WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:20.160 The CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents... Come 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:27.539 in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome to another 00:00:27.539 --> 00:00:31.850 hour with the Great Forces. of the unknown those 00:00:31.850 --> 00:00:35.270 majestic forces that move around above and beneath 00:00:35.270 --> 00:00:38.710 us pushing and pulling at our lives our bodies 00:00:38.710 --> 00:00:43.149 our brains forces no less powerful because we 00:00:43.149 --> 00:00:46.909 know them not and here's a thought how much of 00:00:46.909 --> 00:00:50.530 their power actually derives from their mystery 00:00:50.530 --> 00:00:54.100 were we to fathom them explode their secrets. 00:00:54.659 --> 00:00:57.100 Would they then become as comprehensible as, 00:00:57.100 --> 00:00:59.979 say, the centrifugal force in the spin dryer 00:00:59.979 --> 00:01:04.879 at the laundromat? Well, the day is far off when 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:07.939 we can be that knowledgeable. So, in the meantime, 00:01:08.819 --> 00:01:14.439 listen. How will you do it? A gun. Do you have 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:20.400 a gun? No. Well, then that's no good. A knife. 00:01:21.129 --> 00:01:25.349 Could you get near him, near enough to use a 00:01:25.349 --> 00:01:31.349 knife? Do you have the strength? No. Well, so 00:01:31.349 --> 00:01:37.109 that's no good. But he has to die so that I can 00:01:37.109 --> 00:01:44.469 live. He will die. He will die tomorrow morning. 00:01:45.590 --> 00:01:50.870 How do you know? He will die of the mass of... 00:02:00.509 --> 00:02:04.469 Our mystery drama, The Secret Doctrine, was written 00:02:04.469 --> 00:02:07.230 especially for the Mystery Theater by Elspeth 00:02:07.230 --> 00:02:11.810 Erich and stars Mercedes McCambridge. It is sponsored 00:02:11.810 --> 00:02:15.949 in part by The Kellogg Company, makers of Kellogg's 00:02:15.949 --> 00:02:20.050 Special K Cereal, and New Sugar -Free Diet 7 00:02:20.050 --> 00:02:33.110 Up. I'll be back shortly with act one. Be careful, 00:02:33.129 --> 00:02:36.330 they say, what you ask for, lest it be given 00:02:36.330 --> 00:02:41.349 to you. Who of us knows what to ask for? Who 00:02:41.349 --> 00:02:44.169 can see far enough into the future to know what 00:02:44.169 --> 00:02:48.349 gift will delight and which destroy? Better simply 00:02:48.349 --> 00:02:52.610 to accept whatever comes, with gratitude, whenever 00:02:52.610 --> 00:02:56.229 possible. Listen with me now to the somber story 00:02:56.229 --> 00:02:59.849 called The Secret Doctrine. You can begin now, 00:03:00.189 --> 00:03:04.229 Louise. Now, Father Giles. The others have gone. 00:03:06.150 --> 00:03:08.770 You said your confession would take some time, 00:03:08.810 --> 00:03:14.870 so let's begin. Bless me, Father, for I have 00:03:14.870 --> 00:03:20.310 sinned. Go on, Louise. And, uh, speak up. Don't 00:03:20.310 --> 00:03:25.969 mumble. In thoughtward indeed. Oh, Father, I 00:03:25.969 --> 00:03:28.509 can't find the words to tell you. Remember, I 00:03:28.509 --> 00:03:30.889 sit in the confessional box not only as your 00:03:30.889 --> 00:03:36.710 priest, but as God's own surrogate. Father, you 00:03:36.710 --> 00:03:41.789 know Peter Sorrell. Sorrell? Yes. The American 00:03:41.789 --> 00:03:47.150 movie star. Oh, I, uh... I don't know any American 00:03:47.150 --> 00:03:52.250 movie stars. Oh, you mean the actor who came 00:03:52.250 --> 00:03:55.330 here to make a film about the St. Vincent de 00:03:55.330 --> 00:04:00.030 Paul? Yes, yes, yes. It caused quite a stir in 00:04:00.030 --> 00:04:05.069 the village. And then something happened. What 00:04:05.069 --> 00:04:11.629 was it? Father, Pierre Sorrel died. Oh, did he 00:04:11.629 --> 00:04:16.279 die? I hadn't heard. This morning. Oh, God, take 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:21.759 his soul. What was his illness? He was not ill, 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:29.180 Father. He simply died. He slipped away. But 00:04:29.180 --> 00:04:33.160 he was not an old man. What did the doctor say? 00:04:34.220 --> 00:04:38.120 Just what I told you. That he was not ill. That 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:40.199 he simply grew weaker and weaker until death 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:46.379 took him. I know what he died of, Father Jarrett. 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:52.500 You know? He died of the Mass of San Césaire. 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:58.699 Do you know what you're saying? The Mass of San 00:04:58.699 --> 00:05:01.680 Césaire has not been said in Gascony for hundreds 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:06.839 of years. Most priests have never heard it. No, 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:11.720 no, no, good priest would even say it. I think... 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:15.540 You'd best tell me all about it, Louise. Yes, 00:05:15.540 --> 00:05:22.899 Father. I was in love with Peter Sorrell. In 00:05:22.899 --> 00:05:27.199 love? You never knew him. He only came here a 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:30.959 month ago. I've seen all his films, each one 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:34.980 many times. When one of them came to Dax, I'd 00:05:34.980 --> 00:05:37.639 walk the 20 miles to see it. And if it was there 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:39.620 for two days, I'd roam the streets all night 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:42.720 to see it again and again. As many times as it 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:48.300 was shown. You call this being in love? How old 00:05:48.300 --> 00:05:54.139 are you, Lewis? I'm 38, Father. Have you ever 00:05:54.139 --> 00:05:58.720 loved a boy, a man? No, Father. I've been in 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:03.079 love with Peter Sorrell since I was 18. I've 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:05.160 written to him in Hollywood every week for 20 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:08.500 years. And once he answered me, and he sent me 00:06:08.500 --> 00:06:12.180 his picture. And when I heard that he was coming 00:06:12.180 --> 00:06:16.819 here, I saw the hand of God. Take care. You don't 00:06:16.819 --> 00:06:19.540 blaspheme, Louise. That is how it seemed to me, 00:06:19.699 --> 00:06:23.920 Father Charles. Go on. The company he worked 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:26.620 for had rented the big house on the hill for 00:06:26.620 --> 00:06:31.180 him. And the first day he was here, I took him 00:06:31.180 --> 00:06:37.560 some of my onion soup. Well, well, well. What 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:41.399 have we here? I brought you some onion soup, 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:45.740 Mr. Sorrel. If you'd care to accept it. I'd care 00:06:45.740 --> 00:06:50.120 like crazy. I've seen all your films, Mr. Sorrel. 