WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:14.400 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 00:14.400 --> 00:22.280 Tonight, the story of a schoolteacher who finds the unexpected on a Mediterranean cruise. 00:22.280 --> 00:25.380 We call it, By Root, By Sunrise. 00:25.380 --> 00:36.880 So now, starring Miss Mary Jane Croft, here is tonight's suspense play, By Root, By Sunrise. 00:36.880 --> 00:49.800 Darling sister, as I told you last, this Mediterranean cruise just hasn't been what I expected. 00:49.800 --> 00:52.880 We've sailed from By Root, but I'm still shaking. 00:52.880 --> 00:56.880 I was here yesterday, honestly I was positive I'd never see this good old ship again. 00:56.880 --> 01:02.320 It's hard to believe my trip to the Near East began as disappointingly as it did. 01:02.320 --> 01:05.480 That first stop at Port Said was dreadful. 01:05.480 --> 01:10.680 Not that I thought there'd be perfumed nights, but I was hoping I'd feel a little of the 01:10.680 --> 01:12.880 mystery of it all. 01:12.880 --> 01:17.000 When we left for By Root, the only stimulating thing was the new dinner companion at our 01:17.000 --> 01:18.560 table, a Mr. Haroon. 01:18.560 --> 01:23.440 At least, he looked interesting compared to that awfully dull Frank Grady I'd been forced 01:23.440 --> 01:25.760 to sit alone with until now. 01:25.760 --> 01:27.480 Frank Grady, Mr. Haroon. 01:27.480 --> 01:28.720 Mr. Grady? 01:28.720 --> 01:30.280 This is Miss Gideon, Mildred Gideon. 01:30.280 --> 01:31.280 How do you do? 01:31.280 --> 01:33.640 Miss Gideon, charmed. 01:33.640 --> 01:34.640 You are both Americans? 01:34.640 --> 01:36.800 Yeah, yeah, we're Americans. 01:36.800 --> 01:38.320 I'm from Hacron, Ohio. 01:38.320 --> 01:41.280 Miss Gideon's from North Dakota, teaches school, third grade. 01:41.280 --> 01:42.280 How charming. 01:42.280 --> 01:44.640 Haroon, that name's a- 01:44.640 --> 01:45.640 Persian. 01:45.640 --> 01:47.520 Oh, yes, of course. 01:47.520 --> 01:50.440 They say Beirut's really something to see. 01:50.440 --> 01:51.560 Beirut. 01:51.560 --> 01:54.600 One should see it at sunrise for the first time. 01:54.600 --> 01:56.080 A thrilling sight. 01:56.080 --> 01:57.080 Oh, swell. 01:57.080 --> 01:58.720 And we hit there in the night. 01:58.720 --> 02:00.760 How about a sunrise date, teacher? 02:00.760 --> 02:03.320 Well, I really hadn't planned on it, I. 02:03.320 --> 02:04.720 Well, it's okay by me. 02:04.720 --> 02:06.200 Can't say I didn't offer. 02:06.200 --> 02:15.760 Well, Beirut, here we come. 02:15.760 --> 02:20.960 Honestly, he just made me wince. 02:20.960 --> 02:24.040 Companions are half the fun, but really, you couldn't commune with anything with Frank 02:24.040 --> 02:25.480 Grady around. 02:25.480 --> 02:29.280 I was darned if I'd share Beirut by sunrise with him. 02:29.280 --> 02:34.280 It was around five when I awoke. 02:34.280 --> 02:38.520 I felt a little thrilled when I realized the engines had stopped and we were there. 02:38.520 --> 02:41.200 It was dawn when I reached the deck. 02:41.200 --> 02:42.200 I was alone. 02:42.200 --> 02:48.000 It was marvelously still, like everything holding its breath. 02:48.000 --> 02:53.720 Then just a crack of sunlight and spires of minarets began to appear. 02:53.720 --> 03:00.240 Then domes, the whole sweeping outline of the city rising out of the night. 03:00.240 --> 03:04.200 It was just pure Omerkayan. 03:04.200 --> 03:09.840 I floated with it, completely carried away by the sight and that magic quiet. 03:09.840 --> 03:14.560 Then, wouldn't you know something had to spoil it. 03:14.560 --> 03:18.080 Down on the dock below, some man had come stumbling out of one of those shadows. 