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04:30.200 --> 04:31.800 In fact, fits all those girls? 04:31.800 --> 04:32.800 Why? 04:32.800 --> 04:33.800 My own Daisy. 04:33.800 --> 04:34.800 Yes. 04:34.800 --> 04:38.160 Well, maybe it's a good thing she's with her aunt instead of here. 04:38.160 --> 04:40.840 London ain't a safe place for any girl right now. 04:40.840 --> 04:41.840 Just the same. 04:41.840 --> 04:44.720 I can't help thinking how fine it'll be to have her back. 04:44.720 --> 04:49.000 Now, Bunting, you know that Daisy seems just as much my own daughter as she is yours. 04:49.000 --> 04:52.540 But I'm telling you, there's no sense even thinking about having her back right now. 04:52.540 --> 04:53.540 We just can't afford it. 04:53.540 --> 04:54.540 I know that, Ellen. 04:54.540 --> 04:57.800 Only, well, maybe we could manage it some way. 04:57.800 --> 04:58.800 How? 04:58.800 --> 05:02.760 I just crimped myself hard crazy trying to keep us going, but you don't care about that, 05:02.760 --> 05:03.760 do you? 05:03.760 --> 05:05.960 Oh, no, your Daisy's more important to you than I am. 05:05.960 --> 05:06.960 No, no, no, Ellen. 05:06.960 --> 05:07.960 That damn time about you. 05:07.960 --> 05:09.120 And we haven't had a lodger for months. 05:09.120 --> 05:15.080 Nobody even comes to look at the room anymore and, oh, oh, I'm sorry, Robbie. 05:15.080 --> 05:16.960 I didn't mean to take on so. 05:16.960 --> 05:18.920 Oh, no, Ellen, it's all right. 05:18.920 --> 05:21.840 Well, don't you go worrying another second, old girl. 05:21.840 --> 05:23.640 First thing you know, you won't be pretty no more. 05:23.640 --> 05:25.800 Or you'll have your face all wrinkled in this. 05:25.800 --> 05:26.800 Now, see here, Bunting. 05:26.800 --> 05:27.800 Oh, come on, no. 05:27.800 --> 05:28.800 Let's see a smile. 05:28.800 --> 05:29.800 Come on, come on, just one. 05:29.800 --> 05:30.800 Oh, leave me alone. 05:30.800 --> 05:31.800 I won't care. 05:31.800 --> 05:32.800 Oh, get on with you. 05:32.800 --> 05:33.800 Now, who do you suppose that could be? 05:33.800 --> 05:34.800 Oh, for late for visitors. 05:34.800 --> 05:35.800 I, Bunting. 05:35.800 --> 05:36.800 Do you think it could be somebody looking for rooms? 05:36.800 --> 05:37.800 Yes. 05:37.800 --> 05:38.800 It might be. 05:38.800 --> 05:39.800 You want me to go to the door? 05:39.800 --> 05:40.800 No, no, no, I'll go. 05:40.800 --> 05:41.800 You just stay in here. 05:41.800 --> 05:42.800 And I'll be sure to get a good look at who it is before you let him in, dear. 05:42.800 --> 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, 05:43.800 --> 05:56.680 no, down there. 05:56.680 --> 05:58.680 I'm coming. 05:58.680 --> 06:00.680 I do hope that it's... 06:00.680 --> 06:02.680 Yes, sir? 06:02.680 --> 06:04.680 Is it not true that you let lodgings? 06:04.680 --> 06:06.680 Yes, sir. 06:06.680 --> 06:08.680 Won't you come in, sir? 06:08.680 --> 06:10.680 Thank you. 06:10.680 --> 06:12.680 Could I take your cape, sir? 06:12.680 --> 06:14.680 There's no need. 06:14.680 --> 06:16.680 Now, I am just looking for a quiet room. 06:16.680 --> 06:18.680 It must be quiet. 06:18.680 --> 06:20.680 Oh, we have that, sir. 06:20.680 --> 06:22.680 Above all, our house is quiet. 06:22.680 --> 06:24.680 You know, I'm afraid that you'll be 06:24.680 --> 06:26.680 afraid of the noise. 06:26.680 --> 06:28.680 Your bag, sir. May I take it? 06:28.680 --> 06:30.680 No. I'll hold it. 06:32.680 --> 06:34.680 If you'll be so good as to show me the room, please. 06:34.680 --> 06:36.680 Oh, yes. Yes, sir. 06:36.680 --> 06:38.680 It's right up these stairs, sir. 06:38.680 --> 06:40.680 This way. 06:40.680 --> 06:42.680 Thank you. 06:42.680 --> 06:44.680 You see, sir, there's just my husband and me here. 06:44.680 --> 06:46.680 And we're ever so quiet. 06:46.680 --> 06:48.680 And I'm sure you'll find this room to your liking, sir. 06:50.680 --> 06:52.680 Here we are. 06:52.680 --> 06:54.680 Now, I'll just light the gas. 06:56.680 --> 06:58.680 There. 06:58.680 --> 07:00.680 Very good. 07:00.680 --> 07:02.680 It is pleasant, isn't it, sir? 07:02.680 --> 07:04.680 And there's not many rooms with such pretty pictures, are there, now? 07:04.680 --> 07:06.680 We have had them in the family for years, sir. 07:06.680 --> 07:08.680 Pictures interest me very little. 