WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:21.000 Suspense! 00:21.000 --> 00:28.000 Radio's outstanding theater of thrills brings you an hour, a full 60 minutes of suspense. 00:28.000 --> 00:35.000 Tonight, starring Mr. John McIntyre in a play entitled, The House by the River by A.P. Herbert, 00:35.000 --> 00:43.000 directed by Anton M. Lieder and produced by Robert Montgomery. 00:43.000 --> 00:45.000 Mr. Montgomery. 00:45.000 --> 00:49.000 True wit is nature to advantage dressed. 00:49.000 --> 00:52.000 What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed. 00:52.000 --> 00:56.000 Alexander Pope was speaking about poetry when he said that. 00:56.000 --> 01:00.000 And most of us when we think about poetry, think of it in much the same way. 01:00.000 --> 01:04.000 As beauty caught and held captive in a skein of words. 01:04.000 --> 01:08.000 As something soft and lovely and without violence. 01:08.000 --> 01:10.000 But that's not always true. 01:10.000 --> 01:16.000 Poetry can be violent and hard and dark with tales of terror and horror. 01:16.000 --> 01:22.000 The popular idea that a poet is always a soft and fragile fellow is also untrue. 01:22.000 --> 01:27.000 Poetry grows from the stuff of life and the poet is heir to all the ills of other men. 01:27.000 --> 01:33.000 He's a frequent walker upon the dark paths of life as well as in the sunlit fields. 01:33.000 --> 01:39.000 And finally it's not true either that a poet worth that name must live in a lonely garret in obscure poverty, 01:39.000 --> 01:43.000 sleeping on the stacks of his unread rhymes. 01:43.000 --> 01:49.000 Some poets find fame and fortune early and live richly in comfort and adulation. 01:49.000 --> 01:53.000 In fact, that's the kind of a poet we have in our story tonight. 01:53.000 --> 01:59.000 Stephen Burns, who at 35 was already being compared with Keats and Shelley, 01:59.000 --> 02:07.000 who had in a few slender volumes made himself the voice and the conscience of all England. 02:07.000 --> 02:14.000 His home, standing on the bank of the Thames, was known to a million Englishmen as the house by the river. 02:14.000 --> 02:22.000 Here he lived in peace and contentment with his wife Marjorie and his brother John, a civil servant in London. 02:22.000 --> 02:29.000 Here on the breast of the great sluggish river he lived and studied and worked until... 02:33.000 --> 02:37.000 the evening of June 15th last summer. 02:37.000 --> 02:41.000 Marjorie was out of the house visiting her people in Cornwall. 02:41.000 --> 02:45.000 John was not yet home from work, it was Cook's night out. 02:45.000 --> 02:53.000 Stephen stood at dusk in his garden, watching the water beneath him turn black as night came on with a rush. 02:53.000 --> 02:59.000 His neighbour, Mrs Ambrose, was watering her tulips in the garden next to his. 02:59.000 --> 03:02.000 The scene was set for a strange adventure. 03:02.000 --> 03:10.000 Tonight Mr John McIntyre returns to our cast following his sensational performance three weeks ago in Donovan's Brain. 03:10.000 --> 03:16.000 With him is a new young star from the Abbey Players in Dublin, Mr Dan O'Hurley. 03:16.000 --> 03:25.000 And so with the performances of John McIntyre as Stephen Burns and Dan O'Hurley as John Burns in A.B. Herbert's The House by the River, 03:25.000 --> 03:27.000 we again hope to keep you in... 03:27.000 --> 03:29.000 SUSPENSE! 03:33.000 --> 03:34.000 Anything wrong Mrs Ambrose? 03:34.000 --> 03:36.000 Look at that Stephen! 03:36.000 --> 03:41.000 Why? It's a cat! A dead cat! 03:41.000 --> 03:48.000 Much as I love living on the river Stephen, this is what it casts up on our property. This and worse. 03:48.000 --> 03:53.000 Yes I know. I've seen it passing up and down the river for weeks. 03:53.000 --> 04:01.000 Yes, what's happened to the world Mrs Ambrose? And it can become so indifferent, so menacing and cruel to a little yellow kitten. 04:01.000 --> 04:05.000 I'm sure I don't know about the world, but I do think a letter to the authorities would help. 04:05.000 --> 04:07.000 Yes it might, it's there. 04:07.000 --> 04:11.000 Oh is that Marjorie up there in the house? I thought she was away for the evening. 04:11.000 --> 04:14.000 She is. No that must be the new maid. 04:14.000 --> 04:18.000 Oh, Emily Gaunt. Seems like a very nice girl. 04:18.000 --> 04:23.000 Well she's a nice clean girl at any rate. She's probably in the bath right now. 04:23.000 --> 04:27.000 Well, I'll have to get someone to take that cat away. 04:27.000 --> 04:28.000 Good night Mrs Ambrose. 04:28.000 --> 04:30.000 Good night. 04:30.000 --> 04:40.000 Yes, cruel, menacing, indifferent world. Even to a tiny yellow innocent little kitten. 04:40.000 --> 04:43.000 Good evening Mr Burns. 04:43.000 --> 04:46.000 Good evening Emily. Have a nice bath? 04:46.000 --> 04:49.000 Yes thank you sir. Very nice. 04:49.000 --> 04:52.000 Are you looking for something Emily? 04:52.000 --> 04:55.000 I just thought I'd pop my hair up tonight. 04:55.000 --> 05:00.000 You have very pretty hair Emily. I don't wonder you tend it so carefully. 05:00.000 --> 05:03.000 It's the bottom more than anything else it is sir. 05:03.000 --> 05:06.000 Men are so lucky when it comes to things like that. 05:06.000 --> 05:11.000 As a matter of fact Emily, you're a very pretty girl. 05:11.000 --> 05:13.000 Thank you sir. 05:13.000 --> 05:14.000 Pretty enough to kiss. 05:14.000 --> 05:15.000 Oh sir. 05:15.000 --> 05:17.000 Would you mind if I kissed you Emily? 05:17.000 --> 05:18.000 You must be joking sir. 05:18.000 --> 05:20.000 No Emily, I'm not joking. 05:20.000 --> 05:22.000 Please sir. What would Mrs Burns say? 05:22.000 --> 05:25.000 Never mind Mrs Burns Emily. Never mind. Come here. 05:25.000 --> 05:26.000 Oh no, please. 05:26.000 --> 05:30.000 Cry at you little fool. I'm not going to hurt you. Hasn't a man ever kissed you before? 05:30.000 --> 05:32.000 Oh. 05:32.000 --> 05:34.000 Would you be quiet? 05:34.000 --> 05:36.000 Oh no, you hurt me. 05:36.000 --> 05:40.000 Listen to me. You're perfectly safe Emily. I'm sorry I was a fool. I didn't mean to hurt you. 05:40.000 --> 05:43.000 Alright then I'm going to let you go. But I want you to be quiet. 05:43.000 --> 05:44.000 Help. 05:44.000 --> 05:49.000 Would you be quiet you fool. You wake everyone. You have anyone here? My wife, my neighbors. 05:49.000 --> 05:53.000 Stop it. Stop it. Do you hear? Stop it. 05:55.000 --> 05:58.000 There. That's better. 06:00.000 --> 06:02.000 Emily? 06:02.000 --> 06:04.000 Emily? 06:04.000 --> 06:06.000 Emily? 06:08.000 --> 06:11.000 Anybody home? Open up. It's John. 06:13.000 --> 06:14.000 John. 06:14.000 --> 06:18.000 It's about time. What kept you so long? You know I've got to stop forgetting my key like this. 06:18.000 --> 06:20.000 Come in. Come in quick. 06:20.000 --> 06:21.000 Is anything wrong? 06:21.000 --> 06:24.000 I... I... I need your help. I'm in a hole. 06:24.000 --> 06:26.000 Alright. What's the tr... 06:28.000 --> 06:31.000 It's our mate. It's Emily Gaunt. 06:31.000 --> 06:33.000 I'm afraid she's dead. 06:35.000 --> 06:39.000 Why haven't you picked her up? Why haven't you called a doctor? 06:39.000 --> 06:43.000 Listen to me John. I say she's dead. 06:43.000 --> 06:45.000 Emily... dead? 06:45.000 --> 06:48.000 Yes. 06:48.000 --> 06:50.000 You ought to throw something over her. 06:50.000 --> 06:53.000 What? Oh I... I didn't think. 06:54.000 --> 06:57.000 Alright. How did it happen? 06:57.000 --> 07:02.000 I... how do I know? I was playing the fool. I was pretending I was going to kiss her. 07:02.000 --> 07:03.000 Go on. 07:03.000 --> 07:06.000 Well she got frightened. She thought I meant it. And then she bumped her head. 07:06.000 --> 07:09.000 I had to keep her quiet. It was a scandal. She didn't seem to understand. Lost her nerve. 07:09.000 --> 07:13.000 I kept trying to quiet and then she bumped her head. I... I said that didn't I? 07:13.000 --> 07:15.000 Shall we call the police? 07:15.000 --> 07:19.000 You don't understand John. It's... it's murder. 07:19.000 --> 07:21.000 Yes. It is. 07:21.000 --> 07:23.000 What am I going to do? 07:23.000 --> 07:26.000 I don't know. I... I don't know. 07:26.000 --> 07:33.000 I... I was thinking. The river. Slip out on a rowboat and do it now. It would be easy that way. Take only a few minutes. 