1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,200 Now, Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 2 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,200 Roma Wines presents Suspense. 3 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:22,200 Tonight, Roma Wines bring you Mr. Robert Young as star of The High Wall, a suspense play 4 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:30,800 produced, edited and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 5 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:37,600 Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines, 6 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,800 that R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 7 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:45,400 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, 8 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:50,400 to your happiness and entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 9 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:56,700 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant as Roma Wines bring you Robert Young 10 00:00:56,700 --> 00:01:03,900 in a remarkable tale of Suspense. 11 00:01:03,900 --> 00:01:06,000 I woke up in bed. 12 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,400 Nothing strange about that except that it was a hospital bed. 13 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:10,700 I couldn't imagine how I got there. 14 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:12,000 I didn't remember any accident. 15 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,800 I didn't feel sick. 16 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:15,800 Why the hospital? 17 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,000 I laid there trying to puzzle it out. 18 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,200 Last night was Christmas Eve. 19 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,600 I was stopping at the Beacon Hotel in Boston. 20 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,800 I was going to get up early this morning and go to Fitchburg and find Helen, my wife. 21 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:32,900 After three years of separation, it would be nice to be with her again on Christmas Day. 22 00:01:32,900 --> 00:01:35,800 I turned in bed and looked out of the window. 23 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:37,900 Christmas? 24 00:01:37,900 --> 00:01:39,700 Why, it was summer. 25 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:45,400 There were trees and grass and flowers in bloom. 26 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,800 I guess I twisted around or something because the next thing I knew, 27 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:49,900 a girl was leaning over me smiling. 28 00:01:49,900 --> 00:01:51,200 Hello there. 29 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,400 Feeling better? 30 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,100 I guess so. 31 00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:56,300 Am I supposed to be sick? 32 00:01:56,300 --> 00:01:58,600 Well, no, not if you feel all right. 33 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,100 We were beginning to get worried about you. 34 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:01,700 You didn't seem to want to wake up. 35 00:02:01,700 --> 00:02:02,800 We? Who's we? 36 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,500 Oh, Dr. Dunlap and all of us. 37 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:06,400 Well, what happened to me? 38 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,300 Well, why am I in a hospital? 39 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:09,800 You've been very ill. 40 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,200 Don't try to think about it, Mr. Lewis. 41 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:12,800 Just get well. 42 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,300 You're Amy, aren't you? 43 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:16,100 That's right. 44 00:02:16,100 --> 00:02:18,800 Good for you. 45 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,900 Amy, how did I know her name? 46 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:24,400 Why was her face so familiar to me? 47 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,600 I tried to think and suddenly I remembered. 48 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,500 I'd been dreaming about her. 49 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:33,200 In one dream, I was up to my neck in quicksand and she was trying to save me. 50 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,100 She was crying and her tears fell on my face and she kissed me. 51 00:02:37,100 --> 00:02:39,300 It would have to be a dream, wouldn't it? 52 00:02:39,300 --> 00:02:43,400 Still, as I looked up into her eyes, it seemed very real. 53 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,600 I could almost feel her lips. 54 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:50,300 I dozed off thinking of her and when I woke up, Dr. Dunlap was standing beside my bed. 55 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:54,300 Well, Mr. Lewis, Miss Adams tells me you're bright and snappy this morning. 56 00:02:54,300 --> 00:02:55,300 Yeah. 57 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:57,300 Any reason why I have to stay in bed? 58 00:02:57,300 --> 00:02:59,100 Oh, none at all. 59 00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:03,700 If you feel able, we'll get your clothes and Miss Adams will take you down to the solarium and you can sit in the sun. 60 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:07,200 Now, how's that? 61 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,400 The solarium was a big glassed-in veranda where the patients sat around and took it easy. 62 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,900 Played cards and read and talked. 63 00:03:13,900 --> 00:03:17,300 It was quite a crowd when we walked in, but nobody seemed to notice us. 64 00:03:17,300 --> 00:03:21,100 Amy, Miss Adams, introduced me to a girl who ran the newsstand. 65 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:22,500 Her name was Ella. 66 00:03:22,500 --> 00:03:26,100 She sold cigarettes, candy bars, magazines. 67 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:29,600 I sat down over to one side and looked the people over. 68 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:35,300 Nobody seemed very sick, but they said silly things and laughed a lot. 69 00:03:35,300 --> 00:03:39,000 One man acted like he was catching a ball and throwing it to second base. 70 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,600 Then he'd argue with the umpire over a bad decision and suddenly it hit me. 71 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,600 Like a smash in the face. 72 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:50,400 This wasn't a hospital. It was an insane asylum. 