November 11, 2025 • 29 mins
The Whistler was a suspenseful mystery anthology that ran from 1942-1955. A character known only as the Whistler was the host and narrator of the tales, which focused on crime and fate and had a suspenseful and eerie tone, always ending with a twist. The Whistler was later adapted to television.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Signal Oil program.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
The Whistler, hiity.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
May say.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
No Signal the famous Godfather Gasoline invite you to sit
back and enjoy another strange story by the Whistler.
Speaker 5 (00:55):
I am the Whistler, and I know many things. For
I walk by night.
Speaker 6 (01:00):
I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of
men and women who have stepped into the shadows. Yes,
I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
And now for the Signal Oil Company, The Whistler's strange story.
Speaker 6 (01:18):
Determined traveler, standing in the lobby of the Hotel Continental
in Pisa, Italy with a group of some twenty other tourists,
Clara Marshall, aged twenty five and attractive enough to draw
attention anywhere, was smiling quietly to.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Herself and with good reason.
Speaker 6 (01:42):
Yes, Clara, for the past eight months you've handled things perfectly,
haven't You. Wanted by the Chicago police for your part
in a series of fraudulent stock transactions, you slipped out
of town and covered your tracks so successfully they lost
all trace of you. Some weeks later, in the Los
Angeles bookstore, you casually made the acquaintance of elderly wealthy
(02:05):
Harriet Wilson, and you took full advantage of this chance meeting,
didn't you, Claire. Yes, now you're not only her trusted employee,
but her friend and traveling companion on a tour of Europe,
waiting on a foggy Italian morning to accompany her and
a guided.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
Tour of pieces.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but I'm forced to cancel today's
tour too foggy.
Speaker 7 (02:28):
Oh but Guide, the street cars are running, you needn't
drive the bus.
Speaker 8 (02:31):
I'm sorry, Miss Marshall.
Speaker 9 (02:33):
It'd be impossible to take a group this side through
the foggy city and street cards. It's too dangerous.
Speaker 7 (02:38):
But we don't plan to come through this city again.
And Miss Wilson has so counted on seeing the leading Tower.
Isn't that right, Harriet?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Yes?
Speaker 10 (02:45):
I had looked FORME and you know we're leaving this afternoon.
Please Guide, won't you reconsider.
Speaker 9 (02:51):
Miss Marshall in the interest of the group as a
whole lot? I'm sorry, really, pardon me, pardon me? Miss
I couldn't help over hearing it was a shame that
visitors were so interested in seeing historical places shouldn't see them.
Speaker 7 (03:03):
But it looks as if not much is going to
be done about that.
Speaker 9 (03:06):
Well, I was going to suggest that I'd be glad
to take it to the Leaning tower. It really isn't
far from here.
Speaker 11 (03:11):
Oh would you.
Speaker 7 (03:11):
Oh that would be wonderful, wouldn't it Harriet?
Speaker 9 (03:14):
Well, yes, well good, let's not lose any time this way, ladies.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
You smile, don't you.
Speaker 6 (03:28):
Clara, leaving the hotel and boarding the crowded street car,
and as you steal a glance at the stranger, you
notice that he's studying you too, very closely, as if
memorizing every detail about you. Harriet, meanwhile, is quite excited
about the whole adventure. As the car rattles along the street.
Speaker 11 (03:47):
Clara, just think about going through.
Speaker 12 (03:49):
The streets of Pisa, in the park and on the
street car.
Speaker 11 (03:53):
It's also thrilling.
Speaker 10 (03:56):
It was nice if you'd offer to escort hers. It
means a lot to see places we've seen in pictures
so often.
Speaker 11 (04:01):
I want to go to the top of the tower
and look down.
Speaker 9 (04:04):
Let's say that's where Galileo proved his theory about weights
falling at the same rate of speed.
Speaker 11 (04:08):
You know.
Speaker 12 (04:08):
Oh, yes, I'd like to try dropping something.
Speaker 9 (04:13):
Oh, you'll have to excuse me. Ladies, I'm sorry I
won't be able to take you to the tower today.
After all, what were you said?
Speaker 7 (04:18):
It wasn't far.
Speaker 9 (04:19):
I'm really sorry, but it's unavoidable. Let's get off at
the next stop.
Speaker 11 (04:22):
It seems we have no choice, but in this.
Speaker 8 (04:24):
Far you'll be all right.
Speaker 9 (04:25):
Get off at the third stop on the returning car
and you'll be right at your hotels.
Speaker 7 (04:28):
We'll remember.
Speaker 9 (04:29):
I'm sorry, really, it's just that I have an important appointment.
It's later than I realized.
Speaker 7 (04:33):
This just isn't my day.
Speaker 9 (04:34):
Thanks anyway, mister Hungate, Raymond Hungate, I'll see you later.
Speaker 8 (04:39):
Goodbye for now.
Speaker 6 (04:44):
As the three of you stepped from the street car,
Raymond slipped something into your pocket, quickly put his fingers
to his lips to silence you, and suddenly he's gone
into the fog. As you look around, you notice two
men who left the street car just before it pulled away.
Hurry off the same direction that Raymond. You feel sure
they're following him, don't you.
Speaker 8 (05:04):
Claire.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
Harriet seems concerned only with watching for a returning car.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
She seems relieved as it appeared.
Speaker 11 (05:11):
My goodness, I'll be glad when we get back to
the hotel.
Speaker 12 (05:15):
Little did I think we'd be left here in the
far I'm.
Speaker 7 (05:17):
Sure it'll all work out. Okay, don't worry.
Speaker 11 (05:20):
But he's seem such a nice young man.
Speaker 7 (05:23):
Well, we tried, Harriet, can't win every time.
Speaker 12 (05:39):
Well back at last, this hotel room looks good to me.
Might I think he offered to take us there, only
to leave us stranded in the middle of a strange
city in the park. I believe he meant to take us,
but something he couldn't help caused him to leave.
Speaker 11 (05:53):
Or perhaps you're right now that we're sound. I'll admit
it was a thrill and he was nice looking, wasn't he.
Speaker 7 (06:06):
Yes, And it seemed he was going to be an
interesting guy.
Speaker 12 (06:09):
He was an American, but seemed very much at ease
here in this foreign land.
Speaker 11 (06:14):
I wonder, Mary, I believe it's.
Speaker 10 (06:16):
Best not to discuss this with the others on the tour. Oh,
maybe you're right. Well, they'd have a life on us
if they knew the details. Let's admit we didn't get
to the tower, but forget the rest. You're right, my dear,
I wonder what the others are doing now. I'm probably
playing bridge. Why don't you go down and see if
they have enough for full tables.
