WEBVTT 00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:25.699 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:25.699 --> 00:00:29.899 to the fear you can hear. Welcome to the world 00:00:29.899 --> 00:00:34.359 of terrifying imagination. We are about to bring 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:39.840 you a tale of magic. What a word, magic. What 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:43.600 do we mean by magic? What are we thinking when 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:49.020 we say something is magical? by only that we 00:00:49.020 --> 00:00:52.920 do not understand how it came to be or even what 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:57.960 it is that came to be or for that matter if it 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:01.280 ever really did come to be I was standing between 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:04.560 the windows those two big windows you know the 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:07.560 ones with the great pier glass in between and 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:10.459 I was looking straight ahead so I can't say that 00:01:10.459 --> 00:01:14.030 I saw the door open because I didn't but All 00:01:14.030 --> 00:01:16.629 of a sudden there was this terrible confusion. 00:01:17.290 --> 00:01:20.329 Men jumping from their chairs. Some looking frightened 00:01:20.329 --> 00:01:22.650 half out of their wits. Others with expressions 00:01:22.650 --> 00:01:25.689 of joy and anticipation. Some of them crying 00:01:25.689 --> 00:01:31.849 out. Was it horror? Was it surprise? Was it delight? 00:01:32.989 --> 00:01:47.420 I couldn't tell. It was all mixed up. Our mystery 00:01:47.420 --> 00:01:51.560 drama, The Walls of Jericho, was written especially 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.700 for the Mystery Theatre by Elspeth Erick and 00:01:54.700 --> 00:01:58.680 stars Robert Dryden. I'll be back shortly with 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:15.419 Act One. Anything can have magic. A name, a poem, 00:02:15.770 --> 00:02:20.310 A face, a touch, a phrase of music, a sudden, 00:02:20.349 --> 00:02:23.349 silent thought that brushes across the mind. 00:02:24.129 --> 00:02:29.069 But it won't be captured. No, not magic. For 00:02:29.069 --> 00:02:34.229 magic merely happens. Watch out. Ready or not, 00:02:34.629 --> 00:02:37.990 here it comes. It's cold in here, don't you think, 00:02:38.169 --> 00:02:41.169 Godworth? Dwendal's gone to fetch another log. 00:02:41.530 --> 00:02:43.729 He'd best hurry, or the fire will have burned 00:02:43.729 --> 00:02:46.689 itself out completely. That's asking a bit much, 00:02:46.750 --> 00:02:51.349 isn't it? But, Drendel, to hurry? I suppose one 00:02:51.349 --> 00:02:54.590 shouldn't ask too much. Ah, poor old Drendel. 00:02:55.009 --> 00:02:57.610 How old is he now? What would be your guess, 00:02:57.789 --> 00:03:01.050 Ashley? I wouldn't hazard one. He's been steward 00:03:01.050 --> 00:03:03.689 at the club since before I became a member. Ah, 00:03:03.689 --> 00:03:06.650 here he comes. I don't like to see him carrying 00:03:06.650 --> 00:03:13.770 a log that size. Oh, Drendel. Ah, you. Oh, wanted 00:03:13.770 --> 00:03:16.870 something, Mr. Ashley? Half an hour ago, Dwindle, 00:03:16.870 --> 00:03:20.969 I asked for a brandy and soda. But you have your 00:03:20.969 --> 00:03:25.210 brandy, Mr. Ashley. Ah, but have I my soda? Haven't 00:03:25.210 --> 00:03:29.490 you? Oh, oh, you haven't. I'll get it for you 00:03:29.490 --> 00:03:33.270 right away, sir. Right away. Possess your soul 00:03:33.270 --> 00:03:36.349 in patience, Ashley. The club should really start 00:03:36.349 --> 00:03:39.590 to think of retiring him, wouldn't you say? Start 00:03:39.590 --> 00:03:43.430 to think? That's all we ever do. We never actually 00:03:43.430 --> 00:03:47.870 get on with the thinking, do we? Hello! Everybody! 00:03:48.409 --> 00:03:51.430 Have you seen this? Who's making that racket? 00:03:51.830 --> 00:03:55.090 Higgins just came in. Oh, him. Have you seen 00:03:55.090 --> 00:03:58.810 it? Have you? Seen what, Higgins? I just took 00:03:58.810 --> 00:04:01.569 it off the bulletin board, Winthrop. Now you're 00:04:01.569 --> 00:04:04.050 president of the club. You should be the first. 00:04:04.610 --> 00:04:08.909 Read it aloud. At four o 'clock in the afternoon 00:04:08.909 --> 00:04:13.919 of January 12th... The devil will come down the 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:17.639 chimney of the fireplace in the members lounge 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:21.560 Let's see that I just as minute took it off the 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:24.139 bulletin board. Who's playing jokes around here? 00:04:24.139 --> 00:04:28.079 Oh this Did anyone here put this notice up on 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:31.000 the bulletin board and let me see it went through? 00:04:31.259 --> 00:04:33.360 At four o 'clock in the afternoon of January 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:35.860 12th, the devil will come down the chimney of 00:04:35.860 --> 00:04:41.000 the fireplace in the members lot What the? That 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:43.839 fireplace right there. How very interesting. 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:46.879 Not interesting at all. Just a feeble attempt 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:49.300 to be funny. But it wasn't on the bulletin board 00:04:49.300 --> 00:04:51.459 this morning. Well it wasn't there an hour ago 00:04:51.459 --> 00:04:53.639 when I came in from dinner. Now was it Cutworth? 00:04:53.740 --> 00:04:55.839 I certainly didn't see it. Well somebody put 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:58.959 it there. The devil could have put it there. 00:04:59.300 --> 00:05:02.360 Oh rubbish. Well he might have. He's very ingenious. 00:05:02.569 --> 00:05:05.730 I've heard. Let's not let ourselves be carried 00:05:05.730 --> 00:05:09.930 away, Higgins. Mr. Ashley, sir? What is it? Your 00:05:09.930 --> 00:05:14.350 soda, sir. Well, set it down. Adrindal, have 00:05:14.350 --> 00:05:17.649 you seen this? What is it, sir? Mr. Higgins found 00:05:17.649 --> 00:05:21.589 a pin to the bulletin board. Here, read it. At 00:05:21.589 --> 00:05:24.670 four o 'clock in the afternoon of January 12th, 00:05:24.810 --> 00:05:28.850 the devil chimed into the fireplace in the member's 00:05:28.850 --> 00:05:34.209 lounge. Oh, what does it mean? It means that 00:05:34.209 --> 00:05:37.170 the devil will come down that chimney at four 00:05:37.170 --> 00:05:40.189 o 'clock on January 12th. That's what it means. 