WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.000 Now, Roma Wines present... 00:12.000 --> 00:15.000 Suspense! 00:19.000 --> 00:25.000 Tonight, Tale of Two Sisters, starring Claire Trevor and Nancy Kelly. 00:25.000 --> 00:28.000 Suspense! 00:28.000 --> 00:32.000 Suspense is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 00:32.000 --> 00:35.000 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 00:35.000 --> 00:40.000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 00:40.000 --> 00:42.000 To your happiness and entertaining guests. 00:42.000 --> 00:45.000 To your enjoyment of everyday meals. 00:45.000 --> 00:51.000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you... 00:51.000 --> 00:54.000 Suspense! 00:54.000 --> 00:59.000 This is the Man in Black, here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 00:59.000 --> 01:05.000 Who tonight from Hollywood bring you as co-stars, Miss Nancy Kelly and Miss Claire Trevor. 01:05.000 --> 01:08.000 Both are currently being seen in RKO productions. 01:08.000 --> 01:10.000 Miss Trevor in Murder, My Sweet. 01:10.000 --> 01:13.000 And Miss Kelly in Betrayal from the East. 01:13.000 --> 01:18.000 There is a phrase of Walt Whitman's, the sisters death and night. 01:18.000 --> 01:23.000 Incessantly, softly wash again and never again this soiled world. 01:23.000 --> 01:26.000 And so with the tale of these two sisters. 01:26.000 --> 01:28.000 And with the performance of Claire Trevor as Clara. 01:28.000 --> 01:30.000 And of Nancy Kelly as Adele. 01:30.000 --> 01:32.000 We again hope to keep you in... 01:32.000 --> 01:35.000 Suspense! 01:41.000 --> 01:43.000 Everyone is so good to me. 01:43.000 --> 01:48.000 I like being here, but some of the others don't, I guess. 01:48.000 --> 01:50.000 Do you hear? 01:50.000 --> 01:53.000 They scream sometimes like that in the night. 01:53.000 --> 01:56.000 Maybe they scream because they remember things. 01:56.000 --> 01:59.000 But I remember things too. 01:59.000 --> 02:02.000 Especially when people come out from town to see me. 02:02.000 --> 02:04.000 To bring me things. 02:04.000 --> 02:06.000 But there's nothing that I want. 02:06.000 --> 02:09.000 They can't bring back my sister. 02:09.000 --> 02:12.000 My beautiful sister Adele. 02:12.000 --> 02:15.000 Today was Thursday and they came. 02:15.000 --> 02:17.000 And now they've gone. 02:17.000 --> 02:21.000 And when they came, they brought back memories of Adele. 02:21.000 --> 02:23.000 When we were children. 02:23.000 --> 02:26.000 The night that mother died. 02:26.000 --> 02:29.000 The night we made the promise. 02:30.000 --> 02:32.000 Don't cry anymore, Adele. 02:32.000 --> 02:34.000 I'm afraid, Clara. 02:34.000 --> 02:35.000 We're alone. 02:35.000 --> 02:37.000 We're not alone. 02:37.000 --> 02:39.000 But if something happened to you... 02:39.000 --> 02:41.000 Nothing's going to happen to me. 02:41.000 --> 02:43.000 I'm going to take care of you. 02:43.000 --> 02:45.000 But that's what mother said. 02:45.000 --> 02:47.000 And now she's left us too. 02:47.000 --> 02:51.000 But Adele, mother didn't know that she... 02:51.000 --> 02:54.000 She wouldn't have left us if she could have helped us. 02:54.000 --> 02:57.000 Promise me you won't die, Clara. 02:57.000 --> 02:59.000 And that whatever I do, you'll do. 02:59.000 --> 03:01.000 And that you'll never leave me. 03:01.000 --> 03:03.000 I promise. 03:03.000 --> 03:05.000 And we'll be together. 03:05.000 --> 03:07.000 Always and forever. 03:07.000 --> 03:09.000 Always and forever. 03:09.000 --> 03:15.000 I promise. 03:18.000 --> 03:21.000 And for years I kept that promise. 03:21.000 --> 03:24.000 Adele and I were as close as anyone could be. 03:24.000 --> 03:28.000 We had few friends and I didn't mind as long as she was happy. 03:28.000 --> 03:33.000 But sometimes I was frightened at the way she clung to me after we were grown. 03:33.000 --> 03:37.000 I was afraid of what would become of her in case anything ever happened to me. 03:37.000 --> 03:40.000 And then something did happen. 03:40.000 --> 03:42.000 I met Douglas Foley. 03:42.000 --> 03:46.000 Adele liked him until she realized that I'd fallen in love with him. 03:46.000 --> 03:50.000 Then she hated him in a childish, vicious way. 03:50.000 --> 03:53.000 He tried to win her over but it was no good. 03:53.000 --> 03:56.000 And then he asked me to marry him. 03:56.000 --> 03:59.000 And I said yes. 03:59.000 --> 04:04.000 That night after he'd gone, Adele was waiting for me in my room. 04:04.000 --> 04:07.000 Adele! Clara! 