73 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,200 I jumped up, but Amy put her hand on my arm. 74 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,700 Dr. Dunlap appeared out of nowhere and pushed me back into the chair. 75 00:03:54,700 --> 00:03:56,200 Easy, Mr. Lewis, easy. Now, don't get excited. 76 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,200 I'm not excited. I just found out where I am, that's all. 77 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,200 Let's go up to your room and talk it over. 78 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,700 Talk what over? I'm in the wrong place. 79 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:05,600 Maybe I'm a little sick, but I've got all my buttons. 80 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:06,400 Get me out of here. 81 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,600 Mr. Lewis, please, you're making a disturbance. 82 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:09,600 Go along with Miss Adams. 83 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:10,500 Let loose. 84 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:11,800 Doctor, I can manage. 85 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,600 Then please do it. We'll have a riot here if he doesn't quiet down. 86 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,200 Mr. Lewis, you don't want to get me into trouble, do you? 87 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,800 We were getting along so nicely. 88 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,400 When she put it that way, I let them take me out of there and up to my room. 89 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,300 But then I put up an argument, demanded to see the head man. 90 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:28,500 Amy backed me up too. 91 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:31,800 She said she was sure I was okay and didn't belong in such a place. 92 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,800 Dr. Dunlap hit the ceiling. They had a battle of hip. 93 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,000 He slammed out of the room and she had a fit of crying. 94 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,100 But the net result was that I was taken to the office of Professor Bird, 95 00:04:41,100 --> 00:04:43,800 the man who ran the asylum. 96 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:49,100 He was a strange little guy with a head cocked to one side like he was listening to something. 97 00:04:49,100 --> 00:04:50,600 Nobody else could hear. 98 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,400 Ah, Mr. Lewis, feeling better? 99 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,700 Why does everyone ask me that? Yes, I feel great. 100 00:04:54,700 --> 00:04:56,700 Good. Do you remember me? 101 00:04:56,700 --> 00:04:57,400 Should I? 102 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,200 Well, not necessarily. 103 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,400 What seems to be the trouble? 104 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:01,800 You just made a mistake, that's all. 105 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,500 Got the wrong fellow. I don't belong here. 106 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:06,500 Well, that's strange. Your commitment papers seem to be in order. 107 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:08,300 I don't care about that. Listen to me. 108 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:12,100 Yeah, yeah, Mr. Lewis. Let's discuss this calmly. 109 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:15,600 We are not in the habit of peeking people off the streets haphazardly. 110 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,900 Someone had to sign you in. 111 00:05:17,900 --> 00:05:19,100 Who was it, your parents? 112 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:20,600 My folks have been dead for years. 113 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:21,700 Your wife, perhaps? 114 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:23,900 She doesn't know I'm back in America. 115 00:05:23,900 --> 00:05:25,700 Probably thinks I'm dead. 116 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:28,500 Come on, Professor, stop stalling. You've got it all on that paper. 117 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:30,300 Never mind this paper. 118 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:32,200 Tell me about yourself. 119 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,000 Were you in the war? 120 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,200 No, they wouldn't take me. 121 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,300 Blood pressure or something. 122 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:40,600 I went to Burma for the International Oil Company. 123 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,000 Oh? How was it in Burma? 124 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,500 Pretty rugged. I was there for three years. 125 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:50,600 I'd be there yet only I fell in front of a bulldozer and got my leg crushed. 126 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,600 They shipped me back to San Diego thinking they'd have to cut it off. 127 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,600 Fortunately, they didn't have to. 128 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,700 Did your wife know you were hurt? 129 00:05:58,700 --> 00:06:00,800 Funny you should ask that. 130 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,200 No, she didn't. You see, 131 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,000 we used to go to dances a lot. 132 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,200 I see. You didn't fancy yourself for the crutch. 133 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:10,200 Does anybody? 134 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,200 But after you were discharged from the hospital in San Diego, 135 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,400 did you communicate with her then? 136 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,400 No, I wanted to surprise her. 137 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,200 She thought I was still in Burma. 138 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,000 I took a train for Boston, arrived on December 23rd, a Thursday. 139 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,100 Yes? 140 00:06:24,100 --> 00:06:26,500 So I went home looking for Helen. 141 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:28,200 She wasn't there. 142 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,700 Somebody else lived in the house. 143 00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:31,600 She'd sold it. 144 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,300 Knocked me a twister. 