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Wolfe and Archie arrive for a dinner date to find their host, a best-selling novelist, murdered.
Original Air Date: March 23, 1951
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Wolfe and Archie arrive for a dinner date to find their host, a best-selling novelist, murdered.
Original Air Date: March 23, 1951
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episode, The Case of the FinalPage transcribed Ladies and gentlemen, The ringing
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of that phonebell brings you a mysteryadventure near a wolf's office. Actually Goodwin
speaking, Oh Ritz, Yeah,I though it's the outsideline. Yeah,
yes, thanks, I'll be rightdown Fritz. Boys, mister Wolf,
will you please hurry? You're wellaware it will a bear you nothing to
hurry, mean way, mister warebeings such a rush today, but the
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cards downstairs waiting. Fritz is alreadylet him wait. Isn't it enough that
I've agreed against my better judgment toleave the comforts of home to go rushing
through the crashing traffic of the cityto a dinner. That should be an
inducement. Fritz could have prepared adelicious dinner. He has troubles in the
pantry. Why did you promise,Arthur World you didn't have to accept the
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invitation? Great, so he's anold friend. Besides, he does at
an excellent table. It's just thatI don't like the traffic. Traffic.
I know why. It's that awfuloxygen in the atmosphere outside. It's not
the traffic, Argie, you aretalking much good money, I know,
boss, I'm impatient. Would youmind giving me some slight indication that you
intend to move from that chair justas soon as they finish this beer?
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Sure you wouldn't care for half adozen sandwiches before we go to dinner.
If we are going anywhere other thanto Arthur Mers, I'd agree with you.
He's the only person in the worldI know of except myself, of
course, who has a proper appreciationand respect for the art of preparing good
food, ladies and gentlemen. It'sthat renowned genius who was the bulkiest,
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balkiest, most ponderous and most brilliantdetective in the world. Yes, none
other than that chairborne mass of unpredictableintellect Nero Will, created by a reck
stout and brought you in a newseries of adventures of a this NBC network
in the person of mister Sidney Greenstreet. We usually refer to this story as
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the case of the final page.Under normal circumstances, the last page of
a manuscript would be absolutely worthless unlessyou read all the preceding pages. But
in this instance, the final pagehow the answer to a murder? Without
that page, we couldn't arrive atthis solution. Actually we didn't even know
the problem anyhow. I finally gotNarrow Wolf to the lobby of Arthur Merl's
apartment building going up up. Please? Are you going up? Gentlemen?
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Are you honey? Certainly it's myjob and so away after your boss?
When did they in store? Wemean the elevator operators in this building.
I've been here for two years.Flora, Please all right, the Merrals
apartment. I believe it's ate fourteenand try to you mister Wolf. No,
this is mister Wolf. I'm ArchieGoodwin, although the name Wolf would
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be much more appropriate for him thanfor me. How did you know it
was mister Wolf? Mister Merle camein half an hour ago. He mentioned
that he was expecting you, Musig. You rushed me unnecessarily. We practically
preceded him here, and we're probablyhave to wait interminably for dinner. I
just hate to be late. HarthurMarle has never been on time in his
life. He's no more puncher thanany other writer. He's never been known
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to meet a deadline on time.This is your Floria Artomerly just down the
hall of the right eight fourteen.Thank you, And by the way,
I want to compliment you on yourcongenial latitude. Miss I'll speak the management.
Oh, thank you, sir.What's your name? Women are used
eping everything really cost to live here. World's really in the chips. Every
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book he writes has a million copies. Remember the last time we had dinner
with artomorrold I do delicious mounting queershut them himself. Hey, he's quite
a marksman, Archie. Such proficiencyis arthurmerdis prey in hunting his evidence of
a wasted life? Sure he probablynever made over a five hundred thousand dollars
a year in his whole life.Well ring again, don't just stand Yeah,
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surely he's expecting us, the innovatoroperators that he was. She seemed
quite well informed every judge of women, which I am not. And it
says she has a line on everymale in the building. She can get
a line on me anytime she wants, Archie, you are in seisable interest
in the female seems sometimes the borderon the psychopathty. You know a more
pleasant way to go crazy foo strangeris a light on an air and say
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it under the door. So Itry the door, Thank you, I'm
knocked. Well, at least wecan get in. He may be in
the bedroom, probably in the kitchen. I'll just sit here. I must
figure the comforts of my own homeI certainly in tender of beer, may
server the comforts of other mills verymuch of a decorated You wouldn't like heaven
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unless they had orchids and beer,not a chair in the place worthy of
the name. Well, i'll trythat, Divand why do you have a
look around for what? The man? Of course, I suppose you have
a look in the study, maybewriting have a looked my boy. I
am exhausted and thirsty. See ifhe has any more good heavens are?
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Gee? Youn't shot? I'm coming. It's Artham Worrol look slumped over his
desk, a knife in his back. Yeah, he's quite dead. You
haven't touched anything, certainly not.I've been around long enough to know that.
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Where you just Carl inspector Cream andhomicide. How long you think he's
been dead? I'd say a halfhour the all appearances, yes, and
perhaps when he came in. Ican't understand it. Why would anyone want
to kill Artham Worrol? Everybody likedhim? Nice man, I'd expect such
a thing to happen to the answeris probably a considerable distance from the question
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Archie spect to Cream on homicide.Aren't you good? One inspector just amount
of narrow Wolf wants to speak toyou. Oh no, don't tell me
you two have started up something ona night like this. It's ten below
zero. I'm sorry, Yeah,boss, Hello in speaker, Yes,
what is it this time? Wolf? Find a dead body and a grand
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storm. I'm sorry you forgive anyapparent failure to find humor in your little
witticism that I am at half amill's apartment. I suggest you come here
at once. Seems that Arthur finallymade a deadline. So you just walked
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in here and found world dead.Huh, we've been invited here for dinner.
Anyone else around when you got here? No, you see anyone Goodwin,
only the elevator operator who brought usup. Well, mister Wolf,
since you were in on the groundfloor, maybe you've got some ideas,
Sally in speaker. Had I beenable to solve the crime so soon,
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I would have advised you inspect Yeah. Well, it's obviously murdered. Obviously
you know him? Well, well, I haven't overs being in any trouble.
