WEBVTT 00:00:00.910 --> 00:00:27.510 This is KOIN Portland. Come in. Welcome. I'm 00:00:27.510 --> 00:00:31.010 E .G. Marshall. I'm afraid the chairs aren't 00:00:31.010 --> 00:00:34.109 very comfortable, but that doesn't matter because 00:00:34.109 --> 00:00:37.149 in just a moment you'll be sitting on the edge 00:00:37.149 --> 00:00:40.450 of them. For we'll be bringing you the tale of 00:00:40.450 --> 00:00:45.210 the thing inside. A strange and potent force 00:00:45.210 --> 00:00:48.850 sealed up and held in check that cried to be 00:00:48.850 --> 00:00:52.850 released and once it was freed, brought terror 00:00:52.850 --> 00:00:56.710 and death to a whole countryside. Sergeant, what's 00:00:56.710 --> 00:00:59.939 this all about? Has there been any trouble over 00:00:59.939 --> 00:01:03.060 at Ezra's place? I guess you could call it trouble, 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:07.599 Mrs. Farrar. He was killed last night. He was 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:11.719 what? Killed. Murdered. His nephew went over 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:13.959 there early this morning and found him. Oh, but 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:17.640 that's awful. I thought he was a dreadful man, 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:20.900 but... Well, have you any idea who did it? Not 00:01:20.900 --> 00:01:23.719 yet. That's why I stopped by here to find out 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:27.280 if you'd seen or heard anything. I'm sorry. I 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:30.799 wish we could help you but How was he killed 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:34.219 it was pretty bad? Whoever did it must have really 00:01:34.219 --> 00:01:38.040 hated him or else been out of his mind Because 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:51.019 it was done with an axe Our mystery drama the 00:01:51.019 --> 00:01:54.819 thing inside was written especially for the Mystery 00:01:54.819 --> 00:01:58.060 Theatre by Robert Newman and stars Ralph Bell 00:01:58.060 --> 00:02:02.219 and Bryna Rayburn. I'll be back shortly with 00:02:02.219 --> 00:02:19.780 Act One. What is evil? Is it abstract or concrete? 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:25.719 Does it seek us out, or do we seek it? Either 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:28.680 way, there is something in all of us that senses 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:32.699 its presence, and when we do, most of us draw 00:02:32.699 --> 00:02:37.439 back from it in fear. But occasionally, for reasons 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:40.639 we do not always understand, we are attracted 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:44.500 to it and come under its spell, thus freeing 00:02:44.500 --> 00:02:47.740 it to work its destruction on an unsuspecting 00:02:47.740 --> 00:02:52.099 world. Our story begins as John and Sarah Farrar 00:02:52.099 --> 00:02:54.719 get out of their car and walk towards a rather 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:58.219 shabby and rundown antique shop in a small New 00:02:58.219 --> 00:03:05.280 England village. It's not much of a place. No. 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:08.680 Still, you never know. Paul's picked up some 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:11.099 pretty nice things in places like this. That 00:03:11.099 --> 00:03:14.000 tavern sign for instance. That's true. Good afternoon. 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.639 Oh, good afternoon. Do you mind if we... Look 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:21.199 around? No, not at all. You're looking for anything 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:25.099 in particular? No, not really. Possibly some 00:03:25.099 --> 00:03:29.439 dishes. Do you have any white ironstone? No, 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:34.800 I'm afraid not. It doesn't matter. That's a rather 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:39.240 nice painting there. Schooner? Yes, it is. Do 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:42.460 you know anything about it? No, except that it's 00:03:42.460 --> 00:03:46.360 American. Early 19th century. John, look at this. 00:03:46.419 --> 00:03:52.099 What? Oh, yes. Did you say early 19th century? 00:03:52.500 --> 00:03:57.860 Yeah. I don't think so. I'd say it was, wasn't 00:03:57.860 --> 00:04:00.500 more than 20 years old, a copy of something earlier. 00:04:00.939 --> 00:04:03.900 Why do you say that? Because of the condition 00:04:03.900 --> 00:04:07.020 of the canvas and the varnish. You a dealer? 00:04:07.979 --> 00:04:12.460 No, I'm a painter. Oh. Well, you may be right. 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:18.120 I'm sure I am. Ooh. Hello. Have you found something? 00:04:19.220 --> 00:04:26.319 Yes. Can you tell us anything about this? A glass 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:29.360 of paperweight. Oh, is that what it is? Yep. 00:04:30.259 --> 00:04:32.839 At least I think so. What do you think of it, 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:37.879 Sarah? No, it's interesting. Yes, it is. Especially 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:41.579 when you hold it up to the light. When you turn 00:04:41.579 --> 00:04:45.839 the ball, it moves. I've never seen anything 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:49.560 quite like it. Neither have I. Paul would probably 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:52.939 know what it is. Never mind. How much do you 00:04:52.939 --> 00:04:56.879 want for it? Five dollars. What do you say, Sarah? 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:00.319 Shall we buy it? Oh, I don't know, John. It just 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:03.579 looks like a glass ball to me. Well, I like it. 