WEBVTT 00:00:18.030 --> 00:00:26.089 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:26.089 --> 00:00:31.329 to the world of terrifying imagination. The fear 00:00:31.329 --> 00:00:36.130 you can hear. This is the story of a natural 00:00:36.130 --> 00:00:40.630 born loser. Within the quietest and most retiring 00:00:40.630 --> 00:00:44.030 of the genus Homo sapiens, there lurks a tiger. 00:00:44.750 --> 00:00:48.159 As indeed, it lurks in all of us. It takes only 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:50.939 the right combination of intolerable pressures, 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:55.240 unfulfilled dreams, and the opportunity to escape 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:59.179 the first and realize the second, to make even 00:00:59.179 --> 00:01:02.840 the worm turn. Which is just what happened to 00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:06.640 Henry Green. I do a lot of dreaming. When you're 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:09.260 married to someone like Florence, you gotta do 00:01:09.260 --> 00:01:13.120 something. But I never figured any of those dreams 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:18.269 to come true. Revenge dreams, you know, like... 00:01:18.269 --> 00:01:21.909 It is the decision of this court that you, Florence 00:01:21.909 --> 00:01:25.549 Green, be removed to a suitable place and hanged 00:01:25.549 --> 00:01:30.030 by the neck until you are dead. Maybe it's hung. 00:01:30.730 --> 00:01:34.890 I never remember, like... It's all right, Dr. 00:01:35.109 --> 00:01:38.930 Willoughby. I know you did your best to pull 00:01:38.930 --> 00:01:42.189 her through, but it's God's will that prevails 00:01:42.189 --> 00:01:48.629 in the end. Florence is gone forever. Someone 00:01:48.629 --> 00:01:51.650 yacks at you like Florence and steps on your 00:01:51.650 --> 00:01:54.209 toes everything you want to do and has to be 00:01:54.209 --> 00:01:56.569 on you every moment and won't let you out of 00:01:56.569 --> 00:02:02.049 the house alone. I'm telling you, it's simply 00:02:02.049 --> 00:02:06.849 murder. So I dream a lot about my wife just not 00:02:06.849 --> 00:02:10.650 being. But I never thought of actually causing 00:02:10.650 --> 00:02:15.069 her not to be. I never really meant to end up 00:02:15.069 --> 00:02:28.330 a murderer. Our mystery drama, It's Simply Murder, 00:02:28.849 --> 00:02:30.930 was written especially for the Mystery Theatre 00:02:30.930 --> 00:02:35.949 by Ian Martin and stars Jack Guilford. I'll be 00:02:35.949 --> 00:02:49.909 back shortly with Act One. One of the simplest 00:02:49.909 --> 00:02:54.490 and most fiendish devices to drive men mad is 00:02:54.490 --> 00:02:59.229 the Chinese water torture. The slow drip of water 00:02:59.229 --> 00:03:03.430 second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour 00:03:03.430 --> 00:03:08.389 on the forehead. Unending, inescapable, inexorable. 00:03:09.689 --> 00:03:13.310 Henry Green's life was like that, both in his 00:03:13.310 --> 00:03:17.060 work and... Did you wash up all your breakfast 00:03:17.060 --> 00:03:19.960 dishes? Yes, Florence. You let the spoons up 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:23.199 so they drain? Yes. Put out the garbage? Yes. 00:03:23.500 --> 00:03:25.479 And you cleaned out the sink? Yes, Florence. 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:28.340 You wrung out the sponge? Yes. Look, I just... 00:03:28.340 --> 00:03:30.800 Don't you move until I'm finished talking to 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:33.659 you. Now, look, I want you right straight home 00:03:33.659 --> 00:03:36.139 here after the bank closes tonight. Well, some 00:03:36.139 --> 00:03:38.340 of the boys... Oh, don't give me any, uh, some 00:03:38.340 --> 00:03:41.659 of the boys... But just a drink to say bon voyage. 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:44.199 Look, you'll have all the bon voyage on the cruise 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:47.060 when we leave tomorrow. Although don't think 00:03:47.060 --> 00:03:49.240 there'll be any drinking going on there, either. 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:51.800 There's enough money being spent on this vacation 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:54.319 now. It's the first real vacation we've taken 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:56.400 since our honeymoon. And we wouldn't be having 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:58.919 it if I hadn't made you save for it. I didn't 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:01.780 start saving the money for the cruise. I know, 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:05.879 I know. You wanted to save it for a smelly, dangerous, 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:08.419 noisy old motorcycle. Well, I wasn't having any 00:04:08.419 --> 00:04:12.319 of that. I... I always wanted one. All my life... 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:15.919 Oh, stop it. You're too old for one now anyway. 00:04:16.719 --> 00:04:20.720 How do you know what? I said, now do you know 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:23.220 that I've got to leave or I'll be late for the 00:04:23.220 --> 00:04:25.000 bank? Well, don't forget to pick up the suitcase. 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:28.199 What suitcase? Your old one that Travers' luggage 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:31.019 is repairing. Oh, all right. And mine to come 00:04:31.019 --> 00:04:35.220 right home at. Watch out for the cat! Ouch! You 00:04:35.220 --> 00:04:38.120 clumsy fool, you stepped on him. I didn't. He 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:40.980 tried to run out of the door and he bit me. Serves 00:04:40.980 --> 00:04:46.259 you right. He knows you don't like him. Once 00:04:46.259 --> 00:04:48.959 I left the house I always tried to put Florence 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:52.360 out of my mind. And the best way to do that was 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:56.399 to think about Sherry Woods. Not that I could 00:04:56.399 --> 00:04:59.399 do any more than think about her because she 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:03.220 was Mr. Mercer's day and night, if you know what 00:05:03.220 --> 00:05:06.519 I mean. But more and more I guess I was getting 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:11.860 to the dangerous age because I sure did a lot 00:05:11.860 --> 00:05:17.939 of thinking about Sherry. Well, that's 10 20 00:05:17.939 --> 00:05:25.180 30 35 40 45 and 1 2 3 4 5 mix 50. Thank you. 00:05:25.180 --> 00:05:29.019 Mr. Robinson. See you next week You haven't any 00:05:29.019 --> 00:05:33.839 more customers Henry Close your window. Why Sherry? 00:05:34.300 --> 00:05:38.120 Mr. Mercer wants to see me. I want to see you 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:41.519 Meet me in the conference room. Of course if 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:45.699 you say so, but what's wrong everything as far 00:05:45.699 --> 00:05:48.740 as we're concerned. Unless maybe we have the 00:05:48.740 --> 00:05:53.660 nerve to try to put it right. Anyway, it's something 00:05:53.660 --> 00:05:57.720 we can't talk over here. Meet me where I said. 