No, everybody liked him, MarthaMerle I felt didn't have an enemy
in the world. That's so Idon't think anybody pulled this as a little
friendly gesture. Don't jump to conclusions. Inspector that this matter has committed necessarily
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by an enemy of mirth, meaningit could have been an absolute stranger,
a woman, or a bergrin,or a madman or a craner. As
far as we know, it couldhave been anybody in the city. And
spect I've this been dead nearly anhour and an hour ago. I was
in my own home, is itin? Comforted me in my own big
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easy chair, drinking a delictable gossipbeer. Someone to the door out you
had just him and a tailanser thatmister Merle. No, Well, was
mister Merle here, Yes, he'shere, but he's not seeing anyone.
Well is expecting me. I'm fromthe surf Right catering Company. We're ready
to serve a four here tonight.Their dinner has been canceled, but it's
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been ordered. Breast of guinea hencooked in wine and cloves, delicious,
it's prepared and waiting. I'm afraidthat I must insist on seeing mister mister
Merle has been murdered. Well,I'm afraid I must thank murder. Well,
Oh my goodness, but well,In that case, high, Yes,
who do you mean? Don't youthink you might have taken a bit
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more time with the fellow inspector?Why you made at least serve let him
serve the dinner? Guinea and wineand cloves sounded positively delictably. Look,
I've had dinner. I'm afraid you'retoo busy in speke here, so busy
that you've just passed up an extremelyinteresting bit of information. What are you
talking about, wolf? He said? He used to serve dinner for four?
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Well either Mr Archie and my sevenonly three? Well? Who else
were supposed to be here? Fourthguests who either hasn't arrived yet or who
arrived earlier and left? Who?I see what your mean? Good?
In that case, I'll leave youto pursue your deductions from that premise,
Argie, will you please stay withthe inspector and be of any help that
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you can. As for myself,I'm going back to my own home,
which I should never have left inthe first place. Okay, that finishes
the apartment, such a good one. And what have we nothing except that
Merle had over three hundred dollars inhis pocket and he was wearing a ring
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worth a couple of thousand, soit couldn't have been robbery. And I
don't think it was premeditated murder.Why not the weapon? Obviously, if
someone had planned on killing Murley toprepare it, better used a better weapon
than a blunt paper knife. Nor, as I see it, someone was
here before you and Wolf arrived,and for some reason that person found it
necessary to kill Mule, and hedid it on a spur of the moment.
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I'm listening, and it's obvious.Merle was slumped over his typewriter.
The sheet of paper was in it. He'd been working I say it Starbreaker
Strange title page one eighty nine.He was getting well along with his latest
mystery. Apparently Gregory Thorne slipped thepaper into his pocket. It was just
an ordinary piece of paper, butGregory knew its value. Used properly,
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as greg knew how to use it, it would be worth a hundred thousand
dollars. He walked away briskly,and as he that's all. That's all
must have been right. I'd liketo read the rest of it. We
didn't find any more of any otherideas. At the moment, we seemed
to be right with a murderer himselfleft office. Oh what is this open
house? Sorry to be so?Oh what I was, honey, and
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I expected to see mister Merrow.Is he here? Who are you?
Didn't you Robert? Expecting you?Well? No, that come on in,
Miss Roberts. Thank you. Maybethe young lady is trying to say
that he didn't have to expect her. Maybe she felt free to call without
advanced notice, Inspector, I wantedyou want to see mister Merla byrne.
I hold dinner yet, Miss Roberts. Why yes, I had dinner earlier.
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When are you last here, MissRoberts? Last night after the theater,
Arthur and I were what's the matter? Is something wrong? I'm sorry
to have to tell you this,Miss Roberts, but Arthur Merle was murdered.
And you say you hadn't talked tomister Merle all evening? Is that
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right, Miss ramber If that's right, you didn't have a date with him
tonight? No, then why didyou come here? I told you we
were engaged. I just came by. That's all I see any more Christians,
Inspector. And then for the present, how about you a good one?
No? But maybe wolf let mecall him. Yes, I guess
under the circumstances we can very wellleave him out. Go ahead, And
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oh, I just can't believe it. Why would anyone want to kill him?
That, miss Roberts is a question? Would all like to know the
answer to him? You're a wolfspeaking archie, boss, I'm still at
Merles. We haven't found out anythingnew except that art this fiance dropped in
a few minutes ago. Did youknow anything of interest? I don't think
so. What does he, inspectorplan to do about it? In just
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a minute, let's know what you'regonna do with it. We're a holder.
Of course he's gonna hold it.Let me speakure him. Okay,
wants to talk to you, inspecting. All right, hello, inspector,
I said, yes, you letthe young lady go? Are you crazy?
I haven't got enough suspects in thisdeal to be letting the hottest one
go free. You can't consider suspectsimply because she knew. Now see here,
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wolf, if you go around arrestingpeople to random you will suddenly be
giving you a hand to the realmurderer. Admitting that you don't have a
real clutter gone, and just whatdo you suggest find the motive. Inspect.
If iind the motive, and ifyou stump along the suspect, you
would have some pieces for making anywrist. At the moment, I suggest
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that you did the girl go intoArchie to stop wasting his time down there
and come home at once. Sothat's the story, boss, We went
over that place with a fine toothedcomb. Nothing. There's not a single
suspect. The last person to seeArthur alive was the elevator girl, Urgion
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Archie. The last person to seeArthur murder alive was the person who ended
his life. Well, I justcan't imagine that pretty little elevator gal.
You don't solve crimes by imagination,Archie. Then there's Cynthia Roberts's fiance.
You should speak her, not exactly, but just suppose she did have a
motive, maybe threw her over.Wouldn't it have been very clever of her
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to come back to Arthur's apartment afterthe police arrived allegedly looking for it.
Hey, don't you the admirer ofthe fair of six? ARCHI so far
the best you can do. He'spractically accused. The elevator girl and Arthur's
fiance of murder. Well, whoelse is it? Certainly the who came
with the food doesn't count. Irepeat, who else is there? The
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entire population of the city RGI.Thanks, Well, that's all I get.
