WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:16.840 Now, Auto Light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations present Suspense. 00:16.840 --> 00:29.120 Tonight, Auto Light brings you Frederick March in The Night Reveals, a suspense play produced 00:29.120 --> 00:33.560 and directed by Anton M. 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02:31.440 --> 02:32.440 No. 02:32.440 --> 02:34.200 She wasn't there. 02:34.200 --> 02:35.920 Not in Johnny's room either. 02:35.920 --> 02:37.800 Johnny was alone. 02:37.800 --> 02:38.800 Marie wasn't in the apartment. 02:38.800 --> 02:39.800 I put on the light. 02:39.800 --> 02:40.800 I looked at my watch. 02:40.800 --> 02:43.800 It was two in the morning. 02:43.800 --> 02:47.640 I got dressed and I walked out. 02:47.640 --> 02:48.640 Rang for the elevator. 02:48.640 --> 02:50.080 It was nothing, of course. 02:50.080 --> 02:51.080 It was nothing important. 02:51.080 --> 02:53.960 But my heart kept hammering away. 02:53.960 --> 02:56.800 Morning, Mr. Jordan. 02:56.800 --> 02:57.800 Kind of late for you. 02:57.800 --> 02:58.800 Yeah, yeah. 02:58.800 --> 02:59.800 Good morning, Steve. 02:59.800 --> 03:02.640 Did you see my wife get on? 03:02.640 --> 03:03.760 Oh, yes, Mr. Jordan. 03:03.760 --> 03:05.440 About half an hour ago, I'd say. 03:05.440 --> 03:06.440 Oh, yeah. 03:06.440 --> 03:07.440 Yeah, of course. 03:07.440 --> 03:08.880 You see which way she went? 03:08.880 --> 03:09.880 Oh, yeah. 03:09.880 --> 03:10.880 She went towards Third Avenue. 03:10.880 --> 03:11.880 Said she was going to the... 03:11.880 --> 03:13.760 Yeah, went to the drugstore, I guess. 03:13.760 --> 03:14.760 That's right. 03:14.760 --> 03:16.560 It's one over on 96th Street. 03:16.560 --> 03:17.560 Open all night. 03:17.560 --> 03:18.560 Thanks. 03:18.560 --> 03:19.560 Thanks, Steve. 03:19.560 --> 03:20.560 Ah, that was it. 03:20.560 --> 03:22.520 She went to the drugstore. 03:22.520 --> 03:24.720 I was worried over nothing at all. 03:24.720 --> 03:27.640 But I didn't know what to do quite. 03:27.640 --> 03:31.560 I didn't want to follow her, but the elevator boy was watching me. 03:31.560 --> 03:34.520 So I strolled easily along towards Third. 03:34.520 --> 03:36.200 I stood on the deserted dark corner. 03:36.200 --> 03:38.320 I looked up and down the street. 03:38.320 --> 03:39.320 Then I saw her coming. 03:39.320 --> 03:41.320 She was walking toward me briskly. 03:41.320 --> 03:42.320 Harry! 03:42.320 --> 03:44.320 What are you doing here? 03:44.320 --> 03:46.760 Well, I got up and saw you were gone. 03:46.760 --> 03:47.760 Oh, I couldn't sleep. 03:47.760 --> 03:51.760 I had a dreadful headache, so I decided to go down for some aspirin. 03:51.760 --> 03:52.760 Oh, yes. 03:52.760 --> 03:53.760 Yes, of course. 03:53.760 --> 03:55.720 I went to the drugstore on 96th Street. 03:55.720 --> 03:58.440 Yeah, but you were coming from 97th Street. 03:58.440 --> 04:00.080 Oh, I took a little walk. 04:00.080 --> 04:02.400 I thought some fresh air would do me some good. 04:02.400 --> 04:03.840 Yeah, it's a nice night. 04:03.840 --> 04:06.000 I've only been gone about 10 minutes. 04:06.000 --> 04:07.880 Steve says you were gone about a half hour. 04:07.880 --> 04:09.480 It was only 10 minutes. 04:09.480 --> 04:10.480 What time is it now? 04:10.480 --> 04:11.480 2.35. 04:11.480 --> 04:13.600 I've been out for almost 15 minutes. 04:13.600 --> 04:14.600 Oh, it's more than... 04:14.600 --> 04:16.080 It was about 15 minutes. 04:16.080 --> 04:17.080 No more than that. 04:17.080 --> 04:18.080 Yeah. 04:18.080 --> 04:21.320 Yeah, I guess so. 04:21.320 --> 04:24.400 Everything seemed all right, but still I felt something was wrong. 04:24.400 --> 04:27.760 We got into our apartment and we both went to bed. 04:27.760 --> 04:28.760 Just lay there. 04:28.760 --> 04:29.760 We didn't say anything. 04:29.760 --> 04:30.760 Listen. 04:30.760 --> 04:31.760 Huh? 04:31.760 --> 04:32.760 A fire. 04:32.760 --> 04:33.760 A fire! 04:33.760 --> 04:34.760 Yeah, not far. 04:34.760 --> 04:35.760 Over east a couple of blocks. 04:35.760 --> 04:36.760 By the river, I'd say. 04:36.760 --> 04:37.760 That's my district. 04:37.760 --> 04:38.760 A fire! 04:38.760 --> 04:39.760 Oh, what the... 04:39.760 --> 04:40.760 Hello? 04:40.760 --> 04:41.760 Hello, Harry. 04:41.760 --> 04:42.760 Sorry to wake in the middle of the night. 04:42.760 --> 04:43.760 There's a bad one over near you. 04:43.760 --> 04:44.760 Between second and third, maybe a total loss. 04:44.760 --> 04:45.760 But don't worry. 04:45.760 --> 04:46.760 I'll be there. 04:46.760 --> 04:47.760 I'll be there. 04:47.760 --> 04:48.760 I'll be there. 04:48.760 --> 04:49.760 I'll be there. 