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:07.600 What kept you so long? Mr. Mercy, he stopped 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:12.000 me. You still think I'm attractive? Well, Sherry, 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:15.379 knowing how I felt... For you all this time, 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:19.439 you have to ask? Yeah, I want to be quite sure. 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:26.620 Come here, Henry. Where? Here. Right close against 00:06:26.620 --> 00:06:30.759 me. Put your arms around me. Suppose someone 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:33.139 should come in? I slipped the automatic lock 00:06:33.139 --> 00:06:35.439 on the door before you came in. We're quite safe. 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:39.779 I don't feel that way. I meant from being interrupted. 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:46.180 Now kiss me. Sherry. I'm a married man. Oh, don't 00:06:46.180 --> 00:06:49.720 tell me you don't want to. Sherry, you could 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:56.079 make me do anything, but... Make me do anything. 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:01.980 All right, all right, that's enough. I never 00:07:01.980 --> 00:07:04.680 kissed anyone like this. It's a good thing you'd 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:08.579 be arrested. It'd be worth it. Let's do it again. 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:12.720 Well, we could do it forever. If you wanted to. 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:16.519 But I'm married. We could make a few changes 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:20.319 Henry when you get back from your trip, are you 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:24.639 still expected to be promoted? Well, I Mr. Mercer 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:28.100 has practically promised me forget Simon's promises. 00:07:28.100 --> 00:07:32.019 I don't know how little they're worth We my darling 00:07:32.019 --> 00:07:35.860 are out My darling, did you hear the other part? 00:07:36.339 --> 00:07:39.319 What do you mean? We're out, you know in your 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:43.399 heart. You'll never be vice president And I've 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:47.259 been fired. He can't do that to you. Well, he 00:07:47.259 --> 00:07:52.100 already has. You mean, Mr. Mercer has, uh, uh, 00:07:52.100 --> 00:07:55.740 changed his affections? I mean, that lousy, pot 00:07:55.740 --> 00:07:57.839 -bellied little two -timer has gone right off 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:01.360 the deep end from his fancy pants. Gosh, Sherry, 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:05.040 I am sorry. If there's anything I can do... Henry, 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:08.459 love, there's plenty you can do to help. You 00:08:08.459 --> 00:08:13.319 and me are gonna be rich together. You'd like 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:17.660 that, wouldn't you? Look, I... I better get back 00:08:17.660 --> 00:08:20.879 to my cage. Is that where you think you belong? 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:27.079 Well, I am head teller and... In a cage? Oh, 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:31.800 you're a man, not a mouse. Now's the time for 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:35.529 you to prove it. Grab the world by the tail. 00:08:35.850 --> 00:08:38.570 How'd you like to travel the world, live like 00:08:38.570 --> 00:08:41.909 royalty, never have to punch a timecock, get 00:08:41.909 --> 00:08:44.250 away from handling other people's money, have 00:08:44.250 --> 00:08:48.769 it be your own? Both of us. Just you and me. 00:08:50.090 --> 00:08:53.970 Us? But the cherry? I mean, even if there was 00:08:53.970 --> 00:08:56.970 in Florence, I don't have any money. She's got 00:08:56.970 --> 00:08:59.409 it all. Oh, then that settles it. I'm going to 00:08:59.409 --> 00:09:03.360 remake your life. How? Well... Why don't we have 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:06.860 lunch together, and I'll tell you? Where? The 00:09:06.860 --> 00:09:10.659 sandwich shop? No. Let's make it the gourmet. 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:15.000 At 12 .30? But that's terribly expensive. Oh, 00:09:15.059 --> 00:09:16.899 Henry, love, that's the way you and me are going 00:09:16.899 --> 00:09:21.080 from here on in. If you go along with me. You 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:24.320 know, I want to, but... but how? I'll tell you 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:35.330 that. After the second martini. I don't think 00:09:35.330 --> 00:09:38.769 I've ever had two martinis in a row. Certainly 00:09:38.769 --> 00:09:41.210 not in the middle of the day. Well, that's no 00:09:41.210 --> 00:09:44.570 trouble with you, Henry. You haven't really lived. 00:09:45.029 --> 00:09:48.330 That's because I haven't wanted to. Well, if 00:09:48.330 --> 00:09:52.769 you really want, you gotta take. I guess we both 00:09:52.769 --> 00:09:56.830 learned that today. We sure did. The boat sailed 00:09:56.830 --> 00:09:59.610 for both of us. Yeah, well, there's another boat 00:09:59.610 --> 00:10:02.070 sailing tomorrow that I'm more interested in. 00:10:02.330 --> 00:10:05.490 It's the one I wish... I was taking with you. 00:10:06.330 --> 00:10:09.269 But what could I do with Florence? Yeah, well, 00:10:09.269 --> 00:10:12.929 that's what we're going to discuss. We are? The 00:10:12.929 --> 00:10:17.210 best way to get rid of your wife. It's what we 00:10:17.210 --> 00:10:20.250 both want, isn't it? Florence would never give 00:10:20.250 --> 00:10:24.090 me a divorce. And even if she did, she'd want 00:10:24.090 --> 00:10:28.450 a big alimony. I just couldn't afford you, Sherry. 00:10:28.610 --> 00:10:32.049 Well, I won't deny I'm expensive. But you could 00:10:32.049 --> 00:10:37.320 easily afford me. How? Sy Mercer and his new 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:40.580 lady love are leaving early for a weekend in 00:10:40.580 --> 00:10:44.700 Bermuda. Monday's a holiday. They won't be back 00:10:44.700 --> 00:10:47.639 till Tuesday morning. It won't be till then that 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:50.740 they discover the money is missing. What money? 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:54.500 The money in the teller's drawers. How much do 00:10:54.500 --> 00:10:57.299 you think it adds up to? Well, it's the end of 00:10:57.299 --> 00:11:01.480 the month. Payday for most people. The deposits 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:04.879 have been heavy, somewhere between six or seven 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:09.200 hundred thousand... Why? What do you want to 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:12.419 know? I just wanted to know how much we're gonna 00:11:12.419 --> 00:11:17.360 steal. Alright, dear, no one's listening to us. 