Thriller -S1E15 -The Cheaters
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00:00When a man shuts himself off from his neighbours, when he conducts mysterious experiments behind
00:11locked doors, there's bound to be talk.
00:14There were those who whispered that old Dirk Van Prynne was a sorcerer, and worse.
00:22He might never have been remembered at all had not his research led him to the discovery
00:27of a most unusual formula for making glass.
00:32Mr. Van Prynne, it's Mrs. Ames.
00:38What do you want?
00:40The silversmith left a package for you.
00:43Just leave it outside the door, please.
00:46Can I bring up your supper now, Mr. Van Prynne?
00:50Never mind. Just leave the house.
00:54You ought to take something, Mr. Van Prynne.
00:58I'll fetch up some nourishing soup before I go.
01:01It's really no trouble. You haven't had a bite all day.
01:06Good night, Mrs. Ames.
01:08Yes, sir. Good night.
01:23Good night.
01:53♪♪
02:17♪♪
02:46Dirk Van Prynne hanged himself before dawn.
02:50His story might have ended there if he'd had the courage to smash those spectacles.
02:56But like many another scientist, he couldn't bear to destroy his own creation.
03:02Too bad, because years later, others tried them on.
03:07In The Cheaters, our story for tonight, a junk man named Joe Henshaw...
03:13...played by Mr. Paul Newland...
03:16...a little old-fashioned lady named Marion Alcott...
03:21...played by Miss Mildred Dunnock...
03:24...her nephew, Percy Dean...
03:27...played by Mr. Jack Weston...
03:30...and finally, a man who discovered the real purpose of the spectacles, Sebastian Grimm...
03:38...played by Mr. Harry Townes.
03:42What they saw through those yellow, long lenses, they never forgot.
03:48And neither will you, my friends.
03:50Because as sure as my name's Boris Karloff...
03:55...this is a thriller.
03:58THE CHEATERS
04:23What do you want to load up on more junk for? Store's full of it now.
04:27Get yourself a lot of raggedy old clothes and some busted-up furniture, that's what you'll get.
04:32How much you bid?
04:35Not much.
04:36How much, Joe?
04:39A hundred dollars.
04:41A hundred dollars?
04:43You promised me you would unload this crummy place, get into a decent business.
04:47Maggie, would you take it easy? The kid's coming.
04:49I don't care who's coming. How are we ever gonna get out of here?
04:51You keep spending every dime on more junk.
04:53No more, Maggie. Not in front of the kid again, you hear? No more.
04:56Hi, Joe.
04:58Hey, hiya, Maggie.
04:59Morning, Charlie.
05:01Here's your mail.
05:08Why don't you admit it, Joe, and get yourself a pair of glasses?
05:12I see what I need to see.
05:15Yeah. Maybe we ought to leave it that way.
05:20Sit down, Charlie. I'll pour you some coffee.
05:23Hey, that's great. I didn't get a chance to get any breakfast.
05:25You eat on your own time. Go get the truck.
05:28Okay, Joe. Where are we going?
05:31Joe's bought another blind lot from the city.
05:34Maggie!
05:35Paid a hundred dollars.
05:37And I'll bet no other salvage operator bothered to bid on it.
05:40But my Joe's got sporting blood.
05:42My Joe's a gambler. Huh, Joe?
05:45Where is the stuff?
05:46The old bleaker house.
05:48The bleaker? Well, that place is 200 years old.
05:51It's been padlocked since before the first war.
05:53Will you keep your mouth shut?
05:55You just do your job and let me run my business.
05:57Wait a minute, Joe. I didn't say anything.
05:59Did I say anything, Maggie?
06:01You leave Charlie alone.
06:03You want to pick on somebody, pick on me!
06:05I'm warning you, not again in front of the kid.
06:08Hey, hey, you two, knock it off, huh?
06:10Maybe Joe's got a good idea.
06:12Fat chance.
06:13Well, I heard of a salvage at one time
06:15that found a half a million dollars in war bonds in an old house.
06:18Confederate war bonds.
06:20Look, will you get the truck?
06:22Yeah, sure, Joe.
06:23Keep your eye on him, Charlie.
06:25If he finds anything in that dump, I want to know about it.
06:33That's fine talk from a wife.
06:38Maggie, will you listen?
06:40I bid that place because Delahanty down at City Hall
06:43would tip me off.