04:49.760 --> 04:50.760 I'll be there. 04:50.760 --> 04:51.760 I'll be there. 04:51.760 --> 04:52.760 I'll be there. 04:52.760 --> 04:53.760 A total loss. 04:53.760 --> 04:54.760 Between second and third, Mr. Parminer. 04:54.760 --> 04:55.760 An apartment building? 04:55.760 --> 04:56.760 Yeah, 98th Street. 04:56.760 --> 04:57.760 Uh-huh. 04:57.760 --> 04:58.760 340 East 98th. 04:58.760 --> 05:02.040 I called you because I'd like you to go there direct first thing in the morning instead 05:02.040 --> 05:03.040 of coming to the office. 05:03.040 --> 05:04.040 Uh-huh. 05:04.040 --> 05:05.040 Okay? 05:05.040 --> 05:06.040 I'll meet you there. 05:06.040 --> 05:07.040 Yeah, okay, Mr. Parminer. 05:07.040 --> 05:08.040 Good night. 05:08.040 --> 05:11.200 A fire on 98th Street. 05:11.200 --> 05:12.200 Yeah. 05:12.200 --> 05:15.200 Yeah. 05:15.200 --> 05:17.680 I couldn't see Marie in the dark, but I knew. 05:17.680 --> 05:20.120 I knew she was staring at me. 05:20.120 --> 05:21.120 I was very tired. 05:21.120 --> 05:22.120 Good night, Marie. 05:22.120 --> 05:23.120 Good night, Harry. 05:23.120 --> 05:46.920 For suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Frederick March in Radio's outstanding 05:46.920 --> 05:51.600 theater of thrills, Suspend. 05:51.600 --> 05:58.120 Hey, hello, Auto. 05:58.120 --> 05:59.120 Hi, Hap. 05:59.120 --> 06:03.280 Say, uh, this week I've been helping my brother-in-law get the car ready for Memorial Day. 06:03.280 --> 06:04.280 Before a whole week? 06:04.280 --> 06:05.280 No, no. 06:05.280 --> 06:08.360 While he was pushing her up the driveway, I just told him no need to wear yourself to 06:08.360 --> 06:09.360 a frazzle. 06:09.360 --> 06:11.520 Just get a new Auto Light stay full battery. 06:11.520 --> 06:14.120 Needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 06:14.120 --> 06:18.760 Why, an Auto Light stay full battery has more liquid reserve than a camel with water on 06:18.760 --> 06:19.760 the knee. 06:19.760 --> 06:20.760 Sure, sure. 06:20.760 --> 06:21.760 Yes, sirree, I told him. 06:21.760 --> 06:23.880 Forget those holiday worries. 06:23.880 --> 06:27.640 Just remember the extra liquid reserve in an Auto Light stay full battery means less 06:27.640 --> 06:29.720 danger from evaporation. 06:29.720 --> 06:33.640 For real performance, just install an Auto Light stay full battery. 06:33.640 --> 06:36.600 Needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 06:36.600 --> 06:39.240 In all that time he was breaking his back pushing the car up the driveway? 06:39.240 --> 06:41.800 About that time he straightened up and gave me a dirty look. 06:41.800 --> 06:42.800 How was I to know? 06:42.800 --> 06:45.000 I just decided to sacroiliac again. 06:45.000 --> 06:48.200 And anyway, he shouldn't have anything but an Auto Light stay full battery in his car 06:48.200 --> 06:50.520 for long trouble free operation. 06:50.520 --> 06:52.920 Did he tell you then he'd buy an Auto Light stay full battery? 06:52.920 --> 06:54.400 He sure did, but emphatically. 06:54.400 --> 06:55.720 Fine, fine. 06:55.720 --> 06:59.280 And now, let's get back to suspense. 06:59.280 --> 07:06.280 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, Frederick March as Harry in The 07:06.280 --> 07:08.240 Night Reveals. 07:08.240 --> 07:26.480 The tale well calculated to keep you in, Suspended. 07:26.480 --> 07:32.120 Well the next morning I went over to 98th Street to inspect the remains of number 340 07:32.120 --> 07:37.080 and to see if there was evidence of anything suspicious about the origin of the fire. 07:37.080 --> 07:38.760 Mr. Palmer was there. 07:38.760 --> 07:40.440 Yeah, there it is. 07:40.440 --> 07:41.440 Got it. 07:41.440 --> 07:43.960 Guess we'll be paying off on this one, all right? 07:43.960 --> 07:44.960 Completely burned out. 07:44.960 --> 07:45.960 Anyone hurt? 07:45.960 --> 07:46.960 A few, but no one dead. 07:46.960 --> 07:49.440 Lucky they just installed the new fire escape. 07:49.440 --> 07:50.920 Just the walls left. 07:50.920 --> 07:55.240 Hey, that fire must have been quite a sight in the height of its glory. 07:55.240 --> 07:56.880 Yeah, yeah, quite a sight. 07:56.880 --> 07:58.680 Say those walls look pretty bad. 07:58.680 --> 07:59.960 Might collapse almost any time. 07:59.960 --> 08:02.080 Yeah, the building will have to be raised. 08:02.080 --> 08:05.800 Gee, that fire did a good job. 08:05.800 --> 08:08.480 Oh, there's the commissioner. 08:08.480 --> 08:09.480 Hello, Parmander. 08:09.480 --> 08:10.480 I'm Jordan. 08:10.480 --> 08:11.480 Hi, Mr. Morell. 08:11.480 --> 08:13.040 You know anything about the fire, commissioner? 08:13.040 --> 08:14.040 No, no, not a thing. 