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01:58.440 --> 02:02.080 Dr. Rankin? 02:02.080 --> 02:03.720 Hello? 02:03.720 --> 02:06.000 Dr. Rankin? 02:06.000 --> 02:11.720 Looks like there's no one home. 02:11.720 --> 02:13.360 Must be someone here. 02:13.360 --> 02:15.440 Nobody goes out and leaves the house open. 02:15.440 --> 02:17.640 Oh, Dr. Wood, he trusts people. 02:17.640 --> 02:19.640 We'd better give it up, George. 02:19.640 --> 02:21.920 You'd think Irene would be about it. 02:21.920 --> 02:25.080 Ah, she ought to be, by the looks of things. 02:25.080 --> 02:26.280 But she's a bad'un. 02:26.280 --> 02:29.720 I saw her again only last night with that commercial traveler. 02:29.720 --> 02:30.720 George. 02:30.720 --> 02:31.720 Dr. Mike would be downstairs. 02:31.720 --> 02:32.720 The cellar door is open. 02:32.720 --> 02:33.720 He'd think it rude. 02:33.720 --> 02:34.720 Dr.? 02:34.720 --> 02:35.720 Oh, there you are. 02:35.720 --> 02:36.720 Didn't you hear us? 02:36.720 --> 02:37.720 I thought I had someone. 02:37.720 --> 02:38.720 I wasn't sure. 02:38.720 --> 02:43.720 Well, we were going out after some partridge and I thought you'd like to come with us. 02:43.720 --> 02:48.720 We wouldn't have come in the house, only George thought that seeing as the door was open and 02:48.720 --> 02:49.720 all that someone was home. 02:49.720 --> 02:50.720 Aye. 02:50.720 --> 02:55.720 So we walked in and then I saw the cellar door open and down we came. 02:55.720 --> 02:57.720 Where's Irene? 02:57.720 --> 02:58.720 Irene? 02:58.720 --> 03:00.720 Oh, she's gone visiting. 03:00.720 --> 03:03.720 Oh, well then let's go shooting. 03:03.720 --> 03:06.720 Oh, wet concrete. 03:06.720 --> 03:08.720 Going in for a bit of masonry, Doc. 03:08.720 --> 03:10.720 There's been some water spilling out. 03:10.720 --> 03:13.720 It's an underground spring perhaps. 03:13.720 --> 03:14.720 Underground spring? 03:14.720 --> 03:18.720 Why, Doc, I sold you this house but I never heard of a spring beneath it. 03:18.720 --> 03:21.720 Doc, it looks as though Greg built you. 03:21.720 --> 03:22.720 It did. 03:22.720 --> 03:23.720 Not Doc, I didn't. 03:23.720 --> 03:26.720 You know when he came up from London a year ago I could tell right away that he was a 03:26.720 --> 03:27.720 fine fellow. 03:27.720 --> 03:31.720 When he and Irene wanted to get married I sold him the best house in the village. 03:31.720 --> 03:33.720 Maybe it was only the rains, Greg. 03:33.720 --> 03:35.720 Well, I don't know. 03:35.720 --> 03:37.720 You certainly went deep enough, Doc. 03:37.720 --> 03:40.720 You see, you've got a bit of clay on your shovel. 03:40.720 --> 03:42.720 That's four feet down the clay. 03:42.720 --> 03:43.720 Eighteen inches, George. 03:43.720 --> 03:45.720 Not according to the maps. 03:45.720 --> 03:48.720 Four feet it says on the Sudbury maps. 03:48.720 --> 03:50.720 Well, there's no need to argue the toss. 03:50.720 --> 03:53.720 Let's get on with our fouling before the partridge gets tired of waiting, eh, Doc? 03:53.720 --> 03:54.720 Not today, boys. 03:54.720 --> 03:56.720 I've got things to do. 03:56.720 --> 04:00.720 Oh, well, we might as well get along. 04:00.720 --> 04:03.720 How's Irene? 04:03.720 --> 04:05.720 Oh, she's never been better. 04:05.720 --> 04:08.720 She took the afternoon train to North Welsham. 04:08.720 --> 04:09.720 To North Welsham? 04:09.720 --> 04:12.720 Well, there's no afternoon train to North Welsham. 04:12.720 --> 04:15.720 No more than the clay is only eighteen feet. 04:15.720 --> 04:18.720 Did I, did I, did I say North Welsham? 04:18.720 --> 04:19.720 I meant Norwich. 04:19.720 --> 04:21.720 Oh, are you friends in Norwich, Doc? 04:21.720 --> 04:25.720 Mrs. Slater, she lived next door when Irene was just a child over on Victoria Cross. 