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The Shadow - "The Chill of Death" (Old Time Radio) · The Shadow | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: An insurance executive, Carlton Heath, finds that household maids employed
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  Speaker 1: by the Baileys have died, leaving small life insurance policies
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  Speaker 1: payable to the couple. From the mutual broadcasting system, in
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  Speaker 1: a 30-minute blue-coal broadcast, this is The Shadow, The Chill
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  Speaker 1: of Death, first heard January 4th, 1948, episode 429. Lamont
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  Speaker 1: Cranston and Margot Lane take up Heath's inquiry, and Margot
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  Speaker 1: enters the Bailey's home under the name Margaret Flynn, their
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  Speaker 1: newly hired maid. Brett Morrison appears as Lamont Cranston and
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  Speaker 1: the shadow, Grace Matthews as Margot Lane. The script is
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  Speaker 1: by Louis Vitis. And now, the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
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  Speaker 3: The Shadow knows. Once again, your neighborhood blue coal dealer
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  Speaker 3: brings you the thrilling adventures of The Shadow. The hard
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  Speaker 3: and relentless fight of one man against the forces of evil.
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  Speaker 3: These dramatizations are designed to demonstrate forcefully to old and
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  Speaker 3: young alike that crime.
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  Speaker 4: Does not pay. The lucky householders whose homes are heated with.
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  Speaker 3: Coal are enjoying healthful warmth in every room of their home.
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  Speaker 3: Even though the bitter winds blow, there is no need
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  Speaker 3: to cut down heat or close off rooms in homes
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  Speaker 3: heated with dependable hard coal. Yes, sir, when you have
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  Speaker 3: a supply of hard coal in your basement, you're the
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  Speaker 3: boss of heating your house. You are absolutely independent of
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  Speaker 3: any outside service. Be glad you heat with anthracite, the
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  Speaker 3: home heating fuel that never fails. And remember, blue coal
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  Speaker 3: is the finest anthracite money can buy.
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  Speaker 5: The Shadow.
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  Speaker 3: The Shadow, who aids the forces of law and order,
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  Speaker 3: is in reality Lamont Cranston, wealthy young man about town.
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  Speaker 3: Years ago in the Orient, Cranston learned a strange and
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  Speaker 3: mysterious secret, the hypnotic power to cloud men's minds so
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  Speaker 3: they cannot see him. Cranston's friend and companion, the lovely
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  Speaker 3: Margo Lane, is the only person who knows to whom
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  Speaker 3: the voice of the invisible Shadow belongs. Today's drama, The
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  Speaker 3: Chill of Death.
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  Speaker 6: Let me out!
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  Speaker 3: Please, let me out!
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  Speaker 7: Please, let me out!
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  Speaker 6: Yes, Mrs.
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  Speaker 8: Bailey?
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  Speaker 9: Please shut the upstairs door.
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  Speaker 6: Of course, my dear.
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  Speaker 9: You know how terribly sensitive I am.
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  Speaker 6: Of course.
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  Speaker 9: The sound of that poor girl screaming. I couldn't stand it.
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  Speaker 5: Your feelings do you much credit, my dear?
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  Speaker 9: Mr.
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  Speaker 10: Bailey?
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  Speaker 6: Yes?
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  Speaker 9: Why is she screaming?
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  Speaker 6: The narcotic wore off a little too early.
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  Speaker 9: I see.
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  Speaker 5: The neighbors?
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  Speaker 6: Can't hear her. The walls are quite thick.
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  Speaker 9: I still don't like it. Suppose someone were to come in?
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  Speaker 6: It's late, my dear.
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  Speaker 5: No one will.
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  Speaker 9: We should think of something, Mr. Bailey, for the future.
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  Speaker 9: It's upsetting this way.
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  Speaker 5: I have always felt, my dear, that in the course
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  Speaker 5: of a long life I have never met a woman
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  Speaker 5: of such exquisite sensibilities as yours.
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  Speaker 9: Thank you, my dear.
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  Speaker 6: I wonder what's on the radio.
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  Speaker 3: Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Bailey. Yes?
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  Speaker 9: Tune in to something pleasant. Music, perhaps. Not one of
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  Speaker 9: those crime programs. They're so morbid.
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  Speaker 6: THE END a sad occasion for you, Mrs.
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  Speaker 3: Bailey.
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  Speaker 9: So it is, Dr.
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  Speaker 1: White.
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  Speaker 6: Mr.
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  Speaker 9: Bailey and I were so fond of dear Hilda.
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  Speaker 10: I think it was very kind of you to give
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  Speaker 10: the girl such a lovely funeral.
