Now, mystery theater. Come in. Welcome. I'm E
.G. Marshall. I'm so glad you're here. You, in
person. in the flesh, bone, blood, and tissue.
It's all very cozy, very comforting to think
of you listening at your ease to the weird little
tale we're about to bring you. But where is the
rest of you? The other part of you? Where is
your astral body? You didn't know you had one?
What is an astral body? Well, according to the
largest dictionary we could find, It is a subtle
counterpart of the physical body, accompanying,
but not usually, separated from it. Now the key
word here is usually, for some swear that the
astrobody can and on occasion does separate itself
from the physical body and go wandering off on
its own. Mother? Yes, dear? Is he with you now?
He just left. But he was there. Yes. Mother,
what you saw was Adam's astral body. Are you
telling me I saw a ghost? It's happened again.
You saw Adam, Mother, but it wasn't Adam in the
flesh. Not the flesh that was lying beside me
in our bed. A very different kind of flesh. Maybe
not flesh at all. Our mystery drama, Adam's Astral
Self, was written especially for the mystery
theater by Elspeth Eric and stars Michael Wager
and Jennifer Harmon. This is the story of an
actor named Adam Farr. An actor is someone whose
whole effort is to become someone else all the
while remaining out of necessity himself the
character he portrays or becomes is therefore
a sort of second self living for the moment within
the actor's body any actor can pretend only a
very great actor can become the second self of
a great actor has a power and appliances that
is often quite incomprehensible and Adam Farr
was a very great actor. We bring you now an account
of the many strange things that happened to him
or that he made happen to himself and to others.
Oh, Adam. Oh, Adam, it's cold. We need another
blanket. Would you get up and get one? I can't
get to sleep. Adam? Adam, I'm freezing. Please
get a... Adam? Adam, don't pretend with me. Please,
Adam. Oh, Adam, I... Oh, dear. Yes? Hello? Yes,
sir, Mother. Mother, I can't wake him up. Adam?
Of course, Adam. What do you mean you can't wake
him up? What I said. He isn't sick, is he? I
don't think so. He looked all right when he was
here. What's that? What did you say? I said he
seemed all right when he was here. He was at
your house? He stopped by for a minute. When
was this? A little while ago. Matter of fact,
he just left when you called. Mother, I'm coming
over. I need to talk to you. I'm getting dressed
and taking the car. I'll be there in a half an
hour Adam Adam Come in darling sorry to disturb
you. That's all right Give me your coat. I'll
hang it up. Is it snowing? No, but it's about
to. Come sit down. I've got a fire going. Now
what's got you so upset? When was Adam here,
Mother? I told you on the phone about an hour
ago. He was only here for a minute or two. I
was at the piano practicing some Chopin etudes.
I looked up and there he was. I must say I was
surprised to see him so late at night and such
a bad night at that. But he smiled in the emotion
me to go on playing. And I did, and then we exchanged
a few words. What did Adam say? Heavens, I don't
remember. Tessa, what is it? What's the matter?
It may interest you to know that Adam was in
bed with me in our bedroom, in our house, the
entire time. Since right after dinner, lying
right beside me. He must have got up after you
went to sleep. I didn't go to sleep. We had a
late dinner, then I cued him in his lines for
the new play, and then we went to bed. Little
later. I felt cold. I couldn't get to sleep It
was so cold and I I asked him to get up and get
an extra blanket to put over I couldn't rousing
and that's when I called you he was here I saw
him what you saw mother was Adam's astral body
Are you telling me I saw ghosts to saw Adam mother,
but it wasn't Adam in the flesh Not the flesh
that was lying beside me in our bed a very different
kind of flesh Maybe not flesh at all. Anyway,
that's how Adam explains. Explains what? It's
not the first time it's happened. Remember when
he was doing that play about Napoleon? He went
to Corsica to see where Napoleon was born. I
don't remember Adam going to Corsica. He didn't
go to Corsica. He was rehearsing the play. He
projected himself to Corsica. Astralis! You mean
he imagined himself in Corsica? He went to Corsica.
