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

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Tonight, the transcribed story of life and death in an African colony.

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We call it, Lily and the Colonel.

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So now, starring Ramsey Hill and John Alderson with Paula Winslow, here is tonight's Suspense

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play, Lily and the Colonel.

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I first met Colonel M.O.V. Abinathy at the Rift Valley Club, Kenya colony, East Africa.

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Possibly being a sandhurst man, a lieutenant with a Lancashire fuseliers had something

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to do with my invitation into the Hallet Circle.

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At all events, I was invited and I went.

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Sandhurst, eh?

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That's right, sir.

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Sandhurst.

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I was sandhurst myself, 1917.

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That's all, sir.

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Well.

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Still turning them out the way they used to.

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Not knowing how they used to turn them out, I couldn't say, sir.

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Capital.

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At least they turn them out with humor.

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The only thing that's kept me alive, you know, is sense of humor.

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Yes, I can see that.

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And now you are here to save us from the Mau Mau.

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I'm quite sure you can save yourselves, Colonel.

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But of course we could if it weren't for the bunglers and their, well, their infernal

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bungling.

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The second time I met Colonel Abinathy was under quite different circumstances.

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My patrol had been called to the farm of one James C. Curry to investigate a murder.

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On the way, I stopped by Colonel Abinathy's house and brought him along in case identification

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was needed.

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On viewing the remains, the Colonel decided it was the body of James C. Curry himself

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lying under the rose bush.

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None of us said a word until we reached his house.

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You need a drink.

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I could use one, sir.

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Good.

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Mingumbe.

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Good morning, daddy.

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You back for now?

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Tell your mistress.

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She have blast a headache.

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I tell her you'll come back.

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Headache.

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All the girls in the house are going to be in trouble.

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I'll tell her to go to the doctor.

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I'll tell her to go to the doctor.

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I'll tell her to go to the doctor.

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I'll tell her to go to the doctor.

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I'll tell her to go to the doctor.

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I'll tell her to go to the doctor.

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All is having a headache.

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Oh, oh, sit down, Lieutenant.

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You'll have your drink in a moment.

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Thank you, sir.

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Incidentally, while your boy is out, may I ask, sir, is he Chikuyu?

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Ingumbe?

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No.

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He's a Jolou'o.

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I think his tribe is Jolou'o.

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Yes, I'm almost positive.

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You're not sure he is Jolou'o?

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Well, one can't be certain with these boys you know, but I'll ask him when he comes back.

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Mr Abinathy, it's a headache much better.

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She will come in a moment.

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Good.

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Ingumbe.

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Yes, Moana. I will fix it.

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Tell you, Temple, that I'm ab...

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I beg your pardon, Colonel. Will you ask...

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Oh, yes, yes, yes. In Gumby.

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Moana?

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What are you?

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Moana?

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Tribe. What tribe you belong to?

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I am Jaloo.

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Do the Jaloo have Ma-Mao?

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What the devil you do that for?

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Don't stand there quaking like an idiot.

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What do you say?

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Ma-Mao is only Kip-Sige and Kikuyu.

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I am Jaloo.

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Jaloo?

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Very well.

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Now give Lieutenant Temple his drink and then get out.

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Yes, Moana.

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Your drink, Moana.

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Blast, you idiot.

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I don't believe him.

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You think he's Kikuyu?

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I do.

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And the sooner you rid of him, the better.

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Hmm. Every head boy a Ma-Mao. Is that it?

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Hmm. Weak, sir. Weak.

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It happened to Curry.

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Could happen to others.

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So you still want to save me?

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I'm only here to do what I can, sir. It's my job.

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Young man, what happened to Curry didn't happen to me.

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There are still those who know how to handle this thing.

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And alone, if necessary.

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In my day, we knew how to keep the Wog in his place.

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Full justice, mind you, but uh...

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Also this.

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That pistol of yours may have seen its day, sir.

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Times are changing.

