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

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Tonight, we bring you a story of one of the most notorious murderers in the annals of

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crime.

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It is based upon police and court records.

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We call it, A Story of Poison.

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So now, starring Mr. Joseph Kearns, here is tonight's Suspense play, A Story of Poison.

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Dr. Cream, there was nothing I could do.

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I'm sorry, terribly sorry.

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I tried everything.

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You, you tried everything?

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You're sorry?

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I did what I could.

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It was too late.

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Don't go in now.

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Oh, but I must, oh yes, I must see her.

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I'm sorry.

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Oh, Emily, Emily, baby girl.

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Emily.

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Emily.

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My doctor, she's dead.

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Come away.

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I'll attend to things.

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You don't understand.

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She's dead.

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I wasn't with her.

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I didn't know.

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Oh, I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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Oh, Emily, my love, my girl.

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Dr. Cream, please, get her.

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No, no, no, no, she can't be.

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My life, my all.

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Emily, Emily, Emily.

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That was Emily.

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She left me with an income of 400 pounds a year.

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It's rather extraordinary how long it took her to die.

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To look at the girl, you'd never have thought it.

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She was thin, sickly, but in possession of what must have been the constitution of an

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ox.

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I'd been poisoning her steadily for six months and certainly expected her to die within three.

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Oh, it was a case history for the medical journal.

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And so I wrote them a paper about it, anonymously, of course.

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Inspector Waring.

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Sergeant Dean, sir, we've got a letter here from the editor of the medical journal.

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Oh, why did they forward it to the yard?

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There's a manuscript that came with the letter.

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Just a moment, sir.

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Resistance to physiological action of alkaloid poisoning.

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Case history ED by anonymous.

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Well, what's the matter with that?

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The medical journal people seem to feel that the man who wrote it did the job too.

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Put it on my desk.

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I'll be there in half an hour.

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Right.

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Three weeks after Emily died, I made arrangements to move to London.

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There was no trouble, but then I hadn't thought there would be.

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The good doctor had made out a certificate based upon the history which I supplied.

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I had decided upon a refined intestinal disorder which bore a magnificent Latin name and closely

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paralleled the symptoms brought about by the poison administered.

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So much for the late and unlemented Emily.

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Oh, I'm sure as hell you'll find this room most suitable, sir.

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Doctor, Doctor Cream, Doctor Neil Cream, ma'am.

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Oh, how nice.

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I have another boarder who's a doctor.

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Well, very nearly.

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A medical student, don't you know?

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Mr. Bridgman, ever such a nice gentleman.

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Really?

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You find a very refined atmosphere in my house, doctor, and scrupulously clean.

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Very scrupulous.

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I'm sure of it, Mrs. Minns.

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I think this will do quite nicely.

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May I ask, Doctor, how long you plan to allow us the pleasure of your company?

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Oh, I'm afraid I have no idea, Mrs. Minns.

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You see, I've only just arrived from Hull.

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My wife died there a month ago.

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Oh, how sad.

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How terribly sad.

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I thought that share in London I might forget.

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You look understanding.

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You do understand, don't you?

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Oh, poor dear man, of course.

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Oh, my, how I understand.

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I'm a widow myself.

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Only me, Dr. Daisy, and me.

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Oh, I do feel for you.

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You're so kind.

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Not at all, I'm sure.

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You will join us for tea, won't you?

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I should be delighted.

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Thank you so much.

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I'd found a boarding house in Bloomsbury off Tottenham Court Road.

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The proprietress, Mrs. Minns, was a tall, bony sort of woman, a type that I particularly

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despised, not at all nourishing to a man of my disposition.

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Now, the daughter, she'd mentioned, I hoped would be a better prospect, but I knew that

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I would have to be careful there.

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After unpacking, I went down to tea.

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Oh, oh, I say I'm awfully sorry.

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I mean, I didn't mean to...

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Oh, that's quite all right, I'm sure.

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You must be the new boarder, Dr. Crean.

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Yes, yes, I was just coming in for tea.

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Oh, oh, they're waiting for you.

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Oh, really?

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Excuse me, I've got to put the kettle on.

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Night's day off, you know.

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Oh, may I help?

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Oh, that's very nice of you, I'm sure.

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All right, come on.

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Daisy Minns was not a beauty by any means, but there was a spark, an honesty, good humour

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that I found most enjoyable.

