1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,160 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Herbert Marshall in tonight's presentation 2 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,160 of Suspense. 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:25,160 Tonight, Auto Light presents part two of one of the most famous of all literary puzzles, 4 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:33,520 Charles Dickens' unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Groove, our star, Mr. Herbert Marshall. 5 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:38,800 Hello, Senator. 6 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,400 How's our legislative leader? 7 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,400 Harlow, what's this I hear about you being up for assault and battery? 8 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,840 Now, that's a stay full battery, Senator. 9 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:48,760 The Auto Light stay full. 10 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:53,600 That fit, fine, and famous battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car 11 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:54,600 use. 12 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:55,600 You're not in trouble. 13 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,520 Ah, not with an Auto Light stay full, Senator. 14 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:03,240 Fiberglass mats protect every positive plate against shedding and flaking to give the Auto 15 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:08,360 Light stay full battery longer life, as proved by tests conducted according to accepted life 16 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:09,360 cycle standards. 17 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,640 Then my Auto Light battery dealer will substantiate that story, Harlow? 18 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:18,840 He sure will, Senator, and he's the expert who services all makes of batteries. 19 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:23,360 Friends, to quickly locate your nearest Auto Light battery dealer, call Western Union by 20 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,320 number and ask for operator 25. 21 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:29,600 I'd gladly tell you the name of your nearest Auto Light battery dealer where you can get 22 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:30,960 an Auto Light stay full. 23 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:35,520 The battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 24 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:40,720 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 25 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:48,640 And now, Auto Light presents Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Groove, starring Mr. Herbert 26 00:01:48,640 --> 00:02:05,360 Marshall, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 27 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:10,360 When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness, he shall save his soul alive. 28 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:15,200 So it has been said, so it has been written. 29 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:22,600 What of him who strives to turn away in torment and desperation and finds that he cannot? 30 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,800 What is it that will happen to him? 31 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:30,960 What is it that will happen to me? 32 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:42,560 It was on a gray Christmas morn that I, John Gaspar, instructor in music at Cloister and 33 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,960 College, sought the answers to those questions. 34 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:53,480 I sought them within myself, within my music, within the paling stars seen dimly through 35 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,200 the organ locked windows. 36 00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:02,200 But no answers came, only a memory or a dream. 37 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:08,760 I seem to see a man walking alone through the deserted night-blackened streets of Cloisterum, 38 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:37,240 the deserted streets which were suddenly no longer deserted. 39 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:42,800 When the memory was gone, the dream was over, and I was at my gatehouse lodgings looking 40 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,040 for him who should have been there, looking for the man I suddenly knew would never be 41 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,040 there again. 42 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,320 Edwin! 43 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,440 Edwin! 44 00:03:55,440 --> 00:04:09,000 Chris Parkle! 45 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,200 Dean Chris Parkle, open up! 46 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:12,200 It's John Gaspar. 47 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,200 Open up, I say! 48 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:16,520 Gaspar? 49 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,520 What is it, man? 50 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,640 My nephew, Edwin Rue, where is he? 51 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:23,640 Edwin? 52 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,880 Yes, he went to the river last night to look at the storm with Neville Landless. 53 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:27,880 With Neville? 54 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,160 Yes, and he never came back. 55 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,160 Where is he? 56 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:31,160 Ask Landless where he is. 57 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:32,160 Neville's not home either. 58 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:33,160 Not home? 59 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:34,160 I'll be down directly. 60 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:48,240 As he joined me, the great realization of what might have transpired was clearly writ 61 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,240 upon Dean Chris Parkle's face. 62 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:54,680 Hardly he roused a number of cottage servants from their holiday beds, and a search was 63 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:55,680 begun. 64 00:04:55,680 --> 00:05:01,240 A search for my missing nephew, Edwin Rue, and for the Dean's missing protégé, Neville 65 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:02,240 Landless. 66 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:11,760 There it is. 67 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:12,760 The river. 68 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,960 The river they went to see at the height of the storm last night. 69 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,640 You never saw them again, Gaspar? 