WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:14.400 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 00:14.400 --> 00:22.920 Tonight, the story of a man who felt that he had to prove himself, had to go to any 00:22.920 --> 00:25.280 length to make people believe him. 00:25.280 --> 00:37.840 Anthony Ellis stars in his own adaptation of Elizabeth Bowen's Telling. 00:37.840 --> 00:43.520 The chapel was a ruin, roofed by daylight, floored with lawn. 00:43.520 --> 00:47.600 In a corner the gardener had tipped out a heap of cut grass from the lawnmower. 00:47.600 --> 00:50.920 It smelled stuffy and sweet. 00:50.920 --> 00:57.080 Outside beyond the ragged arch of the chapel there was sunshine, but not here. 00:57.080 --> 01:04.240 Terry looked up feeling shy, noticing suddenly surprised the blood on his hands, embarrassed 01:04.240 --> 01:06.680 all at once at the idea of anyone coming. 01:06.680 --> 01:14.040 His brain was ticking like a watch, remembering, remembering Josephine. 01:14.040 --> 01:19.960 Homecoming from Ceylon a month ago, that first interview with his father in the study, so 01:19.960 --> 01:20.960 heavy with solemnity. 01:20.960 --> 01:21.960 Good on Terry. 01:21.960 --> 01:22.960 Thank you father. 01:22.960 --> 01:23.960 Well, so you're back with us. 01:23.960 --> 01:24.960 That penny, I suppose you rather expected it. 01:24.960 --> 01:25.960 No, matter of fact, this time I didn't. 01:25.960 --> 01:26.960 I hoped you'd make a go of it. 01:26.960 --> 01:27.960 Sorry. 01:27.960 --> 01:28.960 You mind telling me what happened? 01:28.960 --> 01:29.960 I shouldn't mind at all if I knew how things were going all right. 01:29.960 --> 01:30.960 Then the letter from the office and bye bye Ceylon. 01:30.960 --> 01:31.960 Hello England. 01:31.960 --> 01:32.960 Hello. 01:32.960 --> 01:33.960 Hello. 01:33.960 --> 01:34.960 Hello. 01:34.960 --> 01:35.960 Hello. 01:35.960 --> 01:36.960 Hello. 01:36.960 --> 01:37.960 Hello. 01:37.960 --> 01:38.960 Hello. 01:38.960 --> 01:39.960 Hello. 01:39.960 --> 01:40.960 Hello. 01:40.960 --> 01:41.960 Hello. 01:41.960 --> 01:42.960 Hello. 01:42.960 --> 01:43.960 Hello. 01:43.960 --> 01:44.960 Hello. 01:44.960 --> 01:45.960 Hello. 01:45.960 --> 01:46.960 Hello. 01:46.960 --> 01:47.960 Hello. 01:47.960 --> 01:48.960 Hello. 01:48.960 --> 01:49.960 Hello. 01:49.960 --> 01:50.960 Hello. 01:50.960 --> 01:51.960 Hello. 01:51.960 --> 01:52.960 Hello. 01:52.960 --> 01:53.960 Hello. 01:53.960 --> 01:54.960 Hello. 01:54.960 --> 01:55.960 Hello England. 01:55.960 --> 01:56.960 I didn't hear quite the same thing. 01:56.960 --> 01:57.960 Oh? 01:57.960 --> 01:58.960 Markridge firm from London told me that you'd been shirking on the job. 01:58.960 --> 02:00.960 Insolent to the plantation manager, that they simply had no choice but to give you the sack. 02:00.960 --> 02:03.200 Well, it wasn't as bad in after all I... 02:03.200 --> 02:05.360 Look here Terry, it's gone too far this time. 02:05.360 --> 02:09.320 When your mother was alive, I tried to understand. 02:09.320 --> 02:12.960 You were chucked out of school, 14, you remember? 02:12.960 --> 02:14.680 In Cambridge. 02:14.680 --> 02:18.680 Your mother was... I suppose she meant well, you being the youngest boy. 02:19.320 --> 02:22.980 I think if I'd had my way with you, though, it would have been better. 02:23.520 --> 02:25.320 But now you've been kicked out again. 02:25.400 --> 02:28.200 Your mother's dead. She won't protect you anymore. 02:28.820 --> 02:31.400 You're going to have to grow up now. Do you understand? 02:31.480 --> 02:32.860 Yes. 02:32.940 --> 02:34.440 Have you any plans? 02:34.540 --> 02:36.580 Right. I don't know. 02:37.460 --> 02:40.540 Oh, Father, if I could think things out, I know I could do something. 02:40.620 --> 02:41.620 You've said that before. 02:41.700 --> 02:44.280 But I could. Or perhaps art. 02:44.280 --> 02:47.200 If I had a chance to study, listen to me. 02:47.280 --> 02:50.920 And take that filthy cigarette out of your mouth when I'm talking to you. 02:51.000 --> 02:53.580 Sorry. I'm fed up with you, Terry. 02:53.660 --> 02:56.260 Your brothers and sisters are ashamed. We all are. 02:56.340 --> 02:58.460 Why the devil can't you be a man? 02:58.540 --> 03:00.680 School's finished. You're 24. 