00:05:40.610 --> 00:05:43.750 Oh, surely not, Mr. Higgins. Definitely not. 00:05:43.889 --> 00:05:47.029 It's a joke, isn't it? Of course it is. But, 00:05:47.029 --> 00:05:50.610 uh, on the other hand... I've really caught with 00:05:50.610 --> 00:05:53.850 you and your other hand. Let's mark it down as 00:05:53.850 --> 00:05:57.410 a joke until we know better. Well, at least until 00:05:57.410 --> 00:06:01.279 then. Anyway, until the afternoon of... January 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:16.699 12th at 4 o 'clock. Fools. Halfwits. Come to 00:06:16.699 --> 00:06:20.100 the table. Boobies, every one of them. Now your 00:06:20.100 --> 00:06:23.560 oatmeal will get cold. Oats, clods. Don't blame 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:26.399 me if it's boiled. I bamboozled them like the 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:29.540 bunch of noodles they are. Any time you'd care 00:06:29.540 --> 00:06:32.259 to state what you're talking about, I'm all ears 00:06:32.259 --> 00:06:35.120 as the saying goes. Meantime, come sit down. 00:06:35.660 --> 00:06:38.660 The esteemed high and mighty members of the rapt 00:06:38.660 --> 00:06:42.860 Waldo Emerson Gentleman's Club, from the President, 00:06:43.199 --> 00:06:47.379 the exalted Mr. Amos Winthrop, are down. Oh, 00:06:47.779 --> 00:06:51.420 them imbeciles. You didn't go making trouble, 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:55.910 did you? That... Remains to be seen. Because 00:06:55.910 --> 00:06:57.829 they're just waiting for an excuse to give you 00:06:57.829 --> 00:07:01.189 the sack. You're not so young anymore. I know 00:07:01.189 --> 00:07:04.589 that Martha. Not always strictly teetotal on 00:07:04.589 --> 00:07:08.990 the job I suspect. I'm never drunk. Well a man 00:07:08.990 --> 00:07:12.430 needs to be a little elevated to spend ten hours 00:07:12.430 --> 00:07:16.759 a day with those back bay snobs but... I flim 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:19.220 -flam them. Now look here, Timothy Grindle, don't 00:07:19.220 --> 00:07:21.939 you go doing anything to raise the hackles on 00:07:21.939 --> 00:07:24.079 those gentlemen. Incompoops. Because if they 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:26.519 should give you the old heave -ho, you know where 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:28.839 you'd wind up, don't you? Right here at home 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:31.720 with me, and I won't have that. They're not about 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:35.740 to fire me, not right away. As a matter of fact, 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:40.819 it's I who may have lighted this small fire under 00:07:40.819 --> 00:07:44.379 them. And they should be starting to feel the 00:07:44.379 --> 00:07:50.019 heat of it soon now. Very soon. Timothy, what 00:07:50.019 --> 00:07:54.480 have you done? Oh, nothing very much. I only 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:56.939 posted a notice on the board and board, that's 00:07:56.939 --> 00:08:01.000 all. What kind of a notice? A modest little notice 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:03.899 stating that on January 12th at four o 'clock 00:08:03.899 --> 00:08:07.040 in the afternoon, the devil would descend the 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:09.740 chimney of the fireplace in the member's lounge. 00:08:10.220 --> 00:08:14.600 You said the devil? You should have seen the 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:17.319 excitement, especially Mr. Higgins. Oh, he's 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:20.420 such an emotional little man. You invoke the 00:08:20.420 --> 00:08:23.920 name of the devil? No, I did no such thing. You 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:27.629 summoned up the devil? Oh, I played a joke on 00:08:27.629 --> 00:08:30.430 those superior snobs who've been taking me for 00:08:30.430 --> 00:08:32.850 a joke all these years. That's all I did. Oh, 00:08:32.850 --> 00:08:35.769 once you summon up the devil, Timothy, it's... 00:08:35.769 --> 00:08:38.549 it's not so easy to send him back where he came 00:08:38.549 --> 00:08:41.429 from. Will you stop it, Martha? I only want to 00:08:41.429 --> 00:08:44.649 make them worry. Those fine gentlemen who've 00:08:44.649 --> 00:08:46.730 never had a care in the world since the day they 00:08:46.730 --> 00:08:51.389 were born. Worry how? About what? Worry... will 00:08:51.389 --> 00:08:55.840 he come down the chimney. Oh, they'll worry from 00:08:55.840 --> 00:08:59.200 now to the 12th of January, and I'll be there 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:01.580 ten hours a day to watch them worry. And if His 00:09:01.580 --> 00:09:05.340 Satanic Majesty does come down the chimney, what 00:09:05.340 --> 00:09:08.820 then? Oh, he won't. He won't. I wrote the notice 00:09:08.820 --> 00:09:11.480 myself. And old Beelzebub didn't dictate it either, 00:09:11.620 --> 00:09:13.480 if that's what you're thinking. Oh, I'm thinking, 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:16.539 I'm thinking you've started something, Timothy, 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:29.159 that he won't be able to stop. coffee, Mr. Winthrop? 00:09:29.659 --> 00:09:34.019 Oh, thank you, Drendel. That's quite a fire you've 00:09:34.019 --> 00:09:38.000 got going there. I always try to keep up a good, 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:41.940 smart blaze, sir. Nothing special about this 00:09:41.940 --> 00:09:47.000 particular fire, Drendel? No, sir. It's January 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:51.500 12th, Drendel, and precisely three minutes before 00:09:51.500 --> 00:09:55.639 four in the afternoon. Is it indeed, sir? Oh, 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:59.110 come off it, Drendel. Surely you're not indifferent 00:09:59.110 --> 00:10:02.029 to the heralded appearance of the Prince of Darkness 00:10:02.029 --> 00:10:05.090 down the chimney? Well, it's really no concern 00:10:05.090 --> 00:10:08.090 of mine, Mr. Winthrop. The membership doesn't 00:10:08.090 --> 00:10:11.409 share your aplomb, Drendel. Lounge is filled 00:10:11.409 --> 00:10:14.750 to overflowing. So it is, sir, and I'd best stir 00:10:14.750 --> 00:10:17.490 myself. Other gentlemen will be wanting coffee. 00:10:17.870 --> 00:10:21.610 Bring me a brandy, Drendel, if you have the time. 00:10:21.950 --> 00:10:26.789 All the time in the world, Mr. Higgins. Old Trindle's 00:10:26.789 --> 00:10:30.149 the only cool character in the room. Even Ashley, 00:10:30.230 --> 00:10:32.549 who thinks this whole thing's nonsense. Ashley 00:10:32.549 --> 00:10:34.789 doesn't even believe the devil exists, for goodness 00:10:34.789 --> 00:10:38.330 sakes. Well, he's still been sitting on that 00:10:38.330 --> 00:10:41.429 little hassock by the fireplace since noon. I 00:10:41.429 --> 00:10:43.889 tried to get him to lunch with me, but he wouldn't 00:10:43.889 --> 00:10:47.330 budge. Oh, suspected trick, no doubt. Would you? 00:10:48.429 --> 00:10:52.870 Well, it is possible, I suppose. But who'd want 00:10:52.870 --> 00:10:56.360 to play a trick like that? I mean... Even if 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:59.639 someone wanted to, how'd he go about it? Now 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:03.779 suppose something, or someone, descends that 00:11:03.779 --> 00:11:07.039 chimney at four o 'clock, as I am firmly persuaded 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:11.740 he will. Who or what could do that? There's a 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:14.279 great roar and fire going. Well, Drendel saw 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:16.279 to that. Well, suppose someone with a perverse 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:18.860 sense of humor should toss a dummy down the chimney. 00:11:19.230 --> 00:11:21.990 We'd find it afterwards. Not if it was reduced 00:11:21.990 --> 00:11:25.570 to ash. Ah, but something would remain. It couldn't 00:11:25.570 --> 00:11:29.769 all burn up. Am I right? Alas, Cudworth. He's 00:11:29.769 --> 00:11:33.370 the brainy one. Gentlemen, all prepared for the 00:11:33.370 --> 00:11:36.529 big moment? Hello, Cudworth. Only the devil himself 00:11:36.529 --> 00:11:39.830 could survive a trip down that chimney. Am I 00:11:39.830 --> 00:11:45.610 right, Cudworth? I'd say so, yes. It's nearly 00:11:45.610 --> 00:11:50.070 time. Nervous? Well... I don't know what to think. 