WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:15.080 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 00:15.080 --> 00:23.240 Tonight, the story of tension and danger in a small inn on the avalanche-swept slopes 00:23.240 --> 00:24.400 of the Alps. 00:24.400 --> 00:26.440 We call it Premonition. 00:26.440 --> 00:32.880 So now, starring Lawrence Dobkin with Charlotte Lawrence, here is tonight's Suspense play, 00:32.880 --> 00:35.880 Premonition. 00:35.880 --> 00:52.000 Tony, be careful. 00:52.000 --> 00:56.880 Tony. 00:56.880 --> 00:57.880 Okay, okay. 00:57.880 --> 00:58.880 Oh, this is awful. 00:58.880 --> 01:01.880 I can't even see the road. 01:01.880 --> 01:02.880 We shouldn't have tried it. 01:02.880 --> 01:03.880 We should have gone the other way. 01:03.880 --> 01:05.360 Well, that's 200 miles farther. 01:05.360 --> 01:06.400 You were the one in a hurry. 01:06.400 --> 01:08.240 You wanted Christmas in Paris, remember? 01:08.240 --> 01:10.240 Well, one day more wouldn't have mattered. 01:10.240 --> 01:14.040 We didn't have to be pioneers and cross the Alps in a blizzard. 01:14.040 --> 01:15.040 Okay, okay. 01:15.040 --> 01:16.040 I'm sorry. 01:16.040 --> 01:17.040 It's all my fault. 01:17.040 --> 01:20.040 Oh, I'm frozen. 01:20.040 --> 01:22.560 Didn't you say there was supposed to be an inn along here somewhere? 01:22.560 --> 01:24.600 Yeah, about halfway up the pass. 01:24.600 --> 01:26.280 We should reach it soon. 01:26.280 --> 01:27.880 Who let us stop there? 01:27.880 --> 01:28.880 This is awful. 01:28.880 --> 01:29.880 We're doing all right. 01:29.880 --> 01:32.880 Another two hours, we ought to be over the pass. 01:32.880 --> 01:37.880 Tony, look out. 01:37.880 --> 01:38.880 Great. 01:38.880 --> 01:39.880 Come on. 01:39.880 --> 01:40.880 Come on. 01:40.880 --> 01:41.880 Come on. 01:41.880 --> 01:42.880 Come on. 01:42.880 --> 01:43.880 Come on. 01:43.880 --> 01:44.880 Come on. 01:44.880 --> 01:45.880 Come on. 01:45.880 --> 01:46.880 Come on. 01:46.880 --> 01:47.880 Come on. 01:47.880 --> 01:48.880 Come on. 01:48.880 --> 01:49.880 Come on. 01:49.880 --> 01:50.880 Come on. 01:50.880 --> 01:51.880 Come on. 01:51.880 --> 01:52.880 Come on. 01:52.880 --> 01:53.880 Are we stuck? 01:53.880 --> 01:54.880 Couldn't be more. 01:54.880 --> 01:57.880 What are we going to do? 01:57.880 --> 02:00.880 Well, if it weren't snowing, we could admire the view. 02:00.880 --> 02:02.880 People come from all over the world to see the Alps. 02:02.880 --> 02:05.880 Well, there they are, right outside the windows. 02:05.880 --> 02:08.880 Front, back, on both sides and straight up. 02:08.880 --> 02:11.880 Oh, Tony, we can't just sit here and freeze to death. 02:11.880 --> 02:12.880 Any suggestions? 02:12.880 --> 02:13.880 Darling, I'm scared. 02:13.880 --> 02:14.880 Oh, I'm sorry. 02:14.880 --> 02:15.880 We'll be all right. 02:15.880 --> 02:18.880 We'll get out of it. 02:18.880 --> 02:20.880 Fully, we could get to that inn. 02:20.880 --> 02:21.880 Can you see it? 02:21.880 --> 02:22.880 No, can't see anything. 02:22.880 --> 02:23.880 It snows like a curtain. 02:23.880 --> 02:24.880 Oh, wait a minute. 02:24.880 --> 02:25.880 Well? 02:25.880 --> 02:26.880 No. 02:26.880 --> 02:29.880 But it shouldn't be too far up the road. 02:29.880 --> 02:30.880 You wait here. 02:30.880 --> 02:32.880 I'll go on and see if I can get someone to pull us out. 02:32.880 --> 02:33.880 Oh, wait. 02:33.880 --> 02:34.880 I'm going too. 02:34.880 --> 02:35.880 You'll get soaked. 