1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,400 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 2 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:22,920 Tonight, the story of a man who felt that he had to prove himself, had to go to any 3 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,280 length to make people believe him. 4 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:37,840 Anthony Ellis stars in his own adaptation of Elizabeth Bowen's Telling. 5 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:43,520 The chapel was a ruin, roofed by daylight, floored with lawn. 6 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:47,600 In a corner the gardener had tipped out a heap of cut grass from the lawnmower. 7 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,920 It smelled stuffy and sweet. 8 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:57,080 Outside beyond the ragged arch of the chapel there was sunshine, but not here. 9 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:04,240 Terry looked up feeling shy, noticing suddenly surprised the blood on his hands, embarrassed 10 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,680 all at once at the idea of anyone coming. 11 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:14,040 His brain was ticking like a watch, remembering, remembering Josephine. 12 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:19,960 Homecoming from Ceylon a month ago, that first interview with his father in the study, so 13 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:20,960 heavy with solemnity. 14 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:21,960 Good on Terry. 15 00:01:21,960 --> 00:01:22,960 Thank you father. 16 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:23,960 Well, so you're back with us. 17 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:24,960 That penny, I suppose you rather expected it. 18 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:25,960 No, matter of fact, this time I didn't. 19 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:26,960 I hoped you'd make a go of it. 20 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:27,960 Sorry. 21 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:28,960 You mind telling me what happened? 22 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:29,960 I shouldn't mind at all if I knew how things were going all right. 23 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:30,960 Then the letter from the office and bye bye Ceylon. 24 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:31,960 Hello England. 25 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:32,960 Hello. 26 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:33,960 Hello. 27 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:34,960 Hello. 28 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:35,960 Hello. 29 00:01:35,960 --> 00:01:36,960 Hello. 30 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:37,960 Hello. 31 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:38,960 Hello. 32 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:39,960 Hello. 33 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:40,960 Hello. 34 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:41,960 Hello. 35 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:42,960 Hello. 36 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:43,960 Hello. 37 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:44,960 Hello. 38 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:45,960 Hello. 39 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:46,960 Hello. 40 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:47,960 Hello. 41 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:48,960 Hello. 42 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:49,960 Hello. 43 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:50,960 Hello. 44 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:51,960 Hello. 45 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:52,960 Hello. 46 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:53,960 Hello. 47 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:54,960 Hello. 48 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:55,960 Hello England. 49 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:56,960 I didn't hear quite the same thing. 50 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:57,960 Oh? 51 00:01:57,960 --> 00:01:58,960 Markridge firm from London told me that you'd been shirking on the job. 52 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:00,960 Insolent to the plantation manager, that they simply had no choice but to give you the sack. 53 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,200 Well, it wasn't as bad in after all I... 54 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,360 Look here Terry, it's gone too far this time. 55 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,320 When your mother was alive, I tried to understand. 56 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,960 You were chucked out of school, 14, you remember? 57 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:14,680 In Cambridge. 58 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,680 Your mother was... I suppose she meant well, you being the youngest boy. 59 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,980 I think if I'd had my way with you, though, it would have been better. 60 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,320 But now you've been kicked out again. 61 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,200 Your mother's dead. She won't protect you anymore. 62 00:02:28,820 --> 00:02:31,400 You're going to have to grow up now. Do you understand? 63 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:32,860 Yes. 64 00:02:32,940 --> 00:02:34,440 Have you any plans? 65 00:02:34,540 --> 00:02:36,580 Right. I don't know. 66 00:02:37,460 --> 00:02:40,540 Oh, Father, if I could think things out, I know I could do something. 67 00:02:40,620 --> 00:02:41,620 You've said that before. 68 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:44,280 But I could. Or perhaps art. 69 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,200 If I had a chance to study, listen to me. 70 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,920 And take that filthy cigarette out of your mouth when I'm talking to you. 71 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,580 Sorry. I'm fed up with you, Terry. 72 00:02:53,660 --> 00:02:56,260 Your brothers and sisters are ashamed. We all are. 73 00:02:56,340 --> 00:02:58,460 Why the devil can't you be a man? 74 00:02:58,540 --> 00:03:00,680 School's finished. You're 24. 