WEBVTT 00:00:20.699 --> 00:00:25.140 Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome to the world 00:00:25.140 --> 00:00:29.260 of terrifying imagination. The fear you can hear. 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:32.840 No breath of it yet as we begin our tale and 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:36.700 meet Steven and Simon Fairley. The occasion is 00:00:36.700 --> 00:00:40.719 solemn, as death should be. But all else for 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:44.119 these identical twins is a wild sense of freedom 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:48.000 and expectation with no hint of the dark disasters 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.719 already forming. as they listen to the words 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:54.479 of their fathers' last bequests. And that the 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:59.100 whole of my estate shall be disposed of as follows. 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:03.560 To Stephen Fairley, my firstborn son, I leave 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:08.359 all my worldly goods in entirety. Well, thanks 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:11.120 a hunk for nothing, dear old dad. Well, there 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:14.459 is a clause that refers to you, Simon. Then let's 00:01:14.459 --> 00:01:18.480 hear it. To my secondborn, Simon, I leave only 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:23.000 advice. Mend your ways. It is inconceivable to 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:25.920 me, and has been most of my life, that you could 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:29.920 be brother to Steven, much less his identical 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:32.120 twin. Now that's enough, Mr. Holcomb. Well, there 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:34.519 are some small bequest... No, we can take him 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:37.780 up later. I'm... I'm really sorry, Simon. Yes, 00:01:37.780 --> 00:01:40.719 so am I, Steven. I never expected the old crook 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:44.060 to out -fox me. I hope he rots in hell. That's 00:01:44.060 --> 00:01:47.079 a damnable thing to say. Precisely. Since this 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:49.159 family long ago decided I'm the devil's own, 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:52.379 why shouldn't I be his advocate? Or apostate? 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:56.239 To hell with it all, Stephen. And may I be the 00:01:56.239 --> 00:02:08.500 last to join you. Our mystery drama, and death 00:02:08.500 --> 00:02:11.629 makes even Stephen. was written especially for 00:02:11.629 --> 00:02:15.229 the Mystery Theater by Ian Martin and stars Michael 00:02:15.229 --> 00:02:19.449 Tolan and Paul Hecht. I'll be back shortly with 00:02:19.449 --> 00:02:34.469 Act One. It was true of the Fairly Twins. Physically, 00:02:34.669 --> 00:02:37.210 no one could ever tell them apart. But their 00:02:37.210 --> 00:02:40.400 personalities... That was something else again 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:43.460 Stephen the quiet the considerate the steady 00:02:43.460 --> 00:02:47.960 the accountable Simon the wild the unpredictable 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:51.819 the often cruel the man of success in nothing 00:02:51.819 --> 00:02:55.099 Except for physical resemblance these two men 00:02:55.099 --> 00:02:58.460 from the same mother seemed the antithesis of 00:02:58.460 --> 00:03:01.159 each other Aren't you going a bit heavy on that 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:03.780 Simon? Oh, just getting all I can brother dear 00:03:03.780 --> 00:03:06.969 while the getting is good Now that I'm a pumper, 00:03:07.169 --> 00:03:09.349 I must make the most of every opportunity. Don't 00:03:09.349 --> 00:03:15.050 be a fool. Here, give me that. Oh, such a waste. 00:03:15.650 --> 00:03:17.330 But then you can afford it. You've had enough 00:03:17.330 --> 00:03:20.729 today. Besides, I must talk to you. Well, you 00:03:20.729 --> 00:03:22.729 mean there may be a chance that I'm not to be 00:03:22.729 --> 00:03:25.250 cast out and told never to darken the door again? 00:03:25.330 --> 00:03:28.110 Knock it off, Simon. I gotta talk to you, seriously. 00:03:28.169 --> 00:03:29.969 And for Pete's sake, sit down. No, I think I 00:03:29.969 --> 00:03:32.189 prefer to face the coup de grace standing back 00:03:32.189 --> 00:03:35.539 to the wall. unblindfolded and unafraid suit 00:03:35.539 --> 00:03:38.120 yourself but quit clowning and stay away from 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:42.199 the boo okay okay stevie forgive me it was just 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:45.340 dad's will i knew he didn't exactly approve of 00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:49.080 me but wow finding out how much really threw 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:51.280 me for a loop that isn't as bad as it seems there 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:54.300 was a letter to me he didn't want to leave you 00:03:54.300 --> 00:03:57.360 with nothing simon and he's asked me to set up 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:00.259 a trust to be administered by me to provide you 00:04:00.259 --> 00:04:04.430 with a decent income Well now I think I I will 00:04:04.430 --> 00:04:08.729 sit down How much the trust or the income now 00:04:08.729 --> 00:04:11.830 the money in the pocket my one -hour older brother? 00:04:12.729 --> 00:04:14.129 That's what I get while you're alive, right? 00:04:14.330 --> 00:04:19.529 Yes a thousand a month tax free Twelve thousand 00:04:19.529 --> 00:04:24.589 shimmering simoleons a year That's a generous 00:04:24.589 --> 00:04:26.589 bequest from a man who could have bought Rhode 00:04:26.589 --> 00:04:28.189 Island and still have had enough left over to 00:04:28.189 --> 00:04:29.910 cut the national debt in half. What would you 00:04:29.910 --> 00:04:31.569 have expected him to do? What he should have 00:04:31.569 --> 00:04:33.910 done, considering who we are. What? Cut the estate 00:04:33.910 --> 00:04:36.350 right down the middle. Left us each a half. You 00:04:36.350 --> 00:04:38.490 know why he'd never have done that. Oh yes, only 00:04:38.490 --> 00:04:41.629 too damn well. I was ten before I was old enough 00:04:41.629 --> 00:04:44.449 to latch onto the truth. Why you were always 00:04:44.449 --> 00:04:46.730 the favorite. No, no, favorite isn't even the 00:04:46.730 --> 00:04:49.860 word. You know, he always blamed me for mother's 00:04:49.860 --> 00:04:52.319 death. He hated me. That isn't true. The shoe 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:55.519 was somehow on the other foot. Your whole life 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:58.139 sigh. Expelled from school after school. The 00:04:58.139 --> 00:05:00.220 girl, the car accidents, robberies, beating up 00:05:00.220 --> 00:05:02.319 women. All the things he had to cover for you. 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:05.819 Yes, to save the precious, fairly name. All the 00:05:05.819 --> 00:05:10.120 things I did to get his attention. To have him 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:12.040 treat me like a human being instead of a murderer. 