WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.000 In just a moment, suspense with Virginia Bruce and Robert Young. 00:05.000 --> 00:09.000 Hey, Mary, have you noticed there's a big dent in the left rear fender of our car? 00:09.000 --> 00:10.000 How'd it get there? 00:10.000 --> 00:11.000 What's that, dear? 00:11.000 --> 00:12.000 The dent in our rear fender. 00:12.000 --> 00:13.000 Oh, the dent? 00:13.000 --> 00:14.000 Oh, yes, of course. 00:14.000 --> 00:15.000 Well, dear, it's very simple. 00:15.000 --> 00:16.000 Yes. 00:16.000 --> 00:17.000 You see, I was going down to see Frank Martin. 00:17.000 --> 00:18.000 He's the auto light salesman, you know. 00:18.000 --> 00:20.000 Yes, yes, I know Frank better than you do. 00:20.000 --> 00:22.000 Well, you know the auto light people, dear. 00:22.000 --> 00:24.000 They make those spark plugs you always talk about. 00:24.000 --> 00:26.000 Auto light resistors spark plugs, Mom. 00:26.000 --> 00:27.000 That's right. 00:27.000 --> 00:28.000 And auto light makes stay full batteries. 00:28.000 --> 00:29.000 Yes, I know. 00:29.000 --> 00:31.000 And auto light makes complete ignition systems 00:31.000 --> 00:34.000 and over 400 other automotive, aviation and marine products. 00:34.000 --> 00:35.000 But what about that dent? 00:35.000 --> 00:36.000 Well, dear... 00:36.000 --> 00:37.000 Oh, shh. 00:37.000 --> 00:38.000 Here's the auto light show. 00:38.000 --> 00:41.000 Okay, okay, but I'm not licked yet. 00:51.000 --> 00:53.000 Suspense. 00:53.000 --> 00:57.000 Auto light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations bring you 00:57.000 --> 01:00.000 Radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 01:00.000 --> 01:04.000 Starting tonight, Mr. Robert Young and Miss Virginia Bruce 01:04.000 --> 01:08.000 in Anton Leder's production of Celebration. 01:08.000 --> 01:11.000 A tale well calculated to keep you in... 01:11.000 --> 01:13.000 Suspense. 01:13.000 --> 01:18.000 Just a couple more miles and I'll be there. 01:18.000 --> 01:20.000 I wonder how she is today. 01:20.000 --> 01:23.000 If there were only some way to get through to her, 01:23.000 --> 01:25.000 to make her understand, 01:25.000 --> 01:44.000 well, I can't put it off any longer for her sake. 01:44.000 --> 01:50.000 It's a big, wide, wonderful world. 01:50.000 --> 01:52.000 I sang. 01:52.000 --> 01:54.000 Todd was coming. 01:54.000 --> 01:56.000 Todd was coming for me. 01:56.000 --> 01:59.000 As I packed my suitcase, I looked out of the windows. 01:59.000 --> 02:01.000 The gardens were lovely. 02:01.000 --> 02:03.000 The patio with the peasant furniture. 02:03.000 --> 02:05.000 Some of the girls were playing badminton. 02:05.000 --> 02:07.000 Some were in the pool. 02:07.000 --> 02:09.000 Todd was coming for me. 02:09.000 --> 02:11.000 And I had a surprise for him. 02:11.000 --> 02:16.000 It's a big, wide, wonderful world. 02:16.000 --> 02:19.000 All I see, where's my pink bed jacket? 02:19.000 --> 02:21.000 Bottom drawer. 02:21.000 --> 02:23.000 It was here, I think. 02:23.000 --> 02:25.000 Where's the white one? 02:25.000 --> 02:27.000 Oh, dear. 02:27.000 --> 02:29.000 I couldn't seem to find anything, but I didn't care. 02:29.000 --> 02:31.000 Todd was coming for me. 02:31.000 --> 02:36.000 It's a big, wide, wonderful world. 02:36.000 --> 02:38.000 I knew what he'd say. 02:38.000 --> 02:40.000 Oh, Emily. 02:40.000 --> 02:43.000 Emily, how I've missed you. 02:43.000 --> 02:47.000 He'd hold me so hard and rub his cheek on my hair 02:47.000 --> 02:49.000 and kiss me. 02:49.000 --> 02:51.000 And I'd tell him about the surprise. 02:51.000 --> 02:53.000 I'd say... 02:53.000 --> 02:55.000 Mrs. Ward? 02:55.000 --> 02:57.000 It's Mrs. Halleck. 02:57.000 --> 02:59.000 One moment, Mrs. Halleck. 02:59.000 --> 03:01.000 I pushed my suitcase under the bed. 03:01.000 --> 03:03.000 Come in, Mrs. Halleck. 03:03.000 --> 03:05.000 Your husband just phoned, Mrs. Ward. 03:05.000 --> 03:07.000 He'll be here soon. 03:07.000 --> 03:09.000 Oh, Todd, such a darling. 03:09.000 --> 03:11.000 Thank you, Mrs. Halleck. You've been so kind to me. 03:11.000 --> 03:13.000 I try to be, to all the ladies. 03:13.000 --> 03:15.000 I just have to put on my perfume. 03:15.000 --> 03:17.000 It's passionate nice. Do you like it? 03:17.000 --> 03:19.000 Mm-hmm, grand. 