70 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,520 No, neither one returned. 71 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,440 Was there any quarrel between them? 72 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,880 Any hint of the disagreements they'd had upon other occasions? 73 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:26,880 None. 74 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,800 But Christmas Eve dinner had gone exactly as I'd planned. 75 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:29,800 They'd shaken hands. 76 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:34,800 Apparently it resolved their differences, and when they left, they went arm in arm. 77 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:39,000 Tell me, Gaspar, whose idea was it to visit the river? 78 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Was it Neville's? 79 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,280 I have not cast doubt, but it may be undeserved. 80 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:47,000 It could have been anyone's suggestion, mine, Edwin's. 81 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,640 I don't like this, Gaspar. 82 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:53,760 There's a feeling about it all that strikes still to my bones. 83 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,280 Park, one of the searching parties. 84 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:58,000 They've found someone, Gaspar. 85 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,000 They've found... 86 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,280 Edwin Rue is still among them, I think. 87 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:04,280 Easy does it now, sir. 88 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:05,280 Take them off! 89 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:06,280 Easy, if you please, Mr. Landless. 90 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:07,280 Take your hands off me. 91 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:08,280 What right have you to seize my person like this? 92 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:09,280 Will you take them off me? 93 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:10,280 In a moment, sir, in a moment. 94 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:11,280 There you be, Dean Chris Barker. 95 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:12,280 We've found your man, as you can see. 96 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:17,280 Yes, Joe, I see you may release him. 97 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:21,640 Aye, sir, but it's belligerent he is. 98 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,520 I'd beware of him if I was you. 99 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,800 Didn't want to return without a toll, he didn't. 100 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,240 What is all this, sir? 101 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:28,240 What is the meaning? 102 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,800 I was out for an early morning walk when these laggards seized me bodily. 103 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,760 They forced me to return here and said it was by your orders. 104 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:35,760 As it was, Neville. 105 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:36,760 But why, sir? 106 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:37,760 Surely there's some explanation. 107 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:38,760 Why? 108 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:39,760 Where is my nephew, Landless? 109 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:40,760 Your nephew? 110 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,760 Yes, Edwin Drude, where is he? 111 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,480 Why ask me why should I know of Drude's whereabouts? 112 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,600 Because he was the last person in his company and he's not to be found. 113 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:49,600 Speak, sir, where is he? 114 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:50,600 Stay, stay, Jasper. 115 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,600 Permit me to question him. 116 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:57,800 Neville, you left Mr. Jasper's residence last night with Edwin Drude? 117 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,360 Aye, aye, yes, sir. 118 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,400 You went down to the river together? 119 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,280 Yes, to see the reaction of the storm upon it. 120 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:06,840 How long did you stay there? 121 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:10,000 Well, it was ten minutes, more or less. 122 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,000 And then? 123 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,000 What Drude took leave of me. 124 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,600 Did he say where he was going then? 125 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,800 Why, yes, to return to Mr. Jasper's. 126 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,080 That was the last you saw of him? 127 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:19,080 The very last. 128 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:23,120 If something's happened to Drude, I most certainly had nothing to do with it. 129 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,360 What are those stains upon your jacket, Mr. Landless? 130 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:27,360 Ha! 131 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:28,360 The stains? 132 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,320 And that walking stick you're carrying, Joe. 133 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,120 The same stains are upon it. 134 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,240 Aye, so they are. 135 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:35,840 Blood stains they be, Mr. Jasper. 136 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:37,800 And the stick, to whom does that belong? 137 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,960 Why, to Mr. Landless, sir. 138 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:40,960 He took it off him. 139 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,400 Had to, the fuss and all he was putting up. 140 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,240 Well, of course they're blood stains. 141 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,840 I fought with these men thinking they were footpads. 142 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,920 If their blood has been spilled, it must be theirs or mine. 143 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:58,240 Neville, I think you'd best accompany us to the authorities. 