1 00:00:28,519 --> 00:00:35,079 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. 2 00:00:35,399 --> 00:00:39,039 This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we 3 00:00:39,079 --> 00:00:42,520 will bring you Part three of the World's Great Novels 4 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,600 adaptation of The Moonstone. But first, I do want to 5 00:00:46,679 --> 00:00:50,240 encourage you, if you're enjoying the podcast, to please follow 6 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,359 us using your favorite podcast software. I also want to 7 00:00:54,439 --> 00:00:56,880 encourage you to check out my ebooks. All I needed 8 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,320 to know I learned from Colombo, and all I needed 9 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:04,159 to know I learned from Dragnet. These ebooks examined the 10 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,040 careers and histories of seven great fictional detectives and policemen, 11 00:01:08,159 --> 00:01:10,879 and life lessons that can be learned from them. They 12 00:01:10,879 --> 00:01:14,640 are available as ebooks wherever fine ebooks are sold, or 13 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,079 as audiobooks through audible, dot Com or the Apple Store. 14 00:01:18,519 --> 00:01:22,760 Well now from April ninth, nineteen forty eight, here is 15 00:01:22,799 --> 00:01:24,959 The Moonstone, Part three. 16 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 2: The World's Great Novels. The Wilkie Collins was, by no 17 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,519 means the first English novelist to trace the influence of 18 00:01:42,599 --> 00:01:47,239 circumstance upon character. Present day writers of detective fiction have 19 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:52,120 learned much from his uncanny gift for creating suspense. By innuendo, 20 00:01:52,239 --> 00:01:54,799 and from the effortless technique with which he heightened the 21 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:59,480 inevitable steps of a relentless faith. The National Broadcasting Company 22 00:01:59,519 --> 00:02:01,799 now presents it's the third episode in its four part 23 00:02:01,879 --> 00:02:06,439 dramalization of the Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, another in a 24 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:11,039 series of books that live the world's great novels. 25 00:02:22,599 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 3: Better had the moonsterne that yellow diamond of evil memory 26 00:02:28,039 --> 00:02:31,599 remained encrusted in the forehead of the Hindu idol from 27 00:02:31,599 --> 00:02:36,039 which it was stolen centuries ago and become, despite its 28 00:02:36,039 --> 00:02:39,800 immense value, the possession of the Verander family, whom I 29 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,520 Gabriel better It served as house steward for most of 30 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,759 my life, a very happy life, indeed, until the coming 31 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:59,960 of the curse the Moonstone too well do I know 32 00:03:00,199 --> 00:03:04,840 the Moonstone's tragic story, yet sometimes in the telling of it, 33 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:10,280 I find myself relying on the testimony and knowledge of others. Therefore, 34 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,560 to those most concerned, I may humble apology, yet pointing 35 00:03:14,599 --> 00:03:17,599 out that the role of narrator falls to myself not 36 00:03:17,759 --> 00:03:23,840 by choice but from necessity. And now streaming back into memory, 37 00:03:24,039 --> 00:03:28,759 is that awful moment when with salted Cup, England's most 38 00:03:28,759 --> 00:03:33,919 famous private criminal investigator. I stood at the lonely, shivering sand, 39 00:03:34,719 --> 00:03:37,759 listening to the thunder of an angry sea which had 40 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:39,599 just claimed alife. 41 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 4: Gabriel, I'm afraid there's no hope, Rosanna spearm in his 42 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,919 dead our footprints lead straight to you on the ledger 43 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:49,599 jutting rock. 44 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 3: His foreign to the quicksand lost forever the quicksand will 45 00:03:54,719 --> 00:03:55,360 never give it up. 46 00:03:55,639 --> 00:03:59,719 Speaker 4: Yes, there's nothing to keep us here. Come, we'd best 47 00:03:59,719 --> 00:04:01,759 return into the house of your mistress, Lady Vendor. 48 00:04:05,319 --> 00:04:07,759 Speaker 3: Hardly as satant cove and I turned back up the 49 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,560 slope of the beach, when running swiftly tortous came one 50 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:14,439 of the grooms who placed in my hands the first 51 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,439 of a series of faithful messages which were to arrive 52 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,519 at intervals of the troubled months to come. 53 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 4: Speak up, man, what does the letter say? 54 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 3: It is written in the hand of Rosanna Spearman, Ah 55 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:31,000 readed men. 56 00:04:31,519 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 4: Yes, m. 57 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 3: Yes. 58 00:04:35,639 --> 00:04:40,439 Speaker 5: When you next see the shivering scend, mister Beetrich, try 59 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:45,319 to forgive me once more. I've found my grave where 60 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:50,160 my grave was waiting for me. I've lived and died 61 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,040 so grateful for your kind. 62 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:02,319 Speaker 4: Abriel. Don't touch you, sir, You drove her to it, 63 00:05:02,399 --> 00:05:04,959 control you, to you to control yourself. 