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Who's we? 02:02.800 --> 02:05.500 Oh, Dr. Dunlap and all of us. 02:05.500 --> 02:06.400 Well, what happened to me? 02:06.400 --> 02:08.300 Well, why am I in a hospital? 02:08.300 --> 02:09.800 You've been very ill. 02:09.800 --> 02:11.200 Don't try to think about it, Mr. Lewis. 02:11.200 --> 02:12.800 Just get well. 02:12.800 --> 02:15.300 You're Amy, aren't you? 02:15.300 --> 02:16.100 That's right. 02:16.100 --> 02:18.800 Good for you. 02:18.800 --> 02:21.900 Amy, how did I know her name? 02:21.900 --> 02:24.400 Why was her face so familiar to me? 02:24.400 --> 02:27.600 I tried to think and suddenly I remembered. 02:27.600 --> 02:29.500 I'd been dreaming about her. 02:29.500 --> 02:33.200 In one dream, I was up to my neck in quicksand and she was trying to save me. 02:33.200 --> 02:37.100 She was crying and her tears fell on my face and she kissed me. 02:37.100 --> 02:39.300 It would have to be a dream, wouldn't it? 02:39.300 --> 02:43.400 Still, as I looked up into her eyes, it seemed very real. 02:43.400 --> 02:45.600 I could almost feel her lips. 02:45.600 --> 02:50.300 I dozed off thinking of her and when I woke up, Dr. Dunlap was standing beside my bed. 02:50.300 --> 02:54.300 Well, Mr. Lewis, Miss Adams tells me you're bright and snappy this morning. 02:54.300 --> 02:55.300 Yeah. 02:55.300 --> 02:57.300 Any reason why I have to stay in bed? 02:57.300 --> 02:59.100 Oh, none at all. 02:59.100 --> 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. 03:03.700 --> 03:07.200 Now, how's that? 03:07.200 --> 03:11.400 The solarium was a big glassed-in veranda where the patients sat around and took it easy. 03:11.400 --> 03:13.900 Played cards and read and talked. 03:13.900 --> 03:17.300 It was quite a crowd when we walked in, but nobody seemed to notice us. 03:17.300 --> 03:21.100 Amy, Miss Adams, introduced me to a girl who ran the newsstand. 03:21.100 --> 03:22.500 Her name was Ella. 03:22.500 --> 03:26.100 She sold cigarettes, candy bars, magazines. 03:26.100 --> 03:29.600 I sat down over to one side and looked the people over. 03:29.600 --> 03:35.300 Nobody seemed very sick, but they said silly things and laughed a lot. 03:35.300 --> 03:39.000 One man acted like he was catching a ball and throwing it to second base. 03:39.000 --> 03:42.600 Then he'd argue with the umpire over a bad decision and suddenly it hit me. 03:42.600 --> 03:44.600 Like a smash in the face. 03:44.600 --> 03:50.400 This wasn't a hospital. It was an insane asylum. 03:50.400 --> 03:52.200 I jumped up, but Amy put her hand on my arm. 03:52.200 --> 03:54.700 Dr. Dunlap appeared out of nowhere and pushed me back into the chair. 03:54.700 --> 03:56.200 Easy, Mr. Lewis, easy. Now, don't get excited. 03:56.200 --> 03:58.200 I'm not excited. I just found out where I am, that's all. 03:58.200 --> 04:00.200 Let's go up to your room and talk it over. 04:00.200 --> 04:02.700 Talk what over? I'm in the wrong place. 04:02.700 --> 04:05.600 Maybe I'm a little sick, but I've got all my buttons. 04:05.600 --> 04:06.400 Get me out of here. 04:06.400 --> 04:08.600 Mr. Lewis, please, you're making a disturbance. 04:08.600 --> 04:09.600 Go along with Miss Adams. 04:09.600 --> 04:10.500 Let loose. 04:10.500 --> 04:11.800 Doctor, I can manage. 04:11.800 --> 04:14.600 Then please do it. We'll have a riot here if he doesn't quiet down. 04:14.600 --> 04:17.200 Mr. Lewis, you don't want to get me into trouble, do you? 04:17.200 --> 04:20.800 We were getting along so nicely. 04:20.800 --> 04:24.400 When she put it that way, I let them take me out of there and up to my room. 04:24.400 --> 04:27.300 But then I put up an argument, demanded to see the head man. 04:27.300 --> 04:28.500 Amy backed me up too. 04:28.500 --> 04:31.800 She said she was sure I was okay and didn't belong in such a place. 04:31.800 --> 04:34.800 Dr. Dunlap hit the ceiling. They had a battle of hip. 04:34.800 --> 04:38.000 He slammed out of the room and she had a fit of crying. 04:38.000 --> 04:41.100 But the net result was that I was taken to the office of Professor Bird, 04:41.100 --> 04:43.800 the man who ran the asylum. 04:43.800 --> 04:49.100 He was a strange little guy with a head cocked to one side like he was listening to something. 