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01:18.080 --> 01:21.520 Sure, I can stand it if you can. 01:21.520 --> 01:30.160 Well, all right, I'll tell it from when I first began to know for sure two weeks ago. 01:30.160 --> 01:34.280 I should have known before that something was wrong. 01:34.280 --> 01:37.160 I should have known by her eyes. 01:37.160 --> 01:44.000 It was a queer look in them, staring at me one minute, avoiding me the next. 01:44.000 --> 01:46.840 Well, I came home late one Monday night. 01:46.840 --> 01:51.960 They were asleep, my son John Ann, my wife here, Marie. 01:51.960 --> 01:54.280 I lay in bed reviewing my day's work. 01:54.280 --> 01:59.280 You see, I'm an investigator for the Herkimer Fire Insurance Company, and while thinking 01:59.280 --> 02:02.680 about the fire on Second Avenue, I fell asleep. 02:02.680 --> 02:07.480 Suddenly, I was sitting bold upright, wide awake, with a strange feeling of being alone 02:07.480 --> 02:08.480 in the room. 02:08.480 --> 02:11.360 I looked towards Marie's bed. 02:11.360 --> 02:14.200 It was too dark to see. 02:14.200 --> 02:17.160 I called, Marie? 02:17.160 --> 02:18.160 Marie? 02:18.160 --> 02:19.160 No answer. 02:19.160 --> 02:24.240 I got up, and I walked to her bed. 02:24.240 --> 02:25.240 The quilt was bunched up. 02:25.240 --> 02:26.520 I pulled the covers down. 02:26.520 --> 02:27.520 The bed was empty. 02:27.520 --> 02:29.520 In the bathroom? 02:29.520 --> 02:35.240 No, she wasn't there, and not in Johnny's room either. 02:35.240 --> 02:36.240 Johnny was alone. 02:36.240 --> 02:39.040 Marie wasn't in the apartment. 02:39.040 --> 02:40.040 I put on the light. 02:40.040 --> 02:41.040 I looked at my watch. 02:41.040 --> 02:42.480 It was two in the morning. 02:42.480 --> 02:47.200 I got dressed, walked out, rang for the elevator. 02:47.200 --> 02:48.200 It was nothing. 02:48.200 --> 02:53.080 Of course, it was nothing important, but my heart kept hammering away. 02:53.080 --> 02:54.760 Oh, morning, Mr. Jordan. 02:54.760 --> 02:55.760 Kind of late for you. 02:55.760 --> 02:56.760 Yes, yes. 02:56.760 --> 02:57.760 Good morning, Steve. 02:57.760 --> 03:00.160 Did you see my wife go downstairs? 03:00.160 --> 03:03.120 Yeah, Mr. Jordan, about a half an hour ago, I see. 03:03.120 --> 03:04.120 Oh. 03:04.120 --> 03:05.120 Oh, yes. 03:05.120 --> 03:06.120 Yes, of course. 03:06.120 --> 03:07.360 Did you see which way she went? 03:07.360 --> 03:08.360 Yeah, sure. 03:08.360 --> 03:09.360 She went towards Third Avenue. 03:09.360 --> 03:10.360 Said she was going to the- 03:10.360 --> 03:11.360 Going to the drug store, I guess. 03:11.360 --> 03:12.360 Yeah, that's right. 03:12.360 --> 03:14.760 I mean, it's over on 96th Street, open all night, you know. 03:14.760 --> 03:15.760 Oh, thanks. 03:15.760 --> 03:18.080 Well, that was it. 03:18.080 --> 03:19.920 She went to the drug store. 03:19.920 --> 03:23.240 I was worried over nothing at all. 03:23.240 --> 03:24.720 I didn't know what to do quite. 03:24.720 --> 03:31.280 I didn't want to follow her, but the elevator boy was watching me, so I strolled easily 03:31.280 --> 03:32.920 along toward Third Avenue. 03:32.920 --> 03:39.600 I stood on the deserted dark corner and looked up and down the street, and I saw her coming. 03:39.600 --> 03:42.520 She was walking toward me briskly. 03:42.520 --> 03:44.680 Harry, what are you doing here? 03:44.680 --> 03:46.520 Well, I got up and saw you were gone. 03:46.520 --> 03:47.520 I couldn't sleep. 03:47.520 --> 03:51.880 I had a dreadful headache, so I decided to go down for some aspirin. 03:51.880 --> 03:52.880 Yeah. 03:52.880 --> 03:54.480 Oh, yeah, of course. 03:54.480 --> 03:59.760 The drug store on 96th Street, but you were coming from 98th Street. 03:59.760 --> 04:02.800 I took a little walk, thought some fresh air would do me some good. 04:02.800 --> 04:03.800 Oh, yeah. 04:03.800 --> 04:05.000 Yeah, it's a nice night. 04:05.000 --> 04:06.520 I've only been gone about 10 minutes. 04:06.520 --> 04:08.440 Well, Steve said you were gone about a half an hour. 04:08.440 --> 04:09.960 I was only 10 minutes. 04:09.960 --> 04:10.960 What time is it now? 04:10.960 --> 04:11.960 2.35. 04:11.960 --> 04:12.960 I've been out for about 15 minutes. 04:12.960 --> 04:13.960 Well, it's more than that. 04:13.960 --> 04:16.160 It was 15 minutes, no more than that. 04:16.160 --> 04:18.160 Well, yeah. 04:18.160 --> 04:21.600 Yeah, I guess so. 04:21.600 --> 04:27.600 Well, everything seemed all right, but still I felt something was wrong. 04:27.600 --> 04:31.040 We got into our apartment and we both went to bed. 04:31.040 --> 04:34.000 For a minute or so, we said nothing. 