Oh, there was something else rightThis page one hundred and eighty nine
of what appears to be Arthur's latestnovel was in his typewriting. As you
can see, just started the page. M starbory Man had he interesting,
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what's the rest of it? That'sall we found? What and there was
something missing? Ig? Yes,boss, first thing tomorrow morning, get
the address of mister Martin, whopublishes Arthur's books, and get away to
see him right away. Yes,me, I help you. I'd like
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to say, mister Morton, didyou have an appointment? Tell him I'm
from Hamas. Oh yes, sir, Yes, mister Martin. I know
you have someone with you, butthere's a gentleman here from the homicide Bureau.
He wants to see you. Tellhim my work for Narrow Wolf.
My name's Goodwin. His name isGoodwins. Yes, thank you. You
may go right in, sir,the large store to your right. Thanks,
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Come in, mister Goodwin, comein. I understand you're from homicide,
not exactly. I'm Nero Wolfe's assistant. We're working with Inspector Kramer.
And what can I do for you? You've heard about Arthur Merrow. Yes,
I received the word when I camein this morning. It was a
great shock. Oh, excuse misterGoodwin. This gentleman is Henry child I
did, mister Childs glad to matre. Mister Goodwin, you're with Nero will
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I'm his well as assistant man fridaysto Childs. As a publicity agent,
he handled all publicity for Arthur Merle. I've not only lost an excellent client,
but a very good friend. Didyou know mister Merle? Yes,
I'd met him a number of timesfrom mister wolf Yes. Indeed, Arthur
Merle was a great writer and afine citizen. He'll be missed by millions.
Mister Goodwin, when was the murderdiscovered last night? Charlie before dinner?
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Well? What are the police?I mean, what do you think
the motive was? Don't know,as you have, mister Childs a little
early for that. It's certainly ashame. I wanted to ask you a
few questions mister Morton privately, Ihope you don't mind, mister childs,
Oh no, no, not atall. I was about to leave.
I'll run along now, mister Morton, Let's see you again film, mister
Child. Good morning, gentlemen.Well that's a good written. You did
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a lot of business with mister Merle. Mister Morton, I published every one
of his novels for the past eightyears, and you intended to publish his
new one, the one he wasworking on. Yes, we had a
contract, the usual agreement between it. Naturally, although I didn't know the
story, I was always sure thatif author wrote it, it was good.
Mister Merle's name on the novel wasa guarantee that it would sell a
million copies. You don't know whatthis last one was about. Havn't the
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faintest eye there. We relied completelyon Arthur's judgment, not even any carbon
copies, not that I know why. When mister Murle was killed, the
only thing missing from his apartment wasthe novel. The novel, the first
one hundred and eighty eight pages.All we found of it were a few
lines of page one eighty nine andhis typewriter. He must have been working
on it when the or or stabbedhim. The rest of it's gone.
You mean quid the novel's gone.This will cost me a million dollars because
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Arthur Merle's life the Merle did inhis novel gone, I can hardly believe
it. Well, thank you,mister Morton. Who I hope I've been
to some help, although I haveno you haven't. But we may call
on you again before it's over.You may be a great help. Yeah,
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I was speaking Argie, Boss.I just finished with Morton. We'll
have discussed his stories with anyone,and as far as Morton though he never
made comments. See where do Icall from? Here? Boss? See
Cinda Rabbits. Oh, then youhaven't dismissed the possibility that you may have
had something to do with it.He's fiance. She probably knows more about
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other than anyone else. She mayknow who the fourth guest was to have
been last night, and she alsomay know what Merle's novel it was about,
right, bo, I'm anxious toknow what the novel was about,
though I personally don't give a hangwhat the novel was about. What I
wanted to find is someone who doesknow the story, because I have a
hunched and who ever knows that isthe person who killed Eitheram or Miss Roberts.
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I know you want to help usfind out who killed Arthur. Oh,
yes, of course I'll do anything. Merril Wolf and I were invited
to have dinner with artham Or lastnight. Hell. I knew he was
having friends in for dinner, butI didn't know who they were. Oh
sorry, I hoped you'd know whomhe invited. No, he didn't tell
me, Miss Roberts. We havereason to believe it there was to have
been a fourth person there last night. The caterer came to deliver dinner before
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now the fourth party never did showup, or else came earlier and left
after Arthur was killed. You meansomeone author invited to dinner might have killed
him. Maybe? Oh there's noone that I can think of who bore
any You will tour it artic.We're convinced that this was done on the
spur of the moment, unpre meditatedmurder. Arthur Well suddenly became a threat
to someone. Now we've got tofind out what the threat was and who
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was threatened. We'd hope you couldhelp. I'm sorry. Did he ever
discuss his new novel with you?Oh no, he never talked about his
stories until he finished them. Sohis latest mystery contains the answer to an
even greater mystery. Unless we findthe first, they'll both go on answering.
Oh, mister Martin, ya neara wolf speaking. Oh yes,
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your man Goodwin was here to seeme. I presume you are interested in
seeing Mile's murder and brought to Jessice. Author was a close friend of mine
and his death. Of course,your abyss sir, I know now,
would you be willing to have abit? Why? Yes? I prepared
a statement for the papers. Iwant you to call the literary editors first
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thing in the morning. Here's whatI want you to tell them. Good
a pencil and paper and take thisdown quote mister Carton. Morton announced today
the last work of the late ArthurMerle will be published according to schedule.
Fortunately, it was mister mills Kestonto furnish his publishers with carbon copies of
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each day's work, consequently with themajor portion of his boss good heaven arg
please don't be so large. Lookhere in this morning's paper. Why that's
right. He lied to me thatwhat on earth are you talking about?
That? Publisher Morton he said hedidn't have copies of Merle's manuscript, that
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he didn't know what it was about. And listen to this mister Carton.