06:46Delahanty said up in the attic there was some old furniture.
06:49Maybe there's some real antique pieces.
06:51Charlie's waiting.
06:53Maggie, you got to take a chance once in a while.
06:56Maybe your luck will change.
06:58From bad to worse.
07:00Look what's happened to you, Maggie.
07:02Ever since I hired that kid, you've been treating me like dirt.
07:05Oh, don't start that again.
07:09All right.
07:11We'll settle this later.
07:19Come on.
07:50It's going to cost you money to haul this stuff to the dump.
07:53Who asked you to worry?
08:19Nothing.
08:32Hey, maybe the valuable stuff's in here.
08:49What is it?
09:09Joe, look at all these old books.
09:11Maybe there's some rare editions here.
09:14Looks like another load for the dump.
09:19Maybe we can get some for this old desk.
09:29Some deal.
09:31You ought to sue the city, Joe.
09:33Advice from you I don't need.
09:35Maggie's going to froth and froam when she hears about this.
09:38Why don't you go and tell her?
09:40Go on, get out of here.
09:42Go on, get out!
09:44Okay, Joe.
10:12Go on, get out.
10:43What's all this?
10:45Happy birthday, darling.
10:48But it's not my birthday.
10:50Oh, please don't spoil it, Joe, dear.
10:53I know your birthday was last week and I forgot.
10:56Now I want to make it up to you.
10:58And Joe, I'm sorry for the way I acted this morning.
11:03You're sorry?
11:06What's happened?
11:08Did that kid tell you I found a basket full of diamonds?
11:12Charlie said it was nothing but rubbish.
11:14And all of a sudden I realized how disappointed you must have been.
11:18And how rotten I've been.
11:21Rotten and unselfish, Joe.
11:24And I'm sorry.
11:26Well, you know, maybe I haven't been so easy to live with either.
11:31Ha!
11:33Go wash up now.
11:35You'll need a little while.
11:47Where'd you get those funny old cheetahs, Joe?
11:49Uh, the beaker place.
11:51Oh, you'll ruin your eyes wearing somebody else's glasses.
11:55What happened to the other letter, Maggie?
11:57There was four here this morning.
12:00It's only a bill from the gas company.
12:02I took care of it for you.
12:07You old fool.
12:09If you hadn't been too cheap to buy a pair of glasses,
12:12I'd have lost the pleasure of fleecing you.
12:17Huh?
12:18If you hadn't been too busy to buy a pair of glasses,
12:21I'd have lost the pleasure of spoiling you.
12:25Enjoy it while you can, Joe.
12:28Tomorrow you'll be dead.
12:32What?
12:33Enjoy it while you can, dear.
12:35Tomorrow you'll be dead-tied from hauling all that rubbish.
12:41What did you say the other bill was from?
12:44From the gas company.
12:49They want to buy this property, Joe.
12:52For a lot of money.
12:54Happy birthday, Joe!
12:56I brought you a jug of your favorite poison.
13:00And if this doesn't kill you, I will, ape man.
13:03And if this doesn't fill you up, I'll flip, man,
13:06because it cost me a bundle.
13:13What's the matter, Joe? You sick?
13:15Come on.
13:16What you need is a little drinky.
13:18How about it, Maggie?
13:19Oh, I don't know, Charlie. The doctor said...
13:21Hey, come on. It's his birthday.
13:23Just one, then.
13:30You should have been an actress, baby.
13:32Fill his right to the top, honey.
13:34The quicker we get him drunk, the quicker we get him over to the old house.
13:38Hey, come on, Joe.
13:40Here's pie in your eye.
13:42Many happy returns, darling.
13:48The three of us are going on a midnight treasure hunt, Joe.
13:54And you're gonna have a nasty accident, darling.
13:57If I tumble down the stairs, don't kid you,
13:59I'll clobber you with a board.
14:01You'll leave the same kind of marks.
14:03Come on. Have another one.
14:05Charlie, I said just one.
14:07Oh, come on. Don't be a party pooper.
14:10Honey, this is one party I wouldn't spoil for the world.
14:15You're beautiful, Maggie.
14:17In a few hours, you'll be all mine.
14:20I never thought it would be so exciting.
14:22Gee, I love you, Charlie.
14:28Uh, Charlie, you, uh...
