1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,680 Now, the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California presents... 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:11,880 Suspense! 3 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,280 Tonight, Roma wines bring you A Shroud for Sarah, 4 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:20,880 starring Miss Lucille Ball, 5 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,760 soon to be seen in Metro-Golden-Mayer's Technicolor musical, 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:24,960 Ziegfeld Follies. 7 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,360 Suspense! 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,200 Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills, 9 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,400 presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 10 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,440 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 11 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,480 Those excellent California wines 12 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:40,080 that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, 13 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,480 to your happiness and entertaining guests, 14 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:45,480 to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 15 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:49,160 Yes, right now, a glass full would be very pleasant, 16 00:00:49,160 --> 00:00:52,160 as Roma Wines bring you Miss Lucille Ball. 17 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:55,080 In a remarkable tale of... 18 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:56,080 Suspense! 19 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:03,560 Oh, Sarah? Sarah! 20 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,560 Come in, George. 21 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:06,960 How did it go, darling? 22 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:08,760 George, you're trembling. Something went wrong. 23 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:09,960 No, nothing went wrong. 24 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:10,960 You got it, then? 25 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:12,760 Yeah, I got it stuffed in all my pockets. 26 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:14,360 Here, I'll dump it on the bed. 27 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,560 Here you are, Sarah. 28 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,360 17 grand. 17,000? 29 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,160 It's more than we expected. Yeah. 30 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:25,960 George, you're acting queerly. 31 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:27,360 Did everything work out all right? 32 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:28,960 Sure. Sure it did. 33 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:31,160 It was dark soap, just like old times, Sarah. 34 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:32,960 Remember how every job clicked? 35 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:35,960 Sure fire when we used to plan them together. 36 00:01:35,960 --> 00:01:38,160 George. Yeah? 37 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,160 You're lying, aren't you? 38 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:43,560 Sarah, you really love me, don't you? 39 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:44,960 Do you have to ask? 40 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:46,760 Would I have come to you if I hadn't? 41 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,760 Do you have to ask? Would I have come back otherwise? 42 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:51,560 Ten years is a long time. 43 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,160 I thought you'd be changed. 44 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,160 I never thought you'd come back like this out of nowhere. 45 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:57,560 I don't even know what you've been doing, 46 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,160 where you've been living, what name you're using. 47 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:00,560 You haven't told me a thing about yourself. 48 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:01,760 I will, George. I will. 49 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,560 As soon as we get out of this apartment. 50 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,360 As soon as we're really together, darling. 51 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:06,760 That's the way you want it, isn't it, Sarah? 52 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,960 Of course. Why do you think I never got a divorce? 53 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,360 I didn't, you know. I didn't even consider it. 54 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,160 No, no, you didn't. 55 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:14,560 And you could have. You certainly had a right 56 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,960 to put me up for five years on a felony. 57 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,960 I'm glad you waited, Sarah. You won't regret it. 58 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:22,360 I'm sure I won't, George. 59 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:23,960 But let's not talk about that now. 60 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,160 We have a train to make. 61 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:26,560 You know, Sarah, you're as good to look at 62 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:27,760 as you were ten years ago. 63 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:29,160 No, you're just making talk, George. 64 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:30,960 And you haven't answered my question. 65 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:32,160 I want to know what went wrong. 66 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:33,560 I'd given up hope, Sarah. 67 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:34,960 I didn't expect to see you again. 68 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,160 But I came back. 69 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:37,560 I've done two stretches, Sarah. 70 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,960 Nine years in jail out of ten. 71 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:41,760 I wouldn't have pulled another job if you hadn't shown up. 72 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:43,160 You won't go away again, will you? 73 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,560 Only with you, George. 74 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,960 Sarah, the scent of your hair. 75 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:50,960 I used to dream of it. 76 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,360 Those long nights in jail. 77 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,160 Now it's real. 78 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:59,160 Holding you like this with your hair in my face. 79 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,560 George, you're hurting me. Your arms. 80 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,160 I'm sorry. 81 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:05,960 It's just that I'm so afraid it isn't true having you again. 