WEBVTT 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:26.140 I'm E .G. Marshall. Come in. Settle down and 00:00:26.140 --> 00:00:30.059 listen. For we're about to tell you a very important 00:00:30.059 --> 00:00:33.619 story. Have you ever looked at your children 00:00:33.619 --> 00:00:36.820 and wondered what in the world are they thinking? 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:41.840 What goes on in those tiny minds? You don't know, 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:45.939 do you? Admit it. You haven't the faintest idea. 00:00:46.740 --> 00:00:50.000 Yet, you were once a child. So why don't you 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:53.799 know? I'll tell you why. You have forgotten, 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:57.020 and try as you will, you simply cannot remember 00:00:57.020 --> 00:01:00.280 what it was like to be a child. I don't know 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:03.340 the reason for this, but perhaps it's because 00:01:03.340 --> 00:01:07.040 being a child is not always the happy thing we 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:09.540 think it is. Didn't you mind being shut up in 00:01:09.540 --> 00:01:12.340 that dark room, Bobby? All by yourself for such 00:01:12.340 --> 00:01:16.400 a long time? Was it a long time? Three weeks. 00:01:17.019 --> 00:01:20.640 Is that a long time? What did you do, Bobby, 00:01:20.700 --> 00:01:26.939 all alone there? Oh, listen to the silence. Talk 00:01:26.939 --> 00:01:41.739 to the dark. Our mystery drama, The Secret Life 00:01:41.739 --> 00:01:44.840 of Bobby Deland, was written especially for the 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:48.450 Mystery Theater by Elspeth Erick. and stars Michael 00:01:48.450 --> 00:01:53.290 Tolan. It is sponsored in part by CONTAC, the 00:01:53.290 --> 00:01:56.510 12 -hour allergy capsule, and Anheuser -Busch 00:01:56.510 --> 00:01:59.930 Incorporated, Brewers of Budweiser. I'll be back 00:01:59.930 --> 00:02:14.210 shortly with Act One. We said earlier that this 00:02:14.210 --> 00:02:17.539 story is an important one. Not because our small 00:02:17.539 --> 00:02:21.539 hero is an important figure a boy of ten How 00:02:21.539 --> 00:02:24.219 much time has he had to achieve importance in 00:02:24.219 --> 00:02:28.580 our world? No We call our story important because 00:02:28.580 --> 00:02:31.979 it is our attempt to explore the inner life of 00:02:31.979 --> 00:02:35.740 one small child An attempt which we admit may 00:02:35.740 --> 00:02:39.159 be awkward and incomplete Because we have grown 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:52.580 up and in growing up grown stupid Everybody inside. 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:58.020 Go with Miss Hamill and Mr. Garth. Now we can 00:02:58.020 --> 00:03:02.560 talk better. Well, Mr. Carlin, have you finally 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:05.840 made up your mind about adoption? I don't know 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:08.620 that we want to go that far, Mrs. Appleton. Not 00:03:08.620 --> 00:03:11.599 just yet. You see, I thought if my wife and I 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:14.900 could take one of the children home for a month, 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:18.150 two months, see how it worked out. You see, our 00:03:18.150 --> 00:03:20.789 son died in an automobile accident a year ago. 00:03:21.469 --> 00:03:24.550 And Mrs. Carlin hasn't been really right since. 00:03:25.310 --> 00:03:28.409 Depressed, migraine, headaches. Spends a good 00:03:28.409 --> 00:03:31.189 deal of time in bed. And I thought if there were 00:03:31.189 --> 00:03:33.870 a boy around the house, it might help her. Help 00:03:33.870 --> 00:03:38.050 me too. You've been here several times. You've 00:03:38.050 --> 00:03:41.409 met all our children. There's one. I believe 00:03:41.409 --> 00:03:46.189 his name is Bobby. About ten years old. Bobby 00:03:46.189 --> 00:03:49.069 Deland, that's the one I looked for him today 00:03:49.069 --> 00:03:50.729 when I was walking around the playground. I didn't 00:03:50.729 --> 00:03:55.129 see him He's he's still here isn't he Bobby's 00:03:55.129 --> 00:03:59.110 still here. Thank goodness He's such an unusual 00:03:59.110 --> 00:04:01.909 boy. I'm surprised. He wasn't asked for before 00:04:01.909 --> 00:04:08.469 this he was Last year It didn't work out Can 00:04:08.469 --> 00:04:12.229 you tell me why I? Can do better than that. I 00:04:12.229 --> 00:04:14.770 have a tape of the interview with the lady who? 00:04:15.640 --> 00:04:20.279 Tried to give him a home. It's a practice here 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:22.959 to make tapes of the conversations with prospective 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:27.660 parents. It saves confusion, possible embarrassment 00:04:27.660 --> 00:04:33.360 later. If there's trouble. Oh, you're being taped 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:35.199 right this minute, Mr. Carlin. I hope you don't 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:39.199 mind. No, not at all. Look, I won't play it all 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:41.819 for you. Just the part that concerns us now. 00:04:45.769 --> 00:04:48.069 to think of to make Bobby happy, Mrs. Appleton. 00:04:48.569 --> 00:04:52.310 He seemed happy. There wasn't any way we could 00:04:52.310 --> 00:04:55.129 guess that he didn't like it with us. And then, 00:04:55.209 --> 00:04:58.610 then to wake up one morning and, and he was gone. 00:04:59.050 --> 00:05:02.569 Simply gone. I'm sure you did everything you 00:05:02.569 --> 00:05:06.209 could. Oh, we did. And he seemed to like us. 00:05:06.470 --> 00:05:10.990 Of course he's naturally so sweet, so good. Except 00:05:10.990 --> 00:05:19.079 for the stealing. The what? We shouldn't call 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:22.600 it stealing. We'd find little things missing. 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:27.519 Little nothings. Once it was a frying pan. A 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:30.740 wooden spoon one time. Oh, we found them later. 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:34.259 In his room. Once he took the belt from one of 00:05:34.259 --> 00:05:37.639 my dresses. A leather belt. Not that I cared. 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:41.220 That's enough of that. But I should tell you, 00:05:41.420 --> 00:05:43.860 Barbie's been guilty of petty pilferage like 00:05:43.860 --> 00:05:46.769 that here at the orphanage. A hair brush belonging 00:05:46.769 --> 00:05:49.170 to one of the teachers. Where did he go when 00:05:49.170 --> 00:05:51.490 he ran away? Well, the police found him that 00:05:51.490 --> 00:05:54.529 same night, wandering along a country road. There 00:05:54.529 --> 00:05:57.870 was a full moon. They had no trouble. And when 00:05:57.870 --> 00:06:00.110 the woman came to pick him up, he wouldn't talk 00:06:00.110 --> 00:06:02.829 to her. Wouldn't even see her. Didn't seem to 00:06:02.829 --> 00:06:05.529 hold anything against her. He just said it was 00:06:05.529 --> 00:06:10.189 no use. No use? It's what he always says. You 00:06:10.189 --> 00:06:12.490 mean this has happened before? Several times 00:06:12.490 --> 00:06:15.399 during the last couple of years. Look, I'm telling 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:17.120 you all this to let you know that if you take 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:19.879 Bobby into your home, you're not getting the... 