07:08.680 --> 07:10.680 You see, what really 07:10.680 --> 07:12.680 impresses me about the room 07:12.680 --> 07:14.680 is the very simplicity of it. 07:14.680 --> 07:16.680 The bareness. 07:16.680 --> 07:18.680 Yes, sir. It's not at all crowded, is it? 07:18.680 --> 07:20.680 It will be quite suitable, Mrs. 07:20.680 --> 07:22.680 Bunting, sir. Mrs. 07:22.680 --> 07:24.680 Bunting. You see, 07:24.680 --> 07:26.680 I do a great deal of reading in my book 07:26.680 --> 07:28.680 here. The Holy 07:28.680 --> 07:30.680 Bible. Yes, sir. And please, 07:30.680 --> 07:32.680 let me help you with your luggage. No. 07:32.680 --> 07:34.680 Don't touch it. 07:34.680 --> 07:36.680 But I only wish... You only wish 07:36.680 --> 07:38.680 to help, of course. 07:38.680 --> 07:40.680 You must forgive me, Mrs. 07:40.680 --> 07:42.680 Bunting. It's just that I'm 07:42.680 --> 07:44.680 so very weary. Of course, 07:44.680 --> 07:46.680 sir. He bringeth them to their 07:46.680 --> 07:48.680 desired haven. 07:48.680 --> 07:50.680 Beautiful words, Mrs. Bunting. 07:50.680 --> 07:52.680 Indeed they are, sir. And now at last, 07:52.680 --> 07:54.680 I have found 07:54.680 --> 07:56.680 my haven of rest. Yes, sir. 07:56.680 --> 07:58.680 Then you'll be taking the 07:58.680 --> 08:00.680 room. Yes. 08:00.680 --> 08:02.680 I shall pay you thirty shillings a week. 08:02.680 --> 08:04.680 This is satisfactory. 08:04.680 --> 08:06.680 Thirty? Why? 08:06.680 --> 08:08.680 Yes, sir. Yes, sir. That will be quite all right. 08:08.680 --> 08:10.680 Good. 08:10.680 --> 08:12.680 My name is Sleuth, 08:12.680 --> 08:14.680 Mrs. Bunting. Mr. Sleuth. 08:14.680 --> 08:18.680 S-L-E-U-T-H. 08:18.680 --> 08:20.680 Think of a hound, Mrs. Bunting. 08:20.680 --> 08:22.680 And you'll never forget my name. 08:22.680 --> 08:24.680 Twenty-three. 08:24.680 --> 08:26.680 Four. 08:26.680 --> 08:28.680 Thirty. 08:28.680 --> 08:30.680 Thirty shillings. Thank you, sir. 08:30.680 --> 08:32.680 And would you be wishing 08:32.680 --> 08:34.680 anything now? A supper? Tea? 08:34.680 --> 08:36.680 Nothing. Thank you. Good night, 08:36.680 --> 08:38.680 sir. 08:38.680 --> 08:40.680 Good night, Mrs. Bunting. You have... 08:40.680 --> 08:42.680 Stop it! Oh! 08:42.680 --> 08:44.680 Yes, sir. 08:44.680 --> 08:46.680 What did I do? That song 08:46.680 --> 08:48.680 you were humming. That music. 08:48.680 --> 08:50.680 But I... Music, Mrs. Bunting, 08:50.680 --> 08:52.680 save that expressing the majesty of God, 08:52.680 --> 08:54.680 is an accompaniment for a reverent 08:54.680 --> 08:56.680 gaiety and an instrument of 08:56.680 --> 08:58.680 sin. Yes, sir. 08:58.680 --> 09:00.680 And you... 09:00.680 --> 09:02.680 You assured me your dwelling was quiet. 09:02.680 --> 09:04.680 But it is, sir. 09:04.680 --> 09:06.680 Believe me, sir. I didn't mean 09:06.680 --> 09:08.680 any harm. Of course, of course. 09:08.680 --> 09:10.680 I'm sorry, Mrs. 09:10.680 --> 09:12.680 Bunting. I fear I spoke 09:12.680 --> 09:14.680 sharply. I don't wish 09:14.680 --> 09:16.680 you to think me rude. After all, 09:16.680 --> 09:18.680 you have been so kind, 09:18.680 --> 09:20.680 so considerate. I hope I know a 09:20.680 --> 09:22.680 gentleman when I see one. Thank you. 09:22.680 --> 09:24.680 Thank you very much. 09:24.680 --> 09:26.680 And on second 09:26.680 --> 09:28.680 thought, perhaps a bit of bread and 09:28.680 --> 09:30.680 butter would be pleasant. Bread and butter? 09:30.680 --> 09:40.680 Certainly, sir. I'll have it in an instant. 09:40.680 --> 09:42.680 Ellen! Ellen! 09:42.680 --> 09:44.680 Did he take the room? 09:44.680 --> 09:46.680 He'll come into the kitchen where he won't hear us. 09:46.680 --> 09:48.680 Ellen! 09:48.680 --> 09:50.680 He took it! 09:50.680 --> 09:52.680 He took the room! Yes, Robbie. 09:52.680 --> 09:54.680 We're all right now. Look. 09:54.680 --> 09:56.680 Thirty shillings a week in advance. 09:56.680 --> 09:58.680 Oh, it's wonderful, wonderful! 09:58.680 --> 10:00.680 Ellen, do you see what this means? 