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01:23Hello, very worried to break your journey here.
01:25Shall I take your hat and coat?
01:42You know everybody here, don't you?
01:44Oh, no, of course you don't.
01:50Mrs. Lionel Waddell.
01:53How are you?
01:56Mr. and Mrs. Paxton.
01:59How do you do?
02:01When you know, Phyllis.
02:05And this is Frank Morley.
02:09How do you do?
02:13Sorry we seem so startled, but we've just been listening to a ghost story on the radio.
02:18Coffee or drink?
02:21Fairly, please.
02:23And what was the general reaction?
02:26Well, they really told it jolly well.
02:29Now, ghost stories annoy me intensely.
02:31It's so easy for an author to send shivers up your spine without ever having to explain any of it.
02:36All he usually does is throw in a thumping coincidence, a ghostly laugh, and that's the end.
02:41Oh, I don't know.
02:41I'd rather enjoy it.
02:43Well, ghost stories give me the creeps, and I don't mind admitting it.
02:46Well, it seems to have given you a thoroughly disquieting half hour by the look of you.
02:50It is well-acted, yes, and entertaining, but nothing more.
02:54Ghost stories make very popular reading, and it says something to the public they continue in favour.
02:59Personally, I can't say that I agree with them.
03:01Well, I prefer a really good murder, especially at the cinema.
03:05Well, does anyone take film stories seriously, especially those about ghosts?
03:10In any case, who's ever seen ghosts?
03:13I have.
03:14What?
03:16Do you mean to tell us you've really seen a ghost?
03:20I do.
03:22I wasn't alone.
03:28Phyllis saw it too.
03:29Not really.
03:30Where did this happen, dear?
03:32Do tell us.
03:33You'd better ask John about that.
03:35I'm afraid I'm not much of a handler at storytelling.
03:39Why don't you ask George?
03:40He knows all about it.
03:43You tell us, then.
03:44And where did this remarkable experience occur?
03:47Well, come on, my good chap.
03:48Out of it.
03:49Which house was it?
03:50This one.
03:55Well, it was in the early spring, and John and Phyllis were house hunting.
04:10They'd only been married a short while, and they were still without a home of their own.
04:14Day after day, they trudged around.
04:17John had just been transferred to his firm's head office, and trying to get a flat was a hopeless proposition.
04:21In short, the outlook was pretty black.
04:33Indeed, they had nearly given up hope.
04:35When one day, as they were driving, Phyllis suddenly spotted another house agent.
04:39So, they decided to have one last try.
04:57Come in.
04:58Come in.
05:02Good afternoon.
05:03Good afternoon.
05:04I was wondering whether you might have anything available in the way of...
05:07Accommodation?
05:08No, sorry.
05:09Well, I thought perhaps you might have something.
05:12I don't mind what it is, as long as it has four walls and a roof.
05:17In fact, somewhere to live.
05:20Cigarette?
05:22No, thanks.
05:24Don't smoke.
05:28Well, thanks all, Sam.
05:31Just a minute.
05:32I think I've got something.
05:34No promises, Mines.
05:35Don't be too hopeful.
05:37Really?
05:37You think so?
05:38Well, just a minute.
05:39This is only a suggestion.
05:42Have you a car?
05:43Outside.
05:48All right.
05:49Come on.
05:53No promises, Mines.
06:01And so John and Phyllis felt that perhaps now their luck was at last turning.
06:05It was with some small excitement that Phyllis determined to keep the agent as good a humour
06:10as she could, talked spiritedly to him, hoping all the while that he would continue to be helpful.
06:31Remember, I told you not to be too hopeful, but, well, of course, why don't wait to see the inside?
06:37You never know.
06:38Darling, I don't think...
06:40Darling, I understand.
06:41But once we're here, it can't hurt to go in, can it?
06:46Well, if you want to.
06:49It's a bit old, isn't it?
06:50As a matter of fact, it is old, but it's very interesting.
06:53About 200 years.
06:5417-something.
06:56It's been added to and altered from time to time.
06:58Let me see.
06:59There's something along here somewhere.
07:02It's, uh, something with a date on.
07:04Ah, yes, I remember.
07:05It's something along here.
07:06Just come along.
07:11They knew how to build houses in those days, you know.
07:14None of your jelly buildings.
07:15Oh, look.