00:05:12.180 --> 00:05:13.980 You've been drinking too much. Oh no, Stevie 00:05:13.980 --> 00:05:17.610 Boy. This is Simon Cold Sober. Simple Simon who 00:05:17.610 --> 00:05:19.629 couldn't have his only parents love so he didn't 00:05:19.629 --> 00:05:21.329 know any better thing to do than to reach out 00:05:21.329 --> 00:05:23.949 any way to get him to even notice. We spent most 00:05:23.949 --> 00:05:25.769 of our lives in boarding schools. You think he 00:05:25.769 --> 00:05:27.550 offered me so much more? Yeah, only the whole 00:05:27.550 --> 00:05:29.970 ball of whack. I was talking of love. That's 00:05:29.970 --> 00:05:31.990 a word with no meaning in this house. Even between 00:05:31.990 --> 00:05:34.949 us. What do we really know about each other? 00:05:35.949 --> 00:05:37.550 Except this children we've been separated most 00:05:37.550 --> 00:05:40.370 of the time and I always managed to get the short 00:05:40.370 --> 00:05:43.850 end. Who was drafted while you and dad lived 00:05:43.850 --> 00:05:46.110 at home and you joined the business while I... 00:05:46.139 --> 00:05:49.639 crawled on my belly with the VC trying to do 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:52.660 what my father didn't have the nerve to do get 00:05:52.660 --> 00:05:58.420 rid of me none of that was my fault no but Becky 00:05:58.420 --> 00:06:00.779 was something else again you were missing in 00:06:00.779 --> 00:06:03.779 action reported killed it was over two years 00:06:03.779 --> 00:06:06.939 sigh I love Becky too and she turned to me yeah 00:06:06.939 --> 00:06:09.319 too bad I returned before the marriage had taken 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:13.699 place still in my condition then it was hard 00:06:13.699 --> 00:06:16.870 to think of us as identical twins Forty pounds 00:06:16.870 --> 00:06:18.810 difference in weight made quite a difference, 00:06:18.850 --> 00:06:23.370 huh? So she stuck with you and you won as always 00:06:23.370 --> 00:06:26.670 Which brings us back to the immediate problem 00:06:26.670 --> 00:06:29.370 Are you ready to cut the estate right down the 00:06:29.370 --> 00:06:31.209 middle and give me half and don't be ridiculous? 00:06:31.490 --> 00:06:34.730 But you are the brother who is all love the money 00:06:34.730 --> 00:06:36.850 isn't dollars and cents Simon It's the shipping 00:06:36.850 --> 00:06:39.189 business the holding company the import export 00:06:39.189 --> 00:06:42.170 exchange a hundred interlocking all right then 00:06:42.170 --> 00:06:45.069 buy me off A million, a couple of million, out 00:06:45.069 --> 00:06:48.310 of those nice anonymous numbered Swiss bank accounts. 00:06:49.110 --> 00:06:50.790 And then you can do what my father longed his 00:06:50.790 --> 00:06:53.829 whole life to do, forget I ever existed. But 00:06:53.829 --> 00:06:57.149 I still do, no way. Now in three to five years 00:06:57.149 --> 00:06:59.689 you'd blow it all on women and every grifter 00:06:59.689 --> 00:07:01.990 who got next to you with his get -rich -quick 00:07:01.990 --> 00:07:05.949 scheme. No. Father was right. I may have found 00:07:05.949 --> 00:07:08.290 him hard to la - Oh, you worked hard enough to 00:07:08.290 --> 00:07:10.449 toady your way into his affections and perhaps 00:07:10.449 --> 00:07:14.579 I was... Perhaps I was sorry for him. Who is 00:07:14.579 --> 00:07:17.139 to say which of us caused Mother most harm? Caused 00:07:17.139 --> 00:07:24.180 her to die in childbirth? Past history. Oh, no, 00:07:24.259 --> 00:07:27.300 there are only two of us. Come on, Si, won't 00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:29.560 you accept Dad's suggestion and mourn him in 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:32.459 some decency? Twelve thousand a year? I can't 00:07:32.459 --> 00:07:35.040 live on that. It's free and clear. You have a 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:37.939 house to live in, food, no living expenses. All 00:07:37.939 --> 00:07:40.800 right, suppose... Suppose I accept we'll make 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:43.660 it all legal the trust can revert to you if you 00:07:43.660 --> 00:07:49.620 will by your 35th birthday and Becky She's already 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:54.980 made her choice, but what? Since your unexpected 00:07:54.980 --> 00:07:58.600 return and father's death have delayed our marriage 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:03.660 and perhaps it's only fair But there's no way 00:08:03.660 --> 00:08:05.620 I can prevent you seeing her again and now that 00:08:05.620 --> 00:08:09.649 you're back to yourself physically And I suppose 00:08:09.649 --> 00:08:12.529 you want to. You know our engagement party is 00:08:12.529 --> 00:08:14.870 a week from tomorrow, but she won't be back from 00:08:14.870 --> 00:08:17.589 New York till then. In spite of father's death, 00:08:17.589 --> 00:08:21.910 we've decided not to call it off. You're invited. 00:08:22.350 --> 00:08:25.269 And if you think you can replace me as the prospective 00:08:25.269 --> 00:08:29.430 groom, what can I do to prevent you? But as far 00:08:29.430 --> 00:08:31.730 as Becky is concerned, if you hurt her in any 00:08:31.730 --> 00:08:35.750 way, twin brother or not, I'll kill you. Now 00:08:35.750 --> 00:08:44.000 I must see about the funeral arrangements. Not 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:48.940 you, dear brother. I... I'm the one with everything 00:08:48.940 --> 00:08:58.960 to gain. If only I knew the way. Steve! Why are 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:02.240 you so late? Would you believe a flat tire, tonight 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:05.740 of all nights? And Becky... It doesn't matter 00:09:05.740 --> 00:09:08.519 now that you're here. But you've got to help 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:10.559 me, darling. We're gonna have to make a decision. 00:09:10.899 --> 00:09:14.799 About what? Kiss me first. I don't need any invitation 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:22.059 for that. You've never kissed me like that before. 00:09:22.580 --> 00:09:25.220 There's never been an occasion quite like this. 00:09:26.820 --> 00:09:29.320 It looks as though it isn't going to be the occasion 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:32.440 we planned it to be. What does that mean? It's 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:34.980 father. You know how uptight he can get over 00:09:34.980 --> 00:09:38.679 nothing. Nobody better. I grew up with one of 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:41.720 my own. I never heard you talk like that about 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:45.159 your father before. Oh, I just... I just meant 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:48.259 the generation gap. For me, that's what it is, 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:51.700 Miss Father. He's just laid it out flat. No engagement 00:09:51.700 --> 00:09:54.320 tonight, no announcement, nothing. Then what's 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:56.100 the party supposed to be for? It isn't even a 00:09:56.100 --> 00:09:59.440 party anymore. It's a sort of memorial service 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:02.139 for his old friend. He said it would be an insult 00:10:02.139 --> 00:10:05.279 to Justin's memory to have gaiety and fun so 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:09.019 soon after his funeral. But I want us to be engaged. 