64 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 3: They will sudden Cuff. Let us proceed back to the house, 65 00:05:14,439 --> 00:05:19,199 my mistress, Lady Verinder, we'll be extremely anxious to face you. 66 00:05:28,519 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 6: Sergeant Cuff. You alone are responsible. Xandes Pierman was innocent, 67 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,360 and you frightened her into taking her own life. You 68 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:41,079 and your infernal spying Gabriel. Give this rich whatever money 69 00:05:41,079 --> 00:05:44,160 he requires and release me from the sight of him. Yes, 70 00:05:44,199 --> 00:05:49,879 my lady, believe me. Lady begin Sergeant Cuff. I I 71 00:05:49,959 --> 00:05:53,720 have no wish. I regret if my words have wronged you. 72 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,639 Speaker 4: Your ladyship is most kind. You are a good and 73 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:00,519 gracious person, Sir, I thank you in can conection with 74 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,000 the suicide of mister Rosanna Spearman, I have this to 75 00:06:03,079 --> 00:06:07,240 say before I withdraw from the case. You have indeed 76 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:14,560 dispensed with my services. Having known, I see then both 77 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,079 you and Gabriel have assigned a motive for the suicide 78 00:06:17,079 --> 00:06:21,000 of Rosanna Spearman, which I deny is true. She took 79 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,839 her life because of some connection with the Moonstone, some 80 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,720 unbearable anxiety about the stolen gem led to her self destruction, 81 00:06:28,639 --> 00:06:31,639 and I know the person capable of deciding whether I'm 82 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:32,600 right or wrong. 83 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 7: I see, sergeant, and is that person now in the house. 84 00:06:37,519 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 4: She has left the house, Milady. 85 00:06:40,759 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 7: Do you refer to my daughter now visiting her around 86 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:44,000 in town? 87 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 4: I most certainly do. 88 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 6: I had hoped you would go without mention again of 89 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,639 my daughter's name, so you would make me believe my 90 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,600 daughter Rachel stole the jewel, which was indeed her own. 91 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 4: Yes, from the very first, she was hostile to all questioning, 92 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,639 the only one to refuse to have her warder to 93 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,600 examined in my search for the paints me had nightgowne. 94 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 7: The circumstances have misled you, serge. 95 00:07:07,519 --> 00:07:10,959 Speaker 4: Then there's this circumstance. I told Miss Rachel her departure 96 00:07:10,959 --> 00:07:13,600 would put obstacles in my way of recovering the Moonstone. 97 00:07:13,959 --> 00:07:16,360 In the face of that statement, you yourself saw her leave. 98 00:07:17,639 --> 00:07:19,959 Miss Rachel is not trying to interfere with the recovery 99 00:07:19,959 --> 00:07:21,439 of the moonstone. What does it mean? 100 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 7: I don't know. I wish I knew. 101 00:07:25,199 --> 00:07:27,199 Speaker 4: And let us return for a moment to poor Rosanna. 102 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,199 Before she became your housemaid, she was a convicted thief, 103 00:07:31,839 --> 00:07:34,399 having relations, to my certain knowledge, with the most notorious 104 00:07:34,399 --> 00:07:37,839 money lender in London, and I believe Rosanna became your 105 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:39,519 daughter's unwilling accomplice. 106 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 7: But why in God's name, why miss. 107 00:07:42,879 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 4: Rachel, in need of a great sum of money she 108 00:07:44,639 --> 00:07:48,759 must raise privately and secretly, might have stolen the moonstone, 109 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,120 and with the aid of Rosanna Spearman, have sold it 110 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,079 to the money lender Rosanna had trafficked within the past post. 111 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,279 Then may I tell your daughter, and without warning, this 112 00:07:57,399 --> 00:08:00,240 news of Rosanna's suicide, so that I may shock her 113 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,079 into a confession. Do I have your ladyship's consent? 114 00:08:04,319 --> 00:08:05,839 Speaker 7: You have my consent, Sergeant? 115 00:08:05,959 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 4: When may I confront her? 116 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 7: No? 117 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 4: No, you may not that lady. 118 00:08:09,839 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 6: Just a moment, I shall do it myself. Yes, as 119 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:13,720 boldly as you would, sir. 120 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 4: But I am soon to leave for London. And how 121 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:17,120 shall I know the result. 122 00:08:17,399 --> 00:08:21,279 Speaker 7: We shall know before you leave, good day, Sergeant Cuff. 123 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:31,519 Speaker 4: Still no word from her. 124 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 3: You shall hear from my mistress, Sergeant, as she promised. 125 00:08:34,639 --> 00:08:37,039 Speaker 4: In all my experience, this, without a doubt, is the 126 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:41,279 most trying investigation I ever attempted to conduct. There is 127 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,759 time now to meet my train, so let me infire Well, Gabriel, 128 00:08:44,879 --> 00:08:47,559 tell you of three things which will happen in the future. 129 00:08:48,279 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 8: Three things Item one. 130 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,759 Speaker 4: News of Rosanna will come from the yellands of friends, 131 00:08:53,759 --> 00:08:58,840 the fisherfolk, and the three Indians who attempted to steal 132 00:08:58,879 --> 00:09:02,000 the moonstone will be heard from again in connection with 133 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:06,639 the Veninder family. And news will come of a notorious 134 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,440 money lender connected with Rosanna Spearman in the past. I 135 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:16,320 suggest you write his name down, mister Septimus Luca, Middlesex Place, Lambert. 