04:07.000 --> 04:09.000 Douglas told me. 04:09.000 --> 04:12.000 Adele, you're so white darling. You're ill. 04:12.000 --> 04:14.000 But you promised me. 04:14.000 --> 04:16.000 But Adele, I'm not leaving you. 04:16.000 --> 04:19.000 You're going to live with us. No, no it won't be the same. 04:19.000 --> 04:22.000 You promised always and forever. 04:22.000 --> 04:24.000 But we were children, Adele. 04:24.000 --> 04:26.000 You promised! You promised! 04:26.000 --> 04:28.000 We'd be together always and forever. 04:28.000 --> 04:30.000 I... 04:30.000 --> 04:32.000 Adele, you see... 04:32.000 --> 04:34.000 I'm not going to marry him. 04:34.000 --> 04:37.000 I'll never speak to you again. 04:40.000 --> 04:42.000 But we were married. 04:42.000 --> 04:45.000 And we believed that Adele would forgive us in time. 04:45.000 --> 04:47.000 But she didn't. 04:47.000 --> 04:49.000 She refused to see us. 04:49.000 --> 04:52.000 Then when we learned that my husband's new job was to take us to Europe, 04:52.000 --> 04:54.000 our first thought was of Adele. 04:54.000 --> 04:57.000 If she would only go with us. 04:57.000 --> 05:00.000 But when we drove to her house, she refused to come to the door. 05:00.000 --> 05:03.000 She was forced to sail without us. 05:03.000 --> 05:07.000 My son Doug was born in Europe. 05:07.000 --> 05:10.000 And I wrote Adele a long letter telling her about him. 05:10.000 --> 05:13.000 But the letter was returned, unopened. 05:13.000 --> 05:16.000 When Doug was just 10, we returned to America. 05:16.000 --> 05:19.000 I went directly from the station to Adele's home. 05:19.000 --> 05:22.000 She was working in the garden when we drove up. 05:22.000 --> 05:24.000 I was shocked at her appearance. 05:24.000 --> 05:27.000 Her hair had turned almost white. 05:27.000 --> 05:29.000 And there was a strange look about her. 05:29.000 --> 05:32.000 I sent Doug to the gate to introduce himself. 05:32.000 --> 05:35.000 She looked at him in a puzzled manner. 05:35.000 --> 05:40.000 Then she saw us sitting in the car and she turned and walked into the house. 05:43.000 --> 05:48.000 The next thing I remember was that day, one month after my return home, 05:48.000 --> 05:51.000 when I was put on trial for murder. 05:51.000 --> 05:54.000 For my husband's murder. 05:54.000 --> 05:59.000 Mrs. Foley, will you tell us again what happened the night of your husband's murder? 05:59.000 --> 06:02.000 My husband was working in the garden all day. 06:02.000 --> 06:04.000 When it began to grow dark... 06:04.000 --> 06:06.000 Will you please speak up? 06:06.000 --> 06:09.000 Well, my husband had been working in the garden. 06:09.000 --> 06:14.000 And when I called him in, he insisted that he had something to finish. 06:14.000 --> 06:17.000 I called him several times after that. 06:17.000 --> 06:20.000 But then I became irritated and I gave up. 06:20.000 --> 06:24.000 I had my dinner alone and I went up to my bedroom. 06:24.000 --> 06:27.000 Then you admit that you quarrelled with him the night of the murder. 06:27.000 --> 06:29.000 No, we didn't quarrel. 06:29.000 --> 06:31.000 I was irritated. 06:31.000 --> 06:34.000 I said nothing to my husband. 06:34.000 --> 06:41.000 Your husband's death was caused by a deep, narrow wound in the vicinity of the heart. 06:41.000 --> 06:47.000 It is the opinion of this court that the instrument used might have been an accident. 06:47.000 --> 06:53.000 Mrs. Foley, do you have any other ideas as to what might have inflicted this wound? 06:53.000 --> 06:55.000 No. 06:55.000 --> 07:00.000 Had your husband any enemies, Mrs. Foley? 07:00.000 --> 07:03.000 No. 07:07.000 --> 07:12.000 And so I was acquitted that day because of insufficient evidence. 07:12.000 --> 07:17.000 I thought Adele would come to me during those awful days, but she didn't. 07:17.000 --> 07:24.000 I saw her in the courtroom, but she never looked my way. 07:24.000 --> 07:29.000 I believe it was about two months after the trial that my son Doug and his friend Roy 07:29.000 --> 07:32.000 went on an all-day hiking trip to the beach. 