WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:20.780 The CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents... Come 00:00:20.780 --> 00:00:28.769 in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. The world, it 00:00:28.769 --> 00:00:32.189 is said, has changed over the centuries, but 00:00:32.189 --> 00:00:35.710 people have not. Perhaps this is because all 00:00:35.710 --> 00:00:39.009 too often the human heart is more intent on seeking 00:00:39.009 --> 00:00:42.670 its own pleasure, satisfying its own selfish 00:00:42.670 --> 00:00:47.090 needs, than giving thought to others. But there 00:00:47.090 --> 00:00:50.890 is innocence, too, and love, and selflessness. 00:00:51.630 --> 00:00:54.270 And it is the interplay of these good and evil 00:00:54.270 --> 00:00:57.840 forces that form the warp and woof. of the strange 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:01.679 and horrifying tale I bring you now. Listen. 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:05.400 Oh, Murray, I tell you it was Chris. I talked 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:09.760 to him. Chris is alive! Andrea, Chris is dead. 00:01:10.099 --> 00:01:14.019 No! Whoever is buried in that grave, it isn't 00:01:14.019 --> 00:01:28.290 Chris! Our mystery drama, My Sister Death, was 00:01:28.290 --> 00:01:30.629 written especially for the Mystery Theater by 00:01:30.629 --> 00:01:34.709 George Lothar and stars Paul Hecht and Beatrice 00:01:34.709 --> 00:01:39.450 Strait. It is sponsored in part by New Sugar 00:01:39.450 --> 00:01:44.250 -Free Diet 7 -Up and Sign Off, The Sinus Medicines. 00:01:44.890 --> 00:01:59.890 I'll be back shortly with Act One. Come with 00:01:59.890 --> 00:02:04.109 me now to a cemetery near New York City. It is 00:02:04.109 --> 00:02:08.569 late afternoon. An afternoon of gloom and drizzle 00:02:08.569 --> 00:02:13.969 and cold damp fog. Two women, half shrouded in 00:02:13.969 --> 00:02:17.530 the fog, walk amongst headstones that rise like 00:02:17.530 --> 00:02:21.370 white bones in the gray of the afternoon. They 00:02:21.370 --> 00:02:25.270 are sisters, these two. Andrea and Sybil Carter. 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:29.099 And they are walking toward a certain grave. 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:31.539 Really, Andrea, it seems to me we could have 00:02:31.539 --> 00:02:34.280 skipped visiting Chris' grave today. You needn't 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:37.219 have come if you didn't want to, Sybil. When 00:02:37.219 --> 00:02:39.340 we buried our brother two weeks ago, I vowed 00:02:39.340 --> 00:02:41.800 to visit him every day. That's what I'm doing. 00:02:41.900 --> 00:02:44.159 But you can't go on doing this the rest of your 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:47.439 life. Even Murray has asked you to be reasonable 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:50.620 about it. Yes, come once a week, he says, or 00:02:50.620 --> 00:02:53.340 once a month. Well, you know what that would 00:02:53.340 --> 00:02:58.039 lead to. Coming not at all. No, I love Chris 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:01.939 more than anyone else in the world and I'm... 00:03:01.939 --> 00:03:09.620 Who's that? What? Someone... A man standing beside 00:03:09.620 --> 00:03:12.699 Chris's grave. Just make him out in the fog. 00:03:12.900 --> 00:03:18.680 I don't see... Oh, yes. A man standing with his 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:24.520 head bent as if he were praying. He's turning 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:31.240 towards us. He... Sibyl! Oh, Sibyl! My God! My 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:34.340 God, it's Chris! Andrea, don't be silly. It couldn't 00:03:34.340 --> 00:03:37.520 possibly be. It is! It is, I tell you. It's Chris! 00:03:37.699 --> 00:03:53.680 It's Chris! Andrea! Oh, Murray. Come in. Sorry, 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:55.699 I couldn't come the minute I got your call, Sybil. 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:57.500 Oh, that's all right, Murray. I know how busy 00:03:57.500 --> 00:03:59.939 your law practice keeps you. Your estate, you 00:03:59.939 --> 00:04:03.300 mean. Yours and Andrea's. Chris's death has raised 00:04:03.300 --> 00:04:05.780 all sorts of tax problems. I'm afraid his death 00:04:05.780 --> 00:04:08.759 has raised more problems than that. Yeah? Yeah, 00:04:08.860 --> 00:04:11.500 what is this all about? I told you on the phone. 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:13.740 You didn't really tell me what I thought I heard. 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:17.779 Andrea is convinced she saw Chris. Saw him today 00:04:17.779 --> 00:04:20.339 in the cemetery standing beside his own grave. 00:04:20.339 --> 00:04:22.459 Oh, come on civil. What kind of nonsense Murray, 00:04:22.500 --> 00:04:26.500 please I'm telling you the truth. Where is Andrea 00:04:26.500 --> 00:04:30.220 in her bedroom sleeping? Dr. Swanson gave her 00:04:30.220 --> 00:04:32.860 a strong sedative Murray. She was in such a state 00:04:32.860 --> 00:04:35.240 so hysterical Let me get this straight you and 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:37.579 she went to Chris's grave this afternoon. Yes 00:04:37.579 --> 00:04:40.240 We were walking toward the grave when we noticed 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:42.800 a man standing beside it and there was a man. 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:46.699 Oh, yes Saw him too. He was standing beside the 00:04:46.699 --> 00:04:48.899 grave with his head bent as if he was saying 00:04:48.899 --> 00:04:50.920 a prayer or meditating or something I had just 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:53.459 said I wondered who he could be when he raised 00:04:53.459 --> 00:04:57.480 his head and turned towards us That was when 00:04:57.480 --> 00:05:00.259 Andrea started to scream. It's Chris. It's Chris 00:05:00.259 --> 00:05:04.519 and then she just painted Went out cold who was 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:07.850 the man? I don't know. What do you mean you don't 00:05:07.850 --> 00:05:09.810 know? You didn't see his face? You didn't talk 00:05:09.810 --> 00:05:12.230 to him? It was a foggy day, Murray. It's been 00:05:12.230 --> 00:05:14.129 foggy all day. And out there at the cemetery 00:05:14.129 --> 00:05:16.350 it was very foggy. I could barely see his face. 00:05:17.810 --> 00:05:19.629 And so if it comes to that, neither could Andrea. 00:05:19.790 --> 00:05:22.750 Well, this is the strangest thing I've ever... 00:05:22.750 --> 00:05:26.709 Tell me, has Andrea had any other brainstorms 00:05:26.709 --> 00:05:30.769 like this one? Well, has she? Well, Murray, I... 00:05:30.769 --> 00:05:32.949 Now look, sweetie, I'm your attorney. Yours and 00:05:32.949 --> 00:05:35.720 Andrea's. If something... Not quite right is 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:38.879 happening, you can tell me. In fact, you'd better 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:42.899 tell me. Oh, Murray. You're more than just our 00:05:42.899 --> 00:05:46.100 lawyer, you know that. There's no secret that 00:05:46.100 --> 00:05:49.680 Andrea's in love with you. And that I am, too. 