04:34.000 --> 04:35.000 Listen. 04:35.000 --> 04:36.000 A fire. 04:36.000 --> 04:37.000 A fire. 04:37.000 --> 04:40.560 Yeah, yeah, not far. 04:40.560 --> 04:42.600 Over east a couple of blocks. 04:42.600 --> 04:44.600 By the river, I'd say. 04:44.600 --> 04:45.600 That's my district. 04:45.600 --> 04:46.600 A fire. 04:46.600 --> 04:47.600 Hello. 04:47.600 --> 04:48.600 Hello, Harry. 04:48.600 --> 04:54.600 Sorry to wake you in the middle of the night, but there's a bad one over near you. 04:54.600 --> 04:55.600 Between second and third. 04:55.600 --> 04:57.040 Maybe a total loss. 04:57.040 --> 04:59.320 Between second and third, Mr. Parmiter? 04:59.320 --> 05:00.320 On apartment building. 05:00.320 --> 05:01.320 Yeah. 05:01.320 --> 05:02.320 98th Street. 05:02.320 --> 05:03.320 340 East 98. 05:03.320 --> 05:06.320 I called you because I'd like you to go there direct first thing in the morning instead 05:06.320 --> 05:07.320 of coming to the office. 05:07.320 --> 05:08.320 Okay, I'll meet you there. 05:08.320 --> 05:09.320 Okay, Mr. Parmiter, good night. 05:09.320 --> 05:10.320 A fire on 98th Street. 05:10.320 --> 05:11.320 Yeah. 05:11.320 --> 05:12.320 Yeah. 05:12.320 --> 05:23.200 I couldn't see Marie in the dark, but I knew. 05:23.200 --> 05:25.920 I knew she was staring at me. 05:25.920 --> 05:28.320 I was very tired. 05:28.320 --> 05:29.320 Good night, Marie. 05:29.320 --> 05:30.320 Good night, Harry. 05:30.320 --> 05:45.200 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you a star keen and win with Kathy Lewis in The 05:45.200 --> 05:47.800 Night Reveals by Cornell Woolrich. 05:47.800 --> 06:00.120 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 06:00.120 --> 06:05.360 Between the acts of Suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 06:05.360 --> 06:10.040 Tomorrow and Saturday, most American households will be busy with preparations for Easter 06:10.040 --> 06:15.400 Sunday dinner, the traditional feast ending the Lenten season. 06:15.400 --> 06:20.400 Time honored accompaniment to gracious Easter dining and entertaining is wine enjoyed throughout 06:20.400 --> 06:26.840 the ages by families and friends for pleasure and companionship in a sensible, moderate 06:26.840 --> 06:27.840 way. 06:27.840 --> 06:34.400 A fine wine that will add good taste and friendliness to your Easter day is Roma, the wine most 06:34.400 --> 06:36.560 Americans prefer. 06:36.560 --> 06:42.280 And most popular of all Roma wines is Roma California Sherry, a light, mellow wine of 06:42.280 --> 06:46.880 inviting fragrance and unusual nut-like taste. 06:46.880 --> 06:52.840 The centuries-old custom of sipping Sherry before dinner is now more popular than ever. 06:52.840 --> 06:59.360 Today, millions of Americans, especially those who seek good living, enjoy Roma Sherry before 06:59.360 --> 07:00.920 each evening meal. 07:00.920 --> 07:06.160 Yes, Roma Sherry is truly America's first call for dinner. 07:06.160 --> 07:08.640 Try Roma Sherry before dinner. 07:08.640 --> 07:11.960 Discover how it increases your mealtime pleasure. 07:11.960 --> 07:16.200 Get Roma Sherry tomorrow in time for the Easter weekend. 07:16.200 --> 07:24.120 Remember, that's Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma, America's favorite wine. 07:24.120 --> 07:29.400 And now Roma wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage Keenan Wynne as Harry Jordan and 07:29.400 --> 07:35.320 Kathy Lewis as his wife Marie in The Night Reveals, a tale well calculated to keep you 07:35.320 --> 07:49.520 in suspense. 07:49.520 --> 07:50.520 Go on, Mr. Jordan. 07:50.520 --> 07:54.680 Well, gentlemen, the next morning I went over to 98th Street to inspect the remains of number 07:54.680 --> 07:59.520 340 and to see if there was evidence of anything suspicious about the origin of the fire. 07:59.520 --> 08:01.440 And Mr. Parmiter was there. 08:01.440 --> 08:02.880 There it is. 08:02.880 --> 08:03.880 Got it. 08:03.880 --> 08:05.480 You're paying off on this one all right? 08:05.480 --> 08:06.760 Yeah, completely burned out. 08:06.760 --> 08:07.760 Anyone hurt? 08:07.760 --> 08:08.760 A few. 08:08.760 --> 08:09.760 No one dead. 08:09.760 --> 08:11.600 Lucky they just installed the new fire escapes. 08:11.600 --> 08:13.600 Just the walls left. 08:13.600 --> 08:15.800 Fire must have been quite a sight in the height of its glory. 08:15.800 --> 08:16.800 Yeah, quite a sight. 08:16.800 --> 08:18.960 You say those walls look pretty bad. 08:18.960 --> 08:19.960 Might collapse most any time. 08:19.960 --> 08:21.680 Oh, the building will have to be razed. 08:21.680 --> 08:23.160 That fire did a good job. 08:23.160 --> 08:24.560 Oh, there's the commissioner. 