Speaker 11 (06:34):
I believe I shall.
Speaker 7 (06:35):
Don't you want to come along? Not right now?
Speaker 10 (06:38):
But let's keep this our secret between you and me.
I believe we'll see mister Raymond lungett again.
Speaker 11 (06:44):
Oh I do hope. So why isn't this romantic?
Speaker 12 (06:49):
Wouldn't it be something clearer if you met your future
husband here on a fugging.
Speaker 7 (06:54):
Day going overboard? Helt? It's time you joined your friends,
all right.
Speaker 11 (07:00):
But I like the idea anyway.
Speaker 7 (07:03):
You'll join us, sup in a little while, Harriet.
Speaker 6 (07:05):
Yes, you feel relieved when the door finally closes, don't you, Clara,
and you cross the room quickly get Raymond's package from
the pocket of your coat.
Speaker 5 (07:24):
You unwrap it, open the box carefully, and gasp as
you view its contents.
Speaker 7 (07:28):
A necklace, A beautiful diamond necklace.
Speaker 6 (07:39):
You're startled, aren't you, Clara, as you wonder if a
fortune and jewels was actually thrust into your hands, If
the diamonds of the necklace are real. It seems unlikely
that a perfect stranger would entrust you with something so valuable.
But as the tour moves on to the city of Rome,
you manage to leave Harriet for a short time and
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seek a reliable looking jewelry store.
Speaker 7 (08:02):
I want to see if the clasp on the necklace
is all right.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
I'd be very glad to help you.
Speaker 8 (08:06):
Miss here.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
It is.
Speaker 5 (08:13):
My how that's beautiful and so well bisarre, were there
many thousands of American dollars?
Speaker 11 (08:21):
Eh? Well, I suppose, but it is a mess, I know,
a very valuable piece.
Speaker 7 (08:26):
The other the clasp seems all right.
Speaker 11 (08:29):
Ah, yes, yes, it seems in perfect order.
Speaker 8 (08:32):
But it is well to be careful.
Speaker 7 (08:34):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 10 (08:36):
You see, my employer wanted to wear it tomorrow evening,
but wanted to be sure that it would be safe.
Speaker 9 (08:39):
Oh yes, yes, I understand that.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
Now could I show you anything while you're here?
Speaker 10 (08:45):
Not now, thank you, But what you tell me about
the necklace's most assuring.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Indeed, if you're like most drivers, this wonderful weather we've
been having lately must make you want to head your
car for the seashore, the mountains, or just the open highway. Naturally,
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these trips make you more concerned about gasoline mileages, the
thing signal gasoline is famous for. But mile age, mind you,
is just one of the benefits you notice when you
switch to signal. After all, to give you such good mileage,
signal gasoline has to help your engine run more efficiently.
So efficiently you save gasoline free waves. One you save
(09:35):
gasoline with signals prompt starting, two you save gasoline with
signals smooth pickup, and three you save gasoline with signals
full power.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
The kind of performance makes driving more fun.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
That's why motorists with a zest for driving pleasure, as
well as those who appreciate economy, are both enthusiastic about signal.
The famous go farther gasoline. Heck, no sing egno casoline,
your carvercle of the casoline.
Speaker 5 (10:27):
Well Clara.
Speaker 6 (10:28):
Events have conspired to bring you luck, can't we. Unexpectedly,
a man named Raymond Hungy, escorting you to the Leading
Tower of Pisa, deserted you, but left a valuable diamond
necklace in your coat pocket. Now you find yourself thinking
about the two determined looking men who were following mister Hungry,
and you realize that if by chance they caught up
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with him, the necklace will remain yours. But shortly after
leaving the jewelry shop in Rome, you suddenly become aware
of someone walking at your side. You look up quickly
recognize the man you met in Pisa, Raymond Hungate.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
He speaks quietly as you near a small basement restaurant.
Speaker 8 (11:06):
Would you like some refreshments, Miss Marshall?
Speaker 7 (11:09):
No, no thanks?
Speaker 9 (11:10):
Oh, come on, be sociable. After all, we have something
important to discuss. Oh all right, I think this little
basement restaurant should prove an interesting place.
Speaker 8 (11:23):
Yeah, nice and quiet table for two? Please? How about
that one in the back corner? Uh? Now, we just
like some coffee, perhaps something else later on.
Speaker 9 (11:38):
Now tell me you've been enjoying your trip since you
was so rudely left in the fog and Pisa.
Speaker 7 (11:43):
Yes, but no thanks to you.
Speaker 8 (11:44):
Oh. I apologize.
Speaker 9 (11:45):
It was unforgivable to leave you stranded, but believe me,
I was most necessary.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
So I gathered.
Speaker 7 (11:52):
Did your friends catch up with you?
Speaker 9 (11:55):
And no, oh, thanks to the fog they didn't. And
I want you to know I appreciated your core.
Speaker 7 (12:00):
Think nothing of it.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
Your coffee, sir?
Speaker 8 (12:03):
Thank you?
Speaker 9 (12:06):
Were you satisfied that the diamonds were real? I noticed
you were having a jeweler look the necklace over, just.
Speaker 7 (12:12):
Making sure the class was in good condition.
Speaker 9 (12:15):
You have thought rather foolish if the collect could recognize
that necklace is a stolen one? Is it could be?
Why hadn't you guessed? But if you've known, you would
of course have taken it to the authorities.
Speaker 10 (12:27):
No, I've thought about it, and then I thought about
something else. Mister hungary, How would you like a partner?
Speaker 8 (12:34):
Did you say a partner?
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Woul don't you so?
Speaker 7 (12:36):
Overwell, you already have one, you know, Otherwise I would
have turned the necklace over to the police.
Speaker 9 (12:41):
You're right, you see it could be an.
Speaker 7 (12:44):
Interesting set up.
Speaker 10 (12:46):
If you're interested in stolen or black market jewelry, you'll
sooner or later be suspected, perhaps your room and luggage search,
and eventually you be caught.
Speaker 8 (12:55):
That isn't a very pretty picture.
Speaker 7 (12:56):
I'm serious.
Speaker 10 (12:58):
I have someone with to take the jewels and keep
them for you, someone who wouldn't be suspected, someone say,
who's just on a sight seeing tour.
Speaker 5 (13:06):
We wouldn't it make your work easier?
Speaker 9 (13:09):
I'm beginning to see your point. However, what about your
traveling companion. She seems quite a chatterbox.