08:14.040 --> 08:16.160 Well, now that you're here, we'll take a look. 08:16.160 --> 08:17.760 No, I wouldn't go in there, Jordan. 08:17.760 --> 08:18.760 Those walls... 08:18.760 --> 08:19.760 I can take care of myself. 08:19.760 --> 08:21.320 Maybe you'd better not go inside, Harry. 08:21.320 --> 08:22.320 Don't worry about me. 08:22.320 --> 08:24.640 I know fires as well as anyone. 08:24.640 --> 08:26.080 You stay outside, Mr. Palmer. 08:26.080 --> 08:28.280 I'm going in. 08:28.280 --> 08:34.680 I went gingerly into the blackened ruin hallway, ashes and debris up to my ankles until I reached 08:34.680 --> 08:37.040 the remains of the stairway. 08:37.040 --> 08:41.440 Underneath were several baby carriages, just twisted pieces of metal. 08:41.440 --> 08:44.280 A burned fragment of something fell nearby. 08:44.280 --> 08:45.280 Come on back, Jordan. 08:45.280 --> 08:46.280 I'm all right. 08:46.280 --> 08:53.120 I poked around near the carriages, sifting through the fine, clean ashes. 08:53.120 --> 08:54.120 Something caught my eye. 08:54.120 --> 08:57.120 A blob of yellow metal. 08:57.120 --> 09:01.320 I picked it up, and then I worked my way out. 09:01.320 --> 09:04.280 She's burned through, hasn't she? 09:04.280 --> 09:05.280 Yeah, cleaned through. 09:05.280 --> 09:06.280 Nothing left of her. 09:06.280 --> 09:07.280 Did you find anything? 09:07.280 --> 09:08.280 No, nothing much. 09:08.280 --> 09:09.880 Fire started in the hallway, all right. 09:09.880 --> 09:11.400 It worked its way up. 09:11.400 --> 09:12.400 Cellar's untouched. 09:12.400 --> 09:14.720 What's that in your hand? 09:14.720 --> 09:17.560 Oh, that's just a piece of metal I found. 09:17.560 --> 09:18.560 Here. 09:18.560 --> 09:20.200 What do you think, Commissioner? 09:20.200 --> 09:23.520 It's probably one of those gadgets they have on baby carriages. 09:23.520 --> 09:25.360 I guess you're right. 09:25.360 --> 09:27.000 It isn't anything. 09:27.000 --> 09:30.640 But it was something. 09:30.640 --> 09:35.480 I had run my fingernail across this glob of metal, it looked like gold. 09:35.480 --> 09:39.080 I would examine it in detail later at home. 09:39.080 --> 09:42.080 Hello, Daddy. 09:42.080 --> 09:44.880 Hello, how are you, Johnny? 09:44.880 --> 09:46.560 Mama says I was bad today. 09:46.560 --> 09:47.560 Harry, you're home early. 09:47.560 --> 09:50.040 Yeah, I got through sooner than I expected. 09:50.040 --> 09:52.040 What is it, Harry? 09:52.040 --> 09:53.040 Your locket. 09:53.040 --> 09:54.040 You're not wearing it. 09:54.040 --> 09:55.040 You've never had it off before. 09:55.040 --> 09:56.040 My locket? 09:56.040 --> 09:57.040 Well, I... 09:57.040 --> 09:58.040 Don't you really know what I'm talking about? 09:58.040 --> 10:00.960 Well, I... don't you remember? 10:00.960 --> 10:03.840 Daddy, can I go over and see Davy Taylor for a minute? 10:03.840 --> 10:04.840 Yeah, yeah, Johnny, go ahead. 10:04.840 --> 10:05.840 All right. 10:05.840 --> 10:06.840 Gee, Daddy. 10:06.840 --> 10:08.880 Well, you shouldn't have done that. 10:08.880 --> 10:09.880 I didn't want him to go. 10:09.880 --> 10:10.880 He hasn't had his dinner. 10:10.880 --> 10:11.880 Never mind, Johnny. 10:11.880 --> 10:13.880 What... what did you say happened to the locket? 10:13.880 --> 10:15.840 Well, I gave it to you. 10:15.840 --> 10:16.840 To me? 10:16.840 --> 10:20.240 Well, I put it in your pocket to have it fixed. 10:20.240 --> 10:21.240 The catch was loose. 10:21.240 --> 10:22.400 I don't remember. 10:22.400 --> 10:23.800 I put it in your pocket, Harry. 10:23.800 --> 10:25.280 I forgot to mention it to you. 10:25.280 --> 10:28.280 I wanted you to take it to the jewelers and get the catch fixed. 10:28.280 --> 10:30.840 I just put it in your coat pocket while you were shaving. 10:30.840 --> 10:31.840 When? 10:31.840 --> 10:32.840 Yesterday. 10:32.840 --> 10:33.840 Yes, yesterday morning. 10:33.840 --> 10:35.840 Well, it should be in my pocket now. 10:35.840 --> 10:38.040 I wore this suit yesterday, too. 10:38.040 --> 10:40.560 Nothing in my pockets, Marie. 10:40.560 --> 10:41.560 Well... 10:41.560 --> 10:42.560 Marie. 10:42.560 --> 10:43.560 Yes, Harry? 10:43.560 --> 10:47.760 Is anything, uh, wrong with you? 10:47.760 --> 10:50.160 I'm perfectly all right. 10:50.160 --> 10:51.160 Not a thing wrong with me. 10:51.160 --> 10:53.760 You look worried, as if you've got something on your mind. 10:53.760 --> 10:55.440 It's nothing. 10:55.440 --> 10:56.440 I've just been having a headache. 10:56.440 --> 10:58.440 Maybe you ought to see a doctor. 10:58.440 --> 10:59.440 No. 10:59.440 --> 11:00.440 Really doesn't amount to much. 11:00.440 --> 11:05.240 Well, I think I'll take another look for the locket. 