03:19.000 --> 03:21.000 You're smelling it. 03:21.000 --> 03:23.000 Oh, I can't seem to hold things. 03:23.000 --> 03:25.000 It didn't break. Stand back. I'll wipe it out. 03:25.000 --> 03:27.000 Oh, thanks. 03:27.000 --> 03:30.000 Heavens, I used to fill this dress out. 03:30.000 --> 03:32.000 And now I look like a scarecrow in it, don't I? 03:32.000 --> 03:34.000 You look grand. 03:34.000 --> 03:36.000 Now, you have everything. 03:36.000 --> 03:38.000 Your hat, gloves, purse. 03:38.000 --> 03:40.000 Oh, of course. 03:40.000 --> 03:42.000 Well, do you remember last time you went for a drive? 03:42.000 --> 03:44.000 Last time? 03:44.000 --> 03:46.000 Oh, I didn't see your suitcase. 03:46.000 --> 03:48.000 I was just packing it. 03:48.000 --> 03:50.000 I thought I wouldn't come back tonight. 03:50.000 --> 03:53.000 Well, did you want to get this bunch of letters in your suitcase, too? 03:53.000 --> 03:55.000 Of course. 03:55.000 --> 03:57.000 Give them to me. They're Todd's letters. 03:57.000 --> 03:59.000 Todd simply adores me, Mrs. Halleck. 03:59.000 --> 04:01.000 I'm sure he does. 04:01.000 --> 04:04.000 Just listen to this letter and you'll see. 04:04.000 --> 04:07.000 Darling, you are my happiness. 04:07.000 --> 04:09.000 I can't live without you. 04:09.000 --> 04:11.000 You're as necessary as... 04:14.000 --> 04:16.000 When I looked up, she was gone. 04:16.000 --> 04:18.000 She had left while I was reading. 04:20.000 --> 04:22.000 I knew what she'd do. 04:22.000 --> 04:25.000 She'd tell Todd I'd drop that perfume. 04:29.000 --> 04:31.000 I think you should understand, Mr. Ward. 04:31.000 --> 04:34.000 I could hear her talking to Todd downstairs in the vestibule. 04:34.000 --> 04:37.000 I appreciate all you've done for her, Mrs. Halleck. 04:37.000 --> 04:43.000 As I told you in the letter, she would be better off in a place where she'd get personal attention. 04:43.000 --> 04:45.000 I'll take care of it. 04:45.000 --> 04:48.000 That woman, that two-faced... 04:50.000 --> 04:53.000 She came in and told me Todd was waiting downstairs. 04:53.000 --> 04:56.000 I danced down the stairs to Todd. 04:57.000 --> 04:59.000 Oh, darling. 04:59.000 --> 05:01.000 Todd. Todd. 05:01.000 --> 05:04.000 And now if you'll excuse me, please. 05:04.000 --> 05:06.000 Oh, of course. Thank you. 05:06.000 --> 05:08.000 Emily, come here. 05:08.000 --> 05:10.000 Oh, Todd. 05:10.000 --> 05:12.000 Emily. 05:12.000 --> 05:14.000 Oh, Emily, how I've missed you. 05:14.000 --> 05:16.000 Oh, darling. 05:16.000 --> 05:18.000 You know, dear, today's an important day. 05:18.000 --> 05:20.000 Our eighth wedding anniversary. 05:20.000 --> 05:23.000 Why, Todd, we were married only six weeks ago. 05:23.000 --> 05:24.000 What? 05:24.000 --> 05:27.000 I mean, I never can remember dates. 05:27.000 --> 05:30.000 Well, we're going to celebrate. 05:30.000 --> 05:31.000 Oh, darling. 05:31.000 --> 05:33.000 Really celebrate this anniversary. 05:33.000 --> 05:35.000 We're going to all the places we used to go. 05:35.000 --> 05:37.000 The lake, lovers' lane. 05:37.000 --> 05:39.000 Come on, darling, let's go. 05:39.000 --> 05:41.000 How can I tell her? 05:41.000 --> 05:43.000 What can I say? 05:43.000 --> 05:46.000 How can I do the things I must do? 05:46.000 --> 05:50.000 If only we could really turn back the clock. 05:50.000 --> 05:52.000 Back to before she fell down the stairs. 05:52.000 --> 05:54.000 Back to a time before the doctors told me 05:54.000 --> 05:56.000 about the pressure on her brain. 05:56.000 --> 05:59.000 The fact that any operation would prove fatal. 05:59.000 --> 06:03.000 If we only could go back to those wonderful days so long ago 06:03.000 --> 06:05.000 and keep them forever. 06:05.000 --> 06:09.000 But there's no turning back the clock. 06:09.000 --> 06:11.000 Not ever. 06:13.000 --> 06:15.000 Smell those pines. 06:15.000 --> 06:17.000 Yes. 06:17.000 --> 06:20.000 Todd, didn't you wonder why I brought a suitcase? 06:20.000 --> 06:21.000 Well, yes, I did. 06:21.000 --> 06:22.000 That's because of the surprise. 06:22.000 --> 06:23.000 Surprise? 