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56 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:31,800 In fact, fits all those girls? 57 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:32,800 Why? 58 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:33,800 My own Daisy. 59 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:34,800 Yes. 60 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,160 Well, maybe it's a good thing she's with her aunt instead of here. 61 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,840 London ain't a safe place for any girl right now. 62 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:41,840 Just the same. 63 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:44,720 I can't help thinking how fine it'll be to have her back. 64 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:49,000 Now, Bunting, you know that Daisy seems just as much my own daughter as she is yours. 65 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,540 But I'm telling you, there's no sense even thinking about having her back right now. 66 00:04:52,540 --> 00:04:53,540 We just can't afford it. 67 00:04:53,540 --> 00:04:54,540 I know that, Ellen. 68 00:04:54,540 --> 00:04:57,800 Only, well, maybe we could manage it some way. 69 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:58,800 How? 70 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,760 I just crimped myself hard crazy trying to keep us going, but you don't care about that, 71 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:03,760 do you? 72 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,960 Oh, no, your Daisy's more important to you than I am. 73 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:06,960 No, no, no, Ellen. 74 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:07,960 That damn time about you. 75 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:09,120 And we haven't had a lodger for months. 76 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:15,080 Nobody even comes to look at the room anymore and, oh, oh, I'm sorry, Robbie. 77 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:16,960 I didn't mean to take on so. 78 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:18,920 Oh, no, Ellen, it's all right. 79 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,840 Well, don't you go worrying another second, old girl. 80 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:23,640 First thing you know, you won't be pretty no more. 81 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:25,800 Or you'll have your face all wrinkled in this. 82 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:26,800 Now, see here, Bunting. 83 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:27,800 Oh, come on, no. 84 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:28,800 Let's see a smile. 85 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:29,800 Come on, come on, just one. 86 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:30,800 Oh, leave me alone. 87 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:31,800 I won't care. 88 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:32,800 Oh, get on with you. 89 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:33,800 Now, who do you suppose that could be? 90 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:34,800 Oh, for late for visitors. 91 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:35,800 I, Bunting. 92 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:36,800 Do you think it could be somebody looking for rooms? 93 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:37,800 Yes. 94 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:38,800 It might be. 95 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:39,800 You want me to go to the door? 96 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:40,800 No, no, no, I'll go. 97 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:41,800 You just stay in here. 98 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:42,800 And I'll be sure to get a good look at who it is before you let him in, dear. 99 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:43,800 Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 100 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:56,680 no, down there. 101 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,680 I'm coming. 102 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,680 I do hope that it's... 103 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,680 Yes, sir? 104 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,680 Is it not true that you let lodgings? 105 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,680 Yes, sir. 106 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,680 Won't you come in, sir? 107 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,680 Thank you. 108 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,680 Could I take your cape, sir? 109 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,680 There's no need. 110 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:16,680 Now, I am just looking for a quiet room. 111 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:18,680 It must be quiet. 112 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,680 Oh, we have that, sir. 113 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,680 Above all, our house is quiet. 114 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:24,680 You know, I'm afraid that you'll be 115 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:26,680 afraid of the noise. 116 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,680 Your bag, sir. May I take it? 117 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,680 No. I'll hold it. 118 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,680 If you'll be so good as to show me the room, please. 119 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,680 Oh, yes. Yes, sir. 120 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,680 It's right up these stairs, sir. 121 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:40,680 This way. 122 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:42,680 Thank you. 123 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,680 You see, sir, there's just my husband and me here. 124 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:46,680 And we're ever so quiet. 125 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:48,680 And I'm sure you'll find this room to your liking, sir. 126 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,680 Here we are. 127 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,680 Now, I'll just light the gas. 128 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:58,680 There. 