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:23.959 well, the usual child. No child is the usual 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:27.660 child, Mrs. Appleton. Well, shall we go and have 00:06:27.660 --> 00:06:29.620 a talk with him? See how he feels about all this? 00:06:29.740 --> 00:06:33.439 By all means. Oh. Oh, I should tell you, Bobby's 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:37.540 in confinement. You don't mean... solitary confinement? 00:06:37.540 --> 00:06:40.959 He's confined to one room without lights or windows. 00:06:41.339 --> 00:06:44.680 I know that sounds severe, but we've tried everything 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:47.939 else. Even corporal punishment, though that's 00:06:47.939 --> 00:06:50.199 prohibited by law. It didn't do any good. He 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:53.899 doesn't seem to feel it. How long has he been 00:06:53.899 --> 00:06:57.240 confined? Oh, nearly three weeks now. Mrs. Appleton, 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:00.360 24 days is supposed to be the limit before the 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:03.079 victim goes mad. That's been established in prisons 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:06.620 with grown men. Bobby's a boy. A most unusual 00:07:06.620 --> 00:07:12.689 boy. Shall we go talk to him? Please. This way. 00:07:15.790 --> 00:07:18.990 Mrs. Appleton, may I ask you, what is Bobby being 00:07:18.990 --> 00:07:21.889 punished for? What did he do? Oh, didn't I tell 00:07:21.889 --> 00:07:25.089 you? He ran away from the orphanage. That's the 00:07:25.089 --> 00:07:27.230 only thing he ever needs to be punished for, 00:07:27.449 --> 00:07:37.610 running away. Mrs. Appleton, when Bobby ran away 00:07:37.610 --> 00:07:40.410 from here, was it at night? Middle of the night, 00:07:40.529 --> 00:07:44.310 as near as we could tell. Oh, here we are. Was 00:07:44.310 --> 00:07:47.529 there a full moon that night? I don't recall. 00:07:47.569 --> 00:07:50.550 Does it matter? It might. Oh, here's my key. 00:07:54.649 --> 00:07:59.649 Bobby? It's Mrs. Appleton, Bobby. Yes, Mrs. Appleton. 00:08:00.430 --> 00:08:02.970 He's all right. You can come out now, Bobby. 00:08:03.730 --> 00:08:08.069 The door's open. Can you see? Yes, I can see 00:08:08.069 --> 00:08:11.750 Mrs. Appleton. Does the light bother your eyes? 00:08:12.589 --> 00:08:15.550 Not very much. You remember Mr. Colin, Bobby. 00:08:15.829 --> 00:08:19.250 It's nice to see you. I'm very well, Bobby. Thank 00:08:19.250 --> 00:08:21.589 you. I'm going back to the office now, and you 00:08:21.589 --> 00:08:24.509 two can have a nice talk. Thank you. You can 00:08:24.509 --> 00:08:28.529 join me there later, Mr. Colin. Well, Bobby, 00:08:28.949 --> 00:08:32.309 I'm pleased you remember me. Didn't you mind 00:08:32.309 --> 00:08:34.649 being shut up in that dark room all by yourself 00:08:34.649 --> 00:08:38.450 for such a long time? Was it a long time? Three 00:08:38.450 --> 00:08:42.879 weeks. Is that a long time? What did you do all 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:47.259 alone in there? Oh, I listened to the silence. 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:53.220 Talked to the dark. I see. Would you like to 00:08:53.220 --> 00:08:54.960 come and stay with me and my wife for a while? 00:08:55.700 --> 00:08:58.700 See if you like it. We have a big house. A very 00:08:58.700 --> 00:09:02.759 big house? Well, pretty big. With servants? We 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:05.679 have servants, yes. And beautiful gardens and 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:08.580 a big green lawn. What does it matter if it's 00:09:08.580 --> 00:09:12.259 a big house with a lawn? A big white house. And 00:09:12.259 --> 00:09:16.200 servants, does that matter? I don't know. I thought 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:20.659 it did. I could sort of see it. Well, what do 00:09:20.659 --> 00:09:22.960 you say? Would you like to visit with us for 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:26.080 a while? I think I would. There's a good school 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:29.139 nearby if you'd like to go. I'm tired of memorizing 00:09:29.139 --> 00:09:32.120 things. Whatever you say. Now why don't you go 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:33.860 pack some clothes and I'll go see Mrs. Appleton 00:09:33.860 --> 00:09:43.340 in her office and make the arrangements. Come 00:09:43.340 --> 00:09:47.519 in. Mrs. Appleton, that's a remarkable child. 00:09:47.779 --> 00:09:49.559 Oh, well, close the door, will you, Mr. Collin? 00:09:49.620 --> 00:09:54.840 Oh, yes. You've persuaded him. I'm convinced 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:57.860 the reason Bobby can endure, even enjoy, three 00:09:57.860 --> 00:09:59.740 weeks of confinement is because he's able to 00:09:59.740 --> 00:10:03.080 hypnotize himself. And not only hypnotize himself, 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:06.960 but put himself into a deep trance. Almost anyone 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:10.299 can be hypnotized. But only one in 20 can hypnotize 00:10:10.299 --> 00:10:13.309 himself. And I've never heard of anyone who could 00:10:13.309 --> 00:10:15.850 put himself into a deep trance state. Well, supposing 00:10:15.850 --> 00:10:18.649 he can. What's the advantage of it? Why, it means 00:10:18.649 --> 00:10:21.850 that he can reach his unconscious mind and perhaps 00:10:21.850 --> 00:10:24.610 unite it with his consciousness. A terribly difficult 00:10:24.610 --> 00:10:27.549 thing to do. And to do it alone, without any 00:10:27.549 --> 00:10:30.190 outside help. I... I never thought it was possible. 00:10:30.230 --> 00:10:33.029 Well, supposing he can do whatever it is you 00:10:33.029 --> 00:10:36.490 say he can. What of it? Mrs. Appleton, do you 00:10:36.490 --> 00:10:38.710 know what powers are locked in the unconscious? 00:10:39.100 --> 00:10:42.500 What forces, what instinctive knowledge, primitive 00:10:42.500 --> 00:10:44.620 memories? I've always thought of the subconscious 00:10:44.620 --> 00:10:48.039 as an untidy mass of very unpleasant emotions. 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:50.759 It is untidy, but we've been taught the emotions 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:53.500 are unpleasant because they lack morality and 00:10:53.500 --> 00:10:56.139 purpose, as indeed they do. Their only purpose 00:10:56.139 --> 00:10:58.960 being to express themselves. Most of us manage 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:01.980 to live without expressing ourselves, Mr. Cobb? 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:04.820 Yes, but supposing you find one solitary human 00:11:04.820 --> 00:11:07.580 being who refuses to live that way? You mean 00:11:07.580 --> 00:11:11.720 Bobby? Well, mr. Carlin if he's willing to go 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:14.899 with you and you want him I've checked you out 00:11:14.899 --> 00:11:19.139 and everything's in order. Oh One thing mr. Carlin. 