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:07.079 I like looking at it. Yes, but five dollars for 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:08.819 something that may be nothing at all. Why do 00:05:08.819 --> 00:05:11.379 you say it's nothing when I say I like it? Well, 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:15.060 because five dollars is a lot of money. For us 00:05:15.060 --> 00:05:18.139 anyway, you don't have to rub it in. I'm sorry 00:05:18.139 --> 00:05:20.639 darling. I just know what you meant Yeah, if 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:23.319 you really want it you can have it for three 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:29.399 dollars. I do want it I'll take it John I Said 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:51.360 I'll take it Hello anybody home What's all this? 00:05:51.620 --> 00:05:54.180 Oh, my brother sent me a case of fruit from Florida, 00:05:54.220 --> 00:05:57.480 and I thought you and John might like some. That's 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:00.220 awfully nice of you, Paul. No, not really. I'd 00:06:00.220 --> 00:06:02.300 never finish it all by myself. Well, I still 00:06:02.300 --> 00:06:04.439 think it's very nice of you. Thank you. Well, 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:06.899 you're very welcome. Where's John? In the studio. 00:06:07.779 --> 00:06:12.480 Oh, how is he? Oh, about the same. Not very good. 00:06:13.500 --> 00:06:17.740 Still not working, huh? No. He's trying. He... 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:20.420 He goes in there every day. Well, it's happened 00:06:20.420 --> 00:06:22.480 to almost every painter at some time or another. 00:06:23.019 --> 00:06:25.620 You get a bad period, just can't seem to do anything. 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:30.779 Oh, Paul. I thought I heard your voice. How are 00:06:30.779 --> 00:06:35.019 you? Fine, John. And you? Okay. Where'd all this 00:06:35.019 --> 00:06:37.879 fruit come from? Paul brought it over. My brother 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:40.160 sent me a whole case of it and I thought you 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:44.279 might like some. It's very nice of you. I was 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:46.100 hoping you'd stop by. There's something I wanted 00:06:46.100 --> 00:06:48.920 to show you, ask you about. Oh, what's that? 00:06:50.579 --> 00:06:55.079 This glass ball. Oh, where'd you get it? In a 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:57.720 prominent little antique shop in Preston. Oh, 00:06:57.720 --> 00:06:59.860 yes. I know the place. The guy said it was a 00:06:59.860 --> 00:07:03.339 paperware. Well, it can't be. It doesn't have 00:07:03.339 --> 00:07:06.720 a base. It isn't even flat on one side. That's 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:09.379 what I thought. What do you think it is, then? 00:07:10.139 --> 00:07:14.389 I have no idea. The only thing I've ever seen 00:07:14.389 --> 00:07:18.910 that's even vaguely like this are witch balls. 00:07:19.829 --> 00:07:22.250 Witch balls? Yeah, you sometimes find them down 00:07:22.250 --> 00:07:25.709 in Pennsylvania. They're like hex signs, supposed 00:07:25.709 --> 00:07:30.990 to keep witches away. Oh, yes. It's a very interesting 00:07:30.990 --> 00:07:34.449 thing. Beautiful piece of glass blowing. Yes, 00:07:34.449 --> 00:07:36.949 isn't it? Take it over the light and look at 00:07:36.949 --> 00:07:40.689 it more closely. There's something inside it, 00:07:40.829 --> 00:07:48.060 kind of shadow. Oh. I don't see anything. Well, 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:51.319 hold it up. Turn it. Oh, you mean that kind of 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:54.720 a swirl? Mm -hmm. I think that's just an air 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:57.279 bubble or maybe an imperfection in the glass. 00:07:58.019 --> 00:08:01.360 I don't. I think there's something inside it 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:05.939 that the glass was blown around it. Hey, give 00:08:05.939 --> 00:08:09.319 it to me. Oh, John! It slipped out of my hands. 00:08:09.579 --> 00:08:16.470 It didn't break it. Did it crack? No. Look at 00:08:16.470 --> 00:08:19.829 that. Dropped on the fireplace and there's not 00:08:19.829 --> 00:08:23.689 a mark or a scratch on it. Well, that's impossible. 00:08:24.389 --> 00:08:28.790 Well, look at it. Well, you're right. I've never 00:08:28.790 --> 00:08:32.710 seen anything like it. It can't be ordinary glass. 00:08:33.509 --> 00:08:36.049 I'll tell you what, John. I've got a friend who's 00:08:36.049 --> 00:08:38.919 an expert. Collects paperweights. If you like, 00:08:39.259 --> 00:08:42.179 I'll take it and show it to you. No, no. It's 00:08:42.179 --> 00:08:44.279 not leaving this house. John! I just thought... 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:47.960 I say it's not leaving this house. All right, 00:08:48.139 --> 00:08:53.440 John. I'm going back inside. I'll see you, Paul. 00:08:53.860 --> 00:08:59.879 Uh, yes, Jack. Well, uh, he really has a thing 00:08:59.879 --> 00:09:03.279 about it, hasn't he? Yes. When did he get it? 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:06.879 Oh, just yesterday. I don't like it. Why not? 00:09:07.529 --> 00:09:10.929 I don't know, I just have a funny feeling about 00:09:10.929 --> 00:09:14.169 it. I have had from the first time I saw it. 00:10:24.490 --> 00:11:15.429 even crack I don't understand That's why I came 00:11:15.429 --> 00:11:20.269 over. Oh, I'm sorry, Paul. What's the news? Well, 00:11:20.269 --> 00:11:23.070 it'll affect you and John more than it does anyone 00:11:23.070 --> 00:11:26.649 else. You know those rumors that Ezra Tate was 00:11:26.649 --> 00:11:29.789 going to sell that 200 -acre parcel of his to 00:11:29.789 --> 00:11:34.169 a developer? Well, apparently they're true. Oh, 00:11:34.169 --> 00:11:38.070 no. But how do you know? Well, I was just at 00:11:38.070 --> 00:11:40.809 the bank and Peterson told me. Well, that's certainly 00:11:40.809 --> 00:11:45.990 not good, that Ezra's going to sell. That doesn't 00:11:45.990 --> 00:11:48.450 mean that they can go ahead and build there. 00:11:48.629 --> 00:11:50.350 What if they'd have to get the approval of the 00:11:50.350 --> 00:11:53.190 zoning board? Have you forgotten that Harry Walker, 00:11:53.389 --> 00:11:55.789 the board chairman, is his nephew? He wouldn't 00:11:55.789 --> 00:12:00.330 dare. You mean you think it really may go through? 00:12:00.789 --> 00:12:05.309 I'm afraid so. But that's awful. You know, we 00:12:05.309 --> 00:12:08.049 bought this place, put every cent we have into 00:12:08.049 --> 00:12:10.090 it, mostly because of the location and the view. 00:12:11.350 --> 00:12:13.409 If the deal does go through, that will be the 00:12:13.409 --> 00:12:17.580 end of it. I know. And that's not all. I wouldn't 00:12:17.580 --> 00:12:19.600 want to go on living here with a development 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:22.519 right under our Moses. And I don't think anyone 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:25.340 else would want to either. Well, I'm afraid you'd 00:12:25.340 --> 00:12:27.659 take a bad licking if you tried to sell the place. 