04:25.720 --> 04:28.720 Slater, next door to Irene? 04:28.720 --> 04:29.720 No. 04:29.720 --> 04:31.720 Oh, that was a long time ago, Greg. 04:31.720 --> 04:32.720 Oh, I see. 04:32.720 --> 04:35.720 Oh, I've been in Sudbury all my life and I've known Irene all my life. 04:35.720 --> 04:38.720 Never any Slaters on Victoria Cross, right, George? 04:38.720 --> 04:41.720 Aye, I lived on Victoria Cross myself. 04:41.720 --> 04:44.720 Clay's four feet down there, same as Eva. 04:44.720 --> 04:46.720 Now, let's drop the whole thing. 04:46.720 --> 04:49.720 Maybe the woman married again and that's why you don't recognize the name. 04:49.720 --> 04:51.720 Oh, well, maybe. 04:51.720 --> 04:54.720 Well, you'd better change your mind about the hunting, Doc. 04:54.720 --> 04:56.720 Your wife's away on a visit. 04:56.720 --> 04:59.720 You just finished filling a hole in the cellar and... 04:59.720 --> 05:02.720 and... oh, good heavens, Doc. 05:02.720 --> 05:04.720 You... you didn't. 05:04.720 --> 05:07.720 Four feet down to the clay, that's what it is. 05:07.720 --> 05:09.720 What are you two fools talking about? 05:09.720 --> 05:11.720 Oh, it's not that you didn't have provocation, Doc. 05:11.720 --> 05:12.720 We know that. 05:12.720 --> 05:14.720 Provocation? 05:14.720 --> 05:17.720 Are you suggesting that I... that I... 05:17.720 --> 05:20.720 You stupid fools, you go get the constable and let him start digging. 05:20.720 --> 05:22.720 Oh, now, hold on, Doc. 05:22.720 --> 05:26.720 It's not as if we mind that it could ever be called justified. 05:26.720 --> 05:29.720 This is it. Aye. 05:29.720 --> 05:30.720 We could have told you. 05:30.720 --> 05:33.720 I warned you about the bad houses to buy, not half I did. 05:33.720 --> 05:36.720 But when it comes to marriage, well, we all knew Irene. 05:36.720 --> 05:39.720 The Sudbury baggage. That's what we used to call her. 05:39.720 --> 05:42.720 When a fine chap like you comes along and fixes to marry her, 05:42.720 --> 05:45.720 well, you want to say something, but... but what? 05:45.720 --> 05:46.720 But what, I ask you. 05:46.720 --> 05:48.720 It's not like buying a house, it ain't. 05:48.720 --> 05:51.720 I suppose I am rather old for Irene. 05:51.720 --> 05:54.720 Well, you could be a young'un and it'll be just the same thing, Doc. 05:54.720 --> 05:56.720 Not everyone wants the same thing. 05:56.720 --> 05:59.720 I'm a sort of a dry chap and I don't open up easily. 05:59.720 --> 06:02.720 And Irene, well, you could call her kind of gay. 06:02.720 --> 06:04.720 Aye, that's one word. 06:04.720 --> 06:08.720 She's no housekeeper, I know that, and that's not the only thing a man wants. 06:08.720 --> 06:09.720 She enjoys herself. 06:09.720 --> 06:10.720 That she did. 06:10.720 --> 06:13.720 And that's what I love about her. She's not very deep mentally. 06:13.720 --> 06:16.720 Well, all right, you can say she's stupid, I don't care. 06:16.720 --> 06:18.720 She's lazy, no system. 06:18.720 --> 06:20.720 Well, I've got plenty of system, enough for both of us. 06:20.720 --> 06:23.720 She's enjoyed herself and it's beautiful and innocent like a woman. 06:23.720 --> 06:25.720 She's beautiful and innocent like a child. 06:25.720 --> 06:26.720 If that was all... 06:26.720 --> 06:28.720 But you two seem to know that there was more. 06:28.720 --> 06:30.720 Why, everyone knows it. 06:30.720 --> 06:33.720 George, you just tell him what you saw at the pub. 06:33.720 --> 06:35.720 Aye, you know me, Doc. 06:35.720 --> 06:37.720 I'm no pub crawler. 06:37.720 --> 06:39.720 I'm a single potter. 06:39.720 --> 06:43.720 But every night the past week, when I've gone in for my potter veil, 06:43.720 --> 06:47.720 she's been there and with that Ari Manning, the commercial traveler, 06:47.720 --> 06:50.720 who's been at the Lion, everybody's seen her. 06:50.720 --> 06:52.720 The village will be on your side, Doc. 06:52.720 --> 06:53.720 Why? 06:53.720 --> 06:56.720 Not that it'll mean much if it comes to a trial. 