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Only because men have become too weak to prevent it, sir.

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Oh, Julian. Julian.

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Have you seen Tabakin?

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I don't know where that cat can be.

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It was the Colonel's lady.

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She stood half in shadow in the doorway.

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With something of a smile on her lips.

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An attractive woman, I thought, in her forties, but...

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When she came towards us and the light fell on her...

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I could see that what might have been attractive was only an illusion of powder and rouge.

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Heavily proportioned and badly applied to an aging, unhappy face.

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My dear, may I present Mr. Charles Temple?

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How do you do?

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How do you do?

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Please sit down.

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As a matter of fact, I was just leaving.

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Oh, no. No, please.

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It isn't often that I have an opportunity to talk to a handsome young man.

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And from the outside world, too.

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What happened today, dear?

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Why did you run out so quickly?

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Well, you...

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Oh, Julian never tells me anything. I'm always in the dark.

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I'm afraid that I'm responsible today, Mrs. Abbott.

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I needed his help.

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Help?

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Mr. Temple will tell you. I'm off to bed.

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Good night.

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Good night, sir.

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And...

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Please think over what I said.

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Get rid of your boy.

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Young man, I like you.

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But as for your advice, I shall handle my affairs my way.

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Good night.

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Well, Mr. Temple, what was it Julian said you'd tell me?

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One of your neighbors was killed today.

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Killed? Who?

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James Curry.

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Jim Curry.

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Jim Curry?

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Who'd want to kill Jim Curry?

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Oh, why? Why?

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Mrs. Abinanti, please.

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No.

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You know, I...

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I'm quite all right.

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How did it happen?

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Mow, mow.

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Mow, mow.

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The...

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The...

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The...

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There must be a way out.

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There must be.

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Let me get you something.

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Oh, yes.

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Here. Drink this.

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Oh, thank you.

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Oh, it's better.

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Oh, that's better. Much better.

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I had to, but I must go now, Mrs. Abinanti.

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Oh, please don't.

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Sit beside me.

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Let me call the colonel. He can be with you.

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But he can't help me.

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More than I can, I'm sure.

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Now, please, let me...

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It lay broken at our feet.

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A cat strung up by the neck to a willow branch.

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Mrs. Abinanti's cat.

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And outside, somewhere in the dark,

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beyond the shattered window,

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were those who had done the thing.

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It was the mow, mow.

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Probably miles away by now.

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I'm afraid so.

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Wait.

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No, no, no.

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No, no, no.

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No, no, no, no.

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Give me a hand.

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There.

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Recognise him?

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Never seen this one before.

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Got him in the stomach.

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Said get him to a hospital right away.

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Take him under the shoulder.

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Recognize him?

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Never seen this one before.

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Got him in the stomach.

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Said get him to a hospital right away.

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Take him under the shoulder.

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We'll carry him to the car.

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Took him to the nearest clinic at Thompson Falls.

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And all night he hovered between life and death.

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All night I questioned him vainly and much of the next day.

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Toward the end, I asked him if he knew he was dying.

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He rolled his head toward me.

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And the look in his eyes showed that he knew he was.

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It was then that all my questions were answered.

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Name, September.

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Tribe, Kikuyu.

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Maomao?

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Yes.

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Family, one brother.

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And this brother was Colonel Abernethy's head boy in Gumby.

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I went back to the Colonel's house.

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Who's there?

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Left in the temple, ma'am.

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Oh, thank goodness you're coming.

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Oh, I'm all alone.

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Where's the Colonel and the Gumby?

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They've been gone all day.

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They left me alone.

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I've never been so terrified in my life.

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Will he be back soon?

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My tabacons and the shooting.

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Oh, yes, they'll be back soon.

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I'll wait for him then.

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He gave me a pistol and said I must carry it with me until he comes back.

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That's very wise.

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I hate them.

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They're for killing.

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Sit down, Mr. Temple.