129 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,680 Very good. 130 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:02,680 It is pleasant, isn't it, sir? 131 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:04,680 And there's not many rooms with such pretty pictures, are there, now? 132 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:06,680 We have had them in the family for years, sir. 133 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,680 Pictures interest me very little. 134 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:10,680 You see, what really 135 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,680 impresses me about the room 136 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:14,680 is the very simplicity of it. 137 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,680 The bareness. 138 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,680 Yes, sir. It's not at all crowded, is it? 139 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:20,680 It will be quite suitable, Mrs. 140 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,680 Bunting, sir. Mrs. 141 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,680 Bunting. You see, 142 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,680 I do a great deal of reading in my book 143 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,680 here. The Holy 144 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:30,680 Bible. Yes, sir. And please, 145 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:32,680 let me help you with your luggage. No. 146 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,680 Don't touch it. 147 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,680 But I only wish... You only wish 148 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,680 to help, of course. 149 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:40,680 You must forgive me, Mrs. 150 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,680 Bunting. It's just that I'm 151 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:44,680 so very weary. Of course, 152 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,680 sir. He bringeth them to their 153 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,680 desired haven. 154 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,680 Beautiful words, Mrs. Bunting. 155 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:52,680 Indeed they are, sir. And now at last, 156 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,680 I have found 157 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:56,680 my haven of rest. Yes, sir. 158 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,680 Then you'll be taking the 159 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,680 room. Yes. 160 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,680 I shall pay you thirty shillings a week. 161 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,680 This is satisfactory. 162 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,680 Thirty? Why? 163 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,680 Yes, sir. Yes, sir. That will be quite all right. 164 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,680 Good. 165 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,680 My name is Sleuth, 166 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:14,680 Mrs. Bunting. Mr. Sleuth. 167 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:18,680 S-L-E-U-T-H. 168 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:20,680 Think of a hound, Mrs. Bunting. 169 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,680 And you'll never forget my name. 170 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,680 Twenty-three. 171 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,680 Four. 172 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,680 Thirty. 173 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,680 Thirty shillings. Thank you, sir. 174 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,680 And would you be wishing 175 00:08:32,680 --> 00:08:34,680 anything now? A supper? Tea? 176 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:36,680 Nothing. Thank you. Good night, 177 00:08:36,680 --> 00:08:38,680 sir. 178 00:08:38,680 --> 00:08:40,680 Good night, Mrs. Bunting. You have... 179 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:42,680 Stop it! Oh! 180 00:08:42,680 --> 00:08:44,680 Yes, sir. 181 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:46,680 What did I do? That song 182 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:48,680 you were humming. That music. 183 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:50,680 But I... Music, Mrs. Bunting, 184 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:52,680 save that expressing the majesty of God, 185 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:54,680 is an accompaniment for a reverent 186 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:56,680 gaiety and an instrument of 187 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:58,680 sin. Yes, sir. 188 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:00,680 And you... 189 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:02,680 You assured me your dwelling was quiet. 190 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:04,680 But it is, sir. 191 00:09:04,680 --> 00:09:06,680 Believe me, sir. I didn't mean 192 00:09:06,680 --> 00:09:08,680 any harm. Of course, of course. 193 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:10,680 I'm sorry, Mrs. 194 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:12,680 Bunting. I fear I spoke 195 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:14,680 sharply. I don't wish 196 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:16,680 you to think me rude. After all, 197 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:18,680 you have been so kind, 198 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:20,680 so considerate. I hope I know a 199 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:22,680 gentleman when I see one. Thank you. 200 00:09:22,680 --> 00:09:24,680 Thank you very much. 201 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:26,680 And on second 202 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:28,680 thought, perhaps a bit of bread and 203 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:30,680 butter would be pleasant. Bread and butter? 204 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:40,680 Certainly, sir. I'll have it in an instant. 205 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:42,680 Ellen! Ellen! 206 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:44,680 Did he take the room? 207 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:46,680 He'll come into the kitchen where he won't hear us. 208 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:48,680 Ellen! 209 00:09:48,680 --> 00:09:50,680 He took it! 210 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:52,680 He took the room! Yes, Robbie. 