1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Now, Roma Wines present... 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Suspense! 3 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:25,000 Tonight, Tale of Two Sisters, starring Claire Trevor and Nancy Kelly. 4 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,000 Suspense! 5 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Suspense is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 6 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,000 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 7 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:40,000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 8 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,000 To your happiness and entertaining guests. 9 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,000 To your enjoyment of everyday meals. 10 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:51,000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you... 11 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Suspense! 12 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:59,000 This is the Man in Black, here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 13 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:05,000 Who tonight from Hollywood bring you as co-stars, Miss Nancy Kelly and Miss Claire Trevor. 14 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,000 Both are currently being seen in RKO productions. 15 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000 Miss Trevor in Murder, My Sweet. 16 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,000 And Miss Kelly in Betrayal from the East. 17 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:18,000 There is a phrase of Walt Whitman's, the sisters death and night. 18 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:23,000 Incessantly, softly wash again and never again this soiled world. 19 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,000 And so with the tale of these two sisters. 20 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 And with the performance of Claire Trevor as Clara. 21 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 And of Nancy Kelly as Adele. 22 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 We again hope to keep you in... 23 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Suspense! 24 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,000 Everyone is so good to me. 25 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:48,000 I like being here, but some of the others don't, I guess. 26 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Do you hear? 27 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,000 They scream sometimes like that in the night. 28 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Maybe they scream because they remember things. 29 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,000 But I remember things too. 30 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Especially when people come out from town to see me. 31 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,000 To bring me things. 32 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,000 But there's nothing that I want. 33 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 They can't bring back my sister. 34 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,000 My beautiful sister Adele. 35 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Today was Thursday and they came. 36 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,000 And now they've gone. 37 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,000 And when they came, they brought back memories of Adele. 38 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 When we were children. 39 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,000 The night that mother died. 40 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,000 The night we made the promise. 41 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Don't cry anymore, Adele. 42 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 I'm afraid, Clara. 43 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 We're alone. 44 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,000 We're not alone. 45 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 But if something happened to you... 46 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Nothing's going to happen to me. 47 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,000 I'm going to take care of you. 48 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,000 But that's what mother said. 49 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000 And now she's left us too. 50 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,000 But Adele, mother didn't know that she... 51 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,000 She wouldn't have left us if she could have helped us. 52 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Promise me you won't die, Clara. 53 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 And that whatever I do, you'll do. 54 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 And that you'll never leave me. 55 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,000 I promise. 56 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,000 And we'll be together. 57 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Always and forever. 58 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Always and forever. 59 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:15,000 I promise. 60 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 And for years I kept that promise. 61 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Adele and I were as close as anyone could be. 62 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,000 We had few friends and I didn't mind as long as she was happy. 63 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:33,000 But sometimes I was frightened at the way she clung to me after we were grown. 64 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,000 I was afraid of what would become of her in case anything ever happened to me. 65 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,000 And then something did happen. 66 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,000 I met Douglas Foley. 67 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Adele liked him until she realized that I'd fallen in love with him. 68 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Then she hated him in a childish, vicious way. 69 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,000 He tried to win her over but it was no good. 70 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,000 And then he asked me to marry him. 71 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,000 And I said yes. 72 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:04,000 That night after he'd gone, Adele was waiting for me in my room. 73 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Adele! Clara! 74 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Douglas told me. 75 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Adele, you're so white darling. You're ill. 76 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 But you promised me. 77 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 But Adele, I'm not leaving you. 78 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,000 You're going to live with us. No, no it won't be the same. 79 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,000 You promised always and forever. 80 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 But we were children, Adele. 81 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 You promised! You promised! 82 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 We'd be together always and forever. 83 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 I... 84 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Adele, you see... 85 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 I'm not going to marry him. 86 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 I'll never speak to you again. 