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Oh, I must look a fright.

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No make-up and this old gown.

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You must think I look a fright.

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Not at all. You look very well indeed.

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Well, thank you, kind sir, she said.

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May I make you a drink?

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No, thank you, Mrs. Abernethy.

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Well, I think I shall have one.

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If I don't look out, I shall become a drunkard.

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A solitary drunkard.

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I'm sure you're much too sensible for that.

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Well, Julian doesn't think I'm sensible.

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He calls me silly.

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Oh, that'll make me feel much better.

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You know, you're awfully nice.

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You're not like the other men.

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You seem very kind.

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I'm not really.

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Quite the opposite.

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I beat children the second Tuesday of every month.

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Oh, I gather you're married then.

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Somebody in England?

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No, I'm not married.

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Mrs. Abernethy.

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I have something to tell you. I thought of waiting for the Colonel,

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but since you should know about it too, I...

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If it's anything unpleasant, I won't hear it.

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It concerns you very directly. You should listen.

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No, no, no, no.

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We shall talk of everything, but not about Kenya or Africa

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and Colonel's and poor unhappy natives and everything.

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Very well, I'll wait for the Colonel.

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Oh, now you've been wounded.

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The handsome soldier has been wounded on the battlefield of the sexes.

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Now here, drink from my glass.

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Here.

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Oh, now not just a sip.

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All right, just a sip.

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There.

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Jim Currie thought I was attractive.

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Am I attractive?

271
00:11:36,220 --> 00:11:40,220
Am I attractive, Charles?

272
00:11:40,220 --> 00:11:43,020
Why, yes, yes, of course.

273
00:11:43,020 --> 00:11:44,820
No, I mean to you.

274
00:11:44,820 --> 00:11:47,420
Well, after all, you're a married woman and well, you know.

275
00:11:47,420 --> 00:11:51,820
No, no, no, sit quietly and listen.

276
00:11:51,820 --> 00:11:57,220
If I told you that you're the handsomest man I know

277
00:11:57,220 --> 00:11:59,620
and if I told you that I was in love with you...

278
00:11:59,620 --> 00:12:01,020
Mrs. Abernethy.

279
00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:04,420
Would you take me away with you?

280
00:12:04,420 --> 00:12:09,220
Would you put me in your pocket and take me?

281
00:12:09,220 --> 00:12:12,420
Of course, right in my pocket.

282
00:12:12,420 --> 00:12:15,020
Well, I...

283
00:12:15,020 --> 00:12:19,420
I don't feel very well.

284
00:12:19,420 --> 00:12:24,420
I think I shall lie down.

285
00:12:28,220 --> 00:12:30,420
Poor old...

286
00:12:30,420 --> 00:12:33,420
Oh, Temple, I thought I couldn't be here when you came.

287
00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:34,620
Where is Lily?

288
00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:35,820
She's not well.

289
00:12:35,820 --> 00:12:38,020
I think last night was a bit too much for her.

290
00:12:38,020 --> 00:12:39,020
She's resting.

291
00:12:39,020 --> 00:12:42,020
Tell me, what happened to that beggar you shot?

292
00:12:42,020 --> 00:12:44,820
The man died early this afternoon.

293
00:12:44,820 --> 00:12:46,820
I was right about Ingambuy.

294
00:12:46,820 --> 00:12:48,020
What do you mean?

295
00:12:48,020 --> 00:12:50,020
We questioned the native all night.

296
00:12:50,020 --> 00:12:52,820
Since before he died, he confessed that he belonged to the Mau Mau.

297
00:12:52,820 --> 00:12:54,820
What does that to do with Ingambuy?

298
00:12:54,820 --> 00:12:57,820
They're brothers.

299
00:12:57,820 --> 00:13:00,020
Then he is a Kikuyu after all.

300
00:13:00,020 --> 00:13:02,020
Get rid of him, but quietly.

301
00:13:02,020 --> 00:13:03,620
I want to aggravate the situation.