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:23.019 I'm not listening to you. You must be mad. Steal 00:11:23.019 --> 00:11:26.200 it for what? For us to enjoy the rest of our 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:31.549 life together. Together? What about Florence? 00:11:31.929 --> 00:11:36.389 Yeah. What about Florence? I just can't wish 00:11:36.389 --> 00:11:39.070 her dead, you know. Well, I don't see why not. 00:11:40.710 --> 00:11:46.289 You... you mean... killer? How many times have 00:11:46.289 --> 00:11:51.809 you wanted to? Almost every day of... But that's 00:11:51.809 --> 00:11:54.809 different. I would never do anything about it. 00:11:55.129 --> 00:11:59.470 Not even for me? It isn't that. I... I wouldn't 00:11:59.470 --> 00:12:06.409 know how. Anyway, it's all impossible. Why? It 00:12:06.409 --> 00:12:09.269 takes two keys to close and open the teller's 00:12:09.269 --> 00:12:12.730 vault. Mine and Mr. Mercer's. Oh, you mean this 00:12:12.730 --> 00:12:16.350 one? How did you? Well, I told you he was leaving 00:12:16.350 --> 00:12:18.750 early. He gave me his key to close the vault 00:12:18.750 --> 00:12:21.330 tonight with Mr. Shaffer. But Shaffer doesn't 00:12:21.330 --> 00:12:25.110 have the other key. I have. Yeah. But I think 00:12:25.110 --> 00:12:27.590 Shaffer's gonna have it because he's instructed 00:12:27.590 --> 00:12:30.389 me to tell you to give it to Shaffer and tell 00:12:30.389 --> 00:12:32.950 him we'd be locking up while you're gone. So 00:12:32.950 --> 00:12:36.169 we have full access to the money? Until the outer 00:12:36.169 --> 00:12:39.389 door is closed with the time lock. And then the 00:12:39.389 --> 00:12:43.830 vault can't be opened until Tuesday. But I'd 00:12:43.830 --> 00:12:47.610 be trapped on the ship out at sea and then I... 00:12:47.610 --> 00:12:50.750 Henry, after you've taken the money, you'll never 00:12:50.750 --> 00:12:54.529 get on that ship. I've always wanted to take 00:12:54.529 --> 00:12:58.450 a cruise and Florence wouldn't... There isn't 00:12:58.450 --> 00:13:03.590 going to be any Florence, Henry. Remember? But 00:13:03.590 --> 00:13:07.289 where could we hide? With enough money, you can 00:13:07.289 --> 00:13:10.710 hide anywhere. You can shave off your mustache, 00:13:11.110 --> 00:13:14.730 get contacts instead of those wire -rimmed glasses 00:13:14.730 --> 00:13:18.450 or a mod wig. I'd cut my hair short, dye it blonde 00:13:18.450 --> 00:13:20.830 and get a nose bob and put on a little weight 00:13:20.830 --> 00:13:24.490 in the... Right places, we'd be new people. Mmm, 00:13:24.649 --> 00:13:28.029 I always wanted to have a beard. So all right, 00:13:28.169 --> 00:13:31.090 grow a beard. Flores would never let me. Listen, 00:13:31.409 --> 00:13:34.909 Florence won't be around to object. Would I really 00:13:34.909 --> 00:13:39.250 have to... to kill her? What other way around 00:13:39.250 --> 00:13:43.629 is there? None. The trouble is, I wouldn't know 00:13:43.629 --> 00:13:47.289 how. Well, I've thought of that, Henry. Here. 00:13:47.850 --> 00:13:50.570 What is it? It's a bottle of sleeping pills. 00:13:51.029 --> 00:13:55.049 Just dissolve them in a nice hot cup of tea for 00:13:55.049 --> 00:13:59.190 Florence. What more do you want? I... I think 00:13:59.190 --> 00:14:04.230 I'll have another martini. I couldn't believe 00:14:04.230 --> 00:14:07.269 it was me sitting in an expensive restaurant 00:14:07.269 --> 00:14:10.470 drinking in the middle of the day and planning 00:14:10.470 --> 00:14:14.399 to murder my wife. Then I started in to think 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:17.419 about the 20 years I'd already had with Florence 00:14:17.419 --> 00:14:20.419 and the 20 or more I still might have to spend 00:14:20.419 --> 00:14:24.980 with her and Killing Florence began to make sense 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:28.860 Maybe I stole a look at Sherry who was powdering 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:32.120 a nose It looked pretty good to me like it was 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:34.740 and I I didn't see where she didn't have enough 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:38.240 and all the right places to start with That's 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:49.440 when I made up my mind Florence had to go. Henry 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:55.500 Green, 5 '9", 148 pounds, mouse haired, mild, 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:59.659 45 years old, and safely mounted on a treadmill, 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:03.960 running day by day to stand in the same place. 00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:09.000 A man in a cage, both at work and at home, but 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:13.320 now in the grip. of the mating urge at Tiger. 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:29.320 I'll be back shortly with Act Two. There's one 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:33.159 thing you can say for Henry Green. Once set loose, 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:36.440 there's nothing small about his new way of life. 00:15:36.779 --> 00:15:40.899 Within one day, he is all set to break three 00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:44.120 of the major commandments. The sixth, seventh, 00:15:44.580 --> 00:15:47.799 and eighth. Although not necessarily in that 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:51.840 order. Murder and adultery will have to wait 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:55.440 their turn. At the moment, he is occupied with 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:59.679 the eighth. And grand larceny at that. All right, 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:02.820 Sherry. That was the last teller. Is she gone? 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:10.899 Yeah. All right. Let's open up. There. That's 00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:17.179 mine. Now yours. That does it. Now get the suitcase 00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:20.080 from behind the desk while I open the vault. 00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:25.860 Here it is, Henry. Put it flat on the floor and 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:29.960 open it. You hand me the money and I'll pack 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:33.220 it in. Hope there's enough room for all of it. 00:16:33.659 --> 00:16:35.700 Take the big bills and leave the chicken feed. 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:39.879 No, better take everything. Empty drawers are 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:45.340 easier to handle. What is it? Somebody's coming. 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:49.919 Hide the suitcase. Get the full door! Give me 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:54.240 the bag. Oh, well, all closed up. Miss Woods, 00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:59.820 time to go. Why, Miss Burpee? Forget something? 00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:02.940 Oh, and Mr. Green, honest, I'm just so embarrassed. 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:07.079 I sure hate to ask you, but... But what? Well, 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:09.119 there's something I want to check in my teller's 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:12.339 drawer. Would you please open up the vault? What? 