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Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Do come

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in. Make yourself comfortable, because I'm going

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to tell you... a nice quiet little ghost story.

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Nothing to frighten you. Not badly, at any rate.

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Nothing to make you run screaming into the street.

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No, the most this ghost story can do is make

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you snuggle down deeper under the covers and

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reach out for a hand to hold. A hand I trust

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that is firm and warm, not clammy and cold. There

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is some who don't take too well to the idea of

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dying. I can't say that I do myself. Well, you

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look to me like one that would go quietly. Do

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I really? No fuss, no bother. Take it for what

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it is. The logical end to life. But those others,

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look out for them. I don't think I know what

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you mean. What others? The ones that don't find

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death logical at all. Our mystery drama, The

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Phantom Lullaby, was written especially for the

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Mystery Theatre by Elspeth Erick and stars Rosemary

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Murphy and Arnold Moss. It is sponsored in part

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by CONTAC, the 12 -hour allergy capsule, and

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Anheuser -Busch Incorporated, brewers of Budweiser.

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I'll be back shortly with Act One. I myself have

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never met a ghost. I don't know why. Perhaps

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something in my personality puts them off. But

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if ever I should, I hope you'll do something

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more than moan and sigh and clank chains. What

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I should really enjoy would be a nice chatty

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ghost. Would sit down and talk things over. Things

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like whether the life after death is really pleasanter

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than the one before. And if it is, why is it?

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Things like that. Things that only a ghost would

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know. Ah, well. Perhaps one fine day or some

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dark night, if I hold myself in readiness, my

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ghost will visit me. Meantime, relax, won't you?

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And listen. Hello? Intercoastal Airlines? Well,

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can you tell me a flight 509 from New York is

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on time? Yeah, I'll hold on. Ellen's room is

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finished. Good. I've ordered new curtains. I

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hope she likes her room. Oh, I'm sure she will.

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I'm sure she... Uh, yes? Oh, it is? Well, good,

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good. Thank you very much. Plane's on time. Well,

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you'd better get started then. Yeah, yeah. Don't

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be nervous. I'm not nervous. It'll only make

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her nervous if you're nervous. What are you eating

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in the closet for? My, my omicode. It's on the

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chair. Oh. She's only been away four days. It's

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not a question of how long she's been away, it's

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what, what she went away for. I know that. Well

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then why say a foolish thing like only four days?

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Please, please, I'm nervous too. Well what do

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you think you're doing now? The couch shouldn't

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be here. It should be over there. That's an eight

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-foot couch. Don't try to move it by yourself.

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I can do it. Let me have the superintendent,

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please. Emily, will you stop that? I'd help you,

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but I have to get going. I don't want Ellen standing

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around the airport. Hello? This is Mr. King,

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Penthouse B. Yeah, we just moved in. We're not

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quite settled in yet, and... I have to go to

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the airport to pick up my daughter. Could you

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possibly help my wife move a few pieces of furniture?

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No, we want the place to look extra nice. Our

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daughter's never seen it. Oh, that's great. That's

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just great. Thank you. Thank you very much. He'll

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be up in a couple of minutes. Howard, do you

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think Ellen will like this apartment? Well, I

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certainly hope so. It's costing an arm and a

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leg. What with the terrace and everything? Her

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own bathroom, a real dining room? Well, the idea

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is to give her a change. New surroundings, blot

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out. Everything that happens. As if a terrace

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and her own bathroom could take her mind off

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that terrible man. Well, they'll help. I'm not

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saying completely, but they'll help. Give her

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something to think about besides John Draper

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and... And the rest of it seems strange. We never

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even met him. I hope I never do meet him Well,

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honey, I gotta get going don't tell Ellen about

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this place. Let it be a surprise and Howard be

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very You know gentle with her. Let her know.

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We love her. Yeah, I don't know Well, I'm off.

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Oh You're the superintendent. Yeah, I didn't

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hear you knock I was just getting ready to. Well,

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come in. This is my wife. She'll show you what

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she wants done. Oh, and, uh, here's something

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for your trouble. Oh, okay. Holly, I'll be back

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in an hour. Good luck. Take care. Well, now...

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You like this place? I'm sure we will like it.