06:23.000 --> 06:26.000 Yes, I'm not going back to the club, Todd. 06:26.000 --> 06:28.000 I'm coming home with you. 06:28.000 --> 06:29.000 Wonderful, dear, but... 06:29.000 --> 06:31.000 I'm going to make chinstrapes for the living room. 06:31.000 --> 06:33.000 I'm going to make chinstrapes for the living room. 06:33.000 --> 06:35.000 I'm going to make chinstrapes for the living room 06:35.000 --> 06:37.000 and do the bathroom over with a full-length mirror 06:37.000 --> 06:39.000 and the kitchen lots of stunning colors. 06:39.000 --> 06:40.000 Now you're talking. 06:40.000 --> 06:42.000 It'll be a big job, but we don't care, do we? 06:42.000 --> 06:43.000 Of course not. 06:43.000 --> 06:46.000 But let's celebrate first, huh? 06:50.000 --> 06:51.000 If she only could understand 06:51.000 --> 06:54.000 how much that home of ours meant to me. 06:54.000 --> 06:57.000 If only she knew how deeply it hurt to see her. 06:57.000 --> 06:59.000 To hear her now the way she has been 06:59.000 --> 07:01.000 ever since the accident. 07:01.000 --> 07:05.000 The way she must be as long as that pressure is on her brain. 07:05.000 --> 07:08.000 If only she could understand. 07:13.000 --> 07:15.000 Todd didn't want to go home. 07:15.000 --> 07:17.000 I saw the side of his face. 07:17.000 --> 07:19.000 He was looking straight ahead. 07:19.000 --> 07:21.000 A sad look. 07:21.000 --> 07:23.000 Closed up, sort of. 07:23.000 --> 07:26.000 Then we turned in at the lake and he cheered up. 07:26.000 --> 07:27.000 Look at that water, Emily. 07:27.000 --> 07:28.000 Yes. 07:28.000 --> 07:30.000 Have you ever seen anything so blue? 07:30.000 --> 07:31.000 No. 07:31.000 --> 07:34.000 Nothing is blue except your eyes. 07:34.000 --> 07:36.000 You darling flatterer. 07:36.000 --> 07:40.000 Well, here's our old parking place. 07:41.000 --> 07:44.000 Isn't it awfully quiet? 07:44.000 --> 07:47.000 You know, Emily, we could live a whole lifetime 07:47.000 --> 07:50.000 and never find anything better than we have right here. 07:50.000 --> 07:52.000 He opened the door. 07:52.000 --> 07:54.000 I'll get some blankets out of the back. 07:54.000 --> 07:57.000 I sat there while he went around to the back. 07:57.000 --> 07:59.000 I was alone again. 07:59.000 --> 08:02.000 People were always going away and leaving me alone. 08:02.000 --> 08:05.000 Oh, now, now, put a brave face on it, Emily. 08:05.000 --> 08:08.000 Powder your face and fix your lips. 08:08.000 --> 08:11.000 I opened my purse and groped around for my lipstick. 08:11.000 --> 08:13.000 Oh, dear, I... 08:13.000 --> 08:16.000 It wanted to spill like that. 08:16.000 --> 08:19.000 I reached down to pick up my things. 08:19.000 --> 08:21.000 Lipstick, compact. 08:21.000 --> 08:25.000 And my hand touched something. 08:25.000 --> 08:27.000 A little box. 08:27.000 --> 08:29.000 It was heavy. 08:29.000 --> 08:32.000 I read the words on the label. 08:32.000 --> 08:36.000 38 caliber soft-nosed shells. 08:38.000 --> 08:40.000 Bullets! 08:47.000 --> 08:52.000 For suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Robert Young and Miss Virginia Bruce 08:52.000 --> 08:57.000 in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 09:03.000 --> 09:06.000 Say, Dad, who's taking the hard knocks on this show? 09:06.000 --> 09:07.000 Emily or Todd? 09:07.000 --> 09:09.000 I don't know, Billy, but speaking of hard knocks, 09:09.000 --> 09:11.000 I still haven't gotten the load down from your mother 09:11.000 --> 09:14.000 on who, on the knocking about, she gave the car. 09:14.000 --> 09:16.000 Here's Frank Martin. 09:16.000 --> 09:18.000 Now, Frank, maybe you can tell me what happened to my car this morning. 09:18.000 --> 09:20.000 What could happen to your car, Hap? 09:20.000 --> 09:22.000 You've got Auto Light Resistor spark plugs, haven't you? 09:22.000 --> 09:24.000 Yeah, yeah, but I've got a big dent in the fender, too. 09:24.000 --> 09:27.000 Say, Mr. Martin, what does the word resistor mean? 09:27.000 --> 09:29.000 Well, it's like this, Billy. 09:29.000 --> 09:32.000 Auto Light Ignition engineered a 10,000-ohm resistor 09:32.000 --> 09:34.000 right into the Auto Light spark plug 09:34.000 --> 09:36.000 that permits a wider spark gap setting 09:36.000 --> 09:39.000 and maintains it far longer than in any other spark plugs. 09:39.000 --> 09:42.000 The Auto Light Resistor spark plug is the best thing 09:42.000 --> 09:44.000 that's happened in spark plugs in years. 