00:12:27.820 --> 00:12:30.100 Well, don't say anything about it to John until 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:32.259 we really do know what's going to happen. He 00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:34.919 hates Ezra Tate as it is, and when he hears about 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:37.240 this, he's... That's right. He has had a bit 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:39.539 of trouble with him, hasn't he? Oh, from the 00:12:39.539 --> 00:12:42.490 day we moved in here. first about the boundary 00:12:42.490 --> 00:12:49.710 line and then about Oh Hello, I didn't know you're 00:12:49.710 --> 00:12:53.269 here. I was just passing by and I thought I'd 00:12:53.269 --> 00:12:55.590 drop in I'm glad you did It's matter of fact. 00:12:55.669 --> 00:12:58.909 I was gonna call you. Oh my what? You know that 00:12:58.909 --> 00:13:02.269 glass ball I showed you yesterday. Yes, of course 00:13:02.269 --> 00:13:07.330 If you wanted to break it Really break it How'd 00:13:07.330 --> 00:13:10.950 you go about it? Why on earth would you want 00:13:10.950 --> 00:13:14.429 to break it? It's a beautiful thing. Oh, yes, 00:13:14.429 --> 00:13:19.129 it is. But suppose I did want to break it. I 00:13:19.129 --> 00:13:22.490 really don't know, John. Can you think of any 00:13:22.490 --> 00:13:28.470 way it can be done with fire and water? Fire 00:13:28.470 --> 00:13:34.909 and water? Yes. Well, I suppose if you put it 00:13:34.909 --> 00:13:38.049 in a fire and got it very hot or close to its 00:13:38.049 --> 00:13:40.860 melting point and... and dropped it into cold 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:46.299 water, that might do it. Of course. Thanks, Paul. 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:49.100 John, wait. You mean you're really going to... 00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:55.740 Yes. Why? Because I've got to. I've got a feeling 00:13:55.740 --> 00:14:02.240 that if I do break it, can break it up. What? 00:14:03.940 --> 00:14:13.139 Never mind. I'll see you, Paul. way Sarah I know 00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:15.960 it doesn't make sense but after all there's no 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:20.179 harm in it I'm not so sure about that why do 00:14:20.179 --> 00:14:22.799 you say that I told you I I had a funny feeling 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:25.440 about the thing from the first time I saw it 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:30.100 well if he does break it destroy it that will 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:47.159 be the end of it I wonder I didn't realize I 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:56.860 had. Hi. May I come in? Of course. Oh, it's hopefully 00:14:56.860 --> 00:15:00.940 hot in here. I know, it's the fire. Oh, yes. 00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:05.960 Then, are you really going to do it? Yes. I've 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:07.899 had the ball on the fire for about a half hour 00:15:07.899 --> 00:15:10.519 now. I was just about to take it out. Darling, 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:14.480 I don't like this. I know you don't. What do 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:20.679 I do with the tongs? Over there. Oh, yes. Now, 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:24.639 stand back. I'm going to take it out. And then 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:29.379 drop it in the pail of water? Yes. Come on now. 00:15:31.220 --> 00:15:35.179 There we are. Darling, be careful. I will. Ready? 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:49.730 Yes. I think I did it. What happened to the ball? 00:15:50.570 --> 00:15:53.750 Well, see for yourself. It practically exploded 00:15:53.750 --> 00:16:00.110 into a hundred pieces. Oh, yes. Well, are you 00:16:00.110 --> 00:16:07.509 satisfied now? Yes. Now, wait a minute. Look 00:16:07.509 --> 00:16:11.909 at this. This is what was inside it. It's center. 00:16:12.850 --> 00:16:19.129 Another ball? A small blank? Yes, but it wasn't 00:16:19.129 --> 00:16:22.490 black before. The heat must have turned it black. 00:16:23.690 --> 00:16:28.210 What are you going to do with it? Keep it. Why? 00:16:28.809 --> 00:16:35.370 Just so. Now stop looking so upset, Sarah. Things 00:16:35.370 --> 00:16:38.090 are going to be different now. What do you mean? 00:16:38.129 --> 00:16:42.230 Well, you'll see. Everything's going to be fine. 00:16:43.470 --> 00:16:58.820 Better than they've ever been before. The mysterious 00:16:58.820 --> 00:17:02.379 glass ball has been broken. And though he should 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:05.660 know better, John Farrar seems pleased about 00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:09.680 it. For there are some things that it is best 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:13.359 to leave alone. Was he right in thinking there 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:17.720 was something sealed in the ball? Will it give 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:22.759 him the things he wants? And if so, at what cost? 00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:26.140 We'll find out shortly when I return with Act 00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:43.980 Two. is a time of uncertainty. And though she 00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:47.640 could not have said why, Sarah Farrar was not 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:51.559 just uncertain, but anxious as she stood beside 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:56.059 her husband and saw the glass ball shatter. But 00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:58.299 now she's beginning to feel that perhaps she 00:17:58.299 --> 00:18:01.339 was mistaken. For when John woke this morning, 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:03.680 he was in better spirits than he has been for 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:06.819 months. He went into his studio early and has 00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:10.910 been in there all day. It's evening now, almost 00:18:10.910 --> 00:18:15.789 supper time, and he still has not come out. Yes? 00:18:16.650 --> 00:18:19.009 Darling, it's almost six o 'clock and I wondered 00:18:19.009 --> 00:18:23.049 if... It's what? Almost six o 'clock. You're 00:18:23.049 --> 00:18:26.069 kidding, it can't be. But it is. Oh, good Lord, 00:18:26.069 --> 00:18:30.130 I had no idea. I kept thinking while I had it 00:18:30.130 --> 00:18:32.630 I'd stay with it, keep on going for just a little 00:18:32.630 --> 00:18:35.569 while longer. You mean... You mean you've been 00:18:35.569 --> 00:18:39.750 working? Have I ever? Oh, can I look? Of course. 