00:11:19.139 --> 00:11:21.139 I hope you're not going to talk to Bobby about 00:11:21.139 --> 00:11:24.399 his mother. Why not? Why shouldn't he talk about 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:26.620 his mother if he wants to well, it's not really 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:29.980 healthy in his case He makes up outrageous stories 00:11:29.980 --> 00:11:33.700 about her such as what? Oh, but she was fantastically 00:11:33.700 --> 00:11:37.399 beautiful that she married into royalty A prince 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:39.740 or a duke? Oh, children often fantasize that 00:11:39.740 --> 00:11:41.519 way. Last year he told us that she was a movie 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:45.259 star, imagine. Who was she really? Oh, just a 00:11:45.259 --> 00:11:48.559 poor pathetic woman on relief. I found that out 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:50.259 from our records. I wasn't here when she brought 00:11:50.259 --> 00:11:53.419 him. That was six years ago. He was only four. 00:11:54.019 --> 00:11:56.659 The records say she simply couldn't afford to 00:11:56.659 --> 00:11:59.899 keep him. She's never been back? Never been back. 00:12:00.460 --> 00:12:02.139 Never called to see how he was getting along. 00:12:02.899 --> 00:12:04.919 Never sent him a present or even written him 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:10.080 a note. Don't come in. Oh, Bobby. All packed 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:12.659 to go home with Mr. Carlin. He has a big white 00:12:12.659 --> 00:12:15.700 house, Mrs. Appleton, with a big lawn and flowers 00:12:15.700 --> 00:12:18.240 and lots of servants. Haven't you, Mr. Carlin? 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:23.059 Yes. I'm sorry about your wife. What? What about 00:12:23.059 --> 00:12:26.919 my wife? I'm sorry she's so unhappy. Didn't you 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:30.899 tell me she's unhappy and sick sometimes? I... 00:12:30.899 --> 00:12:35.179 I don't think I did. You must have. Or how would 00:12:35.179 --> 00:12:47.110 I know? Do we really know only what we've been 00:12:47.110 --> 00:12:53.230 told? Or what we've read? Or heard? I hate to 00:12:53.230 --> 00:12:55.830 believe that because then each of us is only 00:12:55.830 --> 00:12:59.649 a jumbled mass of information. And very often 00:12:59.649 --> 00:13:02.690 we go about spreading this jumbled information 00:13:02.690 --> 00:13:06.539 for others to pick up and repeat. No wonder the 00:13:06.539 --> 00:13:09.279 world isn't such a turmoil if all we know is 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:11.120 what we've been told by people who only know 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:13.799 What they've been told who only know what oh 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:17.320 no no no there must be more. We can't go on this 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:23.360 way however Having no solution at hand. I shall 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:40.960 return shortly with act two When one adopts a 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:44.500 boy ten years old, it is not only the ten -year 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:46.720 -old boy who has been taken into the new home, 00:13:47.419 --> 00:13:50.980 it is also the boy who was once nine, once eight, 00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:55.159 once seven, and so on. Clear back to the day 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:59.019 an infant was born. And these early years are 00:13:59.019 --> 00:14:02.220 unknown, utterly unknown, to the new parents. 00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:07.179 Just how unknown they are to the child is the 00:14:07.179 --> 00:14:10.590 subject of our story. We're almost there Bobby. 00:14:10.590 --> 00:14:15.529 I know. You know? Well, I figure. You mean you 00:14:15.529 --> 00:14:18.090 felt it, that we were almost there? Something 00:14:18.090 --> 00:14:21.029 like that, I guess. Mental telepathy, maybe? 00:14:21.570 --> 00:14:26.309 What's that? Well, thought transference. I was 00:14:26.309 --> 00:14:28.690 thinking to myself, we're almost home, and the 00:14:28.690 --> 00:14:31.730 thought transferred itself to your mind. Is that 00:14:31.730 --> 00:14:34.509 what happened? I wasn't thinking about anything 00:14:34.509 --> 00:14:37.110 at all. It's when we're not thinking about anything 00:14:37.110 --> 00:14:38.970 at all that the thoughts of other people enter 00:14:38.970 --> 00:14:44.490 our minds. I'd like to think about that. Well? 00:14:45.370 --> 00:14:47.590 I think that's very true, what you said, Mr. 00:14:47.870 --> 00:14:50.629 Carlin. It's when you're not thinking about anything 00:14:50.629 --> 00:14:54.730 at all. That's when the good things happen. What 00:14:54.730 --> 00:14:58.629 good things, Bobby? Oh, all the good things. 00:14:59.210 --> 00:15:01.309 Mr. Carlin, you should have turned right there. 00:15:01.350 --> 00:15:03.470 No, no, that's Birch Tree Road. We live on a 00:15:03.470 --> 00:15:05.029 tree... You should have turned there. Go back! 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:07.639 Hey Bobby, Bobby, take it easy. Go back! Bobby, 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:10.039 I know where I live and I know how to get there. 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:12.700 Your telepathy wasn't in good working order that 00:15:12.700 --> 00:15:16.960 time. Now, here is where we turn. To the left. 00:15:18.460 --> 00:15:20.679 We go about a quarter of a mile up this road 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:24.000 and then we're there. It's pretty. Is it what 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:29.379 you expected? Kind of. It smells nice. You smell 00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:33.120 something? It smells sweet. Very, very sweet. 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:36.879 I don't smell anything. Oh, we're coming to the 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:40.500 privet hedge. That's the sweet smell. Imagine 00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:43.620 you picking it up way back there. Now we're coming 00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:46.320 to the house. It is white. I told you it was. 00:15:46.419 --> 00:15:49.200 And there's a lawn in front, with flowers. I 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:52.980 told you there would be. Well, here we are. But 00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:57.519 it's not a very big house. It has 16 rooms. And 00:15:57.519 --> 00:16:05.299 where are all the servants? Did you sleep well 00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:08.919 in your new room, Bobby? Yes, I did. It's a very 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:12.179 nice room. Nicer than the orphanage? That was 00:16:12.179 --> 00:16:15.460 nice, but this is nicer. This morning, Bobby, 00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:17.879 I want to take you to meet my wife. Her name 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:20.700 is Anita, if you want to call her that. I think 00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:22.879 I should tell you, she gets migraine headaches 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:26.440 from time to time. I know. I knew she was sick 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:31.200 sometimes. I think she's sick now. No, she's 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:34.059 not. I saw her this morning. She was fine. Come 00:16:34.059 --> 00:16:38.059 on. Let's go upstairs. Okay. It's not very nice 00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:40.779 to be sick like that, is it? No, it certainly 00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:44.419 is not. I used to have asthma. That was terrible. 