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  Speaker 9: Well, she had no family of her own.
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  Speaker 5: It's the least, Mr.
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  Speaker 9: Bailey said to me, it's the least we can do.
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  Speaker 9: Of course.
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  Speaker 6: It's too bad.
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  Speaker 10: That pneumonia is no respecter of persons nor affections.
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  Speaker 6: Still, it's rather strange. What is strange, Dr.
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  Speaker 4: White?
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  Speaker 10: Those bruises on her hands.
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  Speaker 9: Pousses on her hands?
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  Speaker 10: Yes, just as though she'd beaten against a wall with them.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, oh, that. We'd some repairs to do in the kitchen.
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  Speaker 6: Mr.
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  Speaker 9: Bailey wanted to call a man in, but Hilda insisted
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  Speaker 9: on doing it herself. She was so good to us.
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  Speaker 6: Poor girl actually left us some insurance.
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  Speaker 3: Oh?
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  Speaker 5: Yes, only a few thousand, but it's the spirit that matters,
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  Speaker 5: isn't it?
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  Speaker 6: Mrs. Bailey? Ah, Mr. Wilkins. The cars are ready. You
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  Speaker 6: can start at any time now.
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  Speaker 8: Thank you, Wilkins.
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  Speaker 6: You've been a very great help. Mrs.
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  Speaker 5: Bailey?
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  Speaker 9: Yes, we may as well start now. You know, we
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  Speaker 9: shall have to find another house now, Mr. Wilkins. Our
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  Speaker 9: home is so filled with memories of poor dear Hilda.
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  Speaker 9: Another house. Perhaps even in another town.
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  Speaker 4: Ah!
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  Speaker 9: Lamont, who is Mr. Carlton Hicks?
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  Speaker 6: The man we're going to see.
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  Speaker 4: Very helpful.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, seriously, he's an acquaintance of mine, darling.
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  Speaker 3: Big insurance man. He's pretty important, too, I understand. Asked
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  Speaker 3: me to stop in and see him. Sounded urgent and worried.
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  Speaker 9: Maybe somebody forgot to pay his premium.
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  Speaker 4: Now, here we are.
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  Speaker 2: Come in.
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  Speaker 3: Lamont, I'm glad to see you.
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  Speaker 10: How are you, sir?
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  Speaker 4: Margaret, this is Mr. Hicks.
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  Speaker 11: How do you do, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Hicks?
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  Speaker 4: You sound and look as if you've had something on
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  Speaker 4: your mind.
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  Speaker 2: I have.
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  Speaker 11: Miss Lane, Lamont, I'm vice president of the insurance league
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  Speaker 11: for this part of the country.
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  Speaker 1: Yes?
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  Speaker 11: All policies are cleared through this office. Life insurance policies.
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  Speaker 4: Now, I can't ask you to.
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  Speaker 11: Help me in my legal capacity, Lamont. Only as an
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  Speaker 11: old friend.
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  Speaker 4: I see.
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  Speaker 3: What in particular is bothering you, Carlton? A sweet old
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  Speaker 3: couple named Bailey.
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  Speaker 6: Yes?
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  Speaker 11: Over a period of a few years, they've been having
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  Speaker 11: maid trouble. The girls are dying.
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  Speaker 6: How?
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  Speaker 5: Pneumonia.
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  Speaker 3: That isn't something that could be faked.
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  Speaker 11: No, there's no doubt at all. The girls all did
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  Speaker 11: die of pneumonia. There's also no doubt that all of
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  Speaker 11: them were insured in the baby's favor.
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  Speaker 4: I'm beginning to see what you mean.
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  Speaker 11: Each policy didn't amount to very much, a few thousand
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  Speaker 11: dollars only.
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  Speaker 4: But together... Let's see.
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  Speaker 11: The girls were all insured with different companies and in
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  Speaker 11: different towns.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, this thing has possibilities.
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  Speaker 11: Will you help me get to the bottom of it, Lamont?
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  Speaker 6: I'd be glad to.
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  Speaker 3: I think the immediate question is... Where are the Baileys now?
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  Speaker 3: So we've come to you, Dr. White, to see if
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  Speaker 3: you could give us any information about the death of Mr.
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  Speaker 3: and Mrs.
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  Speaker 4: Bailey's maid, Hilda Swanstorm.
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  Speaker 10: She died of pneumonia, Mr. Cranston, I can tell you that.
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  Speaker 4: You're certain?
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  Speaker 10: It's not an illness a general practitioner is likely to miss, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Cranston.
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  Speaker 9: We just want to be very certain of the facts, Dr. White.