14:30You got an education?
14:32Sure.
14:33What is, uh...
14:36V-E-R-I-T-A-S.
14:41What does that mean?
14:43Well, it's a veritas. It's, uh...
14:45It's Latin. It means truth. Truth.
14:50Where you going, Joe?
14:52Oh, I'm gonna put the truck in the garage.
14:54Oh, wait a minute, Joe. Look, son.
14:56Will you? I mean, look, I'll take care of the truck, huh?
14:59No, you, uh...
15:01You get your fancy clothes on.
15:03It's too bad.
15:20Hey, look, what does he mean, too bad?
15:22I got my fancy clothes on. Too bad.
15:25Who knows what that stupid old coot means.
15:30Maggie, wait a minute, honey. Wait a minute. I'm not sure.
15:33You losing your nerve?
15:35Oh, no. It's... It's only that...
15:37It's only what, darling?
15:40Maggie, Maggie, what you do to me?
15:54Maggie, Maggie, what you do to me?
15:56Maggie, Maggie, what you do to me?
15:58Maggie, Maggie, what you do to me?
16:23Joe.
16:25Why?
16:29Cheaters.
16:31Cheaters.
16:33You don't do something like this
16:35just because your wife's been cheating on you, Joe.
16:58I'm not imagining it, Clarence.
17:00She's put something into my tea.
17:02I'm not a complete fool.
17:04No matter what Olive and Ed would think,
17:06I'd know when my tea's been drunked.
17:11Because today's Thursday.
17:13Her bridge club meets downstairs every Thursday.
17:15And every Thursday after lunch, I get so sleepy.
17:18I have to stay in bed.
17:20I have to stay in bed.
17:22I have to stay in bed.
17:24I have to stay in bed.
17:26I have to stay in bed.
17:28I have to stay in bed.
17:30Oh, any sibleton can see why she doesn't want me.
17:34She's afraid I'll meet her friends.
17:36It'll speak my mind.
17:40No, I'm not ungrateful.
17:43I'm completely aware of the sacrifice Olive and Edward have gone to
17:48to come here and look after me since Mr. Alcott's death.
17:52But there's no excuse for keeping me a prisoner in my own home.
17:57I'm hungry, Clarence.
18:01Diet? Oh, Paul.
18:04My heart's perfectly normal. It's just that I...
18:07I get a little out of breath sometimes.
18:10Here she comes.
18:12Please promise me you'll come back this evening.
18:16Oh, bless you.
18:18Bless you, Clarence.
18:20At least I have one friend left.
18:28Enjoy your lunch, Mother Alcott.
18:31Oh, I see you drank all your tea.
18:34Wouldn't you be disappointed if I hadn't?
18:37Dr. Richards would be disappointed, dear.
18:39You know what he said about keeping up your liquid intake?
18:42Sleepy? No.
18:44Oh, well, you try closing your eyes for a little while.
18:48If you can't nap, just ring and I'll help you downstairs.
18:52You wouldn't intrude on your bridge party, Olive.
18:55Oh, you'd be an asset to any party, Mother Alcott.
19:48Yes, thank you.
20:39May I help you?
20:41These are lovely.
20:43I don't see the color I require.
20:47What color are you looking for?
20:49Yellow. Bright yellow.
20:51I'll see if we have any in stock.
21:01Oh, dear.
21:03No.
21:05Those are horrid shades.
21:08I'm afraid I'll have to inquire elsewhere.
21:48Lovely little escrutoire.
21:50How much are you asking for it, Mr. Henshaw?
21:53It's sold. And my name's Bergen. Henshaw's dead.
21:56Yes.
21:58Don't you read the papers?
22:00He brained his wife and her boyfriend, and the cops shot him.
22:03The gas company owns this place now.
22:05They bought it from Henshaw's relatives.
22:07They're gonna put up an office building, so I bought out his inventory.
22:10I see. Do you mind if I have a look?
22:12Certainly.
22:15Oh, you see something you like, lady?
22:18Yes. How much are these?
22:23Two bits.
22:34I'll take that.
22:36I'll take that.
22:38I'll take that.
22:40I'll take that.
22:42Hmm.
23:06Oh, Mother Alcott, we've been so worried.
23:09It's almost 7 o'clock.
23:11The doctor said about you going out alone.
23:13Where have you been?