87 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000 But we were married. 88 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,000 And we believed that Adele would forgive us in time. 89 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,000 But she didn't. 90 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,000 She refused to see us. 91 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Then when we learned that my husband's new job was to take us to Europe, 92 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 our first thought was of Adele. 93 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,000 If she would only go with us. 94 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,000 But when we drove to her house, she refused to come to the door. 95 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,000 She was forced to sail without us. 96 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,000 My son Doug was born in Europe. 97 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,000 And I wrote Adele a long letter telling her about him. 98 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,000 But the letter was returned, unopened. 99 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,000 When Doug was just 10, we returned to America. 100 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,000 I went directly from the station to Adele's home. 101 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,000 She was working in the garden when we drove up. 102 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 I was shocked at her appearance. 103 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Her hair had turned almost white. 104 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,000 And there was a strange look about her. 105 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,000 I sent Doug to the gate to introduce himself. 106 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,000 She looked at him in a puzzled manner. 107 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Then she saw us sitting in the car and she turned and walked into the house. 108 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:48,000 The next thing I remember was that day, one month after my return home, 109 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,000 when I was put on trial for murder. 110 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,000 For my husband's murder. 111 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Mrs. Foley, will you tell us again what happened the night of your husband's murder? 112 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,000 My husband was working in the garden all day. 113 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,000 When it began to grow dark... 114 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Will you please speak up? 115 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Well, my husband had been working in the garden. 116 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:14,000 And when I called him in, he insisted that he had something to finish. 117 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,000 I called him several times after that. 118 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,000 But then I became irritated and I gave up. 119 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:24,000 I had my dinner alone and I went up to my bedroom. 120 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Then you admit that you quarrelled with him the night of the murder. 121 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,000 No, we didn't quarrel. 122 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 I was irritated. 123 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,000 I said nothing to my husband. 124 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Your husband's death was caused by a deep, narrow wound in the vicinity of the heart. 125 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:47,000 It is the opinion of this court that the instrument used might have been an accident. 126 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Mrs. Foley, do you have any other ideas as to what might have inflicted this wound? 127 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 No. 128 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Had your husband any enemies, Mrs. Foley? 129 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,000 No. 130 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:12,000 And so I was acquitted that day because of insufficient evidence. 131 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:17,000 I thought Adele would come to me during those awful days, but she didn't. 132 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:24,000 I saw her in the courtroom, but she never looked my way. 133 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:29,000 I believe it was about two months after the trial that my son Doug and his friend Roy 134 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,000 went on an all-day hiking trip to the beach. 135 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 They were light skating back. 136 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,000 It was almost dark when I saw Roy coming up the street. 137 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:42,000 He was alone. He was running. 138 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Mrs. Foley! Mrs. Foley! 139 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Roy, where's Doug? 140 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,000 He's down at the beach with her. 141 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,000 With who? 142 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Your sister. 143 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,000 My sister? 144 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,000 For heaven's sakes, Roy, will you tell me what this is all about? 145 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Well, you see, Mrs. Foley, Doug and I... 146 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:02,000 It seemed that Roy and Doug had forgotten to take along their drinking water, 147 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,000 and they hadn't missed it until they'd come to a very deserted place 148 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,000 of the beach. 149 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:11,000 Come on, Doug. Maybe we can get water at that little house over there. 150 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,000 Funny place for a house, isn't it? 151 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Oh, yeah. Come on. 152 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,000 Looks like nobody lives there. 153 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,000 All the better. We can just drink out of that faucet in the yard. 154 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,000 We won't have to ask nobody. Come on. 155 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Sure run down, isn't it? 156 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Maybe the faucet isn't working. 157 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 The garden's all dead. 158 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Oh, sure it's working. See? 159 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Hmm. Someone's just plain lazy. 160 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Well, maybe no one lives here. 161 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Oh, sure they do. There's a mailbox. 162 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,000 Maybe there's a name on it. 163 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,000 Look. Miss Adele Norris. 164 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,000 That's my mom's sister. 