WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.000 Now the Roma wine company of Fresno California presents... 00:12.000 --> 00:14.000 Suspense! 00:18.000 --> 00:26.000 Tonight, Roma wines bring you the story of Ivy by that high priestess of the art of suspense, Mary Bellaclounds. 00:26.000 --> 00:32.000 And starring the young actress whose performance you admired in the picture, An American Romance, Miss Ann Richards. 00:36.000 --> 00:44.000 Suspense is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. That's R-O-M-A. Roma Wines. 00:44.000 --> 00:48.000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 00:48.000 --> 00:53.000 To your happiness and entertaining guests. To your enjoyment of everyday meals. 00:53.000 --> 01:01.000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant. As Roma wines bring you a remarkable tale of suspense. 01:01.000 --> 01:09.000 And with the story of Ivy and with the performance of Ann Richards, as its extraordinary heroine, Roma wines hope indeed to keep you in... 01:09.000 --> 01:11.000 Suspense! 01:11.000 --> 01:13.000 Suspense! 01:22.000 --> 01:27.000 The story of Ivy. Ivy Lexton's own story is told to Victoria Matthews. 01:27.000 --> 01:30.000 An exclusive feature of the Morning Herald. 01:30.000 --> 01:33.000 I wrote it in the first person, Mrs. Lexton. I hope you don't mind. 01:33.000 --> 01:38.000 Oh, it doesn't matter so long as the story is accurate. You can understand my anxiety, Miss Matthews. 01:38.000 --> 01:45.000 After all, I owe it to my public. Yes, of course. Perhaps you'd like to read it through and make suggestions before signing the release? 01:45.000 --> 01:50.000 Oh, if it's not too much bother. On the contrary, hearing it in your own words would be a decided help to me. 01:50.000 --> 01:55.000 Very well, Miss Matthews. I'll read it out then. Are you comfortable? Would you like anything? A cigarette perhaps? 01:55.000 --> 02:02.000 It's unfortunate that I have no maid here with me at present. Thank you. I'm quite comfortable. Please go ahead, Mrs. Lexton. 02:02.000 --> 02:05.000 Very well. Chapter One. 02:05.000 --> 02:12.000 I was born in Hobbs Court, Soho, and I was christened Ivy Gudge. 02:12.000 --> 02:17.000 I hated my name, and I hated the sordid surroundings into which I had been born. 02:17.000 --> 02:22.000 And while yet a child, I made up my mind that wealth and position should be mine at whatever cost. 02:22.000 --> 02:30.000 As a child, my favorite book was the story of Nell Gwyn, the commoner who became the favorite of a king. 02:30.000 --> 02:37.000 And one sentence of Nell's, in the face of all her success, made an indelible impression on me. 02:37.000 --> 02:39.000 It was this. 02:39.000 --> 02:46.000 In life, I have never sought anything that did not seem to have been placed in my hands by Providence itself. 02:46.000 --> 02:52.000 At the close of my first season as an actress, our show was bankrupted by an embezzling manager, 02:52.000 --> 02:55.000 and I was left stranded in the provinces and stone broke. 02:55.000 --> 03:03.000 Many great gentlemen had shown me attentions and showered me with presents, but I sought assistance from none of them. 03:03.000 --> 03:10.000 And it was Jarvis Lexton, a young man whom I had scarcely noticed, who came to me in my hour of need. 03:10.000 --> 03:16.000 Ivy, I know there are hundreds of men who adore you, men with titles, wealth, social position, much more than I can offer. 03:16.000 --> 03:21.000 But there's not one who loves you more than I do. Will you marry me, Ivy? 03:21.000 --> 03:27.000 And I said yes, because it was offered. We were frightfully happy that first year of our marriage, 03:27.000 --> 03:33.000 and Jarvis was so generous, humoring all my little whims, spending much more money on me than he could afford. 03:33.000 --> 03:38.000 It always gave him a thrill of boyish pleasure to see my portraits in the newspapers and magazines, 03:38.000 --> 03:44.000 with captions such as, The Beautiful Mrs. Ivy Lexton, Wearing Vionette's Latest Creation, 03:44.000 --> 03:49.000 or Mrs. Jarvis Lexton at Ascot, with Lady Hampton and Lord Rushworth. 