144 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:08,480 At my suggestion, we repair to the residence of Cloystrum's Lord High Mayor, Mr. Thomas 145 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:13,440 Sapsey, and as we stood there in his parlour, the rendering of authority was as I knew it 146 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:14,880 would be. 147 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,760 Not unlike the person, the Mr. Sapsey himself. 148 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,360 Unimaginative, dull, stupid. 149 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:28,480 Well, gentlemen, this all seems quite clear to me. 150 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:29,960 Quite clear. 151 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,840 And I am one who has spared little pain, little pain, gentlemen, in training myself to see 152 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:34,840 things clearly. 153 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,200 They may be clear to you, sir, but they are far from being so to me. 154 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:38,680 Patience, young man, patience. 155 00:08:38,680 --> 00:08:41,400 Justice will be done here, of that you may rest well assured. 156 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,080 Yes, well assured. 157 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,400 And now, allow me to enumerate the situation. 158 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,560 Point number one, there have been several witnessed quarrels between the two young men 159 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:51,560 in question. 160 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:54,160 The missing Edwin Drew to the here present Neville Landless. 161 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,200 The quarrels have been repaired, sir. 162 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,320 Mr. Jasper himself bears witness to that. 163 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:02,760 I have stated there was no quarrel or apparent difference at your last meeting, Mr. Landless. 164 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:03,800 Quite so, quite so. 165 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,760 One meeting without quarrel, several with. 166 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,720 The scales are unbalanced, I quote. 167 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:13,240 Particularly one might say as the subject or object of those quarrels was the fiance 168 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:14,240 of Mr. Drew. 169 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:18,240 Surely, Mr. Sapsey, it is not necessary to bring a young lady's name into this. 170 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,840 I apologize for the necessity, Mr. Jasper, but it would seem to me that the charming 171 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:26,160 and delightful Miss Rosa is truly at the heart of the matter confronting us. 172 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:27,480 At his heart, yes. 173 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:29,440 In one respect, I am forced to agree with you. 174 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:33,320 There is no doubt that Landless was extremely envious of Edwin's good fortune in being 175 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:34,320 betrothed of Rosa. 176 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:38,920 Yes, as I say, the heart. 177 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:40,680 Now point number two. 178 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:43,720 The two gentlemen disappeared together into the night. 179 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:45,320 Point number three. 180 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,480 Mr. Drew never appears again. 181 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:48,480 Point four. 182 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:53,080 Mr. Landless is apprehended upon the heath, obviously fleeing cloisterum, and is returned 183 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:54,680 only by force. 184 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:55,680 Point five. 185 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:59,840 Unexplained blood stains are found upon his person and upon the stick he was carrying. 186 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:03,760 I was not fleeing cloisterum and the blood stains are not unexplained. 187 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,160 Circumstances indicate otherwise, Mr. Landless. 188 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:07,920 Yes, otherwise. 189 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:11,360 And the taking of a fellow creature's life is to take something that don't belong to 190 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:12,560 you, you know. 191 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:14,160 Taking of a fellow creature? 192 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,520 What madness is this? 193 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,840 Oh, Mr. Jasper, surely you don't believe that- 194 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,160 My interest lies only in the return of my nephew. 195 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,280 And if he is never to return in seeing that justice is rightly done. 196 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,280 Yes, precisely what I had in mind, Mr. Jasper. 197 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:29,280 Precisely. 198 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:39,640 My further suggestions to Mr. Sapsee were immediately carried out. 199 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:45,040 Black cards were posted, the river dragged, a feverish search began, days went by, then 200 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:46,040 weeks. 201 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,760 And the end result was nothing. 202 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:57,400 No trace of Edwin Drew was ever found. 203 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,040 Only when all hope was abandoned, Mr. Sapsee delivered his final resolution. 204 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:07,440 It would appear, gentlemen, that the mystery of Edwin Drew has not as yet been solved. 205 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,240 No, not solved. 206 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:13,080 However, certain horrible suspicions as yet remain. 207 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:18,880 In the interests of all concerned, therefore, I make the following suggestion. 208 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:24,080 It is that Mr. Neville Landless remove his presence from the city of cloisterum, and 209 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:29,560 unless there comes a time when certain horrible suspicions no longer exist, that he remain 210 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:39,640 away from here forever. 211 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,520 Late afternoon of that same day I went to see Rosa. 212 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:44,560 We met in the garden of the seminary house. 