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And now, a tale well calculated to keep you in.
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Suspense.
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In a moment, Act One of Let There Be Light,
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starring Ivor Francis, and written especially for suspense by Irwin Lewis.
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It was cold standing on the hill outside my cabin.
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The first sharp touch of winter was in the air,
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chilling my fingers and making my nostrils cling together. In
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a little while, the snow would fall, silent, ghost-like, covering
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the surrounding hills, the winding path to my cabin. Soon
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another winter would be my only companion. The heavy snowdrifts
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would make it impossible for Helen to come until spring.
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What's that?
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A car?
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It can't be Helen. She always comes on horseback.
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Wait.
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It stopped at the foot of the hill. Well, I
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don't think it would be anybody I know. Well, whoever
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it is is coming up. I'll go inside. If they knock,
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I won't answer. Maybe they'll think nobody's here and go away.
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But why? Why?
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Why would anybody be coming up here?
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What could be wrong?
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Boy, it's cold. That wind is cutting through me like
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a knife. Oh, will you stop complaining? At least you're
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wearing a top coat.
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This fur piece of mine wouldn't keep a rabbit warm.
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Oh, my. Gloria, nobody's fool enough to live at the
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top of this hill. There's smoke coming out of the chimney. Huh?
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Yeah, you're right. Okay, this has got to be it.
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Take a look through that window.
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See anybody?
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Yeah, there's somebody inside, all right.
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Good. Good.
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Open up.
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We know you're inside. Come in.
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The door's unlocked.
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Why, the devil didn't answer right away. He has a
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hard voice. I don't like him. Whoever he is, I
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don't like him at all. I, uh, I don't think
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I know you. What do you want?
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Now, look, that's no example of Western hospitality.
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We're strangers.
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You should invite us in with open arms, kid, instead.
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Of just standing there in the corner. We're cold.
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You should ask us.
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To warm up by the fire.
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In fact, if you don't mind, I'm going to take
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advantage of that stove right now.
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I'm half frozen. Oh, boy.
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That feels better.
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That coffee smells good.
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How about a cup, huh? Help yourself. That's not being
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a gentleman, is it, Sam? Shut up, Gloria. You talk
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too much. There's your coffee.
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No sugar, no cream?
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Here. Thanks.
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Don't get so comfortable, Gloria. We're not staying long. Kid,
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you live here?
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That's right. All alone? Yeah. Who are you?
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My name is Shelby, Sam Shelby. This is my friend,
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Gloria Jackman.
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What's your name? Bill Dennison. Well, what do you want? Information, kid.
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Right, Sam?
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She's younger than he is. Her voice isn't very pleasant either. Yeah,
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they're two of a kind. Look, what do I know
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that would interest you?
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A plane cracked up near here night before last. Did
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you see it?
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No.
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Were you here when it crashed? Yes, I'm always here.
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And you had to see it. It's no more than
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half a mile from the foot of this hill.
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I was here, I told you. I heard it crash,
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but I didn't see it. You're lying to me. You
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had to see it.
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Sam, take it easy. Now, listen, kid, I'll tell you
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how it is. You see, a friend of ours was
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flying that plane down to Mexico. We were supposed to
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meet him there day after tomorrow, but something went wrong
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and he cracked up. He managed to get to that
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town in the valley and phoned us. When we got
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to the town hospital a couple of hours ago, they
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told us he died maybe an hour
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after he phoned.
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Now, you see how it is?
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No, I don't. I told you I didn't see the plane.
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And I still don't know what you want from me.
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All right, let's cut the comedy. This friend of ours
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had some... Well, he got something on the plane that
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belongs to us. We went over every foot of the
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wreck and it's not there. Now, there's nobody within miles
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of this place, so it's got to be that... You
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took it.
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Now hand it over. I don't know what you're talking about.
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I didn't see the plane.
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I couldn't.
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What are you trying to hand me? You'd have to
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be blind not to see it. That's right. That's right.
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I don't believe you. You wouldn't be living up here
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all alone if you was blind. Sam, he's got to
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be lying. Did you see the way he lit his
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cigarette and the.
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Way he gets around?
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I've lived here for five years ever since I lost
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my sight in a mine accident.
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I know every inch of this room. I still say
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you're lying. There's one way to find out. Take off
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those glasses. No. All right, then I'll take them off.
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Don't touch me. Hey, you poor guy. Yeah.
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I must be a beautiful sight with two black pits
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where my eyes should be, huh?
