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And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense.

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Tonight, the story of tension and danger in a small inn on the avalanche-swept slopes

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of the Alps.

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We call it Premonition.

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So now, starring Lawrence Dobkin with Charlotte Lawrence, here is tonight's Suspense play,

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Premonition.

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Tony, be careful.

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Tony.

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Okay, okay.

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Oh, this is awful.

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I can't even see the road.

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We shouldn't have tried it.

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We should have gone the other way.

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Well, that's 200 miles farther.

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You were the one in a hurry.

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You wanted Christmas in Paris, remember?

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Well, one day more wouldn't have mattered.

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We didn't have to be pioneers and cross the Alps in a blizzard.

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Okay, okay.

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I'm sorry.

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It's all my fault.

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Oh, I'm frozen.

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Didn't you say there was supposed to be an inn along here somewhere?

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Yeah, about halfway up the pass.

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We should reach it soon.

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Who let us stop there?

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This is awful.

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We're doing all right.

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Another two hours, we ought to be over the pass.

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Tony, look out.

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Great.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Are we stuck?

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Couldn't be more.

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What are we going to do?

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Well, if it weren't snowing, we could admire the view.

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People come from all over the world to see the Alps.

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Well, there they are, right outside the windows.

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Front, back, on both sides and straight up.

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Oh, Tony, we can't just sit here and freeze to death.

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Any suggestions?

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Darling, I'm scared.

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Oh, I'm sorry.

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We'll be all right.

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We'll get out of it.

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Fully, we could get to that inn.

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Can you see it?

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No, can't see anything.

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It snows like a curtain.

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Oh, wait a minute.

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Well?

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No.

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But it shouldn't be too far up the road.

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You wait here.

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I'll go on and see if I can get someone to pull us out.

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Oh, wait.

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I'm going too.

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You'll get soaked.

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Well, I'm not going to stay here alone.

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It may take hours and I want to get warm.

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Suit yourself.

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Tony?

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Huh?

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Help me.

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Here.

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Well, step in my tracks.

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Oh, it's so deep.

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I told you you'd get soaked.

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Now, pick up your feet.

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Oh, don't take such big steps.

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Oh.

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Take it easy.

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It's just a few more steps now.

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Now, up.

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Okay.

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Oh, thank goodness they've swept the stairs.

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Oh, I'm soaked.

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It's funny.

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What's funny?

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The air.

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Well, all that snow, but right here, it's quiet.

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No wind.

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Not even very cold, almost warm.

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Oh, I'm not warm.

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There's a fire inside.

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Come on.

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Okay.

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Oh, I understand why they build these mountainside places on stilts.

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They'd be buried otherwise.

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You know, it's odd.

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What's odd?

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I've got a funny feeling.

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This...

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There's something oppressive here, Gwen.

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I don't know, maybe the mountains all around are shutting out the sky.

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Well, you're the one who always loved them so.

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Now you know how I've been feeling all these months.

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Yeah.

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Don't know what it is.

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Just a feeling.

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I suppose you'd call it a premonition.

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A premonition?

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About what?

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Well, I...

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I know this sounds silly.

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I don't like this place.

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Well, I do.

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It looks wonderful to me and a lot warmer inside.

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No, I know. It's not that.

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Oh, I can't explain it.

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Oh, Tony, stop being a writer.

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Come on, I'm freezing and I want to get out of these wet things.

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Are you coming?

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Yeah, sure, sure.

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Oh, that fire looks wonderful.

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Please come in.

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Good day, my lord. Good day, my lady. Welcome.

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Good day. My car is broken. I need help.

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But of course. Excuse me, you're American, aren't you?

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My accent still doesn't fool anyone, I guess.

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Oh, nine, you speak well, my lord.

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It is more the close that speaks of the wealthy American.

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I'm herlantic and I'm most happy to serve you.

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Well, you don't know how happy we are to get here.

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Look, herlantic, we're stalled in the snow right down the road now.

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Is there anyone here who can help pull us out?

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Ich weiß nicht.

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There is a Swiss gentleman with an auto who has only just arrived also.

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And a French family.

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It could be arranged, vielleicht, but...

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But what? Oh, I'll pay, of course.

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Oh, nein, nein, nein. Nein, auf keinen Fall.

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You mean you don't think we should try to go on?

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No, I would not advise it.