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:15.579 Yeah, but we just closed up. We can't. Oh, you 00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:18.839 gotta. I have to know if it's missing. Is what 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:22.480 missing? My engagement ring. You see, I usually 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:24.480 take it off and put it in the drawer till I go 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:27.819 home, and tonight I forgot to take it out. Well, 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:31.619 can it wait till Monday? Oh, we're all... Well, 00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:34.279 Tuesday. No, no, I got dates with Horace over 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:36.559 the weekend, and you'd have a fit if I wasn't 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:39.380 wearing it. Besides, I've got to be sure if it 00:17:39.380 --> 00:17:41.359 is there. Uh -huh, well, maybe you put it in 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:43.680 your handbag. Oh, no, no, I looked there first 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:48.339 thing because, oh, now I remember. Yeah, yeah, 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:51.579 right here in my jacket pocket. Oh, gee, I'm 00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:54.759 sorry. Whoa, whoa, whoa, that's all right. Well, 00:17:54.839 --> 00:18:01.380 I guess I'll be getting along home. I was having 00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:04.960 the handle fix before I packed it to go on my 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:07.059 vacation. Oh, gosh, you don't have to explain 00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:09.019 to me. I didn't think you were robbing the bank 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:13.819 or nothing. Well, I gotta run. One of the other 00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:18.720 girls is waiting for me. Just let me make sure 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:22.019 she's gone, and for God's sakes, let's pack. 00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:32.380 We were both shaking like we had a fever after 00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:35.359 that run -in with bird brain burpee, but somehow 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:38.440 we managed to pack the money in the bag and close 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:46.220 the outside door with a time lock. Going home 00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:49.140 in the cab, the tension was so bad, I was tempted 00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:51.920 to take one of the sleeping pills myself to calm 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:56.519 me down, but I resisted that. One crime leads 00:18:56.519 --> 00:19:00.559 to another. I was committed. If I lost my wits 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:11.299 now, I stood to lose everything. Well, it's about 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:14.819 time you got home. I had to close up the bank. 00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:17.160 At least I see you remember to bring the suitcase. 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:21.839 I'll take that. No, I mean I'll do my own packing. 00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:25.359 You? You can't even fold a bath towel. Well, 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:28.480 this time I'll show you. I want you to get a 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:31.240 little rest, dear. I'll take care of myself. 00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:35.200 Oh, I'm not gonna argue. Go ahead. Throw everything 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:38.500 in. Higgledy -piggledy. You've been drinking. 00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:42.220 Well, I... Just a sort of party, because... I 00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:44.380 hope you didn't get too giddy so you can't manage 00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:46.779 to take your dinner out of the oven. Where are 00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:49.940 you going? Over to Mama's to leave Pussy. She's 00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:52.220 gonna take care of him till we get back. Oh. 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:57.819 Okay. Will you be long? I don't know. Why? I'm 00:19:57.819 --> 00:20:00.380 all packed. I have no problems. I just thought 00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:03.619 you might be tired, Florence dear, and I want 00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:06.160 to get to bed early. I'm not even thinking about 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:09.059 bed, and you'd better not either. We got a lot 00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:11.859 to do before tomorrow. Don't I know it, Florence. 00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:26.539 Don't you worry. I'll be awake. Hello? Sherry? 00:20:27.230 --> 00:20:31.069 What's happened? Oh, nothing yet. I just had 00:20:31.069 --> 00:20:33.289 dinner. You mean to tell me you haven't gotten 00:20:33.289 --> 00:20:36.750 rid of Florence? Oh, yes. How? Well, she just 00:20:36.750 --> 00:20:39.789 took the cat over to leave at her mother's. Oh, 00:20:39.930 --> 00:20:42.430 you know that isn't what I meant. I know, it's 00:20:42.430 --> 00:21:04.349 just, I'm, Sherry, I don't know. Chocolate, but... 00:21:04.349 --> 00:21:07.910 No buts, Henry. You can do it. Just put your 00:21:07.910 --> 00:21:11.109 mind to it and finish it. I'm just sorry I ever 00:21:11.109 --> 00:21:14.210 started it. Oh, Henry. When you know you're gonna 00:21:14.210 --> 00:21:19.769 end up with me... Oh, okay, Sherry. You can trust 00:21:19.769 --> 00:21:28.349 me. It took a couple of shots from the Christmas 00:21:28.349 --> 00:21:32.180 brandy bottle Florence kept... in among her foundation 00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:35.640 garments to keep me going till Florence got back 00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:39.259 from her mother's. Luckily, by that time, she 00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:42.119 seemed tired herself and we were finally ready 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:45.680 for bed. Did you lock the front door and put 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:49.839 out the lights? Florence, how'd you like a nice 00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:53.259 cup of cocoa before you go to bed? Put you right 00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:56.559 off the sleeve. I'd love it. I'll get it for 00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:59.400 you. You can. I used up the last yesterday. But 00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:04.119 you gotta, you, I mean, wouldn't you like something 00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:08.119 to drink? Well, I did get a little bit of a chill 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:10.259 coming home. I'll take some hot tea. Oh yes, 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:20.559 yes. Hot tea will be just right. Here's your 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:24.660 tea, Florence. Now drink it up. In a minute, 00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:27.700 when I have my hair up. Meanwhile, I have a list 00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:31.059 of things for you to do. Me? Yes. I want you 00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:33.079 to put out the garbage. Check all the outside 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:35.140 door locks. Bleed the hot water tank and make 00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:37.779 sure there's no rust. Oil the garage doors. Replace 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:39.900 that burned -out bulb on the basement stairs. 