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  Speaker 10: Well, the facts are that the girl contracted pneumonia somehow,
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  Speaker 10: Miss Lane, that I was called in when she was
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  Speaker 10: already delirious, and that her case was hopeless.
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  Speaker 3: Was there anything at all odd about the circumstances or
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  Speaker 3: the corpse, Dr.
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  Speaker 5: White?
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  Speaker 10: Nothing, except that her hands were bruised, but the Bailey's
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  Speaker 10: told me that she'd been making some repairs in the house.
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  Speaker 6: Bruised hands?
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  Speaker 3: Tell me, have the Bailey's lived here for any length
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  Speaker 3: of time?
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  Speaker 1: Some months.
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  Speaker 6: And now?
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  Speaker 10: Well, they've moved, left town. The tragedy apparently left a
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  Speaker 10: very deep impression on Mrs.
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  Speaker 9: Bailey.
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  Speaker 3: Possibly.
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  Speaker 6: Uh, Dr.
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  Speaker 3: White, was there anyone in town they were especially friendly with?
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  Speaker 4: Wilkins, perhaps.
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  Speaker 6: That's James Wilkins, undertaker.
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  Speaker 10: Excuse me, mortician. Not that they were really friendly with him,
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  Speaker 10: but when the tragedy occurred, he was very helpful.
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  Speaker 4: An odd acquaintance.
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  Speaker 5: Mr.
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  Speaker 10: Cranston, you're discussing this thing almost as though it were, well,
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  Speaker 10: a crime of some kind or other.
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  Speaker 6: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: Perhaps it is.
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  Speaker 3: Not a crime of some kind or other, but very
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  Speaker 3: possibly the crime of murder.
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  Speaker 6: The End Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Wilkins, I hope Miss Lane and I are not keeping
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  Speaker 3: you from your affairs.
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  Speaker 6: My business is not one of great haste, Mr. Cranston.
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  Speaker 6: I suppose not.
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  Speaker 9: Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Wilkins, we're very much interested in the Baileys.
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  Speaker 5: The Baileys?
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  Speaker 6: Poor old soul.
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  Speaker 9: Yes, it was a pity about their.
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  Speaker 6: Maid, Hilda.
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  Speaker 8: Yes, they felt her death as though she'd been their daughter.
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  Speaker 8: It was very touching. I'm sure it was.
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  Speaker 3: Especially since it wasn't the first time a tragedy of
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  Speaker 3: that sort had happened to them.
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  Speaker 4: You knew that, of course.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, I.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, really.
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  Speaker 6: Really? Well, some people are unlucky, I suppose.
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  Speaker 4: You mean the Baileys?
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  Speaker 9: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, I was thinking of their maids.
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  Speaker 9: Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Wilkins, where are the Baileys now?
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  Speaker 6: I'm sorry, but I don't know. No, I don't know. Oh,
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  Speaker 6: it's later than I thought. You'll excuse me. I have
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  Speaker 6: an appointment.
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  Speaker 5: Of course.
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  Speaker 4: Coming, Margo.
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  Speaker 9: Goodbye, Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Wilkins.
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  Speaker 3: And?
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  Speaker 4: Thank you very much for your help.
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  Speaker 6: This file ought.
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  Speaker 8: To tell me.
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  Speaker 6: Batchelor, Bader, Baghurst.
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  Speaker 4: Ah, Bailey.
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  Speaker 6: Bailey, 458 Carlton Drive, Taylorville. Oh, pleasant little town. Taylorville.
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  Speaker 6: I rather think I'd better pay the Baileys a visit.
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  Speaker 3: Who.
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  Speaker 6: Good evening, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Bailey.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Wilkie.
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  Speaker 6: What brings you here to Taylorville? Just a visit. Purely
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  Speaker 6: a social visit, Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Bailey.
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  Speaker 6: I see. Come in. Thank you. You call at a
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  Speaker 6: late hour, Mr. Wilkins. My wife and I had already retired.
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  Speaker 8: Peter, you didn't let your maid answer the doorbell, or
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  Speaker 8: don't you have a maid?
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  Speaker 6: We have not as yet hired one.
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  Speaker 5: But surely you didn't come all the way here to
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  Speaker 5: Taylorville to discuss maids.
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  Speaker 8: A gentleman came to my place earlier today merely to
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  Speaker 8: discuss maids.
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  Speaker 5: Yes?
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  Speaker 6: Especially Hilda, your last maid. Who was he?
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  Speaker 9: Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Cranston. Never heard of the man. Apparently, he heard of you. However,
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  Speaker 6: I didn't furnish him with your dress. How did you
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  Speaker 6: happen to know it?