00:18:40.609 --> 00:18:43.049 It's not quite finished. I want to do a little 00:18:43.049 --> 00:18:46.670 more with the background, but what do you think? 00:18:47.990 --> 00:18:52.549 Oh, darling, it's good. It's terribly good. You 00:18:52.549 --> 00:18:54.890 really think so? Oh, yes. It's the best thing 00:18:54.890 --> 00:18:59.349 you've ever done. In some ways, it's like summer 00:18:59.349 --> 00:19:04.130 morning, but different, stronger. You're right. 00:19:05.450 --> 00:19:07.450 It is something like summer morning, and it is 00:19:07.450 --> 00:19:10.670 different, but... Well, it would have to be, 00:19:10.769 --> 00:19:13.670 because I'm suddenly seeing everything differently. 00:19:14.970 --> 00:19:19.269 Feeling differently. It's as if I'd been handcuffed 00:19:19.269 --> 00:19:22.950 for months, and I was suddenly free. Darling, 00:19:23.049 --> 00:19:26.210 I'm so glad. Six o 'clock. No wonder I'm starving. 00:19:26.569 --> 00:19:29.670 Didn't you have any lunch? I went out around 00:19:29.670 --> 00:19:32.369 noon. No, no, I forgot about it. What's for supper? 00:19:33.230 --> 00:19:38.650 Beef stew. Oh, good. And wine? Well, there's 00:19:38.650 --> 00:19:41.170 that bottle we were saving for a special occasion. 00:19:41.269 --> 00:19:44.430 I think this is it, don't you? Oh, I certainly 00:19:44.430 --> 00:19:47.269 do. Oh, darling, why don't you wash up and... 00:19:47.269 --> 00:19:54.470 Oh, I'll get it. Hello? Hello, sir. Oh, Paul, 00:19:54.490 --> 00:19:57.849 hello. Well, you sound pretty good. Oh, I feel 00:19:57.849 --> 00:20:01.349 that way. John finally broke through and he's 00:20:01.349 --> 00:20:08.029 working. Working beautifully. You don't sound 00:20:08.029 --> 00:20:12.250 so good. Is anything wrong? I'm afraid so. I 00:20:12.250 --> 00:20:14.529 just heard that the deal on Ezra Tate's land 00:20:14.529 --> 00:20:18.250 is definitely going through. The closing's tomorrow. 00:20:18.529 --> 00:20:22.029 Oh no. And there's no way of stopping it? None 00:20:22.029 --> 00:20:25.269 that I know of. Then I guess I'll have to tell 00:20:25.269 --> 00:20:41.450 John. Tell me what? Are you... Some rather bad 00:20:41.450 --> 00:20:45.910 news. Don't you know that talk that Ezra Take 00:20:45.910 --> 00:20:48.369 was going to sell the 200 acres across the road 00:20:48.369 --> 00:20:52.869 to a developer? Yes. Well, apparently it's true. 00:20:54.289 --> 00:21:00.049 What? It can't be. I'm afraid it is, John. The 00:21:00.049 --> 00:21:03.049 closings tomorrow. But he can't do anything like 00:21:03.049 --> 00:21:07.769 that. It'd ruin the town. And not just the town. 00:21:07.589 --> 00:21:10.150 John, we couldn't go on living here with a couple 00:21:10.150 --> 00:21:12.609 of hundred ticky -tacky houses right across the 00:21:12.609 --> 00:21:16.250 road. I know. But I'm afraid nothing can be done 00:21:16.250 --> 00:21:20.089 about it. No? Well, we'll see about that. John, 00:21:20.130 --> 00:21:22.190 where are you going? To talk to him. No, John, 00:21:22.289 --> 00:22:14.680 wait! Don't! Wait! Haven't you any feeling at 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:17.539 all for anyone else? Don't you realize what it'll 00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:20.140 do not just to me, my place, but the whole town? 00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:23.099 It can't take another couple of hundred people. 00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:26.180 The deal's set, that's that. But can't you see? 00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:32.339 Okay. Okay, how much are they offering you for 00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:34.980 it? Why, you wanna know? Because I'll buy it 00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:36.559 from you. I'll give you a couple thousand over 00:22:36.559 --> 00:23:19.670 their price. I'll get it somewhere. Just about 00:23:19.670 --> 00:23:22.250 what you can afford. Now you get out of here. 00:23:23.650 --> 00:23:34.529 Okay. But this isn't the end of it, is it? Oh, 00:23:34.630 --> 00:23:37.069 John. Thank heaven you're back. I was afraid. 00:23:38.089 --> 00:23:41.930 Well, what happened? You laughed at me. Oh, you 00:23:41.930 --> 00:23:44.390 should have known he would. He's a dreadful old 00:23:44.390 --> 00:23:48.539 man. He's a monster. He doesn't give a damn about 00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:53.180 anyone or anything. I'd like to see him drop 00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:57.940 dead. John! Well, I would. Or just dropping dead 00:23:57.940 --> 00:24:02.259 would be too good for him. I'd like to have something 00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:28.809 really terrible happen to him. How do you do? 00:24:29.029 --> 00:24:31.930 Is your husband around? Yes, he's in his studio. 00:24:32.109 --> 00:24:34.329 Could I talk to him for a few minutes? Well, 00:24:34.470 --> 00:24:37.670 he's working, but I think so. Come in. Thank 00:24:37.670 --> 00:25:04.960 you. But I wondered if you could help us. With 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:09.000 what, Sergeant? Were you home last night? Yes, 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:11.779 we were. We were here most nights. What time 00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:15.740 did you get to bed? Fairly early. About ten. 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:19.599 Yes, that's right. And did you get up for any 00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:21.680 reason, or did you sleep right through the night? 00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:25.599 Well, we slept straight through. At least I did. 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:28.960 What? I was hoping that maybe you'd gotten up. 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:32.380 Tell me if you heard or saw anything unusual. 00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:36.259 A car going up the road to Ezra Tate's place, 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:40.759 for instance. Well, I didn't. Did you, sir? No. 