07:33.000 --> 07:35.000 Emily Gaunt? In the river? 07:35.000 --> 07:40.000 We've got to get her out of here. Marjorie will be home. Anyone could walk in. I want you to help me John. If you don't I'm finished. 07:40.000 --> 07:44.000 Couldn't you throw it over the wall? Into the water? 07:44.000 --> 07:48.000 No, no, no. The tide would throw it up again in the morning. You... you... 07:48.000 --> 07:50.000 It's got to go out John. It's got to be sunk. 07:50.000 --> 07:52.000 All right. Let's get it over with. 07:52.000 --> 07:53.000 I knew you'd help. 07:53.000 --> 07:54.000 Let's get it over with. 07:54.000 --> 08:17.000 Yes, yes, you're right. I'll just run down to the basement for a moment. We have a large sack there. 08:17.000 --> 08:22.000 This is far enough. 08:22.000 --> 08:24.000 What are you doing now? 08:24.000 --> 08:28.000 It's got to sink. Don't you understand? The anchor will do it. 08:28.000 --> 08:30.000 Hurry up Stephen. Hurry up. 08:30.000 --> 08:32.000 Godspeed. 08:32.000 --> 08:33.000 I'll leave you ready. 08:33.000 --> 08:35.000 I... I'm ready. 08:35.000 --> 08:37.000 All right. Now. Together. 08:37.000 --> 08:48.000 Push. 08:48.000 --> 08:53.000 It's a quarter after ten. Beverly's been dead an hour. 08:53.000 --> 08:58.000 John. What have I done to you? 08:58.000 --> 09:01.000 Nothing. I'll be all right. 09:01.000 --> 09:02.000 Are you sorry? 09:02.000 --> 09:06.000 Of course I'm sorry. What do you take me for? But it... it couldn't be helped. 09:06.000 --> 09:07.000 Thanks. 09:07.000 --> 09:09.000 Don't talk about it anymore. 09:09.000 --> 09:11.000 The sack is missed. 09:11.000 --> 09:13.000 I'll take the responsibility. I'll see how I last. 09:13.000 --> 09:16.000 No, no. I won't have you involved anymore. Besides, it won't be necessary. 09:16.000 --> 09:23.000 Let's go home. 09:23.000 --> 09:25.000 Stop the minute. 09:25.000 --> 09:26.000 What is it now? 09:26.000 --> 09:27.000 I just remembered. 09:27.000 --> 09:28.000 Huh? 09:28.000 --> 09:42.000 My name and address are stenciled on that sack. 09:42.000 --> 09:44.000 Good morning Mr. Burns. 09:44.000 --> 09:46.000 Oh. Morning Mr. Beech. 09:46.000 --> 09:47.000 If you please sir. 09:47.000 --> 09:48.000 Yes. What is it? 09:48.000 --> 09:50.000 It's Emily sir. 09:50.000 --> 09:52.000 Anything wrong with her? 09:52.000 --> 09:54.000 I don't know sir. She's not in the house. 09:54.000 --> 10:00.000 It was my night out yesterday and when I came in this morning I noticed as though her bed wasn't slept in. 10:00.000 --> 10:02.000 I think she's been gone all night. 10:02.000 --> 10:03.000 Really? 10:03.000 --> 10:05.000 Gone without her Macintosh too. 10:05.000 --> 10:10.000 I wondered as though maybe you'd seen her sir or sent her on a heron like. 10:10.000 --> 10:12.000 No. No. There was no heron. 10:12.000 --> 10:20.000 Oh youth will have its fling they say. I hope you won't be too hard on her Mr. Burns. Emily's really a good girl. 10:20.000 --> 10:23.000 Yes. Nonetheless it's a naughty thing for her to have done. 10:23.000 --> 10:27.000 I'll speak to her when she comes in. Thank you sir. 10:27.000 --> 10:45.000 Yes. Well it's begun. 10:45.000 --> 10:47.000 Care for some toast John? 10:47.000 --> 10:48.000 No thanks. 10:48.000 --> 10:49.000 Stephen? 10:49.000 --> 10:50.000 No darling. 10:50.000 --> 10:51.000 I'll drink for some fresh. 10:51.000 --> 10:52.000 Don't bother. I'm not very hungry. 10:52.000 --> 10:55.000 What's come over you two the last few days? 10:55.000 --> 10:58.000 Anything wrong with your egg Stephen? Stephen? 10:58.000 --> 11:12.000 Oh no. No dear. No. I'm thinking that's all. Poets are like hens. They brood before they produce. I haven't written in days. 11:12.000 --> 11:21.000 It's always darkest before the sun it... Well I know it wasn't a very good joke but you might smile. 11:21.000 --> 11:29.000 It's no use mum. It's doing the work of two that's made me so mumpish and that detective fella poking around in my kitchen under my feet all day. 11:29.000 --> 11:30.000 What detective? 11:30.000 --> 11:38.000 Oh the one who's been nosing round the back door asking after Emily. Wicked girl. She's probably off with some toff she is. 11:38.000 --> 11:39.000 What did you tell him? 11:39.000 --> 11:47.000 Nothing at all. But Mr. Burns here, he joshed him he did. Told him Emily's liked to be off to Venice with a gentleman friend. 11:47.000 --> 11:48.000 We don't know that. 11:48.000 --> 11:51.000 We don't know anything really but she was a flighty little thing. 11:51.000 --> 11:52.000 That's a lie. 11:52.000 --> 11:55.000 She'll turn up again but until she does he can't help to talk about it. 11:55.000 --> 11:59.000 Nobody's maligning Emily just because the girl ran off with somebody. 11:59.000 --> 12:00.000 You didn't see her do it did you? 12:00.000 --> 12:04.000 Don't be a fool John. Certainly not. 12:04.000 --> 12:05.000 Then... 12:05.000 --> 12:07.000 Then leave her in peace. 12:07.000 --> 12:12.000 That's all cook. Thank you. Oh not at all mum. 12:12.000 --> 12:15.000 Pass the coffee will you darling? 12:15.000 --> 12:23.000 You know John one would almost think you were sweet on the girl. You weren't were you? 12:23.000 --> 12:24.000 Shut up Stephen. 12:24.000 --> 12:28.000 You're both too grumpy for me. I think I'll go and cut some flowers. 12:28.000 --> 12:34.000 Don't go too far. It's just a joke. Forget it. 12:34.000 --> 12:41.000 Forget it? How can I? Every time someone speaks to me, every time someone looks at me I see the same thing in their eyes. 12:41.000 --> 12:45.000 Where's Emily Gaunt? What's happened to the girl? Why did you do it? 12:45.000 --> 12:49.000 Forget it. I believe you almost have. 12:49.000 --> 12:54.000 I wish I could. I wish I could. 13:04.000 --> 13:05.000 Blast it! 13:05.000 --> 13:06.000 What's that darling? 13:06.000 --> 13:08.000 I said blast it! 13:08.000 --> 13:10.000 Finished writing. 13:10.000 --> 13:11.000 I can't start. 13:11.000 --> 13:13.000 Oh I'm sorry. 13:13.000 --> 13:19.000 I wish it were a tap and I could turn it off and on but I can't. 13:19.000 --> 13:26.000 I've carried an idea in my head for a month now. It's been growing and swelling and clamouring to be born but I... 13:26.000 --> 13:28.000 You'll get it Stephen. 13:28.000 --> 13:30.000 Not in this room. I'm going out in the river. 13:30.000 --> 13:32.000 Does that help? 13:32.000 --> 13:42.000 I need the river. It seems to flow through my life just as it does through the heart of London. 13:42.000 --> 13:43.000 Anyway it's good exercise. 13:43.000 --> 13:45.000 Darling I'll come with you. 13:45.000 --> 13:46.000 I'd rather go alone. 13:46.000 --> 13:47.000 Oh. 13:47.000 --> 13:48.000 If you don't mind. 13:48.000 --> 13:50.000 No. I don't mind. 13:50.000 --> 13:52.000 Well then. 13:52.000 --> 13:53.000 Stephen. 13:53.000 --> 13:55.000 What? 13:55.000 --> 13:58.000 Nothing Stephen. Nothing. 13:58.000 --> 14:02.000 I'll be back late. 14:16.000 --> 14:17.000 Office of Transport. 14:17.000 --> 14:20.000 Mr John Burns please. 14:23.000 --> 14:24.000 Hello? 14:24.000 --> 14:26.000 John this is Marjorie. 14:26.000 --> 14:27.000 Oh is anything wrong Marjorie? 14:27.000 --> 14:31.000 No I don't think so but I've just had a brainstorm. 14:31.000 --> 14:33.000 Would you like to take a pretty girl to lunch? 14:33.000 --> 14:36.000 Sounds wonderful but I don't know any pretty girls. 14:36.000 --> 14:41.000 Yes you do. Me. I'll come in by the tube. Be there in an hour. 14:51.000 --> 14:56.000 It's lovely here. Who'd think there was such a beautiful spot right in the middle of the city. 14:56.000 --> 14:59.000 I think they designed this park for lovers primarily. 14:59.000 --> 15:02.000 Sometimes when I walk here I feel like an intruder. 15:02.000 --> 15:07.000 But you're acting the part quite nicely. Luncheon at Pym's. Corsage of Valus. 15:07.000 --> 15:11.000 You're getting the grand treatment. After all this is our first date. 15:11.000 --> 15:14.000 I've kept you a terribly long time. Won't they mind? 15:14.000 --> 15:16.000 I don't care if they do. 15:16.000 --> 15:18.000 John you're very nice. 15:18.000 --> 15:20.000 Yes like mint tea when you have a cold. 15:20.000 --> 15:23.000 No like a friend. 