WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:32.929 you I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome to the world 00:00:32.929 --> 00:00:37.369 of terrifying imagination, to the fear you can 00:00:37.369 --> 00:00:42.630 hear. For the four centuries before Christ, a 00:00:42.630 --> 00:00:45.649 remarkable combination of priests and monarchs 00:00:45.649 --> 00:00:48.170 established one of the most astonishing cultures 00:00:48.170 --> 00:00:51.530 in the world. The rulers were the pharaohs of 00:00:51.530 --> 00:00:55.250 Egypt, and they left an enduring series of monuments 00:00:55.250 --> 00:00:59.710 behind them. The Sphinx, the pyramids, the temples 00:00:59.710 --> 00:01:04.049 of Karnak and Luxor, and most strange of all, 00:01:04.609 --> 00:01:08.750 their mummified remains, embalmed by a process 00:01:08.750 --> 00:01:12.489 lost to modern science. This is the story of 00:01:12.489 --> 00:01:16.189 one such mummy, and the eternal curse she left 00:01:16.189 --> 00:01:23.329 to be visited on any violator of her tomb. What 00:01:23.329 --> 00:01:26.790 happened, John? The door to the tomb swung shut. 00:01:27.230 --> 00:01:31.000 Can we open it? No, a counterweight's locked 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:36.260 it somehow. Hold up the torch. Why? There's an 00:01:36.260 --> 00:01:38.420 inscription inside the door. What does it say? 00:01:39.739 --> 00:01:45.299 It would take time to decipher it. Don't worry, 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:51.439 I can guess. Who breaks this seal forever seals 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:56.040 his doom. He will walk no more among the living. 00:01:56.519 --> 00:02:09.379 or find his way among the dead. Our mystery drama, 00:02:09.819 --> 00:02:12.840 The Pharaoh's Curse, was written especially for 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:16.219 the Mystery Theater by Ian Martin and stars Kim 00:02:16.219 --> 00:02:32.780 Hunter. I'll be back shortly with Act One. 1924, 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:38.139 50 years ago, belongs to another world. Certainly 00:02:38.139 --> 00:02:41.080 in the Middle East, almost midway through the 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:43.620 period of the great archaeological excavations 00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:46.740 that make Egypt a mecca for tourists from all 00:02:46.740 --> 00:02:50.719 over the world. And in that era, no singer and 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:53.919 entertainer reigned more supreme than Diane Elliot. 00:02:54.699 --> 00:02:57.620 The toast of two continents already, and now 00:02:57.620 --> 00:03:00.560 in the process of conquering a third. with an 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:03.379 engagement at Shepard's world famous hotel in 00:03:03.379 --> 00:03:29.849 Cairo. There is an old friend of mine here tonight 00:03:29.849 --> 00:03:33.090 who would very much like to meet you. Could I 00:03:33.090 --> 00:03:35.509 presume to ask if you would join him as he asks 00:03:35.509 --> 00:03:38.569 for a drink at his table? Who is this friend 00:03:38.569 --> 00:03:41.909 of yours? Sir Geoffrey Lanscombe. The famous 00:03:41.909 --> 00:03:46.509 archaeologist? He's still alive? I mean, well, 00:03:46.830 --> 00:03:49.150 he must be... He's quite old, but most active. 00:03:50.550 --> 00:03:53.009 Would you ask him to give me ten minutes and 00:03:53.009 --> 00:04:11.319 then come back to my dressing room? Sir Jeffrey? 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:15.580 Guilty as charged. Oh dear, did I sound forbidding 00:04:15.580 --> 00:04:17.879 or something? No, not at all. It's just that 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:21.839 I feel I'm intruding. Oh, not at all. I hope 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:24.680 you'll excuse me, though. I've started changing 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:26.860 because tonight's the end of my engagement here 00:04:26.860 --> 00:04:28.680 and I have to start packing. Oh, then you'll 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:31.660 be leaving Cairo. Well, no, no. Not for a few 00:04:31.660 --> 00:04:35.120 days. I hope at least a week. I've wangled a 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:37.420 little gap between engagements because I want 00:04:37.420 --> 00:04:39.620 to do some sightseeing. Good, good. Excellent. 00:04:39.899 --> 00:04:42.160 It makes it so much easier for me to ask what 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:49.819 I want to ask. It's amazing. You, my dear. With 00:04:49.819 --> 00:04:53.899 your robe pulled tightly around you and your 00:04:53.899 --> 00:04:58.600 hair swept back so severely from your face. Yes, 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:07.079 yes. Absolutely amazing. Well, I... Let me... 00:05:11.019 --> 00:05:16.560 princess haci bar it's not too surprising she 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:20.040 was just a little before your time approximately 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:25.800 four thousand years haci barry gazelle -footed 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:30.339 trailer of perfumed mosque haci bar the doe -eyed 00:05:30.339 --> 00:05:35.000 radiant perfection of the three worlds i thought 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:38.319 you were an archaeologist not a poet Well, not 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:42.699 I, my dear. That's, uh, Thotmose V, her husband, 00:05:42.939 --> 00:05:46.420 the pharaoh. And he was right. She was, until 00:05:46.420 --> 00:05:48.879 then, at least the most exquisite woman who ever 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:53.079 lived. And when she died, at nineteen, the pharaoh 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:56.379 was so crazed with grief that he stripped himself 00:05:56.379 --> 00:05:59.980 of all his wealth and turned it into jewels with 00:05:59.980 --> 00:06:03.420 which he filled her burial casket to the brim. 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:06.699 She was buried with all the honors of the pharaoh. 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:11.560 and a door to her mastaba sealed forever with 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:16.300 an undying curse. The, uh, mastaba? The, uh, 00:06:16.379 --> 00:06:20.839 the burial chamber. And the curse? This chamber 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:24.819 holds the jewels of my kingdom. Jewels beyond 00:06:24.819 --> 00:06:29.259 number and one beyond all price. Who breaks this 00:06:29.259 --> 00:06:33.300 seal forever seals his doom. He will walk no 00:06:33.300 --> 00:06:37.089 more among the living nor find his way. Among 00:06:37.089 --> 00:06:43.470 the dead. You almost make me believe that. And 00:06:43.470 --> 00:06:47.329 I... I almost believe it myself. Perhaps it's 00:06:47.329 --> 00:06:49.529 why I've taken the liberty of coming to you. 00:06:50.069 --> 00:06:53.790 I don't understand. Oh, why should you? Let me 00:06:53.790 --> 00:06:57.610 explain. 