00:06:51.220 --> 00:06:58.860 I love them all. You've got a big heart. And 00:06:58.860 --> 00:07:02.579 the next day I took him a bottle of wine. It's 00:07:02.579 --> 00:07:06.379 called sand wine, Mr. Sorrel. A local product. 00:07:06.779 --> 00:07:10.970 Like you. You're a local product. It's very good. 00:07:11.470 --> 00:07:14.810 Really, it is. So are you. What's your name? 00:07:18.629 --> 00:07:21.730 And the next day, I took him a bottle of brandy. 00:07:22.790 --> 00:07:26.389 It's Armagnac, Mr. Sorrel. It's the best brandy 00:07:26.389 --> 00:07:29.810 in France. I'll just bet it is. There's a dish 00:07:29.810 --> 00:07:32.829 I know how to make with this brandy. Roast capone. 00:07:33.490 --> 00:07:35.370 Then you're going to make it for me, aren't you, 00:07:35.389 --> 00:07:39.860 Louise? That is your name, isn't it? Louise? 00:07:44.660 --> 00:07:47.920 The next day I went to his house. But this time 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:50.779 he wasn't alone. There was a man with him. A 00:07:50.779 --> 00:07:53.740 young American gentleman. I shouldn't have let 00:07:53.740 --> 00:07:56.519 you talk me into this picture, Gabe. Me talking 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:59.060 you into it? Who cares about saints anymore? 00:07:59.339 --> 00:08:01.459 Well, there's gotta be a reaction from all that 00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:04.160 demon stuff eventually. Pardon me, Mr. Sorrell. 00:08:04.490 --> 00:08:08.050 The capon is... Louise! Louise, meet my agent, 00:08:08.370 --> 00:08:11.230 Gabe Houser. How are you, Louise? Mr. Houser, 00:08:12.269 --> 00:08:14.990 I'll keep the capon warm until you're ready. 00:08:15.290 --> 00:08:20.730 Please. When you're ready, call me. Who is that? 00:08:21.149 --> 00:08:30.029 A fan. One of my millions of fans. What's for 00:08:30.029 --> 00:08:33.490 dinner tonight, Louise? Gascony, pork and cabbage. 00:08:33.669 --> 00:08:37.090 in a special sauce. Why can't we eat like that 00:08:37.090 --> 00:08:39.509 on the set, huh, Peter? Because Louise isn't 00:08:39.509 --> 00:08:42.649 on the set. Well, informally, I could be. Hey, 00:08:42.730 --> 00:08:45.350 hey, we could fix her up with a walk -on or something, 00:08:45.409 --> 00:08:49.190 couldn't we? You could. Hey, she could be one 00:08:49.190 --> 00:08:52.809 of the Sisters of Charity. Why not? Louise the 00:08:52.809 --> 00:08:59.789 Star has spoken. So then, Father, I could be 00:08:59.789 --> 00:09:02.629 with him during the day and not just in the evenings. 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:06.720 I was in heaven. You have strange concepts of 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:11.200 theological matters, Louise. But go on. The atmosphere 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.759 of that place, all the fuss and the laughter 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:18.440 and the excitement, it all went to my head. And 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:23.179 I forgot that I only wanted to serve him. I wanted 00:09:23.179 --> 00:09:27.919 to love him, to belong to him. and to have him 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:31.220 belong to me. You poor woman. I watched him every 00:09:31.220 --> 00:09:34.240 moment. My eyes were fastened on his face. My 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:36.840 ears strained to catch every word that fell from 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:43.639 his lips. There is nothing so grand as a good 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:47.279 priest. It hurts me to see God's work in unloving 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:51.559 hands. Cut. That's a print. Okay, let's pray. 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:54.679 I didn't think anyone noticed how I stared at 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:57.649 him, followed him about. I waited for him after 00:09:57.649 --> 00:10:01.250 the day's work. But one day as I watched him... 00:10:01.250 --> 00:10:06.429 And the city hospital. Two to a bed. Some lying 00:10:06.429 --> 00:10:10.909 on the floor. You're crying, Louise. He's doing 00:10:10.909 --> 00:10:13.710 the scene with the cardinal. Oh, it's not a sad 00:10:13.710 --> 00:10:16.409 scene. It's not even a good scene. Oh, it's a 00:10:16.409 --> 00:10:20.809 very good scene. It's a wonderful scene. Everything 00:10:20.809 --> 00:10:28.519 he does is wonderful. It was Noemi, Father. You 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:31.120 know her? The woman who came here from the Basque 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:34.220 Country last year. She got herself a job, an 00:10:34.220 --> 00:10:37.320 extra like me. And so I saw a lot of her after 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:44.580 that. My father! I degraded my father! I scorched 00:10:44.580 --> 00:10:48.820 my father! Why, you want him for your very own? 00:10:49.430 --> 00:10:54.009 Not the way you mean, Noemi. Oh, yes. Precisely 00:10:54.009 --> 00:10:57.110 the way I mean. What other way is there? Oh, 00:10:57.470 --> 00:11:03.929 my savior, I need to confess! Cut! Print it! 00:11:04.190 --> 00:11:11.389 Right for lunch! Noemi was always there, Father. 00:11:11.710 --> 00:11:14.570 I couldn't send her away. She belonged there 00:11:14.570 --> 00:11:17.509 as much as I did, after all. Why in the world 00:11:17.509 --> 00:11:21.610 should I lie down when those poor people are 00:11:21.610 --> 00:11:25.490 calling for me? Why, you want him, Louise? It 00:11:25.490 --> 00:11:29.070 shows on your face. It's hopeless. Tell me, can 00:11:29.070 --> 00:11:31.509 you get your hands on some rocks of his hair, 00:11:31.850 --> 00:11:33.950 cuttings from his fingernails, his toenails? 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:37.379 Why? Why should I? Why? They will give you power 00:11:37.379 --> 00:11:40.940 over him. Oh, I can't believe it. Oh, believe. 