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Oh, we got on famously, but it was too soon to think about Daisy.

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Hmm, perhaps later.

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It was the evening of the fourth day after my arrival in London that I met Mildred Vickers.

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It was at a pub in Hammersmith.

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She was a sweet little thing, large brown eyes, rosy cheeks, oh, perhaps encouraged

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by a touch of rouge, but altogether delightful.

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I must say that I flattered her with attentions not usually received, flowers, dinner, the

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theatre.

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She was very grateful, grateful until one night, two weeks later.

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Oh, hold it.

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I'm tired.

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You?

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Yes.

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Goodbye.

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Thanks very much.

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Goodbye.

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I wanted to tell you earlier tonight.

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I can't see you anymore.

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You can't?

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Oh, oh, no, you're joking.

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I'm not.

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You've been a duck.

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We've had a lovely time, but it's finished.

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My young man's coming home tomorrow.

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He found me this morning from Southampton.

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His boat's come in.

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Your young man?

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Your young man?

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You'll like the old house.

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Oh, Millie, Millie, you'll be the death of me.

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Come on, let's go inside.

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You can't.

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Come on.

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I'm serious.

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It's like you said, laughs and all sorts of fun, it's over.

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Be a good boy.

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Come on, get inside.

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Stop it.

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Don't you go pushing me.

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I'll just...

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Oh, Millie, Millie, I'm sorry.

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I didn't mean to lose my temper, but the way you told me, you know, it's such a shock.

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I thought you were joking.

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I'm sorry.

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There I am.

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Oh, no, I'm very, very fond of you, Millie.

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I'm very fond.

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You know, a chap gets fond and then...

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Oh, well.

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One last kiss, Millie.

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One last kiss.

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Of course.

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I knew you'd be sport about it.

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Oh, Millie, Millie, I can't let you go.

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I can't.

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Oh, crikey.

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Millie, let's talk it over.

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There's nothing to talk.

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Well, sit quietly and talk.

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I promise I'll make no trouble with you.

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I just want you to understand.

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I'm tired.

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Oh, please.

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Is it too much to ask?

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One drink and you listen to me and then if you want me to go, I'll go.

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I'll go quietly.

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No bother.

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All serene.

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I'm sorry.

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It all sounds ever so sad, but my young man's coming in.

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Oh, will you stop talking about your young man?

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Oh, oh, Millie.

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No, no, I didn't mean that.

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I'm not angry.

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Oh, now please look here.

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Now there's so much I can give you.

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Oh, I'm not young anymore, but you find me attractive, don't you?

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Don't you?

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Now what are you smiling about?

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Why are you laughing?

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Millie, Millie.

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Oh, no.

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Millie.

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Oh, stop your shouting and think about the police on me.

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No, no, no, no.

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You want me to go.

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That's right.

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Well, I'll be as good as my word then, Millie.

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No, no hard feelings.

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Of course not, silly.

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Farewell drink.

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Not for me, thank you.

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Oh, just a splash.

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We'll, we'll drink to your, your young man.

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Wouldn't he just laugh if he knew?

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Yes, wouldn't he just?

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You ought to find yourself a nice window.

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Someone like you can settle down.

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I mean...

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Yes, I know what, I know what you mean, Millie.

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Here we are.

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Oh, thanks.

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Ah.

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Do.

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Now, op it like a good boy.

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Millie, I suppose I really should tell you that I, I don't care about you at all.

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That nonsense I was saying before, I didn't mean it, you know.

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I don't quite understand why I said anything.

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You're not worth it, you nasty...

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Oh, yes, it burns, doesn't it?

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But it doesn't hurt for long, though.

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You annoyed me terribly chucking me over.

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It's not that I cared because of you, but me.

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Oh, thank you.

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It won't be long.

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I just want you to know, can you hear me?

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I just want you to know that every time we've gone to a public place together, I was ashamed,

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ashamed to be seen with something like you.

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Good night.

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For the next two or three nights, I stayed in at the boarding house.

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I don't think that I felt well.

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At least I couldn't sleep at all.

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My sleep was not at all restful.

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I, oh, I had dreams, frightening dreams.

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I remember just before I dropped off to sleep one night soon after, after Millie was taken,

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that I thought to myself, oh dear, I must speak to Mrs. Minns about that cooking, all

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that heavy stuff.