75 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,600 I will not tolerate a slacker in my house. I warn you. 76 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,680 This is your last chance. 77 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,180 You can have a couple of weeks to get settled, 78 00:03:10,260 --> 00:03:12,900 and I'll try to find you something in the city. 79 00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:14,360 Father, that's awfully decent of you. 80 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,240 I'm not doing this for you. 81 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,660 I'm doing it for my own self-respect and the memory of your mother. 82 00:03:20,740 --> 00:03:22,160 Yes, Father. 83 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,120 We shan't mention the Ceylon incident again. 84 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,580 I think you'd better go upstairs now and get dressed for dinner. 85 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,420 And remembering in the now high cold walls of the chapel, 86 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:42,540 Josephine, the first meeting after he'd been home for only four days. 87 00:03:42,540 --> 00:03:47,120 Josephine, with her chestnut hair gently framing that face that he had loved, 88 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,120 yet been unable to visualize during those eight months away from her. 89 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:56,420 And a warm, lazy afternoon, the sound of tennis drifting across the lawn. 90 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:57,840 Josephine. 91 00:03:59,380 --> 00:04:01,600 Charles has a marvelous serve, don't you think? 92 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,680 Yes. He's good. 93 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,820 I'm afraid I've never been able to stand up to him, or John, for that matter. 94 00:04:06,900 --> 00:04:08,200 You don't practice. 95 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,160 Oh, is that it? 96 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,920 I thought perhaps it was just that I'm not much good at it. 97 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,540 Oh, rot. 98 00:04:14,620 --> 00:04:18,460 Josephine, you know, it's the funniest thing. 99 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,640 All the time I was in Ceylon, even when I wrote to you, 100 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,260 I simply couldn't remember what you looked like. 101 00:04:25,340 --> 00:04:26,560 It's odd, isn't it? 102 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,260 I'm sorry I didn't write to you. I've been terribly busy. 103 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,980 No, it doesn't matter. I can see you now. 104 00:04:32,060 --> 00:04:34,440 Shall we go down to the court? I'd love a game when they finish. 105 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:35,520 Josephine. 106 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:36,600 Yes? 107 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:39,480 Do you believe in me? 108 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:40,940 What a strange question. 109 00:04:41,020 --> 00:04:43,400 No. No, it isn't. It's important. 110 00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:45,900 Do you? 111 00:04:45,980 --> 00:04:47,280 I think you're a very nice young man. 112 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:48,480 Don't say it that way. 113 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:49,980 How would you like me to say it? 114 00:04:50,060 --> 00:04:52,980 I don't know. But not like that. 115 00:04:53,060 --> 00:04:54,660 Not as though you were talking to the gardener. 116 00:04:54,740 --> 00:04:55,740 Oh, don't be silly, Terry. 117 00:04:55,820 --> 00:04:57,820 It's not silly. 118 00:04:57,900 --> 00:05:01,040 I know I'm not much good. Clumsy. 119 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,000 And I thought it was my eyes. 120 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,960 You know, I used to drink whiskey to help. 121 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,580 Really, I did. 122 00:05:06,660 --> 00:05:08,160 For a little while, it did help. 123 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,120 I could do things cleverly. I wasn't clumsy anymore. 124 00:05:12,460 --> 00:05:14,460 Then suddenly the whiskey didn't do any good. 125 00:05:16,380 --> 00:05:19,120 I wanted to make people proud of me. 126 00:05:19,220 --> 00:05:21,340 You, Josephine, I've always wanted that. 127 00:05:21,420 --> 00:05:24,680 If only you wouldn't take yourself so seriously, Terry. 128 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:26,880 If you'd try and... 129 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:28,500 I don't know. 130 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:29,600 Behave like a man, I suppose. 131 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,560 I am a man. 132 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:33,440 I love you like a man, not a little boy. 133 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:34,520 Oh, Terry. 134 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:35,860 I could do something if I had the chance. 135 00:05:35,940 --> 00:05:36,940 I'm sure you could. 136 00:05:36,940 --> 00:05:38,940 If I thought that you cared, I could do anything. 137 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,200 I need somebody. 138 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:43,620 You to believe in me. 139 00:05:43,700 --> 00:05:45,080 Terry, dear, I'm very fond of you. 140 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:46,160 You know I am, but really I... 141 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,420 No, no, no. Don't say anything now. 142 00:05:49,500 --> 00:05:50,800 I'll show you. 143 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:52,800 I'll make you proud of me, you'll see. 144 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,160 All right. 145 00:05:54,260 --> 00:05:57,260 Now, do be a darling and try not to look so intense. 