07:32.000 --> 07:34.000 They were light skating back. 07:34.000 --> 07:37.000 It was almost dark when I saw Roy coming up the street. 07:37.000 --> 07:42.000 He was alone. He was running. 07:42.000 --> 07:45.000 Mrs. Foley! Mrs. Foley! 07:45.000 --> 07:47.000 Roy, where's Doug? 07:47.000 --> 07:49.000 He's down at the beach with her. 07:49.000 --> 07:50.000 With who? 07:50.000 --> 07:51.000 Your sister. 07:51.000 --> 07:52.000 My sister? 07:52.000 --> 07:55.000 For heaven's sakes, Roy, will you tell me what this is all about? 07:55.000 --> 07:58.000 Well, you see, Mrs. Foley, Doug and I... 07:58.000 --> 08:02.000 It seemed that Roy and Doug had forgotten to take along their drinking water, 08:02.000 --> 08:05.000 and they hadn't missed it until they'd come to a very deserted place 08:05.000 --> 08:07.000 of the beach. 08:07.000 --> 08:11.000 Come on, Doug. Maybe we can get water at that little house over there. 08:11.000 --> 08:13.000 Funny place for a house, isn't it? 08:13.000 --> 08:15.000 Oh, yeah. Come on. 08:15.000 --> 08:16.000 Looks like nobody lives there. 08:16.000 --> 08:19.000 All the better. We can just drink out of that faucet in the yard. 08:19.000 --> 08:22.000 We won't have to ask nobody. Come on. 08:22.000 --> 08:24.000 Sure run down, isn't it? 08:24.000 --> 08:26.000 Maybe the faucet isn't working. 08:26.000 --> 08:28.000 The garden's all dead. 08:28.000 --> 08:31.000 Oh, sure it's working. See? 08:31.000 --> 08:35.000 Hmm. Someone's just plain lazy. 08:35.000 --> 08:37.000 Well, maybe no one lives here. 08:37.000 --> 08:39.000 Oh, sure they do. There's a mailbox. 08:39.000 --> 08:41.000 Maybe there's a name on it. 08:43.000 --> 08:45.000 Look. Miss Adele Norris. 08:45.000 --> 08:47.000 That's my mom's sister. 08:47.000 --> 08:50.000 Yeah? Oh, let's drop in and see her. 08:50.000 --> 08:52.000 Well, she wouldn't even know who I was. 08:52.000 --> 08:54.000 Oh, you could tell her, couldn't you? 08:54.000 --> 08:56.000 Say, maybe she'd give us some cake or something. 08:56.000 --> 08:59.000 No, she's mad at me and Mom. 08:59.000 --> 09:01.000 Come on, let's get out of here. 09:01.000 --> 09:04.000 Say, Doug, look at all the dead leaves on the porch. 09:04.000 --> 09:05.000 Let's have a look around. 09:05.000 --> 09:07.000 No, she might come out. 09:07.000 --> 09:09.000 Aw, she can't hurt you, can she? 09:09.000 --> 09:11.000 Let's peek in the window. 09:11.000 --> 09:13.000 No. Roy! 09:13.000 --> 09:15.000 Look, Doug. 09:15.000 --> 09:18.000 The place is all upset. It's all dirty and everything. 09:18.000 --> 09:20.000 Let's look in the rest of the windows. 09:20.000 --> 09:22.000 There's no one around. 09:24.000 --> 09:26.000 Oh, here's the kitchen. 09:26.000 --> 09:28.000 Look at all the dirty dishes piled up. 09:28.000 --> 09:30.000 Say, maybe my aunt is sick. 09:30.000 --> 09:34.000 Hey, look. Somebody's coming to the window. 09:34.000 --> 09:36.000 Oh, my gosh. 09:38.000 --> 09:40.000 What do you want? 09:40.000 --> 09:42.000 We wanted to see if you were all right. 09:42.000 --> 09:43.000 Go away. 09:43.000 --> 09:45.000 Don't you recognize me? 09:45.000 --> 09:46.000 No. 09:46.000 --> 09:47.000 Are you sick? 09:47.000 --> 09:48.000 No. 09:48.000 --> 09:50.000 I'm your nephew, Douglas Foley. 09:50.000 --> 09:52.000 Go away, whoever you are. 09:52.000 --> 09:54.000 I'd like to help you. 09:54.000 --> 09:55.000 Go away, I said. 09:55.000 --> 09:58.000 Mother wouldn't want me to leave you here like this. 09:58.000 --> 10:00.000 Who's your mother? 10:00.000 --> 10:02.000 I told you. Don't you remember? 10:02.000 --> 10:03.000 She's your sister. 10:03.000 --> 10:05.000 I have no sister. 10:05.000 --> 10:09.000 My sister died when I was 18. 10:09.000 --> 10:11.000 Roy, you go home and get Mother. 10:11.000 --> 10:13.000 My aunt is sick. I'll climb through this window 10:13.000 --> 10:15.000 and see if there's anything I can do. 10:15.000 --> 10:17.000 You stay out of this house. 10:17.000 --> 10:19.000 Let's both go. She doesn't want you here. 10:19.000 --> 10:21.000 She's sick. You go for my mother. 10:21.000 --> 10:23.000 If you come into this house, you'll be sorry. 10:23.000 --> 10:25.000 If you dare to... 10:27.000 --> 10:30.000 You say your name is Douglas Foley? 10:30.000 --> 10:32.000 Yeah, that's right. You see, I'm... 10:32.000 --> 10:35.000 Douglas Foley is dead. 10:35.000 --> 10:37.000 Forever and ever. 10:37.000 --> 10:40.000 No, don't you see? The one who died was my father. 