Random Harvest

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Chosen by one of the world's best known authors, they distinguish novelist Mr. James Hilton. Good evening ladies and gentlemen, this is James Hilton. Tonight on our Hallmark Playhouse we present the dramatization of my own novel, Random Hobbes, starring that brilliant young actress Joan Fontaine.

In open years I've been queried by both friends and strangers. How do you get my dear for story? Well, there are many ways. But in the case of Random Hobbes, I'd like to put myself in the position of one of the characters and go back to a moment when I met a man on a train

whom I shall call Charles Rainier. But that's our story. Rock first attracted me to Charles Rainier with an air of mystery about his eyes which intrigued. He seemed always to look beyond you as if in the dark recesses of his memory he was groping for something he couldn't find.

Shortly afterwards I met his wife. Her face had a beauty that poured into it from within, a secret serene rating. Uncasual observance, the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Rainier seemed ideal. But as I came to know them better, I sensed the dramatic undercurrent between them, as if these two people were hiding something from each other.

During the ensuing two years, Charles and I became very close friend, and I discovered why he always looked beyond you. It was very exciting, but I was unable to stop writing about it. The story had a beginning, a middle, but lacked an ending.