302
00:13:03,620 --> 00:13:05,020
A lying devil.

303
00:13:05,020 --> 00:13:06,620
Don't worry, I know what to do.

304
00:13:06,620 --> 00:13:07,820
One more thing.

305
00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:09,820
I want you to place a light in your front window.

306
00:13:09,820 --> 00:13:10,820
What for?

307
00:13:10,820 --> 00:13:12,820
We shall be patrolling the valley tonight.

308
00:13:12,820 --> 00:13:15,420
We'll have a clear view of your house most of the time.

309
00:13:15,420 --> 00:13:17,820
In the event something happens, turn out the light.

310
00:13:17,820 --> 00:13:20,620
We'll know then that you're in trouble and we'll be along in a jiffy.

311
00:13:20,620 --> 00:13:21,620
Right you are.

312
00:13:21,620 --> 00:13:24,020
Well, I must be off now.

313
00:13:24,020 --> 00:13:26,220
Goodbye, Colonel.

314
00:13:26,220 --> 00:13:29,620
Please be careful with Ingambuy.

315
00:13:29,620 --> 00:13:36,620
Goodbye, Teppel.

316
00:13:36,620 --> 00:13:39,620
That's the last I saw of Colonel Abernathy.

317
00:13:39,620 --> 00:13:42,620
Now I must piece together the remainder of the story

318
00:13:42,620 --> 00:13:46,820
from details related to me by Ingambuy himself.

319
00:13:46,820 --> 00:13:48,820
I've thought of it many times.

320
00:13:48,820 --> 00:13:52,020
And although Ingambuy was punished for what he did,

321
00:13:52,020 --> 00:14:05,220
I cannot in good conscience hold him totally responsible for what went wrong.

322
00:14:05,220 --> 00:14:06,820
Ingambuy!

323
00:14:06,820 --> 00:14:07,820
Yes, why not?

324
00:14:07,820 --> 00:14:09,220
Come here.

325
00:14:09,220 --> 00:14:10,220
Why not?

326
00:14:10,220 --> 00:14:11,820
Ingambuy, you're a liar.

327
00:14:11,820 --> 00:14:13,420
Why not?

328
00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:14,220
What do you mean?

329
00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:16,020
You know very well what I mean.

330
00:14:16,020 --> 00:14:18,220
There was a man shot here last night and he was your brother.

331
00:14:18,220 --> 00:14:19,820
No, no.

332
00:14:19,820 --> 00:14:22,420
My brother is on the reserve.

333
00:14:22,420 --> 00:14:26,820
He died here this morning and he said he was your brother.

334
00:14:26,820 --> 00:14:29,620
My brother died?

335
00:14:29,620 --> 00:14:32,020
Moreover, you belong to the Kikuyu tribe.

336
00:14:32,020 --> 00:14:33,620
No.

337
00:14:33,620 --> 00:14:35,420
You would lie to my face, you dog.

338
00:14:35,420 --> 00:14:37,020
No, no.

339
00:14:37,020 --> 00:14:40,220
Maybe some Kikuyu, but I good head boy.

340
00:14:40,220 --> 00:14:43,020
I do not tolerate lying by anyone.

341
00:14:43,020 --> 00:14:44,220
Oh, no. Please.

342
00:14:44,220 --> 00:14:46,020
You shall be punished for this.

343
00:14:46,020 --> 00:14:49,420
I hope at least you can stand up your medicine.

344
00:14:49,420 --> 00:14:51,420
Medicine?

345
00:14:51,420 --> 00:14:53,620
Put your hands to your side.

346
00:14:53,620 --> 00:14:56,020
To your side, I said.

347
00:14:56,020 --> 00:14:58,020
Stand straight.

348
00:15:01,020 --> 00:15:03,220
That will teach you to lie.

349
00:15:03,220 --> 00:15:06,020
Now get your things together and get out.

