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Roma Wines present Suspense.

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Tonight, Roma Wines bring you Miss Nancy Kelly and Miss Kathy Lewis in Dark Journey,

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a Suspense play produced, edited, and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear.

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Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines.

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That's R-O-M-A. Roma Wines, those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live,

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to your happiness and entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals.

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Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you Nancy Kelly and Kathy Lewis

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in the premiere of Lucille Fletcher's radio play for two actresses, Dark Journey.

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Tonight's study in Suspense.

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Today I'm going on a journey. I am going to see Ann Brody again after 15 years.

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When the news came yesterday, terrible as it was, it was as though a shadow had lifted from my life,

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a secret horror that I could never quite forget.

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I have been afraid of Ann Brody now for 15 years, but there is no need to be afraid of her anymore.

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Ann's secret has been locked in my heart together with all shameful, horrible things.

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Yet I've never gone on a journey like this one, but while it comes back.

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There have been times when I couldn't bear the whistle of the train,

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flung out long and mournful over the lonely countryside.

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I couldn't bear the smell of a day coach, the feel of the plush seats, the rattle and bustle.

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Only because everything came back, every detail of that long and terrible weekend we spent together 15 years ago.

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Oh, God!

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Oh, Alice, Alice, we're all. Thank goodness.

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I don't think anybody saw us, do you?

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No, only old Mr. Hodges was stationed at the master and he's no God.

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I wouldn't want anybody to know, not that I care, but you know how the tongue's wagging in this town.

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Well, it's much better to be perfectly sure of your plans before you pass the word around.

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Then if you and Clyde don't settle things, nobody will be any the wiser.

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If we don't settle things? Well, there's no if about it, but Clyde and I are practically engaged.

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Did you get his letter yet about us coming to New York?

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Uh-huh.

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Well, for goodness sake, why didn't you tell me? What'd he say?

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Oh, nothing much. He's no letter writer, just that he was glad and that he's been busy and he's going to call us at the hotel.

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Oh? He can't meet us at the train?

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No. It seems it's his mother's birthday and he's promised to take it to lunch in town.

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We'll be getting in just around that time. He's terribly devoted to her, you know. Has been ever since his father died.

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Oh, I see. You're very much in love with him, aren't you, Anne?

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Terribly.

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And yet you really see him so little. How long has he been now? Three months?

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Not three months and six days, but it doesn't really matter.

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No?

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I know Clyde loves me and I love him. There's a bond between us and nothing will ever break it.

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Well, as long as you feel that way, it's a wonderful way to feel.

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I don't think you ought to let it drag on like this much longer, Anne. I really don't.

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Don't worry. We'll settle it this time once and for all. You'll see.

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When we get on this train again, I'll be wearing his engagement ring on my finger.

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Oh, doesn't anybody ever open a hotel window?

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Three o'clock. I thought he'd have called me by now.

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Oh, he's probably tied up with his mother.

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Come on, let's get on the drugstore and have a sandwich. Aren't you just starved?

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No, no, I don't feel hungry. You go, though. I'll wait.

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Oh, come on. The clerk will take the message for you.

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No, no, I want to be here myself.

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Why don't you call him?

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I can't if he's at a restaurant.

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Maybe he didn't go. Maybe he's home sick or at the office.

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No, no, it wouldn't look right. He's got to call me.

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I don't know why he doesn't.

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I don't know why either. In fact, why couldn't we all have had lunch together at that restaurant?

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I mean, he's not exactly poor, is he?

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Don't you want to take a bus ride or see the sights or anything?

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Later, Alice, after he's called.

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Hello? Yes? Oh, yes, this is Miss Ann Brody.

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What? He left a message.

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Oh, thank you.

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What is it?

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He stopped by and left a message.

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He has a previous engagement. A previous engagement.

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When he knew I was coming to New York this weekend only to see him.

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Well, maybe it was something he couldn't get out of. Maybe on account of his mother's birth.

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But he already gave her today.

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And after all he knew I was coming, he knew I'd want to be with him every possible minute.