03:18.080 --> 03:19.640 Honestly, just reeling. 03:19.640 --> 03:25.320 It was still pretty dark, but I could see he was a sailor, an American sailor coming 03:25.320 --> 03:26.320 toward the ship. 03:26.320 --> 03:27.920 He looked up. 03:27.920 --> 03:28.920 I saw his face. 03:28.920 --> 03:29.920 He was filled with pain. 03:29.920 --> 03:36.760 Then he swayed and fell, tried to drag himself. 03:36.760 --> 03:40.000 I don't know why I did it, but there just wasn't anyone else around any place and I 03:40.000 --> 03:45.680 was positive he needed help. 03:45.680 --> 03:47.240 What happened to you? 03:47.240 --> 03:48.240 Can I help? 03:48.240 --> 03:49.240 The sailor. 03:49.240 --> 03:50.240 What? 03:50.240 --> 03:51.240 Message. 03:51.240 --> 03:52.240 Listen. 03:52.240 --> 03:53.240 Yeah? 03:53.240 --> 03:54.240 Sultan's turret. 03:54.240 --> 03:55.240 15th step. 03:55.240 --> 03:56.240 Tell it to... 03:56.240 --> 03:57.240 Tell it. 03:57.240 --> 04:08.840 Then I saw it. 04:08.840 --> 04:11.280 A knife buried in his back. 04:11.280 --> 04:12.640 He just died. 04:12.640 --> 04:15.640 I turned and ran. 04:15.640 --> 04:19.640 Oh, I'm terribly sorry. 04:19.640 --> 04:21.600 Oh, you are America. 04:21.600 --> 04:23.180 What are you running from, mamsel? 04:23.180 --> 04:24.680 Down the street, back there on the dock. 04:24.680 --> 04:25.960 Oh, are you a police? 04:25.960 --> 04:27.720 Yes, mamsel, Byrote police. 04:27.720 --> 04:30.120 I presume you are from the passenger ship. 04:30.120 --> 04:31.120 Yes, that's right. 04:31.120 --> 04:32.600 On the dock there's a dead man. 04:32.600 --> 04:33.600 A sailor. 04:33.600 --> 04:34.600 There's a knife in his back. 04:34.600 --> 04:35.600 Yes, of course. 04:35.600 --> 04:37.200 Now, what is it you wish me to do? 04:37.200 --> 04:38.200 Do? 04:38.200 --> 04:39.200 Well, he's just lying there dead. 04:39.200 --> 04:43.000 Isn't it a little early for dead bodies, mamsel? 04:43.000 --> 04:44.720 A sailor? 04:44.720 --> 04:46.280 Pardon. 04:46.280 --> 04:47.880 You're sure he's not just drunk? 04:47.880 --> 04:48.880 Drunk? 04:48.880 --> 04:50.800 I told you there's a knife in his back. 04:50.800 --> 04:52.600 Well, you could take a look, you know. 04:52.600 --> 04:53.880 You can almost see it from here. 04:53.880 --> 04:55.760 Please, I don't mean to doubt you, but... 04:55.760 --> 04:57.320 Look, I'm only telling you what I saw. 04:57.320 --> 04:58.680 I didn't imagine this. 04:58.680 --> 04:59.680 It just happened. 04:59.680 --> 05:00.680 The poor man's dead. 05:00.680 --> 05:01.680 American tourists. 05:01.680 --> 05:06.480 All right, mamsel, I shall accompany you to the dead body. 05:06.480 --> 05:07.480 Well... 05:07.480 --> 05:11.200 Now, you see? 05:11.200 --> 05:12.880 I was standing right up there on the deck. 05:12.880 --> 05:13.880 Yes, I see. 05:13.880 --> 05:15.680 Now, where exactly? 05:15.680 --> 05:17.960 Just at the edge of those packing cases. 05:17.960 --> 05:19.680 I don't want to look. 05:19.680 --> 05:20.680 Mamsel? 05:20.680 --> 05:21.680 Oh, please. 05:21.680 --> 05:22.680 I couldn't bear to look. 05:22.680 --> 05:23.680 Mamsel? 05:23.680 --> 05:24.680 Mamsel? 05:24.680 --> 05:25.680 I couldn't bear to look. 05:25.680 --> 05:28.680 There is nothing here. 05:28.680 --> 05:30.760 What? 05:30.760 --> 05:33.160 This is... this is the exact place. 05:33.160 --> 05:34.400 You're sure? 05:34.400 --> 05:35.960 I swear they must have moved him. 05:35.960 --> 05:36.960 They? 05:36.960 --> 05:37.960 Well, someone. 05:37.960 --> 05:39.160 Mamsel, when a man is drunk... 05:39.160 --> 05:40.560 He wasn't drunk, believe me. 05:40.560 --> 05:41.560 There was a knife in his back. 05:41.560 --> 05:43.240 Then there should be blood. 05:43.240 --> 05:44.240 There is no blood. 