82 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,160 I want to hold you tight forever. 83 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,760 George, what happened? What went wrong? 84 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:16,360 Sarah, I had to kill him, man. 85 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:18,960 Well, haven't you got anything to say? 86 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,360 Only the obvious. 87 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:22,760 It's murder, then. 88 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:23,960 I changed my plans. 89 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:24,760 Your plans? 90 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:25,760 My plans for us. 91 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:26,960 You're going to stick with me, aren't you? 92 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:28,760 Of course. I didn't come back after ten years, 93 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:29,960 only to run right out again. 94 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:31,960 And we must think this out carefully. 95 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,760 Are you sure you left no clues? 96 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,160 Only the gun. I wiped it off clean and left it there. 97 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:37,160 It's a gun I picked up years ago. 98 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:38,360 No way to tack it on me. 99 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:39,160 Fingerprints? 100 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:39,960 Gloves. 101 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:41,160 Then there's nothing to worry about. 102 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:42,960 Only if they happen to pick me up on suspicion. 103 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,960 I see. Are they after you now, George? 104 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,760 Of course not. Nobody heard the shot. 105 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,760 There was nobody in the building but that bald-headed bookkeeper. 106 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,960 If he hadn't gone home, must have stayed to get his books in shape for the morning. 107 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:53,560 My luck. 108 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,360 Then you weren't followed or chased. 109 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,160 You don't think I'd have come here if they were after me? 110 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,160 I'm sorry, George. I know you wouldn't. 111 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:00,360 You're not sore at me, then? 112 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,360 We can go ahead just as we planned. 113 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,160 Our train leaves in an hour. We'll pick up the tickets at the station. 114 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,760 Sarah, it's hard to believe in an hour 115 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:10,560 we'll be on the way to Florida, you and I. 116 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:11,160 Yes, George. 117 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:12,760 Just the two of us. 118 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,160 In the warm sun. 119 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,560 It's a dream I've had for ten years, in and out of jail. 120 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,160 I figured it would always be a dream. 121 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:23,360 You know, it's funny. 122 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:24,960 What's funny? 123 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,560 There's a bald-headed man lying dead over there at the finance company. 124 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,360 He's finished. 125 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,360 And we're just beginning. 126 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,160 I never killed a man, Sarah. Never before. 127 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,560 You'll do all right from now on, George. You'll forget about that thing. 128 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:40,960 I'll help you forget it. 129 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:41,960 Yeah. 130 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:43,760 But we've got to hurry now. Put your hat on. 131 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:45,760 And I'll go over and pick up the tickets. 132 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,360 I thought we'd go to the station together. 133 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:48,760 Silly, I've got to dress. 134 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,560 Yeah, well, the Sunset Limited leaves at 8 o'clock. There's only an hour. 135 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,160 I know, I know. I'll dress and pack and meet you in 30 minutes at the train gate. 136 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,160 Have you any money? Here, take some of this. 137 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,160 I'll put the rest in the valise and bring it in a cab, 138 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,360 so it won't be found on you if anything happens. 139 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,960 Why didn't you come back before, Sarah? 140 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,160 I didn't realize it till this minute. 141 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,760 I've been like an orphan for 10 years. 142 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:12,560 Kiss me? 143 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,560 Now, that's all, George. You've got to hurry now. 144 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,560 Yeah. Remember, the Sunset Limited at the gate. 145 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:18,960 I'll remember. 146 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:20,360 And don't forget to clean out the desk. 147 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:34,960 I'll take care of everything, George. Now, hurry. 148 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,560 Hello? Police headquarters? 149 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:41,360 A man was killed a few minutes ago at the Van de Finance company on Dexter Avenue. 150 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:42,760 Please don't interrupt. 151 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,960 If you go to the LaSalle station, you'll catch the murderer at the Sunset Limited train gate. 152 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:58,560 His name is Monk, George Monk. 153 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,560 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star Miss Lucille Ball 154 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,560 in A Shroud for Sarah by Emile C. Tepperman. 155 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:18,360 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 156 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:23,560 Between the acts of Suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 157 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,760 Saturday is Navy Day. 158 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:30,560 On this day, all America gives honor to the returning veterans of the fleet. 