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:51.939 And that I'm in love with both of you and can't 00:05:51.939 --> 00:05:54.319 make up my mind between you. But what has that 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:57.180 to do with... She'll pull herself together sooner 00:05:57.180 --> 00:05:59.040 or later and straighten out Chris' death with 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:01.279 a terrible blow to her, that's all. It was a 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:04.529 blow to you, too, wasn't it? More than a blow, 00:06:04.829 --> 00:06:09.470 Murray. A puzzle. I still can't figure out how 00:06:09.470 --> 00:06:12.029 he could have fallen over a railing nearly chest 00:06:12.029 --> 00:06:15.589 high. Eighteen stories to the street below. Frankly, 00:06:15.649 --> 00:06:19.189 I keep wondering about that, too. But about Andrea 00:06:19.189 --> 00:06:21.230 now... Murray, the truth is she's been acting 00:06:21.230 --> 00:06:24.730 very strangely. What do you mean, strangely? 00:06:25.769 --> 00:06:30.589 Well, imagining things. Like Chris this afternoon 00:06:30.589 --> 00:06:34.009 and... Well, a few days we went shopping downtown, 00:06:34.269 --> 00:06:38.449 and I took the Bentley. When we went back to 00:06:38.449 --> 00:06:40.930 the parking lot to get it, Andrea looked shocked 00:06:40.930 --> 00:06:43.649 when the attendant brought it around. Why shocked? 00:06:43.910 --> 00:06:45.870 Well, she swore up and down that we'd driven 00:06:45.870 --> 00:06:48.850 into town in the Jaguar. That's crazy. Murray, 00:06:48.949 --> 00:06:53.069 please don't say that. Don't even use that word. 00:06:55.230 --> 00:06:57.230 Something even stranger happened last night. 00:06:57.389 --> 00:07:02.100 What? Well... We'd had dinner here in the apartment. 00:07:03.339 --> 00:07:05.240 And Andrea said she was going to walk down to 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:06.860 the corner to mail a letter and get a breath 00:07:06.860 --> 00:07:10.100 of fresh air. I stayed at the table having another 00:07:10.100 --> 00:07:14.259 cup of coffee. Well, when she came back from 00:07:14.259 --> 00:07:20.560 mailing the letter... You couldn't have gotten 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:23.720 much fresh air in that short a time. Fresh air? 00:07:24.500 --> 00:07:27.560 What are you talking about? What is all this? 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:32.620 What's all what? Well, the table. The food, the 00:07:32.620 --> 00:07:37.300 dirty dishes. What do you think it is? I'm asking 00:07:37.300 --> 00:07:41.399 you. What is this? Oh, it's what's usually left 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:44.240 after two people have had dinner. What two people? 00:07:44.660 --> 00:07:47.279 Oh, Andrea. Come on now. Will you answer me? 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:51.800 What do you want me to say? We had dinner. You 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:56.100 went out to mail a letter and get a breath of... 00:07:56.100 --> 00:07:58.500 Andrea, what's the matter? We did not have dinner 00:07:58.500 --> 00:08:02.910 here. We didn't. We had it at Delahanty's. You 00:08:02.910 --> 00:08:04.889 see, just like we used the Jag instead of the 00:08:04.889 --> 00:08:06.629 Bentley the other day. Now what kind of a crack 00:08:06.629 --> 00:08:11.629 is that? No crack, Andrea, no crack. All I'm 00:08:11.629 --> 00:08:14.370 saying is you're imagining things again. I did 00:08:14.370 --> 00:08:17.509 not imagine the Jaguar. I am not imagining this. 00:08:18.310 --> 00:08:21.189 You and I had dinner at Delahanty's, not here. 00:08:21.870 --> 00:08:25.129 In that case, Andrea, where have you just come 00:08:25.129 --> 00:08:28.759 from? Come from you went out to mail a letter 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:30.579 and get a breath of fresh air. You said you just 00:08:30.579 --> 00:08:32.860 came back You just now walk through the door 00:08:32.860 --> 00:08:36.200 If that doesn't prove forgetting the earring 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:41.259 earring What earring here? Look you can see for 00:08:41.259 --> 00:08:44.059 yourself. I've only got one earring on Well, 00:08:44.100 --> 00:08:45.960 you must have dropped it when you that's exactly 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:48.720 what I said less than 15 minutes ago When we 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:50.279 got home from Delahanty's and we're getting out 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:53.159 of the car I said fib I've lost an earring one 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:54.879 that's from that Jade pair that Murray gave me 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:57.730 for my birthday I said I wanted to search the 00:08:57.730 --> 00:09:01.649 car. And that's what I've been doing. I haven't 00:09:01.649 --> 00:09:04.730 been out mailing any letters. I've been searching 00:09:04.730 --> 00:09:09.149 in the car for that jade earring. Damn it, Sybil. 00:09:09.289 --> 00:09:12.230 Don't look at me as if I've lost my senses. You 00:09:12.230 --> 00:09:15.889 know, I'm beginning to be afraid you have. I 00:09:15.889 --> 00:09:19.509 tell you, Sybil. If we had dinner at Delahanty's, 00:09:19.789 --> 00:09:22.750 what is all this food and these plates and everything 00:09:22.750 --> 00:09:27.009 else doing on this table? I don't know. Well, 00:09:27.009 --> 00:09:36.350 darling, I do. We had dinner here. No. I'm certain 00:09:36.350 --> 00:09:39.789 we couldn't have. What are you going to do? I'm 00:09:39.789 --> 00:09:42.929 going to call Del Delahanty. He saw us there 00:09:42.929 --> 00:09:44.870 tonight. He came over to our table and chatted 00:09:44.870 --> 00:09:47.789 with us. We'll soon see whether we dined there 00:09:47.789 --> 00:09:51.169 or we didn't. Andrea, dear, please. You're simply 00:09:51.169 --> 00:09:59.129 going to embarrass yourself. Del, is that you? 00:09:59.570 --> 00:10:02.870 Yes, who's this? Andrea Carter, Del. Nice to 00:10:02.870 --> 00:10:04.970 hear from you, Miss Carter. Calling for a reservation? 00:10:06.090 --> 00:10:08.210 What? We're pretty full up, Miss Carter, but 00:10:08.210 --> 00:10:09.909 I'm sure I can arrange something if you... Del! 00:10:10.850 --> 00:10:16.450 Yeah? Del, my sister and I, didn't we have dinner 00:10:16.450 --> 00:10:20.570 at your place tonight? You put me on, Miss Carter. 00:10:21.549 --> 00:10:29.610 We didn't? Dine there tonight? Thank you, Dell. 00:10:31.250 --> 00:10:37.169 He says we weren't there tonight. Darling, we 00:10:37.169 --> 00:10:43.149 weren't. Then I did imagine it all? Afraid you 00:10:43.149 --> 00:10:49.509 did, yes. But it was all so real. Sybil. Sybil, 00:10:49.509 --> 00:10:59.250 I'm going out of my mind. And I had a real rough 00:10:59.250 --> 00:11:00.990 time with her then, too. Believe me, Murray. 