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:11.519 I don't want to wait. Look, I have an even better 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:14.809 idea. What? Let's you and me slip out right now, 00:10:15.009 --> 00:10:18.350 forget the engagement, and get married. But... 00:10:18.350 --> 00:10:20.730 how? We have no license, or... Look, we're less 00:10:20.730 --> 00:10:22.509 than 20 miles from a state where all we need 00:10:22.509 --> 00:10:26.649 is the fee and two witnesses. Oh, you really 00:10:26.649 --> 00:10:30.029 pull me over, Stephen. That's more the kind of 00:10:30.029 --> 00:10:33.149 thing Simon would do. Well, Simon was a bit of 00:10:33.149 --> 00:10:35.929 a whack, I guess. Simon was a lot worse than 00:10:35.929 --> 00:10:38.169 that. The only thing that I could tell you about 00:10:38.169 --> 00:10:42.970 your brother's... Well... That's past history. 00:10:43.669 --> 00:10:47.929 How is he now? The very picture of health. It's 00:10:47.929 --> 00:10:49.850 unbelievable. When he got back from prison camp, 00:10:49.870 --> 00:10:52.830 I... I could hardly recognize him. He had a rough 00:10:52.830 --> 00:10:56.429 time. I know. And that's why I was so ashamed 00:10:56.429 --> 00:11:02.049 of myself for... For what? Don't... don't tell 00:11:02.049 --> 00:11:05.309 this to anyone, Steve. But I... I always used 00:11:05.309 --> 00:11:07.809 to be so scared after... after Simon and I had 00:11:07.809 --> 00:11:10.409 broken off and it was you and me. Scared of what? 00:11:10.570 --> 00:11:18.529 Just hold me. You're so uncannily alike. Even 00:11:18.529 --> 00:11:20.889 I, who know you both so well, was scared I might 00:11:20.889 --> 00:11:24.149 not be able to tell a difference. Oh, darling, 00:11:24.250 --> 00:11:25.950 what a terrible thing to have to say or even 00:11:25.950 --> 00:11:28.830 think. Don't think it. Put it out of your thoughts. 00:11:29.190 --> 00:11:33.529 I can't. It's eerie, terrifying to even consider 00:11:33.529 --> 00:11:37.350 I could ever mistake my kind, gentle, loving 00:11:37.350 --> 00:11:40.940 Stephen for that. Wild, brutal twin who would 00:11:40.940 --> 00:11:44.879 have destroyed... Shh, darling. Don't look back. 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:47.700 Kiss me, and then let's take off together. Oh, 00:11:47.700 --> 00:11:50.620 Steve, I can't. That would be against here. Then 00:11:50.620 --> 00:11:58.639 kiss me. No, not, not... I said kiss me! You... 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:02.679 You're not Stephen. Stephen would never... Stephen! 00:12:03.019 --> 00:12:04.779 I've been looking for you everywhere, Becky. 00:12:04.779 --> 00:12:06.659 Oh, I wish you'd found me sooner. What's going 00:12:06.659 --> 00:12:11.419 on here? It doesn't matter now that you're here. 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:15.360 Seeing you together, there's no doubt that a 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:17.659 private... What is it? Look at that lousy brother 00:12:17.659 --> 00:12:21.320 of mine. Steven, don't be silly. He was just 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:23.500 congratulating me. He's a little enthusiastic 00:12:23.500 --> 00:12:26.600 for just an engagement, wasn't it? I haven't 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:29.940 told you the news yet, Steven. It isn't our engagement 00:12:29.940 --> 00:12:34.039 we're announcing tonight. What? It's our wedding, 00:12:34.299 --> 00:12:37.419 and as soon as possible, unless you object. No. 00:12:38.490 --> 00:12:41.549 Of course not, but your father... Are you leaving 00:12:41.549 --> 00:12:44.549 me? I'll arrange everything. If you leave, I'll 00:12:44.549 --> 00:12:46.769 follow. When is the day? Just as fast as we can 00:12:46.769 --> 00:12:49.490 get the license. Like day after tomorrow, or 00:12:49.490 --> 00:12:58.490 the one after that at the latest. I wish you 00:12:58.490 --> 00:13:00.870 didn't have to go, Steve. We should have been 00:13:00.870 --> 00:13:03.309 the party tail -enders. I gotta get Simon home. 00:13:03.309 --> 00:13:06.820 He's practically out cold. Come on, Simon. Come 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:10.480 on, get in. No, no, the driver's seat. You're 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:13.139 in no condition to drive. Well, you're a lousy 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:15.039 driver. I'm better at the wheel than you drunk 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:21.000 or sober. Would you get in the car? Now, Cole, 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:23.679 I hope someone's up to help lug him up to bed. 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:28.200 Well, good night, darling. Good night. Drive 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:31.840 carefully. The fog coming up. Yeah, I will. Goodbye, 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:36.980 my, uh, my almost wife. Goodbye, my almost husband. 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:49.120 I'll show them all. What? Yeah, I'll have her 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:51.419 if I want. I'll take everything you fucking want. 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:54.000 You can't do it to me. Will you shut up, Simon? 00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:57.700 Will you just go back to sleep? Huh? Hey, the 00:13:57.700 --> 00:14:00.059 VC got a roadblock, Lieutenant. Huh? Yeah, I 00:14:00.059 --> 00:14:01.539 feel it in my bones right around the next bend. 00:14:01.980 --> 00:14:07.779 So stop the convoy. I want to stop the... Steve. 00:14:09.379 --> 00:14:10.899 Where are we? All right, all right. Take it easy, 00:14:11.139 --> 00:14:13.960 Simon. We're just on the way home. How come I'm 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:16.559 not driving? Because you passed out. Well, the 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:18.320 road. Where's the road? We're off the road. Cut 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:20.279 it out, you fool. It's just off the road. No, 00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:22.759 no. Off the road. Back to the left. Would you 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:25.480 like to back it back to the left? We've got to 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:42.259 go left. Going right into the ditch. After the 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:45.320 protesting scream of rubber, the quiet in the 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:48.720 forest is a stillness so thick it would almost 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:52.659 be touched. A rabbit stands frozen before flight. 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:56.159 The birds perch on the limbs, heads cocked, as 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:59.000 if waiting to decide which direction danger will 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:02.860 come from. The only thing moving now is one of 00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:06.820 the twins, climbing from the twisted wreck. What? 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:10.919 Which one? I'll return shortly with Act Two. 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:25.220 The birds have risen and are off in a whir of 00:15:25.220 --> 00:15:28.179 wings. The rabbit has long since reached the 00:15:28.179 --> 00:15:30.340 safety of his warrant before Simon Fairley has 00:15:30.340 --> 00:15:33.019 determined that the blood dripping in his eyes 00:15:33.019 --> 00:15:36.039 is from a minor gash in the forehead. And the 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:38.340 rest of his aches and pains are just contusions 00:15:38.340 --> 00:15:41.860 and bruises. Only now does he go to look at his 00:15:41.860 --> 00:15:44.940 brother, pinned between the steering wheel and 00:15:44.940 --> 00:15:50.679 the seat cushion. Steve? Steve, are you all right? 