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:42.460 Well, here, here. It's all listed. But this'll 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:47.440 take hours. Just do as I say. Okay. Most of this 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:51.720 wait till we get back? No. Why not? I'll tell 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:54.640 you when you're finished. Now on you go. Oh, 00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:57.000 don't look so pouty. It's something to keep you 00:22:57.000 --> 00:23:00.240 busy till I'm ready to go to sleep. Yeah. Okay, 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:04.559 Florence. Good idea. Something to keep me busy 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:07.880 till... Goodbye, Florence. What did you say? 00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:22.319 Nothing. Just goodbye. Florence? What is it? 00:23:22.829 --> 00:23:27.930 Oh my God. What is it, Henry? Nothing. I just 00:23:27.930 --> 00:23:31.990 thought you were asleep. No, I just can't relax 00:23:31.990 --> 00:23:35.329 somehow. Too many things on my mind. What was 00:23:35.329 --> 00:23:38.009 it you were going to tell me? Oh, that can wait. 00:23:38.730 --> 00:23:44.130 I wish I could sleep. Didn't wasn't the tea any 00:23:44.130 --> 00:23:47.450 help? Oh, that. I poured it out. You forgot the 00:23:47.450 --> 00:23:50.339 sugar. Poured it out? I yelled and yelled for 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:52.559 you, but you didn't answer. I must have been 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:54.720 outside. Anyway, it tasted terrible and it was 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:58.519 cold, so I just poured it down the sink. Well, 00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:01.440 how'd you like to bring me another, but with 00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:05.059 sugar? It's too late. Why? It's only just after 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:08.819 10 o 'clock. Yes, I guess. Oh, I'm so tired. 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:22.599 Okay, Florence, I'll get you another cup. Yes. 00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:26.700 Now, what do I do? There's gotta be a way. Oh, 00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:30.099 tell me. I haven't got a gun. I wouldn't know 00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:32.880 how to use a knife. We haven't got a rope in 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:36.579 the house. There isn't even any string. And I 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:39.720 haven't got the courage to even consider a blunt 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:44.200 weapon. Oh, why did I ever get into this? Look, 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:48.009 if you had a razor, couldn't you? A razor? I 00:24:48.009 --> 00:24:50.910 don't even use a safety razor because blood makes 00:24:50.910 --> 00:24:56.490 me malicious. Just electric. That's it. Electricity. 00:24:57.150 --> 00:25:00.430 Take out a fuse and... I wouldn't go near the 00:25:00.430 --> 00:25:03.789 fuse box. I'd probably electrocute myself. Gas. 00:25:04.410 --> 00:25:07.950 Have you got a gas stove? Oh, great. All I have 00:25:07.950 --> 00:25:11.069 to do is say, Florence... I just robbed the bank 00:25:11.069 --> 00:25:13.450 because I'm in love with Sherry Woods and we 00:25:13.450 --> 00:25:15.470 need you out of the way, so would you please 00:25:15.470 --> 00:25:18.089 just stick your head in the unlighted oven so 00:25:18.089 --> 00:25:22.589 I can smother you? What's that? The tea kettle. 00:25:23.349 --> 00:25:26.170 Blowing the whistle on me. I guess it's only 00:25:26.170 --> 00:25:29.950 the first. Wait a minute! Smother! A pillow! 00:25:30.150 --> 00:25:33.289 Oh, Henry, that's it! A pillow! A what? You know, 00:25:33.750 --> 00:25:36.029 like Laurence Olivier in that picture where he 00:25:36.029 --> 00:25:38.519 had the... Oh, the black face, and he held a 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:40.420 pillow over his wife's face, and then, oh, it 00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:44.160 was by Shakespeare. Oh, fellow. Yeah, yeah. I 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:53.640 might just be able to manage that. The tea was 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:59.319 too weak, but at least it had sugar. Henry, what 00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:01.119 are you doing standing there with that pillow? 00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:07.660 Oh, nothing. Just waiting to come to bed. Turn 00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:11.299 out the light for heaven's sake. I'm almost asleep 00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:15.819 Henry. Yeah, sure Henry, what are you doing with 00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:19.440 the pillow? Come on. It's late. What's Who's 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:21.160 that? I don't know turn on the lights so I can 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:23.380 answer it I don't know what's wrong with you. 00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:25.779 You had that pillow right over my face. Hello. 