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It is not for the money, my lord, I assure you, but such a storm.

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Honey, I want to go on if we can.

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How long will this last?

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Ich weiß nicht. Perhaps another day, perhaps more, then the road must be cleared.

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Herr Braun, the Swiss gentleman, says it's very bad on the Swiss side.

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Tony.

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Okay, okay.

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Haben Sie ein Zimmer verzogen?

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Aber selbstverständlich, mein Herr.

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I will show you and then the other guests are prepared to eat.

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You will join us, ja?

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Oh, yes, I'm starved.

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Ja, I understand. Komm.

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Du geur, Madame Rouge?

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Non, merci.

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Well, Herr Christopher, one does not expect to meet Americans in such a place at such a time.

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You know, it is not the season for tourists, n'est-ce pas?

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Well, we're not exactly tourists, Monsieur Rouge.

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We've been living in Austria a year now.

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My husband is writing a book.

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Oh, never mind the publicity, Gwen, nobody's interested.

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On the contrary, my Herr, an author, ja?

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And you write a book about Austria?

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Not about Austria, just in Austria.

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Ah, so. You came here for inspiration, ja? To the land of beauty and great art.

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And cheap rent. It's a great country, Herr Lannach, but for a writer, I'm afraid the rate of exchange decided the issue.

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True, Herr Christopher. As a Swiss, I also find Austrian prices attractive.

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And now you are going back to America?

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Oh, no, no, just to Paris for Christmas. Such a lovely time of year for traveling.

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Oh, Tony.

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We must not forget the radio. There may be new reports.

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Reports?

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Of the storms, very bad.

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Yes, I can see that.

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Avalanches, my Herr. Two villages in the Walser Valley completely destroyed, many dead.

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Three killed just across the pass this morning.

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Oh, isn't that awful. I'm so glad we didn't try to go on.

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Ja, that would have been unwise. Darf ich Ihnen noch etwas anbieten, Madame Christopher?

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Oh, thank you. I'm a pig, but I don't care. They're so good.

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Herr Christopher, what do you think of the Russian intentions in Austria?

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Hm?

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Herr Christopher.

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Yes?

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Oh, I'm sorry, what?

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Darling, why so preoccupied? We haven't touched your lunch.

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Oh, sorry. I guess I'm just not hungry.

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Oh, I'm afraid my husband is in a mood. It's really quite amusing. You see, he has some sort of a premonition.

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A premonition?

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Yes, you know, a funny feeling that something terrible is going to happen.

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Oh, Gwen, a foreboding, Nectra?

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Oh, yes. He got it the minute he saw this place. Didn't even want to come in here. Isn't that silly?

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Oh, my God, Maurice.

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Florienne, calm down. I don't know what he's saying.

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But I do. I assure you there's danger. We have to leave immediately.

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Shut up, Florienne. Don't be in danger. Don't believe us.

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Oh, Madame Rouge, I assure you, there's no danger. This place is absolutely safe. You need not be concerned.

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Oh, but I'm terribly sorry. I had no idea. I didn't mean to upset anyone.

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My wife is easily frightened, Madame. Perhaps you will excuse us.

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Oh, please. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it. It was really a joke. I thought...

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Oh, darling, never mind.

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May I assist you, Monsieur Rouge?

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No, no, no. We go to our room. It will pass.

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Viens, Florienne.

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Mon Dieu, il faut partir. Je sais, il y a des dangers, j'ai mal.

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Oh, Tony, I'm so ashamed. I didn't think...

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Well, take it easy, honey.

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Oh, don't be upset, Madame. That one isn't hysteric.

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But I meant it as a joke.

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Well, it's not a joke, Gwen. Three people killed this morning, two villages nearby wiped out.

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Well, I just didn't suppose there was any danger here.

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And there probably is not needing a Frau, unless... unless your husband's premonition is correct.

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Oh, but that's such a crazy idea. He doesn't really believe in such things.

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Don't you, Herr Christopher?

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I don't know.

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Oh, Tony.

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After all, Frau Christopher, there is nothing so strange about your husband's premonition, nothing occult or supernatural.

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It can be explained quite realistically.

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How?

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You are a writer, trained to a special sensitivity. You sense the danger, though you cannot read the signs.

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What signs, for instance?

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It has been snowing for days. An unusual mass lies on every slope, and it has been and still is unseasonably warm.