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Dr. Cream.

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Dr. Cream, will you wake up, sir?

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Wake up, doctor.

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It's all right.

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Is anything the matter?

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No, I hope you'll forgive the liberty, sir.

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I'm afraid you were having a nightmare.

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It sounded as though you were being murdered.

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Murdered?

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You thought I was...

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Oh.

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Did I say anything?

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You, you, you screamed.

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Oh, is that all?

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Well, it sounded, it's...

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Well, I'm awfully sorry.

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Oh, no, no, no, it's quite all right.

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It's very good of you to be concerned.

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Oh, yes, you're that young medical student Mrs. Minns told me about, aren't you, Mr....

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Bridgeman.

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Oh, yes, of course, Mr. Bridgeman.

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Well, we shall have to have a chat one day soon, lunch perhaps.

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Are you specializing?

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Oh, I haven't made up my mind yet, doctor.

267
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Oh, yes, good, good, good.

268
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Lots of time for that, eh?

269
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Yes.

270
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Well, I think I'd better get back to bed.

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I'm awfully sorry to have troubled you.

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Not at all, sir.

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Good night.

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Good night, good night.

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Oh, dear.

276
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Oh, I wonder, is he lying?

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Did I say something?

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Did he hear it?

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I wonder.

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Oh, blast!

281
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Two weeks had passed.

282
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I was safe.

283
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Nobody knew, nobody.

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Unless Mr. Edward Bridgeman, the medical student.

285
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I'd taken him to luncheon two or three times.

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We'd talk, medicine for the most part, but I don't know.

287
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He had a way, a way of looking curious, knowing.

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I decided to write the letter to Scotland Yard.

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Commissioner, Inspector Waring here.

290
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I think we've got something more on that poison case in Harland, Millivickers.

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Now, a letter.

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It reads, to whom it may concern, I have information which can lead to the arrest of the person

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responsible for the murder of Millivickers and Hammersmith.

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Is it worth 3,000 pounds?

295
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If so, leave the money at the pillar box on the corner of Kensington and Earls Court Road.

296
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A plain wrapper will do.

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And it's signed A. O'Brien, private detective.

298
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Yes, sir.

299
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Yes, we'll see to it right away.

300
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It was aggravating not to be able to learn whether the police had accepted my offer.

301
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I could have used the money, but other more important things were occupying my time.

302
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Mr. Bridgeman, oh, how I loathe bright young men.

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And I had a feeling that he was watching me, cleverly and carefully.

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I had to put a stop to that.

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He knew.

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That was certain.

307
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So I took to following him.

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As far as I could make out, he didn't voice his suspicions to the police, but there was

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a girl.

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He met her from time to time, and one day when they were having tea together, I think

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he saw me, because from where I stood outside the tea shop, I saw Mr. Bridgeman lean across

312
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the table and talk rapidly to his sweetheart.

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That would have to be taken care of.

314
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It was a week later.

315
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Oh, I beg your pardon.

316
00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:51,120
Yes?

317
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You must think me awfully rude, but aren't you Edward Bridgeman's young lady?

318
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Well, yes, but I don't mean to...

319
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No, no, no, no, no, no.

320
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We haven't met.

321
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I've heard so much about you, though I saw you together as I went by on the bus last

322
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week.

323
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You were coming out of a tea shop.

324
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That's right, in Oxford Street.

325
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Yes.

326
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Well, look, here, I've wanted to meet you for so long to talk about Edward.

327
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Oh?

328
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Well, I mean, well, you are going to, I suppose so, in a way.

329
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Exactly.

330
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I'm frightfully fond of him, you know.

331
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As a matter of fact, I've spoken to some colleagues of mine in the profession, you understand.

332
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Your Edward has a future, I think.

333
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That's sweet of you, Mr....

334
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Doctor, Dr. Cream.

335
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Oh, of course he's spoken of you.

336
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You're staying at the same boarding house.

337
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Yes.

338
00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,880
Well, I hope he said nice things.

339
00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:39,080
Yes, but you know Edward, he doesn't talk much about anybody, does he?

340
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Yes, that's what I wanted to talk to you about.

341
00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,400
Look, do you think we could go somewhere?

342
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I mean, a spot of tea with a cup of a drink?

343
00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:47,360
Well, I don't know.

344
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You see, I was...

345
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Oh, please, it's really important.