00:11:41.059 --> 00:11:44.320 Believe it's true. His hair, his fingernails, 00:11:44.580 --> 00:11:49.720 his toenails. If you want him, get them and bring 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:55.059 them to me. Need me? Cut. Break that. Incisions 00:11:55.059 --> 00:12:03.860 on the set, please. I didn't believe her father, 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:07.519 not really. But my desire had become so great, 00:12:08.059 --> 00:12:11.200 I thought I should go mad. I had no trouble finding 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:13.360 bits of his hair. I picked up all I needed from 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:16.899 the floor of the makeup room. But the cuttings 00:12:16.899 --> 00:12:18.940 of his fingernails and his toenails, that was 00:12:18.940 --> 00:12:22.820 more difficult than one evening at his house. 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:29.179 DePaul was the first social worker in history. 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:32.320 You know that, Gabe? I mean, he organized social 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:35.100 services. Would you like some more amaniac, Mr. 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:38.200 Sorrell? Oh, you're still here, Louise? You can 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:39.960 go home whenever you feel like it. You don't 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:42.480 have to stick around. I've been listening and 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:46.159 watching. A great dinner, Louise. I noticed you 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:48.419 bite your nails, Mr. Sorrell, when you talk. 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:52.480 Yeah, a childhood habit. You shouldn't do that. 00:12:52.899 --> 00:12:56.309 Yeah, that's what my mother always said. If you'd 00:12:56.309 --> 00:12:59.490 let me cut your nails properly. My mother always 00:12:59.490 --> 00:13:01.590 said that, too. I have a scissors right here 00:13:01.590 --> 00:13:06.049 with me. My mother also always had the scissors 00:13:06.049 --> 00:13:12.570 right there with her. So while they talked, I 00:13:12.570 --> 00:13:16.470 cut his fingernails and I saved them all, even 00:13:16.470 --> 00:13:20.330 the little bits of cuticle in my kerchief. And 00:13:20.330 --> 00:13:23.980 when I had finished... Louise? You're a saint. 00:13:24.340 --> 00:13:29.539 Oh, if I'm a saint, Mr. Sorrell, I should wash 00:13:29.539 --> 00:13:33.360 your feet. Wash my feet? Say, now... They get 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:35.399 awfully dirty walking around the set in those 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:38.539 old sandals. And all the saints, even the pope, 00:13:39.100 --> 00:13:41.100 he washes the feet of a sinner once a year to 00:13:41.100 --> 00:13:44.279 show humility. I'm your sinner, is that it? Let 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:46.360 her, Peter, if she wants to. You really want 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:49.000 to? And to cut your toenails. Well, what can 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:51.759 I say? It's the best offer I've had since I came 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:57.950 to France. And so I did, Father. And when I left 00:13:57.950 --> 00:14:01.090 that night, I had all the cuttings in my kerchief, 00:14:01.870 --> 00:14:04.909 and I took them to Noemi, who waited for me in 00:14:04.909 --> 00:14:09.610 the woods. Take this, Louise. What is that? It's 00:14:09.610 --> 00:14:12.889 a little bag made from the skin of a toad, which 00:14:12.889 --> 00:14:16.590 my own daughter impaled at midnight in the graveyard 00:14:16.590 --> 00:14:19.549 of the old abbey. Oh, we put all your precious 00:14:19.549 --> 00:14:23.549 cuttings into it. Now, Pull the drawstrings tight. 00:14:24.230 --> 00:14:26.230 That's it. And hang it around your neck, under 00:14:26.230 --> 00:14:29.110 your dress. Yes, yes, yes. Just like that. How 00:14:29.110 --> 00:14:34.269 do you know that it will work? I know. It seems 00:14:34.269 --> 00:14:39.269 so wrong. It's going against God, isn't it? Have 00:14:39.269 --> 00:14:42.230 you ever heard of Eliphaz Levi and the secret 00:14:42.230 --> 00:14:47.370 doctrine? No. Well, Eliphaz Levi was his pen 00:14:47.370 --> 00:14:50.750 name. He wrote many books on the subject of magic. 00:14:51.659 --> 00:14:56.580 Magic exists. Always has existed all over the 00:14:56.580 --> 00:15:00.059 world. But I'm afraid of it, Noemi. Oh, give 00:15:00.059 --> 00:15:03.320 in to your fear and you'll lose the thing you 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:07.820 most desire. Conquer your fear and the secret 00:15:07.820 --> 00:15:13.919 doctrine will bring you Peter Sorrell. How do 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:18.629 I know? Magic is everywhere. unseen, unheard, 00:15:19.029 --> 00:15:23.230 but it is working all the time. You need only 00:15:23.230 --> 00:15:26.529 the spiritual energy to make it work for you. 00:15:27.149 --> 00:15:30.230 But do I have energy like that? I don't think 00:15:30.230 --> 00:15:35.889 I do. Oh, never mind. I do. Now, kneel down. 00:15:36.429 --> 00:15:39.250 No, no, no, do not bow your head. Raise your 00:15:39.250 --> 00:15:42.990 face to the sky. Send up a prayer from your loins 00:15:42.990 --> 00:15:53.940 to Aether. God of chaos and the dark! Well, the 00:15:53.940 --> 00:15:56.940 secret doctrine has been kept from me, I must 00:15:56.940 --> 00:16:00.299 say. All my life I have struggled from problem 00:16:00.299 --> 00:16:03.919 to problem, quandary to quandary, with only my 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:06.960 limited intelligence to assist me. And all the 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:10.620 time, was there a secret doctrine that might 00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:15.500 have solved things magically? If so, I'm a little 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:19.240 late finding it out. We'll be back shortly for 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:23.179 Act Two. The Canton Civil Defense in Illinois 00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:25.759 reports they are watching a tornado to the southwest 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:28.259 of the city of Canton. They say it's headed southward 00:16:28.259 --> 00:16:30.559 in the general direction of Lewistown in Fulton 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:43.250 County, Illinois. The only magic I have ever 00:16:43.250 --> 00:16:47.230 known was long long ago when I expelled a loud 00:16:47.230 --> 00:16:51.529 and angry scream and food instantly appeared 00:16:51.529 --> 00:16:54.809 Talk about rubbing a lamp Talk about wearing 00:16:54.809 --> 00:16:57.529 a bag of discarded nails and hair about your 00:16:57.529 --> 00:17:02.090 neck Well, we shall see if they can match my 00:17:02.090 --> 00:17:08.549 infant cry Some sort of magic was working father 00:17:08.549 --> 00:17:12.289 Charles Because when I got to my feet after that 00:17:12.289 --> 00:17:15.730 strange prayer to the God of Chaos, there in 00:17:15.730 --> 00:17:18.589 the woods with the toadskin bag still hanging 00:17:18.589 --> 00:17:23.650 around my neck, I felt that I was a beautiful 00:17:23.650 --> 00:17:27.869 woman. Can you imagine that, Father? Yes. The 00:17:27.869 --> 00:17:30.470 next day was my last, so far as the film was 00:17:30.470 --> 00:17:33.589 concerned. I hated to step out of the Sister 00:17:33.589 --> 00:17:35.750 of Charity habit and get back into my own clothes. 