03:49.000 --> 03:55.000 He kept a scrapbook of them, and really seemed quite pleased about everything, until one day. 03:55.000 --> 04:00.000 I say, Ivy, don't you think you're being seen and photographed a bit too much with this fellow Rushworth? 04:00.000 --> 04:04.000 Oh, but, darling, I thought you liked having me hobnob with the peers of the realm. 04:04.000 --> 04:09.000 What about this other chap, Roger Gresham? You know, it does seem a bit thick for me to work my head off 04:09.000 --> 04:14.000 twelve hours a day, figuring out ways to finance your clothes and jewels so you can be photographed with other men. 04:14.000 --> 04:17.000 It's got to stop in any case, Ivy. We're broke. 04:17.000 --> 04:20.000 Oh, you mean our money is all spent up? 04:20.000 --> 04:25.000 We're wiped out. The bailiffs attached my office furniture. They can't even pay the rental on this flat. 04:25.000 --> 04:27.000 What are we going to do, Jarvis? 04:27.000 --> 04:32.000 I'll let you figure that one out. You're so good at spending money, perhaps you can think of a way to make some. 04:37.000 --> 04:42.000 So, you see, Jarvis rarely made the suggestion to me himself. 04:42.000 --> 04:49.000 I don't know what we'd have done during the next few months if it hadn't been for the generosity of Roger Gresham and Lord Rushworth. 04:49.000 --> 04:54.000 Roger was only a young doctor starting out in practice and couldn't help a great deal, of course, 04:54.000 --> 05:00.000 though he was even fonder of me than Miles Rushworth, now that I look back on it. 05:00.000 --> 05:04.000 It was in July that things took such a distressing turn. 05:04.000 --> 05:11.000 I'd been out to dinner with Roger Gresham, and I asked him up to the flat afterwards to say hello to Jarvis and cheer him up. 05:11.000 --> 05:14.000 Poor Jarvis hadn't been feeling well lately. 05:15.000 --> 05:20.000 Well, Abby, this is a fine hour to come home to your loving husband. Where have you been? 05:20.000 --> 05:23.000 Out, darling. Aren't you going to say hello to Roger? 05:23.000 --> 05:25.000 I suppose I should thank him for keeping my wife amused. 05:25.000 --> 05:27.000 I say, old fellow... 05:27.000 --> 05:33.000 Roger has just been telling me the most fascinating things. He was called as an expert, you know, for the Crown and the Bronson Kiss. 05:33.000 --> 05:37.000 I asked him to come up and tell you about it, darling, since you're such a detective fan. 05:37.000 --> 05:41.000 Well, that's nice of you, Roger. Do tell me all about the Bronson Kiss. 05:41.000 --> 05:47.000 Well, there was nothing so interesting about the murder itself. It was just a simple case of arsenic poisoning. 05:47.000 --> 05:49.000 You don't say. 05:49.000 --> 05:56.000 As a medical man, what interested me about it was what a doctor ought to do in a case where he suspects a patient's being secretly poisoned. 05:56.000 --> 05:58.000 What would you do, Roger? 05:58.000 --> 06:05.000 Well, I... It's hard to say. If you called in the police and your suspicions turned out to be unfounded, 06:05.000 --> 06:09.000 I suppose I... I suppose I'd just about finish your career. 06:09.000 --> 06:14.000 I suppose that's why so many poisoners get away with it. 06:14.000 --> 06:18.000 Well, I... I guess I'd better be getting along. 06:18.000 --> 06:21.000 Drop in again sometime, Roger, and bring your own arsenic. 06:21.000 --> 06:22.000 Jarvis! 06:22.000 --> 06:25.000 Well, cheerio. 06:25.000 --> 06:27.000 Ivy, see you later. 06:27.000 --> 06:30.000 Really, Jarvis? I've never been so humiliated. 06:30.000 --> 06:33.000 You know I don't like him. Why do you persist in bringing him here? 06:33.000 --> 06:36.000 Oh, my darling! I do believe you're jealous. 06:36.000 --> 06:38.000 Well, why shouldn't I be? 06:38.000 --> 06:41.000 I like it when you're jealous. It's like old times, isn't it? 06:41.000 --> 06:45.000 Do you deny that he's in love with you? And that you've encouraged him? Him and I don't know how many others? 