WEBVTT 00:00:18.330 --> 00:00:25.769 Come in. Welcome. I am E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:25.769 --> 00:00:29.690 to the sound of suspense. To the fear you can 00:00:29.690 --> 00:00:33.320 hear. For the next 52 minutes, I will be your 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:36.479 trainer I say trainer because we are concerned 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:40.679 with a horse a Remarkable powerful stallion who 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:44.619 not only runs but who thinks and what does he 00:00:44.619 --> 00:00:47.840 think about? You know a spine -tingling tail. 00:00:47.859 --> 00:00:54.859 He will think most about revenge Go Spartacus 00:00:54.859 --> 00:00:59.020 go you'll find him you'll catch him and what 00:00:59.020 --> 00:01:03.929 you do is He's yours! All yours! Emily! Emily, 00:01:03.950 --> 00:01:07.370 here I am! See him, Spartacus! See him! I'm here, 00:01:07.510 --> 00:01:13.230 Emily! Get him! Go, get him! No! No! Emily! Emily! 00:01:18.390 --> 00:01:26.489 Our mystery drama, Death Rides a Stallion. was 00:01:26.489 --> 00:01:28.750 written especially for the Radio Mystery Theatre 00:01:28.750 --> 00:01:33.250 by Sam Dann and stars Mason Adams. I'll be back 00:01:33.250 --> 00:01:49.930 shortly with Act One. He's a big five -year -old 00:01:49.930 --> 00:01:53.609 chestnut stallion. He's in the prime of his glorious 00:01:53.609 --> 00:01:57.719 life. He has fire in his eyes and steel springs 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:01.299 in his legs. The powerful muscles ripple beneath 00:02:01.299 --> 00:02:05.319 his shiny, velvety coat. And he also has a mind 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:08.860 of his own. He's a rebel who acknowledges no 00:02:08.860 --> 00:02:13.240 master. That's why he's called Spartacus. But 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:17.259 if he has no master, he does have a mistress. 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:22.039 A slender, freckle -faced girl named Emily. and 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:26.180 he will respond to her slightest touch, her softest 00:02:26.180 --> 00:02:33.780 whisper. Whoa, Spartacus, right here. Steady, 00:02:34.259 --> 00:02:40.620 boy, steady. Good boy. Listen, Spartacus, here 00:02:40.620 --> 00:02:55.300 he comes now. I detect a faint tone of disappointment. 00:02:56.340 --> 00:02:58.500 Disappointment? Oh, why, Uncle Harry, you're 00:02:58.500 --> 00:03:01.439 my favorite human being. Oh, I have the impression 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:05.240 that you were expecting someone else. Who, me? 00:03:05.900 --> 00:03:09.759 Well, I wasn't expecting anybody. Oh. Look, I 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:12.139 don't say that Lolligag here is in a class with 00:03:12.139 --> 00:03:16.199 Spartacus, but we challenge you to race. Uh, 00:03:16.219 --> 00:03:19.039 well... How about here to Parsons Creek? Uh, 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:21.680 now? Unless you just want to stand around all 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:27.689 day. The truth is, Uncle Harry, I am waiting 00:03:27.689 --> 00:03:32.509 for somebody. That's the secret of your early 00:03:32.509 --> 00:03:36.629 -morning ride. And who is your partner in these 00:03:36.629 --> 00:03:45.389 assignations? Frank. Well, there's no accounting 00:03:45.389 --> 00:03:48.210 for taste, I suppose. I think I'll commune with 00:03:48.210 --> 00:03:59.090 nature on my own. Emily, if everybody listened 00:03:59.090 --> 00:04:01.870 to you the way the horses do, you could rule 00:04:01.870 --> 00:04:05.789 the world. Uncle Harry, do you know what I think? 00:04:05.969 --> 00:04:09.710 No, ma 'am. You're too deep for me. I think this 00:04:09.710 --> 00:04:12.930 morning Frank's going to ask me. Ask you what? 00:04:13.370 --> 00:04:17.189 Ask me what? Ask me to marry him, of course. 00:04:18.589 --> 00:04:22.529 Why would Frank do that? Why would he? Oh, I 00:04:22.529 --> 00:04:24.670 suppose I'm not really pretty enough for a man 00:04:24.670 --> 00:04:27.370 to ask. No, no, no, Emily. I never meant to imply 00:04:27.370 --> 00:04:31.050 that. Why, you're even prettier than Judy. No, 00:04:31.050 --> 00:04:37.730 I'm not. Nowhere near. It's just that... I thought... 00:04:37.730 --> 00:04:42.009 What did you think? Well, Emily, it's obvious 00:04:42.009 --> 00:04:45.069 that Frank really... What's obvious is that you 00:04:45.069 --> 00:04:47.329 dislike Frank and therefore you don't even bother 00:04:47.329 --> 00:04:50.509 to know him. Frank looks for more than a pretty 00:04:50.509 --> 00:04:55.959 face. Has he given you any indication? Well, 00:04:55.959 --> 00:05:00.379 of course he has. Really? What did he say? He 00:05:00.379 --> 00:05:04.120 didn't say anything. Does he have to? It would 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:09.519 help. Uncle Harry, I know by the tone of his 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:14.319 voice, the way he looks at me, everything about 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:19.769 him, everything tells me he loves me. I love 00:05:19.769 --> 00:05:25.209 him. Oh, how I love him. You think I'm crazy. 00:05:26.129 --> 00:05:29.170 I think I'll ride back to the house and have 00:05:29.170 --> 00:05:32.029 some breakfast. Well, this is the last time I'll 00:05:32.029 --> 00:05:36.250 bare my soul to you. Darling, look, I wouldn't 00:05:36.250 --> 00:05:39.990 want you to get hurt. I'm a big girl now. You 00:05:39.990 --> 00:05:43.550 don't know very much about men. Maybe, but I 00:05:43.550 --> 00:05:46.850 know what I like. Sounds like company's coming. 00:05:49.359 --> 00:05:52.740 Good morning, sir. Good morning, Emily. Good 00:05:52.740 --> 00:05:55.100 morning, Frank. Well, look who's here kind of 00:05:55.100 --> 00:05:58.000 early in the day for you, Judy. I know, but we're 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:00.819 out to spread the news. What news? Oh, Emily, 00:06:01.100 --> 00:06:03.100 darling, it's only right that you should be the 00:06:03.100 --> 00:06:05.879 first to know. After all, you introduced us. 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:09.800 Frank and I, we're engaged. And we owe it all 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:12.660 to you, Emily. We owe it all to you. And I want 00:06:12.660 --> 00:06:15.569 you to be my maid of honor. Now, promise. Oh, 00:06:15.709 --> 00:06:19.389 darling, I'm so happy. I'm so happy. Judy and 00:06:19.389 --> 00:06:21.750 I'll never forget what you've done for us, Emily. 00:06:21.910 --> 00:06:25.110 Can you believe this wild man? This fantastic 00:06:25.110 --> 00:06:28.569 Frank? He asked me just five minutes ago. I mean, 00:06:28.589 --> 00:06:31.790 I've been proposed to in my time, but never on 00:06:31.790 --> 00:06:35.810 horseback. It's another Judy Montgomery. Fabulous 00:06:35.810 --> 00:06:38.790 first. Frank, let's ride back to the house and 00:06:38.790 --> 00:06:47.769 tell Mother. See you. Good boy. Emily they used 00:06:47.769 --> 00:06:52.329 to say always a bridesmaid But this time I'm 00:06:52.329 --> 00:06:57.910 doing better Emily. I Tried to honor Maybe I'm 00:06:57.910 --> 00:07:01.209 getting there Emily. He's not worth it. He is 00:07:01.209 --> 00:07:04.410 to me Darling, please don't ride this morning. 