00:11:01.330 --> 00:11:04.690 She was simply beside herself. Yeah. The Jaguar, 00:11:04.830 --> 00:11:06.769 this business of Delahatties. And now today, 00:11:06.889 --> 00:11:10.129 imagining she saw Chris at his own grave. Murray. 00:11:11.789 --> 00:11:14.929 You don't think she's... Well, you know. I don't 00:11:14.929 --> 00:11:17.669 know. Grief hits some people like a sledgehammer. 00:11:17.769 --> 00:11:20.970 Belts them so hard, they never recover. Trouble 00:11:20.970 --> 00:11:28.509 is... Yes? Trouble is... Andrea isn't that kind 00:11:28.509 --> 00:11:38.009 of people. Well, Mr. Redmond. Hello, Del. Nice 00:11:38.009 --> 00:11:40.929 to have a future New York D .A. at my bar again. 00:11:41.190 --> 00:11:44.529 That'll be the day. That I make district attorney, 00:11:44.610 --> 00:11:48.990 I mean. Me? I bet on it. You drink okay? Perfect. 00:11:49.529 --> 00:11:52.330 Long time, no see. You've been busy, I guess, 00:11:52.370 --> 00:11:56.019 eh? Very. You too. You see, Delahatties is just 00:11:56.019 --> 00:11:59.379 as crowded as ever. I got no complaints. Carriage 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:01.139 trade mostly. People that wouldn't go anywhere 00:12:01.139 --> 00:12:04.639 else but Delahatties to dine and dance or just 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:09.740 have a drink at a bar. Or gamble. How is that? 00:12:10.059 --> 00:12:12.139 Gambling does go on in the back room, doesn't 00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:15.559 it? Where'd you get an idea like that, Mr. Redmond? 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:18.600 Oh, I have ways. I'm going to help you win your 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:20.740 bet and become D .A. someday. I got to keep on 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:24.539 top of things, wouldn't you say, now? Yeah. Nice 00:12:24.539 --> 00:12:27.059 having you with us again, Mr. Redmond. Hope to 00:12:27.059 --> 00:12:30.720 see more of you. Yeah. Before you go, Del, a 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:33.539 friend of mine, a lady friend, mentioned she 00:12:33.539 --> 00:12:35.879 thought she'd lost an earring here one night. 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:39.379 An earring? Yeah, a jade earring. Would you know 00:12:39.379 --> 00:12:41.620 something about it, maybe? No, we keep a lost 00:12:41.620 --> 00:12:44.480 and found box right behind the bar. Eddie, give 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:47.440 me the lost and found box, will you? It was lost 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:49.179 here, Mr. Redmond, and we picked it up. It's 00:12:49.179 --> 00:12:53.240 sure to be. Well, thanks, Eddie. There we are. 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:58.759 Let's see, gold cigarette lighter. Look at them 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:01.539 rings of James leaving in the powder room. Money 00:13:01.539 --> 00:13:05.299 clip. Oh, here, an earring. Is this what you're 00:13:05.299 --> 00:13:08.559 looking for, Mr. Redmond? Yeah. Yeah, this is 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:12.100 exactly what I'm looking for, Del. Well, hey, 00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:15.279 look on your face. You look like you found a 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:19.940 lot more than an earring. I have, Del. I have. 00:13:26.250 --> 00:13:29.129 Murray Redman has indeed found more than just 00:13:29.129 --> 00:13:33.070 Andrea Carter's earring. He has also found that 00:13:33.070 --> 00:13:37.029 she didn't imagine dining at Delahanty's. Nor 00:13:37.029 --> 00:13:40.230 then, in all likelihood, did she imagine driving 00:13:40.230 --> 00:13:44.629 into town in the Jaguar, the Jaguar which unaccountably 00:13:44.629 --> 00:13:48.629 turned into a Bentley. But as for imagining or 00:13:48.629 --> 00:13:51.269 not imagining her dead brother standing beside 00:13:51.269 --> 00:13:54.990 his own grave, well, we'll get closer to the 00:13:54.990 --> 00:13:57.929 answer to that. when I return in a few moments 00:13:57.929 --> 00:14:12.129 with Act Two. We are told that the proper study 00:14:12.129 --> 00:14:17.769 of man is man. Personally, I prefer to study 00:14:17.769 --> 00:14:22.250 women. Whether I did or not, I'm sure that had 00:14:22.250 --> 00:14:24.529 I been handsome young attorney Murray Redden, 00:14:25.070 --> 00:14:27.830 Unable to decide which of two wealthy sisters 00:14:27.830 --> 00:14:31.429 I wanted to marry, I'd have been absolutely intrigued 00:14:31.429 --> 00:14:35.110 by the curious circumstances which now seem to 00:14:35.110 --> 00:14:38.529 attend them. I'm not sure, however, that I'd 00:14:38.529 --> 00:14:41.669 have adopted Murray's direct approach. Sybil 00:14:41.669 --> 00:14:44.190 is either trying to drive you crazy, Andrea, 00:14:44.190 --> 00:14:46.690 or she's setting you up for commitment to a sanitarium. 00:14:46.769 --> 00:14:49.149 I can't believe this, Murray. Here's the earring 00:14:49.149 --> 00:14:51.490 to prove it. But isn't it possible that somebody 00:14:51.490 --> 00:14:53.710 else lost an earring at Delahanty's? It's a duplicate 00:14:53.710 --> 00:14:59.200 of mine. Okay, okay. It isn't. Oh, Murray, I 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:00.919 can't believe that... What you're saying is you 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:03.399 don't want to believe it. I don't either, but 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:06.240 facts are facts. You and Sibyl did have dinner 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:08.820 at Delahandy's last night. She arranged things 00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:11.899 to make it look as if you'd dined here. And face 00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:14.120 it, Andrea, if you hadn't lost the earring and 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:15.960 I hadn't picked it up at Delahandy's right at 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:17.460 this minute, you'd think you were going off your 00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:20.720 rocker. And frankly, so would I. Well, it was 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:22.659 clever of you to check for the earring at Del's. 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:25.570 Well, I'm a pretty smart fella, you know. Smart 00:15:25.570 --> 00:15:27.710 enough anyhow to smell a rat when I come across 00:15:27.710 --> 00:15:30.970 it like this dinner business or the car nonsense 00:15:30.970 --> 00:15:35.129 or Chris standing beside his own grave And I 00:15:35.129 --> 00:15:37.750 might as well tell you now Andrea. I don't believe 00:15:37.750 --> 00:15:41.169 Chris's death was accidental Murray no one could 00:15:41.169 --> 00:15:43.830 have fallen over that railing falling off accidentally. 