Morton announced today that the last workof the late Arthur Merl will be published
according to schedule. Fortunately, wasmister Merle's custom to furnish his publisher with
carbon copies of each day's work.Consequently, with a major portion of his
latest work, Starbreaker, in thehands of his publisher, together with a
complete synopsis, including the day nomore, it will be possible for a
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ghostwriter to complete the novel. Itwill be published posthumously and proceeds, well,
boss, did you hear that?I did? And he couldn't have
been more to my legging, You'vehad written it myself. Now excuse me,
I wanted to make a telephone call. Ooh, publisher Morton. Yeah,
I'm beginning to say he lied aboutthe whole thing. I still don't
see why he'd kill Merle. Buton, hello, mister Martin, he's
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neer a woman, Yes, Pervy, Now I call Crayman. He and
Archie will be waiting for you.Remember now, if anything comes of it,
you are to say the manuscript isin the safe in your home,
and you steer the party here,say you've recently rendered this place. I
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hope we be seeing him? Yes, goodbye? Oh and be careful.
Remember what happened? Driver. Themanuscript is in my desk in the middle
drawer. What did you meant youlook out of that window? Huh?
Yeah? How there's a city ofsome five million people. In that five
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million, there is one who murderedother. Now we don't know who it
is, or we can't go outand put a finger on him. But
Archie, since we can't go tohim, they have only went out the
choice of making him come to us. Will you tell me why we're sitting
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here in the dark and Wolfe's office, Yes, Inspector Kramer, mister Wolf
promised us a caller, mister Morton, is to pretend that he's rented this
place recently. Well, who's thecaller? N't you until he or she
gets here? You seem certain he'llcome. I'm quite certain. I'm just
hopeful. You're trying to tell methat Morton killed me. You're almost as
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dense thatch you was. No,Morton didn't do it, unless mister Wolf
is very wrong, which is doubtful. Before the night is of a Morton
will know who did, and thenit won't be long until we know too.
You should get on a quiz program. You're so good at guessing games.
Listen, so much's coming. Greatindiduction me, dear creamer. I
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hope they'd a two of them.Inspector behind these drapes quick, I get
behind the screen. All right,mister Morton. So far you've been very
cooperative. Just keep it up.No intention of doing otherwise. GM has
me completely convinced. Mister child getthe manuscript. Yes, just a moment.
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It's in my death. Wait aminute, I thought you said it
was in a safe mistake, misterChilds, I don't have a safe Shall
I get the manuscript? Yes,but no tricks. You'll be careful and
being exceedingly careful. Mister Childs.There you are star Breaker by Arthur Merle.
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Yes, this is it. Thankyou, mister Morgan. Now,
HI, trust that's all you wantof me. I am sorry. I
wish that were true. Unfortunately,you see, it's not the actual novel
that I want. Oh. Myinterest in this copies the same as it
was in the original, and thatis that no one should ever learn the
content. I take it. Youknow what it's about that. Yes,
you see, mister Merrall made themistake of telling me when I call a
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bit earlier at his apartment for dinnerlast evening. I was forced to deprive
him of his life once I learnedthe storyline of this novel. This story
must be kept secret. Why mostof you people in the publishing business know
me as a public relations and publicityagent for several prominent writers. Actually,
I've been as successful as I mightin this business because a few years ago
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I stumble onto a very neat andfull proof method of blackmail. Unfortunately,
Arthur Merle thought of the same thingand based this story on it. If
it got out, I'd be exposedand sent a prison. So you can
see why I had to stop it, why I had to kill Arthur,
and why now I'll have to killyou too, child, say, the
contents of these pages condemn me.You know what's in them. Further,
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I confess the murder to you.You don't think I could let you live
after that, do you? Child? I'm sorry that I must repay you
for your trouble in such an ungratefulmanner. I'm sorry to do this to
you please. Sorry, mister Charles, I wasn't signed to ask you to
drop the gun. All right,mister Childs, get your hands up and
stay where you are. Nice going, mister Martin, who are you that
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had to courage mister Martin. Sorry, we had to wait too long,
but we had to make mister Jazzhere convictims of convict What do you mean
We've been waiting here for you behindthe drapes all the time. We heard
every word, mister Childs, you'reunder arrest police. Yes, mister Jazz,
only one peasant could have been soangels over a copy of that novel.
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That's the person who killed out Marefor the original. And we heard
you confess to that, and that'sall we need to convict you. We
didn't have any proof until we setit up for you to make a second
try to cover up for the first. Fortunately the setup work set up.
He can look at the rest ofthe manuscript, mister Jails. What all
the front pages there? All right? But look at the rest father blank,
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They're just blank pages. You didn'thave a copy at all, No,
but we certainly got to murderer HansBigger Childs stop Chiles shop well,
that's one way to avoid standing trial. Well, I game great you and
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gream a good chils some be happy. There was a clever scheme Boss making
him think there was a copy.Yes, in a way, though I
wish it hadn't mean just a skimeaning they had been a copy about THEMS.
No, why you never read detectivestories? No, Ma, I've
jammed him so much curiosity over thisone. I'd like to know exactly what
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their blackmail gimmick really was. GoodNight and gee ah, you have been
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listening to the New Adventures of NeroWoolf starring Sidney green Street Donice transcribe story
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by Don Arthur was based on thecharacters created by Rex Style. This is
an Edwin Fatheroman production and is directedby ja Donald Wilson. In the cast
where Harry Bartell as Archie Goodwin andEvelman Eaton, Peter Leads Lucille, Alex
Monic and Eli Her Butterfield and BillJohnstone. Next week, at this same
time, Nero Wilf and Archie willbring you the Case of the Telltale Ribbon.
John Stanley speaking three chimes mean goodtimes on NBC. There's excitement for
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you Sunday when talented servicemen compete onThe Phil Reagan Show, and Sunday on
NBC also means another delightful adventure withKerry Grant and Betsy Drake when they star
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back, well after a mint.I'm kind of curious about what was in
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the writers and to the rest ofus. One thing I do have to
wonder here, because you have inthis episode you have Inspector Kramer taking suggestions
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episode, The Case of the FinalPage transcribed Ladies and gentlemen, The ringing
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of that phonebell brings you a mysteryadventure near a wolf's office. Actually Goodwin
speaking, Oh Ritz, Yeah,I though it's the outsideline. Yeah,
yes, thanks, I'll be rightdown Fritz. Boys, mister Wolf,
will you please hurry? You're wellaware it will a bear you nothing to
hurry, mean way, mister warebeings such a rush today, but the
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cards downstairs waiting. Fritz is alreadylet him wait. Isn't it enough that
I've agreed against my better judgment toleave the comforts of home to go rushing
through the crashing traffic of the cityto a dinner. That should be an
inducement. Fritz could have prepared adelicious dinner. He has troubles in the
pantry. Why did you promise,Arthur World you didn't have to accept the
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invitation? Great, so he's anold friend. Besides, he does at
an excellent table. It's just thatI don't like the traffic. Traffic.