00:15:52.389 --> 00:15:59.210 You're not dead you can't be Dead It would solve 00:15:59.210 --> 00:16:02.289 everything it would all be mine had no blame 00:16:02.289 --> 00:16:07.710 for me. He was driving Steve Steve do you hear 00:16:07.710 --> 00:16:11.990 me? Damn it's so difficult to get at your heart 00:16:11.990 --> 00:16:22.759 to hear Can't feel any pulse No more second -class 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:26.019 citizen. I'd be number one at last. The house, 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:31.659 the money, even... No. No, not Becky. She's beyond 00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:38.139 me. Unless... I could get away with it. I already 00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:40.559 did before I got careless and Steve turned up. 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:45.299 Yes, that's it. That's the way. Make an exchange. 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:57.849 Just get Steve out of his seat into mine. It's 00:16:57.849 --> 00:17:07.930 gonna work it's all going to be mine What what 00:17:07.930 --> 00:17:12.869 happened Steve you're You're alive. Yeah, I guess 00:17:12.869 --> 00:17:16.930 so How are you? Hey, you're bleeding, huh? Oh, 00:17:17.009 --> 00:17:19.400 I just I just cut my head a little. It's nothing. 00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:23.480 Oh, I can't get up. I think I sprained my ankle. 00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:26.259 Maybe I broke it. Here, give me your hands, all 00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:29.839 right? Some sort of jagged rock under my back. 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:34.140 Could you move it or help me up? Let me see. 00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:42.460 It's just a rock. Let me get rid of it and then... 00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:46.720 Get rid of it? Or use it? What are you waiting 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:50.640 for? I, uh... I'm not waiting any longer. Well 00:17:50.640 --> 00:18:00.519 then, for the love of... This time, you are dead. 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:08.200 But not Steven. Simon. No time to wait around. 00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:10.940 There's plenty to do before someone finds you. 00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:13.920 Go around and break the windshield. No, no, not 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:20.640 from the outside. The inside. Steve into my seat 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:23.140 and get into the driver's seat till someone finds 00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:30.240 me. All right, fellas, finish up with the pictures 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:33.500 and then get those two guys free. I'll try to 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:36.099 move them. The ambulance will be here any moment. 00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:43.500 You can come back down there. Okay, Miss, nothing 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:46.259 for you. Move along. Oh, Sergeant, please. You've 00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:48.299 got to let me get through to Steven. Stephen 00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:50.500 who? Stephen Fairley. I heard about the accident. 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:52.819 You know Stephen Fairley? We're going to be married 00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:55.740 next week. Okay, cut your motor. Come on out. 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:02.279 Look, Miss... Elizabeth Rundell. Oh, sure. I 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:06.660 thought I recognized you. Well, what is it, Sergeant? 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:09.319 Can't you take me to the car? He's not badly 00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:13.920 hurt. Look, Miss Rundell. Do you happen to know 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:17.190 who was driving the car? Yes, as a matter of 00:19:17.190 --> 00:19:21.470 fact, they do. It was Steven's. You sure of that? 00:19:21.670 --> 00:19:24.750 Quite. They'd only just left an engagement party 00:19:24.750 --> 00:19:26.609 at my house, and Simon had had too much to drink, 00:19:26.670 --> 00:19:29.690 so Steven took the wheel. They look so like each 00:19:29.690 --> 00:19:31.730 other, I can't blame you for not... They don't 00:19:31.730 --> 00:19:35.750 look nothing like each other now, my lady. Well, 00:19:35.750 --> 00:19:39.730 they're not... Steven isn't dead. The passenger 00:19:39.730 --> 00:19:43.509 is dead, the driver is alive. That's your guy. 00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:47.140 How bad off he is, we won't know until we get 00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:59.700 him to the hospital. Nurse? No, Steve. It's me, 00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:05.099 it's Becky. I'm... I'm sorry. You want the nurse? 00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:08.460 No, no. It's just this bandage. It's half over 00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:12.299 my eyes. You'll be able to tell me from Simon 00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:14.460 from now on easily with this scar I've got over 00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:18.519 my eyes. Haven't they... Haven't they told you 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:22.000 about Simon yet? What do you mean, told me? He 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:28.839 wasn't... He... Oh my God, now... Now I remember. 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:31.119 I was... I was half out when they found me, but 00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:34.819 I... His head must have gone right through the 00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:42.650 windshield. Is... Is he dead? Yes. You're a foolish 00:20:42.650 --> 00:20:44.930 kid. It's all my fault. I should have put the 00:20:44.930 --> 00:20:47.190 seatbelt on it. Oh, darling, don't blame yourself. 00:20:47.730 --> 00:20:50.329 Just tell me what happened. It was the damn fog 00:20:50.329 --> 00:20:53.670 and Simon's drinking. I was taking it quite easy, 00:20:53.670 --> 00:20:55.849 but you know that big hollow on Hillsdale Road 00:20:55.849 --> 00:20:58.690 shortly after Grey's Corner? Mm -hmm. Well, just 00:20:58.690 --> 00:21:00.910 as we hit that, the fog was like a smoke screen. 00:21:01.430 --> 00:21:03.549 And at the same time, Simon woke up from some 00:21:03.549 --> 00:21:05.809 drunken dream about Vietnam and went crazy. He 00:21:05.809 --> 00:21:07.470 grabbed the steering wheel and threw us right 00:21:07.470 --> 00:21:09.250 off the road and into the tree before I had a 00:21:09.250 --> 00:21:13.119 chance to break. The wheel and the seatbelt saved 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:16.660 me. Although I did take a pretty good crack across 00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:19.400 the forehead, but Simon... Well, forget about 00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:23.700 that now, dear. It's over and done with. Just 00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:26.839 let's get you well home. Oh, I'm fine, Becky. 