04:49.100 --> 04:50.600 Nobody else could hear. 04:50.600 --> 04:52.400 Ah, Mr. Lewis, feeling better? 04:52.400 --> 04:54.700 Why does everyone ask me that? Yes, I feel great. 04:54.700 --> 04:56.700 Good. Do you remember me? 04:56.700 --> 04:57.400 Should I? 04:57.400 --> 04:59.200 Well, not necessarily. 04:59.200 --> 05:00.400 What seems to be the trouble? 05:00.400 --> 05:01.800 You just made a mistake, that's all. 05:01.800 --> 05:03.500 Got the wrong fellow. I don't belong here. 05:03.500 --> 05:06.500 Well, that's strange. Your commitment papers seem to be in order. 05:06.500 --> 05:08.300 I don't care about that. Listen to me. 05:08.300 --> 05:12.100 Yeah, yeah, Mr. Lewis. Let's discuss this calmly. 05:12.100 --> 05:15.600 We are not in the habit of peeking people off the streets haphazardly. 05:15.600 --> 05:17.900 Someone had to sign you in. 05:17.900 --> 05:19.100 Who was it, your parents? 05:19.100 --> 05:20.600 My folks have been dead for years. 05:20.600 --> 05:21.700 Your wife, perhaps? 05:21.700 --> 05:23.900 She doesn't know I'm back in America. 05:23.900 --> 05:25.700 Probably thinks I'm dead. 05:25.700 --> 05:28.500 Come on, Professor, stop stalling. You've got it all on that paper. 05:28.500 --> 05:30.300 Never mind this paper. 05:30.300 --> 05:32.200 Tell me about yourself. 05:32.200 --> 05:34.000 Were you in the war? 05:34.000 --> 05:36.200 No, they wouldn't take me. 05:36.200 --> 05:38.300 Blood pressure or something. 05:38.300 --> 05:40.600 I went to Burma for the International Oil Company. 05:40.600 --> 05:43.000 Oh? How was it in Burma? 05:43.000 --> 05:46.500 Pretty rugged. I was there for three years. 05:46.500 --> 05:50.600 I'd be there yet only I fell in front of a bulldozer and got my leg crushed. 05:50.600 --> 05:53.600 They shipped me back to San Diego thinking they'd have to cut it off. 05:53.600 --> 05:56.600 Fortunately, they didn't have to. 05:56.600 --> 05:58.700 Did your wife know you were hurt? 05:58.700 --> 06:00.800 Funny you should ask that. 06:00.800 --> 06:03.200 No, she didn't. You see, 06:03.200 --> 06:06.000 we used to go to dances a lot. 06:06.000 --> 06:09.200 I see. You didn't fancy yourself for the crutch. 06:09.200 --> 06:10.200 Does anybody? 06:10.200 --> 06:13.200 But after you were discharged from the hospital in San Diego, 06:13.200 --> 06:15.400 did you communicate with her then? 06:15.400 --> 06:17.400 No, I wanted to surprise her. 06:17.400 --> 06:19.200 She thought I was still in Burma. 06:19.200 --> 06:23.000 I took a train for Boston, arrived on December 23rd, a Thursday. 06:23.000 --> 06:24.100 Yes? 06:24.100 --> 06:26.500 So I went home looking for Helen. 06:26.500 --> 06:28.200 She wasn't there. 06:28.200 --> 06:29.700 Somebody else lived in the house. 06:29.700 --> 06:31.600 She'd sold it. 06:31.600 --> 06:33.300 Knocked me a twister. 06:33.300 --> 06:36.400 I was born in that house. My grandfather built it. 06:36.400 --> 06:37.600 And it was gone. 06:37.600 --> 06:38.900 Where was your wife? 06:38.900 --> 06:42.700 Helen? She was in Fitchburg working in a defense plant. 06:42.700 --> 06:46.300 But I didn't find that out until I ran into an old pal of mine that night. 06:46.300 --> 06:50.400 He almost keeled over when he saw me because everybody thought I was dead. 06:50.400 --> 06:53.500 You know, not hearing from me for more than a year. 06:53.500 --> 06:56.800 And did you go to Fitchburg to see your wife? 06:56.800 --> 06:58.600 No, I... 06:58.600 --> 07:01.400 I didn't want to see her right then. 07:01.400 --> 07:02.400 Why not? 07:02.400 --> 07:07.100 Oh, I was upset, I guess, about her selling the house. 07:07.100 --> 07:11.000 Besides, I'd been away more than three years. One day more wouldn't hurt. 07:11.000 --> 07:16.600 So I checked into a hotel, a beacon house, room 305, I remember. 07:16.600 --> 07:19.600 I stretched out on the bed and tried to think things out. 07:19.600 --> 07:21.100 Yes, yes. 07:21.100 --> 07:23.300 You were lying on the bed and... 07:23.300 --> 07:24.500 Hmm? 07:24.500 --> 07:27.800 Oh, well, I fell asleep, that's all. 07:27.800 --> 07:30.400 I see. 07:30.400 --> 07:35.400 No use telling him how I laid there, thinking of Helen and wishing I'd gone on to Fitchburg. 