145 00:06:33,300 --> 00:06:36,400 I was born in that house. My grandfather built it. 146 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:37,600 And it was gone. 147 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:38,900 Where was your wife? 148 00:06:38,900 --> 00:06:42,700 Helen? She was in Fitchburg working in a defense plant. 149 00:06:42,700 --> 00:06:46,300 But I didn't find that out until I ran into an old pal of mine that night. 150 00:06:46,300 --> 00:06:50,400 He almost keeled over when he saw me because everybody thought I was dead. 151 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,500 You know, not hearing from me for more than a year. 152 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:56,800 And did you go to Fitchburg to see your wife? 153 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,600 No, I... 154 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,400 I didn't want to see her right then. 155 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:02,400 Why not? 156 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:07,100 Oh, I was upset, I guess, about her selling the house. 157 00:07:07,100 --> 00:07:11,000 Besides, I'd been away more than three years. One day more wouldn't hurt. 158 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:16,600 So I checked into a hotel, a beacon house, room 305, I remember. 159 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,600 I stretched out on the bed and tried to think things out. 160 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,100 Yes, yes. 161 00:07:21,100 --> 00:07:23,300 You were lying on the bed and... 162 00:07:23,300 --> 00:07:24,500 Hmm? 163 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:27,800 Oh, well, I fell asleep, that's all. 164 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,400 I see. 165 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:35,400 No use telling him how I laid there, thinking of Helen and wishing I'd gone on to Fitchburg. 166 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:39,700 How I kept seeing her face like a great big painting on the ceiling. 167 00:07:39,700 --> 00:07:44,400 You'd think I was nuts if I told him how I could smell that queer perfume she used. 168 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,600 And the feeling I got that she was there in the room with me. 169 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,700 And how long did you sleep, Mr. Lewis? 170 00:07:50,700 --> 00:07:53,800 I don't know. What woke me up was a... 171 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,400 someone knocking on the door. 172 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:01,400 I got up and opened it and... 173 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,400 Well, that's all I remember. 174 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,400 Who was it at the door? 175 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:11,400 I don't know. It's just like... like the lights went out. I don't remember a thing. 176 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,400 Until I woke up here this morning. 177 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,400 I see. 178 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:16,900 Do you know where you are? 179 00:08:16,900 --> 00:08:18,400 No. 180 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,400 This is a hospital for the mentally ill. 181 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,900 This is the Flowerdale Hospital for the criminal insane. 182 00:08:23,900 --> 00:08:25,900 Criminal insane? 183 00:08:25,900 --> 00:08:27,900 I'm not insane and I'm not... 184 00:08:27,900 --> 00:08:30,400 I've had a blackout, that's all. 185 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,400 Does that make me a criminal? 186 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,400 Oh, no. It's the other way around. 187 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,400 The crime caused the blackout. 188 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,400 Crime? What crime? What did I do? 189 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:38,400 I can't tell you that. 190 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,400 I'll say you can't. You've got the wrong man. 191 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:41,400 And you're afraid to admit it. 192 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,400 I wish that were true for your sake, Mr. Lewis. 193 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,400 However, I attended your trial. 194 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,400 The state called me as an authority on mental diseases. 195 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,400 It was my suggestion that you were sent here for treatment. 196 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,400 How? 197 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:56,400 How long do I have to stay? 198 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,400 Until I'm convinced you are no longer a menace to society. 199 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,400 All right. Give me a test. 200 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:03,400 I'll get out of here in a hurry. 201 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,400 I've just given you a test. 202 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,400 And you failed badly. 203 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,400 Why? 204 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,400 Because I can't remember being in trouble? 205 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:12,400 Well, that could happen to anyone. 206 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,400 No, not in your case, Mr. Lewis. 207 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,400 Your mind has drawn a certain... 208 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:20,400 a curtain across something it doesn't want to remember. 209 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,400 The crime you committed is buried in your subconscious mind. 210 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,400 Until you can remember everything that happened 211 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,400 from the time you opened that door down to the present moment, 212 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,400 I shall have to detain you. 213 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,400 When you remember your crime and the reason you committed it, 214 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,400 you can walk out of here a free man. 215 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:38,400 But you're pretty sure I won't do it, aren't you? 216 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,400 Okay, I'm going to fool you. 217 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,400 Dr. Dunlap, Miss Adams, your witness as to what he said. 218 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,400 Understand, Mr. Lewis, I'm interested in reasons. 