08:24.560 --> 08:25.560 Hello, Parmiter. 08:25.560 --> 08:26.560 Jordan? 08:26.560 --> 08:27.560 How are you, morale? 08:27.560 --> 08:29.040 No, anything about the fire, commissioner? 08:29.040 --> 08:30.040 No, not a thing. 08:30.040 --> 08:31.160 Well, we'll have a look. 08:31.160 --> 08:32.640 I wouldn't go in there, Jordan. 08:32.640 --> 08:33.640 Those walls... 08:33.640 --> 08:34.640 I'm afraid I'd scare myself. 08:34.640 --> 08:35.640 Maybe you better not go inside, Harry. 08:35.640 --> 08:37.080 Now, don't worry about me. 08:37.080 --> 08:39.120 I know fires as well as anyone. 08:39.120 --> 08:40.320 You stay outside, Mr. Parmiter. 08:40.320 --> 08:41.320 I'm going in. 08:41.320 --> 08:50.240 I walked gingerly into the blackened, ruined hallway in ashes up to my ankles until I reached 08:50.240 --> 08:52.240 the remains of the stairway. 08:52.240 --> 08:58.160 Underneath were several baby carriages, just twisted pieces of metal. 08:58.160 --> 08:59.760 Burning fragment of something fell nearby. 08:59.760 --> 09:00.760 Come on back, Jordan. 09:00.760 --> 09:01.760 I'm all right. 09:01.760 --> 09:08.160 I poked around near the carriages, sifting through the fine, clean ashes. 09:08.160 --> 09:09.160 Something caught my eye. 09:09.160 --> 09:13.120 A glob of yellow metal. 09:13.120 --> 09:16.000 I picked it up and I worked my way out. 09:16.000 --> 09:19.160 Ah, she's burned through, isn't she? 09:19.160 --> 09:20.160 Yeah, cleaned through. 09:20.160 --> 09:21.160 Nothing left of her. 09:21.160 --> 09:22.160 Did you find anything, Harry? 09:22.160 --> 09:23.160 Oh, nothing much. 09:23.160 --> 09:25.160 Fire started in the hallway all right. 09:25.160 --> 09:26.160 Cellar's untouched. 09:26.160 --> 09:27.160 Firework's its way up. 09:27.160 --> 09:28.160 What's that in your hand? 09:28.160 --> 09:29.160 Oh, that? 09:29.160 --> 09:31.480 Oh, it's just a piece of metal I found. 09:31.480 --> 09:32.480 Here. 09:32.480 --> 09:33.800 I just picked it up for my kid. 09:33.800 --> 09:34.800 He likes shiny things. 09:34.800 --> 09:36.080 What do you think, Commissioner? 09:36.080 --> 09:38.880 Oh, probably one of those gadgets they have on baby carriages. 09:38.880 --> 09:39.880 Yeah, I guess you're right. 09:39.880 --> 09:40.880 Yeah. 09:40.880 --> 09:43.880 It isn't anything. 09:43.880 --> 09:45.440 But it was something. 09:45.440 --> 09:49.080 I had run my fingernail across this glob of metal. 09:49.080 --> 09:51.560 It looked like gold. 09:51.560 --> 09:55.400 I would examine it in detail at home. 09:55.400 --> 09:58.880 Hello, Johnny. 09:58.880 --> 10:01.280 How are you, Johnny? 10:01.280 --> 10:03.520 Just, Mama says I was bad today. 10:03.520 --> 10:04.960 Harry, you're home early. 10:04.960 --> 10:06.280 Yeah, yeah, I got sooner. 10:06.280 --> 10:09.800 I got through sooner than I expected. 10:09.800 --> 10:10.800 What is it? 10:10.800 --> 10:11.800 What is it, Harry? 10:11.800 --> 10:12.800 Your locket. 10:12.800 --> 10:14.840 You're not wearing it. 10:14.840 --> 10:16.560 You never had it off before. 10:16.560 --> 10:17.560 My locket? 10:17.560 --> 10:18.560 What? 10:18.560 --> 10:19.560 Why, don't you remember? 10:19.560 --> 10:22.480 Daddy, can I go over to see Davey Taylor for a minute? 10:22.480 --> 10:23.480 Yes, yes, Johnny. 10:23.480 --> 10:24.480 Go ahead. 10:24.480 --> 10:25.480 All right. 10:25.480 --> 10:26.480 Gee, thanks, Daddy. 10:26.480 --> 10:27.880 He shouldn't have done that, Harry. 10:27.880 --> 10:28.880 I didn't want him to go. 10:28.880 --> 10:29.880 He hasn't had his dinner. 10:29.880 --> 10:30.880 Never mind, Johnny. 10:30.880 --> 10:33.800 What did you say happened to the locket? 10:33.800 --> 10:35.400 Why, I gave it to you. 10:35.400 --> 10:36.400 To me? 10:36.400 --> 10:38.000 Well, I put it in your pocket to have it fixed. 10:38.000 --> 10:39.000 The catch was loose. 10:39.000 --> 10:40.000 I don't remember. 10:40.000 --> 10:41.600 I put it in your pocket, Harry. 10:41.600 --> 10:42.920 I forgot to mention it to you. 10:42.920 --> 10:45.680 I wanted you to take it to the jeweler's, get the catch fixed. 10:45.680 --> 10:48.800 I just put it in your coat pocket while you were shaving. 10:48.800 --> 10:49.800 When? 10:49.800 --> 10:50.800 Yesterday. 10:50.800 --> 10:51.800 Yes, yesterday morning. 10:51.800 --> 10:54.080 Well, then it should be in my pocket now. 10:54.080 --> 10:57.560 I wore this suit yesterday, too. 10:57.560 --> 10:59.360 Nothing in my pockets, Marie. 10:59.360 --> 11:00.360 Well... 11:00.360 --> 11:02.200 Yes, Harry? 11:02.200 --> 11:04.520 Is... is anything wrong with you? 11:04.520 --> 11:05.520 I'm perfectly all right. 