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We just moved in. I know. It's a nice looking

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apartment with a terrace and all. First thing

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I want to do is move the couch over there to

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the long wall. Everybody likes this place when

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they first move in. If you take one end and I

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take the other... One, two, three months, then

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they start getting jumpy. Jumpy? They pay up

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what they owe on the lease and they move out.

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I didn't know that. Oh yeah, it happens every

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time. Well, let's move this thing if we're gonna...

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Let me move the coffee table first. I'll do it.

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How'd you happen to hear it was vacant? Well,

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actually, friends of ours called us. They met

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some people at a party who said they were giving

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up this beautiful apartment, and we thought...

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That would be the Winthrop's. Yeah, they lasted

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six months. Where do you want this table? Right

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where you're standing. Okay. And before them

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was the Katz's, and before them the Millbrooks,

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and before them the Cramer's, and before them...

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Why did they all move out? What's wrong with

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the place? Search me. They would never say any

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of them. They just paid up and moved out. Know

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what I think? What? I think the joint's haunted.

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Now, where does the couch go? Enter, young lady.

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Ellen. Darling, it's so good to have you back.

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I'll put the suitcase in the bedroom. When you

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see your bedroom, darling, make allowances for

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the curtains. I had to put up your old ones,

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and they're too short, but I'm expecting new

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ones, maybe today. Oh, I got you a new bed. Oh,

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heavens, the fuss they made about delivering

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it. So, what do you think? Do you like the apartment?

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It's very nice. Come, look at the view from the

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terrace. Come on. You can see for miles. Isn't

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that spectacular? Spectacular. Well, you can

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take a good look at it later. What would you

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like to do now? I don't know. Take a hot bath?

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You have your own bathroom now. Really? Do I?

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Or would you like to just sit and talk? All right,

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if you want to. Ellen, was the operation very

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bad? You mean the abortion? No. It wasn't bad

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at all. I'm glad of that. I opened your suitcase

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and let a little air in, huh? I didn't unpack

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anything, though. I'll do it. You want to do

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that now, dear? Maybe take that hot bath and

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I'll start lunch and then when it's ready I'll

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call you. All right. It's the door on the right.

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Here, I'll show you. I'll find it. And the bathroom

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opens right off of it. Howard, what's wrong with

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her? I don't know, she was like that all the

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way in from the airport. Like a sleepwalker.

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Like a zombie. Howard? I'm making us a drink.

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We need it. How is she? I guess she's all right.

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Here's your drink. She's lying on the bed just...

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staring at the ceiling. I spoke to her, but she

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didn't answer me. So I didn't bother her. That

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horrible man, he did this to her. I wish she'd

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talked to me about him. But she never did say

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much, except that she was seeing him a lot. Then

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when she told me she was pregnant, she said he

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didn't want to marry her, so she guessed she'd

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have an abortion. Just like that. Things have

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changed, though. Young people nowadays and the

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parents nowadays. I guess so I I should have

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insisted I should have put my foot down Absolutely

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insisted insisted on what? But at least on meeting

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the guy at least that it's not the way things

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are done these days. Well, they should be Look,

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do you think I ought to get in touch with him

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now? No It's too late now. We can't just leave

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her the way she is walking around like an automaton

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Maybe he could Oh, I don't know. Maybe he could

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snap her out of it or something. Maybe she'll

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snap out of it by herself. If she was really

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in love with him... She said she wasn't. Well,

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maybe she was. Maybe she was and didn't know

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it. Anyway, I think he ought to see what he's

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done. What good would that do? I don't know.

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I don't know. Why don't you go and see if she's

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all right? I don't like to disturb her. Well,

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just knock on the door and see if she answers.

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All right. Well, the state she's in... Ellen?

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Oui, Mama? I don't want to disturb you, dear,

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but I just want to make sure everything's all

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right. Tout va bien. I guess she's all right.

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Anyway, she answered me. What did she say? I

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couldn't make it out, but she sounded fine. That's

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good. Maybe it was just shock or something before.

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Probably that was it. Emily, if you get to talking

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to her, if... she'll talk to you. She will. Ask

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her about this man. What's his name again? John

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Draper? Yeah, ask her how she feels about him.

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You know, if she thinks about him, wants to call

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him up or anything, you tell her that it's all

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right with us. She doesn't care if it's all right

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with us. Young people don't these days. They

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just go ahead and do what they want to do. Do

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you realize we don't know anything about this

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man? What does he do for a living, if anything?