165 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Yeah? Oh, let's drop in and see her. 166 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,000 Well, she wouldn't even know who I was. 167 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Oh, you could tell her, couldn't you? 168 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Say, maybe she'd give us some cake or something. 169 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,000 No, she's mad at me and Mom. 170 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Come on, let's get out of here. 171 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Say, Doug, look at all the dead leaves on the porch. 172 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Let's have a look around. 173 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 No, she might come out. 174 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,000 Aw, she can't hurt you, can she? 175 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Let's peek in the window. 176 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,000 No. Roy! 177 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Look, Doug. 178 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 The place is all upset. It's all dirty and everything. 179 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Let's look in the rest of the windows. 180 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 There's no one around. 181 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Oh, here's the kitchen. 182 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Look at all the dirty dishes piled up. 183 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Say, maybe my aunt is sick. 184 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:34,000 Hey, look. Somebody's coming to the window. 185 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,000 Oh, my gosh. 186 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000 What do you want? 187 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,000 We wanted to see if you were all right. 188 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Go away. 189 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,000 Don't you recognize me? 190 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,000 No. 191 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Are you sick? 192 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,000 No. 193 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 I'm your nephew, Douglas Foley. 194 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,000 Go away, whoever you are. 195 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 I'd like to help you. 196 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Go away, I said. 197 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,000 Mother wouldn't want me to leave you here like this. 198 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Who's your mother? 199 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 I told you. Don't you remember? 200 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,000 She's your sister. 201 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,000 I have no sister. 202 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:09,000 My sister died when I was 18. 203 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Roy, you go home and get Mother. 204 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 My aunt is sick. I'll climb through this window 205 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 and see if there's anything I can do. 206 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,000 You stay out of this house. 207 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Let's both go. She doesn't want you here. 208 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,000 She's sick. You go for my mother. 209 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 If you come into this house, you'll be sorry. 210 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 If you dare to... 211 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,000 You say your name is Douglas Foley? 212 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 Yeah, that's right. You see, I'm... 213 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,000 Douglas Foley is dead. 214 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,000 Forever and ever. 215 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,000 No, don't you see? The one who died was my father. 216 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:44,000 Douglas Foley came between two sisters. 217 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 And then he died. 218 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,000 Yeah, but I'm trying to tell you, my mother and yours... 219 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,000 Of course you see, isn't he dead? 220 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Then I guess he'll have to die again. 221 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Yes. 222 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,000 That's it. Yes. 223 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,000 He'll have to die again. He'll have to die again. 224 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Look, you're sick. You need help. 225 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,000 I'm sick? 226 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Yeah. Don't you want me to come in? 227 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Yes. 228 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Oh, yes. Come in, Douglas Foley. 229 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Tonight for Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Nancy Kelly and Claire Trevor... 230 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:31,000 In Mel Deneli's radio play, Tale of Two Sisters. 231 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Tonight's study in Suspense. 232 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:51,000 We have an interesting idea for you tonight from the keen and sensible mind of America's famed expert on parties and smart entertaining, Miss Elsa Maxwell. 233 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,000 And we quote... 234 00:11:53,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Serving a nice table wine when friends come to dinner or with everyday meals is one of the smartest, most sensible and truly moderate pleasures of which I know. 235 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:08,000 And one which any family can regularly enjoy since the cost of delicious Roma Burgundy is very little. 236 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Just serve your Roma Burgundy well cooled. 237 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Enjoy it with any food and don't worry about special glasses. 238 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,000 Any glasses available are perfectly correct. 239 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:23,000 The goodness of the wine, the added enjoyment of your food, these are the things that count. 240 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Miss Maxwell expresses perfectly what we of Roma believe. 241 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:37,000 In Roma California Burgundy, in all Roma wines, you enjoy the glorious color, aroma and flavor of superb, sun-ripe grapes. 242 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Our noted wineries located in California's choicest vineyard areas assure you of flavor and quality which are always good, never varying, always delightful. 243 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,000 And so Roma quality is preferred everywhere. 244 00:12:53,000 --> 00:13:00,000 And you are able to enjoy these fine Roma wines at modest prices, only pennies a glass full. 245 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:06,000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wines. 