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  Speaker 1: In a Bloomsbury boarding house, Dr. Neil Cream becomes increasingly
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  Speaker 1: uneasy that a young medical student living under the same
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  Speaker 1: roof may see through him. This is Suspense, A Story
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  Speaker 1: of Poison, Episode 615, broadcast by CBS on September 13th, 1955.
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  Speaker 1: Joseph Kearns stars as Cream in a dramatization based on
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  Speaker 1: police and court records concerning the historical physician Thomas Neal Cream.
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  Speaker 1: Ben Wright, Ellen Morgan, Paula Winslow, Herb Butterfield, and Virginia Gregg.
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  Speaker 2: Are also heard.
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  Speaker 1: Anthony Ellis wrote, produced, and directed this London-set drama as
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  Speaker 1: Scotland Yard examines suspicious evidence. Now, back to the golden
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  Speaker 1: age of radio. And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding
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  Speaker 1: theater of thrills, Suspense. Tonight, we bring you a story
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  Speaker 1: of one of the most notorious murderers in the annals
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  Speaker 1: of crime. It is based upon police and court records.
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  Speaker 1: We call it A Story of Poison. So now, starring Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Joseph Kearns, here is tonight's suspense play, A Story of Poison.
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  Speaker 3: Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Cream, there was nothing I could do. I'm sorry. Terribly sorry.
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  Speaker 2: I tried everything. You... You tried everything? Sorry? I did
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  Speaker 2: what I could. It was too late. Don't go in now. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: but I must. Oh, yes, I must see her.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Emily. Emily, baby girl. Emily. Emily. Emily. I talked
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  Speaker 2: to her. She's dead. Come away. I'll attend to things.
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  Speaker 2: You don't understand. She's dead. I wasn't with her. I
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  Speaker 2: didn't know. Oh, Emily, my love, my girl. Dr. Cream, please,
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  Speaker 2: get up. No, no, no, no, she can't be. My life,
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  Speaker 2: my all. Emily, Emily, Emily. That was Emily. She left
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  Speaker 2: me with an income of 400 pounds a year. It's
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  Speaker 2: rather extraordinary how long it took her to die. To
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  Speaker 2: look at the girl, you'd never have thought it. She
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  Speaker 2: was thin, sickly, but in possession of what must have
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  Speaker 2: been the constitution of an ox. I'd been poisoning her
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  Speaker 2: steadily for six months, and certainly expected her to die
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  Speaker 2: within three. Oh, it was a case history for the
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  Speaker 2: medical journal. And so I wrote them a paper about it. Anonymously,
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  Speaker 2: of course.
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  Speaker 3: Inspector Waring.
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  Speaker 2: Sergeant Dean, sir. We've got a letter here from the
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  Speaker 2: editor of the medical journal. Why did they forward it
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  Speaker 2: to the yard? There's a manuscript that came with the letter.
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  Speaker 2: Just a moment, sir. Resistance to Physiological Action of Alkaloid Poisoning.
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  Speaker 2: Case History E.D.
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  Speaker 1: By Anonymous.
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  Speaker 3: Well, what's the matter with that?
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  Speaker 2: The medical journal people seem to feel that the man
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  Speaker 2: who wrote it did the.
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  Speaker 1: Job, too.
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  Speaker 2: Oh.
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  Speaker 3: Well, put it on my desk.
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  Speaker 2: I'll be there in half an hour. Right. Three weeks
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  Speaker 2: after Emily died, I made arrangements to move to London.
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  Speaker 2: There was no trouble, but then I hadn't thought there
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  Speaker 2: would be. The good doctor had made out a certificate
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  Speaker 2: based upon the history which I supplied. I had decided
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  Speaker 2: upon a refined intestinal disorder which bore a magnificent Latin
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  Speaker 2: name and closely paralleled the symptoms brought about by the
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  Speaker 2: poison administered. So much for the late and unlamented Emily.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, I'm sure as hell you found this room most suitable, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, doctor.