15 years ago, I discovered the small 00:06:57.610 --> 00:07:00.170 pyramid that covers the burial chamber three 00:07:00.170 --> 00:07:04.230 times on different expeditions we have excavated 00:07:04.230 --> 00:07:08.279 with no success. This time we have managed to 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:12.160 isolate the Mastaba itself. In spite of every 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:15.860 kind of miserable luck. Cave -ins, men injured, 00:07:16.060 --> 00:07:19.720 crews deserting. But at last, within the next 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:23.620 few days, I'm convinced the entrance will be 00:07:23.620 --> 00:07:28.740 found. How exciting, how wonderful for you. And 00:07:28.740 --> 00:07:33.399 Hasiba. I hope she isn't a disappointment. Was 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:37.519 she really so beautiful, do you think? Incredibly. 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:41.339 Her face shamed the shining sun and the day was 00:07:41.339 --> 00:07:44.339 lit up by the light of her countenance. You know, 00:07:44.660 --> 00:07:46.959 you sound as though you'd actually seen her. 00:07:47.379 --> 00:07:53.660 I have. You have? Oh yes, yes my dear. For every 00:07:53.660 --> 00:08:00.819 description fits you. Well, Sir Jeffrey, I'll 00:08:00.819 --> 00:08:03.259 have to admit that's about the prettiest compliment 00:08:03.259 --> 00:08:07.120 I've ever been paid. And the truth. Look, look. 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:12.220 What is it? An ivory miniature of Hasiba, hand 00:08:12.220 --> 00:08:17.199 -carved. How beautiful. Exquisite. Isn't this? 00:08:17.819 --> 00:08:20.000 Perhaps now you can see, Miss Elliot, why I can 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:23.579 easily believe in reincarnation. It's why I asked 00:08:23.579 --> 00:08:27.379 to meet you. I've devoted the last, best part 00:08:27.379 --> 00:08:31.459 of my life to unearthing this tomb. And I've 00:08:31.459 --> 00:08:34.759 come to be afraid of a curse and to believe profoundly 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:38.799 in the power of good omens and luck. I need that 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:44.039 luck. But I think I've found this. I know you 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:50.000 are my luck. Well, how can I help you? Come as 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.440 my guest to the diggings for a few days. Open 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:58.179 the chamber for me. I think your touch will ensure 00:08:58.179 --> 00:09:05.179 success. Out of so many, that's the greatest 00:09:05.179 --> 00:09:15.799 compliment of all. How can I refuse? Just a moment. 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:25.059 Driver, good, come in. All I'm taking are these 00:09:25.059 --> 00:09:29.799 two bags, and... You are not the driver I engaged 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:33.860 this morning. No, Miss Elliot. Then why? Allow 00:09:33.860 --> 00:09:38.299 me, my credentials. Inspector Hasid of the Cairo 00:09:38.299 --> 00:09:43.620 Police. Police? If you doubt me, call Ahmed. 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:50.379 He will vouch for me. Now, may I ask a few questions? 00:09:50.860 --> 00:09:55.190 Well, of course. You had never met Sir Jeffrey 00:09:55.190 --> 00:09:58.690 Lonscombe before, the night before last. Oh, 00:09:58.690 --> 00:10:01.909 that's correct. But you are planning to visit 00:10:01.909 --> 00:10:06.850 the diggings. Yes. Why? Well, because he invited 00:10:06.850 --> 00:10:12.049 me to. Just as a guest? Of course. For a few 00:10:12.049 --> 00:10:16.389 days, correct? Well, now let's not make anything 00:10:16.389 --> 00:10:20.049 out of that, Inspector. He is about to open the 00:10:20.049 --> 00:10:23.649 tomb of some ancient Egyptian Queen and I am 00:10:23.649 --> 00:10:27.769 intrigued I've never had the opportunity to meet 00:10:27.769 --> 00:10:30.429 a four thousand year old princess who's supposed 00:10:30.429 --> 00:10:33.370 to look like me Now what's wrong with that? And 00:10:33.370 --> 00:10:36.909 why should it interest the police? This thing 00:10:36.909 --> 00:10:41.590 is difficult First of all, let me warn you that 00:10:41.590 --> 00:10:43.889 there may be a possible danger in your visit 00:10:43.889 --> 00:10:49.179 to the diggings What danger? I do not know exactly, 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:53.500 but if you are to go, will you let me go with 00:10:53.500 --> 00:10:58.340 you as your driver incognito? Why? Partially 00:10:58.340 --> 00:11:02.620 to protect you. And partially what else? That 00:11:02.620 --> 00:11:06.980 is what I want to find out. Do you have any knowledge 00:11:06.980 --> 00:11:10.659 of firearms, Miss Elliott? As a matter of fact, 00:11:10.740 --> 00:11:14.909 I do. I used to do a lot of hunting with my father. 00:11:15.149 --> 00:11:19.309 And small arms? We had a pistol range. I'm a 00:11:19.309 --> 00:11:22.190 pretty good shot. Could you handle this if you 00:11:22.190 --> 00:11:27.029 had to? For protection only, I mean. Wabbly, 00:11:27.090 --> 00:11:30.950 isn't it? Six clip? It would fit a woman's handbag. 00:11:32.490 --> 00:11:36.909 Okay. Okay, but I'm not interested in running 00:11:36.909 --> 00:11:41.210 around playing with guns. Last night at the diggings... 00:11:41.179 --> 00:11:44.980 There was a federal accident. Not Sir Jeffery? 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:50.059 No, no, no. One of the new digging crew. Now, 00:11:50.059 --> 00:11:52.840 for everyone's safety, I need an opportunity 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:56.320 to investigate that accident quietly, without 00:11:56.320 --> 00:12:01.580 publicity. You could offer me that chance. And 00:12:01.580 --> 00:12:05.059 put my own neck on the line? No. There's little 00:12:05.059 --> 00:12:09.330 risk for you. But of course, I cannot... I tell 00:12:09.330 --> 00:12:13.029 you there is absolutely none. What is it you 00:12:13.029 --> 00:12:17.009 think's going on out there? I am not sure. Four 00:12:17.009 --> 00:12:20.230 thousand years ago, if we are to believe the 00:12:20.230 --> 00:12:24.330 papyri, the written records, Thotmes buried with 00:12:24.330 --> 00:12:28.090 his wife uncounted millions of dollars in jewels. 00:12:28.509 --> 00:12:32.210 But neither she nor the jewels have been exhumed 00:12:32.210 --> 00:12:37.950 yet. We are told. And yet, a man is dead. Where 00:12:37.950 --> 00:12:41.710 was this man found? Near one of the many statues 00:12:41.710 --> 00:12:45.269 that ring the pyramid, far from the tomb itself. 