05:44.240 --> 05:45.240 Look, I saw it. 05:45.240 --> 05:46.240 Possibly the shadow. 05:46.240 --> 05:47.360 I swear I saw it. 05:47.360 --> 05:48.360 He was dead. 05:48.360 --> 05:50.160 With a body there is little we can do. 05:50.160 --> 05:51.160 You agree? 05:51.160 --> 05:53.640 Yes, but... 05:53.640 --> 05:55.600 You don't believe I saw anything, do you? 05:55.600 --> 05:56.600 Something, yes. 05:56.600 --> 06:00.360 Beirut is a modern city, but it still has charm. 06:00.360 --> 06:01.720 Sometimes a visitor is overwhelmed. 06:01.720 --> 06:04.840 Well, I don't understand it. 06:04.840 --> 06:06.920 I'm not wearing my glasses, but... 06:06.920 --> 06:09.240 Well, it was so real. 06:09.240 --> 06:10.600 Their report will be filled. 06:10.600 --> 06:14.200 Now, if I may escort you back to their ship. 06:14.200 --> 06:15.200 All right. 06:15.200 --> 06:25.920 I don't understand it, but all right. 06:25.920 --> 06:28.840 I felt absolutely ridiculous. 06:28.840 --> 06:32.760 The policeman couldn't help thinking I was only a giddy, excited tourist. 06:32.760 --> 06:35.920 Saying any more would just make it worse. 06:35.920 --> 06:37.760 I looked back at the place. 06:37.760 --> 06:43.320 It was broad daylight now and everything did look different. 06:43.320 --> 06:47.640 Well, there wasn't anything to do except try and push it out of my mind if I was going 06:47.640 --> 06:50.480 to enjoy Beirut at all. 06:50.480 --> 06:54.920 When I got to my cabin, I put some cold water on my face and went up for breakfast. 06:54.920 --> 06:58.360 Hey, you're late this morning, teacher. 06:58.360 --> 06:59.360 Oversleeped, did you? 06:59.360 --> 07:00.360 No, no. 07:00.360 --> 07:03.800 I was just buying some film for my camera at the ship store. 07:03.800 --> 07:06.120 Good morning, Mr. Haroon. 07:06.120 --> 07:07.120 Good morning. 07:07.120 --> 07:09.400 Well, Beirut, here we are. 07:09.400 --> 07:12.160 Hey, see the sunrise, teacher. 07:12.160 --> 07:13.840 Thanks for the suggestion, Mr. Haroon. 07:13.840 --> 07:15.960 It was really something. 07:15.960 --> 07:18.200 Did you see the sunrise, Mr. Grady? 07:18.200 --> 07:20.620 Well, sure, through my porthole. 07:20.620 --> 07:21.620 Not from the deck? 07:21.620 --> 07:25.040 No, I just got out of bed, took a look, went back to sleep. 07:25.040 --> 07:26.040 Oh. 07:26.040 --> 07:27.640 It looks like a pretty good town. 07:27.640 --> 07:29.520 Little on the gaudy side. 07:29.520 --> 07:31.080 You're signed up for the tour, aren't you? 07:31.080 --> 07:32.080 I haven't yet. 07:32.080 --> 07:34.600 Well, you better hurry. 07:34.600 --> 07:36.760 Are you going on the tour, Mr. Haroon? 07:36.760 --> 07:39.000 I am familiar with Beirut. 07:39.000 --> 07:43.880 Oh, well, then you must know those little out-of-the-way places that tourists ordinarily 07:43.880 --> 07:45.320 don't see. 07:45.320 --> 07:46.320 Some? 07:46.320 --> 07:48.520 The street of the seven nightingales? 07:48.520 --> 07:52.200 Oh, I'm just dying to see something like that. 07:52.200 --> 07:55.120 Well, you know, tours are so commercial. 07:55.120 --> 07:57.160 You ought to see some of that hoochie-coochie stuff. 07:57.160 --> 07:58.160 Why, teacher, I... 07:58.160 --> 07:59.680 That's not what I mean, Mr. Grady. 07:59.680 --> 08:03.080 If you were at all sensitive, you'd... 08:03.080 --> 08:05.240 You understand, don't you, Mr. Haroon? 08:05.240 --> 08:07.680 A touch of Omar Kayam? 08:07.680 --> 08:09.280 Oh, that's it. 08:09.280 --> 08:12.160 That's it exactly, to be a part of it. 08:12.160 --> 08:15.000 To see and feel antiquity with someone who... 08:15.000 --> 08:16.640 I could show you, Miss Gideon. 