06:45.000 --> 06:48.000 Oh, now, darling, don't be like that. There's only one other. 06:48.000 --> 06:49.000 You admit it. 06:49.000 --> 06:55.000 Well, darling, we may as well be realistic. We're still stony broke, and you don't seem to have any prospects. 06:55.000 --> 06:57.000 What are you driving at? 06:57.000 --> 06:59.000 Well, Miles got back in town today, and I'm seeing him tomorrow night. 06:59.000 --> 07:00.000 Who's Miles? 07:00.000 --> 07:02.000 Lord Rushworth, darling. 07:02.000 --> 07:04.000 Well, that titled idiot. 07:04.000 --> 07:08.000 That titled idiot has been paying the rent on this flat for the past six months, if you want to know the truth. 07:08.000 --> 07:10.000 Why, you little... 07:10.000 --> 07:16.000 Well, now, darling, can I help it if Miles Rushworth is awfully, awfully fond of me? 07:16.000 --> 07:19.000 And if it helps us, what's the difference? 07:19.000 --> 07:22.000 Go on. I'm listening. 07:22.000 --> 07:25.000 Darling, look, I'm just a burden to you at this stage, aren't I? 07:25.000 --> 07:28.000 So you want me to give you a divorce. Is that it? 07:28.000 --> 07:33.000 You needn't make any difference between us, darling. As soon as I'm Lady Rushworth, I'll settle a nice allowance on you. 07:33.000 --> 07:35.000 Are you serious? 07:35.000 --> 07:37.000 Of course I'm serious, darling. 07:37.000 --> 07:39.000 Well, I don't play your rotten filthy game. 07:39.000 --> 07:40.000 Jarvis! 07:40.000 --> 07:43.000 You married me for richer or poorer, and you're going to stick to your bargain. 07:43.000 --> 07:49.000 And if you try to divorce me, I'll make such a scandal your precious Lord Rushworth will wish he'd never met you. 07:49.000 --> 07:51.000 In fact, I have a notion to do it anyway. 07:51.000 --> 07:53.000 Oh, Jarvis, you wouldn't. That would spoil everything. 07:53.000 --> 07:57.000 You're frightened, aren't you? Well, I'll give you your choice. 07:57.000 --> 08:01.000 Either you give up your boyfriends and keep me, or you'll lose all three of us. 08:01.000 --> 08:02.000 Which will it be? 08:02.000 --> 08:04.000 Well... 08:04.000 --> 08:06.000 Well, all right, Jarvis. 08:06.000 --> 08:11.000 I'll tell Roger and Miles both. I can't see them again ever. 08:11.000 --> 08:13.000 Why didn't you just ask me to kill myself? 08:13.000 --> 08:15.000 I might have obliged if you'd been more honest. 08:15.000 --> 08:17.000 Jarvis, you mustn't say such things. 08:17.000 --> 08:19.000 You're poisoned to me. 08:19.000 --> 08:21.000 I ought to let you go. 08:21.000 --> 08:23.000 I won't. 08:23.000 --> 08:27.000 If it's any satisfaction to you, I'd be better off dead than with things the way they are. 08:41.000 --> 08:46.000 So you see, Miles, I simply can't go on seeing you. It isn't fair to Jarvis. 08:46.000 --> 08:48.000 Is he being fair to you? 08:48.000 --> 08:51.000 You don't understand. I'm all he has left now. 08:51.000 --> 08:53.000 You're so good, so innocent. 08:53.000 --> 08:56.000 Can't you see he's just holding on to you out of spite? 08:56.000 --> 09:00.000 Has he done one thing? Has he even tried to get a job so that he could support you? 09:00.000 --> 09:04.000 I married him for richer or poorer until death do us part. 09:04.000 --> 09:07.000 Then I pray death be merciful to us both, Ivy. 09:07.000 --> 09:10.000 Oh, you mustn't say such things. It's wicked. 09:10.000 --> 09:12.000 I'm sorry, my dear. 09:12.000 --> 09:15.000 Ivy, I wanted to give you this little remembrance. 09:15.000 --> 09:20.000 I had hoped to give it to you under happier circumstances, but please accept it now. 09:20.000 --> 09:22.000 As a farewell present. 09:22.000 --> 09:25.000 Oh, Lord Rushford, you shouldn't have. 09:25.000 --> 09:28.000 It's only a little thing, the little handbag you admired so much. 09:28.000 --> 09:30.000 We saw it in Cartier's window. 09:30.000 --> 09:34.000 Oh, the one with the emerald clasp. Oh, you shouldn't have. 09:34.000 --> 09:36.000 Oh, it must have cost a fortune. 