15:23.000 --> 15:25.000 Be careful Marjorie. I'll hold you to that. 15:25.000 --> 15:27.000 I want you to. 15:27.000 --> 15:29.000 What's the trouble? Trouble? 15:29.000 --> 15:32.000 You didn't come all the way into the city just to have lunch with me. 15:32.000 --> 15:38.000 I suppose I wanted to talk but somehow now it doesn't seem so important. 15:38.000 --> 15:41.000 Is it something about Stephen? 15:41.000 --> 15:48.000 Yes. You must have noticed that our marriage hasn't been exactly perfect. 15:48.000 --> 15:51.000 Oh you. You mustn't let Stephen's moods upset you. 15:51.000 --> 15:55.000 It's more than that. No woman has a chance with Stephen. 15:55.000 --> 15:58.000 His only real love is his work. 15:58.000 --> 16:01.000 I sometimes wonder why he ever married me at all. 16:01.000 --> 16:04.000 Perhaps because he needed you. 16:04.000 --> 16:09.000 Perhaps? And you John. Don't you need anyone? 16:09.000 --> 16:13.000 Me? That's the other way around. It seems nobody needs me. 16:13.000 --> 16:21.000 Except Mr. Forsythe at the office. Come on. I'll take you to the tube station. 16:26.000 --> 16:28.000 Hello there. 16:28.000 --> 16:30.000 Hello. 16:30.000 --> 16:34.000 You're Stephen Burns the poet aren't you? My name's Muriel. 16:34.000 --> 16:37.000 That's nice. Where did you spring from? 16:37.000 --> 16:41.000 Just the next garden over. I'm Mr. Dimple's niece. 16:41.000 --> 16:43.000 Down for the summer. 16:43.000 --> 16:45.000 You like it here. 16:45.000 --> 16:49.000 I know who you are. I've read all your poetry. 16:49.000 --> 16:54.000 Have you? I'm an artist myself. I've been sketching the view from up here. 16:54.000 --> 16:57.000 I bet it's ever so much finer out on the river. 16:57.000 --> 16:59.000 Yes it is. 16:59.000 --> 17:03.000 I see you're going out there. That's right. 17:03.000 --> 17:05.000 Take me with you. 17:05.000 --> 17:07.000 I think not. 17:07.000 --> 17:10.000 Do take me with you. 17:10.000 --> 17:14.000 Don't worry Muriel. One day I'll let you catch up with me. 17:14.000 --> 17:18.000 Hello Stephen. I see you two have met. 17:18.000 --> 17:21.000 Just a minute. I didn't know you had a niece. 17:21.000 --> 17:25.000 I hardly knew it myself until she was there with her baggage on my doorstep. 17:25.000 --> 17:30.000 I'm neglecting my painting. But I'll keep you to your promise Mr. Burns. 17:30.000 --> 17:33.000 Yes. Do that Muriel. 17:33.000 --> 17:35.000 See you later uncle. 17:35.000 --> 17:40.000 Fine girl. 17:40.000 --> 17:42.000 Going boating? 17:42.000 --> 17:46.000 Yes. It'll be cool out there in the water. 17:46.000 --> 17:50.000 If only there wasn't so much refuse always floating about. 17:50.000 --> 17:55.000 Garbage Mr. Dimple. Garbage from everybody's lives. 17:55.000 --> 18:01.000 Yes it's so. Disgorging if you'll excuse the expression, onto our gardens. 18:01.000 --> 18:04.000 Not at all right for an English river. 18:04.000 --> 18:08.000 Go out and make friends with it. Then you won't mind. 18:08.000 --> 18:11.000 As you've done you mean? Well I can't. 18:11.000 --> 18:17.000 Seasick you know. How many secrets are out there? 18:17.000 --> 18:19.000 What? 18:19.000 --> 18:22.000 Oh yes. It is a secret river. 18:22.000 --> 18:24.000 Like the Nile. 18:24.000 --> 18:28.000 Mystery hidden deep within it and passion. 18:28.000 --> 18:30.000 Especially at night. 18:30.000 --> 18:34.000 Don't you think that makes it beautiful Dimple? And exciting? 18:34.000 --> 18:43.000 I suppose so. I like to sit by my window and watch it. Watch it. 18:43.000 --> 18:46.000 Do you do a lot of watching Dimple? 18:46.000 --> 18:50.000 Yes Dimple. A great deal. 18:50.000 --> 19:03.000 Hello? John is that you? 19:03.000 --> 19:06.000 Yes. Who the devil is this? 19:06.000 --> 19:08.000 It's Stephen. What is it Stephen? 19:08.000 --> 19:10.000 John listen to me carefully. Alright I am. 19:10.000 --> 19:15.000 I was talking to Dimple this afternoon down on our pier and looking out on the river. 19:15.000 --> 19:19.000 Suddenly as I was looking out. I can't hear you very well. It's a bad connection. 19:19.000 --> 19:24.000 Speak up. John I am trying to tell you it's come up. Do you understand? 19:24.000 --> 19:27.000 John are you there? 19:27.000 --> 19:29.000 Yes. 19:29.000 --> 19:33.000 It's come up. Do you hear me? 19:33.000 --> 19:49.000 I hear you. I am coming home. 19:49.000 --> 19:51.000 Alright tell me Stephen. Tell me quickly. 19:51.000 --> 19:53.000 No luck. I couldn't find it. 19:53.000 --> 19:54.000 How could you lose it? How? 19:54.000 --> 19:56.000 I chased it six miles but the tide was running too fast. 19:56.000 --> 19:58.000 How could it get loose from the anchor? 19:58.000 --> 20:01.000 I don't know. Maybe the nut wasn't very... I don't know. 20:01.000 --> 20:03.000 And what happens now? 20:03.000 --> 20:07.000 Now? Now it will be passing up and down the river until it's found. 20:07.000 --> 20:10.000 Up and down the river in plain view with 50,000 Londoners. 20:10.000 --> 20:13.000 Sucked at by liners and churned up by tugs. 20:13.000 --> 20:15.000 It would only escape out to sea. 20:15.000 --> 20:17.000 Not much chance. 20:17.000 --> 20:18.000 This might go on for weeks. 20:18.000 --> 20:20.000 Don't think about it. 20:20.000 --> 20:21.000 It might. 20:21.000 --> 20:27.000 But if it does, can you hold out John? Can you? I am not sure you can. 20:27.000 --> 20:29.000 As long as you can. 20:29.000 --> 20:31.000 I'll be out on the river from now on. 20:31.000 --> 20:33.000 I am going to watch for it. 20:33.000 --> 20:49.000 I am going to watch for Emily. 20:49.000 --> 20:51.000 Were you looking for me? 20:51.000 --> 20:54.000 Sorry to trouble you sir. It will just be a few minutes. 20:54.000 --> 20:56.000 I am a police officer. 20:56.000 --> 20:58.000 Quite alright inspector. Won't you sit down? 20:58.000 --> 21:00.000 I don't think so thank you. 21:00.000 --> 21:03.000 Can you tell me anything about this sack? 21:03.000 --> 21:06.000 Can't say. Sacks are very much alike. 21:06.000 --> 21:08.000 We had one in our basement once but... 21:08.000 --> 21:10.000 And what happened to it? 21:10.000 --> 21:12.000 I don't know. 21:12.000 --> 21:15.000 Perhaps my brother John could... 21:15.000 --> 21:17.000 I don't know. Mind if I look at it in a moment? 21:17.000 --> 21:20.000 Not at all. 21:20.000 --> 21:22.000 Stephen Burns. 21:22.000 --> 21:24.000 House by the river W6. 21:24.000 --> 21:25.000 Why that... it's mine. 21:25.000 --> 21:27.000 Very curious sir. 21:27.000 --> 21:29.000 Any idea what might have happened to it? 21:29.000 --> 21:31.000 Not in the world. 21:31.000 --> 21:33.000 Did anyone in the house ever use it? 21:33.000 --> 21:36.000 I believe we use it for gathering kindling wood. 21:36.000 --> 21:38.000 That's not in my department though. 21:38.000 --> 21:41.000 I see. Whose department would it be sir? 21:41.000 --> 21:45.000 My brother John usually takes care of that. 21:45.000 --> 21:48.000 Well I am much obliged to you inspector for bringing it back. 21:48.000 --> 21:49.000 Where did you find it? 21:49.000 --> 21:51.000 If you don't mind sir I'd like to keep it a while longer. 21:51.000 --> 21:53.000 A little matter we are clearing up. 21:53.000 --> 21:56.000 Certainly as long as you like. I must remember to tell John it's been found. 21:56.000 --> 21:58.000 Does he happen to be home now? 21:58.000 --> 22:01.000 John? Oh no he's at his office in the city. 22:01.000 --> 22:04.000 Well then I won't be bothering you any more sir. 22:04.000 --> 22:05.000 Not at all. 22:05.000 --> 22:08.000 However it seems I must speak to your brother John. 22:08.000 --> 22:09.000 Suit yourself inspector. 22:09.000 --> 22:11.000 Good day. 22:14.000 --> 22:17.000 My brother John inspector. 22:17.000 --> 22:27.000 My brother John. 22:27.000 --> 22:32.000 Do you see Mrs Beach when your Emily Gaunt disappeared? 22:32.000 --> 22:37.000 It was not to go off with the young man rather it was to go straight into the river. 22:37.000 --> 22:39.000 Yes Mr Coroner. 22:39.000 --> 22:43.000 And do you have nothing further to tell this inquest concerning that disappearance? 