Speaker 7 (13:14):
How would she be an asset? She's already set up
a storybook romance for us.
Speaker 10 (13:19):
I'm sure she'd keep quiet about us seeing one another
from time to time. Perhaps, given the story that you're
on some dangerous secret mission.
Speaker 8 (13:28):
Plan might have some advantages. But how do I know
I can trust two women?
Speaker 10 (13:32):
Haven't you already found my part I can use some
extra income. I'm getting somewhat fed up playing nursemaid to
Harriet Wilson.
Speaker 8 (13:40):
Well, I'll give it some thought.
Speaker 7 (13:41):
Meanwhile, do you want me to keep the necklace for you?
Speaker 8 (13:45):
Why? Yes, you might as well, apartner.
Speaker 7 (13:49):
I thought so.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
You feel quite proud of your don't you.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Clara.
Speaker 6 (14:01):
You've talked Raymond Hungate into a partnership and his jeweler collecting.
Of course, you haven't found the source of the jewelry
he passed along to you, but you do know that
it's very valuable. That's why you keep the gems well hidden.
And since it's necessary to keep your meetings with Raymond's
secret from the other tourists, you encourage Harriet to continue
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with her romantic ideas.
Speaker 12 (14:24):
Clara, my dear, I can't tell you how happy it
makes me to know that you found such an exciting
and adventureless print. He is nice, nice, he's wonderful, and
to think he's in the foreign secret service for our government.
Speaker 7 (14:37):
It's not so loud.
Speaker 12 (14:39):
Oh, sorry to good me his life. You know if
people found out about that, he shouldn't even have told me.
Or oh, now, don't fully, Clara, I'll be careful.
Speaker 7 (14:46):
You can count on that and thank you.
Speaker 12 (14:48):
Oh but imagine meeting such a thrilling man here in
a foreign land.
Speaker 11 (14:53):
He falls in love with you and theventuni waiting bell mar.
Speaker 10 (15:00):
I'll admit Raymond is fascinating and I'm pleased with his attention.
Speaker 7 (15:03):
But oh, he hasn't asked me yet.
Speaker 11 (15:05):
Oh but he will. This young man's in love with you,
and you're in love with him too. I can tell.
Speaker 7 (15:12):
I'm afraid you have spring fever.
Speaker 12 (15:15):
You've been a changed person since you met him. You're
always pleasant and nice to me, but now you seem.
Speaker 11 (15:21):
To be well up in mcclouds.
Speaker 7 (15:24):
You know, maybe I am a little. But anyway, we
keep this to ourselves.
Speaker 11 (15:29):
Oh, yes, of course you can count on me.
Speaker 6 (15:41):
Things are going smoothly, aren't they, claud You've made Harriet
believe you and Raymond are deeply in love, and you're
sure she will never question any of your meetings with him.
You and Harriet accompanied the others on the various tours
of Rome and the surrounding country. But you also managed
to see Raymond frequently. From time time he adds other
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gems to his jewel collection, and he seems pleased with
the arrangement you suggested. And then one day, you're a
bit delayed in one of your scheduled meetings, you approached
the back booth of a little cafe to find Raymond
reading a letter.
Speaker 9 (16:16):
Oh, I didn't see you come in, Clara.
Speaker 7 (16:20):
You're slipping, Raymond thought you must always be.
Speaker 9 (16:23):
On God, I'm not worried, even if accused. I have
no loot for anyone to find. Not today, you.
Speaker 7 (16:30):
Seem very absorbed in your letters. It from the folks
back home.
Speaker 8 (16:33):
Hardly he'll be so inquisitive.
Speaker 10 (16:36):
Partners have a right to share, remember. Besides, I noticed
it's Morocco jewelry company in Naples.
Speaker 7 (16:43):
You're to meet.
Speaker 8 (16:43):
Someone fast reader, aren't you.
Speaker 9 (16:45):
Oh I'm a smart kid perhaps, but don't get too
smart for your own good.
Speaker 7 (16:50):
Huh could I darling?
Speaker 8 (16:52):
Easily? He read the letter? It is so interesting.
Speaker 10 (17:00):
Appointment at eleven pm in Naples, day after the morth
eleven pm. It's not a bit late, not for a
friend a friend, the kind of exchanges gems for green bags.
Speaker 8 (17:12):
A lady is a genius.
Speaker 10 (17:13):
Dad's an appointment at eleven at night in Naples.
Speaker 7 (17:17):
A friend it manas your friends, isn't he?
Speaker 9 (17:20):
Ye're giving the answers. I'll give you a credit. You're
usually right.
Speaker 7 (17:24):
We haven't discussed shares. How do I come in?
Speaker 8 (17:29):
You'll get what's coming to you?
Speaker 2 (17:30):
All right?
Speaker 9 (17:31):
Fifty to fifty Now that would be real nice, wouldn't they.
Speaker 10 (17:34):
There are some real nice jewels I've been carrying around. Now,
how about my share? Fifty to fifty? It's a bit high, partners.
Speaker 9 (17:45):
Though, well, you drive a hard bargain, honey, But you
do know the answers.
Speaker 6 (18:00):
This thing, isn't it clad? When you return to the
United States, you'll be a rich woman. The jewels Raymond
is accumulated are worth a small fortune, and it shouldn't
be long until you receive your share. Raymond admits he
has an appointment with a man named Rocco and Naples
to make the exchange the jewels for a sum of
money beyond your dreams.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Two days later, you're on the.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
Train the Naples.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
An hour or so before you arrive, you knocked softly
on the door to Raymond Hungates of compartment.
Speaker 8 (18:32):
Oh, Clara, co went in anyone see you?
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Of course?
Speaker 8 (18:36):
Non bring the stuff in your purse.
Speaker 7 (18:40):
Is They laughed when I bought this purse, and I
didn't need any more luggage that has come in here.
There they are plug Adam's fock.
Speaker 9 (18:50):
Oh pretty beautiful.
Speaker 7 (18:54):
Just think how much would you say, fifty thousand full
of cloud?
Speaker 9 (18:58):
Well Rocco will commission, but they'll probably bring about seventy
five grand.
Speaker 8 (19:03):
It's not bad for a few weeks work.
Speaker 10 (19:05):
Now bad at all, And even thirty seven five hundred
is slightly more than my usual income.
Speaker 9 (19:11):
Uh, Clara, we might as well understand each other what
You've had some good ideas, and you've been very helpful.
Thank you, though, but you can get in the way.