213 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:48,280 You wish to see me, Mr. Jasper? 214 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,920 That is a desire which has lived with me for a long while, Rosa. 215 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:56,000 However, the unhappy circumstances of the past few weeks have prevented its fulfillment. 216 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,640 And you feel that Mayor Sapsee's announcement has now cleared the way for you? 217 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:01,640 Not for me. 218 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:02,640 For us. 219 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:06,880 Grief does not come to an end with an official pronouncement, Mr. Jasper. 220 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,960 Surely even the natural sadness you feel must be tinged with relief. 221 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:11,960 Relief? 222 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:16,640 You no longer are faced with the prospect of a forced, distasteful marriage to Edwin. 223 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,800 You're free of your promise to your parents. 224 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:24,480 Now that Edwin's gone, there's nothing to prevent our getting married at once. 225 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:25,480 Our getting married? 226 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:29,120 I'm sorry I put it so bluntly, my dear, but we waited so long, kept our love for each 227 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,640 other buried so deeply. 228 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,240 Sure you can't blame me for speaking so frankly now. 229 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:38,680 No, and with Edwin gone, there's no need for me to be silent. 230 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:43,760 You have my solemn word for it, Mr. Jasper, that there is not one drop of love in my heart 231 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,880 for you, rather only loathing and hatred. 232 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:47,880 Rosa! 233 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:51,920 I have always despised you, though I tried to hide it for Edwin's sake. 234 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:55,720 Despised you because you pursued me with your eyes, with your thoughts, whispering to me 235 00:12:55,720 --> 00:13:00,320 in your mind of your obscene love, even though I was engaged to Edwin. 236 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:05,120 Edwin, the nephew you so falsely pretended was the dearest thing on earth to you. 237 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:06,120 Rosa, you're overwrought. 238 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:07,720 The strain of these past weeks. 239 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,080 You refuse to believe. 240 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:10,080 I can't believe it, my dear. 241 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:11,080 I love you, Lone-old-man. 242 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:16,000 The man I love, the man I still love, is Neville Landless. 243 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,000 Landless? 244 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,800 Yes, Neville, the man I was going to marry. 245 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,280 What do you mean, Rosa? 246 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:22,800 You were going to marry Edwin? 247 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:23,800 No, Mr. Jasper. 248 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:24,800 You told me you were. 249 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:30,400 That was before Edwin and I released each other from our vows, Mr. Jasper. 250 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:31,400 Released? 251 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:36,280 Then Edwin didn't have to die. 252 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,480 No, Mr. Jasper. 253 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:59,680 Whether Edwin was alive or dead, I was free to marry the man of my choice. 254 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:04,800 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Herbert Marshall in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. 255 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:13,160 Tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 256 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:23,600 Hello, our committee is investigating. 257 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,160 And what have you found, Senator? 258 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:30,720 That the Auto Light staple battery needs water only three times a year. 259 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:32,200 In normal car, you? 260 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:36,960 Now, that's not all, Senator, because the Auto Light staple battery gives longer life, 261 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,920 as proved by tests conducted according to accepted life cycle standards. 262 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:44,400 Yes, Harlow, and you know what's responsible. 263 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:49,160 Why those fiberglass retaining mats that surround every positive plate to reduce shedding and 264 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,840 flaking and hold the power producing materials in place. 265 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:58,620 And we've found the Auto Light staple battery is a favorite of millions of car owners from 266 00:14:58,620 --> 00:14:59,920 coast to coast. 267 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:00,920 Thank you, Senator. 268 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,160 Friends, see your Auto Light battery dealer. 269 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:08,320 He services all makes of batteries, and he has an Auto Light staple for your car if a 270 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:09,960 replacement is needed. 271 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:14,560 To quickly locate him, phone Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. 272 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:18,800 I'll tell you the name of your nearest Auto Light battery dealer, where you can get an 273 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:24,120 Auto Light staple, the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car 274 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:25,120 use. 275 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:30,720 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 276 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:38,120 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage, Mr. Herbert Marshall, in Elliot 277 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:44,320 Lewis's production of the mystery of Edwin Drood, a tale well calculated to keep you 278 00:15:44,320 --> 00:16:01,360 in suspense. 