09:44.000 --> 09:47.000 A great new development of Auto Light Ignition engineers 09:47.000 --> 09:50.000 working with the country's leading car and truck manufacturers. 09:50.000 --> 09:53.000 When you replace your narrow-gap spark plugs 09:53.000 --> 09:56.000 with the sensational new wide-gap Auto Light Resistor spark plugs, 09:56.000 --> 09:59.000 you can tell the difference in your car. 09:59.000 --> 10:02.000 You get advantages like smooth idling and saving gas. 10:02.000 --> 10:05.000 And, friends, right now you can buy Auto Light Resistor spark plugs 10:05.000 --> 10:07.000 anywhere in the United States. 10:07.000 --> 10:09.000 So don't delay. 10:09.000 --> 10:11.000 Get a set of Auto Light Resistor spark plugs now. 10:11.000 --> 10:13.000 But, Frank, Mary, Billy, somebody please tell me 10:13.000 --> 10:15.000 what happened to the fender of my car. 10:15.000 --> 10:17.000 Quiet, half. 10:17.000 --> 10:19.000 Here comes suspense. 10:19.000 --> 10:22.000 And now Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage 10:22.000 --> 10:27.000 Mr. Robert Young and Miss Virginia Bruce in Celebration. 10:27.000 --> 10:31.000 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 10:40.000 --> 10:44.000 Everything was so lovely until I found that little box. 10:44.000 --> 10:47.000 I opened it, looked down at the bullets in it. 10:47.000 --> 10:50.000 What did Todd want with bullets? 10:50.000 --> 10:53.000 The box was only half full. 10:53.000 --> 10:57.000 I could hear Todd still rummaging around in the back of the car. 10:57.000 --> 11:01.000 I put the cover back on the box when I heard him coming around to the side. 11:01.000 --> 11:03.000 All set. I've got the blankets. 11:03.000 --> 11:05.000 I held the box of bullets under my purse. 11:05.000 --> 11:07.000 Come on, darling, let's get out on that beach. 11:07.000 --> 11:10.000 You lead the way. Okay, okay. 11:10.000 --> 11:13.000 I followed Todd three or four steps. 11:13.000 --> 11:16.000 Then I let the box slip out of my hand. 11:17.000 --> 11:21.000 Here we are. I'll spread the blankets. 11:21.000 --> 11:25.000 Come on, Emily, let's curl up and take it easy. 11:26.000 --> 11:27.000 Thank you. 11:27.000 --> 11:30.000 Ah, look at that lake. 11:30.000 --> 11:35.000 Todd, what were you going to do with those bullets in the car? 11:35.000 --> 11:39.000 What bullets? That imagination of yours... 11:39.000 --> 11:42.000 Oh, but I saw them, held them in my hands. 11:42.000 --> 11:44.000 The box was about half full. 11:44.000 --> 11:46.000 Come on, dear, close to me, here. 11:46.000 --> 11:49.000 Todd, I'm sure I saw... Darling, please. 11:51.000 --> 11:53.000 My headaches, Todd. 11:53.000 --> 11:55.000 No, rubbing's the thing. 11:55.000 --> 11:58.000 Oh, you're hurting me. I'm sorry, darling. 11:58.000 --> 11:59.000 Oh, no. 11:59.000 --> 12:01.000 Eh, something the matter? 12:01.000 --> 12:03.000 Oh, man. Yes. 12:03.000 --> 12:04.000 What do you want? 12:04.000 --> 12:07.000 I heard her cry as I was passing. 12:07.000 --> 12:09.000 Well, she's all right. 12:09.000 --> 12:12.000 Hmm. Eh, nice car you got over there. 12:12.000 --> 12:14.000 Yes. 12:14.000 --> 12:16.000 Thought the missus wasn't feeling well. 12:16.000 --> 12:18.000 She's all right. 12:18.000 --> 12:20.000 Lonely place here, huh? 12:21.000 --> 12:24.000 Well, I'll be getting along. 12:24.000 --> 12:26.000 Where did he come from? 12:26.000 --> 12:28.000 I thought we were alone here. 12:28.000 --> 12:29.000 Alone? 12:29.000 --> 12:32.000 We have so few moments together, Emily. 12:32.000 --> 12:36.000 I get so scared. I look it, don't I? 12:36.000 --> 12:40.000 Darling, why, when you came down the stairs today, you... 12:40.000 --> 12:41.000 you were radiant. 12:41.000 --> 12:43.000 Was I? Was I really? 12:43.000 --> 12:44.000 You were beautiful. 12:44.000 --> 12:46.000 Why am I like that sometimes? And sometimes... 12:46.000 --> 12:49.000 You were my life, Emily. 12:49.000 --> 12:50.000 Come here. 12:50.000 --> 12:54.000 Oh. Oh, Todd. 12:54.000 --> 12:57.000 Oh, you do want me. 12:57.000 --> 13:00.000 Mm. Kiss me again. 13:00.000 --> 13:02.000 Emily. 13:02.000 --> 13:03.000 Mm. 13:03.000 --> 13:04.000 Emily, in all the world, 13:04.000 --> 13:07.000 there could never be another woman like you. 13:07.000 --> 13:09.000 You've given me more happiness than... 13:09.000 --> 13:11.000 Todd. 13:11.000 --> 13:14.000 Todd, I dream of this. I live for it. 13:14.000 --> 13:15.000 Yes, but, Emily, I... 13:15.000 --> 13:16.000 Todd. 13:16.000 --> 13:17.000 Emily, listen to me. 13:17.000 --> 13:18.000 Todd, please. 