211 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:54,680 We're all right now. Look. 212 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:56,680 Thirty shillings a week in advance. 213 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:58,680 Oh, it's wonderful, wonderful! 214 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:00,680 Ellen, do you see what this means? 215 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:02,680 Yes, you can have Daisy now. 216 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:04,680 Here, Bunting, hand me that dish. 217 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:06,680 Right. You know something, old girl? 218 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:08,680 We're not going to worry too much about 219 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:10,680 Daisy being in danger of that Avenger fellow. 220 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:12,680 Whatever do you mean, Robbie? 221 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:14,680 Well, she's not one for dancing, you know, or any 222 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:16,680 kind of like entertainment. 223 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:18,680 What's that to do with it, please? 224 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:20,680 Something I read here in the paper. While you was with 225 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:22,680 the gentleman. They found out that every 226 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:24,680 one of the Avengers victims 227 00:10:24,680 --> 00:10:26,680 had just come from a dancing party 228 00:10:26,680 --> 00:10:28,680 or a musical. 229 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:32,680 What a peculiar chap. 230 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:34,680 Now hurry, Bunting, please. 231 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:38,680 Two thoughts. Two thoughts only 232 00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:40,680 governed Ellen's mind. The lodgers 233 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:42,680 light supper and her own good fortune 234 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:44,680 at having such a lodger. 235 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:46,680 She started up the staircase 236 00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:48,680 to his room. 237 00:10:48,680 --> 00:10:50,680 Oh! 238 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:52,680 She hath cast down 239 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:54,680 many wounded from her. 240 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:56,680 Yea, many strong men have been slain 241 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:58,680 by her. Come in. 242 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:00,680 And to know the wickedness of folly... 243 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:02,680 Why, why, Mr. 244 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:04,680 Yes, what is it? 245 00:11:04,680 --> 00:11:06,680 Those pictures, those pretty 246 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:08,680 girls. You've turned all 247 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:20,680 their faces to the wall. 248 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:22,680 And that maneuver, that strange 249 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:24,680 action was the beginning of Ellen's 250 00:11:24,680 --> 00:11:26,680 concern. The day following, 251 00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:28,680 the lodger did not leave the upstairs 252 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:30,680 room once, nor did he leave 253 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:32,680 the next day. And the oddness of this 254 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:34,680 occurred to her. And the approaching 255 00:11:34,680 --> 00:11:35,460 arrival of the 256 00:11:35,460 --> 00:11:36,680 Avengers was the last thing 257 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:38,680 that occurred to her. And the approaching arrival 258 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:40,680 of Daisy, her stepdaughter, added 259 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:42,680 to her concern. 260 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:44,680 On the second night, her sleep was restless 261 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:46,680 with vague, disturbing images. 262 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:48,680 And so when she heard the first 263 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:50,680 stealthy footsteps 264 00:11:50,680 --> 00:11:52,680 outside her bed, 265 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:54,680 she was instantly 266 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:56,680 awake. Oh! 267 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:00,680 Tensely, 268 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:02,680 she followed those steps down the 269 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:06,680 stairs, down the hallway. 270 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:08,680 She heard the front door open, 271 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:10,680 and then click shut. 272 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:12,680 But her stillness fell upon 273 00:12:12,680 --> 00:12:14,680 the house. And outside the streets 274 00:12:14,680 --> 00:12:16,680 were so silent she could hear distinctly 275 00:12:16,680 --> 00:12:18,680 the clock from a church tower a mile away, 276 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:20,680 toll the hour. 277 00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:28,680 In her troubled fancy, she pictured a 278 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:30,680 long figure plodding through the deep 279 00:12:30,680 --> 00:12:32,680 fog, moving quietly, 280 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:34,680 stealthily, searching, 281 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:36,680 stalking, 282 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:38,680 finding... 283 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:42,680 When soon after she heard the lodger 284 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:44,680 return, she sought 285 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:46,680 to quiet the horrible dread which had possessed 286 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:48,680 her. But for Ellen, there 287 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:50,680 was no more sleep, merely 288 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:52,680 a tormented state of half-consciousness, 289 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:54,680 which suddenly dropped from her soon 290 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:56,680 after dawn. Horrible murder! 