10:00.680 --> 10:02.680 Yes, you can have Daisy now. 10:02.680 --> 10:04.680 Here, Bunting, hand me that dish. 10:04.680 --> 10:06.680 Right. You know something, old girl? 10:06.680 --> 10:08.680 We're not going to worry too much about 10:08.680 --> 10:10.680 Daisy being in danger of that Avenger fellow. 10:10.680 --> 10:12.680 Whatever do you mean, Robbie? 10:12.680 --> 10:14.680 Well, she's not one for dancing, you know, or any 10:14.680 --> 10:16.680 kind of like entertainment. 10:16.680 --> 10:18.680 What's that to do with it, please? 10:18.680 --> 10:20.680 Something I read here in the paper. While you was with 10:20.680 --> 10:22.680 the gentleman. They found out that every 10:22.680 --> 10:24.680 one of the Avengers victims 10:24.680 --> 10:26.680 had just come from a dancing party 10:26.680 --> 10:28.680 or a musical. 10:30.680 --> 10:32.680 What a peculiar chap. 10:32.680 --> 10:34.680 Now hurry, Bunting, please. 10:36.680 --> 10:38.680 Two thoughts. Two thoughts only 10:38.680 --> 10:40.680 governed Ellen's mind. The lodgers 10:40.680 --> 10:42.680 light supper and her own good fortune 10:42.680 --> 10:44.680 at having such a lodger. 10:44.680 --> 10:46.680 She started up the staircase 10:46.680 --> 10:48.680 to his room. 10:48.680 --> 10:50.680 Oh! 10:50.680 --> 10:52.680 She hath cast down 10:52.680 --> 10:54.680 many wounded from her. 10:54.680 --> 10:56.680 Yea, many strong men have been slain 10:56.680 --> 10:58.680 by her. Come in. 10:58.680 --> 11:00.680 And to know the wickedness of folly... 11:00.680 --> 11:02.680 Why, why, Mr. 11:02.680 --> 11:04.680 Yes, what is it? 11:04.680 --> 11:06.680 Those pictures, those pretty 11:06.680 --> 11:08.680 girls. You've turned all 11:08.680 --> 11:20.680 their faces to the wall. 11:20.680 --> 11:22.680 And that maneuver, that strange 11:22.680 --> 11:24.680 action was the beginning of Ellen's 11:24.680 --> 11:26.680 concern. The day following, 11:26.680 --> 11:28.680 the lodger did not leave the upstairs 11:28.680 --> 11:30.680 room once, nor did he leave 11:30.680 --> 11:32.680 the next day. And the oddness of this 11:32.680 --> 11:34.680 occurred to her. And the approaching 11:34.680 --> 11:35.460 arrival of the 11:35.460 --> 11:36.680 Avengers was the last thing 11:36.680 --> 11:38.680 that occurred to her. And the approaching arrival 11:38.680 --> 11:40.680 of Daisy, her stepdaughter, added 11:40.680 --> 11:42.680 to her concern. 11:42.680 --> 11:44.680 On the second night, her sleep was restless 11:44.680 --> 11:46.680 with vague, disturbing images. 11:46.680 --> 11:48.680 And so when she heard the first 11:48.680 --> 11:50.680 stealthy footsteps 11:50.680 --> 11:52.680 outside her bed, 11:52.680 --> 11:54.680 she was instantly 11:54.680 --> 11:56.680 awake. Oh! 11:58.680 --> 12:00.680 Tensely, 12:00.680 --> 12:02.680 she followed those steps down the 12:02.680 --> 12:06.680 stairs, down the hallway. 12:06.680 --> 12:08.680 She heard the front door open, 12:08.680 --> 12:10.680 and then click shut. 12:10.680 --> 12:12.680 But her stillness fell upon 12:12.680 --> 12:14.680 the house. And outside the streets 12:14.680 --> 12:16.680 were so silent she could hear distinctly 12:16.680 --> 12:18.680 the clock from a church tower a mile away, 12:18.680 --> 12:20.680 toll the hour. 12:26.680 --> 12:28.680 In her troubled fancy, she pictured a 12:28.680 --> 12:30.680 long figure plodding through the deep 12:30.680 --> 12:32.680 fog, moving quietly, 12:32.680 --> 12:34.680 stealthily, searching, 12:34.680 --> 12:36.680 stalking, 12:36.680 --> 12:38.680 finding... 12:40.680 --> 12:42.680 When soon after she heard the lodger 12:42.680 --> 12:44.680 return, she sought 12:44.680 --> 12:46.680 to quiet the horrible dread which had possessed 12:46.680 --> 12:48.680 her. But for Ellen, there 12:48.680 --> 12:50.680 was no more sleep, merely 12:50.680 --> 12:52.680 a tormented state of half-consciousness, 12:52.680 --> 12:54.680 which suddenly dropped from her soon 12:54.680 --> 12:56.680 after dawn. Horrible murder! 12:56.680 --> 12:58.680 Horrible murder! That 12:58.680 --> 13:00.680 was the piercing scream of a newsboy 13:00.680 --> 13:02.680 far down the street. The Avengers 13:02.680 --> 13:04.680 strike during the night! 