00:12:45.629 --> 00:12:48.970 So what does that have to do with... murder? 00:12:49.769 --> 00:12:53.750 Not by any human agency, apparently. The man 00:12:53.750 --> 00:12:58.830 was crushed, as if broken in the arms of a... 00:12:58.830 --> 00:13:02.029 something beyond the natural power of things. 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:06.740 However, the police are less interested in the 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:11.740 man himself than what was clutched in his hand. 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:15.620 What? I have been selected to investigate this 00:13:15.620 --> 00:13:20.460 matter quietly and anonymously. Will you let 00:13:20.460 --> 00:13:25.539 me go with you? You're kind of daring me, aren't 00:13:25.539 --> 00:13:30.480 you? Pardon? You don't want me to refuse. I don't 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:33.519 think... You are in any real danger, Miss Elliot, 00:13:34.179 --> 00:13:40.259 and I need a cover. Okay. Let's go adventure. 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:44.879 Just tell me one thing first. What is there for 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:48.019 the police to investigate? What was it the man 00:13:48.019 --> 00:13:51.519 had clutched in his hand? A diamond of great 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:55.320 beauty and great price. What kind of diamond? 00:13:56.100 --> 00:13:59.000 Now, there's just the whole point, Miss Elliot. 00:13:59.370 --> 00:14:03.690 A very special kind, for no diamond has been 00:14:03.690 --> 00:14:07.190 cut like this in the last four thousand years. 00:14:13.649 --> 00:14:18.830 A tomb sealed fast for four thousand years, where 00:14:18.830 --> 00:14:21.809 a princess lies in a coffin filled to the brim 00:14:21.809 --> 00:14:25.990 with precious stones of incalculable value. Could 00:14:25.990 --> 00:14:29.029 this diamond be from a tomb as yet uncovered, 00:14:29.909 --> 00:14:33.750 or was it some random discovery? And if it were, 00:14:34.190 --> 00:14:37.509 what inhuman agency, with a power beyond all 00:14:37.509 --> 00:14:40.830 human scope, mangled and destroyed the unfortunate 00:14:40.830 --> 00:14:44.570 man who found the strangely cut diamond? I'll 00:14:44.570 --> 00:14:58.570 return in a few moments with Act Two. Southwest 00:14:58.570 --> 00:15:02.269 from Cairo, riding across the hot white desert 00:15:02.269 --> 00:15:05.250 sands in the Jeep driven by Inspector Hasid, 00:15:05.909 --> 00:15:08.750 a tool scarf bound across her mouth and nose 00:15:08.750 --> 00:15:12.350 against the stinging sand. Diana Elliot wonders 00:15:12.350 --> 00:15:15.529 what whim drove her to this strange adventure. 00:15:16.549 --> 00:15:20.009 And then to herself, honestly, she admits what 00:15:20.009 --> 00:15:24.230 it is. She is tired of the never relaxing discipline 00:15:24.230 --> 00:15:27.289 of her life, the touring, the center of applause. 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:31.100 the sense of being trapped. Suddenly she is a 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:34.960 free soul, off on an uncharted adventure, ready 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:38.039 for anything that comes her way, as long as it 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:47.940 is new and different. Miss Elliot! You know me? 00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:51.019 Yes, and you more than live up to what I've heard. 00:15:51.700 --> 00:15:57.360 Can I give you a hand down? Thank you. That's 00:15:57.360 --> 00:16:02.679 more than a hand. Both. Brother, the old boy 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:08.639 was right. About what? You? And our 4 ,000 -year 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:13.720 -old lady. Perhaps. But I'm not 4 ,000 years 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:17.500 old yet. And I can stand by myself, Mr... Irving, 00:16:17.700 --> 00:16:20.220 John Irving. I'm Sir Jeff's assistant. He asked 00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:23.519 me to look out for you. Oh, great. Could we start 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:26.440 by having you let go of my waist so I can breathe? 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:30.299 I'm sorry. Where is Sir Jeffery? He had to go 00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:32.519 into Cairo with the English mail and in connection 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:35.139 with an accident we had here. Oh, yes, I know 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:39.720 about that. You do? Yes, yes, I read about it 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:43.000 in the Cairo newspaper. Oh, well, let's get your 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:45.220 bags and get you settled. Do not worry, I say. 00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:48.559 I will take care of it. Oh, fine, driver. Miss 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:50.600 Elliott's going to the big tent with the canopy. 00:16:50.970 --> 00:16:52.950 Now, you can bunk down with the crew over there. 00:16:53.370 --> 00:16:55.070 Any one of the three tents near the diggings. 00:16:55.309 --> 00:16:58.389 Very good, I say. You want to go freshen up, 00:16:58.570 --> 00:17:01.929 Miss Elliot? Oh, no, no. Everything is too new 00:17:01.929 --> 00:17:04.630 and strange and exciting. I want to explore. 00:17:05.029 --> 00:17:07.390 Okay. You want to walk over and have a closer 00:17:07.390 --> 00:17:10.750 look at the pyramid? I'd love it. If I'm not 00:17:10.750 --> 00:17:13.170 keeping you... No, you're not. I've been designated 00:17:13.170 --> 00:17:16.029 as the official reception committee for the afternoon. 00:17:17.589 --> 00:17:20.829 Tell me, have you found the tomb yet? And not 00:17:20.829 --> 00:17:23.769 quite, but we're close. We started to uncover 00:17:23.769 --> 00:17:25.670 what appears to be the entrance to the outer 00:17:25.670 --> 00:17:27.809 chamber this morning. The diggers are working 00:17:27.809 --> 00:17:32.730 on clearing that now. It's hard to believe. What? 00:17:33.069 --> 00:17:37.450 We're almost there. Fifteen years ago, this entire 00:17:37.450 --> 00:17:40.970 pyramid was buried in sand. Sir Jeff uncovered 00:17:40.970 --> 00:17:44.349 it on the two former expeditions. What a tremendous 00:17:44.349 --> 00:17:49.480 job. What are these statues? Stand along the 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:52.480 bottom row of stones. Those are various Egyptian 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:56.400 gods. Let's see, starting at that end. Toth, 00:17:56.500 --> 00:18:01.240 the recorder. Oris, god of truth. Mott, goddess 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:04.539 of justice. And Osiris, the king father himself. 