02:35.880 --> 02:36.880 Well, I'm not going to stay here alone. 02:36.880 --> 02:37.880 It may take hours and I want to get warm. 02:37.880 --> 02:38.880 Suit yourself. 02:38.880 --> 02:49.880 Tony? 02:49.880 --> 02:54.880 Huh? 02:54.880 --> 02:59.880 Help me. 02:59.880 --> 03:02.880 Here. 03:02.880 --> 03:05.880 Well, step in my tracks. 03:05.880 --> 03:06.880 Oh, it's so deep. 03:06.880 --> 03:08.880 I told you you'd get soaked. 03:08.880 --> 03:10.880 Now, pick up your feet. 03:10.880 --> 03:13.880 Oh, don't take such big steps. 03:13.880 --> 03:14.880 Oh. 03:14.880 --> 03:17.880 Take it easy. 03:17.880 --> 03:20.880 It's just a few more steps now. 03:20.880 --> 03:22.880 Now, up. 03:22.880 --> 03:23.880 Okay. 03:23.880 --> 03:28.880 Oh, thank goodness they've swept the stairs. 03:28.880 --> 03:32.880 Oh, I'm soaked. 03:32.880 --> 03:34.880 It's funny. 03:34.880 --> 03:36.880 What's funny? 03:36.880 --> 03:38.880 The air. 03:38.880 --> 03:42.880 Well, all that snow, but right here, it's quiet. 03:42.880 --> 03:44.880 No wind. 03:44.880 --> 03:47.880 Not even very cold, almost warm. 03:47.880 --> 03:48.880 Oh, I'm not warm. 03:48.880 --> 03:50.880 There's a fire inside. 03:50.880 --> 03:51.880 Come on. 03:51.880 --> 03:54.880 Okay. 03:54.880 --> 03:58.880 Oh, I understand why they build these mountainside places on stilts. 03:58.880 --> 04:00.880 They'd be buried otherwise. 04:00.880 --> 04:01.880 You know, it's odd. 04:01.880 --> 04:02.880 What's odd? 04:02.880 --> 04:04.880 I've got a funny feeling. 04:04.880 --> 04:07.880 This... 04:07.880 --> 04:10.880 There's something oppressive here, Gwen. 04:10.880 --> 04:13.880 I don't know, maybe the mountains all around are shutting out the sky. 04:13.880 --> 04:16.880 Well, you're the one who always loved them so. 04:16.880 --> 04:18.880 Now you know how I've been feeling all these months. 04:18.880 --> 04:20.880 Yeah. 04:20.880 --> 04:23.880 Don't know what it is. 04:23.880 --> 04:24.880 Just a feeling. 04:24.880 --> 04:27.880 I suppose you'd call it a premonition. 04:27.880 --> 04:28.880 A premonition? 04:28.880 --> 04:29.880 About what? 04:29.880 --> 04:31.880 Well, I... 04:31.880 --> 04:33.880 I know this sounds silly. 04:33.880 --> 04:34.880 I don't like this place. 04:34.880 --> 04:36.880 Well, I do. 04:36.880 --> 04:38.880 It looks wonderful to me and a lot warmer inside. 04:38.880 --> 04:41.880 No, I know. It's not that. 04:41.880 --> 04:42.880 Oh, I can't explain it. 04:42.880 --> 04:44.880 Oh, Tony, stop being a writer. 04:44.880 --> 04:46.880 Come on, I'm freezing and I want to get out of these wet things. 04:46.880 --> 04:47.880 Are you coming? 04:47.880 --> 04:52.880 Yeah, sure, sure. 04:52.880 --> 04:57.880 Oh, that fire looks wonderful. 04:57.880 --> 05:02.880 Please come in. 04:57.880 --> 05:02.880 Good day, my lord. Good day, my lady. Welcome. 05:02.880 --> 05:05.880 Good day. My car is broken. I need help. 05:05.880 --> 05:09.880 But of course. Excuse me, you're American, aren't you? 05:09.880 --> 05:12.880 My accent still doesn't fool anyone, I guess. 05:12.880 --> 05:14.880 Oh, nine, you speak well, my lord. 05:14.880 --> 05:17.880 It is more the close that speaks of the wealthy American. 05:17.880 --> 05:20.880 I'm herlantic and I'm most happy to serve you. 05:20.880 --> 05:22.880 Well, you don't know how happy we are to get here. 05:22.880 --> 05:26.880 Look, herlantic, we're stalled in the snow right down the road now. 05:26.880 --> 05:28.880 Is there anyone here who can help pull us out? 05:28.880 --> 05:29.880 Ich weiß nicht. 