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He plays the piano. I think he gives lessons.

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Where does he live? Over on Market Street, I

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think. Yeah, that figures. Has he got a phone?

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I imagine so. I don't know. Well, if he gives

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lessons, he's got to have a phone. It's got to

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be in the book. I think so, anyway. Oh, here

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he is. Look. John Draper, 121 Market. You're

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not going to call him. No, I'm not going to call

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him. I just want to know that he's alive and

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breathing somewhere in this town. If Ellen isn't

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better by tomorrow or the next day... How would

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she will be? Go knock on her door again, will

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you? What'll I say? Say anything. Say we're having

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a drink out here. Why doesn't she join us? All

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right, if you say so. But keep it light and,

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you know, cheerful. Ellen, dear, your father

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and I are having a drink. Don't you want to join

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us? How's that, dear? Well, whenever you're ready.

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We'd love to have you. I think a drink would

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do you good. Whenever you're ready. I guess she's

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all right. What did she say she was all right?

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I don't know what she said. What do you mean

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you don't know what she said? Ellen! Are you

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all right, baby? I regret, but I can't join you

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for the moment. I have to take care of these

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boys. Excuse me, please. She couldn't join us

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just now because... because she had to take care

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of the little boy. Do you agree with Anthony

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Trollope that the chief duty a parent owes a

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child is to make the child happy? I think I do.

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And I think in their more beneficent moods, most

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people do. Why, then, are there so many bitterly

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unhappy children? We may find out when I return

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shortly with Act Two. Ellen Keene, only daughter

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of Howard and Emily Keene, came home a little

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while ago after the removal of an incipient life.

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from her body. In the new penthouse apartment

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her parents have rented in an anxious effort

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to lift her spirits, she has just now delivered

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her longest utterance since she arrived. Howard?

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I didn't know she could speak French. She can't.

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Well, she just did. I understand enough French

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to know that. What did she say? Could you tell?

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She said she couldn't join us just now because...

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because she had to take care of... the little

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boy. What little boy? How should I know what

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little boy? How had the operations affected her

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mind? Don't say that. That's not true. Must have

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meant more to her than we knew. How could we

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know she acted as though it was... as though

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it was nothing? That's how young people are these

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days. I'm gonna call that man. John Draper? What

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good would that do? He ought to know what he's

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done. Howard, it isn't right to blame it all

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on him. I don't care. There, here. Here's his

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number. I don't see why you think he can help.

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Well, maybe she still loves him. Maybe he can

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get through to her. Maybe. Draper, John Draper?

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Yes? I'm Howard Keane, Ellen Keane's father.

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Yes? Ellen came home a little while ago. I thought

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you might like to know. How is she? Is she all

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right? No, she's not all right. What's the trouble?

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She... They didn't hurt her, did they? Physically,

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she seems to be all right, but... Otherwise,

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she's not. I'm glad you called. My wife and I

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thought it might help if you came to see us.

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Why, of course, right now? If you can. I'll have

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to cancel some lessons, but I'll be there as

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soon as I can. Oh, hold on just a minute. We've

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moved to a new place. Oh, you've moved? Yes,

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we took a penthouse on the spur of the moment,

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just moved in this morning. It's at 42 Cedar

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Terrace. Do you know where that is? 42 Cedar

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Terrace? Yes, penthouse B. Have you got that?

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Hello? Mr. Draper, are you there? Hello? I'm

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sorry, Mr. Keen, but I'm afraid I won't be able

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to get there after all. Give hell and my love.

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Hello? Mr. Draper? Hello? Howard? I don't get

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it. He was very nice, very concerned about Ellen.

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He wanted to help. He wanted to come to see her

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right away, and then... Then all of a sudden,

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when I gave him the address, he made a sudden

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switch and... He said he was sorry. He couldn't.

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Why would he do that? Thought it over, I guess.

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Decided he wanted no part of it. But you said

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he sounded nice at first. He's not going to get

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away with it. Howard, what are you going to do?

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What was his address again? It's right there

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in the phone book. I'm going to get him to see

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Ellen if I have to drag him here. What's the

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address? 121 Market Street. Howard, I wish you

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wouldn't go. I'll be back in half an hour. You

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stay right here. You think I should call Dr.