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At least I'm luckier than you. I can't see what
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I look like. Now give me my glasses. Sure.
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Sure, here, kid.
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Sorry.
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Now, will you get out of here?
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Yeah.
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Come on, Gloria, this kid's got nothing for us.
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Sorry, kid, honest. I'll, uh, see you around sometime.
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Hey, Sam, it's snowing like crazy.
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I can't go out like this. I'll die on the moon.
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All right, all right. Here, here, put this on. That
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belongs to the kid.
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What is it?
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What are you taking? Your mackinaw. Here. Here's 50 bucks.
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Putting it on the table, kid. That'll buy you half
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a dozen coats. Now put that mackinaw on, Gloria, and
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let's get out of here.
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What? What's that? Sounded like a horse. Helen. Who?
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It might be Helen Prescott. She's a girl I know
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from the town. Once in a while she comes up here,
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but I didn't expect her.
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I mean, well, I was hoping.
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Oh, Helen, why? Why did you have to come now?
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Another minute and they would have gone. Gloria, look out
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the window. See if anyone's coming up the path.
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Well?
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Hard to see.
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It's getting kind of dark.
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Wait a minute.
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Yeah, there's a horse coming up and somebody's on it.
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They're going around the cabin. Why would she do that?
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There's a shed in the back. Helen leaves the horse
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in there in bad weather. She'll be coming in the
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door in a minute. Maybe you're telling the truth or
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maybe you're not.
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I don't take chances. Gloria, get over there in the corner.
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I'll stand behind the door.
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And listen, kid. You can't see me, but I'm telling you.
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I got a gun in my pocket. One phony move
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and I shoot. Why'd you lock the door? Playing it
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safe until I know it's outside. But I told you
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it's only Helen. Shut up. Now ask who it is.
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Who's there?
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It's me, Bill.
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Open the door. I'll do it. You stay where you are. Bill,
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why did you bolt the door?
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You never.
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Oh, I didn't know you had visitors.
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Hello, Miss Prescott.
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You know me?
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Your boyfriend has been talking about you. I'm Sam Shelby.
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This is Miss Jackman.
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How do you do?
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Hi.
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If I'm interrupting anything, Bill.
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They were just leaving, Helen. Yeah, that's right. Thanks for
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the coffee, kid.
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Too bad you... Well, you know what I mean.
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Yeah, it's too bad, but that's life, huh?
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Are you all right, Bill?
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Of course I'm all right. Why shouldn't I be?
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I was worried about you. When I heard the weather
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report about the blizzard, I thought I'd better get up here.
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Why? I don't need anything.
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I didn't mean it that way.
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I thought you might like company. My company. Why? So
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you could pity me? I don't want your pity, Helen. Yeah,
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let's shove off, Gloria. So long, kid. Sorry we couldn't
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do business. But you sure couldn't have gone to that plane.
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The wreck at the foot of the hill?
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That's it.
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Of course he could have if.
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He'd wanted to. Helen, what are you handing me?
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You don't seem to realize that there's very little Bill
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can't do. He can get along as well as anybody
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in most things. Even if I could only get him
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to realize that.
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Shut up, Helen.
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Well, Bill, you know how I feel.
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I've told you and told you. Helen, please, stop talking.
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Sam, do you think.
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I don't know.
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This could be the craziest thing in the world. But
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we're not missing any bets. Sit down, Gloria.
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Take off that coat. We're not leaving yet.
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Bill, what are they talking about?
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I don't know.
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All right, let's have a little quiz game. I'll ask
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the questions and you better have the right answers. We'll
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start with you, lady. What do you know about that
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wrecked plane?
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Only what the town knows. It evidently crashed night before last.
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The pilot called.
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The town this morning. How he ever made it injured as.
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He was was a miracle... He told the.
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Hospital he was the only one in the plane. With
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the storm threatening, there seemed no point in sending out
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a party for an empty plane. They decided to wait
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until later.
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What else do you know?
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Well, the pilot phoned New York from the hospital. He
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told the doctors he was calling some friends.
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Then he died. I thought you two were going. Look,
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I know this kind of weather. The blizzard will get worse.
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You take my Mackinac and go before it's too late.
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Just a couple more questions, kid. Told you before I
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couldn't see that plane. Yeah, that's right. But you didn't
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have to see it.
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You could have scrambled down that path like a mountain
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goat and poked around that plane.
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Your fingers could have been your eyes.
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And you could have found something without seeing it.
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Like you do here.
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Why would I do that?