06:56.720 --> 06:58.720 What shall I do? 06:58.720 --> 07:00.720 Well, we all make mistakes, Doc. 07:00.720 --> 07:04.720 You know, in a way, we got you into it by not saying anything before you married her. 07:04.720 --> 07:08.720 And the way I see it, well, it's sort of up to us to help get you out of it. 07:08.720 --> 07:10.720 That right, George? 07:10.720 --> 07:14.720 Aye, still, there's such a thing as being an accomplice. 07:14.720 --> 07:16.720 No, not the way we'll do it. 07:16.720 --> 07:19.720 When we came in here, the street was empty, wasn't it? 07:19.720 --> 07:20.720 Aye. 07:20.720 --> 07:22.720 We came down in the cellar. 07:22.720 --> 07:23.720 You get that, Doc? 07:23.720 --> 07:27.720 We shouted upstairs, but when you didn't answer, we went on after Partridge. 07:27.720 --> 07:30.720 We never came down in this cellar. 07:30.720 --> 07:32.720 I wish you hadn't. 07:32.720 --> 07:36.720 Now, all you have to do, Doc, is say that Irene went for a walk and never come back. 07:36.720 --> 07:39.720 And George and I will say it, we saw her driving away with this commercial traveler. 07:39.720 --> 07:41.720 What's his name, George? 07:41.720 --> 07:42.720 Ari Manning. 07:42.720 --> 07:46.720 He was paying his score at the Lion this morning, so I guess he's moving on. 07:46.720 --> 07:48.720 The whole village knows about him and Irene. 07:48.720 --> 07:49.720 What? 07:49.720 --> 07:51.720 I believe that she might leave with him. 07:51.720 --> 07:53.720 Well, we'd better nip off now. 07:53.720 --> 07:55.720 We'll go out the back way. 07:55.720 --> 07:58.720 I'd cover up that fresh cement if I were you, Doc. 07:58.720 --> 08:04.720 Aye, and don't be telling folks the clay is only 18 inches down. 08:04.720 --> 08:07.720 The whole village knows about this? 08:07.720 --> 08:09.720 Oh, no, no. 08:09.720 --> 08:11.720 Why did they have to come down here? 08:11.720 --> 08:15.720 Why can't they keep their mouths shut? 08:15.720 --> 08:18.720 Why tell the patient he has a cancer? 08:18.720 --> 08:19.720 Why? 08:19.720 --> 08:20.720 You! 08:20.720 --> 08:21.720 I'm back! 08:21.720 --> 08:23.720 I'm down here, Irene. 08:23.720 --> 08:24.720 I'm down here. 08:24.720 --> 08:25.720 I'm down here. 08:25.720 --> 08:26.720 I'm down here. 08:26.720 --> 08:27.720 I'm down here. 08:27.720 --> 08:28.720 I'm down here. 08:28.720 --> 08:29.720 I'm down here. 08:29.720 --> 08:30.720 I'm down here. 08:30.720 --> 08:31.720 I'm down here. 08:31.720 --> 08:32.720 I'm down here. 08:32.720 --> 08:33.720 I'm down here. 08:33.720 --> 08:34.720 I'm down here, Irene. 08:34.720 --> 08:35.720 Oh, can you beat it? 08:35.720 --> 08:38.720 I missed the train. 08:38.720 --> 08:39.720 Oh? 08:39.720 --> 08:41.720 Which way did you come back? 08:41.720 --> 08:43.720 I walked across the field, how do you think? 08:43.720 --> 08:45.720 It's twice as fast as the village. 08:45.720 --> 08:49.720 If you'll drive me to Cornshast, maybe I can catch the train there. 08:49.720 --> 08:50.720 Maybe. 08:50.720 --> 08:52.720 Did you meet anyone coming back? 08:52.720 --> 08:54.720 Oh, no, sir. 08:54.720 --> 08:57.720 Aren't you finished with that dirty job yet? 08:57.720 --> 08:58.720 No. 08:58.720 --> 09:03.720 No, I'm afraid that I shall have to take up this floor again. 09:03.720 --> 09:07.720 Come on down here, dear, I'll show you. 09:22.720 --> 09:26.720 For suspense, Autolite is bringing you Charles Lawton 09:26.720 --> 09:31.720 in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspend. 09:38.720 --> 09:40.720 You know, Hap, during that bitter cold spell... 09:40.720 --> 09:42.720 I don't know, cold spell? 09:42.720 --> 09:44.720 Why, this is Southern California. 