00:07:04.589 --> 00:07:08.569 Why not? You're upset. I'm not upset. Oh, I can 00:07:08.569 --> 00:07:11.910 tell all right. I'm upset Emily you'll get over 00:07:11.910 --> 00:07:15.790 it. I'm over it now Emily, dear, one day you'll 00:07:15.790 --> 00:07:18.269 need it. I'll never get over it! Emily, believe 00:07:18.269 --> 00:07:23.050 me. Let's go, Spartacus! Go! Emily, wait! Emily! 00:07:23.269 --> 00:07:26.709 Go! Emily! Come on, Spartacus! Emily, Emily! 00:07:26.889 --> 00:07:29.870 Come on! Slow down! Faster, Spartacus! Faster! 00:07:30.069 --> 00:07:33.029 Emily, you'll hurt your horse! Faster, Spartacus! 00:07:33.689 --> 00:07:37.269 Emily, please, you'll kill yourself! Go, Spartacus, 00:07:37.449 --> 00:08:17.199 go! Emily. Come in. You wanted to see me, sir? 00:08:17.560 --> 00:08:21.939 Oh, it's you, Frank. Yes, sit down. Thank you. 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:25.000 Wait till I shut off this music. Oh, let it play. 00:08:25.019 --> 00:08:29.279 It was her favorite rhapsody. So it was. Now, 00:08:29.300 --> 00:08:32.759 how are the ladies? Well, Judy and Mrs. Montgomery 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:36.100 have gone to bed. It's been a terrible ordeal. 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:40.360 But with the coroner, why was all that necessary? 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:43.379 You have to establish the cause of death. Well, 00:08:43.500 --> 00:08:46.879 wasn't it obvious? What a thoroughly obnoxious 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:49.519 man. Why did he have to ask so many questions 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.679 when he knew from the start that his verdict 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:54.080 would be accidental death? There isn't anything 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:58.820 that I could do about it. But I disagree with 00:08:58.820 --> 00:09:02.330 the verdict. Well, what other verdict is possible? 00:09:03.909 --> 00:09:09.649 Murder. Murder? What? Do you mean someone killed 00:09:09.649 --> 00:09:17.350 her? Yes. Who? You. Me? Yes, you. But that's 00:09:17.350 --> 00:09:19.909 impossible. Why is it impossible? Well, because 00:09:19.909 --> 00:09:25.110 I wasn't even there. You were there. What are 00:09:25.110 --> 00:09:27.909 you saying, sir? You don't have to call me sir. 00:09:28.029 --> 00:09:30.769 Don't pretend with me. I can see through you. 00:09:31.549 --> 00:09:33.809 You're a young hustler on the make. You have 00:09:33.809 --> 00:09:36.370 no right to accuse me of a... You used Emily 00:09:36.370 --> 00:09:39.330 to get to Judy. You're going to marry Judy for 00:09:39.330 --> 00:09:41.450 her money. I don't think I have to sit here and 00:09:41.450 --> 00:09:43.690 listen to the... There's nothing intrinsically 00:09:43.690 --> 00:09:47.230 wrong with marrying for money. Does anyone seriously 00:09:47.230 --> 00:09:50.029 believe that poverty improves the quality of 00:09:50.029 --> 00:09:53.779 love? I married Mrs. Montgomery's sister for 00:09:53.779 --> 00:09:57.679 her money. Yes, I married her for her money. 00:09:58.259 --> 00:10:00.940 And she married me for my looks. And both of 00:10:00.940 --> 00:10:03.980 us knew it. And we've had a perfect marriage. 00:10:05.259 --> 00:10:08.279 But you're a scoundrel. And you won't even give 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:10.720 Judy her money's worth. Now look here, sir. I 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:14.100 said don't call me sir. You can relax with me. 00:10:14.460 --> 00:10:17.720 Don't be afraid. Even though every word I say 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:21.200 is true. I couldn't prove any of it. None of 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:23.960 it's true. You accused me of killing Emily. That's 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:26.639 a lie. You say I was there. You know I wasn't 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:29.139 there. I was with Judy. We were riding back to 00:10:29.139 --> 00:10:32.440 the house. You know it for a fact. Have a drink. 00:10:32.620 --> 00:10:36.220 I don't drink. Don't say it's so smugly. You 00:10:36.220 --> 00:10:39.980 have other vices that are worse. I say you were 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:43.799 with Emily. I was not. No, don't interrupt. Since 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.580 the very day you met Emily or arranged to meet 00:10:46.580 --> 00:10:49.100 her you've been with her always. I think you're 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:51.779 mad. That's my saving grace. But to say that 00:10:51.779 --> 00:10:53.700 I was with Emily when you know... You were with 00:10:53.700 --> 00:10:55.620 her as far as she was concerned. I don't know 00:10:55.620 --> 00:11:00.220 what you're talking about. So few... So few girls 00:11:00.220 --> 00:11:04.340 like Emily in the world. Oh, what a shame that 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:07.039 you had to waste one of them. You knew that she 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:11.639 was in love with you. Well, love, I'd say it 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:15.379 was a... Crush girls like Emily don't have crushes 00:11:15.379 --> 00:11:19.139 They fall in love only once and it's forever 00:11:19.139 --> 00:11:23.220 She was in love with you and you know it Admit 00:11:23.220 --> 00:11:25.679 it. What is this an Inquisition? I don't have 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:27.840 to put up with course you don't but don't try 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:32.000 my patience either I'm doing this for your good 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:34.419 for my good make it difficult for me and I'll 00:11:34.419 --> 00:11:36.659 wash my hands of the whole business Why do you 00:11:36.659 --> 00:11:38.820 say for my good if she fell in love with you 00:11:38.820 --> 00:11:42.389 of her own accord? Well, that's a tragedy, but 00:11:42.389 --> 00:11:45.809 it's her tragedy But if you made her fall in 00:11:45.809 --> 00:11:50.309 love with you You're guilty of murder why because 00:11:50.309 --> 00:11:52.909 you knew it would kill her The fact that you 00:11:52.909 --> 00:11:55.049 were only playing with her would kill her the 00:11:55.049 --> 00:11:57.690 fact that you were only using her would kill 00:11:57.690 --> 00:12:01.830 her All right, maybe I did lead her to believe 00:12:01.830 --> 00:12:06.029 that I was in love with her and it's murder in 00:12:06.029 --> 00:12:09.139 the first degree Premeditated. I didn't know 00:12:09.139 --> 00:12:12.259 she'd take it this way. You knew. You knew it 00:12:12.259 --> 00:12:15.600 would destroy her one way or another. Okay, Harry. 