346
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To Edward.

347
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Clever little devil, but a rotten actress.

348
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You know Edward, he doesn't talk much about anybody, does he?

349
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Of course I could see through her plan perfectly well.

350
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Trap me into an admission of guilt and then call the police.

351
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But I was ready for that.

352
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It was a little sad.

353
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I didn't even know her name.

354
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She had a pretty face, pretty figure, with no name.

355
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Just Mr. Bridgeman's young lady.

356
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It was dark when we walked along the quiet road leading to her house.

357
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I'd been the perfect gentleman and had escorted her home.

358
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She died behind a hedge convulsively within three minutes.

359
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I made sure that there was no outcry, nobody heard, nobody saw, nobody cared, except perhaps

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for a medical student.

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To whom it may concern, ask Mr. Edward Bridgeman, who lives in Mrs. Min's boarding house off

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Tottenham Court Road, what he knows about the murders of Millie Vickers and Joyce Hamilton.

363
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He killed them both.

364
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I offer this information greatest, eh, O'Brien, private detective?

365
00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:19,600
Yes?

366
00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,600
Evening, Dr. Crane.

367
00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:25,600
Oh, hello, Daisy.

368
00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,360
Come in for a chat or is it a sore throat?

369
00:17:28,360 --> 00:17:29,360
Neither.

370
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Mum asked me to ask you something.

371
00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:32,160
Oh?

372
00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:33,160
She wonders how long you'll be staying.

373
00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,160
Oh, I'm perfectly happy.

374
00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,160
I hadn't thought of moving.

375
00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:38,160
Why?

376
00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:39,160
I don't know.

377
00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,040
Oh, Daisy, Daisy, I want to talk to you.

378
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Tell me.

379
00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,280
Have you read about the murders, the poisoner?

380
00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:47,280
Well, who hasn't?

381
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What do you think, huh?

382
00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:51,280
I don't.

383
00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,040
Mum says he's one of those, yeah, well, you know.

384
00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:55,040
Oh.

385
00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:56,880
Well, shall I tell you a secret?

386
00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:57,880
What?

387
00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:58,880
Now you won't tell.

388
00:17:58,880 --> 00:17:59,880
Oh, of course not what?

389
00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:03,400
Well, I think I know who the murderer is.

390
00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:04,400
Really?

391
00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:05,400
Have you told the police?

392
00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,960
Well, yes, I wrote them a letter.

393
00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:09,960
I told them who it was.

394
00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:10,960
No.

395
00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:11,960
Oh.

396
00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:12,960
Edward Bridgman.

397
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Oh, you're pulling my leg.

398
00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,640
And it's a pretty leg too, Daisy, but no, I'm not.

399
00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:19,640
But how do you know?

400
00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:20,640
Now it's bombing.

401
00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,640
No, but I know I do.

402
00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,080
Oh, Dr. Cream, you are a one.

403
00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:26,600
I should know better than to listen to you.

404
00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,600
You're always joking.

405
00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,800
I could have killed her.

406
00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:33,800
She thought it was a joke.

407
00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,240
Oh, there'd been so many things to tell her.

408
00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:41,440
Clues, proof, everything to help to get rid of the medical student and she wouldn't listen.

409
00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,680
Then after she'd gone, I was afraid.

410
00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,720
I was afraid she might remember.

411
00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:53,720
Darn, I could have killed her.

412
00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:57,840
It was Saturday, two days after I'd posted the letter to Scotland Yard.

413
00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,800
I thought I'd take a walk to Hyde Park and was leaving my room to go downstairs when

414
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the front doorbell rang.

415
00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:11,800
Oh, good afternoon, gentlemen.

416
00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,800
Mrs. Mim?

417
00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:14,800
Yes?

418
00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,800
We're from Scotland Yard.

419
00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,800
I should like to have a word with a Mr. Edward Bridgman.

420
00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:20,800
Does he live here?

421
00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:21,800
Why, yes.

422
00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:22,800
Won't you come in?

423
00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:23,800
Is anything wrong?

424
00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:24,800
Is he at home?

425
00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:25,800
In the drawing room, I think.

426
00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:26,800
Shall I call him?

427
00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:27,800
If you don't mind.

428
00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:28,800
Not at all, I'm sure.

429
00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:29,800
Oh, Mr. Bridgman.