03:00.760 --> 03:04.600 I will not tolerate a slacker in my house. I warn you. 03:04.680 --> 03:06.680 This is your last chance. 03:07.560 --> 03:10.180 You can have a couple of weeks to get settled, 03:10.260 --> 03:12.900 and I'll try to find you something in the city. 03:12.900 --> 03:14.360 Father, that's awfully decent of you. 03:14.440 --> 03:16.240 I'm not doing this for you. 03:16.320 --> 03:20.660 I'm doing it for my own self-respect and the memory of your mother. 03:20.740 --> 03:22.160 Yes, Father. 03:22.240 --> 03:25.120 We shan't mention the Ceylon incident again. 03:26.160 --> 03:29.580 I think you'd better go upstairs now and get dressed for dinner. 03:33.000 --> 03:37.420 And remembering in the now high cold walls of the chapel, 03:37.500 --> 03:42.540 Josephine, the first meeting after he'd been home for only four days. 03:42.540 --> 03:47.120 Josephine, with her chestnut hair gently framing that face that he had loved, 03:47.200 --> 03:51.120 yet been unable to visualize during those eight months away from her. 03:51.200 --> 03:56.420 And a warm, lazy afternoon, the sound of tennis drifting across the lawn. 03:56.500 --> 03:57.840 Josephine. 03:59.380 --> 04:01.600 Charles has a marvelous serve, don't you think? 04:01.680 --> 04:03.680 Yes. He's good. 04:03.760 --> 04:06.820 I'm afraid I've never been able to stand up to him, or John, for that matter. 04:06.900 --> 04:08.200 You don't practice. 04:08.280 --> 04:10.160 Oh, is that it? 04:10.160 --> 04:12.920 I thought perhaps it was just that I'm not much good at it. 04:13.000 --> 04:14.540 Oh, rot. 04:14.620 --> 04:18.460 Josephine, you know, it's the funniest thing. 04:19.760 --> 04:22.640 All the time I was in Ceylon, even when I wrote to you, 04:22.720 --> 04:25.260 I simply couldn't remember what you looked like. 04:25.340 --> 04:26.560 It's odd, isn't it? 04:26.640 --> 04:29.260 I'm sorry I didn't write to you. I've been terribly busy. 04:29.360 --> 04:31.980 No, it doesn't matter. I can see you now. 04:32.060 --> 04:34.440 Shall we go down to the court? I'd love a game when they finish. 04:34.520 --> 04:35.520 Josephine. 04:35.600 --> 04:36.600 Yes? 04:38.240 --> 04:39.480 Do you believe in me? 04:39.480 --> 04:40.940 What a strange question. 04:41.020 --> 04:43.400 No. No, it isn't. It's important. 04:44.900 --> 04:45.900 Do you? 04:45.980 --> 04:47.280 I think you're a very nice young man. 04:47.360 --> 04:48.480 Don't say it that way. 04:48.560 --> 04:49.980 How would you like me to say it? 04:50.060 --> 04:52.980 I don't know. But not like that. 04:53.060 --> 04:54.660 Not as though you were talking to the gardener. 04:54.740 --> 04:55.740 Oh, don't be silly, Terry. 04:55.820 --> 04:57.820 It's not silly. 04:57.900 --> 05:01.040 I know I'm not much good. Clumsy. 05:01.120 --> 05:03.000 And I thought it was my eyes. 05:03.080 --> 05:04.960 You know, I used to drink whiskey to help. 05:05.040 --> 05:06.580 Really, I did. 05:06.660 --> 05:08.160 For a little while, it did help. 05:08.160 --> 05:11.120 I could do things cleverly. I wasn't clumsy anymore. 05:12.460 --> 05:14.460 Then suddenly the whiskey didn't do any good. 05:16.380 --> 05:19.120 I wanted to make people proud of me. 05:19.220 --> 05:21.340 You, Josephine, I've always wanted that. 05:21.420 --> 05:24.680 If only you wouldn't take yourself so seriously, Terry. 05:24.760 --> 05:26.880 If you'd try and... 05:26.960 --> 05:28.500 I don't know. 05:28.600 --> 05:29.600 Behave like a man, I suppose. 05:29.680 --> 05:31.560 I am a man. 05:31.640 --> 05:33.440 I love you like a man, not a little boy. 05:33.520 --> 05:34.520 Oh, Terry. 05:34.600 --> 05:35.860 I could do something if I had the chance. 05:35.940 --> 05:36.940 I'm sure you could. 05:36.940 --> 05:38.940 If I thought that you cared, I could do anything. 05:40.480 --> 05:42.200 I need somebody. 05:42.280 --> 05:43.620 You to believe in me. 05:43.700 --> 05:45.080 Terry, dear, I'm very fond of you. 05:45.160 --> 05:46.160 You know I am, but really I... 05:46.240 --> 05:49.420 No, no, no. Don't say anything now. 05:49.500 --> 05:50.800 I'll show you. 05:50.880 --> 05:52.800 I'll make you proud of me, you'll see. 05:52.880 --> 05:54.160 All right. 05:54.260 --> 05:57.260 Now, do be a darling and try not to look so intense. 