00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:48.440 What did you used to do about it? Oh, I made 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:53.100 it stop. Made it stop just like that? Sort of. 00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:58.860 It was a long time ago. Here we are. Anita, may 00:16:58.860 --> 00:17:10.349 we come in, dear? Anita, this is Bobby. Go away, 00:17:10.529 --> 00:17:13.670 please. She's sick. My dear, is it another migraine? 00:17:14.029 --> 00:17:17.349 Please, I can't... Bobby, Bobby, we'd better 00:17:17.349 --> 00:17:19.509 come back later. She's sick. You'll meet her 00:17:19.509 --> 00:17:24.289 tomorrow. Come on. Mrs. Carlin, I'm here. I know 00:17:24.289 --> 00:17:27.250 how much it hurts, but I want you to know I'm 00:17:27.250 --> 00:17:31.029 here. And I want it to stop hurting. Please. 00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:33.859 Try to look at me, Mrs. Carlin. Bobby, don't. 00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:36.240 When she's like this, it's no use. I want you 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:39.380 to give me your headache, Mrs. Carlin. I want 00:17:39.380 --> 00:17:44.440 you to give it to me. Look, Mrs. Carlin. Anita, 00:17:44.460 --> 00:17:48.920 look. Give me your headache. I want to take it 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:52.799 away from you. I'm going to take it away from 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:57.839 you. Do you hear me? I'm going to take it. You're 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:01.910 going to give it to me. I'm going to take it. 00:18:02.269 --> 00:18:06.750 Yes, I'm taking it. You're giving it to me. You're 00:18:06.750 --> 00:18:10.049 giving me your headache, aren't you? Yes, you 00:18:10.049 --> 00:18:14.869 are. I know you are. Please give it to me. All 00:18:14.869 --> 00:18:20.190 of it. Yes. Oh, please. Oh. Oh, yes. Yes. Yes. 00:18:20.470 --> 00:18:32.529 Yes. Yes. Bobby? Bobby, where are you going? 00:18:33.089 --> 00:18:36.869 It's all right. All right. Bobby? I couldn't 00:18:36.869 --> 00:18:41.650 help. Mr. Carlin, I had to throw up. Well, that's 00:18:41.650 --> 00:18:44.529 all right, son. That's all right. How is Mrs. 00:18:44.789 --> 00:18:49.549 Carlin? She says her headache is gone. Yes. Of 00:18:49.549 --> 00:18:53.769 course it's gone. She gave it to me. And how 00:18:53.769 --> 00:18:57.809 are you? I think I'm going to be all right pretty 00:18:57.809 --> 00:19:01.829 soon. I never knew before what a migraine headache 00:19:01.829 --> 00:19:14.150 was like. Now I know. Mrs. Appleton speaking. 00:19:14.509 --> 00:19:17.069 This is George Carlin, Mrs. Appleton. I've got 00:19:17.069 --> 00:19:19.349 great news for you. Everything's working out? 00:19:19.490 --> 00:19:21.609 Three weeks now and everything's going wonderfully. 00:19:22.049 --> 00:19:24.109 He seems very happy here and heaven knows he's 00:19:24.109 --> 00:19:26.990 made us happy. My wife hasn't had another headache 00:19:26.990 --> 00:19:28.769 since that time I wrote you about when Bobby 00:19:28.769 --> 00:19:33.170 cured her Well, he did something to mrs. Carlin, 00:19:33.210 --> 00:19:35.589 perhaps he hypnotized her I don't know but her 00:19:35.589 --> 00:19:38.490 headache stopped. I was there I saw it happen 00:19:38.490 --> 00:19:48.930 No, I don't think so. Well, you better check 00:19:48.930 --> 00:19:51.250 there's a belt of mine missing, but I'm sure 00:19:51.250 --> 00:19:54.119 I must have mislaid it his room. No, I wouldn't 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:56.900 dream of doing that. The boy is happy here and 00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:59.299 we're happy having him here. Has he talked about 00:19:59.299 --> 00:20:01.740 his mother? No, he hasn't mentioned her. Well, 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:04.440 my advice is to keep it that way. I don't think 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:06.559 I agree with that, Mrs. Appleton. You know what 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:08.980 I told you? All you'll get from him is a lot 00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:11.779 of wild fantasy. At this point, I feel I'd like 00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:14.299 to hear anything Bobby cares to tell me. Well, 00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:16.220 if you don't want to take my advice... No, it's 00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:18.259 not that, Mrs. Appleton. It's that for the time 00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:20.359 being, I'd sort of like to follow my own instincts. 00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:24.259 You understand? I suppose so. I'll keep in touch 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:27.000 with you. Please do. Good luck to you. Thank 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:32.880 you. Oh, Bobby, I didn't hear you come in. That 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:34.779 was Mrs. Appleton I was talking to on the phone. 00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:39.420 How is she? She's fine. Do you miss her? Not 00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:44.200 too much. Bobby, you know that black tooled leather 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:48.160 belt of mine? Yes, I know that belt. I can't 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:52.599 find it. Have you seen it? It's in my room. Well, 00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:55.200 did I leave it there do you think I don't know 00:20:55.200 --> 00:21:00.779 I? Don't think so by any chance Bobby Did you 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:05.700 take it out of my room? I think I? Guess I did 00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:09.700 I'm pretty sure I did You want me to go get it 00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:12.140 or you can have it if you really want it Only 00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:14.180 I'd rather you'd ask me instead of just taking 00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:17.519 it, but I don't want it. No It's too big for 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:20.119 me. Why would I want it? I don't know. I just 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:23.180 saw it and it reminded me of something. Reminded 00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:25.920 you of what? I was going to give it back to you. 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:29.640 I didn't mean to keep it. I didn't even want 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:31.440 it. All right, all right now. It's all right. 