11:05.520 --> 11:06.880 There's not a thing wrong with me. 11:06.880 --> 11:09.960 Well, you look worried, as if you had something on your mind. 11:09.960 --> 11:10.960 Oh, it's nothing. 11:10.960 --> 11:13.280 I've just been having a headache. 11:13.280 --> 11:14.280 Maybe you ought to see a doctor. 11:14.280 --> 11:16.760 No, it really doesn't amount to much. 11:16.760 --> 11:20.160 Well, I think I'll take another look for the locket. 11:20.160 --> 11:23.920 Uh, which suit did you say you put it in? 11:23.920 --> 11:26.960 Your blue suit, I think. 11:26.960 --> 11:27.960 Maybe it was the gray, though. 11:27.960 --> 11:28.960 I... 11:28.960 --> 11:31.560 I couldn't make it out. 11:31.560 --> 11:33.560 What had she done with the locket? 11:33.560 --> 11:34.560 Had she pawned it? 11:34.560 --> 11:36.520 Had she given it away? 11:36.520 --> 11:39.720 And then I remembered something. 11:39.720 --> 11:43.440 I went into the bathroom and locked the door. 11:43.440 --> 11:47.400 I looked at this shapeless little glob of yellow metal. 11:47.400 --> 11:50.400 I rubbed the blackened spots away until all of it was gleaming. 11:50.400 --> 11:54.720 I took a nail file out of the medicine chest and began to file it. 11:54.720 --> 11:59.160 I kept filing until I had enlarged the crack to the full length of the piece of gold. 11:59.160 --> 12:02.480 Then I slipped the nail file inside and pried. 12:02.480 --> 12:05.240 And pried it open. 12:05.240 --> 12:08.240 Tiny fragments of glass, and then... 12:08.240 --> 12:10.480 Then I saw a piece of scorched paper. 12:10.480 --> 12:13.480 It was a photograph. 12:13.480 --> 12:17.720 A picture of my son, Johnny. 12:17.720 --> 12:20.000 This glob of metal was my wife's locket. 12:20.000 --> 12:24.080 I put the locket and the picture in my pocket and walked out. 12:24.080 --> 12:25.800 All right now. 12:25.800 --> 12:28.200 Now what's the largest continent in the world? 12:28.200 --> 12:29.200 I know it's... 12:29.200 --> 12:30.200 It's... 12:30.200 --> 12:31.200 It's Asia. 12:31.200 --> 12:32.200 Mm-hmm. 12:32.200 --> 12:33.200 And the next largest? 12:33.200 --> 12:34.200 That's easy. 12:34.200 --> 12:35.200 Africa. 12:35.200 --> 12:36.200 Full of jungle. 12:36.200 --> 12:38.200 That's where Tarzan lives. 12:38.200 --> 12:40.880 Isn't it time for Johnny to be in bed? 12:40.880 --> 12:41.880 Yes. 12:41.880 --> 12:43.080 I had an idea it was so late. 12:43.080 --> 12:44.080 You run along to your room, Johnny. 12:44.080 --> 12:45.080 I'll be in in a minute. 12:45.080 --> 12:46.080 All right, Mother. 12:46.080 --> 12:47.080 Good night, Dad. 12:47.080 --> 12:48.080 Good night, Johnny. 12:48.080 --> 12:49.080 Sleep well. 12:49.080 --> 12:50.080 He's... 12:50.080 --> 12:53.880 He's getting along very well in school. 12:53.880 --> 12:55.360 Except for arithmetic. 12:55.360 --> 12:57.960 Seems to be having a little trouble. 12:57.960 --> 12:59.960 Johnny will be all right. 12:59.960 --> 13:01.360 Yes. 13:01.360 --> 13:03.320 Johnny will be all right. 13:03.320 --> 13:05.400 I know he'll be all right. 13:05.400 --> 13:08.800 I watched her. 13:08.800 --> 13:10.920 She seemed very uneasy. 13:10.920 --> 13:15.760 I walked over to my pipe rack where I kept several books of matches in a jar. 13:15.760 --> 13:18.960 But there weren't any there. 13:18.960 --> 13:21.640 All this time I knew she was watching me. 13:21.640 --> 13:22.640 Watching me closely. 13:22.640 --> 13:24.680 I looked behind the rack. 13:24.680 --> 13:29.840 There wasn't a match around. 13:29.840 --> 13:31.440 What the devil happened to all my matches? 13:31.440 --> 13:32.440 I have a match. 13:32.440 --> 13:33.440 Here. 13:33.440 --> 13:34.440 Here. 13:34.440 --> 13:35.440 Let me light it for you. 13:35.440 --> 13:36.440 Did you take the matches out of the jar, Marie? 13:36.440 --> 13:37.440 Well, I... 13:37.440 --> 13:38.440 Did you? 13:38.440 --> 13:39.440 Yes. 13:39.440 --> 13:40.440 I needed them in the kitchen. 13:40.440 --> 13:41.440 Shall I light your pipe for you? 13:41.440 --> 13:42.440 No. 13:42.440 --> 13:43.440 No. 13:43.440 --> 13:44.440 I'll light it myself. 13:44.440 --> 13:46.840 I picked a match out of the booklet. 13:46.840 --> 13:49.800 It was a clean white match with a green head. 13:49.800 --> 13:52.040 I struck it against the side. 13:52.040 --> 13:57.000 The match sputtered up into a yellow flame, fringed on the bottom with blue. 13:57.000 --> 14:01.840 Marie stared at it until I felt the sharp bite of the flame on my thumb. 14:01.840 --> 14:04.640 Would... would you like a cup of tea, Harry? 14:04.640 --> 14:05.640 No. 14:05.640 --> 14:08.640 No, dear, I don't think so. 14:08.640 --> 14:09.960 Marie! 14:09.960 --> 14:11.040 Leave the matches on the table. 