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That means the snow is extra heavy, extra wet. There may even be subsurface melting. Such unstable conditions are explosive.

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Danger hangs on every mountain, all through the Alps.

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Even here?

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No, not here. Assure you, Herr Christopher, and Herr Braun, this inn is safe. We have never had an avalanche here.

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You see, Tony?

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Never... yet.

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Eh?

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Herr Wande?

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Let's turn our feet.

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That in Austria, eighty-two. In Switzerland, hundred forty-three. American and Swiss helicopter bring medical relief.

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Danger is not ending.

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Snow falls in many parts of the Alps. The old falls in many parts of the Alps. All people on the steep slopes evacuate. More at two o'clock.

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It's shriveled, shriveled.

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At this rate, we cannot go on for days. Our misfortune, your fortune, Herr Wande.

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I would rather not earn my fortune this way. I'm sorry for you all.

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I will try a stain of your beer, Herr Wande.

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Yeah, yeah, it's bring us a fall.

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Tony?

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Hm?

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Don't join us. Don't just sit here staring out the window.

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Gwen?

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Look! It stopped snowing. And the sun's trying to break through. Look, everybody, it stopped snowing.

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Yes, I noticed, Madame Christopher.

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Well, isn't that a good sign?

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Not necessarily. There's snow enough already. And if the sun causes melting, yeah.

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Oh. I see.

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I don't like it. Oppressive. Too quiet. The light. The whole thing.

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Would anybody care for a game of cards?

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Ah, we... anything too fast a time.

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Look, Gwen, let's go. They'll help us get the car out.

259
00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:51,880
But, Tony, it would be more dangerous out there.

260
00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:52,880
Well, it's here that worries me.

261
00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:53,880
I know, but it's...

262
00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:54,880
All right, all right. Skip it.

263
00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:56,880
Tony, please. I only want to do...

264
00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,880
Wait a minute. Listen.

265
00:12:58,880 --> 00:12:59,880
What is it?

266
00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:04,880
Look out the window.

267
00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:13,880
Tony!

268
00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:15,880
Oh, my God. That's... that's Vatsuna.

269
00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,880
Yeah. I have never seen one like that.

270
00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:22,880
Whole slope across the valley came down.

271
00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,880
It's almost filled at Canyon.

272
00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:27,880
Anything had been in front of it.

273
00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:31,880
I tell you, over there, yeah, there have been avalanches before,

274
00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:35,880
but not here. Not on this side.

275
00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,880
It is because up there, there is, how you say, an a... an a chalet.

276
00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:40,880
Yeah, a bowl or basin.

277
00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,880
Yeah. And this catches all of the snow from above.

278
00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:47,880
You can see it. And behind the inn you will see trees, tall trees,

279
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which have been growing there for 50 years.

280
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They have never been touched.

281
00:13:52,880 --> 00:14:11,880
Go. Go and see for yourself, Christopher. Satisfy yourself.

282
00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:13,880
Well, what do you think, Herr Braun?

283
00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,880
Yeah. Ordinarily, Herr Lundek would be right.

284
00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,880
Yeah. Only you said these are extraordinary conditions.

285
00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:22,880
Exactly. There is perhaps more snow up there than ever before.

286
00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:28,880
If that match should start to slide, it would go faster and farther than ever before.

287
00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:30,880
If it should fill up and overflow that basin...

288
00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,880
Well, what about the trees? Wouldn't they stop it?

289
00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:37,880
In my hair, they would be as matchsticks, and this building, the matchbox.

290
00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,880
Well, then why do we stay here?

291
00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,880
Because there is no more danger here than anywhere else,

292
00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:46,880
and perhaps there is less.

293
00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:49,880
Yes, of course.

294
00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:51,880
Well, we may as well get back.

295
00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,880
Yeah. Hey, look.

296
00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,880
What is... That's an American Army jeep.

297
00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:01,880
So, if we are to die, it seems fate brings us another victim.

298
00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:03,880
Hey, hello.

299
00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:05,880
Speaking.

300
00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,880
Oh, greetings, Sergeant. Greetings.

301
00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:11,880
What are you doing way up here?

302
00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:13,880
I wish I knew, Mike. How about you?

303
00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,880
Oh, we got stuck coming through.

304
00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:19,880
Well, you're stuck, mister. You ain't going any further over the pass.

305
00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:20,880
It's bad?

