1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,400 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 2 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:22,280 Tonight, the story of a schoolteacher who finds the unexpected on a Mediterranean cruise. 3 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,380 We call it, By Root, By Sunrise. 4 00:00:25,380 --> 00:00:36,880 So now, starring Miss Mary Jane Croft, here is tonight's suspense play, By Root, By Sunrise. 5 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:49,800 Darling sister, as I told you last, this Mediterranean cruise just hasn't been what I expected. 6 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,880 We've sailed from By Root, but I'm still shaking. 7 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,880 I was here yesterday, honestly I was positive I'd never see this good old ship again. 8 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:02,320 It's hard to believe my trip to the Near East began as disappointingly as it did. 9 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,480 That first stop at Port Said was dreadful. 10 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:10,680 Not that I thought there'd be perfumed nights, but I was hoping I'd feel a little of the 11 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,880 mystery of it all. 12 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:17,000 When we left for By Root, the only stimulating thing was the new dinner companion at our 13 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,560 table, a Mr. Haroon. 14 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:23,440 At least, he looked interesting compared to that awfully dull Frank Grady I'd been forced 15 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,760 to sit alone with until now. 16 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,480 Frank Grady, Mr. Haroon. 17 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:28,720 Mr. Grady? 18 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,280 This is Miss Gideon, Mildred Gideon. 19 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:31,280 How do you do? 20 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,640 Miss Gideon, charmed. 21 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:34,640 You are both Americans? 22 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,800 Yeah, yeah, we're Americans. 23 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:38,320 I'm from Hacron, Ohio. 24 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:41,280 Miss Gideon's from North Dakota, teaches school, third grade. 25 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:42,280 How charming. 26 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,640 Haroon, that name's a- 27 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:45,640 Persian. 28 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:47,520 Oh, yes, of course. 29 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,440 They say Beirut's really something to see. 30 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:51,560 Beirut. 31 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,600 One should see it at sunrise for the first time. 32 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,080 A thrilling sight. 33 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:57,080 Oh, swell. 34 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:58,720 And we hit there in the night. 35 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,760 How about a sunrise date, teacher? 36 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,320 Well, I really hadn't planned on it, I. 37 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:04,720 Well, it's okay by me. 38 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,200 Can't say I didn't offer. 39 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:15,760 Well, Beirut, here we come. 40 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:20,960 Honestly, he just made me wince. 41 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,040 Companions are half the fun, but really, you couldn't commune with anything with Frank 42 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:25,480 Grady around. 43 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,280 I was darned if I'd share Beirut by sunrise with him. 44 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:34,280 It was around five when I awoke. 45 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,520 I felt a little thrilled when I realized the engines had stopped and we were there. 46 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,200 It was dawn when I reached the deck. 47 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:42,200 I was alone. 48 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:48,000 It was marvelously still, like everything holding its breath. 49 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:53,720 Then just a crack of sunlight and spires of minarets began to appear. 50 00:02:53,720 --> 00:03:00,240 Then domes, the whole sweeping outline of the city rising out of the night. 51 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:04,200 It was just pure Omerkayan. 52 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:09,840 I floated with it, completely carried away by the sight and that magic quiet. 53 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:14,560 Then, wouldn't you know something had to spoil it. 54 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:18,080 Down on the dock below, some man had come stumbling out of one of those shadows. 55 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:19,640 Honestly, just reeling. 56 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:25,320 It was still pretty dark, but I could see he was a sailor, an American sailor coming 57 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:26,320 toward the ship. 58 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:27,920 He looked up. 59 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:28,920 I saw his face. 60 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:29,920 He was filled with pain. 61 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:36,760 Then he swayed and fell, tried to drag himself. 62 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,000 I don't know why I did it, but there just wasn't anyone else around any place and I 63 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:45,680 was positive he needed help. 64 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,240 What happened to you? 65 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:48,240 Can I help? 66 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:49,240 The sailor. 67 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:50,240 What? 68 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:51,240 Message. 69 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:52,240 Listen. 