07:16Oh, here we are.
07:17It...
07:18Oh, dear.
07:19It seems to be covered up.
07:23Oh, John.
07:28Ronaldo Sabata.
07:311776-1827.
07:34Isn't that interesting?
07:36Now, shall we see inside the house?
07:38Yes.
07:39Oh, yes.
07:46Necromancer.
07:48One who draws power from evil.
07:54Oh, yes.
08:21Well, here we have the main hall.
08:23And over here we have...
08:27Do you mind?
08:28I...
08:28I feel I'll be getting back.
08:30Perhaps you'd like to look around yourselves.
08:32You can drop the keys in
08:34any time you like in the morning.
08:35I...
08:36I can get a bus to the bottom of the road here.
08:38You don't mind, do you?
08:40Good day.
08:50Come on.
08:54I'd rather not.
08:57It's...
08:58Oh, don't be as silly.
09:00What are you afraid of?
09:02Come on.
09:03Come on.
09:45Come on, darling.
10:29Come on, darling.
10:53Come on, darling.
10:55Half a loaf was better than no bread, and John quickly pointed out to Phyllis the possibilities
11:00of the place, and with his usual inventiveness, had adapted a part of the house for their needs.
11:09Come on.
11:19Thanks very much.
11:46Well, I'm off, dear.
11:47Anything else you want beside that paint?
11:49No, thanks.
11:50Oh, yes.
11:51Would you call into the station and see if those plants arrive?
11:54Right, dear.
11:55Darling.
11:55Hmm?
11:57Kiss, please.
11:57Oh, yes.
12:21Oh, yes.
12:29Ramesham Hall.
12:31Ramesham Hall.
13:00Ramesham Hall.
13:07Ramesham Hall.
13:09Ramesham Hall.
13:11Ramesham Hall.
13:30Ramesham Hall.
13:31Ramesham Hall.
13:35Ramesham Hall.
13:37Ramesham Hall.
13:39Ramesham Hall.
13:42Ramesham Hall.
13:47Ramesham Hall.
13:48Ramesham Hall.
14:09Yes, it might have been this.
14:13Or was it?
14:16And if it wasn't this, what was it?
14:21Oh, go on then.
14:24All in good time, Mr. Morley.
14:28The shadows were gathering fast and dark clouds scurried across the night sky as Phyllis walked homewards.
14:49Meanwhile, John had settled down with a book and was quietly reading.
14:55Ramesham Hall.
14:56Ramesham Hall.
15:00Ramesham Hall.
15:00Ramesham Hall.
15:01Ramesham Hall.
15:07Ramesham Hall.
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18:01Is that you, Phyllis?
18:07Phyllis!
18:16What's the matter, John?
18:22You're as cold as ice.
18:26What's the matter, darling?
18:27It is you, darling, isn't it?
18:30Of course it's me.
18:32Thank heaven.
18:35What is it?
18:39You look as if you've seen a ghost.
18:44I thought I had.
19:00This was no small experience for John, and he debated with himself as to whether he should
19:04worry Phyllis with what might, after all, have been just his imagination.
19:11Yes, that was it.
19:13Imagination.
19:14Well, imagination or not, he decided to say nothing about it.
19:18So, later that night...
19:29Do you mind if I go up, darling?
19:31I won't be tired.
19:32All right.
19:33I'll just lock up.
20:00It all...
20:03Bye!
20:07Boris, take a look.
20:08I won't put the giant커 down in Sieges.
20:08What.
20:12What's the matter?
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20:21I don't know.
20:58I'm going to find out.
21:01Wait for me.
21:02You stay in bed.
21:03I'll be all right.
21:06John.
21:09John.
21:27No, Donnie.
21:28You stay here.
21:35You stay in bed.
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29:22They appeared to be love letters written by a man to a woman called Mariana, letters
29:28that told of an illicit intrigue of many years past.
29:32From odd phrases and allusions, John gathered that the writer was a seaman.
29:37Then in one letter, a name caught his eye, Rinaldo, the name on the plaque outside the house.
29:47For the first time in his life, John began to experience fear, a fear of the intangible, but fear it
29:57was.
29:59One thought struck him forcibly.
30:01Was he to conquer it, or it conquer him?
30:06If fear of the unknown can be conquered.