07:35.400 --> 07:39.700 How I kept seeing her face like a great big painting on the ceiling. 07:39.700 --> 07:44.400 You'd think I was nuts if I told him how I could smell that queer perfume she used. 07:44.400 --> 07:47.600 And the feeling I got that she was there in the room with me. 07:47.600 --> 07:50.700 And how long did you sleep, Mr. Lewis? 07:50.700 --> 07:53.800 I don't know. What woke me up was a... 07:53.800 --> 07:56.400 someone knocking on the door. 07:56.400 --> 08:01.400 I got up and opened it and... 08:01.400 --> 08:04.400 Well, that's all I remember. 08:04.400 --> 08:06.400 Who was it at the door? 08:06.400 --> 08:11.400 I don't know. It's just like... like the lights went out. I don't remember a thing. 08:11.400 --> 08:13.400 Until I woke up here this morning. 08:13.400 --> 08:15.400 I see. 08:15.400 --> 08:16.900 Do you know where you are? 08:16.900 --> 08:18.400 No. 08:18.400 --> 08:20.400 This is a hospital for the mentally ill. 08:20.400 --> 08:23.900 This is the Flowerdale Hospital for the criminal insane. 08:23.900 --> 08:25.900 Criminal insane? 08:25.900 --> 08:27.900 I'm not insane and I'm not... 08:27.900 --> 08:30.400 I've had a blackout, that's all. 08:30.400 --> 08:31.400 Does that make me a criminal? 08:31.400 --> 08:33.400 Oh, no. It's the other way around. 08:33.400 --> 08:35.400 The crime caused the blackout. 08:35.400 --> 08:37.400 Crime? What crime? What did I do? 08:37.400 --> 08:38.400 I can't tell you that. 08:38.400 --> 08:40.400 I'll say you can't. You've got the wrong man. 08:40.400 --> 08:41.400 And you're afraid to admit it. 08:41.400 --> 08:44.400 I wish that were true for your sake, Mr. Lewis. 08:44.400 --> 08:47.400 However, I attended your trial. 08:47.400 --> 08:50.400 The state called me as an authority on mental diseases. 08:50.400 --> 08:53.400 It was my suggestion that you were sent here for treatment. 08:53.400 --> 08:55.400 How? 08:55.400 --> 08:56.400 How long do I have to stay? 08:56.400 --> 09:00.400 Until I'm convinced you are no longer a menace to society. 09:00.400 --> 09:02.400 All right. Give me a test. 09:02.400 --> 09:03.400 I'll get out of here in a hurry. 09:03.400 --> 09:05.400 I've just given you a test. 09:05.400 --> 09:07.400 And you failed badly. 09:07.400 --> 09:09.400 Why? 09:09.400 --> 09:11.400 Because I can't remember being in trouble? 09:11.400 --> 09:12.400 Well, that could happen to anyone. 09:12.400 --> 09:14.400 No, not in your case, Mr. Lewis. 09:14.400 --> 09:16.400 Your mind has drawn a certain... 09:16.400 --> 09:20.400 a curtain across something it doesn't want to remember. 09:20.400 --> 09:23.400 The crime you committed is buried in your subconscious mind. 09:23.400 --> 09:25.400 Until you can remember everything that happened 09:25.400 --> 09:28.400 from the time you opened that door down to the present moment, 09:28.400 --> 09:30.400 I shall have to detain you. 09:30.400 --> 09:34.400 When you remember your crime and the reason you committed it, 09:34.400 --> 09:36.400 you can walk out of here a free man. 09:36.400 --> 09:38.400 But you're pretty sure I won't do it, aren't you? 09:38.400 --> 09:40.400 Okay, I'm going to fool you. 09:40.400 --> 09:43.400 Dr. Dunlap, Miss Adams, your witness as to what he said. 09:43.400 --> 09:45.400 Understand, Mr. Lewis, I'm interested in reasons. 09:45.400 --> 09:47.400 You'll get everything. 09:47.400 --> 09:50.400 You're a man of your word. I'll be on the street tomorrow. 09:50.400 --> 09:53.400 Come on, Miss Adams. 09:55.400 --> 09:57.400 Outside in the corridor, I felt so relieved, 09:57.400 --> 10:00.400 I threw my arms around Amy and gave her a big kiss. 10:00.400 --> 10:03.400 Then we walked hand in hand toward the stairway. 10:03.400 --> 10:07.400 We met a couple of nurses and Amy stopped to talk to them. 10:07.400 --> 10:10.400 I walked back to Professor Bird's office and listened at the door. 10:10.400 --> 10:12.400 He and Dr. Dunlap were still talking about me. 10:12.400 --> 10:15.400 I heard them mention my name. 10:15.400 --> 10:18.400 I opened the door real easy so they wouldn't notice it. 10:18.400 --> 10:20.400 He's been now a walking zombie. 10:20.400 --> 10:23.400 He couldn't talk, had to be fed, bathed and put to bed like a child. 10:23.400 --> 10:25.400 I'm really very encouraged. 