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:45.539 We'd had a big day and I slipped like a log. 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:50.920 You know Tate, don't you? Yeah, we sure do. I 00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:53.599 take it you don't like him very much. Well, that's 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:56.759 the understatement of the year. We've had nothing 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:58.759 but trouble with him since we moved up here. 00:25:59.380 --> 00:26:02.859 Sergeant! What's this all about? Has there been 00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:06.039 any trouble at his place? I guess you could call 00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:11.539 it trouble. He was killed last night. He was 00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:16.059 what? Killed. Murdered. His nephew went over 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:19.380 there early this morning and found him. Oh, but 00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:23.279 that's awful. I thought he was a dreadful man, 00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:28.589 but have you any idea who did it? Not yet. That's 00:26:28.589 --> 00:26:30.809 why I stopped by here to find out if you'd seen 00:26:30.809 --> 00:26:34.450 or heard anything. I'm sorry. I wish we could 00:26:34.450 --> 00:26:39.069 help you but Well, how was he killed it was pretty 00:26:39.069 --> 00:26:43.470 bad Whoever did it must have really hated him 00:26:43.470 --> 00:26:47.309 or else been out of his mind Because he was done 00:26:47.309 --> 00:26:58.869 with an axe not a nice way to kill someone, not 00:26:58.869 --> 00:27:03.029 at all. And whoever or whatever did it didn't 00:27:03.029 --> 00:27:06.789 waste very much time. For it was only last night 00:27:06.789 --> 00:27:10.289 that John Farrar said, I'd like to see something 00:27:10.289 --> 00:27:13.970 really terrible happen to him. And what did happen 00:27:13.970 --> 00:27:18.450 was horrible enough to shock even him. The question 00:27:18.450 --> 00:27:23.049 is, was it a coincidence or is there more to 00:27:23.049 --> 00:27:27.000 it than that? Could it have something to do with 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:31.359 the shattering of the glass ball? We'll find 00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:46.640 out shortly when I return with Act 3. There's 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:51.240 a finality to death. Even the death of the unloved 00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:56.000 and unmoored. that we all find sobering. For 00:27:56.000 --> 00:28:00.019 it reminds us of our own mortality. It's late 00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:02.779 afternoon now and Sarah Farrar is in the kitchen 00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:06.660 of the old farmhouse when a car drives up, stops 00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:13.259 outside. She goes to the door, opens it. Hello, 00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:18.220 Paul. Hello, Sarah. How are you? Well, I've been 00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:21.119 better. I gather you heard the news then. About 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:25.049 Ezra? Yes. Who'd you hear it from? The state 00:28:25.049 --> 00:28:27.910 police. One of them stopped by this morning. 00:28:28.549 --> 00:28:30.670 He wanted to know whether John or I had heard 00:28:30.670 --> 00:28:34.130 or seen anything last night. And had you? No! 00:28:34.950 --> 00:28:37.730 We were both pretty tired. John had been working 00:28:37.730 --> 00:28:41.450 like a maniac all day and we slept right through. 00:28:41.869 --> 00:28:45.049 I see. How's John? Well, of course he's upset. 00:28:45.849 --> 00:28:48.230 It's a scary thing when something like that happens 00:28:48.230 --> 00:28:51.250 so close by and... You don't know who did it 00:28:51.250 --> 00:28:56.970 or why, but he'll get it. I hope so. I've been 00:28:56.970 --> 00:29:00.750 worried about him. Why? Well, he certainly wasn't 00:29:00.750 --> 00:29:03.569 in very good shape the other day. That whole 00:29:03.569 --> 00:29:06.369 involvement of his with that glass ball. Oh, 00:29:06.410 --> 00:29:08.750 that. I was pretty worried about that myself, 00:29:08.769 --> 00:29:13.250 but once he broke it and snapped his painting 00:29:13.250 --> 00:29:15.890 block, it started working. Well, he really feels 00:29:15.890 --> 00:29:18.910 there was some connection there. Apparently. 00:29:19.230 --> 00:29:22.710 Well, as long as he's working, I take it he still 00:29:22.710 --> 00:29:26.289 is. Oh, yes. He finished one painting. He's already 00:29:26.289 --> 00:29:30.230 started on another. Oh, good. The reason I stopped 00:29:30.230 --> 00:29:33.069 by was because I wanted to find out if the two 00:29:33.069 --> 00:29:35.970 of you were free Friday night. Oh, yes, we are. 00:29:36.289 --> 00:29:39.009 Then would you come over for dinner? Benson of 00:29:39.009 --> 00:29:41.349 the Benson Gallery is coming up from New York. 00:29:41.750 --> 00:29:44.670 And if John is working again, I thought he ought 00:29:44.670 --> 00:29:48.599 to meet him. Oh, poor. You really are a very 00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:52.759 good friend. Oh, come on, Sarah. You know how 00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:56.220 I feel about you. Both of you. You've had a pretty 00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:58.799 rough time since you moved up here, and if I've 00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:04.140 done anything to help... Oh! Oh, hello. I didn't 00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:06.660 hear you cry. You been here long? No, just a 00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:08.859 few minutes. Oh, Paul stopped by to invite us 00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:12.559 over for dinner Friday night. Benson of the Benson 00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:15.019 Gallery is going to be there. Oh, that's nice. 00:30:15.950 --> 00:30:19.430 What do you think of our big local news? Ezra 00:30:19.430 --> 00:30:22.230 Tate's death? That's pretty shocking. Yes, it 00:30:22.230 --> 00:30:25.009 is. On the other hand, it did take care of a 00:30:25.009 --> 00:30:27.849 pretty serious problem for us. Oh, what do you 00:30:27.849 --> 00:30:31.009 mean? Well, now that he's gone, that's the end 