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Stone? No. No. Not yet. Well, what could we say

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to him? That our daughter talks to us in French

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when she doesn't know any French? That she says

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she has to take care of a little boy when there

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isn't any little boy? You just stay here with

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her and I... I don't think she'll get violent

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or anything like that. I'll be back in half an

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hour with Mr. John Draper. Oh, dear. Ellen? Ellen,

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honey? Ellen, don't you want to come out now

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and have some lunch? I could fix us both a sandwich

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and some soup. We haven't had a chance to talk.

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You're sure you're all right? That's the phone

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buzzer from downstairs, dear. I have to answer

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it. Yes? This is Sopa, Mrs. Keen. I've got a

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big package down here for you. Package? What

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kind of package? It's big. It's from, uh... Standish

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Decorators. Oh! It must be the curtains for my

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daughter's room. You want me to bring it up?

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Yes. Would you please? Thank you. Ellen, darling.

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Ellen, the curtains for your room have come.

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You remember I told you I ordered new ones? What

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do you think? Should we take down the old ones

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and put up the new ones? I'm dying to see how

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they look. Ellen, dear. Thank you. Thank you.

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You okay, Mrs. Keen? What? You look kind of peculiar.

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I do? What's the matter? Ghosts been bothering

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you? Ghosts? I told you the place was haunted.

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Yes, you did, didn't you? Didn't think they'd

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be getting to you so soon, though. Look... Come

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in for a minute, will you? Do you mind? I'd like

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to talk to you. Oh, yeah, okay. Tell me why you

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say this apartment is haunted. It was just a

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guess. You don't really know, do you? No, I don't

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really know about this apartment. No, but I know

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quite a lot about ghosts from personal experience.

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Tell me what you know. Well... I guess everybody

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knows that ghosts know more and know less than

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the spirits of the dead who won't leave the earth,

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right? I mean, that's pretty obvious, wouldn't

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you say? I wouldn't know anything about it. Oh,

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I thought everybody knew that. Well, that's what

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they are. The only difference between one ghost

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and another being why they won't leave the earth.

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Why they keep coming back to haunt. And there's

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various reasons why. Like what? Well, they...

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Could be there in love with some live person

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who returns that love even after death. That's

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one reason What other reasons are there? Well,

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there's a ghost that won't admit to death the

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ghost who resents the people who've gone on living

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This generally speaking is the ghost of some

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person who was used to lording it over everybody

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in life and comes back to try to Lord it over

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them some more That's another reason for ghosts.

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What are the reasons? then There's the kind that

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just can't understand how it happened. How what

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happened? Death. Their own death. That's the

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kind of ghost I understand very well. My sister's

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one of those. You mean your sister doesn't understand

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how she happened to die? Is that what you mean?

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She was 12 years old. She was on her way to school.

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And a car came along with a drunken driver behind

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the wheel and the car swerved up on the sidewalk

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and killed it. She never knew what happened.

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Before she knew anything, she was dead. And her

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ghost comes back? Every night. Every night I

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wake up and hear crying. What do you do? I try

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to explain it to her, but what can I say? It

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doesn't make any sense. A drunk in a car and

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:06.160
her on her way to school? No, it doesn't make

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any sense. Makes more sense to kill yourself,

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don't you think? That way you got something to

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say about how you go and when. Not just leave

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it up to some drunk in a car. Well, that's my

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opinion anyway. All right, I... Better be getting

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:26.799
back downstairs. Couldn't you just stay for a

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little while? I don't feel like being alone right

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now. My husband will be home in about half an

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hour. He went to see somebody over on Market

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Street. No, I can stay a little while, if you

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like. I'd appreciate it. We'll talk about ghosts,

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huh? That's my favorite topic. Ghosts. I'm looking

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for Mr. Draper. I'm Mr. Draper. I guess it's

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:10.240
your son I'm looking for. I don't have a son.

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Oh, well, I expected. Well, I didn't know I...

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I'm Howard Keen, Ellen's father. I'd like to

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come in and talk to you. Mr. Keen... Please,

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:27.619
it's very important or I wouldn't ask. Come in.

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Sit down if you want. Excuse my staring at you.

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I expected a much younger man. I'm 51. It's just

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my age. You said on the phone Ellen is all right.

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No, I said that physically Ellen's all right.