00:15:43.909 --> 00:15:47.549 Yeah, he'd been sitting on the railing Even taking 00:15:47.549 --> 00:15:51.750 his own life if it comes to that No personally, 00:15:51.750 --> 00:15:56.070 I think he was pushed Murray Do you realize you're 00:15:56.070 --> 00:16:01.570 accusing Sibyl of murder? I do. And of trying 00:16:01.570 --> 00:16:05.009 to make it look as if I'm crazy? Yeah. Well, 00:16:05.070 --> 00:16:07.649 why? Why would she do anything like that? Do 00:16:07.649 --> 00:16:10.309 you really want me to answer that? No, I suppose 00:16:10.309 --> 00:16:14.590 not. If what you're saying is true and it isn't, 00:16:15.230 --> 00:16:18.049 the answer could be that Sibyl wanted to get 00:16:18.049 --> 00:16:23.440 control of all our money. And me. You? To lay 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:26.500 it on the line, Andrea. She's in love with me. 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:30.419 So am I. What else isn't you? Well, there you 00:16:30.419 --> 00:16:32.639 have it. With you out of the way, Sibyl would 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:36.700 have, or think she'd have, a clear feel. I... 00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:40.159 I just don't know what to say or do. Well, the 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:44.340 thing to do, at least for the moment, is simply... 00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:46.840 well, simply to play along. You see, what I want 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:49.820 is to get enough evidence against Sibyl to nail 00:16:49.820 --> 00:16:54.080 the truth and her to the wall. You know what? 00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:59.200 I've simply done found it. It can't be true, 00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:01.899 Murray. It simply can't. We all have more than 00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:05.500 one side or sides we usually conceal. Yes, I 00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:10.920 know it. But... What's the matter, Andrea? What 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:16.019 is it? That painting on the wall there. Yeah, 00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:18.259 what about it? Well, you've seen it before. Look 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:20.279 at it. I'm looking at it. So what? Three children 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:22.460 playing on the lawn. There were always four. 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:26.680 Four kids? Are you sure? Well, I'm positive. 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:28.859 There were two boys and two girls. And now there 00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:32.759 are two girls, but only one boy. Murray, this 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:35.680 isn't another of Sibyl's... I'll soon find out. 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:37.640 Let's just have a close look at the painting. 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:50.150 Well? No. No, I don't see... Wait a minute. Sure. 00:17:51.670 --> 00:17:55.730 Oh, man, what a skillful job. Skillful? Yeah, 00:17:55.829 --> 00:17:58.490 of painting out the figure of the second boy. 00:17:58.650 --> 00:18:02.210 Here, here, see for yourself. You'd never know 00:18:02.210 --> 00:18:04.230 that figure had been painted out if you didn't 00:18:04.230 --> 00:18:09.190 look closely, very closely. You see? Well, yes. 00:18:10.150 --> 00:18:14.289 My God, it is true, then, that Sybil is... I'm 00:18:14.289 --> 00:18:16.970 afraid so, Andrea. However you look at it, Sybil 00:18:16.970 --> 00:18:20.869 is guilty. Guilty as sin. All I've got to do 00:18:20.869 --> 00:18:28.809 is prove it. You get the hell out of my office, 00:18:28.930 --> 00:18:30.569 Redmond, or I'll throw you out. Call it, Del. 00:18:30.569 --> 00:18:32.910 Just call it. Call it? You'll come in here and 00:18:32.910 --> 00:18:34.630 call me crooked, accuse me of pulling some kind 00:18:34.630 --> 00:18:36.150 of fraud, and then tell me to call it? All right, 00:18:36.150 --> 00:18:39.710 let's say I advise you to call it. Look at this. 00:18:40.950 --> 00:18:43.900 The earring you picked up here last night. What 00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:47.200 about it? It belongs to Andrea Carter. It's one 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:50.299 of a pair I gave her. She lost it out there in 00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:52.019 the restaurant while she was having dinner with 00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:54.359 her sister. The dinner you said never took place. 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:57.000 I said? Andrea phoned you last night to ask if 00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:59.259 she and Sybil had dinner here. You said they 00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:02.980 hadn't. You lied, Dell. Now why did you lie, 00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:09.039 huh? Okay. Okay, so I played a little joke. Somehow 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:12.559 it doesn't strike me so funny. I'll tell you 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:16.660 what does, though. Why you and Sybil Carter teamed 00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:20.759 up to play this little joke on Andrea. Teamed 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:25.420 up? Me and Sybil Carter? What else? Look, Dale, 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:29.339 take a lawyer's advice. Open up. Spill everything. 00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:36.799 And do it now. Copper plea? Like that? Something 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:42.079 like that. Chris. Chris Carter. The brother? 00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:47.160 Yeah. He was into me for over 12 grand. He gambled 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:49.759 like it was going out of style and always lost. 00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:55.319 Go on. So he falls off the terrace of their apartment 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:59.140 and gets killed. I'm out 12 grand. I call up 00:19:59.140 --> 00:20:00.599 the carters and I get the simple name on the 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:03.420 phone. I tell her how I'm out a dozen big ones 00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:07.660 and she tells me to drop dead. Oh. But the next 00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:10.740 day she shows up here and says she'll pay the 00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:14.630 dough if... I'll help her play a little joke 00:20:14.630 --> 00:20:17.690 on her sister. Pretty expensive joke, wouldn't 00:20:17.690 --> 00:20:20.130 you say? I didn't say anything. If she's willing 00:20:20.130 --> 00:20:22.430 to get me off the pad for 12 grand, I'm willing 00:20:22.430 --> 00:20:24.750 to help her play her joke. So where's the harm 00:20:24.750 --> 00:20:27.009 in that? Who gets hurt? Worse than hurt, Del. 00:20:27.930 --> 00:20:37.990 Somebody could get dead. Real dead. Del broke 00:20:37.990 --> 00:20:41.420 down and told her the whole story. Just like 00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:44.440 that it surprised even me. I guess he's not as 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:48.480 tough as he looks more acts Fact is though that 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:51.259 that earring of yours stopped him cold. I had 00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:54.819 him dead to rights and he knew it Murray yeah, 00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:59.720 I Want to face Sybil with this face her right 00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:02.859 now? She's bound to try another trick and probably 00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:05.259 soon and that could be the one that hangs her 00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:10.779 if it weren't for you I'd be out of my mind. 