00:30:31.009 --> 00:30:33.809 of that housing development. I'm afraid it isn't, 00:30:33.990 --> 00:30:37.930 John. Well, why not? His nephew is his only living 00:30:37.930 --> 00:30:40.490 relative. He'll inherit everything Ezra had, 00:30:40.950 --> 00:30:43.680 including his land and... He's already telling 00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:45.740 people he intends to go through with the deal. 00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:51.380 Well, he can't do that. He's head of the town 00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:53.900 zoning board. Yes, he is, but he was willing 00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:55.960 to push the thing through when it meant money 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:58.140 in his uncle's pocket. Don't you think you'll 00:30:58.140 --> 00:31:00.559 be even more anxious to do it when it means money 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:03.259 in his own? But that's even worse. Well, a little 00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:07.960 more direct and obvious, but no worse. And nothing 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:11.920 can be done about it? I'm afraid not. The zoning 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:17.440 board is his baby, does just what he says. Well, 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:21.160 it would serve him right if the same thing happened 00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:24.279 to him that happened to Ezra. John, that's a 00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:28.119 terrible thing to say. Is it? I don't like violence 00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:30.200 any more than you do, Sarah, but when a man is 00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:32.880 willing to destroy a whole community out of sheer 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:36.400 greed, I say the world's better off without him. 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:52.359 Oh, yes, of course I am. Why? Well, I couldn't 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:55.319 imagine what had happened to you. You said you 00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:57.599 were going into work for just a half hour or 00:31:57.599 --> 00:32:00.720 so. That's right. What time is it? Almost 11. 00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:06.200 It's not. Yes, it is. I must have fallen asleep 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:09.960 again. I worked for a while and started feeling 00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:12.440 tired and sat down here. Well, you've really 00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:16.240 been at it these last few days. I guess I have. 00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:22.259 John. Why are you keeping this thing here? What 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:25.019 thing? This black thing that was in the center 00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:28.059 of the glass bowl. I told you I was going to 00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:32.839 keep it. But why? Because I like it. I like looking 00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:36.660 at it. Was that what you were doing before you 00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:41.799 fell asleep? Yes. Oh, I wish you wouldn't. I 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:44.140 wish you'd get rid of it. Oh, don't be silly, 00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:47.799 Sarah. The day I found the bowl. Or rather, the 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:50.319 day I broke it open was one of the most important 00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:54.460 days of my life. Hasn't everything been different 00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:56.880 since then? Well, if you mean you've been working, 00:32:56.900 --> 00:33:01.420 working well, yes, but I... But what? Oh, never 00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:06.759 mind. Are you coming up to bed now? I guess so. 00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:10.339 Just let me clean my brushes and put them away. 00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:15.380 Oh, who on earth is that? I have no idea. I'll 00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:26.099 get it. Oh, Paul, I was upstairs reading. I just 00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:28.460 came down to see what was keeping John. Is he 00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:30.799 there with you? Oh, he's in the studio. Why? 00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:33.740 Well, I wasn't sure whether I should call or 00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:37.440 not, but I finally decided I would. Sarah, I've 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:39.859 got some more news that's just as shocking as 00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:43.900 the last. Harry Walker was killed tonight. What? 00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:49.140 Where? The towel? In his home. His wife was out, 00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:51.339 came back, and found him dead in the kitchen. 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:56.450 Oh, no. And they don't know who did it? Not any 00:33:56.450 --> 00:34:08.190 more than they do who killed Ezra. Hi. Oh, good 00:34:08.190 --> 00:34:11.110 morning, darling. I couldn't decide whether to 00:34:11.110 --> 00:34:13.530 wake you or let you sleep. Oh, I haven't been 00:34:13.530 --> 00:34:16.809 asleep for some time. I'm just lying there thinking. 00:34:17.110 --> 00:34:20.699 I know, but I thought you might doze off. You 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:25.699 didn't sleep much last night? No. Well, how about 00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:29.239 some breakfast? I don't want any. John, you should 00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:34.340 eat something. I can't. I feel awful. Because 00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:37.119 of what you said when Paul was here about how 00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:41.079 Harry Walker deserved to die too? Partly. Well, 00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:44.500 you shouldn't. All right, it was a horrible thing 00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:48.010 to say, but... You were angry, upset. Yes, I 00:34:48.010 --> 00:34:51.170 was, but don't you realize that the same thing 00:34:51.170 --> 00:34:56.250 happened before with Ezra? I said I hoped something 00:34:56.250 --> 00:34:58.670 terrible would happen to him, and it did. Yes, 00:34:58.670 --> 00:35:02.070 it did, but we often say things we don't really 00:35:02.070 --> 00:35:06.610 mean. But I did mean it. I meant it both times. 