11:05.240 --> 11:08.200 Which suit did you say you put it in? 11:08.200 --> 11:10.200 Your blue suit? 11:10.200 --> 11:12.080 I think. 11:12.080 --> 11:14.080 Or maybe it was the gray, though. 11:14.080 --> 11:15.080 I... 11:15.080 --> 11:17.880 I couldn't make it up. 11:17.880 --> 11:18.880 What had she done with the locket? 11:18.880 --> 11:19.880 Had she pawned it? 11:19.880 --> 11:21.520 Had she given it away? 11:21.520 --> 11:23.440 Then I remembered something. 11:23.440 --> 11:26.840 I went in the bathroom, locked the door. 11:26.840 --> 11:30.560 I looked at this shapeless little glob of yellow metal. 11:30.560 --> 11:33.880 I rubbed the blackened spots away until all of it was gleaming. 11:33.880 --> 11:38.440 I took a nail file out of the medicine chest and began to file it. 11:38.440 --> 11:43.560 I kept filing until I had enlarged the crack to the full length of the piece of gold. 11:43.560 --> 11:48.520 And I slipped the nail file inside and pried... pried it open. 11:48.520 --> 11:51.240 Tiny fragments of glass, and then... 11:51.240 --> 11:53.760 Then I saw a piece of scorched paper. 11:53.760 --> 11:54.760 It was a photograph. 11:54.760 --> 11:59.440 It was a picture of my son, Johnny. 11:59.440 --> 12:02.280 This glob of metal was my wife's locket. 12:02.280 --> 12:12.200 I put the locket and the picture in my pocket and walked out. 12:12.200 --> 12:14.520 All through dinner and afterwards, I watched her. 12:14.520 --> 12:16.120 She seemed very uneasy. 12:16.120 --> 12:21.920 Finally, I went over to my pipe rack where I kept several books of matches in a jar. 12:21.920 --> 12:23.920 There weren't any there. 12:23.920 --> 12:27.480 Now I knew she was watching me, watching me closely. 12:27.480 --> 12:28.480 I looked behind the rack. 12:28.480 --> 12:29.480 There wasn't a match around. 12:29.480 --> 12:34.120 What the devil happened to all my matches? 12:34.120 --> 12:35.120 I have a match. 12:35.120 --> 12:37.440 Here, let me light it for you. 12:37.440 --> 12:39.800 Did you take the matches out of the jar, Marie? 12:39.800 --> 12:40.800 Well, I... 12:40.800 --> 12:41.800 Did you? 12:41.800 --> 12:43.800 Yes, I needed them in the kitchen. 12:43.800 --> 12:45.800 Shall I light your pipe for you? 12:45.800 --> 12:46.800 I'll light it myself. 12:46.800 --> 12:50.080 I picked a match out of the booklet. 12:50.080 --> 12:53.960 It was a clean white match with a green head. 12:53.960 --> 12:55.960 I struck it against the side. 12:55.960 --> 13:03.000 The match spluttered up into a yellow flame, fringed on the bottom with blue. 13:03.000 --> 13:07.640 Marie stared at it until I felt the sharp bite of the flame on my thumb. 13:07.640 --> 13:08.640 Ow! 13:08.640 --> 13:09.640 Burn yourself? 13:09.640 --> 13:11.200 No, it's all right. 13:11.200 --> 13:15.280 Would... would you like a nice hot cup of tea, Harry? 13:15.280 --> 13:16.280 Oh, dear. 13:16.280 --> 13:17.280 I don't think so. 13:17.280 --> 13:18.280 I watched her. 13:18.280 --> 13:24.040 Her hand casually brushed along the table and picked up the matches. 13:24.040 --> 13:25.040 Marie. 13:25.040 --> 13:26.040 Huh? 13:26.040 --> 13:27.520 Leave the matches on the table. 13:27.520 --> 13:29.000 I... I need them. 13:29.000 --> 13:30.160 I'm rather short of matches. 13:30.160 --> 13:31.160 The pilot isn't working. 13:31.160 --> 13:33.120 Is this the only book of matches in the house? 13:33.120 --> 13:35.120 I have to get some tomorrow. 13:35.120 --> 13:37.160 Where... where are you going, Harry? 13:37.160 --> 13:38.160 Let's get a drink of water. 13:38.160 --> 13:39.160 No. 13:39.160 --> 13:40.160 No, I'll get it for you, Harry. 13:40.160 --> 13:41.160 Never mind, Marie. 13:41.160 --> 13:42.160 I'll get it myself. 13:42.160 --> 13:45.160 I went into the kitchen. 13:45.160 --> 13:48.560 There was a paper bag alongside the gas range. 13:48.560 --> 13:50.640 Matches all thrown in, held as skelter. 13:50.640 --> 13:53.720 Books of matches and safety matches all mixed together. 13:53.720 --> 13:58.640 I walked back and sat down in my chair. 13:58.640 --> 14:02.120 You've been... you've been having headaches lately. 14:02.120 --> 14:04.560 I... I'm just tired. 14:04.560 --> 14:06.120 That's nothing serious. 14:06.120 --> 14:08.080 Would you like to go away for a few days? 14:08.080 --> 14:09.080 Take a vacation. 14:09.080 --> 14:10.080 I'll get a maid to take care of Johnny. 14:10.080 --> 14:12.080 I mean, it'll do you a lot of good. 14:12.080 --> 14:13.080 No. 14:13.080 --> 14:15.080 No, I don't need a vacation. 