219 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,400 You'll get everything. 220 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,400 You're a man of your word. I'll be on the street tomorrow. 221 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,400 Come on, Miss Adams. 222 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,400 Outside in the corridor, I felt so relieved, 223 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,400 I threw my arms around Amy and gave her a big kiss. 224 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,400 Then we walked hand in hand toward the stairway. 225 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:07,400 We met a couple of nurses and Amy stopped to talk to them. 226 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,400 I walked back to Professor Bird's office and listened at the door. 227 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,400 He and Dr. Dunlap were still talking about me. 228 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,400 I heard them mention my name. 229 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,400 I opened the door real easy so they wouldn't notice it. 230 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,400 He's been now a walking zombie. 231 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,400 He couldn't talk, had to be fed, bathed and put to bed like a child. 232 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,400 I'm really very encouraged. 233 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,400 It would surprise me a bit if he recovered. 234 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,400 Don't be absurd, Dunlap. Such cases never recover. 235 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,400 You'll struggle a few weeks, try to remember, then chuck it. 236 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,400 Oh, by the way, I think I ought to know. 237 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,400 What did he do? 238 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,400 Well, understand I don't want it noised around, 239 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,400 but you'd better tell his nurse that he's dangerous, 240 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,400 especially when he thinks he smells perfume. 241 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,400 Oh, yes. Yes, he did mention perfume. 242 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,400 For your information alone, the man's a killer. 243 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:52,400 Really? 244 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:56,400 A rattlesnake. He strangled a woman with his hands and he'll do it again. 245 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,400 Here, read his history. 246 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:03,400 That's all I heard, because Amy picked that moment to come and get me. 247 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:07,400 But I'd heard enough to realize that something was terribly wrong. 248 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,400 Me? A killer? 249 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:12,400 Why never hurt anyone in my life? 250 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,400 I'd been framed. 251 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,400 Somebody had committed a murder and pinned it on me because I'd lost my memory 252 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,400 and couldn't defend myself. 253 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:21,400 The only way to get free was to recall everything that happened, 254 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,400 every single thing from the moment I opened that door. 255 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,400 What if I couldn't remember? 256 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,400 What if I never remembered? 257 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:34,400 It meant being kept here, locked up for life, for a crime I didn't commit. 258 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:45,400 Nice spot for an innocent man. 259 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:51,400 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star Robert Young in The High Wall, 260 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:55,400 a radio drama by Bradbury Foote from his play of the same name. 261 00:11:55,400 --> 00:12:08,400 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 262 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:14,400 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 263 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,400 We Americans are noted for taking the job home with us. 264 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:23,400 We frequently sit down to dinner, our minds still occupied by the work of the day, 265 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,400 and get no real pleasure from our meal. 266 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:34,400 My favorite recipe for adding enjoyment to food is a glass of tempting Roma California Sherry before dinner. 267 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:40,400 Designed for the goodness of nature and the skill of man to make food taste better, 268 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:44,400 Roma Sherry is the perfect first call to dinner. 269 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,400 As you pour the golden amber goodness of Roma Sherry into a glass, 270 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,400 enjoy its fresh, full fragrance. 271 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,400 Then sip Roma Sherry. 272 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:59,400 Savor with your tongue the happy miracle of sun, grape, and cask 273 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:04,400 that give Roma Sherry the pleasing nut-like taste so many millions prefer. 274 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:10,400 Yes, the simplest dinner becomes more enjoyable when introduced by Roma Sherry. 275 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,400 Prove that yourself. 276 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,400 Enjoy Roma Sherry before your dinner tomorrow. 277 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:22,400 For Roma, America's favorite wine, costs no more than ordinary wines. 