306
00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,880
Everything's breaking loose.

307
00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,880
One of them almost got me. Blocked the pass right behind me.

308
00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:27,880
Hey, got something hot to drink in this place?

309
00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,880
Oh, sure, sure. You going on down the valley?

310
00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,880
I'm going clear the headquarters at Salzburg if I can get through.

311
00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:34,880
Courier, logistic command.

312
00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,880
Listen, will you pull me out with your jeep, and then I can follow you back down?

313
00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,880
Well, sure, Mac. I'll try. But let me get something hot first.

314
00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:42,880
Oh, sure. All right. But I'll be ready.

315
00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,880
Roger. Man, what a trip.

316
00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,880
Well, Christopher, it seems you will be able to go on after all.

317
00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,880
Herr Braun, we all could go, because two more could easily get into our car, and two can ride in the jeep.

318
00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,880
Yeah, that is true, but...

319
00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:58,880
Oh, but you won't, will you?

320
00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:02,880
Everybody thinks my premonition is nonsense.

321
00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,880
No, except perhaps you, Herr Braun.

322
00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,880
But you're a philosopher. If it's your time to die, so be it.

323
00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,880
But you'll wait for death to come to you. You won't run out to meet it.

324
00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,880
That's true. All true, Herr Christopher.

325
00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:16,880
Yeah.

326
00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:21,880
Well, I can't decide your fate for you much as I might like to.

327
00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:42,880
Every man must do that for himself.

328
00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,880
Well, one more good pull should do it, Sergeant.

329
00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,880
But take it easy and watch that bank.

330
00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:49,880
Give it a little more left wheel, all right?

331
00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:54,880
Uh, okay. Go ahead.

332
00:16:54,880 --> 00:17:00,880
Careful, Sante! Look out!

333
00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,880
Sergeant? Sergeant, you all right?

334
00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:05,880
Yeah, yeah, I'm okay. Just give me a hand.

335
00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:06,880
Let me help you also, Sergeant.

336
00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:11,880
Okay, ready? Now, heave!

337
00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:12,880
Thanks.

338
00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:13,880
Are you hurt, Sergeant?

339
00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,880
No, ma'am, I'm okay.

340
00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:18,880
But we didn't do so good, did we?

341
00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:20,880
Instead of getting you out, I got myself in.

342
00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:22,880
It was most fortunate you did not go altogether over the side.

343
00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,880
What do you think? Can we get that jeep out?

344
00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:26,880
Well, not without a ten-ton rig.

345
00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,880
She's stuck down there, but good.

346
00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:30,880
I guess you're right.

347
00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,880
Yeah, sorry, Mac. Personally, I don't give a stink.

348
00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,880
I wasn't anxious to drive all night anyway.

349
00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,880
Well, might as well get back to the fire.

350
00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:42,880
Nothing we can do here.

351
00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,880
It seems your fate is working against you, Manhear.

352
00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:47,880
And perhaps for the best, Herr Christopher.

353
00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:49,880
I suppose there's nothing to do now...

354
00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,880
You have skis that we could borrow or buy, haven't you, Herlondick?

355
00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:56,880
Oh, niner, Christopher. I have skis, yeah, but you cannot think to do such a thing.

356
00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:58,880
It's too dangerous even for expert skiers.

357
00:17:58,880 --> 00:17:59,880
He's right, Mac, I wouldn't try.

358
00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:01,880
We could go slow and follow the road.

359
00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:06,880
You are that sure of your feeling, Herr Christopher?

360
00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,880
Yes. And you, Frau Christopher?

361
00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,880
Tony, darling, I'm trying to be sensible.

362
00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,880
I was ready to go in the car...

363
00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:16,880
Gwen.

364
00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:18,880
But surely we'd be safer here.

365
00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:19,880
Yeah, absolutely, Manhear.

366
00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:21,880
Don't be a fool, Mac.

367
00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:22,880
Tony, please.

368
00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:23,880
Gwen.

369
00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:24,880
If there were any real reason...

370
00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:29,880
Oh, all right. All right, let's go back to the inn.

371
00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,880
Ah, Frau Christopher, will you join me?

372
00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:34,880
It is most comfortable here by the fire.

373
00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,880
Thank you, Herr Braun.

374
00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:38,880
Your husband, he is upstairs?

375
00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,880
In our room, writing.