Speaker 8 (19:20):
You take much too much for granted.
Speaker 7 (19:22):
Oh, come now, smile when you say that.
Speaker 8 (19:25):
Why, Clara, the game is over.
Speaker 9 (19:28):
I'm about ready to cash in and I don't need
any excess baggage your joke. Look, you don't figure the
picture this time. We're all most into Naples. Your buddy
can be found by the railroad tracks. By the time
you're identified, I'll be in Naples. Have the dough and
be on a boat, the good old USA.
Speaker 7 (19:45):
Don't be ridiculous, you'll be caught in a minute. What
about Harriet.
Speaker 9 (19:47):
You've taken care of that. Harriet will only be able
to tell them that she understands the job I have.
It's very dangerous that somehow you must have been killed
by the men I was tracking down, or perhaps by accident.
After all, she thinks we're so much in love.
Speaker 7 (20:00):
It will be a fool inger.
Speaker 9 (20:00):
Put that gun away the window, Parol, and the next
train whistle sounds.
Speaker 5 (20:04):
You grab at Raymond's arm, try and seize the guns.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
The two of your struggle. You look at the body of.
Speaker 6 (20:14):
Raymond, hungates slumped on the seat, try to realize that
you've killed him. You listen, expecting to hear people come
climbering into the compartments, but no one does. You realize
that your struggle and the gunshot occurred during the outside noise,
and that even as Raymond planned it, no one heard
a thing. Look around the room, open the window and
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toss the gun out. Then you get Raymond's wallet, tear
out the identification, put Rocco's letter into your purse, and,
of course, most important of all, you take all the
gems now, certain is not a trace to suggest you're
having been with Raymond. You quickly return to your own compartment.
Speaker 11 (20:52):
Oh, hear the FKA soon.
Speaker 12 (20:55):
I was just writing with some postcards and that's nice,
mister hung It would let you leave so soon?
Speaker 11 (21:02):
H You seemed quiet, Dear.
Speaker 7 (21:05):
Is something wrong and I'd rather not talk about it?
Speaker 8 (21:08):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (21:09):
Come now, if you had a quarrel, please, Harry, let's
not discuss it.
Speaker 12 (21:12):
But Clara, I thought he was about to purpose.
Speaker 7 (21:15):
There's not going to be any weddings. I can assure you.
I never want to see Raymond hung It again.
Speaker 11 (21:19):
Oh dear, Oh well, you'll feel better tomorrow. Clear Now, I'm.
Speaker 7 (21:24):
Through in back, Harry.
Speaker 10 (21:26):
Let's get everything together so that when we get to
Naples we can get off the plane right away and
take a cab to the hotel and not wait for
the rest of the tool.
Speaker 7 (21:33):
Just clear, No, I mean it, Harriet. Like I said,
I'm through with Raymond hung It forever.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Spring or no spraying, summer or no summer.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
You wouldn't feel nearly as peppy, would you if you
had to keep right on wearing heavy winter clothes. Well,
that's just how your car feels about running on tired,
old motor oils. That's why you've been seeing these words.
Time to change on that sign outside signal stations. Time
to drain out old sludgy, worn out winter oil. Time
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to change to signal Premium signal Premium heavy duty signal Premium.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Now there's the oil that really protects your car.
Speaker 4 (22:24):
This proved an improved heavy duty signal oil does more,
much more than just lubricate. In addition, Signal Premium motor
oil cools, cleans, cushions, seals, and protects results tests under
all types of driving conditions. Proved new Signal Premium motor
oil reduces engine where fifty percent. Your engine keeps it
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like new pepin power twice as long. So since it's
time to change, this time give your car a change
for the better. Change to new heavy duty signal Premium
motor oil at a signal station.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Time to change, time to change.
Speaker 8 (23:19):
Well, Clara, it's over.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
Isn't complete.
Speaker 6 (23:22):
As you hurry from the station, pretending that you want
to avoid Raymond Hungry, knowing that his body is waiting
to be discovered in his compartment, you're certain.
Speaker 5 (23:31):
Too, that you left no trace of your having been there.
Speaker 8 (23:33):
At all.
Speaker 6 (23:34):
But you do have the duel safely put away in
your purse, and you know where you can exchange them
for currency.
Speaker 3 (23:40):
A great dealer.
Speaker 5 (23:42):
And since you're the sale for the United States soon
fature looks very promising, doesn't it. Then there's a knock
at the door of your hotel suite.
Speaker 13 (23:52):
Cheers Miss Marshall, Clarah Marshall. Yes, I represent the American Counsulate,
Miss Marshall Sully.
Speaker 7 (24:00):
Our passport dle.
Speaker 13 (24:01):
In order quite, I'm here on another matter. This is
police chief and Trine. Please, but why may we come in?
Speaker 14 (24:10):
Of course lyso, please sit down the gentleman from the
Consulate and the chiefs.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Of the police here it.
Speaker 7 (24:19):
This is my employer, wos jentleman.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
How.
Speaker 11 (24:24):
Oh, this visit is quite flattery.
Speaker 12 (24:26):
And you see they're planning to leave the States in
a few days or we've had such a wonderful tour
of the countenance.
Speaker 11 (24:32):
Nice the beautiful gentleman to drop in this way.
Speaker 8 (24:35):
I'm afraid that my business may prevent you or departure.
Speaker 9 (24:38):
Make you see, let have been a murdered, a massive.
Speaker 11 (24:44):
Two a man named Raymond Hungy Raymond Hungay. How terrible.
Why we've taught him only today.
Speaker 7 (24:52):
Surely that there's some mistake.
Speaker 13 (24:54):
The police still have been checking to do miss Marshall.
But Chief Antrini would like you to come down to
his office.
Speaker 11 (25:00):
But this is hard to believe.
Speaker 12 (25:01):
It's such a shocked We knew Raymond's job the Secret
Service was very dangerous.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Very it.
Speaker 12 (25:07):
There may be some missing hotels anyway, I'll go along
to identify it if it is Raymond, Paul, I'm sure.
Speaker 13 (25:17):
You misunderstand this working. Chief Anthony is arresting Miss Marshall
on suspicion of murder.
Speaker 7 (25:25):
That is poor, But that's the posts. You've no reason
whatever to suspect me.
Speaker 15 (25:29):
I think we have. We found the hungry to body
in a compartment of a train that got arrived in
make we'd been shocked, and the murder weapon is missing,
as well as his own identification papers. But a child
of Miss Chelly Boson's here gave us the answer, Well,
you mean the.