05:57.340 --> 05:59.260 I'm going to see how the game's getting on. 05:59.260 --> 06:08.180 Come along if you like. 06:08.260 --> 06:12.260 Remembering, with the sharp, quick call of a bird, 06:12.340 --> 06:15.480 John, nine years older, a barrister, 06:15.560 --> 06:17.100 a promising young barrister, 06:17.180 --> 06:18.860 Charles, six years older, 06:18.940 --> 06:21.320 making a place for himself in the Conservative Party, 06:21.400 --> 06:24.940 or I think big yet, but with a gleam of parliament in his eye, 06:25.020 --> 06:28.400 and he'd get there, and everyone said so. 06:28.400 --> 06:31.240 Terry wanted to feel close to both of them, 06:31.320 --> 06:33.320 understand, be understood. 06:33.400 --> 06:35.500 He'd always wanted that. 06:35.580 --> 06:37.080 Catherine, his sister, 06:37.160 --> 06:41.580 20, with an anxious, methodical mind, loving life and gossip. 06:41.660 --> 06:43.160 They were together one evening a few days later 06:43.260 --> 06:46.840 discussing plans for the party. 06:46.920 --> 06:49.260 Oh, I think he's a perfect idiot. 06:49.340 --> 06:51.880 Besides, he's always asking me to marry him. 06:51.960 --> 06:56.260 Right, strike out, Percy, break. 06:56.340 --> 06:57.340 Who else? 06:57.340 --> 06:58.640 Josephine's coming, isn't she? 06:58.720 --> 07:00.640 Yes, Terry, Josephine's coming. 07:00.720 --> 07:03.640 You know, I think our little Terry has a crush on Josephine. 07:03.720 --> 07:04.900 Don't be vulgar, Charles. 07:04.980 --> 07:06.280 Haven't you, lady? 07:06.360 --> 07:07.700 I like her, yes. 07:07.780 --> 07:10.240 Break your heart. She broke mine while you were away. 07:10.320 --> 07:11.980 Stop it, we've got to get on with the list. 07:12.080 --> 07:13.160 Charles, were you? 07:13.240 --> 07:15.940 Pots about her, absolutely and forever. 07:16.040 --> 07:17.000 I didn't know. 07:17.080 --> 07:18.420 He's teasing you, Terry. 07:18.500 --> 07:19.580 No, I don't think he is. 07:19.660 --> 07:21.580 Oh, Terry, don't be a fool. Of course he's teasing. 07:21.660 --> 07:22.840 It's not a very funny joke. 07:22.920 --> 07:25.040 Oh, good Lord, I thought Salon would have toughened your skin a bit. 07:25.040 --> 07:28.220 Look here, if you two want to fight, do it after we've finished. 07:28.300 --> 07:30.760 Yes, my Lord. Carry on. 07:30.840 --> 07:32.800 You can manage without me, I think. 07:41.760 --> 07:44.520 He's a sensitive soul. What is the matter with him? 07:44.600 --> 07:47.720 You know he is like that. Why do you always beg for trouble? 07:47.800 --> 07:51.180 I'm sorry. I thought perhaps he'd changed a bit. 07:51.180 --> 07:55.100 I'll go and apologize. 08:01.480 --> 08:03.560 Mind if I... 08:03.640 --> 08:05.980 Yes? 08:06.060 --> 08:08.820 Oh, come on in. Come in. 08:08.900 --> 08:09.980 Sit on the bed, if you like. 08:10.060 --> 08:12.780 Right. 08:12.860 --> 08:17.700 I found a Gurkha regiment in the village today. 08:17.780 --> 08:18.700 Quite nice, don't you think? 08:18.780 --> 08:20.740 Oh, my head, Terry. You're not still playing with lead soldiers. 08:20.740 --> 08:23.660 Well, why the devil not? My hobby. What's yours? 08:23.740 --> 08:26.960 I'm sorry. I came to apologize for what I said before. 08:27.040 --> 08:28.960 You don't have to. I understand. 08:29.040 --> 08:31.420 It's not true. You know, I was teasing about Josephine. 08:31.500 --> 08:33.460 It doesn't matter. 08:33.540 --> 08:38.380 Terry, you are keen on her, aren't you? 08:38.460 --> 08:39.460 He's a decent soul. 08:39.540 --> 08:42.140 I know, but... well, you're... 08:42.220 --> 08:44.060 You're not too serious, are you? 08:44.140 --> 08:47.180 I mean, you're not in love with her, anything like that. 08:47.260 --> 08:48.520 Whatever gave you that idea? 08:48.520 --> 08:53.740 I wasn't sure. She's a decent sword, but not for you. 08:53.820 --> 08:55.780 Oh? Why do you say that? 08:55.860 --> 08:58.240 Josephine likes to have fun. 08:58.320 --> 09:01.400 I don't think she's ready to settle down. 09:01.500 --> 09:02.160 What does that mean? 09:02.240 --> 09:03.200 What I said, that's all. 09:03.280 --> 09:04.500 You're saying she runs about? 09:04.580 --> 09:06.800 No, no, no. Just... 09:06.880 --> 09:10.080 If you are in love with her, I wouldn't want to see you hurt. 09:10.180 --> 09:12.220 Well, thanks very much, but don't worry. I can manage. 09:12.300 --> 09:15.380 Righto. Only being brotherly. All serene? 09:15.460 --> 09:16.140 Of course. 