146 00:05:57,340 --> 00:05:59,260 I'm going to see how the game's getting on. 147 00:05:59,260 --> 00:06:08,180 Come along if you like. 148 00:06:08,260 --> 00:06:12,260 Remembering, with the sharp, quick call of a bird, 149 00:06:12,340 --> 00:06:15,480 John, nine years older, a barrister, 150 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,100 a promising young barrister, 151 00:06:17,180 --> 00:06:18,860 Charles, six years older, 152 00:06:18,940 --> 00:06:21,320 making a place for himself in the Conservative Party, 153 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,940 or I think big yet, but with a gleam of parliament in his eye, 154 00:06:25,020 --> 00:06:28,400 and he'd get there, and everyone said so. 155 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,240 Terry wanted to feel close to both of them, 156 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,320 understand, be understood. 157 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,500 He'd always wanted that. 158 00:06:35,580 --> 00:06:37,080 Catherine, his sister, 159 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,580 20, with an anxious, methodical mind, loving life and gossip. 160 00:06:41,660 --> 00:06:43,160 They were together one evening a few days later 161 00:06:43,260 --> 00:06:46,840 discussing plans for the party. 162 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,260 Oh, I think he's a perfect idiot. 163 00:06:49,340 --> 00:06:51,880 Besides, he's always asking me to marry him. 164 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:56,260 Right, strike out, Percy, break. 165 00:06:56,340 --> 00:06:57,340 Who else? 166 00:06:57,340 --> 00:06:58,640 Josephine's coming, isn't she? 167 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,640 Yes, Terry, Josephine's coming. 168 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,640 You know, I think our little Terry has a crush on Josephine. 169 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:04,900 Don't be vulgar, Charles. 170 00:07:04,980 --> 00:07:06,280 Haven't you, lady? 171 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:07,700 I like her, yes. 172 00:07:07,780 --> 00:07:10,240 Break your heart. She broke mine while you were away. 173 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:11,980 Stop it, we've got to get on with the list. 174 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:13,160 Charles, were you? 175 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,940 Pots about her, absolutely and forever. 176 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:17,000 I didn't know. 177 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:18,420 He's teasing you, Terry. 178 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:19,580 No, I don't think he is. 179 00:07:19,660 --> 00:07:21,580 Oh, Terry, don't be a fool. Of course he's teasing. 180 00:07:21,660 --> 00:07:22,840 It's not a very funny joke. 181 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,040 Oh, good Lord, I thought Salon would have toughened your skin a bit. 182 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:28,220 Look here, if you two want to fight, do it after we've finished. 183 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:30,760 Yes, my Lord. Carry on. 184 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:32,800 You can manage without me, I think. 185 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,520 He's a sensitive soul. What is the matter with him? 186 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,720 You know he is like that. Why do you always beg for trouble? 187 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,180 I'm sorry. I thought perhaps he'd changed a bit. 188 00:07:51,180 --> 00:07:55,100 I'll go and apologize. 189 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,560 Mind if I... 190 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:05,980 Yes? 191 00:08:06,060 --> 00:08:08,820 Oh, come on in. Come in. 192 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:09,980 Sit on the bed, if you like. 193 00:08:10,060 --> 00:08:12,780 Right. 194 00:08:12,860 --> 00:08:17,700 I found a Gurkha regiment in the village today. 195 00:08:17,780 --> 00:08:18,700 Quite nice, don't you think? 196 00:08:18,780 --> 00:08:20,740 Oh, my head, Terry. You're not still playing with lead soldiers. 197 00:08:20,740 --> 00:08:23,660 Well, why the devil not? My hobby. What's yours? 198 00:08:23,740 --> 00:08:26,960 I'm sorry. I came to apologize for what I said before. 199 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,960 You don't have to. I understand. 200 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,420 It's not true. You know, I was teasing about Josephine. 201 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:33,460 It doesn't matter. 202 00:08:33,540 --> 00:08:38,380 Terry, you are keen on her, aren't you? 203 00:08:38,460 --> 00:08:39,460 He's a decent soul. 204 00:08:39,540 --> 00:08:42,140 I know, but... well, you're... 205 00:08:42,220 --> 00:08:44,060 You're not too serious, are you? 206 00:08:44,140 --> 00:08:47,180 I mean, you're not in love with her, anything like that. 207 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:48,520 Whatever gave you that idea? 208 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:53,740 I wasn't sure. She's a decent sword, but not for you. 209 00:08:53,820 --> 00:08:55,780 Oh? Why do you say that? 210 00:08:55,860 --> 00:08:58,240 Josephine likes to have fun. 211 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,400 I don't think she's ready to settle down. 212 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:02,160 What does that mean? 213 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:03,200 What I said, that's all. 214 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:04,500 You're saying she runs about? 215 00:09:04,580 --> 00:09:06,800 No, no, no. Just... 216 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,080 If you are in love with her, I wouldn't want to see you hurt. 217 00:09:10,180 --> 00:09:12,220 Well, thanks very much, but don't worry. I can manage. 218 00:09:12,300 --> 00:09:15,380 Righto. Only being brotherly. All serene? 219 00:09:15,460 --> 00:09:16,140 Of course. 220 00:09:16,220 --> 00:09:18,140 Good. 221 00:09:18,140 --> 00:09:21,180 Want to come down for a nightcap before you turn in? 222 00:09:21,260 --> 00:09:23,180 No, Max, I'm rather tired. 223 00:09:23,260 --> 00:09:25,520 Good night, then. See you in the morning. 224 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:37,400 Remembered, as the shaft of sunlight touched the tip of the upturned shoe 225 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,480 the night of the party. 226 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:43,020 Bright moons, swirl of evening dresses on young bodies, 227 00:09:43,100 --> 00:09:46,280 warm scented air, music, dancing, 228 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,440 couples laughing, kissing in the security of shrubbery. 