00:11:50.490 --> 00:11:53.889 I mean, I don't know what to expect. The whole 00:11:53.889 --> 00:11:57.389 thing is nerve -racking. Positively devastated. 00:12:00.470 --> 00:12:10.429 It's time. It's him! It's him! The devil himself! 00:12:10.809 --> 00:12:13.590 He's there! See him? There he is! There is certainly 00:12:13.590 --> 00:12:17.710 something there. Someone? The Devil! It's old 00:12:17.710 --> 00:12:20.370 Harry! The Devil! Is it really the fiend? Look 00:12:20.370 --> 00:12:22.690 at him! Standing in the flames! He's laughing! 00:12:22.850 --> 00:12:25.389 Is he really laughing? Oh, that old serpent! 00:12:25.690 --> 00:12:28.169 Look at him! He's gone! No, no, no, he's not! 00:12:28.330 --> 00:12:30.909 He's still there! In the flames! Laughing in 00:12:30.909 --> 00:12:41.049 the flames! He's... Now he's gone. Well, that 00:12:41.049 --> 00:12:46.600 was quite an experience. Yes, it was. It was 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:49.059 the most wonderful thing that's ever happened 00:12:49.059 --> 00:12:53.960 to me in my entire life. Oh, really extraordinary. 00:12:54.299 --> 00:12:57.600 Well now, are you all satisfied? What do you 00:12:57.600 --> 00:13:00.580 mean by that, Ashley? His satanic majesty failed 00:13:00.580 --> 00:13:03.080 to put in an appearance. Of course he put in 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:05.940 an appearance. You didn't see him. Don't tell 00:13:05.940 --> 00:13:08.740 me you did. Of course we did. He was all in black. 00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:12.320 No, no, he was dressed in red. Black. And red, 00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:14.980 I thought. He had red hair. You couldn't see 00:13:14.980 --> 00:13:18.559 his hair. He wore a cap. I saw his hair. It was 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:21.259 sort of waving in the flames when it dropped 00:13:21.259 --> 00:13:24.299 or something, but it never caught on fire. I 00:13:24.299 --> 00:13:27.279 distinctly remember noticing that. He wore a 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:30.120 cap. You couldn't see his hair, and his mustache 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:33.659 was black. No cap. A cap and a big black cape. 00:13:33.899 --> 00:13:36.279 He kept his cape around him all the time he was 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:38.720 standing there. Yes, but the cape was red, a 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:43.659 very bright red. Now listen to yourselves. Listen, 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:47.279 will you? You all saw him. You all say you did. 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:50.679 But each of you saw something different. Red 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:54.279 cape, black cape, black and red cape. Why, it's 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:57.179 ludicrous. It is not ludicrous at all. We were 00:13:57.179 --> 00:14:00.220 all overexcited, all worked up over this thing, 00:14:00.419 --> 00:14:04.220 and maybe our accuracy, our powers of observation 00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:08.159 were impaired. That's possible. Except, I know, 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:12.720 he wore... A big black cape. A big pardon, Mr. 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:15.360 Higgins. Yeah, don't bother me now, Rindle. Your 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:17.879 brandy, sir. Now, Rindle, settle this argument 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:21.200 for us, will you? What was the devil wearing? 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:26.179 The devil, sir? What was he wearing when he came 00:14:26.179 --> 00:14:30.519 down the chimney? I wouldn't know, sir. I was 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:32.960 not in the lounge. I was fetching Mr. Higgins' 00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:38.000 brandy. Did the devil make an appearance, sir? 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:46.720 How then was the devil dressed? Oh, he was in 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:51.159 his Sunday best. His coat was red and his britches 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:55.419 blue. And there was a hole where his tail came 00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:59.200 through. Those charming lines were written by 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:02.019 Mr. Robert Salfie at the turn of the century. 00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:07.100 But not our century. No, a hundred years before. 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:11.139 Clearly the devil had time to acquire a new suit 00:15:11.139 --> 00:15:16.169 of clothes. We'll be back shortly with act two. 00:15:26.549 --> 00:15:30.169 Did the devil indeed descend the chimney of the 00:15:30.169 --> 00:15:33.490 Ralph Waldo Emerson Club in the afternoon of 00:15:33.490 --> 00:15:37.250 January 12th and stand laughing in the flames? 00:15:38.289 --> 00:15:40.690 There isn't complete agreement among the club 00:15:40.690 --> 00:15:44.779 members even now. More than a month later at 00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:48.879 Cutworth. I have to talk to you. Sit down Winthrop. 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:55.159 Yeah Have you seen it? I've seen it. It wouldn't 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:57.279 do any good to take it down from the bulletin 00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:59.340 board I suppose. One half the membership's already 00:15:59.340 --> 00:16:03.039 seen it and told the other half. Lightning strikes 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:06.759 again. I never dreamed it would, did you? Well, 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:09.120 it's a slightly different bolt of lightning this 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:13.700 time. Not the devil. The White Goddess, I believe 00:16:13.700 --> 00:16:17.899 the note is saying. I copied it down. On February 00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:22.200 8th, at 6 o 'clock in the evening, the White 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:25.799 Goddess will run naked through the members' lounge. 00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:33.240 Naked, eh? Eh, Cudworth. Just who is the White 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:37.379 Goddess? Daughter of a Starter, I believe. And, 00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:41.500 um, just who is the Starter? I'm sorry not to 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:44.519 be up on these things, but it's not really in 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:46.860 my area of concern. I believe the starter is 00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:51.860 the goddess of fertility and sexual love. Don't 00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:56.080 say. That would account for her being naked, 00:16:56.220 --> 00:17:01.059 wouldn't it? Cudworth, do we still believe in 00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:05.160 such things? Goddesses of sexual love? Why shouldn't 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:07.920 there be such a goddess? Why shouldn't she have 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:10.990 a daughter? And why shouldn't the daughter be 00:17:10.990 --> 00:17:15.789 called the White Goddess? You don't believe she'll 00:17:15.789 --> 00:17:19.349 run naked across the members' lounge, do you? 00:17:19.869 --> 00:17:22.190 I didn't believe the devil would come down the 00:17:22.190 --> 00:17:26.450 chimney. But you did see him, didn't you? Yeah. 00:17:27.410 --> 00:17:30.369 Or something that looked very like him. Assuming, 00:17:30.470 --> 00:17:33.049 of course, I know what the devil looks like. 00:17:33.809 --> 00:17:40.740 Edward, I saw his horns. Did you indeed? Have 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:43.819 you seen it? Have you seen the notice? Yes, yes, 00:17:43.859 --> 00:17:46.220 yes, yes, we've seen it. Do you know that members 00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:48.700 are pouring in from all over the country? Oh, 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:51.140 no. Members that haven't been inside the club 00:17:51.140 --> 00:17:53.940 in 20 years. We can't even begin to put them 00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:56.680 up. Half of them are stopping at hotels. Heaven 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:59.319 help us. Oh, cheer up, Windsor. There's a chance 00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:01.680 the White Goddess won't show up. I don't know, 00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:05.980 Cadworth. I have a sinking feeling that she will. 00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:16.660 an empty hotel room in the whole of Boston. Why 00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:19.240 are you doing this, Timothy? What are you getting 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:22.579 out of it? I'm getting something off my own back, 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:25.720 that's what. I'll never understand you. You haven't 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:27.720 up to now, that's for sure. You're playing jokes 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:30.640 on people at your age. It's no joke. Well, I 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:32.380 don't know what else you could call it. It's 00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:37.579 a plot. A plot to make them squirm those fine 00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:41.089 gentlemen with their fancy ways. Why should they 00:18:41.089 --> 00:18:43.049 go through their entire lives without knowing 00:18:43.049 --> 00:18:45.930 a moment's uncertainty or a pang of anxiety? 00:18:46.109 --> 00:18:50.250 They're always so damn sure of themselves Now 00:18:50.250 --> 00:18:54.529 They're not sure any longer They're divided amongst 00:18:54.529 --> 00:18:57.529 themselves already on the subject of the devil. 00:18:57.589 --> 00:19:00.630 I hear them drawing away about it in the lounge 00:19:00.630 --> 00:19:03.589 Was he there or wasn't he? What did he look like? 00:19:03.670 --> 00:19:08.009 What did he wear? Mr. Higgins says red. Mr. Winthrop 00:19:08.009 --> 00:19:11.349 says red and black Mr. Cudworth says nothing 00:19:11.349 --> 00:19:14.670 at all, just looks wise. And Mr. Ashley says 00:19:14.670 --> 00:19:16.950 the devil never came down the chimney at all, 00:19:17.150 --> 00:19:20.289 so they're every last one of them crazy. I tell 00:19:20.289 --> 00:19:22.509 you, their chatter and their argument was driving 00:19:22.509 --> 00:19:26.630 me right up the wall. But I put a stop to it 00:19:26.630 --> 00:19:30.230 all right. And just how did you manage to do 00:19:30.230 --> 00:19:33.690 that? By putting up the notice about the white 00:19:33.690 --> 00:19:37.430 goddess. That's how. Now they're all talking 00:19:37.430 --> 00:19:41.519 about her. And when is this white goddess making 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:46.279 her debut? Six o 'clock tonight. And is she coming 00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:50.160 down the chimney? No. No, as the notice says, 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:52.759 on February 8th at six o 'clock in the evening, 00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:55.880 the white goddess will run naked through the 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:59.960 member's lounge. Where will she come from? How 00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:03.960 should I know? I only wrote the notice. But I 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:06.759 think it would be nice if she came in through 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:12.630 the main door. and went out through a window. 00:20:17.230 --> 00:20:28.869 That would be rather nice. The room is filling 00:20:28.869 --> 00:20:32.710 up. It's amazing. Oh, I don't know. It isn't 00:20:32.710 --> 00:20:35.869 often, if ever, any of us gets to see the White 00:20:35.869 --> 00:20:39.450 Goddess run naked across the lounge. You think 00:20:39.450 --> 00:20:41.690 they really believe? Well, who knows what they 00:20:41.690 --> 00:20:46.549 believe. Culworth, do you believe? I'm here, 00:20:46.650 --> 00:20:50.109 as you see. Hmm, I suppose that's the only possible 00:20:50.109 --> 00:20:52.309 answer. Well, it's the only one you're going 00:20:52.309 --> 00:20:56.789 to get. Do you believe, Winthrop? It's like... 00:20:56.430 --> 00:21:01.029 You? I'm here. What? What's the time? Time! Time! 00:21:01.430 --> 00:21:03.750 Cudworth, you always have the right time. Mr. 00:21:03.970 --> 00:21:07.089 Higgins, the clock on the mantle is exactly right. 00:21:07.730 --> 00:21:12.369 Two minutes to six. Mind if I sit down? We've 00:21:12.369 --> 00:21:14.750 been saving this chair for you, Higgins. Oh, 00:21:14.849 --> 00:21:18.549 that's nice of you. Well, the lounge is pretty 00:21:18.549 --> 00:21:20.750 well filled up, isn't it? First thing at the 00:21:20.750 --> 00:21:24.250 seams. Oh, I've been. Studying all about the 00:21:24.250 --> 00:21:27.869 White Goddess? Daughter of Vastati, who in turn 00:21:27.869 --> 00:21:31.490 is the goddess of fertility and sexual love. 00:21:32.309 --> 00:21:37.069 Oh, you knew that. Cutworth told me. Cutworth, 00:21:37.410 --> 00:21:40.470 you really do know everything. On the contrary, 00:21:40.569 --> 00:21:42.809 I know very little. Well, you've always seemed 00:21:42.809 --> 00:21:44.950 to me to know everything. That's because you 00:21:44.950 --> 00:21:48.500 know less. Hey, mind if I join you? Well, there's 00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:51.440 no place to sit, actually. Oh, what a pity. Well, 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:54.500 you could sit on the floor. Now, how would I 00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:56.940 look sitting on the floor when the white goddess 00:21:56.940 --> 00:22:00.420 comes running across the lounge? No, no, I think 00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:02.819 I shall join old Drendel over by the window. 00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:05.200 And perhaps he'll fetch me a brandy. No, no, 00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:07.799 you haven't time. It's nearly six. Oh, you mean 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:12.359 I might miss her got a ship. Oh, my, my, that 00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:47.910 would never do. Oh, that... It's time. Time has 00:22:47.910 --> 00:22:56.049 come. Look at her. Look at her. She's beautiful. 00:22:56.809 --> 00:23:02.470 Sublime. Oh, my goddess. Oh, loveliness. I never 00:23:02.470 --> 00:23:04.950 thought I should live to see anything so beautiful. 