00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:29.559 Oh Mama, yeah, what's the matter? Oh, just a 00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:31.599 minute. Henry. Will you get that pillow out of 00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:34.880 the way so I can talk to my mother? Yeah. Oh, 00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:38.910 yeah mama. Yeah Pussy wouldn't take his milk. 00:26:39.569 --> 00:26:42.650 Well, I can't understand. Oh, Mama, I forgot 00:26:42.650 --> 00:26:45.690 to tell you, put a teaspoon of sugar in it. Yeah. 00:26:46.049 --> 00:26:50.809 Yeah, I mean, he's used to it. Oh, no. No, Mama, 00:26:50.869 --> 00:26:53.069 you're not interrupting anything. I got all the 00:26:53.069 --> 00:26:58.250 time in the world. Hmm? Oh, well, yes, he doesn't 00:26:58.250 --> 00:27:07.130 like his litter basket in the bathroom. They're 00:27:07.130 --> 00:27:11.009 listening to the voice, droning on and on, the 00:27:11.009 --> 00:27:14.950 pillow in my hands, waiting for the moment, the 00:27:14.950 --> 00:27:19.329 moment that never came. Three martinis, two brandies 00:27:19.329 --> 00:27:30.210 caught up with me, and the next thing I knew... 00:27:30.210 --> 00:27:35.670 You fell asleep. Sherry, I was bushed. I was 00:27:35.670 --> 00:27:38.880 just knocked out. And when Florence starts talking 00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:41.720 to her mother, you just don't know. Oh, never 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:44.319 mind that now, Henry. What are we gonna do? I 00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:47.299 don't know. Is Florence still in bed? No. She 00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:50.099 got up before me. She's in the bathroom. Oh, 00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:51.799 I tell you, Henry, I don't know what to say. 00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:53.759 I've been up all night, half out of my mind, 00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:56.359 waiting to hear. Hold it. Henry, where are you? 00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:58.920 What is it? It's Florence. She's yelling for 00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:03.539 me. I'll have to call you back. Henry! Okay, 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:08.049 Florence. I'm coming. Henry! my lungs out and 00:28:08.049 --> 00:28:11.670 be dying, and I couldn't get you to help. I'm 00:28:11.670 --> 00:28:14.250 here, Florence. What is it? Open the door and 00:28:14.250 --> 00:28:17.769 come in. Come right over here to the end of the 00:28:17.769 --> 00:28:20.130 bathtub. What's wrong? I have this terrible cramp 00:28:20.130 --> 00:28:22.349 in my foot. It's killing me. Massage it quick, 00:28:22.490 --> 00:28:24.490 please. Like that? Not the left when you pull 00:28:24.490 --> 00:28:29.529 the right. That's it. Grab it and rub. Be careful, 00:28:29.630 --> 00:28:31.609 idiot. Don't pull it towards you. You almost 00:28:31.609 --> 00:28:33.569 had my head underwater. You want to drown me? 00:28:38.509 --> 00:28:41.670 After all the trial and error, the hedging and 00:28:41.670 --> 00:28:45.549 the fudging, there it was. All I had to do was 00:28:45.549 --> 00:28:49.289 grab both feet, pull and lift up, and Florence 00:28:49.289 --> 00:28:54.009 was helpless and gone. Murder could never be 00:28:54.009 --> 00:29:07.170 made more simple. Does Henry have the courage 00:29:07.170 --> 00:29:11.829 to go through with it? And if he does, can Sherry 00:29:11.829 --> 00:29:16.130 and he get away with larceny and murder? And 00:29:16.130 --> 00:29:18.410 having broken the sixth and eighth commandments, 00:29:19.509 --> 00:29:24.150 will the seventh be worth it all? Those are questions 00:29:24.150 --> 00:29:26.589 to be answered shortly when I return with Act 00:29:26.589 --> 00:29:41.259 3. I don't suppose you'd ever want to try it, 00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:45.160 but in case you do, if your bathtub has an open 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:49.920 end, coax any obliging friend to lie in it, seize 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:54.420 him or her by the ankles, repeat Henry's actions, 00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:58.420 and they are helpless, even if they are not obliging 00:29:58.420 --> 00:30:01.980 and no matter how strong they are. If there's 00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:04.720 water in the tub, of course, they would drown. 00:30:05.289 --> 00:30:08.950 That would be surely up to you as it is this 00:30:08.950 --> 00:30:16.730 moment up to Henry How long I stood there frozen 00:30:16.730 --> 00:30:21.109 unable to move scarcely able to breathe After 00:30:21.109 --> 00:30:24.750 I took the action. I'll never know I Suppose 00:30:24.750 --> 00:30:28.049 Florence must have thrashed and twisted There 00:30:28.049 --> 00:30:30.269 must have been a sound of choking and bubbling 00:30:30.269 --> 00:30:33.750 has our head stayed beneath the water I'll never 00:30:33.750 --> 00:30:39.109 know I don't remember. All I do remember is what 00:30:39.109 --> 00:30:45.309 brought me out of my trance. Who's that? Doorbell. 00:30:46.170 --> 00:30:49.829 Who? Must be Sherry. Yeah, Sherry. Got hands. 00:30:54.829 --> 00:30:59.809 Hey there. Are you Mr. Green? Why, yes, I am. 00:31:00.269 --> 00:31:03.930 Sal Basso here. Okay to move on in? I beg your 00:31:03.930 --> 00:31:06.109 pardon? Well, didn't the missus tell you about 00:31:06.109 --> 00:31:09.670 me? Why, I don't, uh, who... I'm your new tenant. 00:31:10.289 --> 00:31:13.089 Short term, you know? Just while you're off on 00:31:13.089 --> 00:31:15.650 a cruise. And that's my family out there in a 00:31:15.650 --> 00:31:19.849 wagon. My wife rented you our house? Yeah. For 00:31:19.849 --> 00:31:22.390 the three weeks till our house is being painted. 00:31:23.170 --> 00:31:26.990 Just got the painting started today. Hey, wait 00:31:26.990 --> 00:31:30.289 a minute. Nothing wrong, huh? I mean, I paid 00:31:30.289 --> 00:31:34.710 in advance. Mr. Bosso. Basso. Yes, Basso. You're 00:31:34.710 --> 00:31:37.029 sure that... Well, just let me talk to your wife 00:31:37.029 --> 00:31:39.289 a minute. We can get it all straight now. There's 00:31:39.289 --> 00:31:41.309 no need for that. It's just that... Well, I wouldn't 00:31:41.309 --> 00:31:44.109 want to have to kick up no fuss, you know? I 00:31:44.109 --> 00:31:46.970 mean, I got the painter started. My whole family 00:31:46.970 --> 00:31:49.970 and clothes moved out. I mean, I wouldn't want 00:31:49.970 --> 00:31:53.369 to drag no lawyer or like that into this, but... 00:31:53.369 --> 00:31:56.130 Oh, no, no, there's no question of that. I'm 00:31:56.130 --> 00:31:59.950 sure if my wife... As a matter of fact, I do 00:31:59.950 --> 00:32:02.609 recall she said she had something to tell me. 00:32:02.849 --> 00:32:05.930 You see, I got the receipt right here. That the 00:32:05.930 --> 00:32:10.549 Mrs. Handwriting? That, uh... Yes, that's... 00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:13.500 Florence's handwriting all right. It's just we've 00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:16.000 been a little delayed in getting out of the house 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:20.180 and if you could give me a couple of hours. Oh 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:24.059 sure, I am a bit early. Hey, I'll tell you what. 00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:26.660 There's a horror film in the shopping center 00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:30.140 movie house. Now I'll take the family there and 00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:33.900 give them a thrill and come back in say a couple 00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:37.750 hours, okay? and tell the missus to have a good 00:32:37.750 --> 00:32:40.890 time on that cruise. And she shouldn't fall overboard 00:32:40.890 --> 00:32:49.549 or get drowned or nothing like that. Hello? Henry? 