08:16.640 --> 08:18.400 You must think I'm rather forward, but... 08:18.400 --> 08:20.200 But unfortunately, I have business. 08:20.200 --> 08:22.120 Oh, oh, I see. 08:22.120 --> 08:24.140 The tour is really excellent. 08:24.140 --> 08:25.360 It will not disappoint you. 08:25.360 --> 08:26.360 I have taken it myself. 08:26.360 --> 08:28.520 Well, sure, there's still time to sign up. 08:28.520 --> 08:30.880 We'll have big time, just like Port said. 08:30.880 --> 08:33.160 Well, I guess I'd better go get my things. 08:33.160 --> 08:36.440 Atta girl, I'll go put your name down. 08:36.440 --> 08:37.440 See you this evening, Mr. Haroon. 08:37.440 --> 08:41.400 You will have a nice time, I am sure. 08:41.400 --> 08:42.400 Yes. 08:42.400 --> 08:43.400 Well, goodbye. 08:43.400 --> 08:46.400 Meet you at the gang plank, teacher. 08:46.400 --> 08:49.400 Now, hurry up. 08:49.400 --> 08:56.400 The Bazaar of the Hussat El-Din. 08:56.400 --> 08:59.400 300 years old. 08:59.400 --> 09:07.400 Now, you'll have a half hour to observe the interesting native handiwork and make progress 09:07.400 --> 09:08.400 in the art. 09:08.400 --> 09:11.680 As some joint, just like a Hollywood set, eh, teacher? 09:11.680 --> 09:14.800 My name is Mildred Gideon, Mr. Grady. 09:14.800 --> 09:15.800 Oh, sure. 09:15.800 --> 09:19.320 Hey, get a load of those shoes they're selling. 09:19.320 --> 09:22.560 Now, wouldn't you get the razz if you clumped around home in those? 09:22.560 --> 09:23.560 It's the style here. 09:23.560 --> 09:26.720 Well, sure, I realize that, but wouldn't you get the razz? 09:26.720 --> 09:28.720 I think I'll buy a pair. 09:28.720 --> 09:29.720 Hey, sorry. 09:29.720 --> 09:46.600 The marketplace of Rashmir, 500 years old, from our slave market. 09:46.600 --> 09:51.280 You will have a half hour to observe the interesting native handiwork and make progress. 09:51.280 --> 09:52.280 Slave market. 09:52.280 --> 09:55.240 This, Dup, doesn't look like the one in the movies. 09:55.240 --> 09:58.480 Really, Mr. Grady, do you have to compare everything with home? 09:58.480 --> 10:00.080 Use your imagination. 10:00.080 --> 10:03.920 Let it, let it come to you. 10:03.920 --> 10:07.480 The camels coming in carrying new slaves for sale. 10:07.480 --> 10:09.520 The slave dealers cracking whips. 10:09.520 --> 10:11.520 Can't you see it? 10:11.520 --> 10:13.640 Say, that's pretty good. 10:13.640 --> 10:15.080 Did you read it somewhere? 10:15.080 --> 10:16.320 Oh, forget it. 10:16.320 --> 10:19.240 Just forget it. 10:19.240 --> 10:21.040 I gave up after that. 10:21.040 --> 10:24.720 Frank Grady was going to be Frank Grady and that's all there was to it. 10:24.720 --> 10:28.880 I tried to slip away, be alone for a minute, but he was just like a leech. 10:28.880 --> 10:30.720 Uh-uh, teacher, better stick with me. 10:30.720 --> 10:33.000 You don't want to get lost, do you? 10:33.000 --> 10:37.360 I was just about ready to call it quits, go back to the ship, find a good book to read 10:37.360 --> 10:38.360 when... 10:38.360 --> 10:43.600 The next point of interest is El Kassir, the Sultan's turret. 10:43.600 --> 10:46.160 The Sultan's turret? 10:46.160 --> 10:47.160 That seemed familiar. 10:47.160 --> 10:51.080 I was certain I'd heard that name before. 10:51.080 --> 10:53.240 Then it suddenly hit me. 10:53.240 --> 10:59.640 The sailor, the dead sailor, he'd said, message Sultan's turret, 15th step. 10:59.640 --> 11:03.000 Oh, I could have kicked myself for not remembering for that policeman. 11:03.000 --> 11:08.920 It was a big stone tower broken down in places, but it was solid and real. 11:08.920 --> 11:12.080 Proof that I hadn't imagined that poor man. 11:12.080 --> 11:13.400 My heart was simply pounding. 11:13.400 --> 11:15.240 I couldn't wait to get inside. 