14:15.080 --> 14:16.680 There's nothing wrong with me. 14:16.680 --> 14:19.760 But Harry, there is... 14:19.760 --> 14:20.760 Yeah? 14:20.760 --> 14:24.960 There's... nothing to matter with. 14:24.960 --> 14:26.840 You were about to say something else. 14:26.840 --> 14:30.640 I... I've got to go into Johnny's room and see that he's covered. 14:30.640 --> 14:33.440 He always throws the covers off. 14:33.440 --> 14:38.200 I sat there looking after her, and then I glanced about the room. 14:38.200 --> 14:40.600 There was the pack of matches lying open on the table. 14:40.600 --> 14:42.480 I closed the cover. 14:42.480 --> 14:45.160 And then I noticed her purse lying nearby. 14:45.160 --> 14:46.160 It was bulging. 14:46.160 --> 14:47.160 Harry! 14:47.160 --> 14:48.160 What's the matter? 14:48.160 --> 14:49.160 My... my purse! 14:49.160 --> 14:50.160 Yes. 14:50.160 --> 14:51.160 Yes, your purse. 14:51.160 --> 14:52.160 Here, look. 14:52.160 --> 14:53.160 Full of matches. 14:53.160 --> 14:54.160 A dozen books sell them. 14:54.160 --> 14:55.160 And these newspaper clippings. 14:55.160 --> 14:56.160 Give it back to me! 14:56.160 --> 14:57.160 Why are you saving these clippings? 14:57.160 --> 14:58.160 Why do you carry all these matches with you? 14:58.160 --> 14:59.160 Well, I... I bought the matches in the store. 14:59.160 --> 15:00.160 A dozen for five cents. 15:00.160 --> 15:01.160 And these newspaper clippings. 15:01.160 --> 15:08.040 Fire on 112th Street causes severe damage to the 15:08.040 --> 15:13.040 store. 15:13.040 --> 15:16.640 Why are you saving these clippings, Marie? 15:16.640 --> 15:17.640 There's nothing wrong with that. 15:17.640 --> 15:19.320 I'm interested in your work. 15:19.320 --> 15:22.080 I intend to keep a file on fires. 15:22.080 --> 15:23.080 It'll help you in your work. 15:23.080 --> 15:26.080 That's very considerate, Marie. 15:26.080 --> 15:28.840 Oh, Harry. 15:28.840 --> 15:30.880 You're so good. 15:30.880 --> 15:41.240 Why should this happen to us? 15:41.240 --> 15:43.880 About midnight, I went to bed. 15:43.880 --> 15:44.880 Marie didn't follow me. 15:44.880 --> 15:48.920 I lay in the semi-darkness, wide awake, trying to think what I should do. 15:48.920 --> 15:50.800 Couldn't collect my thoughts. 15:50.800 --> 15:54.640 Every time I closed my eyes, I could see the flame of that match. 15:54.640 --> 15:56.120 Yellow and blue. 15:56.120 --> 15:58.120 Crawling along the matchstick. 15:58.120 --> 16:02.120 Drink this, Harry. 16:02.120 --> 16:03.120 It'll help you sleep. 16:03.120 --> 16:04.120 Why, what is it? 16:04.120 --> 16:05.120 It's cocoa. 16:05.120 --> 16:06.120 It's very good for you. 16:06.120 --> 16:09.880 I'm not the one that's having trouble falling asleep. 16:09.880 --> 16:12.480 We both couldn't sleep last night. 16:12.480 --> 16:15.360 I'm taking some of this myself as soon as I go to bed. 16:15.360 --> 16:16.360 All right. 16:16.360 --> 16:17.360 Leave it on the nightstand. 16:17.360 --> 16:21.360 Well, be sure to drink it while it's hot. 16:21.360 --> 16:22.360 Yes, Marie. 16:22.360 --> 16:23.360 I will. 16:23.360 --> 16:26.360 Good night, darling. 16:26.360 --> 16:29.360 Good night, Marie. 16:29.360 --> 16:30.360 Cocoa. 16:30.360 --> 16:33.160 And then suddenly I knew. 16:33.160 --> 16:35.040 I looked around quickly for something to pour it in. 16:35.040 --> 16:36.040 There was a radiator pan. 16:36.040 --> 16:37.040 It was empty. 16:37.040 --> 16:38.200 I poured the cup of liquid into it. 16:38.200 --> 16:39.720 Then I laid back and waited. 16:39.720 --> 16:41.360 I waited for her next move. 16:41.360 --> 16:48.120 About an hour later, I heard the door open softly and Marie tiptoed toward my bed. 16:48.120 --> 16:49.120 Harry. 16:49.120 --> 16:50.120 Harry. 16:50.120 --> 16:51.120 Are you asleep? 16:51.120 --> 16:52.120 I didn't answer. 16:52.120 --> 16:59.480 But breathed evenly. 16:59.480 --> 17:06.200 She hovered over me for a moment and she tiptoed out, carefully closing the door behind her. 17:06.200 --> 17:08.680 I jumped out of bed and hurried into my clothes. 17:08.680 --> 17:12.200 Quickly I poured the cocoa from the pan into a bottle, put it in my pocket, and I grabbed 17:12.200 --> 17:13.200 my coat and followed her. 17:13.200 --> 17:15.580 It rang for the elevator. 17:15.580 --> 17:17.240 She had only a few minutes headway. 17:17.240 --> 17:22.400 I'd catch up to her easily and then we'd have a showdown. 17:22.400 --> 17:24.840 Steve looked at me with controlled amazement. 17:24.840 --> 17:26.840 Hello, Steve. 17:26.840 --> 17:29.800 Hello, Mr. Jordan. 17:29.800 --> 17:32.240 My wife went down a moment ago, didn't she? 17:32.240 --> 17:34.320 Yes, Mr. Jordan just took her down. 17:34.320 --> 17:37.960 She went toward Third Avenue, didn't she? 17:37.960 --> 17:38.960 I think so. 17:38.960 --> 17:42.080 She sort of stopped for a minute and then turned towards Third. 