376
00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:41,880
You know what he's writing?

377
00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:42,880
I can guess.

378
00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:44,880
Something about his life.

379
00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,880
You know, I'm not sure what he's writing.

380
00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:47,880
I don't know.

381
00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:49,880
I'm not sure what he's writing.

382
00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:51,880
I'm not sure what he's writing.

383
00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:53,880
I'm not sure what he's writing.

384
00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:55,880
I'm not sure what he's writing.

385
00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:57,880
I'm not sure what he's writing.

386
00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,880
I can guess. Something about his premonition.

387
00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,880
Yes. Kind of scientific note, he calls it.

388
00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,880
He thinks it will make interesting reading

389
00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:08,880
if someone finds it afterwards.

390
00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:10,880
Oh, and so it will.

391
00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,880
Your husband is an extraordinary man,

392
00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,880
Gnatey Gafoul, a man of deep sympathy and understanding.

393
00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,880
I imagine he is a very fine writer.

394
00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:21,880
Yes. Yes, I think he is.

395
00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,880
That is a rare and wonderful thing.

396
00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,880
I think I shall be most interested to read his book.

397
00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:28,880
Is it finished?

398
00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:30,880
Not quite.

399
00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:32,880
He wanted to stay and finish, but...

400
00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:34,880
Oh, it's my fault we're going to Paris.

401
00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:36,880
My fault we're here.

402
00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,880
Now that troubles you.

403
00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:40,880
Yes.

404
00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,880
Supposing he's right.

405
00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:44,880
His premonition.

406
00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,880
It would be a pity for a man of such promise

407
00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:55,880
to stay here now with his life and his work unrealized,

408
00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,880
wouldn't it?

409
00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:01,880
If you'll excuse me here, Bron,

410
00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:06,880
I'm going up and tell him we're leaving right away.

411
00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:08,880
I'll see you later, my dear wife.

412
00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:10,880
I'll see you later, Christopher.

413
00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:11,880
See you later.

414
00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:12,880
Good night.

415
00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:14,880
I think you're nuts to try it on skis,

416
00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,880
but good luck. I hope you make it.

417
00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:17,880
Thank you.

418
00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:19,880
Good luck to both of you.

419
00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,880
Well, send me a copy of the book when it is finished, yeah?

420
00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:23,880
You bet.

421
00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,880
Good luck to all of you.

422
00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,880
You'll be all right.

423
00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:29,880
I know you will.

424
00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:31,880
I'll see you later.

425
00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:33,880
Good night.

426
00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:35,880
Good night.

427
00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:37,880
I know you will.

428
00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:39,880
Goodbye.

429
00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:55,880
Tony.

430
00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:56,880
Hmm?

431
00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:58,880
Tony, can we stop a minute now?

432
00:20:58,880 --> 00:20:59,880
Sure.

433
00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:00,880
You all right?

434
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,880
I'm fine.

435
00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,880
Tony, can you see them still?

436
00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:06,880
No.

437
00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:08,880
Just the building.

438
00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:10,880
They've all gone back inside anyway.

439
00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,880
It looks so quiet.

440
00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:14,880
So peaceful.

441
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:16,880
I can't believe it.

442
00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:17,880
Don't even think about it.

443
00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,880
They'll be all right.

444
00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:21,880
All right.

445
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,880
Let's go on. Stay in my tracks. It'll be easier.

446
00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:24,880
All right.

447
00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:25,880
And don't worry, darling.

448
00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:27,880
Everything's going to be all right now.

449
00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:28,880
Ready?

450
00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:29,880
Yes, I can.

451
00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:30,880
Okay.

452
00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:31,880
Tony.

453
00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,880
Tony!

454
00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:35,880
Tony!

455
00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,880
Tony.

456
00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:58,880
It...

457
00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,880
It was true.

458
00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:03,880
I guess so.

459
00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:07,880
Nothing we can do.

460
00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,880
Except go on down...

461
00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:13,880
and tell somebody.

462
00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:28,880
Tell them what's happened.

463
00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:45,880
Suspense.

464
00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:51,880
In which Lawrence Dobkin starred as Tony with Charlotte Lawrence as Gwen.

465
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Next week, the story of the terrifying escape of a dying man.

466
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It's called Odd Man Out.

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That's next week on...

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Suspense.

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Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis with music composed by Lucian Morawick and conducted by Bernard Herman.

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