Speaker 11 (25:46):
Car I get under the door of Raymond's compartment that
before we left the train married?
Speaker 7 (25:50):
You didn't.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
I'm afraid she did.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
Marshall.
Speaker 11 (25:54):
He was such a romantic couple. I couldn't let them
break up.
Speaker 15 (25:58):
Miss Marshall read the mess undertide.
Speaker 14 (26:02):
Raymond Hunger, I'm sure you and Clara have just had
a lover's barrow and that all will work out all right,
will be staying at the Imperial Hotel in Maple, Signed
Mary Wilson.
Speaker 7 (26:18):
Well, Miss Marshall, all right, I did know him, but
I didn't say I killed him.
Speaker 15 (26:24):
No, but we know that Raymond Hungered had an appointment
with a man named Rocco this evening who dispose of
some stolen jewels on gate.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
That thought Rocco was a fense. Absolutely Rocco was working
with the fullness.
Speaker 7 (26:39):
Very interesting. But what does all this have to do
with me?
Speaker 16 (26:43):
Nothing unless you have the ju if you do that
told me me for a conviction, Miss Marshall, Let me
see your first.
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Speaker 6 (01:18):
Determined traveler, standing in the lobby of the Hotel Continental
in Pisa, Italy with a group of some twenty other tourists,
Clara Marshall, aged twenty five and attractive enough to draw
attention anywhere, was smiling quietly to.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Herself and with good reason.
Speaker 6 (01:42):
Yes, Clara, for the past eight months you've handled things perfectly,
haven't You. Wanted by the Chicago police for your part
in a series of fraudulent stock transactions, you slipped out
of town and covered your tracks so successfully they lost
all trace of you. Some weeks later, in the Los
Angeles bookstore, you casually made the acquaintance of elderly wealthy
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Harriet Wilson, and you took full advantage of this chance meeting,
didn't you, Claire. Yes, now you're not only her trusted employee,
but her friend and traveling companion on a tour of Europe,
waiting on a foggy Italian morning to accompany her and
a guided.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
Tour of pieces.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but I'm forced to cancel today's
tour too foggy.
Speaker 7 (02:28):
Oh but Guide, the street cars are running, you needn't
drive the bus.
Speaker 8 (02:31):
I'm sorry, Miss Marshall.
Speaker 9 (02:33):
It'd be impossible to take a group this side through
the foggy city and street cards. It's too dangerous.
Speaker 7 (02:38):
But we don't plan to come through this city again.
And Miss Wilson has so counted on seeing the leading Tower.
Isn't that right, Harriet?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Yes?
Speaker 10 (02:45):
I had looked FORME and you know we're leaving this afternoon.
Please Guide, won't you reconsider.
Speaker 9 (02:51):
Miss Marshall in the interest of the group as a
whole lot? I'm sorry, really, pardon me, pardon me? Miss
I couldn't help over hearing it was a shame that
visitors were so interested in seeing historical places shouldn't see them.
Speaker 7 (03:03):
But it looks as if not much is going to
be done about that.
Speaker 9 (03:06):
Well, I was going to suggest that I'd be glad
to take it to the Leaning tower. It really isn't
far from here.
Speaker 11 (03:11):
Oh would you.
Speaker 7 (03:11):
Oh that would be wonderful, wouldn't it Harriet?
Speaker 9 (03:14):
Well, yes, well good, let's not lose any time this way, ladies.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
You smile, don't you.
Speaker 6 (03:28):
Clara, leaving the hotel and boarding the crowded street car,
and as you steal a glance at the stranger, you
notice that he's studying you too, very closely, as if
memorizing every detail about you. Harriet, meanwhile, is quite excited
about the whole adventure. As the car rattles along the street.
Speaker 11 (03:47):
Clara, just think about going through.
Speaker 12 (03:49):
The streets of Pisa, in the park and on the
street car.
Speaker 11 (03:53):
It's also thrilling.
Speaker 10 (03:56):
It was nice if you'd offer to escort hers. It
means a lot to see places we've seen in pictures
so often.
Speaker 11 (04:01):
I want to go to the top of the tower
and look down.
Speaker 9 (04:04):
Let's say that's where Galileo proved his theory about weights
falling at the same rate of speed.
Speaker 11 (04:08):
You know.
Speaker 12 (04:08):
Oh, yes, I'd like to try dropping something.
Speaker 9 (04:13):
Oh, you'll have to excuse me. Ladies, I'm sorry I
won't be able to take you to the tower today.
After all, what were you said?
Speaker 7 (04:18):
It wasn't far.
Speaker 9 (04:19):
I'm really sorry, but it's unavoidable. Let's get off at
the next stop.
Speaker 11 (04:22):
It seems we have no choice, but in this.
Speaker 8 (04:24):
Far you'll be all right.
Speaker 9 (04:25):
Get off at the third stop on the returning car
and you'll be right at your hotels.
Speaker 7 (04:28):
We'll remember.
Speaker 9 (04:29):
I'm sorry, really, it's just that I have an important appointment.
It's later than I realized.
Speaker 7 (04:33):
This just isn't my day.
Speaker 9 (04:34):
Thanks anyway, mister Hungate, Raymond Hungate, I'll see you later.
Speaker 8 (04:39):
Goodbye for now.
Speaker 6 (04:44):
As the three of you stepped from the street car,
Raymond slipped something into your pocket, quickly put his fingers
to his lips to silence you, and suddenly he's gone
into the fog. As you look around, you notice two
men who left the street car just before it pulled away.
Hurry off the same direction that Raymond. You feel sure
they're following him, don't you.
Speaker 8 (05:04):
Claire.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
Harriet seems concerned only with watching for a returning car.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
She seems relieved as it appeared.
Speaker 11 (05:11):
My goodness, I'll be glad when we get back to
the hotel.
Speaker 12 (05:15):
Little did I think we'd be left here in the
far I'm.
Speaker 7 (05:17):
Sure it'll all work out. Okay, don't worry.
Speaker 11 (05:20):
But he's seem such a nice young man.
Speaker 7 (05:23):
Well, we tried, Harriet, can't win every time.
Speaker 12 (05:39):
Well back at last, this hotel room looks good to me.
Might I think he offered to take us there, only
to leave us stranded in the middle of a strange
city in the park. I believe he meant to take us,
but something he couldn't help caused him to leave.
Speaker 11 (05:53):
Or perhaps you're right now that we're sound. I'll admit
it was a thrill and he was nice looking, wasn't he.
Speaker 7 (06:06):
Yes, And it seemed he was going to be an
interesting guy.
