1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,500 Tonight's Suspense brings you Mr. Richard Ney and Mr. Joseph Kearns as stars in a remarkable 2 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:20,120 study in suspense written by the distinguished contemporary English novelist, Evelyn Waugh. 3 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:26,420 But first, may we remind you that in America's smartest homes and clubs where hospitality 4 00:00:26,420 --> 00:00:38,000 is the last word in luxury, the first name in wine is C-R-E-S-T-A, V-L-A-N-C-A, Cresta, 5 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,160 Blanca, Cresta Blanca. 6 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:46,200 Yes, that's Cresta Blanca wines. 7 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:52,200 And for the knowing tongue, Cresta Blanca has created two rare California cherries, Dry 8 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,520 Watch and Triple Cream. 9 00:00:54,520 --> 00:01:00,400 Compare Cresta Blanca Dry Watch and Triple Cream with the world's finest cherries. 10 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:06,240 You will find Cresta Blanca Dry Watch and Triple Cream cherries unequaled in America, 11 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,440 unsurpassed anywhere. 12 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:12,720 Schenley's Cresta Blanca Wine Company, Livermore, California. 13 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:20,520 And now, Schenley brings you Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 14 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:26,040 Resented by Roma Wines, that's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines of Fresno, California. 15 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:30,400 Tonight's stars, Richard Ney and Joseph Kearns, appear in Evelyn Waugh's study in mounting 16 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:36,080 terror called The Man Who Liked Dickens, a suspense play produced, edited, and directed 17 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:43,200 for Schenley by William Spear. 18 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,780 When Brenda and I broke up the marriage, it cheered the gossips and gave them something 19 00:01:47,780 --> 00:01:49,240 to talk about. 20 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:54,840 I kept running into people who asked about Brenda, and I either bored them or they bored 21 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:55,840 me. 22 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,280 One of the rare moments when the human equation is perfectly balanced. 23 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:04,000 So that when Dr. Messenger told me in a club one night he was going on an expedition into 24 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:09,840 the Amazon to find a buried city called Demerara, I asked to go with him. 25 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:13,400 I told nobody about it except my brother Mark. 26 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,600 I can remember little of the preparations or leaving England. 27 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:22,160 All I can recall now is that when we docked near the mouth of the Orinoco, the tropics 28 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:26,080 were bathed in a green and lemon splendor. 29 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,800 How well suckled from heaven it seemed. 30 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:35,320 Green hills are stone with daisies, and the breeze was sweet, and everything seemed luminous 31 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,000 and lately sprung from the soil. 32 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,680 I don't know when that feeling first wore off. 33 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,800 Perhaps when I began to sense that there was something wrong with the natives. 34 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:49,200 Dr. Messenger had hired them with the usual trinket, and they seemed happy, but as the 35 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:54,480 days wore on, you knew there was some deep reservation in their minds. 36 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:58,360 We crossed the headwaters and started down to look for bigger streams, and they spoke 37 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,040 to Dr. Messenger for the first time that night. 38 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:02,440 They didn't want to go on. 39 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,440 It wasn't their country, and they were frightened. 40 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:09,720 Dr. Messenger shouted and screamed at them, and they quieted down. 41 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,520 They quieted down and made no sound. 42 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:17,080 Finally, they made no sound at all in the night. 43 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,040 I knew what had happened before Dr. Messenger burst into my tent. 44 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:21,040 Tony, wake up! 45 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:22,040 I'm awake. 46 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,040 Come outside. 47 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:24,040 Something rotten has happened. 48 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:25,040 I know already. 49 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:26,040 The natives have gone. 50 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,040 Bunch of rotters. 51 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:28,040 They sneaked away like shadows. 52 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,040 Did they leave the stuff? 53 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:30,040 I guess. 54 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:31,040 They took only their own things. 55 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:32,040 They're honest. 56 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:33,040 The only decent thing they could do. 57 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:34,920 No, I mean, they're honest. 58 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:35,920 They never intended to go on. 59 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:37,880 To leave us this way, they... 60 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:38,880 We don't need them, though. 61 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:39,880 We'll find others. 62 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,560 We'll do it handy, we will. 63 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:42,560 We'll keep looking. 64 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:43,560 That's the word, Tony. 65 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:44,560 We'll keep looking. 66 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,560 And we'll keep talking and talking, and we'll dodge what we both want to say. 67 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:48,560 That we're alone in the jungle. 