246 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,000 R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 247 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:22,000 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our soundstage Nancy Kelly as Adele and Claire Trevor as Clara who resumes the recital of this tale of two sisters, 248 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:29,000 a narrative well calculated to keep you in suspense. 249 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,000 You see how clearly I remember things? 250 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:41,000 I remember so well the horror of that moment when Doug's little friend finished telling me how he had left Doug there alone with my sister Adele. 251 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,000 And I even remember what Roy said at the end. 252 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:48,000 So I came back to tell you Mrs. Foley, on account of Doug made me. 253 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,000 But now I wish I hadn't left him there with her. 254 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:57,000 I know she's your sister and all, but I saw her face when she came to the window. 255 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,000 She looked awful Mrs. Foley. 256 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:06,000 She looked awful crazy. 257 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:10,000 I followed Roy's direction and I went by foot north along the ocean. 258 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,000 I must have walked a good mile before I came to the house. 259 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 I ran quickly up the pathway. 260 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,000 The front door was standing open. 261 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,000 There was a lamp burning on the table. 262 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:27,000 Adele! 263 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,000 She lay on the bed. 264 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:33,000 I couldn't see her very clearly by the candlelight, but I could see that she was fully dressed. 265 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Her hair was undone and it spilled down over the pillow. 266 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:41,000 For a moment I thought she was dead. 267 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,000 What are you on? 268 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,000 Adele. 269 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,000 What are you on? 270 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 It's me, Clara. 271 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Where's Douglas? 272 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,000 He's dead? 273 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Adele. 274 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Your husband is dead I tell you. 275 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,000 I don't mean my husband. 276 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,000 I mean my son. 277 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Where is he? 278 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,000 Oh, he was murdered by a long shark. 279 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,000 Be still. 280 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,000 You don't know what you're saying. 281 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Where is my son? 282 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 I haven't seen him. 283 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,000 You have. 284 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,000 He was here. 285 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,000 I know that. 286 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,000 I haven't seen him. 287 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Yes, you have. 288 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Try, try and remember. 289 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Where is he? 290 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,000 I don't know. 291 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,000 Yes, yes you do know. 292 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,000 What have you done to him? 293 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Was he your son? 294 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,000 Yes, Adele. 295 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 Please. 296 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,000 I hated him. 297 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,000 I know, but where is he, Adele? 298 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,000 He went away. 299 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Where? 300 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Where did he go? 301 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:36,000 He went to the village for a doctor. 302 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Are you telling me the truth? 303 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Yes. 304 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,000 How long ago did he leave? 305 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,000 I don't remember. 306 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,000 Will you stop questioning me? 307 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,000 Can't you see that I'm sick? 308 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,000 I tell you he went for a doctor. 309 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Oh, what have you done here, Clara? 310 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,000 After ten years. 311 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,000 I've come to help you. 312 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,000 I don't need your help. 313 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:06,000 Adele, did Doug really go for the doctor? 314 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,000 You think I'm lying? 315 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,000 I don't know, but if he isn't back soon, I... 316 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000 I'm going for the police. 317 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,000 The police. 318 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Fat fool. 319 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,000 I'm so sick, Clara. 320 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000 I'm going to take your things off. 321 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 You'll be more comfortable. 322 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 No, don't touch me. 323 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,000 Adele, you're sick. 324 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Let me take your things off. 325 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:34,000 No, no, can't you leave me alone? 326 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,000 Leave me alone. 327 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:40,000 How do you know what's good for me after all these years? 328 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,000 I'm in pain, Clara. 329 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,000 I have a heavy pain near my heart. 330 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,000 When I'm tightly laced, I can almost bear it. 331 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 All right, all right. 332 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,000 We'll leave it till the doctor comes. 333 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,000 Will the doctor help me, Clara? 334 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,000 Yes, of course he will. 335 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Douglas Foley came between two sisters. 