00:32:50.549 --> 00:32:53.289 Oh, I thought you'd never call. Listen, baby, 00:32:53.289 --> 00:32:55.910 I'm all packed. I'll hop in a cab and come to 00:32:55.910 --> 00:32:58.089 your house. You better be ready with the bags 00:32:58.089 --> 00:33:00.430 and money and we'll leave for the airport in 00:33:00.430 --> 00:33:08.430 the first plane. Why? Why not? She what? Granted, 00:33:08.509 --> 00:33:13.390 the house. Well, so what's the difference? All 00:33:13.390 --> 00:33:15.869 right, Henry. All right, all right. Don't get 00:33:15.869 --> 00:33:19.170 excited yet. Not on the phone. I'll be right 00:33:19.170 --> 00:33:27.529 over. I won't. We'll figure out something. After 00:33:27.529 --> 00:33:30.670 I hung up the phone, I went upstairs. There was 00:33:30.670 --> 00:33:32.990 something I had to do for Florence before Sherry 00:33:32.990 --> 00:33:35.970 got there. She was heavier than I thought and 00:33:35.970 --> 00:33:39.170 it took me some time to dry her and get her dressed. 00:33:39.849 --> 00:33:42.269 It helped since she had all her traveling clothes 00:33:42.269 --> 00:33:45.430 lying on the bed. By the time I had her propped 00:33:45.430 --> 00:33:48.970 up in the slipper chair, I was soaking wet and 00:33:48.970 --> 00:33:52.750 shaking all over. By that time I knew what I 00:33:52.750 --> 00:33:56.130 had to do. I opened the door to the basement, 00:33:56.630 --> 00:34:01.210 turned on the light and went downstairs. Over 00:34:01.210 --> 00:34:03.609 in the back corner was what I was looking for. 00:34:03.950 --> 00:34:06.690 An old wardrobe trunk that used to belong to 00:34:06.690 --> 00:34:09.730 Florence's father. It was covered with dust and 00:34:09.730 --> 00:34:13.929 mildew, but I wiped it off with a rag and dragged 00:34:13.929 --> 00:34:22.670 it across the cellar and up the steps. I can't. 00:34:23.150 --> 00:34:28.050 She's so heavy. Just a few steps more. That's 00:34:28.050 --> 00:34:33.090 it. Now we can get her in the trunk. I still 00:34:33.090 --> 00:34:37.010 think... We should have cut and run. Easy now. 00:34:37.610 --> 00:34:40.690 Get her so she's sitting on the stool inside. 00:34:42.110 --> 00:34:47.090 We wouldn't have had time to get away. The basso's 00:34:47.090 --> 00:34:49.170 six or seven kids, they'd have been all over 00:34:49.170 --> 00:34:53.949 this house. No way to hide, Florence. That's 00:34:53.949 --> 00:34:59.230 it. Now, to get it closed. Hallows, you push. 00:35:00.869 --> 00:35:09.480 There. Henry, are you sorry? I... I don't know. 00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:12.500 I'm numb. I'll try to make up to you for it. 00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:16.599 I did it for you. The crazy things a man can 00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:21.440 do. Well, at least you're free. No, no, no, not 00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:25.260 yet. Florence may be dead, but we still haven't 00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:28.559 gotten rid of her. Oh, I wish. Yeah, yeah, so 00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:36.300 do I. Just look at me. I'm an absolute frump. 00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:39.320 Well, Florence was a bit bigger than you. A bit? 00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:42.400 If I had a twin, she'd fit in here too. I can't 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:45.039 go out like this. This will cover you up. What 00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:48.579 is it? A raincoat. We're in luck. It started 00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:50.739 to rain. You can pull the hood over your head 00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:53.239 and you look just like Florence. Thanks a lot. 00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:55.940 Do we have to go through all this, Henry? The 00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:58.360 neighbors might be looking out and someone has 00:35:58.360 --> 00:36:00.480 got to get on that boat with me. They've got 00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:03.059 to think that Florence came aboard so she can 00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:05.659 fall overboard tonight. Uh -huh, and then I sneak 00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:07.960 off in my own clothes before the ship sails. 00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:10.599 I wish I could have you with me, but I can't. 00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:14.099 Oh, that's all right, Henry. I'll try to bear 00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:20.300 up. There were just too many other things to 00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:23.079 think of just then. The first getting a cab, 00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:25.760 the second getting it loaded, and the way before 00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:28.659 Mr. Basso and his family returned from the horror 00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:32.789 movie. I envied him. He was just watching one. 00:36:33.570 --> 00:36:37.869 I was living it. Okay, Mark. All righty. Lifting. 00:36:38.750 --> 00:36:43.349 Easy, easy. Try to keep our upright. They are 00:36:43.349 --> 00:36:46.150 the trunk. Oh, it's a dip. You got a body in 00:36:46.150 --> 00:36:49.070 there? A what? I'm just giving you a rib. Feels 00:36:49.070 --> 00:36:52.400 heavy enough for one. That suit you? Yeah, sure, 00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:55.360 yes, yes, yes, fine, fine. Ah, you know, you 00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:57.400 gotta be some kind of a nut to think you gotta 00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:59.820 get some old trunk like that on any of today's 00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:02.019 camps. Them trucks went out with Jimmy Walker. 00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:04.639 I'm just lucky you were nice enough to help out. 00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:08.000 For fifty green ones, Mac, remember? Oh, oh, 00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:13.159 sure. Here. Okay, climbing. I -I -I just have 00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:15.360 to make sure my wife will follow in the taxi. 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:17.239 Well, I'm sorry, ain't got no room in the truck 00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:20.159 for three. I'll be right back. I ain't going 00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:24.809 nowhere without you. We're all set, Sherry. You 00:37:24.809 --> 00:37:27.989 trail us to the pier. Here, I'll take the suitcase. 00:37:28.170 --> 00:37:30.969 It's all right. Might as well leave it with me. 00:37:31.710 --> 00:37:35.909 Goodbye, Henry. Well, goodbye for now, anyway. 00:37:39.590 --> 00:37:42.030 Jouncing along in that miserable little pickup 00:37:42.030 --> 00:37:46.250 truck, that last goodbye seemed somehow so final. 00:37:47.090 --> 00:37:51.050 could Sherry possibly... I put that out of my 00:37:51.050 --> 00:37:54.110 mind. I told myself that everything was working 00:37:54.110 --> 00:37:58.190 out for the best. Just a few more hours and we'd 00:37:58.190 --> 00:38:04.550 be home free. What's the holdup? It's H .B. This 00:38:04.550 --> 00:38:07.309 is the line for the pier. Hey, you want I should 00:38:07.309 --> 00:38:09.409 go find out where it's jammed up? Nothing moving? 