23:15If you must know, I've been fitted for some glasses.
23:21Oh, my. Aren't they attractive?
23:24Don't you think so, Edward?
23:26Yes, yes. Very unusual.
23:31The perfect touch for that Halloween costume the old bat's wearing.
23:36Just the perfect touch for the custom look everyone's wearing.
23:40I see you've been shopping again.
23:44You doddering old thief.
23:47Now Edward will have to return all the junk you've stolen.
23:51It'll be the last time you'll make trouble for me, old girl.
23:54Your next trip will be to the morgue.
23:58You look so pale, Mother Alcott. Let me take you up to bed.
24:01No, no. I can manage for myself.
24:06Oh, darling, we're already late.
24:08You won't mind if Clarence brings up your tray to you.
24:10He phoned to say he was on his way.
24:12We'll wait for him if it makes you nervous being alone, Mother Alcott.
24:16I think we should wait.
24:18Oh, she'll be all right.
24:20She'll probably make Clarence take her out at night clubbing.
24:26Goodbye, Mother Alcott.
24:28Sweet dreams.
24:30You'll be your last after tonight.
24:38Good night.
24:52Miriam.
24:54Miriam, it's Clarence.
25:02Well, how's my best girl tonight, huh?
25:06I hear you were out on the town this afternoon.
25:09Clarence, they're going to kill me.
25:11Now, now, now, Miriam, that's no way to talk.
25:13No, it's true.
25:15My, this looks delicious.
25:17Clarence, as trustee of my late husband's estate,
25:21it's your duty to listen to him.
25:23Now, where would you like to sit?
25:25What's wrong with right here by the fire, hmm?
25:27I heard them say it. I mean, I...
25:29I heard them think it.
25:31I don't know, but...
25:33I think it had something to do with these spectacles.
25:35Then after you've had your supper,
25:37we'll go downstairs and watch TV.
25:41Come along now, young lady.
25:45Come.
25:47Get your last meal.
25:53I know just the thing to wet your palate.
25:56A little brandy.
25:58Now, if you promise not to tell on me,
26:01I'll go and find Edward's decanter.
26:06I'm going to need a drink
26:08before I shove you down the stairs,
26:10you senile old scarecrow.
26:16Clarence.
26:18Who inherits when I'm dead?
26:22What an odd question to ask.
26:24Will you know?
26:26Edward and Olive provided they maintain you in this house
26:29as long as you live.
26:31Which won't be long, Miriam.
26:33And for arranging your fatal accident,
26:36they're giving half to me.
26:41Oh, Miriam, you're ill.
26:43You do need a stimulant.
26:45I'll be right back.
27:00You know, there's one thing
27:02I've always admired about Edward.
27:04He keeps excellent brandy.
27:06It's a status symbol for him, I suppose.
27:09Pity he never touches it himself.
27:12If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times.
27:15On bend a little, Edward.
27:17Live, live, live, live.
27:19Ha, ha, ha.
27:21I'll be right back.
27:24On bend a little, Edward.
27:26Live, live, live, live.
27:28Ha, ha, ha.
27:30Well, you're not going to let your generation down, are you, Miriam?
27:33You know how to live.
27:35But you're overdoing it a bit, you old hag.
27:40What's wrong, Miriam?
27:42Aren't you going to join me?
27:44Oh, Miriam.
27:46You're not going to let an old friend drink by himself?
27:49Take it.
27:51I'm pushing you down the stairs.
27:53Oh!
28:02Miriam.
28:21Ha, ha, ha.
28:32Ha, ha, ha.
28:38To what is most precious between friends, Clarence?
28:43The truth.
28:47Ha, ha, ha.
28:52Ha, ha, ha.
29:17Ha, ha.
29:19Here comes my lord.
29:21Cha, cha.
29:23Ha, ha. Here comes my lady.
29:26Nimble, namble.
29:28Mm-hmm.
29:30Dr. Vine himself a glass of wine.
29:35Oh!
29:38Clarence.
29:41You're not saying anything.
29:44Dear, sweet Clarence.
29:47Always ready to listen to an old lady's troubles.
29:54My head's going round and round and round and round.
30:17Oh!
30:33But I still think we're rushing things.
30:36Oh, nonsense.
30:38It's been nearly a year since Clarence and the old lady died.
30:42People have found other things to talk about.