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:14.099 I'd be star -graving mad this minute. No, you 00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:17.180 wouldn't. No, you're too level -headed for that. 00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:21.160 Well, forewarned is forearmed. You know what 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:23.819 Sybil's up to. We both do. So she can't win, 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:30.859 Andrea. Murray, when this is over, let's get 00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:34.599 married. I couldn't make up my mind which one 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:38.160 of you I wanted for a wife, but I guess I can 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:52.160 now. Andrea, I definitely can now. Yeah. Oh, 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:56.160 of course, Marcia. Send her in. Oh, come in, 00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:58.359 Sybil. Come in. I know I'm interrupting you at 00:21:58.359 --> 00:22:00.079 something important. You are, but you're worth 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:02.579 it. Here, sit down. Thank you. How's Andrea? 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:06.039 She's my reason for being here, Murray. Well... 00:22:06.109 --> 00:22:08.410 What do you want to tell me? Murray, I'm worried 00:22:08.410 --> 00:22:11.349 about Andrea. Terribly worried. You mean her 00:22:11.349 --> 00:22:13.930 nervous attacks? Well, they're more than that, 00:22:13.930 --> 00:22:17.930 I'm afraid. What you call nervous attacks seem 00:22:17.930 --> 00:22:21.910 more like delusions to me. I'm beginning to think 00:22:21.910 --> 00:22:25.329 that she is on the verge of insanity. Has something 00:22:25.329 --> 00:22:30.049 else happened? Yes. There's a picture on the 00:22:30.049 --> 00:22:32.890 wall of the living room. A painting of three 00:22:32.890 --> 00:22:36.470 children playing on a lawn. Yeah? Andrea swears 00:22:36.470 --> 00:22:38.250 that there were four children in the picture, 00:22:38.450 --> 00:22:41.789 not just three. Or were there? Four children 00:22:41.789 --> 00:22:43.690 in the picture, I mean. Well, of course not. 00:22:43.970 --> 00:22:47.769 There were always three. Well, yes. You don't 00:22:47.769 --> 00:22:52.529 sound too sure. What I'm trying to say is, I 00:22:52.529 --> 00:22:54.450 couldn't swear in a court of law that there were 00:22:54.450 --> 00:22:56.950 always three children in the painting. Well, 00:22:56.950 --> 00:22:58.509 you know how we look at things after a while 00:22:58.509 --> 00:23:01.730 without really seeing them. What I am saying 00:23:01.730 --> 00:23:03.990 is that if there are three children in the painting 00:23:03.990 --> 00:23:07.859 now, Then there must have always been three not 00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:12.259 four make sense Which Andrea saying that there 00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:16.220 were four doesn't hmm that Combined with everything 00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:18.279 else that's happened since Chris died has got 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:21.519 me worried something to worry about so what I 00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:25.059 came to ask you Do you think I ought to get it 00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:28.099 to consult a psychiatrist? Might be a good idea 00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:31.099 Would there be any danger in it danger? Well, 00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:33.240 I mean if she went to a psychiatrist and he discovered 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:38.500 that she was Seriously ill. I mean, really insane. 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:42.039 Would she be committed or something like that? 00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:45.720 Well, it depends. On what? First of all, whether 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:49.019 she was dangerous to herself, others. If he felt 00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:50.980 that she was, he'd certainly recommend placing 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:53.200 her in a sanitarium where she could be cared 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:57.339 for and perhaps, in time, cured. If that was 00:23:57.339 --> 00:24:00.319 to happen, if he made that decision, you'd have 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:05.230 to sign papers of commitment. Oh. Would you? 00:24:06.710 --> 00:24:09.890 I don't suppose I'd have any choice, would I? 00:24:09.930 --> 00:24:13.190 Well, there's always a choice. Another thing. 00:24:14.690 --> 00:24:18.349 If anything like that were to happen, what about 00:24:18.349 --> 00:24:20.569 the estate? You know as well as I do, Sybil, 00:24:20.609 --> 00:24:22.690 that you'd be in complete control. Well, no, 00:24:22.690 --> 00:24:25.029 I didn't know. Your father's will divided his 00:24:25.029 --> 00:24:27.650 fortune equally among the three of you. You, 00:24:27.849 --> 00:24:30.849 Andrea, Chris. You and Andrea came into Chris's 00:24:30.849 --> 00:24:33.519 share when he died several weeks ago. If you 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:36.460 signed papers certifying Andrea as insane, she 00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:39.000 would be declared incompetent to handle her affairs 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:42.259 and, as next of kin, you'd take over for her. 00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:47.440 You didn't know that? As I said, I... I don't 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:50.859 know much, if anything, about these things. That's 00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:54.660 why I came to see you. Yeah. Yeah. Well, now 00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:58.900 you know... Oh, sorry. Excuse me, sir. Yes, Marcia. 00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:06.890 Oh, yeah, put her through. Andrea, what is it? 00:25:18.950 --> 00:25:29.029 What happened? Andrea, where are you? Okay, I'm 00:25:29.029 --> 00:25:37.680 on my way. Andrea, you've got to get control 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:40.480 of yourself. What is it, dear? What happened? 