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  Speaker 8: I've been interested, shall we say, ever since I discovered
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  Speaker 8: that Hilda was not the only one of your maids
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  Speaker 8: who died of pneumonia.
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  Speaker 6: True. A series of unhappy coincidences.
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  Speaker 9: Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Bailey, I'm no longer a young man. I find my
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  Speaker 8: duties arduous. I've been thinking of retiring. I can't afford
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  Speaker 8: to retire.
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  Speaker 6: That's a pity.
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  Speaker 5: But then, we must cut our cloth to fit our pattern,
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  Speaker 5: mustn't we?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, yes, yes. But I've been thinking of a new pattern, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Bailey.
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  Speaker 8: One involving a series of unhappy girls who all died
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  Speaker 8: of pneumonia shortly after being employed by dear old Mr.
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  Speaker 6: And Mrs.
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  Speaker 8: Bailey.
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  Speaker 6: A pattern the police might find significant.
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  Speaker 3: Police? Hmm.
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  Speaker 6: Mr. Wilkins, your requirements for retiring are.
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  Speaker 8: Five thousand dollars.
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  Speaker 6: Tidy sum. A modest sum. I shall have to consider.
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  Speaker 6: I am most anxious, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Bailey, to retire at once. I'm afraid you have no
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  Speaker 8: time for consideration.
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  Speaker 6: I see.
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  Speaker 5: Well, in that case, I suppose I shall have to comply.
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  Speaker 3: With your request.
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  Speaker 6: You are a philosopher, Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Bailey.
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  Speaker 5: Am I?
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  Speaker 9: Yes.
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  Speaker 6: She flattered me.
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  Speaker 3: Ah, here we are, right.
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  Speaker 5: In the desk.
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  Speaker 6: I think I.
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  Speaker 3: Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Bailey, in your hand... A knife.
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  Speaker 4: Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Wilkins. But you can't... Mr. Wilkins, you are a blackmailer.
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  Speaker 5: A blackmailer is never satisfied with the initial payment.
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  Speaker 6: He returns always for more and more. I couldn't put
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  Speaker 6: up with that.
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  Speaker 3: Let go of me.
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  Speaker 6: The hour is late.
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  Speaker 5: You will not be heard. You, sir, are a blackmailer,
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  Speaker 5: and I am a murderer. You have practiced your calling tonight,
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  Speaker 5: and now I shall practice mine.
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  Speaker 6: Oh!
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  Speaker 9: Oh!
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  Speaker 4: We'll return to the shadow in just a moment.
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  Speaker 3: Friends, a few minutes ago I pointed out that anthracite
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  Speaker 3: coal is far and away the most dependable fuel for
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  Speaker 3: home heating.
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  Speaker 4: Now here's something else.
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  Speaker 3: Coal can be just about as convenient to burn as
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  Speaker 3: any other fuel. With a blue coal temp master on
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  Speaker 3: your furnace, there is no necessity of running up and
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  Speaker 3: down summer stairs to adjust furnace dampers. The temp master
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  Speaker 3: adjusts them for you. automatically opening and closing them as
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  Speaker 3: needed to keep your home constantly at the helpful temperature
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  Speaker 3: you set on the upstairs dial. If you haven't a TempMaster,
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  Speaker 3: by all means get one. You'll find that you can
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  Speaker 3: have carefree heating comfort and at the same time be
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  Speaker 3: absolutely independent of any outside service. You'll be glad you
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  Speaker 3: heat with dependable hard coal when you discover how little
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  Speaker 3: attention your furnace requires after a TempMaster automatic heat regulator
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  Speaker 3: has been installed. You'll be delighted, too, to discover that
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  Speaker 3: your Tamp Master will save a lot of coal. The
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  Speaker 3: new Blue Coal Tamp Master can be installed on any
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  Speaker 3: furnace without interrupting the heat in your home. Call the
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  Speaker 3: nearest Blue Coal dealer tomorrow. He'll be glad to demonstrate
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  Speaker 3: the Tamp Master to you in your own home. Now,
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  Speaker 3: back to the shadow. Lamont and Margo, in an attempt
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  Speaker 3: to solve the mystery of an insurance racket perpetrated by
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  Speaker 3: a seemingly kindly couple named Bailey.
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  Speaker 4: Have traveled to Taylorville, a small upstate town.
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  Speaker 9: Lamont?
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  Speaker 6: Hmm?
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  Speaker 9: We're not married. No?
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  Speaker 3: That's right.
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  Speaker 9: So, you shouldn't be reading the morning paper while we're eating.
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  Speaker 4: I'm sorry, darling.
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  Speaker 5: Well, you could be a lot more convincing.
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  Speaker 3: At breakfast?