70 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:53,240 Yeah? 71 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:54,240 Sultan's turret. 72 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,240 15th step. 73 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:56,240 Tell it to... 74 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:57,240 Tell it. 75 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:08,840 Then I saw it. 76 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,280 A knife buried in his back. 77 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:12,640 He just died. 78 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,640 I turned and ran. 79 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,640 Oh, I'm terribly sorry. 80 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,600 Oh, you are America. 81 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,180 What are you running from, mamsel? 82 00:04:23,180 --> 00:04:24,680 Down the street, back there on the dock. 83 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:25,960 Oh, are you a police? 84 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:27,720 Yes, mamsel, Byrote police. 85 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,120 I presume you are from the passenger ship. 86 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,120 Yes, that's right. 87 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:32,600 On the dock there's a dead man. 88 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:33,600 A sailor. 89 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:34,600 There's a knife in his back. 90 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:35,600 Yes, of course. 91 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,200 Now, what is it you wish me to do? 92 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,200 Do? 93 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:39,200 Well, he's just lying there dead. 94 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,000 Isn't it a little early for dead bodies, mamsel? 95 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,720 A sailor? 96 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,280 Pardon. 97 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:47,880 You're sure he's not just drunk? 98 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:48,880 Drunk? 99 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,800 I told you there's a knife in his back. 100 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:52,600 Well, you could take a look, you know. 101 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:53,880 You can almost see it from here. 102 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:55,760 Please, I don't mean to doubt you, but... 103 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:57,320 Look, I'm only telling you what I saw. 104 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:58,680 I didn't imagine this. 105 00:04:58,680 --> 00:04:59,680 It just happened. 106 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:00,680 The poor man's dead. 107 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:01,680 American tourists. 108 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:06,480 All right, mamsel, I shall accompany you to the dead body. 109 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:07,480 Well... 110 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,200 Now, you see? 111 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,880 I was standing right up there on the deck. 112 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:13,880 Yes, I see. 113 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,680 Now, where exactly? 114 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:17,960 Just at the edge of those packing cases. 115 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,680 I don't want to look. 116 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:20,680 Mamsel? 117 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:21,680 Oh, please. 118 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:22,680 I couldn't bear to look. 119 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:23,680 Mamsel? 120 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:24,680 Mamsel? 121 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:25,680 I couldn't bear to look. 122 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,680 There is nothing here. 123 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,760 What? 124 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,160 This is... this is the exact place. 125 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:34,400 You're sure? 126 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:35,960 I swear they must have moved him. 127 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:36,960 They? 128 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:37,960 Well, someone. 129 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:39,160 Mamsel, when a man is drunk... 130 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:40,560 He wasn't drunk, believe me. 131 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:41,560 There was a knife in his back. 132 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,240 Then there should be blood. 133 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:44,240 There is no blood. 134 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:45,240 Look, I saw it. 135 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:46,240 Possibly the shadow. 136 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:47,360 I swear I saw it. 137 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:48,360 He was dead. 138 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:50,160 With a body there is little we can do. 139 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:51,160 You agree? 140 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,640 Yes, but... 141 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,600 You don't believe I saw anything, do you? 142 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:56,600 Something, yes. 143 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,360 Beirut is a modern city, but it still has charm. 144 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:01,720 Sometimes a visitor is overwhelmed. 145 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,840 Well, I don't understand it. 146 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:06,920 I'm not wearing my glasses, but... 147 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,240 Well, it was so real. 148 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:10,600 Their report will be filled. 149 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,200 Now, if I may escort you back to their ship. 150 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:15,200 All right. 151 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:25,920 I don't understand it, but all right. 152 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,840 I felt absolutely ridiculous. 