279 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:06,640 How does one relate the ending of a world, the stunning collapse of all that has meaning, 280 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,680 of all that is life? 281 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,880 I will not attempt to do so. 282 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,800 Everything that can be said was said on that fateful afternoon. 283 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,680 And so the story of Edwin Drood was over. 284 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,680 Or so I thought. 285 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:28,640 Good day to you, Mr. Jasper. 286 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:29,640 Huh? 287 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,640 Oh, it's you, Donald. 288 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:35,840 Eh, him what he's known as old Donald should be. 289 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:40,360 Come to pay another visit to the western place of the Orleans, Mr. Jasper. 290 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,040 Why, no, no, no, Donald. 291 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,240 As a matter of fact, I hadn't even noticed that I was walking past the crypt. 292 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,040 My mind was elsewhere, I imagine. 293 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:52,880 I thought perhaps you might be coming round for another lesson in burying dead bodies, 294 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:53,880 Mr. Jasper. 295 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:55,880 What's meant by that about, Donald? 296 00:16:55,880 --> 00:17:03,360 Well, now I recall one night old Donald gave you a lesson about finding bodies of the Orleans, 297 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:08,920 up here and there with his hammer, he did, pointing out the hollow walls. 298 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:10,560 You remember, don't you? 299 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,960 Oh, yes, yes, I believe I recall something like that. 300 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,560 An evening without anything to do, I don't curiosity. 301 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,080 It could have been, Mr. Jasper. 302 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:22,960 Though it didn't seem as such on last Christmas Eve, it didn't. 303 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:24,440 What about last Christmas Eve? 304 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,160 Why, you was down here again, Mr. Jasper. 305 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:32,480 Topping the walls with a total hammer yourself, you were. 306 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:33,480 You're mistaken. 307 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:35,480 I was nowhere near the crypt on Christmas Eve. 308 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:36,480 Perhaps. 309 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:37,480 Perhaps. 310 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,080 I would have wagered you had a bottle or two of holiday cheer beneath your belt at the 311 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,080 time. 312 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:42,080 Perhaps. 313 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:52,040 Though I would have swore it were you. 314 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:57,040 Hello. 315 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:06,640 Come in, Mr. Jasper. 316 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,360 Come in. 317 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:10,520 And who may you be, sir? 318 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:12,960 Thatcher is the name, Dick Thatchery. 319 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,720 Came calling, found you out, made himself at home. 320 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:17,720 So I note. 321 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:18,720 This? 322 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,720 Favorite of mine, mulled wine. 323 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,320 Thought I'd prepare, honor the occasion of all. 324 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:29,480 The occasion of an absolute stranger making himself at home in my lodgings. 325 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:31,800 Not ordinary circumstances, hmm? 326 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,240 Quite agree. 327 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,560 Nevertheless, honorable occasion. 328 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,000 Perhaps you care to explain, Mr. Thatchery. 329 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,000 Gladly. 330 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,000 Gladly. 331 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Perfect, sir. 332 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:45,880 Won't you join me? 333 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,480 I'm awaiting that explanation, sir. 334 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,640 I bring your greetings, sir. 335 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:51,640 Greetings from whom? 336 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:55,520 Your dear boy, Mr. Jasper. 337 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,200 Greetings from Edwin Root. 338 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,000 Greetings from Edwin? 339 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,000 Aye. 340 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,000 Send you the best. 341 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,000 Apologize for not writing. 342 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,760 Trust you're not worried. 343 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,240 Told you didn't die. 344 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:08,240 Honorable occasion. 345 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,880 Indeed, this is an occasion, Mr. Thatchery. 346 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,280 I've been worried sick about the dear boy. 347 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:14,280 You found him well? 348 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:15,280 Blooming, best of health. 349 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:16,280 Where is he? 350 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:17,760 Where did you meet with him? 351 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,480 London, some lodging house. 352 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,160 Kept meeting on stairs, natural thing. 353 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:22,960 Of course, quite natural. 354 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:24,400 Business took me to Cloisterham. 355 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:25,800 Told Edwin. 