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Maybe that's the trouble, Ann. Maybe he doesn't want to be pinned down.

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Maybe you expect too much.

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That he was right here in the hotel and he didn't even...

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Oh, he's grown away from me. He's not mine anymore.

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Alice, Alice, you know what Clyde has meant to me these three years, how I've lived for him and worshipped him.

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Oh, it's just as though my world has been cut away.

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It's like having a lump of ice for a heart.

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Alice, Clyde is my heart.

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Oh, I've got to see him. I've got to tell him.

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Oh, Ann, dear, wouldn't you like to lie down?

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No, no, I can't lie down.

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I'm free to sit here in this chair by the window.

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I wish you'd go, Alice.

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I want to be quiet and think and think about him.

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Ann, I wouldn't.

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Something's happened to him. There's some derriere.

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I've got to wish it away, to break it down.

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What are you talking about?

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I can do it, you know.

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Ann, please go. Please.

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Oh, oh my gosh, don't tell me it's nine o'clock.

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I didn't mean to sleep so late. We'd better get up and get breakfast.

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Alice, Alice, what am I going to do?

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What am I going to do? He hasn't called me. I haven't slept.

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Why don't you call him, Ann? Call him and have it out with him once and for all.

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No, no, I couldn't.

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Well, maybe there's something bothering him.

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Maybe it's some family situation.

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After all, his mother didn't have lunch with you yesterday.

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Maybe there was a reason.

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What reason could there be except that she didn't want to meet me?

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She doesn't want him to marry anybody. She wants him all to herself.

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Well, isn't that enough to upset any fellow?

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Oh, come on, we'll get to the bottom of this thing.

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What's his number? I'll get it for you.

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I, I haven't his number. I never called him at home.

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But his address is 3254 Sunset Drive, Riverdale, New York.

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3254 Sunset Drive, Riverdale, New York.

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Hello. Hello, operator. This is room 351.

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We want to put in a call to Riverdale, New York.

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3254 Sunset Drive, Riverdale, New York.

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The name is Dexter. Mr. Clyde Dexter.

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Will you get it for us, please?

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What did she say? She's looking at us.

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There it is. She's ringing.

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Here, you better take it now.

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Oh, no. No, just one minute. One minute.

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Let me get my breath.

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Let me think of what I'm going to say.

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Hello? Is this the Dexter residence?

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This is Miss Ann Brody speaking.

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I wonder if I might speak to Mr. Clyde Dexter, please.

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Thank you.

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Clyde?

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Oh, Clyde, this is Ann.

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I'm fine, thank you.

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Oh, Clyde, I've been waiting here at the hotel for you to call,

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and Alice and I have to spend the morning out,

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and we thought we'd better let you know we wouldn't be in

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just in case you wanted...

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Oh, yes, Clyde, I know you said you had a previous engagement,

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but I thought...

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Well, you see, Clyde, I'm only going to be here today,

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and we get to see each other so little, I was wondering...

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What's that, Clyde?

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Yes? Yes?

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Well, no, I didn't.

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What did you say, Clyde? I didn't understand.

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You know what? You...

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Oh, Clyde. Oh, Clyde, it's not true. It can't be.

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It can't be. But, Clyde, we...

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But, Clyde, you can't do this to me.

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I've considered myself engaged to you.

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Ann, give me that phone.

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No, I just want to say goodbye to him. Please.

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No.

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Ann, don't look that way.

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What did he say?

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He told me he's engaged to marry a New York girl this September.

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Oh, Ann.

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Well, he just isn't worthy of you.

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He couldn't have been if he treats you like this now.

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I love him. I love him.

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I'll love him till the day I die.

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Ann, I'm sorry. I'm...

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Oh, please, Alice, please, don't talk.

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Don't come near me or go away, will you, just for a little while?

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Oh, no, I won't leave you. I can't leave you when you look like that.

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Oh, go away, I said.

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Oh, do you hear me? Go away. I want to be alone.

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I want you to go away.

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I...I have work to do.