How could he if he was here? By an act of his
unconscious will. Well, that's what he says,
anyway. Tessa, dear, Adam is an actor. A very
great actor. He did a lot of research on Napoleon
before he did that play. Maybe he imagined. Well,
that's what I thought. when he told me that he'd
been there, but after the play opened, I talked
to the actors, a bit player, who was born in
Corsica. His mother still lives there, and he
said his mother had seen Adam in Corsica, crossing
a little footbridge. She recognized him from
all the films he'd made, and she asked if she
might take his picture. You're not saying...
I'm saying she did take his picture, and sent
it to her son, and he showed it to me. a picture
of Adam standing on a little footbridge in Corsica.
You recognized him? It really was Adam? It wasn't
a very good picture, but it was Adam all right.
I showed it to him and he said yes. He remembered
the bridge and the woman and having his picture
taken. He said he was there. I said I didn't
believe him. the man in the picture must have
been his double and he laughed and said yes it
was his double his aetheric double in other words
his astral body a spirit body shaped just like
his own physical body the same size a body that
could detach itself and move about wherever he
wanted it to go i never told you about this because
i didn't want to frighten you but now it doesn't
frighten me That frightens me. I think it would
be lovely to have an astral body and go floating
about in it. Adam says everyone has an astral
body. So I suppose anyone can go floating about
in it if they were mine too. Personally, I...
I wonder if I could. Adam says that when people
die, you can see the astral body hovering over
the earthly one. But that's marvelous. I'm glad
you think so. Because I'm leaving him, Mother.
I want you to stay with Jonathan until I find
a place to live. You want to leave a wonderful
man like Adam? Do you know he thinks he can fly?
Really? Really fly? By himself? Well, he hasn't
quite got the knack of it yet, but he says that
because he hasn't learned to concentrate correctly.
I used to think I could fly. Mother, will you
do it? Come live at your house? Or let Jonathan
come live here with you? I think it would be
best if I came and stayed at your house. When
were you planning to leave? Well, just as soon
as I've told Adam. Adam? Adam, wake up. Hmm?
Oh, what time is it? What are you doing up? I
want to talk to you, Adam. Huh? Eh, it's still
dark out. I'll turn the light on. Got your clothes
on, where you been? Where you going some place?
I've been at my mother's house. You went to see
Mayda, what for? Adam, were you at her house
earlier this evening? Yes, I was there for a
minute. She was playing a Chopin etude, one I
liked. I wanted to hear it more clearly. You
knew she was playing Chopin before you went to
her house? Why else would I go there in the middle
of the night? Mother lives 15 miles from here.
How could you know that she was playing Chopin
at all? I didn't know she was. I... I knew. There's
a difference. Well, if there is, I can't see
it. Well, the way a farmer knows. It's going
to rain. He doesn't know, but he knows. He couldn't
give you evidence, but he knows. You couldn't
call it precognition, if you like. You couldn't
call it telepathy. I don't care what you call
it. Would you believe me that when I asked you
for the tenth time to marry me, I knew you'd
say yes, just before you said it. And the other
nine times I knew you'd say no and tell me it
wouldn't be fair to your little boy. I don't
care whether you believe me or not, it's true.
It happens all the time. I don't take any credit
for it. It's simply true. The way you went to
Corsica? I did go. And stayed here at the same
time to rehearse the play. How? Do we have to
go all over that again? I don't know how I did
it. I simply did it. Call it astral projection.
That's what the books call it, though I've never
read any of them. All I know is that when I'm
in a certain state of mind... What state of mind?
A kind of relaxed concentration. Something...
Well, sometimes there's a sudden click, and then...
Click, click, click, and then something is released
and takes off and goes free, liberated, eh? Well,
I don't expect you to understand. And this latest
notion of yours, that you can fly? Not yet. But
soon men have flown, you know. You've heard of
Peter of Alicante, haven't you? The great Spanish
ascetic, he flew over the tops of trees whenever
he had a mind to. And Joseph of Cupertillo, a
flying monk, everyone's heard of him, 17th century,
a Capuchin. One day while he was... praying he
floated off the ground and up to the altar and
back again you can say it was religious ecstasy
in his case but what about Daniel Douglas Holman
the 19th century in England what about Simon
Majors at the time of the Emperor Adam stop it
I can't listen to anymore oh my poor darling
I I mustn't expect you to understand you so so
sweet so simple how could you possibly comprehend
the power of the unconscious will The human psyche,
Tessa, was designed to do more than gape at things
and give them names. It can control things, not
just wait for things to happen. Make them happen.