30:44I wonder.
30:46They left her, didn't they?
30:48Well, they'd come once.
30:50Out of curiosity, if for no other reason.
30:53Well, I couldn't care less.
30:55As long as Thorgeson enjoys himself.
30:57He doesn't know it yet, Alice,
30:59but he's going to sponsor me into the Gentry Club.
31:02I intend to be somebody in this town,
31:04and Thorgeson will be my advocate.
31:06That's why I invited Sebastian Grimm and his wife.
31:10Sebastian Grimm?
31:12That writer?
31:15Yes, that's how dear sweet Mother Alcott would have characterized him.
31:20Well, he's a necessary evil to my plan for the evening.
31:23Just bad-mannered enough to get bored with our party
31:26and suggest a poker game.
31:28Thorgeson's weakness.
31:30But you hate gambling.
31:32Nevertheless, I intend to show Thorgeson
31:35that I know how to lose like a gentleman.
31:39What?
31:41Why, Edward,
31:43you look positively...
31:45Like Benjamin Franklin, the symbol of wisdom and stability?
31:49Yes.
31:51Well, that's exactly the impression I wish to create.
31:55Now, don't panic, my dear.
31:58We have more money than most of them have right now.
32:02It won't be long before they'll be courting our favor.
32:06Your servant, madame.
32:14The costume is very impressive, Dean.
32:17Well, thank you very much.
32:19I'd swear I was in the presence
32:21of the industrious Benjamin Franklin himself.
32:23Except for one flaw.
32:25What's that, Grimm?
32:27Every schoolboy knows that Franklin wore spectacles.
32:33He has you there, D.
32:35Ben Franklin without spectacles?
32:37This is like FDR without a spectacle.
32:40Without spectacles, this is like FDR without a cigarette holder.
32:46Why don't we all go someplace
32:48where we can indulge in Thorgeson's favorite form of larceny?
32:51Edward, why don't you men use the library?
32:54Well, all right.
32:56I think I can find a stack of cards and some chips somewhere.
33:00This way, gentlemen, please.
33:05Sorry, Dean. Ace is full.
33:08Well, well, well.
33:10I was positive I had you beat that time, Thorgeson.
33:13You lose your money like it had smallpox.
33:16Oh, it's the contest I enjoy, Grimm.
33:19The give and the take.
33:21Winning and losing, secondary.
33:27Spoken like a gentleman.
33:29I thought you men might like something from the buffet.
33:32Oh, and Edward,
33:34look what I found among Mother Alcott's things.
33:39Well, I'll be.
33:41Remarkable.
33:43Does that satisfy your sense of historical accuracy, Mr. Grimm?
33:47Madame, I'm flabbergast.
33:51Can't see much.
33:53Might improve your game.
33:56Deal the cards, Thorgeson.
33:59I think I need more chips, Judge.
34:08Delighted to take your money, you fat little fool.
34:13Delighted?
34:17It'll take more than a patriot's costume to cloak your intentions,
34:20you tedious little poseur.
34:28Ah, here's a laugh.
34:30The word veritas is engraved across these spectacles.
34:34Yeah?
34:36Latin for truth.
34:38Oh.
34:39Probably made with this honour in mind.
34:43It is supposed to be your calling, isn't it, Judge Pfluger?
34:47And what exactly is your calling, Mr. Grimm?
34:51I'm an unpublished author.
34:54Unsung.
34:57Unfulfilled.
35:00A soul in search of the eternal verities of life.
35:04And a decent hand.
35:06Mmm, three nines.
35:09That's more like it.
35:11This time I'll give them a run for their money.
35:16Not even a miserable pair.
35:19I'd better stay in for one bet, though.
35:22Make Thorgeson think he's forcing me out.
35:25The jerks.
35:27They're all waiting for me to clobber them.
35:30If they only knew I've held out a pair of aces from the last hand.
35:37Aren't you going to look at your hand, Dean?
35:40Wait till I tell the boys at the club
35:43how the stupid little climber
35:45pretended to lose like a gentleman.
35:48I wonder if he really did do away with the old lady.
35:52What's he staring at me for?
35:54Can he see the cards under my arm?
35:58Yes. Yes, I see the cards under your arm, Thorgeson.
36:01Two aces.
36:04What did you say?
36:06You held them out from the last hand.