09:16.220 --> 09:18.140 Good. 09:18.140 --> 09:21.180 Want to come down for a nightcap before you turn in? 09:21.260 --> 09:23.180 No, Max, I'm rather tired. 09:23.260 --> 09:25.520 Good night, then. See you in the morning. 09:32.400 --> 09:37.400 Remembered, as the shaft of sunlight touched the tip of the upturned shoe 09:37.480 --> 09:39.480 the night of the party. 09:39.560 --> 09:43.020 Bright moons, swirl of evening dresses on young bodies, 09:43.100 --> 09:46.280 warm scented air, music, dancing, 09:46.280 --> 09:50.440 couples laughing, kissing in the security of shrubbery. 09:50.520 --> 09:52.400 Josephine. 09:52.480 --> 09:54.120 Lovely. 09:54.200 --> 09:57.000 But as he watched her, he began to understand what Charles meant 09:57.080 --> 10:01.240 when he spoke of her, and he didn't want to understand. 10:01.340 --> 10:05.040 He danced one dance, and then she was always gone, 10:05.120 --> 10:07.460 and Terry went looking for her. 10:07.540 --> 10:09.540 He found her in the old chapel. 10:09.620 --> 10:13.340 Then with her was an indistinct figure, a man vaguely known, 10:13.340 --> 10:16.340 and somebody's friend. 10:16.420 --> 10:18.420 Yes. 10:18.500 --> 10:20.380 No. 10:20.460 --> 10:22.460 No, no. 10:26.540 --> 10:28.540 You ruined my nightcap. 10:28.620 --> 10:30.620 Isn't that what it's for? 10:30.700 --> 10:33.000 To lure the beasts on? 10:33.080 --> 10:35.500 Let you behave. I'm going back inside. 10:35.580 --> 10:38.880 I didn't think we came out here to behave. 10:38.960 --> 10:40.960 Besides, if you do go back, 10:41.040 --> 10:42.880 poor little Terry will be poor. 10:42.880 --> 10:44.880 Oh, no. 10:44.960 --> 10:46.300 Take your choice. 10:46.380 --> 10:48.380 I haven't got one, I'm afraid. 10:48.460 --> 10:50.460 Then here. 10:58.800 --> 11:02.800 That floor, right through her. 11:02.880 --> 11:04.880 She damages truth. 11:04.960 --> 11:06.960 She kills souls. 11:07.800 --> 11:09.800 She's killed mine. 11:09.800 --> 11:11.800 I must do something. 11:21.880 --> 11:23.880 And remembering last night. 11:23.960 --> 11:25.960 All night thinking it out. 11:26.040 --> 11:28.040 Sometimes taking a drink, 11:28.140 --> 11:32.140 but mostly walking alone in the shrubberies, avoiding the others. 11:32.220 --> 11:34.220 He was not angry. 11:34.300 --> 11:36.300 He kept saying... 11:36.380 --> 11:38.380 I must not be angry. I must be just. 11:38.380 --> 11:41.380 All night, then, he walked alone in the garden. 11:41.460 --> 11:44.460 And as the light began to grow in the sky, 11:44.540 --> 11:46.540 he stepped through the French windows 11:46.640 --> 11:49.640 and took down the African knife from the dining room wall. 11:49.720 --> 11:51.720 He'd always wanted that African knife. 11:51.800 --> 11:54.800 And then he'd gone upstairs, shaved, changed into channels, 11:54.880 --> 11:56.880 put the knife into his blazer pocket, 11:56.960 --> 11:58.960 and sat on the windowsill in his room, 11:59.040 --> 12:01.040 waiting for the sun to come up. 12:01.140 --> 12:03.140 Waiting and thinking. 12:03.220 --> 12:05.220 And then he went back to his room. 12:05.220 --> 12:08.220 Waiting and thinking. 12:08.300 --> 12:10.300 No one but I can do it. 12:11.420 --> 12:14.420 She ought not to live with this flaw in her. 12:14.500 --> 12:16.500 She really mustn't. 12:16.500 --> 12:40.500 I must see that she doesn't. 12:40.580 --> 12:42.580 You are listening to Anthony Ellis 12:42.660 --> 12:45.660 starring in his own adaptation of Elizabeth Bowen's telling. 12:45.660 --> 12:48.660 Tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding 12:48.740 --> 12:51.740 theater of thrills, Suspense. 12:51.820 --> 12:54.820 Tomorrow night, the FBI in Peace and War 12:54.920 --> 12:57.920 looks into the strange case of the go-getter on CBS radio. 12:58.000 --> 13:01.000 It's a thrilling G-man hunt involving the machinations 13:01.080 --> 13:04.080 of a used car dealer who has his own methods 13:04.160 --> 13:06.160 for undercutting competition. 13:06.240 --> 13:09.240 The FBI is investigating the case of the go-getter 13:09.320 --> 13:11.320 on CBS radio. 13:11.420 --> 13:14.420 It's a thrilling G-man hunt involving the machinations 13:14.420 --> 13:17.420 of a used car dealer who has his own methods 13:17.500 --> 13:19.500 for undercutting competition. 