00:12:16.100 --> 00:12:17.759 I killed her. That's what you want me to say, 00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:21.500 isn't it? Yes. Well, maybe she'll forgive you. 00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:24.860 Come on, Harry. That's unworthy of you. Sure, 00:12:25.019 --> 00:12:27.700 I killed her. And you know why it doesn't destroy 00:12:27.700 --> 00:12:30.759 me? Because she was a girl who walked around 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:33.659 saying to the whole world, kill me. Please, somebody 00:12:33.659 --> 00:12:37.970 kill me. She was so trusting, so naive. Anybody 00:12:37.970 --> 00:12:40.169 could have broken her heart. Anybody could have 00:12:40.169 --> 00:12:43.230 betrayed her. Nobody has the right to be that 00:12:43.230 --> 00:12:45.789 defenseless. I was just the guy who happened 00:12:45.789 --> 00:12:49.590 along. Yes. Well, despite it all, she'll forgive 00:12:49.590 --> 00:12:53.629 you. Sure, Harry. Don't humor me. She loves you. 00:12:54.370 --> 00:12:57.730 And when she loves, she loves forever. A little 00:12:57.730 --> 00:13:07.210 thing like death isn't going to stop her. Good 00:13:07.210 --> 00:13:11.629 morning, Mac. Morning, Mr. Frank. You gonna ride? 00:13:12.710 --> 00:13:16.629 Who do you want? Spartacus. You do, huh? Saddle 00:13:16.629 --> 00:13:20.870 him. Saddle him, the man says. What's the problem? 00:13:21.649 --> 00:13:24.950 The problem's right there in the corral. You 00:13:24.950 --> 00:13:27.769 can look at the problem. You can listen to the 00:13:27.769 --> 00:13:31.970 problem. You want to ride Spartacus, Mr. Frank? 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:36.500 You go in there, you put the saddle on him. How 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:39.519 long has he been acting up? More than a week 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:43.399 now, since we lost Miss Emily. How long can he 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:46.960 go on like that? Oh, for another five minutes, 00:13:47.580 --> 00:13:52.399 or for the rest of his life. Poor Spartacus. 00:13:53.340 --> 00:13:57.860 He's kind of in mourning, that's all. Oh, Miss 00:13:57.860 --> 00:14:00.120 Judy said she'd wait for you at Parsons Creek. 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:11.879 I got Bolivar saddled up. You know, Frank, ever 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:15.580 since I was a little girl, nice things have always 00:14:15.580 --> 00:14:20.679 happened to me here at Parsons Creek. You're 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:25.460 not listening, Frank. Judy, darling, I wait breathlessly 00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:28.779 for each word. No, your mind is somewhere else, 00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:32.309 and I won't have it. I want all of your attention. 00:14:33.210 --> 00:14:35.409 Now what have you been staring at for the past 00:14:35.409 --> 00:14:39.269 few minutes? Judy, look straight ahead toward 00:14:39.269 --> 00:14:41.610 that pump of birches at the edge of the field. 00:14:42.070 --> 00:14:45.889 Why? There's a horse standing there. I don't 00:14:45.889 --> 00:14:48.970 see anything. Big chestnut. If I didn't know 00:14:48.970 --> 00:14:51.350 that Spartacus was back in the corral... Have 00:14:51.350 --> 00:14:53.830 you had breakfast? No, but that doesn't... It's 00:14:53.830 --> 00:14:56.330 the most important meal of the day. You're probably 00:14:56.330 --> 00:14:58.690 seeing things because you're faint with hunger. 00:14:59.169 --> 00:15:01.450 What do you mean you don't see anything? And 00:15:01.450 --> 00:15:04.129 it gives you a bad temper, too. Judy, don't joke 00:15:04.129 --> 00:15:06.049 with me. Missing breakfast is no joke. We're 00:15:06.049 --> 00:15:07.789 gonna go right back and get you something. That 00:15:07.789 --> 00:15:10.129 Spartacus standing there and someone is on him. 00:15:10.570 --> 00:15:14.509 Wait. Whoever it was just moved behind the trees. 00:15:14.730 --> 00:15:17.309 Come on. Where? Right over there. I'll prove 00:15:17.309 --> 00:15:20.210 it. I didn't see anything. I don't have to prove 00:15:20.210 --> 00:15:33.029 anything. Wait here. Good morning, Frank. Where 00:15:33.029 --> 00:15:36.230 have you been all week? Emily! I've been waiting 00:15:36.230 --> 00:15:39.669 for you here every day. You're not angry with 00:15:39.669 --> 00:15:42.850 me, are you, Frank? Emily! Where would you like 00:15:42.850 --> 00:15:47.049 to ride this morning? You know, I never did thank 00:15:47.049 --> 00:15:50.750 you for that piano rhapsody. It was so thoughtful. 00:15:50.809 --> 00:15:55.169 Come on, boy! Let's go, boy! Frank! Don't go! 00:15:55.470 --> 00:16:01.899 Don't go, Frank! Ready to go back for breakfast, 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:09.860 Frank? Yeah. Yeah. Well, was anybody there? Oh, 00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:24.000 no. There was nobody there. Nobody at all. It 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:27.320 could be a bad dream. And everything will be 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:31.470 all right when Frank wakes up. But how can he 00:16:31.470 --> 00:16:34.509 wake up when we all know he hasn't been sleeping? 00:16:35.049 --> 00:16:52.590 We'll return shortly with act two And now act 00:16:52.590 --> 00:16:57.580 two of death rides a stallion Frank has gotten 00:16:57.580 --> 00:17:00.580 over the shock of seeing and hearing a dead Emily, 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:04.859 but not completely, it seems, as he has breakfast 00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:10.039 with Judy. More coffee, Frank, darling? Thank 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:14.599 you. You know, you weren't exactly filled with 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:17.059 chatter and high spirits this morning. Sorry, 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:20.019 Judy. You hardly said a word, all during our 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:22.940 ride. I guess you're right, I... Shouldn't have 00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:26.180 a skip breakfast. Oh, no, that isn't true. You 00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:29.359 should always skip breakfast or you'll wind up 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:33.299 fat as a pig. The wit and wisdom of Uncle Harry. 00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:36.259 Morning, sir. And how are the true lovers this 00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:39.539 morning? Oh, I'm fine. Frank is a bit gloomy. 00:17:39.859 --> 00:17:42.759 I'm not gloomy. Yes, I would say you are. I'm 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:46.579 an expert on gloom. I was once engaged to a boy. 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:49.460 Do you remember Uncle Harry, the tall blonde? 00:17:50.339 --> 00:17:53.579 The one whose father owned all that oil? No, 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:57.019 no, he was a redhead. The blond's name was George, 00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:59.960 something or other. Anyhow, he was undoubtedly 00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:02.740 the gloomiest human being east of the Mississippi. 