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Why didn't you want to marry Ellen when you found

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out she was pregnant? I couldn't. You've got

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a wife? I had a wife. You're divorced. Something

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I never talk about, Mr. Keen. You never talked

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:05.500
about it to Ellen? I never talked about it to

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anybody. And I don't intend to. Maybe you should.

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I can't. Tell me about Ellen. Well, she came

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home a little while ago. She was changed. She

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talked in monosyllables, short sentences at the

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most. We thought after what she's been through,

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maybe that's only natural. So my wife told her

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to have a bath, take a nap. We'd have a drink,

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lunch. Well, while my wife and I were talking,

00:25:37.730 --> 00:25:39.769
Ellen came out of a room and spoke to us, quite

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a long speech, and every word of it in French.

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In French? Ellen doesn't know any French. You

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never spoke to her in French, did you? Never.

00:25:51.170 --> 00:25:56.170
Never. Never. I just want... What did she say

00:25:56.170 --> 00:25:59.299
in French? Well, she said that... She said she

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was sorry she couldn't join us for a drink, but

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:03.440
she had to take care of a little boy. What little

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:08.960
boy? I have no idea. Mr. Keen, after an operation

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:12.140
like the one Ellen had, don't you think it's

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:14.940
possible that, well, that it's bound to have

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:17.680
an effect on a woman, on her emotions, for a

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:20.059
while anyway? I don't want it to go on for too

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:22.539
long, and that's why I called you. You thought

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:26.400
I could help? I hoped you could. Get your coat.

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:36.900
I've got a cab waiting outside. Now I've told

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:39.660
you everything I know about ghosts, Mrs. Keen.

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Have you seen the one that's haunting this place?

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No. I'm not even sure there is one. Well, I'll

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:51.380
be getting on downstairs if you don't need me

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:55.079
for anything. Well, if you could, I'd really

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:57.319
appreciate your helping me. Put these curtains

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:59.900
up. If you have the time. Oh yeah, I've got a

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:01.880
few minutes. They're for my daughter's room.

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:04.119
I'm not sure we should go in there. She's been

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:06.380
resting. I'll tell you what, I'll knock on her

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:09.299
door. If she's up, I know she'd love to see the

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:15.279
curtains. Ellen Deer, it's mother. The superintendent

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:17.319
is here, and if it's all right with you, we'd

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:20.180
like to put up the new curtains. You know, I

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:21.980
told you before, they just came from the shop.

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:26.940
Ellen Deer. I'm going to open the door and come

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:29.700
in because I think you've been by yourself long

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:36.660
enough. I really do. Ellen? What's the matter?

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:40.980
Mrs. Key, what? Good Lord. She's not moving.

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:44.740
She's not breathing. Her eyes wide open. She's

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:46.859
dead. She's not dead. Don't say such a thing.

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:49.799
Don't you dare say such a thing. Mrs. Key, what

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:51.920
are you doing? Calling the doctor, you fool.

00:27:52.460 --> 00:28:04.130
Doctor won't do any good. She's dead. Man is

00:28:04.130 --> 00:28:08.630
the only animal who knows that he will die. So

00:28:08.630 --> 00:28:11.670
said the great Voltaire. The knowledge that he

00:28:11.670 --> 00:28:15.430
will one day cease to live permeates man's days

00:28:15.430 --> 00:28:19.190
and poisons them a little. I think that if ever

00:28:19.190 --> 00:28:21.910
I am given another life, I should like to live

00:28:21.910 --> 00:28:25.640
it as a bird or a monkey. or a chipmunk or a

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:28.460
beetle. It doesn't add much to the enjoyment

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:31.980
of life to know that it won't last long. I'll

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:47.220
be back shortly with act three. You'll remember

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:50.839
I promised you a quiet little ghost story. I

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:53.700
think I've kept my promise so far. Though, of

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:56.500
course, in any story, there must be an explosion

00:28:56.500 --> 00:29:00.099
or two. At this moment, Mr. Keen, Ellen's father,

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:03.200
is preparing to enter a taxicab with Mr. Draper,

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:07.619
Ellen's one -time lover. You say you've been

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:11.059
married? Yes. But you weren't divorced. No. Your

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:17.680
wife died. Yes. I see. How long ago was that?

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:23.829
Why? How long ago did your wife die? 25 years

00:29:23.829 --> 00:29:25.769
ago. Do you and your wife have any children?