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What do you want? I told you. Information. Your boyfriend
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here isn't as helpless as he looks. He gets around.
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Of course he does. Helen, shut up.
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Bill.
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It's getting dark. Is there a light in here? The
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oil lamp's on the table. Helen, you know where the
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matches are.
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Now I can see. I didn't realize how dark it was.
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Now let's talk business.
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Kid.
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There was something on that plane that belonged to me.
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Give it to me, I'll make it wait you a while.
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I don't want to get rough with you.
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Go away. Take the Mackinac and get out of here.
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You little punk, you're stalling. Sam, wait a minute.
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Now, Billy, boy, if you found anything on that plane, why.
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Don't you give it to us?
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You'll be saving yourself a lot of trouble, believe me.
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Leave me alone.
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Okay, kid, you had your chance. Now I'm going to
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pound the truth out of you.
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Keep your hand off him.
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You don't have to hit the kid, do you?
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What do you want me to do, burp him? He
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went to the plane, how positive he did. Well, didn't he?
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All right. I went to the plane. Yeah, I knew it.
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I heard the crash the other night, like I said.
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I didn't know what it was first, but I went
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down the hill.
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Naturally, it took me a long time.
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By the time I got there, the pilot was gone.
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At least I didn't find anybody. But you did find something. No.
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I just made sure nobody was in the plane. Then
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I came back here.
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There... There wasn't anything else I could do. You're lying.
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You gotta be lying.
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There was $ 100, 000 in uncut diamonds on that plane when
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it crashed.
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Diamonds?
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Yeah.
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They weren't among Pete's effects.
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And they weren't in the plane. Now, you admitted you
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went down to the wreck... So you found the diamonds,
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and I want them. No, I remember.
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I read about it.
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You stole the diamonds. That's right, baby. So what? They
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were part of a shipping from Belgium.
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Before they got to the diamond cutters, we got them
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nice and clean.
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We had it all figured out.
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The cops were on to me, so I sent Pete
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ahead to Mexico with the diamonds.
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Glory and me were going to follow.
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Yeah, I had it figured great.
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All right. Except for the crack-up. There's your last chance, kid.
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I count to three. And then I start taking you apart.
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One.
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He doesn't have the diamonds, can't you see?
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He's telling the truth.
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Two.
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Listen, kid, if you're smart, you'll cough up the stones.
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Sam can be pretty mean when he gets mad.
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Three.
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Keep away.
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You got him, haven't you?
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Yes.
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Yeah, I got them. I know it.
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Why didn't you admit
it sooner? Kid, you were only
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asking for trouble.
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I would have given them to you right away. What
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good are they to me? But I was afraid.
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I figured once you got them, you wouldn't want me
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around to tell the police, so you'd have to kill me.
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Now, why would we do a thing like that?
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Sure, kid, you didn't have to worry.
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I'll be a good boy and hand over the stones
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and we'll leave you two alone. We've wasted enough time already.
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It's dark out. We've got a long way to go tonight.
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Bill, you can't give them the diamonds. You know they'll
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get rid of you once you do.
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Shut up, sister. What do you want me to do, Helen? Fight? Yeah,
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that's a laugh. Do I punch the air and hope
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I hit somebody?
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Yes.
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Pity yourself, Bill. Retreat into your shell so they can
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pull you out and slaughter you. Then everyone will say,
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poor Bill. Wasn't it a shame in him so helpless?
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Such terrible people to do such a thing. Shut up,
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can't you? No, I won't shut up.
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You're not going to give them the diamonds, Bill.
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I don't want them. No, but you want your life.
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And I want you to be able to live with
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yourself again.
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That's enough now.
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I don't know what you're up to, sister, but we
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had enough talk.
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Bill, listen to me. The kitchen knife is at your
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right hand on the table.
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What?
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You know every inch of this room.
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Remember that. Hey, what's going on here?
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Stop that. Get out of the light, Gloria.
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Can't see a blast of things.
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Well, I put out the light.
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The room is dark.
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Pitch dark.
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He's blinder than you are now. He can't see. He's blind, too.
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Blinder than I am, she said. What does she mean?
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Where are you? I'll get my hands on you. I'll
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kill you. Blast that shit. He can't see me. And
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I don't have to see him.
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Maybe.
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What did Helen say about the knife? Yes. It's on
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the table. The table. Here it is. At my right.
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The knife. It should be over here. Ah. I got it.
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I can't see, but he can't see either. Don't move, Shelby.
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Don't move.