05:29.880 --> 05:32.880 There is a Swiss gentleman with an auto who has only just arrived also. 05:32.880 --> 05:34.880 And a French family. 05:34.880 --> 05:37.880 It could be arranged, vielleicht, but... 05:37.880 --> 05:39.880 But what? Oh, I'll pay, of course. 05:39.880 --> 05:42.880 Oh, nein, nein, nein. Nein, auf keinen Fall. 05:42.880 --> 05:45.880 You mean you don't think we should try to go on? 05:45.880 --> 05:47.880 No, I would not advise it. 05:47.880 --> 05:50.880 It is not for the money, my lord, I assure you, but such a storm. 05:50.880 --> 05:52.880 Honey, I want to go on if we can. 05:52.880 --> 05:53.880 How long will this last? 05:53.880 --> 05:58.880 Ich weiß nicht. Perhaps another day, perhaps more, then the road must be cleared. 05:58.880 --> 06:01.880 Herr Braun, the Swiss gentleman, says it's very bad on the Swiss side. 06:01.880 --> 06:04.880 Tony. 06:04.880 --> 06:06.880 Okay, okay. 06:06.880 --> 06:08.880 Haben Sie ein Zimmer verzogen? 06:08.880 --> 06:10.880 Aber selbstverständlich, mein Herr. 06:10.880 --> 06:13.880 I will show you and then the other guests are prepared to eat. 06:13.880 --> 06:15.880 You will join us, ja? 06:15.880 --> 06:16.880 Oh, yes, I'm starved. 06:16.880 --> 06:31.880 Ja, I understand. Komm. 06:31.880 --> 06:32.880 Du geur, Madame Rouge? 06:32.880 --> 06:33.880 Non, merci. 06:33.880 --> 06:38.880 Well, Herr Christopher, one does not expect to meet Americans in such a place at such a time. 06:38.880 --> 06:42.880 You know, it is not the season for tourists, n'est-ce pas? 06:42.880 --> 06:45.880 Well, we're not exactly tourists, Monsieur Rouge. 06:45.880 --> 06:47.880 We've been living in Austria a year now. 06:47.880 --> 06:49.880 My husband is writing a book. 06:49.880 --> 06:51.880 Oh, never mind the publicity, Gwen, nobody's interested. 06:51.880 --> 06:54.880 On the contrary, my Herr, an author, ja? 06:54.880 --> 06:56.880 And you write a book about Austria? 06:56.880 --> 06:59.880 Not about Austria, just in Austria. 06:59.880 --> 07:05.880 Ah, so. You came here for inspiration, ja? To the land of beauty and great art. 07:05.880 --> 07:12.880 And cheap rent. It's a great country, Herr Lannach, but for a writer, I'm afraid the rate of exchange decided the issue. 07:12.880 --> 07:17.880 True, Herr Christopher. As a Swiss, I also find Austrian prices attractive. 07:17.880 --> 07:19.880 And now you are going back to America? 07:19.880 --> 07:24.880 Oh, no, no, just to Paris for Christmas. Such a lovely time of year for traveling. 07:24.880 --> 07:26.880 Oh, Tony. 07:26.880 --> 07:29.880 We must not forget the radio. There may be new reports. 07:29.880 --> 07:30.880 Reports? 07:30.880 --> 07:32.880 Of the storms, very bad. 07:32.880 --> 07:33.880 Yes, I can see that. 07:33.880 --> 07:39.880 Avalanches, my Herr. Two villages in the Walser Valley completely destroyed, many dead. 07:39.880 --> 07:42.880 Three killed just across the pass this morning. 07:42.880 --> 07:47.880 Oh, isn't that awful. I'm so glad we didn't try to go on. 07:47.880 --> 07:51.880 Ja, that would have been unwise. Darf ich Ihnen noch etwas anbieten, Madame Christopher? 07:51.880 --> 07:55.880 Oh, thank you. I'm a pig, but I don't care. They're so good. 07:55.880 --> 08:03.880 Herr Christopher, what do you think of the Russian intentions in Austria? 08:03.880 --> 08:05.880 Hm? 08:05.880 --> 08:07.880 Herr Christopher. 