00:18:03.579 --> 00:18:05.380 Well, Frank, what's the problem? There isn't 00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:08.480 any problem. Frank's been seeing things. Is that 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:11.259 a fact? Now, Julie. Now, Frank, don't deny it. 00:18:11.549 --> 00:18:15.230 He was actually convinced he saw Spartacus out 00:18:15.230 --> 00:18:18.269 riding this morning. Spartacus? And somebody 00:18:18.269 --> 00:18:23.589 was on him. Well, that's remarkable. Not to mention 00:18:23.589 --> 00:18:26.470 impossible. In the first place, nobody's been 00:18:26.470 --> 00:18:29.589 able to ride Spartacus since... since Poirum 00:18:29.589 --> 00:18:33.730 League. And in the second place, Spartacus hasn't 00:18:33.730 --> 00:18:37.069 left the stable in all that time. Who was supposed 00:18:37.069 --> 00:18:39.569 to have been rioting him, Frank? Look, the whole 00:18:39.569 --> 00:18:44.529 thing was a kind of a... a hallucination. Now, 00:18:44.529 --> 00:18:49.690 please forget it. All right, darling. Will you 00:18:49.690 --> 00:18:51.670 be judge at the competitions this year, Uncle 00:18:51.670 --> 00:18:54.490 Harry? Is it still on after all, darling? We're 00:18:54.490 --> 00:18:56.789 in mourning. Oh, would Emily have wanted us to 00:18:56.789 --> 00:18:59.269 call off the show? What better way is there to 00:18:59.269 --> 00:19:03.490 remember her? Poor child. Frank, do you think 00:19:03.490 --> 00:19:08.369 that we should... Where's Frank? He was just 00:19:08.369 --> 00:19:18.650 sitting here. Where'd he go? All right, come 00:19:18.650 --> 00:19:21.329 on now. Come on, Spartacus. Come on. Calm down, 00:19:21.329 --> 00:19:24.849 boy. Calm down. Everything's all right. Everything's 00:19:24.849 --> 00:19:28.609 gonna be all right. I want to talk to you. Oh, 00:19:28.890 --> 00:19:33.559 good morning. That's Spartacus. Still can't do 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:35.200 a thing with you. You don't have to play that 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:39.140 game for me anymore, Mac. Game, Mr. Frank? Tell 00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:41.700 me the truth or I'm gonna beat it out of you. 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:44.940 You raise your hand to me and I'll be forced 00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:47.160 to break your jaw. Nothing to matter with Spartacus. 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:49.619 He was out riding this morning. Well, that's 00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:52.019 news to me. Who's paying you off? Mr. Frank, 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:54.599 that jaw of yours is starting to look like a 00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:56.720 good target. You saddled Spartacus after I left 00:19:56.720 --> 00:20:00.039 here. I saw him. He was near Parsons Creek. Oh, 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:03.279 you ain't well. You want to sit down? I'll get 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:05.880 you a glass of water. Now, now, just get down! 00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:09.059 Get your filthy hands off me! Frank! Frank, what's 00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:11.180 the matter? Nothing, nothing, nothing is the 00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:15.740 matter, Judy. Mac! I think the sun's a little 00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:18.640 strong this morning, Miss Judy, and you know 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:22.339 these city fellas, they never wear hats. Frank, 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:24.619 you don't look well at all. I'm fine. Now listen, 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:26.660 darling, listen to me. I'm going to call Dr. 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:28.420 Stoneman and... I don't need a doctor. Yes, you 00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:30.500 do. You do? I don't want to hear another word. 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:42.900 You just go to your room and rest. Come in. Oh, 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:48.119 it's you. Darling, I don't want to hear another 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:52.859 word. Just go to your room and rest. Well, I 00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:54.759 could tell who's gonna wear the pants in your 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:58.579 family. Not to mention the shorts and the slacks. 00:20:59.259 --> 00:21:03.279 When $26 million tells me to go up to my room, 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:06.859 I go. There's a bit of an exaggeration there. 00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:10.839 She only has 23. Well, it won't change my style 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:16.140 of living. What's this I hear about you hallucinating? 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:20.819 I'll admit you had me going, Uncle Larry. I had 00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:23.200 you going? Every minute back there, I believed. 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:28.039 Oh, did I ever believe. What did you believe, 00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:32.640 Frank? I believed, and listen to this, I believed 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:37.119 that the dead return. I believed that I actually 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:40.579 saw Emily sitting on horseback, sitting on Spartacus. 00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:43.480 Oh, of course it was your imagination. No, it 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:48.259 wasn't. You mean? She was sitting on Spartacus. 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:51.980 Let's say somebody was sitting on Spartacus somebody 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:55.559 you hired an actress made up to look like Emily 00:21:55.769 --> 00:21:58.690 Why would I do a thing like that? Because you 00:21:58.690 --> 00:22:01.670 know I hate your guts. Oh, come on, Frank, you 00:22:01.670 --> 00:22:05.230 don't really. Oh, I do. And once I marry Judy 00:22:05.230 --> 00:22:07.349 and start assuming some control around here, 00:22:07.589 --> 00:22:10.930 you will be thrown out on your ear. Frank, you 00:22:10.930 --> 00:22:12.829 wouldn't... And you can either starve to death 00:22:12.829 --> 00:22:16.150 or you can find somebody else to sponge on. Oh, 00:22:16.150 --> 00:22:20.029 I see. That's why I'm trying to drive you crazy. 00:22:20.089 --> 00:22:23.309 Exactly, but it won't work. Yes, I could have 00:22:23.309 --> 00:22:26.529 hired someone to impersonate Emily. But I could 00:22:26.529 --> 00:22:29.990 never get her on Spartacus. That horse is completely 00:22:29.990 --> 00:22:32.410 unmanageable. I think you're bribing that fool 00:22:32.410 --> 00:22:34.390 down at the stables. Oh, don't let that pose 00:22:34.390 --> 00:22:36.670 of his throw you. He's far from a fool. Actually, 00:22:36.930 --> 00:22:39.109 he's a physicist. You plan to put this girl, 00:22:39.130 --> 00:22:43.230 this actress, on Spartacus, and my vivid imagination 00:22:43.230 --> 00:22:45.779 would then do the rest. He just realized one 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:48.440 day that live horses were more interesting than 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:51.480 dead mathematics. Oh, I blew it this morning. 