I don't understand. I don't want to understand.
There is nothing to understand. Oh, my darling,
there is so much to understand. There's so much
power within us lying there, crouching there.
Holding its breath, waiting. Adam, you are a
great actor, a great artist. I'm just a... Being
an actor has something to do with it, I suppose.
Yes, in my best moments of creativity, I have
the sensation of being selfless, timeless. Yes,
I feel that. But I don't feel that. On the other
hand, it may have to do with my pineal gland.
There's a little grayish red thing attached to
the third vertebra. They say it looks like the
like an eye Actually as a retina the lens Imagine
and it said to be the seat of the soul Adam everything
you say may be true. Oh it is I Haven't expressed
it very well, but it's way beyond me. I Don't
have your mind or your talent or your you know,
I am Maybe so. I can't comprehend what you say.
Oh, it's all right, darling. No, it's not all
right because it confuses me and it makes me
unhappy. I don't want to make you unhappy, Tessa.
I can't live with all this talk of astral bodies
and pineal glands. I can't understand it and
I don't like it. Don't try to understand it.
I'm not going to try, Adam. I'm leaving you.
That's absurd. As soon as it's lighter, I'm going
to drive into town and take a room in a hotel.
Mother will be here in the morning to stay with
you and to look after Jonathan. I'll follow you.
I'll follow you and bring you back. It won't
do any good. I'm going now, Adam. Tessa! Tessa!
Something's...happening! What is it? What's happening
to me? I can't stay on the bed. Tessa, hold me
down. Don't let...don't let me... I'm rusting
in the air. I'm floating like Simon Magus, like
Peter of Copertino, Tessa! Come back! Hold me
down! Adam, no! I wasn't ready for this! Adam,
I'm leaving! Come back! Hold me down! Tessa!
Tessa! But Tessa has gone and Adam continues
to rise steadily from his bed. Perhaps it is
better to fancify that one can defy gravity,
if only one wanted to, than to discover that
one is actually doing it when one doesn't much
want to. We'll return shortly for act two. Adam
Farr's wife, Tessa, left his house. And it is
a week since her mother, whose name by the way
is Maeda, moved in. Adam, as we know, is endowed
not only with a great acting talent, but also
with a peripatetic soul, which on previous occasions
has seen fit to take flight from his stationary
body. How will he fare with only a mother -in
-law to keep him anchored down? Mr. Farr's residence.
Mother? Tessa, I thought you'd never call. Where
are you? Well, that's what I called to tell you,
but I don't want Adam to know. Well, Adam's upstairs.
I hope he hasn't picked up the extension. He
never does things like that. Are you all right?
I'm fine. I'm in a motel about a mile out of
town on Route 9. The Valley Motel, Cabin 6. Is
this a nice place? Nice enough. There aren't
very many people here. It's out of season, but
it's okay. How's everything with you? Oh, all
right. A little tense, maybe. Adam goes into
rehearsal next week, you know. I know. That always
makes him tense. But he's managed to stay in
his physical body, if that's what you're worried
about. Well, I wasn't worried exactly. I just
wanted to be sure you were all right. And Jonathan?
How's Jonathan? Jonathan's fine. Has he asked
about me? I told him you went on a little trip
for your health. Tessa, I'd better hang up. I
think Adam's coming downstairs. Okay. Was that
Tessa? Were you listening in on the bedroom phone?
I wouldn't do a thing like that. That's what
Tessa said. So it was, Tessa. Well, yes, it was.
Did she say anything about coming back? No. She's
with a man, Maeda. No, she's not. I saw her.
You couldn't have seen her. You don't even know
where she is. My mind. I saw her with a man.
Well, your mind is mistaken. It never is. Maeda,
I need her back. I go into rehearsal next week.