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  Speaker 4: After spending most of the night on a train? Well,
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  Speaker 4: there are.
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  Speaker 3: A couple of things in the Taylorville paper of interest, Margo.
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  Speaker 6: Oh? Like what?
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  Speaker 3: A report of a man found with his throat cut
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  Speaker 3: on the outskirts of town late last night.
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  Speaker 5: Oh? Who was he?
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  Speaker 6: I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: According to the paper, there was no identification on the body.
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  Speaker 6: I think we'll go pay a visit to the morgue.
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  Speaker 9: Lovely idea for an after-breakfast jaunt.
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  Speaker 6: What was the other ad?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, that popped up in the classified ads. It appears
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  Speaker 3: that our friends, the Baileys, are advertising for a new maid.
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  Speaker 9: Lamont, I'm freezing.
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  Speaker 3: Morgues are funny that way.
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  Speaker 5: Who do you think the murdered man is?
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  Speaker 9: A.R.
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  Speaker 3: Find out in a moment. Lamont!
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  Speaker 6: Lamont!
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  Speaker 9: It's Wilkins, the mortician.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, thanks a lot, but it's not the man I'm
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  Speaker 3: looking for.
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  Speaker 9: Okay.
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  Speaker 6: Come along, Margo.
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  Speaker 5: Lamont, it was Wilkins.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, but I just assumed the authorities didn't know about
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  Speaker 3: it just yet. The bailing, is that anything to do
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  Speaker 3: with his death?
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  Speaker 5: It couldn't be a coincidence, Lamont.
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  Speaker 4: I shouldn't think so.
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  Speaker 3: I want them to think their little secret hasn't been
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  Speaker 3: discovered as yet. Otherwise, they'd be more on guard.
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  Speaker 6: Here we are.
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  Speaker 9: That poor man, Wilkins.
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  Speaker 4: He's probably a blackmailer.
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  Speaker 6: Why?
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  Speaker 3: Well, he wouldn't tell us where the Baileys had gone,
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  Speaker 3: yet he himself obviously knew.
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  Speaker 9: You know what?
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  Speaker 6: I have an idea.
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  Speaker 9: If we go to them directly, they'll deny everything. There
• 16:59
  Speaker 9: isn't any proof against us.
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: Apparently not.
• 17:01
  Speaker 6: They've been very cautious.
• 17:03
  Speaker 9: But they wouldn't be cautious with a new maid.
• 17:20
  Speaker 6: Your name's Margaret Flinner?
• 17:22
  Speaker 5: Yes, Mr.
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: Bailey.
• 17:25
  Speaker 6: You appear to be a pleasant girl. Have you had
• 17:27
  Speaker 6: much experience?
• 17:28
  Speaker 9: Not very much, sir, but I'm strong and willing to work.
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: Good.
• 17:31
  Speaker 6: That's the spirit. Ah, good morning, my darling.
• 17:34
  Speaker 9: Good morning, Mr. Bailey.
• 17:37
  Speaker 6: This is Margaret Flinner. Mrs. Bailey, she wants to be
• 17:42
  Speaker 6: our new maid.
• 17:43
  Speaker 9: Oh, does Margaret really need the position?
• 17:46
  Speaker 6: She tells me she's all alone in the world, Mrs.
• 17:49
  Speaker 12: Bailey.
• 17:49
  Speaker 5: Oh, poor dear.
• 17:51
  Speaker 9: But if she stays with us, she won't be, will she?
• 17:54
  Speaker 6: Thank you, ma'am.
• 17:56
  Speaker 9: We have to be very careful, Margaret.
• 17:58
  Speaker 13: You see, a maid with us isn't merely a servant. She, well,
• 18:02
  Speaker 13: she becomes a member of the family.
• 18:04
  Speaker 9: Yes, ma'am. We want her to be one of us, Margaret.
• 18:08
  Speaker 9: Do you think you'd like to? Very much, ma'am.
• 18:11
  Speaker 4: Then, Mr.
• 18:11
  Speaker 9: Bailey, I would very much like to have Margaret be
• 18:14
  Speaker 9: our companion.
• 18:16
  Speaker 6: Splendid.
• 18:17
  Speaker 9: Splendid.
• 18:18
  Speaker 6: Margaret, you're employed.
• 18:20
  Speaker 9: Thank you, sir.
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: Mrs.
• 18:21
  Speaker 6: Bailey will show you your room now. Oh, a moment, Margaret.
• 18:25
  Speaker 6: Will you sign this, please? What is it, sir? Just
• 18:29
  Speaker 6: some red tape for the government.
• 18:30
  Speaker 5: A pen, Margaret.