08:07.880 --> 08:08.880 Yes? 08:08.880 --> 08:09.880 Oh, I'm sorry, what? 08:09.880 --> 08:13.880 Darling, why so preoccupied? We haven't touched your lunch. 08:13.880 --> 08:17.880 Oh, sorry. I guess I'm just not hungry. 08:17.880 --> 08:27.880 Oh, I'm afraid my husband is in a mood. It's really quite amusing. You see, he has some sort of a premonition. 08:27.880 --> 08:28.880 A premonition? 08:28.880 --> 08:32.880 Yes, you know, a funny feeling that something terrible is going to happen. 08:32.880 --> 08:35.880 Oh, Gwen, a foreboding, Nectra? 08:35.880 --> 08:41.880 Oh, yes. He got it the minute he saw this place. Didn't even want to come in here. Isn't that silly? 08:41.880 --> 08:42.880 Oh, my God, Maurice. 08:42.880 --> 08:45.880 Florienne, calm down. I don't know what he's saying. 08:45.880 --> 08:49.880 But I do. I assure you there's danger. We have to leave immediately. 08:49.880 --> 08:52.880 Shut up, Florienne. Don't be in danger. Don't believe us. 08:52.880 --> 09:01.880 Oh, Madame Rouge, I assure you, there's no danger. This place is absolutely safe. You need not be concerned. 09:01.880 --> 09:08.880 Oh, but I'm terribly sorry. I had no idea. I didn't mean to upset anyone. 09:08.880 --> 09:12.880 My wife is easily frightened, Madame. Perhaps you will excuse us. 09:12.880 --> 09:16.880 Oh, please. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it. It was really a joke. I thought... 09:16.880 --> 09:17.880 Oh, darling, never mind. 09:17.880 --> 09:18.880 May I assist you, Monsieur Rouge? 09:18.880 --> 09:21.880 No, no, no. We go to our room. It will pass. 09:21.880 --> 09:22.880 Viens, Florienne. 09:22.880 --> 09:25.880 Mon Dieu, il faut partir. Je sais, il y a des dangers, j'ai mal. 09:25.880 --> 09:28.880 Oh, Tony, I'm so ashamed. I didn't think... 09:28.880 --> 09:29.880 Well, take it easy, honey. 09:29.880 --> 09:32.880 Oh, don't be upset, Madame. That one isn't hysteric. 09:32.880 --> 09:33.880 But I meant it as a joke. 09:33.880 --> 09:38.880 Well, it's not a joke, Gwen. Three people killed this morning, two villages nearby wiped out. 09:38.880 --> 09:43.880 Well, I just didn't suppose there was any danger here. 09:43.880 --> 09:50.880 And there probably is not needing a Frau, unless... unless your husband's premonition is correct. 09:50.880 --> 09:55.880 Oh, but that's such a crazy idea. He doesn't really believe in such things. 09:55.880 --> 09:58.880 Don't you, Herr Christopher? 09:58.880 --> 09:59.880 I don't know. 09:59.880 --> 10:00.880 Oh, Tony. 10:00.880 --> 10:07.880 After all, Frau Christopher, there is nothing so strange about your husband's premonition, nothing occult or supernatural. 10:07.880 --> 10:10.880 It can be explained quite realistically. 10:10.880 --> 10:11.880 How? 10:11.880 --> 10:18.880 You are a writer, trained to a special sensitivity. You sense the danger, though you cannot read the signs. 10:18.880 --> 10:20.880 What signs, for instance? 10:20.880 --> 10:28.880 It has been snowing for days. An unusual mass lies on every slope, and it has been and still is unseasonably warm. 10:28.880 --> 10:37.880 That means the snow is extra heavy, extra wet. There may even be subsurface melting. Such unstable conditions are explosive. 10:37.880 --> 10:41.880 Danger hangs on every mountain, all through the Alps. 10:41.880 --> 10:43.880 Even here? 10:43.880 --> 10:51.880 No, not here. Assure you, Herr Christopher, and Herr Braun, this inn is safe. We have never had an avalanche here. 10:51.880 --> 10:53.880 You see, Tony? 10:53.880 --> 10:55.880 Never... yet. 10:55.880 --> 10:56.880 Eh? 10:56.880 --> 11:17.880 Herr Wande? 