00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:45.660 I went to the cemetery to visit Chris's grave. 00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:49.480 Yeah, yeah, I know that. A man... A man was standing 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:52.000 beside the grave like the other day, Sybil. Yes, 00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:56.279 dear, yes. And like the other day... As I walked 00:25:56.279 --> 00:26:00.200 towards the grave, he lifted his head and looked 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:09.460 straight at me. It was Chris. Honey, the man 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:13.759 we saw the other day wasn't Chris. And neither 00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:18.799 was this one. It was Chris. The way you sound, 00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:22.579 you sound as if you actually believe. I do believe. 00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:26.180 It was Chris. He talked to me. He what? He said, 00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:29.880 as I came towards him, he held out his arms to 00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:35.160 me and he said, he said... Hi, sis. Thanks for 00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:39.400 coming. It was his voice? His voice. His face. 00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:43.299 Oh, Murray, I tell you, it was Chris. It was 00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:52.480 Chris to the life. Well, if you're shocked, think 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:55.720 how shocked Murray Redman must have been. His 00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:58.440 entire theory that Sybil is trying to have Andrea 00:26:58.440 --> 00:27:02.400 committed out the window just like that. On the 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:05.720 other hand, Chris couldn't be standing by his 00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:11.259 own grave. Could he? Perhaps we'll find out when 00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:16.519 I return shortly with Act 3. This is WBBM Chicago 00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:31.900 News Radio 78. It is almost axiomatic. that at 00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:34.359 those moments in life when we are absolutely 00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:37.880 sure we are right, something happens that shocks 00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:40.519 us with the knowledge that we are absolutely 00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:44.059 wrong. Assuredly, that is what has just happened 00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:47.720 to Andrea Carter and Murray Redmond. Convinced 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:50.779 that beyond a shadow of a doubt, Andrea's sister 00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:53.500 Sybil is trying to set her up for commitment 00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:56.619 to an asylum, they are stunned to realize that 00:27:56.619 --> 00:28:01.509 this may not be the case at all. But Andrea, 00:28:01.609 --> 00:28:04.109 what you're saying is impossible. It couldn't 00:28:04.109 --> 00:28:06.269 have happened. Oh, I tell you, it did, it did, 00:28:06.369 --> 00:28:09.769 it did. Murray, I'm going to phone Dr. Swanson. 00:28:09.930 --> 00:28:13.710 Okay. I'm sure he'll come right over. Come on, 00:28:13.829 --> 00:28:17.109 Andrea. What is the meaning of this? Chris is 00:28:17.109 --> 00:28:18.650 dead. You couldn't have met him at the grave. 00:28:18.809 --> 00:28:21.130 You couldn't have talked to him. Murray, Murray, 00:28:21.630 --> 00:28:25.009 please believe me. It happened. It was Chris. 00:28:25.029 --> 00:28:27.609 It's incredible. Inconceivable. You say you talked 00:28:27.609 --> 00:28:30.269 with him? What did you talk about? What did you 00:28:30.269 --> 00:28:35.029 say? He said, hi, sis. Thanks for coming. And 00:28:35.029 --> 00:28:38.269 you? For a few minutes I couldn't say anything. 00:28:38.690 --> 00:28:41.410 All I could do was just stare at him. And he 00:28:41.410 --> 00:28:45.910 looked at me and he said, trust me, sis, I'll 00:28:45.910 --> 00:28:49.609 explain everything in time. I just wanted you 00:28:49.609 --> 00:28:52.500 to know that I'm alive. And then what happened? 00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:54.720 And then he said he was going to leave me then, 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:57.420 but that I'd see him again soon and he kissed 00:28:57.420 --> 00:29:01.059 me on the cheek. Kissed you? Yes. And then he 00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:03.500 began to walk away and I started after him, but 00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:06.160 he turned and then he said, no, no, don't follow 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:13.420 me. You'll understand in time. I let him go. 00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:16.960 I let him walk out of my life again. I can't 00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:19.039 believe any of this. I can't believe it either, 00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:23.569 but it happened. Oh, Murray, what does it mean? 00:29:24.529 --> 00:29:27.289 This can't be one of Sybil's tricks. The man 00:29:27.289 --> 00:29:31.250 I talked to was my brother. I don't know who 00:29:31.250 --> 00:29:34.109 we buried in that grave, but it couldn't have 00:29:34.109 --> 00:29:36.869 been Chris. It was. It couldn't. I was there. 00:29:37.289 --> 00:29:39.410 I was there when they closed the casket. I was 00:29:39.410 --> 00:29:42.609 one of the pallbearers. Dr. Swanson's on his 00:29:42.609 --> 00:29:46.349 way over. How are you feeling, Andrea? I'll be 00:29:46.349 --> 00:29:49.490 all right. Would you like a drink now? Oh, yes, 00:29:49.509 --> 00:29:51.490 I could use one, Sybil. Maury? Yeah, yeah, I 00:29:51.490 --> 00:29:55.309 could, too. Double, please. Maury. Chris can't 00:29:55.309 --> 00:29:58.990 be alive, and yet... Maury, we are going to have 00:29:58.990 --> 00:30:01.789 to open the casket. Oh, no! Sybil's right. Oh, 00:30:01.789 --> 00:30:03.609 no! I've got a court order this afternoon. Don't 00:30:03.609 --> 00:30:06.009 look so horrified, Andre. You don't have to be 00:30:06.009 --> 00:30:10.609 there. Oh, but yes, I do. Oh, Andre, why? Because 00:30:10.609 --> 00:30:13.950 I know what you're thinking. Both of you now. 00:30:14.529 --> 00:30:16.849 You're thinking I'm out of my mind. I don't. 00:30:16.849 --> 00:30:22.200 You must. What I've told you is crazy. I want 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:25.339 to be there when you open that grave and see 00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:30.000 for yourself the proof that I'm sane. Or... Or 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:44.259 what, dear? Mad! Stark, mad! All right, gently, 00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:49.359 boys. Gently. Open up now, Mr. Redmond. Ah, yeah. 00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:52.420 Yeah. I can't look. That's all right, Sybil. 