Speaker 12 (06:09):
He was an American, but seemed very much at ease
here in this foreign land.
Speaker 11 (06:14):
I wonder, Mary, I believe it's.
Speaker 10 (06:16):
Best not to discuss this with the others on the tour. Oh,
maybe you're right. Well, they'd have a life on us
if they knew the details. Let's admit we didn't get
to the tower, but forget the rest. You're right, my dear,
I wonder what the others are doing now. I'm probably
playing bridge. Why don't you go down and see if
they have enough for full tables.
Speaker 11 (06:34):
I believe I shall.
Speaker 7 (06:35):
Don't you want to come along? Not right now?
Speaker 10 (06:38):
But let's keep this our secret between you and me.
I believe we'll see mister Raymond lungett again.
Speaker 11 (06:44):
Oh I do hope. So why isn't this romantic?
Speaker 12 (06:49):
Wouldn't it be something clearer if you met your future
husband here on a fugging.
Speaker 7 (06:54):
Day going overboard? Helt? It's time you joined your friends,
all right.
Speaker 11 (07:00):
But I like the idea anyway.
Speaker 7 (07:03):
You'll join us, sup in a little while, Harriet.
Speaker 6 (07:05):
Yes, you feel relieved when the door finally closes, don't you, Clara,
and you cross the room quickly get Raymond's package from
the pocket of your coat.
Speaker 5 (07:24):
You unwrap it, open the box carefully, and gasp as
you view its contents.
Speaker 7 (07:28):
A necklace, A beautiful diamond necklace.
Speaker 6 (07:39):
You're startled, aren't you, Clara, as you wonder if a
fortune and jewels was actually thrust into your hands, If
the diamonds of the necklace are real. It seems unlikely
that a perfect stranger would entrust you with something so valuable.
But as the tour moves on to the city of Rome,
you manage to leave Harriet for a short time and
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seek a reliable looking jewelry store.
Speaker 7 (08:02):
I want to see if the clasp on the necklace
is all right.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
I'd be very glad to help you.
Speaker 8 (08:06):
Miss here.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
It is.
Speaker 5 (08:13):
My how that's beautiful and so well bisarre, were there
many thousands of American dollars?
Speaker 11 (08:21):
Eh? Well, I suppose, but it is a mess, I know,
a very valuable piece.
Speaker 7 (08:26):
The other the clasp seems all right.
Speaker 11 (08:29):
Ah, yes, yes, it seems in perfect order.
Speaker 8 (08:32):
But it is well to be careful.
Speaker 7 (08:34):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 10 (08:36):
You see, my employer wanted to wear it tomorrow evening,
but wanted to be sure that it would be safe.
Speaker 9 (08:39):
Oh yes, yes, I understand that.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
Now could I show you anything while you're here?
Speaker 10 (08:45):
Not now, thank you, But what you tell me about
the necklace's most assuring.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Indeed, if you're like most drivers, this wonderful weather we've
been having lately must make you want to head your
car for the seashore, the mountains, or just the open highway. Naturally,
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Speaker 1 (09:45):
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Speaker 5 (10:27):
Well Clara.
Speaker 6 (10:28):
Events have conspired to bring you luck, can't we. Unexpectedly,
a man named Raymond Hungy, escorting you to the Leading
Tower of Pisa, deserted you, but left a valuable diamond
necklace in your coat pocket. Now you find yourself thinking
about the two determined looking men who were following mister Hungry,
and you realize that if by chance they caught up
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with him, the necklace will remain yours. But shortly after
leaving the jewelry shop in Rome, you suddenly become aware
of someone walking at your side. You look up quickly
recognize the man you met in Pisa, Raymond Hungate.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
He speaks quietly as you near a small basement restaurant.
Speaker 8 (11:06):
Would you like some refreshments, Miss Marshall?
Speaker 7 (11:09):
No, no thanks?
Speaker 9 (11:10):
Oh, come on, be sociable. After all, we have something
important to discuss. Oh all right, I think this little
basement restaurant should prove an interesting place.
Speaker 8 (11:23):
Yeah, nice and quiet table for two? Please? How about
that one in the back corner? Uh? Now, we just
like some coffee, perhaps something else later on.
Speaker 9 (11:38):
Now tell me you've been enjoying your trip since you
was so rudely left in the fog and Pisa.
Speaker 7 (11:43):
Yes, but no thanks to you.
Speaker 8 (11:44):
Oh. I apologize.
Speaker 9 (11:45):
It was unforgivable to leave you stranded, but believe me,
I was most necessary.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
So I gathered.
Speaker 7 (11:52):
Did your friends catch up with you?
Speaker 9 (11:55):
And no, oh, thanks to the fog they didn't. And
I want you to know I appreciated your core.
Speaker 7 (12:00):
Think nothing of it.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
Your coffee, sir?
Speaker 8 (12:03):
Thank you?
Speaker 9 (12:06):
Were you satisfied that the diamonds were real? I noticed
you were having a jeweler look the necklace over, just.
Speaker 7 (12:12):
Making sure the class was in good condition.
Speaker 9 (12:15):
You have thought rather foolish if the collect could recognize
that necklace is a stolen one? Is it could be?
Why hadn't you guessed? But if you've known, you would
of course have taken it to the authorities.
Speaker 10 (12:27):
No, I've thought about it, and then I thought about
something else. Mister hungary, How would you like a partner?
Speaker 8 (12:34):
Did you say a partner?
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Woul don't you so?
Speaker 7 (12:36):
Overwell, you already have one, you know, Otherwise I would
have turned the necklace over to the police.
Speaker 9 (12:41):
You're right, you see it could be an.
Speaker 7 (12:44):
Interesting set up.
Speaker 10 (12:46):
If you're interested in stolen or black market jewelry, you'll
sooner or later be suspected, perhaps your room and luggage search,
and eventually you be caught.
Speaker 8 (12:55):
That isn't a very pretty picture.
Speaker 7 (12:56):
I'm serious.
Speaker 10 (12:58):
I have someone with to take the jewels and keep
them for you, someone who wouldn't be suspected, someone say,
who's just on a sight seeing tour.
Speaker 5 (13:06):
We wouldn't it make your work easier?
Speaker 9 (13:09):
I'm beginning to see your point. However, what about your
traveling companion. She seems quite a chatterbox.
Speaker 7 (13:14):
How would she be an asset? She's already set up
a storybook romance for us.
Speaker 10 (13:19):
I'm sure she'd keep quiet about us seeing one another
from time to time. Perhaps, given the story that you're
on some dangerous secret mission.