136 00:09:16,039 --> 00:09:24,919 Speaker 3: London, Septimus Luca. That's right, Middle Sex Place, Lambeth. As 137 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:30,440 I repeated Cuff's words, Lady Verinder's message arrived the report 138 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,000 of her interview with her daughter in. 139 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 4: Tom What does she say? 140 00:09:38,159 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 3: M Lady Verinder is pleased to state that her daughter 141 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,799 was shocked at the views of Rosanna's suicide, but ads 142 00:09:49,519 --> 00:09:53,559 she had never spoken a single word in private to 143 00:09:53,639 --> 00:09:56,480 the poor girl from the very moment she entered service 144 00:09:56,519 --> 00:10:00,200 in this house. Further, missus Rachel also swears she is 145 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:04,440 in debt to no living preacher there. What does the 146 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:05,919 great Sergeant Cuff say to that? 147 00:10:07,279 --> 00:10:11,279 Speaker 4: What do I say as I leave you, Sir, I 148 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,960 say I failed complete. 149 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,799 Speaker 3: The day following the departure of Sergeant Cuff, I had 150 00:10:20,879 --> 00:10:24,240 much to do. Lady Verandon and missus Rachel had to 151 00:10:24,279 --> 00:10:26,600 be packed off in a hurry to their townhouse in London, 152 00:10:27,399 --> 00:10:30,720 and mister Franklin Blake, the hit strong young suitor miss 153 00:10:30,799 --> 00:10:35,240 Rachel still refused to see, also left heartbroken for a 154 00:10:35,279 --> 00:10:38,759 long stay on the continent. The house was now empty 155 00:10:38,919 --> 00:10:43,240 save for a few servants and myself. Then late that afternoon, 156 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:49,720 the first of Cuff's prophecies came true. 157 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 6: Why it's Lucy Yellen, And where's the man calling yourself? 158 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 7: Franklin Blake? 159 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 3: Blake gone gone abroad? Why I have something for him? 160 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:06,759 By a letter, A letter from Rosanna Spearman. 161 00:11:06,519 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 6: I a letter from that sweet lovely girl to how 162 00:11:11,279 --> 00:11:11,759 murder A. 163 00:11:12,799 --> 00:11:15,039 Speaker 3: Hand it over, Lucy. I'll send it to him, you'll 164 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:20,200 not I hate him. While she was so dear and 165 00:11:20,519 --> 00:11:23,320 sweet she was, and she said I was to give 166 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:24,919 it to him and no other one. 167 00:11:25,799 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 8: Should he ever. 168 00:11:26,639 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 3: Return, this Franklin Blake, it will be my pleasure to 169 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:45,240 hand him the message from the dead myself. And shortly 170 00:11:45,279 --> 00:11:50,080 after another of Kuff's predictions came true. A news clipping 171 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,879 from a London paper sent by Cuff himself. 172 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 9: Mister Septimus Lucar, the well known money in London dealer 173 00:11:56,759 --> 00:11:59,519 and gems, reported to the police that he has been 174 00:11:59,519 --> 00:12:03,720 annoyed by three Indians hanging about his shop. He asked 175 00:12:03,759 --> 00:12:06,799 police to protect him against further annoyance. 176 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 3: I had no way of knowing if Kuff's third prediction 177 00:12:10,799 --> 00:12:13,320 that the Indians or to turn up at the Vendor 178 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,080 home in London had also become a fact. But soon 179 00:12:17,159 --> 00:12:21,679 there came news from which I have never recovered. I 180 00:12:21,759 --> 00:12:24,080 refer to the sudden death of my dear Lady Verander, 181 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:39,879 Rachel's mother. Months crawled by alone in the stately house. 182 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:45,840 No matter what room I entered, she was there. Her 183 00:12:45,879 --> 00:12:49,519 spirit hung over all, like the lingering scent of primrose 184 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:53,480 and spring. One day, as I sat in the garden 185 00:12:53,519 --> 00:12:56,159 with my beloved copy of Robinson Crusoe and my lap, 186 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,080 they suddenly appeared before me. 187 00:12:58,879 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 8: Gabriel, my old friend. 188 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:05,679 Speaker 3: Oh Lord bless me, How are you, Gabriel. It's mister 189 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:09,799 Franklin bleak himself. How are you right, dear bay? 190 00:13:10,039 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 10: Oh well enough, I suppose, But in times gone past 191 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:14,080 I've been much better. 192 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,559 Speaker 3: You've you've heard about Lady Vellenders. 193 00:13:18,399 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 10: Yes, I came back to Dan the moment I knew. 194 00:13:21,399 --> 00:13:23,840 I tried to see Rachel again, but to. 195 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:27,639 Speaker 3: Oh then, what brings you here, mister Bleek? 196 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:29,799 Speaker 4: The moonstone? 197 00:13:30,039 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 3: Oh, let the diamond be Take my advice, mister Blake. 198 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,720 That cursed Indian jewel has been the ruination of everyone 199 00:13:39,759 --> 00:13:40,559 who's come near it. 200 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,519 Speaker 10: Forget the past, No, I cannot. I am determined to 201 00:13:44,519 --> 00:13:47,120 get to the bottom of it. Rachel believes I had 202 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,080 something to do with its theft. My salvation can come 203 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,480 only by unmasking the criminal who did make off with 204 00:13:52,519 --> 00:13:56,720 the moonstone. If there was something, one little clue to 205 00:13:56,879 --> 00:13:59,159 point to the trail, I must follow me. You will 206 00:13:59,159 --> 00:14:00,000 help me, can you? 207 00:14:00,879 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 3: Shortly after you left to go abroad, Lucy Alan came 208 00:14:04,639 --> 00:14:07,039 here with a letter. She said, was for you a letter? 