I know why. It's that awfuloxygen in the atmosphere outside. It's not
the traffic, Argie, you aretalking much good money, I know,
boss, I'm impatient. Would youmind giving me some slight indication that you
intend to move from that chair justas soon as they finish this beer?
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Sure you wouldn't care for half adozen sandwiches before we go to dinner.
If we are going anywhere other thanto Arthur Mers, I'd agree with you.
He's the only person in the worldI know of except myself, of
course, who has a proper appreciationand respect for the art of preparing good
food, ladies and gentlemen. It'sthat renowned genius who was the bulkiest,
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balkiest, most ponderous and most brilliantdetective in the world. Yes, none
other than that chairborne mass of unpredictableintellect Nero Will, created by a reck
stout and brought you in a newseries of adventures of a this NBC network
in the person of mister Sidney Greenstreet. We usually refer to this story as
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the case of the final page.Under normal circumstances, the last page of
a manuscript would be absolutely worthless unlessyou read all the preceding pages. But
in this instance, the final pagehow the answer to a murder? Without
that page, we couldn't arrive atthis solution. Actually we didn't even know
the problem anyhow. I finally gotNarrow Wolf to the lobby of Arthur Merl's
apartment building going up up. Please? Are you going up? Gentlemen?
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Are you honey? Certainly it's myjob and so away after your boss?
When did they in store? Wemean the elevator operators in this building.
I've been here for two years.Flora, Please all right, the Merrals
apartment. I believe it's ate fourteenand try to you mister Wolf. No,
this is mister Wolf. I'm ArchieGoodwin, although the name Wolf would
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be much more appropriate for him thanfor me. How did you know it
was mister Wolf? Mister Merle camein half an hour ago. He mentioned
that he was expecting you, Musig. You rushed me unnecessarily. We practically
preceded him here, and we're probablyhave to wait interminably for dinner. I
just hate to be late. HarthurMarle has never been on time in his
life. He's no more puncher thanany other writer. He's never been known
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to meet a deadline on time.This is your Floria Artomerly just down the
hall of the right eight fourteen.Thank you, And by the way,
I want to compliment you on yourcongenial latitude. Miss I'll speak the management.
Oh, thank you, sir.What's your name? Women are used
eping everything really cost to live here. World's really in the chips. Every
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book he writes has a million copies. Remember the last time we had dinner
with artomorrold I do delicious mounting queershut them himself. Hey, he's quite
a marksman, Archie. Such proficiencyis arthurmerdis prey in hunting his evidence of
a wasted life? Sure he probablynever made over a five hundred thousand dollars
a year in his whole life.Well ring again, don't just stand Yeah,
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surely he's expecting us, the innovatoroperators that he was. She seemed
quite well informed every judge of women, which I am not. And it
says she has a line on everymale in the building. She can get
a line on me anytime she wants, Archie, you are in seisable interest
in the female seems sometimes the borderon the psychopathty. You know a more
pleasant way to go crazy foo strangeris a light on an air and say
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it under the door. So Itry the door, Thank you, I'm
knocked. Well, at least wecan get in. He may be in
the bedroom, probably in the kitchen. I'll just sit here. I must
figure the comforts of my own homeI certainly in tender of beer, may
server the comforts of other mills verymuch of a decorated You wouldn't like heaven
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unless they had orchids and beer,not a chair in the place worthy of
the name. Well, i'll trythat, Divand why do you have a
look around for what? The man? Of course, I suppose you have
a look in the study, maybewriting have a looked my boy. I
am exhausted and thirsty. See ifhe has any more good heavens are?
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Gee? Youn't shot? I'm coming. It's Artham Worrol look slumped over his
desk, a knife in his back. Yeah, he's quite dead. You
haven't touched anything, certainly not.I've been around long enough to know that.
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Where you just Carl inspector Cream andhomicide. How long you think he's
been dead? I'd say a halfhour the all appearances, yes, and
perhaps when he came in. Ican't understand it. Why would anyone want
to kill Artham Worrol? Everybody likedhim? Nice man, I'd expect such
a thing to happen to the answeris probably a considerable distance from the question
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Archie spect to Cream on homicide.Aren't you good? One inspector just amount
of narrow Wolf wants to speak toyou. Oh no, don't tell me
you two have started up something ona night like this. It's ten below
zero. I'm sorry, Yeah,boss, Hello in speaker, Yes,
what is it this time? Wolf? Find a dead body and a grand
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storm. I'm sorry you forgive anyapparent failure to find humor in your little
witticism that I am at half amill's apartment. I suggest you come here
at once. Seems that Arthur finallymade a deadline. So you just walked
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in here and found world dead.Huh, we've been invited here for dinner.
Anyone else around when you got here? No, you see anyone Goodwin,
only the elevator operator who brought usup. Well, mister Wolf,
since you were in on the groundfloor, maybe you've got some ideas,
Sally in speaker. Had I beenable to solve the crime so soon,
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I would have advised you inspect Yeah. Well, it's obviously murdered. Obviously
you know him? Well, well, I haven't overs being in any trouble.
No, everybody liked him, MarthaMerle I felt didn't have an enemy
in the world. That's so Idon't think anybody pulled this as a little
friendly gesture. Don't jump to conclusions. Inspector that this matter has committed necessarily
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by an enemy of mirth, meaningit could have been an absolute stranger,
a woman, or a bergrin,or a madman or a craner. As
far as we know, it couldhave been anybody in the city. And
spect I've this been dead nearly anhour and an hour ago. I was
in my own home, is itin? Comforted me in my own big
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easy chair, drinking a delictable gossipbeer. Someone to the door out you
had just him and a tailanser thatmister Merle. No, Well, was
mister Merle here, Yes, he'shere, but he's not seeing anyone.