336 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,000 Shh, Adele. 337 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,000 He worked in the garden. 338 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,000 He was bending down low. 339 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,000 I'm so tired, Clara. 340 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Yes, try and rest, Adele. 341 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,000 Close your eyes. 342 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Oh, but he was working in the garden, 343 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 and I was on my way home from the sewing club. 344 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,000 I saw him there, Clara. 345 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000 He looked the same after 10 years 346 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:30,000 because he had your strength to draw from. 347 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,000 But I was alone. 348 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,000 I had grown old, and he had stayed young. 349 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,000 And then she seemed to doze off. 350 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,000 Her breathing was so labored, and I thought, 351 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,000 perhaps she'll rest more easily if I undress her. 352 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,000 And I went over to the bed. 353 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,000 She was wearing a corset. 354 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,000 I reached over and began to unhook it. 355 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,000 She started mumbling something in her sleep. 356 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,000 You broke your promise. 357 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:59,000 Always and forever, you said. 358 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,000 But she didn't wake up, 359 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 and I finally managed to take her corset off. 360 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000 But as I went to place it on a chair, 361 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,000 I noticed something protruding from the material. 362 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 At first I thought it was a broken stay, 363 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:14,000 but it was round, and one end was sharp. 364 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000 I looked closer. 365 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:21,000 It was a steel knitting needle, a long steel one, 366 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 and there was rust on it. 367 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,000 Or was that brown stain rust? 368 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Adele had concealed the knitting needle, 369 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,000 and there was proof of what I guess I'd known all along. 370 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Adele had murdered my husband. 371 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,000 With a shudder, I dropped to the floor, 372 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,000 and then something caught my eye. 373 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,000 There was a hand sticking out from beneath the bed. 374 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,000 It was white and steel. 375 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 It was a child's hand. 376 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,000 I fell swiftly to my knees. 377 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Dad! Dad! 378 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,000 And just as I reached out for him, 379 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 I felt a sharp blow on the back of my head, 380 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,000 and I fell to the floor and cut. 381 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,000 I dreamed. 382 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,000 I dreamed that Adele and I were children again, 383 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 that she was laughing, 384 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 and we were playing an old game of ours 385 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,000 where we tied each other up with our bathrobe cords, 386 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:18,000 and then we waited for a knight in armor to rescue us. 387 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,000 It was the only way to save us. 388 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 I was so afraid. 389 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,000 I was so afraid. 390 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,000 I was so afraid. 391 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,000 I was so afraid. 392 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,000 It was the odor of kerosene that brought me to... 393 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000 The room was filled with it. 394 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,000 My head was pounding, and I couldn't seem to focus my eyes. 395 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 I tried to raise myself to my feet, 396 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,000 but I couldn't seem to move my arms and legs. 397 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Suddenly, I realized why. 398 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,000 I was tied with a bathrobe cord. 399 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 I was a child again. 400 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Adele and I were playing our games again. 401 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 My husband, everything that had happened 402 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,000 to me had been nothing but a bad dream. 403 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:03,000 A feeling of relief swept over me, 404 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:07,000 and then suddenly I heard footsteps. 405 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,000 And the door creaked so reopen, 406 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:14,000 and suddenly I knew that what had happened had not been a dream, 407 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,000 for Adele stood in the doorway, 408 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,000 not Adele the child who would rescue me, 409 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,000 but Adele with gray hair who hadn't spoken for all those years. 410 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,000 She wore a long dressing gown. 411 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Her long hair screaming about her shoulders, 412 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,000 and there was a vacant, stupid smile on her face. 413 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000 She carried a bucket in her hand, 414 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,000 and the odor of kerosene filled the room. 415 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000 She didn't seem to notice me as she went past me, 416 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,000 and she threw the liquid from the bucket onto the bed. 417 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,000 There! Adele! No, Adele! 418 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,000 She paid no attention to me as she left the room again. 