13:19.580 --> 13:22.580 Don't miss the details over most of these same stations 13:22.660 --> 13:25.660 tomorrow night when the Star's Address presents 13:25.740 --> 13:27.740 the FBI in Peace and War. 13:27.820 --> 13:30.820 And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage 13:30.920 --> 13:33.920 Mr. Anthony Ellis in Elliot Lewis's production of 13:33.920 --> 13:51.460 To Keep You in Suspense. 13:51.540 --> 13:54.540 A breeze stirred the collar of her dress, 13:54.620 --> 13:57.620 fairly remembered, sitting on the windowsill, 13:57.700 --> 13:59.700 watching sunlight brighten and broaden 13:59.800 --> 14:01.800 from the yellow agitation behind the trees 14:01.800 --> 14:04.800 into swathes of color across the lawn. 14:04.880 --> 14:07.880 And later it had all been arranged for them. 14:07.960 --> 14:11.960 He fell into, had his party in some kind of design. 14:12.040 --> 14:14.040 He went downstairs to the dining room 14:14.140 --> 14:16.140 where the family was gathered for a late breakfast. 14:16.220 --> 14:18.420 Morning, old boy. Scrambled eggs? 14:18.500 --> 14:20.500 Oh, no, thanks. Do you good? 14:20.600 --> 14:23.300 Didn't see much of you last night. Have a good time? 14:23.380 --> 14:25.380 Yes. Now, wasn't it a lovely party? 14:25.460 --> 14:27.460 Mmm. Sit down, Terry. 14:27.540 --> 14:29.540 Catherine, give them a cup of coffee. 14:29.640 --> 14:30.640 Where's Josephine? 14:30.640 --> 14:32.640 Oh, she's already had her breakfast. 14:32.720 --> 14:35.720 Oh, what a girl. I don't know how she does it. 14:35.800 --> 14:38.300 I've got a head like a melon. Where is she? 14:38.380 --> 14:40.380 Here's your coffee. 14:40.460 --> 14:43.460 You look done in, Terry. Feel all right? 14:43.560 --> 14:44.560 Yes. 14:44.640 --> 14:45.640 Morning, you lazy people. 14:45.720 --> 14:47.220 Morning. Morning. 14:47.300 --> 14:49.300 Who wants to play a game of tennis? 14:49.380 --> 14:50.380 Oh, my. 14:50.460 --> 14:52.460 Would you like to go for a walk, Josephine? 14:52.540 --> 14:55.260 Why, I'd rather... Oh, all right. 14:55.340 --> 14:57.340 You have some breakfast before you go out. 14:57.420 --> 14:59.420 No, thanks. 14:59.420 --> 15:01.420 Why the devil do you stuff your pocket so full, Terry? 15:01.500 --> 15:03.500 That jacket isn't going to be worth a brass farthing. 15:03.600 --> 15:05.600 You'll have to get it pressed. Oh. 15:05.680 --> 15:07.680 Oh, come on, Terry. Don't listen to him. 15:07.760 --> 15:10.760 He's jealous because he hasn't got that casual look. 15:19.340 --> 15:21.840 I had a lovely time last night, didn't you? 15:21.920 --> 15:24.420 Did you see Marilyn when she fell in the pond? 15:24.500 --> 15:27.500 I thought Charles would have a fit. He laughed so much. 15:27.600 --> 15:28.920 I didn't see that. 15:28.920 --> 15:31.920 Oh, he must have kept your father up half the night. 15:32.000 --> 15:34.000 I hope he didn't mind. 15:35.500 --> 15:38.080 Oh, what a heavenly morning. 15:38.160 --> 15:41.040 It is, isn't it? I saw it for the first time. 15:41.120 --> 15:43.420 How on earth could you get up so early? 15:43.500 --> 15:45.500 It must have been five. 15:45.580 --> 15:47.580 I didn't go to bed. Oh. 15:54.000 --> 15:57.000 I like it here, in the chapel, don't you? 15:57.000 --> 15:59.000 Yes. It's quiet. 15:59.080 --> 16:02.080 You just want a chance to think, even to make things right. 16:02.160 --> 16:04.160 You know what I mean? Let's go on. No. 16:04.240 --> 16:06.240 Not for a minute. 16:08.540 --> 16:10.540 Josephine. 16:10.620 --> 16:12.620 I saw you here last night. 16:12.700 --> 16:14.700 Did you? That man. 16:14.780 --> 16:16.780 I suppose you enjoyed yourself. 16:16.880 --> 16:19.880 Why did you let him kiss you? Oh, poor little Terry. 16:19.960 --> 16:22.960 Don't be tiresome, darling. Do you believe in me? 16:23.040 --> 16:26.040 Oh, yes, I believe, Terry. I understand. 16:26.040 --> 16:28.040 Now, be a good boy and go... 16:28.120 --> 16:30.120 Will you kiss me? 16:45.040 --> 16:47.040 Everywhere, cigarette ends. 16:47.120 --> 16:51.120 Scattered last night by the couple who had come to the chapel to kiss. 16:51.200 --> 16:54.200 Terry noticed a charred cigarette stump in Josephine's hair. 16:54.200 --> 16:56.200 By her left ear, it showed through. 16:56.280 --> 16:58.280 He thought... 