229 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,400 Josephine. 230 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,120 Lovely. 231 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,000 But as he watched her, he began to understand what Charles meant 232 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:01,240 when he spoke of her, and he didn't want to understand. 233 00:10:01,340 --> 00:10:05,040 He danced one dance, and then she was always gone, 234 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,460 and Terry went looking for her. 235 00:10:07,540 --> 00:10:09,540 He found her in the old chapel. 236 00:10:09,620 --> 00:10:13,340 Then with her was an indistinct figure, a man vaguely known, 237 00:10:13,340 --> 00:10:16,340 and somebody's friend. 238 00:10:16,420 --> 00:10:18,420 Yes. 239 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:20,380 No. 240 00:10:20,460 --> 00:10:22,460 No, no. 241 00:10:26,540 --> 00:10:28,540 You ruined my nightcap. 242 00:10:28,620 --> 00:10:30,620 Isn't that what it's for? 243 00:10:30,700 --> 00:10:33,000 To lure the beasts on? 244 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:35,500 Let you behave. I'm going back inside. 245 00:10:35,580 --> 00:10:38,880 I didn't think we came out here to behave. 246 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:40,960 Besides, if you do go back, 247 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,880 poor little Terry will be poor. 248 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:44,880 Oh, no. 249 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:46,300 Take your choice. 250 00:10:46,380 --> 00:10:48,380 I haven't got one, I'm afraid. 251 00:10:48,460 --> 00:10:50,460 Then here. 252 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,800 That floor, right through her. 253 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:04,880 She damages truth. 254 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:06,960 She kills souls. 255 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,800 She's killed mine. 256 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:11,800 I must do something. 257 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:23,880 And remembering last night. 258 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:25,960 All night thinking it out. 259 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,040 Sometimes taking a drink, 260 00:11:28,140 --> 00:11:32,140 but mostly walking alone in the shrubberies, avoiding the others. 261 00:11:32,220 --> 00:11:34,220 He was not angry. 262 00:11:34,300 --> 00:11:36,300 He kept saying... 263 00:11:36,380 --> 00:11:38,380 I must not be angry. I must be just. 264 00:11:38,380 --> 00:11:41,380 All night, then, he walked alone in the garden. 265 00:11:41,460 --> 00:11:44,460 And as the light began to grow in the sky, 266 00:11:44,540 --> 00:11:46,540 he stepped through the French windows 267 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,640 and took down the African knife from the dining room wall. 268 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:51,720 He'd always wanted that African knife. 269 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,800 And then he'd gone upstairs, shaved, changed into channels, 270 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,880 put the knife into his blazer pocket, 271 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,960 and sat on the windowsill in his room, 272 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,040 waiting for the sun to come up. 273 00:12:01,140 --> 00:12:03,140 Waiting and thinking. 274 00:12:03,220 --> 00:12:05,220 And then he went back to his room. 275 00:12:05,220 --> 00:12:08,220 Waiting and thinking. 276 00:12:08,300 --> 00:12:10,300 No one but I can do it. 277 00:12:11,420 --> 00:12:14,420 She ought not to live with this flaw in her. 278 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:16,500 She really mustn't. 279 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:40,500 I must see that she doesn't. 280 00:12:40,580 --> 00:12:42,580 You are listening to Anthony Ellis 281 00:12:42,660 --> 00:12:45,660 starring in his own adaptation of Elizabeth Bowen's telling. 282 00:12:45,660 --> 00:12:48,660 Tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding 283 00:12:48,740 --> 00:12:51,740 theater of thrills, Suspense. 284 00:12:51,820 --> 00:12:54,820 Tomorrow night, the FBI in Peace and War 285 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,920 looks into the strange case of the go-getter on CBS radio. 286 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,000 It's a thrilling G-man hunt involving the machinations 287 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,080 of a used car dealer who has his own methods 288 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,160 for undercutting competition. 289 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,240 The FBI is investigating the case of the go-getter 290 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,320 on CBS radio. 291 00:13:11,420 --> 00:13:14,420 It's a thrilling G-man hunt involving the machinations 292 00:13:14,420 --> 00:13:17,420 of a used car dealer who has his own methods 293 00:13:17,500 --> 00:13:19,500 for undercutting competition. 294 00:13:19,580 --> 00:13:22,580 Don't miss the details over most of these same stations 295 00:13:22,660 --> 00:13:25,660 tomorrow night when the Star's Address presents 296 00:13:25,740 --> 00:13:27,740 the FBI in Peace and War. 297 00:13:27,820 --> 00:13:30,820 And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage 298 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,920 Mr. Anthony Ellis in Elliot Lewis's production of 299 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:51,460 To Keep You in Suspense. 300 00:13:51,540 --> 00:13:54,540 A breeze stirred the collar of her dress, 301 00:13:54,620 --> 00:13:57,620 fairly remembered, sitting on the windowsill, 302 00:13:57,700 --> 00:13:59,700 watching sunlight brighten and broaden 303 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:01,800 from the yellow agitation behind the trees 304 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,800 into swathes of color across the lawn. 305 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,880 And later it had all been arranged for them. 306 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,960 He fell into, had his party in some kind of design. 307 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,040 He went downstairs to the dining room 308 00:14:14,140 --> 00:14:16,140 where the family was gathered for a late breakfast. 