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I've got a knife. Don't be a fool. I'll shoot you.
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You've got to see me first. Now I'll move to
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the right, past the stone. You missed me, Shelby. Try again. Now,
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to the left, towards the window. But I mustn't walk
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past the window. A little light might show through from
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outside and give him a target. Ah, here's the window.
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I'll ducked down. I hear you, kid. I'll get you
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this time. Mr.
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Gant, Shelby.
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I know what he's feeling. I remember those first days
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when I couldn't see the rage and frustration that seized
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my heart and brain. The overwhelming desire to strike out,
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to destroy. But above all, I remember the panic. The blind,
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terrifying panic. And he's afraid.
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More than I was.
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More than I am. Ellen, get behind that table. Stay there.
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I'm all right, Phil. Don't worry about me. I'm going
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to get you now, Shelby. I know where you are.
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Even if you stand still, I'll hear you. Because I'll
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hear you breathe. You can't stop breathing, can you, Shelby?
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Can you hear me breathe?
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One more shot. That's all you've got left, Shelby. What
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do you do when you've fired that one?
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Gloria, for Pete's sake, get a light.
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Strike a match.
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I can't find my bag.
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Sam, do something.
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I'm scared.
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Sure you're scared.
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Like I was. First time I was in the dark.
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But I've had five years to get used to it.
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And now I'm not scared anymore. Because I know the dark.
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It's my friend. And it's your enemy now, Shelby. The
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two of us. Me and the dark. And we're going
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to get you. No, you won't. Where are you? Stand
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still or I'll crush you. I'll tear the life out
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of you. Where are you? No more bullets, Shelby. What
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do you do now? Strange, isn't it? All my life
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I was afraid of the dark. Now, now I welcome it.
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Stay away from me.
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Ah.
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A second ago, you were going to tear me apart.
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Now you want me to stay away from you. What's
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the matter, Shelby? You afraid of me now? I've still
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got the gun. I could crush your skull with it
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if you move a step closer. I just moved a
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step closer, Shelby. Go ahead. Do something. Your gun hit
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the door, Shelby. Now you have nothing. And I have...
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your gun, too. Now I'm coming after you. Sam! Sam,
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I'm scared!
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Get away from me!
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I'm two steps from the door. He's near the middle
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of the room. The table is to my right. There's
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a chair on the other side of the door. Three
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paces in front of me is a bench... Two. Three. Now,
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move left. That's it. He should be directly in front
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of me.
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I'm almost within reach of you, Shelby. Better not say
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anything or I'll know which way you're facing.
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I'll kill you. I'll kill you. Huh?
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Ah, now I know.
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Facing me.
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So I swing two bases left and come around.
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Shelby! My knife is an inch from your spine.
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Don't move or you're a dead man.
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Don't touch me.
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I won't move.
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I promise. His head should be about here. I bring
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the pistol up about the end of it. Got him, Helen.
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Lamps on the table, Helen. Light it.
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All right, Bill.
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Oh, Bill.
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Bill, I was so afraid.
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You wouldn't realize you weren't helpless. Almost, Helen. Sam, how
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is he? He'll be all right. Better tie him up, Helen.
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You'll find some rope in the chest near the cabinet.
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How could it happen? He can see.
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You can't.
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He had a gun and you didn't.
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Yet he was afraid of you.
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No, no. He was afraid of the dark. I know
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what that means. I'll make a fire, Helen. Then we'll
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wait till the morning. If the storm is over, they'll
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come looking for that plane. They'll come up here. Then
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we can hand these two over. Bill. Yes?
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Maybe now you'll come back to town. Maybe now you'll
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understand it wasn't pity made me come here.
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Yes.
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I think I do.
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By the way, Bill, do you really have the diamonds?
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Yes. And that's the funny part of it. He could
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have taken them all the time.
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And he didn't know it.
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What do you mean?
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They're in the pocket of my Mackinac.
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Oh!
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Suspense.
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You have been listening to Let There Be Light, starring
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Ivor Francis, and written especially for suspense by Irwin Lewis.
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In a moment, a word about next week's story of Suspense.
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Suspense.
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Suspense is produced and directed by Bruno Zerato, Jr. Music
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supervision by Ethel Huber. Sound patterns by Joseph Cavivo. Heard
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in tonight's story were Terry Keene as Gloria and Gene
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Gillespie as Helen. Listen again next week when we return
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with Brother John, written by Elspeth Eric. Another tale well
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calculated to keep you in.
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Suspense.