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:09.740 Two, three, four, five. Hey, you missed one. 00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:12.839 This one in the middle. Oh, I'm sorry. So I did. 00:18:13.660 --> 00:18:18.380 I can't blame you. He's so ugly. Brutal, smiling 00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:23.339 face. What does he represent? That's Anubis, 00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:27.940 the jackal -faced god. Officially supposed, coincidentally 00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:31.680 enough, to be the greeter of the dead. I don't 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:34.420 think I'd care to be greeted by that, dead or 00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:38.279 alive. What do you mean, coincidentally? Well, 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:41.539 this is where... where an accident happened. 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:44.819 You mean where the man was killed? You heard 00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:47.849 about that? Who told you, Sir Jeff? No, it was 00:18:47.849 --> 00:18:53.869 my driver. Oh. Bad news travels fast in this 00:18:53.869 --> 00:18:59.190 country. In any country. What a cruel, bestial 00:18:59.190 --> 00:19:03.329 face he has. What does greeter of the dead mean? 00:19:04.250 --> 00:19:07.150 He weighed the hearts of the dead before welcoming 00:19:07.150 --> 00:19:09.910 them to the great halls of Osiris, the judge 00:19:09.910 --> 00:19:13.130 and the sentencer. Oh, he's not quite as bad 00:19:13.130 --> 00:19:18.740 as he looks. Do tell. I think I'll have that 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:23.559 hand down now. Oh, here you are. Watch it! Quick! 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:32.940 Behind the statue. Let me shield you. You all 00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:39.200 right, Diane? I'm all right, Mr. Irving. Couldn't 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:43.980 we make it? John, I called you Diane. So you 00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:50.000 did. It just slipped out. Did it scare you? If 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:53.799 you mean the explosion, of course it did. The 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:57.779 dynamite. What was the dynamite for, John? That's 00:19:57.779 --> 00:20:00.119 just what Sir Jepp's gonna want to know. He's 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:01.859 gonna be hopping mad when he gets back. Damn, 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:08.319 that's Sargon. Who is Sargon? Our esteemed Egyptian 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:10.880 colleague and so -called archaeologist who's 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:13.250 been... gumming up this expedition ever since 00:20:13.250 --> 00:20:16.549 it started. Gumming it up? Yeah, he resents all 00:20:16.549 --> 00:20:19.089 outsiders who come here on what he considers 00:20:19.089 --> 00:20:23.269 his territory. Well, you can't blame him, I suppose. 00:20:23.269 --> 00:20:26.130 It's his country. Just the same, the guy's pretty 00:20:26.130 --> 00:20:28.950 hard to take. For some reason, he wants that 00:20:28.950 --> 00:20:32.309 tomb to remain sealed. With that dynamite he 00:20:32.309 --> 00:20:34.930 set off, maybe he's just gotten his wish. Now, 00:20:34.930 --> 00:20:37.109 come on. I'll see you back to your tent so I 00:20:37.109 --> 00:20:39.529 can go find out just what damage has been done. 00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:51.819 I'm sorry I was responsible for making dinner 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:55.200 so late. Oh, it was worth waiting for, Sir Jeffrey. 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:59.640 This Arabian coffee is delicious. What was all 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:02.319 the trouble with Sargon this afternoon? Well, 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:04.700 this morning he wanted to dynamite the entrance 00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:07.579 open. I said we should wait till you got back. 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:09.819 I knew you wouldn't go for it. My God, if we 00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:11.740 had a cave in, the whole tomb would have been 00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:14.220 reburied. You say nothing of the possible damage 00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:19.480 to inscriptions inside. So? Well, he got so red 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:21.579 -necked about it, I told him he could set the 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:24.259 charges in case. Oh, that was foolish. I know, 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:26.500 sir. But I never thought he'd be pig -headed 00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:28.940 enough to set them off on his own hook. That 00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:32.279 is it, I. Oh, Sargon, Sargon, my dear fellow, 00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:36.940 come in, come in. Join us in, uh, coffee. I do 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:40.700 not break bread among my enemies. What do we 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:43.539 theme today? Now, wait a minute. Now, now, Sargon, 00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:46.730 I know you're upset, but... There's no need to 00:21:46.730 --> 00:21:50.269 be rude. I don't believe you've met our guest. 00:21:50.849 --> 00:21:54.690 Miss Diane Elias. Ali Otman Ben Sargon, one of 00:21:54.690 --> 00:21:58.430 our most noted Egyptologists. How do you do? 00:21:58.769 --> 00:22:02.970 Your servant, Anaisa. Now, about this thing this 00:22:02.970 --> 00:22:05.769 afternoon... Mr Irving said the orders came from 00:22:05.769 --> 00:22:08.549 you. Why, you... If he denies that, he lies! 00:22:08.769 --> 00:22:10.250 You think I'm going to sit still for that? Sit 00:22:10.250 --> 00:22:14.329 down, sir! I will not have this bickering in 00:22:14.329 --> 00:22:17.950 front of a guest. It can be settled later. In 00:22:17.950 --> 00:22:20.289 the meantime, fortunately, there's been no damage 00:22:20.289 --> 00:22:22.650 of consequence on the way into the tomb has been 00:22:22.650 --> 00:22:26.670 opened. No harm has been done. A great deed of 00:22:26.670 --> 00:22:30.890 harm has been done. The crew has deserted. What? 00:22:31.289 --> 00:22:33.869 That is what I came to tell you. They have taken 00:22:33.869 --> 00:22:37.369 all our transport and left. I tried to stop them, 00:22:37.369 --> 00:22:39.910 but... I'll bet you did. Now look, sir... Just 00:22:39.910 --> 00:22:45.380 a moment, Tom. Of why, Sargon? Perhaps they are 00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:48.839 