13:04.680 --> 13:06.680 Ellen Bunting heard the boy cry out 13:06.680 --> 13:08.680 the Avengers' latest stroke, 13:08.680 --> 13:10.680 made during the night. No! 13:10.680 --> 13:12.680 No! Extra special 13:12.680 --> 13:14.680 horrible murder at King's Cross! 13:14.680 --> 13:16.680 Avengers take six victims 13:16.680 --> 13:18.680 special! 13:18.680 --> 13:20.680 Avengers at work again! 13:20.680 --> 13:22.680 And the blood became 13:22.680 --> 13:24.680 of nine! Avengers 13:24.680 --> 13:26.680 strikes again! 13:26.680 --> 13:28.680 Avengers! 13:28.680 --> 13:30.680 Horrible murder! 13:30.680 --> 13:32.680 Avengers! Avengers! 13:32.680 --> 13:34.680 Avengers! 13:34.680 --> 13:36.680 Avengers! 13:44.680 --> 13:46.680 Ellen's first glimpse that morning of the 13:46.680 --> 13:48.680 grey-faced lodger brought 13:48.680 --> 13:50.680 the sleepless night's terror full to the surface. 13:50.680 --> 13:52.680 But on the next instant, 13:52.680 --> 13:54.680 she saw the pitiable helpless 13:54.680 --> 13:56.680 weariness in his eyes, 13:56.680 --> 13:58.680 and curiously, the terror began 13:58.680 --> 14:00.680 to pass. She found 14:00.680 --> 14:02.680 that she was hoping desperately that her 14:02.680 --> 14:04.680 fears were unfounded. To lose 14:04.680 --> 14:06.680 thirty shillings a week, perhaps because 14:06.680 --> 14:08.680 of a mistake? No! 14:08.680 --> 14:10.680 She must be certain, certain! 14:10.680 --> 14:12.680 Before she spoke to a soul. 14:12.680 --> 14:14.680 She knew that there was one 14:14.680 --> 14:16.680 thing she must examine, the 14:16.680 --> 14:18.680 lodger's single piece of luggage. 14:18.680 --> 14:20.680 What could it hold? Not much in the way 14:20.680 --> 14:22.680 of clothing, surely. It was too 14:22.680 --> 14:24.680 small, too narrow. It was more like a case. 14:24.680 --> 14:26.680 A case. 14:26.680 --> 14:28.680 For a knife. 14:32.680 --> 14:34.680 It was almost noon before 14:34.680 --> 14:36.680 Ellen found her opportunity to search 14:36.680 --> 14:38.680 the lodger's room. Soon after 14:38.680 --> 14:40.680 bunting left to meet Daisy, 14:40.680 --> 14:42.680 Ellen watched the tall, thin 14:42.680 --> 14:44.680 figure in the black, invinous cape 14:44.680 --> 14:46.680 disappear down the street. 14:46.680 --> 14:48.680 And then, she rushed 14:48.680 --> 14:50.680 upstairs, and into the 14:50.680 --> 14:54.680 room. Quickly, she moved to the closet. 14:54.680 --> 14:56.680 It was no different than it had always 14:56.680 --> 14:58.680 been, utterly empty. She went 14:58.680 --> 15:00.680 then to the chest of drawers against the wall. 15:00.680 --> 15:02.680 She opened the top drawer, 15:02.680 --> 15:04.680 and found nothing inside, but a 15:04.680 --> 15:06.680 frayed shirt, two handkerchiefs. 15:06.680 --> 15:08.680 The next drawer, 15:08.680 --> 15:10.680 underclothes, socks, the next, 15:10.680 --> 15:12.680 empty. There 15:12.680 --> 15:14.680 remained then, only one 15:14.680 --> 15:16.680 possible place for the small, narrow 15:16.680 --> 15:18.680 bag. The bottom 15:18.680 --> 15:20.680 drawer. 15:20.680 --> 15:22.680 And it was locked. 15:22.680 --> 15:24.680 Tugging at the drawer, she heard suddenly 15:24.680 --> 15:26.680 the opening of the front door downstairs. 15:26.680 --> 15:28.680 Panic-stricken, 15:28.680 --> 15:30.680 she rushed out of the room and down the hall 15:30.680 --> 15:32.680 to the head of the stairs. 15:32.680 --> 15:34.680 You're upstairs, Ellen. Look, look, Ellen! 15:34.680 --> 15:36.680 Daisy's here! 15:36.680 --> 15:38.680 It's so good to see you, and 15:38.680 --> 15:40.680 what, what ever's the matter? 15:40.680 --> 15:42.680 Yes, you've gone quite wide. Oh, 15:42.680 --> 15:44.680 well, I'm alright. I 15:44.680 --> 15:46.680 wasn't expecting you so soon. Oh, you 15:46.680 --> 15:48.680 don't know how fine it is to be back again, Mother Ellen. 15:48.680 --> 15:50.680 The country's alright in its way, 15:50.680 --> 15:52.680 but there's nothing like London now, is there? 15:52.680 --> 15:54.680 No, no there isn't. 15:54.680 --> 15:56.680 Well, as long as that avenge is about, 15:56.680 --> 15:58.680 I can see we're going to have to do something to 15:58.680 --> 16:00.680 keep this young lady indoors, London 16:00.680 --> 16:02.680 or no London. Don't you worry, 16:02.680 --> 16:04.680 Mother Ellen will see to that. Well, 16:04.680 --> 16:06.680 Daisy, I might as well get you settled. 