00:29:26.710 --> 00:29:36.210
Yes one Where is the child? dead At birth no

00:29:36.210 --> 00:29:42.990
I I feel a little bit like a heel asking you

00:29:42.990 --> 00:29:45.990
all these questions, but I'm Concerned about

00:29:45.990 --> 00:29:48.589
my daughter. I'm concerned too, or I wouldn't

00:29:48.589 --> 00:29:52.309
have come with you. I understand I think I understand.

00:29:54.869 --> 00:29:56.490
You've never wanted to get married again, is

00:29:56.490 --> 00:30:02.309
that it? Never. Even after all these years? I

00:30:02.309 --> 00:30:04.470
met my wife in Europe towards the end of the

00:30:04.470 --> 00:30:08.250
war. The big war. I've been doing very well in

00:30:08.250 --> 00:30:10.950
business. I was on my way to making it big when

00:30:10.950 --> 00:30:14.029
I got drafted. I didn't like being drafted but

00:30:14.029 --> 00:30:17.460
I went anyway and she... She was the one bright

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:20.339
spot in an otherwise drab and miserable army

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:25.380
career. I brought her back here She had a child

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:30.640
and they both died. I Stopped making money. I

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:33.839
started playing the piano and I have been at

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:37.920
it ever since then But you were in love with

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:41.000
Ellen I hope you don't mind my asking. I don't

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:44.279
know what that means to be in love. I'm not saying

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:48.500
there's no such thing but If there is I've forgotten

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:53.160
or I I never knew what it's like I'm very sorry

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:57.059
for you. It's very kind of you, but Don't bother

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:59.519
see the Terrace is the next right turn driver.

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:02.740
Are we nearly there next right about half a mile

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:07.559
My wife and I just moved in we wanted to do something

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:09.400
to Ellen we heard through friends about this

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:12.710
mildest apartment that was Suddenly available,

00:31:12.990 --> 00:31:15.609
a penthouse of all things. Penthouse B, you said?

00:31:15.630 --> 00:31:17.890
Yeah, we took it on an impulse, thinking it'd

00:31:17.890 --> 00:31:19.670
be something for Ellen to come home to, to take

00:31:19.670 --> 00:31:22.690
her mind off everything. You know, what she'd

00:31:22.690 --> 00:31:28.309
been through. I did it? Well, no. No, she's hardly

00:31:28.309 --> 00:31:30.089
said a word about the place since I brought her

00:31:30.089 --> 00:31:33.029
home from the airport. She's hardly said anything

00:31:33.029 --> 00:31:37.130
about anything. Just a few words of French and...

00:31:37.289 --> 00:31:39.470
That one thing about not being able to have a

00:31:39.470 --> 00:31:41.150
drink with us before lunch because she had to

00:31:41.150 --> 00:31:43.490
look after a little boy How could she speak French

00:31:43.490 --> 00:31:46.150
when she doesn't know any French and what little

00:31:46.150 --> 00:31:48.569
boy did she have to look after? I don't understand

00:31:48.569 --> 00:31:52.910
any of it. Not any hold on hold on We're almost

00:31:52.910 --> 00:31:56.170
there. Maybe maybe Ellen will be all right more

00:31:56.170 --> 00:31:59.430
more of a self anyway, and then you can ask her

00:31:59.430 --> 00:32:01.950
You just hang in there for a couple of minutes

00:32:01.950 --> 00:32:11.609
more Dr. Stone, what's wrong with Ellen? This

00:32:11.609 --> 00:32:14.890
is key, and I can't detect any vital signs at

00:32:14.890 --> 00:32:19.869
all. I hesitate to pronounce her dead, but what

00:32:19.869 --> 00:32:23.809
can I say? I can find no pulse, no heartbeat,

00:32:24.109 --> 00:32:27.569
no reflexes. I've done everything I can think

00:32:27.569 --> 00:32:31.829
of. Injection, massage. She's not dead. Tell

00:32:31.829 --> 00:32:36.190
me she's not dead. Like you, I refuse to conclude

00:32:36.190 --> 00:32:40.289
that at the moment. But if your daughter is alive,

00:32:40.289 --> 00:32:43.970
Mrs. Keen, she is in the deepest coma I've ever

00:32:43.970 --> 00:32:47.529
encountered. It's as though she were not in or

00:32:47.529 --> 00:32:56.930
out of this world at all. It's that tall building

00:32:56.930 --> 00:32:59.730
on the corner, driver number 42. A very tall

00:32:59.730 --> 00:33:03.890
building. Was that? I said it's a tall building.