00:38:09.610 --> 00:38:11.590 No, I... Hey, wait a minute. Here's a cop coming 00:38:11.590 --> 00:38:16.070 along your side. Officer? Officer? All right! 00:38:18.909 --> 00:38:21.329 I'm trying to make a cruise ship that's sailing 00:38:21.329 --> 00:38:24.889 in about a half hour. That's fine, citizen. Then 00:38:24.889 --> 00:38:27.150 you're right where you belong. Just stay in line. 00:38:27.670 --> 00:38:30.309 But why? What's wrong? Nothing for you to worry 00:38:30.309 --> 00:38:33.190 about, I'm sure. Just some nut phoned in a bomb 00:38:33.190 --> 00:38:36.250 scare. Now, we got to search all baggage going 00:38:36.250 --> 00:38:39.170 aboard. You want to really help out? You can. 00:38:39.829 --> 00:38:42.610 Open up that trunk you got so the bomb squad 00:38:42.610 --> 00:38:46.230 can check you out. But I can open that trunk. 00:38:46.670 --> 00:38:50.070 My wife has the keys. Okay, so where's your wife? 00:38:51.030 --> 00:38:53.309 She's in a taxi right behind there. Washroom 00:38:53.309 --> 00:38:56.590 for her. What taxi? I'll be a son of a gun. That 00:38:56.590 --> 00:38:59.750 one just pulled out making a U -turn. Stop her! 00:38:59.989 --> 00:39:01.630 Stop her! Hold it, mister. What's going on here? 00:39:01.630 --> 00:39:03.550 Hey, Representative Trump, officer. I should 00:39:03.550 --> 00:39:05.110 have known he was off his trolley right from 00:39:05.110 --> 00:39:07.210 the beginning. No, no, no! Take it easy, mister. 00:39:07.289 --> 00:39:10.519 You ain't going nowhere. There's a bomb in that 00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:13.320 trunk! A bomb? Yeah, there isn't any bomb! Let 00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:26.159 me go! Sherry! Sherry! Sherry! Sherry! Sherry! 00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:32.340 Henry! Henry, wake up! What? Where? Florence! 00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:35.300 Where am I? Oh, I'm not surprised. You don't 00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:38.150 know. stumbling in drunk last night and waking 00:39:38.150 --> 00:39:40.269 up the first day of your vacation still calling 00:39:40.269 --> 00:39:42.170 for a drink. A drink? Well, you're not getting 00:39:42.170 --> 00:39:44.469 any. I hope you have a hangover big enough to 00:39:44.469 --> 00:39:47.269 make yourself properly ashamed of. Now, you get 00:39:47.269 --> 00:39:49.750 up out of bed and pull yourself together. Oh, 00:39:49.769 --> 00:39:56.789 yes, Florence. Oh, my head. Oh, ouch. What's 00:39:56.789 --> 00:40:00.110 that? Your suitcase. Right where you insisted 00:40:00.110 --> 00:40:02.409 on putting it last night, right next to the bed. 00:40:02.969 --> 00:40:05.699 You didn't open it? I did after you fell in the 00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:07.840 door with it when you brought it home, and I 00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:10.639 packed it for you. Now, you be on your feet and 00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:17.199 ready to go by the time I'm out of my bath. My 00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:20.179 mind was reeling and splitting in two at the 00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:23.400 same time. I kneeled on the floor and opened 00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:27.239 the suitcase. It contained nothing but clothes. 00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:32.780 No money, just clothes. With a shaking hand, 00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:35.400 one ear on the rushing bathwater, and an eye 00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:39.199 on the bathroom door, I dialed Sherry's number. 00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:53.159 Yes? Sherry? Who is this? Henry. Henry who? Henry 00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:57.260 Green. Oh, hello Mr. Green. I was going to call 00:40:57.260 --> 00:41:00.829 you a little later. I should think so. What happened 00:41:00.829 --> 00:41:03.489 yesterday? Oh, I wouldn't worry too much about 00:41:03.489 --> 00:41:05.750 anything. You were kind of cute, really, when 00:41:05.750 --> 00:41:10.010 you left the party a bit wobbly. Party? What 00:41:10.010 --> 00:41:13.150 party? Well, the party that sat. I mean, Mr. 00:41:13.349 --> 00:41:15.170 Mercer gave when you were named Vice President. 00:41:15.630 --> 00:41:19.030 I was named Vice President? You don't remember 00:41:19.030 --> 00:41:21.889 much, do you? You even went off with the vault 00:41:21.889 --> 00:41:23.809 key you were supposed to give to Mr. Shafer. 00:41:24.309 --> 00:41:26.869 I have to arrange for you to get it to him today 00:41:26.869 --> 00:41:30.309 before you leave on the cruise. Sherry. I mean, 00:41:30.829 --> 00:41:35.030 Miss Woods, did we have lunch together yesterday? 00:41:35.349 --> 00:41:39.570 Why, no. I didn't have three martinis with you? 00:41:39.690 --> 00:41:43.730 Well, not at lunch, at the party. Well, I don't 00:41:43.730 --> 00:41:46.309 know how many you had, but you were pretty looped. 00:41:46.630 --> 00:41:48.829 I called you home last night and your wife said 00:41:48.829 --> 00:41:51.150 you'd gone straight to bed without any dinner. 00:41:51.809 --> 00:41:56.750 So, it was all a dream. What did you say? Nothing, 00:41:56.849 --> 00:42:00.829 Sherry. I just wish I'd been able to kiss you 00:42:00.829 --> 00:42:08.889 goodbye. I sit here hunched like a mouse, remembering 00:42:08.889 --> 00:42:12.550 the dream and facing the reality, and I wonder 00:42:12.550 --> 00:42:15.929 which is the real nightmare. I suppose I should 00:42:15.929 --> 00:42:19.510 be grateful it was only a dream, but on the other 00:42:19.510 --> 00:42:40.989 hand... Henry! paper tiger as it turns out. Grand 00:42:40.989 --> 00:42:45.429 larcener, first degree murderer, rapacious adulterer, 00:42:45.530 --> 00:42:49.730 thirsting after a young woman's flesh, but all 00:42:49.730 --> 00:42:54.369 and only in the mind. And surely to have to go 00:42:54.369 --> 00:42:57.750 on living with someone like Florence is punishment 00:42:57.750 --> 00:43:01.809 enough to fit the crime. I'll be back shortly. 00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:16.119 The wish is father to the thought. The thought 00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:20.860 is father to the deed. Henry Green only got two 00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:25.179 -thirds of the way along that path. Even in dreams, 00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:28.639 he never managed to break the Seventh Commandment. 00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:33.280 Poor Henry. But as I said in the beginning, this 00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:37.639 was the story of a natural -born loser. Our cast 00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:41.039 included Jack Guilford, Marion Haley, Bryna Rayburn, 00:43:41.539 --> 00:43:44.820 Dan Ockel, Ian Martin. The entire production 00:43:44.820 --> 00:43:48.340 was under the direction of Hyman Brown. This 00:43:48.340 --> 00:43:51.219 is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:43:51.219 --> 00:43:54.420 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:43:54.420 --> 00:44:15.980 macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams. you