309 00:14:16,220 --> 00:14:18,420 Morning, old boy. Scrambled eggs? 310 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:20,500 Oh, no, thanks. Do you good? 311 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,300 Didn't see much of you last night. Have a good time? 312 00:14:23,380 --> 00:14:25,380 Yes. Now, wasn't it a lovely party? 313 00:14:25,460 --> 00:14:27,460 Mmm. Sit down, Terry. 314 00:14:27,540 --> 00:14:29,540 Catherine, give them a cup of coffee. 315 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:30,640 Where's Josephine? 316 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,640 Oh, she's already had her breakfast. 317 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,720 Oh, what a girl. I don't know how she does it. 318 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,300 I've got a head like a melon. Where is she? 319 00:14:38,380 --> 00:14:40,380 Here's your coffee. 320 00:14:40,460 --> 00:14:43,460 You look done in, Terry. Feel all right? 321 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:44,560 Yes. 322 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:45,640 Morning, you lazy people. 323 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,220 Morning. Morning. 324 00:14:47,300 --> 00:14:49,300 Who wants to play a game of tennis? 325 00:14:49,380 --> 00:14:50,380 Oh, my. 326 00:14:50,460 --> 00:14:52,460 Would you like to go for a walk, Josephine? 327 00:14:52,540 --> 00:14:55,260 Why, I'd rather... Oh, all right. 328 00:14:55,340 --> 00:14:57,340 You have some breakfast before you go out. 329 00:14:57,420 --> 00:14:59,420 No, thanks. 330 00:14:59,420 --> 00:15:01,420 Why the devil do you stuff your pocket so full, Terry? 331 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:03,500 That jacket isn't going to be worth a brass farthing. 332 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:05,600 You'll have to get it pressed. Oh. 333 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,680 Oh, come on, Terry. Don't listen to him. 334 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,760 He's jealous because he hasn't got that casual look. 335 00:15:19,340 --> 00:15:21,840 I had a lovely time last night, didn't you? 336 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,420 Did you see Marilyn when she fell in the pond? 337 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:27,500 I thought Charles would have a fit. He laughed so much. 338 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:28,920 I didn't see that. 339 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,920 Oh, he must have kept your father up half the night. 340 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,000 I hope he didn't mind. 341 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:38,080 Oh, what a heavenly morning. 342 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:41,040 It is, isn't it? I saw it for the first time. 343 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,420 How on earth could you get up so early? 344 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:45,500 It must have been five. 345 00:15:45,580 --> 00:15:47,580 I didn't go to bed. Oh. 346 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,000 I like it here, in the chapel, don't you? 347 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,000 Yes. It's quiet. 348 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,080 You just want a chance to think, even to make things right. 349 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,160 You know what I mean? Let's go on. No. 350 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,240 Not for a minute. 351 00:16:08,540 --> 00:16:10,540 Josephine. 352 00:16:10,620 --> 00:16:12,620 I saw you here last night. 353 00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:14,700 Did you? That man. 354 00:16:14,780 --> 00:16:16,780 I suppose you enjoyed yourself. 355 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:19,880 Why did you let him kiss you? Oh, poor little Terry. 356 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,960 Don't be tiresome, darling. Do you believe in me? 357 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,040 Oh, yes, I believe, Terry. I understand. 358 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,040 Now, be a good boy and go... 359 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,120 Will you kiss me? 360 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,040 Everywhere, cigarette ends. 361 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:51,120 Scattered last night by the couple who had come to the chapel to kiss. 362 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,200 Terry noticed a charred cigarette stump in Josephine's hair. 363 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,200 By her left ear, it showed through. 364 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:58,280 He thought... 365 00:16:58,380 --> 00:17:00,380 She'd never forgive me for that. 366 00:17:00,460 --> 00:17:02,460 So fast, did he? 367 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,000 She mentioned my dirty nails once. 368 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:09,880 They were dirty. 369 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:12,960 Oh, she'd never forgive me for this. 370 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:17,040 He picked the cigarette out of her hair and threw it away. 371 00:17:18,120 --> 00:17:21,120 She lay now with her feet and lower body in the sunshine. 372 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,200 The sun was just high enough. 373 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,200 Her arms flung out wide at him. 374 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,280 Desperately, generously. 375 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:29,360 On her face was a dazzled look. 376 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,440 Her blood quietly soaked through the grass, 377 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,520 sinking through to the roots of it. 378 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,600 I've done the right thing. 379 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,680 What do you feel now, Josephine? 380 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:40,760 Do you believe in me now? 381 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:48,600 On his way to the house, he stooped down and dipped his hands in the garden tank. 382 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,680 Someone might scream. 