09:36.000 --> 09:40.000 Look in the mirror. The emerald matches your eyes. 09:40.000 --> 09:42.000 You will accept it, won't you? 09:42.000 --> 09:57.000 Oh, Miles, I'll carry it with me always. 09:57.000 --> 10:00.000 Ivy, darling, come in, come in. 10:00.000 --> 10:03.000 I was just in the neighborhood, Roger, and I thought that I... 10:03.000 --> 10:07.000 Yeah, yeah, let me take your things. I say. 10:07.000 --> 10:09.000 Oh, what a smart handbag. 10:09.000 --> 10:13.000 Oh, emerald, emerald, isn't it? Yes, Miles gave it to me. Isn't it lovely? 10:13.000 --> 10:16.000 You know what it means, accepting a present like that from him. 10:16.000 --> 10:19.000 Oh, don't be silly, Roger. It was a farewell present. 10:19.000 --> 10:24.000 Farewell? Darling, do you really mean that? 10:24.000 --> 10:28.000 Roger, Roger, please, please. What if your housekeeper walked in? 10:28.000 --> 10:31.000 Oh, I'm sorry. 10:31.000 --> 10:38.000 Oh, come along, darling, come in here. I was just putting up a prescription. 10:38.000 --> 10:43.000 What a queer sort of room. I never knew a doctor's surgery looked like this. 10:43.000 --> 10:46.000 Weren't you ever in here before? No. 10:46.000 --> 10:50.000 What's in that bottle? Oh, arsenic. 10:50.000 --> 10:53.000 I thought it was a poison. Well, it is. 10:53.000 --> 10:56.000 It's also a fine tonic, taken in the right amounts. 10:56.000 --> 10:59.000 How much would it take to kill someone? 10:59.000 --> 11:05.000 Oh, about the same amount as the amount of sugar it would take to sweeten your coffee. 11:05.000 --> 11:09.000 Oh, doesn't it give you an eerie feeling? What? 11:09.000 --> 11:15.000 That little glass jar. There's death in it. Prison, waiting to escape. 11:15.000 --> 11:18.000 Aren't you being rather morbid? 11:18.000 --> 11:22.000 Will you have one or two spoonfuls of death in your coffee, darling? 11:22.000 --> 11:26.000 I say, you are a little borgia, darling. 11:26.000 --> 11:30.000 Ah, it's my patient. Now, wait here, darling. Shant be a moment. 11:30.000 --> 11:37.000 As soon as he'd left the room, I picked up the glass jar on the end of the table, 11:37.000 --> 11:42.000 unscrewed the top of it, almost without being aware of what I was doing. 11:42.000 --> 11:48.000 How strange and exciting to know that death was in that jar, in those little white crystals. 11:48.000 --> 11:52.000 Then, as if some power outside myself had suddenly taken possession of me, 11:52.000 --> 11:58.000 I pressed the catch of that lovely jeweled handbag and commenced spooning out the white crystals. 11:58.000 --> 12:02.000 One, two, three. 12:06.000 --> 12:10.000 Sorry to be so long, darling. I had to listen to a recital of the Colonel's symptoms. 12:10.000 --> 12:15.000 Oh, that's all right. I was just fixing my makeup. I can't seem to find my lipstick. 12:15.000 --> 12:20.000 I see, old girl. You're looking rather pale. Perhaps I had better prescribe a tonic for you. 12:20.000 --> 12:23.000 Oh, no. I'm just a little tired. That's all. 12:23.000 --> 12:25.000 Hello. What is it, Roger? 12:25.000 --> 12:30.000 Oh, nothing. I could have sworn I put the cap back on the spot. Oh, well. 12:36.000 --> 12:42.000 On the bus, all the way back to Kensington, I kept wondering why I had done that funny thing. 12:42.000 --> 12:47.000 It seemed as if everyone was staring at me under the little handbag with the emerald clasp. 12:47.000 --> 12:51.000 In a momentary surge of panic, I wondered if they'd guessed my secret. 12:51.000 --> 12:54.000 The little white crystals of death I had carried away with me. 12:54.000 --> 12:57.000 For what? For whom? 12:57.000 --> 12:59.000 Then, of a sudden, it came to me. 12:59.000 --> 13:05.000 Providence had placed in my hands the means of helping my poor, unhappy husband. 13:14.000 --> 13:19.000 For more suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star Miss Anne Richards, 13:19.000 --> 13:24.000 whom you have heard in the first act of The Story of Ivy by Mrs. Vellock Lowndes, 13:24.000 --> 13:28.000 which is Roma Wines' presentation tonight of Suspense. 