153 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:32,760 The policeman couldn't help thinking I was only a giddy, excited tourist. 154 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,920 Saying any more would just make it worse. 155 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,760 I looked back at the place. 156 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:43,320 It was broad daylight now and everything did look different. 157 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,640 Well, there wasn't anything to do except try and push it out of my mind if I was going 158 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,480 to enjoy Beirut at all. 159 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,920 When I got to my cabin, I put some cold water on my face and went up for breakfast. 160 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,360 Hey, you're late this morning, teacher. 161 00:06:58,360 --> 00:06:59,360 Oversleeped, did you? 162 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:00,360 No, no. 163 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,800 I was just buying some film for my camera at the ship store. 164 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,120 Good morning, Mr. Haroon. 165 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:07,120 Good morning. 166 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,400 Well, Beirut, here we are. 167 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,160 Hey, see the sunrise, teacher. 168 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:13,840 Thanks for the suggestion, Mr. Haroon. 169 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:15,960 It was really something. 170 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,200 Did you see the sunrise, Mr. Grady? 171 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,620 Well, sure, through my porthole. 172 00:07:20,620 --> 00:07:21,620 Not from the deck? 173 00:07:21,620 --> 00:07:25,040 No, I just got out of bed, took a look, went back to sleep. 174 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:26,040 Oh. 175 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,640 It looks like a pretty good town. 176 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:29,520 Little on the gaudy side. 177 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:31,080 You're signed up for the tour, aren't you? 178 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:32,080 I haven't yet. 179 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,600 Well, you better hurry. 180 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,760 Are you going on the tour, Mr. Haroon? 181 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,000 I am familiar with Beirut. 182 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:43,880 Oh, well, then you must know those little out-of-the-way places that tourists ordinarily 183 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:45,320 don't see. 184 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:46,320 Some? 185 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,520 The street of the seven nightingales? 186 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:52,200 Oh, I'm just dying to see something like that. 187 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,120 Well, you know, tours are so commercial. 188 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,160 You ought to see some of that hoochie-coochie stuff. 189 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:58,160 Why, teacher, I... 190 00:07:58,160 --> 00:07:59,680 That's not what I mean, Mr. Grady. 191 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,080 If you were at all sensitive, you'd... 192 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,240 You understand, don't you, Mr. Haroon? 193 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,680 A touch of Omar Kayam? 194 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,280 Oh, that's it. 195 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,160 That's it exactly, to be a part of it. 196 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,000 To see and feel antiquity with someone who... 197 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,640 I could show you, Miss Gideon. 198 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,400 You must think I'm rather forward, but... 199 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,200 But unfortunately, I have business. 200 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,120 Oh, oh, I see. 201 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,140 The tour is really excellent. 202 00:08:24,140 --> 00:08:25,360 It will not disappoint you. 203 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:26,360 I have taken it myself. 204 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,520 Well, sure, there's still time to sign up. 205 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:30,880 We'll have big time, just like Port said. 206 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,160 Well, I guess I'd better go get my things. 207 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:36,440 Atta girl, I'll go put your name down. 208 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:37,440 See you this evening, Mr. Haroon. 209 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,400 You will have a nice time, I am sure. 210 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:42,400 Yes. 211 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:43,400 Well, goodbye. 212 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,400 Meet you at the gang plank, teacher. 213 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,400 Now, hurry up. 214 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:56,400 The Bazaar of the Hussat El-Din. 215 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,400 300 years old. 216 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:07,400 Now, you'll have a half hour to observe the interesting native handiwork and make progress 217 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:08,400 in the art. 218 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,680 As some joint, just like a Hollywood set, eh, teacher? 219 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:14,800 My name is Mildred Gideon, Mr. Grady. 220 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:15,800 Oh, sure. 221 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,320 Hey, get a load of those shoes they're selling. 222 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,560 Now, wouldn't you get the razz if you clumped around home in those? 223 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:23,560 It's the style here. 224 00:09:23,560 --> 00:09:26,720 Well, sure, I realize that, but wouldn't you get the razz? 225 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:28,720 I think I'll buy a pair. 226 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:29,720 Hey, sorry. 