291 00:12:56,680 --> 00:12:58,680 Horrible murder! That 292 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:00,680 was the piercing scream of a newsboy 293 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:02,680 far down the street. The Avengers 294 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:04,680 strike during the night! 295 00:13:04,680 --> 00:13:06,680 Ellen Bunting heard the boy cry out 296 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:08,680 the Avengers' latest stroke, 297 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:10,680 made during the night. No! 298 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:12,680 No! Extra special 299 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:14,680 horrible murder at King's Cross! 300 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:16,680 Avengers take six victims 301 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:18,680 special! 302 00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:20,680 Avengers at work again! 303 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:22,680 And the blood became 304 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:24,680 of nine! Avengers 305 00:13:24,680 --> 00:13:26,680 strikes again! 306 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:28,680 Avengers! 307 00:13:28,680 --> 00:13:30,680 Horrible murder! 308 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:32,680 Avengers! Avengers! 309 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:34,680 Avengers! 310 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:36,680 Avengers! 311 00:13:44,680 --> 00:13:46,680 Ellen's first glimpse that morning of the 312 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:48,680 grey-faced lodger brought 313 00:13:48,680 --> 00:13:50,680 the sleepless night's terror full to the surface. 314 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:52,680 But on the next instant, 315 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:54,680 she saw the pitiable helpless 316 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:56,680 weariness in his eyes, 317 00:13:56,680 --> 00:13:58,680 and curiously, the terror began 318 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:00,680 to pass. She found 319 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:02,680 that she was hoping desperately that her 320 00:14:02,680 --> 00:14:04,680 fears were unfounded. To lose 321 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:06,680 thirty shillings a week, perhaps because 322 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:08,680 of a mistake? No! 323 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:10,680 She must be certain, certain! 324 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:12,680 Before she spoke to a soul. 325 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:14,680 She knew that there was one 326 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:16,680 thing she must examine, the 327 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:18,680 lodger's single piece of luggage. 328 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:20,680 What could it hold? Not much in the way 329 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,680 of clothing, surely. It was too 330 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,680 small, too narrow. It was more like a case. 331 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:26,680 A case. 332 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,680 For a knife. 333 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:34,680 It was almost noon before 334 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,680 Ellen found her opportunity to search 335 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,680 the lodger's room. Soon after 336 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:40,680 bunting left to meet Daisy, 337 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,680 Ellen watched the tall, thin 338 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,680 figure in the black, invinous cape 339 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:46,680 disappear down the street. 340 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,680 And then, she rushed 341 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,680 upstairs, and into the 342 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,680 room. Quickly, she moved to the closet. 343 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,680 It was no different than it had always 344 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,680 been, utterly empty. She went 345 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:00,680 then to the chest of drawers against the wall. 346 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,680 She opened the top drawer, 347 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,680 and found nothing inside, but a 348 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,680 frayed shirt, two handkerchiefs. 349 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:08,680 The next drawer, 350 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:10,680 underclothes, socks, the next, 351 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:12,680 empty. There 352 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:14,680 remained then, only one 353 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,680 possible place for the small, narrow 354 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:18,680 bag. The bottom 355 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:20,680 drawer. 356 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:22,680 And it was locked. 357 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:24,680 Tugging at the drawer, she heard suddenly 358 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:26,680 the opening of the front door downstairs. 359 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,680 Panic-stricken, 360 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:30,680 she rushed out of the room and down the hall 361 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,680 to the head of the stairs. 362 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:34,680 You're upstairs, Ellen. Look, look, Ellen! 363 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,680 Daisy's here! 364 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:38,680 It's so good to see you, and 365 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:40,680 what, what ever's the matter? 