13:36.000 --> 13:41.000 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 13:41.000 --> 13:46.000 Gracious hostess Elsa Maxwell makes this timely suggestion. 13:46.000 --> 13:52.000 During the warm weather, I'd suggest you try America's smartest, coolest drink, 13:52.000 --> 13:54.000 refreshing Roma wine and soda. 13:54.000 --> 13:57.000 So simple, and yet so charming. 13:57.000 --> 14:03.000 When the temperature soars, enjoy iced, thirst-quenching Roma wine and soda. 14:03.000 --> 14:07.000 Simply half-fill tall glasses with good Roma California Burgundy, 14:07.000 --> 14:12.000 or Roma California Sauternes, and ice cubes and sparkling water. 14:12.000 --> 14:14.000 A little sugar if you wish. 14:14.000 --> 14:19.000 And for a decorative touch, garnish with cherries and slices of fruit. 14:19.000 --> 14:23.000 The secret of the flavorful goodness of Roma wine and soda 14:23.000 --> 14:27.000 is the distinguished Roma wine, unvaryingly good, 14:27.000 --> 14:31.000 always high in quality of bouquet, brilliance, and taste. 14:31.000 --> 14:37.000 The result of selected grapes, slowly brought to perfection in California's choicest vineyards, 14:37.000 --> 14:45.000 carefully, unhurriedly, guided to flavorfulness by the ancient skill of Roma's famed wineries. 14:45.000 --> 14:49.000 Yet all this goodness is yours for only pennies a glass. 14:49.000 --> 14:55.000 Remember, because of uniformly fine quality at reasonable cost, 14:55.000 --> 15:00.000 more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 15:00.000 --> 15:04.000 R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 15:04.000 --> 15:09.000 And now Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Anne Richards, 15:09.000 --> 15:15.000 who continues the story of Ivy, a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. 15:27.000 --> 15:30.000 My husband's illness lasted only a little more than a week, 15:30.000 --> 15:34.000 but to me it seemed an intolerably long time. 15:34.000 --> 15:39.000 Thanks to the generosity of Lord Rushworth, I was able to have a nursing to look after him, 15:39.000 --> 15:43.000 but I couldn't help wishing there was something more I could do for him. 15:43.000 --> 15:48.000 I'd used up nearly all of the poison I'd carried away that night from Roger's dispensary, 15:48.000 --> 15:51.000 but instead of the merciful death I had hoped it would bring, 15:51.000 --> 15:55.000 it seemed only to cause poor Jarvis to suffer more pain. 15:55.000 --> 15:58.000 There were only a few grains of the white crystals left 15:58.000 --> 16:01.000 in the bottom of the little handbag with the emerald clasp, 16:01.000 --> 16:04.000 and I hadn't the heart to go on with it. 16:04.000 --> 16:09.000 Besides, Jarvis' doctor was commencing to ask too many questions. 16:09.000 --> 16:13.000 I decided to consult another physician, and under the circumstances, 16:13.000 --> 16:18.000 Roger Gresham seemed the wisest choice. 16:18.000 --> 16:20.000 Ivy, I came the moment I received your message. 16:20.000 --> 16:25.000 It's offering so dreadfully, Roger. I hadn't any idea it would be so painful. 16:25.000 --> 16:26.000 You hadn't any idea what? 16:26.000 --> 16:30.000 Well, I mean, he complained of a stomach ache, and suddenly, and the night... 16:30.000 --> 16:33.000 Where is he? I'd have a look at him. 16:33.000 --> 16:37.000 In here. This is Dr. Gresham, nurse. 16:37.000 --> 16:38.000 How do you do, doctor? 16:38.000 --> 16:43.000 Jarvis, I've asked Roger to look at you. You don't mind, do you, dear? 16:43.000 --> 16:46.000 Get him out of here. I've been poisoned. 16:46.000 --> 16:49.000 He's the one who poisoned me. Get him out of here. 16:49.000 --> 16:52.000 Oh, boy, he's been that distracted, he has. 16:52.000 --> 16:55.000 I'll just prescribe a little sedative for him, nurse. 16:55.000 --> 16:58.000 I'll go and order up some tea, Roger. You will stay, won't you? 16:58.000 --> 17:00.000 Yes, yes, thanks. 