00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:34.440 Just put it back in my room when you get a chance, 00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:36.720 will you? I'll put it right back now. No, in 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:41.720 the morning will be all right. Bobby, do you 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:43.900 ever feel you want to talk to me about your mother? 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:48.250 My mother? Do you remember her at all? I know 00:21:48.250 --> 00:21:50.490 you were only four when she left you at the orphanage. 00:21:50.990 --> 00:21:56.329 She was very, very beautiful. What else? I'm 00:21:56.329 --> 00:21:59.589 not supposed to talk about my mother. Well, don't 00:21:59.589 --> 00:22:03.750 you want to? Not now, Mr. Carlin. All right. 00:22:04.490 --> 00:22:07.369 But if you ever want to, I'm here, you know. 00:22:08.109 --> 00:22:24.490 I know. George? Oh, what are you doing up? Can't 00:22:24.490 --> 00:22:29.470 you sleep? Not for hours. Oh, the moon is so 00:22:29.470 --> 00:22:31.809 bright, I don't wonder. No, it's not just the 00:22:31.809 --> 00:22:35.769 moon. I was thinking about Bobby. Oh, funny. 00:22:37.390 --> 00:22:39.750 I was thinking about him too. I talked to Mrs. 00:22:39.970 --> 00:22:41.910 Appleton this afternoon. She asked me, did Bobby 00:22:41.910 --> 00:22:45.210 ever talk about his mother? He never does. That's 00:22:45.210 --> 00:22:47.509 what I told her. And she said, fine, keep it 00:22:47.509 --> 00:22:50.170 that way. But I said I didn't agree that I thought 00:22:50.170 --> 00:22:52.089 he should talk about whatever he felt like talking 00:22:52.089 --> 00:22:54.690 about. Oh, you're absolutely right Bobby came 00:22:54.690 --> 00:22:57.569 into the room about that time and I brought up 00:22:57.569 --> 00:23:00.710 the subject of his mother and all he'd say was 00:23:00.710 --> 00:23:04.710 She was very very very beautiful. That's all 00:23:04.710 --> 00:23:07.289 I tried to get him to go on but he just clammed 00:23:07.289 --> 00:23:10.349 up said I'm not supposed to talk about it Mrs. 00:23:10.529 --> 00:23:13.210 Appleton probably told him not to she has a point 00:23:13.210 --> 00:23:16.660 in a way She says Bobby makes up wild stories 00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:18.319 about his mother whom he hasn't seen or even 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:21.119 heard from in six years You mean since he was 00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:24.640 four? That's right, but he tells people or used 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:27.359 to that she had dozens of admirers finally married 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:31.220 some title -gen became a movie star Oh George, 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:35.359 my children often do that Another thing Mrs. 00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:37.680 Appleton asked me if Bobby had snitched anything 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:40.559 and I told her about my black tooled leather 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:43.359 belt Then when Bobby came in I asked me had he 00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:45.140 seen it and right away. He said yes, it was in 00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:48.059 his room I asked me if he'd taken it and he said 00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:50.339 he guessed he must have did I want it back? It 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:52.799 was too big for him. Anyway, isn't that peculiar? 00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:55.740 You know, I told you the woman who took him last 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:59.539 year said he snitched silly things a Frying pan 00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:01.779 a wooden spoon a pelt off one of her dresses. 00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:05.680 Oh I wonder if that's where our little frying 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:08.079 pan disappeared to they were asking me in the 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:10.400 kitchen if I'd seen it What? There's a frying 00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:13.180 pan missing? Heavens, George. We have about 12 00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:16.039 frying pans of assorted sizes. Is there anything 00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:20.819 else missing? No, nothing else. Oh. Well, unless 00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:23.240 you want to say one of my shoes is missing. One 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:26.140 of your shoes? Those high -heeled things. I'd 00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:28.619 given up high heels, and I put those out to give 00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:31.000 away. And next time I looked, there was only 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:34.500 one. Must have gotten thrown out. Goodness, it 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:37.099 would take one shoe. Who would throw away one 00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:40.900 shoe? Oh, George. Look, come on back to bed. 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:45.119 Maybe you can get to sleep. Yeah, maybe. That 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:48.500 damn moon wasn't so bright. Shines right across 00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:52.099 the bed. Why don't you pull the curtains? You 00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:57.039 know what? It's a full moon. Well, pull the curtains 00:24:57.039 --> 00:25:02.140 and come to bed. Can you see or do you want a 00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:06.039 light on? Oh, I can see. What was that? What 00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:08.779 was what? Did you hear a door close? What door? 00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:13.480 It sounded like downstairs. There he goes. Bobby? 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:16.440 Yes, and there's a full moon. George. Like before. 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:19.759 Call him back. Go after him, George. No. No, 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:21.440 I don't think I'm going to do that. Well, for 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:23.559 heaven's sakes, why not? You can't just let him 00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:25.359 go wandering around all by himself. No, I don't 00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:27.500 think he's going to be just wandering around. 00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:29.259 You think he's going someplace in particular? 