• 18:32
  Speaker 9: Yes, but it says something about insurance.
• 18:35
  Speaker 6: Unemployment insurance, that's what it is.
• 18:37
  Speaker 5: You needn't bother reading the thing full of red tape.
• 18:39
  Speaker 6: Just sign. Yes, sir. There we are.
• 18:45
  Speaker 5: Now you're really all made. You've nothing to worry about anymore.
• 19:04
  Speaker 6: Splendid dinner, my dear. I think our new maid will
• 19:09
  Speaker 6: work out, don't you?
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: Mr.
• 19:11
  Speaker 9: Bailey, I'm worried.
• 19:13
  Speaker 6: About?
• 19:14
  Speaker 9: Going to find out about the late Mr.
• 19:16
  Speaker 6: Wilkins.
• 19:16
  Speaker 9: Eventually. I would prefer not to be in town at
• 19:19
  Speaker 9: the time. Connection might be traced.
• 19:21
  Speaker 6: A possibility. I had no choice.
• 19:23
  Speaker 9: I rather think we have no time, Mr.
• 19:26
  Speaker 6: Bailey.
• 19:28
  Speaker 5: I've always deferred to your judgment.
• 19:30
  Speaker 9: The policy's been entered for the girl?
• 19:32
  Speaker 6: Oh, yes.
• 19:32
  Speaker 9: Then perhaps she'd better contract her pneumonia tonight. Well, that'll
• 19:37
  Speaker 9: be all for.
• 19:37
  Speaker 5: Tonight, Mrs. Bailey.
• 19:38
  Speaker 13: That will be all the work you need do, Margaret.
• 19:41
  Speaker 13: We'd be pleased to have you join us for a while.
• 19:44
  Speaker 9: Thank you, ma'am. Perhaps in a glass of brandy, Mr.
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: Bailey.
• 19:47
  Speaker 6: At once, my dear.
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: Oh, I never do.
• 19:50
  Speaker 9: Oh, well, nor do I, my dear. But a sip
• 19:53
  Speaker 9: of fine brandy, that isn't really drinking.
• 19:56
  Speaker 8: Here we are.
• 19:58
  Speaker 6: Mrs.
• 19:58
  Speaker 5: Bailey.
• 19:59
  Speaker 9: Thank you.
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: Margaret. I.
• 20:01
  Speaker 6: Come now, no harm in brandy. No harm at all.
• 20:05
  Speaker 5: Thank you, sir.
• 20:06
  Speaker 9: Let us drink. To a very happy future for all
• 20:10
  Speaker 9: of us.
• 20:13
  Speaker 6: A charming toast.
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: It's Margaret.
• 20:17
  Speaker 6: Oh, I.
• 20:19
  Speaker 9: Drink your brandy, girl.
• 20:21
  Speaker 6: But I... You're being very impolite, Margaret.
• 20:26
  Speaker 9: I'll drink it.
• 20:29
  Speaker 6: That's a good girl. Not so bad after all, was it?
• 20:34
  Speaker 5: No, sir.
• 20:36
  Speaker 13: And now we'll sit here in the twilight and dream
• 20:39
  Speaker 13: of things to come. Of the long twilight and the
• 20:44
  Speaker 13: darkness that follows after.
• 21:01
  Speaker 9: What a soothing sound, the sound of running water.
• 21:05
  Speaker 5: Oh, my dear, I'm rather tired. Shall we go to bed?
• 21:11
  Speaker 9: Very well. The door.
• 21:15
  Speaker 6: I'd better answer it.
• 21:16
  Speaker 7: That sound.
• 21:18
  Speaker 6: Perhaps, Mrs. Bailey, you might oblige us with a little
• 21:20
  Speaker 6: choper until our visit's in ease.
• 21:22
  Speaker 9: Of course.
• 21:29
  Speaker 5: Yes?
• 21:30
  Speaker 6: Mr.
• 21:30
  Speaker 3: Bailey? Quite right.
• 21:32
  Speaker 4: I've come to call on Margaret Flynn, your maid.
• 21:35
  Speaker 5: Oh, she doesn't receive callers at this hour, sir.
• 21:37
  Speaker 4: But it's very important that I see her.
• 21:39
  Speaker 6: The morning will do as well. Besides, the girl's ill. Oh?
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: Cold, I think.
• 21:45
  Speaker 5: But I hope in the morning.
• 21:48
  Speaker 6: So do I. Good night, sir.
• 21:50
  Speaker 5: Night.
• 21:54
  Speaker 6: For the shadow, I think it may be a good night.
• 21:59
  Speaker 4: But for the Baileys, it will be a very bad one.