11:15.240 --> 11:22.480 As a watch tower by the Sultan Amit Kassir, now the upper half has been condemned as unsafe... 11:22.480 --> 11:26.360 It was dark inside, just little lights near the showcases. 11:26.360 --> 11:27.760 I looked around for the steps. 11:27.760 --> 11:30.600 In one of the corners, I saw them curving upward. 11:30.600 --> 11:32.280 They were roped off. 11:32.280 --> 11:37.360 I edged away from the others, praying Frank Grady wouldn't see me. 11:37.360 --> 11:41.280 I slipped under the rope, started up. 11:41.280 --> 12:03.840 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, 12:03.840 --> 12:05.600 fifteen. 12:05.600 --> 12:10.800 It was very dark, only a glimmer of light. 12:10.800 --> 12:11.800 I waited. 12:11.800 --> 12:16.200 Felt as if there was someone else there in the shadows. 12:16.200 --> 12:21.960 Then a tiny white something caught my eye, a piece of paper. 12:21.960 --> 12:22.960 I picked it up. 12:22.960 --> 12:24.960 I looked at it. 12:24.960 --> 12:27.600 There was writing. 12:27.600 --> 12:32.360 It said, ship six. 12:32.360 --> 12:33.360 That's all. 12:33.360 --> 12:34.360 Where? 12:34.360 --> 12:35.360 Miss Gideon. 12:35.360 --> 12:36.360 Mr. Haroon. 12:36.360 --> 12:39.360 I have been waiting for you. 12:39.360 --> 12:58.240 You are listening to By Root, By Sunrise, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater 12:58.240 --> 13:10.080 of thrills, Suspense. 13:10.080 --> 13:13.680 You can't shortchange today's students and their classrooms and hope that tomorrow's 13:13.680 --> 13:16.560 leaders will be up to the international competition. 13:16.560 --> 13:20.320 Give a thought to how well today's schools can train tomorrow's leaders. 13:20.320 --> 13:24.360 Join your local groups fighting for better schools. 13:24.360 --> 13:29.500 And now we bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, Miss Mary Jane Croft, starring in tonight's 13:29.500 --> 13:37.720 production of By Root, By Sunrise, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 13:37.720 --> 13:42.760 I am sorry, Miss Gideon. 13:42.760 --> 13:55.800 I really did not mean to frighten you. 13:55.800 --> 13:56.800 Don't come near me. 13:56.800 --> 13:57.800 All right. 13:57.800 --> 14:00.640 What are you doing up here? 14:00.640 --> 14:03.640 I too like forbidden places. 14:03.640 --> 14:07.120 I knew the tour would arrive here about this time. 14:07.120 --> 14:11.880 Fortunately, I finished my business early so I came to meet you. 14:11.880 --> 14:14.200 Is that so frightening? 14:14.200 --> 14:17.680 No, I guess not. 14:17.680 --> 14:23.280 I thought you might like me to show you what I know of the city. 14:23.280 --> 14:24.480 You are all right now? 14:24.480 --> 14:27.200 Oh yes, I'm all right. 14:27.200 --> 14:31.960 Mr. Haroon, was there anyone else up here just a minute ago? 14:31.960 --> 14:35.560 No, you and I are the only curious ones. 14:35.560 --> 14:38.320 Oh no, no, there had to be someone. 14:38.320 --> 14:39.320 I've got proof. 14:39.320 --> 14:40.320 Proof? 14:40.320 --> 14:41.320 Hey teacher! 14:41.320 --> 14:42.320 Fildred! 14:42.320 --> 14:43.320 Where are you? 14:43.320 --> 14:44.320 Hey, we're leaving! 14:44.320 --> 14:50.760 Mr. Grady, well, shall we go down? 14:50.760 --> 14:52.640 No, please, let's wait till they go. 14:52.640 --> 14:54.320 I've had just about enough of Mr. Grady. 14:54.320 --> 14:55.320 Teacher! 14:55.320 --> 14:56.320 They will think you are lost. 14:56.320 --> 14:57.960 Oh, let them. 14:57.960 --> 15:00.000 I've got to talk to you, Mr. Haroon. 15:00.000 --> 15:01.920 Somebody, I've just got to. 15:01.920 --> 15:04.920 I know of a charming place. 15:04.920 --> 15:05.920 We will talk there. 