209 00:14:07,159 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 11: Yes? 210 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 3: Who was it from Rosanna Spearman. Rosenna apparently had it 211 00:14:13,039 --> 00:14:16,200 been written shortly before before. 212 00:14:15,919 --> 00:14:16,639 Speaker 11: She passed away. 213 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,799 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, shall we visit Lucy and receive Rosanna's letter? 214 00:14:21,039 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 4: Yes, let us go at once. 215 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,639 Speaker 3: Never shall I forget the horrible things that crippled Lucy 216 00:14:25,679 --> 00:14:28,639 Galland said to mister Blake before she handed in Rosanna's letter, 217 00:14:28,879 --> 00:14:32,960 which he turned over to me through brimming tears, I 218 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,799 read of a young girl's tragic affection for a man 219 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,559 who could not love her because he loved another. And 220 00:14:39,639 --> 00:14:43,440 then another slip of paper inside the envelope in Rosanna's 221 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:44,279 spearman's hand. 222 00:14:45,399 --> 00:14:47,039 Speaker 4: Go to shivering. 223 00:14:46,679 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 12: Sand at the turn of the tide, walk out on 224 00:14:50,519 --> 00:14:54,720 the rock of South Spit follow a direct line from 225 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:59,919 the coastguard station, and then bend down on a very 226 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:05,159 lager rock, and you will feel among the seaweed a chain. 227 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:07,399 Pull that chain. 228 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:17,519 Speaker 3: Have you found the chain? 229 00:15:17,559 --> 00:15:17,799 Speaker 13: Mister? 230 00:15:18,519 --> 00:15:20,519 Speaker 3: She's said to reach down into the seaweed. 231 00:15:20,759 --> 00:15:22,639 Speaker 10: Wait, wait, wait, there is something here. 232 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 13: Yes, it is a chain with something attached to it, 233 00:15:25,559 --> 00:15:28,159 something which dangles just beneath this ledge of brock. 234 00:15:28,519 --> 00:15:38,559 Speaker 3: Put it's a tin boxes Iveryoneseenter bought for missus Yellen 235 00:15:38,639 --> 00:15:40,200 just before she died. 236 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:48,519 Speaker 7: This what is inside. 237 00:15:48,919 --> 00:15:51,919 Speaker 4: Appears to be some kind of linen. Take it off, Gabriel. 238 00:15:53,159 --> 00:15:59,039 Speaker 3: Why it's a nightgown. And look there, just below the 239 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:04,600 monogram a paint smear. Sergeant Kuff said, the nightgown of 240 00:16:04,639 --> 00:16:08,879 the person who stole the moonstone will be smeared by paint. 241 00:16:09,759 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 7: But whose nightgown is it? 242 00:16:12,279 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 3: I can't recall ever having seen it before. 243 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 10: I have seen it before. Indeed, I have worn it. Gabriel, 244 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,120 this night gown is mine. 245 00:16:30,279 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 3: Shaken to his soul by the discovery of the accusing 246 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:37,279 nightgown and convinced that he himself had stolen the moonstone, 247 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,399 Franklin Blake paced the flor as nervously as a cat. 248 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,519 Speaker 10: But Gabriel, how could I have stolen the moonstone without 249 00:16:43,559 --> 00:16:43,960 knowing it? 250 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 13: Why? 251 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:45,639 Speaker 11: It's it's fantastic. 252 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:46,679 Speaker 8: How could I have done it? 253 00:16:46,759 --> 00:16:50,679 Speaker 3: I don't know, mister Blake. Perhaps you were drunk or 254 00:16:51,279 --> 00:16:53,240 her walking in your sleep when you. 255 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:53,879 Speaker 11: Took the jewel. 256 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 3: And if you did it the moonstone, what is it now? 257 00:16:57,559 --> 00:16:57,919 Speaker 9: Oh? 258 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:59,879 Speaker 11: My mind is completely blanket. 259 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 8: Let me see now. 260 00:17:02,799 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 10: Who else was present at Rachel's birthday party the night 261 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:06,240 the moonstone vanished. 262 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 3: Doctor Kendy for one, Yes, he lives nearby and visit Hall. Oh, 263 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:15,039 but in the past year he's failed considerably. Can't even 264 00:17:15,079 --> 00:17:17,720 seem to remember where he left his color button. I 265 00:17:17,759 --> 00:17:19,319 doubt he can help you very much. 266 00:17:19,519 --> 00:17:21,279 Speaker 10: Nevertheless, I'm bound to have a try at it. 267 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:22,839 Speaker 4: Doctor Candy must help me. 268 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 14: Sorry, mister Blake, Sorry, I remember little of what happened 269 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:42,680 that night. You see, that same evening when I returned 270 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:48,960 home from Lady Venders. I was taken suddenly ill. My 271 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:53,240 memory isn't quite what it should be, Sir, I'm afraid 272 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,240 it's a bit off it is. 273 00:17:57,799 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 10: Thank you, doctor Candy, you've been most kind. Well, yes, 274 00:18:02,039 --> 00:18:11,640 I'd better be getting back. Good night, doctor, that's that. 275 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:13,079 Speaker 11: Ah. 276 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 4: Mister Blake, I believe. 