09:44.720 --> 09:48.720 I was in Montana, where zero is another name for prickly heat. 09:48.720 --> 09:52.720 Well, I was telling a fellow about how to get summertime operation out of his car. 09:52.720 --> 09:57.720 By Cornelius, I said, get one of those Autolite stay-full batteries with the extra liquid reserve. 09:57.720 --> 10:00.720 Friend, there's enough extra water in an Autolite stay-full battery 10:00.720 --> 10:04.720 to irrigate Death Valley or make a rainstorm in the Sahara. 10:04.720 --> 10:05.720 Oh, not that much, huh? 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I'm a commercial traveler. 12:17.720 --> 12:19.720 Most of the boys around the villages know me. 12:20.720 --> 12:22.720 And a few of the women, I suppose. 12:22.720 --> 12:26.720 Well, I wouldn't say no, Doc, as you know how it is. 12:26.720 --> 12:27.720 I suppose I do. 12:27.720 --> 12:29.720 Now, what did you say was wrong, Mr. Manning? 12:29.720 --> 12:31.720 Well, I don't rightly know, Doc. 12:31.720 --> 12:32.720 Just feeling a bit under the weather, 12:32.720 --> 12:34.720 it hit me just as I was driving into Sudbury. 12:34.720 --> 12:36.720 So I looked for the nearest doctor in your eye. 12:36.720 --> 12:37.720 So I see. 12:37.720 --> 12:39.720 Well, I think I'd better examine you, Mr. Manning. 12:39.720 --> 12:41.720 Would you remove your shirt, please? 12:41.720 --> 12:42.720 Yeah. 12:42.720 --> 12:45.720 Have you been in Sudbury before, Mr. Manning? 12:45.720 --> 12:47.720 Once a year, Doc, as regular as the calendar. 12:47.720 --> 12:49.720 It's a fine little place. 12:49.720 --> 12:51.720 Did you say that you'd just arrived? 12:51.720 --> 12:53.720 You haven't checked in at the inn yet? 12:53.720 --> 12:54.720 You're my first stop, Doc. 12:54.720 --> 12:56.720 Like I said, I was feeling a bit under the weather 12:56.720 --> 12:57.720 and I wanted to check up on it. 12:57.720 --> 13:01.720 You see, I wanted to look up an old friend here. 13:01.720 --> 13:04.720 I felt I'd better be feeling just right. 13:04.720 --> 13:08.720 Sorry, maybe you know a Doc, a downy bit by the name of Irene Harkin. 13:08.720 --> 13:10.720 Irene? 13:10.720 --> 13:13.720 I don't believe I know her. 13:13.720 --> 13:14.720 What was her last name? 13:14.720 --> 13:17.720 Would you breathe a little deeper, please? 13:17.720 --> 13:20.720 You know, she never did tell me her last name. 13:20.720 --> 13:22.720 I got the idea she was amoured for proper. 13:22.720 --> 13:23.720 Hammered? 13:23.720 --> 13:24.720 Yeah, married. 13:24.720 --> 13:26.720 Didn't want her old man to know she was out seeing life. 13:26.720 --> 13:28.720 Oh, she was a real live chicken and neat once she was. 13:28.720 --> 13:30.720 I'm afraid that I never knew. 13:30.720 --> 13:32.720 Uh, your Irene? 13:32.720 --> 13:35.720 Well, I can probably find her by asking down at the pub. 13:35.720 --> 13:36.720 They'll know her. 13:36.720 --> 13:39.720 No doubt. I imagine you're anxious to find her. 13:39.720 --> 13:40.720 You said it, Doc. 13:40.720 --> 13:42.720 As soon as you put me to rights, I'll sign in at the lion 13:42.720 --> 13:44.720 and I'll pop her out the pub. 13:44.720 --> 13:46.720 Of course. 13:46.720 --> 13:50.720 How long has it been since you've seen a doctor? 13:50.720 --> 13:52.720 Oh, four or five years. 13:52.720 --> 13:55.720 Why, what you trying to tell me, Doc? 13:55.720 --> 13:58.720 I'm afraid, Mr. Manning, that your heart is not in the best of condition. 13:58.720 --> 14:02.720 Are you trying to tell me that I'm going to pop off? 14:02.720 --> 14:05.720 You might live many years, Mr. Manning, but if I were you, 14:05.720 --> 14:07.720 I would avoid any sort of excitement. 14:07.720 --> 14:10.720 In the meantime, I'll give you something that'll give you temporary relief. 