15:05.920 --> 15:19.440 We waited for the tour to leave, then I took hold of Mr. Haroon's arm and we started down 15:19.440 --> 15:22.000 those awful stairs. 15:22.000 --> 15:27.520 Seemed like hours to go through the darkness, and I shuddered all the way to the bottom. 15:27.520 --> 15:32.080 Then we were out in the sunlight and I felt like breathing again. 15:32.080 --> 15:36.320 We walked, gave me a chance to pull myself together. 15:36.320 --> 15:41.040 Finally we stopped in front of a little place, didn't look like anything from the outside, 15:41.040 --> 15:45.320 and Mr. Haroon opened the door and we went in. 15:45.320 --> 15:47.120 What do you think of it? 15:47.120 --> 15:51.440 Oh, it's just charming. 15:51.440 --> 15:55.320 This garden, it's the Arabian Nights. 15:55.320 --> 15:56.920 It must be very old. 15:56.920 --> 16:00.200 They say Omar Khayyam once visited here. 16:00.200 --> 16:03.400 Oh, well you can tell. 16:03.400 --> 16:09.640 Come fill the cup and in the fire of spring your winter garment of repentance fling. 16:09.640 --> 16:16.360 The bird of time has but a little way to flutter and the bird is on the wing. 16:16.360 --> 16:19.160 You know the rubaiyat. 16:19.160 --> 16:21.320 Some of it I remember. 16:21.320 --> 16:23.680 I'm dreaming again, just couldn't be real. 16:23.680 --> 16:27.200 Oh, it is real all right. 16:27.200 --> 16:31.200 Miss Gideon, back at the Sultan's turret. 16:31.200 --> 16:32.360 What? 16:32.360 --> 16:34.960 You said you wanted to tell me something. 16:34.960 --> 16:37.360 Oh, yes, that. 16:37.360 --> 16:38.360 Well? 16:38.360 --> 16:42.080 Well, it's been so strange all day. 16:42.080 --> 16:48.080 First I see beauty, then death, then it was gone, and suddenly terror again. 16:48.080 --> 16:51.080 And now this beauty, all without warning. 16:51.080 --> 16:54.320 I want to remember this place without anything to spoil it. 16:54.320 --> 16:55.680 Please take me somewhere else. 16:55.680 --> 17:01.200 Aren't you carrying this romantic theme a little too far? 17:01.200 --> 17:02.200 What do you mean? 17:02.200 --> 17:12.080 I mean, all right, I will take you someplace a little less overwhelming. 17:12.080 --> 17:20.160 Look, it's almost sunset. 17:20.160 --> 17:22.480 Funny I didn't realize it was so late. 17:22.480 --> 17:24.840 Just this place and we will go back to the ship. 17:24.840 --> 17:26.200 Up these stairs? 17:26.200 --> 17:27.200 If you please. 17:27.200 --> 17:29.200 Oh, the view. 17:29.200 --> 17:30.500 There's the harbor. 17:30.500 --> 17:31.500 There's our ship. 17:31.500 --> 17:34.320 We'll make it back in time, won't we? 17:34.320 --> 17:35.320 In here, Miss Gideon. 17:35.320 --> 17:39.680 Oh, it's a nice room, but I... 17:39.680 --> 17:44.160 Oh, the view from this window. 17:44.160 --> 17:45.920 It's lovely. 17:45.920 --> 17:51.520 Is that what we came to see? 17:51.520 --> 17:54.240 Not exactly. 17:54.240 --> 18:00.240 I don't know whether I'll be sad or glad to leave Byroot, but this time with you has been... 18:00.240 --> 18:01.240 Miss Gideon. 18:01.240 --> 18:02.240 Yes? 18:02.240 --> 18:03.240 Time is growing short. 18:03.240 --> 18:04.240 We must discontinue... 18:04.240 --> 18:06.280 I know it's growing short, Mr. Haroun. 18:06.280 --> 18:10.400 Short the time, but long my memory for that garden and the moments there. 18:10.400 --> 18:13.960 I am not sure whether you are extremely clever or extremely foolish. 18:13.960 --> 18:14.960 Foolish? 18:14.960 --> 18:18.880 Oh, no, Mr. Haroun, please not foolish. 18:18.880 --> 18:21.440 I thought you realized what I truly feel. 18:21.440 --> 18:24.000 This place is not romantic, Miss Gideon. 18:24.000 --> 18:25.360 You can stop it now. 18:25.360 --> 18:26.360 Stop it? 18:26.360 --> 18:30.120 You have caused me a great deal of trouble, and I am finished playing games. 