350
00:15:06,020 --> 00:15:08,620
I shall pay you when you leave.

351
00:15:08,620 --> 00:15:10,220
I said go.

352
00:15:10,220 --> 00:15:12,620
Buona.

353
00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:18,620
If you hit me with hand closed, it is good.

354
00:15:18,620 --> 00:15:22,620
And I am a man too.

355
00:15:22,620 --> 00:15:26,620
But you hit me with open hand.

356
00:15:26,620 --> 00:15:29,420
That make me not a man.

357
00:15:29,420 --> 00:15:31,820
Get out and tell your maumau dogs

358
00:15:31,820 --> 00:15:34,220
if they want the same medicine to come to me.

359
00:15:34,220 --> 00:15:35,420
And I'll give it to them.

360
00:15:35,420 --> 00:15:37,420
Get out.

361
00:15:40,020 --> 00:15:41,620
Dogs, filthy dogs.

362
00:15:41,620 --> 00:15:45,020
I'll shoot all of them, every one of them.

363
00:15:45,020 --> 00:15:46,420
What are you doing, Julian?

364
00:15:46,420 --> 00:15:49,620
Moving the lamp over to the window, obviously.

365
00:15:49,620 --> 00:15:51,620
Oh? What for?

366
00:15:51,620 --> 00:15:54,220
Mr. Temple wants it to remain on all night.

367
00:15:54,220 --> 00:15:57,420
Ah. Such a lovely young man.

368
00:15:57,420 --> 00:15:59,420
Will you listen to what I'm telling you?

369
00:15:59,420 --> 00:16:03,420
Mr. Temple wants it to remain on all night, I heard.

370
00:16:06,020 --> 00:16:06,620
Why?

371
00:16:06,620 --> 00:16:10,420
If for any reason you need Mr. Temple's help, you're to turn it off.

372
00:16:10,420 --> 00:16:12,220
He will see it and he will come to you at once.

373
00:16:12,220 --> 00:16:14,220
How nice.

374
00:16:14,220 --> 00:16:17,220
Turn it off and he'll come to me at once.

375
00:16:17,220 --> 00:16:18,620
Did he really say that?

376
00:16:18,620 --> 00:16:20,620
Yes, yes, yes. Now, another thing.

377
00:16:20,620 --> 00:16:22,020
I have dismissed in Gumby.

378
00:16:22,020 --> 00:16:23,420
I know.

379
00:16:23,420 --> 00:16:25,820
I was watching through the door.

380
00:16:25,820 --> 00:16:29,220
I saw you strike him bravely, Colonel.

381
00:16:29,220 --> 00:16:30,620
Don't say it that way.

382
00:16:30,620 --> 00:16:32,420
It was the only way to make him understand.

383
00:16:32,420 --> 00:16:35,420
It's the only way they'd understand who's the master.

384
00:16:35,420 --> 00:16:37,820
There's too much molly coddling with these people.

385
00:16:37,820 --> 00:16:39,020
Oh, is there?

386
00:16:39,020 --> 00:16:40,220
Oh, no matter, no matter.

387
00:16:40,220 --> 00:16:42,220
Now, where's your pistol?

388
00:16:42,220 --> 00:16:44,220
I don't know and I don't care.

389
00:16:44,220 --> 00:16:46,020
Oh, in the name of heaven,

390
00:16:46,020 --> 00:16:48,420
I told you to carry it with you at all times.

391
00:16:48,420 --> 00:16:51,620
Can't you understand this for your own good?

392
00:16:51,620 --> 00:16:53,820
Here, take mine.

393
00:16:53,820 --> 00:16:57,620
And I expect you to keep it with you all the time.

394
00:16:57,620 --> 00:16:59,220
Do you understand?

395
00:16:59,220 --> 00:17:00,820
I don't want it.

396
00:17:00,820 --> 00:17:02,220
It's hateful.

397
00:17:02,220 --> 00:17:03,420
Everything here is hateful.