00:23:05.710 --> 00:23:09.849 The most exquisite thing I ever saw. Whatever 00:23:09.849 --> 00:23:14.440 shall see. Where did she go? She was here. Such 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:16.559 a little time. She disappeared through the window. 00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:18.880 The wall, I think. No, no, no, no, through the 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:20.519 window. The one back of where Ashley's standing 00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:23.299 with Grindle. I saw Ashley turn and look out 00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:27.140 the window, just as she vanished. You don't think 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:31.319 it's possible he saw her, too? Oh, no. Not Ashley. 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:37.039 Well? Ashley? What? I think we should stop staring 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:38.819 at the stars. I'd like to ask you something. 00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:42.240 Magnificent. Yes, the stars are magnificent, 00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:45.000 but I have something else in my mind. Oh, what's 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:48.160 troubling you, Cutworth? Why, nothing very much, 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:51.859 Ashley. Is something troubling you? The way she 00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:56.000 disappeared, simply melted into the astral light. 00:23:56.940 --> 00:24:01.220 Um, who melted into the astral light, Ashley? 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:04.859 By the White Goddess. But don't tell me you didn't 00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:10.390 see her. Oh, yes. I saw her. Radiant in all her 00:24:10.390 --> 00:24:14.769 nakedness. Glowing like mother of pearl. Her 00:24:14.769 --> 00:24:18.829 long hair flying out behind her. But then, you 00:24:18.829 --> 00:24:22.930 saw her? Yes. Now the others? Did they see her? 00:24:23.430 --> 00:24:26.690 Oh, yes. Of course. Everyone must have seen her. 00:24:27.049 --> 00:24:31.170 Now, Drendel. Yes, sir? You saw her? No, Mr. 00:24:31.410 --> 00:24:34.289 Ashley. Oh, come now, Drendel. Of course you 00:24:34.289 --> 00:24:36.930 saw her. We were standing here together, side 00:24:36.930 --> 00:24:41.210 by side. I didn't see anything, Mr. Ashley. Don't 00:24:41.210 --> 00:24:43.869 tell me you didn't see anything, you old liar. 00:24:43.890 --> 00:24:47.450 I was busy with something. You were not busy 00:24:47.450 --> 00:24:50.049 with something. We were standing here talking 00:24:50.049 --> 00:24:52.150 and the clock struck six and the door opened 00:24:52.150 --> 00:24:55.349 and she came in. And she ran. Her feet hardly 00:24:55.349 --> 00:24:57.930 touched the floor. Ran across the lounge to this 00:24:57.930 --> 00:25:00.450 window, this one right here, while her shoulder 00:25:00.450 --> 00:25:03.500 brushed mine. I felt it. My left shoulder. Now 00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:05.359 don't tell me you didn't see her or I'll break 00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:07.720 your back. Now don't excite yourself, Ashley. 00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:09.920 The most beautiful spectacle it's ever been the 00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:12.180 good fortune of any of us to witness. And this 00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:14.339 numbskull, Grindle, stands there and tells me 00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:16.940 he didn't see it. He was busy with something. 00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:20.240 Oh, I won't stand for it. You listen to me, you 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:23.799 fool. It's blasphemy. Unaculterated blasphemy 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:26.259 for you to deny that you saw what I saw. What 00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:29.440 we all saw. Now say it. Say you saw the White 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:32.099 Goddess run across this lounge, didn't you? Didn't 00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:34.519 you? You say it or I'll choke the light out of 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:36.640 you. Actually, this is going too far. He saw 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:39.339 her. I know, he saw her. No, Mr. Ashley, please, 00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:42.059 you're choking me. He saw it, he's going to admit 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:47.240 it. Ashley! Oh, I couldn't do stay out of this, 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:51.839 Godworth. Now, you might have killed him. Are 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:58.470 you all right, Dintel? Yes. Yes. I'm all right. 00:25:59.130 --> 00:26:01.730 Ashley, go into the bar and buy yourself a drink. 00:26:02.049 --> 00:26:06.549 You need it. Yes, I need it. I need it all right. 00:26:07.549 --> 00:26:10.490 You're sure you're all right, Grendel? Yes, quite. 00:26:11.589 --> 00:26:15.650 Quite sure, Mr. Cuddler. Oh, by the way, Grendel, 00:26:17.289 --> 00:26:19.630 did you see the White Goddess or didn't you? 00:26:21.170 --> 00:26:24.410 You don't need to be afraid to tell me. Either 00:26:24.410 --> 00:26:29.880 way. I... Didn't see anything, Mr. Cudworth. 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:35.500 You see, I was busy with something and I... No, 00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:48.220 I didn't see anything at all. Well, I think I 00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:52.140 must be getting on home. Yes, it's been quite 00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:55.690 an evening, isn't it? Quite an evening. A never 00:26:55.690 --> 00:26:59.250 -to -be -forgotten evening. Beautifully put, 00:26:59.549 --> 00:27:03.950 Ambrose. Come along, I'll drop you off. Thank 00:27:03.950 --> 00:27:08.549 you. So long, everyone. Night all! Wake up, Ashley! 00:27:08.809 --> 00:27:11.410 Yes, yes, I'll wait for you. Well, Cutworth, 00:27:12.390 --> 00:27:15.970 a never -to -be -forgotten evening. Well, at 00:27:15.970 --> 00:27:20.130 any rate, one I'll never forget. My fancy, none 00:27:20.130 --> 00:27:23.769 of us will ever forget. You leaving now? No. 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:27.539 I'm going to stay until the room's cleared. It's 00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:31.980 about cleared now. Nobody much left? I, uh... 00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:35.619 I want to speak to old Rinderle. He doesn't look 00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:38.180 too happy. That was quite a going -over Ashley 00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:41.559 gave him, wasn't it? Mm, looked that way. Ashley 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:47.740 can be a rough man. Can't he, though? Well, I'm 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:52.839 off. Night, Winthrop. Night, Goodworth. And never... 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:59.019 to be a forgotten night. Oh, Drendel. Yes, Mr. 00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:02.859 Winthrop. May I speak to you for a minute? Yes, 00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:06.420 of course, Mr. Winthrop, of course. You all right? 