159 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:36,560 To these men, all America lifts its voice to say, well done. 160 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:41,360 This weekend, too, millions of Americans will be entertaining family and friends. 161 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:46,160 To them, here's a hospitality word from famed hostess Elsa Maxwell. 162 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:52,360 My guests compliment me when I make delicious Roma California sherry first call for dinner. 163 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:57,160 It's the perfect appetizer before the meal, served cool. 164 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:02,960 Yes, Miss Maxwell, Roma sherry is most delightful later in the evening, too, when friends drop in, 165 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,160 especially when served with tasty snacks. 166 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:13,160 For glorious gold and amber, Roma sherry is a happy mellow wine with natural fragrance 167 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,760 and cream rich nut like taste. 168 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:22,360 So good because Roma sherry, like all Roma wines, is born of luscious grapes 169 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,560 gathered at peak of flavor in California's choicest vineyards. 170 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:34,360 Gently pressed, then unhurriedly guided to delicious perfection by Roma's ancient winemaking skill, 171 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,160 bottled at Roma's own famed wineries. 172 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:43,160 That's why all Roma wines are true wines, unvaryingly good always. 173 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:48,160 Remember, because of uniformly fine quality at reasonable cost, 174 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:52,760 more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 175 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:58,760 Incest on Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 176 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,360 And now Roma wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, 177 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:06,360 Lucille Ball as Sara Martel in A Shroud for Sara, 178 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:10,360 a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. 179 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:14,360 Coming. I'm coming. 180 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,760 Oh, I knew it was you, Sara. 181 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:25,360 Only you would ring so insistently when you know I'm handicapped by this infernal crutch. 182 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,760 Good evening, Peter. How's our next governor? 183 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,160 Aren't you going to kiss me? I've been away three days. 184 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,160 Is it necessary, my dear? 185 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,160 I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 186 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:40,560 Peter, are you going to let the neighbors see me standing out here with this valise? 187 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:43,560 Kiss me, you idiot. You can stand it if I can. 188 00:08:43,560 --> 00:08:45,560 Very well. 189 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:48,560 Satisfied, my dear. 190 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:52,560 Now that we've performed for the neighbors, shall we go in? 191 00:08:58,560 --> 00:09:01,560 I see you've moved the radio again. 192 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:03,560 I moved the radio. 193 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:06,160 I see you've moved the radio again. 194 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,160 I moved it nearer the easy chair. 195 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,960 This crutch makes it hard for me to get around. 196 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,560 I hope you don't mind, my dear. I mean it's being more convenient for me. 197 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:16,560 Is that the news? I want to hear it. 198 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:19,960 ... are seeking George Monk, an ex-convict who shot and killed a finance company bookkeeper 199 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,360 and escaped with $17,000 in cash. 200 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,960 What do you want to turn that up for? It's nothing but a sword has been... 201 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:26,960 Oh, shut up! 202 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,960 But there's a mystery angle here which sets this case apart from the ordinary holdup. 203 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,560 Police are seeking an unidentified woman who tipped them off a few minutes after the murder, 204 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:38,560 naming George Monk, and telling them just where he could be picked up. 205 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:42,560 Unfortunately, one of the officers sent to apprehend the murder was recognized by Monk, 206 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:44,560 who made his escape in the crowded railroad station. 207 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:48,560 What's the matter, my dear? Why did you turn the radio off? 208 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:50,560 You look as if you'd seen a ghost. 209 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:52,560 Leave me alone, Peter. 210 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:56,560 Well, well, what sort of villainy were you up to in Chicago? 211 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:58,560 Sarah, come back here. Where are you going? 212 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:01,360 I'm going up to my room. I want to unpack. 213 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:02,960 Good night, Peter. 214 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:04,560 A burglary in Chicago. 215 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:07,360 A mysterious woman who tipped off the police. 216 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:08,560 Just a moment, Sarah. 217 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:10,360 I said good night, Peter. 218 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,760 $17,000. 219 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,960 Sarah, I want to know what's in that valise. 220 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:17,760 Why are you hanging onto it like that? 221 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,760 Stay where you are, Peter. Don't come up these stairs. 222 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,160 What's wrong? Are you afraid to let me see what's in that valise? 223 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,960 No, no, I'm not afraid. Just don't come up any closer. 224 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,960 Well, well, that same little pistol of yours. 