00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:29.380 I've gotten a clean bill of health. Nothing broken, 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:31.660 just a few bruises and a little embroidery above 00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:36.279 my eyes. You think you can manage a slightly 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:39.740 piebald groom with a bandage headband? Oh, now 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:42.730 look, Stevie. We can't have the wedding as we 00:21:42.730 --> 00:21:46.190 planned it now. Why not? Well, how would it look? 00:21:46.210 --> 00:21:48.890 I don't care how it looks. It was my father and 00:21:48.890 --> 00:21:50.809 brother and there was little love lost among 00:21:50.809 --> 00:21:55.150 us. I can tell you the truth now, dear. But I 00:21:55.150 --> 00:21:56.789 thought you and your father... My father was 00:21:56.789 --> 00:21:59.529 a hard man. Selfish, domineering, insensitive. 00:21:59.589 --> 00:22:02.509 He was more like a machine than a man. He was 00:22:02.509 --> 00:22:04.529 proud of me not because I was his son but because 00:22:04.529 --> 00:22:07.849 I was his heir. Something to perpetuate the fairly 00:22:07.849 --> 00:22:12.029 name. Some sort of... Pseudo -Immortality. Well, 00:22:12.029 --> 00:22:15.410 I'll make it up. I'll make it up to you. The 00:22:15.410 --> 00:22:18.609 past, Steve. Our future will be a long and lovely 00:22:18.609 --> 00:22:23.170 one. With no twins? Well, I can't promise that. 00:22:23.190 --> 00:22:27.569 Well, they skip generations. Now look, you run 00:22:27.569 --> 00:22:30.329 along and plan something lovely to wear for tonight. 00:22:31.250 --> 00:22:32.910 Tonight? Yes, darling. I've already arranged 00:22:32.910 --> 00:22:35.089 the whole thing with Cook and Butler. You and 00:22:35.089 --> 00:22:37.589 I are having our engagement dinner alone at the 00:22:37.589 --> 00:22:39.559 house tonight. I'll send Gray with the car to 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:49.980 pick you up at 7 .30. And please forgive me for 00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:54.500 troubling you with affairs of state, so to speak, 00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:56.880 the very day you're out of the hospital. That's 00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:58.559 all right, Mr. Holcomb, but I am a little short 00:22:58.559 --> 00:23:02.259 of time. Yes, of course, by all means. What I 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:05.589 need is a number of signatures from you. Signatures? 00:23:05.650 --> 00:23:09.950 No, just some legal papers and certified checks 00:23:09.950 --> 00:23:13.309 which can't wait. Damn. Well, look, you'll have 00:23:13.309 --> 00:23:15.470 to give me a day or so until they can take the 00:23:15.470 --> 00:23:18.009 bandage off this right hand of mine. I can't 00:23:18.009 --> 00:23:20.569 sign anything until they do. Oh, my apologies. 00:23:20.930 --> 00:23:23.569 I hadn't realized, of course, that everything 00:23:23.569 --> 00:23:30.130 can be delayed. Except for one thing. What? Well, 00:23:30.289 --> 00:23:32.430 there's a piece of... Correspondence, I don't 00:23:32.430 --> 00:23:35.529 quite understand. Apparently some sort of a private 00:23:35.529 --> 00:23:40.430 deal between you and Pessin Joglu and Company. 00:23:40.910 --> 00:23:44.910 Who? Pessin Joglu and Company, a Turkish import 00:23:44.910 --> 00:23:46.890 -export firm with whom we have some dealings. 00:23:47.109 --> 00:23:50.230 You know, Persian rugs, tabare, ancient jewelry, 00:23:50.710 --> 00:23:54.369 inlaid cabinets, silk screens, objects of many 00:23:54.369 --> 00:23:59.039 discopiance. But I don't know what... Consignment, 00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:02.279 this letter, opened by mistake after your father's 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:06.319 death, refers to... Damn this forehead bandit, 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:11.559 you read it to me. Oh yes, very well. Oh, omitting 00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:16.740 the formal address. It reads... Dear Stefanos, 00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:21.059 we are still awaiting payment, consignment YB382 00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:24.920 -7. We are informed that delivery has been received. 00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:30.200 Unless your check for $48 ,000 or equivalent 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:33.359 reaches us within the week, we will be forced 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:36.579 to take action against you. We know this must 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:39.779 only be an oversight of your sincerity, Demetrius 00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:44.299 Peasant. Why don't you just pay it? Mr. Fairley, 00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:46.759 no one else in the company knows anything about 00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:51.960 this consignment, except you. Me? Well, of course. 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:54.670 Look, it's a perfectly normal deal. Just... Just 00:24:54.670 --> 00:24:57.230 pay him the money. Oh, a check that size would 00:24:57.230 --> 00:25:00.170 have to be count assigned by you, sir. And with 00:25:00.170 --> 00:25:02.450 your hand... Well, by tomorrow, I may be able 00:25:02.450 --> 00:25:06.089 to manage. Have we time? According to the letter, 00:25:06.289 --> 00:25:08.470 to the end of the week or the beginning of next, 00:25:08.630 --> 00:25:12.509 I don't think it's that important. All that puzzles 00:25:12.509 --> 00:25:16.650 me is the nature of such an expensive secret 00:25:16.650 --> 00:25:22.109 and... Shall we say a personal concern? I don't 00:25:22.109 --> 00:25:24.150 think I have to account to you for that. Oh, 00:25:24.150 --> 00:25:26.789 not to me, but eventually when the books are 00:25:26.789 --> 00:25:28.609 out... You must know it was a wedding present 00:25:28.609 --> 00:25:33.490 for my wife. Wife -to -be, that is. It was my 00:25:33.490 --> 00:25:36.569 father's idea. A necklace. Apparently he got 00:25:36.569 --> 00:25:39.099 sick before he issued the check. Is there any 00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:41.960 reason why I can't close this matter? No, no, 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:45.000 no, not at all. Everything is yours now, Stephen, 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:51.619 eh? Well, I mustn't delay you. You will be postponing 00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:55.319 the wedding this Saturday, I suppose. No. Well, 00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:57.680 but there's scarcely time for your brother's 00:25:57.680 --> 00:26:00.240 funeral. It was Simon's desire to be cremated. 00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:02.839 It's already been done. There will be no funeral. 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:06.380 Ah, I see. Perhaps you're right, Stephen. There's 00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:09.539 been enough sorrow for you in the past few days. 00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:13.500 You have a right to some happiness. That briefcase 00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:15.420 is very heavy. I'll carry it to your car for 00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:17.819 you. Well, perhaps it's better I leave it here. 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:20.720 Then you can sign at your leisure. Good idea. 