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Suspense!

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We were driving too fast. But I knew that if I slowed down at all I would begin to tremble.

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And so although the road was torturous, climbing steeply up the mountain, I kept my foot pressed hard on the gas pedal.

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Out of the corner of my eye I could see that my husband was looking quietly into the green valley far below.

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He looked peaceful now. He had made his speech about driving too fast.

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I'd asked him to be quiet. And now he was quiet.

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I wondered what he would do if I stopped the car and told him right then that we were driving up to the Johnson house so that I might kill him.

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I parked the car on the highway at the foot of the dirt road leading up to the house.

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We walked quickly behind the heavy trees. My husband stopped once to wipe the dust off his shoes.

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I hurried him on and we soon arrived at the front door.

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As planned I'd forgotten the key. I did open my purse and look however.

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And that gave me the opportunity to release the safety catch on the gun I'd borrowed from my husband's belongings.

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I suggested that we try one of the windows. He agreed.

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And we slowly made our way through the underbrush that was growing wild at the side of the Stucco building until we reached a first floor window.

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The window was set high above the ground and my husband had to stretch his body to reach it.

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I waited until he had his back to me with his hands raised high in the air reaching for the window frame.

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Then I opened my purse, took out the gun, aimed very carefully at a spot just in the center of his left shoulder blade and pulled the trigger four times.

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He didn't fall right away. He had had his fingers over the window ledge ready to unfasten the catch when the bullets hit him.

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With some terrible effort he dug his nails into the Stucco and tried to keep from dying.

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I couldn't move. I wanted to scream but my throat felt paralyzed.

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He tried to turn his face and look at me.

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I tried to look at him but he didn't move.

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He tried to turn his face and look at me. But he hadn't that much life left.

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At last he's dead.

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I stopped screaming finally. Felt better for it.

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I bent and looked at my husband's body. He was quite dead.

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I wiped off the gun, his gun and threw it behind an acacia bush.

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Then I walked back to the car slowly and carefully removing any of my footprints which showed in the loose dirt of the road.

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At the car I emptied some cigarette butts from the dashboard ashtray onto the road.

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Dusted my shoes. Then turned around and drove home.

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I put the car in the garage, went in and had my shower and lay down in the library to wait.

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A few minutes after the grandfather clock struck eleven the telephone rang.

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Hello?

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Miss Skinner? This is she.

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This is Jonathan Brown, Sheriff's office. I have some bad news for you.

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My husband? Yes ma'am. He's been killed.

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Miss Skinner? Hello Miss Skinner? You alright?

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I waited quietly for a moment. Then I let the phone fall to the floor.

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I listened until I heard Jonathan Brown hang up. Then I replaced my telephone on its stand.

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Went into the kitchen for some ice which I put in a large Turkish towel.

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I then arranged myself carefully and attractively on the living room to then and waited again.

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Miss Skinner? In here please.

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Oh yes. You alright Miss Skinner? That was a stupid thing for me to do, breaking the news that way.

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I'm alright.

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I came over as soon as you dropped the phone.

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I felt faint suddenly.

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No wonder.

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Tell me what happened Mr.

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Jonathan Brown, Sheriff's office.

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Mr. Brown please sit down.

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Thank you.

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Well, your husband was up at the Johnson house this afternoon as well as we can figure. Up there on the side of the mountain you know.

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He must have been trying to get into the window and somehow somebody well, shot him.

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I'm sure he wants me to tell you.

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I'm sorry. Go on please.

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Well, we looked around the place, couldn't see anything. Though we found the, you know, weapon that was a gun.

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Found it in the brush near where he was and no footprints or anything except tire marks down the main highway and a bunch of cigarette butts where someone must have been sitting in the car, waiting you know.

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Those were my tire marks.

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You was up there?

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Well, I had an appointment to meet my husband this afternoon at the foot of the road leading up to the Johnson house.

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He had said that he had had some business to attend to and would get a ride with this other person.

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He was very mysterious about it.

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I waited for an hour or more at the foot of the road.

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You were so clever to recognize the meaning of those cigarette stuff.

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When he didn't come I thought perhaps I was mistaken about the appointment and so I drove home.

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When I think of perhaps I'd gone up to the house I might have saved my poor dear husband's life.

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No, no, no, no. Don't shock. I know.

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I'm all right. I'm all right. I'll be all right.

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Now don't you worry about a thing, Mrs. Skinner. The sheriff's office will round up the guilty party or parties and have them brought to trial, you know.

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As I'm sure.

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I slept well that night for the first time in ten years.

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My husband during his lifetime had snored loudly and steadily and during his later years he had acquired the nervous and distressing habit of grinding his teeth in his sleep.

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In my house. And as I say I slept beautifully.

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The next few days were also beautifully quiet.

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A few photographers and newspaper men but they were kind and gentle and didn't make too much bother.