wiser than we. A small hole was blown through 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:52.740 to the inside, and out of it they say comes swirling 00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:56.640 a fearsome ethrite that grew ten times taller 00:22:56.640 --> 00:23:00.680 than a man, and verged a cold, freezing breath 00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:04.200 from his mouth that carried death in the air. 00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:09.039 They ran in terror from the ancient curse. They 00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:12.710 knew the stench of evil. in the air well that's 00:23:12.710 --> 00:23:16.069 that's preposterous as an archaeologist you know 00:23:16.069 --> 00:23:18.690 the fetid odor of death is always present when 00:23:18.690 --> 00:23:22.210 a tomb is opened a bunch of simple -minded nitwits 00:23:22.210 --> 00:23:28.430 perhaps except that as a simple -minded egyptian 00:23:28.430 --> 00:23:31.890 i agree with them oh you intend to leave on the 00:23:31.890 --> 00:23:36.250 contrary i intend to stay i was referring to 00:23:36.250 --> 00:23:40.170 the stench of evil And not from the graves of 00:23:40.170 --> 00:23:43.289 my ancestors, which I shall remain to protect. 00:23:44.710 --> 00:23:47.029 Why, that son of a... You're gonna let him get 00:23:47.029 --> 00:23:50.609 away with that? John, I'm sure it was a misunderstanding. 00:23:51.569 --> 00:23:54.450 Now bear with me, please. Tomorrow may be the 00:23:54.450 --> 00:23:58.529 end of a long, long dream. Now let me go and 00:23:58.529 --> 00:24:02.130 pacify poor Sargon. You intend to open the tomb 00:24:02.130 --> 00:24:05.890 tomorrow? The main breach has been made. I'm 00:24:05.890 --> 00:24:08.700 hopeful it can be managed. Well, then we must 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:11.519 have the press here. I'll go into Cairo tonight. 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:14.319 The men have taken the trucks. They're still 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:18.279 Diane's Jeep. If I may borrow it? Well, it's 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:21.619 not really mine. It's my driver's. Well, whatever 00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:24.059 you decide, tomorrow will be an exciting day. 00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:26.559 I shall hope Miss Elliot to introduce you at 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:31.859 last to your long -dead image. This must come 00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:34.740 to pass, for I still believe in you as my good 00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:38.640 luck. John, you'll... See Miss Elliott to her 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:41.220 tent? Of course, sir. Till tomorrow then. Good 00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:43.819 night, sir. I'd still like to have it out myself 00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:46.619 with that surly... Don't let Sir Jeff handle 00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:51.880 it, John. I want to drink in this strange night. 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:57.400 The atmosphere or the general excitement? Both. 00:24:58.400 --> 00:25:06.069 Everything. The air, the place, the time. That 00:25:06.069 --> 00:25:12.589 enormous red moon. What makes it like that? Sand 00:25:12.589 --> 00:25:17.549 suspended in the air filters the spectrum. Such 00:25:17.549 --> 00:25:23.589 a lot of sand. It's a whole lot of moon. It's 00:25:23.589 --> 00:25:32.210 so quiet. The air is heavy. Sleepy? No. Don't 00:25:32.210 --> 00:25:38.630 go in. Stay with me. Uh, that might, uh, be really 00:25:38.630 --> 00:25:42.910 dangerous. Why don't we grab the jeep? Go into 00:25:42.910 --> 00:25:47.809 Cairo. We can't use the jeep. Why not? It belongs 00:25:47.809 --> 00:25:53.089 to... to an inspector of police. Look, please 00:25:53.089 --> 00:25:56.250 don't say I said anything, but he's here investigating 00:25:56.250 --> 00:26:00.230 the accident. Sub Rosa. You won't tell anyone. 00:26:00.809 --> 00:26:03.349 Well, sure, if you ask me not to. But I still 00:26:03.349 --> 00:26:05.829 don't see why we can't... Well, uh, then... Ask 00:26:05.829 --> 00:26:08.589 Inspector Hussied if you can borrow the jeep. 00:26:08.730 --> 00:26:12.230 But I won't go with you. I'm too tired and too 00:26:12.230 --> 00:26:16.730 excited looking forward to tomorrow. But funny 00:26:16.730 --> 00:26:20.910 how heavy the air seems. I can imagine why those 00:26:20.910 --> 00:26:24.609 men felt a dark weight. Almost like death in 00:26:24.609 --> 00:26:29.509 the air. I'll be glad to see tomorrow. Good night, 00:26:29.849 --> 00:26:48.769 John. Good night, Diane. Can I come into your 00:26:48.769 --> 00:26:52.990 tent? Uh, yes. I was just starting to go to bed. 00:26:52.990 --> 00:26:55.049 What is it? Look, I don't want to alarm you, 00:26:55.829 --> 00:26:59.369 but the men were right. There is death in the 00:26:59.369 --> 00:27:03.029 air tonight. But what now? Oh, it's nothing to 00:27:03.029 --> 00:27:06.470 do with the legend. Totally atmospheric. A samum 00:27:06.470 --> 00:27:10.130 is on its way. We must race it barrel. But the 00:27:10.130 --> 00:27:12.750 tomb? The tomb can wait, as it has waited for 00:27:12.750 --> 00:27:15.390 centuries. But there won't be room in the jeep 00:27:15.390 --> 00:27:18.880 for all of us. Only you and I are going. And 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:21.559 the others? Sir Jeff and Sargon won't leave the 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:24.220 tomb. Inspector Hasid won't leave Sargon and 00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:27.279 remains to protect Sir Jeff. What does that mean? 00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:30.940 Sargon is not to be trusted. Sir Jeff and the 00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:33.980 inspector know that. But if we have to run for 00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:36.380 safety, what about them? They'll be safe in the 00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:40.380 excavation. It's like a tornado cellar. That's 00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:42.759 just what this blow will be like anyways. So 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:46.079 why can't we hole up with them? We could. If 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:48.660 you think you can spare the time. What's that 00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:53.119 mean? A simu. It could blow itself out in six 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:56.940 or seven hours or six or seven days. Now can 00:27:56.940 --> 00:28:00.319 you spare the time? Of course not. I'm due in 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:03.940 Paris in three days. Give me five minutes and 00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:06.380 I'll get my suitcases ready and we'll be on our 00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:36.740 way. Wester itself. Double right around on us. 