277 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:15,519 Speaker 15: Who are you? 278 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 4: Said? You're a custom to sneak up on a man. 279 00:18:18,079 --> 00:18:21,720 My apologies, mister Blake. People hereabouts will tell you Ezra 280 00:18:21,839 --> 00:18:25,400 Jennings is not the most popular of men. I am 281 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:29,279 doctor Candy's assistant. Oh and you can see my appearances 282 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,440 hardly in my favor, and does little do win me? Friends. 283 00:18:33,039 --> 00:18:37,039 My gipsy complexion, fleshless cheeks remind some persons of another 284 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:41,519 like myself, only he has horns. 285 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 8: You are very sensitive. 286 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:47,640 Speaker 4: I am very I imagine you find doctor Candy greater chained. 287 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 8: Oh yes, terribly. 288 00:18:48,799 --> 00:18:50,319 Speaker 11: His memory has been gravely affected. 289 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 4: It's been failing for nearly a year. On his way 290 00:18:53,519 --> 00:18:55,599 home from the birthday party in Lady Veranders, he was 291 00:18:55,599 --> 00:19:00,720 caught in the rain and became violently ill, in fact, delirious. Delirious, 292 00:19:00,759 --> 00:19:05,079 you say, indeed, he raved at great length. My curiosity 293 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,559 became aroused I took notes quite unintelligible, of course, of 294 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:09,559 what he said. 295 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 10: Mister Jennings, in these wanderings of doctor Candy, did he 296 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:14,200 mention my name? 297 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 4: Yes, mister Blake, at one point he did. His mind 298 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,319 seems to have been occupied with something between himself and you. 299 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:24,039 Speaker 10: And you say you have taken notes of his wanderings 300 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,319 what he said in his deliriums sayd mister Blake. 301 00:19:26,279 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 11: Then you will let me examine these notes. 302 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 4: I am afraid, sir, that is quite impossible. I am 303 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,160 forbidden to disclose the words of my suffering master. Good night, 304 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:38,799 mister Blake. Mister Jennings, please hear me, please, I'm mister, 305 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:39,480 mister Blake. 306 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:41,519 Speaker 11: This is a matter concerning my honor. 307 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:46,839 Speaker 10: I have reason to believe I am a thief, that I, 308 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,160 without knowing it, have stolen the most valuable diamond. 309 00:19:50,039 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 4: Without knowing it. Incredible. What wait a moment, mister Blake. 310 00:19:57,079 --> 00:19:59,680 You have suggested more to me than you suppose. I 311 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,559 don't follow you, mister Jennings. Mister Blake, have you ever 312 00:20:02,599 --> 00:20:06,119 been accustomed to the use of gugs? Never in my life? 313 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,720 And you are most fortunate because in me you see 314 00:20:08,759 --> 00:20:13,759 a derelict one become a slave to the dog habit. Oh, 315 00:20:13,799 --> 00:20:17,480 but you needn't be sorry for me, mister Blake. I 316 00:20:17,519 --> 00:20:20,400 am sorry for you, and I have changed my mind. 317 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,200 I will let you see the notes I took the 318 00:20:22,279 --> 00:20:25,200 night doctor Candy and my poor colleague became ill. But 319 00:20:25,279 --> 00:20:27,880 first I have a client critically ill and awaiting me. 320 00:20:28,319 --> 00:20:30,759 I shall return in two hours. At that time we 321 00:20:30,799 --> 00:20:33,400 can dwell upon the subject of doctor Candy's delirium, as 322 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,960 well as other things. 323 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 13: In two hours, mister Blake's. 324 00:20:47,039 --> 00:20:50,319 Speaker 4: Down as Blake. Thank you. Now to climb straightway into 325 00:20:50,319 --> 00:20:53,240 what doctor Candy spoke of during his critically illness, Here 326 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,599 is a significant part of the memorandum I made. Go 327 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,640 on Jennings listen. Mister Franklin Blake is clever and agreeable, 328 00:20:59,759 --> 00:21:02,279 but wants taking down a peg. When he talks of medicine, 329 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,000 he confesses he's been suffering from want of sleep at night. 330 00:21:05,319 --> 00:21:07,119 I tell him his nerves are out of order, that 331 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:10,039 he should take medicine. He tells me that taking medicine 332 00:21:10,039 --> 00:21:14,200 and groping in the dark are one and the same thing. Now, 333 00:21:14,759 --> 00:21:18,079 mister Blake, did you have difficulties sleeping a year ago 334 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:18,480 this time? 335 00:21:19,039 --> 00:21:22,599 Speaker 10: Yes, yes, I slept wretchedly. Doctor Canty had tried to 336 00:21:22,599 --> 00:21:24,480 get me to take some medicine that I refuse. 337 00:21:24,599 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 4: And on the night of the bed and a birthday party, 338 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,640 how did you sleep? It is most important try and remember. 339 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,400 I do remember I slept soundly. 340 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:32,519 Speaker 7: Like a top. 341 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 4: Then, mister Bake, I am convinced, absolutely convinced, from what 342 00:21:36,039 --> 00:21:38,880 doctor Candy revealed in his delirium that on the night 343 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,440 the moonstone was stolen, you slept under the influence of 344 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,160 a drug which doctor Candy administered to you in secret. 