13:18.000 --> 13:20.000 Darling, the doctor said... 13:20.000 --> 13:22.000 What doctor? 13:22.000 --> 13:25.000 You know, when you went to see the doctor... 13:25.000 --> 13:28.000 But that was ages ago. 13:28.000 --> 13:31.000 You all talk behind my back, so I can't hear what you say. 13:31.000 --> 13:32.000 You and Mrs. Halleck. 13:32.000 --> 13:35.000 I just asked her how you were, and... 13:35.000 --> 13:38.000 You must believe I love you, Emily. 13:38.000 --> 13:41.000 Oh. Oh, I do. 13:41.000 --> 13:43.000 That's fine. 13:43.000 --> 13:47.000 Here's where we built the sand castle, remember? 13:47.000 --> 13:49.000 When the wave melted it. 13:49.000 --> 13:54.000 Oh, Todd, that day when I was caught in the under... undertow. 13:54.000 --> 13:55.000 But I pulled you out, dear. 13:55.000 --> 13:58.000 I was thinking. I keep dreaming about that. 13:58.000 --> 14:01.000 Sinking down into the black and you not there. 14:01.000 --> 14:03.000 I'll be with you always, Emily. 14:03.000 --> 14:05.000 Let's leave here, Todd. 14:05.000 --> 14:07.000 You said we'd go to all the places and celebrate. 14:07.000 --> 14:09.000 There'll be lots of people around. 14:09.000 --> 14:10.000 People? 14:10.000 --> 14:12.000 Yes, it'll be fun. We can have dinner at the inn. 14:12.000 --> 14:14.000 No, it'll be crowded, Emily, and... 14:14.000 --> 14:15.000 Say... 14:15.000 --> 14:16.000 Oh, it's that man again. 14:16.000 --> 14:18.000 Did you lose these things? 14:18.000 --> 14:19.000 What things? 14:19.000 --> 14:21.000 This box of bullets. 14:21.000 --> 14:22.000 Bullets? 14:22.000 --> 14:26.000 Found them in the sand, just a few steps from your car. 14:26.000 --> 14:28.000 Thought maybe you dropped them. 14:28.000 --> 14:30.000 I dropped them. See, I told you, Todd. 14:30.000 --> 14:32.000 Those are the bullets I found in the car. 14:32.000 --> 14:34.000 Is the box half full? 14:34.000 --> 14:37.000 Well, looks like somebody loaded a gun out of it. 14:37.000 --> 14:40.000 38 caliber, soft-nosed shell, says on the box. 14:40.000 --> 14:42.000 Oh, I'll bet I know. 14:42.000 --> 14:45.000 I... I let Ernie take the car yesterday. 14:45.000 --> 14:46.000 Ernie? 14:46.000 --> 14:49.000 Yeah, he's gone in for target practice. 14:49.000 --> 14:51.000 Who's Ernie? 14:51.000 --> 14:52.000 Why, uh, he's... 14:52.000 --> 14:54.000 Maybe he got them for you. 14:54.000 --> 14:57.000 Yeah, I figured they were yours, mister. 14:57.000 --> 15:00.000 Looked like they'd just been dropped beside your car up there. 15:00.000 --> 15:02.000 Oh, thanks, thanks. 15:02.000 --> 15:05.000 Well, Emily, if we're going to the inn, we'd better get started. 15:11.000 --> 15:13.000 That was too close. 15:13.000 --> 15:15.000 She nearly caught me. 15:15.000 --> 15:18.000 But it's too soon, too soon for her to know. 15:18.000 --> 15:20.000 I've got to be careful. 15:20.000 --> 15:22.000 But I can't wait too long. 15:22.000 --> 15:24.000 I have to cut the celebration short. 15:24.000 --> 15:26.000 You wait here, Emily. 15:26.000 --> 15:28.000 It's been so long since we were here. 15:28.000 --> 15:30.000 I'd better see what it's like. 15:28.000 --> 15:30.000 All right. 15:30.000 --> 15:32.000 I'll be back in a minute. 15:32.000 --> 15:34.000 I was alone again. 15:34.000 --> 15:36.000 Relax, Emily. 15:36.000 --> 15:40.000 If Todd didn't come out in a minute, I'd go in after him. 15:40.000 --> 15:43.000 What I needed was a cigarette. 15:43.000 --> 15:45.000 I opened the glove compartment. 15:45.000 --> 15:50.000 Hankages, map, flashlight, gloves. 15:50.000 --> 15:52.000 No cigarettes. 15:52.000 --> 15:55.000 I pulled out an envelope. 15:55.000 --> 15:58.000 An envelope addressed to Todd at his office. 15:58.000 --> 16:00.000 Personal. 16:00.000 --> 16:02.000 I unfolded the letter. 16:02.000 --> 16:05.000 Dear Mr. Ward, 16:05.000 --> 16:09.000 Dr. Kernitz today confirmed that Mrs. Ward's condition 16:09.000 --> 16:12.000 is becoming progressively worse. 