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Work to do?

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I'm...I'm going to will him to come back to me.

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I'm going to make him come to this hotel through heaven and hell.

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And they're dragging him away from me.

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Oh, Ann.

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I can do it. I've done it before.

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I've made him write to me. I've made him call me up out of a clear sky after months and months.

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I willed him to speak to me the very first time I saw him when he was just a stranger.

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I willed him to give me his return deep in last year at the Spring Dance, and I can do it. I can do it.

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If only I'd try hard enough and...

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And if you're absolutely quiet...

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Clyde...

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Clyde!

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Oh, it's no use. He's too far away.

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I'll have to come closer to him.

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We're going out.

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Going out? Where to?

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To Riverdale.

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Riverdale?

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I want to look at his house, to see where he lives.

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There's something there. Someone who's holding him back.

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Ann, let's go back to Denford. Let's take a train tonight, any train, and get out of here for good.

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No, I can't go home. I told you that before. I can't until I have his engagement ring on my finger.

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For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Nancy Kelly and Kathy Lewis in Dark Journey by Lucille Fletcher.

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Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense.

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Between the Acts. This is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines with a little domestic drama.

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It's happened to you before and will happen again.

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You're relaxed in your easy chair, coat off, contentedly reading your evening paper.

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Your wife is probably tidying up after dinner.

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The doorbell rings. Sure enough, it's guests who just dropped in.

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Now, famed hostess Elsa Maxwell tells us how she handles these surprise visits.

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She says, I always keep Roma California Sherry on hand to welcome unexpected guests.

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Serving Roma Sherry is so simple. You just pour and hospitality reigns.

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And because Roma is America's favorite wine, you know your guests will enjoy it.

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Yes, there's no easier way to gain a reputation for gracious hospitality than by keeping Roma Sherry ready for guests.

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And Roma, America's taste favorite, the wine more Americans prefer, costs no more than ordinary wines.

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So make a note to get mellow, gold and amber Roma Sherry tomorrow.

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Once you try the tempting fragrance and intriguing nut-like taste of Roma Sherry, you'll always ask for Roma.

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That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines.

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Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine.

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And now Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood Soundstage, Kathy Lewis as Alice and Nancy Kelly as Anne in Dark Journey,

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a play well calculated to keep you in suspense.

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It's getting dark. I don't think we ought to be wandering around here like this. There might be strange men.

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Here's the street, Sunset Drive, and there's the house. I've seen pictures of it. I'd know it anywhere.

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Anywhere.

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Oh, Anne, please. This is doing you no good.

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Oh, Hush. I've dreamed about that house, dreamed of myself and him living in it together.

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I've dreamed of our children playing on that lawn and the sound of music inside and our cars standing outside.

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But it wouldn't mean a thing to you, Anne, if Clyde didn't love you.

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I've dreamed of the years we'd spend together. I even named the children Clyde Jr. and Peter and Charlotte.

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That's his mother's name. I never liked it, but I was going to call one Charlotte just to please him.

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And now what have I got? Nothing. Nothing is gone.

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Come on, come on with me, Anne.

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Oh, there's a light going on upstairs. He's thought of his room. I wonder if he's home.

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Clyde, Clyde, think of me. Come back to me.

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Oh, love me, Clyde. Love me. Love me.

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No, Anne, don't. Somebody might hear you.

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There's a shadow at the window. Oh, it's Clyde. Oh, no.

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No, it's someone else. It's a woman, a gray-haired woman. Oh, it's his mother, Alice, Clyde's mother.

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I don't think he's home, Anne. Let's go back to the hotel.

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No, no, I want to see her. I've heard so much about her. She always turned her nose up at me.

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He never admitted it, but I knew. He was the only son and she thought there wasn't anybody good enough.

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And he was always under her influence, just believed everything she said.

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I could tell the way he talked. It was always mother says this and mother says that.

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How better was she who turned him against me, who picked out that, that New York girl.

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Oh, Anne, please come on. You're just tearing your heart out.