345 00:21:44,279 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 3: I don't know, can only follow your opinion. 346 00:21:47,519 --> 00:21:50,039 Speaker 4: But mister Blake, are you the man to try a 347 00:21:50,079 --> 00:21:51,599 bold and daring experiment? 348 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 10: I will do anything to clear myself of the suspicion 349 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:55,440 which rests upon me. 350 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 4: Now, will you put yourself completely in my hands, be 351 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,880 guided implicitly by my advice, even though it may expose 352 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,880 you to the ridicule of fools. Yes, I will. But 353 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,480 what am I to do, mister Jennings. We shall simulate 354 00:22:06,519 --> 00:22:09,359 the conditions I refer to the physical appearances of the 355 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,720 Berender household as those conditions existed nearly a year ago. 356 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,559 But the real experiment, Sir, shall be conducted with you yourself 357 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:18,799 playing the part of the innocent victim. I don't quite 358 00:22:18,799 --> 00:22:21,920 follow you. We shall duplicate, sir, your physical and mental 359 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,799 condition on the night the moonstone disappeared, and then just 360 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,720 before you go to bed, a drug will be administered 361 00:22:28,759 --> 00:22:28,960 to you. 362 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 8: But why why. 363 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 10: Should I be given a drug? 364 00:22:31,519 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 4: Why? Yes, what will I do this, mister Blake, in 365 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,039 the presence of witnesses whose testimony will be beyond all dispute, 366 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,720 you shall steal the moonstone a second time. 367 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 3: Why it was the maddest scheme of a herd, of 368 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,920 the mouth of any man I had even known the 369 00:22:50,039 --> 00:22:54,359 very appearance of this person. Jennings, give me the walking shutters. 370 00:22:54,960 --> 00:23:00,359 He stopped the house like a proprietary ghost, but urged 371 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:04,200 on by Franklin Blake, I kept hard at work restoring 372 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,960 all the furnishings of the empty house to their places 373 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,839 and conditions as they were in the night of the robbery. 374 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,359 Mister Blake gave himself completely over to his reginnings. Over 375 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,960 All the world reminded me of a cat watching a 376 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,079 silly mouse, And each day misters Jennings would note in 377 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:25,720 his diary the decline under his careful suggestions. In mister 378 00:23:25,799 --> 00:23:28,960 Blake's physical and mental condition June eighteenth. 379 00:23:29,559 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 4: In keeping with my plan, and because mister Blake had 380 00:23:32,039 --> 00:23:34,640 at this time one year ago given up smoking cigars, 381 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,000 I have now forbidden him to smoke. He is, as 382 00:23:38,039 --> 00:23:45,880 I hoped, becoming increasingly nervous and irritable. June twentieth. The sooners, 383 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,839 the rooms are returned to their appearance as of the 384 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,799 night in question. The better mister Blake now grows more 385 00:23:50,839 --> 00:23:56,519 and more restless. June twenty third. Mister Blake is overwrought, 386 00:23:56,839 --> 00:24:00,400 highly nervous, just as I need him to be. I 387 00:24:00,559 --> 00:24:03,839 myself now begin to feel the last and terrible effects 388 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,720 of the dead habit which I am enslaved. I pray 389 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,759 for strength to carry on, or the happiness of others 390 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:14,519 is at stake. Two days more and then the experiment. 391 00:24:20,039 --> 00:24:25,279 Speaker 3: Then came the fateful day of the experiment. The witnesses, 392 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,640 as Jennings was pleased to call them, began arriving first 393 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,559 as mister Bruff, the Verander's family lawyer, and quite crumpy 394 00:24:31,599 --> 00:24:31,960 he was. 395 00:24:32,279 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 9: But this is madness, Gabriel Chaw. 396 00:24:34,279 --> 00:24:34,759 Speaker 4: Madness. 397 00:24:35,039 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 10: I am now in forever opposed to this so called experiment. 398 00:24:38,519 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 3: And when the matter had been explained to Miss Rachel, 399 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,079 my young lady of the house. She consented to come 400 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,440 with her companion, Missus Meridieu, who apparently did not quite 401 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:47,839 comprehend the matter at hand. 402 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 6: At what time, Gabriel is the explosion to take place? 403 00:24:53,559 --> 00:24:55,799 Speaker 3: And then, of course there was Missus Rachel herself, who 404 00:24:55,839 --> 00:24:57,519 surprisingly could think to ask. 405 00:24:57,319 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 7: Only Gabriel, how is Franklin and when can I see? 406 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 3: As the time for the experiment drew near, I was 407 00:25:03,519 --> 00:25:06,759 fairly beside myself with nervousness and concern for the welfare 408 00:25:06,799 --> 00:25:10,880 of Franklin Blake. But eleven o'clock finally came and mister 409 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,680 Blake was impeded. Under the direction of Ezra Jennings, I 410 00:25:14,759 --> 00:25:17,000 myself brought the drink to mister Blake, the drink to 411 00:25:17,039 --> 00:25:19,079 which had been added the drug. 412 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:21,559 Speaker 8: Mister Blake drank deeply. 