17:42.080 --> 17:47.940 I had to get back the elevator because you were ringing. 17:47.940 --> 17:51.800 When I reached the corner, I looked up and down Third Avenue and then I saw her. 17:51.800 --> 17:53.800 She was walking north. 17:53.800 --> 17:57.840 I crossed to the other side of the street and followed her, keeping at a distance. 17:57.840 --> 18:00.480 At 98th Street, she turned east. 18:00.480 --> 18:04.280 Down the middle of the block was the remains of last night's fire. 18:04.280 --> 18:09.800 She stopped in front of the gutted building for a long time and just stood there looking 18:09.800 --> 18:10.960 at it. 18:10.960 --> 18:13.040 Then she walked inside. 18:13.040 --> 18:16.040 I waited a few seconds and then followed her. 18:16.040 --> 18:17.040 Marie. 18:17.040 --> 18:18.040 Who's there? 18:18.040 --> 18:20.040 It's me, Harry. 18:20.040 --> 18:22.040 Harry, why did you get... 18:22.040 --> 18:23.040 Come along, Marie. 18:23.040 --> 18:25.040 We'd better get out of here. 18:25.040 --> 18:26.040 The police. 18:26.040 --> 18:29.880 I took her hand without a word she came along. 18:29.880 --> 18:32.160 We walked home in complete silence. 18:32.160 --> 18:33.600 We both knew. 18:33.600 --> 18:37.800 When we came to our apartment house, I stopped and rang for the elevator. 18:37.800 --> 18:45.200 In the light of the hallway, I could see her face, my wife's face, ashy gray, her eyes 18:45.200 --> 18:48.880 brightened and painful. 18:48.880 --> 18:52.400 You run upstairs, Marie, and I'll be along in a minute. 18:52.400 --> 18:53.400 Harry, where are you going? 18:53.400 --> 18:54.400 I'll be right back. 18:54.400 --> 18:55.400 Please, Harry. 18:55.400 --> 18:56.400 Don't do anything. 18:56.400 --> 18:57.400 You run along, Marie. 18:57.400 --> 18:58.400 You're not going... 18:58.400 --> 18:59.400 No. 18:59.400 --> 19:00.400 I'm only going to the drugstore to get something. 19:00.400 --> 19:01.400 I'll be back in a few minutes. 19:01.400 --> 19:18.760 I came home a half hour later. 19:18.760 --> 19:21.760 She was waiting for me. 19:21.760 --> 19:24.760 Did you do it, Harry? 19:24.760 --> 19:29.120 Please, please, Harry, tell me. 19:29.120 --> 19:30.120 I've got to know. 19:30.120 --> 19:32.560 I had the cocoa you gave me analyzed. 19:32.560 --> 19:35.120 Oh, I'm sorry. 19:35.120 --> 19:36.520 I had to do it. 19:36.520 --> 19:38.720 Don't you see? 19:38.720 --> 19:39.720 I couldn't help it. 19:39.720 --> 19:43.520 It's very easy for the druggist, especially when I told him what I thought was in it. 19:43.520 --> 19:45.840 That stuff that makes you sleep through an earthquake. 19:45.840 --> 19:48.560 Please try to understand, Harry. 19:48.560 --> 19:49.560 You must understand. 19:49.560 --> 19:51.160 Is the kid asleep? 19:51.160 --> 19:52.160 Uh-huh. 19:52.160 --> 19:54.520 Johnny's all right. 19:54.520 --> 19:56.040 I was sorry for Marie. 19:56.040 --> 19:57.680 She looked so haggard and worn. 19:57.680 --> 19:59.420 It wasn't her fault. 19:59.420 --> 20:01.000 I was sorry for myself. 20:01.000 --> 20:02.680 My head was roaring. 20:02.680 --> 20:04.160 I wasn't feeling too well. 20:04.160 --> 20:06.920 I kept seeing sparks in front of my eyes. 20:06.920 --> 20:10.040 I closed my eyes for a moment. 20:10.040 --> 20:12.040 Let's go to bed, Harry. 20:12.040 --> 20:13.800 Marie, we can do something. 20:13.800 --> 20:16.440 Let's burn up every match, every match in the house. 20:16.440 --> 20:17.640 We'll never bring another match in. 20:17.640 --> 20:18.640 No. 20:18.640 --> 20:19.640 No, Harry, we can't do that. 20:19.640 --> 20:20.640 We don't want to. 20:20.640 --> 20:21.640 No, no, not now, Harry. 20:21.640 --> 20:22.640 Strange, isn't it? 20:22.640 --> 20:24.640 That this should happen to me. 20:24.640 --> 20:26.600 Me, a fire inspector. 20:26.600 --> 20:27.600 That's funny. 20:27.600 --> 20:29.840 Give me the matches, Marie. 20:29.840 --> 20:30.840 All the matches. 20:30.840 --> 20:31.840 No, I can't do that. 20:31.840 --> 20:32.840 Give them to me. 20:32.840 --> 20:33.840 I won't. 20:33.840 --> 20:34.840 Please. 20:34.840 --> 20:35.840 Please don't. 20:35.840 --> 20:36.840 Please don't take them. 20:36.840 --> 20:37.840 I'll do anything you want. 20:37.840 --> 20:38.840 Anything. 20:38.840 --> 20:39.840 Where did you hide them? 20:39.840 --> 20:40.840 Tell me, where are they? 20:40.840 --> 20:41.840 Inside the range behind the favor bays. 20:41.840 --> 20:42.840 I dropped her hand. 20:42.840 --> 20:45.840 She sank to the floor in a huddle. 20:45.840 --> 20:46.840 Weepily. 20:46.840 --> 20:50.040 And then I went into the kitchen and got all the matches. 