36:09Are you accusing Mr. Thorgeson of cheating?
36:13I am simply stating a fact.
36:15You'd better retract that accusation, Dean,
36:17if you know what's good for you.
36:19It's all right, Judge.
36:21It's the liquor talking.
36:23Let's get on with the hand.
36:25No!
36:27Nobody comes to my house and takes my money and laughs at me.
36:31Oh, no!
36:33Because I see you all for what you really are, all of you.
36:37Raise your arm, Thorgeson.
36:39Go on, raise it!
36:45Two cards under your arm.
36:52Here they are.
36:55There they are.
36:57He hid them while we weren't looking.
37:02What do you say, Thorgeson?
37:07What can I say without becoming a bad guest?
37:12You mean that Dean?
37:14Of course. He gathered in the cards the last trick.
37:18He hid those two aces because he wanted to embarrass me.
37:23I can't imagine why.
37:25That's not true! You're lying!
37:27Am I?
37:29Did you see me hide those cards under my arm?
37:33No. No, but I...
37:36Then how did you know they were aces?
37:41It's...
37:43It's a spectacle.
37:45I...
37:47I'm not certain what there is about them, but I just knew.
37:54There you are, Judge. I leave the verdict to you.
37:58I think we all know who the cheater is.
38:01No, he was the one that was holding out the two cards!
38:06He's the cheater!
38:08Well, admit it!
38:10Tell them! Tell them!
38:13Tell them! Tell them!
38:15Tell them! Tell them!
38:17Stop it! Stop it!
38:19Dean, no! Stop it!
38:21Tell them! Tell them! Tell them!
38:28I didn't mean to hit him so hard.
38:31Well, do something! Foggen said before he bleeds to death!
38:37It's too late, I'm afraid.
38:52I admit that when I picked the spectacles off the floor, I was merely curious.
38:57And then the inscription, Veritas, intrigued me.
39:00And the exchange between Dean and Foggenson.
39:02When Foggenson asked,
39:03Did you see me put the cards there?
39:05Dean said, No.
39:06Foggenson said, Yes.
39:07I said, Yes.
39:08I said, Yes.
39:09I said, Yes.
39:10I said, Yes.
39:11I said, Yes.
39:12I said, Yes.
39:13I said, Yes.
39:14I said, Yes.
39:15I said, Yes.
39:16I said, Yes.
39:17I said, Yes.
39:18I said, Yes.
39:19Foggenson asked, Did you see me put the cards there?
39:21Dean said, No.
39:22Foggenson asked, Then how did you know that they were aces?
39:26And what did Dean say?
39:28These spectacles.
39:30I'm not certain what there is about them,
39:33but I just knew.
39:35Ellen, I tell you I'm onto something.
39:40I know.
39:42You're saying it's just another of my harebrained projects.
39:46I'll be bored with in a few weeks.
39:48You're dead wrong. Look.
39:53A rough draft of my new book. Complete, except for the last chapter.
39:58Sebastian.
39:59Here's the villain, or the hero, if you prefer.
40:03The Cheaters. That's going to be the title of the book, Ellen.
40:07The Cheaters.
40:09A book about a pair of glasses?
40:12Ah.
40:14These are not ordinary glasses.
40:17I'm convinced that because these spectacles were misused...
40:22five people met violent deaths.
40:25Five people?
40:26And I have them all documented, too.
40:29You remember the Henshaw murders?
40:31Yes.
40:33The police officer that shot Henshaw stated...
40:35that when Henshaw came at him with the crowbar, he was screaming,
40:38''The Cheaters! The Cheaters!''
40:40That was the motive for the murders, infidelity.
40:43No.
40:44I don't think that Henshaw was referring to his wife and her lover.
40:48And I don't think he was attacking the police officer.
40:52He was trying to destroy the Cheaters.
40:56Oh, that's nonsense.
40:59Nonsense, Ellen.
41:04Don't be so quick to reject the idea.
41:08I also looked up the inquest in the Olcott murder.
41:11Olive Dean stated on the day the old lady put the hat pin...
41:14in Clarence Kramer's chest, she'd been downtown.
41:16And among the things she brought back with her...
41:18was a pair of funny old glasses.
41:21I talked to the man that took over Henshaw's store.
41:23He remembers selling these very glasses...
41:26to Miriam Olcott for 25 cents.