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:32.180 Yes. Where? I don't know. And I don't think he 00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:48.640 knows either. But someplace As we are all going 00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:52.839 some place We don't know where and there is no 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:56.839 one who knows to tell us where Yet very deep 00:25:56.839 --> 00:26:01.799 in our minds or our hearts or our tormented souls 00:26:02.190 --> 00:26:07.230 We know we are going someplace. We can't see 00:26:07.230 --> 00:26:10.650 ahead and it does no good to look back. We can 00:26:10.650 --> 00:26:16.309 only trudge on down the road to someplace. I'll 00:26:16.309 --> 00:26:37.579 be back shortly with Act 3. with which act two 00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:41.599 ended, has been wiped out now by the exploratory 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:45.339 colors of the rising sun, and steadily down a 00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:48.519 winding road trudges a small boy, ten years of 00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:52.420 age, steadily, purposefully, toward a destination 00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:55.779 he could not name were you to ask him. It is 00:26:55.779 --> 00:27:00.660 Bobby Deland. The thin little boy's arms start 00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:14.190 to wave wildly as a truck approaches. How far 00:27:14.190 --> 00:27:17.410 are you going? I don't know exactly. Down the 00:27:17.410 --> 00:27:20.410 road away. Come on, get in. Here, let me give 00:27:20.410 --> 00:27:23.490 you a hand. That's a pretty big step up. I can 00:27:23.490 --> 00:27:28.630 do it. What you doing out at this hour? It's 00:27:28.630 --> 00:27:32.009 hardly daylight. I have to go see somebody. You 00:27:32.009 --> 00:27:37.289 expected? Yes, I'm expected. I didn't say when, 00:27:37.710 --> 00:27:41.460 though. Going to see your folks? My mother. Oh, 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:44.119 your mother. Then I guess you know where she's 00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:48.119 at. Somewhere along this road. No number? No 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:51.000 name? Like on a mailbox? I'll know when we get 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:53.960 there. You've been there before, I guess. It's 00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:57.140 a great big white house with a big green lawn 00:27:57.140 --> 00:28:00.839 and flowers. I think I know what a place she 00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:04.000 means. And lots and lots of servants. Yeah. There 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:22.009 it is! You hadn't ought to go in there. Hey, 00:28:22.009 --> 00:28:23.890 you know what you're doing? You hadn't ought 00:28:23.890 --> 00:28:39.529 to... Oh, what a douche. That's it. That's the 00:28:39.529 --> 00:28:42.730 house. This is the lawn. There are the flowers. 00:28:43.309 --> 00:28:46.549 But where are the servants? Where's my mother? 00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:54.099 You want to sit here, Baroness, under this tree? 00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:57.480 Is that all right? I'll fetch you some coffee, 00:28:57.500 --> 00:29:02.140 and I'll be right back. Excuse me? Are you my 00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:08.160 mother's maid? Yes, yes, I am. Will you tell 00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:11.980 her I've come to see her, please? If she... If 00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:14.700 she feels well enough to see me. And what's your 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:18.400 name? Bobby Dieland. Would you tell my mother? 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:21.609 And how did you get in here, Bobby? Somebody 00:29:21.609 --> 00:29:25.549 dropped me off... before. I've been waiting till 00:29:25.549 --> 00:29:28.529 I saw the servants come out of the house. Now, 00:29:28.809 --> 00:29:31.950 please, I'd like to see my mother. You mean that 00:29:31.950 --> 00:29:35.269 lady over there? Yes, my mother. Oh, I'm afraid 00:29:35.269 --> 00:29:37.910 that's not your mother, dear. That's the Baroness 00:29:37.910 --> 00:29:42.049 Hortha. Well, her name before was Mrs. Dieland. 00:29:42.690 --> 00:29:45.109 Please tell her I want to see her. Oh, never 00:29:45.109 --> 00:29:47.450 mind. I'll hold on, Nana, just a minute. Let 00:29:47.450 --> 00:29:49.809 go! Let me go! Not so fast, young man. Let go 00:29:49.809 --> 00:29:52.869 of me! Miss Copeland, what's going on? This boy, 00:29:52.869 --> 00:29:55.029 he wandered in here. He wants to talk to the 00:29:55.029 --> 00:29:59.009 Baroness. He's her son, he says. Well, then let 00:29:59.009 --> 00:30:03.569 him. Should I, Doctor? Why not? He may succeed 00:30:03.569 --> 00:30:07.410 where we failed. Go ahead, my boy. Thank you. 00:30:08.509 --> 00:30:18.500 Hello, Mother. I'm here. Hello, Mrs. Appleton? 00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:22.339 George Carlin. I wanted to tell you Bobby's been 00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:24.200 found. Thank you for not calling the police. 00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:27.079 Well, you know, I told you I saw him leave the 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:29.140 house. I simply followed him in my car. It wasn't 00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:33.880 hard, so don't worry. What's that? Well, I don't 00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:37.019 think that's necessary, but if you want to... 00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:40.180 Look, can't you tell me over the phone? Well, 00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:43.099 all right. No, no, I'm not at home. I'm at the 00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:45.579 place where I found Bobby. It's on Birch Tree 00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:48.279 Road, not too far from where I live. A big white 00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:51.920 house, very big, big lawn out in front. It's 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:55.700 the Wesley Sanitarium. You know it? Well, I'm 00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:59.220 with Dr. Wesley right now. All right, we'll expect 00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:02.880 you. Mrs. Appleton's coming over, if that's all 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:05.200 right, doctor. Perfectly all right. She wants 00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:07.920 to tell me something, show me something. I don't 00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:11.220 know what. Tell me, Mr. Carlin, what made you 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:14.079 think Bobby might come here? It was just a guess. 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:16.380 But when I brought him home from the orphanage, 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:18.839 he wanted to turn onto Birch Tree Road. Did he 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:21.640 say why? He thought it was the road my house 00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:23.920 is on. Not that he'd ever been at my house. All 00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:26.240 he knew about my house was that it was big and 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:28.339 white, had a lawn with flowers and servants. 