20:50.040 --> 20:51.040 Please, Harry. 20:51.040 --> 20:52.040 Don't burn them up. 20:52.040 --> 20:53.040 Look, Marie, look. 20:53.040 --> 20:54.040 Look up. 20:54.040 --> 20:55.040 See? 20:55.040 --> 21:00.800 I'll light each book of matches one at a time until they've all gone up in smoke. 21:00.800 --> 21:05.760 The yellow flame licked its way down the matches and the cover caught fire and blackened. 21:05.760 --> 21:08.920 I watched her look at the flame with dazed eyes. 21:08.920 --> 21:09.920 Listen. 21:09.920 --> 21:10.920 Listen, Harry. 21:10.920 --> 21:11.920 You hear? 21:11.920 --> 21:12.920 Just someone in the hall. 21:12.920 --> 21:13.920 It's more than someone. 21:13.920 --> 21:14.920 Something's happened. 21:14.920 --> 21:15.920 Something has happened. 21:15.920 --> 21:16.920 I'll take a look. 21:16.920 --> 21:25.920 The house is on fire. 21:25.920 --> 21:28.440 Yeah, Marie. 21:28.440 --> 21:29.440 Wake up, Johnny. 21:29.440 --> 21:30.440 Johnny! 21:30.440 --> 21:31.440 Johnny! 21:31.440 --> 21:32.440 We'll have to hurry. 21:32.440 --> 21:34.440 The flames are coming up the stairs. 21:34.440 --> 21:35.440 There's an upward draft. 21:35.440 --> 21:36.440 What's the matter, Mother? 21:36.440 --> 21:37.440 The house is on fire. 21:37.440 --> 21:38.440 We've got to get out. 21:38.440 --> 21:39.440 It's too late to go down. 21:39.440 --> 21:40.440 We'll have to go up through the roof. 21:40.440 --> 21:41.440 Oh, I hurt my leg. 21:41.440 --> 21:42.440 Come along. 21:42.440 --> 21:43.440 Come along, Johnny. 21:43.440 --> 21:44.440 Mother. 21:44.440 --> 21:45.440 Wait for a minute. 21:45.440 --> 21:47.120 Wait for a minute, Johnny. 21:47.120 --> 21:48.120 Wait for Mother. 21:48.120 --> 21:49.120 She'll come along. 21:49.120 --> 21:50.120 No. 21:50.120 --> 21:51.120 No, I want to wait for Mother. 21:51.120 --> 21:52.120 It's all right, Johnny. 21:52.120 --> 21:53.120 Go along with Daddy. 21:53.120 --> 21:54.120 I'll follow you. 21:54.120 --> 21:55.120 No, I won't go. 21:55.120 --> 21:56.120 I won't go without you, Mother. 21:56.120 --> 21:57.120 Hold out of my arm, Marie. 21:57.120 --> 21:58.120 Come on. 21:58.120 --> 21:59.120 Give me a hand, Johnny. 21:59.120 --> 22:00.120 Don't be scared. 22:00.120 --> 22:01.120 The fire won't hurt you. 22:01.120 --> 22:02.120 It won't hurt you at all. 22:02.120 --> 22:03.120 You're safe with me. 22:03.120 --> 22:14.880 We made our way upstairs. 22:14.880 --> 22:17.240 Slowly because of Marie's sprained ankle. 22:17.240 --> 22:19.000 Finally, we got to the roof. 22:19.000 --> 22:23.000 There were some firemen on the next roof about 10 feet separated the two buildings. 22:23.000 --> 22:24.000 Don't get panicky. 22:24.000 --> 22:25.000 We'll get you off safely. 22:25.000 --> 22:26.000 Are we going to have to jump across, Daddy? 22:26.000 --> 22:27.000 Mother won't be able to jump. 22:27.000 --> 22:28.000 Her foot... 22:28.000 --> 22:29.000 It's all right, Johnny. 22:29.000 --> 22:30.000 Don't be scared. 22:30.000 --> 22:31.000 They're putting a board across between the two roofs. 22:31.000 --> 22:32.000 We'll just walk across. 22:32.000 --> 22:33.000 All right, now. 22:33.000 --> 22:34.000 One at a time. 22:34.000 --> 22:35.000 Tie the rope around you and come across. 22:35.000 --> 22:36.000 Johnny. 22:36.000 --> 22:37.000 Johnny, you got to get up. 22:37.000 --> 22:38.000 I'll go. 22:38.000 --> 22:39.000 I'll go. 22:39.000 --> 22:40.000 I'll go. 22:40.000 --> 22:41.000 I'll go. 22:41.000 --> 22:42.000 I'll go. 22:42.000 --> 22:43.000 I'll go. 22:43.000 --> 22:44.000 I'll go. 22:44.000 --> 22:45.000 I'll go. 22:45.000 --> 22:46.000 Johnny, Johnny, you go first. 22:46.000 --> 22:47.000 Here. 22:47.000 --> 22:48.000 Don't be afraid. 22:48.000 --> 22:49.000 There. 22:49.000 --> 22:50.000 Rope will hold you in case you slip. 22:50.000 --> 22:51.480 Mother, you got to go first. 22:51.480 --> 22:53.520 I'll go right after you. 22:53.520 --> 22:54.520 Johnny. 22:54.520 --> 22:55.520 You promise? 22:55.520 --> 22:56.520 Go ahead, Johnny. 22:56.520 --> 22:57.520 Mother will follow you. 22:57.520 --> 22:58.520 And don't turn around. 22:58.520 --> 22:59.520 Keep walking. 22:59.520 --> 23:00.520 All right, the kids safe. 23:00.520 --> 23:01.520 Now you, lady. 23:01.520 --> 23:02.520 Be careful of the board. 23:02.520 --> 23:03.520 Hey, the board slipped off. 23:03.520 --> 23:04.520 Hurry, one of you guys, and get another board. 23:04.520 --> 23:05.520 Coming up. 23:05.520 --> 23:14.520 Mother, I want my mother. 23:14.520 --> 23:17.240 Your mother's going to be all right. 23:17.240 --> 23:18.240 You push the board off, Harry. 23:18.240 --> 23:19.240 I saw you do it. 23:19.240 --> 23:20.240 No, I didn't, Marie. 