16:12.000 --> 16:17.000 And she needs more personal attention than we can give her. 16:17.000 --> 16:22.000 And since we are not equipped to care for hypomanic patients, 16:22.000 --> 16:25.000 we request that you make other arrangements for her 16:25.000 --> 16:27.000 at your earliest convenience. 16:27.000 --> 16:30.000 Sincerely, Bertha Halleck. 16:30.000 --> 16:32.000 Mrs. Halleck! 16:34.000 --> 16:36.000 I threw the letter back in the glove compartment 16:36.000 --> 16:38.000 and slammed the door. 16:40.000 --> 16:42.000 This place is terrible. 16:42.000 --> 16:44.000 Is it? 16:42.000 --> 16:44.000 It's all run down. 16:44.000 --> 16:48.000 We'll drive out into the country, find a quiet spot. 16:48.000 --> 16:50.000 Oh, no, Todd. Drive into town. 16:50.000 --> 16:52.000 We can have dinner at the hotel. 16:52.000 --> 16:54.000 There'll be music and we can dance. 16:54.000 --> 16:56.000 You know, excitement isn't good for you. 16:56.000 --> 16:58.000 Please, Todd. Please take me. 16:58.000 --> 17:00.000 Anything the matter here, mister? 17:00.000 --> 17:02.000 No, no, my wife isn't feeling well. 17:02.000 --> 17:04.000 Something wrong, lady? 17:02.000 --> 17:04.000 No, no, I'm all right. 17:04.000 --> 17:07.000 Let's drive into the hotel, Todd. 17:07.000 --> 17:14.000 Oh, okay. 17:21.000 --> 17:23.000 Isn't this wonderful, darling? 17:23.000 --> 17:25.000 Wonderful. 17:25.000 --> 17:27.000 Let's drink to us. 17:27.000 --> 17:31.000 To us? Oh, Todd, you do really mean it. 17:31.000 --> 17:33.000 More than anything in the world. 17:33.000 --> 17:35.000 Would you get the order now, sir? 17:35.000 --> 17:37.000 Yes. What would you like, Emily? 17:37.000 --> 17:41.000 Roast beef, southern fried chicken, lobster thermidor, duck with orange. 17:41.000 --> 17:43.000 I'll have the southern fried chicken. 17:43.000 --> 17:46.000 Good. I'm afraid the chicken is all gone, madam. 17:46.000 --> 17:48.000 That's the one thing I want. 17:48.000 --> 17:51.000 Southern fried chicken and everything that goes with it. 17:51.000 --> 17:53.000 I'm sorry, madam. 17:53.000 --> 17:55.000 Well, maybe there's just one order left. 17:55.000 --> 17:57.000 I'll see what I can do. You, sir? 17:57.000 --> 17:59.000 Lobster thermidor. 17:59.000 --> 18:01.000 Yes, sir. 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 A rumba. 18:03.000 --> 18:05.000 Shall we dance? 18:05.000 --> 18:07.000 Oh, yes, let's. 18:07.000 --> 18:09.000 Come on. 18:09.000 --> 18:12.000 The way your face lights up, darling. 18:12.000 --> 18:14.000 Being in your arms again. 18:18.000 --> 18:20.000 Just relax, dear. 18:22.000 --> 18:24.000 Oh, excuse us, please. I'm sorry. 18:24.000 --> 18:28.000 The music isn't right and why is everybody bumping into us? 18:28.000 --> 18:32.000 Shh. Let's go back to our table. 18:32.000 --> 18:34.000 All right. 18:37.000 --> 18:39.000 Oh, thank you, Evan. 18:39.000 --> 18:42.000 There was just one more order of chicken left, sir. 18:42.000 --> 18:44.000 I'll serve you in a moment. 18:44.000 --> 18:46.000 Oh, that's fine. Thank you. 18:46.000 --> 18:48.000 Where's my purse? 18:48.000 --> 18:50.000 Right here, behind the flower bowl. 18:50.000 --> 18:52.000 And bulging full. 18:52.000 --> 18:54.000 What have you gotten there? 18:54.000 --> 18:56.000 Your letters. Oh, no. 18:56.000 --> 18:58.000 Yes, I read them over and over. 18:58.000 --> 19:00.000 You wrote this one from Omaha. 19:00.000 --> 19:02.000 Oh, my happiness. I can't live without you. 19:02.000 --> 19:05.000 Oh, Emily. You're as necessary as the air I breathe. 19:05.000 --> 19:07.000 Emily, people are listening. 19:07.000 --> 19:09.000 Better give me those letters. 19:09.000 --> 19:11.000 No, but they're mine. You wrote them to me. 19:11.000 --> 19:13.000 Of course, Emily. Don't you mean what you said in them? 19:13.000 --> 19:16.000 Certainly I do. Please, quiet down, dear. 19:16.000 --> 19:18.000 Oh, that awful music. 19:18.000 --> 19:20.000 Those lights. 19:20.000 --> 19:23.000 Emily, here's the waiter with our food. 19:23.000 --> 19:25.000 May I serve you, madame? 19:25.000 --> 19:27.000 What's that? 19:27.000 --> 19:29.000 Fried chicken. 19:29.000 --> 19:32.000 Todd, you know I never eat anything fried. 19:32.000 --> 19:34.000 What the lady insisted, sir. 19:34.000 --> 19:36.000 Southern fried chicken and everything that goes with it. 19:36.000 --> 19:39.000 Well, take it away. I'll pay for it. 19:39.000 --> 19:41.000 Yes, sir. 19:41.000 --> 19:43.000 Maybe this once won't hurt. 19:43.000 --> 19:45.000 Very good. Here you are, madame. 