16:06.680 --> 16:08.680 Oh, you see, Father, what I'd tell you. 16:08.680 --> 16:10.680 She'll have a dust cloth in my hand before I 16:10.680 --> 16:12.680 got time to take my coat off. 16:12.680 --> 16:18.680 Mr. Sleuth. 16:18.680 --> 16:20.680 Mrs. Bunting, 16:20.680 --> 16:22.680 I see my door is open. 16:22.680 --> 16:24.680 We were just leaving, Sir. 16:24.680 --> 16:26.680 Does this mean that all of you have been in my room? 16:26.680 --> 16:28.680 Oh, not all, Sir. 16:28.680 --> 16:30.680 What must I do? 16:30.680 --> 16:32.680 Keep it locked? 16:32.680 --> 16:34.680 But you see, Sir, I, I was just tidying up a bit, 16:34.680 --> 16:36.680 and Mr. Bunting, he, he brought his daughter up, Sir. 16:36.680 --> 16:38.680 She's just arrived. 16:38.680 --> 16:40.680 Oh, I see. 16:40.680 --> 16:42.680 This is Daisy, Sir. 16:42.680 --> 16:44.680 Pleased to meet you, Sir. 16:44.680 --> 16:46.680 She's been away for quite a long while, 16:46.680 --> 16:48.680 you see, Mr. Sleuth, and 16:48.680 --> 16:50.680 that's why we're a bit excited, you might say. 16:50.680 --> 16:52.680 Yes, you must have been surprised when you 16:52.680 --> 16:54.680 came in, hearing us laughing and carrying on that way. 16:54.680 --> 16:56.680 Yes, yes, I must say I was. 16:56.680 --> 16:58.680 However, Miss Daisy, 16:58.680 --> 17:00.680 there are all types of joy, are there not? 17:00.680 --> 17:02.680 Yes, I'm sure there are. 17:02.680 --> 17:04.680 But that's not all, is it? 17:04.680 --> 17:06.680 Yes, I'm sure there are. 17:06.680 --> 17:08.680 But that's not all, is it? 17:08.680 --> 17:10.680 Yes, I'm sure there are. 17:10.680 --> 17:12.680 The despicable evil joy of the abandoned, 17:12.680 --> 17:14.680 and the divine happiness of the blessed. 17:14.680 --> 17:16.680 A vast difference, that. 17:16.680 --> 17:18.680 You do understand me, don't you? 17:18.680 --> 17:20.680 Why, yes, Sir. 17:20.680 --> 17:22.680 Yes, Mr. Sleuth. 17:22.680 --> 17:24.680 I devoutly hope so, Miss Daisy. 17:24.680 --> 17:26.680 Nowadays, there are so very few young women 17:26.680 --> 17:28.680 like yourself, who do. 17:28.680 --> 17:30.680 All women are placed on this earth filled with evil. 17:30.680 --> 17:32.680 They therefore must struggle constantly 17:32.680 --> 17:34.680 to find the paths of righteousness. 17:34.680 --> 17:36.680 Why, Mr. Sleuth, 17:36.680 --> 17:38.680 you mean a girl's not to enjoy life at all? 17:38.680 --> 17:40.680 Not to have fun? 17:40.680 --> 17:42.680 Frivolity, my child, is the devil's breeding ground. 17:42.680 --> 17:44.680 All his implements are there. 17:44.680 --> 17:46.680 Pleasure, impropriety, 17:46.680 --> 17:48.680 the temptation of music, dancing. 17:48.680 --> 17:50.680 Oh, that's crazy. 17:50.680 --> 17:52.680 Why, there's nothing I like better 17:52.680 --> 17:54.680 than an evening of dancing. 17:54.680 --> 17:56.680 You dance? 17:56.680 --> 17:58.680 She didn't know what she was saying, Mr. Sleuth. 17:58.680 --> 18:00.680 Just a child. 18:00.680 --> 18:02.680 And Daisy, you know you've never been one for dancing. 18:02.680 --> 18:04.680 You never even learned to dance. 18:04.680 --> 18:06.680 But I did learn, Mother Ellen, while I was away. 18:06.680 --> 18:08.680 And what's so wrong about it? 18:08.680 --> 18:10.680 What's the harm in just a nice dance? 18:10.680 --> 18:12.680 She lieth in waiters for a prey, 18:12.680 --> 18:14.680 and increaseth the transgressors among men. 18:14.680 --> 18:16.680 I don't know what you mean. 18:16.680 --> 18:18.680 I never heard such nonsense. 18:18.680 --> 18:20.680 You call holy scripture nonsense? 18:20.680 --> 18:22.680 So, what I prayed against is true. 18:22.680 --> 18:24.680 You are beyond salvation. 18:24.680 --> 18:26.680 That's not so. 18:26.680 --> 18:28.680 I'm a good girl, I'm, and I won't have you saying that. 18:28.680 --> 18:30.680 Daisy, Daisy, go into the front room. 18:30.680 --> 18:32.680 I'm going to the bathroom. 18:32.680 --> 18:34.680 Daisy, go into the front room. 18:34.680 --> 18:36.680 It's quite all right, Mrs. Bunting. 