00:17:36.549 --> 00:17:40.329 But my spirits rose to the sky when Peter stopped 00:17:40.329 --> 00:17:43.390 me and said... This was your last day, wasn't 00:17:43.390 --> 00:17:46.309 it, Louise? Yes, my last day. Well, it won't 00:17:46.309 --> 00:17:48.910 be the same around here without you. We'll miss 00:17:48.910 --> 00:17:54.950 you. Will you? I mean, will you miss me? I'll 00:17:54.950 --> 00:17:58.269 miss you the most. But I'll see you at the house, 00:17:58.769 --> 00:18:01.309 won't I? You're not going to desert me now, are 00:18:01.309 --> 00:18:03.769 you? Never, never. I'd never do that. Well, you'd 00:18:03.769 --> 00:18:09.650 better not, Louise. I met Noemi late that night 00:18:09.650 --> 00:18:12.789 in the woods, and I told her what Peter had said, 00:18:13.710 --> 00:18:19.529 and what I had said. You see? The magic is beginning 00:18:19.529 --> 00:18:23.529 to take hold! I couldn't go to the set the next 00:18:23.529 --> 00:18:27.069 day. What reason would I have? So I spent the 00:18:27.069 --> 00:18:29.670 day in his house, cooking a shoulder of lamb 00:18:29.670 --> 00:18:32.670 for him, in the Gascon style. You know how long 00:18:32.670 --> 00:18:36.359 that takes, Father. Please! In the kitchen! That 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:39.240 smells so good. It's something special I'm cooking 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:43.039 for you. Louise, Louise, what have I done to 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:45.440 deserve you? You're the greatest thing that's 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:48.559 happened to me since... Well, you're the greatest 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:50.220 thing that's ever happened to me. Let's put it 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:59.400 that way. I told Noemi that night that time was 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:02.240 growing short, that in two days Peter surely 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:06.710 would be leaving France. And I told her I must 00:19:06.710 --> 00:19:11.069 go with him. No. Listen, Louise, this is what 00:19:11.069 --> 00:19:15.910 you must do. When he comes home, you must be 00:19:15.910 --> 00:19:23.210 waiting for him on his bed, all naked and perfumed, 00:19:23.869 --> 00:19:30.329 and he will love you. I had loved him, Father, 00:19:30.750 --> 00:19:35.039 for so many years. And now every dream, every 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:39.859 desire would come true. I was lying on his bed, 00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:43.240 as Noemi had told me I should be, with my hair 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:47.660 all freshly washed and perfumed as my body was. 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:53.039 And I heard the front door close. And I heard 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:57.839 his feet on the stairs. Louise? I couldn't answer 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:01.950 it. I waited for the bedroom door to open. And 00:20:01.950 --> 00:20:11.369 it did. Who's... What a... Louise. Is that you? 00:20:11.410 --> 00:20:15.130 What in the name of... I've... I've... been waiting 00:20:15.130 --> 00:20:18.990 for you. Are you crazy? Peter, listen to me. 00:20:20.130 --> 00:20:23.890 I want you to love me. You do love me. I've seen 00:20:23.890 --> 00:20:26.349 the love growing in your eyes. I've heard it 00:20:26.349 --> 00:20:31.119 in your voice. Take me now. and tell me that 00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:35.000 you love me and that we will go to America together 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:39.180 to your home where I will love you and look after 00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:41.779 you. Louise, now listen to me. See, look over 00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:44.539 there. I brought all my clothes. I feel that 00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:46.980 I'm reaching the end of a long, long journey. 00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:52.319 I've loved you so long. Louise, let me talk to 00:20:52.319 --> 00:21:00.140 you. Oh, yes. Louise if I I've made you think 00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:04.880 that that I'm anything more than Just very fond 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:08.980 of you. I'm sorry Louise. I'm very very sorry 00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:12.259 if I've Made you think I love you. Well, I'm 00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:15.880 sorry. What more can I say? But you do love me 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:20.799 You've loved me for three whole days Three days 00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:24.150 and I've loved you for years and years But you've 00:21:24.150 --> 00:21:26.529 only loved me for three days, so of course it 00:21:26.529 --> 00:21:28.750 seems new to you. I understand that. Now, Louise, 00:21:28.869 --> 00:21:31.230 what three days are you talking about? The last 00:21:31.230 --> 00:21:36.150 three days, of course. Ever since I started wearing 00:21:36.150 --> 00:21:42.869 this. What's that? It's a bag made from the skin 00:21:42.869 --> 00:21:47.730 of a toad. A toad impaled at midnight in the 00:21:47.730 --> 00:21:50.109 graveyard of the abbey. What's in that bag, Louise? 00:21:51.490 --> 00:21:55.480 Quite part of you. Bits of your hair, bits of 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:59.640 your fingernails, your toenails, little particles 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:01.940 of you. What kind of a game are you running on 00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:06.779 me, Louise? It's toe game. It's real. Real hell! 