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Finally Mr. Jonathan Brown called to say that he would send a car for me on Friday morning.

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The next day it turned out to take me to the car in his inquest.

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Small courtroom was crowded and almost everyone there eyed me with great sympathy.

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The inquest proceeded evenly. There was as yet no evidence as to the identity of my husband's murderer.

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I again stated that I had left the tire marks and cigarette stubs at the foot of the road that led to the Johnson house.

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No I hadn't heard a shot.

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No my dear husband had no enemy.

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Then I've had this blackboard brought to court so that I might show the position of the body when found.

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I think it might be of interest. Very well proceed.

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The body was found just below the first story window on the left side of the house.

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The dead man was obviously trying to gain admittance you know.

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He didn't die immediately as I will show you.

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But stayed alive long enough to try to keep himself from falling.

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Since marks from each of his fingernails were found running down the side of the building.

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Here then is the window sill and here are the marks of his fingernails.

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And here is the spot where the body lay when it was discovered.

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And here is the house.

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As he talked he watched me.

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I didn't know why until I heard the first scrape of the chalk against the blackboard.

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For one awful moment it was the sound that had been made by my husband as he tried so desperately to hold himself alive.

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I found myself tightly holding the wooden table in front of me.

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My arms and body tears trying not to faint.

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Since a large deposit of the dried stucco from the building was found under each of the victims fingernails.

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I believe I can best illustrate the manner of the victims last moments with a physical illustration.

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Suppose I am the victim you know and this blackboard is the side of the building.

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We hear the gunshots and then the victim slowly sinks to the ground.

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Oh please, please I can't sir. Please don't make me die.

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For suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Agnes Moorhead in the 13th sound.

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And now Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, Agnes Moorhead as Mrs. Sally Skinner and William Johnstone as Jonathan Brown in the 13th sound.

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A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense.

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I must have been taken home from the inquest for the next consciousness I had I was lying on the guest bed.

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In the corner sat Mr. Jonathan Brown. He must have seen my eyes open.

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Ah, feeling better?

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Yes, thank you. I'm terribly sorry.

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That's all right. Quite a strain, you know.

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Yes, it was quite a strain.

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I asked whether it would be all right to go on without you. Everybody seemed to grieve, you know. So he finished up while the doctor looked you over.

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What happened?

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Oh, he said you'd be all right. Shock.

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I meant about my husband.

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And his death at the hand of a person's unknown, you know.

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Is there anything further I must do?

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Not a thing, Mrs. Skinner.

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You've been very kind.

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It's a terrible thing happened to you.

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Well, I'm going now if there's nothing more you need from me.

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No, no, nothing, thank you.

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Well, goodbye then and don't you worry. We'll find who did it, you know.

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After he had left I had the time to be angry at myself for my behavior at the inquest.

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I was the people of Thoth.

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To fade only from the noise of a piece of chalk on a blackboard.

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I wondered if Mr. Brown had suspected anything because as I remembered back to earlier afternoon, he had been watching me as he drew those silly little diagrams on the board.

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He hadn't been looking anywhere else.

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Not at the coroner or at any other reporters, not even at what he was doing.

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He'd been looking at me.

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Well, of course he was looking at me.

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He was showing his sympathy.

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I slowly allowed myself to return to my former position in the community.

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I was able now to do the things I'd always wanted to do but had been restrained from doing by a certain attitude of my husband.

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He had never liked entertaining.

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He believed that we should belong to the country club and take a civic pride in the fact that our home was the largest and most beautiful in the community.

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In fact, it was his desire to sell our lovely home that caused me to finally take that complete and drastic step.

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The first evening that I accepted an outside invitation was for one of the Wednesday night evenings of bridge at our club.

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At my table were the president with the bank and his wife.

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As I sat down I noticed that a window pane on my left was shining.

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Good evening, Miss Gray. Good evening.

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Well, I'm afraid I'm the culprit here.

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Playing ball with the kids this afternoon and I threw one right through your lovely window.

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Oh, really?

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But I got old Sam here. I brought him along with no pane of glass and he'll fix us up ship-shaped no time at all.

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Go ahead, Sam. Right over there.

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Yes, Mr. Brown. Sure. Don't mind me, folks. I'll be through here in just a jiffy.

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Oh, incidentally, Miss Skinner, I always meant to ask you whether or not you minded noises especially.

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Sharp noises like you see chalk on a blackboard.

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I don't understand. Chalk on a blackboard?

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At the end test, I always wondered about it. You faded just when the chalk was scratching across the blackboard.

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I don't remember hearing. I'm afraid I faded before you drew any diagram.

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I think that's what you were planning to do, draw a diagram.

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That's what I was planning to do, yes, ma'am.

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Yes. Does he have to do that?

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There's something wrong, Mrs. Skinner.