00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:54.779 No question about that. I panicked. I lost my 00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:57.779 cool. First, when I actually thought it was Emily. 00:22:58.119 --> 00:23:01.279 Second, when I tried to put muscle on that moron 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:04.700 at the stable. Frank, believe me, his IQ is higher 00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:08.160 than yours. I lost points with Judy, but it'll 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:11.319 never happen again. Sorry to end your fun so 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:16.859 soon, Uncle Harry. Come in. Frank, darling, I 00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:19.299 came by to check. Has he been resting, Uncle 00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:22.180 Harry? Oh, yes. Yes, he's been as good as gold. 00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:25.099 My darling, Judy, won't you believe I'm all right? 00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:27.660 You didn't look all right and you didn't sound 00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:30.059 all right just a little while ago. I'm fine right 00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:32.200 now. I'm just fine. Oh, that's good, darling, 00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:34.619 because we're having dinner with the Farrington's. 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:38.960 Farrington? Oh, Judy, he's such a bore. Of course, 00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:41.460 but he has one of the biggest stock brokerage 00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:44.369 firms in the country. We were talking about making 00:23:44.369 --> 00:23:46.970 you vice president. Judy, I'm not interested. 00:23:47.430 --> 00:23:49.990 Frank, darling, you'll have to do something. 00:23:50.029 --> 00:23:52.069 I don't know anything about... And there's no 00:23:52.069 --> 00:23:54.750 reason you can't learn. Now, Uncle Harry knows 00:23:54.750 --> 00:23:57.910 all about finance. Let him teach you. Will you, 00:23:57.930 --> 00:24:01.210 Uncle Harry? Oh, gladly. I'll pop in again soon, 00:24:01.269 --> 00:24:06.630 just to check on you. Does she know your plan 00:24:06.630 --> 00:24:09.410 to assume control after the wedding? Don't you 00:24:09.410 --> 00:24:14.410 worry about me. I know how to handle women. Well, 00:24:14.430 --> 00:24:18.329 Judy has all the money. But you know you'd have 00:24:18.329 --> 00:24:30.529 been much happier with Emily. I was so proud 00:24:30.529 --> 00:24:33.210 of you this evening, Frank. You were so attentive 00:24:33.210 --> 00:24:37.009 and so interested. You hung on Jim Farrington's 00:24:37.009 --> 00:24:40.940 every word. I'm gonna work for him. No, dear, 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:44.740 not for him. With him. After all, Mother and 00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:47.279 I are major stockholders in Farrington and company. 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:51.579 But don't you find stocks and bonds fascinating? 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:57.140 Slow down, Judy! Slow down! Look out, Judy! Judy, 00:24:57.299 --> 00:25:00.200 you all right? Oh, of course I'm all right. Why 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:03.440 did you make me skid off the road? There was 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:06.180 somebody up ahead. I didn't see anybody. Yeah, 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:08.279 there was somebody up ahead on horseback. On 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:11.000 a horseback? At 11 o 'clock at night? I could 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:14.839 have sworn. Maybe it was the shadows. Well, you 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:17.019 have this thing for people on horseback, Frank. 00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:21.720 I'm never going to get out of this ditch. We're 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:29.019 less than a mile from home. Let's walk. Oh. Oh, 00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:35.430 no. We'll have to wait till it lets up. We could 00:25:35.430 --> 00:25:37.990 wait all night. I tell you, I can run to the 00:25:37.990 --> 00:25:39.609 house, pick up another car and be back in ten 00:25:39.609 --> 00:25:43.130 minutes. I was waiting for you to suggest the 00:25:43.130 --> 00:25:45.829 gallant thing, darling. Mind waiting alone? Why 00:25:45.829 --> 00:25:50.750 should I mind? These are my woods. Well, there 00:25:50.750 --> 00:26:03.359 goes. Hello, Frank. Emily! Poor Frank, you're 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:07.279 getting soaked. Climb up. Ride with me. Emily, 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:11.299 what do you want? I want you to come with me, 00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:14.839 Frank. Where? Where we can just be together all 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:19.160 the time. Just you and me, Frank. You love me. 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:21.539 This is some kind of trick, but it isn't working. 00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:26.640 Harry, he hired you. No, Frank. I'm Emily. Really. 00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:28.720 When I saw you this morning, you mentioned the 00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:31.099 piano rhapsody. Harry knew about it. He coached 00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:35.170 you. No, Frank. Only you and I know about the 00:26:35.170 --> 00:26:43.369 day we met. Only you and I. Excuse me. I think 00:26:43.369 --> 00:26:47.250 this is my seat. Oh, is it? My ticket stub says 00:26:47.250 --> 00:26:52.250 R1. So does mine. Look at the date on your ticket. 00:26:52.430 --> 00:26:57.150 It's for tomorrow. Oh! Well, look, you... You 00:26:57.150 --> 00:27:01.079 take the seat anyhow. Oh, but I could... I insist. 00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:08.619 Now sit down and enjoy yourself. And we met in 00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:11.500 the lobby at intermission. And you bought me 00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:14.980 a lemonade. And when I said my name was Emily 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:18.200 Montgomery, you said... Of THE Montgomery's? 00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:22.539 Well, yes, that's what we're called. Hey, I had 00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:26.440 no idea I was buying a lemonade for an heiress. 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:29.559 Oh, I'm not an heiress. My stepsister, Judy, 00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:39.640 has the money. Come with me, Frank. No. Don't 00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:43.720 be afraid, Frank. I love you. I wouldn't harm 00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:46.920 you. Come with me. I can't go with you, Emily. 00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:52.960 Why, Frank? Why? Because you're dead. Oh, no, 00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:57.960 Frank. Love never dies. And neither do lovers. 