413 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,079 Speaker 3: Missus Rachel's sitting room was directly across the hall from 414 00:25:26,079 --> 00:25:29,839 mister Blake's bedroom. A piece of crystal had been placed 415 00:25:29,839 --> 00:25:31,880 in the drawer of the engine cabinet in Miss Rachel's 416 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,759 sitting room to represent the moonstone where it had been 417 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:39,240 seen last. The witnesses were Missus Rachel and mister Bruff 418 00:25:39,559 --> 00:25:43,039 missus Marrotuwitt since retired, and they took their places in 419 00:25:43,079 --> 00:25:45,759 the sitting room, watching the door and the engine cabinet. 420 00:25:46,319 --> 00:25:49,599 Jennings and I sat by mister Blake's bed. He lay 421 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,359 there like a man struck insensible. Then mister buff depute 422 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,559 in no longer able to restrain his impatience. 423 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 14: I've insakes, Jennings, when will the drug begin to walk? 424 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,839 Speaker 4: Say nothing, Go back to the sitting room. We should 425 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:03,039 not have too long to wait. 426 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,880 Speaker 3: Mister Bruff left. I looked at Franklin Blake. It opened 427 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,240 his eyes and in them flamed something I had never 428 00:26:12,279 --> 00:26:16,160 before seen. The view of perspiration appeared on his face, 429 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:20,759 and he began to mumble. And then suddenly Franklin Blake 430 00:26:20,839 --> 00:26:22,839 was up and out of bed, and though speaking as 431 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,599 if in a trance, his words came quite distinctly. 432 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 16: Wish I'd never taken it out of the bank. I'm 433 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:34,799 safe in the bank. How do I know the Indians 434 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:39,920 may be hidden in the house. Besides, the moonstone isn't 435 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:45,039 even locked up. So in the drawer of Rachel's Indian cabinet, 436 00:26:45,559 --> 00:26:50,319 and the drawer doesn't lock, I'd better take a candle 437 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:54,920 and go have a look at it. Oh, there's the candle. 438 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:56,799 Speaker 4: H there it is. 439 00:26:59,519 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 11: Star Indian cabin. 440 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,559 Speaker 3: And so candle and hand. Franklin Blake moved heavily towards 441 00:27:07,559 --> 00:27:10,400 the sitting room. I crept after him as he walked 442 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,160 straight to the engine cabinet. Then he stopped and placed 443 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,119 the heavy on eight candle holder atop the cabinet. And 444 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,720 then he began opening and shutting one drawer after another. 445 00:27:20,079 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 11: The moonstone, Where is it? Where? 446 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 16: Ah ah, I'll take it. Where's where's the candle? Yes, sir, 447 00:27:33,319 --> 00:27:34,799 I'll go back. 448 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:49,519 Speaker 11: Oh, cap cat hold strange legs, heavy everything heavy, candle, candle, 449 00:27:50,079 --> 00:27:57,200 too heavy, even even moonstone can't carry it. 450 00:27:57,559 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 8: Oh, thank Franklin. 451 00:28:01,519 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 7: Oh my darning, Oh my dear. 452 00:28:04,599 --> 00:28:08,039 Speaker 3: Franklin Blake had indeed taken the Moonstone from the drawing 453 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,599 of the Indian Cabinet, but after it had fallen on 454 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:12,039 the floor. 455 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:31,079 Speaker 8: Oh. 456 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 2: A Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is one of the world's 457 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:36,559 great novels, brought to you each week by the NBC 458 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,759 University of the Air. Listen next week to the final 459 00:28:39,839 --> 00:28:42,799 episode of this four part radio version of The Moonstone, 460 00:28:43,519 --> 00:28:46,319 and remember that your local public library can be a 461 00:28:46,359 --> 00:28:50,000 constant source of information and entertainment. To add to your 462 00:28:50,079 --> 00:28:52,799 enjoyment of this series, we recommend the Handbook of the 463 00:28:52,839 --> 00:28:56,119 World's Great Novels, which you may obtain by sending twenty 464 00:28:56,119 --> 00:29:01,160 five cents The World's Great Novels Post Office Box, Station JAY, 465 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,759 New York, twenty seven, New York. That's Post Office Box thirty, 466 00:29:05,039 --> 00:29:17,720 Station J, New York, twenty seven. The Moonstone is adapted 467 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,880 for radio by Robert Saxon. The music was composed by 468 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,680 Amel Soderstrom, and the orchestra was directed by Bernard berquinst 469 00:29:25,079 --> 00:29:27,759 The entire production was under the direction of Homer Heck. 470 00:29:28,319 --> 00:29:32,039 Sherman Marx is featured as Gabriel Betteridge and Charles Mountain 471 00:29:32,079 --> 00:29:35,960 as Franklin Blake. Rachel is played by Geraldine Kay, Lady 472 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:40,200 Barnder by Almah Plattz, and Rosanna by Ruth Shames. Sergeant 473 00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:44,240 Kuff is played by Arthur Sedgwick, Ezra Jennings by Maurice Copeland, 474 00:29:44,559 --> 00:29:46,400 and Doctor Candy by Arthur Peterson. 