225 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:32,760 Would you shoot me with it again, my dear? 226 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:34,160 If you come a step further. 227 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,160 Drop the gun. You're not going to shoot me now, just before election. 228 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:38,960 You want to be the governor's lady, don't you? 229 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:40,160 Stand still, Peter. 230 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,760 I'm sorry, Sarah. I've got to know what's in there. 231 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:43,960 Take another step, I'll shoot. 232 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:45,560 You're a fool, Sarah. 233 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:48,960 Clever and ruthless, yes, but nevertheless a fool. 234 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,760 Look at all the terrible things you've done to satisfy your ambition. 235 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:54,360 Even murder now. 236 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,760 And it's all been a waste of time. 237 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:57,560 What do you mean? 238 00:10:57,560 --> 00:11:01,160 Did you know that the results of the popular poll were published today? 239 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:01,960 Well? 240 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,160 It gives Stephen Archer a 15% edge over me. 241 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,560 And not only that, but the incumbent governor, 242 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:10,960 the man we're both trying to beat, ran ahead of the two of us in the poll. 243 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:12,560 You're not lying about that? 244 00:11:12,560 --> 00:11:14,360 Of course not, my dear. 245 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,960 How did you expect to beat Stephen Archer and his money? 246 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:18,360 We're broke. 247 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,360 No, Peter, we're not broke. 248 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:24,560 Oh? You mean you have $17,000 in that bag? 249 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:25,960 I'm going to be the governor's wife, I tell you. 250 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:27,560 There's nothing that could stop me, nothing. 251 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:28,560 I believe you, Sarah. 252 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:31,560 Why, I believe you would even murder Archer if you had to. 253 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:32,760 Let me have that police. 254 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:34,560 You can't seem to understand, Peter. 255 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:35,960 You're not going to open it. 256 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:37,160 Then shoot me, my dear. 257 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,760 You do it so well, it comes so natural to you. 258 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,760 Maybe you can shoot me in the other leg this time. 259 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:43,360 Oh, will you never stop throwing it up to me? 260 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:44,160 That was an accident. 261 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,560 A very fortunate accident, wasn't it, Sarah? 262 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:49,160 Just when I was ready to accept a commission in the army. 263 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,160 You didn't want to be the wife of an army captain. 264 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:52,760 Your ambition ran higher than that. 265 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,160 You wanted to be the governor's lady. 266 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,560 Now, Sarah, I'm going to see what you have there. 267 00:11:57,560 --> 00:11:59,160 You're not going to do anything about it. 268 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:00,160 Get away from me, Peter. 269 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,560 No, Sarah, you're going to give them to me. 270 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:06,360 First the gun, and now that black... 271 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:07,960 Sarah, Sarah, don't, the stairs... 272 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:08,960 I... 273 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:16,360 Sarah. 274 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:27,960 Oh, Sarah. 275 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,160 Please go straight into the bedroom, Doctor. 276 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,360 Peter fell again and hurt his leg in the same place. 277 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:33,560 Now, look here, Mrs. Martell, 278 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:36,360 what's the use of keeping up this deception between ourselves? 279 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,560 You know and I know that your husband didn't fall the last time. 280 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:41,560 That was a bullet wound in his leg. 281 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:44,560 Dr. Varney, you promised never to mention that bullet wound. 282 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:46,560 And you promised to pay me, remember? 283 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:48,360 Ten thousand dollars. Where's the money? 284 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:49,960 Don't worry, I have it. 285 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,360 Oh, well, that's different. 286 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:53,560 Where is it? I'll take it now. 287 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:56,160 Later. Please go in now and take care of Peter. 288 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,560 Did you shoot him again? 289 00:12:58,560 --> 00:13:00,760 Of course not. That was an accident the last time. 290 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,760 I was examining the pistol and it went off. 291 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,360 Yes, of course. That's the story, Mrs. Martell. 292 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,160 And for ten thousand dollars, I'll gladly subscribe to it. 293 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:09,760 But I must have that money. I need it. 294 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:11,960 I won't touch that leg till I get the money. 295 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,160 All right. I have it here. 296 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,560 Oh. There. That's ten thousand dollars. 297 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:19,560 Now hurry in there and take care of Peter. 298 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:21,560 Afterwards, I'll want to see you in here. 299 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:24,160 There may be another matter that I want you to handle for me. 300 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,760 Yes, there's ten thousand. Another matter? 