Speaker 8 (13:28):
Plan might have some advantages. But how do I know
I can trust two women?
Speaker 10 (13:32):
Haven't you already found my part I can use some
extra income. I'm getting somewhat fed up playing nursemaid to
Harriet Wilson.
Speaker 8 (13:40):
Well, I'll give it some thought.
Speaker 7 (13:41):
Meanwhile, do you want me to keep the necklace for you?
Speaker 8 (13:45):
Why? Yes, you might as well, apartner.
Speaker 7 (13:49):
I thought so.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
You feel quite proud of your don't you.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Clara.
Speaker 6 (14:01):
You've talked Raymond Hungate into a partnership and his jeweler collecting.
Of course, you haven't found the source of the jewelry
he passed along to you, but you do know that
it's very valuable. That's why you keep the gems well hidden.
And since it's necessary to keep your meetings with Raymond's
secret from the other tourists, you encourage Harriet to continue
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with her romantic ideas.
Speaker 12 (14:24):
Clara, my dear, I can't tell you how happy it
makes me to know that you found such an exciting
and adventureless print. He is nice, nice, he's wonderful, and
to think he's in the foreign secret service for our government.
Speaker 7 (14:37):
It's not so loud.
Speaker 12 (14:39):
Oh, sorry to good me his life. You know if
people found out about that, he shouldn't even have told me.
Or oh, now, don't fully, Clara, I'll be careful.
Speaker 7 (14:46):
You can count on that and thank you.
Speaker 12 (14:48):
Oh but imagine meeting such a thrilling man here in
a foreign land.
Speaker 11 (14:53):
He falls in love with you and theventuni waiting bell mar.
Speaker 10 (15:00):
I'll admit Raymond is fascinating and I'm pleased with his attention.
Speaker 7 (15:03):
But oh, he hasn't asked me yet.
Speaker 11 (15:05):
Oh but he will. This young man's in love with you,
and you're in love with him too. I can tell.
Speaker 7 (15:12):
I'm afraid you have spring fever.
Speaker 12 (15:15):
You've been a changed person since you met him. You're
always pleasant and nice to me, but now you seem.
Speaker 11 (15:21):
To be well up in mcclouds.
Speaker 7 (15:24):
You know, maybe I am a little. But anyway, we
keep this to ourselves.
Speaker 11 (15:29):
Oh, yes, of course you can count on me.
Speaker 6 (15:41):
Things are going smoothly, aren't they, claud You've made Harriet
believe you and Raymond are deeply in love, and you're
sure she will never question any of your meetings with him.
You and Harriet accompanied the others on the various tours
of Rome and the surrounding country. But you also managed
to see Raymond frequently. From time time he adds other
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gems to his jewel collection, and he seems pleased with
the arrangement you suggested. And then one day, you're a
bit delayed in one of your scheduled meetings, you approached
the back booth of a little cafe to find Raymond
reading a letter.
Speaker 9 (16:16):
Oh, I didn't see you come in, Clara.
Speaker 7 (16:20):
You're slipping, Raymond thought you must always be.
Speaker 9 (16:23):
On God, I'm not worried, even if accused. I have
no loot for anyone to find. Not today, you.
Speaker 7 (16:30):
Seem very absorbed in your letters. It from the folks
back home.
Speaker 8 (16:33):
Hardly he'll be so inquisitive.
Speaker 10 (16:36):
Partners have a right to share, remember. Besides, I noticed
it's Morocco jewelry company in Naples.
Speaker 7 (16:43):
You're to meet.
Speaker 8 (16:43):
Someone fast reader, aren't you.
Speaker 9 (16:45):
Oh I'm a smart kid perhaps, but don't get too
smart for your own good.
Speaker 7 (16:50):
Huh could I darling?
Speaker 8 (16:52):
Easily? He read the letter? It is so interesting.
Speaker 10 (17:00):
Appointment at eleven pm in Naples, day after the morth
eleven pm. It's not a bit late, not for a
friend a friend, the kind of exchanges gems for green bags.
Speaker 8 (17:12):
A lady is a genius.
Speaker 10 (17:13):
Dad's an appointment at eleven at night in Naples.
Speaker 7 (17:17):
A friend it manas your friends, isn't he?
Speaker 9 (17:20):
Ye're giving the answers. I'll give you a credit. You're
usually right.
Speaker 7 (17:24):
We haven't discussed shares. How do I come in?
Speaker 8 (17:29):
You'll get what's coming to you?
Speaker 2 (17:30):
All right?
Speaker 9 (17:31):
Fifty to fifty Now that would be real nice, wouldn't they.
Speaker 10 (17:34):
There are some real nice jewels I've been carrying around. Now,
how about my share? Fifty to fifty? It's a bit high, partners.
Speaker 9 (17:45):
Though, well, you drive a hard bargain, honey, But you
do know the answers.
Speaker 6 (18:00):
This thing, isn't it clad? When you return to the
United States, you'll be a rich woman. The jewels Raymond
is accumulated are worth a small fortune, and it shouldn't
be long until you receive your share. Raymond admits he
has an appointment with a man named Rocco and Naples
to make the exchange the jewels for a sum of
money beyond your dreams.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Two days later, you're on the.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
Train the Naples.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
An hour or so before you arrive, you knocked softly
on the door to Raymond Hungates of compartment.
Speaker 8 (18:32):
Oh, Clara, co went in anyone see you?
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Of course?
Speaker 8 (18:36):
Non bring the stuff in your purse.
Speaker 7 (18:40):
Is They laughed when I bought this purse, and I
didn't need any more luggage that has come in here.
There they are plug Adam's fock.
Speaker 9 (18:50):
Oh pretty beautiful.
Speaker 7 (18:54):
Just think how much would you say, fifty thousand full
of cloud?
Speaker 9 (18:58):
Well Rocco will commission, but they'll probably bring about seventy
five grand.
Speaker 8 (19:03):
It's not bad for a few weeks work.
Speaker 10 (19:05):
Now bad at all, And even thirty seven five hundred
is slightly more than my usual income.
Speaker 9 (19:11):
Uh, Clara, we might as well understand each other what
You've had some good ideas, and you've been very helpful.
Thank you, though, but you can get in the way.
Speaker 8 (19:20):
You take much too much for granted.
Speaker 7 (19:22):
Oh, come now, smile when you say that.
Speaker 8 (19:25):
Why, Clara, the game is over.