10:40.000 --> 10:44.000 Douglas Foley came between two sisters. 10:44.000 --> 10:46.000 And then he died. 10:46.000 --> 10:48.000 Yeah, but I'm trying to tell you, my mother and yours... 10:48.000 --> 10:51.000 Of course you see, isn't he dead? 10:51.000 --> 10:54.000 Then I guess he'll have to die again. 10:54.000 --> 10:56.000 Yes. 10:56.000 --> 10:58.000 That's it. Yes. 10:58.000 --> 11:01.000 He'll have to die again. He'll have to die again. 11:01.000 --> 11:04.000 Look, you're sick. You need help. 11:04.000 --> 11:05.000 I'm sick? 11:05.000 --> 11:08.000 Yeah. Don't you want me to come in? 11:08.000 --> 11:10.000 Yes. 11:10.000 --> 11:22.000 Oh, yes. Come in, Douglas Foley. 11:22.000 --> 11:27.000 Tonight for Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Nancy Kelly and Claire Trevor... 11:27.000 --> 11:31.000 In Mel Deneli's radio play, Tale of Two Sisters. 11:31.000 --> 11:42.000 Tonight's study in Suspense. 11:42.000 --> 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. 11:51.000 --> 11:53.000 And we quote... 11:53.000 --> 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. 12:02.000 --> 12:08.000 And one which any family can regularly enjoy since the cost of delicious Roma Burgundy is very little. 12:08.000 --> 12:11.000 Just serve your Roma Burgundy well cooled. 12:11.000 --> 12:15.000 Enjoy it with any food and don't worry about special glasses. 12:15.000 --> 12:18.000 Any glasses available are perfectly correct. 12:18.000 --> 12:23.000 The goodness of the wine, the added enjoyment of your food, these are the things that count. 12:23.000 --> 12:27.000 Miss Maxwell expresses perfectly what we of Roma believe. 12:27.000 --> 12:37.000 In Roma California Burgundy, in all Roma wines, you enjoy the glorious color, aroma and flavor of superb, sun-ripe grapes. 12:37.000 --> 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. 12:49.000 --> 12:53.000 And so Roma quality is preferred everywhere. 12:53.000 --> 13:00.000 And you are able to enjoy these fine Roma wines at modest prices, only pennies a glass full. 13:00.000 --> 13:06.000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wines. 13:06.000 --> 13:10.000 R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 13:10.000 --> 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, 13:22.000 --> 13:29.000 a narrative well calculated to keep you in suspense. 13:29.000 --> 13:33.000 You see how clearly I remember things? 13:33.000 --> 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. 13:41.000 --> 13:44.000 And I even remember what Roy said at the end. 13:44.000 --> 13:48.000 So I came back to tell you Mrs. Foley, on account of Doug made me. 13:48.000 --> 13:51.000 But now I wish I hadn't left him there with her. 13:51.000 --> 13:57.000 I know she's your sister and all, but I saw her face when she came to the window. 13:57.000 --> 14:00.000 She looked awful Mrs. Foley. 14:00.000 --> 14:06.000 She looked awful crazy. 14:06.000 --> 14:10.000 I followed Roy's direction and I went by foot north along the ocean. 14:10.000 --> 14:13.000 I must have walked a good mile before I came to the house. 14:13.000 --> 14:15.000 I ran quickly up the pathway. 14:15.000 --> 14:18.000 The front door was standing open. 14:18.000 --> 14:22.000 There was a lamp burning on the table. 14:22.000 --> 14:27.000 Adele! 14:27.000 --> 14:28.000 She lay on the bed. 14:28.000 --> 14:33.000 I couldn't see her very clearly by the candlelight, but I could see that she was fully dressed. 14:33.000 --> 14:37.000 Her hair was undone and it spilled down over the pillow. 14:37.000 --> 14:41.000 For a moment I thought she was dead. 14:41.000 --> 14:42.000 What are you on? 14:42.000 --> 14:43.000 Adele. 14:43.000 --> 14:44.000 What are you on? 14:44.000 --> 14:46.000 It's me, Clara. 14:46.000 --> 14:48.000 Where's Douglas? 14:48.000 --> 14:49.000 He's dead? 14:49.000 --> 14:50.000 Adele. 14:50.000 --> 14:53.000 Your husband is dead I tell you. 14:53.000 --> 14:55.000 I don't mean my husband. 14:55.000 --> 14:56.000 I mean my son. 14:56.000 --> 14:57.000 Where is he? 14:57.000 --> 14:59.000 Oh, he was murdered by a long shark. 14:59.000 --> 15:00.000 Be still. 15:00.000 --> 15:02.000 You don't know what you're saying. 