301 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:30,160 You are also the physician for Stephen Archer, aren't you? 302 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:33,960 Yes. You've been attending him every day during the campaign. 303 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,360 I understand his heart needs attention. 304 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:40,760 Look here, Mrs. Martell, Stephen Archer's running against your husband for governor. 305 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:45,160 I wonder when you originally called me in, did you know I was Archer's physician? 306 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:46,560 Could be. 307 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,560 Well, I'm sorry I can't discuss Archer with you. 308 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:51,960 Why not? Why not? Why, the ethics of my profession. 309 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,560 The ethics of your profession? Please, Dr. Varney. 310 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:59,160 If your fellow practitioners knew what I know about you, you wouldn't have any profession. 311 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:00,960 I won't listen to any more from you. 312 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,960 I'll take care of that leg of your husband's, but more than that, no. 313 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:05,760 Oh, but I'm sure you'll change your mind, doctor. 314 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,760 Whatever your proposition is, the answer is no. 315 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,560 Even if I were to offer fifty thousand dollars? 316 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:11,760 Eww. 317 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:12,760 Fifty thousand? 318 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:14,760 There, now I knew you'd be interested. 319 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,360 Now run inside like a nice fellow and tend to Peter. 320 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,960 I must go out for a few minutes, but please wait for me. 321 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,160 There's an appointment I must keep. I won't be long. 322 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:34,160 Mrs. Martell? 323 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:35,160 Yes? 324 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:36,360 Right here. 325 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:38,560 Good evening, Mrs. Martell. 326 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,560 Park is rather a dark place to meet, isn't it? 327 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:42,360 I thought it would be best this way. 328 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:43,560 Hmm. 329 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,560 Especially if we're going to discuss the things you hinted at over the phone. 330 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,760 Mr. Archer, let's come to the point quickly. 331 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:50,960 Do you want to win the election? 332 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:52,760 Frankly, yes, very much. 333 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,760 Would it be worth money to you? A great deal of money? 334 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,360 Hmm. 335 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:58,960 Just what is your proposition? 336 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:00,560 You're a wealthy man. 337 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,960 Would a hundred thousand dollars be too much to pay for the governorship? 338 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:04,960 A hundred thousand? 339 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,960 I've spent several times that much on the campaign already. 340 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,160 But I don't see how you could deliver the election. 341 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,160 Listen to me closely, Mr. Archer. 342 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:13,160 Yeah? 343 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,160 I learned that in yesterday's poll figures, 344 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:17,360 you ran 15% ahead of my husband. 345 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:18,360 That's quite true. 346 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,160 Then neither you or Peter will win. 347 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,160 You're both taking strength from each other, 348 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:23,560 and the governor will be re-elected. 349 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,160 So your solution is for Peter Martell to withdraw, 350 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:28,360 at the price of a hundred thousand dollars. 351 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,960 Exactly. If one of you withdraws, the other will surely win. 352 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:32,960 That's absolutely true. 353 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,960 But I happen to know that Peter Martell would never make such a deal. 354 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,160 No, he wouldn't, the fool. 355 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:41,360 But for a hundred thousand dollars, I will put him out of the race. 356 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:42,560 You? 357 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,760 Would you believe it if I told you I hated that man's very shadow? 358 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,960 I, uh, have heard rumors here and there. 359 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,360 I want to leave him. I want to be rid of him forever. 360 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:53,560 Where could I go without money? What could I do? 361 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,760 He's so disgustingly honest that we're always broke. 362 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:58,760 He couldn't even pay me enough alimony. 363 00:15:58,760 --> 00:15:59,960 I've got to think for myself. 364 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:01,160 I begin to see... 365 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,360 Now suppose that tomorrow, two days before the election, 366 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,160 I were to file suit for divorce. 367 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:06,160 Ah. 368 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:07,760 I could leave for Reno tonight. 369 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,360 There would be in every newspaper tomorrow. 370 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:10,360 Hmm. 371 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,360 It would certainly eliminate your husband. 372 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:14,760 You'd pick up all the votes Peter would lose. 373 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:16,160 Enough to swing the election. 374 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,560 And your price is a hundred thousand dollars. 375 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:19,560 You agree? 376 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,360 I'd be a fool not to. Of course I agree. 