14:11.040 --> 14:12.040 I need them. 14:12.040 --> 14:13.320 I'm rather short of matches. 14:13.320 --> 14:14.920 The pilot light isn't working. 14:14.920 --> 14:16.800 Is this the only book of matches in the house? 14:16.800 --> 14:17.800 I'll have to get some tomorrow. 14:17.800 --> 14:18.800 Where... where are you going, Harry? 14:18.800 --> 14:19.800 Get a drink of water? 14:19.800 --> 14:20.800 No, no. 14:20.800 --> 14:21.800 I'll get it for you, Harry. 14:21.800 --> 14:22.800 Never mind, Marie. 14:22.800 --> 14:23.800 I'll get it myself. 14:23.800 --> 14:28.520 I went into the kitchen. 14:28.520 --> 14:31.600 There was a paper bag alongside the gas range. 14:31.600 --> 14:34.720 Matches, all thrown in, helter-skelter. 14:34.720 --> 14:37.680 Books of matches and safety matches all mixed together. 14:37.680 --> 14:42.400 I walked back and sat down in my chair. 14:42.400 --> 14:46.440 Marie, you've been having headaches lately. 14:46.440 --> 14:47.440 I'm just tired. 14:47.440 --> 14:48.440 Nothing serious. 14:48.440 --> 14:51.360 Well, how would you like to go away for a few days? 14:51.360 --> 14:53.400 You know, take a vacation. 14:53.400 --> 14:55.600 I'll get a maid to take care of Johnny and Mia. 14:55.600 --> 14:56.960 It'll do you a lot of good. 14:56.960 --> 14:58.320 No, no, I don't need a vacation. 14:58.320 --> 15:00.760 There's nothing wrong with me, but, Harry, there is... 15:00.760 --> 15:01.760 Yes? 15:01.760 --> 15:04.080 There... there's... there's nothing the matter with... 15:04.080 --> 15:05.800 You were about to say something else. 15:05.800 --> 15:08.600 I've got to go into Johnny's room and see that he's covered. 15:08.600 --> 15:12.040 He always throws the covers off. 15:12.040 --> 15:17.720 I sat there, looking at the door, and then I glanced about the room. 15:17.720 --> 15:21.000 There was the pack of matches lying open on the table. 15:21.000 --> 15:25.760 I closed the cover, and my eye caught her purse lying nearby. 15:25.760 --> 15:27.520 It was bulging. 15:27.520 --> 15:28.520 Harry! 15:28.520 --> 15:29.520 Oh, what's the matter? 15:29.520 --> 15:31.520 My... my purse. 15:31.520 --> 15:32.520 Yeah. 15:32.520 --> 15:33.760 Yes, your purse. 15:33.760 --> 15:35.840 Here, look. 15:35.840 --> 15:40.720 See the handle's loose, and it's full of matches, a dozen books of them, and these newspaper 15:40.720 --> 15:41.720 clippings. 15:41.720 --> 15:42.720 Give it back to me. 15:42.720 --> 15:43.720 Why are you saving these clippings? 15:43.720 --> 15:45.080 Why do you carry matches with you? 15:45.080 --> 15:48.000 I bought the matches in a store a dozen for five cents. 15:48.000 --> 15:53.480 And these clippings, fire on 112th Street causes severe damage, and these others. 15:53.480 --> 15:55.840 Why are you saving these clippings, Marie? 15:55.840 --> 15:56.840 There's nothing wrong in that. 15:56.840 --> 15:57.840 I'm... I'm interested. 15:57.840 --> 15:59.960 I'm interested in your work. 15:59.960 --> 16:03.120 I intend to keep a file on fires. 16:03.120 --> 16:04.760 It will help you in your work. 16:04.760 --> 16:07.040 That's very considerate, Marie. 16:07.040 --> 16:09.720 Oh, Harry, you're so good. 16:09.720 --> 16:14.800 Why should this have to happen to us? 16:14.800 --> 16:20.520 As far as midnight, I went to bed. 16:20.520 --> 16:22.440 Marie did not follow me. 16:22.440 --> 16:27.440 I... I lay in the semi-darkness, wide awake, trying to think what I should do. 16:27.440 --> 16:29.880 I couldn't collect my thoughts. 16:29.880 --> 16:33.880 Every time I closed my eyes, I could see the flame of the match, yellow and blue, crawling 16:33.880 --> 16:35.880 along the matchstick. 16:35.880 --> 16:38.440 Here, drink this, Harry. 16:38.440 --> 16:40.480 It will help you sleep. 16:40.480 --> 16:41.480 What is it? 16:41.480 --> 16:42.480 It's cocoa. 16:42.480 --> 16:43.760 It's very good for you. 16:43.760 --> 16:47.000 I'm not the one that's having trouble falling asleep. 16:47.000 --> 16:49.280 We both couldn't sleep last night. 16:49.280 --> 16:52.400 I'm taking some of this myself as soon as I go to bed. 16:52.400 --> 16:53.400 All right. 16:53.400 --> 16:54.680 Leave it on the nightstand. 16:54.680 --> 16:57.000 You'll be sure to drink it while it's hot. 16:57.000 --> 16:58.000 Yes, Marie, I will. 16:58.000 --> 16:59.000 Good night, darling. 16:59.000 --> 17:00.000 Good night, Marie. 17:00.000 --> 17:01.000 Cocoa. 17:01.000 --> 17:09.360 And then suddenly, I knew. 17:09.360 --> 17:12.280 I looked around quickly for something to pour it in. 17:12.280 --> 17:13.880 It was the radiator pan. 17:13.880 --> 17:14.880 It was empty. 