68 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:49,560 What if we are? 69 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:50,560 We'll move on. 70 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:51,560 We've found maps, and we'll do it handy. 71 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:52,560 Take a bit of poise, that's all. 72 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:53,560 No, I suppose. 73 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,560 Dr. Messenger, about the trip and everything ahead... 74 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:57,560 Yes? 75 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:58,560 Do you think we'll make it? 76 00:03:58,560 --> 00:03:59,560 Of course we've got to! 77 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:00,560 It's that simple. 78 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:01,560 We've got to! 79 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:02,560 Thank you. 80 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:21,680 You know, I don't think we will either. 81 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:26,440 The next morning we gathered our stocks, set up an emergency camp on the left bank, and 82 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,960 started down the main stream. 83 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,560 And after breakfast, I found I had the fever, so Messenger and I had to travel in the same 84 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:39,680 canoe, with part of the provisions loaded against my feet to keep me from falling out. 85 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,320 Late that afternoon, Messenger nudged the boat ashore. 86 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:47,400 There were falls up ahead, and we had to carry the canoe past the danger spot. 87 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,960 Messenger lifted me ashore, and started to drag the canoe up on the bank. 88 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,880 The cargo shifted on him, and he slipped into the water. 89 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:59,160 It was quite shallow in places, and he caught at the rocks, but they were worn smooth, and 90 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:03,440 he plunged into deep water and reached the falls. 91 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:09,640 The foam subsided into a great pool, almost still, and strewn with flottons from the forest 92 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,080 trees that stood gauntly above it. 93 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:18,000 Dr. Messenger's hat floated very slowly toward the Amazon, and the water closed over his 94 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,000 bald head. 95 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:36,720 Hello, my name is Todd. 96 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,320 Here, drink it. 97 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:40,760 You'll only need a bit. 98 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,280 Drink it now. 99 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:45,280 I have the fever. 100 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:47,080 I know, but you're getting rid of it. 101 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,080 How can you tell? 102 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:49,440 You're alive, you're getting over it. 103 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,000 If you're dead, you're not. 104 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Thank you. 105 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,760 You're the first stranger I've seen for a very long time. 106 00:05:54,760 --> 00:06:09,720 And you're the first one I've seen for a very long time. 107 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,400 I liked him from the first. 108 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,280 I liked him right away. 109 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:15,760 Mr. Todd brought me to his house. 110 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,240 It was near a village of Indians along the riverbank. 111 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:23,200 He owned a dozen or so head of puny cattle which grazed in the savanna, a plantation 112 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:29,840 of cassava, some banana and mango trees, a dog, and, unique in the neighborhood, a single 113 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:31,560 barrel breech-loading shotgun. 114 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:37,360 He sat and talked to me while he gave me medicine and nursed me back to health. 115 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:42,120 There's a medicine for everything in the forest, to make you ill and to make you well, to kill 116 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,360 you and to drive you mad. 117 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,480 My mother was an Indian and she taught me many of them. 118 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,120 How long have you lived here in the jungle? 119 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:50,560 Oh, I was born here. 120 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,120 I've always lived here. 121 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,720 It's a very long and lonely life. 122 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:56,360 Ah, it would be for me. 123 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:01,840 I've watched most of the natives grow up, some of them die, and I've tried to look after 124 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:02,840 them. 125 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:04,520 Then that's why they obey you so well. 126 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:09,000 That reason and because I have the gun. 127 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,520 My father was good company. 128 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,600 He lived to a great age, a very great age. 129 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,040 It's not 25 years since he died. 130 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,520 Oh, he was a man of education. 131 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:18,520 Can you read? 132 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:19,520 Oh, yes, of course. 133 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,400 Oh, not everyone's so fortunate. 134 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:23,920 I cannot. 135 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,880 The only two words I know how to spell are born and die. 136 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:28,880 Oh, yes? 137 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:30,360 Oh, that's rather too bad. 138 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,800 Oh, but I suppose you haven't much opportunity here. 139 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:33,920 Oh, yes, that's just it. 140 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,360 I have a great many books. 