00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:11.059 Perfectly all right. I couldn't help noticing 00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:15.539 you. You and Mr. Ashley seem to be having an 00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:20.799 altercation of some sort. Mr. Ashley was angry, 00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:25.230 sir, because... I wouldn't say I saw the white 00:28:25.230 --> 00:28:29.490 goddess. And why wouldn't you say you saw the 00:28:29.490 --> 00:28:34.549 white goddess? Because I didn't see her. But 00:28:34.549 --> 00:28:39.190 we all saw her, Dindal. Even Mr. Ashley saw her. 00:28:40.269 --> 00:28:43.890 She wasn't there. My dear man, she was there. 00:28:44.250 --> 00:28:48.329 She ran across the lounge all naked, just as 00:28:48.329 --> 00:28:51.170 the notice said she would. Now... Why do you 00:28:51.170 --> 00:28:56.930 persist in denying it? Because I wrote the notice. 00:28:58.210 --> 00:29:02.150 Oh, how dwindle. And I wrote the other one, too, 00:29:02.549 --> 00:29:05.930 about the devil coming down the chimney. I wrote 00:29:05.930 --> 00:29:10.890 them both, and I made them up out of my head. 00:29:12.369 --> 00:29:16.309 Why are you lying to me, Dwindle? I'm not lying, 00:29:16.750 --> 00:29:19.630 sir. But of course you're lying. I don't know 00:29:19.630 --> 00:29:23.690 why you're lying. Perhaps to make yourself important 00:29:23.690 --> 00:29:28.930 in our eyes. I am not lying. But we all saw her, 00:29:29.130 --> 00:29:32.029 Dintel. It was the most exquisite moment of our 00:29:32.029 --> 00:29:42.589 lives we saw her. Therefore, you're lying. All 00:29:42.589 --> 00:29:47.130 minds are little. In this great universe of ours, 00:29:47.470 --> 00:29:51.410 Man is a mere insect as compared with a boundless 00:29:51.410 --> 00:29:54.930 world about him, as measured by the intelligence 00:29:54.930 --> 00:29:59.150 capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. 00:30:00.549 --> 00:30:04.890 Yes, Virginia, there is a white goddess. We'll 00:30:04.890 --> 00:30:19.769 be back shortly with Act 3. Have you read your 00:30:19.769 --> 00:30:23.730 Shakespeare lately? If you have, you'll remember 00:30:23.730 --> 00:30:27.390 Hamlet's observation to his friend. There are 00:30:27.390 --> 00:30:31.089 more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than 00:30:31.089 --> 00:30:35.470 are dreamt of in your philosophy. If you haven't 00:30:35.470 --> 00:30:39.329 read your Shakespeare, now for the third act 00:30:39.329 --> 00:30:43.829 of A Walls of Jericho. Come eat your breakfast, 00:30:43.829 --> 00:30:46.289 Timothy. It's on the table. It's ridiculous. 00:30:46.609 --> 00:30:50.150 It's absolutely absurd. They're trying to ruin 00:30:50.150 --> 00:30:52.970 me. Oh, he's off again. I never even turned around 00:30:52.970 --> 00:30:55.990 when I heard them whispering behind my back Dindals 00:30:55.990 --> 00:30:59.730 getting on poor dindal dindals had a drop too 00:30:59.730 --> 00:31:02.210 much. That part's true All right, but when they 00:31:02.210 --> 00:31:06.069 called me a liar and to my face, I don't have 00:31:06.069 --> 00:31:10.470 to take that who called you a liar Mr. Amos Winthrop 00:31:10.470 --> 00:31:13.730 the president of the club The highest mucky muck 00:31:13.730 --> 00:31:16.230 of all the high mucky mucks. That's who. What 00:31:16.230 --> 00:31:18.569 kind of a lie did you tell him? No lie. I told 00:31:18.569 --> 00:31:22.569 him no lie. I told him the God's own truth. That 00:31:22.569 --> 00:31:24.789 I had written those notices and put them up on 00:31:24.789 --> 00:31:27.069 the bulletin board. The one about the devil coming 00:31:27.069 --> 00:31:28.950 down the chimney and the one about the white 00:31:28.950 --> 00:31:31.349 goddess running naked across the lounge as well. 00:31:31.730 --> 00:31:34.750 Why wouldn't he believe you? Because he's a fool. 00:31:35.349 --> 00:31:37.930 The biggest fool in the pack of fools. I said, 00:31:38.150 --> 00:31:42.720 why wouldn't he believe you? He's... Saw him 00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:45.500 come down the chimney and stand in the flames 00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:49.059 and that most of the others saw him, too You 00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:52.240 all but mr. Ashley and a few other disbelievers. 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:55.880 You should never have invoked the devil I told 00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:59.480 you that at the time but even mr. Ashley is saying 00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:02.299 that he saw the white goddess run across the 00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:07.480 lounge Radiant in her nakedness. She says no 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:12.220 like mother of pearl Imagine Mr. Ashley talking 00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:16.240 like that. He says she brushed up against him, 00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:19.319 against his shoulder, and then went out through 00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:23.480 the window and melted into the astral light. 00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:27.859 Mr. Ashley, of all people. Maybe it happened. 00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:30.859 How could it have happened when I made it all 00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:36.099 up? Well, come eat your breakfast. No, I can't. 00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:38.259 I'm too upset. You're more upset than they are. 00:32:38.490 --> 00:32:40.890 Those fine gentlemen you were going to teach 00:32:40.890 --> 00:32:43.269 a lesson. Oh, don't you worry. I'll fix them. 00:32:45.049 --> 00:32:47.569 I'll put up another notice. Oh, no, Timothy. 00:32:47.769 --> 00:32:50.309 Don't start up again. Only this time I'll make 00:32:50.309 --> 00:32:56.529 it so, so crazy, so outlandish, they'll see that 00:32:56.529 --> 00:32:58.910 it's only a joke. They won't be able to help 00:32:58.910 --> 00:33:02.349 themselves. Now, let's see. Where's the pen? 00:33:02.670 --> 00:33:11.440 And a piece of paper. Now, what shall I... I 00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:14.200 need to get them excited, all worked up, waiting 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:16.319 for something, and then they let down when it 00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:21.079 doesn't happen. That's what I'm after. Yes, I've 00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:25.720 got it. On March the 2nd, at five o 'clock... 00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:27.480 You see, they'll all be having drinks in the 00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:31.880 lounge about that time. At five o 'clock, a leopard 00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:38.500 will enter... No. No, not a leopard. A tiger. 00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:43.160 We'll enter the Members Lounge. How's that? As 00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:45.279 long as you don't make it the devil. No, no, 00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:49.140 no, better yet. Three tigers will enter the Members 00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:53.140 Lounge. No, no, no, I don't like enter. It's 00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:58.920 too sedate sounding, too tame. We'll come through 00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:03.640 the windows. No. We'll crash through the windows. 