15:02.000 --> 15:04.000 Where is my son? 15:04.000 --> 15:06.000 I haven't seen him. 15:06.000 --> 15:07.000 You have. 15:07.000 --> 15:08.000 He was here. 15:08.000 --> 15:09.000 I know that. 15:09.000 --> 15:10.000 I haven't seen him. 15:10.000 --> 15:12.000 Yes, you have. 15:12.000 --> 15:13.000 Try, try and remember. 15:13.000 --> 15:14.000 Where is he? 15:14.000 --> 15:16.000 I don't know. 15:16.000 --> 15:18.000 Yes, yes you do know. 15:18.000 --> 15:20.000 What have you done to him? 15:20.000 --> 15:22.000 Was he your son? 15:22.000 --> 15:23.000 Yes, Adele. 15:23.000 --> 15:25.000 Please. 15:25.000 --> 15:26.000 I hated him. 15:26.000 --> 15:29.000 I know, but where is he, Adele? 15:29.000 --> 15:30.000 He went away. 15:30.000 --> 15:31.000 Where? 15:31.000 --> 15:32.000 Where did he go? 15:32.000 --> 15:36.000 He went to the village for a doctor. 15:36.000 --> 15:38.000 Are you telling me the truth? 15:38.000 --> 15:39.000 Yes. 15:39.000 --> 15:41.000 How long ago did he leave? 15:41.000 --> 15:44.000 I don't remember. 15:44.000 --> 15:47.000 Will you stop questioning me? 15:47.000 --> 15:48.000 Can't you see that I'm sick? 15:48.000 --> 15:51.000 I tell you he went for a doctor. 15:51.000 --> 15:54.000 Oh, what have you done here, Clara? 15:54.000 --> 15:57.000 After ten years. 15:57.000 --> 15:59.000 I've come to help you. 15:59.000 --> 16:01.000 I don't need your help. 16:01.000 --> 16:06.000 Adele, did Doug really go for the doctor? 16:06.000 --> 16:07.000 You think I'm lying? 16:07.000 --> 16:10.000 I don't know, but if he isn't back soon, I... 16:10.000 --> 16:12.000 I'm going for the police. 16:12.000 --> 16:14.000 The police. 16:14.000 --> 16:19.000 Fat fool. 16:19.000 --> 16:22.000 I'm so sick, Clara. 16:22.000 --> 16:24.000 I'm going to take your things off. 16:24.000 --> 16:26.000 You'll be more comfortable. 16:26.000 --> 16:28.000 No, don't touch me. 16:28.000 --> 16:29.000 Adele, you're sick. 16:29.000 --> 16:30.000 Let me take your things off. 16:30.000 --> 16:34.000 No, no, can't you leave me alone? 16:34.000 --> 16:35.000 Leave me alone. 16:35.000 --> 16:40.000 How do you know what's good for me after all these years? 16:40.000 --> 16:43.000 I'm in pain, Clara. 16:43.000 --> 16:46.000 I have a heavy pain near my heart. 16:46.000 --> 16:49.000 When I'm tightly laced, I can almost bear it. 16:49.000 --> 16:51.000 All right, all right. 16:51.000 --> 16:54.000 We'll leave it till the doctor comes. 16:54.000 --> 16:57.000 Will the doctor help me, Clara? 16:57.000 --> 17:00.000 Yes, of course he will. 17:00.000 --> 17:04.000 Douglas Foley came between two sisters. 17:04.000 --> 17:07.000 Shh, Adele. 17:07.000 --> 17:10.000 He worked in the garden. 17:10.000 --> 17:13.000 He was bending down low. 17:13.000 --> 17:15.000 I'm so tired, Clara. 17:15.000 --> 17:17.000 Yes, try and rest, Adele. 17:17.000 --> 17:18.000 Close your eyes. 17:18.000 --> 17:19.000 Oh, but he was working in the garden, 17:19.000 --> 17:21.000 and I was on my way home from the sewing club. 17:21.000 --> 17:23.000 I saw him there, Clara. 17:23.000 --> 17:25.000 He looked the same after 10 years 17:25.000 --> 17:30.000 because he had your strength to draw from. 17:30.000 --> 17:31.000 But I was alone. 17:31.000 --> 17:35.000 I had grown old, and he had stayed young. 17:35.000 --> 17:37.000 And then she seemed to doze off. 17:37.000 --> 17:40.000 Her breathing was so labored, and I thought, 17:40.000 --> 17:43.000 perhaps she'll rest more easily if I undress her. 17:43.000 --> 17:45.000 And I went over to the bed. 17:45.000 --> 17:47.000 She was wearing a corset. 17:47.000 --> 17:49.000 I reached over and began to unhook it. 17:49.000 --> 17:52.000 She started mumbling something in her sleep. 17:52.000 --> 17:55.000 You broke your promise. 17:55.000 --> 17:59.000 Always and forever, you said. 17:59.000 --> 18:01.000 But she didn't wake up, 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 and I finally managed to take her corset off. 18:03.000 --> 18:05.000 But as I went to place it on a chair, 18:05.000 --> 18:08.000 I noticed something protruding from the material. 18:08.000 --> 18:10.000 At first I thought it was a broken stay, 18:10.000 --> 18:14.000 but it was round, and one end was sharp. 18:14.000 --> 18:16.000 I looked closer. 