141 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,520 I'll show them to you when you're better. 142 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:38,520 My father left them. 143 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:39,520 Oh, I see. 144 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:40,520 Yes, he used to read to me. 145 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,520 He read to me all the time. 146 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:47,080 Then there was another man a few years ago, Barnabas. 147 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,320 He read to me until he had to leave. 148 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,400 I was very sad because he read well. 149 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,880 The books mean so much to me. 150 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:56,880 How long ago was that? 151 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:57,880 Oh, well, seven years ago. 152 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:03,600 He read to me every day until he left. 153 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,080 You shall read to me when you're better. 154 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:06,720 Why, I'd be delighted to. 155 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:12,480 As Mrs. Bardell says to Mr. Pickwick, it is so kind of you to have so much consideration 156 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:13,480 for my loneliness. 157 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:14,480 Yes, you shall read to me. 158 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:30,440 Mr. Todd had a soft way of speaking as if he'd learned to talk under the sounds of the 159 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:31,440 jungle. 160 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:36,160 And now, as he went about his work in the village, he seemed happier than I'd seen him 161 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:40,120 before, as if he were alive to some great expectation. 162 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,880 I went on recuperating, and my first day out of bed he took me walking into the jungle. 163 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:50,840 Wait, we'll have to turn back soon. 164 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:52,320 We're going late. 165 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,560 Yes, it's almost four o'clock. 166 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:56,800 What would it be like in London now? 167 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,880 I can never remember which way it goes. 168 00:08:58,880 --> 00:08:59,880 What's the time? 169 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:00,880 Oh, it'll be nine o'clock. 170 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:02,420 The sun comes up in the east. 171 00:09:02,420 --> 00:09:03,420 They get the day sooner. 172 00:09:03,420 --> 00:09:04,420 Oh, yes. 173 00:09:04,420 --> 00:09:06,440 So we get it secondhand and slightly soiled. 174 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,440 What's the matter? 175 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,360 That mound of dirt there, what is it? 176 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,680 It's a grave. 177 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:15,680 I told you about him. 178 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:16,680 Who? 179 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:17,680 Barnabas. 180 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:18,680 His name was Barnabas Washington. 181 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:20,680 He's the man who read to me. 182 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:21,680 You said he left. 183 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:22,680 Didn't he? 184 00:09:22,680 --> 00:09:24,720 But you didn't say it that way. 185 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:26,720 Why, you talked as if he really left. 186 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:27,720 Did I? 187 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:29,880 Maybe it's the way of saying things down here. 188 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:31,920 You're an educated man, I'm not. 189 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:32,920 I didn't mean that. 190 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:34,720 I just thought of him as leaving. 191 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,040 Oh, of course I should have made it clear. 192 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:38,640 He was a splendid fellow, Barnabas. 193 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,240 I liked him very much. 194 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:41,240 How long was he here? 195 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,600 Oh, quite a long time. 196 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,200 I mean, exactly how long? 197 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:46,200 I couldn't remember. 198 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,840 I was afraid quite a long time. 199 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:50,760 And he died here without getting home? 200 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:51,760 Oh, yes, it seems sad. 201 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:52,760 He was a splendid fellow. 202 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:53,760 I'm sure he was missed. 203 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,960 You know, you've given me an idea. 204 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:57,960 Yes? 205 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,400 I wonder if he doesn't need a marker. 206 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,160 I think I'll build a small cross. 207 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:04,880 Two of them, I think. 208 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,760 One to commemorate his leaving and the other your coming. 209 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,360 Now, that seems very odd. 210 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,040 Most things are that old men do. 211 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:14,040 I'd like to begin now. 212 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,520 Would you care to help? 213 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:16,520 No, I'm going back. 214 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:17,520 I feel tired. 215 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,160 Oh, oh, yes, of course. 216 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:21,840 Print it out for me, will you? 217 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:23,840 Barnabas Washington and your name. 218 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,240 I know how to print born and died. 219 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:27,840 I'll do it later myself. 