00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:06.799 That's good. We'll crash through the windows 00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:10.699 of the Members Lounge. There. That should put 00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:13.260 Mr. Winthrop in his place. Somehow, Timothy, 00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:16.760 I don't think you were born to put Mr. Winthrop 00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:19.340 in his place. Ah, that's where you're wrong, 00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:23.300 Martha. It's precisely what I was born for, and 00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:27.000 this will do it. Wait a minute. I thought of 00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:31.019 something else. What now? Listen to this. On 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:35.250 March the 2nd, at five o 'clock... Three tigers 00:34:35.250 --> 00:34:38.349 will crash through the windows of the member's 00:34:38.349 --> 00:34:43.789 lounge, one of them carrying a chicken in his 00:34:43.789 --> 00:34:49.869 mouth. How's that, Martha? Huh? How's that? Oh, 00:34:50.010 --> 00:35:00.610 that's perfect! Oh, uh, Wendell? Mr. Winthrop, 00:35:00.829 --> 00:35:04.969 yes, sir. Stir up that fire, will you? Yes, sir. 00:35:06.449 --> 00:35:10.750 That's... that's fine. Would you like another 00:35:10.750 --> 00:35:14.550 log, sir? No, no, that'll do it, I think. Weather's 00:35:14.550 --> 00:35:19.030 letting up a bit. Yes, it seems to be. You're 00:35:19.030 --> 00:35:23.590 in the club a bit early today, sir. Yes, a bit. 00:35:24.570 --> 00:35:29.269 By yes, it's only a little after four. Are you... 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:34.519 Waiting for the Tigers, sir? How's that? Well, 00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:36.760 I just thought perhaps you might have wanted 00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:39.800 to be the first one on hand when the Tigers crashed 00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:43.059 through, that's all. You're being impertinent, 00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:46.519 Dwindle. It's very unlike you, Dwindle. Is it, 00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:49.400 sir? Same as your lying. It was unlike you to 00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:52.519 lie to me. Yeah, I suppose it was. You know it 00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:57.260 was. Now, you're not going to tell me the latest 00:35:57.260 --> 00:36:00.730 notice on the bulletin board. was also your invention, 00:36:00.929 --> 00:36:03.969 are you? I'm not going to tell you anything, 00:36:04.090 --> 00:36:06.949 Mr. Winthrop. Well, I'm glad to hear that. I'm 00:36:06.949 --> 00:36:09.769 sure you'll agree that it's not my place to tell 00:36:09.769 --> 00:36:12.230 you anything. I most certainly and emphatically 00:36:12.230 --> 00:36:16.110 do agree. I thought you would. Not that I'm certain 00:36:16.110 --> 00:36:19.269 that the three tigers will crash through the 00:36:19.269 --> 00:36:23.090 windows. No, I'm not certain at all. It's absurd 00:36:23.090 --> 00:36:27.010 on the face of it, isn't it? Most absurd. Three 00:36:27.010 --> 00:36:31.400 tigers. Well, now. Ridiculous and one with a 00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:34.900 chicken in his mouth. It's laughable. Well, don't 00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:39.159 laugh Because it just may happen precisely as 00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:44.000 the notice predicts We simply do not know I promise 00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:55.900 not to laugh Nervous cudworth a few flutters. 00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:59.090 It's the uncertainty of course I've been here 00:36:59.090 --> 00:37:01.570 since four o 'clock. Can you imagine that? I 00:37:01.570 --> 00:37:04.530 had a hard time staying away myself. I had a 00:37:04.530 --> 00:37:08.050 few sharp words earlier with Rintle. I'm sorry 00:37:08.050 --> 00:37:11.869 to say. The old man's getting very independent, 00:37:12.010 --> 00:37:14.809 very opinion -y. Where is he? He's usually around 00:37:14.809 --> 00:37:17.769 taking drink orders by now. And he's standing 00:37:17.769 --> 00:37:20.530 over there by the main door looking very superior. 00:37:21.349 --> 00:37:23.849 We really have to retire that fellow, Cutworth. 00:37:24.170 --> 00:37:29.159 Windup! Cutworth! Do you realize... You realize 00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:32.480 people are standing outside on the sidewalk. 00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:35.300 This isn't a club matter anymore. It's spread 00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:37.820 all over the city. Oh, I can't say I care for 00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:40.920 that. It looks like hundreds of people. I tried 00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:43.739 to get Ashley to be with us for the great event, 00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:47.139 but he insists on his post by the window. Ashley 00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:51.360 by the window, old kindle by the main door. Well, 00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:55.380 we're well covered. We should be quiet. It's 00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:59.300 time. I don't think our conversation will either 00:37:59.300 --> 00:38:02.800 deter or encourage the tigers. Yes, but all the 00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:26.469 same, you... Quiet! They're making for the door! 00:38:26.750 --> 00:38:29.369 Out of the way, Wendell! Out of the way! Wendell! 00:38:29.670 --> 00:38:33.789 Oh, God! Careful! He doesn't see them! Help! 00:38:34.590 --> 00:38:43.010 Help! Cutworth! Did they... Is he... Don't... 00:38:43.010 --> 00:38:48.389 Don't look, Wendell. Better not look. Is... Wendell... 00:38:48.389 --> 00:38:52.130 To the Tigers yet? I don't know. Well, here's 00:38:52.130 --> 00:38:54.329 Ashley. Maybe he knows something. Ashley, what 00:38:54.329 --> 00:39:01.360 happened? Oh, no. How did it happen? Heart attack, 00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:05.420 apparently. Not the Tigers? There isn't a scratch 00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:08.780 on him. They simply jumped over him, knocked 00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:12.239 down the big door, and disappeared. Old Blyndle 00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:16.219 never believed in the Tigers. Oh, is it conceivable? 00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:20.940 He didn't see them? Oh, he saw them all right. 00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:24.469 Well, how can you be sure? Well, don't you remember, 00:39:24.630 --> 00:39:27.050 just before the tigers reached the door, he called 00:39:27.050 --> 00:39:32.510 for help. He... he saw them. He called for help. 00:39:33.929 --> 00:39:38.809 And he died. Of fright, you think? Can you think 00:39:38.809 --> 00:39:40.989 of anything more frightening than the sight of 00:39:40.989 --> 00:39:44.150 something you never believed in coming to get 00:39:44.150 --> 00:39:53.800 you? Let's, uh... Step in here for a few minutes, 00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:57.039 gentlemen. We won't be disturbing you, Katie, 00:39:57.099 --> 00:40:00.139 if we use part of the lounge, will we? What happened 00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:03.940 in here, Mr. Windsor? Who upset all the furniture? 