22:43.000 --> 22:45.000 I've told it all sir. 22:45.000 --> 22:47.000 Sit down please. 22:48.000 --> 22:50.000 Mr Henry Dimple. 22:54.000 --> 22:57.000 How long have you lived on the river Mr Dimple? 22:57.000 --> 23:01.000 On the river? 18 years this fall. 23:01.000 --> 23:04.000 You've known the two Burns brothers all that time? 23:04.000 --> 23:06.000 Ever since they were boys. 23:06.000 --> 23:08.000 What's been your impression of them? 23:08.000 --> 23:10.000 Impression? 23:10.000 --> 23:14.000 If you'll pardon me one gathers more than an impression in 18 years. 23:14.000 --> 23:17.000 I have known them to be excellent men. 23:17.000 --> 23:22.000 In addition to which I may need not add that Mr Stephen Burns is England's foremost young poet. 23:22.000 --> 23:25.000 Yes you're being very helpful Mr Dimple. Suppose we go on? 23:25.000 --> 23:27.000 I all mean sir. 23:27.000 --> 23:31.000 We've already proven that this sack belongs to Stephen Burns. 23:31.000 --> 23:34.000 Can you tell us if you've ever seen it before? 23:34.000 --> 23:37.000 Yes I have. 23:37.000 --> 23:42.000 After a party last Christmas I borrowed his sack to... 23:42.000 --> 23:46.000 ...to dispose of a rather large number of empty bottles. 23:46.000 --> 23:50.000 I don't drink myself but... 23:50.000 --> 23:54.000 ...there were so many young people down for the holidays. 23:54.000 --> 23:57.000 And then did you return the sack immediately? 23:57.000 --> 23:58.000 I did. 23:58.000 --> 24:05.000 The river is a rather small community and a person living on it might be expected to know a great deal about what goes on. 24:05.000 --> 24:07.000 Do you think that's true? 24:07.000 --> 24:09.000 Oh yes. Indeed it is. 24:09.000 --> 24:14.000 And you yourself Mr Dimple. You might be in a position to observe a great deal. 24:14.000 --> 24:18.000 I think I know everything that happens on the river. 24:18.000 --> 24:21.000 Then what do you know of this tragedy? 24:21.000 --> 24:22.000 Nothing. 24:22.000 --> 24:25.000 Are you quite sure Mr Dimple? 24:25.000 --> 24:28.000 Quite sure. Nothing at all. 24:28.000 --> 24:31.000 Alright. Step down please. 24:31.000 --> 24:34.000 Call the next witness. 24:34.000 --> 24:40.000 Stephen Burns. 24:40.000 --> 24:44.000 Mr Burns. You recognise this sack of course? 24:44.000 --> 24:47.000 Yes I bought it at Selby three years ago. 24:47.000 --> 24:50.000 And it is hung in your basement ever since? 24:50.000 --> 24:54.000 Well except for brief loans yes. 24:54.000 --> 24:59.000 Now according to the testimony this sack was used for the collection of kindling wood. 24:59.000 --> 25:03.000 As I understand it you people living on the river simply go out on your boats... 25:03.000 --> 25:07.000 and the wood is part of the general refuse that floats on the water. 25:07.000 --> 25:13.000 You select what you like as always enough and you generally use a large sack for the purpose. 25:13.000 --> 25:14.000 That's right. 25:14.000 --> 25:21.000 Now in your household that job, the collection of firewood, has usually been your brother's task? 25:21.000 --> 25:25.000 Yes. John collects the wood. 25:25.000 --> 25:30.000 Therefore in your house it was your brother who used the sack. 25:30.000 --> 25:31.000 Well... 25:31.000 --> 25:35.000 Tell me Mr Burns when was the last time your brother went out for wood? 25:35.000 --> 25:37.000 Some weeks ago. It's hard to say. 25:37.000 --> 25:39.000 Would you say two weeks ago? 25:39.000 --> 25:42.000 What you mean is about the time Emily Gaunt disappeared. 25:42.000 --> 25:45.000 I must ask you not to mind what I mean Mr Burns. 25:45.000 --> 25:48.000 Would you say two weeks ago? 25:48.000 --> 25:51.000 I couldn't be... I couldn't be sure. 25:51.000 --> 25:54.000 Thank you Mr Burns. That will be all. 25:54.000 --> 25:56.000 I think he knows something about that. 25:56.000 --> 26:00.000 Mr John Burns. 26:00.000 --> 26:03.000 Mr Burns. 26:03.000 --> 26:07.000 You're the bachelor living in the house by the river with your brother and sister-in-law? 26:07.000 --> 26:09.000 That's right. 26:09.000 --> 26:12.000 What day did you last collect kindling wood Mr Burns? 26:12.000 --> 26:16.000 And how close was that day to the disappearance from your household of Emily Gaunt? 26:16.000 --> 26:18.000 I don't remember. 26:18.000 --> 26:22.000 The collection of firewood, unlike a marriage or a birthday, is not a festive moment in my life. 26:22.000 --> 26:24.000 I do not fix those days in my brain. 26:24.000 --> 26:25.000 Yes, yes sir. 26:25.000 --> 26:30.000 And yet it strikes me as a rather unique activity for the middle of the summer. 26:30.000 --> 26:31.000 It may strike you as it likes. 26:31.000 --> 26:34.000 Evenings on the river are cool, summer and winter. 26:34.000 --> 26:35.000 I like a fire in my room. 26:35.000 --> 26:38.000 Let us come to the sack Mr Burns. 26:38.000 --> 26:40.000 You said that you lost it. 26:40.000 --> 26:42.000 How does one lose a sack? 26:42.000 --> 26:43.000 How? 26:43.000 --> 26:46.000 By having it one moment and not the next. 26:46.000 --> 26:48.000 By losing it. 26:48.000 --> 26:51.000 I'm aware it seems a little thing but I promise you it isn't. 26:51.000 --> 26:53.000 Could you be more specific? 26:53.000 --> 26:57.000 Well, it must have slipped off the boat. 26:57.000 --> 26:58.000 Yes, of course. 26:58.000 --> 27:05.000 And then perhaps it was found by someone else who used it to contain the body of the poor innocent girl who was once Emily Gaunt. 27:05.000 --> 27:08.000 But I'd like to leave that day for a moment. 27:08.000 --> 27:15.000 Ordinarily, after you'd picked the wood out of the water, would you stuff it into the sack then and there in your boat? 27:15.000 --> 27:18.000 No, I'd just throw it into the bottom of the boat. 27:18.000 --> 27:19.000 I see. 27:19.000 --> 27:21.000 When would you put the wood in the sack? 27:21.000 --> 27:24.000 In the garden just before I took it indoors. 27:24.000 --> 27:34.000 Mr Burns, ordinarily you carried the wood out of the boat and in the garden you put it into the sack. 27:34.000 --> 27:45.000 Then, Mr Burns, would you be kind enough to tell me why it was that the last time you went for wood you found it necessary to take the sack out on the river at all? 27:45.000 --> 27:59.000 It seems I just forgot. 27:59.000 --> 28:09.000 And we the jury find that the death of Emily Gaunt is willful murder by person or persons unknown. 28:09.000 --> 28:12.000 This inquest is adjourned. 28:12.000 --> 28:15.000 Mr Burns, Mr Stephen Burns, please. 28:15.000 --> 28:16.000 Yes? 28:16.000 --> 28:19.000 Marta, you and John go. I'll be along, President. 28:19.000 --> 28:20.000 Yes, Stephen. 28:20.000 --> 28:24.000 Yes, Coroner, what is it? 28:24.000 --> 28:28.000 I just want to tell you that this case is far from being closed. 28:28.000 --> 28:32.000 Are you sure you have nothing more you'd like to say to us? 28:32.000 --> 28:33.000 Nothing? 28:33.000 --> 28:39.000 I can understand your feelings, Mr Burns, after all the man is your brother. 28:39.000 --> 28:40.000 My brother? 28:40.000 --> 28:44.000 If there's any further light you could throw on this particular... 28:44.000 --> 28:49.000 There's nothing now. But if I should find anything, I'll get in touch with you immediately. 28:49.000 --> 29:03.000 You see, Coroner, I want justice done, no matter who may be involved. 29:03.000 --> 29:13.000 In tonight's full hour of suspense, Mr John McIntyre appears as Stephen Burns and Mr Dan O'Hurley as John Burns in The House by the River. 29:13.000 --> 29:23.000 Tonight's study in Suspense. 29:23.000 --> 29:26.000 In just a moment we will return with Act Two of Suspense. 29:26.000 --> 29:30.000 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. 29:30.000 --> 29:55.000 And now back to our Hollywood soundstage and to our producer, Mr Robert Montgomery, for Act Two of The House by the River, starring John McIntyre in a narrative well calculated to keep you in suspense. 29:55.000 --> 30:10.000 Stephen Burns walked home slowly after the inquest, down the main street of the little suburb, past the greengrocers, past the lending library, past the tube station with its roar of express trains racing down from London. 