220 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:29,880 Yes, now you want to rest. 221 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:33,400 And tonight, tonight I think we could begin. 222 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:34,400 Begin what? 223 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:35,400 Your reading to me. 224 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,400 You feel well enough now, don't you? 225 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,000 Yes, I feel all right. 226 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,000 Oh, good. 227 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:45,000 Then we'll begin tonight. 228 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:55,480 And it was thus that I entered my prison, a dungeon in bright sunlight. 229 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,040 No one could imagine it. 230 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:06,160 A slave to the subtlest of all tyrannies, the imprisonment of another man's mind. 231 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:23,200 For suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Richard Ney and Joseph Kearns and the Man 232 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,240 Who Liked Dickens. 233 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:36,600 Roma Wines presentation tonight in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 234 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:41,840 Suspense. 235 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:46,440 Radio's outstanding theater of thrills is presented by Roma Wines. 236 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:53,480 That's R-O-M-A. 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Roma Wines, America's favorite wine. 249 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:58,720 And now Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Richard Nay as Anthony Last and 250 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:04,400 Joseph Kearns as Mr. Todd in The Man Who Liked Dickens, a play well calculated to keep you 251 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:18,040 in suspense. 252 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,880 It was dark when Mr. Todd came in and we ate in silence. 253 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:26,640 After the meal, he led me into his room and I saw the books for the first time. 254 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:30,480 They were on a loft above his bed and tied in small bundles. 255 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:37,400 He brought all of the bundles in by the fire and began to unwrap them. 256 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,440 It's been hard to keep out the worms and the ants. 257 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:45,280 Oh, two are practically destroyed, Oliver and David. 258 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,000 But there's an oil the Indians make that's useful. 259 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,360 Oh yes, here is one we could start with. 260 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,080 It's in rather bad shape but the printing's clear. 261 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:55,080 You want to start with this? 262 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,320 Oh it doesn't matter which we take first. 263 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,320 Do you like that one? 264 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,160 Nicholas Nickleby, by Charles Dickens. 265 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,640 Well, maybe something lighter to start with. 266 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,440 Something besides Dickens, huh? 267 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:07,440 There's nothing besides Dickens. 268 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,240 You mean to say all these books? 269 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,960 Oh yes, every one of them by Charles Dickens. 270 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:13,520 All the books he wrote are right there. 271 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,200 Oh but the ants destroyed too. 272 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,120 I'm very sorry about that. 273 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:18,720 You must like Dickens a great deal. 274 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,040 Oh I do, I'm very fond of him. 275 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,960 You see, these are the only books I have ever heard. 276 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:24,960 They belong to your father? 277 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,880 Oh yes, he used to read them to me. 278 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,600 And then the other man, and now you. 279 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:35,640 I've heard them all several times by now but I never get tired. 280 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,440 There's always more to be learned and noticed. 281 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:42,520 So many characters and so many changes of scene and so many words. 282 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:46,560 It's a long time to read them all, more than two years. 283 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,760 Well, I should think they'd last out my visit. 284 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:50,560 Oh, oh I hope not. 285 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,920 It's delightful to start again. 286 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,440 Each time I find more to enjoy and admire. 287 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:56,440 I say shall we begin? 288 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:57,440 I suppose. 289 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,240 Oh, oh sit there and read Across the Fire to me. 290 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,240 I like it best that way. 291 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,480 All right, let's go ahead, huh? 292 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,720 Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. 293 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,880 The first book, Recall to Life. 294 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:11,880 Recall to Life. 295 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:17,000 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. 296 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,080 It was the age of wisdom, it was the epoch of incredulity. 297 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:24,560 It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness. 298 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:39,240 I found some pleasure in the reading for a while. 299 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,240 It calmed me and gave me a feeling of being whole again. 