00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:09.699 A little fracas, Katie, with some unexpected 00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:14.619 visitors. Let's set our drinks down here. Pull 00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:17.280 up chairs, everybody. There's a few that weren't 00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:21.000 overturned. Well, we'll have a new steward tomorrow. 00:40:21.630 --> 00:40:23.730 Yeah, promote him someone from the dining room. 00:40:23.949 --> 00:40:26.309 You'll never hold a candle to Drendel no matter 00:40:26.309 --> 00:40:30.070 who he is. Drendel was a good man. If you gentlemen 00:40:30.070 --> 00:40:32.309 are going to be using this room, I can clear 00:40:32.309 --> 00:40:34.889 out and come back later. Now, you go right ahead 00:40:34.889 --> 00:40:37.150 with your cleaning, Katie, if you don't mind 00:40:37.150 --> 00:40:39.809 sweeping around us. That's all right with me. 00:40:40.389 --> 00:40:43.889 There, there, there. Certainly isn't there. Gentlemen, 00:40:45.190 --> 00:40:48.690 I asked you to meet with me here because I have 00:40:48.690 --> 00:40:52.510 a confession to make. I'm sorry, I didn't tell 00:40:52.510 --> 00:40:56.929 you before, but... Well, I didn't. But now I 00:40:56.929 --> 00:41:00.949 must. After the incident of the White Goddess, 00:41:01.889 --> 00:41:06.050 gentlemen, Grindel told me that he himself had 00:41:06.050 --> 00:41:10.070 posted those notices on the bulletin board. Grindel? 00:41:10.110 --> 00:41:13.150 The one about the devil? And the White Goddess? 00:41:13.289 --> 00:41:16.409 That one, too? I didn't believe him. After all, 00:41:16.610 --> 00:41:20.369 we saw the devil, most of us. And we all saw 00:41:20.369 --> 00:41:23.949 the White Goddess. And to believe Drendel would 00:41:23.949 --> 00:41:26.710 be to admit that he had the power to summon them 00:41:26.710 --> 00:41:32.389 up. What about the three tigers? One with a chicken 00:41:32.389 --> 00:41:36.889 in his mouth? We saw them too. And in all probability, 00:41:37.110 --> 00:41:40.849 so did Drendel. And the sight killed him. Is 00:41:40.849 --> 00:41:44.409 it possible that a man like Drendel had the power 00:41:44.409 --> 00:41:49.949 to invoke such things? I... must now concede 00:41:49.949 --> 00:41:54.130 that he did. There I must take issue with you, 00:41:54.309 --> 00:41:58.969 Winthrop. Grindle only put up the notices of 00:41:58.969 --> 00:42:03.769 power lay within us, the membership. I, for one, 00:42:04.170 --> 00:42:08.630 claim no such power. You, for one, have no such 00:42:08.630 --> 00:42:13.349 power, Ashley. Nor have I. Nor has Winthrop, 00:42:13.769 --> 00:42:16.289 or Higgins, or any member of the club, separately. 00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:21.920 or consciously, but unconsciously and collectively, 00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:27.579 the power is ours. Together and without knowing 00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:31.440 it, we can do such astounding things. Together 00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:34.739 and without knowing it, we are constantly doing 00:42:34.739 --> 00:42:38.360 astounding things, are we not? And always have, 00:42:39.300 --> 00:42:43.880 both for good and for evil. I call your attention 00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:46.659 to the biblical story of the Battle of Jericho. 00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:51.179 We all know that stone walls cannot be shattered 00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:54.820 by a band of men marching round them, a final 00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:59.280 blast of trumpets, and a great shout. We know 00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:05.199 that. And yet it happened. The walls of Jericho 00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:11.599 fell. Why did they? Consider the circumstances. 00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:16.679 the Israelites outside the fortress city, the 00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:19.340 eagerness, the expectancy, and above all, the 00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:24.199 desire and the belief. Consider the steady tramp 00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:28.840 of marching feet. Consider the narrowed concentration 00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:31.780 of the marchers, no man divided in his mind, 00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:35.659 and no mind divided from the mind of any other 00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:39.820 man. Consider the psychic pressure created by 00:43:39.820 --> 00:43:45.210 such a congregation. A mass hallucinate was no 00:43:45.210 --> 00:43:50.369 hallucination that Jericho fell to Joshua. No. 00:43:51.530 --> 00:43:56.590 I should call it mass projection. And that's 00:43:56.590 --> 00:44:02.610 what happened here? To us? We, all of us, acting 00:44:02.610 --> 00:44:07.449 in concert, projected these apparitions by the 00:44:07.449 --> 00:44:13.510 sheer force. of our unconscious minds. Then we 00:44:13.510 --> 00:44:18.090 weren't wrong. We really saw them. The devil, 00:44:18.610 --> 00:44:22.409 the white goddess, the three tigers, one with 00:44:22.409 --> 00:44:26.250 a chicken in his mouth. We really saw them, even 00:44:26.250 --> 00:44:30.929 as the walls of Jericho really fell. I beg your 00:44:30.929 --> 00:44:34.090 pardon, sir. What is it, Katie? Look what I swept 00:44:34.090 --> 00:44:38.309 up over by the main door, sir, if I'm not mistaken. 00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:42.739 They're chicken feathers. What's been going on 00:44:42.739 --> 00:44:53.000 here, sir? And so ends our tale of magic. A magician 00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:56.860 performs his tricks. We are delighted and applaud 00:44:56.860 --> 00:45:00.380 because we cannot comprehend how he did them. 00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:04.739 But what if the magician himself cannot comprehend? 00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:22.159 I'll be back shortly. to know the truth, for 00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:27.420 the truth shall make you free. I believe that, 00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:32.420 but it's a long search and a weary one, and let's 00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:36.000 be glad that a lot of mystery remains, and there's 00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:38.760 a little magic here and there along the way. 00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:43.480 Our cast included Robert Dryden, Mary Jane Hickby, 00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:47.679 Ian Martin, Ralph Bell, Guy Sorrell, and Sidney 00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:50.860 Walker. The entire production was under the direction 00:45:50.860 --> 00:45:54.860 of Hyman Brown. Radio Mystery Theater was sponsored 00:45:54.860 --> 00:45:58.300 in part by the Kellogg Company, makers of Kellogg's 00:45:58.300 --> 00:46:02.179 Special K Cereal. This is E .G. Marshall inviting 00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:05.239 you to return to our Mystery Theater for another 00:46:05.239 --> 00:46:11.880 adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant 00:46:11.880 --> 00:46:12.920 dreams.