Well is expecting me. I'm fromthe surf Right catering Company. We're ready
to serve a four here tonight.Their dinner has been canceled, but it's
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been ordered. Breast of guinea hencooked in wine and cloves, delicious,
it's prepared and waiting. I'm afraidthat I must insist on seeing mister mister
Merle has been murdered. Well,I'm afraid I must thank murder. Well,
Oh my goodness, but well,In that case, high, Yes,
who do you mean? Don't youthink you might have taken a bit
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more time with the fellow inspector?Why you made at least serve let him
serve the dinner? Guinea and wineand cloves sounded positively delictably. Look,
I've had dinner. I'm afraid you'retoo busy in speke here, so busy
that you've just passed up an extremelyinteresting bit of information. What are you
talking about, wolf? He said? He used to serve dinner for four?
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Well either Mr Archie and my sevenonly three? Well? Who else
were supposed to be here? Fourthguests who either hasn't arrived yet or who
arrived earlier and left? Who?I see what your mean? Good?
In that case, I'll leave youto pursue your deductions from that premise,
Argie, will you please stay withthe inspector and be of any help that
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you can. As for myself,I'm going back to my own home,
which I should never have left inthe first place. Okay, that finishes
the apartment, such a good one. And what have we nothing except that
Merle had over three hundred dollars inhis pocket and he was wearing a ring
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worth a couple of thousand, soit couldn't have been robbery. And I
don't think it was premeditated murder.Why not the weapon? Obviously, if
someone had planned on killing Murley toprepare it, better used a better weapon
than a blunt paper knife. Nor, as I see it, someone was
here before you and Wolf arrived,and for some reason that person found it
necessary to kill Mule, and hedid it on a spur of the moment.
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I'm listening, and it's obvious.Merle was slumped over his typewriter.
The sheet of paper was in it. He'd been working I say it Starbreaker
Strange title page one eighty nine.He was getting well along with his latest
mystery. Apparently Gregory Thorne slipped thepaper into his pocket. It was just
an ordinary piece of paper, butGregory knew its value. Used properly,
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as greg knew how to use it, it would be worth a hundred thousand
dollars. He walked away briskly,and as he that's all. That's all
must have been right. I'd liketo read the rest of it. We
didn't find any more of any otherideas. At the moment, we seemed
to be right with a murderer himselfleft office. Oh what is this open
house? Sorry to be so?Oh what I was, honey, and
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I expected to see mister Merrow.Is he here? Who are you?
Didn't you Robert? Expecting you?Well? No, that come on in,
Miss Roberts. Thank you. Maybethe young lady is trying to say
that he didn't have to expect her. Maybe she felt free to call without
advanced notice, Inspector, I wantedyou want to see mister Merla byrne.
I hold dinner yet, Miss Roberts. Why yes, I had dinner earlier.
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When are you last here, MissRoberts? Last night after the theater,
Arthur and I were what's the matter? Is something wrong? I'm sorry
to have to tell you this,Miss Roberts, but Arthur Merle was murdered.
And you say you hadn't talked tomister Merle all evening? Is that
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right, Miss ramber If that's right, you didn't have a date with him
tonight? No, then why didyou come here? I told you we
were engaged. I just came by. That's all I see any more Christians,
Inspector. And then for the present, how about you a good one?
No? But maybe wolf let mecall him. Yes, I guess
under the circumstances we can very wellleave him out. Go ahead, And
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oh, I just can't believe it. Why would anyone want to kill him?
That, miss Roberts is a question? Would all like to know the
answer to him? You're a wolfspeaking archie, boss, I'm still at
Merles. We haven't found out anythingnew except that art this fiance dropped in
a few minutes ago. Did youknow anything of interest? I don't think
so. What does he, inspectorplan to do about it? In just
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a minute, let's know what you'regonna do with it. We're a holder.
Of course he's gonna hold it.Let me speakure him. Okay,
wants to talk to you, inspecting. All right, hello, inspector,
I said, yes, you letthe young lady go? Are you crazy?
I haven't got enough suspects in thisdeal to be letting the hottest one
go free. You can't consider suspectsimply because she knew. Now see here,
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wolf, if you go around arrestingpeople to random you will suddenly be
giving you a hand to the realmurderer. Admitting that you don't have a
real clutter gone, and just whatdo you suggest find the motive. Inspect.
If iind the motive, and ifyou stump along the suspect, you
would have some pieces for making anywrist. At the moment, I suggest
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that you did the girl go intoArchie to stop wasting his time down there
and come home at once. Sothat's the story, boss, We went
over that place with a fine toothedcomb. Nothing. There's not a single
suspect. The last person to seeArthur alive was the elevator girl, Urgion
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Archie. The last person to seeArthur murder alive was the person who ended
his life. Well, I justcan't imagine that pretty little elevator gal.
You don't solve crimes by imagination,Archie. Then there's Cynthia Roberts's fiance.
You should speak her, not exactly, but just suppose she did have a
motive, maybe threw her over.Wouldn't it have been very clever of her
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to come back to Arthur's apartment afterthe police arrived allegedly looking for it.
Hey, don't you the admirer ofthe fair of six? ARCHI so far
the best you can do. He'spractically accused. The elevator girl and Arthur's
fiance of murder. Well, whoelse is it? Certainly the who came
with the food doesn't count. Irepeat, who else is there? The
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entire population of the city RGI.Thanks, Well, that's all I get.
Oh, there was something else rightThis page one hundred and eighty nine
of what appears to be Arthur's latestnovel was in his typewriting. As you
can see, just started the page. M starbory Man had he interesting,
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what's the rest of it? That'sall we found? What and there was
something missing? Ig? Yes,boss, first thing tomorrow morning, get
the address of mister Martin, whopublishes Arthur's books, and get away to
see him right away. Yes,me, I help you. I'd like
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to say, mister Morton, didyou have an appointment? Tell him I'm
from Hamas. Oh yes, sir, Yes, mister Martin. I know
you have someone with you, butthere's a gentleman here from the homicide Bureau.