18:36.680 --> 18:38.680 I must be going upstairs anyway. 18:38.680 --> 18:40.680 I'm used to being misunderstood, you know. 18:40.680 --> 18:42.680 People never realize that my efforts are simply for the greater good of humanity. 18:42.680 --> 18:44.680 Of course, sir. 18:44.680 --> 18:46.680 And that the power on high will direct my hand toward the expulsion of all evil. 18:46.680 --> 18:48.680 Beautiful words. 18:48.680 --> 18:50.680 Beautiful words. 18:50.680 --> 18:52.680 And that the power on high will direct my hand toward the expulsion of all evil. 18:52.680 --> 18:54.680 Beautiful words. 18:54.680 --> 18:56.680 Beautiful words. 18:56.680 --> 18:58.680 Beautiful words. 18:58.680 --> 19:00.680 Beautiful words. 19:00.680 --> 19:02.680 Beautiful words. 19:02.680 --> 19:04.680 Beautiful words. 19:04.680 --> 19:06.680 Beautiful words. 19:06.680 --> 19:08.680 Beautiful words. 19:08.680 --> 19:10.680 I'm going to the bathroom. 19:10.680 --> 19:12.680 Daisy, Daisy, listen to me. 19:12.680 --> 19:14.680 Yes? 19:14.680 --> 19:16.680 I've got to tell you about, about... 19:16.680 --> 19:18.680 About what, Mother Ellen? 19:18.680 --> 19:20.680 Nothing. 19:20.680 --> 19:22.680 I've got to go out for a while. 19:22.680 --> 19:24.680 I'll be back. 19:24.680 --> 19:30.680 At that moment, Ellen had been determined to pour out her terrible suspicions. 19:30.680 --> 19:32.680 But she paused on the very brink. 19:32.680 --> 19:36.680 After all, they were still only suspicions. 19:36.680 --> 19:38.680 A sudden inspiration had come to her. 19:38.680 --> 19:42.680 That very day, a coroner's inquest was being held into the last Avenger murder. 19:42.680 --> 19:46.680 She would go there now, this very instant. 19:46.680 --> 19:50.680 And perhaps she would hear evidence to disprove all her fears about the lodger. 19:50.680 --> 19:52.680 She must give him this last chance. 19:52.680 --> 19:58.680 If that chance should fail, then she would tell Bunting or the police. 19:58.680 --> 20:02.680 So with the knowledge that Bunting was left in the house to look after Daisy, 20:02.680 --> 20:06.680 she boarded the underground train bound for the coroner's court. 20:06.680 --> 20:08.680 Ellen, seated at the rear of the inquest room, 20:08.680 --> 20:12.060 listened to each of the witnesses and heard the 20:12.060 --> 20:14.680 voices of the other witnesses. 20:14.680 --> 20:16.680 She was very happy. 20:16.680 --> 20:18.680 She was very happy. 20:18.680 --> 20:22.680 Ellen, seated at the rear of the inquest room, listened to each of the witnesses 20:22.680 --> 20:26.680 and from one of them, she found the first hope she had known for many days. 20:26.680 --> 20:30.680 This witness claimed to have seen the Avenger from her window. 20:30.680 --> 20:34.680 And the man she described in no way resembled Ellen's lodger. 20:34.680 --> 20:36.680 But in another moment, Ellen's hope was swept away. 20:36.680 --> 20:40.680 It was pointed out that the fog had been so heavy that night that the witness could not 20:40.680 --> 20:43.680 possibly have seen the murderer from her window. 20:43.680 --> 20:46.680 The next witness was a Mr. Cannot. 20:46.680 --> 20:51.680 This elderly gentleman was certain that he had not only seen but talked with the Avenger. 20:51.680 --> 20:57.680 It was in Regions Park, he testified, only a few moments before the murder, Mr. Coroner, 20:57.680 --> 20:59.680 when I saw him. 20:59.680 --> 21:04.680 He was quite a tall man, very gaunt looking, and carrying a handbag. 21:04.680 --> 21:06.680 A handbag, you say? 21:06.680 --> 21:08.680 Yes, a small, narrow one. 21:08.680 --> 21:12.680 Just such a bag I might add as might contain a knife. 21:12.680 --> 21:14.680 A knife? 21:14.680 --> 21:21.680 He had rather an eye-hesitating voice, an educated man I should judge, but quite mad. 21:21.680 --> 21:23.680 What do you mean by that? 21:23.680 --> 21:26.680 Well, as he emerged from the fog, he was talking aloud to himself. 21:26.680 --> 21:31.680 And believe me, sir, he was reciting scriptures from the Bible. 21:33.680 --> 21:35.680 Scriptures from the Bible. 