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:09.700 All the time you were hanging around here. You 00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:12.220 were cooking and cleaning and washing and all 00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:14.180 that. You were hanging around the set, waiting 00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:16.660 on me, telling me I'm such a great actor, begging 00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:20.359 to cut my fingernails. My toenails! You were 00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:22.900 conning me! You were running some kind of a tricky, 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:25.680 sneaky game on me. It was no game. Now look, 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:27.359 lady, you got your clothes on fast, you hear 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:29.700 me? You get out of here. You want some money? 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:33.000 No. No. I'll give you money. I'll give you money. 00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:35.680 You've earned it. But if you ever try to play 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:38.200 any of these crazy tricks on me again, I'm going 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.559 to track you down. I'm going to have you put 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:46.859 away. Now you get out of here. I did get out, 00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:50.519 Father Giles, but I can't remember how. The next 00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:52.200 thing I remember is running through the woods 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:55.420 calling for Noemi. And then I remember falling 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:58.380 down on the ground and the blackness coming down 00:22:58.380 --> 00:23:03.220 over me. My poor Louise. Noemi found me a little 00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:08.400 later. I don't know how much later. What happened, 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:14.819 Louise? Nothing happened, Noemi. He doesn't love 00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:18.779 me. He never did. I think you'd better take back 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:21.880 the little toadskin bag knowingly. It didn't 00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:25.400 work. But did you do everything I told you? Yes, 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:29.579 I did. I washed my hair and perfumed my body, 00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:33.259 and I lay on his bed. But when he came home, 00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:37.619 he didn't want me. I tried to tell him about 00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:40.759 the secret doctrine, but he didn't want to listen. 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:45.359 You told him? I tried to. After all, I don't 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:46.980 know much about it, only what you've told me, 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:50.599 and I didn't understand all of that. But he didn't 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:55.640 want to hear about it. Oh, the man is a monster! 00:23:57.079 --> 00:24:06.500 Yes, he is a monster. You poor woman. No, don't 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:08.700 you feel sorry for me either, Father Giles. I 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:10.819 don't want anybody to feel sorry for me. But 00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:14.769 don't you see... You let your desires take hold 00:24:14.769 --> 00:24:18.029 of you, Louise. You let them dictate your actions. 00:24:18.210 --> 00:24:21.089 You lost control. Oh, yes, I did that. You became 00:24:21.089 --> 00:24:23.630 blind to the realities of the matter. Yes, I 00:24:23.630 --> 00:24:27.130 did that, too. I fell in love with a man when 00:24:27.130 --> 00:24:30.910 he was only a walking shadow on a screen. I hurt 00:24:30.910 --> 00:24:34.849 no one. I would never have hurt him if he hadn't 00:24:34.849 --> 00:24:37.150 come to France to make another of his foolish 00:24:37.150 --> 00:24:41.880 motion pictures. Louise. Would it make you feel 00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:44.740 better my child if I were to tell you that you 00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:47.480 are not the first to give your heart to an unknown 00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:50.539 man Who's only making his living by performing 00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:54.299 in public? I suppose that is true father. Does 00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:58.160 it make you feel a little better? But I don't 00:24:58.160 --> 00:25:03.779 feel badly father You don't not about him Not 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:06.759 about trying to give myself to him and he's telling 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:09.380 me he didn't want me. I felt badly about it at 00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:13.099 the time Very badly, I suppose. Of course you 00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:17.359 did. But by the time Noemi found me in the woods, 00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:24.400 I felt quite differently. Just how did you feel? 00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:33.819 Very calm, very clear, very right. Right? About 00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:38.440 what? Clear about what? About what I must do. 00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:44.859 And what was that? I killed him, of course. But 00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:47.680 you have said that it was all your own doing. 00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:50.740 That no one else should be blamed. Quite so. 