398
00:17:03,420 --> 00:17:04,020
Lily.

399
00:17:04,020 --> 00:17:05,020
I'm leaving.

400
00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:07,220
I'm going away, far away,

401
00:17:07,220 --> 00:17:10,020
from this house, from Kenya, from you.

402
00:17:10,020 --> 00:17:10,820
You're drunk.

403
00:17:10,820 --> 00:17:12,420
Yes, I am.

404
00:17:12,420 --> 00:17:13,820
And I'll have some more.

405
00:17:13,820 --> 00:17:15,420
Stop it, Lily.

406
00:17:15,420 --> 00:17:17,020
Give me that bottle.

407
00:17:17,020 --> 00:17:18,020
Give it to me.

408
00:17:21,420 --> 00:17:23,420
I'm sorry.

409
00:17:23,420 --> 00:17:26,020
Sorry?

410
00:17:26,020 --> 00:17:29,620
You're sorry.

411
00:17:29,620 --> 00:17:33,520
You don't know what it is to be sorry.

412
00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:37,220
I've been sorry for 25 years.

413
00:17:37,220 --> 00:17:39,720
I'm sick.

414
00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,620
I'm sick for living with you.

415
00:17:42,620 --> 00:17:46,420
The way you stand, the way you walk,

416
00:17:46,420 --> 00:17:51,620
parade grounds, always on parade.

417
00:17:51,620 --> 00:17:53,120
Oh, that's right.

418
00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:54,020
Run away.

419
00:17:54,020 --> 00:17:55,420
Go off.

420
00:17:55,420 --> 00:17:57,320
You never talked to me.

421
00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:58,820
You never did.

422
00:17:58,820 --> 00:18:03,620
You never gave me anything, anything kind, anything nice.

423
00:18:03,620 --> 00:18:06,120
I don't think I want it now because I don't.

424
00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:07,020
I don't want it.

425
00:18:07,020 --> 00:18:08,620
Do you hear me?

426
00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:09,820
Go on, run away.

427
00:18:09,820 --> 00:18:11,720
Go on.

428
00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:12,720
I don't care.

429
00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,720
I don't care.

430
00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,220
I don't care anymore.

431
00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:17,720
I don't care.

432
00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:18,720
I don't care.

433
00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:19,720
You're right.

434
00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:23,220
I don't care.

435
00:18:23,220 --> 00:18:24,720
I'm not crying.

436
00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,220
I don't care.

437
00:18:26,220 --> 00:18:27,720
You're not crying.

438
00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,720
This means one night.

439
00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,120
What?

440
00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:41,320
Who's there?

441
00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,620
Who's there?

442
00:18:44,620 --> 00:18:46,720
Do you hear me?

443
00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,220
Blast you.

444
00:18:48,220 --> 00:18:49,120
Do you hear me?

445
00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:49,920
Blast you.

446
00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:50,920
Do you hear me?

447
00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:51,420
Where?

448
00:18:51,420 --> 00:18:52,220
Where are you?

449
00:18:56,220 --> 00:18:57,520
Ingunby?

450
00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:58,220
Is that you?

451
00:18:58,220 --> 00:18:58,720
Ingunby?

452
00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:00,420
Is that me?

453
00:19:00,420 --> 00:19:01,720
I'm armed.

454
00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:03,520
Come closer and I'll shoot.

455
00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:05,620
I can see all of you.

456
00:19:05,620 --> 00:19:07,520
I can see you better.

457
00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,620
You're not armed.

458
00:19:09,620 --> 00:19:12,520
Look, you forgot this one.

459
00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:13,820
Blast.

460
00:19:13,820 --> 00:19:15,420
Ingunby, now listen to me.

461
00:19:15,420 --> 00:19:16,420
I forbid you to do this.

462
00:19:16,420 --> 00:19:17,820
Do you hear?