377 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,160 The moment you file your divorce papers in Reno, 378 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,160 I'll have a hundred thousand dollars credited to your account 379 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:27,160 wherever you specify. 380 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:28,560 No, I must have it in advance. 381 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:29,760 No, my dear Mrs. Martell. 382 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:30,560 In advance. 383 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:31,760 It's out of the question. 384 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:33,760 How do I know you'll go through with it after I pay you? 385 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:35,960 And how do I know you'll pay me after I go through with it? 386 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:37,560 Don't you trust me? 387 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,560 Do I have to answer that? 388 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:40,760 Uh... 389 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:42,360 It looks like a deadlock. 390 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:43,360 I'll tell you what I'll do. 391 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,160 I'll take half now and the other half in Reno 392 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:46,560 after I've filed the papers. 393 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:47,960 Fifty thousand tonight, eh? 394 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,560 It must be tonight. I'll leave in the midnight plane. 395 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:52,960 Surely you have the cash available in a campaign like this. 396 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,960 Yes, of course I have the cash. 397 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,560 That seems to be the only solution. 398 00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:59,160 It's a deal, Mrs. Martell. 399 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,160 You'll get the money now? 400 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:00,960 At once. Wait here. 401 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:02,160 My home is just across the park. 402 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,360 I'll be back in five minutes. 403 00:17:04,360 --> 00:17:06,160 But just as a precaution, 404 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,760 I'm going to note down the serial numbers of the bills I give you. 405 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:11,160 If you aren't in Reno tomorrow morning, 406 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,160 I shall report the money stolen. 407 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,560 Don't worry, Mr. Archer. I promise you. 408 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,760 After tonight, there won't be anything to worry about. 409 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:31,960 Still waiting for me, I see, Dr. Varney. 410 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,960 Well, it took a long time. I was just deciding to leave. 411 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:36,360 You took care of Peter all right? 412 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:39,360 Yes, the wound opened up again. It was painful, but not as bad as it looked. 413 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:40,760 He'll be up again by tomorrow. 414 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:41,760 Thank you, Doctor. 415 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:45,360 Oh, you said you wanted to talk to me. 416 00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:47,960 Yes, I have a little proposition for you. 417 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,160 You, you mentioned fifty thousand dollars. 418 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:55,560 Yes. Yes, I have the money in my handbag here. 419 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,360 One, take it. 420 00:17:57,360 --> 00:17:58,760 Now count it. 421 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,360 Oh, yes, yes. 422 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:05,960 What, what do you want me to do? 423 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,560 Doctor, have you ever murdered anyone? 424 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:09,760 What? 425 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,560 I said, have you ever murdered anyone? 426 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:12,960 Why are you joking? 427 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,160 You'd hardly call murder a joke. 428 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,760 What are you suggesting? 429 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:18,960 You are Stephen Archer's physician. 430 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,960 You stop at his home every night and check his heart. 431 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:23,160 And you give him a sedative. 432 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,160 No, no, I'm going out of this house, Mrs. Martell, and I'm never coming back. 433 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,960 Before you go, Doctor, I'll take that money back. 434 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:30,360 Why? 435 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:31,760 Fifty thousand dollars, Doctor. 436 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:33,360 It's a lot of money. 437 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:34,560 Yes. 438 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,160 I know just how deep you are in the red. 439 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,360 Fifty thousand will put you on your feet again. 440 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:40,760 Well, I... 441 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:44,560 And you'll have the friendship of the wife of the next governor. 442 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,760 You... 443 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,760 You want me to give Archer an overdose of sedative. 444 00:18:49,760 --> 00:19:10,160 I knew you'd be reasonable, Barney. 445 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,160 Good morning, my dear. 446 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,760 I see you're at the radio already. 447 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,360 Aren't you up early today? 448 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:18,560 I thought all the Borgias slept late. 449 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:19,960 I wanted to hear the news. 450 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:21,360 Indeed. 451 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:25,160 Could it be a person by the name of George Monk that you're so anxious to hear about? 452 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,160 What do you mean? Why do you mention that name? 453 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:28,760 The Black Valleys, my dear. 454 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:35,160 Remember, I'm still anxious to know if it contains seventeen thousand dollars. 