383 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,680 He felt embarrassed at the thought of somebody screaming. 384 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:57,760 The red curled away through the water and melted. 385 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,520 Hello, Katherine. 386 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,600 Oh, Terry. 387 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:13,680 Katherine. 388 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:15,760 I've done something. 389 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,840 They're putting the furniture back in the drawing room. 390 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:19,920 I wish you'd go and help me. 391 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,920 It's getting those big sofas through the door and the cabinets. 392 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,000 I'm putting the music away. 393 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,080 I don't suppose you'll be able to marry now. 394 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,160 Nobody will marry her. 395 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,240 Don't mumble, Terry. 396 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,320 Do you know where Josephine is? 397 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,400 No, I haven't the slightest idea. 398 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,480 Go on, Terry. Please help. 399 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,560 Katherine. 400 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,640 Do you know what happened down in the chapel? 401 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,720 Katherine. 402 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,800 What would you do if I killed somebody? 403 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,800 Laugh. 404 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:51,880 If I killed a woman? 405 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:53,960 Laugh harder. 406 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,040 Do you know any women? 407 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:06,120 She had not wanted to be cruel, but he'd spoiled something for her. 408 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,200 Last night she had gone to the chapel. 409 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,280 She had been kissed. 410 00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:12,360 And now his talking about it had changed everything. 411 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,440 He must have seen her and was being nasty about it. 412 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,440 He might even tell Father. He'd always been like that. 413 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,520 She found herself not liking Terry at all. 414 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:22,600 Almost hating him. 415 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,680 Terry went to the drawing room and helped move the furniture. 416 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,760 It was Terry's fault. 417 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,840 They scratched the paint on the wall with the heavy cabinet. 418 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,920 Oh, blast. We've scratched the paint. 419 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,000 It's my fault. 420 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,080 It's nice of you to say we, though. 421 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,160 I wonder if you'd say we killed her. 422 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,240 Perhaps you'd better help with the bars and things, old man. 423 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,240 All right, Charles. But you should have seen the blood on my hands. 424 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,320 John, we'll have to move this rug out of the way. 425 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,960 John, can I talk to you for a minute? 426 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,440 As soon as we've finished here. 427 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,520 I'll get a move on, Terry. We'll be all morning. 428 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,280 He helped until he broke a piece of delicate mison. 429 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:07,360 Then they sent him out. 430 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,440 The servants who were helping were well-smiled tolerances. 431 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,440 He went to the kitchen to have a cup of coffee. 432 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:15,520 Cook was preparing a roast for dinner. 433 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,600 He watched for a moment or two. 434 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:23,880 You're very good at that, Cook. 435 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:25,760 Thank you, Mr. Terry. 436 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:26,960 I think I wouldn't be. 437 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,960 Oh, everybody to his trade, Mr. Terry. 438 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,440 I'd probably make a good butcher, though. 439 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:35,400 Not you, Mr. Terry. 440 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,480 I remember when you cut your finger once 441 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,680 and you screamed for an hour at the sight of the blood. 442 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:41,680 I don't anymore. 443 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:43,760 Oh, that's nice. 444 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:45,840 You'd never believe it if I were to tell you. 445 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,920 That's all right, sir. 446 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Cook, do you ever read murder mysteries? 447 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:53,080 Sometimes. 448 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,160 Did you read the one about a woman who was stabbed to death by a man 449 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,240 who was in a chapel just like ours? 450 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,320 Funny thing is, her name was Josephine. 