475 00:29:47,079 --> 00:29:48,279 Speaker 4: This is John Conrad. 476 00:29:48,759 --> 00:29:51,319 Speaker 2: This program comes to you from Chicago and is a 477 00:29:51,359 --> 00:29:56,200 presentation of the National Broadcasting Company and its affiliated independent stations. 478 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:02,240 This is NBC, the National Broadcasting Company. 479 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:15,319 Speaker 1: Welcome Back, I continue to love this adaptation. This really 480 00:30:15,359 --> 00:30:18,200 brings out the best parts of the novel, and I 481 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:23,359 like how they chose some poignant passages for Gabriel to 482 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,599 read well. I liked reading Gabriel when I was reading 483 00:30:27,079 --> 00:30:30,079 the book. He could go on a bit, but they 484 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,440 chose some solid bits for him to narrate, and the 485 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,400 way he reflected on the passing of his lady was 486 00:30:36,759 --> 00:30:41,079 just beautifully done. Still got into Robinson Crusoe reference because 487 00:30:41,079 --> 00:30:45,039 it wouldn't be Gabriel without it. It's interesting the degree 488 00:30:45,079 --> 00:30:50,559 to which the mystery has serious consequences, particularly compared to 489 00:30:50,839 --> 00:30:54,920 some later work. Certainly the suicide of Rosanna looms large, 490 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,119 but you also have the way things played out between 491 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,240 Rachel and Front as a result of the whole theft. 492 00:31:02,799 --> 00:31:07,000 And while it's a melodramatic idea and modern readers and 493 00:31:07,079 --> 00:31:11,240 listeners can question how well this reenactment would have worked 494 00:31:11,279 --> 00:31:14,640 in reality, it was effective in the story and sets 495 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:18,839 up a nice cliffhanger for the concluding episode. I will 496 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,599 say the doctor deciding to show Franklin the power of 497 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:25,960 medication by surreptitiously drugging him is a bit dubious ethically, 498 00:31:26,039 --> 00:31:30,119 even by nineteenth century standards. But perhaps he was already 499 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:34,000 starting to go downhill mentally and that's why he did. 500 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 4: Such a thing. 501 00:31:35,119 --> 00:31:39,359 Speaker 1: All right, Well, now we turn to listener comments and feedback, 502 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:44,480 Diane writes on Instagram listen to part one, looking forward 503 00:31:44,519 --> 00:31:48,519 to hearing more. Well, thanks so much, Diane. Now it's 504 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:53,119 time to think our Patreon supporter of the day, and 505 00:31:53,319 --> 00:31:57,319 I want to go ahead and thank Jennifer, Patreon supporter 506 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:01,480 since April, currently supporting the podcast at the Detective Sergeant 507 00:32:01,599 --> 00:32:04,400 level of seven dollars and fourteen cents or more per month. 508 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,240 Thanks so much for your support, Jennifer, and that will 509 00:32:07,279 --> 00:32:10,279 do it for today. If you're enjoying the podcast, please 510 00:32:10,279 --> 00:32:14,839 follow us using your favorite podcast software and be sure 511 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,079 to rate and review the podcast wherever you download it from. 512 00:32:18,519 --> 00:32:22,920 We'll be back next Thursday with the final episode of 513 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:27,960 The Moonstone. But join us back here tomorrow for yours truly, 514 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:29,839 Johnny dollar Ware. 515 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 15: All right, just tell me why you've had me come 516 00:32:32,519 --> 00:32:34,559 all the way down here to investigate? Allows you two 517 00:32:34,599 --> 00:32:37,680 thousand dollars claim? I told you I don't really know, 518 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:44,359 all right? National security is in five yes? Well, okay, Jenny, 519 00:32:45,039 --> 00:32:47,599 I issued a policy covering the chemical plant of doctor 520 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,119 John c Olworth. What kind of chemicals? 521 00:32:50,119 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 4: Well, you see, I don't know, huh. 522 00:32:53,279 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 15: I issued the policy at the specific request of Todd 523 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,319 Swamp's Chamber of Commerce knows more about this whole area 524 00:32:59,359 --> 00:33:01,960 and it's people in anyone else? Well, surely you've seen 525 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,119 this chemicalland no I haven't. You want as a matter 526 00:33:05,119 --> 00:33:08,920 of fact, its exact location is a complete sequon. Now, look, earl, 527 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,319 if you've issued a policy, if you're ready to pay 528 00:33:11,319 --> 00:33:14,720 off acclaim, But if you haven't seen, how do you 529 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,640 know a couple of thousand dollars worth of damage occurred. 530 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:18,440 I've taken Todd Swam's word for it. 531 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 4: I trust him implicit. 532 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,480 Speaker 15: This is the dog on this earl. How can I 533 00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:24,720 possibly investigate something? If I can't, if nobody knows what 534 00:33:26,039 --> 00:33:26,680 I hope you'll. 535 00:33:26,559 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: Be with us then in the meantime, send your comments 536 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:34,319 to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot yet, follow us 537 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:39,359 on Twitter at Radio Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, Instagram, 538 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:43,880 dot com, slash Great Detectives from Boise Ataho. This is 539 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,200 your host, Adam Graham, Sign and off.