278 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:27,400 So insist on Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 279 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:33,400 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 280 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:39,400 And now Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage Robert Young in The High Wall, 281 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:45,400 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 282 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,400 When I promised Professor Bird that I'd give him the whole story the next day, 283 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,400 I was absolutely sure I could do it. 284 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,400 But I couldn't. 285 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,400 I couldn't remember a single thing that happened during that lost time. 286 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,400 Absolutely blank I was. 287 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:11,400 I racked my brain for a clue, lay awake nights torturing myself until I nearly had a nervous breakdown. 288 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:16,400 Then after about three months, I gave up. 289 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,400 Just like Professor Bird said I would. 290 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,400 Chucked it. 291 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:25,400 When I did, a great feeling of relief came over me. 292 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,400 It was like a heavy weight had been lifted off my chest. 293 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:33,400 Amy noticed the change in me and I told her the reason one night very late when she came in. 294 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,400 She didn't like it a bit. 295 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,400 Bob, no, you mustn't give up. Don't stop trying. 296 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,400 Amy, there must be some easier way to get out of this place. 297 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:44,400 Escape, you mean? You can't do it, Bob. There's a high wall. 298 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:50,400 Yeah, well, there is another way. A sure way. 299 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,400 I can go out feet first. 300 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,400 Feet first? Bob, Bob, you wouldn't do that. 301 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,400 I'm not going to spend the rest of my natural life in this insane asylum. 302 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:06,400 If there's no other way to escape, I'll go out, like I said, in a box. 303 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,400 Suddenly she was crying like a kid. 304 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,400 Helen used to cry like that. 305 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:15,400 It never struck me before, but Amy was a lot like Helen. 306 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:19,400 As I watched her, it almost seemed like she was Helen. 307 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:24,400 I guess I got a little mixed up because I put my arm around her and lifted her face up to mine. 308 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:28,400 For a second, I seemed to be holding Helen. 309 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,400 Then I got things straightened out in my mind and I stepped back. 310 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:36,400 Sorry, Amy. I guess I got a little out of line. 311 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,400 That's all right, Bob. 312 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:42,400 I wouldn't want you to think I was... well, you know... 313 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,400 No? Why not? 314 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,400 Well, you're going to be Mrs. Dr. Dunlap. 315 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:54,400 No, that's off, Bob. There's somebody else. 316 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,400 Oh, who is it? 317 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:01,400 She didn't answer. Didn't have to, I knew. 318 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:06,400 She stood there looking like she expected me to do something about it, but I didn't. 319 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:10,400 Then she beckoned to me and made a hush sign and I followed her out of the room. 320 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,400 The ward was quiet, everyone was asleep. 321 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:16,400 We tiptoed into the solarium and shut the door. 322 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:20,400 I suppose you know this is liable to cost me my job. 323 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,400 Look at that moon. 324 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:27,400 Bob, you wouldn't really do anything to yourself, would you? 325 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:31,400 Why not? I'm not doing myself or anyone else much good locked up in this place. 326 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,400 Bob, dying isn't the answer. 327 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,400 Yes, it is, Amy. Dying is the answer to everything. 328 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,400 Oh, Bob, don't talk like that. 329 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:43,400 You know, in Burma once, in a jungle, I saw a snake right close to me. 330 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,400 A king cobra it was. 331 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,400 I stood perfectly still, hoping it hadn't seen me. 332 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,400 I didn't breathe. 333 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,400 Then finally I couldn't stand it anymore. I made a quick jump. 334 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,400 But he got me, right through the leg here. 335 00:16:56,400 --> 00:17:00,400 It was a swell chance to die, but I didn't want to. 336 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:06,400 I crawled through the jungle to a first aid station and I managed to pull through. 337 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,400 For what? 338 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:10,400 I'd have been better off to die right there. 339 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,400 Oh, no, no. 340 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,400 I kept on talking like that, hardly knowing what I was saying, 341 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,400 because I had a queer feeling that I was telling it to Helen 342 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,400 and letting her know what I'd gone through for her. 343 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:25,400 Helen always wanted security, and I went out there to get it for her. 344 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,400 Those oil companies paid big money. 