17:00.000 --> 17:03.000 Oh, Mrs. Lexton, I was just looking for you. 17:03.000 --> 17:06.000 Dr. Berwick is waiting in the drawing room with another gentleman, ma'am. 17:06.000 --> 17:09.000 I'll see what they want. Order up some tea, will you, dear? 17:11.000 --> 17:16.000 Oh, well, there you are, Mrs. Lexton. This is Inspector Orpington. 17:16.000 --> 17:18.000 Inspector? Scotland Yard, ma'am. 17:18.000 --> 17:21.000 Dr. Berwick tells me he has reason to suspect that your husband is suffering 17:21.000 --> 17:23.000 from arsenic poisoning, Miss Lexton. 17:23.000 --> 17:25.000 I don't understand. 17:25.000 --> 17:28.000 Your husband keeps speaking of someone named Roger Gresham. 17:28.000 --> 17:30.000 Is that the name, Dr. Berwick? Yes, yes. 17:30.000 --> 17:33.000 Why, that's Dr. Gresham. He's in there now with my husband. 17:33.000 --> 17:35.000 Good Lord, well, come along, Inspector. 17:35.000 --> 17:37.000 You'd better wait here, Mrs. Lexton. 17:39.000 --> 17:43.000 Never until that moment had I realised how foolish my actions had been. 17:43.000 --> 17:47.000 Surely now they would suspect poor Roger. 17:47.000 --> 17:53.000 If there had only been someone to confide in, I felt so alone. 17:53.000 --> 17:56.000 I'll have your licence for this, Gresham. Do you hear me? 17:56.000 --> 18:00.000 Look here, Berwick, Mrs. Lexton never told me there was another doctor on the case. 18:00.000 --> 18:02.000 Oh, is that true, Mrs. Lexton? 18:02.000 --> 18:06.000 Why, yes. Dr. Gresham is an old friend of mine, and I saw no harm in his looking in. 18:06.000 --> 18:10.000 Well, nevertheless, I shall sign the death certificate, not till there's a post-mortem. 18:10.000 --> 18:12.000 Death certificate? I'm sorry, Mrs. Lexton. 18:12.000 --> 18:16.000 It's our painful duty to inform you that your husband has just passed away. 18:16.000 --> 18:19.000 Oh, poor John Fierce. 18:33.000 --> 18:34.000 Dr. Gresham speaking. 18:34.000 --> 18:36.000 Roger, it's Ivy. 18:36.000 --> 18:40.000 Ivy? Why haven't you called me before? What's been happening? 18:40.000 --> 18:43.000 Oh, Roger, it's been such an ordeal, you don't know. 18:43.000 --> 18:48.000 And that dreadful man, that inspector from Scotland Yard, has been here again asking questions. 18:48.000 --> 18:49.000 What kind of questions? 18:49.000 --> 18:52.000 Well, darling, I can't tell you everything over the telephone, 18:52.000 --> 18:55.000 but he said it was his duty to find out the truth. 18:55.000 --> 18:56.000 The truth about what? 18:56.000 --> 19:00.000 They found out that poor Jarvis died of arsenic poisoning. 19:00.000 --> 19:01.000 Suicide? 19:01.000 --> 19:04.000 The inspector says they know it was murder. 19:04.000 --> 19:06.000 What possible motive could I have? 19:06.000 --> 19:08.000 None, of course, darling. 19:08.000 --> 19:11.000 But I was silly enough to let out to the inspector that you had been, 19:11.000 --> 19:15.000 well, fond of me in a sort of way. 19:15.000 --> 19:17.000 Are you there, Roger? 19:17.000 --> 19:20.000 Yes. 19:20.000 --> 19:22.000 Here's gone, Ivy. 19:22.000 --> 19:26.000 Well, the moment I said it, I saw what a mistake I'd made, 19:26.000 --> 19:29.000 but he spoke as if he already knew such a lot, 19:29.000 --> 19:32.000 or at any rate, some part of it. 19:32.000 --> 19:33.000 What part of it? 19:33.000 --> 19:39.000 Well, that even if I didn't care for you, you had been very, very fond of me. 19:39.000 --> 19:41.000 Are you there, Roger? 19:41.000 --> 19:44.000 Yes. 19:44.000 --> 19:46.000 Here's Ivy. 19:46.000 --> 19:49.000 Come on. 19:49.000 --> 19:50.000 What else? 19:50.000 --> 19:55.000 Well, he's certain to ask if I've ever been to see you at your house, I mean. 19:55.000 --> 19:59.000 Well, of course, I said no. 19:59.000 --> 20:01.000 Are you still on the line, Roger? 20:01.000 --> 20:03.000 Yes, Ivy. 20:03.000 --> 20:08.000 Well, you won't give me away, will you, Roger, darling? 20:08.000 --> 20:10.000 No. 20:10.000 --> 20:13.000 No, Ivy, don't worry. 