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: Margot!
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: Margot!
• 22:12
  Speaker 9: Margot!
• 22:13
  Speaker 4: Good night. Come on, get in here.
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: Let me help you, darling.
• 22:19
  Speaker 6: Come here.
• 22:21
  Speaker 9: Lamont, they gave me brandy and I lost consciousness. And
• 22:24
  Speaker 9: they put me in there and I'm cold. My clothes
• 22:28
  Speaker 9: are so wet.
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: They've gone to bed. I slipped in the back way.
• 22:30
  Speaker 4: Hop into your bedroom, change into dry things, but keep
• 22:32
  Speaker 4: the wet clothes.
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: I don't understand.
• 22:34
  Speaker 6: We've no proof, Margo, yet.
• 22:36
  Speaker 3: All we could say now is that I found you
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: in a shower with your clothes on. The district attorney
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: would conclude you were mad or drunk.
• 22:42
  Speaker 6: The jury would believe the same.
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: Yes, that's right.
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: In the morning, Margo, the Baileys may have a surprise.
• 22:49
  Speaker 3: Shadow may fall on them.
• 23:02
  Speaker 4: Well, Mrs.
• 23:03
  Speaker 6: Bailey? How is the girl?
• 23:08
  Speaker 5: How is she this morning?
• 23:10
  Speaker 3: Just a moment.
• 23:12
  Speaker 9: Here now. Water's up.
• 23:14
  Speaker 6: Mrs.
• 23:14
  Speaker 9: Bailey, something's the matter.
• 23:16
  Speaker 6: What?
• 23:16
  Speaker 9: The girl isn't sick. Oh? I had a feeling.
• 23:20
  Speaker 3: Bosh. Bosh at all, Mr. Bailey?
• 23:23
  Speaker 6: What was that?
• 23:24
  Speaker 9: I said nothing.
• 23:25
  Speaker 6: You did.
• 23:26
  Speaker 3: Oh, no, Mr. Bailey. It was I. I.
• 23:32
  Speaker 6: I'm going mad.
• 23:33
  Speaker 9: No, Mr. Bailey, you're not. Because I hear him, too.
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: Good for you, Mrs.
• 23:37
  Speaker 4: Bailey.
• 23:38
  Speaker 9: Who are you?
• 23:40
  Speaker 3: The Shadow.
• 23:41
  Speaker 13: This must be some joke.
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: You're made of sterner stuff than your husband, Mrs.
• 23:47
  Speaker 9: Bailey.
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: Too bad he's not as strong as you.
• 23:51
  Speaker 9: I don't know why.
• 23:52
  Speaker 3: Murders are best performed alone, Mrs.
• 23:54
  Speaker 5: Bailey.
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: A weak accomplice often becomes a betrayer.
• 23:58
  Speaker 6: The doubt is here.
• 23:59
  Speaker 4: Look, Mrs.
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: Bailey. Look at him.
• 24:01
  Speaker 9: The doubt is here.
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: See the hysteria in his eyes. The frantic way he
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: looks about this room in search of a shadow. Can
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: you be quite sure that your life is safe in
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: his hands?
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: Shut up!
• 24:12
  Speaker 9: Be still, you.
• 24:13
  Speaker 3: I'll be still. But will he, Mrs. Bailey, unless.
• 24:18
  Speaker 9: Yes?
• 24:20
  Speaker 3: Unless he joins your maids.
• 24:24
  Speaker 9: Joins the maids.
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: She wouldn't... No.
• 24:29
  Speaker 4: Look at her, Mr. Bailey.
• 24:31
  Speaker 12: Skeevy.
• 24:32
  Speaker 6: Mrs.
• 24:33
  Speaker 4: Bailey?
• 24:34
  Speaker 9: He's lying.
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: Do you think I'm lying, Mr. Bailey? You who know
• 24:37
  Speaker 3: your wife so well, your murderous wife whose dear sweet
• 24:40
  Speaker 3: little head hatched the plan of murder you've been following?
• 24:43
  Speaker 3: She was the one who... Of course she was. There's
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: only one hope for you, Mr.
• 24:47
  Speaker 9: Bailey.
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: What's that?
• 24:47
  Speaker 9: Don't listen to him.
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: One hope. Confession. Confess that the police and Mrs. Bailey
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: would care very little about your death. She'd be contemplating
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: her own.
• 24:55
  Speaker 9: Don't listen to him, you fool.
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: And with confession, Mr. Bailey, you could plead that you
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: were only a tool in her hands, that you were
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: not fully responsible.
• 25:02
  Speaker 9: Mr. Bailey, don't listen to her.