18:30.120 --> 18:31.200 Mr. Haroun. 18:31.200 --> 18:33.520 What happened on the stairs of the Sultan's turret? 18:33.520 --> 18:39.080 You are going to tell me, Miss Gideon, what time is the meeting? 18:39.080 --> 18:40.080 Meeting? 18:40.080 --> 18:41.080 Masquerade is over. 18:41.080 --> 18:42.200 Do not force me. 18:42.200 --> 18:43.200 You know. 18:43.200 --> 18:44.200 I don't know what you're talking about. 18:44.200 --> 18:47.320 Death and terror, Miss Gideon. 18:47.320 --> 18:48.320 Come here. 18:48.320 --> 18:50.960 Do you recognize this? 18:50.960 --> 18:51.960 The sailor. 18:51.960 --> 18:52.960 The dead sailor. 18:52.960 --> 18:53.960 You murder her. 18:53.960 --> 18:54.960 You murder her. 18:54.960 --> 18:55.960 Stop. 18:55.960 --> 18:56.960 Stop. 18:56.960 --> 18:57.960 I ran. 18:57.960 --> 18:58.960 I just ran. 18:58.960 --> 19:04.680 The vision of the dead man on the floor of the room stilled my eyes, and Mr. Haroun was 19:04.680 --> 19:05.680 coming after me. 19:05.680 --> 19:06.680 He was going to kill me. 19:06.680 --> 19:07.680 I knew he was going to kill me. 19:07.680 --> 19:17.320 I didn't know where I was or how to get back to the ship, and it got darker and darker. 19:17.320 --> 19:19.720 The streets twisted and turned in front of me. 19:19.720 --> 19:24.840 A shadow after shadow, growing bigger and bigger. 19:24.840 --> 19:29.640 I had to get to the ship, but I didn't know how. 19:29.640 --> 19:32.640 Oh, my leg. 19:32.640 --> 19:38.680 Oh, a dirty, ugly man appeared beside me. 19:38.680 --> 19:42.160 I backed away from him. 19:42.160 --> 19:46.480 He slithered after me, and then I felt my back against a wall. 19:46.480 --> 19:47.480 Walls all around. 19:47.480 --> 19:49.480 There wasn't any way out. 19:49.480 --> 19:54.160 I could feel a scream gathering in my throat. 19:54.160 --> 19:57.160 I saw a door just out of reach. 19:57.160 --> 20:03.240 I edged toward it. 20:03.240 --> 20:06.680 It was a big room, dim and evil smelling. 20:06.680 --> 20:09.320 There were people, but they didn't pay any attention to me. 20:09.320 --> 20:15.880 They were watching a dancing girl weaving through a greasy yellow light. 20:15.880 --> 20:21.080 I saw another door and slithered along the wall toward it, and he was there following 20:21.080 --> 20:22.080 me. 20:22.080 --> 20:23.080 Keep away from me. 20:23.080 --> 20:24.080 Keep away from me. 20:24.080 --> 20:25.080 Mildred! 20:25.080 --> 20:26.080 Mildred! 20:26.080 --> 20:27.080 Frank! 20:27.080 --> 20:28.080 Mildred, hey, hey, teacher. 20:28.080 --> 20:29.080 Frank! 20:29.080 --> 20:30.080 Frank, Grady! 20:30.080 --> 20:31.080 Here, here, over this way. 20:31.080 --> 20:32.080 That's it. 20:32.080 --> 20:33.080 There. 20:33.080 --> 20:34.080 Hey. 20:34.080 --> 20:41.080 Frank, I'm never so glad to see anybody at home. 20:41.080 --> 20:47.360 Well, what happened to you? 20:47.360 --> 20:48.360 I've been looking all over. 20:48.360 --> 20:50.080 You know, the ship's almost ready to leave. 20:50.080 --> 20:51.360 He was going to kill me. 20:51.360 --> 20:52.360 Who was going to kill you? 20:52.360 --> 20:53.360 That horrible, terrible Mr. Haroon. 20:53.360 --> 20:54.360 Let's get to the ship, please. 20:54.360 --> 20:55.360 No, no. 20:55.360 --> 20:56.360 Wait a minute. 20:56.360 --> 20:59.360 I got to know what time that drop is. 20:59.360 --> 21:00.360 Drop? 21:00.360 --> 21:02.800 The message you got at the Sultan's turret. 21:02.800 --> 21:03.800 I know you got her. 21:03.800 --> 21:04.800 You wouldn't have ditched me. 21:04.800 --> 21:05.800 What? 21:05.800 --> 21:07.840 The film, documents on the film, teacher. 