227 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:46,600 The marketplace of Rashmir, 500 years old, from our slave market. 228 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:51,280 You will have a half hour to observe the interesting native handiwork and make progress. 229 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:52,280 Slave market. 230 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:55,240 This, Dup, doesn't look like the one in the movies. 231 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:58,480 Really, Mr. Grady, do you have to compare everything with home? 232 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,080 Use your imagination. 233 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,920 Let it, let it come to you. 234 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,480 The camels coming in carrying new slaves for sale. 235 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:09,520 The slave dealers cracking whips. 236 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:11,520 Can't you see it? 237 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:13,640 Say, that's pretty good. 238 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,080 Did you read it somewhere? 239 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:16,320 Oh, forget it. 240 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:19,240 Just forget it. 241 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,040 I gave up after that. 242 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,720 Frank Grady was going to be Frank Grady and that's all there was to it. 243 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,880 I tried to slip away, be alone for a minute, but he was just like a leech. 244 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:30,720 Uh-uh, teacher, better stick with me. 245 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,000 You don't want to get lost, do you? 246 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:37,360 I was just about ready to call it quits, go back to the ship, find a good book to read 247 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:38,360 when... 248 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:43,600 The next point of interest is El Kassir, the Sultan's turret. 249 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,160 The Sultan's turret? 250 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:47,160 That seemed familiar. 251 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:51,080 I was certain I'd heard that name before. 252 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,240 Then it suddenly hit me. 253 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:59,640 The sailor, the dead sailor, he'd said, message Sultan's turret, 15th step. 254 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:03,000 Oh, I could have kicked myself for not remembering for that policeman. 255 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:08,920 It was a big stone tower broken down in places, but it was solid and real. 256 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,080 Proof that I hadn't imagined that poor man. 257 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:13,400 My heart was simply pounding. 258 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,240 I couldn't wait to get inside. 259 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:22,480 As a watch tower by the Sultan Amit Kassir, now the upper half has been condemned as unsafe... 260 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:26,360 It was dark inside, just little lights near the showcases. 261 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:27,760 I looked around for the steps. 262 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,600 In one of the corners, I saw them curving upward. 263 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,280 They were roped off. 264 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:37,360 I edged away from the others, praying Frank Grady wouldn't see me. 265 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,280 I slipped under the rope, started up. 266 00:11:41,280 --> 00:12:03,840 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, 267 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,600 fifteen. 268 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:10,800 It was very dark, only a glimmer of light. 269 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:11,800 I waited. 270 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:16,200 Felt as if there was someone else there in the shadows. 271 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:21,960 Then a tiny white something caught my eye, a piece of paper. 272 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:22,960 I picked it up. 273 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:24,960 I looked at it. 274 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,600 There was writing. 275 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:32,360 It said, ship six. 276 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:33,360 That's all. 277 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:34,360 Where? 278 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:35,360 Miss Gideon. 279 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:36,360 Mr. Haroon. 280 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,360 I have been waiting for you. 281 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:58,240 You are listening to By Root, By Sunrise, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater 282 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:10,080 of thrills, Suspense. 283 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,680 You can't shortchange today's students and their classrooms and hope that tomorrow's 284 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:16,560 leaders will be up to the international competition. 285 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:20,320 Give a thought to how well today's schools can train tomorrow's leaders. 286 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:24,360 Join your local groups fighting for better schools. 287 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:29,500 And now we bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, Miss Mary Jane Croft, starring in tonight's 288 00:13:29,500 --> 00:13:37,720 production of By Root, By Sunrise, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 289 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:42,760 I am sorry, Miss Gideon. 290 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:55,800 I really did not mean to frighten you. 291 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:56,800 Don't come near me. 292 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:57,800 All right. 293 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,640 What are you doing up here? 294 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,640 I too like forbidden places. 