his eyes for you. 25:51.680 --> 25:52.680 I've seen that before. 25:52.680 --> 25:54.680 In other eyes. 25:54.680 --> 25:57.680 I'm so terribly sorry he's gone away. 25:57.680 --> 25:59.680 Perhaps you'll return another time. 25:59.680 --> 26:00.680 Stay away from me. 26:00.680 --> 26:01.680 Here now. 26:01.680 --> 26:03.680 The shawl's around you. 26:03.680 --> 26:04.680 Draw it tighter. 26:04.680 --> 26:05.680 Tighter. 26:05.680 --> 26:06.680 No, please. 26:06.680 --> 26:07.680 Let me go. 26:07.680 --> 26:10.680 Let me go. 26:10.680 --> 26:11.680 You heard her. 26:11.680 --> 26:12.680 Let her go. 26:12.680 --> 26:13.680 Adams, get him. 26:13.680 --> 26:14.680 Yes, sir. 26:14.680 --> 26:15.680 Draw it quickly, John. 26:15.680 --> 26:16.680 Quickly. 26:16.680 --> 26:17.680 Quickly. 26:17.680 --> 26:18.680 No. 26:18.680 --> 26:19.680 No. 26:19.680 --> 26:20.680 You killed him. 26:20.680 --> 26:21.680 John. 26:21.680 --> 26:22.680 John. 26:22.680 --> 26:23.680 John. 26:23.680 --> 26:24.680 Susan, darling. 26:24.680 --> 26:25.680 Oh, Rob. 26:25.680 --> 26:28.680 Rob, you heard me then? 26:28.680 --> 26:29.680 Of course. 26:29.680 --> 26:33.680 This morning I went down to the local constabulary and persuaded Adams here to join me. 26:33.680 --> 26:36.680 I was interested, ma'am, because there have been two disappearances in as many years. 26:36.680 --> 26:38.680 And just about this time. 26:38.680 --> 26:39.680 This sounded like a third. 26:39.680 --> 26:41.680 It almost ended like the others, too. 26:41.680 --> 26:44.680 Almost, but absolutely. 26:44.680 --> 26:45.680 Lock the door. 26:45.680 --> 26:46.680 Let's have a hand here. 26:46.680 --> 26:47.680 We'll break it down. 26:47.680 --> 26:48.680 All right, oh. 26:48.680 --> 26:49.680 Watch out. 26:49.680 --> 26:50.680 Once we're in, she's mad and may try anything. 26:50.680 --> 26:51.680 Let's go now. 26:51.680 --> 26:52.680 One, two, three. 26:52.680 --> 26:53.680 All right. 26:53.680 --> 26:59.680 Oh, look at that. 26:59.680 --> 27:00.680 Rob. 27:00.680 --> 27:05.680 Chandelier, let's cut her down quickly. 27:05.680 --> 27:08.680 It's too late. 27:08.680 --> 27:09.680 Her neck's gone. 27:09.680 --> 27:10.680 Rob. 27:10.680 --> 27:11.680 Rob. 27:11.680 --> 27:12.680 The Shaw. 27:12.680 --> 27:13.680 The Black Shaw. 27:13.680 --> 27:14.680 Oh. 27:14.680 --> 27:15.680 Oh. 27:15.680 --> 27:16.680 Oh. 27:16.680 --> 27:17.680 Oh. 27:17.680 --> 27:18.680 Oh. 27:18.680 --> 27:19.680 Oh. 27:19.680 --> 27:20.680 Oh. 27:20.680 --> 27:21.680 Oh. 27:21.680 --> 27:22.680 Oh. 27:22.680 --> 27:23.680 Oh. 27:23.680 --> 27:24.680 Oh. 27:24.680 --> 27:25.680 Oh. 27:25.680 --> 27:26.680 Oh. 27:26.680 --> 27:27.680 Oh. 27:27.680 --> 27:28.680 Oh. 27:28.680 --> 27:29.680 Oh. 27:29.680 --> 27:30.680 Oh. 27:30.680 --> 27:31.680 Oh. 27:31.680 --> 27:32.680 Oh. 27:32.680 --> 27:33.680 Oh. 27:33.680 --> 27:34.680 Oh. 27:34.680 --> 27:35.680 Oh. 27:35.680 --> 27:36.680 Oh. 27:36.680 --> 27:37.680 Oh. 27:37.680 --> 27:38.680 And so closes the Black Shaw, starring Dame May Whitty and Maureen O'Sullivan, tonight's 27:38.680 --> 27:41.680 tale of Suspense. 27:41.680 --> 27:45.680 Suspense is produced and directed by William Spear. 27:45.680 --> 27:50.900 To every woman listening tonight, I want to say a special word about making every dinner 27:50.900 --> 27:53.800 or supper you serve taste better. 27:53.800 --> 27:57.120 I want to urge you to start serving Roma wine with your meals. 27:57.120 --> 27:58.120 It's simple. 27:58.120 --> 28:00.120 The cost is very, very little. 28:00.120 --> 28:03.440 And it works magic in making food more enjoyable. 28:03.440 --> 28:08.820 You can serve Roma wine with any meal or any time in any kind of glass you wish. 28:08.820 --> 28:10.320 Serve it chilled. 28:10.320 --> 28:15.160 Try different kinds of Roma wine until you find those you enjoy most of all. 28:15.160 --> 28:20.880 Try hearty red Roma California Burgundy or the delicately delicious Roma California Sauternes 28:20.880 --> 28:21.880 wine. 28:21.880 --> 28:23.960 The cost is mere pennies a glass. 28:23.960 --> 28:27.520 But you'll find even a pick-up supper tastes like a banquet. 28:27.520 --> 28:28.960 Get Roma wines today. 28:28.960 --> 28:32.600 If your dealer is temporarily out of them, please try again soon. 28:32.600 --> 28:41.240 Just ask for R-O-M-A, Roma wines, America's largest selling wines, made in California 28:41.240 --> 28:43.640 for enjoyment throughout the world. 28:43.640 --> 28:47.580 Dame May Whitty appeared through the courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and is currently being 28:47.580 --> 28:49.960 seen in the White Cliffs of Dover. 28:49.960 --> 28:54.080 Last Thursday, same time, Donald Crisp and John Loder will be our stars in another unusual 28:54.080 --> 28:59.860 study stars in another unusual study in mystery, suspicion, and dangerous adventure. 28:59.860 --> 29:08.000 At that time, you will hear the only ghost story ever to have been staged by suspense. 29:08.000 --> 29:21.520 Staged by Roma wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world.