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:23.740 And now... Oh, yes. Now, of course, I must be 00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:27.759 off. Well, I expect you'll be taking a honeymoon, 00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:32.349 you and Becky. So we won't be seeing you at the 00:26:32.349 --> 00:26:35.369 office for quite a while. No, not for quite a 00:26:35.369 --> 00:26:39.309 while. Here you are, Mr. Holcomb. Let me help 00:26:39.309 --> 00:26:44.910 you in. Ah, thank you. Now, call me as soon as 00:26:44.910 --> 00:26:51.349 you're ready with those signatures. The signature. 00:26:52.230 --> 00:26:54.269 I better get up to Steve's room and start learning 00:26:54.269 --> 00:26:58.269 to copy it. And what the devil is that business 00:26:58.269 --> 00:27:01.200 with the tape? I've got to get away from here 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:03.579 fast. There's so many things I don't know about 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:06.400 Steve. Everything's working too well to make 00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:10.519 any mistakes now. I guess I have time to go through 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:14.880 Steve's desk before I have to get dressed. Damn! 00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:19.180 It's locked! Naturally, Simon. Among your other 00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:22.180 unpleasant characteristics, you've always been 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:26.799 a sneaky little snoop. Steve! Not exactly in 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:46.190 the flesh, of course, thanks to you. Only the 00:27:46.190 --> 00:27:49.869 mouth and the chin and the hair matted now with 00:27:49.869 --> 00:27:53.650 dry blood would serve to identify Steve. The 00:27:53.650 --> 00:27:57.160 rest of the face is a horror of torn flesh. and 00:27:57.160 --> 00:28:00.420 the white shards of shattered bone, out of which 00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:04.279 wreckage stares the one uninjured eye, pouring 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:06.859 with deadly intensity into the terrified face 00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:11.119 of the man who was once his image. I'll return 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:28.259 shortly with Act 3. and fascinated by that single 00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:31.819 hypnotizing eye, Simon is forced for what seems 00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:35.339 an eternity to focus on his twin's ruined face. 00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:40.059 The mocking smile and the white even teeth. A 00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:42.440 ghastly contrast which multiplies the horror 00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:46.119 of the broken skull above them. At last, with 00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:49.240 a supreme effort, he tears his eyes away to find 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:51.779 himself staring at the reflection of his own 00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:56.400 countenance in the mirror above the desk. Oh, 00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:58.819 God, no. Don't cover your face, little brother. 00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:01.900 Leave me at least with a memory of how I once 00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:05.519 looked. You're dead. Cremated. You can't be here. 00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:08.700 As I said, not in the flesh, but, uh, we are 00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:11.579 hatched from the same egg, Simon. You can't get 00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:15.440 rid of me so easily. I shall always be with you, 00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:20.019 uh, in spirit, shall we say? No. No, leave me 00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:25.279 alone. I will. When it serves me. Or you. Steve, 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:29.759 I didn't mean to. Of course you did. I might 00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:31.579 possibly have done the same if our positions 00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:34.319 had been reversed. What? You have a lot to learn 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:36.940 about me, little brother, which you would have 00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:41.680 in time. To avoid breaking open my desk, let 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:46.559 me offer you the key. Steve, I can't rummage 00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:50.420 through your things now. The key? Take it. Why 00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:53.599 not? And since time is short before the dinner, 00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:57.359 I'll even help you understand a little better. 00:29:58.299 --> 00:30:05.119 Open the desk. Left -hand pigeonholes are a false 00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:11.599 front. No, no, here, let me. There are all my 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:15.380 secrets. Now, while you read them, I'll tell 00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:19.480 you about the most important items. But, why, 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:21.960 why are you helping me? Because I want you quite 00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:25.420 as thoroughly damned as I am. I'll make it brief, 00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:29.319 as you read. Demetrios is in the drug business. 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:32.579 For years I have used father's impeccably accredited 00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:36.539 import firm to cover for deliveries. You... you 00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:38.579 in drugs? You'll find the evidence in the papers 00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:44.519 you're leafing through. Wicked Simon, the black 00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:48.319 sheep. Stupid Simon, really. We were twins in 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:51.539 more than the outward look, believe me. The difference 00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:53.799 was that you didn't have enough sense to bury 00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:56.720 your faults. I was smart enough to keep them 00:30:56.720 --> 00:31:00.359 covered up. But not smart enough to realize you 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:03.059 had as little squibbles as I had when it came 00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:05.940 to the point. Alright, so you lost. Why not let 00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:09.460 me have my innings now? Why not? I'll even be 00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:12.440 of help. Until you have studied my signature 00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:15.279 enough to mask it, I'll even sign your papers 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:19.490 for you. No, don't worry. The hand that guides 00:31:19.490 --> 00:31:22.009 the pen may be of the spirit world, but the pen 00:31:22.009 --> 00:31:26.450 and ink are finite enough. Go on. Get ready for 00:31:26.450 --> 00:31:30.910 romance. This... this letter that came from your 00:31:30.910 --> 00:31:34.650 Demetrius, shall I... shall I pay this? Oh, let 00:31:34.650 --> 00:31:39.289 me see. Oh, that double -dealing crook. Nah, 00:31:39.289 --> 00:31:41.710 don't pay him a cent. I've already made arrangements 00:31:41.710 --> 00:31:44.349 so that he will be paid in full. Yeah, free... 00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:51.140 And you? I will not be so easy to forget, dear 00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:54.000 twin brother. We are bound together by special 00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:58.160 hoops of steel. As long as I walk this house, 00:31:58.700 --> 00:32:02.900 I shall be unavoidably hard to escape. Well, 00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:05.660 go on. It's time for you to be all that Becky 00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:10.579 expects of me. Of you? Aren't I what you hope 00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:20.950 to become? It's really too hot for a fire, but 00:32:20.950 --> 00:32:23.809 I couldn't resist it. I find it irresistibly 00:32:23.809 --> 00:32:26.730 romantic, even if I were bathed in sweat, which 00:32:26.730 --> 00:32:30.089 I'm not. Can I make you another drink? No, thank 00:32:30.089 --> 00:32:33.069 you. I want to enjoy this dinner and remember 00:32:33.069 --> 00:32:35.470 it. There's champagne. I'd be disappointed if 00:32:35.470 --> 00:32:37.930 there worked. I don't want ever to disappoint 00:32:37.930 --> 00:32:42.430 you, darling. Oh, my darling Steve. Not you, 00:32:42.609 --> 00:32:48.089 ever. I'll try to live up to your expectations. 00:32:49.209 --> 00:32:53.250 Do you love me? I love you. I've always loved 00:32:53.250 --> 00:32:56.309 you. Now that I came so close to losing you, 00:32:56.329 --> 00:32:59.690 I love you even more. Oh, it's a terrible thing 00:32:59.690 --> 00:33:02.970 to say, I know, but thank God it was Simon instead 00:33:02.970 --> 00:33:05.269 of you. Shh, darling. Let's not spoil the evening. 00:33:06.170 --> 00:33:07.869 I've sent all the servants out, you know. We're 00:33:07.869 --> 00:33:10.809 all alone. You sure you don't want another drink? 00:33:11.430 --> 00:33:16.970 No. But can I make a confession? Of course. I'm 00:33:16.970 --> 00:33:23.170 famished. Mademoiselle, a selfie. May I escort 00:33:23.170 --> 00:33:27.390 you to your table? Thank you, Monsieur. Oh, Stephen. 00:33:28.150 --> 00:33:32.470 How pretty the table is. My favorite roses. But 00:33:32.470 --> 00:33:36.390 why... Why what, Becky? Why is it set for... 00:33:36.390 --> 00:33:40.910 for three? You don't mind my joining you, Simon, 00:33:41.029 --> 00:33:44.349 do you? Suitably dressed. White tie and tail. 00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:48.380 The face mask I thought was a stroke of genius. 00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:52.519 It hides the damage so nicely. Did you say something, 00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:56.940 Steve? Damn Joseph, he's in his dotage. I suppose 00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:58.480 he's so accustomed to setting for three that 00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:01.539 he just... Don't blame the poor butler. I set 00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:03.980 the third place. Damn you! I won't have it! There's 00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:08.239 only... Steve! Steve, what is it? I'm sorry, 00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:11.219 Vicki. I can't help it. It's all spoiled now. 00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:13.320 But let's get out of here and eat somewhere else. 00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:24.670 I... Gotta get away from this house. Steve, you're 00:34:24.670 --> 00:34:28.590 not eating a thing. I'm sorry, dear dear. I know 00:34:28.590 --> 00:34:30.690 it must be foolish to you, but that extra chair 00:34:30.690 --> 00:34:34.389 set for a dinner, it threw me. Well, it was unfortunate, 00:34:34.409 --> 00:34:36.210 I know, and you wanted everything to be just 00:34:36.210 --> 00:34:39.349 right. But don't blame poor old Joseph too much. 00:34:40.030 --> 00:34:41.969 After all these years of setting the table for 00:34:41.969 --> 00:34:46.730 you and your father... Simon. That's what did 00:34:46.730 --> 00:34:49.230 it to me. See, I could see him sitting in that 00:34:49.230 --> 00:34:52.809 chair with his face. You didn't see him after 00:34:52.809 --> 00:34:54.949 the accident, thank God, but he... Steve, it 00:34:54.949 --> 00:34:57.510 wasn't your fault. He was the one who grabbed 00:34:57.510 --> 00:34:59.210 the wheel and pulled you off the road into the 00:34:59.210 --> 00:35:04.150 tree, wasn't he? Simon. Yes, Simon was the one, 00:35:04.230 --> 00:35:06.510 all right. That's true enough. So you mustn't 00:35:06.510 --> 00:35:09.389 take the blame. As long as I've lived in that 00:35:09.389 --> 00:35:12.489 house, he'll haunt it. The memory of him, the 00:35:12.489 --> 00:35:15.130 battered face. Well, we'll solve all that. You 00:35:15.130 --> 00:35:17.349 won't live in the house. You'll move out to a 00:35:17.349 --> 00:35:19.329 hotel tonight, and after we're married on Saturday, 00:35:19.690 --> 00:35:21.230 when we come home from the honeymoon, we'll buy 00:35:21.230 --> 00:35:23.989 a new house. Hey, wait. I... I have an even better 00:35:23.989 --> 00:35:29.130 idea. Maybe we'll never come back. Never? Maybe 00:35:29.130 --> 00:35:32.210 we'll settle in Rome or Paris or the Costa del 00:35:32.210 --> 00:35:35.710 Sol. Or just travel. I've always wanted to see 00:35:35.710 --> 00:35:39.730 Mont Saint -Michel and the Tivoli and Taj Mahal. 00:35:39.750 --> 00:35:43.130 That's my girl. That's what we'll do free souls 00:35:43.130 --> 00:35:47.010 with never a look behind Becky Becky we've got 00:35:47.010 --> 00:36:02.050 it made you and me from here on in Oh God you 00:36:02.050 --> 00:36:05.530 again always always my dear twin we're prisoners 00:36:05.530 --> 00:36:09.010 in the same jail What does that mean this house? 00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:12.239 Oh, I know you think you're escaping it for a 00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:14.679 while, but that's only temporary. Take it from 00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:18.059 me. Becky and I are off for a honeymoon. Of course. 00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:21.219 Not till Saturday, though. That seemed a little 00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:24.099 early to be packing. Might as well start sometime. 00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:27.039 You seem to be planning to take quite a wardrobe. 00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:29.579 Well, on a ship, there's plenty of room. Plenty 00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:33.699 of distance between here and there. What do you 00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:36.659 mean, there? Oh, wherever. What were they, Rome? 00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:40.139 Paris? Mont -Saint -Michel, the Taj Mahal, the 00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:43.380 very poetic one. Damn you! Do you know everything? 00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:46.679 One of the few advantages of being a ghost. And 00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:50.780 you? You can go everywhere? No, there are limitations. 