10:25.400 --> 10:27.400 It would surprise me a bit if he recovered. 10:27.400 --> 10:30.400 Don't be absurd, Dunlap. Such cases never recover. 10:30.400 --> 10:34.400 You'll struggle a few weeks, try to remember, then chuck it. 10:34.400 --> 10:37.400 Oh, by the way, I think I ought to know. 10:37.400 --> 10:39.400 What did he do? 10:39.400 --> 10:41.400 Well, understand I don't want it noised around, 10:41.400 --> 10:44.400 but you'd better tell his nurse that he's dangerous, 10:44.400 --> 10:46.400 especially when he thinks he smells perfume. 10:46.400 --> 10:48.400 Oh, yes. Yes, he did mention perfume. 10:48.400 --> 10:51.400 For your information alone, the man's a killer. 10:51.400 --> 10:52.400 Really? 10:52.400 --> 10:56.400 A rattlesnake. He strangled a woman with his hands and he'll do it again. 10:56.400 --> 10:58.400 Here, read his history. 10:59.400 --> 11:03.400 That's all I heard, because Amy picked that moment to come and get me. 11:03.400 --> 11:07.400 But I'd heard enough to realize that something was terribly wrong. 11:07.400 --> 11:09.400 Me? A killer? 11:09.400 --> 11:12.400 Why never hurt anyone in my life? 11:12.400 --> 11:14.400 I'd been framed. 11:14.400 --> 11:17.400 Somebody had committed a murder and pinned it on me because I'd lost my memory 11:17.400 --> 11:19.400 and couldn't defend myself. 11:19.400 --> 11:21.400 The only way to get free was to recall everything that happened, 11:21.400 --> 11:25.400 every single thing from the moment I opened that door. 11:25.400 --> 11:27.400 What if I couldn't remember? 11:27.400 --> 11:29.400 What if I never remembered? 11:29.400 --> 11:34.400 It meant being kept here, locked up for life, for a crime I didn't commit. 11:34.400 --> 11:45.400 Nice spot for an innocent man. 11:46.400 --> 11:51.400 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star Robert Young in The High Wall, 11:51.400 --> 11:55.400 a radio drama by Bradbury Foote from his play of the same name. 11:55.400 --> 12:08.400 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 12:09.400 --> 12:14.400 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 12:14.400 --> 12:18.400 We Americans are noted for taking the job home with us. 12:18.400 --> 12:23.400 We frequently sit down to dinner, our minds still occupied by the work of the day, 12:23.400 --> 12:26.400 and get no real pleasure from our meal. 12:26.400 --> 12:34.400 My favorite recipe for adding enjoyment to food is a glass of tempting Roma California Sherry before dinner. 12:34.400 --> 12:40.400 Designed for the goodness of nature and the skill of man to make food taste better, 12:40.400 --> 12:44.400 Roma Sherry is the perfect first call to dinner. 12:44.400 --> 12:48.400 As you pour the golden amber goodness of Roma Sherry into a glass, 12:48.400 --> 12:51.400 enjoy its fresh, full fragrance. 12:51.400 --> 12:54.400 Then sip Roma Sherry. 12:54.400 --> 12:59.400 Savor with your tongue the happy miracle of sun, grape, and cask 12:59.400 --> 13:04.400 that give Roma Sherry the pleasing nut-like taste so many millions prefer. 13:04.400 --> 13:10.400 Yes, the simplest dinner becomes more enjoyable when introduced by Roma Sherry. 13:10.400 --> 13:12.400 Prove that yourself. 13:12.400 --> 13:15.400 Enjoy Roma Sherry before your dinner tomorrow. 13:15.400 --> 13:22.400 For Roma, America's favorite wine, costs no more than ordinary wines. 13:22.400 --> 13:27.400 So insist on Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 13:27.400 --> 13:33.400 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 13:33.400 --> 13:39.400 And now Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage Robert Young in The High Wall, 13:39.400 --> 13:45.400 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 13:52.400 --> 13:56.400 When I promised Professor Bird that I'd give him the whole story the next day, 13:56.400 --> 13:58.400 I was absolutely sure I could do it. 13:58.400 --> 14:00.400 But I couldn't. 14:00.400 --> 14:03.400 I couldn't remember a single thing that happened during that lost time. 14:03.400 --> 14:05.400 Absolutely blank I was. 14:05.400 --> 14:11.400 I racked my brain for a clue, lay awake nights torturing myself until I nearly had a nervous breakdown. 