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:56.140 But I had to kill him in me. Don't you see what 00:25:56.140 --> 00:26:01.319 I mean? I'm not sure that I do. Father, he was 00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:04.539 part of me. He'd been part of me for many, many 00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:06.660 years. There was more of him in me than there 00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:10.970 was of myself. Oh, you must understand. I... 00:26:10.970 --> 00:26:14.529 I'm trying to wish... I knew how wrong I'd been 00:26:14.529 --> 00:26:19.289 to love him. Yes, to lust after him. To have 00:26:19.289 --> 00:26:21.230 obscene thoughts about him there in the dark 00:26:21.230 --> 00:26:24.109 of the theater. I knew these were sins. They 00:26:24.109 --> 00:26:28.009 were bad sins. And now I was willing to take 00:26:28.009 --> 00:26:33.390 upon myself the last sin of all. To kill him. 00:26:34.730 --> 00:26:38.740 Don't you understand? I... I... Don't believe 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:45.099 I do. How strange. Noemi understood. You say 00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:49.200 Noemi understood? What you have just told me? 00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:52.299 Yes, Father. There, that night in the forest, 00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:56.880 I told her how I must commit this most grievous 00:26:56.880 --> 00:27:06.319 sin. How will you do it? A gun? Do you have a 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:11.700 gun? No. Well then that's no good. A knife. Could 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:15.799 you get near enough to him to use a knife? Are 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:19.960 you strong enough? No. Well then that's no good. 00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:25.779 But he must die so that I may live. He will die. 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:31.759 He will die tomorrow morning. How do you know? 00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:44.799 He will die of the mass of... Hell hath no fury 00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:49.220 like a woman scorned. And all the scorned women 00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:52.319 from the beginning of time must have at least 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:54.859 looked around to see if there was a gun or a 00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:58.680 knife nearby. Sometimes there was and the story 00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:02.660 had an unhappy ending and a messy one. But what 00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:05.809 if those poor scorned women had known of The 00:28:05.809 --> 00:28:10.190 Mass of St. Césaire, a black and malevolent ritual 00:28:10.190 --> 00:28:13.230 of which you will learn more shortly when I bring 00:28:13.230 --> 00:28:28.910 you Act 3. This is WBBM Chicago. We promised 00:28:28.910 --> 00:28:31.970 you further details of the Mass of St. Césaire, 00:28:32.609 --> 00:28:35.740 that horrid leftover from the Dark Ages. And 00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:40.039 so we shall. We always keep our word. Let us 00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:43.619 pick up our story while we left off. With Louise 00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:46.740 and Noémie talking in hushed tones beneath the 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:50.160 moon in the dark woods of Gascony. He has to 00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:54.599 die so that I can live. He will die tomorrow 00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:59.980 morning. He will die of the mass of sassy sails. 00:29:00.170 --> 00:29:04.069 How can anyone die of a mass? Oh, the mass of 00:29:04.069 --> 00:29:08.329 Salcisaia is the mass of revenge. The peasants 00:29:08.329 --> 00:29:11.769 of Gascony have known this for centuries. I must 00:29:11.769 --> 00:29:14.150 ask Father Giles. Oh, no. You will not breathe 00:29:14.150 --> 00:29:16.670 a word of this to Father Giles. But if he would 00:29:16.670 --> 00:29:19.349 perform the mass... He wouldn't dream of it. 00:29:19.670 --> 00:29:23.210 He probably doesn't even know it. Ah, but I know 00:29:23.210 --> 00:29:26.390 a priest who knows it and who will perform it. 00:29:26.950 --> 00:29:33.470 My daughter lives with him. Come, look. We went 00:29:33.470 --> 00:29:36.049 to the deserted abbey where the priest lived. 00:29:36.769 --> 00:29:42.089 No one told me his name. I never asked. You are 00:29:42.089 --> 00:29:47.069 the one who orders this mass? Yes. For whom shall 00:29:47.069 --> 00:29:53.470 I say the mass? For Peter Sorel. Who will be 00:29:53.470 --> 00:29:56.529 my clerk? My daughter will be your clerk, father. 00:29:57.510 --> 00:30:02.170 Who will bring the water for the mass? I shall 00:30:02.170 --> 00:30:06.269 bring it, Father. Do you know a place where the 00:30:06.269 --> 00:30:10.670 mass can be held? By the ruins of the church, 00:30:11.049 --> 00:30:16.529 where the gypsies live, Father. I listened as 00:30:16.529 --> 00:30:18.730 though nothing they said had anything to do with 00:30:18.730 --> 00:30:21.809 me, Father Giles. I scarcely knew when they finished 00:30:21.809 --> 00:30:26.079 speaking. I only knew that after a while... Nourimi 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:30.400 took me by the hand and led me away. Come, Louise, 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:34.119 come. We must get the water for the Mass. Shouldn't 00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:38.240 there be wine, Nourimi? For the Mass of St. Césaire, 00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:42.940 there is no wine. There is only water. And the 00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:46.799 priest does not consecrate it. He drinks it. 00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:50.720 And it must be water from a well into which the 00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:54.160 body of an unbaptized infant has been thrown. 00:30:54.509 --> 00:31:00.970 Come now, Louise, come. Before 11 o 'clock we 00:31:00.970 --> 00:31:03.549 were at the ruined church, a dreadful place, 00:31:03.970 --> 00:31:08.210 Father, where bats lived and toads and owls. 00:31:08.930 --> 00:31:12.609 And through the darkness came the priest, the 00:31:12.609 --> 00:31:15.490 weenie's daughter by his side, and he stood by 00:31:15.490 --> 00:31:20.289 the ruins of the old altar. Ever and ever for 00:31:20.289 --> 00:31:28.000 reign and live you. Noemi, what does he say? 00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:32.039 Shh! It is the mass of Sansa's hail. But I don't 00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:35.359 understand it. It is the mass for the dead. He 00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:41.019 is reciting it backwards. I watched in horrid 00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:43.680 fascination, Father. I confess that I was fascinated 00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:48.259 by it. I was like a bird watching a snake. What 00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:51.579 is he doing now, Noemi? He is making the sign 00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:55.000 of the cross. No, he's not. He's not making... 