451 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:01,400 Isn't that a coincidence? 452 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,480 Now, Mr. Terry, I'll have to ask you 453 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,080 if you finished your coffee to leave my kitchen. 454 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:10,160 I have a lot of work to do and there are guests coming for dinner. 455 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:11,160 That's true. 456 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,240 Oh, run along now, sir. 457 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:15,320 Yes, Cook, I'm sorry. 458 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,000 He wandered out and into the hall. 459 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,760 On the table were two letters come by the second post 460 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,840 waiting for Josephine. 461 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,720 No one, he thought, ought to read them. 462 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,800 He must protect Josephine. 463 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,680 He picked them up and slipped them into his pocket. 464 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:36,760 I see. 465 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:38,840 What are you doing with those letters? 466 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,840 Nothing. 467 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:42,920 Oh, well, they're Josephine's. I saw them before. 468 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 I know. I'm taking them to her. 469 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,080 Oh, you know where she is? 470 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:48,160 She's in the chapel. 471 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:49,240 Why? 472 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,320 John, I want to tell you something. 473 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:52,400 Later. 474 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,480 I've got to go into the village for some things. 475 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:55,560 John, she's in the chapel. 476 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:56,640 Good. You take them to her. 477 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:58,720 John, I've killed Josephine in the chapel. 478 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,800 That's right. Take them along to her. 479 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,440 John hurried ahead, not listening, not turning round, 480 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,520 only hearing Josephine's name. 481 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,520 He went into the smoking room and banged the door behind him. 482 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:12,600 Terry thought... 483 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,680 Oh, yes. 484 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:16,760 You're a fine man, my brother. 485 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,840 Fine man with a muscular back. 486 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,920 But you couldn't have done what I've done. 487 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,000 You've never kissed Josephine. 488 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,080 He sat on the second step of the staircase. 489 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,160 Sat there gripping a baluster, shaking with exultation. 490 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:32,240 Josephine. 491 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,320 Josephine. 492 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:39,320 Josephine. Josephine. 493 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:51,120 The study door panels had always looked solemn. 494 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,200 They bowed with solemnity. 495 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,280 Terry had to get past to his father. 496 00:22:57,360 --> 00:23:00,360 He chose the top left-hand panel to tap on. 497 00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:05,360 Come in. 498 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,040 Arthur. 499 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:17,920 What do you want, Terry? I'm busy. 500 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,240 I want to talk... 501 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,120 talk about my future. 502 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:26,720 I suppose, my boy, that you really have got a future. 503 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,120 Well, sit down a minute. 504 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:31,120 I'll just finish this letter. 505 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,640 There we are. 506 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:51,720 There it is. 507 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,520 Well, there must be some kind of a future for me, mustn't there? 508 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,720 I should certainly hope so. 509 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,440 You've been giving it some thought? 510 00:23:58,520 --> 00:23:59,520 Yes. 511 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,040 What about marriage? We haven't talked about that. 512 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:05,840 You know, a nice girl might do something for you. 513 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,640 Settle you down a bit, eh? Anybody in mind? 514 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,320 No. Nobody? 515 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:11,920 It's a thought. 516 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,640 In the meantime, we've got to find you something in the city. 517 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,520 That was the idea, wasn't it? 518 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:17,600 Yes. 519 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,680 There might be an opening at your Uncle Victor's bank. 520 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,160 No, no, you... 521 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,760 Well, very good figures for you. 522 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:28,840 Look here, Father. 