30:10.000 --> 30:13.000 Down the little street toward his house by the river. 30:13.000 --> 30:23.000 John and Marjorie had gone on ahead of him, and he was alone, listening to his heels clicking on the pavement, listening to his thoughts whispering in his head. 30:23.000 --> 30:26.000 The police felt John was guilty, that was evident. 30:26.000 --> 30:30.000 Hadn't Stephen been hoping for this, secretly, in his heart? 30:30.000 --> 30:38.000 Hadn't he nudged suspicion gently toward John by a raised eyebrow one time and deliberate inflection of his voice another time? 30:38.000 --> 30:47.000 Those were his thoughts as he walked home, now and then looking up to the sky that had suddenly turned so black and glowering, forecasting a heavy summer rain. 30:47.000 --> 30:52.000 Then, almost at his elbow, someone was calling his name. 30:52.000 --> 30:54.000 Stephen! Stephen Burns! 30:54.000 --> 30:57.000 Oh, hello, Miriam. 30:57.000 --> 31:00.000 Why don't you stop a while? 31:00.000 --> 31:03.000 Your wife and brother just went by. 31:03.000 --> 31:04.000 Oh, did they? 31:04.000 --> 31:06.000 I hope you're in no hurry. 31:06.000 --> 31:08.000 No, I'm not. 31:08.000 --> 31:10.000 It's awfully hot, isn't it? 31:10.000 --> 31:12.000 I like it this way. 31:12.000 --> 31:14.000 I don't. I'm stifling. 31:14.000 --> 31:19.000 You don't look it. In fact, you look very cool and fresh. 31:19.000 --> 31:21.000 Thank you, Stephen. 31:21.000 --> 31:23.000 What I need is a cold drink. 31:23.000 --> 31:25.000 Make one for me. 31:25.000 --> 31:29.000 All right. Come on in. 31:31.000 --> 31:34.000 Won't you sit down? I'll only be a minute. 31:34.000 --> 31:35.000 All right. 31:35.000 --> 31:38.000 You might look at that scrapbook. It's got all kinds of interesting clippings. 31:38.000 --> 31:40.000 Hmm? 31:40.000 --> 31:56.000 Mystery in Stephen Burns' house. She went out into the world, innocent and fresh, to help her family in the battle of life with the few poor shillings she could earn by menial labor in a strange house. 31:56.000 --> 32:03.000 And for this, she was brutally, horribly murdered by an unknown man whose vicious tongue... 32:03.000 --> 32:07.000 Isn't it rotten? There wasn't any ice. 32:07.000 --> 32:10.000 It'll be a few minutes. 32:10.000 --> 32:13.000 Are you keeping this scrapbook? 32:13.000 --> 32:16.000 There? Well, it's uncle's. 32:16.000 --> 32:25.000 Why should Mr. Dimple be so interested in the Emily Gantt case, to the extent of cutting clippings from the newspapers and making a special little book? 32:25.000 --> 32:27.000 Do you know why, Muriel? 32:27.000 --> 32:32.000 Oh, I think he's a little morbid. But let's not talk about him. 32:32.000 --> 32:36.000 Ah. What would you like to talk about? 32:36.000 --> 32:40.000 I don't want to talk at all. 32:40.000 --> 32:42.000 It's so hot. 32:42.000 --> 32:43.000 Yes. 32:43.000 --> 32:47.000 It's hard enough just trying to breathe. 32:47.000 --> 32:50.000 Do you like it here, Muriel? 32:50.000 --> 32:52.000 Here? With you? 32:52.000 --> 32:57.000 No. Here on the river. Are you enjoying your vacation? 32:57.000 --> 33:00.000 There's nothing much to do here, is there? 33:00.000 --> 33:03.000 Not much. For anyone as young as you. 33:03.000 --> 33:08.000 You're young, too. You can't be writing your poetry all day and all night. 33:08.000 --> 33:10.000 How do you manage? 33:10.000 --> 33:12.000 I suppose I don't. 33:12.000 --> 33:15.000 Oh, that's a shame. 33:15.000 --> 33:17.000 You know what, Stephen? 33:17.000 --> 33:19.000 What? 33:19.000 --> 33:23.000 I think I've caught up with you at last. 33:23.000 --> 33:25.000 What was that? 33:25.000 --> 33:29.000 It's only thunder. 33:29.000 --> 33:33.000 Yes, you see how we spend our days, our time on Earth? 33:33.000 --> 33:40.000 Going around under a blue English sky, safe and blunted, half alive. 33:40.000 --> 33:48.000 And all of the time the storm is there, waiting to explode, waiting to rip and bend down and twist. 33:48.000 --> 33:53.000 But there's new storm in here. 33:53.000 --> 34:19.000 Isn't there? 34:19.000 --> 34:21.000 What can we keep you, Stephen? 34:21.000 --> 34:22.000 I beg your pardon? 34:22.000 --> 34:25.000 Nothing. It wasn't important. 34:25.000 --> 34:32.000 Did you notice, after the inquest today, how people were looking at me? 34:32.000 --> 34:34.000 Don't you know why? 34:34.000 --> 34:36.000 No. No, I don't. 34:36.000 --> 34:40.000 They think you killed Emily Gaunt. 34:40.000 --> 34:41.000 How can they believe that? 34:41.000 --> 34:43.000 They don't have to believe it. 34:43.000 --> 34:48.000 Oh, I know you think because they're neighbors and you've lived among them for years that they like you. 34:48.000 --> 34:52.000 Well, it's not true. They like their nasty little back-stairs secrets better. 34:52.000 --> 34:54.000 I should have moved out long ago. 34:54.000 --> 34:59.000 There must be one empty flat in London. I'll have to see an agent tomorrow. 34:59.000 --> 35:00.000 Don't run away from them. 35:00.000 --> 35:01.000 I'm not running from them. 35:01.000 --> 35:06.000 What then? Are you thinking of us? Stephen and I don't care what they say. 35:06.000 --> 35:12.000 I care what they say. I don't want any scandal linked with his name or yours. 35:12.000 --> 35:14.000 John. 35:14.000 --> 35:18.000 When we were boys, Stephen used to read his poems to me. 35:18.000 --> 35:22.000 I remember sitting on the bank by the river, watching him. 35:22.000 --> 35:25.000 Have you ever seen one child ape another? 35:25.000 --> 35:31.000 I did that. I used to shape the words with my mouth and pretend they were mine. 35:31.000 --> 35:34.000 It hasn't been easy for you, has it, John? 35:34.000 --> 35:39.000 Doesn't matter. It's not only that he's my brother. It's also that I admire him. 35:39.000 --> 35:41.000 And so you'll spare him the pain of having you around? 35:41.000 --> 35:46.000 Oh, that was a lie. I suppose if I told the truth I'd really hate him. 35:46.000 --> 35:52.000 Yes, I've got to go. I know what this place means to you, Marjorie. 35:52.000 --> 35:55.000 It'll be spoiled for you if I stay. I don't want that. 35:55.000 --> 35:59.000 But don't you see? Your going would only make it worse. 35:59.000 --> 36:00.000 Marjorie. 36:00.000 --> 36:02.000 Stay, John. I want you to. 36:02.000 --> 36:04.000 Why? 36:04.000 --> 36:07.000 Can't you see, John? Don't you know? 36:07.000 --> 36:09.000 I want to hear you say it. 36:09.000 --> 36:16.000 Hello, you two. Did you wait up for me? I waited for the rain to stop. 36:16.000 --> 36:19.000 I was just going to bed. Good night. 36:19.000 --> 36:24.000 Well, what's the matter with Marjorie? 36:24.000 --> 36:26.000 I need some air. 36:26.000 --> 36:28.000 And what's the matter with you? 36:28.000 --> 36:29.000 Nothing at all. 36:29.000 --> 36:30.000 Where are you going? 36:30.000 --> 36:31.000 Just for a walk. 36:31.000 --> 36:32.000 I think I'll come with you. 36:32.000 --> 36:33.000 You've just been. 36:33.000 --> 36:37.000 That's all right. There's a young lady I want to discuss with you. 36:37.000 --> 36:39.000 A Miss Emily Gant. 36:39.000 --> 36:41.000 Come along, then. 36:50.000 --> 36:52.000 It's starting to rain again. We'll be soaked through in a minute. 36:52.000 --> 36:53.000 Let's go back. 36:53.000 --> 36:55.000 Here's the tube. Let's duck down into the station. 36:55.000 --> 37:10.000 All right. This way. 37:10.000 --> 37:14.000 Well, we're alone. What have you got to say? 37:14.000 --> 37:17.000 John, do you feel it? 37:17.000 --> 37:18.000 Feel what? 37:18.000 --> 37:21.000 The difference in us since all this happened. 37:21.000 --> 37:23.000 Did you expect to stay the same? 37:23.000 --> 37:26.000 Did you think you could go on living as if nothing had happened? 37:26.000 --> 37:29.000 Poor John. I think you've suffered. 37:29.000 --> 37:31.000 Of course I have. Every minute, every day. 37:31.000 --> 37:34.000 But don't you feel anything else? 37:34.000 --> 37:37.000 Yes. I'm scared and sick. 37:37.000 --> 37:42.000 That isn't what I mean. With me it's as though I can see better and smell and feel. 37:42.000 --> 37:45.000 Everything is so much sharper than it was. 37:45.000 --> 37:46.000 It took a murder to do that. 37:46.000 --> 37:50.000 Yes. A murder. That's the amazing thing. 