17:14.880 --> 17:16.720 I poured the cup of liquid into it. 17:16.720 --> 17:20.560 And then I laid back and waited, waited for her next move. 17:20.560 --> 17:28.280 About a half an hour later, I heard the door open softly, and Marie tiptoed toward my bed. 17:28.280 --> 17:29.280 Harry? 17:29.280 --> 17:30.280 Harry? 17:30.280 --> 17:31.280 Are you asleep? 17:31.280 --> 17:32.280 I didn't answer. 17:32.280 --> 17:33.280 Just kept breathing evenly. 17:33.280 --> 17:34.280 She hovered for a moment over me, and then she tiptoed out, carefully closing the door 17:34.280 --> 17:35.280 and then she went back to sleep. 17:35.280 --> 17:36.280 I didn't know what to do. 17:36.280 --> 17:37.280 I was so scared. 17:37.280 --> 17:38.280 I didn't know what to do. 17:38.280 --> 17:39.280 I didn't know what to do. 17:39.280 --> 17:40.280 I didn't know what to do. 17:40.280 --> 17:41.280 I didn't know what to do. 17:41.280 --> 17:42.280 I was so scared that I went home and went through a room, and I saw Marie carefully 17:42.280 --> 17:44.600 closing the door behind her. 17:44.600 --> 17:47.120 I dashed out of bed and hurried into my clothes. 17:47.120 --> 17:50.880 Quickly, I poured the liquid from the pan into a bottle and put the bottle into my pocket. 17:50.880 --> 17:53.180 Then I grabbed my coat and followed her. 17:53.180 --> 17:54.400 I rang for the elevator. 17:54.400 --> 17:56.980 She only a few minutes headway. 17:56.980 --> 18:02.400 I'd catch up with her easily, and then, well, then we'd have a showdown. 18:02.400 --> 18:03.960 Steve looked at me with controlled amazement. 18:03.960 --> 18:05.600 Hello, Steve. 18:05.600 --> 18:09.280 Hello, Mr. Jordan. 18:09.280 --> 18:11.000 My wife went down a moment ago, didn't she? 18:11.000 --> 18:13.000 Yeah, yeah, Mr. Jordan just took her down. 18:13.000 --> 18:15.000 She went toward Third Avenue, didn't she? 18:15.000 --> 18:17.000 I... I think so, sir. 18:17.000 --> 18:20.000 She sort of stopped for a minute then turned toward Third Avenue. 18:20.000 --> 18:22.000 I had to get back to the elevator because you were ringing. 18:25.000 --> 18:28.000 When I reached the corner, I looked up and down Third Avenue. 18:28.000 --> 18:30.000 Then I saw her. 18:30.000 --> 18:32.000 She was walking north. 18:32.000 --> 18:36.000 I crossed to the other side of the street and followed her, keeping it a distance. 18:36.000 --> 18:38.000 At 98th Street, she turned east. 18:38.000 --> 18:40.000 Down the middle of the block. 18:40.000 --> 18:43.000 With the remains of that last night's fire. 18:43.000 --> 18:48.000 She paused in front of the gutted building for a long time. 18:48.000 --> 18:50.000 Just stood there, looking at it. 18:50.000 --> 18:52.000 Then she walked inside. 18:52.000 --> 18:55.000 I waited for a few seconds and then followed her. 18:55.000 --> 18:58.000 It was pitch dark in the burned out hallway. 18:58.000 --> 19:03.000 Ahead of me, I could see the glow of a match. 19:03.000 --> 19:06.000 Then I saw what she was doing. 19:06.000 --> 19:10.000 She was collecting the charred debris near the baby carriages. 19:10.000 --> 19:12.000 How foolish. 19:12.000 --> 19:16.000 There wasn't anything... anything that could burn there now. 19:16.000 --> 19:18.000 She lit another match. 19:18.000 --> 19:21.000 I watched the flame light up her face. 19:21.000 --> 19:25.000 A face so intent upon her work that she didn't hear me approach. 19:25.000 --> 19:27.000 Marie! 19:27.000 --> 19:28.000 Who's there? 19:28.000 --> 19:29.000 It's me, Harry. 19:29.000 --> 19:30.000 Harry, why didn't you... 19:30.000 --> 19:32.000 Come along, Marie. We'd better get out of here. 19:32.000 --> 19:34.000 Police. 19:34.000 --> 19:38.000 I took her hand and without a word she came along. 19:38.000 --> 19:42.000 We walked home in complete silence. We both knew. 19:42.000 --> 19:47.000 When we came to our apartment house, I stopped and rang for the elevator. 19:47.000 --> 19:51.000 In the light of the hallway, I could see her face. 19:51.000 --> 19:53.000 My wife's face. 19:53.000 --> 19:54.000 Ashy gray. 19:54.000 --> 19:57.000 Her eyes bright and painful. 19:57.000 --> 20:00.000 You run upstairs, Marie. I'll be along in a minute. 20:00.000 --> 20:01.000 Harry, where are you going? 20:01.000 --> 20:02.000 I'll be right back. 20:02.000 --> 20:03.000 Please, Harry, don't... don't do anything. 20:03.000 --> 20:04.000 You run along, Marie. 20:04.000 --> 20:05.000 You're not going to... 20:05.000 --> 20:08.000 No, no, I'm only going to the drugstore to get something. 20:08.000 --> 20:10.000 I'll be back in a few minutes. 20:20.000 --> 20:24.000 I came home a half an hour later. She was waiting for me. 20:24.000 --> 20:26.000 Did... did you do it, Harry? 