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  Speaker 1: Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Cream. Dr. Neil Cream, ma'am.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, how nice. I've another Bordeaux's a doctor. Well, very nearly.
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  Speaker 4: A medical student, don't you know?
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  Speaker 2: Mr. Bridgman.
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  Speaker 4: Ever such a nice gentleman.
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  Speaker 1: Really?
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  Speaker 4: You find a very refined atmosphere in my house, Doctor,
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  Speaker 4: and scrupulously clean, very scrupulous.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I'm sure of it, Mrs. Minns. I think this
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  Speaker 2: will do quite nicely.
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  Speaker 4: May I ask, Doctor, how long you plan to allow
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  Speaker 4: us the pleasure of your company?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm afraid I have no idea, Mrs.
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  Speaker 1: Minns.
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  Speaker 2: You see, I've only just arrived from Hull. My wife
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  Speaker 2: died there a month ago. Oh, how sad.
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  Speaker 4: How terribly sad.
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  Speaker 2: I thought that here in London I might forget. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: you look understanding. You do understand, don't you?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, poor dear man, of course. Oh, my, how I understand.
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  Speaker 4: I'm a widow myself. Only me daughter Daisy and me. Oh,
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  Speaker 4: I do feel for you.
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  Speaker 2: You're so kind.
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  Speaker 4: Not at all, I'm sure. You will join us for tea,
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  Speaker 4: won't you?
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  Speaker 2: I should be delighted. Thank you so much. I'd found
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  Speaker 2: a boarding house in Bloomsbury off Tottenham Court Road. The proprietress, Mrs. Minns,
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  Speaker 2: was a tall, bony sort of woman, a type that
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  Speaker 2: I particularly despised. Not at all nourishing to a man
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  Speaker 2: of my disposition. Now, the daughter she'd mentioned I hoped
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  Speaker 2: would be a better prospect, but I knew that I
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  Speaker 2: would have to be careful there. After unpacking, I went
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  Speaker 2: down to tea. Oh, I say, I'm awfully sorry. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I didn't mean to... Oh, that's quite all right, I'm sure.
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  Speaker 2: You must be the new board of Dr. Cream. Yes, yes,
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  Speaker 2: I was just coming in for tea. Oh, oh, they're
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  Speaker 2: waiting for you. Oh, really?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, excuse me, I've got to put the kettle on.
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  Speaker 2: Might stay off you now. Oh, may I help? Oh,
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  Speaker 2: that's very nice of you, I'm sure. All right, come on.
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  Speaker 2: Daisy Minns was not a beauty by any means, but
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  Speaker 2: there was a spark, an honesty, good humor. Oh, we
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  Speaker 2: got on famously. But it was too soon to think
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  Speaker 2: about Daisy. Perhaps later. It was the evening of the
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  Speaker 2: fourth day after my arrival in London that I met
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  Speaker 2: Mildred Vickers... It was at a pub in Hammersmith. She
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  Speaker 2: was a sweet little thing. Large brown eyes, rosy cheeks. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: perhaps encouraged by a touch of rouge, but altogether delightful.
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  Speaker 2: I must say that I flattered her with attentions not
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  Speaker 2: usually received. Flowers, dinner, the theater. She was very grateful.
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  Speaker 2: Grateful until one night, two weeks later. Oh, I'm tired. You? Yes. Goodbye.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks very much. Goodbye. I wanted to tell you earlier tonight.
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  Speaker 2: I can't see you anymore. You can't? Oh, no, you're joking.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not. You've been a duck. We've had a lovely time,
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  Speaker 2: but it's finished.
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  Speaker 4: My young man's coming home tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: He phoned me this morning from Southampton. His boat's come in.
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  Speaker 2: Your young man? Your young man?
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  Speaker 4: You like to say all out.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Millie, Millie, you'll be the death of me. Come on,
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  Speaker 2: let's go inside. You can't. Come on. I'm serious. It's
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  Speaker 2: like you said. Laughs and all sorts of fun. It's over.