She knows that. Maybe she's forgotten. No, she
hasn't. Did she say something about it on the
phone? No, but I did. You do realize how important
it is to have her back with me before rehearsals
start, don't you, Maeda? I suppose I do. It's
vital, vital. Well, maybe. Maeda... Maeda, do
you feel well? Me? I feel fine. You don't look
well, you... You look as though you're coming
down with something. Well, I'm not. It must be
this terrible weather we're having. I don't mind
it. Drafty old house. This is a nice house. I
like, I like... God bless you. I've always liked
this house. You're catching a cold. I'm not.
Adam, what are you trying to do? Don't you see,
if you were to get sick, not seriously sick,
just a little sick... Tessa would come back,
please, Maida. You want me to catch a cold just
to bring Tessa back to you? If only you would,
please, Maida, don't... don't you... Well, I
won't. See? It's gone already. I'm fine. Adam,
did you... did you give me that cold? I mean,
did you, you know, wish it on me? I... Was thinking
how Nice it would be just a little cold made
a nothing serious just a sniffle or two Is that
you Adam yep upstairs Jonathan get ready for
dinner Oh, go on playing me. It sounded beautiful.
I've been playing all afternoon. I'm tired. Where
have you been? Oh, with Jonathan. I were playing.
Playing what? Well, we tobogganed for a while.
Looks to me like he did a little skiing. Well,
I went down a couple of slopes. Not Jonathan,
though. He doesn't know how to ski. You didn't
offer to teach him, I hope. He doesn't even own
a pair of skis. And he's not going to for a while
yet. Well, I sort of promised him. You're not
to promise him any such thing. Maybe he's gonna
want them. He's never wanted them before. Adam,
did you try to talk him into learning how to
ski? Did you? He is old enough. Did you let him
use your skis? No. If you did... I just let him
stand on my feet while I was... You didn't. He
was perfectly safe. I held on to him. What if
you'd fallen? Jonathan could have broken an arm
or a leg. He could have been killed. Oh, not
killed, maid. I'm a good skier. Oh, just a broken
bone or two. Is that your idea? At his age, it
wouldn't have been serious. And a cold at my
age wouldn't be serious either. Well, no. But
either one would serve to bring Tessa home. Is
that it? Maida, rehearsal start next week. You're
impossible. Absolutely impossible. Oh, what have
I done? I haven't done anything. Did you tell
Jonathan to take a hot bath when you brought
him home? Is he supposed to take a hot bath?
Jonathan? Jonathan, you're to take all those
wet clothes and get into a hot bath. You hear?
I didn't do anything! Hello? Yes, sir. I had
to call you. Yes, Mother. I don't know if I should
tell you this, but your fool husband has some
sort of idea that if I got sick, you'd come home.
Are you sick? No, no, I'm not sick. Adam tried
to give me a cold, but I caught on right away
and put a stop to it. Well, Mother, if you're
sick, I'll... I'm not sick. I'm not sick. Now,
if you just listen. Adam thinks that if I got
a little cold or something, or if Jonathan were
to break an arm or a leg, you'd come home. Well,
I would. That's why I'm calling you. I'm not
sick. And Jonathan is perfectly... and we're
both going to stay that way. So you're not to
worry, you hear me? Not to worry. Oh, I hear
him coming downstairs now, so I'll hang up. Goodbye.
Bye, Mother. For goodness sake. Your mother,
huh? Yes. No trouble, I hope? Well, she just
called up to tell me everything's fine. Oh. That
was very nice of her. Well, yes, it was. You
look worried. You want to tell me about it? I
know we only met last night, but I feel I've
known you for years. It's my husband. He goes
into rehearsal next week, and he's always a little
difficult just before he goes into rehearsal.
He's a marvelous actor. Yes, he is. I remember
him in that play about Napoleon. The man from
Corsica. Yes, I saw it twice. Then he made the
movie. I saw that three times. And all his other
plays and all his pictures. Oh, my, what an actor.
Yes, what an actor. It must be fascinating to
live with a man like that. Fascinating? Well,
what a personality. Wow. Yes, wow. Makes me wonder
how you can stand spending time with somebody
like me. I mean, what's the percentage? Philip,
you're a very nice man. Very, very nice. Oh yes,
perhaps, but... Next to your husband. Why do
you have to say next to my husband next to anybody?