14:11.400 --> 14:16.400 Then after about three months, I gave up. 14:16.400 --> 14:19.400 Just like Professor Bird said I would. 14:19.400 --> 14:21.400 Chucked it. 14:21.400 --> 14:25.400 When I did, a great feeling of relief came over me. 14:25.400 --> 14:28.400 It was like a heavy weight had been lifted off my chest. 14:28.400 --> 14:33.400 Amy noticed the change in me and I told her the reason one night very late when she came in. 14:33.400 --> 14:35.400 She didn't like it a bit. 14:35.400 --> 14:38.400 Bob, no, you mustn't give up. Don't stop trying. 14:38.400 --> 14:40.400 Amy, there must be some easier way to get out of this place. 14:40.400 --> 14:44.400 Escape, you mean? You can't do it, Bob. There's a high wall. 14:44.400 --> 14:50.400 Yeah, well, there is another way. A sure way. 14:50.400 --> 14:52.400 I can go out feet first. 14:52.400 --> 14:56.400 Feet first? Bob, Bob, you wouldn't do that. 14:56.400 --> 14:59.400 I'm not going to spend the rest of my natural life in this insane asylum. 14:59.400 --> 15:06.400 If there's no other way to escape, I'll go out, like I said, in a box. 15:06.400 --> 15:08.400 Suddenly she was crying like a kid. 15:08.400 --> 15:11.400 Helen used to cry like that. 15:11.400 --> 15:15.400 It never struck me before, but Amy was a lot like Helen. 15:15.400 --> 15:19.400 As I watched her, it almost seemed like she was Helen. 15:19.400 --> 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. 15:24.400 --> 15:28.400 For a second, I seemed to be holding Helen. 15:28.400 --> 15:32.400 Then I got things straightened out in my mind and I stepped back. 15:32.400 --> 15:36.400 Sorry, Amy. I guess I got a little out of line. 15:36.400 --> 15:38.400 That's all right, Bob. 15:38.400 --> 15:42.400 I wouldn't want you to think I was... well, you know... 15:42.400 --> 15:45.400 No? Why not? 15:45.400 --> 15:49.400 Well, you're going to be Mrs. Dr. Dunlap. 15:49.400 --> 15:54.400 No, that's off, Bob. There's somebody else. 15:54.400 --> 15:57.400 Oh, who is it? 15:57.400 --> 16:01.400 She didn't answer. Didn't have to, I knew. 16:01.400 --> 16:06.400 She stood there looking like she expected me to do something about it, but I didn't. 16:06.400 --> 16:10.400 Then she beckoned to me and made a hush sign and I followed her out of the room. 16:10.400 --> 16:12.400 The ward was quiet, everyone was asleep. 16:12.400 --> 16:16.400 We tiptoed into the solarium and shut the door. 16:16.400 --> 16:20.400 I suppose you know this is liable to cost me my job. 16:20.400 --> 16:22.400 Look at that moon. 16:22.400 --> 16:27.400 Bob, you wouldn't really do anything to yourself, would you? 16:27.400 --> 16:31.400 Why not? I'm not doing myself or anyone else much good locked up in this place. 16:31.400 --> 16:33.400 Bob, dying isn't the answer. 16:33.400 --> 16:36.400 Yes, it is, Amy. Dying is the answer to everything. 16:36.400 --> 16:38.400 Oh, Bob, don't talk like that. 16:38.400 --> 16:43.400 You know, in Burma once, in a jungle, I saw a snake right close to me. 16:43.400 --> 16:45.400 A king cobra it was. 16:45.400 --> 16:48.400 I stood perfectly still, hoping it hadn't seen me. 16:48.400 --> 16:50.400 I didn't breathe. 16:50.400 --> 16:53.400 Then finally I couldn't stand it anymore. I made a quick jump. 16:53.400 --> 16:56.400 But he got me, right through the leg here. 16:56.400 --> 17:00.400 It was a swell chance to die, but I didn't want to. 17:00.400 --> 17:06.400 I crawled through the jungle to a first aid station and I managed to pull through. 17:06.400 --> 17:08.400 For what? 17:08.400 --> 17:10.400 I'd have been better off to die right there. 17:10.400 --> 17:12.400 Oh, no, no. 17:12.400 --> 17:15.400 I kept on talking like that, hardly knowing what I was saying, 17:15.400 --> 17:18.400 because I had a queer feeling that I was telling it to Helen 17:18.400 --> 17:21.400 and letting her know what I'd gone through for her. 17:21.400 --> 17:25.400 Helen always wanted security, and I went out there to get it for her. 17:25.400 --> 17:27.400 Those oil companies paid big money. 17:27.400 --> 17:32.400 Bob, if you could only remember who it was when you opened that door. 17:32.400 --> 17:34.400 Yeah. 17:34.400 --> 17:38.400 What's that perfume you're wearing? 17:38.400 --> 17:43.400 What? Perfume? You know we aren't allowed to use perfume. 