00:27:58.900 --> 00:28:02.680 You remember that verse you once recited? So 00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:07.460 speak to me of parting never. For all who love 00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:10.859 shall live forever. Keep away from me! Frank! 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:14.420 I forgive you for Judy. Keep away, I said! You 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:16.920 were poor all your life and when she smiled... 00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:20.200 Keep away, please! But I'm the one you love. 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:24.240 I'm the one you want. Come with me, Frank. Keep 00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:29.680 away from me! Frank! Don't go, Frank! Keep away 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:32.740 from me! Keep away from me! Keep away from me! 00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:43.660 And so, we have here a man who is sprinting down 00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:47.319 a country road at midnight, in a pouring rain, 00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:51.880 shouting, Keep away from me! And his urgent plea 00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:56.190 is directed to a dead young lady. And yet, 12 00:28:56.190 --> 00:28:59.210 hours ago, he was convinced that the dead do 00:28:59.210 --> 00:29:04.730 not return. We'll return shortly with Act 3. 00:29:16.089 --> 00:29:21.289 A lonely country road in the dead of night. It 00:29:21.289 --> 00:29:24.289 can try the souls of the most practical of men. 00:29:25.690 --> 00:29:30.549 Pragmatic, sensible Frank is now terrified, delirious 00:29:30.549 --> 00:29:34.750 Frank. Keep away from me. Keep away. Keep away. 00:29:35.549 --> 00:29:39.470 What? What? What? Lie back, Frank. Lie back and 00:29:39.470 --> 00:29:44.269 be quiet. What? How? How did... How did I... 00:29:44.269 --> 00:29:47.109 How did I get here? What am I... What am I doing 00:29:47.109 --> 00:29:50.569 in bed? Judy found you lying on the road unconscious. 00:29:50.769 --> 00:29:54.690 I waited in the car for almost an hour. I thought 00:29:54.690 --> 00:29:57.529 you'd taken this as an excuse to run out on me. 00:29:58.269 --> 00:30:00.529 Oh, Judy, don't say that. Darling, now don't 00:30:00.529 --> 00:30:03.210 excite yourself. No, I'm fine. I'm okay. See, 00:30:03.250 --> 00:30:06.150 the rain had let up and I started to walk home. 00:30:06.390 --> 00:30:09.089 And there was someone lying in the road. And 00:30:09.089 --> 00:30:12.730 it was you. What happened? I must have tripped 00:30:12.730 --> 00:30:15.170 over something or maybe I ran into a low -hanging 00:30:15.170 --> 00:30:17.730 branch. I guess I was knocked out. And you kept 00:30:17.730 --> 00:30:21.650 moaning, keep away from me. Why? I don't know. 00:30:22.190 --> 00:30:25.069 I just... I guess I must have been having a nightmare. 00:30:25.509 --> 00:30:27.049 Well, listen, the first thing in the morning, 00:30:27.349 --> 00:30:30.450 we'll see Dr. Stoneman. But right now, what you 00:30:30.450 --> 00:30:32.910 need is some sleep. And we'd better leave you 00:30:32.910 --> 00:30:35.670 alone. Are you coming, Uncle Harry? Yeah, just 00:30:35.670 --> 00:30:39.410 a minute. Frank, dear, you look very tired. You 00:30:39.410 --> 00:30:42.150 try to get some rest. Good night, my darling. 00:30:42.509 --> 00:30:50.529 Good night. So? You were running you tripped 00:30:50.529 --> 00:30:54.009 you fell you were knocked unconscious. Oh, no 00:30:54.009 --> 00:30:57.650 No, that story won't do You don't have a mark 00:30:57.650 --> 00:31:00.910 on you. What are you talking about? She's starting 00:31:00.910 --> 00:31:06.210 to have second thoughts Frank bad move You should 00:31:06.210 --> 00:31:09.970 have chosen Emily No, 23 million there, but she 00:31:09.970 --> 00:31:12.809 wasn't exactly a welfare case either. It won't 00:31:12.809 --> 00:31:15.869 work uncle Harry You can't hope to psych me out 00:31:15.869 --> 00:31:19.559 of it. Nobody can psych me out of it Little things 00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:24.339 Frank little straws in the wind For instance. 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:27.400 She just said I waited in the car I thought you'd 00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:30.539 taken this excuse to run out on me what she really 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:33.839 meant Frank She might be looking for an excuse 00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:37.599 to run out on you. Enjoy yourself Harry. I've 00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:41.599 been with that girl through oh It has to be at 00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:45.140 least a dozen engagements. Each one is like a 00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:49.420 fever It runs a predictable course. And you can 00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:53.480 always tell when she's reached the crisis. She 00:31:53.480 --> 00:32:04.819 becomes thoughtful. Pour you another glass of 00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:10.839 wine, dear. Judy, more wine? No. Oh, thank you. 00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:17.200 What a glorious spot for a picnic. Frank, did 00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:20.519 you tell Dr. Stoneman everything? Of course. 00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:25.519 You heard what he said. I am 100%. Did you say 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:30.779 anything about that mysterious rider? What mysterious 00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:33.579 rider? Oh, I know for a fact you've seen it twice. 00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:36.099 Once yesterday morning and again on the road 00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:39.559 last night. The rider who's supposed to be on 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:42.359 Spartacus. What's there to say about it? It's 00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:45.339 impossible. who can even get a saddle on Spartacus 00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:48.299 these days. Then why do you keep seeing him with 00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:52.740 someone on his back? Julie, darling, didn't you 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:59.400 ever have a momentary flash, well, an illusion? 00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:05.200 No, not really. I take after dad both feet on 00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:08.299 the ground. You know it's a pity you never knew 00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:11.759 my dad. There was a man for you. You're a lot 00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:14.700 like him, except... Well, except when you get 00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:18.759 these, what do you call them, delusions? No. 00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:22.400 He wasn't like that at all. Who's that coming? 