Why can't you be all by yourself? You're good
enough. Oh, I don't know if I go that far I would
anytime Speaking of next to your husband You
know, I was there last night What? You were there?
Yes standing right next to him In my dream. I
had a dream about him Of course, I recognized
him right away from his movies and all, but I
must say I never thought I'd meet him. Not even
in a dream. What happened in the dream? Did he
give you his autograph, or what? No, no, nothing
like that. Not much of anything happened. I was
right here in this room, or maybe it was in my
own room. These motel rooms all look alike, and
I turned around and there he was. Oh, I was so
impressed. Even in my sleep, I was so impressed
I couldn't get my mouth open to say anything.
I just looked at him and he looked back at me
and oh boy did he look sad. Sad? Yes. Sort of
shook his head like he couldn't stand it or he
was sorry for me or something. He was so sad.
Philip, then what happened? I woke up. Crazy
kind of a dream to have, wasn't it? I must be
nuts. You think so? Not you, Philip. Not you.
No, not you. Bring your coffee into the living
room, Adam. There's a fire going. Terrible weather.
Absolutely terrible. You feeling all right, Neda?
I feel fine, so don't start that again. I just
asked. Jonathan is fine too. That's good. Here's
your coffee. What ever gave you the idea you
could make either one of us sick? Just by thinking
of it. Oh, not really sick. Just a little. Just
enough so Tessa would come back. Yes. How did
you figure she would know? Oh, she'd know. We
don't all have your psychic gifts, Adam. Yes,
you do. Only you don't use them. Oh, Adam. Tessa
would have known. There's a good deal of telepathy
between Tess and me. I... I'd know if she was
sick. That doesn't mean it works both ways. It
must work both ways. It must. Don't count on
it. Mate, if I could only convince you, there's
a huge reservoir of feeling in us all. And that
feeling is full of power and resources, cleverness,
inspiration. Every man and woman alive possesses
it. Not just geniuses and mystics and philosophers.
Everyone has it. The meanest of us. But most
of us won't use it. We let it lie dormant while
we coast down the slide of our humdrum days toward
the grave. You may have it, Adam. You are, after
all, a very great actor. I don't act by myself.
I don't act for myself. I act... in front of
people, poor people, and they react. Something
profound in me is browsing something profound
in them. The thing that... the thing that's in
me is calling to the same thing in them. Now,
what's the use? You don't want to understand.
It's all so futile and so tiring. Adam, I may
as well tell you... I phoned Tessa and told her.
Told her what? Your little plot to make me come
down with something, or Jonathan. I felt she
should know. That's all right. You thought you
were doing the right thing. I'm glad you're not
angry. Doesn't make any difference. It's perfectly
clear my powers are failing anyway. If they weren't,
you'd have got sick or Jonathan would have had
a... Little accident and Tessa would have come
home No matter what you did or didn't do you
mean you're beginning to lose faith in yourself
I guess I am you don't think anymore that you
can fly Tessa would only come home Well, she
won't She'll never Never never come home and
I'm lost Adam, what's the matter? I don't feel
well. What is it? I don't Feel it all well Adam
Why you have a fever your head is hot. I'm sick
I'm burning up. I'm going to call the doctor.
No. No may to come back here. I don't want a
doctor, but you need I don't need anything I'm
sick. I have a fever I I think it's very high
fever. Yes. Yes, I am sick. I'm very sick And
now my wife will come home We all know there
are people who will do anything to get what they
want. They'll lie, they'll cheat, they'll steal,
they'll even murder. And if everything else fails,
they'll get sick. Such a one is Adam Farr, the
great actor who is now not acting. Not with a
fever of 105, he isn't. I'll be back shortly
with Act 3. After unsuccessful attempts to confer
telepathically a small ailment on his mother
-in -law and a minor injury on his stepson in
order to bring his wife home, Adam Farr, actor
extraordinary, has now come down with a raging
fever, which we assume he conferred upon himself.
Where there's a will, there's a way. And Adam
Farr has a very powerful... Will. Do try to lie
still, Adam. I want to change the compresses.
Rehearsals. Next week, rehearsals. I start rehearsals.
You don't let me take care of you. There won't
be any rehearsals, so please lie still. Tessa,
Tessa, I need you. Tessa, come home to me. Tessa.