23:20.240 --> 23:21.240 I didn't. 23:21.240 --> 23:22.240 All right, mister. 23:22.240 --> 23:23.240 Just tie the rope around her. 23:23.240 --> 23:24.240 Now don't be afraid, lady. 23:24.240 --> 23:25.240 And don't look down. 23:25.240 --> 23:26.240 All right. 23:26.240 --> 23:27.240 Ready? 23:27.240 --> 23:28.240 I'm ready. 23:28.240 --> 23:29.240 Okay, boys. 23:29.240 --> 23:30.240 I'm ready. 23:30.240 --> 23:31.240 All right. 23:31.240 --> 23:32.240 All right. 23:32.240 --> 23:33.240 All right. 23:33.240 --> 23:34.240 All right. 23:34.240 --> 23:35.240 All right, boys. 23:35.240 --> 23:36.240 She's all right. 23:36.240 --> 23:37.240 Now you, mister. 23:37.240 --> 23:38.240 All right. 23:38.240 --> 23:39.240 Johnny. 23:39.240 --> 23:40.240 That's right. 23:40.240 --> 23:41.240 Tie the rope around you. 23:41.240 --> 23:42.240 All set. 23:42.240 --> 23:43.240 Okay. 23:43.240 --> 24:00.400 On the ground we stood there, the three of us watching the fire. 24:00.400 --> 24:03.640 Great flames shot out, stabbing at the sky. 24:03.640 --> 24:05.360 The top of the roof was burning down. 24:05.360 --> 24:09.440 A red flame crawled along, searching out the inflammable spots. 24:09.440 --> 24:11.840 And the wind was helping. 24:11.840 --> 24:16.960 All this time Marie was shaking, shaking violently, but not with cold. 24:16.960 --> 24:18.440 I pitied her. 24:18.440 --> 24:21.440 And then she threw up her hands and shrieked. 24:21.440 --> 24:22.440 Harry! 24:22.440 --> 24:25.440 No, no, no, darling. 24:25.440 --> 24:26.440 Don't. 24:26.440 --> 24:27.440 I can't, Brandon. 24:27.440 --> 24:28.440 We can't go on this way. 24:28.440 --> 24:29.440 Please! 24:29.440 --> 24:33.720 Police, come here! 24:33.720 --> 24:36.720 Don't do it, Marie. 24:36.720 --> 24:37.720 There's no need to let the police. 24:37.720 --> 24:38.720 You don't know what you're saying. 24:38.720 --> 24:39.720 Police! 24:39.720 --> 24:40.720 What is it, lady? 24:40.720 --> 24:41.720 Hey, you better calm down now. 24:41.720 --> 24:42.720 Officer, pay no attention. 24:42.720 --> 24:43.720 She'll... 24:43.720 --> 24:44.720 No, no, no. 24:44.720 --> 24:47.720 It's no use, Harry. 24:47.720 --> 24:54.400 Officer, these awful fires, they're not accidental. 24:54.400 --> 24:59.160 There's a pyromaniac, a criminal. 24:59.160 --> 25:01.520 I know who it is. 25:01.520 --> 25:06.880 You got to arrest the person, arrest him, so there won't be any more. 25:06.880 --> 25:08.620 All right, lady. 25:08.620 --> 25:09.620 What is this? 25:09.620 --> 25:12.880 Who is the pyromaniac? 25:12.880 --> 25:20.880 The criminal is my husband, Harry Jordan. 25:20.880 --> 25:25.880 This man here. 25:25.880 --> 25:36.800 I'm going to arrest him. 25:36.800 --> 25:41.440 Well, that's about all there is to the story, gentlemen. 25:41.440 --> 25:45.480 And then I was brought here. 25:45.480 --> 25:51.320 She must have sounded kind of painful for you to hear it all over again, Marie. 25:51.320 --> 25:53.680 No, it was all right, Harry. 25:53.680 --> 25:56.360 I wonder, I got a cigarette. 25:56.360 --> 25:57.360 Could I... 25:57.360 --> 26:01.120 No, I'll light it for you, Harry. 26:01.120 --> 26:03.280 You don't have to worry. 26:03.280 --> 26:09.920 I won't try to keep the matches. 26:09.920 --> 26:12.000 She's been awfully good to me, gentlemen. 26:12.000 --> 26:14.560 You'll take good care of her, won't you? 26:14.560 --> 26:17.000 She tried everything to help. 26:17.000 --> 26:19.880 Hid the matches so as to keep them from me. 26:19.880 --> 26:24.360 She even tried to give me sleeping pills, so I wouldn't... 26:24.360 --> 26:25.960 It's all right, Harry. 26:25.960 --> 26:27.640 I'm sorry about the locket there. 26:27.640 --> 26:32.360 It must have fallen out of my coat when I was in that building at 98th Street. 26:32.360 --> 26:33.980 It's all right, Harry. 26:33.980 --> 26:35.720 You can buy me another one. 26:35.720 --> 26:36.760 Sometime. 26:36.760 --> 26:39.680 You can't blame anybody for liking fires. 26:39.680 --> 26:42.280 It's not their fault. 26:42.280 --> 26:45.020 Fires are beautiful to watch. 26:45.020 --> 26:46.920 So bright and clean. 26:46.920 --> 26:50.880 They burn up all the filth and dirt. 26:50.880 --> 26:54.120 They're magnificent to watch, especially the big ones. 26:54.120 --> 26:59.720 The way the flames roar and crackle, lighting up everything around you. 26:59.720 --> 27:01.720 The beautiful fire. 27:01.720 --> 27:18.520 Thank you, Frederick March, for a splendid performance. 27:18.520 --> 27:19.520 Say, hello. 27:19.520 --> 27:24.320 You and your brother-in-law are still friends? 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