17:43.400 --> 17:45.400 Funny, I could swear. 17:45.400 --> 17:47.400 Lean closer. 17:47.400 --> 17:50.400 Of course you are. It's that same stuff that... 17:50.400 --> 17:53.400 Go on. Why don't you? 17:53.400 --> 17:54.400 What? 17:54.400 --> 17:58.400 Kiss me. I want you to. 17:58.400 --> 18:01.400 Sorry to interrupt, but we do have rules here. 18:01.400 --> 18:03.400 Hold it, Dr. Dunlap. The light isn't necessary. 18:03.400 --> 18:05.400 Go to your room, Mr. Lewis. 18:05.400 --> 18:07.400 That's all right, but don't throw the hooks into Amy. It wasn't her fault. 18:07.400 --> 18:10.400 Never mind, Bob. I can defend myself. Go along. 18:12.400 --> 18:15.400 I knew she could handle him, so I went up to my room. 18:15.400 --> 18:18.400 Besides, I had something on my mind. 18:18.400 --> 18:22.400 While I was holding Amy in my arms, I had a... 18:22.400 --> 18:24.400 A vision, I guess you'd call it. 18:24.400 --> 18:28.400 I saw Helen. She was lying on the bed. 18:28.400 --> 18:30.400 The doctor was bending over her. 18:30.400 --> 18:34.400 The room was crowded with people. Everyone was tense, frightened. 18:34.400 --> 18:37.400 Then the doctor straightened up and said, 18:37.400 --> 18:39.400 She's dead. 18:39.400 --> 18:43.400 Helen, my wife was dead. 18:43.400 --> 18:46.400 I remembered it now distinctly. 18:46.400 --> 18:50.400 But that was all. I couldn't remember how or why it happened. 18:50.400 --> 18:52.400 It was just like a photograph. 18:52.400 --> 18:56.400 Nothing led up to it, and what happened after was perfectly blank. 18:56.400 --> 19:00.400 But the fact that Helen was dead didn't seem like a surprise, exactly. 19:00.400 --> 19:04.400 After a while, I heard Dr. Dunlap come up and lock me in. 19:04.400 --> 19:07.400 He hesitated outside the door like he wanted to go in. 19:07.400 --> 19:11.400 He hesitated outside the door like he wanted to come in and ball me out. 19:11.400 --> 19:13.400 Then he went away. 19:13.400 --> 19:16.400 The next thing, Amy was shaking me, trying to wake me up. 19:16.400 --> 19:17.400 Bob! Bob! 19:17.400 --> 19:18.400 Huh? What's the matter? 19:18.400 --> 19:21.400 We're sunk, Bob. He was furious. 19:21.400 --> 19:23.400 I'm discharged, and you're going to be put in another ward. 19:23.400 --> 19:25.400 By that louse, he can't get away with it! 19:25.400 --> 19:28.400 Listen, listen. I know how you can escape. 19:28.400 --> 19:30.400 What? How? 19:30.400 --> 19:32.400 Ella quit her job. She's leaving in the morning. 19:32.400 --> 19:35.400 Her car will be parked in the driveway outside the solarium. 19:35.400 --> 19:39.400 All you have to do is get in the car, lie down on the floor, and pull a rug over you. 19:39.400 --> 19:41.400 Oh, Amy, that's screwy. How would I get outside? 19:41.400 --> 19:42.400 The solarium door is always locked. 19:42.400 --> 19:45.400 That's it. Ella's going to unlock it before she turns in her keys. 19:45.400 --> 19:48.400 Yeah? But I'd be seen. 19:48.400 --> 19:50.400 No, no. They'll all be in church. It's Sunday, Bob. 19:50.400 --> 19:53.400 The minute they start to sing, open the door and slip out. 19:53.400 --> 19:56.400 Oh, Bob, it's the chance of a lifetime. Ella leaving makes it easy. 19:56.400 --> 19:59.400 She'll drive right through the front gate, and they won't even stop her. 19:59.400 --> 20:01.400 Oh, Bob, say you'll do it. 20:01.400 --> 20:05.400 I can't go away and leave you here. 20:08.400 --> 20:10.400 Well, what did I have to lose? 20:10.400 --> 20:14.400 Besides, she started to cry and carry on, so I said, all right. 20:14.400 --> 20:16.400 The funny part of it was, it did work. 20:16.400 --> 20:20.400 I'll bet we were 50 miles from the asylum before they knew I was missing. 20:20.400 --> 20:24.400 Ella picked up Amy at the edge of town and hit for the open road. 20:24.400 --> 20:29.400 We kept going. 20:29.400 --> 20:33.400 The girls got me a hot dog at a roadside stand we kept on. 20:33.400 --> 20:36.400 We began to wonder where we'd spend the night. 20:36.400 --> 20:39.400 I didn't know where I was, but Ella said she knew of a little motel, 20:39.400 --> 20:42.400 one of those places where they don't ask any questions. 20:42.400 --> 20:45.400 It was late before we found the place. 