18:16.000 --> 18:21.000 It was a steel knitting needle, a long steel one, 18:21.000 --> 18:23.000 and there was rust on it. 18:23.000 --> 18:27.000 Or was that brown stain rust? 18:27.000 --> 18:30.000 Adele had concealed the knitting needle, 18:30.000 --> 18:33.000 and there was proof of what I guess I'd known all along. 18:33.000 --> 18:37.000 Adele had murdered my husband. 18:37.000 --> 18:39.000 With a shudder, I dropped to the floor, 18:39.000 --> 18:41.000 and then something caught my eye. 18:41.000 --> 18:44.000 There was a hand sticking out from beneath the bed. 18:44.000 --> 18:46.000 It was white and steel. 18:46.000 --> 18:48.000 It was a child's hand. 18:48.000 --> 18:50.000 I fell swiftly to my knees. 18:50.000 --> 18:53.000 Dad! Dad! 18:53.000 --> 18:55.000 And just as I reached out for him, 18:55.000 --> 18:57.000 I felt a sharp blow on the back of my head, 18:57.000 --> 19:00.000 and I fell to the floor and cut. 19:00.000 --> 19:03.000 I dreamed. 19:03.000 --> 19:07.000 I dreamed that Adele and I were children again, 19:07.000 --> 19:09.000 that she was laughing, 19:09.000 --> 19:11.000 and we were playing an old game of ours 19:11.000 --> 19:14.000 where we tied each other up with our bathrobe cords, 19:14.000 --> 19:18.000 and then we waited for a knight in armor to rescue us. 19:18.000 --> 19:21.000 It was the only way to save us. 19:21.000 --> 19:23.000 I was so afraid. 19:23.000 --> 19:25.000 I was so afraid. 19:25.000 --> 19:27.000 I was so afraid. 19:27.000 --> 19:30.000 I was so afraid. 19:30.000 --> 19:33.000 It was the odor of kerosene that brought me to... 19:33.000 --> 19:35.000 The room was filled with it. 19:35.000 --> 19:38.000 My head was pounding, and I couldn't seem to focus my eyes. 19:38.000 --> 19:40.000 I tried to raise myself to my feet, 19:40.000 --> 19:43.000 but I couldn't seem to move my arms and legs. 19:43.000 --> 19:45.000 Suddenly, I realized why. 19:45.000 --> 19:48.000 I was tied with a bathrobe cord. 19:48.000 --> 19:50.000 I was a child again. 19:50.000 --> 19:54.000 Adele and I were playing our games again. 19:54.000 --> 19:56.000 My husband, everything that had happened 19:56.000 --> 19:59.000 to me had been nothing but a bad dream. 19:59.000 --> 20:03.000 A feeling of relief swept over me, 20:03.000 --> 20:07.000 and then suddenly I heard footsteps. 20:07.000 --> 20:10.000 And the door creaked so reopen, 20:10.000 --> 20:14.000 and suddenly I knew that what had happened had not been a dream, 20:14.000 --> 20:16.000 for Adele stood in the doorway, 20:16.000 --> 20:19.000 not Adele the child who would rescue me, 20:19.000 --> 20:23.000 but Adele with gray hair who hadn't spoken for all those years. 20:23.000 --> 20:25.000 She wore a long dressing gown. 20:25.000 --> 20:27.000 Her long hair screaming about her shoulders, 20:27.000 --> 20:30.000 and there was a vacant, stupid smile on her face. 20:30.000 --> 20:32.000 She carried a bucket in her hand, 20:32.000 --> 20:35.000 and the odor of kerosene filled the room. 20:35.000 --> 20:37.000 She didn't seem to notice me as she went past me, 20:37.000 --> 20:40.000 and she threw the liquid from the bucket onto the bed. 20:40.000 --> 20:44.000 There! Adele! No, Adele! 20:44.000 --> 20:47.000 She paid no attention to me as she left the room again. 20:47.000 --> 20:50.000 I struggled wildly, but it was no use. 20:50.000 --> 20:52.000 I was tied securely, 20:52.000 --> 20:55.000 and then I saw a still figure on the bed. 20:55.000 --> 20:59.000 It was Doug. His face was white. 20:59.000 --> 21:01.000 He was unconscious, 21:01.000 --> 21:04.000 and there was a deep gash at the side of his head. 21:04.000 --> 21:07.000 And then Adele came into the room. 21:07.000 --> 21:09.000 She had filled her bucket to the brim, 21:09.000 --> 21:11.000 and she walked towards the bed again. 21:11.000 --> 21:12.000 Adele! 21:12.000 --> 21:13.000 Clara? 21:13.000 --> 21:15.000 Adele, untie me. 21:15.000 --> 21:17.000 Untie you? Why? 21:17.000 --> 21:19.000 Adele, listen to me. 21:19.000 --> 21:21.000 This is your son, Clara. 21:21.000 --> 21:23.000 Yes, Adele, untie me. 21:23.000 --> 21:26.000 You were looking for him, 21:26.000 --> 21:28.000 and he was here all the time. 21:28.000 --> 21:30.000 Please untie me, Adele. 21:30.000 --> 21:33.000 I never knew your son. 21:33.000 --> 21:35.000 For years, I never knew him. 21:35.000 --> 21:37.000 How old is he, Clara? 