31:54John decided to consult a friend who he knew to be interested in psychical phenomena, and
31:59after he had outlined the situation, he had little difficulty in persuading his friend
32:02to drive down to see him.
32:22I thought it would be more pleasant to have coffee out here, dear.
32:24Yes.
32:29Cold?
32:32No, darling.
32:33Actually, it's quite warm.
32:35But I suddenly went all cold.
32:37It's past now.
32:49I thought you didn't like brandy.
32:52I don't.
32:53That's not for me.
32:56The brandy is for me, my dear.
33:00Oh, darling, this is Dr. Clinton, who took over Uncle George's practice.
33:04Doctor, my wife, Phyllis.
33:06Mrs. Stanton.
33:07How do you do?
33:09Hello, John.
33:10How do you think that I can help you?
33:13Well, as a matter of fact, there's nothing more to add.
33:16But there's this book, which I told you about.
33:28Are you perfectly satisfied that these manifestations were not, in fact, imagination?
33:35Oh, no.
33:37Certainly not.
33:39Dreams can be very deceptive, you know.
33:41You can easily imagine afterwards that you were awake.
33:44Well, in point of fact, you were not.
33:47But we both couldn't have dreamt it.
33:50And you think these phenomena stem from the tragedy which is described in this book?
33:55As I see it, Sabata came back and murdered his wife and sailor.
33:58And, uh, murdered them both?
34:00Yes.
34:02But then why wasn't the body of the Steiner ever found, John?
34:05Well, Sabata must have buried it near the house.
34:09Or in the house.
34:11That's right.
34:12All the time I was there, I was conscious of a, a force.
34:16As if a tremendous will were at work.
34:18A will more powerful, more ruthless than anything I've ever known.
34:22Or want to know.
34:24Well, we shan't get much further sitting here, shall we?
35:24I think I should shut the window, don't you?
35:26If you like.
36:25what are you doing we've got to help them help them what do you mean it's
36:31better that way believe me
36:46what's in here I don't know no lumber room I imagine it was locked when it came
37:09we'll have that lock off in the morning and take a look now we can just settle
37:14down to wait I know
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38:38You fool.
39:03You fool.
39:33No, no, no.
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43:20There's something.
43:22It's a sort of crystal saucer.
43:26With a needle like a compass floating about in it.
43:41Look, the needle's swinging about.
43:46There's something else there too, I guess.
44:03Look.
44:04Why is it doing this?
44:09On all that it can reach within these walls, as moves the needle, so work my will.
44:17Accursed be this house, and restless be the dwellers therein.
44:23I'm...
44:26...Renaldo Zabaka.
44:39Phyllis!
44:39Oh, John.
44:42I was worried.
44:43I had to come.
44:44What's happened?
44:45A lot.
44:46What?
44:49We've just found this.
45:18Anyway, we've still got this.
45:43And what do you think of that, Mr. Morley?
45:48I must admit, you told the story most convincingly, Clinton.
45:52The moments when you had me almost half believing.
45:54But you still remain a skeptic, eh?
45:58My dear chap, you don't really suppose me to be so gullible as to believe a story like that,
46:02do you?
46:02I told you it was a true story, Morley.
46:04But John still has the book, hasn't he?
46:08That is what it's called a dramatic license.
46:10I suppose we should be told that ever since the breaking of the saucer, the hauntings have stopped.
46:14Well, as a matter of fact, they have.
46:17Just as I thought.
46:19Very convenient get-out.
46:21He's got you there, you know.
46:24Difficult to know what to think, isn't it, Mother?
46:27How do you account for this?
46:29Yes.
46:31There's the little book.
46:33And the curse in it, just as we found it.
46:39On all that it can reach within these walls, as moves the needle, so work my will.
46:50Accursed be this house, and restless be the dwellers therein.
46:59Rinaldo Sabato.
47:06The stage props.
47:08Very clever.
47:10Surely if that were genuine, the hauntings would continue.
47:14John says they don't.
47:16Yes, but we haven't seen a ghost.
47:18If we had, we might believe it.
47:20Yes.
47:22Yes.
47:22That's true.
47:23Hmm.
47:24I think so too.
47:27So you see, Clinton?
47:29Yes, let the door.
47:40Yes.
47:42Yes.
47:56What's the thing?
47:57Yes, sir.
47:57Oh, no.
47:58We might not have them.
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