16:58.380 --> 17:00.380 She'd never forgive me for that. 17:00.460 --> 17:02.460 So fast, did he? 17:04.000 --> 17:07.000 She mentioned my dirty nails once. 17:07.880 --> 17:09.880 They were dirty. 17:10.960 --> 17:12.960 Oh, she'd never forgive me for this. 17:13.040 --> 17:17.040 He picked the cigarette out of her hair and threw it away. 17:18.120 --> 17:21.120 She lay now with her feet and lower body in the sunshine. 17:21.200 --> 17:23.200 The sun was just high enough. 17:23.200 --> 17:25.200 Her arms flung out wide at him. 17:25.280 --> 17:27.280 Desperately, generously. 17:27.360 --> 17:29.360 On her face was a dazzled look. 17:29.440 --> 17:32.440 Her blood quietly soaked through the grass, 17:32.520 --> 17:34.520 sinking through to the roots of it. 17:34.600 --> 17:36.600 I've done the right thing. 17:36.680 --> 17:38.680 What do you feel now, Josephine? 17:38.760 --> 17:40.760 Do you believe in me now? 17:44.600 --> 17:48.600 On his way to the house, he stooped down and dipped his hands in the garden tank. 17:48.680 --> 17:50.680 Someone might scream. 17:50.680 --> 17:53.680 He felt embarrassed at the thought of somebody screaming. 17:53.760 --> 17:57.760 The red curled away through the water and melted. 18:07.520 --> 18:09.520 Hello, Katherine. 18:09.600 --> 18:11.600 Oh, Terry. 18:11.680 --> 18:13.680 Katherine. 18:13.760 --> 18:15.760 I've done something. 18:15.840 --> 18:17.840 They're putting the furniture back in the drawing room. 18:17.920 --> 18:19.920 I wish you'd go and help me. 18:19.920 --> 18:23.920 It's getting those big sofas through the door and the cabinets. 18:24.000 --> 18:26.000 I'm putting the music away. 18:26.080 --> 18:28.080 I don't suppose you'll be able to marry now. 18:28.160 --> 18:30.160 Nobody will marry her. 18:30.240 --> 18:32.240 Don't mumble, Terry. 18:32.320 --> 18:34.320 Do you know where Josephine is? 18:34.400 --> 18:36.400 No, I haven't the slightest idea. 18:36.480 --> 18:38.480 Go on, Terry. Please help. 18:38.560 --> 18:40.560 Katherine. 18:40.640 --> 18:42.640 Do you know what happened down in the chapel? 18:42.720 --> 18:44.720 Katherine. 18:44.800 --> 18:47.800 What would you do if I killed somebody? 18:47.800 --> 18:49.800 Laugh. 18:49.880 --> 18:51.880 If I killed a woman? 18:51.960 --> 18:53.960 Laugh harder. 18:54.040 --> 18:56.040 Do you know any women? 19:02.120 --> 19:06.120 She had not wanted to be cruel, but he'd spoiled something for her. 19:06.200 --> 19:08.200 Last night she had gone to the chapel. 19:08.280 --> 19:10.280 She had been kissed. 19:10.360 --> 19:12.360 And now his talking about it had changed everything. 19:12.440 --> 19:15.440 He must have seen her and was being nasty about it. 19:15.440 --> 19:18.440 He might even tell Father. He'd always been like that. 19:18.520 --> 19:20.520 She found herself not liking Terry at all. 19:20.600 --> 19:22.600 Almost hating him. 19:22.680 --> 19:25.680 Terry went to the drawing room and helped move the furniture. 19:25.760 --> 19:27.760 It was Terry's fault. 19:27.840 --> 19:30.840 They scratched the paint on the wall with the heavy cabinet. 19:30.920 --> 19:34.920 Oh, blast. We've scratched the paint. 19:35.000 --> 19:37.000 It's my fault. 19:37.080 --> 19:39.080 It's nice of you to say we, though. 19:39.160 --> 19:41.160 I wonder if you'd say we killed her. 19:41.240 --> 19:43.240 Perhaps you'd better help with the bars and things, old man. 19:43.240 --> 19:46.240 All right, Charles. But you should have seen the blood on my hands. 19:46.320 --> 19:48.320 John, we'll have to move this rug out of the way. 19:48.400 --> 19:50.960 John, can I talk to you for a minute? 19:51.040 --> 19:52.440 As soon as we've finished here. 19:52.520 --> 19:55.520 I'll get a move on, Terry. We'll be all morning. 20:02.280 --> 20:05.280 He helped until he broke a piece of delicate mison. 20:05.360 --> 20:07.360 Then they sent him out. 20:07.440 --> 20:11.440 The servants who were helping were well-smiled tolerances. 20:11.440 --> 20:13.440 He went to the kitchen to have a cup of coffee. 20:13.520 --> 20:15.520 Cook was preparing a roast for dinner. 20:15.600 --> 20:17.600 He watched for a moment or two. 20:21.880 --> 20:23.880 You're very good at that, Cook. 20:23.960 --> 20:25.760 Thank you, Mr. Terry. 20:25.840 --> 20:26.960 I think I wouldn't be. 20:27.040 --> 20:30.960 Oh, everybody to his trade, Mr. Terry. 