463
00:19:17,820 --> 00:19:23,620
Now, stand out in the open where I can see you.

464
00:19:23,620 --> 00:19:25,320
You're a coward, Ingunby.

465
00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:27,320
And I don't deal with cowards.

466
00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:31,620
If you have grievances, we shall talk them over as men.

467
00:19:31,620 --> 00:19:32,520
Do you hear me?

468
00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:35,720
Today, you hit me.

469
00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:37,620
You make me not a man.

470
00:19:37,620 --> 00:19:39,120
You deserved it.

471
00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:43,320
Now, now, now stand out in the open where I can see you.

472
00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,220
Be a man, blast you.

473
00:19:46,220 --> 00:19:48,020
Ingunby.

474
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:49,420
Ingunby.

475
00:19:49,420 --> 00:19:51,620
I say, come out here.

476
00:19:51,620 --> 00:19:54,320
You, you cowardly devil.

477
00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,620
Julian?

478
00:19:56,620 --> 00:19:58,620
Julian?

479
00:19:58,620 --> 00:20:02,620
I, I know you're out there.

480
00:20:02,620 --> 00:20:04,320
I mean what I said.

481
00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,620
I'm going away.

482
00:20:07,620 --> 00:20:09,420
Julian?

483
00:20:09,420 --> 00:20:11,620
Julian?

484
00:20:11,620 --> 00:20:12,620
Oh, very well.

485
00:20:12,620 --> 00:20:14,620
Don't answer me then.

486
00:20:14,620 --> 00:20:16,620
I'm going away.

487
00:20:16,620 --> 00:20:18,620
Julian?

488
00:20:18,620 --> 00:20:20,620
Julian?

489
00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:22,620
Julian?

490
00:20:22,620 --> 00:20:29,420
Oh, you're a fool.

491
00:20:29,420 --> 00:20:35,420
You could have kept me if you were kind.

492
00:20:35,420 --> 00:20:39,920
I only want kindness.

493
00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,220
Lieutenant Temple is kind.

494
00:20:43,220 --> 00:20:46,320
Oh, oh, yes.

495
00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,420
How stupid of me.

496
00:20:48,420 --> 00:20:50,620
The lights.

497
00:20:50,620 --> 00:21:01,420
Julian said that Mr. Temple would come to me if I turned off the lights.

498
00:21:01,420 --> 00:21:09,520
Now, now he'll come to me.

499
00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:11,420
Charles Temple?

500
00:21:11,420 --> 00:21:14,920
Is that you?

501
00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,520
You must have been waiting just outside.

502
00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:20,220
Oh, it is you.

503
00:21:20,220 --> 00:21:22,020
It is.

504
00:21:22,020 --> 00:21:29,020
Oh, oh, you've come for me.

505
00:21:29,020 --> 00:21:34,520
Did you come to take me away in your pocket?

506
00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:40,420
Oh, oh, no, no, no.

507
00:21:40,420 --> 00:21:41,920
No!

508
00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:51,920
When I arrived with the patrol, the house was dark.

509
00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:56,920
Our men found the colonel lying dead in a thorn bush.

510
00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:03,920
I found the colonel's lady, poor unhappy woman, at the screen door to the veranda.

511
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,920
There was a strong smell of whiskey about it.

512
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:11,920
Turned my head away.

513
00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:38,620
Suspense, in which Ramsey Hill and John Alderson with Paula Winslow starred in tonight's transcribed

514
00:22:38,620 --> 00:22:43,420
presentation of Lily and the Colonel.

515
00:22:43,420 --> 00:22:59,620
Be sure to listen next week to Suspense.

516
00:22:59,620 --> 00:23:02,720
Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis.

517
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,420
Tonight's script was written by Mr. John Danaer.

518
00:23:05,420 --> 00:23:10,320
The music was composed by Lucian Morwick and conducted by Wilbur Hatch.

519
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:37,320
Directed in the cast were Dave Young and Joe Duvall.