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  Speaker 2: Be a good boy. Come on, get inside. Stop it.
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  Speaker 2: Don't you go pushing me. I am not.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Millie, Millie, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to lose
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  Speaker 2: my temper, but... Well, the way you've told me, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's such a shocker. I thought you were joking. I'm sorry. Millie,
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  Speaker 2: I am. Oh, no, I'm very, very fond of you, Millie.
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  Speaker 2: I'm very fond. You know, a chap gets fond, and then... Oh, well.
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  Speaker 2: One last kiss, Millie, hmm? One last kiss. Of course.
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  Speaker 2: I knew you'd be a sport about it. Mm-hmm. Oh, Millie, Millie,
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  Speaker 2: I can't let you go. I can't. Oh, crikey. Millie,
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  Speaker 2: let's talk it over. There's nothing to talk. We'll sit
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  Speaker 2: quietly and talk. I promise I'll make no trouble with you.
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  Speaker 2: I just want you to understand. I'm tired. Oh, please.
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  Speaker 2: Is it too much to ask? One drink, and you
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  Speaker 2: listen to me, and then if you want me to go,
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  Speaker 2: I'll go. I'll go quietly, no bother, all serene. I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: It all sounds ever so sad. But my young man's
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  Speaker 2: coming in. Oh, will you stop talking about your young man? Oh, Millie, no, no,
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  Speaker 2: I didn't mean that. I'm not angry. Oh, now, please
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  Speaker 2: look here. Now, there's so much I can give you. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not young anymore, but you find me attractive, don't you?
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  Speaker 2: Don't you? Now, what are you smiling about? Why are
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  Speaker 2: you laughing?
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  Speaker 3: Millie, Millie.
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  Speaker 2: Millie. Oh, stop your shouting. Think about the police on me. No, no, no, no.
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  Speaker 2: You want me to go. That's right. I'll be as
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  Speaker 2: good as my word then, Millie. No hard feelings? Of
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  Speaker 2: course not. Silly. Farewell drink. Not for me, thank you. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: just a splash. We'll drink to your young man. Wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: he just laugh.
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  Speaker 1: If he knew?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, wouldn't he just? You ought to find yourself a
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  Speaker 2: nice widow.
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  Speaker 4: Someone like you to settle down.
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  Speaker 2: I mean... Yes, I know what you mean, Millie. Here
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  Speaker 2: we are. Oh, thanks.
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  Speaker 4: Now, up it like a good boy.
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  Speaker 2: Millie, I suppose I really should tell you that I...
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  Speaker 2: I don't care about you at all. That nonsense I
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  Speaker 2: was saying before, I didn't mean it, you know. I
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  Speaker 2: don't quite understand why I said anything. You're not worth it,
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  Speaker 2: you nasty... Oh, yes, it burns, doesn't it? But it
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  Speaker 2: doesn't hurt for long, though. You annoyed me terribly, chucking
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  Speaker 2: me over. Not that I cared because of you, but me. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: thank you. It won't be long. I just want you
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  Speaker 2: to know... Can you hear me? I just want you
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  Speaker 2: to know that every time we've gone to a public
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  Speaker 2: place together, I was ashamed. Ashamed to be seen with
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  Speaker 2: something like you. Good night! Good night! For the next
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  Speaker 2: two or three nights, I stayed in at the boarding house.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that I felt well. At least I
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  Speaker 2: couldn't sleep at all. My sleep was not at all restful. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: I had dreams, frightening dreams. I remember just before I
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  Speaker 2: dropped off to sleep one night, soon after Millie was taken,
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  Speaker 2: that I thought to myself, oh dear, I must speak
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  Speaker 2: to Mrs. Minns about that cooking, all that heavy stuff. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Dr.
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  Speaker 3: Cream.
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  Speaker 2: Doctor. Dr. Cream, will you wake up, sir? Wake up, doctor.