345 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:32,400 Bob, if you could only remember who it was when you opened that door. 346 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,400 Yeah. 347 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:38,400 What's that perfume you're wearing? 348 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:43,400 What? Perfume? You know we aren't allowed to use perfume. 349 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,400 Funny, I could swear. 350 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,400 Lean closer. 351 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,400 Of course you are. It's that same stuff that... 352 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,400 Go on. Why don't you? 353 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:54,400 What? 354 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:58,400 Kiss me. I want you to. 355 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,400 Sorry to interrupt, but we do have rules here. 356 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:03,400 Hold it, Dr. Dunlap. The light isn't necessary. 357 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,400 Go to your room, Mr. Lewis. 358 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,400 That's all right, but don't throw the hooks into Amy. It wasn't her fault. 359 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,400 Never mind, Bob. I can defend myself. Go along. 360 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,400 I knew she could handle him, so I went up to my room. 361 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,400 Besides, I had something on my mind. 362 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:22,400 While I was holding Amy in my arms, I had a... 363 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:24,400 A vision, I guess you'd call it. 364 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:28,400 I saw Helen. She was lying on the bed. 365 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,400 The doctor was bending over her. 366 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:34,400 The room was crowded with people. Everyone was tense, frightened. 367 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,400 Then the doctor straightened up and said, 368 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,400 She's dead. 369 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:43,400 Helen, my wife was dead. 370 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,400 I remembered it now distinctly. 371 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:50,400 But that was all. I couldn't remember how or why it happened. 372 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,400 It was just like a photograph. 373 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,400 Nothing led up to it, and what happened after was perfectly blank. 374 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:00,400 But the fact that Helen was dead didn't seem like a surprise, exactly. 375 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,400 After a while, I heard Dr. Dunlap come up and lock me in. 376 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,400 He hesitated outside the door like he wanted to go in. 377 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:11,400 He hesitated outside the door like he wanted to come in and ball me out. 378 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,400 Then he went away. 379 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:16,400 The next thing, Amy was shaking me, trying to wake me up. 380 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,400 Bob! Bob! 381 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:18,400 Huh? What's the matter? 382 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,400 We're sunk, Bob. He was furious. 383 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,400 I'm discharged, and you're going to be put in another ward. 384 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,400 By that louse, he can't get away with it! 385 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,400 Listen, listen. I know how you can escape. 386 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,400 What? How? 387 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,400 Ella quit her job. She's leaving in the morning. 388 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,400 Her car will be parked in the driveway outside the solarium. 389 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:39,400 All you have to do is get in the car, lie down on the floor, and pull a rug over you. 390 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,400 Oh, Amy, that's screwy. How would I get outside? 391 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:42,400 The solarium door is always locked. 392 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,400 That's it. Ella's going to unlock it before she turns in her keys. 393 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,400 Yeah? But I'd be seen. 394 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,400 No, no. They'll all be in church. It's Sunday, Bob. 395 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,400 The minute they start to sing, open the door and slip out. 396 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,400 Oh, Bob, it's the chance of a lifetime. Ella leaving makes it easy. 397 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,400 She'll drive right through the front gate, and they won't even stop her. 398 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,400 Oh, Bob, say you'll do it. 399 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:05,400 I can't go away and leave you here. 400 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,400 Well, what did I have to lose? 401 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:14,400 Besides, she started to cry and carry on, so I said, all right. 402 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,400 The funny part of it was, it did work. 403 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:20,400 I'll bet we were 50 miles from the asylum before they knew I was missing. 404 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:24,400 Ella picked up Amy at the edge of town and hit for the open road. 405 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:29,400 We kept going. 406 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:33,400 The girls got me a hot dog at a roadside stand we kept on. 407 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,400 We began to wonder where we'd spend the night. 408 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,400 I didn't know where I was, but Ella said she knew of a little motel, 409 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,400 one of those places where they don't ask any questions. 410 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,400 It was late before we found the place. 411 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,400 We took two bungalows, the girls in one, me in the other. 412 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:51,400 I got them settled for the night and then started to leave. 