• 25:03
  Speaker 3: Life is sweet, Mr.
• 25:04
  Speaker 13: Bailey.
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: Even in a cell, life is sweeter than dancing on
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: empty air with a noose around your neck.
• 25:09
  Speaker 6: I'll write that confession.
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: No.
• 25:11
  Speaker 9: I'll write it. It is a trap.
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: Better than a death trap sprung by the state executioner.
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: Better than to die gasping out your life with pneumonia.
• 25:18
  Speaker 5: I'll write.
• 25:18
  Speaker 9: Mr. Bailey, don't. I won't let you write.
• 25:21
  Speaker 5: Thanks to me, I dare you let me go.
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: You struck your loving wife, Mr.
• 25:29
  Speaker 5: Bailey.
• 25:31
  Speaker 3: I'm afraid you're not a very kind and considerate husband
• 25:34
  Speaker 3: after all. Now, there's paper. There's ink.
• 25:40
  Speaker 5: I will.
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: Write, Mr. Bailey.
• 25:42
  Speaker 9: Yes, I will, Mr.
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: Bailey. There's names, places, dates.
• 25:50
  Speaker 6: Yes, yes, yes. Write, Mr. Bailey.
• 25:54
  Speaker 3: Write. You'd better let me sit next to the window, Marco.
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: You've had enough chills for one day.
• 26:02
  Speaker 9: I didn't do too badly for an unemployed maid, darling.
• 26:05
  Speaker 9: I came up with nothing worse than a few sniffles.
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: You're very lucky that's the worst, Margo, after seeing the
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: loving Baileys in action.
• 26:13
  Speaker 9: He made his wife add her confession to his after
• 26:15
  Speaker 9: the police arrived?
• 26:16
  Speaker 3: Yes. There's enough evidence now to convict a half a
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: dozen Baileys.
• 26:20
  Speaker 9: Well, I'm just glad there isn't more.
• 26:22
  Speaker 4: Isn't more evidence?
• 26:24
  Speaker 6: More Baileys.
• 26:26
  Speaker 9: A couple is exactly two more than this world needs.
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: Now let me present Blue Coal's Distinguished Heating Authority, John Barkley.
• 26:42
  Speaker 4: Thank you, Andre Baruch, and good evening, friends.
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: As Andre told you, you can.
• 26:46
  Speaker 12: Heat your home with dependable anthracite coal with ease and
• 26:50
  Speaker 12: comfort by installing a Blue Coal TempMaster automatic heat regulator
• 26:54
  Speaker 12: on your present furnace. A number of people have asked
• 26:57
  Speaker 12: me if a furnace is fired differently when dampers are controlled.
• 27:01
  Speaker 6: By a temp master. The answer is no.
• 27:04
  Speaker 12: You fire your furnace in the same way, except that
• 27:07
  Speaker 12: you pay much less attention to it. In the morning,
• 27:10
  Speaker 12: shake the grate gently and add a liberal supply of coal.
• 27:13
  Speaker 4: And do the same at night.
• 27:15
  Speaker 12: There's no doubt about it, anthracite coal is the most
• 27:18
  Speaker 12: dependable fuel for home heating. And when burned by modern methods,
• 27:23
  Speaker 12: it's just about as.
• 27:23
  Speaker 4: Convenient as any other.
• 27:25
  Speaker 6: Yes, a temp master assures.
• 27:27
  Speaker 12: You of modern, carefree, heating comfort.
• 27:30
  Speaker 6: I thank you.
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: This story is copyrighted by Street and Smith Publications, Incorporated.
• 27:48
  Speaker 4: The characters, names, places, and plot are fictitious.
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: Any similarity to persons living or dead is purely coincidental...
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: Again next week, the shadow will demonstrate that.
• 27:59
  Speaker 7: The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay.
• 28:07
  Speaker 7: The shadow knows.
• 28:09
  Speaker 6: Next week, same time, same station.
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: Your friendly Blue Coal dealer brings you another strange and
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: thrilling adventure in the Shadow's daring battle against the forces
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: of evil. The Shadow is presented by the D.
• 28:30
  Speaker 11: Allen W.
• 28:31
  Speaker 3: Coal Company, distributors of Blue Coal. Lamont Cranston is played
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: by Brett Mollison. Margot by Grace Matthews. Your announcer is
• 28:39
  Speaker 3: Andre Baruch. Remember, it's Blue Coal for finest heating service.
• 28:43
  Speaker 3: It's Blue Coal for finest modern equipment. It's Blue Coal
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: for the best home heat money can buy.
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: This has been The Shadow in the Chill of Death.
• 29:02
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