366 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:42,680 Yes, you've gone quite wide. Oh, 367 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,680 well, I'm alright. I 368 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:46,680 wasn't expecting you so soon. Oh, you 369 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,680 don't know how fine it is to be back again, Mother Ellen. 370 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:50,680 The country's alright in its way, 371 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:52,680 but there's nothing like London now, is there? 372 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,680 No, no there isn't. 373 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:56,680 Well, as long as that avenge is about, 374 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:58,680 I can see we're going to have to do something to 375 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:00,680 keep this young lady indoors, London 376 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,680 or no London. Don't you worry, 377 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:04,680 Mother Ellen will see to that. Well, 378 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:06,680 Daisy, I might as well get you settled. 379 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,680 Oh, you see, Father, what I'd tell you. 380 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:10,680 She'll have a dust cloth in my hand before I 381 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:12,680 got time to take my coat off. 382 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:18,680 Mr. Sleuth. 383 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:20,680 Mrs. Bunting, 384 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,680 I see my door is open. 385 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:24,680 We were just leaving, Sir. 386 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:26,680 Does this mean that all of you have been in my room? 387 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,680 Oh, not all, Sir. 388 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,680 What must I do? 389 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:32,680 Keep it locked? 390 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,680 But you see, Sir, I, I was just tidying up a bit, 391 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:36,680 and Mr. Bunting, he, he brought his daughter up, Sir. 392 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,680 She's just arrived. 393 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,680 Oh, I see. 394 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,680 This is Daisy, Sir. 395 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,680 Pleased to meet you, Sir. 396 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:46,680 She's been away for quite a long while, 397 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,680 you see, Mr. Sleuth, and 398 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:50,680 that's why we're a bit excited, you might say. 399 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,680 Yes, you must have been surprised when you 400 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,680 came in, hearing us laughing and carrying on that way. 401 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,680 Yes, yes, I must say I was. 402 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:58,680 However, Miss Daisy, 403 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:00,680 there are all types of joy, are there not? 404 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:02,680 Yes, I'm sure there are. 405 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:04,680 But that's not all, is it? 406 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:06,680 Yes, I'm sure there are. 407 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:08,680 But that's not all, is it? 408 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,680 Yes, I'm sure there are. 409 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,680 The despicable evil joy of the abandoned, 410 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,680 and the divine happiness of the blessed. 411 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:16,680 A vast difference, that. 412 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,680 You do understand me, don't you? 413 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,680 Why, yes, Sir. 414 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:22,680 Yes, Mr. Sleuth. 415 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,680 I devoutly hope so, Miss Daisy. 416 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,680 Nowadays, there are so very few young women 417 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:28,680 like yourself, who do. 418 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,680 All women are placed on this earth filled with evil. 419 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,680 They therefore must struggle constantly 420 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:34,680 to find the paths of righteousness. 421 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:36,680 Why, Mr. Sleuth, 422 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,680 you mean a girl's not to enjoy life at all? 423 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,680 Not to have fun? 424 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:42,680 Frivolity, my child, is the devil's breeding ground. 425 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,680 All his implements are there. 426 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:46,680 Pleasure, impropriety, 427 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,680 the temptation of music, dancing. 428 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,680 Oh, that's crazy. 429 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:52,680 Why, there's nothing I like better 430 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:54,680 than an evening of dancing. 431 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:56,680 You dance? 432 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:58,680 She didn't know what she was saying, Mr. Sleuth. 433 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,680 Just a child. 434 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,680 And Daisy, you know you've never been one for dancing. 435 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,680 You never even learned to dance. 436 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,680 But I did learn, Mother Ellen, while I was away. 437 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,680 And what's so wrong about it? 438 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:10,680 What's the harm in just a nice dance? 