37:50.000 --> 37:53.000 That's why I'm going to put it all into a poem. 37:53.000 --> 37:54.000 Here. 37:54.000 --> 37:55.000 What? 37:55.000 --> 37:58.000 That's right. A story of two men. 37:58.000 --> 38:03.000 The Black Knight and the White. It'll be called Death in the Woods. 38:03.000 --> 38:05.000 What happens? 38:05.000 --> 38:08.000 The Black Knight meets a girl in the forest. 38:08.000 --> 38:11.000 During the encounter, by mistake, he kills her. 38:11.000 --> 38:14.000 He's torn with grief. 38:14.000 --> 38:16.000 Now the White Knight is his best friend. 38:16.000 --> 38:18.000 He comes upon the scene after the tragedy. 38:18.000 --> 38:24.000 And he helps the Black Knight hide the girl's white, mutilated body. 38:24.000 --> 38:29.000 They carry her to a dark, mysterious lake in the heart of the forest. 38:29.000 --> 38:32.000 Just within the boundaries of the Black Knight's castle. 38:32.000 --> 38:36.000 And here, in the lake, they put her corpse. 38:36.000 --> 38:39.000 You must be out of your head. You must be insane. 38:39.000 --> 38:43.000 Why? You think you're being clever? It's transparent. 38:43.000 --> 38:47.000 Ten million English readers would look at the first page and know who killed Emily Garner. 38:47.000 --> 38:51.000 No one would. I'm not going to have it published. I just write it. 38:51.000 --> 38:52.000 Why? 38:52.000 --> 38:56.000 Because I have to. No matter how terrible a thing is he carries in his head. 38:56.000 --> 38:59.000 If a man is a writer, he can somehow get rid of it. 38:59.000 --> 39:02.000 He can write it out of his system and be rid of its nagging forever. 39:02.000 --> 39:05.000 Whether it's a love affair or a disease or a... 39:05.000 --> 39:08.000 Or a murder. He can be rid of it. 39:08.000 --> 39:09.000 It's not that easy. 39:09.000 --> 39:10.000 It is for me. 39:10.000 --> 39:12.000 Don't do it, Stephen. You know how you are. 39:12.000 --> 39:15.000 You'll show it to someone. After a while, you'll want to. 39:15.000 --> 39:16.000 Don't worry about me. 39:16.000 --> 39:18.000 Shouldn't I? 39:18.000 --> 39:22.000 How did it feel, Stephen, when you were lying about me? 39:22.000 --> 39:25.000 About you? 39:25.000 --> 39:27.000 But you're imagining things. 39:27.000 --> 39:30.000 Suppose a policeman were to come up to us here right now. 39:30.000 --> 39:33.000 Suppose he were to ask which of us two gentlemen killed Emily Garner. 39:33.000 --> 39:35.000 Do you know what would happen? 39:35.000 --> 39:36.000 Tell me. 39:36.000 --> 39:38.000 You'd point to me. 39:40.000 --> 39:41.000 John. 39:41.000 --> 39:43.000 John, let me ask you. 39:43.000 --> 39:46.000 Which of us two would the world miss the most? 39:46.000 --> 39:48.000 The world! Blast the world! 39:48.000 --> 39:50.000 I care about me. 39:50.000 --> 39:54.000 Me, John Burns, who's never written a poem in his life and looks like anybody else in the street. 39:54.000 --> 39:56.000 What are you going to do about it? 39:56.000 --> 39:58.000 Nothing. 39:58.000 --> 40:00.000 I'm not going to do a thing. 40:00.000 --> 40:03.000 But you can do as you like. 40:03.000 --> 40:05.000 No. 40:05.000 --> 40:07.000 I won't do anything either. 40:07.000 --> 40:09.000 You're not afraid, are you? 40:09.000 --> 40:11.000 I'm in love with your wife. 40:11.000 --> 40:13.000 So that's it. 40:13.000 --> 40:15.000 Very convenient, isn't it? 40:15.000 --> 40:16.000 Is it? 40:16.000 --> 40:18.000 And does she love you? 40:18.000 --> 40:19.000 I don't know. 40:19.000 --> 40:21.000 Doesn't matter. 40:21.000 --> 40:23.000 You could have had her, you know. 40:23.000 --> 40:27.000 I might have been on the gallows by now and you could have had her. 40:27.000 --> 40:31.000 Instead you come down into the pit with me and help me. Why? 40:31.000 --> 40:35.000 We've been through all that because you're my brother. 40:35.000 --> 40:38.000 We've been here long enough. 40:38.000 --> 40:40.000 Are you coming with me? 40:40.000 --> 40:42.000 All right, I'll go alone. 40:47.000 --> 40:51.000 You tried to push me off the platform in front of the train. 40:51.000 --> 40:53.000 You tried to kill me. 40:53.000 --> 40:56.000 You were mistaken, John. You slipped. I was trying to catch your arm. 40:56.000 --> 40:58.000 I see. 40:58.000 --> 41:00.000 Then you were trying to save me. 41:00.000 --> 41:02.000 That's right. 41:02.000 --> 41:04.000 I must thank you for that. 41:04.000 --> 41:10.000 John, not at all. 41:31.000 --> 41:33.000 How much longer do we play this game? 41:33.000 --> 41:35.000 I beg your pardon. 41:35.000 --> 41:37.000 You've been following me since I got off the train. 41:37.000 --> 41:38.000 That's right. 41:38.000 --> 41:40.000 You're a police officer? 41:40.000 --> 41:41.000 Yes. 41:41.000 --> 41:43.000 How long have you been following me? 41:43.000 --> 41:45.000 Since the day after Emily Gaunt disappeared. 41:45.000 --> 41:48.000 You mean you've been with me since then? 41:48.000 --> 41:51.000 All these weeks, every day, every minute? 41:51.000 --> 41:53.000 You're an active young man, Mr. Burns. 41:53.000 --> 41:55.000 You've got a long stride. 41:55.000 --> 41:58.000 But me? Why me? 41:58.000 --> 42:02.000 I take my assignments from Scotland Yard. They don't always tell me the reasons. 42:02.000 --> 42:04.000 I tell you there is no reason this time. 42:04.000 --> 42:06.000 As you say, Mr. Burns. 42:06.000 --> 42:07.000 No, you leave me alone. 42:07.000 --> 42:09.000 No, Mr. Burns. 42:28.000 --> 42:29.000 Is that you, John? 42:29.000 --> 42:30.000 Yes. 42:30.000 --> 42:32.000 Come to the study, Mo. 42:33.000 --> 42:35.000 You're up late. What are you doing? 42:35.000 --> 42:36.000 Working. 42:36.000 --> 42:38.000 Let me see. 42:39.000 --> 42:41.000 Death in the Woods. 42:41.000 --> 42:44.000 A romance by Stephen Burns. 42:44.000 --> 42:46.000 You're really writing it? 42:46.000 --> 42:48.000 I'm really writing it. 42:48.000 --> 42:49.000 I'm done in. 42:49.000 --> 42:50.000 What did you want? 42:50.000 --> 42:52.000 I just wondered why you'd been so late. 42:52.000 --> 42:53.000 Did you? 42:53.000 --> 42:54.000 Yes, it worried me. 42:54.000 --> 42:55.000 Did it? 42:55.000 --> 42:58.000 Did you think I'd finally cracked and gone to the police? 42:58.000 --> 43:00.000 I'd just like to know where you are. 43:00.000 --> 43:02.000 Don't bother about me. 43:02.000 --> 43:05.000 Did you know the house is being watched day and night? 43:05.000 --> 43:08.000 Yes. I can see them from my window here. 43:08.000 --> 43:10.000 I just wanted to be sure you knew. 43:10.000 --> 43:12.000 Good night, Stephen. 43:12.000 --> 43:14.000 Good night, John. 43:19.000 --> 43:23.000 While moonlight glinted on her body there, 43:23.000 --> 43:28.000 while waves washed gently o'er her body fair. 43:42.000 --> 43:44.000 Do you like the rose, Stephen? 43:44.000 --> 43:46.000 I'm not very hungry, I'm afraid. 43:46.000 --> 43:49.000 You look exhausted. Is the poem finished? 43:49.000 --> 43:51.000 Yes. All finished. 43:51.000 --> 43:53.000 You don't look very happy about it. 43:53.000 --> 43:54.000 It's good. 43:54.000 --> 43:56.000 When can I see it? 43:56.000 --> 43:58.000 I'm not going to show it to anyone. 43:58.000 --> 44:02.000 I see. We used to share things. 44:02.000 --> 44:05.000 This is different. I'll probably destroy it anyway. 44:05.000 --> 44:06.000 Stephen. 44:06.000 --> 44:08.000 Yes? 44:08.000 --> 44:10.000 What about us? 44:10.000 --> 44:12.000 What about us? 44:12.000 --> 44:15.000 We don't seem to have very much of a marriage. 44:15.000 --> 44:16.000 You must have noticed that. 44:16.000 --> 44:18.000 Yes, I suppose I have. 44:18.000 --> 44:21.000 I've discovered something important about you. 44:21.000 --> 44:23.000 You live your life on paper. 44:23.000 --> 44:25.000 The things you feel and know. 44:25.000 --> 44:27.000 Even the people you love. 44:27.000 --> 44:29.000 They're all raw material. 44:29.000 --> 44:31.000 And when you get them into a poem, 44:31.000 --> 44:33.000 you're finished with them. 44:34.000 --> 44:36.000 When we were first married, 44:36.000 --> 44:39.000 you composed a lovely sonnet sequence. 