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:40.859 What are you doing? We can't head into it. It 00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:42.920 would suck us right up into the land of Oz, all 00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:45.099 the Arabian nights. We've got to run for cover. 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:47.259 Where? Back to the diggings, the only shelter. 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:49.740 Just hold your seat and hope we can outrun it. 00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:52.900 Supposing we can't? Baby, this is one archaeologist 00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:55.579 who doesn't live in the past and is very interested 00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:58.839 in the future. Right here and now, we've got 00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:09.460 to hang on to the present. Whatever the effectiveness 00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:13.779 of the ancient curse, it seems the fates inspire 00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:16.680 to bring Diane Elliott and John Irving back within 00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:20.859 its range. And if the 4 ,000 years sleep of the 00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:24.119 delectable Hassiba is to be disturbed at last, 00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:27.519 on whom will the curse fall for disturbing it? 00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:30.339 On the men who planned and made it possible? 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:34.019 Or on another woman who dared to challenge her 00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:49.089 beauty? I'll return shortly with Act III. In 00:29:49.089 --> 00:29:52.170 the outer chamber, shielded from the wild gust 00:29:52.170 --> 00:29:56.069 and the roar of the simoon raging outside, Sir 00:29:56.069 --> 00:29:59.309 Jeffrey and Sargon have isolated and almost cleared 00:29:59.309 --> 00:30:02.750 the door to the mastaba itself. They are engaged 00:30:02.750 --> 00:30:05.789 now in cleaning up the debris the explosion earlier 00:30:05.789 --> 00:30:12.390 in the day had caused. That does it. The door. 00:30:13.329 --> 00:30:18.420 The door is free. Fifteen years. And the moment 00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:23.599 is here at last. I am about to enter the tomb 00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:28.460 of Hasiba. My countrymen have waited 4 ,000. 00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:31.940 Come, come, Sargon. Let for God's sake, not in 00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:36.839 this minute. What is it? There's someone coming. 00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:41.519 The dead are our reason. But hope is silly. It's 00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:47.299 from the outside. Why, it's Miss Elias. The bad 00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:50.779 penny and companion turning up again. Well, what 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:53.180 happened? Couldn't make it, sir. We just beat 00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:55.319 that old twister back here to safety, turned 00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:59.680 around on us. Just the two of you? Yes. What 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:02.640 happened to your driver? We understood he stayed 00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:05.599 with you. We have not seen him. We thought he 00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:08.539 stayed with you. Oh, he probably took off with 00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:11.339 the rest of the crew. Are you all right, Miss 00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:14.259 Elliot? Oh, yes. Well, then let's forget the 00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:18.359 elements, the... momentary inconveniences and 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:21.720 everything but the incredible, the marvelous, 00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:26.299 the unbelievable moment that lies ahead of us. 00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:31.759 We're about to enter the tomb of Hasiba. But 00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:35.799 the storm will blow itself out. We are lighting 00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:38.960 candles to illuminate centuries of the past. 00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:46.450 Come, John, Sargon, help me. Push open the door. 00:31:46.529 --> 00:31:50.990 I do not care to see the tomb open. I am not 00:31:50.990 --> 00:31:54.410 surprised. Inspector Hassid. Yes, Miss Elliot. 00:31:54.730 --> 00:31:59.269 Inspector? Yes, Ali Adman Ben Sargham. Inspector 00:31:59.269 --> 00:32:02.190 Hassid, with a very sore head, where someone 00:32:02.190 --> 00:32:05.609 knocked me out, to deny me the site of the tomb 00:32:05.609 --> 00:32:09.970 and its contents. By all means, let us open the 00:32:09.970 --> 00:32:14.670 door. I am not asking for commanding. with this 00:32:14.670 --> 00:32:27.269 gun. Let's go, Sargon. There it is. Beyond that 00:32:27.269 --> 00:32:32.069 black aperture lies Hasiba, wrapped in her blanket 00:32:32.069 --> 00:32:36.509 of jewels. Who shall be first to enter? The right 00:32:36.509 --> 00:32:40.539 is mine! The right is Sir Jeffreys. Don't make 00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:43.680 me use my gun. This is a moment. I dread as much 00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:48.519 as I desire Who knows what lies in that dark 00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:52.099 cave? The tomb may have been rifled centuries 00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:55.940 ago its artifacts destroy the very cataphalque 00:32:55.940 --> 00:33:02.480 itself Vandalized the curse was never idle And 00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:07.039 then suddenly I am too old and afraid to enter 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:14.400 Diane I brought you here as my luck. Will you 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:20.299 risk it and enter first? If you wish me to. I 00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:26.759 wish it with all my heart. John, take the torch 00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:33.660 and light her in. Yes, sir. Careful, Diane. Easy. 00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:41.039 What is there to fear? The dead resent intruders. 