356 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:26,800 Made me promise a greeting. 357 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:27,800 Here I am. 358 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,800 Care to try the wine? 359 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:31,800 Quite good. 360 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,800 My apologies, Mr. Thatchery. 361 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,880 Certainly I would. 362 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:36,880 Toast to Edwin? 363 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:37,880 To Edwin. 364 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:38,880 Ah. 365 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:39,880 Perfect. 366 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:44,880 Well, you're on your way now. 367 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:45,880 You're over. 368 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:46,880 One moment, Mr. Thatchery. 369 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,920 I must write Edwin and tell him how happy you've made me. 370 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,480 What's the dear boy's address? 371 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:52,960 He hasn't got it. 372 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:53,960 He moved. 373 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:54,960 Didn't say where. 374 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,320 Then there's no more you can tell me about him, where he can be reached. 375 00:19:58,320 --> 00:19:59,320 Nothing. 376 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:00,320 I see. 377 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,760 Wondering if it's a tall tale, Mr. Jasper? 378 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:05,560 No real greetings. 379 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:06,560 No real Edwin. 380 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,320 Surely that's a possibility, Mr. Thatchery. 381 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,360 Ordinarily, not now. 382 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:12,360 Mementos. 383 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:14,600 Wanted you to have them. 384 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:15,600 Remember him. 385 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:16,600 Oh, duty fully discharged. 386 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:17,600 I'll be leaving. 387 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:18,600 Good day, Mr. Jasper. 388 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:19,600 Excellent, boy. 389 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:20,600 I scarcely have the time to say goodbye. 390 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:21,600 I'm going to go. 391 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:22,600 I'm going to go. 392 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:23,600 I'm going to go. 393 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:24,600 I'm going to go. 394 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:25,600 I'm going to go. 395 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:26,600 I'm going to go. 396 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:27,600 I'm going to go. 397 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:28,600 I'm going to go. 398 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:29,600 I'm going to go. 399 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:30,600 I'm going to go. 400 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:31,600 I'm going to go. 401 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:32,600 I'm going to go. 402 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:33,600 I'm going to go. 403 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,360 We really heard him leave, this Mr. Thatchery. 404 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:39,240 I was staring at the object he placed upon the table. 405 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,560 A watch and chain. 406 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:43,200 Edwin's watch and chain. 407 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,240 He'd been wearing them the night of the big storm. 408 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:50,720 The last night he'd been seen alive. 409 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,240 Mr. Thatchery. 410 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:57,520 Mr. Jasper, one moment, please. 411 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:58,520 Good afternoon, Rosa. 412 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,900 Have you heard the news, Mr. Jasper? 413 00:21:00,900 --> 00:21:01,900 What news, Rosa? 414 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:02,960 It concerns Edwin Brood. 415 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:03,960 Edwin? 416 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,960 Yes, he's alive Mr. Jasper. 417 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:06,960 Edwin's alive. 418 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:08,960 Did you hear me Mr. Jasper? 419 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:10,960 Did you hear what I said about Edwin? 420 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:11,960 He's alive. 421 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:13,960 That's a rather astounding statement for us to... 422 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,960 I know, I could scarcely believe it myself, but here. 423 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,960 This came to me in the post today from London. 424 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,960 It's a letter from Edwin. 425 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:24,960 Oh isn't it wonderful Mr. Jasper. 426 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:29,960 We were all so certain that he was dead that someone had killed him on the night of the storm. 427 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:33,960 And there, there in your very hand is the proof that he's alive. 428 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:49,960 No greater horror can visit the mind of man than a certain knowledge he has suddenly become mad. 429 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:53,960 And such was the horror which dwelt within me that fateful day. 430 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,960 For it was the only explanation that was left. 431 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,960 Edwin was dead, he had to be. 432 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:05,960 The memory or dream that had lived with me since Christmas morn was too clear, too sharply etched for there to be any doubt. 433 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:07,960 Edwin was dead. 434 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:12,960 And yet within a single afternoon two people had brought me proof that Edwin was alive. 435 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:17,960 Proof as clear, as sharply etched as that memory. 