300 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,920 And the old man's delight was something to see. 301 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,880 As I read, he followed the word soundlessly with his lips. 302 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,840 Often when a new Dickensian character was introduced, he'd say, repeat the name, I've 303 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:53,840 forgotten him. 304 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:55,880 Or, yes, yes, I remember her well. 305 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,040 Ah, she dies, poor woman. 306 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,600 Always he was concerned with the people and nothing else. 307 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:04,840 And his comments were usually simple. 308 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,680 I think that Deadlock is a very proud man. 309 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:12,120 Or, Mrs. Jellybee does not take enough care of her children. 310 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:16,920 Almost daily now, I mentioned the subject of my departure and asked about canoes and 311 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,480 rains and the possibility of finding guides. 312 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:26,400 And one night, after I'd finished a chapter of Bleak House, I said, look, the time's 313 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,520 come, Mr. Todd, when I've got to think about getting back. 314 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,400 Well, I've imposed on you long enough. 315 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:31,400 Oh, oh, oh, oh, none. 316 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:32,400 Oh, I mean it. 317 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:33,840 Now, how soon do you think I'll be able to get a boat? 318 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:34,840 A boat? 319 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:35,840 Yes, to leave. 320 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:37,760 I appreciate all your kindness to me more than I can say, but you know... 321 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:42,280 Any kindness I may have shown is amply repaid by your reading of Dickens. 322 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,640 Now, do not let us mention that subject again. 323 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:46,880 I'm glad you enjoyed it. 324 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,840 I have to, Mr. Todd, but I must be thinking of getting back now. 325 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:50,840 Oh, yes, yes. 326 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:52,080 The other man was like that. 327 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:57,280 He thought of it all the time, but he died before he got back. 328 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:01,040 Mr. Todd, did he... 329 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:02,040 The other man... 330 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,040 Did he finish all the Dickens books? 331 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:06,040 Finish them? 332 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:07,040 Yes, the other man. 333 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:08,040 Did he go through all of them? 334 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:14,520 Now, it's hard to remember, but I do recall the tale of two cities three or four times. 335 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:15,520 Three or four times? 336 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,280 You mean he went all through and came back? 337 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:19,280 Why? 338 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,720 You said it took two years each time. 339 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:22,720 Well, maybe it was three times. 340 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:23,720 I'm getting old. 341 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:24,720 My memory's not so good. 342 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:25,720 Mr. Todd, why did he stay? 343 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:26,720 I don't know. 344 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:27,720 Why did he stay all those years? 345 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:28,720 Well, he never said. 346 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:33,720 Forgive me, Mr. Todd, but I must press the point. 347 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:34,720 When can I get a boat? 348 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:35,720 There is no boat. 349 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:36,720 Oh, the Indians can build one. 350 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,720 You'll have to wait for the rain. 351 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:39,720 How long will that be? 352 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:40,720 Oh, a month, two months. 353 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:41,720 Well, I must speak to them then. 354 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:42,720 Yes, of course, of course. 355 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:43,720 Now, now, now, it's early. 356 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,920 Do you think we could read some more tonight? 357 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,920 Bleak House has always been a favorite of mine. 358 00:17:49,920 --> 00:18:03,680 This copy was influenced by Mrs. Gamp. 359 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,320 It was decided that Mrs. Gamp should be approached without delay. 360 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,080 I wonder if you could read that over again. 361 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,840 It's one of the points I think Dickens leaves unclear. 362 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,520 Oh, I'm very tired. 363 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:14,520 I wonder if we could wait. 364 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:15,520 Oh, yes, of course. 365 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:16,520 We'll take it up tomorrow. 366 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:17,520 Listen. 367 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:18,520 What is it? 368 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:19,520 It's the rain. 369 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:20,520 The rain's come, Mr. Todd. 370 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:21,520 It always does. 371 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:22,520 You know what it means? 372 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:23,520 Why, it means I can make preparations to go now. 373 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:24,520 I can talk to the natives about building a boat. 374 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:25,520 Oh, that's impossible. 375 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:26,520 Why? 376 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:27,520 It's impossible. 