00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:52.660 I only hope that... What happened, John? The 00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:56.259 door to the tomb swung shut. Can we open it? 00:33:56.500 --> 00:34:02.200 No. The counterweights locked it somehow. Hold 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:05.819 up the torch. Why? There's an inscription inside 00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:10.800 the door. What does it say? yet But it would 00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:16.420 take time to decipher it Don't worry I can guess 00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:21.780 He who breaks this seal forever seals his doom 00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:26.639 He will walk no more among the living or find 00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:37.710 his way among the dead It's just what I was afraid 00:34:37.710 --> 00:34:42.590 of. Hopeless. The door can't be budged. What 00:34:42.590 --> 00:34:46.849 happened? The stone you stepped on. Designed 00:34:46.849 --> 00:34:49.150 to trip the counterbalancing rocks and lock them. 00:34:50.030 --> 00:34:52.630 To get the door open now, they'll have to blast. 00:34:53.429 --> 00:34:57.889 So that was Tophny's ancient curse. That's pretty 00:34:57.889 --> 00:35:02.570 effective. Look, hold up the torch, John. Is 00:35:02.570 --> 00:35:06.909 that better? Yes. It's not a very large chamber 00:35:06.909 --> 00:35:12.050 no In the center there is that yeah? That's the 00:35:12.050 --> 00:35:21.750 catafalque Hasiba Can we look why not? Poor little 00:35:21.750 --> 00:35:30.190 princess Poor little rich girl young Can we can 00:35:30.190 --> 00:35:34.280 we open the sarcophagus? I don't know Somewhere 00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:43.820 there should be... Oh, let's see. Ah, here. It's 00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:47.519 too heavy. As far as I dare slide it. Such a 00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:51.340 big coffin for such a little girl, but... Oh, 00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:57.300 but she is lovely. The face is only a death mask. 00:35:58.599 --> 00:36:02.019 Where are the jewels, John? The jewels, the... 00:36:02.010 --> 00:36:05.329 It filled the casket to the brim. That's right. 00:36:06.789 --> 00:36:09.690 Evidently old Tosmas regretted his generous impulse 00:36:09.690 --> 00:36:12.730 and sneaked in later and pinched his fabulous 00:36:12.730 --> 00:36:17.510 fortune. How? I don't know. What's the matter 00:36:17.510 --> 00:36:22.889 with the torch? I'm afraid it's going out. Can't 00:36:22.889 --> 00:36:27.789 we light it again? No. Lack of oxygen. We've 00:36:27.789 --> 00:36:30.289 got to get out of here. Haven't you any idea 00:36:30.289 --> 00:36:33.980 how? The catafalque itself. Let's have a look. 00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:39.199 But how? Where? It's just a simple box. Except... 00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:42.860 here. At the foot of it. Carved in bar relief. 00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:47.340 Wait. Let me hold the torch close. Yeah, that's 00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:52.679 better. What is it? That face. The guard you 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:55.659 showed me outside the pyramid. With a jackal 00:36:55.659 --> 00:37:00.579 face? What's his name? Anubis. Greeter of the 00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:06.219 Dead. But he has another name. The Opener of 00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:09.719 the Ways. Diane, maybe this is it. Press it. 00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:19.280 Try it. Yes. The Opener of the Ways. Smell that, 00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:24.280 Diane. Fresh air. Look at the torch light up. 00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:27.960 And there are steps beneath. We're free. I wonder, 00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:39.179 John. I wonder. I can see it clearly now, Diane. 00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:43.300 Sargon, he's been plundering the tomb. That was 00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:46.539 the reason for all the delays he caused. He had 00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:49.519 to have time to get rid of the jewels. And now, 00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:53.159 unless we escape somehow, he's safe. Inspector 00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:55.900 Hasid won't let him go. Might as well have all 00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:58.179 the cards on the table. When I stumbled into 00:37:58.179 --> 00:38:00.719 you entering the chamber, it was because Sargon 00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:03.039 pushed the inspector against me and grabbed the 00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:05.980 gun. You can be sure Sir Jeffrey and Hasid are 00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:08.699 both dead by now. And Sargon is on his way to 00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:11.019 freedom with the jewels. Well then it's up to 00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:17.860 us to stop him. How? What's the matter? A blank 00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:22.860 wall. This looks like the end of the road. It 00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:26.739 does at that. How... how do we get out of this? 00:38:27.789 --> 00:38:33.170 That's all up to you, John. What does that mean? 00:38:34.329 --> 00:38:38.210 It's not very difficult to figure out. You know 00:38:38.210 --> 00:38:41.210 just where to put your hand to move this rock. 00:38:42.210 --> 00:38:47.590 Don't you, John? I? Why should I? Because you've 00:38:47.590 --> 00:38:55.449 been here so often before. You know. I think 00:38:55.449 --> 00:39:00.719 so. And what I don't know, I can guess. You found 00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:05.199 this secret entrance some time ago, and you stole 00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:08.800 the jewels, didn't you? You've been the one that's 00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:11.440 been delaying things while you tried to figure 00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:15.019 out some way to get away with them. My jeep with 00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:17.920 me as cover was the perfect way out if it hadn't 00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:23.340 been for the sandstorm. All right. I admit it. 00:39:24.809 --> 00:39:29.349 Which leaves you with two choices. Which are? 00:39:30.449 --> 00:39:37.289 Stay here, or come