00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:54.900 Look, why don't you just go over there under 00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:58.640 the trees? You don't have to look either, Andrea. 00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:11.059 I must. I must. No, stay there, Sybil. Sybil, 00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:14.880 don't come here. Don't look. All right, close 00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:21.400 it up, boys. Close it up. Yes, yes, it's Chris. 00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:29.200 And for the last time, Andrea, I do not think 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:33.779 you're crazy. You're as sane as I am. Then my 00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:37.460 meeting with Chris and talking to him, it was 00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:41.720 a trick. Yes. But how could it have been done? 00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:45.279 How could Sybil have managed it? I don't know. 00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:48.500 You said that Sybil is clever. I'd say she's 00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:54.380 diabolically clever. Andrea, I brought this along. 00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:57.440 I want you to take it and I want you to keep 00:31:57.440 --> 00:32:03.420 it near you. A gun? Yeah. Murray, I'm scared 00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:06.140 to death of guns. I couldn't even touch that 00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:08.339 thing. Now listen to me. There's no question 00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:11.579 in my mind now that Chris's death was not accidental. 00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:14.319 He was pushed off that terrace out there I'm 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:17.099 sure of it. I'm equally sure that Sybil may try 00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:20.160 to kill you. Oh, no It's a possibility her plan 00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:22.099 to have you committed is not working out not 00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:25.200 as fast as she'd like to I'm trying to stay just 00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:28.279 one jump ahead of her and Seems to me she just 00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:30.160 might try to kill you and make it look like an 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:35.319 accident with Chris. Yes So here take it take 00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:39.500 it And keep it near you at all times. You understand? 00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:49.559 At all times. Oh, sorry, Andrea. I hope I didn't 00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:53.420 wake you. No. Just resting, Sybil. You want something? 00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:59.599 Well, yes. I thought we might talk. About what? 00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:03.319 Andrea, I've been doing a lot of thinking about 00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:07.849 this. About you. And I think you ought to see 00:33:07.849 --> 00:33:12.970 a psychiatrist. Oh. So does Murray. Anyhow, he 00:33:12.970 --> 00:33:14.690 doesn't think it would be a bad idea. You've 00:33:14.690 --> 00:33:17.789 discussed it with Murray, have you? I love you. 00:33:18.009 --> 00:33:20.829 Murray loves you. It was only natural I should 00:33:20.829 --> 00:33:23.230 go to him for advice. You are lying, and you 00:33:23.230 --> 00:33:24.960 know it. What are you talking about? You are 00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:27.500 either trying to drive me out of my mind or trying 00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:29.980 to make it look as if I am so that you can have 00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:32.380 me committed. Andrea! Everything that's happened 00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:34.779 to me since Chris' death, which was no accident, 00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:38.000 Sybil. You killed him. I... Everything that's 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:42.259 happened since then. Every strange, incredible 00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:45.680 thing. That business with the cars, the dinner 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:48.359 bit. The painting with only three children in 00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:51.539 it instead of four. Oh, yes. And even my meeting 00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:55.640 with Chris. Chris, in the flesh. I don't know 00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:59.079 how you managed that. But it's all been arranged. 00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:03.279 Every single thing arranged by you. Why should 00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:05.740 I do such things to you? To get control of the 00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:10.139 money that we share jointly. To get Murray for 00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:15.559 your husband. You are out of your mind. To think 00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:18.019 that I would do anything so vicious, so depraved. 00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:22.400 Yes, vicious and depraved. You! And when I realized 00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:24.909 it... when I could no longer hide it from myself, 00:34:25.469 --> 00:34:29.869 and had to face it, that my sister, the sister 00:34:29.869 --> 00:34:33.949 I loved devotedly, had murdered our brother, 00:34:33.969 --> 00:34:37.590 Andrea, and was now tricking me into thinking 00:34:37.590 --> 00:34:40.650 I was going out of my head. When I realized that, 00:34:40.829 --> 00:34:44.429 Sybil, I didn't want to live anymore. I wanted 00:34:44.429 --> 00:34:49.789 to die. Oh, Andrea dearest, die. What are you 00:34:49.789 --> 00:34:53.250 doing? Murray gave me this gun to protect myself 00:34:53.250 --> 00:34:56.269 against you. I told him I was scared of guns. 00:34:56.289 --> 00:34:59.289 I'm afraid even to touch them. But I didn't tell 00:34:59.289 --> 00:35:03.010 him why. I didn't tell him I was afraid I'd use 00:35:03.010 --> 00:35:09.869 it on myself. I can't go on living simple. All 00:35:09.869 --> 00:35:13.510 that meant anything to me is gone. Chris is dead. 00:35:13.809 --> 00:35:16.349 You've turned on me. You want me dead and out 00:35:16.349 --> 00:35:18.469 of the way so that you could have the money and 00:35:18.469 --> 00:35:24.719 Murray. All right then, you shall have what you 00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:56.519 want, now! Give me that gun! This is Andrea. 00:35:56.840 --> 00:36:02.820 Yes, Andrea. Murray, I've just killed Sybil. 