00:35:08.349 --> 00:35:10.829 That's what makes it so frightening. Why frightening? 00:35:12.110 --> 00:35:15.050 Look, you don't think that just saying it had 00:35:15.050 --> 00:35:17.630 anything to do with their deaths, do you? Yes, 00:35:17.630 --> 00:35:22.289 I do. John! Well, I do. Do you remember what 00:35:22.289 --> 00:35:26.030 I told you about the glass ball? That there was 00:35:26.030 --> 00:35:32.210 something in it? Yes. What if there was? And 00:35:32.210 --> 00:35:38.710 what if, when I released it, it began doing things 00:35:38.710 --> 00:35:42.070 for me in return? John, that's ridiculous! It 00:35:42.070 --> 00:35:46.909 was just a glass ball. Was it? I told you that 00:35:46.909 --> 00:35:49.429 I had to break it, that it was very important. 00:35:50.769 --> 00:35:53.610 And it was right after I did that I started working 00:35:53.610 --> 00:35:56.750 again. But that could have happened anyway. Maybe. 00:35:57.989 --> 00:36:00.949 But then twice after that, when I said I hoped 00:36:00.949 --> 00:36:04.889 something would happen to someone, it did. That 00:36:04.889 --> 00:36:07.849 was just a coincidence. When the same thing happens 00:36:07.849 --> 00:36:11.050 twice in the same way, it's not a coincidence. 00:36:11.309 --> 00:36:16.230 But that's not the worst of it. What if the same 00:36:16.230 --> 00:36:20.210 thing happens still again? John! John, that's 00:36:20.210 --> 00:36:24.170 insane. Things don't happen just because we want 00:36:24.170 --> 00:36:27.769 them to. There's no connection between what happened 00:36:27.769 --> 00:36:30.690 to either Ezra or Harry Walker. And even if there 00:36:30.690 --> 00:36:32.869 were, how could the same thing happen again? 00:36:33.750 --> 00:36:36.909 You don't feel the same way about anyone else? 00:36:37.929 --> 00:36:46.079 Don't I? Oh! You've no idea? No. We don't know 00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:52.300 that many people up here. You don't mean Paul. 00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:58.199 Yes. Good old Paul, who's always doing things 00:36:58.199 --> 00:37:03.639 for us. Only it hasn't been for us. It's been 00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:07.380 for you. He's in love with you, isn't he? Oh, 00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:11.739 John. John, this is terrible. I've been concerned 00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:13.619 about you, worried about you for some time, but 00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:19.699 I... I never realized. You really are sick. Are 00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:22.380 you saying it's not true? Of course it's not 00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:25.659 true. He's just a friend, a good friend. I wish 00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:30.739 I could believe you. Meaning you don't? I don't 00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:34.539 know. I'll have to think about it. But there's 00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:37.019 nothing to think about. I tell you... John, where 00:37:37.019 --> 00:38:01.219 are you going? didn't take the car if he walked 00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:03.380 it would take him some time to get over here 00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:09.960 I know but I don't think there's anything to 00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:12.860 be concerned about the longer he has to think 00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:15.460 about that more chance there is that he'll realize 00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:22.039 it's ridiculous don't do that Sarah I'm not worried 00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:25.679 I hope he does come here I told you there's something 00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:29.429 I want to tell him I I don't want to go into 00:38:29.429 --> 00:38:32.510 it now, but I think it may make a difference. 00:38:33.150 --> 00:39:10.860 Help him! Whenever he could do anything to help. 00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:51.610 Why? There's only one way to find out. Coffee 00:39:51.610 --> 00:39:55.469 or a drink? No. Well, sit down. There's something 00:39:55.469 --> 00:40:00.090 I want to tell you. About you and Sarah? What? 00:40:00.389 --> 00:40:04.170 What could I tell you about that? How you feel 00:40:04.170 --> 00:40:07.030 about her. I feel the same way about her that 00:40:07.030 --> 00:40:11.050 I do about you. I like you both very much. What 00:40:11.050 --> 00:40:13.989 I wanted to talk to you about was that glass 00:40:13.989 --> 00:40:18.929 ball. Well, I'm afraid I was the one who got 00:40:18.929 --> 00:40:21.429 you started on it, saying it was something like 00:40:21.429 --> 00:40:25.389 a Pennsylvania Dutch witch ball. I was wrong. 00:40:25.929 --> 00:40:28.510 There was nothing strange or mysterious about 00:40:28.510 --> 00:40:31.710 it. It wasn't even old. It was made seven or 00:40:31.710 --> 00:40:34.570 eight years ago by the New England Glass Company. 00:40:35.409 --> 00:40:40.329 That's impossible. How do you know that? Because 00:40:40.329 --> 00:40:42.769 I called a friend of mine, the man I wanted to 00:40:42.769 --> 00:40:46.030 show it to, and he told me. The company was trying 00:40:46.030 --> 00:40:49.969 to develop a new kind of glass, practically unbreakable 00:40:49.969 --> 00:40:53.190 and impervious to heat. They did it by bonding 00:40:53.190 --> 00:40:56.110 two kinds of glass together and the ball was 00:40:56.110 --> 00:40:58.869 one of their samples. That's not true. It's a 00:40:58.869 --> 00:41:04.289 lie. You don't just want to take Sarah away from 00:41:04.289 --> 00:41:07.550 me, you want to take that away too. The feeling 00:41:07.550 --> 00:41:11.230 of breaking it just gave me the freedom, the 00:41:11.230 --> 00:41:16.059 sense of power. Well, you're not going to John 00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:19.440 put down that poker now John John put it down 00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:23.099 