439 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,680 She lieth in waiters for a prey, 440 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,680 and increaseth the transgressors among men. 441 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:16,680 I don't know what you mean. 442 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:18,680 I never heard such nonsense. 443 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:20,680 You call holy scripture nonsense? 444 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,680 So, what I prayed against is true. 445 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,680 You are beyond salvation. 446 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:26,680 That's not so. 447 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,680 I'm a good girl, I'm, and I won't have you saying that. 448 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,680 Daisy, Daisy, go into the front room. 449 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,680 I'm going to the bathroom. 450 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,680 Daisy, go into the front room. 451 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,680 It's quite all right, Mrs. Bunting. 452 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,680 I must be going upstairs anyway. 453 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:40,680 I'm used to being misunderstood, you know. 454 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:42,680 People never realize that my efforts are simply for the greater good of humanity. 455 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,680 Of course, sir. 456 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,680 And that the power on high will direct my hand toward the expulsion of all evil. 457 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,680 Beautiful words. 458 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,680 Beautiful words. 459 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:52,680 And that the power on high will direct my hand toward the expulsion of all evil. 460 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:54,680 Beautiful words. 461 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,680 Beautiful words. 462 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:58,680 Beautiful words. 463 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,680 Beautiful words. 464 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:02,680 Beautiful words. 465 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,680 Beautiful words. 466 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,680 Beautiful words. 467 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,680 Beautiful words. 468 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,680 I'm going to the bathroom. 469 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,680 Daisy, Daisy, listen to me. 470 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,680 Yes? 471 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,680 I've got to tell you about, about... 472 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:18,680 About what, Mother Ellen? 473 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:20,680 Nothing. 474 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,680 I've got to go out for a while. 475 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:24,680 I'll be back. 476 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:30,680 At that moment, Ellen had been determined to pour out her terrible suspicions. 477 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:32,680 But she paused on the very brink. 478 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:36,680 After all, they were still only suspicions. 479 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,680 A sudden inspiration had come to her. 480 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:42,680 That very day, a coroner's inquest was being held into the last Avenger murder. 481 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:46,680 She would go there now, this very instant. 482 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,680 And perhaps she would hear evidence to disprove all her fears about the lodger. 483 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,680 She must give him this last chance. 484 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:58,680 If that chance should fail, then she would tell Bunting or the police. 485 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,680 So with the knowledge that Bunting was left in the house to look after Daisy, 486 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:06,680 she boarded the underground train bound for the coroner's court. 487 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:08,680 Ellen, seated at the rear of the inquest room, 488 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,060 listened to each of the witnesses and heard the 489 00:20:12,060 --> 00:20:14,680 voices of the other witnesses. 490 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:16,680 She was very happy. 491 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,680 She was very happy. 492 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,680 Ellen, seated at the rear of the inquest room, listened to each of the witnesses 493 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,680 and from one of them, she found the first hope she had known for many days. 494 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:30,680 This witness claimed to have seen the Avenger from her window. 495 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,680 And the man she described in no way resembled Ellen's lodger. 496 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,680 But in another moment, Ellen's hope was swept away. 497 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:40,680 It was pointed out that the fog had been so heavy that night that the witness could not 498 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,680 possibly have seen the murderer from her window. 499 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,680 The next witness was a Mr. Cannot. 500 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:51,680 This elderly gentleman was certain that he had not only seen but talked with the Avenger. 501 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:57,680 It was in Regions Park, he testified, only a few moments before the murder, Mr. Coroner, 502 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,680 when I saw him. 503 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:04,680 He was quite a tall man, very gaunt looking, and carrying a handbag. 504 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,680 A handbag, you say? 505 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:08,680 Yes, a small, narrow one. 506 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:12,680 Just such a bag I might add as might contain a knife. 