413 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,400 Amy followed me outside. 414 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,400 Bob, stop the plane. 415 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,400 Goodness, it's dark. Where are you? 416 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,400 Here. 417 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,400 You forgot something, Bob. 418 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,400 Oh. 419 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,400 Oh, Bob. 420 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,400 You're sweet. 421 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,400 Why, you're trembling like a leaf. 422 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:12,400 Scared? 423 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,400 It could be that. 424 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,400 We've been very lucky all day. 425 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,400 Yes, but I think we'd better split up tomorrow. 426 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:20,400 Oh, no. 427 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,400 You see, they're only looking for me. 428 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,400 They don't connect me with you girls, but Dr. Dunlap's no fool. 429 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,400 He's probably figured it out by this time. 430 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,400 If we travel together, we're sure to be caught. 431 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,400 No, no. If we separate, I'll never find you again. 432 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,400 Bob, don't you want me? 433 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,400 Amy, don't talk like that. 434 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,400 If you're still thinking of Helen... 435 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,400 I'm not. She's dead. 436 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,400 Oh. You know. 437 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,400 Sure. 438 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,400 But who told you? 439 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,400 Dr. Dunlap. 440 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,400 Funny you never mentioned it to me. 441 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,400 What else did he tell you? 442 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,400 Oh, Bob, she isn't here anymore, and we are. 443 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,400 I pulled away from her and walked across to my bungalow. 444 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,400 I guess she thought I was sore. 445 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:02,400 Bob. 446 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,400 I wasn't. It was just that I... 447 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,400 I knew I couldn't make her understand. 448 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,400 It was something I couldn't explain to anyone. 449 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,400 Helen wasn't gone. 450 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,400 She'd never be gone, not to me. 451 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,400 I opened the door and went in. 452 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,400 Bungalow is a crummy little place. 453 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,400 It reminded me of that hole I lived in in Burma. 454 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,400 I was groggy from driving all day. 455 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,400 Amy had started me thinking of Helen. 456 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:30,400 I laid there on the bed remembering things. 457 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,400 The night I met Helen. 458 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,400 The first time we danced together. 459 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,400 Our wedding. 460 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,400 Our honeymoon at Jack Pomeroy's cottage in the Berkshires. 461 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,400 I didn't know Jack very well then. 462 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,400 But she did. 463 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,400 Those were happy days. 464 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,400 What you don't know doesn't hurt you. 465 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,400 I was happy afterwards, too. 466 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,400 Each time I forgave her, we'd go on another honeymoon. 467 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,400 She called it starting over from scratch. 468 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:05,400 But I never should have gone away. 469 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,400 That's what did it. 470 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,400 She couldn't take it. 471 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:13,400 Well, I'll go up to Fitchburg tomorrow and we'll patch things up. 472 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,400 Someone's knocking at the door. 473 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,400 That's funny. 474 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,400 Nobody knows I'm back in town. 475 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,400 Hello? 476 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,400 Bob, let me in. 477 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,400 Who is it? 478 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,400 Bob, I want to talk to you. 479 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,400 Well, I'll be... 480 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,400 Who told you I was here? 481 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,400 Come in. 482 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,400 Bob, I was talking it over with Ella. 483 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,400 And she thinks you're right. 484 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,400 I met Sam Bradley today. He must have phoned you. 485 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,400 Bob, you're half asleep. 486 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,400 Or maybe he phoned Jack Pomeroy. 487 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,400 Who in the world? 488 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,400 That's the answer. You and Jack want to beat me to the punch. 