with me. Diane, I am more 00:39:37.289 --> 00:39:39.329 than a little in love with you, and I promise 00:39:39.329 --> 00:39:41.730 you there's a fortune packed in your jeep that 00:39:41.730 --> 00:39:43.789 could make us able to live like Tothmus and his 00:39:43.789 --> 00:39:46.570 queen Haseeba. In your luggage, it could easily 00:39:46.570 --> 00:39:48.710 be smuggled out of the country. Half of it, all 00:39:48.710 --> 00:39:51.550 of it's yours, if you share it with me. And if 00:39:51.550 --> 00:39:55.809 I don't? I'll have to take my chances alone, 00:39:56.389 --> 00:40:00.269 which includes, unfortunately, leaving you shut 00:40:00.269 --> 00:40:03.369 in here where you can't blow the whistle on me. 00:40:04.150 --> 00:40:10.630 Two choices, huh? What else? This. What? Gun? 00:40:11.590 --> 00:40:14.510 Where did you get that? From the inspector. And 00:40:14.510 --> 00:40:18.429 don't think I don't know how to use it. Are you 00:40:18.429 --> 00:40:24.070 ready to open the door now? Suppose. Suppose 00:40:24.070 --> 00:40:27.869 I just refused the torch is beginning to burn 00:40:27.869 --> 00:40:31.170 low again. That means we're running out of oxygen 00:40:31.170 --> 00:40:44.969 doesn't it? Okay, you win I Hope I didn't hurt 00:40:44.969 --> 00:40:48.389 you I had to get the gun. What are you going 00:40:48.389 --> 00:40:51.329 to do? Oh nothing violent. That really isn't 00:40:51.329 --> 00:40:54.840 my nature Just leave you here. With any luck, 00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:59.280 they'll break through in time and find you. Goodbye, 00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:04.119 Diane. You can't! Oh, please don't know. I'll 00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:09.800 leave you the torch when I go. Damn simoom, it's 00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:12.199 still raging! You'll never get through it! I'll 00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:14.199 have to take my chances, that's all I have left. 00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:18.119 I won't back! I'm sorry. Sorry for everything, 00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:21.619 except the jewels. If you could only see them... 00:41:21.670 --> 00:41:44.730 Well, here goes. No. No, no, no. I'm all right. 00:41:44.750 --> 00:41:47.929 You must rest, my dear. There's time later. No, 00:41:47.969 --> 00:41:51.809 I want to finish telling you. He was leaving 00:41:51.809 --> 00:41:55.969 and there and he had started the door or the 00:41:55.969 --> 00:41:58.650 statue base that closed the secret entrance and 00:41:58.650 --> 00:42:01.949 then And suddenly the wind was too strong and 00:42:01.949 --> 00:42:05.969 he fell back and got caught all those tons of 00:42:05.969 --> 00:42:10.150 stone Just like the other man. I would spare 00:42:10.150 --> 00:42:13.829 a little pity on him. Miss Elliot The other man 00:42:13.829 --> 00:42:17.650 was my brother as Abe Irving thought he had killed 00:42:17.650 --> 00:42:22.650 me just as successfully But I don't understand. 00:42:23.530 --> 00:42:27.989 Why did he start to come back? His return was 00:42:27.989 --> 00:42:32.369 involuntary. What do you mean, Mr. Sargon? He 00:42:32.369 --> 00:42:35.130 underestimated the enduring power of an ancient 00:42:35.130 --> 00:42:41.610 curse. He was returned to his fate. So the curse 00:42:41.610 --> 00:42:46.949 was a real one after all. He will walk no more 00:42:46.949 --> 00:42:51.400 among the living. nor find his way among the 00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:56.659 dead. But thanks to you, Miss Elliot, the ancient 00:42:56.659 --> 00:43:00.199 gods are satisfied, and the lady of whom you 00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:17.820 are a reincarnation will also be reborn. The 00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:21.179 doe -eyed radiant perfection of the three worlds. 00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:25.820 Why shouldn't she be reborn? I'm in favor of 00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:30.579 it. What man wouldn't be? I'll be back shortly. 00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:45.199 It was Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of our American 00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:49.400 greats, who said it. A grave, wherever found, 00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:53.199 preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul. 00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:57.719 Let my comment on this tale be as brief. Let 00:43:57.719 --> 00:44:01.519 the dead past bury its past, nor pause too much 00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:05.500 to think on today. The future is what leads us 00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:10.039 on. If we march to any banners, let it be to 00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:14.300 those. Our cast included Kim Hunter, George Petrie, 00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:18.860 Arnold Moss, Dan Occo, and Ian Martin. The entire 00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:21.400 production was under the direction of Hyman Brown. 00:44:22.380 --> 00:44:28.480 And now, a preview of our next tale. Johnny, 00:44:29.179 --> 00:44:34.400 be careful. Ah, come off it Lisa. Now look, Scarlett, 00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:38.440 if you were the devil and you want my camera, 00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:41.300 you'd have no problem in getting it. You wouldn't 00:44:41.300 --> 00:44:44.260 be here asking for a swap, practically begging 00:44:44.260 --> 00:44:47.920 me to give it to you. Ordinarily, you'd be right. 00:44:48.079 --> 00:44:50.380 But there are unalterable rules which govern 00:44:50.380 --> 00:44:53.000 my organization, and one of them is that when 00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:55.519 a mortal makes a legitimate purchase from us, 00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:59.360 we're bound to a bargain. We can only ask that 00:44:59.360 --> 00:45:02.480 he return his purchase of his own free will. 00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:06.039 Now that I've revealed this much to you, I suggest 00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:10.239 that you take the... Uh -uh. No deal, Nick, or 00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:13.980 whatever your name is. You made a bargain, and 00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:19.550 you're stuck. May I make one correction? It is 00:45:19.550 --> 00:45:24.849 not I, Johnny, who is stuck, but you, who are 00:45:24.849 --> 00:45:28.650 doomed. This is E .G. Marshall inviting you to 00:45:28.650 --> 00:45:32.150 return to our mystery theater for another adventure 00:45:32.150 --> 00:45:38.969 in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.