00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:29.099 I don't see anybody. Oh, Frank, not again. Hello, 00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:32.900 Frank. What's the matter, darling? Nothing. Nothing 00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:34.859 is the matter. I'm fine. Well, you don't look 00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:39.180 it. Come with me, my dearest. Frank, are you 00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:42.839 sure you don't have some deep, dark secret? Come 00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:46.099 with me. She won't mind if you come with me. 00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:49.839 I always thought I wanted to marry a man of mystery, 00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:53.640 but... Judy and I, we grew up together. We loved 00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:57.000 each other as sisters do. Frank, are you sure 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:58.740 you haven't been drinking? She wouldn't have 00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:01.180 taken you if she knew I loved you. Judy, let's 00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:03.400 go back to the house. But we just got here. I 00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:05.380 know, I know, but please. Don't go with her, 00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:09.019 Frank. Come with me. All right, we might as well. 00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:12.619 I can tell you're not going to be much fun today. 00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:21.000 Good morning, Mr. Frank. Do anything for you? 00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:23.699 Matt, Spartacus has been here all morning, hasn't 00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:26.639 he? This time you don't have to take my word 00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:29.719 for it. The vet's in the stable. He's been here 00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:33.260 all morning. Ask him. Want me to call him? No, 00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:38.119 no, no. Never mind. You look nervous, Mr. Frank. 00:34:38.269 --> 00:34:40.449 You ought to get some rest, Asher. Sure. The 00:34:40.449 --> 00:34:42.349 vet's been here all morning, and so is Spartacus. 00:34:42.809 --> 00:34:44.869 Why do you keep asking? How long it'll take you 00:34:44.869 --> 00:34:48.889 to saddle Spartacus? The way he is now? Forever. 00:34:48.909 --> 00:34:52.929 I'm gonna ride Spartacus. Mr. Frank, now that 00:34:52.929 --> 00:34:55.530 is a damn fool thing to do. If you won't saddle 00:34:55.530 --> 00:35:01.570 him, I will. Tell you what, Mr. Frank, this is 00:35:01.570 --> 00:35:05.349 a bad time. Towards evening, he kind of simmers 00:35:05.349 --> 00:35:08.989 down a bit, and... That's the best time to try 00:35:08.989 --> 00:35:13.489 right now He'd kill the both of us five o 'clock. 00:35:14.289 --> 00:35:24.929 Oh, I'd say five o 'clock's just fine Come in 00:35:24.929 --> 00:35:29.869 I'm here to attend your education as a budding 00:35:29.869 --> 00:35:33.449 financier as per your fiancee's instructions 00:35:34.170 --> 00:35:36.650 So, let's begin with something right up your 00:35:36.650 --> 00:35:40.670 alley. Let me tell you about watered stock. Oh, 00:35:40.849 --> 00:35:44.389 shut up. People have been talking about you. 00:35:44.849 --> 00:35:47.329 Mack in the stables, for one. He tells me that 00:35:47.329 --> 00:35:51.750 you intend to ride Spartacus. That's right. Why? 00:35:52.010 --> 00:35:54.150 Harry, at first I thought you were out to destroy 00:35:54.150 --> 00:35:57.030 my mind with an actress who was impersonating 00:35:57.030 --> 00:36:01.050 Emily on Spartacus. But that's impossible. Might 00:36:01.050 --> 00:36:04.820 have been fun at that. Now I know for sure that 00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:08.059 I am having hallucinations. I keep seeing Emily. 00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:10.619 Oh, that's bad. But as long as I'm aware of it, 00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:13.199 I can handle it. It's my own mind, and I can 00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:15.480 control it. Hooray for you. The key to this thing 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:18.039 is Spartacus. If I can break that horse, I can 00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:20.219 break this whole psychological hang -up. Oh, 00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:22.440 that's what you think it is, a psychological 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:26.059 hang -up. Absolutely. Judy's also been talking 00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:29.579 about you. She's a little disturbed. I didn't 00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:33.820 notice? Yeah, a key sign. Tell me did she talk 00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:38.199 about her father yet. No, you're sure What she 00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:40.980 she happened to mention him briefly, but his 00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:44.360 name did come up just in passing. Oh Bad news 00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:48.099 for you. Why don't you get out of here? I Don't 00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:50.860 think she'll ever marry anybody. None of this 00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:54.420 is gonna work Harry her daddy was just too overwhelming 00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:58.840 a man She's attracted the guys who resemble him 00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:02.280 And then when she finds out the resemblance is 00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:06.199 only superficial, she's done it no fewer than 00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:12.119 12 times. Oh, my goodness. You're number 13. 00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:15.559 Will you get out of here? I'm supposed to teach 00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:20.280 you how to be a stockbroker. Cut it out. Well, 00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:23.739 here you are, you two. Hard at work, I hope. 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:27.139 How are the lessons coming? The lessons are coming 00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:30.039 to an end. You mean you've learned everything 00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:32.260 already? I don't intend to learn anything. I 00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:34.639 don't care about finance. I won't go into an 00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:37.039 office with that idiot Farrington and when we're 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:40.880 married I intend to make the decisions. Of course. 00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:43.840 What did you want to see me about? I just came 00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:46.219 up to find out if you were all right. Obviously, 00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:54.360 I'm fine. Well, I'll see you at dinner. That's 00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:57.639 how you handle women, Uncle Harry. That's how 00:37:57.639 --> 00:38:03.500 you regain control of your mind. And now, I'm 00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:06.719 going for a walk. If you happen to see Amelie 00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:17.280 riding Spartacus, say hello for me. Hello, Frank. 