14:10.720 --> 14:12.720 You wouldn't be kidding me, would you, Doc? 14:12.720 --> 14:13.720 Kidding, Mr. Manning? 14:13.720 --> 14:15.720 You know, pulling me leg. 14:15.720 --> 14:16.720 Not at all. 14:16.720 --> 14:18.720 You may put your shirt on, Mr. Manning. 14:18.720 --> 14:20.720 How long have I got, Doc? 14:20.720 --> 14:21.720 Give it to me straight. 14:21.720 --> 14:23.720 Well, that might be difficult to say, Mr. Manning. 14:23.720 --> 14:26.720 So many things must be considered in a case like yours. 14:26.720 --> 14:31.720 I would say that how long you live depends on the way that you follow my advice. 14:31.720 --> 14:32.720 I'll do anything you say, Doc. 14:32.720 --> 14:33.720 Fine. 14:33.720 --> 14:36.720 First of all, I want you to take this capsule. 14:36.720 --> 14:37.720 Here's some water. 14:37.720 --> 14:38.720 All right. 14:42.720 --> 14:44.720 How often do I take him, Doc? 14:44.720 --> 14:47.720 I think that one will fix you up for the time. 14:47.720 --> 14:50.720 If it doesn't just come back, I'll give you another one. 14:50.720 --> 14:52.720 You mean that just one will do the trick? 14:52.720 --> 14:54.720 Say, that's great, Doc. How much do I owe you? 14:54.720 --> 14:55.720 Two shillings. 14:55.720 --> 14:57.720 Two shillings? Certainly reasonable enough. 14:57.720 --> 14:59.720 I thought it would be at least a quid. 14:59.720 --> 15:00.720 Here you are. 15:00.720 --> 15:01.720 Thank you. 15:01.720 --> 15:05.720 With that medicine to fix you up, Mr. Manning, you should have no trouble at all... 15:05.720 --> 15:08.720 finding your Irene. 15:17.720 --> 15:19.720 Are you busy, Doc? 15:19.720 --> 15:21.720 Hello, George. Come on in. 15:22.720 --> 15:25.720 Who was the bloke leaving your office before, Doc? 15:25.720 --> 15:26.720 He looked familiar. 15:26.720 --> 15:28.720 He was a commercial traveler. 15:28.720 --> 15:30.720 He said his name was Harry Manning. 15:30.720 --> 15:32.720 I could have... 15:32.720 --> 15:34.720 Harry Manning is the one. 15:34.720 --> 15:38.720 I believe that he is the gentleman that you and Greg have mentioned several times. 15:38.720 --> 15:40.720 What did he want? 15:40.720 --> 15:42.720 A doctor, strangely enough. He wasn't feeling very well. 15:42.720 --> 15:45.720 Did he know who you were? 15:45.720 --> 15:46.720 That I was a doctor, yes. 15:46.720 --> 15:47.720 No more? 15:47.720 --> 15:48.720 No. 15:48.720 --> 15:51.720 He'll be going straight to the pub, won't he? 15:51.720 --> 15:53.720 I imagine he will. 15:53.720 --> 15:57.720 Although I told him to avoid excitement, he has a bit of a bad heart. 15:57.720 --> 15:58.720 Aye. 15:58.720 --> 16:00.720 Now, what's wrong with you, George? 16:00.720 --> 16:02.720 Or is this a social call? 16:02.720 --> 16:04.720 A bit of both, Doc. 16:04.720 --> 16:08.720 We've been friends for a long time. 16:08.720 --> 16:12.720 Ever since I arrived in Sudbury, I suppose in a way you and Greg are the only friends I've had. 16:12.720 --> 16:14.720 That's what I've had in mind, I did. 16:14.720 --> 16:19.720 You see, Doc, I'm in a spot of trouble and I thought you might want to give me a hand. 16:19.720 --> 16:21.720 Gladly, if I can. What's the trouble, George? 16:21.720 --> 16:24.720 Well, money troubles, Doc. 16:24.720 --> 16:26.720 I have a lot of bills that must be paid. 16:26.720 --> 16:29.720 If you're talking about my bill, George, you should know that I won't press you. 16:29.720 --> 16:31.720 Oh, I wasn't worrying about that. 16:31.720 --> 16:35.720 The truth is, Doctor, I need about 100 quid. 16:35.720 --> 16:37.720 Yikes. 100 pounds. 16:37.720 --> 16:41.720 And I was thinking maybe you might loan it to me. 16:41.720 --> 16:47.720 I would if I had it, George, but you know that I'm not one of those Harley Street-tossed-my-patients-pay-two-or-three-shillings. 