20:31.040 --> 20:33.440 I'd probably make a good butcher, though. 20:33.520 --> 20:35.400 Not you, Mr. Terry. 20:35.480 --> 20:37.480 I remember when you cut your finger once 20:37.560 --> 20:40.680 and you screamed for an hour at the sight of the blood. 20:40.680 --> 20:41.680 I don't anymore. 20:41.760 --> 20:43.760 Oh, that's nice. 20:43.840 --> 20:45.840 You'd never believe it if I were to tell you. 20:45.920 --> 20:47.920 That's all right, sir. 20:48.000 --> 20:52.000 Cook, do you ever read murder mysteries? 20:52.080 --> 20:53.080 Sometimes. 20:53.160 --> 20:56.160 Did you read the one about a woman who was stabbed to death by a man 20:56.240 --> 20:58.240 who was in a chapel just like ours? 20:58.320 --> 21:00.320 Funny thing is, her name was Josephine. 21:00.400 --> 21:01.400 Isn't that a coincidence? 21:01.480 --> 21:03.480 Now, Mr. Terry, I'll have to ask you 21:03.560 --> 21:06.080 if you finished your coffee to leave my kitchen. 21:06.160 --> 21:10.160 I have a lot of work to do and there are guests coming for dinner. 21:10.160 --> 21:11.160 That's true. 21:11.240 --> 21:13.240 Oh, run along now, sir. 21:13.320 --> 21:15.320 Yes, Cook, I'm sorry. 21:20.000 --> 21:23.000 He wandered out and into the hall. 21:23.080 --> 21:25.760 On the table were two letters come by the second post 21:25.840 --> 21:27.840 waiting for Josephine. 21:27.920 --> 21:30.720 No one, he thought, ought to read them. 21:30.800 --> 21:32.800 He must protect Josephine. 21:32.880 --> 21:35.680 He picked them up and slipped them into his pocket. 21:35.760 --> 21:36.760 I see. 21:36.840 --> 21:38.840 What are you doing with those letters? 21:38.840 --> 21:40.840 Nothing. 21:40.920 --> 21:42.920 Oh, well, they're Josephine's. I saw them before. 21:43.000 --> 21:45.000 I know. I'm taking them to her. 21:45.080 --> 21:47.080 Oh, you know where she is? 21:47.160 --> 21:48.160 She's in the chapel. 21:48.240 --> 21:49.240 Why? 21:49.320 --> 21:51.320 John, I want to tell you something. 21:51.400 --> 21:52.400 Later. 21:52.480 --> 21:54.480 I've got to go into the village for some things. 21:54.560 --> 21:55.560 John, she's in the chapel. 21:55.640 --> 21:56.640 Good. You take them to her. 21:56.720 --> 21:58.720 John, I've killed Josephine in the chapel. 21:58.800 --> 22:01.800 That's right. Take them along to her. 22:03.440 --> 22:06.440 John hurried ahead, not listening, not turning round, 22:06.520 --> 22:08.520 only hearing Josephine's name. 22:08.520 --> 22:11.520 He went into the smoking room and banged the door behind him. 22:11.600 --> 22:12.600 Terry thought... 22:12.680 --> 22:14.680 Oh, yes. 22:14.760 --> 22:16.760 You're a fine man, my brother. 22:16.840 --> 22:19.840 Fine man with a muscular back. 22:19.920 --> 22:22.920 But you couldn't have done what I've done. 22:23.000 --> 22:26.000 You've never kissed Josephine. 22:26.080 --> 22:28.080 He sat on the second step of the staircase. 22:28.160 --> 22:31.160 Sat there gripping a baluster, shaking with exultation. 22:31.240 --> 22:32.240 Josephine. 22:32.320 --> 22:34.320 Josephine. 22:34.320 --> 22:39.320 Josephine. Josephine. 22:48.120 --> 22:51.120 The study door panels had always looked solemn. 22:51.200 --> 22:54.200 They bowed with solemnity. 22:54.280 --> 22:57.280 Terry had to get past to his father. 22:57.360 --> 23:00.360 He chose the top left-hand panel to tap on. 23:00.360 --> 23:05.360 Come in. 23:14.760 --> 23:16.040 Arthur. 23:16.120 --> 23:17.920 What do you want, Terry? I'm busy. 23:18.000 --> 23:20.240 I want to talk... 23:20.320 --> 23:22.120 talk about my future. 23:22.200 --> 23:26.720 I suppose, my boy, that you really have got a future. 23:26.800 --> 23:28.120 Well, sit down a minute. 23:28.120 --> 23:31.120 I'll just finish this letter. 23:48.440 --> 23:50.640 There we are. 23:50.720 --> 23:51.720 There it is. 23:51.800 --> 23:54.520 Well, there must be some kind of a future for me, mustn't there? 23:54.600 --> 23:56.720 I should certainly hope so. 23:56.720 --> 23:58.440 You've been giving it some thought? 23:58.520 --> 23:59.520 Yes. 23:59.600 --> 24:02.040 What about marriage? We haven't talked about that. 24:02.120 --> 24:05.840 You know, a nice girl might do something for you. 24:05.920 --> 24:08.640 Settle you down a bit, eh? Anybody in mind? 24:08.720 --> 24:10.320 No. Nobody? 24:10.400 --> 24:11.920 It's a thought. 