00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:22.760 You're either in my mind, or you really are out 00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:25.849 there. I'm out here, Frank. Either way, I can 00:38:25.849 --> 00:38:29.250 live with it. You won't destroy me. Oh, my darling. 00:38:29.869 --> 00:38:33.750 I'm not here to destroy you. I'm here to save 00:38:33.750 --> 00:38:36.170 you. Emily, I don't love you. Believe me, I used 00:38:36.170 --> 00:38:39.489 you. I used you to meet Judy. No, Frank, that's 00:38:39.489 --> 00:38:45.630 not true. You love me. Some stranger, something, 00:38:46.530 --> 00:38:50.030 someone who's alien to your very nature, was 00:38:50.030 --> 00:38:54.539 attracted to Judy. Oh, Frank. She won't marry 00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:57.699 you. She doesn't love you. She will marry me. 00:38:58.179 --> 00:39:01.320 I've come for you, Frank. We'll be together, 00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:05.380 always. Go away from me. Speak to me of parting, 00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:10.300 never. For those who love shall live forever. 00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:14.960 Emily, I don't want you. Yes, you do. Oh, how 00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:18.539 badly you want me. How you need me. I can live 00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:20.699 with this. I can keep seeing you and talking 00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:22.900 to you. It won't destroy me. I'll just get used 00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:36.079 to it. I will get used to it. Oh. Back so soon, 00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:38.400 Frank? Have a nice walk? Of course. Thought Judy 00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:40.420 would be here. Wanted to find out what the plan 00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:43.570 was for dinner. Aren't you the newly appointed 00:39:43.570 --> 00:39:45.829 planner? No, not when it comes to dinner. That's 00:39:45.829 --> 00:39:48.550 a woman's prerogative. Well, Judy isn't here. 00:39:48.650 --> 00:39:52.829 Where'd she go? She left for the airport. Why? 00:39:52.969 --> 00:39:55.510 I wouldn't know. Did something come up suddenly? 00:39:56.090 --> 00:40:00.769 Probably. Oh, she left you this note. Thanks. 00:40:05.130 --> 00:40:09.349 Frank, darling. How lucky we are to find out 00:40:09.349 --> 00:40:13.500 sooner rather than late. Obviously, it isn't 00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:17.079 going to work. The one thing I must have in my 00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:21.139 life is someone solid, dependable. Someone who 00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:25.039 has a clearly defined goal and purpose. You're 00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:29.380 wonderful, Frank, but so moody, so unpredictable. 00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:33.840 How ironic. You would have been just right for 00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:38.340 Emily. I realize that now. Had she lived, I'm 00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:41.489 sure you would have found each other. I hope 00:40:41.489 --> 00:40:49.449 we can meet again as friends. Judy. Well, Frank, 00:40:49.510 --> 00:40:52.809 I'm sorry. Let me pour you a drink. I'll ride 00:40:52.809 --> 00:41:01.429 that damn horse. I'll kill him! Frank! Yes, Mr. 00:41:01.570 --> 00:41:03.869 Frank? Did you saddle Spartacus? No, sir. Saddle 00:41:03.869 --> 00:41:06.769 him. I have strict orders from Miss Judy that 00:41:06.769 --> 00:41:10.219 no one should ride Spartacus at this time. Anyhow, 00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:12.780 sir, he's impossible. No, no, no. He's standing 00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:15.000 there very quiet. But that's just for the moment. 00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:20.000 Frank. Oh, Frank, darling. There's Miss Emily. 00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:22.539 She's getting ready to ride him. Miss Emily? 00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:27.079 There she is, right beside him. You see Miss 00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:31.460 Emily? Of course. Come with me, Frank, darling. 00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:36.219 We'll be together now. Yes, Emily. I was so foolish. 00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:40.940 Mr. Frank. Please, tell me, who are you talking 00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:44.820 to? Hello, Miss Emily. Come, Frank. Yes, Emily. 00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:48.800 You're all I have. Climb up behind me. We'll 00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:53.940 ride Spartacus together. Mr. Frank, Mr. Frank, 00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:55.960 where do you think you're going? You can't go 00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:58.340 in that gorilla or it'll kill you. Spartacus, 00:41:58.400 --> 00:42:01.639 look at him. So still, so gentle. I can't let 00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:04.480 you go in there. It's all right. Emily and I 00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:07.840 will ride him together. Come, Frank, Emily. Go 00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:09.860 on, man, man! No, I'm not burnt, Mr. Frank! Burnt! 00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:11.840 Burnt! Quick, quick, come on, give me a hand, 00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:40.530 I can't hold! Help you! Take my hand Frank! Take 00:42:40.530 --> 00:43:25.019 my hand! was too late but as the poem says those 00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:29.699 who love shall live forever if Frank truly loved 00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:33.599 Emily at the end then both of them will be together 00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:51.050 somewhere forever I'll be back shortly Do you 00:43:51.050 --> 00:43:55.309 believe the story of Spartacus? Well, maybe you 00:43:55.309 --> 00:43:58.530 should, because whenever we vouch for something, 00:43:59.190 --> 00:44:03.130 we say it's from the horse's mouth. That's because 00:44:03.130 --> 00:44:07.250 everyone knows that horses never lie. Our cast 00:44:07.250 --> 00:44:11.150 included Mason Adams, Marion Seldas, Paul McGrath, 00:44:11.530 --> 00:44:15.309 Barbara Worthington, and Harry Beliver. The entire 00:44:15.309 --> 00:44:17.789 production was under the direction of Hyman Brown. 00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:21.480 This is EG Marshall inviting you to return to 00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:24.460 our mystery theater for another adventure in 00:44:24.460 --> 00:44:29.380 the macabre until next time dreams