489 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,400 Oh, no. 490 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,400 Why didn't Jack come with you? 491 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,400 Any other guts? 492 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,400 Easy now, Bob. Let's sit down and talk. 493 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,400 Get away from me. 494 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,400 Very well. I'll have to call Dr. Dunlap. 495 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,400 Get away from that phone. 496 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,400 Sit down. 497 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,400 Better sit down. 498 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,400 Merry Christmas, Helen. 499 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,400 So, that's it. 500 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,400 All right. 501 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,400 I'm sitting. 502 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,400 Who did you say you'd call? 503 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,400 Dr. Dunlap. 504 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,400 Or Dr. Hoffman. He'll give you a nice, cold bath. 505 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,400 That's supposed to be funny. 506 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,400 What do you want here, anyway? 507 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,400 You've been sick. I thought you might need me. 508 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,400 Need you? I never needed you. 509 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,400 I know it now. 510 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,400 All right, all right. Then maybe I need you. 511 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,400 And that's a lie. Because I happen to know what the score is. 512 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,400 Sam Bradley told me. 513 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,400 What about my home? 514 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,400 Somebody else is living in it. 515 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,400 What a rotten deal. 516 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,400 I'm fighting snakes and mud and slime. 517 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,400 Sweating it out in swill piles. 518 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,400 And wondering if I'll ever see daylight again. 519 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,400 And you're here in Boston having the time of your life on my money. 520 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,400 You didn't want me to come back. 521 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,400 But me, like a fool. 522 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,400 I used to drop off to sleep thinking of you. 523 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,400 And then pick you up in my dream. 524 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,400 I could hear you laugh. 525 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,400 See you dancing. 526 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,400 Smell the perfume in your hair. 527 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,400 I talked to you and you answered me. 528 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,400 We planned things we'd do when I got back. 529 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,400 And all the time you were hoping I'd never come back. 530 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:45,400 Bob dear, don't cry. 531 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,400 Don't cry. 532 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,400 Come on, let's go talk to Ella. 533 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,400 Sit down. 534 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,400 I'm only trying to help you. 535 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,400 You've helped me enough. 536 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,400 I promised Bradley I'd kill you when I found you. 537 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,400 I've got to go through with it. 538 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,400 Bob, I love you. 539 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,400 Oh, not frightened, huh? 540 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,400 You won't hurt me, Bob. 541 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,400 I love you. 542 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,400 The last time you begged for mercy. 543 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,400 Bob, Bob, I'm Amy. 544 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,400 This is Amy. 545 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,400 I'm Amy, don't do it. 546 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,400 Bob. 547 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,400 Oh! 548 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,400 I was pressing my fingers into her throat. 549 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,400 She died game this time. 550 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,400 Didn't kick or make much of a struggle like she did before. 551 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,400 It was almost like she wanted me to do it. 552 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,400 And yet, as long as she lasted it, 553 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,400 she seemed to be begging me with her eyes not to do it. 554 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,400 It didn't take long. 555 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:55,400 Then she went limp and I let her fall to the floor. 556 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,400 When I let go of her, I... 557 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:01,400 I kind of lost track of things. 558 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,400 Now, the blackout. 559 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,400 I woke up about a week ago. 560 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:09,400 It's taken me this long to get things straightened out. 561 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,400 It's winter now, my nurse tells me. 562 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,400 I think she's lying, but I can't prove it. 563 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:21,400 You see, there's no window in my room. 564 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:31,400 The walls are padded and the furniture's nailed to the floor. 565 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,400 Suspense! 566 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,400 Presented by Roma Wines. 567 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:51,400 R-O-M-A. 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