16:47.720 --> 16:49.720 When they can pay. 16:49.720 --> 16:51.720 You could raise it, maybe. 16:51.720 --> 16:54.720 Perhaps, but I think that you could find a loan easier than I could, George. 16:54.720 --> 16:56.720 You've lived around here all your life. 16:56.720 --> 17:00.720 Aye, and I know what I know. 17:00.720 --> 17:05.720 It's four feet down to the clay. That's what it is. 17:05.720 --> 17:09.720 I see. You, um... 17:09.720 --> 17:11.720 PHONE RINGING 17:14.720 --> 17:15.720 Doctor Rankin? 17:15.720 --> 17:20.720 Gregory here, Doc. Thought maybe you'd like to go out after some partridge this afternoon. 17:20.720 --> 17:24.720 No, Greg, I don't think that... 17:24.720 --> 17:26.720 Oh, why, yes. 17:26.720 --> 17:28.720 Yes, I might. I might at that. 17:28.720 --> 17:30.720 It'll do me good to get away from the office. 17:30.720 --> 17:34.720 And George is here now. Perhaps he'll go with us. Would you hold on? 17:34.720 --> 17:38.720 It's Greg, George. He wants to go hunting. What do you say? 17:38.720 --> 17:40.720 What about my 100 quid? 17:40.720 --> 17:42.720 Oh, I think I can help you, George. What about the hunting? 17:42.720 --> 17:44.720 I don't care if I do. 17:44.720 --> 17:45.720 Fine. 17:45.720 --> 17:50.720 Uh, uh, George will go with us, too. It'll be like old times, huh? 17:50.720 --> 17:52.720 Good. All right. Meet at my place. 17:52.720 --> 17:56.720 I know. There's nothing like old friends getting together, is there, George? 17:56.720 --> 17:57.720 Aye. 17:57.720 --> 17:59.720 Especially when they can help each other. 17:59.720 --> 18:01.720 I'll get the money for you. 18:01.720 --> 18:05.720 Somewhere, rather, considering the cause, 18:05.720 --> 18:29.720 I guess we might say that almost any method is justified. 18:29.720 --> 18:32.720 Heel boy. Well, there's a bit of a chill today. 18:32.720 --> 18:36.720 Could mean a good bag. You and George must have gotten chilled waiting for me. 18:36.720 --> 18:38.720 I'm sorry I was a bit late. Oh, well, it couldn't be helped. 18:38.720 --> 18:39.720 Yeah, what was the call? 18:39.720 --> 18:43.720 A commercial traveler. He had a heart attack on the street. 18:43.720 --> 18:47.720 That wouldn't be the same one that was coming out of your office today, would it, Doc? 18:47.720 --> 18:49.720 Yes, it was the same man. 18:49.720 --> 18:57.720 Well, fancy that. It'd be funny, Doc, if it turned out you gave him the wrong medicine by mistake. 18:57.720 --> 18:59.720 I never prescribe mistakes, George. 18:59.720 --> 19:05.720 You, um, might as well let the dog go, Greg. We're coming to a good spot. 19:05.720 --> 19:09.720 I'll bear off to the left. You two can keep to the right. 19:09.720 --> 19:11.720 All right, boy. Flesh him. 19:11.720 --> 19:14.720 I'll lay you a critter bag more than a you. 19:14.720 --> 19:16.720 Done, George. 19:16.720 --> 19:21.720 Hey, Doctor, George seems a little nervy today, like he had the wind up about something. 19:21.720 --> 19:22.720 He got an idea what's wrong? 19:22.720 --> 19:25.720 No, he seemed all right when he was at my office earlier. 19:25.720 --> 19:27.720 Hey, look, the dog struck a point. 19:27.720 --> 19:28.720 Ah, that he has. 19:28.720 --> 19:36.720 I'll swing to the right, Greg. That way we'll have them between George and myself, and you'll have them in front. 19:37.720 --> 19:39.720 All right, Greg. 19:39.720 --> 19:41.720 Flesh him, boy. 19:41.720 --> 19:43.720 Hey, Doc, George! 19:43.720 --> 19:44.720 Ow! 19:44.720 --> 19:46.720 I got two of them. 19:46.720 --> 19:50.720 Doc, that first shot, I think it hit George. 19:50.720 --> 19:52.720 What? 19:52.720 --> 19:54.720 Good heavens. 19:54.720 --> 19:56.720 George. 19:56.720 --> 20:02.720 Oh, only a hundred quid. That's no cause to... 20:05.720 --> 20:11.720 I... I tried to stop you, Doc. I could see your gun wasn't swinging high enough. 