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Does he? Does he have to do that? I can't. I can't. I didn't know.

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I stayed at home for the next few days. I canceled all appointments.

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The heat really was unbearable.

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In October, I resumed my activities. I began to see people again.

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I grew especially interested in chamber music.

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Through my activity, I arranged a musical evening to be given by a group of which I was the second vice president.

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They planned the formation of the Philharmonic Society eventually.

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I went to the musical alone and I was studying my program when...

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Ah, is this seat taken?

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Good evening, Mr. Brown.

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Well, Mrs. Skinner, good evening. Didn't recognize you, ma'am.

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Well, I was to be joined later.

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Well, I'll just sit here a moment then.

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You know, I'm terribly sorry about the other night.

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It's really nothing at all for you to be sorry about.

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Very kind of you to say that, you know, but I do feel guilty as all sin, being the cause of getting sick like that.

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Oh, really, Mr. Brown, I wasn't sick at all.

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Why?

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Mr. Gregg told me I'd probably been affected by the heat.

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It was very close to the club that night, if you'll remember.

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Yes, yes, well, it was.

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Well, just so I don't feel it, it was my fault, you know.

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No, I don't want you to feel that it was your fault.

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That's very kind of you, you know.

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If you don't mind, I'll stay here until whoever holds the seat gets it, all right?

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That's all right.

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We crave your indulgence and a certain open-mindedness

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for giving a fair chance to the first piece with which we are going to open our program this evening.

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The title of this piece is The Thirteenth Sound, and the composer is young Julian Carillo.

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This piece, because of the unorthodox nature of it, created a veritable furor in New York City some weeks ago

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on the occasion of its premiere.

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It's what you'd call, I guess, modern music.

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And the really unusual thing about it is that the instruments, instead of playing as they usually do

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in Mozart, Haydn and such classical veins, play in quarter tones.

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Now, a quarter tone is somewhere in between the other tones, such as we are accustomed to hearing.

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So on this following piece, the instruments are not playing, as you would think, out of tune.

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This is the way it is supposed to sound. Thank you.

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So now, the various members of the quartet will tune their various instruments into these quarter tones.

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And this is quite a short piece, but I know you're going to like it. Tune up, gentlemen.

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This should be very interesting, I think so, Miss Skinner. Thirteenth sound. Have you heard it?

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No, no, I haven't.

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It's too hot again, Miss Skinner. It does get stuck in here.

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I mean, it's hot in here.

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You're terribly painted. Show me your arm.

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I'm colored. Excuse me. Will you let me out?

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I am... will you please excuse me?

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I left Mr. Brown sitting there. My man drove me home.

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I never liked modern music. I locked all the doors and I turned on all the lights.

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And then I did a foolish thing. I found a hammer and a piece of board.

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And I beat, and beat, and beat, and beat on the board with a hammer as hard as I could.

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And finally the heavy, steady, safe pounding that I made drove the other sharp, shrill, awful noise from my mind.

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Then I turned out all the lights and opened the windows and went to sleep.

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I didn't sleep well, but I didn't stay awake either.

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I hadn't set the alarm next to my bed, and when I first awoke the next morning, for a minute I couldn't remember what had happened.

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I felt grudged. Got out of bed and put on this lovely chartreuse, brocade housecoat and started downstairs.

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The sun was shining outside. It was a beautiful day. Not the sort of day when you could be disturbed by unrelated noises.

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I felt grand when I got downstairs. Then I heard...

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What? I didn't know. I didn't care. I knew only that I had to stop it before it happened to me again.

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Stop it! Please stop it!

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Huh? Pardon me, Miss...

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Get out of here! Get out of here! Who told you to do your work here? Did someone tell you to make that noise near my house?

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Why, no, ma'am. The lawnmower, the dirty thing wasn't cut and I had to shut it.

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Get out! Go on! Get off this property! It's one!

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Yes, ma'am.

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Don't ever come back! Do you hear? Don't ever come back! Don't!

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Morning, Miss Skinner. Lovely day.

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I turned and ran right back to my living room. I stood shivering there in a beam of sunlight.

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I waited for him to come bursting into the room after me. I waited.

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And then the doorbell rang. Who is it?

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It's Mrs. Gray.

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Oh, just a moment.

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Come in.

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What, did I disturb you?

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Oh, no, no.

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Then I will come in. But I can only stay a minute.

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Would you like some coffee?

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Oh, no, thank you. When I was so sick, you remember, the doctor absolutely forbid me having any more coffee.

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Oh, I didn't know that. Oh, sit down, please.

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Do you drink much coffee?

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No, why do you ask?

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Well, I thought perhaps your recent attacks might have been caused by that.

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Mr. Gray is a great one for aspirin and salt tablets.

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I think it's much simpler than that cut out coffee.