00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:19.460 Shall we go now, Andrea? Andrea, dear, the funeral's 00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:24.340 over. So is my life. They're both down there 00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:32.610 now. Side by side. Under the ground. Chris and 00:36:32.610 --> 00:36:35.409 Sybil. Come on. It's cold. You're shivering. 00:36:35.449 --> 00:36:42.289 Come on now. All right. I never thought when 00:36:42.289 --> 00:36:47.409 I vowed to visit Chris's grave every day. I never 00:36:47.409 --> 00:36:50.289 thought that in a few short weeks we'd be visiting 00:36:50.289 --> 00:36:56.500 Sybil. What's the matter? Why have you stopped? 00:36:58.739 --> 00:37:01.900 Someone... coming towards us on the path. Look, 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:06.199 they're under the trees. What? God, it looks 00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:12.139 like... it looks like... Sybil! You're imagining 00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:15.760 things. No, no, look, it's a woman. You can see 00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:39.309 her clearly now. What are you doing here? What 00:37:39.309 --> 00:37:51.030 are you doing here? I came to visit Chris. Easy, 00:37:51.489 --> 00:37:55.010 Andrea. Oh dear, there's no one here but us. 00:37:55.250 --> 00:38:11.699 You're imagining things. You're dead. Dead? I'm 00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:16.099 very much alive, as you can see. I killed you. 00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:23.500 I shot you to death. My God! We just buried you! 00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:25.860 Come on now, Andrea. I want you home. I'll get 00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:29.739 you a sedative. She's there, I tell you! I don't 00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:38.260 see anyone. I do, I do. Heaven help me! I'm sorry, 00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:44.519 Smuffy. Help me. I've done a terrible thing and 00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:48.980 I'm being punished. But you've got to help me. 00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:53.199 Save me. Terrible thing? What terrible thing, 00:38:53.199 --> 00:39:00.619 Andrea? I killed Sybil deliberately. I murdered 00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:06.420 her, Murray. I murdered... Just as I murdered 00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:09.960 Chris. I pushed him off the terrace to his death. 00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:12.599 I shot Sybil to make it look like an accident. 00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:16.599 I knew if I pointed the gun at my head, she'd 00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:20.800 try to take it away from me. The tricks and all 00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:25.960 that happened. Sybil wasn't playing the tricks. 00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:33.559 I was. You, Andrea. You played those tricks. 00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:37.699 Yeah, Mary. You're here. I'm listening, Andrea. 00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:43.119 No, no! You're a Sybil! Sybil! There is no Sybil 00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:45.659 here. Oh, come and forgive me, Chris. Forgive 00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:51.840 me, Sybil. Forgive me. Of course. But why did 00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:55.539 you do all this? To make it look as if you were 00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:58.699 trying to get me out of the way when all the 00:39:58.699 --> 00:40:02.780 time I was planning to do away with you. It was 00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:06.239 all a trick. It was nothing but a trick. Yes, 00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:09.960 a trick that backfired, I'm afraid. Backfired 00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:13.239 on you, Andrea. What? You heard me correctly. 00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:15.480 You've been fooled. Fooled by your own trick. 00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:21.019 Understand, I don't... Tell her, Sylvain. She... 00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:28.500 She is standing there. Yes, Andrea. I am. And 00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:36.800 very much alive. What? Oh, Murray. You tell her. 00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:42.539 I can't. Andrea, you went too far. You overreached 00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:46.059 yourself. Your story about meeting Chris clinched 00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:49.659 things for me. It was impossible. Either you 00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:51.960 had to be insane and I knew you weren't, or you 00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:54.980 had to be lying. And that was when I decided 00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:58.800 to force your hand and use a few tricks of my 00:40:58.800 --> 00:41:01.820 own. What about the gun you gave me? It contained 00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:05.369 blanks. I took Sibyl into my confidence. I had 00:41:05.369 --> 00:41:09.949 to, and she played her part very well. I'm sorry, 00:41:10.050 --> 00:41:14.909 Andrea. But you did bring it on yourself. Yes. 00:41:16.429 --> 00:41:21.949 Yes, I did. All right, Andrea. Let's go. No. 00:41:22.090 --> 00:41:27.769 What? I don't want to go home with you. I'm too 00:41:27.769 --> 00:41:34.150 ashamed. Please. I don't wanna go home. We're 00:41:34.150 --> 00:41:38.030 not going home, Andrea. We're going to the police. 00:41:44.030 --> 00:41:48.510 As I said at the outset, the world changes, but 00:41:48.510 --> 00:41:51.889 people do not. There are those who believe this 00:41:51.889 --> 00:41:56.489 planet we inhabit is a school. A school where 00:41:56.489 --> 00:42:00.070 we are sent by God, by Providence, what you will, 00:42:00.429 --> 00:42:04.170 to learn to be better. Experience, of course, 00:42:04.550 --> 00:42:09.650 is the teacher. A harsh teacher, but an effective 00:42:09.650 --> 00:42:24.489 one. I think you'll want to know that Sybil Carter 00:42:24.809 --> 00:42:28.590 is now Mrs. Murray Redmond, and they are very 00:42:28.590 --> 00:42:32.369 happily married. Andrea is living quietly and 00:42:32.369 --> 00:42:35.690 comfortably in a sanitarium. For as it turned 00:42:35.690 --> 00:42:39.369 out, strangely enough, this woman who pretended 00:42:39.369 --> 00:42:43.789 that her sister was trying to drive her mad really 00:42:43.789 --> 00:42:48.010 was. Our cast included Beatrice Strait, Paul 00:42:48.010 --> 00:42:51.610 Hecht, Marion Seldes, and George Petrie. The 00:42:51.610 --> 00:42:54.389 entire production was under the direction of 00:42:54.389 --> 00:42:57.650 Hyman Brown. 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