507 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,680 A knife? 508 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:21,680 He had rather an eye-hesitating voice, an educated man I should judge, but quite mad. 509 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,680 What do you mean by that? 510 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,680 Well, as he emerged from the fog, he was talking aloud to himself. 511 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:31,680 And believe me, sir, he was reciting scriptures from the Bible. 512 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:35,680 Scriptures from the Bible. 513 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:40,680 Horrified, Ellen rose from her seat, only half hearing the confusion about her. 514 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,680 Are you asking us to believe that? 515 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:47,680 I would say, Mr. Cannot, that the man we're looking for would be least of all a religious man. 516 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:52,680 That's where you're in error, Mr. Coroner. The religious note is the very key to the case. 517 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,680 Very interesting. That will be all, Mr. Cannot. 518 00:21:55,680 --> 00:22:00,680 Just a moment, sir, don't you understand? The man you're after must be a religious maniac. 519 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,680 That's the only explanation possible. 520 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,680 You will please step down. 521 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:10,680 The court was dismissing the very truth. Ellen knew that now. She could no longer keep silent. 522 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:12,680 Her hands shot forth and she screamed. 523 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,680 I want to say, I...no. 524 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,680 On the verge of speaking, she had fainted. 525 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:38,680 And then when Ellen was revived a few minutes later, she said nothing. 526 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:42,680 Her brain was in too great a turmoil, her nerves too shocked. 527 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:46,680 Like one in a dream, she allowed herself to be led from the courtroom. 528 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,680 And then she made her way toward the underground. 529 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:55,680 A faint distant rumble of thunder never even reached her consciousness. 530 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:06,680 And she was barely aware of the grind of the wheels as her train pulled away from the station. 531 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,680 Then with the force of a mighty blow, the full realization struck her. 532 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:17,680 No doubt, no doubt any longer, Mr. Sleuth, her own lodger, was the murderer. 533 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,680 He was the avenger. 534 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:24,680 The avenger. The avenger. The avenger. 535 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,680 On the street again, Ellen knew she must go at once to her neighborhood police. 536 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,680 And there pour out her terrible knowledge. 537 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:36,680 But with each moving footstep, with each heavier boom of thunder from the rainstorm that was almost there, 538 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,680 the grip of terror grew tighter and tighter about her. 539 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,680 She moved faster, faster. If only she were in time. 540 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,680 The first light drops of rain sprinkled her brows. 541 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,680 She came within two stops. 542 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,680 She was on her way to the station. 543 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:55,680 If only she were in time. The first light drops of rain sprinkled her brows. She came within two streets of home. 544 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,680 Then she was one street away. Then she saw Bunting. 545 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:04,680 Sharply, like the thrust of a knife, the one fact pierced her mind. 546 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:08,680 Daisy was now alone with the lodger. 547 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,680 Bunting! Bunting! 548 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,680 Why, Ellen. Ellen, what is it? 549 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:18,680 Tell me, Bunting, where's Daisy? Where is she, I say? 550 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,680 Listen to me. Try to understand. 551 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:23,680 Sleuth is the Avenger. 552 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,680 What? What are you saying? 553 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:28,680 Our lodger. He's the Avenger, Bunting. 554 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,680 Daisy's in danger. Hurry! 555 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:32,680 Yes, yes. Daisy! Daisy! 556 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:46,680 Here we are, Bunting. 557 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,680 Daisy! Daisy! 558 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:50,680 Daisy! Where are you? 559 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:52,680 I'll look in the kitchen, Bunting. You try the sitting room. 560 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:54,680 Daisy! Daisy! Where are you, Daisy? 561 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,680 Daisy! Daisy! Where are you, Daisy? 562 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:58,680 Daisy! Daisy! Where are you, Daisy? 563 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,680 Daisy! Daisy! Here, let's try the bedroom. 564 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,680 She's not there. What about the dining room? 565 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:04,680 I looked. She's not there. 566 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,680 She's not downstairs. 567 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:16,680 Then there's just his room. 568 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:42,680 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 569 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,680 And now hear me, O Lord. 570 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,680 Daisy! 