11:17.880 --> 11:19.880 Let's turn our feet. 11:19.880 --> 11:33.880 That in Austria, eighty-two. In Switzerland, hundred forty-three. American and Swiss helicopter bring medical relief. 11:33.880 --> 11:39.880 Danger is not ending. 11:39.880 --> 11:51.880 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. 11:51.880 --> 11:53.880 It's shriveled, shriveled. 11:53.880 --> 11:58.880 At this rate, we cannot go on for days. Our misfortune, your fortune, Herr Wande. 11:58.880 --> 12:02.880 I would rather not earn my fortune this way. I'm sorry for you all. 12:02.880 --> 12:04.880 I will try a stain of your beer, Herr Wande. 12:04.880 --> 12:05.880 Yeah, yeah, it's bring us a fall. 12:05.880 --> 12:06.880 Tony? 12:06.880 --> 12:07.880 Hm? 12:07.880 --> 12:09.880 Don't join us. Don't just sit here staring out the window. 12:09.880 --> 12:10.880 Gwen? 12:10.880 --> 12:16.880 Look! It stopped snowing. And the sun's trying to break through. Look, everybody, it stopped snowing. 12:16.880 --> 12:19.880 Yes, I noticed, Madame Christopher. 12:19.880 --> 12:21.880 Well, isn't that a good sign? 12:21.880 --> 12:27.880 Not necessarily. There's snow enough already. And if the sun causes melting, yeah. 12:27.880 --> 12:30.880 Oh. I see. 12:30.880 --> 12:40.880 I don't like it. Oppressive. Too quiet. The light. The whole thing. 12:40.880 --> 12:42.880 Would anybody care for a game of cards? 12:42.880 --> 12:45.880 Ah, we... anything too fast a time. 12:45.880 --> 12:47.880 Look, Gwen, let's go. They'll help us get the car out. 12:47.880 --> 12:51.880 But, Tony, it would be more dangerous out there. 12:51.880 --> 12:52.880 Well, it's here that worries me. 12:52.880 --> 12:53.880 I know, but it's... 12:53.880 --> 12:54.880 All right, all right. Skip it. 12:54.880 --> 12:56.880 Tony, please. I only want to do... 12:56.880 --> 12:58.880 Wait a minute. Listen. 12:58.880 --> 12:59.880 What is it? 12:59.880 --> 13:04.880 Look out the window. 13:04.880 --> 13:13.880 Tony! 13:13.880 --> 13:15.880 Oh, my God. That's... that's Vatsuna. 13:15.880 --> 13:18.880 Yeah. I have never seen one like that. 13:18.880 --> 13:22.880 Whole slope across the valley came down. 13:22.880 --> 13:25.880 It's almost filled at Canyon. 13:25.880 --> 13:27.880 Anything had been in front of it. 13:27.880 --> 13:31.880 I tell you, over there, yeah, there have been avalanches before, 13:31.880 --> 13:35.880 but not here. Not on this side. 13:35.880 --> 13:39.880 It is because up there, there is, how you say, an a... an a chalet. 13:39.880 --> 13:40.880 Yeah, a bowl or basin. 13:40.880 --> 13:43.880 Yeah. And this catches all of the snow from above. 13:43.880 --> 13:47.880 You can see it. And behind the inn you will see trees, tall trees, 13:47.880 --> 13:50.880 which have been growing there for 50 years. 13:50.880 --> 13:52.880 They have never been touched. 13:52.880 --> 14:11.880 Go. Go and see for yourself, Christopher. Satisfy yourself. 14:11.880 --> 14:13.880 Well, what do you think, Herr Braun? 14:13.880 --> 14:16.880 Yeah. Ordinarily, Herr Lundek would be right. 14:16.880 --> 14:18.880 Yeah. Only you said these are extraordinary conditions. 14:18.880 --> 14:22.880 Exactly. There is perhaps more snow up there than ever before. 14:22.880 --> 14:28.880 If that match should start to slide, it would go faster and farther than ever before. 14:28.880 --> 14:30.880 If it should fill up and overflow that basin... 