21:37.000 --> 21:41.000 He's only ten. He's just a boy. 21:41.000 --> 21:43.000 Adele, Adele, you're sick. 21:43.000 --> 21:46.000 Untie me, and you'll go for a doctor. 21:46.000 --> 21:49.000 You want me to be well, Clara? 21:49.000 --> 21:51.000 Oh, yes, untie me. 21:51.000 --> 21:53.000 Are we friends again, Clara? 21:53.000 --> 21:55.000 Yes, yes, we're friends. 21:55.000 --> 21:57.000 I want to help you. 21:57.000 --> 22:02.000 Oh, but I can't forget the years, Clara. 22:02.000 --> 22:05.000 I must wash those years away 22:05.000 --> 22:07.000 before we can really be friends again. 22:07.000 --> 22:10.000 Adele, forget those years. 22:10.000 --> 22:12.000 Let me help you. Untie me. 22:12.000 --> 22:14.000 Oh, no. 22:14.000 --> 22:17.000 No, we can't forget them, Clara. 22:17.000 --> 22:19.000 We must wash them away. 22:19.000 --> 22:22.000 That's what I was doing. 22:22.000 --> 22:25.000 I was washing away the years. 22:25.000 --> 22:28.000 Your husband's gone, 22:28.000 --> 22:31.000 and your son is all that remains of me. 22:31.000 --> 22:33.000 And then we can be sisters again. 22:33.000 --> 22:35.000 You don't know what you're doing. 22:35.000 --> 22:37.000 Untie me, Adele. 22:37.000 --> 22:40.000 But this isn't water that I have in this bucket. 22:40.000 --> 22:43.000 No, no, you see, you're sick, Adele. 22:43.000 --> 22:47.000 It's what I put into the lamps to make them burn. 22:47.000 --> 22:49.000 Oh, no. 22:49.000 --> 22:53.000 Perhaps I could burn away the years. 22:53.000 --> 22:56.000 Oh, yes, that'd be better. 22:56.000 --> 22:58.000 Much better. 22:58.000 --> 22:59.000 No, no, Adele. 22:59.000 --> 23:01.000 Adele, for the love of heaven, untie me. 23:01.000 --> 23:05.000 If I could burn away these years that remain on the bench... 23:05.000 --> 23:08.000 Oh, no, no, Adele. 23:08.000 --> 23:11.000 If I could do that with this candle... 23:11.000 --> 23:14.000 Oh, well, then you and I could really be friends again, 23:14.000 --> 23:16.000 like when Mother was alive. 23:16.000 --> 23:19.000 We could be sisters again. 23:19.000 --> 23:21.000 Always and forever. 23:21.000 --> 23:23.000 We're sisters now, Adele. 23:23.000 --> 23:24.000 Oh, no. 23:24.000 --> 23:25.000 Now, you're lying. 23:25.000 --> 23:26.000 We're not sisters. 23:26.000 --> 23:28.000 Adele, listen to me. 23:28.000 --> 23:30.000 We're children, 23:30.000 --> 23:33.000 and you've tied me with this cord, you see. 23:33.000 --> 23:36.000 And now you must untie me, like you used to do 23:36.000 --> 23:39.000 when you left me too long and I cried. 23:39.000 --> 23:41.000 Oh, no. No, you're lying. 23:41.000 --> 23:45.000 We're not sisters, and we haven't been for years. 23:45.000 --> 23:49.000 And now, now I'm going to punish you for lying, 23:49.000 --> 23:52.000 just as Mother used to punish me when we were children. 23:52.000 --> 23:54.000 Then she started walking and steadily told me, 23:54.000 --> 23:56.000 a lighted candle in one hand, 23:56.000 --> 23:57.000 a bucket in the other, 23:57.000 --> 24:00.000 the liquid slapping over her dressing gown as she walked. 24:00.000 --> 24:04.000 Clara, do you remember the time Mother washed out my mouth 24:04.000 --> 24:07.000 with soap when she caught me in a fib? 24:07.000 --> 24:10.000 Well, that's what I'm going to do to you now. 24:10.000 --> 24:15.000 Or perhaps it would be better if I burned it out. 24:15.000 --> 24:16.000 No, no! 24:16.000 --> 24:20.000 No, now, Clara, don't scream. 24:20.000 --> 24:22.000 He'll waken your precious son, 24:22.000 --> 24:24.000 and we mustn't waken him now. 24:24.000 --> 24:27.000 Adele, I'm tired. 24:27.000 --> 24:29.000 I promise you that I'll take Doug away. 24:29.000 --> 24:31.000 We'll both go away. 24:31.000 --> 24:33.000 You'll never have to see us again. 24:33.000 --> 24:36.000 Oh, no, Clara. 24:36.000 --> 24:38.000 And she kept moving towards me, 24:38.000 --> 24:40.000 holding a lighted candle close to her breast. 24:40.000 --> 24:43.000 You mustn't ever lie to me again, Clara. 24:43.000 --> 24:45.000 Adele, you're ill. 24:45.000 --> 24:47.000 You don't know what you're doing. 24:47.000 --> 24:49.000 Wash away the years. 24:49.000 --> 24:51.000 Burn away the years. 24:51.000 --> 24:54.000 Suddenly I saw a tiny flicker of flame on her breast. 24:58.000 --> 25:00.000 The frilly dressing gown. 25:00.000 --> 25:02.000 She'd held the candle too close. 