44:39.000 --> 44:41.000 Songs for Marjorie. 44:41.000 --> 44:43.000 And when you'd done it, 44:43.000 --> 44:45.000 you didn't need me anymore. 44:45.000 --> 44:47.000 Stephen, aren't you listening? 44:47.000 --> 44:49.000 It's about time he came down to dinner. 44:49.000 --> 44:50.000 What's he sulking about? 44:50.000 --> 44:52.000 Do you mean John? He went out some time ago. 44:52.000 --> 44:53.000 Where did he go? 44:53.000 --> 44:55.000 He didn't say. 44:55.000 --> 44:58.000 Anyway, we were talking about us. 44:58.000 --> 45:00.000 Stephen, where are you going? 45:00.000 --> 45:02.000 Bring him back. 45:02.000 --> 45:06.000 Death in the Woods by Stephen Burns. 45:06.000 --> 45:08.000 Part One. 45:08.000 --> 45:33.000 The Murder. 45:33.000 --> 45:35.000 Well, I couldn't find him. 45:35.000 --> 45:38.000 Why should you want to? 45:38.000 --> 45:39.000 Care for a drink, Marjorie? 45:39.000 --> 45:42.000 No, not at the moment. 45:46.000 --> 45:48.000 That's better. 45:48.000 --> 45:49.000 We were talking about us 45:49.000 --> 45:51.000 before I made that sudden exit. 45:51.000 --> 45:53.000 Yes. 45:53.000 --> 45:56.000 As a matter of fact, you ought to know about it. 45:56.000 --> 45:57.000 There's another woman. 45:57.000 --> 45:59.000 Her name's Muriel. 45:59.000 --> 46:01.000 A rather silly little thing. 46:01.000 --> 46:03.000 Is that so? 46:03.000 --> 46:05.000 Not even a little bit jealous? 46:05.000 --> 46:07.000 No, Stephen. 46:07.000 --> 46:11.000 You're never jealous of someone you don't love. 46:11.000 --> 46:13.000 You make it sound very final. 46:13.000 --> 46:14.000 It is. 46:14.000 --> 46:16.000 Just like that. 46:16.000 --> 46:18.000 Should I say I'm sorry? 46:18.000 --> 46:19.000 There's no need. 46:19.000 --> 46:21.000 I know it doesn't matter to you. 46:21.000 --> 46:23.000 You're in some kind of a mood tonight. 46:23.000 --> 46:25.000 I can sense it. 46:25.000 --> 46:27.000 Why are you so strange, Marjorie? 46:27.000 --> 46:29.000 While you were out looking for John, 46:29.000 --> 46:31.000 I read some poetry. 46:31.000 --> 46:33.000 Was it mine? 46:33.000 --> 46:35.000 It was signed by you. 46:35.000 --> 46:37.000 I went into the study. 46:37.000 --> 46:39.000 It was lying on the desk. 46:39.000 --> 46:40.000 I read it. 46:40.000 --> 46:41.000 Did you like it? 46:41.000 --> 46:42.000 Did I like it? 46:42.000 --> 46:44.000 How can you ask that? 46:44.000 --> 46:45.000 Why not? 46:45.000 --> 46:46.000 You can appreciate a thing aesthetically 46:46.000 --> 46:47.000 quite apart from what it says. 46:47.000 --> 46:48.000 No, you can't. 46:48.000 --> 46:49.000 Not when it says... 46:49.000 --> 46:51.000 Not when it says... 46:51.000 --> 46:53.000 That you're a murderer. 46:53.000 --> 46:55.000 Yes, it's true. 46:55.000 --> 46:57.000 I thought I might have disguised it a bit, 46:57.000 --> 46:59.000 but you read between the lines, 46:59.000 --> 47:01.000 didn't you? 47:01.000 --> 47:03.000 And you dragged John into it, too. 47:03.000 --> 47:04.000 John's been wonderful. 47:04.000 --> 47:05.000 He's kept a secret very well. 47:05.000 --> 47:07.000 Why? Why should he? 47:07.000 --> 47:09.000 He's very old-fashioned, really. 47:09.000 --> 47:11.000 He believes in chivalry. 47:11.000 --> 47:14.000 And you see, he loves you. 47:14.000 --> 47:16.000 I know. 47:16.000 --> 47:18.000 Then we all know. Splendid. 47:18.000 --> 47:20.000 I must have another. 47:25.000 --> 47:26.000 You remember in the poem 47:26.000 --> 47:27.000 I made John the White Knight? 47:27.000 --> 47:29.000 That was a nice touch. 47:29.000 --> 47:32.000 The man who locked the secret fast in his heart. 47:32.000 --> 47:34.000 But you, Marjorie, 47:34.000 --> 47:35.000 would you keep the secret? 47:35.000 --> 47:37.000 After all, you're not in love with me. 47:37.000 --> 47:38.000 It would be unfair. 47:38.000 --> 47:40.000 I couldn't expect you to, could I? 47:40.000 --> 47:42.000 Yes, Stephen, you could. You could. 47:42.000 --> 47:44.000 I'd have to take your word. 47:44.000 --> 47:45.000 Is your word good, Marjorie? 47:45.000 --> 47:47.000 Do you want to tell me about it? 47:47.000 --> 47:48.000 Would that help? 47:48.000 --> 47:50.000 Yes, that's an excellent idea. 47:50.000 --> 47:52.000 Come here. 47:52.000 --> 47:54.000 Yes, Stephen. 47:54.000 --> 47:56.000 Now, turn around. 47:56.000 --> 47:58.000 Turn around. 47:58.000 --> 48:00.000 That's right. Face the steps. 48:00.000 --> 48:01.000 That's where it happened. 48:01.000 --> 48:02.000 Stephen. 48:02.000 --> 48:05.000 She was coming down from her bath 48:05.000 --> 48:07.000 and we met at the foot of the stairs. 48:07.000 --> 48:09.000 She looked rather pretty, 48:09.000 --> 48:12.000 and I wanted to kiss her, and so I did. 48:12.000 --> 48:14.000 It frightened her, I think, because she screamed. 48:14.000 --> 48:16.000 I kissed her again, and she screamed even louder. 48:16.000 --> 48:17.000 I had to stop that. 48:17.000 --> 48:19.000 I put my hands on her throat to shake her out of it. 48:19.000 --> 48:21.000 She tried to break away, still screaming, 48:21.000 --> 48:23.000 and I had to hold tighter. 48:23.000 --> 48:25.000 It was ridiculous. 48:25.000 --> 48:28.000 It would be how many minutes the neighbors would hear. 48:28.000 --> 48:30.000 Let me see. 48:30.000 --> 48:33.000 Just exactly where was she standing? 48:33.000 --> 48:36.000 Right about where you are now, Marjorie. 48:36.000 --> 48:40.000 That's right. Exactly the same spot. 48:40.000 --> 48:43.000 Then I put my hands around her throat 48:43.000 --> 48:46.000 with my thumbs on her windpipe like this. 48:46.000 --> 48:47.000 Stephen! 48:47.000 --> 48:49.000 Just like this, and I began to press harder. 48:49.000 --> 48:51.000 Stephen, they'll know. 48:51.000 --> 48:53.000 They'll know. 48:53.000 --> 48:55.000 They'll know. 48:55.000 --> 48:57.000 What do you mean? 48:57.000 --> 48:59.000 I mean your poem. 48:59.000 --> 49:01.000 The manuscript? 49:01.000 --> 49:03.000 Where is it? What have you done? 49:03.000 --> 49:05.000 It should be at the publishers by now. 49:05.000 --> 49:07.000 I called a messenger and had it sent around. 49:07.000 --> 49:09.000 You did that? To me? 49:09.000 --> 49:11.000 Yes, while you were gone. 49:11.000 --> 49:13.000 All right. 49:13.000 --> 49:15.000 Let them publish it. Let the whole world read it. 49:15.000 --> 49:17.000 What could those fools ever know? 49:17.000 --> 49:19.000 Two nights kill a girl by accident in a wood. 49:19.000 --> 49:22.000 They lay her body in a lake at the foot of a castle. 49:22.000 --> 49:24.000 What can they make of that? 49:24.000 --> 49:27.000 A fairy tale called Death in the Woods? 49:27.000 --> 49:31.000 I took the liberty of making a change in your manuscript. 49:31.000 --> 49:33.000 You did? 49:33.000 --> 49:35.000 I wrote a new title. 49:35.000 --> 49:38.000 What did you call it, Marjorie? 49:38.000 --> 49:41.000 I called it Emily Gaunt, 49:41.000 --> 49:45.000 a confession of murder. 49:48.000 --> 49:50.000 Go to your room. 49:50.000 --> 49:52.000 Now. 49:52.000 --> 49:54.000 Stephen, I'm sorry. 49:54.000 --> 49:56.000 You frighten me so. 49:56.000 --> 49:58.000 Stephen. 49:58.000 --> 50:00.000 Go to your room, Marjorie. 50:00.000 --> 50:29.000 Yes, Stephen. 50:29.000 --> 50:33.000 This is to certify 50:33.000 --> 50:37.000 that I, Stephen Burns, 50:37.000 --> 50:41.000 strangled Emily Gaunt. 50:41.000 --> 50:44.000 On the 15th of June, 50:44.000 --> 50:49.000 John Burns had nothing to do with it. 50:49.000 --> 50:54.000 I am going to drown myself. 50:54.000 --> 50:58.000 Who's that? 50:58.000 --> 51:00.000 It's Dimple. 51:00.000 --> 51:04.000 Over here at the window. 51:04.000 --> 51:06.000 What do you want, Dimple? 51:06.000 --> 51:08.000 It's Tuesday night, dear boy. 51:08.000 --> 51:09.000 Didn't you know? 51:09.000 --> 51:10.000 What? 51:10.000 --> 51:12.000 I don't understand. 51:12.000 --> 51:13.000 Chess, Stephen. 51:13.000 --> 51:15.000 Tuesday night. Chess. 51:15.000 --> 51:17.000 Have you forgotten? 51:17.000 --> 51:19.000 You like your little games, don't you? 51:19.000 --> 51:21.000 Of course. 51:21.000 --> 51:23.000 I'm free of you, Dimple. 