I'm dying. Adam, let me call a doctor. Not yet.
Not yet. Not till Tessa comes home. I'm going
to get some more ice, Adam. Will you be alright?
I'll be alright when my wife comes back to me.
I'll... I'll fly to meet her. You'll do no flying
of any kind. You're weak as a kitten. Now lie
there quietly if you can while I get more ice
for the compressors. Maida! Don't... don't leave
me! I'll be right back. I think... she's coming...
home. Tessa, are you... coming home? Yes. Yes,
you are on the way. You're driving along the
road to our house. Oh, drive carefully, my precious.
A little faster. But carefully, my love, carefully.
Yes, yes, that's it. The turn is up ahead. You
haven't forgotten it, have you? That's it, now.
Up the driveway between the rows of fir trees
that we planted ourselves. Slow down for that
last curve. Now, stop. You are here. I knew you'd
come. Oh, I knew it, my love. I'll try to meet
you. This is the moment for me to fly. Wait,
wait, wait for me, my love. Out of bed? Oh, it's
a window. Wait. Wait, Lord, how weak I am. It
won't be easy to fly. Float through the window,
straight down to you. You're getting out of the
car now? Yes. The window's closed. Wait, my darling,
I've only got to open it. Oh, and I've locked?
No, no, no. There it is. I think I've got it.
A little more, and I'll fly out the window and
out to you a little bit more. Yes. Yes, I couldn't
quite manage it. I have the... Adam, you got
out of bed. Are you all right? Yes, all right.
Whatever possessed you. Answer the door, Maeda.
Let me help you up. Leave me here and go answer
the door. What? There is someone at the door.
No, there is not. Tessa. Tessa's at the door.
Go. Let her in. Tess, it was uncanny. There's
no other word for it. I'd gone to get some ice
from the kitchen. I suppose that's why I didn't
hear the car drive up. When I went back, he was
lying on the floor by the window. It was open
a few inches. He must have opened it. Heaven
knows what he was trying to do. Whatever it was,
the effort was too much for him, and he collapsed.
I tried to get him back into bed, but he said,
never mind, to answer the door. I thought, well,
now he's really delirious because there wasn't
a sound. He said, there's someone at the door.
I said, no, there's no one. He said Tessa's come
home, and then we heard the door knocker. Oh,
Mother. We both know by now, Adam's a very strange
man. You know, I told you on the phone he wanted
me to develop a cold, or Jonathan to have a little
accident, just to bring you home. Well, it never
occurred to me he'd make himself sick, but he
did. And look, it brought you home. I suppose
we should go up and see how he is. Yes, we should.
I left him lying on the floor. He seemed perfectly
lucid and very calm. I was the one who was frantic
when I heard the knock at the door. Now you've
got some idea what it's like living with a man
like Adam. Yes, yes, I have. Well, he got himself
back in bed anyway. That's good. Adam? He's sleeping.
It's the first time he's slept since he took
sick. Adam? Adam? It's Tessa. I'm here. Adam?
What's the matter with him? It's like the other
times. You mean... His astral body has... has
gone someplace else. Gone? Where? Heaven only
knows. Here's tea for both of us, dear. Lord
knows we need it. Thank you, Mother. It's all
so strange, isn't it? Very strange. Not just
this. Not just his leaving his body this way,
but the whole thing. How he made you come back
and everything. Tess, tell me. How did he get
the message to you? How did the telepathy work?
It didn't. What do you mean it didn't? You're
here. I'm not here because of Adam, Mother. You're
not? I'm not here because he's sick. I had no
idea there was anything wrong with him. But you...
you're here. Why... I came back to tell him that
the separation's final. Permanent. Mother, I've
met a man. A very nice man. He'll be here pretty
soon. You'll meet him. I hope you like him. Well,
of course, if... He's a very ordinary man. There's
nothing unusual about Philip. He's like a hundred
million other men. You love him? I think I do.
Of course, I've only known him a short time.
He was staying at the motel. We were almost the
only people there. We spent a lot of time together.
You know, Mother, it was so restful, so peaceful.
Well, darling, of course I don't want to influence
you, but... But do you know how much Adam loves
you? I suppose all the time you've been away.