14:30.880 --> 14:33.880 Well, what about the trees? Wouldn't they stop it? 14:33.880 --> 14:37.880 In my hair, they would be as matchsticks, and this building, the matchbox. 14:37.880 --> 14:40.880 Well, then why do we stay here? 14:40.880 --> 14:44.880 Because there is no more danger here than anywhere else, 14:44.880 --> 14:46.880 and perhaps there is less. 14:46.880 --> 14:49.880 Yes, of course. 14:49.880 --> 14:51.880 Well, we may as well get back. 14:51.880 --> 14:54.880 Yeah. Hey, look. 14:54.880 --> 14:57.880 What is... That's an American Army jeep. 14:57.880 --> 15:01.880 So, if we are to die, it seems fate brings us another victim. 15:01.880 --> 15:03.880 Hey, hello. 15:03.880 --> 15:05.880 Speaking. 15:07.880 --> 15:10.880 Oh, greetings, Sergeant. Greetings. 15:10.880 --> 15:11.880 What are you doing way up here? 15:11.880 --> 15:13.880 I wish I knew, Mike. How about you? 15:13.880 --> 15:15.880 Oh, we got stuck coming through. 15:15.880 --> 15:19.880 Well, you're stuck, mister. You ain't going any further over the pass. 15:19.880 --> 15:20.880 It's bad? 15:20.880 --> 15:22.880 Everything's breaking loose. 15:22.880 --> 15:25.880 One of them almost got me. Blocked the pass right behind me. 15:25.880 --> 15:27.880 Hey, got something hot to drink in this place? 15:27.880 --> 15:30.880 Oh, sure, sure. You going on down the valley? 15:30.880 --> 15:33.880 I'm going clear the headquarters at Salzburg if I can get through. 15:33.880 --> 15:34.880 Courier, logistic command. 15:34.880 --> 15:37.880 Listen, will you pull me out with your jeep, and then I can follow you back down? 15:37.880 --> 15:40.880 Well, sure, Mac. I'll try. But let me get something hot first. 15:40.880 --> 15:42.880 Oh, sure. All right. But I'll be ready. 15:42.880 --> 15:45.880 Roger. Man, what a trip. 15:45.880 --> 15:48.880 Well, Christopher, it seems you will be able to go on after all. 15:48.880 --> 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. 15:52.880 --> 15:54.880 Yeah, that is true, but... 15:54.880 --> 15:58.880 Oh, but you won't, will you? 15:58.880 --> 16:02.880 Everybody thinks my premonition is nonsense. 16:02.880 --> 16:05.880 No, except perhaps you, Herr Braun. 16:05.880 --> 16:08.880 But you're a philosopher. If it's your time to die, so be it. 16:08.880 --> 16:11.880 But you'll wait for death to come to you. You won't run out to meet it. 16:11.880 --> 16:14.880 That's true. All true, Herr Christopher. 16:14.880 --> 16:16.880 Yeah. 16:16.880 --> 16:21.880 Well, I can't decide your fate for you much as I might like to. 16:21.880 --> 16:42.880 Every man must do that for himself. 16:42.880 --> 16:45.880 Well, one more good pull should do it, Sergeant. 16:45.880 --> 16:47.880 But take it easy and watch that bank. 16:47.880 --> 16:49.880 Give it a little more left wheel, all right? 16:49.880 --> 16:54.880 Uh, okay. Go ahead. 16:54.880 --> 17:00.880 Careful, Sante! Look out! 17:00.880 --> 17:03.880 Sergeant? Sergeant, you all right? 17:03.880 --> 17:05.880 Yeah, yeah, I'm okay. Just give me a hand. 17:05.880 --> 17:06.880 Let me help you also, Sergeant. 17:06.880 --> 17:11.880 Okay, ready? Now, heave! 17:11.880 --> 17:12.880 Thanks. 17:12.880 --> 17:13.880 Are you hurt, Sergeant? 17:13.880 --> 17:16.880 No, ma'am, I'm okay. 17:16.880 --> 17:18.880 But we didn't do so good, did we? 17:18.880 --> 17:20.880 Instead of getting you out, I got myself in. 17:20.880 --> 17:22.880 It was most fortunate you did not go altogether over the side. 17:22.880 --> 17:24.880 What do you think? Can we get that jeep out? 17:24.880 --> 17:26.880 Well, not without a ten-ton rig. 17:26.880 --> 17:29.880 She's stuck down there, but good. 17:29.880 --> 17:30.880 I guess you're right. 