295 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:07,120 I knew the tour would arrive here about this time. 296 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:11,880 Fortunately, I finished my business early so I came to meet you. 297 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,200 Is that so frightening? 298 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,680 No, I guess not. 299 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:23,280 I thought you might like me to show you what I know of the city. 300 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:24,480 You are all right now? 301 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,200 Oh yes, I'm all right. 302 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:31,960 Mr. Haroon, was there anyone else up here just a minute ago? 303 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:35,560 No, you and I are the only curious ones. 304 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,320 Oh no, no, there had to be someone. 305 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:39,320 I've got proof. 306 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:40,320 Proof? 307 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:41,320 Hey teacher! 308 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:42,320 Fildred! 309 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:43,320 Where are you? 310 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:44,320 Hey, we're leaving! 311 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:50,760 Mr. Grady, well, shall we go down? 312 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:52,640 No, please, let's wait till they go. 313 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:54,320 I've had just about enough of Mr. Grady. 314 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:55,320 Teacher! 315 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:56,320 They will think you are lost. 316 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:57,960 Oh, let them. 317 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,000 I've got to talk to you, Mr. Haroon. 318 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,920 Somebody, I've just got to. 319 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,920 I know of a charming place. 320 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:05,920 We will talk there. 321 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:19,440 We waited for the tour to leave, then I took hold of Mr. Haroon's arm and we started down 322 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,000 those awful stairs. 323 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:27,520 Seemed like hours to go through the darkness, and I shuddered all the way to the bottom. 324 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:32,080 Then we were out in the sunlight and I felt like breathing again. 325 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:36,320 We walked, gave me a chance to pull myself together. 326 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:41,040 Finally we stopped in front of a little place, didn't look like anything from the outside, 327 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:45,320 and Mr. Haroon opened the door and we went in. 328 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,120 What do you think of it? 329 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:51,440 Oh, it's just charming. 330 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:55,320 This garden, it's the Arabian Nights. 331 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:56,920 It must be very old. 332 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:00,200 They say Omar Khayyam once visited here. 333 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,400 Oh, well you can tell. 334 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:09,640 Come fill the cup and in the fire of spring your winter garment of repentance fling. 335 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:16,360 The bird of time has but a little way to flutter and the bird is on the wing. 336 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,160 You know the rubaiyat. 337 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,320 Some of it I remember. 338 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,680 I'm dreaming again, just couldn't be real. 339 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:27,200 Oh, it is real all right. 340 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,200 Miss Gideon, back at the Sultan's turret. 341 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,360 What? 342 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,960 You said you wanted to tell me something. 343 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,360 Oh, yes, that. 344 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:38,360 Well? 345 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:42,080 Well, it's been so strange all day. 346 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:48,080 First I see beauty, then death, then it was gone, and suddenly terror again. 347 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,080 And now this beauty, all without warning. 348 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,320 I want to remember this place without anything to spoil it. 349 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:55,680 Please take me somewhere else. 350 00:16:55,680 --> 00:17:01,200 Aren't you carrying this romantic theme a little too far? 351 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:02,200 What do you mean? 352 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:12,080 I mean, all right, I will take you someplace a little less overwhelming. 353 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:20,160 Look, it's almost sunset. 354 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,480 Funny I didn't realize it was so late. 355 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,840 Just this place and we will go back to the ship. 356 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:26,200 Up these stairs? 357 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:27,200 If you please. 358 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,200 Oh, the view. 359 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:30,500 There's the harbor. 360 00:17:30,500 --> 00:17:31,500 There's our ship. 361 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:34,320 We'll make it back in time, won't we? 362 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:35,320 In here, Miss Gideon. 363 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:39,680 Oh, it's a nice room, but I... 364 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:44,160 Oh, the view from this window. 365 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:45,920 It's lovely. 366 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:51,520 Is that what we came to see? 367 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:54,240 Not exactly. 