455 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:36,960 Have you taken the newspaper in yet? 456 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:37,560 No? 457 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,160 I'll get it. 458 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,760 There'll be something in this morning's paper that I'd like you to see, my dear. 459 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:46,760 Stephen Archer, candidate in the three-cornered race for governor, was found dead in his bed, 460 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:48,960 apparently from an overdose of sedative. 461 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:51,360 All indications point to accidental death, 462 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:54,960 except for the fact that a large sum of money was missing from the safe. 463 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,560 However, if the money was stolen, it'll do the thief no good, 464 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:01,560 for the serial numbers were carefully noted down on the desk pad on Mr. Archer's desk. 465 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,160 What was that? Archer dead? 466 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,560 Yes. 467 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:12,160 Sarah, I read the signs of your fine Italian hand. 468 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:13,560 Did you have a hand in it? 469 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:14,360 Peter! 470 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:17,760 So now Archer's votes will drop in my lap, huh? 471 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,160 You'll be governor, Peter. 472 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:20,760 Sarah, I think I'm going to kill you. 473 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:22,160 Put that crutch down! 474 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:26,160 No, no, my dear, you needn't run away. I was just rehearsing. 475 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,360 I'm not ready to kill you yet. 476 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:30,760 Perhaps someone else will do it first. 477 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:34,360 I'm going to wait for the result of my experiment. 478 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:35,760 Experiment? What do you mean? 479 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,160 See, here. 480 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,360 What? What is it, Peter? 481 00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:42,160 Just an ad in the personal column. 482 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,360 I had it inserted in every newspaper between here and Chicago. 483 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:46,360 Let me see that. 484 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:49,160 It's the first ad in the column with a display space around it. 485 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:52,360 I wanted to make sure it was seen by the right person. 486 00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:53,960 Read it, Sarah, read it. 487 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,560 All right, if it makes you happy, I will read it. 488 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:02,360 George, was her name Sarah? 489 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:04,760 Or did she use another name? 490 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:10,960 I mean the one who left with the little black beliefs and all the money in it. 491 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:15,560 If you have at least 17,000 reasons to find her, 492 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:19,160 and if the traveling isn't too difficult under the circumstances, 493 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:23,160 I suggest you come to Capital City. 494 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:24,560 The address is... 495 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:25,560 Peter, you didn't! 496 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,760 Isn't it cleverly worded, my dear? 497 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:31,160 I had to phrase it so that only George Monk and no one else would catch its meaning. 498 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:32,960 You put this ad in all the papers? 499 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:33,960 Exactly. 500 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:38,360 You see, my dear, if that little black beliefs did not contain $17,000, 501 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:39,960 you have nothing to fear. 502 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:45,360 But if it did, well, then I may be spared the chore of killing you. 503 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:47,160 I'll let George do it. 504 00:21:58,560 --> 00:21:59,160 Hello? 505 00:21:59,160 --> 00:21:59,960 Mrs. Martel? 506 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:00,960 Who is this? 507 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:02,160 Dr. Varney. 508 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:03,160 Oh. 509 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,160 Who did you think it was? 510 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,760 I thought... never mind. What do you want, Varney? 511 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,560 Don't you know? 512 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,160 I think you're pretty clever, don't you? 513 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:10,760 What do you mean? 514 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,560 That was Archer's own money you gave me last night, that $50,000. 515 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:14,960 Varney, are you insane? 516 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,760 Don't you realize you're talking over an open phone? 517 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,560 I only realize I murdered Archer for you for nothing. 518 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,360 That $50,000 I can't use. The serial numbers have been broadcast. 519 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:25,560 My dear Varney, I haven't the faintest notion what you're talking about. 520 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,960 Oh, how clever you are, Sarah Martel, how clever. 521 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:30,560 And how dangerous. 522 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:45,560 Yes, too dangerous to live. 523 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,560 The medical examiner is all through with the body, Inspector. 524 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:48,760 All right, O'Connor, all right. 525 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,560 Then I guess we're finished too. Tell Mike to be careful with the body. 526 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,160 And put down in your report, 527 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,360 dead on arrival, murdered by a person or persons unknown. 528 00:22:57,360 --> 00:23:00,160 I'll sign it when I get downtown. 529 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,960 She was a beautiful woman, O'Connor. 530 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:04,560 It's a tough way to die. 531 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,360 A tough way indeed, Inspector. 532 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:08,160 How's Mr. Martel taking it? 533 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,960 Like a trooper, sir. Here he comes now with his doctor. 