377 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:28,520 The Indians won't build a boat during rainy season. 378 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:29,520 It's one of their superstitions. 379 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:30,520 You might have told me. 380 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:31,520 Didn't I mention it? 381 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:32,520 I forgot. 382 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:33,520 No, you've forgotten a lot of things. 383 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:34,520 Well, I'm getting old. 384 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:35,520 Not too old. 385 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:36,520 I'm getting old. 386 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:37,520 I'm getting old. 387 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:38,520 I'm getting old. 388 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:39,520 I'm getting old. 389 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:40,520 I'm getting old. 390 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,520 I'm getting old. 391 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:44,520 I'm getting old. 392 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:45,520 Not too old, Mr. Todd. 393 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:46,520 You've remembered to evade me. 394 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:47,520 How could I evade... 395 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:49,660 But you have, and you've lied to me. 396 00:18:49,660 --> 00:18:50,920 You've lied to me systematically. 397 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:52,960 Mr. Todd, you're holding me a prisoner. 398 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,640 You're keeping me here against my will. 399 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,080 But my friend who? 400 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:57,080 I demand to be released. 401 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:58,440 You're under no restraint. 402 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,200 You can go when you like. 403 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,920 You know very well I can't get away without your help. 404 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:06,080 In that case, you'll have to humor an old man. 405 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:07,740 Read to me another chapter. 406 00:19:07,740 --> 00:19:10,480 Todd, I swear by anything you like. 407 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,480 When I get to Mannos, I'll find someone to take my place. 408 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,480 I'll pay a man to read to you. 409 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:18,480 I have no need for another man. You read so well. 410 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,480 Then I've read for the last time. 411 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,480 I hope not. 412 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,480 Oh, I sincerely hope not. 413 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:39,480 Well, that evening at supper, only one piece of dried meat was brought in, 414 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,480 which Mr. Todd ate alone. 415 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:45,480 Next day at noon, a single plate was put before Mr. Todd, 416 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,480 but with it lay his gun, cocked on his knee as he ate. 417 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,480 And I began reading of Martin Chesilwith, 418 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,480 but it was different now because I knew what lay ahead. 419 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,480 And if I didn't then, I did after I found a scrawled note 420 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,480 toward the back of the book. 421 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,480 It was written with pencil in a rough hand. 422 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:10,480 I, James Todd of Brazil, who swear to Barnabas Washington of Georgetown, 423 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:14,480 that if he finished this book, in fact Martin Chesilwith, 424 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,480 I will let him go back as soon as finished. 425 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,480 And there followed a heavy pencil-ex. 426 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:24,480 And after it, Mr. Todd made this mark, signed Barnabas Washington. 427 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:30,480 The note was signed in January 1929, Barnabas Washington, 428 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,480 and Barnabas Washington died in 1940. 429 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,480 But from that moment on, I began to grow worse. 430 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,480 I ate little and slept even less. 431 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,480 And every day there was more Charles Dickens. 432 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:56,480 A whole year had passed of our mutual friend in the old curiosity shop, 433 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,480 and Mr. Todd was already talking of starting over again. 434 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,480 And then a stranger arrived in camp, a half-cast prospector, 435 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,480 one of that lonely order of men who wander for a lifetime through the forest, 436 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,480 tracing streams for gold. 437 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,480 I stood in the rain outside his window and heard them. 438 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,480 He said they were white men a few days away, 439 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,480 apparently on their way toward this camp. 440 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,480 Mr. Todd was furious. 441 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:20,480 When did you see them? 442 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,480 About a week ago. And I came fast. 443 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:23,480 They were coming this way? 444 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:24,480 Oh, I'm sure of it. 445 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,480 Did they ask for anybody? 446 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:27,480 I didn't talk to them. 447 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:31,480 Oh, thank you. I must send out a party to greet them. 448 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,480 Sit there and finish your tea. I shall be long. 449 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:35,480 Thank you. 450 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,480 Look, you must help me before he comes back. 451 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:41,480 You sent somebody to head the morgue. You've got to get there first. 