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She's up in his room now. She's straightening his things. She's happy up there.

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She doesn't care that she's made me miserable. Oh, I can feel it now, Alice. I can feel the barrier in my heart.

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Shh, something's coming. Let's go.

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We're doing no harm. We can stare, can't we, if we wish? Come on. Come on, we'll walk past the house. We'll defy her.

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We'll go up and ring the bell and then when she comes down to answer it, we'll ask, is Mrs. Clyde Dixter at home?

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And then when she answers, who we mean, we'll laugh at her face.

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Oh, Anne, you're just beside yourself.

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Yes, I am. I am beside myself because I feel it, Alice. He's lost to me as long as she's up there.

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Oh, I can stand here out here under the trees trying to reach him with every bit of soul I possess, but as long as she's there,

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as long as she's alive, he'll never be mine again.

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Anne, Anne, this is terrible. You've got to pull yourself together and get some rest. You've been sitting in that chair now for three hours.

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Please, don't talk. Just let me alone. You're working on that willpower thing still, aren't you, Anne?

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Anne, it makes me awfully nervous.

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Be quiet. It's coming. Something's coming. Something's going to happen. I feel it all around me.

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I'm going to get a doctor if you don't stop.

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Shh, shh, shh.

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I feel it. I feel something. You're just as white as a sheet. You're shaking all over.

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I absolutely refuse to let this go on. Do you hear? Now, you get into bed.

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No.

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Let me take off my shoes.

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No, no, no. Leave me alone.

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It's as though there were a big lump being moved off my heart, as though the ice inside me were going, as though I could cry at last.

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Oh, it happened. Oh, thank you, God. Thank you.

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All right. I'll lie down now. I'll go to sleep.

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If you could sleep, you'd feel better. If you'd just relax.

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I've done it, Alice. You'll see. He'll be here in the morning. You lie down now.

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There he is. Didn't I tell you? There's Clyde now. Hello? Yes.

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Yes, this is room 351. Yes, this is Ann Brody speaking. Yes.

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It's Riverdale calling.

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Riverdale? Clyde?

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She didn't say. Oh, hello? Yes. Yes, I'm Ann Brody.

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Why, yes, I'm a friend of Mr. Clyde Dexter. Who did you say this is, please?

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The police.

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The police?

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Oh, something has happened to Mr. Dexter, hasn't it?

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Oh. What? Yes. Yes, my friend and I were out to the house late this afternoon, around six o'clock.

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Well, yes, I did wear a white hat and a green dress, and she...

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Oh, but we took the subway, the White Plains Express, on the Inderbur line from our hotel.

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We came back around seven. We just walked past the house tour three times, but...

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But what's the matter?

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Why are you asking me these questions? No, I haven't seen them. I...

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What?

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Give me the phone, Ann. Let me speak to them. You're in no condition to do...

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Keep away.

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You know what they're saying, don't you? That Clyde's mother has been murdered.

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What? Oh, no. No, I haven't.

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Yes?

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No. No, we didn't. We just came right home. We didn't even ring the bell.

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His mixer's desk to get there with you.

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I see. Well, I'd like to speak to him, please, when he gets through.

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Will you ask him to call me?

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Yes. We'll stay here in the room.

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Oh, Ann. It was a hammer. At eight o'clock tonight.

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She was struck from behind by an unknown assailant.

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Oh, how awful. Why did the police call us?

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What have we got to do with this?

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Clyde was home when we walked by the house. He saw us standing there.

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I'm going to tell him, Alice. I'm going to tell him the truth.

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Truth? What truth?

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There's always been that power inside me. I've known I had it, and sometimes it frightened me.

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Things have happened. I've been afraid sometimes to use it, afraid it would turn against me.

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And tonight it did turn against me.

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Ann, what do you mean?

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By an unknown assailant. Murdered by an unknown assailant.

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You know who that assailant was? It was me.

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Ann, are you crazy? You were up here in the room every minute.

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I was up here in the room, but I was wishing she were dead. I was willing him to come to me.

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I was trying to destroy the barrier.