20:26.000 --> 20:29.000 Harry, please tell me I've got to know. 20:29.000 --> 20:31.000 I had the cocoa you gave me analyzed. 20:31.000 --> 20:34.000 I'm sorry, I had to do it. Don't you see? I couldn't help it. 20:34.000 --> 20:38.000 It was very easy for the druggist, especially when I told him what I thought was in it. 20:38.000 --> 20:41.000 That's sodium stuff that makes you sleep through an earthquake. 20:41.000 --> 20:44.000 Please try to understand, Harry. You must understand. 20:44.000 --> 20:45.000 Is the kid asleep? 20:45.000 --> 20:47.000 Yes, Johnny's all right. 20:47.000 --> 20:50.000 Well, I... I was sorry for Marie. 20:50.000 --> 20:54.000 She looked so haggard and worn. It wasn't her fault. 20:54.000 --> 20:58.000 I was sorry for myself. My head was roaring. 20:58.000 --> 21:01.000 I wasn't feeling too well. I kept seeing sparks in front of my eyes. 21:01.000 --> 21:04.000 I closed my eyes for a moment. 21:04.000 --> 21:06.000 Let's go to bed, Harry. 21:06.000 --> 21:09.000 Marie, we can do something. 21:09.000 --> 21:12.000 Let's burn up every match, every match in the house. 21:12.000 --> 21:13.000 We'll never bring another match in here. 21:13.000 --> 21:15.000 No, no, Harry, we can't do that. 21:15.000 --> 21:16.000 You don't want to? 21:15.000 --> 21:17.000 No, Harry, not now. 21:17.000 --> 21:20.000 See? This is the first book. 21:20.000 --> 21:22.000 It's turning black. We'll do it with every book of matches. 21:22.000 --> 21:24.000 It's no use. It's no use, Harry. 21:24.000 --> 21:27.000 Strange, isn't it, that this should happen to me? 21:27.000 --> 21:29.000 Me, a fire inspector? 21:29.000 --> 21:31.000 Oh, that's funny. 21:31.000 --> 21:33.000 Give me the matches, Marie. All the matches. 21:33.000 --> 21:35.000 No, I can't do that. I won't. 21:35.000 --> 21:36.000 Give them to me. 21:35.000 --> 21:37.000 Please, please don't. Please don't take them. 21:37.000 --> 21:39.000 I'll do anything you want, anything. 21:39.000 --> 21:41.000 Where did you hide them? Tell me, where are they? 21:41.000 --> 21:45.000 Inside the range behind the paper bag. 21:45.000 --> 21:51.000 I dropped her hand and she sank to the floor in a huddle, weeping. 21:51.000 --> 21:55.000 Then I went into the kitchen and I got all the matches. 21:55.000 --> 21:58.000 Please, please, Harry, don't burn them up. 21:58.000 --> 22:01.000 By now my anger was cooling off. 22:01.000 --> 22:04.000 Look, Marie, look up. 22:04.000 --> 22:11.000 See? I light each book of matches one at a time until they're all gone up in smoke. 22:11.000 --> 22:14.000 The yellow flame licked its way down the matches. 22:14.000 --> 22:17.000 The cover caught fire and blackened. 22:17.000 --> 22:21.000 I watched her look at the flame with dazed eyes. 22:21.000 --> 22:24.000 Listen, listen, Harry, do you hear? 22:24.000 --> 22:26.000 It's just someone in the hall. 22:26.000 --> 22:29.000 It's more than someone. Something's happened. 22:29.000 --> 22:30.000 Something has happened. 22:30.000 --> 22:32.000 I'll take a look. 22:32.000 --> 22:35.000 The house is on fire. 22:35.000 --> 22:36.000 Yes, yes, Marie, wake up Johnny. 22:36.000 --> 22:38.000 Johnny, Johnny. 22:38.000 --> 22:40.000 We'll have to hurry. The flames are coming up the stairs. 22:40.000 --> 22:42.000 There's an upward draft. 22:42.000 --> 22:44.000 What's the matter? 22:44.000 --> 22:46.000 The house is on fire. The house is on fire. We've got to get out. 22:46.000 --> 22:49.000 It's too late to go down. We'll have to go up through the room. 22:49.000 --> 22:51.000 Oh, I've hurt my leg. 22:51.000 --> 22:53.000 Mother, wait for mother. 22:53.000 --> 22:54.000 She'll come along. 22:54.000 --> 22:56.000 No, no, I want to wait for mother. 22:56.000 --> 22:58.000 It's all right, Johnny. Go along with daddy. I'll follow you. 22:58.000 --> 23:01.000 No, I won't go. I won't go. 23:01.000 --> 23:03.000 Hold on to my arm, Marie. Hold on. 23:03.000 --> 23:05.000 Come on. Give me your hand, Johnny. 23:05.000 --> 23:07.000 Now, don't be scared. The fire won't hurt you. 23:07.000 --> 23:10.000 It won't hurt you at all. It'll save your life. 23:16.000 --> 23:20.000 We made our way upstairs very slowly because of Marie's sprained ankle. 23:20.000 --> 23:22.000 Finally, we got to the roof. 23:22.000 --> 23:26.000 There were some firemen on the next roof about 10 feet separated the two buildings. 23:26.000 --> 23:29.000 Don't get panicky. We'll get you off safely. 23:29.000 --> 23:33.000 We're going to have to jump across, daddy. Mother won't be able to jump. 23:33.000 --> 23:35.000 It's all right, Johnny. Don't be scared. 23:35.000 --> 23:38.000 Putting a board across the two roofs, we'll just walk across. 