Speaker 9 (19:28):
I'm about ready to cash in and I don't need
any excess baggage your joke. Look, you don't figure the
picture this time. We're all most into Naples. Your buddy
can be found by the railroad tracks. By the time
you're identified, I'll be in Naples. Have the dough and
be on a boat, the good old USA.
Speaker 7 (19:45):
Don't be ridiculous, you'll be caught in a minute. What
about Harriet.
Speaker 9 (19:47):
You've taken care of that. Harriet will only be able
to tell them that she understands the job I have.
It's very dangerous that somehow you must have been killed
by the men I was tracking down, or perhaps by accident.
After all, she thinks we're so much in love.
Speaker 7 (20:00):
It will be a fool inger.
Speaker 9 (20:00):
Put that gun away the window, Parol, and the next
train whistle sounds.
Speaker 5 (20:04):
You grab at Raymond's arm, try and seize the guns.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
The two of your struggle. You look at the body of.
Speaker 6 (20:14):
Raymond, hungates slumped on the seat, try to realize that
you've killed him. You listen, expecting to hear people come
climbering into the compartments, but no one does. You realize
that your struggle and the gunshot occurred during the outside noise,
and that even as Raymond planned it, no one heard
a thing. Look around the room, open the window and
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toss the gun out. Then you get Raymond's wallet, tear
out the identification, put Rocco's letter into your purse, and,
of course, most important of all, you take all the
gems now, certain is not a trace to suggest you're
having been with Raymond. You quickly return to your own compartment.
Speaker 11 (20:52):
Oh, hear the FKA soon.
Speaker 12 (20:55):
I was just writing with some postcards and that's nice,
mister hung It would let you leave so soon?
Speaker 11 (21:02):
H You seemed quiet, Dear.
Speaker 7 (21:05):
Is something wrong and I'd rather not talk about it?
Speaker 8 (21:08):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (21:09):
Come now, if you had a quarrel, please, Harry, let's
not discuss it.
Speaker 12 (21:12):
But Clara, I thought he was about to purpose.
Speaker 7 (21:15):
There's not going to be any weddings. I can assure you.
I never want to see Raymond hung It again.
Speaker 11 (21:19):
Oh dear, Oh well, you'll feel better tomorrow. Clear Now, I'm.
Speaker 7 (21:24):
Through in back, Harry.
Speaker 10 (21:26):
Let's get everything together so that when we get to
Naples we can get off the plane right away and
take a cab to the hotel and not wait for
the rest of the tool.
Speaker 7 (21:33):
Just clear, No, I mean it, Harriet. Like I said,
I'm through with Raymond hung It forever.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
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Speaker 1 (23:00):
Time to change, time to change.
Speaker 8 (23:19):
Well, Clara, it's over.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
Isn't complete.
Speaker 6 (23:22):
As you hurry from the station, pretending that you want
to avoid Raymond Hungry, knowing that his body is waiting
to be discovered in his compartment, you're certain.
Speaker 5 (23:31):
Too, that you left no trace of your having been there.
Speaker 8 (23:33):
At all.
Speaker 6 (23:34):
But you do have the duel safely put away in
your purse, and you know where you can exchange them
for currency.
Speaker 3 (23:40):
A great dealer.
Speaker 5 (23:42):
And since you're the sale for the United States soon
fature looks very promising, doesn't it. Then there's a knock
at the door of your hotel suite.
Speaker 13 (23:52):
Cheers Miss Marshall, Clarah Marshall. Yes, I represent the American Counsulate,
Miss Marshall Sully.
Speaker 7 (24:00):
Our passport dle.
Speaker 13 (24:01):
In order quite, I'm here on another matter. This is
police chief and Trine. Please, but why may we come in?
Speaker 14 (24:10):
Of course lyso, please sit down the gentleman from the
Consulate and the chiefs.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Of the police here it.
Speaker 7 (24:19):
This is my employer, wos jentleman.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
How.
Speaker 11 (24:24):
Oh, this visit is quite flattery.
Speaker 12 (24:26):
And you see they're planning to leave the States in
a few days or we've had such a wonderful tour
of the countenance.
Speaker 11 (24:32):
Nice the beautiful gentleman to drop in this way.
Speaker 8 (24:35):
I'm afraid that my business may prevent you or departure.
Speaker 9 (24:38):
Make you see, let have been a murdered, a massive.
Speaker 11 (24:44):
Two a man named Raymond Hungy Raymond Hungay. How terrible.
Why we've taught him only today.
Speaker 7 (24:52):
Surely that there's some mistake.
Speaker 13 (24:54):
The police still have been checking to do miss Marshall.
But Chief Antrini would like you to come down to
his office.
Speaker 11 (25:00):
But this is hard to believe.
Speaker 12 (25:01):
It's such a shocked We knew Raymond's job the Secret
Service was very dangerous.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Very it.
Speaker 12 (25:07):
There may be some missing hotels anyway, I'll go along
to identify it if it is Raymond, Paul, I'm sure.
Speaker 13 (25:17):
You misunderstand this working. Chief Anthony is arresting Miss Marshall
on suspicion of murder.
Speaker 7 (25:25):
That is poor, But that's the posts. You've no reason
whatever to suspect me.
Speaker 15 (25:29):
I think we have. We found the hungry to body
in a compartment of a train that got arrived in
make we'd been shocked, and the murder weapon is missing,
as well as his own identification papers. But a child
of Miss Chelly Boson's here gave us the answer, Well,
you mean the.
Speaker 11 (25:46):
Car I get under the door of Raymond's compartment that
before we left the train married?
Speaker 7 (25:50):
You didn't.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
I'm afraid she did.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
Marshall.
Speaker 11 (25:54):
He was such a romantic couple. I couldn't let them
break up.
Speaker 15 (25:58):
Miss Marshall read the mess undertide.
Speaker 14 (26:02):
Raymond Hunger, I'm sure you and Clara have just had
a lover's barrow and that all will work out all right,
will be staying at the Imperial Hotel in Maple, Signed
Mary Wilson.
Speaker 7 (26:18):
Well, Miss Marshall, all right, I did know him, but
I didn't say I killed him.
Speaker 15 (26:24):
No, but we know that Raymond Hungered had an appointment
with a man named Rocco this evening who dispose of
some stolen jewels on gate.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
That thought Rocco was a fense. Absolutely Rocco was working
with the fullness.
Speaker 7 (26:39):
Very interesting. But what does all this have to do
with me?
Speaker 16 (26:43):
Nothing unless you have the ju if you do that
told me me for a conviction, Miss Marshall, Let me
see your first.
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