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  Speaker 1: That's all right. Is anything the matter?
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  Speaker 2: No, I.
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  Speaker 2: I hope you'll forgive the liberty, sir. I'm afraid you
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  Speaker 2: were having a nightmare. It sounded as though you were
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  Speaker 2: being murdered. Murdered? You thought I was... Oh. Did I
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  Speaker 2: say anything? You screamed.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, is that all?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it sounded... Well, I'm awfully sorry. Oh, no, no,
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  Speaker 2: it's quite all right. It's very good of you to
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  Speaker 2: be concerned. Oh. Oh, yes, you're that young medical student Mrs.
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  Speaker 2: Minns told me about, aren't you, Mr... Bridgman, sir. Oh, yes,
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  Speaker 2: of course, Mr. Bridgman. Well, we shall have to have
• 13:03
  Speaker 2: a chat one day soon, lunch perhaps. Are you specializing? Oh,
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  Speaker 2: I haven't made up my mind yet, Doctor. Oh, yes, good, good, good.
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  Speaker 2: Lots of time for that, eh? Yes. Well, I think
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  Speaker 2: I'd better get back to bed. Well, I'm awfully sorry
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  Speaker 2: to have troubled you.
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  Speaker 1: Not at all, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Good night. Good night, good night. Oh, dear. Oh, I wonder,
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  Speaker 2: is he lying? Did I say something? Did he hear it?
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  Speaker 2: I wonder. Oh, blast! Two weeks had passed. I was safe.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody knew nobody. Unless Mr. Edward Bridgman, the medical student...
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  Speaker 2: I'd taken him to luncheon two or three times. We'd
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  Speaker 2: talked medicine for the most part, but... I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: he had a way, a way of looking curious, knowing.
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  Speaker 2: I decided to write the letter to Scotland Yard. Commissioner?
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  Speaker 3: Inspector Waring here. I think we've got something more on
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  Speaker 3: that poison case in Holland, Millie Vickers.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, no, a letter. A letter?
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  Speaker 3: It reads, to whom it may concern, I have information
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  Speaker 3: which can lead to the arrest of the person responsible
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  Speaker 3: for the murder of Millie Vickers and Hammersmith. Is it
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  Speaker 3: worth three thousand pounds? If so, leave the money at
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  Speaker 3: the pillar box on the corner of Kensington and Earls
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  Speaker 3: Court Road.
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  Speaker 2: A plain wrapper would do. And it's signed A. O'Brien,
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  Speaker 2: private detective. Yes, sir. Yes, we'll see to it right away.
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  Speaker 2: It was aggravating not to be able to learn whether
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  Speaker 2: the police had accepted my offer. I could have used
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  Speaker 2: the money, but other more important things were occupying my time. Mr. Bridgman. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: how I loathe bright young men. And I had a
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  Speaker 2: feeling that he was watching me, cleverly and carefully. I
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  Speaker 2: had to put a stop to that. He knew. That
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  Speaker 2: was certain. So I took to following him. As far
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  Speaker 2: as I could make out, he didn't voice his suspicions
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  Speaker 2: to the police, but there was a girl. He met
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  Speaker 2: her from time to time, and one day when they
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  Speaker 2: were having tea together, I think he saw me, because
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  Speaker 2: from where I stood outside the tea shop, I saw Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Bridgman lean across the table and talk rapidly to his sweetheart.
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  Speaker 2: That would have to be taken care of. It was
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  Speaker 2: a week later. Oh, I beg your pardon.
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  Speaker 3: Yes?
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  Speaker 2: You must think me awfully rude, but aren't you Edward
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  Speaker 2: Bridgman's young lady? Well, yes, but I don't mean.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, no, no, no, no.
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  Speaker 2: We haven't met. Edward's told me so much about you, though.