419 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,000 I struggled wildly, but it was no use. 420 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,000 I was tied securely, 421 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,000 and then I saw a still figure on the bed. 422 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:59,000 It was Doug. His face was white. 423 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,000 He was unconscious, 424 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,000 and there was a deep gash at the side of his head. 425 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,000 And then Adele came into the room. 426 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 She had filled her bucket to the brim, 427 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 and she walked towards the bed again. 428 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,000 Adele! 429 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,000 Clara? 430 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,000 Adele, untie me. 431 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,000 Untie you? Why? 432 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Adele, listen to me. 433 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000 This is your son, Clara. 434 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Yes, Adele, untie me. 435 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,000 You were looking for him, 436 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 and he was here all the time. 437 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Please untie me, Adele. 438 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,000 I never knew your son. 439 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,000 For years, I never knew him. 440 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000 How old is he, Clara? 441 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:41,000 He's only ten. He's just a boy. 442 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000 Adele, Adele, you're sick. 443 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Untie me, and you'll go for a doctor. 444 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,000 You want me to be well, Clara? 445 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,000 Oh, yes, untie me. 446 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Are we friends again, Clara? 447 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 Yes, yes, we're friends. 448 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000 I want to help you. 449 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:02,000 Oh, but I can't forget the years, Clara. 450 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,000 I must wash those years away 451 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,000 before we can really be friends again. 452 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,000 Adele, forget those years. 453 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000 Let me help you. Untie me. 454 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Oh, no. 455 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,000 No, we can't forget them, Clara. 456 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,000 We must wash them away. 457 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,000 That's what I was doing. 458 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,000 I was washing away the years. 459 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,000 Your husband's gone, 460 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,000 and your son is all that remains of me. 461 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000 And then we can be sisters again. 462 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 You don't know what you're doing. 463 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000 Untie me, Adele. 464 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,000 But this isn't water that I have in this bucket. 465 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,000 No, no, you see, you're sick, Adele. 466 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:47,000 It's what I put into the lamps to make them burn. 467 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Oh, no. 468 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:53,000 Perhaps I could burn away the years. 469 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,000 Oh, yes, that'd be better. 470 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 Much better. 471 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,000 No, no, Adele. 472 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 Adele, for the love of heaven, untie me. 473 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,000 If I could burn away these years that remain on the bench... 474 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Oh, no, no, Adele. 475 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,000 If I could do that with this candle... 476 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,000 Oh, well, then you and I could really be friends again, 477 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,000 like when Mother was alive. 478 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,000 We could be sisters again. 479 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Always and forever. 480 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000 We're sisters now, Adele. 481 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Oh, no. 482 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Now, you're lying. 483 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,000 We're not sisters. 484 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 Adele, listen to me. 485 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 We're children, 486 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,000 and you've tied me with this cord, you see. 487 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,000 And now you must untie me, like you used to do 488 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,000 when you left me too long and I cried. 489 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 Oh, no. No, you're lying. 490 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:45,000 We're not sisters, and we haven't been for years. 491 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:49,000 And now, now I'm going to punish you for lying, 492 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,000 just as Mother used to punish me when we were children. 493 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 Then she started walking and steadily told me, 494 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 a lighted candle in one hand, 495 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,000 a bucket in the other, 496 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,000 the liquid slapping over her dressing gown as she walked. 497 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Clara, do you remember the time Mother washed out my mouth 498 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,000 with soap when she caught me in a fib? 499 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,000 Well, that's what I'm going to do to you now. 500 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Or perhaps it would be better if I burned it out. 501 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,000 No, no! 502 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,000 No, now, Clara, don't scream. 503 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 He'll waken your precious son, 504 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 and we mustn't waken him now. 505 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,000 Adele, I'm tired. 506 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000 I promise you that I'll take Doug away. 507 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 We'll both go away. 508 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 You'll never have to see us again. 509 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,000 Oh, no, Clara. 