436 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,960 A sane mind does not exist in a world of such paradox. 437 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:28,960 I've gone mad. 438 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,960 Time finds no haven within the dread confines of madness. 439 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,960 Nor was that day an exception. 440 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,960 Somehow without my knowing of it the day was gone. 441 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:46,960 In what had been a sunlit sky a night-darkened storm lay muttering ominously. 442 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:51,960 My mud-spattered gaiters, bone-weary legs, spoke mutely of hours of aimless wandering, 443 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:58,960 hours of doing fruitless battle with that thing of horrible wonder apart, which was now my mind. 444 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,960 And then I was where I'd been destined to be all along. 445 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,960 The one place where the truth could be found. 446 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:06,960 Incontestable truth. 447 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:20,960 I entered the venerable crypt of Troystrath. 448 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:25,960 The flashes of lightning etched in weird relief the low inhabitants of the dead. 449 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,960 Half-standing pillars of stone assumed the attitude of watchful guardians, 450 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,960 grinning evilly from their sentry boxes of the night. 451 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,960 And the broken wall for which I made my way was an ancient catapult, 452 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,960 concealing within it the secret that only I knew was there. 453 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:47,960 I climbed to its top and looked down upon the rubbish that almost filled the hollow space between its sides. 454 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,960 A rusty spade lay nearby. 455 00:23:49,960 --> 00:24:07,960 I seized it and began to dig. 456 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,960 Again time became meaningless. 457 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,960 There was nothing but the feverish labor of uncovering the truth, 458 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:17,960 of finding a rusted watch and chain that would not possibly lie bright and untarnished on my table, 459 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:22,960 of uncovering a skeletonized human hand that was incapable of writing the letter I'd seen. 460 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,960 And then the labor too became meaningless. 461 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,960 There was no watch, no chain, no hand. 462 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,960 There was nothing in there but rubble. 463 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:34,960 Looking for something, Mr. Jasper? 464 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:35,960 Landish! 465 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:37,960 I asked you if you were looking for something, Mr. Jasper. 466 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,960 What are you doing here? You were ordered to stay away from Christendom. 467 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,960 I came back, Mr. Jasper. 468 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:42,960 Why? What are you doing here? 469 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:43,960 Same thing that you are, seeking the truth. 470 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:44,960 The truth about what? 471 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:45,960 The mystery of Edwin Drew. 472 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,960 There is no mystery. Edwin Drew is alive. 473 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:49,960 Is he? 474 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,960 Ask Rosa, ask Mr. Datcher, and they'll tell you. They know he's alive. 475 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,960 No, Mr. Jasper. You killed him last Christmas Eve. Edwin Drew is dead. 476 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:58,960 He's not, I tell you. How could he be? 477 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:03,960 If he were dead, why isn't he lying in this grave? The grave in which I... 478 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:05,960 The grave in which you buried him? 479 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,960 No. There was no grave. Only a dream. It was all a dream. 480 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:09,960 What was a dream, Mr. Jasper? 481 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,960 Everything. Following him back to the river, my hands around his throat, 482 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:17,960 hiding his body here in this wall. It was all a dream. Can't you understand? 483 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,960 I've been driven out of my mind by a dream. I didn't do it. 484 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:21,960 But you did, Mr. Jasper. 485 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:23,960 You are a fool, analyst. Look for yourself. 486 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,960 This grave I prepared for him is empty. He isn't there. 487 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,960 No, but he was here until two weeks ago. 488 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,960 Two weeks ago? 489 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:34,960 That was when a London detective and I found what was left of him. 490 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:35,960 That jury? 491 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:40,960 Yes. With the help of doodles and his invaluable hammer, we found Edwin Drew. 492 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,960 We found the food, found the watch which identified him. 493 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,960 You told me just now how you killed him. 494 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,960 The watch? And Rose's letter? 495 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,960 Written several years ago, reposted from London. 496 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:55,960 Shall we go now, Mr. Jasper? 497 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:56,960 Go? 498 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:01,960 You took me before the authorities once. Now it's my time to take you. 499 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:06,960 Prospect of the gallows make you happy, Jasper? 500 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:13,960 In the way, Lenz. At least I'll go to it, knowing that I wasn't mad. 501 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,960 Suspense. Presented by Auto Light. 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