20:11.720 --> 20:17.720 I thought I was aiming high, but I wanted to hit the birds before they scattered. God help me. 20:17.720 --> 20:20.720 Oh, Lord, look at the blood on him. 20:20.720 --> 20:24.720 Can't you do something for him, Doc? 20:24.720 --> 20:28.720 I'm afraid I can't help him now, Jook, Greg. He's dead. 20:28.720 --> 20:33.720 Sit down, Greg. I'll fix some drinks. 20:33.720 --> 20:39.720 He was no more than 30 feet away, just standing there waiting for the birds to flush. 20:39.720 --> 20:41.720 I'll go get him. 20:41.720 --> 20:43.720 I'll go get him. 20:43.720 --> 20:45.720 I'll go get him. 20:45.720 --> 20:47.720 I'll go get him. 20:47.720 --> 20:49.720 I'll go get him. 20:49.720 --> 20:51.720 I'll go get him. 20:51.720 --> 20:53.720 I'll go get him. 20:53.720 --> 20:55.720 I'll go get him. 20:55.720 --> 20:59.720 I'll go get him. Just standing there waiting for the birds to flush. 20:59.720 --> 21:01.720 I should have seen him. 21:01.720 --> 21:03.720 Was that what you meant, George? 21:03.720 --> 21:06.720 No, no, I didn't say that, Doc. No, I was just thinking. 21:06.720 --> 21:08.720 Yes, I know how it is. Here's your drink. 21:08.720 --> 21:14.720 Thanks. No, I just couldn't drink. Not yet. 21:14.720 --> 21:16.720 Doc, I want to ask you something. 21:16.720 --> 21:18.720 Of course. What is it, Greg? 21:18.720 --> 21:25.720 That commercial traveler who had the heart attack, the one that George mentioned, was his name Harry Manning? 21:25.720 --> 21:28.720 I believe it was, now that you mention it. It was something like that. 21:28.720 --> 21:34.720 I see. Doc, why don't you leave Sudbury? Go to some other village. 21:34.720 --> 21:38.720 England's full of quiet little villages where a doctor can build up a good practice. 21:38.720 --> 21:43.720 But I already live in such a village, Greg. I like Sudbury and I have certain plans. 21:43.720 --> 21:47.720 But, Doc, it may be dangerous for you if you stay. 21:47.720 --> 21:49.720 Are you threatening me, Greg? 21:49.720 --> 21:51.720 No, no, of course not. Only I... 21:51.720 --> 21:57.720 A man, especially at my age, can't simply pick himself up and start all over again. 21:57.720 --> 22:01.720 I've spent a great deal here, not only of money, but of myself. 22:01.720 --> 22:04.720 I like this place and its people, most of them. 22:04.720 --> 22:06.720 I know, Doc. I understand. But even so... 22:06.720 --> 22:12.720 As for the danger, I believe that I can take care of that. 22:12.720 --> 22:15.720 Do you remember my cellar, Greg? 22:15.720 --> 22:19.720 Your cellar? What about it? 22:19.720 --> 22:22.720 It's hardly a cellar now. I've turned it into a research laboratory. 22:22.720 --> 22:25.720 It's full of the best equipment. Come on, I'll show you. 22:25.720 --> 22:27.720 No, not now, Doc. Some other time. 22:27.720 --> 22:30.720 Greg, you're my friend, my only friend now that George is going to want you to see it. 22:30.720 --> 22:31.720 No, Doc, I... 22:31.720 --> 22:33.720 Now, come on, Greg. 22:33.720 --> 22:43.720 Go ahead, go ahead, Greg. 22:43.720 --> 22:49.720 What are you talking about? 22:49.720 --> 22:54.720 You haven't done anything to the cellar. It's just the same as it was that day. 22:54.720 --> 22:56.720 Here, I'm going to... 22:56.720 --> 22:58.720 You're going to what, Greg? 22:58.720 --> 23:03.720 What did you do? What did you stick with me with? 23:03.720 --> 23:07.720 A hypodermic needle, Greg. It's an honorable symbol of my profession. 23:07.720 --> 23:10.720 And don't try to leave, Greg. You'll never make the stairway. 