523 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:30,720 I've got something to show you. 524 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,120 That African knife. 525 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:34,320 What about it? 526 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,800 That African knife. It's here. I've got to show you. 527 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:37,880 What about it? 528 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,680 Wait just a minute. 529 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,880 It was here. 530 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:45,080 I did have it. I brought it to show you. 531 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,000 I must have it somewhere. 532 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:48,760 You remember? The African knife? 533 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:49,920 What's the matter with you, Terry? 534 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,240 It isn't here. 535 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:52,680 I haven't got it. 536 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:53,760 It's lost. 537 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,720 Perhaps I dropped it on the grass or by the tank somewhere. 538 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:00,800 But I remember wiping it on the grass. I had it then. 539 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,520 It's gone. I've lost it. I've lost it. 540 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,840 What do you mean? 541 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:08,080 What are you trying to tell me? 542 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,640 I don't know where it is. 543 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,200 It's still been hanging there. 544 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,000 Terry, answer me. 545 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,080 Terry! 546 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,240 What in the name? 547 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,200 It's your sister. She's outside. 548 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,120 Katherine! You all right? 549 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:26,200 Katherine! 550 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:30,000 Oh. I only wanted to show it to him. 551 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:31,080 Katherine! 552 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:32,160 It's true to me, Father! 553 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,160 She's down in the chapel. She's dead. 554 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:35,560 Somebody's killed her! 555 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:36,960 Oh, my God. 556 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,920 Terry, what are you trying to tell me? 557 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Nothing. 558 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:44,080 Nothing. 559 00:25:44,080 --> 00:26:07,040 Nothing. 560 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:18,080 Suspense, in which Anthony Ellis was starred in his own adaptation 561 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,160 of Elizabeth Bowen's telling. 562 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,240 Later tonight, continue this week's serial story 563 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,080 of the case of murder and the poison fangs 564 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,080 with Mr. Keen, tracer of lost persons. 565 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,920 Mr. Keen will be working on this one the rest of the week. 566 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,080 And a thriller it is too, as you know, 567 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,680 if you've heard this week's developments up to now. 568 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,960 Don't forget to subscribe to our channel. 569 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,640 And if you haven't already, 570 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,040 you've heard this week's developments up to now. 571 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:45,400 Don't forget it. 572 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,280 CBS Radio brings you another half hour, 573 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:48,640 one episode murder mystery, 574 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:51,400 the case of the date for murder, Friday night, 575 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,040 on most of these same stations. 576 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:57,920 Next week, the story of a murder in which no gun was used, 577 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,240 nor knife, nor blunt instrument, nor poison, 578 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:05,120 nor suffocation, nor force of any kind. 579 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,800 And yet, a man was murdered. 580 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,440 It's called destruction. 581 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:14,080 And you'll hear it next week on Suspense. 582 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:31,160 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis, 583 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,240 with music composed by Lucian Morawick 584 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,720 and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 585 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,000 Featured in tonight's cast were Ben Wright, 586 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,560 Claire Butterfield, Ellen Morgan, Betty Harford, 587 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,120 John Danaer, Richard Peel, and Florence Walcott. 588 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:55,120 And remember, next week, 589 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,800 Morton Fine and David Friedkin's new Suspense play, 590 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:00,360 Destruction. 591 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,680 Action as a policeman really finds it. 592 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,760 The first precinct on the CBS Radio Network.