He's talked of nothing but you You know he goes
into rehearsal next week. I know I know he says
he can't do it without you He'll have to Tessa
when I went in to check on him He looks so different
So quiet and content I'm sure that must be because
you came home. I Know he thought he brought you
home but even so mother I can't be concerned
anymore with what Adam thinks Tessa when I went
back into the bedroom with the ice cubes and
found Adam on the floor he was right in front
of the window and his fingers were bleeding and
the window was open a couple of inches Tessa
I think he was trying to fly you don't yes I
do I'm ashamed to admit it but I don't have fun
of him about this notion he could fly I've made
fun of him about a lot of things. Your ordinary
man would have been resentful or angry or embarrassed.
But not Adam. He was very sweet, very humble.
Humble? Adam humble? My dear, he doesn't claim
extraordinary powers for himself. He says we
all have them. Well, I don't have them. That
must be Philip. Now be nice to him, Mother. Well,
of course. Come in, Philip. Yes, thank you. Philip,
this is my mother. Mother, how do you do? My
daughter's been telling me about you. Hello.
Hello. Will you have some tea, Philip? No. No,
thank you. Tessa. Well, come, sit down anyway.
Tessa, I've got to tell you something. Would
you like me to leave? I'll go upstairs and check
on Adam. Is he here? Of course he's here. He's
been sick, Philip. But I just saw him. You couldn't
have. Yes, he didn't look sick. He looked very
well. Where do you think you saw him? On the
road. Just outside the house. He was... He was
standing in the middle of the road. That's impossible,
Philip. He's been upstairs in bed since last
night. No, he was standing in the middle of the
road, I tell you, waving his arms. Philip, you
imagined it. Remember, you had a dream about
him one night back at the motel? No, no, look,
this wasn't any dream. I was driving along, looking
for the house, and there he was, right in the
middle of the road. No, Philip. I talked to him.
And just what did he say? He said... He said
that if I took his wife away from him... He'd
killed me Oh Philip But you must understand Philip
that wasn't the real Adam far who said that well,
then who was it it was It was the astral Adam
far I Don't understand what? What's that his
stand -in? Well something like that Tessa. I
don't want you to think he scared me or anything
like that I mean it was sort of sudden and it
was spooky, but I still want you to come away
with me I mean I'll take my chances, if you will.
Tessa? Will you? Will you, Tessa? I don't know.
We can go a long ways away from here. Well, let
me think about it. All right. If you want to.
Go back to the motel. I'll call you in a day
or two. All right, all right. I'll be there.
And whatever you decide, I know you'll decide
the right thing. I hope so. I'll be right by
the phone. I'll have my meal sent in. Call me
any time of the day or night. I'll show you to
the door, Philip. Tessa, remember... I love you.
I'll remember. I'll be waiting for your call.
She'll call you. Wait, Philip. Wait! He's gone.
Call him back. I'm going with him. You're sure?
Yes, I'm sure. I'm going to get my coat. Tell
him to wait for me. If you're sure. Philip? I
saw him jump from the bedroom window. Philip
was standing right beneath it. He killed him.
Just as he said he would. Either that, or he
was trying to fly. I'll call the police. Oh,
wait. Do you see it? See what? That mist rising
from their bodies. Thin, gluish, a sort of vapor
floating toward the sky. A spirit of the same
size and shape as the physical body which can
detach itself and move about in space and time.
In the last moment of life, it detaches itself
in the form of a thin bluish vapor and moves
upward. That is how Adam Farr would describe
the astral self. And for all I know, he's perfectly
right. Anyway, it's pleasant to think so. I'll
be back shortly. Perhaps you didn't believe a
word of our story. I wouldn't blame you. I'm
not a hundred percent positive I believe it myself.
On the other hand, I'm not a hundred percent
positive I didn't believe it either. We are after
all dealing here with the human soul and when
it comes to the human soul I'm ready to believe
anything or on the other hand nothing Our cast
included Michael wager Jennifer Harmon Jacqueline
Brooks and William Redfield The entire production
was under the direction of Hyman Brown This is
EG Marshall inviting you to return to our mystery
theater for another adventure in the macabre.
Until next time, pleasant dreams.