23:10.720 --> 23:12.720 Now, you see... 23:12.720 --> 23:15.720 Have you killed me? 23:15.720 --> 23:20.720 Not yet, Greg. Do you feel that I have to kill you, that you know too much and you suspect even more? 23:20.720 --> 23:24.720 You've got too many secrets to keep to yourself. Is that it, Greg? 23:24.720 --> 23:29.720 You did kill that commercial traveler and then you got to worrying about what George and I knew. 23:29.720 --> 23:34.720 And that's how you killed George and now you're going to kill me. 23:34.720 --> 23:36.720 I should have turned you in a year ago. 23:36.720 --> 23:41.720 Yes, yes, you should have, Greg. You see, there was water seeping through the floor. 23:41.720 --> 23:50.720 I did find clay only 18 inches down. When you came in that day, I didn't know anything about Irene except that I loved her and was happy. 23:50.720 --> 23:52.720 What do you mean? You mean that Irene wasn't... 23:52.720 --> 23:59.720 No, no, no, no, no. Irene was not dead then. You see, Greg, if anyone is guilty of murder, it is you and George. 23:59.720 --> 24:07.720 You killed my happiness. It was you who killed Irene through my hand and it was you who brought up the commercial traveler. 24:07.720 --> 24:12.720 Although it was my medicine, it was you who killed him as surely as if you'd struck him down in the street. 24:12.720 --> 24:13.720 It was George. 24:13.720 --> 24:16.720 Now, George wanted to transfer his secret to his wallet. 24:16.720 --> 24:20.720 And you, Greg, when the secret became three secrets, you found it too heavy for you. 24:20.720 --> 24:25.720 Oh, you're mad, Doctor. You'll never get away with it, with all of us. 24:25.720 --> 24:34.720 I came to Sudbury wanting to serve it, to share the sickness and the poverty as well as the simple day-to-day existence of all of you. 24:34.720 --> 24:36.720 I asked no more than that. I wanted... 24:36.720 --> 24:37.720 Help. 24:37.720 --> 24:38.720 Are you quite quiet, you fellow? 24:38.720 --> 24:40.720 Help. 24:40.720 --> 24:43.720 I won't have you spoil things now. 24:44.720 --> 24:46.720 Dr. Rankin? 24:47.720 --> 24:49.720 Dr. Rankin? 24:49.720 --> 24:53.720 Well, he's here. There's no doubt about it. The door was open. 24:53.720 --> 24:55.720 Unless he went out on a hurry call. 24:55.720 --> 24:58.720 Dr. Rankin, it's Constable Saunders. 24:58.720 --> 25:02.720 I guess he is out. There's no great hurry on this anyway, trust me. 25:02.720 --> 25:04.720 Why don't I come back in the morning? 25:04.720 --> 25:06.720 All right, then. Come along. 25:14.720 --> 25:17.720 Phew. Well, that's all right, indeed. 25:17.720 --> 25:25.720 By tomorrow morning when they return, there won't be a trace of you left, and I'll be free and safe, and no one will ever be the wise man. 25:25.720 --> 25:26.720 What on earth's that? 25:26.720 --> 25:31.720 I tell you, Jones, I saw the cellar light on just as we turned the corner. 25:31.720 --> 25:35.720 There. You see? The light under the door there. 25:35.720 --> 25:38.720 Oh, what you ask, sir. Must be down in the cellar. Didn't hear it. 25:38.720 --> 25:39.720 Phew. 25:41.720 --> 25:43.720 Dr. Rankin? 25:43.720 --> 25:46.720 Oh, glad I raised you, doctor. 25:46.720 --> 25:55.720 You forgot to sign the death certificate on that commercial traveler today. 25:58.720 --> 26:02.720 I say, what are you doing down there, doctor? 26:02.720 --> 26:13.720 I'm... Well, you might as well come down the rest of the way, Constable, and I'll show you. 26:13.720 --> 26:35.720 Thank you, Charles Lawton, for a splendid performance. 26:35.720 --> 26:41.720 Say, uh, Harrow, before Charles Lawton returns, won't you tell everyone the advice you have for them? 26:41.720 --> 26:48.720 All right, Hap. Friends, get a dandy, dynamic, dependable Autolite stay-full battery with an extra water reserve. 26:48.720 --> 26:53.720 It's power-packed for pep and performance in sun, snow, sleet, or suspense. 26:53.720 --> 26:56.720 Well, you forgot another S, Harlow. 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