23:38.000 --> 23:40.000 All right, now. One at a time. 23:40.000 --> 23:42.000 Put a rope around you and come across. 23:42.000 --> 23:45.000 Johnny, you go first. But don't be afraid, dear. 23:45.000 --> 23:47.000 The rope will hold you in case you slip. 23:47.000 --> 23:49.000 Mother, you've got to go first. 23:49.000 --> 23:50.000 I'll go right after you, Johnny. 23:50.000 --> 23:52.000 You promise. 23:52.000 --> 23:54.000 Go ahead, Johnny. Mother will follow you. 23:54.000 --> 23:56.000 No, don't turn around. Keep walking. 23:56.000 --> 23:58.000 That's it. 23:58.000 --> 24:00.000 All right, the kid's safe. Now you, lady. 24:00.000 --> 24:02.000 Oh, be careful. A board. 24:02.000 --> 24:04.000 The board slipped. 24:04.000 --> 24:06.000 Hey, honey, one of you guys, get another board. 24:08.000 --> 24:10.000 It's all right. It's all right. Your mother's going to be all right. 24:10.000 --> 24:13.000 You pushed the board off, Harry. I saw you do it. 24:13.000 --> 24:15.000 No, I didn't, Marie. I didn't. 24:15.000 --> 24:17.000 All right, there it is. 24:17.000 --> 24:20.000 Okay, lady, just tie the rope around you. Don't be afraid. 24:20.000 --> 24:22.000 Don't look down. Ready? 24:22.000 --> 24:24.000 Okay, boys. 24:24.000 --> 24:26.000 There, she's all right. 24:26.000 --> 24:28.000 Now you, mister. All right. 24:28.000 --> 24:30.000 That's right. Tie the rope around you. All set. 24:30.000 --> 24:32.000 Okay. 24:39.000 --> 24:42.000 On the ground, we stood there, the three of us. 24:42.000 --> 24:44.000 Watching the fire. 24:44.000 --> 24:47.000 Sparks were shooting up through the hole where it had been through. 24:47.000 --> 24:50.000 A great flame shot out, stabbing at the sky. 24:50.000 --> 24:53.000 The top of the roof was burning now. 24:53.000 --> 24:57.000 A red flame crawled along, searching out the inflammable spots. 24:57.000 --> 25:03.000 A wooden pole caught fire and blazed up in a long, narrow, curving arc. 25:03.000 --> 25:05.000 The wind was helping it. 25:05.000 --> 25:10.000 And all this time, Marie was shaking, shaking violently. 25:10.000 --> 25:13.000 Not with cold, I pity her. 25:13.000 --> 25:16.000 And then she threw up her hands and shrieked. 25:16.000 --> 25:18.000 Ah! 25:18.000 --> 25:20.000 Oh, no, no, darling, don't. 25:20.000 --> 25:24.000 We can't stand this. We can't go on this way. Police! 25:24.000 --> 25:27.000 Now, don't do it, Marie. There's no need. Not the police. 25:27.000 --> 25:29.000 You don't know what you're saying. 25:29.000 --> 25:31.000 What is it, lady? What is it? 25:31.000 --> 25:33.000 Pay no attention. 25:33.000 --> 25:35.000 No, no, it's no use, Harry. 25:35.000 --> 25:39.000 Officer, officer, these awful fires, they're not accidental. 25:39.000 --> 25:43.000 There's a pyromania, a criminal, I know who it is. 25:43.000 --> 25:49.000 You've got to arrest the person, arrest him, so there won't be any more. 25:49.000 --> 25:53.000 All right, lady, all right. Now, what is this? Who's the pyromania? 25:53.000 --> 26:00.000 The criminal is my husband, Harry Jordan. 26:00.000 --> 26:18.000 This man here, arrest him, officer. 26:18.000 --> 26:27.000 Well, that's about all there is to the story, gentlemen, that I was brought here. 26:27.000 --> 26:33.000 Must have sounded kind of, well, painful for you to hear it all over again, Marie. 26:33.000 --> 26:37.000 No, it was all right, Harry. 26:37.000 --> 26:42.000 I wonder, oh, I got a cigarette, could I? 26:42.000 --> 26:47.000 No, I'll light it for you, Harry. 26:47.000 --> 26:52.000 You don't have to worry. I won't try and keep the matches here. 26:52.000 --> 26:58.000 She's been awful good to me, gentlemen. Take care of her, won't you? 26:58.000 --> 27:04.000 She tried everything to help. She hid the matches so as to keep them from me. 27:04.000 --> 27:09.000 She even tried to give me sleeping pills so I wouldn't, I... 27:09.000 --> 27:12.000 It's all right, Harry. 27:12.000 --> 27:16.000 I'm sorry about the locket, dear. 27:16.000 --> 27:20.000 Must have fallen out of my coat when I was in that building at 98th Street. 27:20.000 --> 27:22.000 I... 27:22.000 --> 27:28.000 It's all right, Harry. You can buy me another one sometime. 27:28.000 --> 27:33.000 You can't blame anybody for liking fires. 27:33.000 --> 27:36.000 It's not their fault. 27:36.000 --> 27:41.000 Fires are beautiful to watch. So bright and clean. 27:41.000 --> 27:44.000 They burn up all the filth and dirt. 27:44.000 --> 27:47.000 And they're magnificent to watch. 27:47.000 --> 27:52.000 Especially the big ones. The way the flames roar and crackle. 27:52.000 --> 27:55.000 Lighting up everything around you. 27:55.000 --> 27:59.000 The beautiful fire. 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