I'm not finished yet I'm not denying that something 00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:25.920 happened to you after you bought it But I think 00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:28.840 I can explain that too and look when you brought 00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:31.920 it home You used to sit and stare into it didn't 00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:35.039 you? Yes Well, don't you see what could have 00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:37.860 happened when you stare into something clear 00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:42.019 or shiny you can hypnotize yourself but in in 00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:45.260 your case the The self -hypnosis took a special 00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:49.199 form. You started identifying with it. And when 00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:52.460 you finally broke it, you released something. 00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:56.840 Not in the ball, but in your cell. Released what? 00:41:57.599 --> 00:42:00.820 Lies? Everything you've been saying has been 00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:04.480 a lie? It hasn't, John. It's been the truth, 00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:08.719 John. Keep away from me now. I came over here 00:42:08.719 --> 00:42:11.840 to find something out and I have you're no friend 00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:18.199 of mine. You never were Who's that I don't know 00:42:18.199 --> 00:42:21.579 what don't open the door trying to stop that 00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:24.400 Whoever it is must know we're here. I've got 00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:28.760 to all I'm warning you don't Mr. Chandler. Yeah. 00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:34.059 Yes. I'm Osborne State Police Is mr. Farrar? 00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:37.849 Oh Yes, yes, I see he is. Good morning, Mr. Farrar. 00:42:38.630 --> 00:42:40.969 Your wife said she thought you might be here. 00:42:42.170 --> 00:42:45.170 My wife? Yes, we'd stop by at your place first. 00:42:46.269 --> 00:42:50.250 Mr. Farrar, would you come with me? Where? To 00:42:50.250 --> 00:42:53.869 headquarters. We'd like to talk to you. About 00:42:53.869 --> 00:42:56.989 what? Several things, but mostly about where 00:42:56.989 --> 00:42:59.809 you were last night, about ten o 'clock. Ten 00:42:59.809 --> 00:43:04.969 o 'clock? That was... That was what? About when 00:43:04.969 --> 00:43:07.809 Harry Walker was murdered. How do you know that? 00:43:09.010 --> 00:43:11.869 Because Paul called us shortly after that and 00:43:11.869 --> 00:43:18.530 told us. You're all against me. Not just my wife 00:43:18.530 --> 00:43:22.429 and Paul, but everyone. Plotting against me. 00:43:22.449 --> 00:43:25.050 No one's against you, Mr. Farrar, and we're certainly 00:43:25.050 --> 00:43:28.050 not plotting against you. We just want to talk 00:43:28.050 --> 00:43:31.469 to you and then... No, no, no! Pilar, stop! Come 00:43:31.469 --> 00:43:33.250 back here, Pilar! Aren't you going after him? 00:43:33.289 --> 00:43:34.989 Oh, we'll catch up to him. I have another car 00:43:34.989 --> 00:43:36.989 and two more men out on the road there. Just 00:43:36.989 --> 00:43:39.590 around the curve. Why did you want to talk to 00:43:39.590 --> 00:43:44.329 him? Well... Someone saw him leaving Harry Walker's 00:43:44.329 --> 00:43:46.869 house last night, shortly before Mrs. Walker 00:43:46.869 --> 00:43:49.829 came home. We just got a general description, 00:43:49.969 --> 00:43:52.489 weren't sure who it was at first, but... Pilar, 00:43:52.590 --> 00:44:08.889 look out! That truck! John! And you shall find, 00:44:09.949 --> 00:44:12.690 John Farrar came to his friend's house seeking 00:44:12.690 --> 00:44:18.349 what? The truth, he tried to tell himself. But 00:44:18.349 --> 00:44:20.909 the truth was exactly what he did not want to 00:44:20.909 --> 00:44:23.670 hear, not when it stripped away his illusions 00:44:23.670 --> 00:44:28.170 and did not confirm his jealous imaginings. And 00:44:28.170 --> 00:44:31.409 so he found what we find so often when we reject 00:44:31.409 --> 00:44:35.730 the truth and everything else of value, death. 00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:52.739 I'll be back shortly. Now we see through a glass 00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:57.380 darkly, says the Bible. That was what John Farrar 00:44:57.380 --> 00:45:00.920 was doing, seeing something in the strange glass 00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:04.519 ball that wasn't there. But he wasn't completely 00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:08.960 wrong. At least it wasn't all imaginary. For 00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:13.019 as his friend Paul said, there was a thing inside. 00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:18.599 Not inside the glass ball, but inside John himself 00:45:18.599 --> 00:45:22.800 that never should have been tampered with. Our 00:45:22.800 --> 00:45:25.940 cast included Ralph Bell, Rainer Rayburn, Bob 00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:29.860 Caliban, and Leon Janney. The entire production 00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:33.800 was under the direction of Hyman Brown. And now, 00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:40.480 a preview. of our next tale. Here, darling. Take 00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:46.559 a pill. Thank you, darling. And now go back to 00:45:46.559 --> 00:45:51.079 sleep. I'll reset the alarm. You're so good to 00:45:51.079 --> 00:46:05.449 me, George. There. There. I've set it. She was 00:46:05.449 --> 00:46:10.849 only 28, but her face was lined. She looked old. 00:46:12.150 --> 00:46:16.769 Old. Where was the per - vivacious Margaret who 00:46:16.769 --> 00:46:20.090 only a few months before had been bursting with 00:46:20.090 --> 00:46:25.449 life? Wasn't she as good or as bad as dead already? 00:46:26.230 --> 00:46:29.650 Wasn't it a mercy to end her suffering? Suppose 00:46:29.650 --> 00:46:34.329 I would somehow forget to give her the next pill. 00:46:37.389 --> 00:46:40.050 This is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return 00:46:40.050 --> 00:46:43.010 to our mystery theater for another adventure 00:46:43.010 --> 00:46:49.150 in the macabre. Until next time. Pleasant?