19:45.000 --> 19:47.000 The lobster, sir. 19:47.000 --> 19:49.000 Thank you. 19:51.000 --> 19:54.000 Not very appetizing chicken, is it? 19:54.000 --> 19:56.000 Why not try it? 19:56.000 --> 19:59.000 Go ahead, darling. 19:59.000 --> 20:02.000 There's no taste to it. 20:02.000 --> 20:05.000 Why are all these people making so much noise? 20:05.000 --> 20:07.000 Todd, take me home. 20:07.000 --> 20:10.000 I'm not hungry. I want to go home. 20:10.000 --> 20:14.000 Emily, we sublet our house three months ago. 20:14.000 --> 20:16.000 Don't you remember when you... 20:16.000 --> 20:18.000 When I... 20:18.000 --> 20:20.000 Darling, we have no... 20:21.000 --> 20:25.000 Emily, dear, you must realize that we no longer have a place. 20:25.000 --> 20:29.000 Todd was talking, but I couldn't seem to hear what he was saying. 20:29.000 --> 20:32.000 Inside, I was all stirred up. 20:32.000 --> 20:35.000 The best thing we can do is get out of here. 20:35.000 --> 20:37.000 Come on, darling. 20:37.000 --> 20:40.000 We got up and left. Got into our car out on the parking lot. 20:40.000 --> 20:42.000 Where are those keys? 20:42.000 --> 20:44.000 Todd, are you taking me home? 20:44.000 --> 20:47.000 We're going out where we can be together, alone. 20:47.000 --> 20:50.000 To our lover's lane, remember? 20:50.000 --> 20:52.000 Where it's quiet and peaceful. 20:52.000 --> 20:54.000 No, Todd, I want to go home. 20:54.000 --> 20:57.000 This is our eighth wedding anniversary, Emily. 20:57.000 --> 20:59.000 We're celebrating. 20:59.000 --> 21:01.000 Where are those keys? 21:01.000 --> 21:03.000 Maybe they're in your top coat in the back seat. 21:03.000 --> 21:05.000 No, they're not there. 21:05.000 --> 21:07.000 What makes your coat so heavy? 21:09.000 --> 21:11.000 What are you doing with the revolver? 21:11.000 --> 21:13.000 Give it to me. 21:13.000 --> 21:15.000 I'll put it in my pocket so it... 21:15.000 --> 21:17.000 Oh, here are my keys. 21:17.000 --> 21:19.000 Todd, those bullets were for... 21:19.000 --> 21:21.000 Emily, please. 21:21.000 --> 21:24.000 Now I see what you... Now I know. 21:27.000 --> 21:29.000 Yes, now she knows. 21:29.000 --> 21:31.000 There's no time to lose. 21:31.000 --> 21:33.000 I've got to drive fast, get there and do it. 21:33.000 --> 21:35.000 Only she could understand. 21:35.000 --> 21:37.000 Understand that it will be better this way. 21:37.000 --> 21:39.000 Better for both of us. 21:39.000 --> 21:43.000 Emily, try not to get so excited. 21:43.000 --> 21:45.000 But those bullets, you said they were Ernie's. 21:45.000 --> 21:47.000 Who's Ernie? 21:47.000 --> 21:49.000 Half an hour ago, I told you I loved you. 21:49.000 --> 21:51.000 Yes, I know you did, but... 21:51.000 --> 21:53.000 Well, I do. 21:53.000 --> 21:55.000 I love you more than living. 21:55.000 --> 21:57.000 Why are you slowing down? 21:57.000 --> 21:59.000 Here's our lover's lane. 21:59.000 --> 22:02.000 You used to call it our paradise. 22:02.000 --> 22:04.000 Remember? 22:04.000 --> 22:06.000 It's so dark now. 22:06.000 --> 22:08.000 Here's our magic circle. 22:08.000 --> 22:10.000 Under our big tree. 22:10.000 --> 22:12.000 Todd, you're... 22:12.000 --> 22:14.000 Come, darling. 22:14.000 --> 22:16.000 Come into my arms. 22:16.000 --> 22:18.000 There. 22:18.000 --> 22:20.000 You do love me. 22:20.000 --> 22:22.000 You do want to be with me, don't you? 22:22.000 --> 22:24.000 Forever, Emily. 22:24.000 --> 22:27.000 The one way we can be together forever, dear, is... 22:27.000 --> 22:29.000 No, no. No, Todd. 22:29.000 --> 22:31.000 Put that gun down. I want to live with you. 22:31.000 --> 22:33.000 I have to tell you, darling. 22:33.000 --> 22:35.000 Listen carefully. 22:35.000 --> 22:37.000 You're not well, Emily. 22:37.000 --> 22:39.000 You're never going to be well again. 22:39.000 --> 22:41.000 Oh, yes, I will, Todd. Yes, I will. 22:41.000 --> 22:43.000 I'll be a real wife to you. 22:43.000 --> 22:45.000 I'll be everything you want me to be. 22:45.000 --> 22:47.000 I can't stand living without you. 22:47.000 --> 22:49.000 We'll... go together. 22:49.000 --> 22:51.000 Together? 22:51.000 --> 22:53.000 Yes. 22:53.000 --> 22:55.000 Now, rest against me, sweetheart. 