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:59.259 He is making the sign of the cross with his left 00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:04.599 foot. His foot? In the dirt. This is the mass 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:09.400 of San Césaire. I couldn't bear to look, Father 00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:13.539 Giles. I couldn't. And yet I couldn't bear not 00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:18.440 to look. The walking mass had started at 11, 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:20.960 and now it was drawing to a close as the hour 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:35.039 of midnight struck. And then the mass was suddenly 00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:39.380 over, and the priest and his clerk, Noemi's daughter, 00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:44.240 stole away into the darkness without a word to 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:54.980 us. It is over, Louise, and Peter Sorel has begun 00:32:54.980 --> 00:33:03.559 to die. I'm not sure I believed her, Father Joust. 00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:08.079 I wasn't capable of belief, or disbelief, or 00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:10.839 of any thought at all, or of any feeling whatsoever. 00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:15.670 I only felt tired. So tired, I doubted I could 00:33:15.670 --> 00:33:20.410 move. But I pulled myself to my feet. And I said, 00:33:21.289 --> 00:33:24.450 I must go to him, Noemi. I must go to Peter Sorrell. 00:33:25.450 --> 00:33:28.150 And I went, Father. I went into Tom, to the house 00:33:28.150 --> 00:33:30.450 on the hill. And I waited there till the sun 00:33:30.450 --> 00:33:32.970 had been up for an hour. And when I went to the 00:33:32.970 --> 00:33:42.740 door, I knocked. Oh, Louise. I suppose you want 00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:48.759 to see Peter. Is he here? Yes, he's here. But 00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:53.440 he's very ill. The doctor's with him. And no 00:33:53.440 --> 00:34:00.079 one knows what's the matter with him. But I knew, 00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:04.660 Father Giles, he was dying of the massive sensation. 00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:08.980 Oh, Louise, Louise. I went to the door every 00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:12.449 hour, Father. Once, I was told that they'd sent 00:34:12.449 --> 00:34:15.730 for his doctor from the States. But if that doctor 00:34:15.730 --> 00:34:19.489 arrived, he came too late. For at 10 o 'clock, 00:34:19.949 --> 00:34:28.030 when I knocked at the door. Louise. He's dead, 00:34:28.030 --> 00:34:34.010 Louise. He died a few minutes ago. No one knows 00:34:34.010 --> 00:34:39.969 why or how or what it was he died of. I see. 00:34:40.909 --> 00:34:45.969 I know you were very fond of him. I was. Very 00:34:45.969 --> 00:34:56.250 fond. Very fond. I went home. I took off my clothes. 00:34:57.050 --> 00:35:00.769 And I lay down on my bed. A little toadskin bag 00:35:00.769 --> 00:35:05.250 was still around my neck. I took it off. I kissed 00:35:05.250 --> 00:35:08.869 it. I put it under the pillow. And then I put 00:35:08.869 --> 00:35:11.690 my head on the pillow. And when fast asleep, 00:35:11.869 --> 00:35:16.170 I slept soundly, with no dreams at all of any 00:35:16.170 --> 00:35:21.530 kind. And when I awoke, it was noon. Such a beautiful 00:35:21.530 --> 00:35:26.869 day. And I started to come here to make my confession. 00:35:28.369 --> 00:35:30.750 On the way, I met Peter Sorrell's friend once 00:35:30.750 --> 00:35:37.670 more. He died, Louise, of nothing at all. Nothing 00:35:37.670 --> 00:35:43.500 at all? He was perfectly well. Talking of going 00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:48.300 home in the morning. Then, about midnight, he 00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:51.500 said he was tired. He thought he'd go to bed. 00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:55.420 But he could hardly climb the stairs to his room. 00:35:56.159 --> 00:36:02.280 I had to help him. He lay on the bed and closed 00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:08.159 his eyes. He said he felt as though he was slipping 00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:12.840 away. Wasn't that a strange thing for him to 00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:21.920 say? That he was slipping away? I remembered 00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:25.280 something. That it was strange indeed. Though 00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:28.840 of course I knew it wasn't. He died of the mass 00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:32.840 of Sansa Serefather. And now I've told you everything. 00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:38.900 And what do you expect me to do, Louise? Would 00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:42.239 it give me my penance, Father? I know it will 00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:45.960 be severe, I expect that. I want it to be severe. 