He wants to see you. Tellhim my work for Narrow Wolf.
My name's Goodwin. His name isGoodwins. Yes, thank you. You
may go right in, sir,the large store to your right. Thanks,
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Come in, mister Goodwin, comein. I understand you're from homicide,
not exactly. I'm Nero Wolfe's assistant. We're working with Inspector Kramer.
And what can I do for you? You've heard about Arthur Merrow. Yes,
I received the word when I camein this morning. It was a
great shock. Oh, excuse misterGoodwin. This gentleman is Henry child I
did, mister Childs glad to matre. Mister Goodwin, you're with Nero will
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I'm his well as assistant man fridaysto Childs. As a publicity agent,
he handled all publicity for Arthur Merle. I've not only lost an excellent client,
but a very good friend. Didyou know mister Merle? Yes,
I'd met him a number of timesfrom mister wolf Yes. Indeed, Arthur
Merle was a great writer and afine citizen. He'll be missed by millions.
Mister Goodwin, when was the murderdiscovered last night? Charlie before dinner?
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Well? What are the police?I mean, what do you think
the motive was? Don't know,as you have, mister Childs a little
early for that. It's certainly ashame. I wanted to ask you a
few questions mister Morton privately, Ihope you don't mind, mister childs,
Oh no, no, not atall. I was about to leave.
I'll run along now, mister Morton, Let's see you again film, mister
Child. Good morning, gentlemen.Well that's a good written. You did
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a lot of business with mister Merle. Mister Morton, I published every one
of his novels for the past eightyears, and you intended to publish his
new one, the one he wasworking on. Yes, we had a
contract, the usual agreement between it. Naturally, although I didn't know the
story, I was always sure thatif author wrote it, it was good.
Mister Merle's name on the novel wasa guarantee that it would sell a
million copies. You don't know whatthis last one was about. Havn't the
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faintest eye there. We relied completelyon Arthur's judgment, not even any carbon
copies, not that I know why. When mister Murle was killed, the
only thing missing from his apartment wasthe novel. The novel, the first
one hundred and eighty eight pages.All we found of it were a few
lines of page one eighty nine andhis typewriter. He must have been working
on it when the or or stabbedhim. The rest of it's gone.
You mean quid the novel's gone.This will cost me a million dollars because
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Arthur Merle's life the Merle did inhis novel gone, I can hardly believe
it. Well, thank you,mister Morton. Who I hope I've been
to some help, although I haveno you haven't. But we may call
on you again before it's over.You may be a great help. Yeah,
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I was speaking Argie, Boss.I just finished with Morton. We'll
have discussed his stories with anyone,and as far as Morton though he never
made comments. See where do Icall from? Here? Boss? See
Cinda Rabbits. Oh, then youhaven't dismissed the possibility that you may have
had something to do with it.He's fiance. She probably knows more about
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other than anyone else. She mayknow who the fourth guest was to have
been last night, and she alsomay know what Merle's novel it was about,
right, bo, I'm anxious toknow what the novel was about,
though I personally don't give a hangwhat the novel was about. What I
wanted to find is someone who doesknow the story, because I have a
hunched and who ever knows that isthe person who killed Eitheram or Miss Roberts.
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I know you want to help usfind out who killed Arthur. Oh,
yes, of course I'll do anything. Merril Wolf and I were invited
to have dinner with artham Or lastnight. Hell. I knew he was
having friends in for dinner, butI didn't know who they were. Oh
sorry, I hoped you'd know whomhe invited. No, he didn't tell
me, Miss Roberts. We havereason to believe it there was to have
been a fourth person there last night. The caterer came to deliver dinner before
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now the fourth party never did showup, or else came earlier and left
after Arthur was killed. You meansomeone author invited to dinner might have killed
him. Maybe? Oh there's noone that I can think of who bore
any You will tour it artic.We're convinced that this was done on the
spur of the moment, unpre meditatedmurder. Arthur Well suddenly became a threat
to someone. Now we've got tofind out what the threat was and who
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was threatened. We'd hope you couldhelp. I'm sorry. Did he ever
discuss his new novel with you?Oh no, he never talked about his
stories until he finished them. Sohis latest mystery contains the answer to an
even greater mystery. Unless we findthe first, they'll both go on answering.
Oh, mister Martin, ya neara wolf speaking. Oh yes,
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your man Goodwin was here to seeme. I presume you are interested in
seeing Mile's murder and brought to Jessice. Author was a close friend of mine
and his death. Of course,your abyss sir, I know now,
would you be willing to have abit? Why? Yes? I prepared
a statement for the papers. Iwant you to call the literary editors first
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thing in the morning. Here's whatI want you to tell them. Good
a pencil and paper and take thisdown quote mister Carton. Morton announced today
the last work of the late ArthurMerle will be published according to schedule.
Fortunately, it was mister mills Kestonto furnish his publishers with carbon copies of
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each day's work, consequently with themajor portion of his boss good heaven arg
please don't be so large. Lookhere in this morning's paper. Why that's
right. He lied to me thatwhat on earth are you talking about?
That? Publisher Morton he said hedidn't have copies of Merle's manuscript, that
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he didn't know what it was about. And listen to this mister Carton.
Morton announced today that the last workof the late Arthur Merl will be published
according to schedule. Fortunately, wasmister Merle's custom to furnish his publisher with
carbon copies of each day's work.Consequently, with a major portion of his
latest work, Starbreaker, in thehands of his publisher, together with a
complete synopsis, including the day nomore, it will be possible for a
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ghostwriter to complete the novel. Itwill be published posthumously and proceeds, well,
boss, did you hear that?I did? And he couldn't have
been more to my legging, You'vehad written it myself. Now excuse me,
I wanted to make a telephone call. Ooh, publisher Morton. Yeah,
I'm beginning to say he lied aboutthe whole thing. I still don't
see why he'd kill Merle. Buton, hello, mister Martin, he's
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neer a woman, Yes, Pervy, Now I call Crayman. He and
Archie will be waiting for you.Remember now, if anything comes of it,
you are to say the manuscript isin the safe in your home,
and you steer the party here,say you've recently rendered this place. I
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hope we be seeing him? Yes, goodbye? Oh and be careful.