51:23.000 --> 51:25.000 You've been holding the secret in for a long time, 51:25.000 --> 51:26.000 but you can tell them now. 51:26.000 --> 51:27.000 Go on, tell them what you saw. 51:27.000 --> 51:30.000 You've played your last game with me. 51:30.000 --> 51:32.000 My word. 51:32.000 --> 51:33.000 Is your friend coming? 51:33.000 --> 51:35.000 No. 51:35.000 --> 51:38.000 No, evidently not. 51:38.000 --> 51:41.000 I don't know what's come over Stephen lately. 51:41.000 --> 51:44.000 He acts exactly as if I... 51:44.000 --> 51:45.000 I don't know. 51:45.000 --> 51:47.000 As if I've done him some harm. 51:47.000 --> 51:49.000 Erratic chap's poets. 51:49.000 --> 51:50.000 I suppose so. 51:50.000 --> 51:51.000 Too bad. 51:51.000 --> 51:53.000 I did want to meet him. 51:53.000 --> 51:55.000 The famous Stephen Burns. 51:55.000 --> 51:59.000 Well, I'll arrange it again sometime when he's in a better mood. 51:59.000 --> 52:02.000 Well, we'd better be getting to that game. 52:02.000 --> 52:06.000 By the way, how are all those scrapbooks of yours coming? 52:06.000 --> 52:08.000 Oh, first grade. 52:08.000 --> 52:11.000 I've been collecting these murder cases since I was a boy. 52:11.000 --> 52:13.000 It's an odd hobby you've got there. 52:13.000 --> 52:16.000 All hobbies are a bit odd, I suppose. 52:16.000 --> 52:20.000 At any rate, I've got 40 of them now with this Emily Gaunt affair. 52:20.000 --> 52:25.000 I dare say I'm the only one on the river interested in that sort of thing. 52:38.000 --> 52:40.000 John! John, is that you? 52:40.000 --> 52:41.000 Yes, it's John. 52:41.000 --> 52:44.000 Thank heavens you've come. Here, quickly. 52:44.000 --> 52:45.000 What's happened? 52:45.000 --> 52:47.000 John, I know... I know everything. 52:47.000 --> 52:49.000 You... what? 52:49.000 --> 52:52.000 Never mind now, it's Stephen. Look, I just found this note. 52:52.000 --> 52:55.000 I was in my room and I heard him go out 10 minutes ago. 52:58.000 --> 53:01.000 I... I am going to drown myself. 53:01.000 --> 53:05.000 I read the poem and I don't know why, but I hid it in my closet. 53:05.000 --> 53:08.000 And when he saw it was gone, I had to lie to him to save my life. 53:08.000 --> 53:10.000 I told him I'd sent it to the publishers. 53:10.000 --> 53:14.000 He thinks he'll be found out. That's why he's gone. 53:14.000 --> 53:16.000 I want you to destroy this note, Marjorie. 53:16.000 --> 53:18.000 Yes, John. 53:18.000 --> 53:20.000 I'll try to stop him if it's not too late. 53:20.000 --> 53:23.000 Wait. Let him go. It would be better than the police. 53:23.000 --> 53:26.000 No. I love you. 53:26.000 --> 53:32.000 And because I do, I've got to do everything I can to save him. 53:32.000 --> 53:37.000 All right. Go ahead. I'll wait here. 53:41.000 --> 53:46.000 Out on the river, John steered the tiny motorboat around in a wide circle 53:46.000 --> 53:49.000 and then slowly narrowed it, watching for the small rowboat, 53:49.000 --> 53:53.000 scanning the angry black water to the sign of a bobbing head. 53:53.000 --> 53:58.000 And then suddenly, just ahead of him, was the boat, empty. 53:58.000 --> 54:00.000 No. 54:01.000 --> 54:05.000 Stephen lay huddled in the bow of the boat like a trapped animal, 54:05.000 --> 54:08.000 his eyes gleaming in the darkness, his hair was plastered to his skull, 54:08.000 --> 54:10.000 his clothes heavy and sodden with water. 54:10.000 --> 54:14.000 He raised himself on an elbow and then lurched forward to his knees. 54:14.000 --> 54:17.000 I went over the side, John. I did. I went in. 54:17.000 --> 54:19.000 But I couldn't do it. I couldn't. 54:19.000 --> 54:24.000 Take me home, John. I want some dry clothes and some brandy. 54:24.000 --> 54:26.000 Take me home! 54:27.000 --> 54:30.000 John frantically shoved and pushed to move his boat back. 54:30.000 --> 54:34.000 Then he stood abruptly and dived into the water after Stephen. 54:34.000 --> 54:38.000 He went under for a long moment, battling the currents with all his strength, 54:38.000 --> 54:42.000 and then he came up again, Stephen his wet stick. 54:42.000 --> 54:47.000 In another moment his arms were flailing out, searching, grasping, looking for his brother. 54:47.000 --> 54:50.000 It may have been only moments, perhaps it was hours, 54:50.000 --> 54:53.000 but as he looked round desperately scanning the black expanse about him 54:53.000 --> 54:55.000 to the sight of a single struggling head, 54:55.000 --> 54:59.000 there was nothing but jet black water flowing swiftly. 55:01.000 --> 55:03.000 Stephen! 55:03.000 --> 55:05.000 Stephen! 55:05.000 --> 55:07.000 Stephen! 55:07.000 --> 55:12.000 Stephen! 55:12.000 --> 55:41.000 Marjorie! 55:41.000 --> 55:44.000 And where is John now, Mrs. Burns? 55:44.000 --> 55:48.000 Out on the river, helping them to look for the body. 55:48.000 --> 55:50.000 I see. 55:50.000 --> 55:53.000 Surely, surely you don't still suspect him? 55:53.000 --> 55:56.000 I have a few questions I want to ask him. 55:56.000 --> 56:00.000 He was out there with Mr. Burns on the river at the time, wasn't he? 56:00.000 --> 56:02.000 He went out to try to stop him. 56:02.000 --> 56:04.000 Stop him? 56:04.000 --> 56:05.000 John! 56:05.000 --> 56:06.000 Hello, Marjorie. 56:06.000 --> 56:07.000 Have they... 56:07.000 --> 56:08.000 Not yet. 56:08.000 --> 56:09.000 Mr. Burns, can I... 56:09.000 --> 56:10.000 Inspector, I want you to see this. 56:10.000 --> 56:11.000 Marjorie, no! 56:11.000 --> 56:14.000 I have to, John, don't you see? I have to. 56:14.000 --> 56:23.000 This is to certify that I, Stephen Burns, strangled Emily Gaunt on the 15th of June. 56:23.000 --> 56:26.000 John Burns had nothing to do with it. 56:26.000 --> 56:29.000 I am going to drown myself. 56:29.000 --> 56:32.000 Signed Stephen Burns. 56:32.000 --> 56:34.000 I see. 56:34.000 --> 56:36.000 Well, that's plain enough. 56:36.000 --> 56:41.000 The case of Emily Gaunt is closed, and I won't be bothering you again. 56:41.000 --> 56:44.000 Good night, Mrs. Burns. Mr. Burns. 56:44.000 --> 56:47.000 Good night. 56:47.000 --> 56:48.000 Marjorie. 56:48.000 --> 56:50.000 I had no choice, John. 56:50.000 --> 56:54.000 It was Stephen's reputation, or you. 56:54.000 --> 57:21.000 And I love you. 57:21.000 --> 57:23.000 This is Robert Montgomery. 57:23.000 --> 57:28.000 Our congratulations and thanks go to John McIntyre and Dan O'Hurleyhy for their excellent 57:28.000 --> 57:33.000 performances in The House by the River, and to all the other players for their fine support. 57:33.000 --> 57:39.000 Next week, for suspense, we have selected the latest story by Dorothy B. Hughes, who 57:39.000 --> 57:43.000 wrote The Fallen Sparrow and Ride the Pink Horse. 57:43.000 --> 57:47.000 This one is a chilling mixture of many suspenseful ingredients. 57:47.000 --> 57:52.000 A charming young man, as ordinary as the smiling gas station attendant around the corner. 57:52.000 --> 57:55.000 A young lady who understood him too well. 57:55.000 --> 57:58.000 Another who loved him too blindly. 57:58.000 --> 58:01.000 A detective with a hunch he dreaded to follow up. 58:01.000 --> 58:06.000 And a series of headline-crashing murders that terrorized a whole city. 58:06.000 --> 58:12.000 With these ingredients, Dorothy B. Hughes, in a lonely place, adds up to a gripping hour 58:12.000 --> 58:14.000 of suspense. 58:14.000 --> 58:16.000 So be back with us next week, will you? 58:16.000 --> 58:18.000 Good night. 58:18.000 --> 58:22.000 John McIntyre may currently be seen in the Universal International Production, Ride the Pink Horse. 58:22.000 --> 58:29.000 John McIntyre may currently be seen in the 20th Century Fox Production, called Northside 777. 58:29.000 --> 58:34.000 The House by the River by A.P. Herbert was adapted for radio by Irving Ravitch and was 58:34.000 --> 58:37.000 directed by Anton M. Leder. 58:37.000 --> 58:42.000 Lud Gloskin is our musical director and conductor, and Lucian Moroweck composes the original scores. 58:42.000 --> 58:49.000 Next week here, in a lonely place, on radio's outstanding theater of thrills, one hour of... 58:49.000 --> 58:51.000 Suspense! 58:51.000 --> 59:13.000 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. 59:21.000 --> 59:28.000 .