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Surely you can't believe that, Ann. It was only a coincidence, a terrible coincidence.

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I was trying to bring him back to touch his heart, but the power didn't touch his heart.

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His heart's like steel against me. It struck his heart and glanced off and struck her dead.

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Ann, please, you're talking like a little...

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But you don't understand. People like you can understand. People like you...

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But there's violence to will. To store it up takes years.

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To send it out of yourself is like sending a powerful hand with fingers.

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Will can't kill somebody, Ann.

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Not pure will. The body is one thing, the mind's another.

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Mrs. Dexter is physically dead. Her heart stopped beating.

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There was a blow. Somebody real, somebody human did that.

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She was struck from behind. She was alone in the house. They said the doors were locked.

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She had no enemies. It came out of nothing and it went away again.

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Oh, I never dreamed... I didn't want it to happen that way, but...

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But it's getting beyond me. It's assuming forms and accomplishing ends. I don't plan.

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It's turning against me, Alice. Turning against me!

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Do you think a police court will believe you?

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You'll only confuse the testimony. You'll only hurt Clyde.

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Oh, Will. Will, you talk about the power of your will.

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Did you have any real power these last two days? Did it bring Clyde to this hotel?

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Did it make him love you or even call you off?

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Yes. Yes. Yes.

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Don't you touch it. I won't let you speak to him.

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Get away from that phone, Alice.

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Do you want to get us in trouble? Do you want us to go to jail and spend weeks in court?

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He'd put you there. He wouldn't care.

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Get away from that phone, Alice.

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I don't believe you, do you hear? I think you're mad. You're mad as a hatter.

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Get away from that phone.

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No!

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And you'll ruin your life. You'll fall into suspicion.

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And people always think you had something really to do with it.

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You'll end up in an asylum. The whole world will know he jilted you.

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What...what are you going to say to him?

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He must be half beside himself as it is.

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He'll never believe you.

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What?

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All right. Thank you, Alice.

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You see? It is there, isn't it?

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I made you do what I wanted.

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And I could make anyone.

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Hello?

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Hello, Clyde.

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Oh, Clyde, darling, I just heard the terrible news.

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Not terrible for you. I'm so sorry.

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Yes, Alice and I were out there this afternoon. We came by to say hello, but we got cold feet and came home.

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No, Clyde, no, we didn't. Not a soul.

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Oh, yes, my darling, I...I understand how terribly broken up and...and my heart goes out to you.

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Oh, I will, Clyde. Dearest, I will. I'll be right over.

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I'll help you in any way I know.

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Goodbye, Clyde.

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Anne.

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You didn't tell him.

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You're not going to tell him at all.

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No. Why should I?

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He's mine now.

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And so Anne Brody walked out of my life.

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Walked from me, wrapped in her new and terrible strangeness.

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Now I didn't want to play any part in her life again.

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I didn't go to her wedding when she and Clyde were married one year later.

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To me, there would have been something evil in hearing her voice repeat the sacred words.

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I am take thee, Clyde.

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There has been for me a nameless horror in the slow, steady way Anne Brody fulfilled her plans.

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The house in Riverdale, the car, the three children, Peter, Clyde Jr., and Charlotte.

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Her happiness, her triumphant motherhood have somehow been hideous to me.

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I've never heard a train whistle crying through the dorm, but what I've thought of her and shuddered.

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I have been afraid of Anne Brody now for fifteen years.

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Today, I know I've been a fool.

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Today I know that it was a real murderer who murdered Mrs. Dexter with a hammer from the service porch.

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Today I'm going on a journey to Riverdale.

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I am going to see Anne Brody again, lying willed and struck down in her coffin.

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Lying innocent and pathetic, lying murdered. Not will, nor nameless monsters of the mind could save her from the truth at last.

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Yesterday afternoon, the weak, long-blooding creature who could not brook domination from mother or wife,

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flung pent-up deaths against the mistress of his will.

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Yesterday afternoon, Clyde Dexter struck again.

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Suspense.

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