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:06.720
Well compared to the way they build them nowadays.

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:09.599
It's not so tall, but I guess when they put it

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:14.019
up it was considered pretty daring Hey, what

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:16.359
do you think you're doing? I can't I just can't

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:19.099
you get back in there driver driver stop the

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:37.980
cab You let me pay the cab. Idiot, Robert. Now

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:41.279
you get going. Mr. Keen, I know you think this

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:43.640
is very strange. You bet I think it's very strange.

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:45.759
I can explain. After you've seen my daughter,

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:48.480
you can explain. Now you get in the elevator

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:51.640
there. Right now, Ellen's the only one I'm interested

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:54.839
in. Push that button that says Penthouse. Penthouse

00:33:54.839 --> 00:34:07.490
B. That's right. Mrs. Keen, if Ellen isn't dead,

00:34:07.630 --> 00:34:11.969
then I'm still not convinced. And she's either

00:34:11.969 --> 00:34:16.889
in a very, very deep coma or... Here I'm getting

00:34:16.889 --> 00:34:19.010
into territory that I don't understand at all.

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She's in a trance. A trance? When we hear these

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things, people who can control their body functions...

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I was told of a man who could make one half of

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his arms stone cold and the other half blood

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warm. He could do it at will, or so I was told.

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I can't believe it. Do you believe it? Mrs. Keen,

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there isn't a doctor alive today who would deny

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the power the human mind has over the human body.

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But... Oh, that must be my husband. Well, I'll

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want to talk to him. I'll only be a second. Yes,

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I'm coming. Howard. Mr. Draper? That's him. I'm

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Ellen's mother. Howard, I called Dr. Stone. He's

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with Ellen now. He wants to talk to you. I'm

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in here, Mrs. Keen. Dr. Stone, how is she? She

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shows no vital signs of life at all. You don't

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mean that she's dead. Oh, no, she can't be...

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Emily! What happened? Mr. Keen... We don't know

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precisely what happened and I don't Well for

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some reason I can't really explain I Don't think

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she's dead Either she's in a deep coma or she's

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in a trance state. Well, what's that a trance

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state? It's something medical men know very little

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about so I want your permission to take her to

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the hospital have her examined by another doctor

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there and If he gives us no convincing diagnosis,

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we'll call in a psychic healer. You have our

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permission to do anything you have to. Of course.

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All right, I'll call an ambulance. Mr. Draper,

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I've been very rude. We've paid no attention

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to you at all. Thank you so much for coming.

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It's quite all right. You can see we're beside

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ourselves with worry. Yes, I can see that. There's

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an ambulance service. Mrs. Keen, do you suppose

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that I could see Ellen? Oh, I don't think so.

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Not now. Why didn't somebody wake me up? Ellen.

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Darling. Is it time for lunch? Ellen. How do

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you feel? Dr. Stone. What are you doing here?

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John. You know, it's funny. I thought I heard

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your voice, but then I decided I must have imagined

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it. Yeah, but how do you feel, Ellen? Well, I

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feel perfectly fine. I had a wonderful sleep.

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You're sure you feel all right? Well, I just

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told you I feel fine. I was tired when Daddy

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brought me home from the airport, but I had a

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lovely nap, and now I'm fine. But what are you

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doing here? And John, how... How did you get

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here? How did you know where to come? Your father,

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he told me. Oh, really? That was nice. Then you've

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met. Yes, we've... we've met. You'll stay for

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lunch, won't you, John? Mother, is that all right?

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Is there enough for John, too? Yes, dear, there's

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enough. But first, don't you think you ought

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to bathe and change your clothes? I guess I should.

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I was going to do that before, wasn't I? When

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I first got here... But then I got busy with

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something, rather, and I forgot all about it.

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You want me to come with you, dear? That would

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be nice. We haven't had a chance to talk, have

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we? No, but we will. Stay you all for lunch.

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Yes, Ellen. You'll stay, Mr. Draper? I'm not

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sure that I can. Please do. Ellen seems to want

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you to. Mr. Keen, I don't know any of the whys

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or wherefores, but... Your daughter seems to

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be all right. Yes, she seems to be. I'm going

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back to my office. I'll be there all afternoon.