452 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:42,480 What about? 453 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,480 I'm a prisoner. Tell them about me. 454 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,480 Here, here, give them this. 455 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,480 Where is it? Where is it? 456 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,480 Page 214. Here, I'll write. 457 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,480 Now that's my name. They'll know. 458 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,480 Just give it to them? 459 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,480 Yes, and hurry. Don't let him know. 460 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,480 I'll get on you somewhere, and hurry. 461 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,480 Please hurry, because you're my last hope unto heaven. 462 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:15,480 Well, Mr. Todd must have sensed that too, because the next afternoon he told me that he expected I'd be leaving soon, 463 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,480 and invited me to a native feast. 464 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,480 I agreed to go, and that was my fatal blunder. 465 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,480 The last of all possible mistakes. 466 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,480 At the feast, they served a thick porridge. 467 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:30,480 I remember only growing warm and weak, and being carried back to Mr. Todd's. 468 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,480 I was still weak when I woke. 469 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:37,480 I was in the armchair, and found Mr. Todd rocking contentedly before his fire. 470 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,480 Ah, are we awake? 471 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,480 You don't look well. Not well at all. 472 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,480 I feel rotten. That porridge doesn't seem to agree with me. 473 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,480 I'll give you something to make you better. 474 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:54,480 The forest has remedies for everything, to make you awake and to make you sleep. 475 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,480 You haven't seen my watch anywhere? 476 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:57,480 You've missed it? 477 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,480 Yes, I thought I was wearing it. 478 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,480 I see. I've never slept so long. 479 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,480 Not since you were a baby. 480 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,480 You know how long? 481 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:06,480 Two days. 482 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,480 Nonsense. I couldn't sleep that long. 483 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:12,480 But you did. It's a long time. It was a pity too, because you missed our guests. 484 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:13,480 Yes. 485 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,480 Yes? I've been quite gay while you were asleep. 486 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,480 Three men from outside, Englishmen. 487 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:23,480 It's a pity you missed them. A pity for them too, since they particularly wished to see you. 488 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:24,480 Then they did come. 489 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,480 They came all the way to find you. Yes, just to find you. 490 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,480 You were asleep. They wanted to see you. 491 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:34,480 I didn't think you'd mind, so I gave them a little souvenir. Your watch. 492 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,480 You gave them my watch? You... Why, they thought... 493 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,480 Your brother, Mark, was pleased with it. 494 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:44,480 And they took some photographs of the little cross I put up to commemorate your coming. 495 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,480 Of course, I had to alter it a little. 496 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,480 You wrote in my death. You wrote in my death on that cross. 497 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:54,480 Oh, now, now, now. You're upset. We'll have no dickens tonight. 498 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,480 But tomorrow night, we'll start Little Dorrit again. 499 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:02,480 There are passages in that book I can never hear without the temptation to weep. 500 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,480 They didn't ask questions. They didn't suspect. 501 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,480 Ha ha, who would? 502 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,480 But the note. They couldn't have missed it. 503 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,480 What note? There was no note. 504 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,480 They didn't show it to you then? Maybe they guessed. 505 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:15,480 They didn't guess anything. 506 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,480 Well, they'd have shown it to you. But they must have understood. 507 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:23,480 You tore it out of a book. What book? What book did you tear it out of? 508 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,480 This one by your feet. A tale of two cities. 509 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,480 What page? What did it say? What did it say you remember? 510 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:29,480 So do you. 511 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,480 Well, tell me. You can remember repeat it for us. 512 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,480 I'll remember it all my life. Page 214. 513 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:38,480 After having long been in danger of my life at the hands of the village, 514 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:43,480 I have been seized with great violence and indignity and brought a long journey on foot. 515 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:48,480 And I demand of heaven, will they not come to deliver me? For the love of heaven, 516 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,480 of justice, of generosity, I supplicate you to succor and release me. 517 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:53,480 You didn't send them that. 518 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,480 Now they'll know. They'll know what it means when they'll come back. 519 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,480 There it is now. 520 00:24:58,480 --> 00:24:59,480 No. 521 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:00,480 I'm here. I'm up here in the clearing. 