20:45.400 --> 20:48.400 We took two bungalows, the girls in one, me in the other. 20:48.400 --> 20:51.400 I got them settled for the night and then started to leave. 20:51.400 --> 20:54.400 Amy followed me outside. 20:54.400 --> 20:56.400 Bob, stop the plane. 20:56.400 --> 20:59.400 Goodness, it's dark. Where are you? 20:59.400 --> 21:01.400 Here. 21:01.400 --> 21:03.400 You forgot something, Bob. 21:03.400 --> 21:05.400 Oh. 21:05.400 --> 21:07.400 Oh, Bob. 21:07.400 --> 21:09.400 You're sweet. 21:09.400 --> 21:11.400 Why, you're trembling like a leaf. 21:11.400 --> 21:12.400 Scared? 21:12.400 --> 21:14.400 It could be that. 21:14.400 --> 21:16.400 We've been very lucky all day. 21:16.400 --> 21:19.400 Yes, but I think we'd better split up tomorrow. 21:19.400 --> 21:20.400 Oh, no. 21:20.400 --> 21:22.400 You see, they're only looking for me. 21:22.400 --> 21:25.400 They don't connect me with you girls, but Dr. Dunlap's no fool. 21:25.400 --> 21:27.400 He's probably figured it out by this time. 21:27.400 --> 21:29.400 If we travel together, we're sure to be caught. 21:29.400 --> 21:32.400 No, no. If we separate, I'll never find you again. 21:32.400 --> 21:34.400 Bob, don't you want me? 21:34.400 --> 21:36.400 Amy, don't talk like that. 21:36.400 --> 21:39.400 If you're still thinking of Helen... 21:39.400 --> 21:41.400 I'm not. She's dead. 21:41.400 --> 21:43.400 Oh. You know. 21:43.400 --> 21:45.400 Sure. 21:45.400 --> 21:47.400 But who told you? 21:47.400 --> 21:49.400 Dr. Dunlap. 21:49.400 --> 21:51.400 Funny you never mentioned it to me. 21:51.400 --> 21:53.400 What else did he tell you? 21:53.400 --> 21:56.400 Oh, Bob, she isn't here anymore, and we are. 21:56.400 --> 21:59.400 I pulled away from her and walked across to my bungalow. 21:59.400 --> 22:01.400 I guess she thought I was sore. 22:01.400 --> 22:02.400 Bob. 22:02.400 --> 22:04.400 I wasn't. It was just that I... 22:04.400 --> 22:06.400 I knew I couldn't make her understand. 22:06.400 --> 22:08.400 It was something I couldn't explain to anyone. 22:08.400 --> 22:10.400 Helen wasn't gone. 22:10.400 --> 22:12.400 She'd never be gone, not to me. 22:12.400 --> 22:14.400 I opened the door and went in. 22:14.400 --> 22:17.400 Bungalow is a crummy little place. 22:17.400 --> 22:20.400 It reminded me of that hole I lived in in Burma. 22:20.400 --> 22:23.400 I was groggy from driving all day. 22:23.400 --> 22:26.400 Amy had started me thinking of Helen. 22:26.400 --> 22:30.400 I laid there on the bed remembering things. 22:30.400 --> 22:33.400 The night I met Helen. 22:33.400 --> 22:36.400 The first time we danced together. 22:36.400 --> 22:38.400 Our wedding. 22:38.400 --> 22:41.400 Our honeymoon at Jack Pomeroy's cottage in the Berkshires. 22:41.400 --> 22:44.400 I didn't know Jack very well then. 22:44.400 --> 22:46.400 But she did. 22:46.400 --> 22:48.400 Those were happy days. 22:48.400 --> 22:51.400 What you don't know doesn't hurt you. 22:51.400 --> 22:54.400 I was happy afterwards, too. 22:54.400 --> 22:57.400 Each time I forgave her, we'd go on another honeymoon. 22:57.400 --> 23:01.400 She called it starting over from scratch. 23:01.400 --> 23:05.400 But I never should have gone away. 23:05.400 --> 23:07.400 That's what did it. 23:07.400 --> 23:09.400 She couldn't take it. 23:09.400 --> 23:13.400 Well, I'll go up to Fitchburg tomorrow and we'll patch things up. 23:13.400 --> 23:16.400 Someone's knocking at the door. 23:16.400 --> 23:18.400 That's funny. 23:18.400 --> 23:21.400 Nobody knows I'm back in town. 23:21.400 --> 23:23.400 Hello? 23:23.400 --> 23:25.400 Bob, let me in. 23:25.400 --> 23:27.400 Who is it? 23:27.400 --> 23:30.400 Bob, I want to talk to you. 23:36.400 --> 23:39.400 Well, I'll be... 23:39.400 --> 23:42.400 Who told you I was here? 23:42.400 --> 23:44.400 Come in. 23:44.400 --> 23:47.400 Bob, I was talking it over with Ella. 23:47.400 --> 23:49.400 And she thinks you're right. 23:49.400 --> 23:52.400 I met Sam Bradley today. He must have phoned you. 23:52.400 --> 23:54.400 Bob, you're half asleep. 23:54.400 --> 23:56.400 Or maybe he phoned Jack Pomeroy. 23:56.400 --> 23:58.400 Who in the world? 23:58.400 --> 24:01.400 That's the answer. You and Jack want to beat me to the punch. 