00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:31.720 He knew that because I told him. And I told him 00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:34.880 because he specifically asked. It seemed important 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:38.420 to him, did it? Very. I was puzzled at that because 00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:40.680 he's not a snobbish sort of boy, quite the contrary. 00:31:41.470 --> 00:31:45.950 That insistence on a lot of servants Now I begin 00:31:45.950 --> 00:31:49.890 to understand your sanitarium does have a lot 00:31:49.890 --> 00:31:52.970 of servants as well as a lawn and flowers But 00:31:52.970 --> 00:31:56.029 the boys never seen the sanitarium has he he 00:31:56.029 --> 00:31:57.849 hasn't even seen his mother since the age of 00:31:57.849 --> 00:32:01.809 four then how would he know I suppose it when 00:32:01.809 --> 00:32:04.950 you think about Dream about a certain person 00:32:04.950 --> 00:32:07.329 for such a long time and fantasize about that 00:32:07.329 --> 00:32:10.420 person the way he did about his mother what sort 00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:13.920 of fantasies. Oh, wild ones. That she was much 00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:16.119 admired, much sought after, that she married 00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:19.160 into royalty, became a movie star. Hold on there. 00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:24.240 She did marry into royalty. You don't mean she's 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:27.680 really a Baroness. Yes, indeed. The Baroness 00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:31.660 Hortha. I thought that Baroness stuff was, you 00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:34.859 know, part of her dementia. The Baron brought 00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:38.859 her here. The Baron pays her bills. He's not 00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:41.480 very high up in the royal lists, but he's a baron, 00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:44.220 nevertheless. The boy couldn't have known that. 00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:46.819 No more than he could have known Birch Tree Road. 00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:50.660 Now, about her becoming a movie star. The baron 00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:53.119 told us that she made a motion picture a few 00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:55.960 years ago. Actually, that's where he met her. 00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:59.839 He put up the money. She starred in it. Well, 00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:02.490 that's impossible, isn't it? Someone would would 00:33:02.490 --> 00:33:05.470 have known seen the picture recognized sir. I 00:33:05.470 --> 00:33:08.950 don't know who saw the picture mr. Carlin. It 00:33:08.950 --> 00:33:12.809 was a pornographic film No, the Baron has made 00:33:12.809 --> 00:33:14.869 a good bit of money on pornographic films. I'm 00:33:14.869 --> 00:33:19.509 told She made the film starred in it She married 00:33:19.509 --> 00:33:22.930 the Baron. He's devoted to her Well, then what 00:33:22.930 --> 00:33:27.069 happened or about a year ago. She became severely 00:33:27.069 --> 00:33:31.650 depressed it went further into melancholia Finally, 00:33:32.289 --> 00:33:34.630 she became very nearly catatonic, and he brought 00:33:34.630 --> 00:33:37.109 her here. She won't talk to him when he comes 00:33:37.109 --> 00:33:39.869 to see her, as she's never spoken to any of us. 00:33:40.369 --> 00:33:42.269 It was about a year ago, as I understand it, 00:33:42.269 --> 00:33:44.390 that Bobby began to talk about a big White House 00:33:44.390 --> 00:33:46.890 with a lawn and gardens, and a lot of servants. 00:33:48.049 --> 00:33:50.029 Could he have known that she'd been brought here? 00:33:50.650 --> 00:33:52.529 To a place he'd never seen, didn't even know 00:33:52.529 --> 00:33:55.569 existed? It's a rare person who has a faculty 00:33:55.569 --> 00:33:59.630 to sense what is going on. But... If there is 00:33:59.630 --> 00:34:02.529 a great affinity between two people, I suppose 00:34:02.529 --> 00:34:06.190 a telepathic communication is... Well, it's possible. 00:34:06.789 --> 00:34:09.230 Was there such an affinity between Bobby and 00:34:09.230 --> 00:34:11.670 his mother? After all, she abandoned him when 00:34:11.670 --> 00:34:13.610 he was four and never communicated with him after 00:34:13.610 --> 00:34:17.110 that. Communicated with him? I'd say by all the 00:34:17.110 --> 00:34:19.329 evidence, she communicated with him the whole 00:34:19.329 --> 00:34:22.070 time they were apart. She may not have known 00:34:22.070 --> 00:34:24.610 she was communicating, but her son was on the 00:34:24.610 --> 00:34:28.050 face of it. so sensitively attuned to her and 00:34:28.050 --> 00:34:31.949 her existence, he could pick up waves that emanated 00:34:31.949 --> 00:34:36.289 from her that she knew nothing about. Come in. 00:34:37.909 --> 00:34:41.570 Dr. Wesley, I hope I did the right thing. What's 00:34:41.570 --> 00:34:45.070 that? Well, I left the little boy with the Baroness. 00:34:45.110 --> 00:34:49.239 Is that all right? I think so. The Baroness has 00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:51.980 never shown the slightest sign of being violent. 00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:55.000 Quite the contrary. Well, she does seem interested 00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:58.800 in him. I mean, she looks at him. Sounds like 00:34:58.800 --> 00:35:01.659 progress to me. So then I should just leave them 00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:05.639 together. Where are they? In her room. I'd say 00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:08.860 leave them together. But leave the door open. 00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:15.420 Yes, Doctor. It will be astounding if she recognizes 00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:19.139 him, accepts him. It could mean she's on her 00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:23.539 way back. Dr. Wesley, this faculty you talk about, 00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:27.699 this rare ability to sense things. What is it? 00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:31.940 It doesn't have a name. Anyway, not a name that 00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:35.599 appears in scientific journals, but some clairvoyants 00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:39.900 have it. Some mystics have it. Some saints, I 00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:43.900 suppose. Many poets have it. It's an ability 00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:49.019 to reach far into oneself. To make contact, do 00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:52.559 you know the poem called The Labyrinth? W. H. 00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:55.800 Auden wrote it. There are four lines from it 00:35:55.800 --> 00:36:00.860 that I quote to myself all the time. The center 00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:05.059 that I cannot find is known to my unconscious 00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:10.239 mind. I have no reason to despair because I am 00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:15.369 already there. Nice, isn't it? What? What does 00:36:15.369 --> 00:36:18.309 it mean? Come, come, Mr. Carlin. You know very 00:36:18.309 --> 00:36:22.690 well what it means. That if we only go deep enough 00:36:22.690 --> 00:36:25.550 into ourselves, we will find the center that 00:36:25.550 --> 00:36:30.369 will... that will stabilize us? Is that it? Give 00:36:30.369 --> 00:36:34.750 us peace? Is that it? The peace that passeth 00:36:34.750 --> 00:36:38.989 all understanding. Because I'm afraid understanding 00:36:38.989 --> 00:36:42.039 has very little to do with it. To think that 00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:44.380 a four -year -old boy could hold fast to the 00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:47.280 image of his mother through all those years. 