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If anything happens to alarm you, please call

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me. I can be here in five minutes. Thank you,

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Dr. Stone. Don't bother to come to the door.

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I'll let myself out. I'm glad she's all right.

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I suppose you don't believe there was ever anything

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wrong. I don't know. After all, you didn't see

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her when she was... Well, the way she was. I

00:38:50.289 --> 00:38:52.889
know your daughter very well, Mr. Keen. I know

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what a sensitive girl she is. I told you in the

00:38:55.690 --> 00:38:58.449
taxi that... I didn't believe I knew the meaning

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of being in love. Now I'm not so sure. I think

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I was, in my own neurotic way, in love with Ellen.

00:39:07.829 --> 00:39:10.570
We were very close. Well, why did you make such

00:39:10.570 --> 00:39:13.699
a fuss about coming here? Why did you... Tried

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to jump out of the cab. What was that all about?

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I had been here before. When? When were you ever

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:28.699
here? I used to live here. In this apartment?

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That house B, yes. But when was this? 25 years

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ago. You lived here with your wife? And your

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child? Yes. And your child was a little boy?

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Yes. How old was the child when he died? Two

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years old. And your wife, how old was she? Twenty

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-one. They both died while you were living here.

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I can see why you wouldn't want to come with

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me. It's, it's not, it's not just that they died.

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What was it? It, it was the way they died. Tell

00:40:08.269 --> 00:40:15.840
me about it. When I came back from Europe, I

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:18.579
started up in business again. The business which

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:22.159
the war had so rudely interrupted. I was determined

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to work my way up the ladder again, and I threw

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myself into my work. I think my wife felt neglected.

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Truth is, I did neglect her. But it wasn't just

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my neglect. She was a foreigner. Even after three

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years, she hadn't learned to speak English. She

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:40.719
was shy. She didn't make friends. She was alone

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a great deal, except for the child. And one night,

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I was at my desk working over some papers when

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she came into the room with a child in her arms.

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She spoke to me. I don't remember what she said,

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:59.079
but I remember that she spoke to me. I had every

00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:02.179
intention of answering her. But I didn't want

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to be bothered at that precise moment. Half a

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:07.440
minute later, I turned around and she wasn't

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:11.860
there. She had jumped from the terrace. She had

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:15.760
jumped. From the terrace with with the child

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in her arms Do you think it's possible I know

00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:30.280
how far -fetched it sounds but is it possible

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:33.659
that the little boy Ellen told us she had to

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:41.139
look after Was the ghost of your son I don't

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know what else to think. Do you? Tell me something.

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What nationality was your wife? My wife is French.

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It all begins to fit together, doesn't it? When

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:11.710
you stop and think about it. and think about

00:42:11.710 --> 00:42:15.570
it. You don't want to stop and think about it?

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That such things don't bear thinking about? All

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right, don't stop. Go right on doing the things

00:42:22.329 --> 00:42:25.090
you've always done. Waking in the morning, putting

00:42:25.090 --> 00:42:27.489
in the hours until it's time to go to sleep again.

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Don't, for an instant of your busy day, think

00:42:30.969 --> 00:42:34.789
about such things. But that won't make the things

00:42:34.789 --> 00:42:51.250
go away. Now will it? I'll return shortly. That

00:42:51.250 --> 00:42:54.750
was a quiet little ghost story, wasn't it? Just

00:42:54.750 --> 00:42:58.510
as I said it would be. Personally, I prefer ghost

00:42:58.510 --> 00:43:02.289
stories to be quiet. For ghosts, generally speaking,

00:43:02.530 --> 00:43:05.449
having no physical equipment, tend to be quiet.

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But like so many living people who are quiet,

00:43:09.809 --> 00:43:14.550
ghosts are also tenacious and persistent. And

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they are everywhere. Our cast included Rosemary

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:22.739
Murphy, Arnold Moss, Mason Adams, Corey Knorr,

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:26.019
and Robert Dryden. The entire production was

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:29.760
under the direction of Hyman Brown. Radio Mystery

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Theatre was sponsored in part by Buick Motor

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Division, the Kellogg Company, makers of Kellogg

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This is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:46.559
to our Mystery Theatre for another adventure

00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:53.579
in the macabre until next time pleasant dreams

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