522 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:01,480 You totally wanted it native. 523 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,480 Now they've come back. Now, now take the book and all your books. 524 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:05,480 No. 525 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:06,480 Take them out of the fire. No. 526 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:07,480 Smart. Chisel the bridge. 527 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:08,480 No, no, no. My book. 528 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:09,480 Nickel. Nickel the bridge. 529 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:10,480 My book. No, no, no, no. Don't. 530 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:11,480 Don't be wretched. 531 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,480 Not little Doris. No, don't burn my book. 532 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:15,480 My mural. 533 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,480 They're nearer. Up here. Hurry, hurry. 534 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:19,480 In the name of heaven. 535 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:20,480 My book. 536 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,480 They're all going into the fire. 537 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:23,480 My book. 538 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:24,480 Hold it. 539 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:25,480 Hold it. 540 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:26,480 Now I'm discovered. 541 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:27,480 I'm up here. Here. 542 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:46,480 Mark, where the ground is high. 543 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,480 Well, we left the heart of the Amazon country that night. 544 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,480 It was a night that was full of sound. 545 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:55,480 The howler monkeys were silent, but tree frogs nearby set up a continuous chorus. 546 00:25:55,480 --> 00:26:00,480 Birds were awake calling and whistling, and far in the depths about them came the occasional 547 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:04,480 rending and reverberation of dead wood falling among the trees. 548 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:10,480 And under all of that, the sound of Mr. Todd. 549 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:15,480 The sound of words coming out of his mouth, a mouth that had nothing left to it but trembling 550 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:16,480 and quivering. 551 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:22,480 The sound of Mr. Todd sitting before the fire watching the last of Charles Dickens burn, 552 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,480 and repeating from a broken memory. 553 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,480 It was the best of times. 554 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:28,480 It was the worst of times. 555 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,480 It was the age of wisdom. 556 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,480 It was the age of foolishness. 557 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,480 It was the epoch of belief. 558 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,480 It was the epoch of incredulity. 559 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:37,480 It was the season of light. 560 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,480 It was the season of darkness. 561 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,480 It was the spring of hope. 562 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:56,480 It was the winter of despair. 563 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:57,480 Suspense. 564 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:04,480 The Man Who Liked Dickens, starring Richard Ney and Joseph Kearns, presented by Roma Wines. 565 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:11,480 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, America's Largest Selling Wines. 566 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:16,480 Well, next week is National Wine Week, and throughout California's famed grape growing districts, 567 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:22,480 gay festivals will celebrate nature's rich bounty and the grape treasure from which fine 568 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,480 Roma California wines are created. 569 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:32,480 And this year, as always, Roma is selecting and pressing only the choicest California grapes. 570 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:38,480 Then Roma master vintners, with ancient skills and unmatched winemaking resources, will guide 571 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:43,480 this luscious treasure unhurriedly to tempting perfection. 572 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:49,480 When these finer, better tasting Roma wines will be laid aside with mellow Roma wines of 573 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:55,480 years before, to await later selection for your pleasure from the world's greatest reserves 574 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,480 of fine wines. 575 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:04,480 That's why, when you enjoy Roma California Sherry, Port, Muscatel, or any Roma wine, 576 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:10,480 you're always sure of better taste, unvarying high quality at reasonable cost. 577 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,480 So, when you ask for wine, insist on Roma. 578 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:21,480 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, enjoyed by more Americans than any other wine. 579 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:25,480 Richard Ney will soon be seen in the Sierra production, Joan of Lorraine. 580 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:30,480 Tonight's Suspense play was adapted by Richard Breen from the original short story by Evelyn 581 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:31,480 Waugh. 582 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:39,480 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Marsha Hunt as star of Suspense, produced and directed 583 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:59,480 by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 584 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:04,480 In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as Louis Jourdan, June Havoc, Denis 585 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,480 O'Keefe, and others. 586 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:27,480 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 587 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:42,480 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.