510 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,000 And she kept moving towards me, 511 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 holding a lighted candle close to her breast. 512 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,000 You mustn't ever lie to me again, Clara. 513 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 Adele, you're ill. 514 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000 You don't know what you're doing. 515 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,000 Wash away the years. 516 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,000 Burn away the years. 517 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Suddenly I saw a tiny flicker of flame on her breast. 518 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 The frilly dressing gown. 519 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000 She'd held the candle too close. 520 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,000 Her entire dressing gown was a mass of flames. 521 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 It spread swiftly to her hair. 522 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 In a moment she was a blazing torch, 523 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,000 and the odor of burning filled the room. 524 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 I could see a face, surprising, 525 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,000 a contorted pain. 526 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 She turned and looked out the bed as if 527 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000 the bucket flaming in her hands, 528 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 and then she went screaming out the front door. 529 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:34,000 I was so scared I could see a face. 530 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000 Help! 531 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000 Mrs. Foley. 532 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 Mrs. Foley. 533 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Yes? 534 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,000 You mustn't scream like that. 535 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,000 I wasn't screaming. 536 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,000 That was my sister, Adele. 537 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,000 Yes, I know. 538 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,000 You knew my sister was burned to death, 539 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,000 didn't you, Mrs. Willis? 540 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,000 She was very beautiful. 541 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000 Yes, I know. 542 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,000 Try and rest. 543 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,000 Is there anything I can get for you before I go to bed? 544 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,000 No, thank you. 545 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,000 Well, go to sleep then. 546 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,000 I will. Good night. 547 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,000 That's right. Go to sleep. 548 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,000 Oh! 549 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 Was that my sister, Mrs. Willis? 550 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 No, no, Mrs. Foley. 551 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,000 It was one of the others. 552 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,000 They scream because they remember things. 553 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000 Yes, yes, I suppose they do. 554 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,000 Good night. 555 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,000 Good night. 556 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,000 I remember things, too. 557 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,000 I remember. 558 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,000 I remember. 559 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,000 Promise me you'll never leave me, Cruella, 560 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,000 and that whatever I do, you'll do. 561 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,000 I promise. 562 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000 Always and forever. 563 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,000 Always and forever. 564 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,000 I promise. 565 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 And so closes Tale of Two Sisters, 566 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,000 starring Claire Trevor and Nancy Kelly. 567 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,000 Tonight's study in Suspense. 568 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,000 Suspense is produced, edited, and directed 569 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,000 by William Spear. 570 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,000 The other day, Elsa Maxwell told us about a friend 571 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,000 who had lived many years in wine-loving countries 572 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,000 around the world. 573 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,000 I gave him some of our delicious Roma California 574 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,000 Burgundy at dinner, and he confessed to me 575 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,000 that he thought it every bit as enjoyable 576 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,000 as any he had ever had. 577 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,000 So I say, you people who do not regularly serve 578 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,000 Roma wine are missing one of the most delightful 579 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,000 treats daily living can offer. 580 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,000 It's so good, so smart, and yet so very simple. 581 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,000 Take Miss Maxwell's advice. 582 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000 Enjoy Roma wine regularly. 583 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:51,000 It's always good, unvaryingly fine in flavor 584 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:55,000 and quality, and only pennies a glass. 585 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma 586 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,000 than any other wines. 587 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:07,000 Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 588 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,000 Ladies and gentlemen, next Thursday, 589 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,000 same time, you will hear Mr. Lee Bowman 590 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:16,000 as star of Suspense. 591 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:22,000 Presented by Roma wines, R-O-M-A, 592 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:26,000 made in California for enjoyment 593 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,000 throughout the world. 594 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:37,000 We join with Americans everywhere to salute 595 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,000 the Boy Scouts of the world on the occasion 596 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,000 of the 35th anniversary celebration of a great 597 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:50,000 movement pledged to the ideals of brotherhood. 598 00:28:50,000 --> 00:29:07,000 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.