368 00:17:54,240 --> 00:18:00,240 I don't know whether I'll be sad or glad to leave Byroot, but this time with you has been... 369 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:01,240 Miss Gideon. 370 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:02,240 Yes? 371 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:03,240 Time is growing short. 372 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:04,240 We must discontinue... 373 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,280 I know it's growing short, Mr. Haroun. 374 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:10,400 Short the time, but long my memory for that garden and the moments there. 375 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,960 I am not sure whether you are extremely clever or extremely foolish. 376 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:14,960 Foolish? 377 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:18,880 Oh, no, Mr. Haroun, please not foolish. 378 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,440 I thought you realized what I truly feel. 379 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:24,000 This place is not romantic, Miss Gideon. 380 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,360 You can stop it now. 381 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:26,360 Stop it? 382 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:30,120 You have caused me a great deal of trouble, and I am finished playing games. 383 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:31,200 Mr. Haroun. 384 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,520 What happened on the stairs of the Sultan's turret? 385 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:39,080 You are going to tell me, Miss Gideon, what time is the meeting? 386 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:40,080 Meeting? 387 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:41,080 Masquerade is over. 388 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:42,200 Do not force me. 389 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:43,200 You know. 390 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:44,200 I don't know what you're talking about. 391 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,320 Death and terror, Miss Gideon. 392 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:48,320 Come here. 393 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:50,960 Do you recognize this? 394 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:51,960 The sailor. 395 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:52,960 The dead sailor. 396 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:53,960 You murder her. 397 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:54,960 You murder her. 398 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:55,960 Stop. 399 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:56,960 Stop. 400 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:57,960 I ran. 401 00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:58,960 I just ran. 402 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:04,680 The vision of the dead man on the floor of the room stilled my eyes, and Mr. Haroun was 403 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:05,680 coming after me. 404 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:06,680 He was going to kill me. 405 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:07,680 I knew he was going to kill me. 406 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:17,320 I didn't know where I was or how to get back to the ship, and it got darker and darker. 407 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,720 The streets twisted and turned in front of me. 408 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:24,840 A shadow after shadow, growing bigger and bigger. 409 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:29,640 I had to get to the ship, but I didn't know how. 410 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,640 Oh, my leg. 411 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:38,680 Oh, a dirty, ugly man appeared beside me. 412 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:42,160 I backed away from him. 413 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:46,480 He slithered after me, and then I felt my back against a wall. 414 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:47,480 Walls all around. 415 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,480 There wasn't any way out. 416 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:54,160 I could feel a scream gathering in my throat. 417 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,160 I saw a door just out of reach. 418 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:03,240 I edged toward it. 419 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,680 It was a big room, dim and evil smelling. 420 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,320 There were people, but they didn't pay any attention to me. 421 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:15,880 They were watching a dancing girl weaving through a greasy yellow light. 422 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:21,080 I saw another door and slithered along the wall toward it, and he was there following 423 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:22,080 me. 424 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:23,080 Keep away from me. 425 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:24,080 Keep away from me. 426 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:25,080 Mildred! 427 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:26,080 Mildred! 428 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:27,080 Frank! 429 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:28,080 Mildred, hey, hey, teacher. 430 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:29,080 Frank! 431 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:30,080 Frank, Grady! 432 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:31,080 Here, here, over this way. 433 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:32,080 That's it. 434 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:33,080 There. 435 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:34,080 Hey. 436 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:41,080 Frank, I'm never so glad to see anybody at home. 437 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:47,360 Well, what happened to you? 438 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:48,360 I've been looking all over. 439 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:50,080 You know, the ship's almost ready to leave. 440 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:51,360 He was going to kill me. 441 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:52,360 Who was going to kill you? 442 00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:53,360 That horrible, terrible Mr. Haroon. 