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Well, I think my attacks were just caused by this heat. I planned a sea voyage.

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Oh, how splendid. That will certainly fix you.

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You know, I don't mean to be disrespectful, heaven knows.

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But perhaps on the boat you might meet a fine young man who will.

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Perhaps.

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When do you plan to leave?

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This afternoon. I'm leaving for New York.

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Oh, you can't.

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Pardon?

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For the clubhouse, the unveiling ceremonies of this afternoon.

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Oh, I forgot.

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Well, you simply can't leave. We have no one who can replace you on the speaker's platform.

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Oh, well, I... well...

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Well, all right then, Mrs. Greg. I'll stay for the ceremony.

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I drove to the new clubhouse with Mr. and Mrs. Greg.

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The building was really very lovely.

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It was almost ready for occupancy.

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We were unveiling a heroic figure which graced the entranceway.

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Our speaker's platform was built alongside the figure,

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and quite a few of the members and their families were sitting on the wooden benches in the front patio,

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waiting for the ceremonies to begin.

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Isn't this exciting?

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Oh, yes, yes, very.

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You ladies have done a marvelous job.

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Oh, thank you. Thank you.

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Ah, what's that fellow doing up there?

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Why, where?

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See, up on the roof there. That's Rockman.

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Oh, yes.

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Makes me nervous to see people at such heights.

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Off the toast bed. I guess he knows his business, I imagine.

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Yes, I suppose he...

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I'm very anxious to hear your little talk, Mrs. Skinner.

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Thank you.

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I think you've managed that, Marvoli, since you're unfortunate.

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Well, you understand.

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Yes, yes, thank you.

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Well, I think we should get on with it, eh?

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Well, I believe it'll be only a few more minutes.

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What?

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What is it?

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Oh, good heavens, look, that's Workman.

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He's going far.

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Can't someone catch him? He's hanging on the ledge.

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Some of the men are running up there now.

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But they've got to catch him.

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Oh, they will, they will, don't they?

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They've got to catch him.

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What?

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They saw him.

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Oh, no.

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Turn your eyes, ladies. Turn your eyes.

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I... I did it.

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I did it.

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Why, nonsense.

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I did it.

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You had nothing to do with it.

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I did it. I did it. I did it.

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Why, he's not hurt at all.

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I did it. I did it.

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Well, do not worry.

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Listen to me. Listen to me.

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Listen to me. Listen to me.

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Listen to me. Listen to me.

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I understand.

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I can't even...

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I can't even...

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Make some noise.

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Did you hear that? I can't even...

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I can't even...

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I know, I know, man.

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It's going to be all right, you know.

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You just come along with me.

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Did she sign it, Jonathan?

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Mm-hmm.

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Yeah. Shame.

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Yeah.

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People do funny things.

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Yeah.

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Did you pay the fella?

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Mm-hmm.

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He's clever.

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Very clever.

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Sure is.

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I really thought he was falling off of that building.

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Used to be an acrobat.

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Oh.

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So how did he make that noise?

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Yeah.

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Holding ten-pony nails in his hand.

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Yeah.

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He was holding ten-pony nails in his hand.

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Yeah.

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He was holding ten-pony nails in his hand.

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Yeah.

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He was holding ten-pony nails in his hand.

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Yeah.

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He was holding ten-pony nails in his hand.

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He scraped them along the face of the building as he slid down.

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Yeah.

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Did you think of that too?

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Mm-hmm.

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Made an awful racket.

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Mm-hmm.

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Pretty.

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Nice lady, you know.

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Yeah.

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What the devil are you doing?

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Hmm?

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Oh.

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Fixing my nails, I guess.

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Well, cut it out, will you?

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Sure.

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What's the matter with you?

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The noise makes me nervous, I guess.

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You know?

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I'm not going to be able to get out of here.

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I'm going to be able to get out of here.

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I'm going to be able to get out of here.

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I'm going to be able to get out of here.

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I'm going to be able to get out of here.

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I'm going to be able to get out of here.

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I'm going to be able to get out of here.

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I'm going to be able to get out of here.

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Suspense.

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Returning for a curtain call with a brilliant star of tonight's suspense play, Agnes Moorhead.

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Apparently, Agnes, you're not superstitious.

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Accepting the lead in a play called The Thirteenth Sound on February 13th?

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Ha ha.

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Superstitions are no phobia with me, Ken, but I do have one.

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What is it?

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I refuse to give a party for 13 people.

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Yes, Ken, Roma port does make entertaining a pleasure.

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Well, it's easy to see why Roma wines taste better, Ken.

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Thank you very much.

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And good night.

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Tonight's Suspense Play was written by Kathy and Elliot Lewis.

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Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Ann Baxter as star of Suspense.

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Produced and directed by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California.

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In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as James Stewart, William Bendix,

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Eddie Bracken, and others.

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