22:55.000 --> 22:57.000 No. 22:57.000 --> 22:59.000 Close your eyes. 22:59.000 --> 23:01.000 There. 23:01.000 --> 23:03.000 Will it hurt much, Todd? 23:03.000 --> 23:05.000 Only an instant, dear. 23:05.000 --> 23:08.000 Oh, the gun is so cold on my temple. 23:08.000 --> 23:10.000 Quiet now. 23:10.000 --> 23:12.000 I'll be with you... 23:12.000 --> 23:14.000 in a moment. 23:14.000 --> 23:16.000 No, no! Don't do that! 23:16.000 --> 23:18.000 You killed me and leave me alone! 23:18.000 --> 23:20.000 No, Todd, don't! 23:20.000 --> 23:22.000 I won't kill you! I didn't! I won't go through with you! 23:22.000 --> 23:24.000 Stop it, Emily! Stop it, Emily! 23:24.000 --> 23:28.000 No! 23:42.000 --> 23:46.000 Slowly, I became aware of pain in my head. 23:46.000 --> 23:48.000 There was a smell... 23:48.000 --> 23:50.000 like a hospital. 23:50.000 --> 23:53.000 I fought to remember what had happened. 23:53.000 --> 23:55.000 I... 23:55.000 --> 23:57.000 I'd fallen downstairs. 23:57.000 --> 24:00.000 Oh, no, that had been a long time ago. 24:00.000 --> 24:02.000 There was a gun. 24:02.000 --> 24:04.000 Todd and I struggling. 24:04.000 --> 24:06.000 That was it. 24:06.000 --> 24:08.000 Then I heard Todd talking. 24:08.000 --> 24:10.000 Doctor, I... I want to tell you what happened. 24:10.000 --> 24:12.000 I think I know, Mr. Ward. 24:12.000 --> 24:15.000 Your wife suffered a head injury some time ago... 24:15.000 --> 24:18.000 which caused the bone to press on the frontal lobe of her brain... 24:18.000 --> 24:20.000 causing acute hypomania. Isn't that right? 24:20.000 --> 24:22.000 Yes, but you see... 24:22.000 --> 24:25.000 I've seen many people, Mr. Ward, whose loved ones faced a living death... 24:25.000 --> 24:27.000 so I can imagine your thoughts. 24:27.000 --> 24:29.000 Yes, but you must understand, I meant to end it. 24:29.000 --> 24:31.000 Hmm? 24:31.000 --> 24:33.000 For both of us. 24:33.000 --> 24:36.000 But when the time came, I couldn't. I... 24:36.000 --> 24:38.000 I just couldn't. 24:38.000 --> 24:40.000 What happened was an accident. 24:40.000 --> 24:43.000 A very fortunate accident, because the bullet which struck your wife's head tonight... 24:43.000 --> 24:45.000 did what medical science could not do. 24:45.000 --> 24:47.000 Huh? 24:47.000 --> 24:49.000 The operations necessary to remove the bullet serve two purposes. 24:49.000 --> 24:53.000 And your speed in getting her here saved both her life and her sanity. 24:53.000 --> 24:55.000 She'll... 24:55.000 --> 24:58.000 She'll be all right after a couple of weeks of rest. 24:58.000 --> 25:01.000 And your wife is no longer a hypomanic, Mr. Ward. 25:01.000 --> 25:04.000 If I were you, I'd give thanks to whatever fate guided that bullet... 25:04.000 --> 25:06.000 along the course it took. 25:06.000 --> 25:10.000 Right then, I knew that everything was wonderful. 25:10.000 --> 25:12.000 Even the pain in my head. 25:12.000 --> 25:16.000 And Todd was by my side, bending over me. 25:16.000 --> 25:18.000 Emily. 25:18.000 --> 25:20.000 Oh, Todd. 25:20.000 --> 25:23.000 Emily, darling, can... 25:23.000 --> 25:25.000 Can you ever forgive me? 25:25.000 --> 25:27.000 Forgive you, darling? 25:27.000 --> 25:29.000 After what the doctor said? 25:29.000 --> 25:31.000 Oh, Todd. 25:31.000 --> 25:33.000 I just couldn't live without you. 25:33.000 --> 25:36.000 I wanted us always to be together. 25:36.000 --> 25:39.000 And now we will be. 25:39.000 --> 25:42.000 Darling, isn't this our eighth wedding anniversary? 25:42.000 --> 25:44.000 Yeah. 25:44.000 --> 25:48.000 Well, then, let's celebrate. 26:02.000 --> 26:04.000 Thank you, Robert Young and Virginia Bruce... 26:04.000 --> 26:07.000 for such splendid performances tonight. 26:07.000 --> 26:10.000 Our stars will return in just a moment. 26:10.000 --> 26:12.000 What a show. 26:12.000 --> 26:14.000 What a wallop before that happy ending. 26:14.000 --> 26:17.000 Yeah, but I still want to know who walloped my fender. 26:17.000 --> 26:18.000 Your fender hat? 26:18.000 --> 26:19.000 Yeah. 26:19.000 --> 26:20.000 Oh, that. 26:20.000 --> 26:22.000 One of the boys brushed your car... 26:22.000 --> 26:24.000 when he was turning around after the lodge meeting last night. 26:24.000 --> 26:26.000 Well, I'll be... 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