Remember what happened? Driver. Themanuscript is in my desk in the middle
drawer. What did you meant youlook out of that window? Huh?
Yeah? How there's a city ofsome five million people. In that five
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million, there is one who murderedother. Now we don't know who it
is, or we can't go outand put a finger on him. But
Archie, since we can't go tohim, they have only went out the
choice of making him come to us. Will you tell me why we're sitting
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here in the dark and Wolfe's office, Yes, Inspector Kramer, mister Wolf
promised us a caller, mister Morton, is to pretend that he's rented this
place recently. Well, who's thecaller? N't you until he or she
gets here? You seem certain he'llcome. I'm quite certain. I'm just
hopeful. You're trying to tell methat Morton killed me. You're almost as
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dense thatch you was. No,Morton didn't do it, unless mister Wolf
is very wrong, which is doubtful. Before the night is of a Morton
will know who did, and thenit won't be long until we know too.
You should get on a quiz program. You're so good at guessing games.
Listen, so much's coming. Greatindiduction me, dear creamer. I
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hope they'd a two of them.Inspector behind these drapes quick, I get
behind the screen. All right,mister Morton. So far you've been very
cooperative. Just keep it up.No intention of doing otherwise. GM has
me completely convinced. Mister child getthe manuscript. Yes, just a moment.
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It's in my death. Wait aminute, I thought you said it
was in a safe mistake, misterChilds, I don't have a safe Shall
I get the manuscript? Yes,but no tricks. You'll be careful and
being exceedingly careful. Mister Childs.There you are star Breaker by Arthur Merle.
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Yes, this is it. Thankyou, mister Morgan. Now,
HI, trust that's all you wantof me. I am sorry. I
wish that were true. Unfortunately,you see, it's not the actual novel
that I want. Oh. Myinterest in this copies the same as it
was in the original, and thatis that no one should ever learn the
content. I take it. Youknow what it's about that. Yes,
you see, mister Merrall made themistake of telling me when I call a
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bit earlier at his apartment for dinnerlast evening. I was forced to deprive
him of his life once I learnedthe storyline of this novel. This story
must be kept secret. Why mostof you people in the publishing business know
me as a public relations and publicityagent for several prominent writers. Actually,
I've been as successful as I mightin this business because a few years ago
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I stumble onto a very neat andfull proof method of blackmail. Unfortunately,
Arthur Merle thought of the same thingand based this story on it. If
it got out, I'd be exposedand sent a prison. So you can
see why I had to stop it, why I had to kill Arthur,
and why now I'll have to killyou too, child, say, the
contents of these pages condemn me.You know what's in them. Further,
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I confess the murder to you.You don't think I could let you live
after that, do you? Child? I'm sorry that I must repay you
for your trouble in such an ungratefulmanner. I'm sorry to do this to
you please. Sorry, mister Charles, I wasn't signed to ask you to
drop the gun. All right,mister Childs, get your hands up and
stay where you are. Nice going, mister Martin, who are you that
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had to courage mister Martin. Sorry, we had to wait too long,
but we had to make mister Jazzhere convictims of convict What do you mean
We've been waiting here for you behindthe drapes all the time. We heard
every word, mister Childs, you'reunder arrest police. Yes, mister Jazz,
only one peasant could have been soangels over a copy of that novel.
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That's the person who killed out Marefor the original. And we heard
you confess to that, and that'sall we need to convict you. We
didn't have any proof until we setit up for you to make a second
try to cover up for the first. Fortunately the setup work set up.
He can look at the rest ofthe manuscript, mister Jails. What all
the front pages there? All right? But look at the rest father blank,
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They're just blank pages. You didn'thave a copy at all, No,
but we certainly got to murderer HansBigger Childs stop Chiles shop well,
that's one way to avoid standing trial. Well, I game great you and
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gream a good chils some be happy. There was a clever scheme Boss making
him think there was a copy.Yes, in a way, though I
wish it hadn't mean just a skimeaning they had been a copy about THEMS.
No, why you never read detectivestories? No, Ma, I've
jammed him so much curiosity over thisone. I'd like to know exactly what
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their blackmail gimmick really was. GoodNight and gee ah, you have been
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listening to the New Adventures of NeroWoolf starring Sidney green Street Donice transcribe story
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by Don Arthur was based on thecharacters created by Rex Style. This is
an Edwin Fatheroman production and is directedby ja Donald Wilson. In the cast
where Harry Bartell as Archie Goodwin andEvelman Eaton, Peter Leads Lucille, Alex
Monic and Eli Her Butterfield and BillJohnstone. Next week, at this same
time, Nero Wilf and Archie willbring you the Case of the Telltale Ribbon.
John Stanley speaking three chimes mean goodtimes on NBC. There's excitement for
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you Sunday when talented servicemen compete onThe Phil Reagan Show, and Sunday on
NBC also means another delightful adventure withKerry Grant and Betsy Drake when they star
as Mister and Missus Blanding, theproud but bewildered owners of the famous dream
House. The chimes are your invitationevery Sunday to Mister and Missus Blanding tomorrow
for excitement. Here Herbert Marshall inThe Man Called X on NBC, welcome
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back, well after a mint.I'm kind of curious about what was in
the plot of that mystery, butI guess it will remain a mystery to
the writers and to the rest ofus. One thing I do have to
wonder here, because you have inthis episode you have Inspector Kramer taking suggestions
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from Wolf about how to do hisbasic job. And I couldn't quite imagine
Kramer doing that just the way itwas done. It may be just the
expectations of the time that made ithard to translate the relationship between Kramer and
Wolf from the books to the radio. Well we now turned the listener comments.
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Jane says, as always, Adam'sencyclopedic knowledge enhances the listening experience.
Great archivists to these superbly classic radioshows. Well, thank you so much
name that's much appreciated. Well,we will be back tomorrow with Let George
Do It and next week with anotherepisode of Neural Wolf. In the meantime,
send your comments to Box thirteen andGreat detect dot net, follow us
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over on Twitter at Radio Detectives,and become one of our friends on Facebook,
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