20:13.000 --> 20:16.000 I won't give you away. 20:23.000 --> 20:28.000 Roger Gresham, the jury, after a careful and patient hearing, 20:28.000 --> 20:33.000 have found you guilty of the willful murder of Jarvis Lexden. 20:33.000 --> 20:39.000 The sentence of the court upon you is that you be taken from here to a lawful place of execution 20:39.000 --> 20:44.000 and that you be there hanged by the neck until you be dead. 20:50.000 --> 20:53.000 There, there, my dear. You mustn't give away like this. 20:53.000 --> 20:57.000 I can't help it, Miles. It's been such a shock. 20:57.000 --> 20:59.000 First poor Jarvis, and now... 20:59.000 --> 21:00.000 Well, it's all over now. 21:00.000 --> 21:04.000 Look here, Ivy, why not take a long voyage somewhere far away from here? 21:04.000 --> 21:09.000 The CM is marvellous for getting one's troubles and make a fresh start somewhere. 21:09.000 --> 21:10.000 Rio, for instance. 21:10.000 --> 21:13.000 Oh, I've always wanted to see Rio. 21:13.000 --> 21:15.000 Perhaps we can go there for our honeymoon. 21:15.000 --> 21:18.000 Honeymoon? Are you thinking of remarrying? 21:18.000 --> 21:21.000 Why, Miles, darling, of course. 21:21.000 --> 21:26.000 Don't you remember what you said? If I were only free? 21:26.000 --> 21:28.000 Well, I'm free now. 21:28.000 --> 21:32.000 Ivy, I don't quite know what to say. 21:32.000 --> 21:37.000 I'm very fond of you, of course, and I'll badly lend you any financial assistance, 21:37.000 --> 21:42.000 but as for marriage, particularly under the circumstances, 21:42.000 --> 21:46.000 you must know there's been a great deal of talk about you and Gresham. 21:46.000 --> 21:49.000 Oh, surely you don't believe those stories. 21:49.000 --> 21:51.000 There's never been anyone but you, Miles. 21:51.000 --> 21:54.000 If I'd met you before I met Jarvis... 21:54.000 --> 21:58.000 There would never have been in any case, Ivy. Surely you realise that. 21:58.000 --> 22:02.000 I'm not good enough to be Lady Rushworth. Is that what you're trying to say? 22:02.000 --> 22:05.000 Too good, if you like. It's not my choice in any case. 22:05.000 --> 22:09.000 I was born with this name and I have certain responsibilities. 22:09.000 --> 22:11.000 You stop, Easton! 22:11.000 --> 22:13.000 Well, I wish I could make you understand. 22:13.000 --> 22:17.000 There's my mother, for instance. She's an invalid, a heart, you know. 22:17.000 --> 22:22.000 And if I were to marry, well, you, I believe the shock would kill her. 22:22.000 --> 22:25.000 The things you said, the present you gave me, what was I to think? 22:25.000 --> 22:29.000 I'm sorry if you thought I was leading you on the night that I gave you the bag... 22:29.000 --> 22:32.000 The emerald bag. You were saving it for the kiss-off, was that it? 22:32.000 --> 22:34.000 That's rather a crude way of putting it. 22:34.000 --> 22:39.000 It matches the colour of your eyes, you said, and I said I'll carry it with me always. 22:39.000 --> 22:40.000 Funny, isn't it? 22:40.000 --> 22:42.000 Oh, Ivy, please, the servants... 22:42.000 --> 22:44.000 Don't you, Ivy, please, me. I want them to hear. 22:44.000 --> 22:46.000 Perhaps the whole world will hear one day 22:46.000 --> 22:48.000 that Ivy Lexton poisoned her husband for Lord Rushworth. 22:48.000 --> 22:49.000 Ivy, what are you saying? 22:49.000 --> 22:51.000 Two lives weren't too much for Ivy to sacrifice 22:51.000 --> 22:53.000 and the risk of her own life meant nothing. 22:53.000 --> 22:55.000 She wasn't good enough for the Lord. 22:55.000 --> 22:59.000 You, dear, sweet little Ivy Lexton. Why, I can't believe it. 22:59.000 --> 23:01.000 Well, let me tell you something you can believe. 23:01.000 --> 23:03.000 I never loved you. I loved your money and the title. 23:03.000 --> 23:06.000 I wanted to be a lady. Oh, what a joke. 23:06.000 --> 23:10.000 Well, I'm not sorry. I've always hated your kind deep down inside of me. 23:10.000 --> 23:13.000 Cowards, cowards, all of you. Anything to save face, anything. 