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  Speaker 2: I saw you together as I went by on the
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  Speaker 2: bus last week. You were coming out of a tea shop.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, in Oxford Street.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Well, look here, I've wanted to meet you for so
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  Speaker 2: long to talk about Edward. Oh? Well, I mean, well,
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  Speaker 2: you are going together. Well, I suppose so, in a way. Exactly. Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: I'm frightfully fond of him, you know. As a matter
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  Speaker 2: of fact, I've spoken to some colleagues of mine in
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  Speaker 2: the profession, you understand. Your Edward has a future, I think. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: that's sweet of you, Mr... Doctor, Dr. Cream. Oh, of
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  Speaker 2: course he's spoken of you. You're staying at the same
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  Speaker 2: boarding house.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I hope he said nice things.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, but you know Edward, he doesn't talk much about anybody,
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  Speaker 4: does he?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that's what I wanted to talk to you about. Look,
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  Speaker 2: do you think we could go somewhere? I mean, a
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  Speaker 2: spot of tea, cover a drink? Well, I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: You see, I was... Oh, please, it's really important. To Edward.
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  Speaker 2: Clever little devil, but a rotten actress. You know Edward.
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  Speaker 2: He doesn't talk much about anybody, does he? Of course,
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  Speaker 2: I could see through her plan perfectly well. Trap me
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  Speaker 2: into an admission of guilt and then call the police.
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  Speaker 2: But I was ready for that. It was a little sad.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't even know her name. She had a pretty face,
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  Speaker 2: pretty figure, but no name. Just Mr. Bridgman's young lady.
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  Speaker 2: It was dark when we walked along the quiet road
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  Speaker 2: leading to her house. I'd been the perfect gentleman and
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  Speaker 2: had escorted her home. She died behind a hedge convulsively
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  Speaker 2: within three minutes. I made sure that there was no outcry.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody heard, nobody saw, nobody cared. Except perhaps for a
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  Speaker 2: medical student. To whom it may concern... Ask Mr. Edward Bridgman,
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: who lives in Mrs. Minn's boarding house off Tottenham Court Road,
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  Speaker 2: what he knows about the murders of Millie Vickers and
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: Joyce Hamilton. He killed them both. I offer this information greatest, A. O'Brien,
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  Speaker 2: private detective. Yes?
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  Speaker 4: Evening, Dr. Crane.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, hello, Daisy. Come in for a chat, or is
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: it a sore throat? Neither. Mum asked me to ask
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  Speaker 2: you something. Oh? She wonders how long you'll be staying. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: I'm perfectly happy. I hadn't thought of moving. Why?
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  Speaker 3: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Daisy, Daisy, I want to talk to you. Tell me,
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: have you read about the murders, the poisoner? Well, who hasn't?
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  Speaker 2: What do you think, huh? I don't. Mum says he's
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: one of those... Yeah, well, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: Well, shall I tell you a secret? What? Now, you
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: won't tell. Oh, of course not. What? Well, I think
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  Speaker 2: I know who the murderer is. Really?
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  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 2: Have you told the police? Well, yes. I wrote them
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  Speaker 2: a letter. I told them who it was. Now.
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  Speaker 1: Who?
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  Speaker 2: Come here. Edward Bridgeman.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, you're pulling my leg.
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  Speaker 2: And it's a pretty leg, too, Daisy, but no, I'm not.
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  Speaker 2: But how do you know?
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  Speaker 4: No, it's balmy.
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  Speaker 2: No, but I know I do. Oh, Dr. Cream, you
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  Speaker 2: are a one. I should know better than to listen
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  Speaker 2: to you. You're always joking. Darn, I could have killed her.
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: She thought it was a joke. Oh, there'd been so
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: many things to tell her. Clues, proof, everything to help
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  Speaker 2: to get rid of the medical student, and she wouldn't listen.
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  Speaker 2: Then after she'd gone, I was afraid. I was afraid
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  Speaker 2: she might remember. Don, I could have killed her. It
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: was Saturday, two days after I'd posted the letter to
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: Scotland Yard. I thought I'd take a... a walk to
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: Hyde Park and was leaving my room to go downstairs
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: when the front doorbell rang.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, good afternoon, gentlemen.