443 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:54,360 Let's get to the ship, please. 444 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:55,360 No, no. 445 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:56,360 Wait a minute. 446 00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:59,360 I got to know what time that drop is. 447 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:00,360 Drop? 448 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:02,800 The message you got at the Sultan's turret. 449 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:03,800 I know you got her. 450 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:04,800 You wouldn't have ditched me. 451 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:05,800 What? 452 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,840 The film, documents on the film, teacher. 453 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,560 A little white slip of paper tells place and time, and you've got it. 454 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,000 Now, you forget your act and I'll forget mine. 455 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,000 Sailor? 456 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,760 He said tell it to... 457 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,240 To me, to Frank Grady. 458 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:18,240 He was my contact. 459 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:19,240 You've gotten away. 460 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:20,240 No, no. 461 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:21,240 Come on, now. 462 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:22,240 Give me that paper. 463 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:23,240 Let go! 464 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:24,240 Look, teacher, give me that paper or I'll kill you. 465 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:25,240 I mean it. 466 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:26,240 Grady! 467 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:27,240 What? 468 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:28,240 Miss Gideon? 469 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:29,240 Miss what? 470 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:30,240 Mr. Haroon, don't touch me. 471 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:31,240 No, it is all right. 472 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:32,240 Everything is all right. 473 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:33,240 I'm not going to hurt you. 474 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:34,240 I'm not going to hurt you. 475 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:35,240 I'm not going to hurt you. 476 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:36,240 I'm not going to hurt you. 477 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:37,240 I'm not going to hurt you. 478 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:38,240 I'm not going to hurt you. 479 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:39,240 I'm not going to hurt you. 480 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:40,700 It's all right. 481 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:42,240 Everything is all right, I assure you. 482 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:43,240 All right? 483 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,240 Where am I? 484 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:45,860 The pilot's launch, Miss Gideon. 485 00:21:45,860 --> 00:21:48,160 I'm escorting you back to the ship once more. 486 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:49,160 Policeman? 487 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,380 We are sorry you had to go through as much as you did. 488 00:21:51,380 --> 00:21:56,280 It was imperative to find out which one was the spy, Mr. Grady or you. 489 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:57,280 Spy? 490 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:01,360 Dealers in state documents collected and sold to the highest bidder. 491 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:03,520 We knew someone would meet the sailor. 492 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,320 Oh, I see now. 493 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:06,320 Then you didn't... 494 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,960 He was stuffed in a street brawl before he could reach the ship. 495 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:14,440 Unfortunately, you complicated things also for us as well as Mr. Grady. 496 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:18,300 I am sorry I had to treat you roughly at the house on the hill. 497 00:22:18,300 --> 00:22:20,120 Because you thought I... 498 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:21,840 And I thought you... 499 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:27,000 Oh, Mr. Haroon, I'm so glad I was wrong about you. 500 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,440 I don't mind anything now. 501 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,360 I am staying here in Bayrund. 502 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:36,000 I wish you a pleasant trip and bon voyage. 503 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,760 Perplexed no more with human or divine. 504 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:44,560 And tomorrow's tangle to the winds resign. 505 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,480 Thank you, Mr. Haroon. 506 00:22:46,480 --> 00:23:01,360 Thank you very much. 507 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:07,760 Suspense in which Miss Mary Jane Croft starred in tonight's presentation of By Route, By 508 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,760 Sunrise. 509 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,520 Next week, the story of terror in the streets. 510 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,120 We call it the whole town sleeping. 511 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:29,400 That's next week on Suspense. 512 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,240 This is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis. 513 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,640 Tonight's script was written by Mr. Richard Chandley. 514 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:39,320 The music was composed by Lucian Marowick and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. 515 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:47,320 Featured in the cast were Hi Aberback, Jack Prusian, Don Diamond, and Ben Wright. 516 00:23:47,320 --> 00:24:11,040 Thursday nights, the Whistler brings mystery on the CBS Radio Network. 517 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:23,620 Fuck you. 518 00:24:23,620 --> 00:24:34,640 Get fucking out.