17:30.880 --> 17:34.880 Yeah, sorry, Mac. Personally, I don't give a stink. 17:34.880 --> 17:37.880 I wasn't anxious to drive all night anyway. 17:37.880 --> 17:41.880 Well, might as well get back to the fire. 17:41.880 --> 17:42.880 Nothing we can do here. 17:42.880 --> 17:45.880 It seems your fate is working against you, Manhear. 17:45.880 --> 17:47.880 And perhaps for the best, Herr Christopher. 17:47.880 --> 17:49.880 I suppose there's nothing to do now... 17:49.880 --> 17:51.880 You have skis that we could borrow or buy, haven't you, Herlondick? 17:51.880 --> 17:56.880 Oh, niner, Christopher. I have skis, yeah, but you cannot think to do such a thing. 17:56.880 --> 17:58.880 It's too dangerous even for expert skiers. 17:58.880 --> 17:59.880 He's right, Mac, I wouldn't try. 17:59.880 --> 18:01.880 We could go slow and follow the road. 18:01.880 --> 18:06.880 You are that sure of your feeling, Herr Christopher? 18:06.880 --> 18:09.880 Yes. And you, Frau Christopher? 18:09.880 --> 18:13.880 Tony, darling, I'm trying to be sensible. 18:13.880 --> 18:15.880 I was ready to go in the car... 18:15.880 --> 18:16.880 Gwen. 18:16.880 --> 18:18.880 But surely we'd be safer here. 18:18.880 --> 18:19.880 Yeah, absolutely, Manhear. 18:19.880 --> 18:21.880 Don't be a fool, Mac. 18:21.880 --> 18:22.880 Tony, please. 18:22.880 --> 18:23.880 Gwen. 18:23.880 --> 18:24.880 If there were any real reason... 18:24.880 --> 18:29.880 Oh, all right. All right, let's go back to the inn. 18:29.880 --> 18:32.880 Ah, Frau Christopher, will you join me? 18:32.880 --> 18:34.880 It is most comfortable here by the fire. 18:34.880 --> 18:36.880 Thank you, Herr Braun. 18:36.880 --> 18:38.880 Your husband, he is upstairs? 18:38.880 --> 18:40.880 In our room, writing. 18:40.880 --> 18:41.880 You know what he's writing? 18:41.880 --> 18:42.880 I can guess. 18:42.880 --> 18:44.880 Something about his life. 18:44.880 --> 18:46.880 You know, I'm not sure what he's writing. 18:46.880 --> 18:47.880 I don't know. 18:47.880 --> 18:49.880 I'm not sure what he's writing. 18:49.880 --> 18:51.880 I'm not sure what he's writing. 18:51.880 --> 18:53.880 I'm not sure what he's writing. 18:53.880 --> 18:55.880 I'm not sure what he's writing. 18:55.880 --> 18:57.880 I'm not sure what he's writing. 18:57.880 --> 19:00.880 I can guess. Something about his premonition. 19:00.880 --> 19:04.880 Yes. Kind of scientific note, he calls it. 19:04.880 --> 19:06.880 He thinks it will make interesting reading 19:06.880 --> 19:08.880 if someone finds it afterwards. 19:08.880 --> 19:10.880 Oh, and so it will. 19:10.880 --> 19:12.880 Your husband is an extraordinary man, 19:12.880 --> 19:16.880 Gnatey Gafoul, a man of deep sympathy and understanding. 19:16.880 --> 19:19.880 I imagine he is a very fine writer. 19:19.880 --> 19:21.880 Yes. Yes, I think he is. 19:21.880 --> 19:24.880 That is a rare and wonderful thing. 19:24.880 --> 19:27.880 I think I shall be most interested to read his book. 19:27.880 --> 19:28.880 Is it finished? 19:28.880 --> 19:30.880 Not quite. 19:30.880 --> 19:32.880 He wanted to stay and finish, but... 19:32.880 --> 19:34.880 Oh, it's my fault we're going to Paris. 