25:02.000 --> 25:04.000 Her entire dressing gown was a mass of flames. 25:04.000 --> 25:06.000 It spread swiftly to her hair. 25:06.000 --> 25:08.000 In a moment she was a blazing torch, 25:08.000 --> 25:11.000 and the odor of burning filled the room. 25:11.000 --> 25:13.000 I could see a face, surprising, 25:13.000 --> 25:15.000 a contorted pain. 25:15.000 --> 25:17.000 She turned and looked out the bed as if 25:17.000 --> 25:19.000 the bucket flaming in her hands, 25:19.000 --> 25:21.000 and then she went screaming out the front door. 25:21.000 --> 25:34.000 I was so scared I could see a face. 25:34.000 --> 25:36.000 Help! 25:36.000 --> 25:38.000 Mrs. Foley. 25:38.000 --> 25:40.000 Mrs. Foley. 25:40.000 --> 25:41.000 Yes? 25:41.000 --> 25:43.000 You mustn't scream like that. 25:43.000 --> 25:45.000 I wasn't screaming. 25:45.000 --> 25:47.000 That was my sister, Adele. 25:47.000 --> 25:49.000 Yes, I know. 25:49.000 --> 25:51.000 You knew my sister was burned to death, 25:51.000 --> 25:53.000 didn't you, Mrs. Willis? 25:53.000 --> 25:55.000 She was very beautiful. 25:55.000 --> 25:57.000 Yes, I know. 25:57.000 --> 25:59.000 Try and rest. 25:59.000 --> 26:01.000 Is there anything I can get for you before I go to bed? 26:01.000 --> 26:02.000 No, thank you. 26:02.000 --> 26:03.000 Well, go to sleep then. 26:03.000 --> 26:05.000 I will. Good night. 26:05.000 --> 26:07.000 That's right. Go to sleep. 26:07.000 --> 26:10.000 Oh! 26:10.000 --> 26:12.000 Was that my sister, Mrs. Willis? 26:12.000 --> 26:14.000 No, no, Mrs. Foley. 26:14.000 --> 26:16.000 It was one of the others. 26:16.000 --> 26:18.000 They scream because they remember things. 26:18.000 --> 26:20.000 Yes, yes, I suppose they do. 26:20.000 --> 26:21.000 Good night. 26:21.000 --> 26:24.000 Good night. 26:24.000 --> 26:27.000 I remember things, too. 26:27.000 --> 26:29.000 I remember. 26:29.000 --> 26:33.000 I remember. 26:33.000 --> 26:36.000 Promise me you'll never leave me, Cruella, 26:36.000 --> 26:38.000 and that whatever I do, you'll do. 26:38.000 --> 26:40.000 I promise. 26:40.000 --> 26:42.000 Always and forever. 26:42.000 --> 26:45.000 Always and forever. 26:45.000 --> 26:48.000 I promise. 27:02.000 --> 27:04.000 And so closes Tale of Two Sisters, 27:04.000 --> 27:07.000 starring Claire Trevor and Nancy Kelly. 27:07.000 --> 27:10.000 Tonight's study in Suspense. 27:10.000 --> 27:13.000 Suspense is produced, edited, and directed 27:13.000 --> 27:16.000 by William Spear. 27:16.000 --> 27:19.000 The other day, Elsa Maxwell told us about a friend 27:19.000 --> 27:21.000 who had lived many years in wine-loving countries 27:21.000 --> 27:23.000 around the world. 27:23.000 --> 27:25.000 I gave him some of our delicious Roma California 27:25.000 --> 27:28.000 Burgundy at dinner, and he confessed to me 27:28.000 --> 27:30.000 that he thought it every bit as enjoyable 27:30.000 --> 27:32.000 as any he had ever had. 27:32.000 --> 27:35.000 So I say, you people who do not regularly serve 27:35.000 --> 27:38.000 Roma wine are missing one of the most delightful 27:38.000 --> 27:40.000 treats daily living can offer. 27:40.000 --> 27:43.000 It's so good, so smart, and yet so very simple. 27:43.000 --> 27:45.000 Take Miss Maxwell's advice. 27:45.000 --> 27:47.000 Enjoy Roma wine regularly. 27:47.000 --> 27:51.000 It's always good, unvaryingly fine in flavor 27:51.000 --> 27:55.000 and quality, and only pennies a glass. 27:55.000 --> 27:59.000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma 27:59.000 --> 28:02.000 than any other wines. 28:02.000 --> 28:07.000 Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 28:07.000 --> 28:09.000 Ladies and gentlemen, next Thursday, 28:09.000 --> 28:12.000 same time, you will hear Mr. Lee Bowman 28:12.000 --> 28:16.000 as star of Suspense. 28:16.000 --> 28:22.000 Presented by Roma wines, R-O-M-A, 28:22.000 --> 28:26.000 made in California for enjoyment 28:26.000 --> 28:28.000 throughout the world. 28:28.000 --> 28:37.000 We join with Americans everywhere to salute 28:37.000 --> 28:39.000 the Boy Scouts of the world on the occasion 28:39.000 --> 28:42.000 of the 35th anniversary celebration of a great 28:42.000 --> 28:50.000 movement pledged to the ideals of brotherhood. 28:50.000 --> 29:07.000 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.