430
00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:30,800
Oh, Mr. Bridgman.

431
00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:31,800
Oh, Mr. Bridgman.

432
00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:32,800
Oh, Mr. Bridgman.

433
00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,800
Yes, Mrs. Nens.

434
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:36,800
Mr. Bridgman?

435
00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:37,800
Yes.

436
00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:42,800
I'd like to speak to you, if you don't mind.

437
00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:43,800
What about?

438
00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:44,800
Is there somewhere that...

439
00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:45,800
Oh, afternoon, everybody.

440
00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:46,800
Oh, hello, Doctor.

441
00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:47,800
Nice day.

442
00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:48,800
I thought I'd take a walk.

443
00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:49,800
Mom.

444
00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:53,800
Mom, is it all right if I go to the cinema with Agnes?

445
00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:54,800
Lummy lover duck.

446
00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:55,800
Police.

447
00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:56,800
Now, run along, Daisy.

448
00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:57,800
Don't be home late.

449
00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:58,800
Mr. Bridgman.

450
00:19:58,800 --> 00:19:59,800
Come along, Daisy.

451
00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:00,800
I'll walk along with you.

452
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:05,800
You were right all the time, Doctor, and to think I didn't believe you.

453
00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:06,800
What did you say, Miss?

454
00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:07,800
Oh, it's a little joke of ours.

455
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:08,800
Nothing at all.

456
00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:09,800
Come along, Daisy.

457
00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:10,800
I can't wait to know.

458
00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:11,800
Just a minute, sir.

459
00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:12,800
Miss, do you know something about this?

460
00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:13,800
Of course I do.

461
00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:14,800
Dr. Cream told me.

462
00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:15,800
He wrote a letter to you about Mr. Bridgman here.

463
00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:16,800
He told me, didn't you, Doctor?

464
00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:17,800
Dr. Cream, you wrote a letter to us, signed A. O'Brien.

465
00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:18,800
Bridgman's your man, sir.

466
00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:19,800
I've been waiting for you.

467
00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:20,800
I'm sorry, Miss.

468
00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:21,800
I'm sorry.

469
00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:22,800
I'm sorry.

470
00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:23,800
I'm sorry.

471
00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:24,800
I'm sorry.

472
00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:25,800
I'm sorry.

473
00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:26,800
I'm sorry.

474
00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:27,800
I'm sorry.

475
00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:28,800
I'm sorry.

476
00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,800
He's your man, sir.

477
00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,800
I wanted to spare him the humiliation.

478
00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:34,800
That is your man, I told Daisy.

479
00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,800
I thought he might try to harm me, and I...

480
00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:37,800
What are you saying?

481
00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:38,800
It's all right, Mr. Bridgman.

482
00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,800
I don't think we shall need to trouble you.

483
00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:43,800
Come along, Doctor, if you don't mind.

484
00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:47,800
There are a few questions we'd like to ask you at the yard.

485
00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:48,800
Oh, of course.

486
00:20:48,800 --> 00:21:03,800
Of course.

487
00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:13,800
Having set down this case history, my own, let all know that what I did, I did in honor

488
00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,800
and right.

489
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:20,800
No human power has the right to condemn me.

490
00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:25,800
Those that died, died because of their own misdeeds.

491
00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,800
I have been merely the instrument of justice.

492
00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:38,800
For this, I cannot hang Neil Cream, M.D.

493
00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:45,800
Dr. Neil Cream, it's time.

494
00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,800
It won't hurt, will it?

495
00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,800
I can't stand pain.

496
00:21:51,800 --> 00:22:19,800
It won't hurt, will it?

497
00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:32,800
Next week, the story of betrayal and retribution on Devil's Island.

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We call it the stool pigeon.

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That's next week on Suspense.

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Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis, who wrote tonight's script.

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The music was composed by Rene Garaghan and conducted by Wilbur Hatch.

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Featured in the cast were Paula Winslow, Tita Purdom, Virginia Gregg, Herb Butterfield, Ben

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Wright, Raymond Lawrence, and Ellen Morgan.

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Thursday night on most of these same stations, listen for the haunting sound of the Whistler

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as he once again walks by night.

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Your reward will be mystery fare well off the beaten track.

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Your reward will be another rattling good Thursday thriller on the Whistler at the Star's

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Address.

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Stay tuned now for George Herman with the news, followed by Disc Derby.

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