21:07.840 --> 21:10.560 A little white slip of paper tells place and time, and you've got it. 21:10.560 --> 21:13.000 Now, you forget your act and I'll forget mine. 21:13.000 --> 21:14.000 Sailor? 21:14.000 --> 21:15.760 He said tell it to... 21:15.760 --> 21:17.240 To me, to Frank Grady. 21:17.240 --> 21:18.240 He was my contact. 21:18.240 --> 21:19.240 You've gotten away. 21:19.240 --> 21:20.240 No, no. 21:20.240 --> 21:21.240 Come on, now. 21:21.240 --> 21:22.240 Give me that paper. 21:22.240 --> 21:23.240 Let go! 21:23.240 --> 21:24.240 Look, teacher, give me that paper or I'll kill you. 21:24.240 --> 21:25.240 I mean it. 21:25.240 --> 21:26.240 Grady! 21:26.240 --> 21:27.240 What? 21:27.240 --> 21:28.240 Miss Gideon? 21:28.240 --> 21:29.240 Miss what? 21:29.240 --> 21:30.240 Mr. Haroon, don't touch me. 21:30.240 --> 21:31.240 No, it is all right. 21:31.240 --> 21:32.240 Everything is all right. 21:32.240 --> 21:33.240 I'm not going to hurt you. 21:33.240 --> 21:34.240 I'm not going to hurt you. 21:34.240 --> 21:35.240 I'm not going to hurt you. 21:35.240 --> 21:36.240 I'm not going to hurt you. 21:36.240 --> 21:37.240 I'm not going to hurt you. 21:37.240 --> 21:38.240 I'm not going to hurt you. 21:38.240 --> 21:39.240 I'm not going to hurt you. 21:39.240 --> 21:40.700 It's all right. 21:40.700 --> 21:42.240 Everything is all right, I assure you. 21:42.240 --> 21:43.240 All right? 21:43.240 --> 21:44.240 Where am I? 21:44.240 --> 21:45.860 The pilot's launch, Miss Gideon. 21:45.860 --> 21:48.160 I'm escorting you back to the ship once more. 21:48.160 --> 21:49.160 Policeman? 21:49.160 --> 21:51.380 We are sorry you had to go through as much as you did. 21:51.380 --> 21:56.280 It was imperative to find out which one was the spy, Mr. Grady or you. 21:56.280 --> 21:57.280 Spy? 21:57.280 --> 22:01.360 Dealers in state documents collected and sold to the highest bidder. 22:01.360 --> 22:03.520 We knew someone would meet the sailor. 22:03.520 --> 22:05.320 Oh, I see now. 22:05.320 --> 22:06.320 Then you didn't... 22:06.320 --> 22:08.960 He was stuffed in a street brawl before he could reach the ship. 22:08.960 --> 22:14.440 Unfortunately, you complicated things also for us as well as Mr. Grady. 22:14.440 --> 22:18.300 I am sorry I had to treat you roughly at the house on the hill. 22:18.300 --> 22:20.120 Because you thought I... 22:20.120 --> 22:21.840 And I thought you... 22:21.840 --> 22:27.000 Oh, Mr. Haroon, I'm so glad I was wrong about you. 22:27.000 --> 22:29.440 I don't mind anything now. 22:29.440 --> 22:32.360 I am staying here in Bayrund. 22:32.360 --> 22:36.000 I wish you a pleasant trip and bon voyage. 22:36.000 --> 22:39.760 Perplexed no more with human or divine. 22:39.760 --> 22:44.560 And tomorrow's tangle to the winds resign. 22:44.560 --> 22:46.480 Thank you, Mr. Haroon. 22:46.480 --> 23:01.360 Thank you very much. 23:01.360 --> 23:07.760 Suspense in which Miss Mary Jane Croft starred in tonight's presentation of By Route, By 23:07.760 --> 23:09.760 Sunrise. 23:09.760 --> 23:12.520 Next week, the story of terror in the streets. 23:12.520 --> 23:16.120 We call it the whole town sleeping. 23:16.120 --> 23:29.400 That's next week on Suspense. 23:29.400 --> 23:32.240 This is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis. 23:32.240 --> 23:34.640 Tonight's script was written by Mr. Richard Chandley. 23:34.640 --> 23:39.320 The music was composed by Lucian Marowick and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. 23:39.320 --> 23:47.320 Featured in the cast were Hi Aberback, Jack Prusian, Don Diamond, and Ben Wright. 23:47.320 --> 24:11.040 Thursday nights, the Whistler brings mystery on the CBS Radio Network. 24:11.040 --> 24:23.620 Fuck you. 24:23.620 --> 24:34.640 Get fucking out.