23:13.000 --> 23:17.000 Roger Gresham going to the gallows because he's too much of a gentleman to tell the truth 23:17.000 --> 23:20.000 that I was in his flat the night Jarvis was poisoned. 23:20.000 --> 23:22.000 What, an innocent man behind? 23:22.000 --> 23:24.000 If he'd loved me as he pretended to, he would have killed Jarvis. 23:24.000 --> 23:26.000 If he'd been a man instead of a gentleman, 23:26.000 --> 23:28.000 if any of your kind were real men. 23:28.000 --> 23:31.000 Well, I've had enough of it. Take your foul present. 23:31.000 --> 23:35.000 Pretty little thing, isn't it? A little handbag and so expensive, too. 23:35.000 --> 23:38.000 The emerald matches my eyes, does it? 23:38.000 --> 23:40.000 Get out of here and take it with you. 23:40.000 --> 23:43.000 No, thank you. I'm not in the market for emeralds this season, my lord. 23:43.000 --> 23:50.000 They cost too dear. 23:55.000 --> 23:58.000 We've analyzed the residue in that handbag, Inspector. 23:58.000 --> 24:00.000 Oh, good, good. What did you find? 24:00.000 --> 24:03.000 Well, quite a lot of face powder, some tobacco crumbs 24:03.000 --> 24:05.000 and about three grains of chemically pure arsenic. 24:05.000 --> 24:08.000 Leave it here. Sergeant, bring in Mrs. Nexton. 24:08.000 --> 24:11.000 Yes, sir. Bring in the prisoner. 24:11.000 --> 24:13.000 What's the meaning of this, Inspector? 24:13.000 --> 24:16.000 Please, please instruct your officers to treat me with respect. 24:16.000 --> 24:18.000 I'm not a common criminal. Let her go, Officer. 24:18.000 --> 24:20.000 Thank you, Inspector. 24:20.000 --> 24:24.000 Mrs. Nexton, have you, have you ever seen this handbag before? 24:24.000 --> 24:27.000 Where did you get that? I'll ask you a question. 24:27.000 --> 24:29.000 Where did you get the arsenic that we found in it? 24:29.000 --> 24:32.000 I'm sure I don't know. Why don't you ask Lord Rushworth? 24:32.000 --> 24:35.000 My dear Mrs. Nexton, surely you know that Lord Rushworth 24:35.000 --> 24:38.000 is in no condition to answer questions. What do you mean? 24:38.000 --> 24:42.000 Lord Rushworth died last night of the effects of arsenic poisoning. 24:58.000 --> 25:01.000 And so my story draws to a close. 25:01.000 --> 25:04.000 It's a comfort to me as I sit here in the condemned cell 25:04.000 --> 25:08.000 to know that so many loyal friends still believe in my innocence 25:08.000 --> 25:14.000 in spite of all the ungentlemanly things the Crown Prosecutor said about me during my trial. 25:14.000 --> 25:19.000 I was especially gratified at the tribute paid to the costumes I wore in the witness box. 25:19.000 --> 25:22.000 One admirer has written to compliment me on my delivery 25:22.000 --> 25:25.000 and the poise I exhibited under cross-examination. 25:25.000 --> 25:30.000 I'm told that my remarks were clearly audible in the very back row of the spectator seats 25:30.000 --> 25:32.000 in spite of the overcrowding. 25:32.000 --> 25:38.000 And on the final day of testimony, I received that greatest of all the tributes an actress can command. 25:38.000 --> 25:41.000 My audience was moved to tears. 25:41.000 --> 25:46.000 And so in spite of all the misfortunes that have befallen me and my loved ones, 25:46.000 --> 25:50.000 I have at last realised my life's ambition. 25:50.000 --> 25:52.000 The end. 25:53.000 --> 25:56.000 Well, Mrs. Nexton, does it meet with your approval? 25:56.000 --> 26:01.000 Well, I think you might point out that I killed Lord Rushworth too. 26:01.000 --> 26:04.000 Of course, between you and me, my dear, I didn't. 26:04.000 --> 26:08.000 It must have been suicide. But you know, it makes a better story. 26:08.000 --> 26:14.000 And please print the photograph that was taken of me outside St. Paul's after my husband's funeral. 26:14.000 --> 26:17.000 That was the smartest frock I ever owned. 26:17.000 --> 26:19.000 I think that can be arranged, Mrs. Nexton. 26:19.000 --> 26:23.000 And how much did you say your paper's going to pay for my story? 26:23.000 --> 26:26.000 £200. 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