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:50.139 What else had he to hold fast to? And then find 00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:53.219 her by his own effort. Which only proves a game, 00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:57.880 Mr. Carlin. We get what we want if we want it 00:36:57.880 --> 00:37:03.880 enough. Come in. Mrs. Appleton. I got here as 00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:07.480 soon as I could. Mrs. Appleton, Dr. Wesley. Please 00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:10.769 sit down, Mrs. Appleton. Thank you, doctor. Now, 00:37:10.869 --> 00:37:13.570 the boy's all right, Mrs. Appleton. You're not 00:37:13.570 --> 00:37:17.610 to worry. He's with his mother. His mother? He 00:37:17.610 --> 00:37:20.269 found her here, Mrs. Appleton. She's the reason 00:37:20.269 --> 00:37:25.090 for his running away all those times. Mr. Colin, 00:37:25.530 --> 00:37:28.769 Dr. Wesley, I've brought something to show you. 00:37:29.130 --> 00:37:31.750 Something for you to hear. And what is that? 00:37:32.650 --> 00:37:34.610 Well, when you called me last night, Mr. Colin, 00:37:34.789 --> 00:37:38.250 I was so upset. Everything had been going so 00:37:38.250 --> 00:37:40.719 well, and then... to have him run away again. 00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:44.739 Anyway, I couldn't get back to sleep. So I went 00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:46.980 down to the basement and I rummaged around among 00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:52.800 the old files and I found this. A tape? Yes. 00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:55.639 We keep tapes at the orphanage of all the interviews 00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:58.559 we have with prospective parents and with the 00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:00.699 people who leave their children for adoption. 00:38:01.739 --> 00:38:05.840 Well, this tape, this one goes back six years 00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:08.699 before I came to the orphanage. And it's a tape 00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:12.039 of... Oh, is it all right if I use this machine, 00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:15.860 Doctor? Yes, go right ahead. All right. Now, 00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:18.119 I'll just play you the part towards the end. 00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:22.199 It's the tape they had running when Mrs. Deland 00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:28.400 came to leave Bobby. You gotta take him or I'll 00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:34.079 kill him. Look, I am a cheap prostitute. I live 00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:38.000 in one room. to send the kid out to play on the 00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:42.219 street, Mom, conducting my business. Now, how 00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:44.199 long did I go on telling him? It says, Uncle 00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:47.960 Charlie, I got up in my room. And another thing, 00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:51.239 I haven't got the greatest disposition in the 00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:54.400 world. And when I'm hungover, when my head hurts, 00:38:54.559 --> 00:39:00.460 I go crazy, and I'm unable to hit him. I can't 00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:02.639 just hit him. I'll hit him with anything that's 00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:31.269 handy. Yesterday, I hit him with my shoe. You 00:39:31.269 --> 00:39:34.130 said that Bobby had taken a belt at your house, 00:39:34.769 --> 00:39:37.489 and the woman last year said he took a frying 00:39:37.489 --> 00:39:41.090 pan. He took a shoe of my wife's. I think we'd 00:39:41.090 --> 00:39:44.670 better go see if everything's all right. Come 00:39:44.670 --> 00:39:50.869 with me. He's right down the hall. How in the 00:39:50.869 --> 00:39:53.889 world did his mother come to be here? It's a 00:39:53.889 --> 00:39:58.599 long story, Mrs. Appleton. How did he know she 00:39:58.599 --> 00:40:02.380 was here? That's an even longer story. Here we 00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:10.460 are. Is he in there? With her? Yes. Be quiet. 00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:19.059 I brought you some presents, Mother. Look. Here's 00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:25.800 a belt. And here's a frying pan. And here's a 00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:49.630 shoe. See mother there for you with my love Mothers 00:40:49.630 --> 00:40:54.409 of the world rejoice for you are loved Of course 00:40:54.409 --> 00:40:56.889 in the human nature of things you are simultaneously 00:40:56.889 --> 00:41:01.230 hated and by the same person. For no emotion 00:41:01.230 --> 00:41:05.150 as powerful as love can flourish unadulterated. 00:41:05.949 --> 00:41:10.750 Side by side with love goes hate. It is you might 00:41:10.750 --> 00:41:32.840 say a package deal. I'll be back shortly. lived 00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:36.760 within ourselves, the posturing we do in full 00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:39.239 view of others. What is that but the antique 00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:42.840 behavior of a poor clown who needs to be applauded? 00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:46.699 The exterior life is really only incidental, 00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:50.679 yet we expend all our energy on it, while the 00:41:50.679 --> 00:41:54.579 interior life is left to its own devices as though 00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:58.980 deeply ashamed of it. We wish to disown it. Our 00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:02.000 cast included Michael Tolan, Marion Seldes, Martha 00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:05.500 Greenhouse, Hetty Galen, and Gilbert Mack. The 00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:07.940 entire production was under the direction of 00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:11.440 Hyman Brown. This is E .G. Marshall inviting 00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:14.380 you to return to our mystery theater for another 00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:20.360 adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant 00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:21.400 dreams.