571 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,680 I have not forgotten. I am ready. 572 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,680 The knife! He's got the knife! 573 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,680 Ready to smite thine enemy. 574 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,680 For man born of woman is born unto trouble. 575 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,680 And I shall cleanse thy kingdom on earth. 576 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,680 Yea, I shall show her thy wrath from heaven. 577 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,680 No! Stop! 578 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,680 Speak, O Lord! Daisy! 579 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:06,680 Speak, O Lord! I am ready. 580 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,680 The power on high will direct the expulsion of evil. 581 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,680 Yes, yes, O Lord! 582 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,680 I serve at parrots! 583 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:42,680 And I... 584 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:44,680 He's... He's... 585 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,680 He's dead. 586 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,680 Daisy! 587 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,680 Come to me, Daisy! 588 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,680 Oh, thank heaven! 589 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,680 Yes, thank heaven! 590 00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:00,680 Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord. 591 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:17,680 And his word burned like a pillar of fire. 592 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:22,680 Death by act of God. 593 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:27,680 Thus the final entry in Scotland Yard's record of the famous Avenger case. 594 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:33,680 Yet, curiously enough, there were those at the yard who were never quite sure, 595 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:38,680 never entirely convinced that Mr. Sleuth was indeed the Avenger, 596 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:43,680 any more than Mrs. Bellic-Lounds, who novelized the case, was convinced. 597 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:49,680 There are those who will tell you that the real Avenger, a tall man clad in black, 598 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:56,680 a man almost exactly like Mr. Sleuth, left England and came to America to live in a town, 599 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,680 near yours. 600 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:04,680 He would be quite old now, but it may be true. 601 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:10,680 Yes, perhaps, as it is written in Holy Scripture, he did. 602 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:17,680 Fly upon the wings of the wind to walk as a stranger in many lands. 603 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,680 Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? 604 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:26,680 Beautiful words, those beautiful words. 605 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:42,680 Don't you think? 606 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,680 And so closes The Larger, starring Robert Montgomery. 607 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:49,680 Tonight's study in Suspense. 608 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:53,680 Suspense is produced, edited, and directed by William Spear. 609 00:28:53,680 --> 00:29:00,680 In everything she says about enjoying Roma wine when entertaining and with everyday meals, 610 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:05,680 Miss Elsa Maxwell holds out for simplicity and common sense. 611 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:09,680 I've often been a guest in great homes abroad, 612 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:14,680 where enjoyment of good wines is as much a part of life as eating. 613 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:23,680 And I tell you, the kind of glasses in which you serve your Roma wine is completely unimportant. 614 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:27,680 Just use any glasses you have. 615 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:33,680 Serve whatever Roma wine you like, with whatever food you prefer. 616 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:39,680 That is smart, simple, and always a delight. 617 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:46,680 The important thing, Miss Maxwell says, is to have Roma wine and enjoy it regularly. 618 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:54,680 Roma wines are California's finest, always extra good, unvaryingly fine in flavor and quality, 619 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,680 yet only pennies a glass. 620 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:02,680 So don't miss this simple, easy, enjoyable addition to daily living. 621 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:08,680 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wines. 622 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:12,680 Robert Montgomery appeared through the courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 623 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:16,680 to whose studios he has just returned, having been ordered to inactive duty 624 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,680 after three and a half years' service with the United States Navy. 625 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,680 He will shortly begin work on the production, They Were Expendable. 626 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:30,680 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear a radio play based on the RKO picture, 627 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:35,680 The Brighton Strangler, with Mr. John Loder and Miss June Dupre, 628 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:39,680 as your stars of suspense. 629 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:50,680 Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 630 00:30:50,680 --> 00:31:08,680 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. 631 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:27,680 The RKO is a production of the U.S. Department of State.