24:12.000 --> 24:14.640 In the meantime, we've got to find you something in the city. 24:14.720 --> 24:16.520 That was the idea, wasn't it? 24:16.600 --> 24:17.600 Yes. 24:17.680 --> 24:20.680 There might be an opening at your Uncle Victor's bank. 24:20.760 --> 24:22.160 No, no, you... 24:22.160 --> 24:26.760 Well, very good figures for you. 24:26.840 --> 24:28.840 Look here, Father. 24:28.920 --> 24:30.720 I've got something to show you. 24:30.800 --> 24:33.120 That African knife. 24:33.200 --> 24:34.320 What about it? 24:34.400 --> 24:36.800 That African knife. It's here. I've got to show you. 24:36.880 --> 24:37.880 What about it? 24:37.960 --> 24:39.680 Wait just a minute. 24:39.760 --> 24:41.880 It was here. 24:41.960 --> 24:45.080 I did have it. I brought it to show you. 24:45.160 --> 24:47.000 I must have it somewhere. 24:47.080 --> 24:48.760 You remember? The African knife? 24:48.840 --> 24:49.920 What's the matter with you, Terry? 24:50.000 --> 24:51.240 It isn't here. 24:51.240 --> 24:52.680 I haven't got it. 24:52.760 --> 24:53.760 It's lost. 24:53.840 --> 24:56.720 Perhaps I dropped it on the grass or by the tank somewhere. 24:56.800 --> 25:00.800 But I remember wiping it on the grass. I had it then. 25:00.880 --> 25:04.520 It's gone. I've lost it. I've lost it. 25:04.600 --> 25:06.840 What do you mean? 25:06.920 --> 25:08.080 What are you trying to tell me? 25:08.160 --> 25:09.640 I don't know where it is. 25:09.720 --> 25:12.200 It's still been hanging there. 25:12.280 --> 25:14.000 Terry, answer me. 25:14.080 --> 25:15.080 Terry! 25:17.280 --> 25:19.240 What in the name? 25:19.240 --> 25:21.200 It's your sister. She's outside. 25:23.040 --> 25:25.120 Katherine! You all right? 25:25.200 --> 25:26.200 Katherine! 25:26.280 --> 25:30.000 Oh. I only wanted to show it to him. 25:30.080 --> 25:31.080 Katherine! 25:31.160 --> 25:32.160 It's true to me, Father! 25:32.240 --> 25:34.160 She's down in the chapel. She's dead. 25:34.240 --> 25:35.560 Somebody's killed her! 25:35.640 --> 25:36.960 Oh, my God. 25:36.960 --> 25:40.920 Terry, what are you trying to tell me? 25:41.000 --> 25:42.000 Nothing. 25:43.080 --> 25:44.080 Nothing. 25:44.080 --> 26:07.040 Nothing. 26:14.080 --> 26:18.080 Suspense, in which Anthony Ellis was starred in his own adaptation 26:18.160 --> 26:21.160 of Elizabeth Bowen's telling. 26:21.240 --> 26:24.240 Later tonight, continue this week's serial story 26:24.320 --> 26:27.080 of the case of murder and the poison fangs 26:27.160 --> 26:30.080 with Mr. Keen, tracer of lost persons. 26:30.160 --> 26:32.920 Mr. Keen will be working on this one the rest of the week. 26:33.000 --> 26:35.080 And a thriller it is too, as you know, 26:35.160 --> 26:37.680 if you've heard this week's developments up to now. 26:37.760 --> 26:39.960 Don't forget to subscribe to our channel. 26:40.040 --> 26:41.640 And if you haven't already, 26:41.640 --> 26:44.040 you've heard this week's developments up to now. 26:44.120 --> 26:45.400 Don't forget it. 26:45.480 --> 26:47.280 CBS Radio brings you another half hour, 26:47.360 --> 26:48.640 one episode murder mystery, 26:48.720 --> 26:51.400 the case of the date for murder, Friday night, 26:51.480 --> 26:54.040 on most of these same stations. 26:54.120 --> 26:57.920 Next week, the story of a murder in which no gun was used, 26:58.000 --> 27:01.240 nor knife, nor blunt instrument, nor poison, 27:01.320 --> 27:05.120 nor suffocation, nor force of any kind. 27:05.200 --> 27:07.800 And yet, a man was murdered. 27:07.880 --> 27:10.440 It's called destruction. 27:10.440 --> 27:14.080 And you'll hear it next week on Suspense. 27:14.160 --> 27:31.160 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis, 27:31.240 --> 27:33.240 with music composed by Lucian Morawick 27:33.320 --> 27:35.720 and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 27:35.800 --> 27:38.000 Featured in tonight's cast were Ben Wright, 27:38.000 --> 27:41.560 Claire Butterfield, Ellen Morgan, Betty Harford, 27:41.640 --> 27:45.120 John Danaer, Richard Peel, and Florence Walcott. 27:45.200 --> 27:55.120 And remember, next week, 27:55.200 --> 27:58.800 Morton Fine and David Friedkin's new Suspense play, 27:58.880 --> 28:00.360 Destruction. 28:05.400 --> 28:07.680 Action as a policeman really finds it. 28:07.680 --> 28:10.760 The first precinct on the CBS Radio Network.