24:01.400 --> 24:04.400 Oh, no. 24:04.400 --> 24:06.400 Why didn't Jack come with you? 24:06.400 --> 24:08.400 Any other guts? 24:08.400 --> 24:11.400 Easy now, Bob. Let's sit down and talk. 24:11.400 --> 24:13.400 Get away from me. 24:13.400 --> 24:15.400 Very well. I'll have to call Dr. Dunlap. 24:15.400 --> 24:18.400 Get away from that phone. 24:18.400 --> 24:20.400 Sit down. 24:20.400 --> 24:22.400 Better sit down. 24:25.400 --> 24:28.400 Merry Christmas, Helen. 24:28.400 --> 24:31.400 So, that's it. 24:32.400 --> 24:34.400 All right. 24:34.400 --> 24:36.400 I'm sitting. 24:36.400 --> 24:38.400 Who did you say you'd call? 24:38.400 --> 24:40.400 Dr. Dunlap. 24:40.400 --> 24:43.400 Or Dr. Hoffman. He'll give you a nice, cold bath. 24:43.400 --> 24:45.400 That's supposed to be funny. 24:45.400 --> 24:47.400 What do you want here, anyway? 24:47.400 --> 24:49.400 You've been sick. I thought you might need me. 24:49.400 --> 24:52.400 Need you? I never needed you. 24:52.400 --> 24:54.400 I know it now. 24:54.400 --> 24:56.400 All right, all right. Then maybe I need you. 24:56.400 --> 24:58.400 And that's a lie. Because I happen to know what the score is. 24:58.400 --> 25:00.400 Sam Bradley told me. 25:00.400 --> 25:02.400 What about my home? 25:02.400 --> 25:04.400 Somebody else is living in it. 25:04.400 --> 25:06.400 What a rotten deal. 25:06.400 --> 25:08.400 I'm fighting snakes and mud and slime. 25:08.400 --> 25:10.400 Sweating it out in swill piles. 25:10.400 --> 25:12.400 And wondering if I'll ever see daylight again. 25:12.400 --> 25:15.400 And you're here in Boston having the time of your life on my money. 25:15.400 --> 25:17.400 You didn't want me to come back. 25:17.400 --> 25:19.400 But me, like a fool. 25:19.400 --> 25:22.400 I used to drop off to sleep thinking of you. 25:22.400 --> 25:24.400 And then pick you up in my dream. 25:24.400 --> 25:26.400 I could hear you laugh. 25:26.400 --> 25:28.400 See you dancing. 25:28.400 --> 25:31.400 Smell the perfume in your hair. 25:31.400 --> 25:34.400 I talked to you and you answered me. 25:34.400 --> 25:36.400 We planned things we'd do when I got back. 25:36.400 --> 25:39.400 And all the time you were hoping I'd never come back. 25:39.400 --> 25:45.400 Bob dear, don't cry. 25:45.400 --> 25:47.400 Don't cry. 25:47.400 --> 25:49.400 Come on, let's go talk to Ella. 25:49.400 --> 25:51.400 Sit down. 25:51.400 --> 25:53.400 I'm only trying to help you. 25:53.400 --> 25:55.400 You've helped me enough. 25:55.400 --> 25:58.400 I promised Bradley I'd kill you when I found you. 25:58.400 --> 26:00.400 I've got to go through with it. 26:00.400 --> 26:02.400 Bob, I love you. 26:02.400 --> 26:05.400 Oh, not frightened, huh? 26:05.400 --> 26:07.400 You won't hurt me, Bob. 26:07.400 --> 26:09.400 I love you. 26:09.400 --> 26:11.400 The last time you begged for mercy. 26:11.400 --> 26:13.400 Bob, Bob, I'm Amy. 26:13.400 --> 26:15.400 This is Amy. 26:15.400 --> 26:17.400 I'm Amy, don't do it. 26:17.400 --> 26:19.400 Bob. 26:19.400 --> 26:21.400 Oh! 26:30.400 --> 26:33.400 I was pressing my fingers into her throat. 26:33.400 --> 26:35.400 She died game this time. 26:35.400 --> 26:38.400 Didn't kick or make much of a struggle like she did before. 26:38.400 --> 26:41.400 It was almost like she wanted me to do it. 26:41.400 --> 26:44.400 And yet, as long as she lasted it, 26:44.400 --> 26:48.400 she seemed to be begging me with her eyes not to do it. 26:48.400 --> 26:50.400 It didn't take long. 26:50.400 --> 26:55.400 Then she went limp and I let her fall to the floor. 26:55.400 --> 26:57.400 When I let go of her, I... 26:57.400 --> 27:01.400 I kind of lost track of things. 27:01.400 --> 27:03.400 Now, the blackout. 27:03.400 --> 27:05.400 I woke up about a week ago. 27:05.400 --> 27:09.400 It's taken me this long to get things straightened out. 27:09.400 --> 27:13.400 It's winter now, my nurse tells me. 27:13.400 --> 27:17.400 I think she's lying, but I can't prove it. 27:17.400 --> 27:21.400 You see, there's no window in my room. 27:21.400 --> 27:31.400 The walls are padded and the furniture's nailed to the floor. 27:42.400 --> 27:44.400 Suspense! 27:44.400 --> 27:46.400 Presented by Roma Wines. 27:46.400 --> 27:51.400 R-O-M-A. 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