41:30I still don't see the significance of them, Sebastian.
41:33You don't? Well, I'll tell you.
41:37I believe that these spectacles...
41:39enable the wearer to know the naked, absolute truth...
41:44about anything or anybody.
41:48Have you tried them?
41:50No.
41:52Why not?
41:54Because they weren't intended for mind-reading.
41:57I think they were intended for seeing the truth about oneself.
42:01That's the real purpose of these glasses, Ellen.
42:04That's what Van Prynne was after...
42:06when he discovered the secret of this funny yellow glass.
42:09Van Prynne?
42:11According to our local historical society...
42:13he built the old house out on Bleeker Road.
42:15His neighbors called him a sorcerer.
42:17What do you suppose they'd have called Edison...
42:20or Einstein or Fair May?
42:22Know thyself.
42:24Put them away, Sebastian.
42:26What's the matter?
42:28Nothing.
42:30What's the matter?
42:32Afraid I'll put them on and see you for what you really are?
42:35No, don't!
42:37Don't worry, darling.
42:40When I put these on, it'll be for something important.
42:45Go and get your coat.
42:47Where are we going?
42:49Going out to the old house on Bleeker Road.
42:51What for?
42:53Atmosphere.
42:55I want the authentic atmosphere.
43:00When I report on Van Prynne's experiment.
43:10By the way, Ellen...
43:12that's going to be the title of my last chapter.
43:15Know thyself.
43:30The city was supposed to tear this old place down last year.
43:33Luckily for me, they didn't.
43:35Sebastian.
43:37What happened to Van Prynne after he put on the glasses?
43:40What difference does that make?
43:42I want to know.
43:45Sebastian, you still haven't answered my question.
43:47What happened to Van Prynne?
43:49His old desk is still upstairs.
43:51It was not his.
43:53It was a lie.
43:55It was an accident.
43:57You're lying.
43:59It was an accident.
44:01I'm not lying.
44:03It was an accident.
44:05I'm not lying.
44:07You're lying.
44:09I'm not lying.
44:11I'm not lying.
44:13He's still upstairs. And the same mirror that he used.
44:16You've been here before?
44:19This morning.
44:27I'll answer your question.
44:29He hanged himself.
44:32Wait here.
44:42Ellen.
44:44I know you think this is a fool thing for me to do, but...
44:47I have to.
44:49It's the only way I have of satisfying my...
44:52twisted sense of the dramatic. You understand that, don't you?
44:55Sebastian, please. Let's get out of here.
44:59No. I've come this far.
45:00You don't have to prove yourself to me or to anybody.
45:03Darling, how would it look if I ended my book by saying I lost my nerve?
45:07Oh, Sebastian, please. Please come home.
45:09This is wrong.
45:10It's unholy.
45:12Imagine that's what Van Trin's ignorant neighbors said.
45:14It's unholy.
45:17Well, if Satan's waiting up there,
45:20so be it.
45:22No.
45:24Oh, please.
45:33Ellen.
45:34Yes.
45:36Do you know that the greatest men in every century
45:38have been hated and ridiculed?
45:40Have been hated and ridiculed by men like
45:43Thorganson and Judge Pflueger.
45:46Van Trin knew that.
45:47Oh, Sebastian, please come down.
45:50So he made the cheaters to find out if he was one of the great ones.
45:55Evidently, he was disappointed.
45:59Wish me luck.
46:10Come on.
46:40Who's there?
46:42Who's in this room?
46:44Just you, Sebastian Grimm.
46:48You're not afraid of your own voice, are you?
46:51I'm not afraid of my own voice.
46:54I'm afraid of my own life.
46:57I'm afraid of my own life.
47:00I'm afraid of my own life.
47:03I'm afraid of my own life.
47:06I'm afraid of my own life.
47:09No.
47:11So you want the truth about yourself, do you?
47:15Yes.
47:16The junk man, the old lady,
47:18and Edward Dean read only the minds of others.
47:22Think of the agony they suffered.
47:24They were afraid.
47:26They let their emotions get out of control.
47:28But you're different.
47:30You can master your emotions.
47:33You even dare to look into your own mind.
47:37Yes.
47:39Very well, then.
47:40Bring the light closer.
48:07No!
48:11Oh, Sebastian!
48:12Oh, give me a sign!
48:17Yes!
48:18Please!
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