21:35.680 --> 21:40.680 Horrified, Ellen rose from her seat, only half hearing the confusion about her. 21:40.680 --> 21:42.680 Are you asking us to believe that? 21:42.680 --> 21:47.680 I would say, Mr. Cannot, that the man we're looking for would be least of all a religious man. 21:47.680 --> 21:52.680 That's where you're in error, Mr. Coroner. The religious note is the very key to the case. 21:52.680 --> 21:55.680 Very interesting. That will be all, Mr. Cannot. 21:55.680 --> 22:00.680 Just a moment, sir, don't you understand? The man you're after must be a religious maniac. 22:00.680 --> 22:03.680 That's the only explanation possible. 22:03.680 --> 22:05.680 You will please step down. 22:05.680 --> 22:10.680 The court was dismissing the very truth. Ellen knew that now. She could no longer keep silent. 22:10.680 --> 22:12.680 Her hands shot forth and she screamed. 22:16.680 --> 22:19.680 I want to say, I...no. 22:31.680 --> 22:34.680 On the verge of speaking, she had fainted. 22:34.680 --> 22:38.680 And then when Ellen was revived a few minutes later, she said nothing. 22:38.680 --> 22:42.680 Her brain was in too great a turmoil, her nerves too shocked. 22:42.680 --> 22:46.680 Like one in a dream, she allowed herself to be led from the courtroom. 22:46.680 --> 22:50.680 And then she made her way toward the underground. 22:50.680 --> 22:55.680 A faint distant rumble of thunder never even reached her consciousness. 23:00.680 --> 23:06.680 And she was barely aware of the grind of the wheels as her train pulled away from the station. 23:06.680 --> 23:10.680 Then with the force of a mighty blow, the full realization struck her. 23:10.680 --> 23:17.680 No doubt, no doubt any longer, Mr. Sleuth, her own lodger, was the murderer. 23:17.680 --> 23:19.680 He was the avenger. 23:19.680 --> 23:24.680 The avenger. The avenger. The avenger. 23:24.680 --> 23:28.680 On the street again, Ellen knew she must go at once to her neighborhood police. 23:28.680 --> 23:31.680 And there pour out her terrible knowledge. 23:31.680 --> 23:36.680 But with each moving footstep, with each heavier boom of thunder from the rainstorm that was almost there, 23:36.680 --> 23:39.680 the grip of terror grew tighter and tighter about her. 23:39.680 --> 23:43.680 She moved faster, faster. If only she were in time. 23:43.680 --> 23:45.680 The first light drops of rain sprinkled her brows. 23:45.680 --> 23:47.680 She came within two stops. 23:47.680 --> 23:49.680 She was on her way to the station. 23:49.680 --> 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. 23:55.680 --> 23:59.680 Then she was one street away. Then she saw Bunting. 23:59.680 --> 24:04.680 Sharply, like the thrust of a knife, the one fact pierced her mind. 24:04.680 --> 24:08.680 Daisy was now alone with the lodger. 24:12.680 --> 24:14.680 Bunting! Bunting! 24:14.680 --> 24:16.680 Why, Ellen. Ellen, what is it? 24:16.680 --> 24:18.680 Tell me, Bunting, where's Daisy? Where is she, I say? 24:18.680 --> 24:21.680 Listen to me. Try to understand. 24:21.680 --> 24:23.680 Sleuth is the Avenger. 24:23.680 --> 24:26.680 What? What are you saying? 24:26.680 --> 24:28.680 Our lodger. He's the Avenger, Bunting. 24:28.680 --> 24:30.680 Daisy's in danger. Hurry! 24:30.680 --> 24:32.680 Yes, yes. Daisy! Daisy! 24:44.680 --> 24:46.680 Here we are, Bunting. 24:46.680 --> 24:48.680 Daisy! Daisy! 24:48.680 --> 24:50.680 Daisy! Where are you? 24:50.680 --> 24:52.680 I'll look in the kitchen, Bunting. You try the sitting room. 24:52.680 --> 24:54.680 Daisy! Daisy! Where are you, Daisy? 24:54.680 --> 24:56.680 Daisy! Daisy! Where are you, Daisy? 24:56.680 --> 24:58.680 Daisy! Daisy! Where are you, Daisy? 24:58.680 --> 25:00.680 Daisy! Daisy! Here, let's try the bedroom. 25:00.680 --> 25:02.680 She's not there. What about the dining room? 25:02.680 --> 25:04.680 I looked. She's not there. 25:04.680 --> 25:06.680 She's not downstairs. 25:06.680 --> 25:16.680 Then there's just his room. 25:36.680 --> 25:42.680 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 25:42.680 --> 25:44.680 And now hear me, O Lord. 25:44.680 --> 25:46.680 Daisy! 25:46.680 --> 25:48.680 I have not forgotten. I am ready. 25:48.680 --> 25:50.680 The knife! He's got the knife! 25:50.680 --> 25:52.680 Ready to smite thine enemy. 25:52.680 --> 25:54.680 For man born of woman is born unto trouble. 