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  Speaker 1: Mrs. Minns?
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  Speaker 2: Yes?
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  Speaker 3: We're from Scotland Yard. I should like to have a
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  Speaker 3: word with a Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Edward Bridgman.
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  Speaker 3: Does he live here?
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  Speaker 4: Why, yes. Won't you come in? Is anything wrong?
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: Is he at home?
• 20:18
  Speaker 4: In the drawing room, I think. Shall I call him?
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: If you don't mind.
• 20:22
  Speaker 4: Not at all, I'm sure.
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: Oh, Mr. Bridgman!
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: Yes, Mrs.
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: Nance? Mr. Bridgman?
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: I'd like to speak to you, if you don't mind.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: What about?
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: Is there somewhere that.
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: Oh, afternoon, everybody.
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: Hello, Doctor.
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: Nice day. I thought I'd take a walk. Ma'am! Ma'am,
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: is it all right if I go to the cinema
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: with Agnes? Let me love a duck. Police.
• 20:47
  Speaker 4: Now, run along, Daisy. Don't be home late.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: Mr. Bridges. Come along, Daisy. I'll walk along with you.
• 20:53
  Speaker 4: You were right all the time, Doctor. And to think
• 20:56
  Speaker 4: I didn't believe you.
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: What did you say, Miss? Oh, it's a little joke
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: of ours. Nothing at all. Come along, Daisy. I can't wait,
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: you know. Just a minute, sir.
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: Miss.
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: You know something about this?
• 21:07
  Speaker 4: Of course I do.
• 21:08
  Speaker 3: Dr.
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: Cream told me.
• 21:09
  Speaker 4: He wrote a letter to you about Mr.
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: Bridgman here. He told me, didn't you, Doctor?
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: Dr.
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: Cream, you wrote a letter to us, signed A.
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: O'Brien. Bridgman's your man, sir. I wanted to spare him
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: the humiliation. That is your man, I told Daisy. I
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: thought he might try to harm me, and I... What
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: are you saying? It's all right, Mr. Bridgman.
• 21:30
  Speaker 3: I don't think we shall need to trouble you. Come along, Doctor,
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: if you don't mind.
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: There are a few questions we'd like to ask you
• 21:37
  Speaker 3: with the yard.
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: Oh, of course. Of course. Having set down this case history,
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: my own, let all know that what I did, I
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: did in honor... and right. No human power... has the
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: right to condemn me. Those that died... died because of
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: their own misdeeds. I have been merely... the instrument of justice.
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: For this... I cannot hang... Neil Cream... empty. Dr. Neil Cream.
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: It's time... Oh, it won't hurt, will it? I can't
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: stand pain. It won't hurt, will it? THE END Suspense,
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: in which Mr.
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: Joseph Kern starred in tonight's presentation of a story of poison.
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: Next week, the story of betrayal and retribution on Devil's Island.
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: We call it The Stool Pigeon. That's next week on Suspense.
• 23:30
  Speaker 4: Suspense.
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis, who wrote
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: tonight's script. The music was composed by René Garrigan and
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: conducted by Wilbur Hatch. Featured in the cast were Paula Winslow,
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: Tita Purdom, Virginia Gregg, Herb Butterfield, Ben Wright, Raymond Lawrence,
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: and Ellen Morgan. Thursday night on most of these same stations,
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: listen for the haunting sound of the whistler as he
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: once again walks by night. Your reward will be mystery
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: fare well off the beaten track. Your reward will be
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: another rattling good Thursday thriller on the whistler at the
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: star's address. Stay tuned now for George Herman with the news,
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: followed by Disc Derby. Join the FBI in Peace and
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: War Wednesday nights on the CBS Radio Network.
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: THE END Thank you.
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: We leave suspense in London with a story of poison.
• 25:28
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