534 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:12,560 All right, O'Connor, I'll see you downtown. 535 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:13,960 Yes, sir. Goodbye, Inspector. 536 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,960 Are you pretty near through, Inspector? 537 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,360 Yes, Mr. Martel, the boys are taking the body away now. 538 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:23,360 May I say, Mr. Martel, that you have my deepest sympathy in this bereavement of yours. 539 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:24,360 Thank you, Inspector. 540 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:26,360 Oh, by the way, do you know Dr. Varney? 541 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:27,360 How do you do, Doctor? 542 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:28,760 How do you do? Gastly business, Inspector. 543 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,160 Yes, indeed, and we'll do everything in our power to lay that murderer by the heels. 544 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:33,760 Inspector. 545 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:34,960 Yes, Dr. Varney. 546 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,160 Have you any clues, anything definite to go on? 547 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,560 Well, if you don't mind my talking about it now, Mr. Martel. 548 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:43,760 Oh, it's all right, Inspector. 549 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,160 I'm afraid I'm going to have to listen to a good deal of talking about it. 550 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,160 Might as well get used to it. 551 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,960 A very wise and courageous way to look at it, Mr. Martel. 552 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:52,760 Well, as I was saying, I believe it was a maniac. 553 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:53,760 That's my firm conviction. 554 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:54,560 A maniac? 555 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:55,560 Right. 556 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:57,960 Who but a maniac would have stayed in there to torment 557 00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,760 that poor dead body? 558 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,960 Can you imagine a sane man first choking her to death with his hands, 559 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,360 then stabbing her with some keen instrument, 560 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:07,960 then bashing her head in with a blunt instrument? 561 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,360 Well, Varney, that was quite an ordeal. 562 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:24,760 It was terrible. 563 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:26,560 Um, Varney. 564 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:27,560 Yes? 565 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,960 You hated her very much, didn't you? 566 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,160 No more than you did, Mr. Martel. 567 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,160 I won't deny it. It's true. 568 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,160 You haven't been using your crutch this morning. 569 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,160 Huh? 570 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:39,760 What made you think of the crutch? 571 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:40,960 Oh, nothing, nothing. 572 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:42,560 Blunt instrument, huh? 573 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,360 That's all right, Varney. I don't mind your asking. 574 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:46,360 I was thinking along the same lines myself. 575 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:49,160 Only it was the keen instrument I had in mind, say a scalpel. 576 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:50,160 Now look here. 577 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,560 Skip it, Varney. I was just making conversation. 578 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:53,960 Oh. 579 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,160 You know, there's something I don't understand. 580 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:57,160 Yes, Varney? 581 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:58,160 Yes? 582 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,160 Well, nothing, nothing at all. 583 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,360 I know what you want to ask. 584 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:04,760 You want to know who was the third man. 585 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:05,760 Well, I... 586 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:07,360 I'll show you, Varney. 587 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:09,160 Where are my keys? 588 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:10,760 Ah, here. 589 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:11,760 Oh. 590 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,560 What have you got in that closet? 591 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:14,960 A guest, Varney. 592 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,360 Shall I say an invited guest? 593 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,760 You can come out now, George. The coast is clear. 594 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:23,760 Oh. 595 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,560 I thought you meant to bury me alive in there. 596 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:26,560 Tell, who's this man? 597 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,560 Dr. Varney, George Monk. 598 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,360 Shake hands, gentlemen. 599 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:31,760 Oh, no? 600 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,160 Very well. 601 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,160 I, um... I thought it would be right for all three of us to be together for a moment. 602 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:38,560 You're talking about Martell. 603 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,960 Listen carefully, Varney, and you, George. 604 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,560 Each one of us was in her room last night. 605 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,960 A cumulative effect of our individual deeds has convinced the inspector 606 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,160 that a maniac murdered my wife. 607 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:50,960 But we three know better. 608 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,560 However, there is one of us who knows more than the other two. 609 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,160 One of us killed her first. 610 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,360 I say first, because the other two were not one wit less murderers 611 00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:00,960 for the fact that she was already dead. 612 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,560 The three of us. 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