00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:54.869 Now, I'm tied to this house. And you're welcome 00:36:54.869 --> 00:36:58.090 to it. Thank you, Simon. Or should I call you 00:36:58.090 --> 00:37:00.849 Stephen? Oh, it's so confusing since you switched 00:37:00.849 --> 00:37:03.929 identities. Which, by the by, reminds me. While 00:37:03.929 --> 00:37:06.550 you were dining and making all your escape plans, 00:37:06.789 --> 00:37:09.949 I signed all the papers Old Lawyer Holcomb left 00:37:09.949 --> 00:37:14.889 so you are free to go. I, uh... I suppose I should 00:37:14.889 --> 00:37:18.449 say thank you. Call it my wedding gift. What 00:37:18.449 --> 00:37:20.989 about the check for that Demetrius or whatever 00:37:20.989 --> 00:37:24.099 his name was? Oh, forget about that. That was 00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:28.460 a private deal. He doesn't need your check. Other 00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:31.280 arrangements have been made to satisfy that debt, 00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:36.679 believe me. So, this, as the word goes, is goodbye. 00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:40.059 Yes. I'm sorry I won't be able to attend the 00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:43.639 wedding and give the bride away. I never intend 00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:47.860 to come near this house again. Pity. I'm afraid 00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:58.960 you're going to be disappointed. You like the 00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:01.300 cabin all right, Becky? I couldn't be more pleased. 00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:04.760 How about your new husband? Ditto. Well, just 00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:08.699 keep feeling that way. Darling, you'll have to 00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:11.199 excuse me for a minute. Why? I don't know. The 00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:12.920 assistant purser just told me someone from the 00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:14.960 office needs an OK or something before we sail. 00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:16.860 He doesn't have a pass, so they wouldn't let 00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:20.480 him aboard. I'll be back in 10 minutes. Don't 00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:22.639 miss getting back on the boat. Don't you worry. 00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:31.329 It took me long enough to catch it. Mr. Hood? 00:38:31.829 --> 00:38:34.750 Yeah. You from Fairleigh Company, son? Yeah, 00:38:34.750 --> 00:38:37.570 right. You were Stephen Fairleigh? Yes. Good. 00:38:37.590 --> 00:38:41.210 I got a message from you from my boss. Will we 00:38:41.210 --> 00:38:43.710 step over here to my car? Well, the boat's too 00:38:43.710 --> 00:38:46.269 near sailing. You just tell me here. At the car. 00:38:47.590 --> 00:38:49.989 I just play real cool, Mr. Fairleigh, and don't 00:38:49.989 --> 00:38:53.489 make any sudden moves. The jab, you feel, is 00:38:53.489 --> 00:38:58.360 the muzzle of a short barrel 38. Okay. Should 00:38:58.360 --> 00:39:08.079 we step over to the car? Where? Where are you 00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:11.719 taking me? Little spot on the Jersey Flats. Ain't 00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:14.300 exactly quicksand, but you'd be surprised how 00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:17.000 fast that slime sucks up a body that ain't moving. 00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:20.699 You're... you're not gonna kill me. You know, 00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:24.320 dope is a funny game. Using your business as 00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:26.619 a front was a great way for us to get the stuff 00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:30.670 in. But when you try the old double R, Mr. P, 00:39:31.130 --> 00:39:35.250 that was crazy, Steven. No, look, you don't understand. 00:39:35.929 --> 00:39:39.090 I'm not Steven. What? Steven is dead. I'm Simon. 00:39:39.210 --> 00:39:41.909 I had nothing to do with this. No, look, when 00:39:41.909 --> 00:39:44.130 we had the automobile accident, all I did was 00:39:44.130 --> 00:39:46.690 change places. I mean, Steven was driving and 00:39:46.690 --> 00:39:49.590 I was... Oh, for God's sake, look, I just got 00:39:49.590 --> 00:39:52.210 married. My wife is... Please, you better listen! 00:39:54.510 --> 00:39:57.380 Okay. Dump them in the swamp and let's get out 00:39:57.380 --> 00:40:04.820 of here, Giorgio. Well, here we are, Simon. Back 00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:07.960 home again. Table set for two this time. That's 00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:12.059 all there is. The rest are gone. Just you and 00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:16.980 me. I know how it feels, but you might as well 00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:21.719 face it. Eternity is such a long time. And since 00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:24.500 we were twins, it seemed a shame... Simon was 00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:28.820 alive and Stephen dead. This way, I'm still dead, 00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:38.360 but even Stephen. A footnote to the tale you 00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:42.599 just heard. Mr. Hood's quagmire proved less effective 00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:46.019 than its reputation, and Simon's body was recovered. 00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:49.400 Since he had served in the army, an examination 00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:51.639 of his fingerprints established the deception. 00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:55.300 about the death of the twins. The tangled result 00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:57.599 of the estate is unimportant since there was 00:40:57.599 --> 00:41:00.559 no heir. But at least Becky gained a measure 00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:03.159 of peace in finding out that she had not tied 00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:06.559 her life to a man who would have ruined it. I'll 00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:20.920 be back shortly. Whenever the dead try to control 00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:25.449 the living, The seeds of disaster are sown. At 00:41:25.449 --> 00:41:27.730 the beginning of our tale, Justine Fairly lay 00:41:27.730 --> 00:41:31.269 in his bed, whitened with the wax of death, his 00:41:31.269 --> 00:41:33.369 stubborn mind at peace with the thought that 00:41:33.369 --> 00:41:37.530 he had settled the future of his twin sons. Six 00:41:37.530 --> 00:41:40.730 transit Gloria Mundi so passed the triumphs of 00:41:40.730 --> 00:41:43.849 this world. He could no more control the accident 00:41:43.849 --> 00:41:47.949 of their birth than he could their deaths. Our 00:41:47.949 --> 00:41:50.570 cast included Michael Toland, Paul Hecht, Joan 00:41:50.570 --> 00:41:53.940 Lovejoy, and Ian Martin. The entire production 00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:56.960 was under the direction of Hyman Brown. This 00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:59.500 is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:02.599 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:08.280 macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.