00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:50.599 I know what a grave sin I have committed. Do 00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:53.920 you, Louise? To wish for a man's death, Father, 00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:57.599 to bring it about. What greater sin could there 00:36:57.599 --> 00:37:02.480 be? To wish for a man's death. It is a sin in 00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:06.400 thought, but it can be forgiven. And you are 00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:10.099 not the first to have committed it. Your wish 00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:14.920 did not kill him. Men do not die so easily. It 00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:17.739 was the mass of Saint Césaire that killed him. 00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:22.980 God knows, and he alone. But you conspired in 00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:26.019 the performance of a gruesome mass, a relic from 00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:29.980 the Dark Ages. You took part in it. And what 00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:35.860 is most awful, you ordered it. And for this desecration 00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:39.570 of a holy ritual, There is no penance that would 00:37:39.570 --> 00:37:44.329 suffice. But without a penance, how can I obtain 00:37:44.329 --> 00:37:48.989 absolution? How can I obtain pardon? I cannot 00:37:48.989 --> 00:37:52.849 pardon you, Louise. I do not know a curate who 00:37:52.849 --> 00:37:57.489 can, nor a bishop, nor an archbishop. Father, 00:37:57.610 --> 00:38:04.230 what am I to do? My child, it is possible. I 00:38:04.230 --> 00:38:07.599 promise you nothing you understand. But it is 00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:12.260 possible were you to go to Rome if the Pope would 00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:18.559 deceive it to Rome To the Holy Father only he 00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:21.760 has the right to grant pardon for the mass of 00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:36.889 San Césaire Sir Can you tell me, sir? May I ask 00:38:36.889 --> 00:38:42.710 you? Yes, senora. Can I help you? Please. Is 00:38:42.710 --> 00:38:46.630 this the Vatican? This is Vatican City, yes. 00:38:48.630 --> 00:38:54.750 Is this the square of St. Peter? Yes. Straight 00:38:54.750 --> 00:39:00.730 ahead is St. Peter's Gate. I am here. You've 00:39:00.730 --> 00:39:07.010 never been here before? I have come to see the 00:39:07.010 --> 00:39:13.150 Pope. His Holiness is quite busy, Senora. I come 00:39:13.150 --> 00:39:18.090 here to make my confession. Let me take you to 00:39:18.090 --> 00:39:22.989 a priest. No. It must be His Holiness, no one 00:39:22.989 --> 00:39:32.260 else. Are your sins so great? My... Sin is so 00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:37.400 great. Yes. Well, I'm only a student here, Signora, 00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:41.179 but I'll be glad to take you to a priest. No 00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:45.760 priest can help me. No bishop. No archbishop. 00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:48.760 But a priest might be able to arrange things 00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:51.539 so that you could see His Holiness and not right 00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:55.340 away, of course, it would take time. I have time. 00:39:56.110 --> 00:40:00.590 It has already taken me a long time just to come 00:40:00.590 --> 00:40:06.090 this far. How long has it taken you? A thousand 00:40:06.090 --> 00:40:12.949 days. A thousand? Where did you come from? France. 00:40:14.250 --> 00:40:18.030 A little town in Gascony. But that could take 00:40:18.030 --> 00:40:23.300 you almost three years? Oh, you must have stocked 00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:28.260 off at different places each night to sleep and 00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:34.380 pray. You mean you walked all the way? An old 00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:38.179 woman like you? Do I look like an old woman? 00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:47.460 I have just turned 40. Forgive me, but you look 00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:51.690 much older than that. It doesn't really matter 00:40:51.690 --> 00:40:55.250 now. Come, come. Let me help you to your feet. 00:40:55.389 --> 00:41:00.530 No. I shall stay on my knees until I see the 00:41:00.530 --> 00:41:07.550 Pope. I shall end my journey as I began it. Are 00:41:07.550 --> 00:41:11.489 you telling me that you have come a thousand 00:41:11.489 --> 00:41:21.619 miles on your knees? But why? It is my penance 00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:35.400 for the mass of Saint Césaire. A thousand miles, 00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:42.579 a thousand days on her knees. What awful retribution 00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:47.489 we expect of ourselves. What? Endurance we can 00:41:47.489 --> 00:41:51.889 find within us to carry out our goal. And what 00:41:51.889 --> 00:41:54.690 is the priceless goal we seek? The goal that 00:41:54.690 --> 00:41:57.469 so obstinately eludes us after thousands upon 00:41:57.469 --> 00:42:02.510 thousands of miles and as many days. Why, I think 00:42:02.510 --> 00:42:05.969 it is nothing more and nothing less than peace 00:42:05.969 --> 00:42:20.880 of mind. I'll be back shortly. I told you it 00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:24.099 would be a somber story, did I not? And so it 00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:28.880 was. Well, exploring the unknown is not all fun 00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:32.500 and frolic, but the unknown must be explored 00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:36.059 in the wild hope that one day it will become 00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:40.760 known. I wonder though, when it is as familiar 00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:44.679 to us as say the combustion engine, will it stop 00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:49.679 being fascinating and become boring? What then 00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:52.760 will we do for fun? What will happen to this 00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:56.719 program? Merciful heavens, what will I do for 00:42:56.719 --> 00:43:01.000 a job? Our cast included Mercedes McCambridge, 00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:04.420 Mildred Clinton, Bill Johnston, Robert Dryden, 00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:07.820 and Nick Pryor. The entire production was under 00:43:07.820 --> 00:43:11.639 the direction of Hyman Brown. Radio Mystery Theatre 00:43:11.639 --> 00:43:16.119 was sponsored in part by Sinov, the Sinus Medicines, 00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:19.800 Buick Motor Division, and Anheuser -Busch Incorporated, 00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:23.000 Brewers of Budweiser. This is E .G. Marshall 00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:25.420 inviting you to return to our Mystery Theater 00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:30.239 for another adventure in the macabre. Until next 00:43:30.239 --> 00:44:02.719 time, pleasant dreams. Bye!