25:54.680 --> 25:57.680 And I shall cleanse thy kingdom on earth. 25:57.680 --> 26:00.680 Yea, I shall show her thy wrath from heaven. 26:00.680 --> 26:02.680 No! Stop! 26:02.680 --> 26:04.680 Speak, O Lord! Daisy! 26:04.680 --> 26:06.680 Speak, O Lord! I am ready. 26:06.680 --> 26:10.680 The power on high will direct the expulsion of evil. 26:10.680 --> 26:12.680 Yes, yes, O Lord! 26:12.680 --> 26:14.680 I serve at parrots! 26:14.680 --> 26:42.680 And I... 26:42.680 --> 26:44.680 He's... He's... 26:44.680 --> 26:46.680 He's dead. 26:46.680 --> 26:48.680 Daisy! 26:48.680 --> 26:50.680 Come to me, Daisy! 26:50.680 --> 26:54.680 Oh, thank heaven! 26:54.680 --> 26:56.680 Yes, thank heaven! 26:56.680 --> 27:00.680 Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord. 27:00.680 --> 27:17.680 And his word burned like a pillar of fire. 27:17.680 --> 27:22.680 Death by act of God. 27:22.680 --> 27:27.680 Thus the final entry in Scotland Yard's record of the famous Avenger case. 27:27.680 --> 27:33.680 Yet, curiously enough, there were those at the yard who were never quite sure, 27:33.680 --> 27:38.680 never entirely convinced that Mr. Sleuth was indeed the Avenger, 27:38.680 --> 27:43.680 any more than Mrs. Bellic-Lounds, who novelized the case, was convinced. 27:43.680 --> 27:49.680 There are those who will tell you that the real Avenger, a tall man clad in black, 27:49.680 --> 27:56.680 a man almost exactly like Mr. Sleuth, left England and came to America to live in a town, 27:56.680 --> 27:59.680 near yours. 27:59.680 --> 28:04.680 He would be quite old now, but it may be true. 28:04.680 --> 28:10.680 Yes, perhaps, as it is written in Holy Scripture, he did. 28:10.680 --> 28:17.680 Fly upon the wings of the wind to walk as a stranger in many lands. 28:17.680 --> 28:20.680 Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? 28:20.680 --> 28:26.680 Beautiful words, those beautiful words. 28:26.680 --> 28:42.680 Don't you think? 28:42.680 --> 28:45.680 And so closes The Larger, starring Robert Montgomery. 28:45.680 --> 28:49.680 Tonight's study in Suspense. 28:49.680 --> 28:53.680 Suspense is produced, edited, and directed by William Spear. 28:53.680 --> 29:00.680 In everything she says about enjoying Roma wine when entertaining and with everyday meals, 29:00.680 --> 29:05.680 Miss Elsa Maxwell holds out for simplicity and common sense. 29:05.680 --> 29:09.680 I've often been a guest in great homes abroad, 29:09.680 --> 29:14.680 where enjoyment of good wines is as much a part of life as eating. 29:14.680 --> 29:23.680 And I tell you, the kind of glasses in which you serve your Roma wine is completely unimportant. 29:23.680 --> 29:27.680 Just use any glasses you have. 29:27.680 --> 29:33.680 Serve whatever Roma wine you like, with whatever food you prefer. 29:33.680 --> 29:39.680 That is smart, simple, and always a delight. 29:39.680 --> 29:46.680 The important thing, Miss Maxwell says, is to have Roma wine and enjoy it regularly. 29:46.680 --> 29:54.680 Roma wines are California's finest, always extra good, unvaryingly fine in flavor and quality, 29:54.680 --> 29:57.680 yet only pennies a glass. 29:57.680 --> 30:02.680 So don't miss this simple, easy, enjoyable addition to daily living. 30:02.680 --> 30:08.680 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wines. 30:08.680 --> 30:12.680 Robert Montgomery appeared through the courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 30:12.680 --> 30:16.680 to whose studios he has just returned, having been ordered to inactive duty 30:16.680 --> 30:20.680 after three and a half years' service with the United States Navy. 30:20.680 --> 30:24.680 He will shortly begin work on the production, They Were Expendable. 30:24.680 --> 30:30.680 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear a radio play based on the RKO picture, 30:30.680 --> 30:35.680 The Brighton Strangler, with Mr. John Loder and Miss June Dupre, 30:35.680 --> 30:39.680 as your stars of suspense. 30:39.680 --> 30:50.680 Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 30:50.680 --> 31:08.680 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. 31:20.680 --> 31:27.680 The RKO is a production of the U.S. Department of State.