19:34.880 --> 19:36.880 My fault we're here. 19:36.880 --> 19:38.880 Now that troubles you. 19:38.880 --> 19:40.880 Yes. 19:40.880 --> 19:42.880 Supposing he's right. 19:42.880 --> 19:44.880 His premonition. 19:44.880 --> 19:48.880 It would be a pity for a man of such promise 19:48.880 --> 19:55.880 to stay here now with his life and his work unrealized, 19:55.880 --> 19:57.880 wouldn't it? 19:59.880 --> 20:01.880 If you'll excuse me here, Bron, 20:01.880 --> 20:06.880 I'm going up and tell him we're leaving right away. 20:06.880 --> 20:08.880 I'll see you later, my dear wife. 20:08.880 --> 20:10.880 I'll see you later, Christopher. 20:10.880 --> 20:11.880 See you later. 20:11.880 --> 20:12.880 Good night. 20:12.880 --> 20:14.880 I think you're nuts to try it on skis, 20:14.880 --> 20:16.880 but good luck. I hope you make it. 20:16.880 --> 20:17.880 Thank you. 20:17.880 --> 20:19.880 Good luck to both of you. 20:19.880 --> 20:22.880 Well, send me a copy of the book when it is finished, yeah? 20:22.880 --> 20:23.880 You bet. 20:23.880 --> 20:25.880 Good luck to all of you. 20:25.880 --> 20:27.880 You'll be all right. 20:27.880 --> 20:29.880 I know you will. 20:29.880 --> 20:31.880 I'll see you later. 20:31.880 --> 20:33.880 Good night. 20:33.880 --> 20:35.880 Good night. 20:35.880 --> 20:37.880 I know you will. 20:37.880 --> 20:39.880 Goodbye. 20:54.880 --> 20:55.880 Tony. 20:55.880 --> 20:56.880 Hmm? 20:56.880 --> 20:58.880 Tony, can we stop a minute now? 20:58.880 --> 20:59.880 Sure. 20:59.880 --> 21:00.880 You all right? 21:00.880 --> 21:02.880 I'm fine. 21:02.880 --> 21:05.880 Tony, can you see them still? 21:05.880 --> 21:06.880 No. 21:06.880 --> 21:08.880 Just the building. 21:08.880 --> 21:10.880 They've all gone back inside anyway. 21:10.880 --> 21:12.880 It looks so quiet. 21:12.880 --> 21:14.880 So peaceful. 21:14.880 --> 21:16.880 I can't believe it. 21:16.880 --> 21:17.880 Don't even think about it. 21:17.880 --> 21:19.880 They'll be all right. 21:19.880 --> 21:21.880 All right. 21:21.880 --> 21:23.880 Let's go on. Stay in my tracks. It'll be easier. 21:23.880 --> 21:24.880 All right. 21:24.880 --> 21:25.880 And don't worry, darling. 21:25.880 --> 21:27.880 Everything's going to be all right now. 21:27.880 --> 21:28.880 Ready? 21:28.880 --> 21:29.880 Yes, I can. 21:29.880 --> 21:30.880 Okay. 21:30.880 --> 21:31.880 Tony. 21:31.880 --> 21:33.880 Tony! 21:33.880 --> 21:35.880 Tony! 21:53.880 --> 21:55.880 Tony. 21:56.880 --> 21:58.880 It... 21:58.880 --> 22:01.880 It was true. 22:01.880 --> 22:03.880 I guess so. 22:05.880 --> 22:07.880 Nothing we can do. 22:08.880 --> 22:10.880 Except go on down... 22:11.880 --> 22:13.880 and tell somebody. 22:13.880 --> 22:28.880 Tell them what's happened. 22:43.880 --> 22:45.880 Suspense. 22:45.880 --> 22:51.880 In which Lawrence Dobkin starred as Tony with Charlotte Lawrence as Gwen. 22:51.880 --> 22:56.880 Next week, the story of the terrifying escape of a dying man. 22:56.880 --> 22:59.880 It's called Odd Man Out. 22:59.880 --> 23:01.880 That's next week on... 23:01.880 --> 23:14.880 Suspense. 23:14.880 --> 23:22.880 Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis with music composed by Lucian Morawick and conducted by Bernard Herman. 23:22.880 --> 23:26.880 Reminition was specially written for Suspense by John Dunkel. 23:26.880 --> 23:34.880 Featured on the cast were Edgar Barrier, John Danaer, Fritz Feld, Joe Cranston, Nan Boardman, and Ben Wright. 23:34.880 --> 24:02.880 You hear America's favorite shows on the CBS Radio Network. 24:04.880 --> 24:07.880 You