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Consequence

Suspense · May 19, 1949 · 29 min · 4,729 words

The transcript of “Consequence”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast May 19, 1949. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Suspense plays Suspense free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Now, AutoLite and its 60,000 dealers and service stations present... Suspense! Light? AutoLite brings you James Stewart in... consequence. A suspense play produced and directed by Anton M. Leader. Friends, while the wife is spring cleaning the house, how about spring cleaning your car?

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Remember, you're always right. with auto light. And now, auto light presents James Stewart in a tale well-calculated to keep you in. Suspin! Maybe the costume was the decisive factor, or maybe it would have happened anyway.

In any event, the occasion was the tenth reunion, and the class of 29 as such occasions demand, They were all dressed identically in cowboy suits. And there was Ted Wolf, whom I hadn't seen in ten years, although in college he'd been by far my closest friend.

And so of course I brought him home to dinner. And Gwen managed to be quite charming, even though it was the maid's night out. She didn't even kick about the oven. And that's how it started out, just like that.

like any pleasant casual little evening. Oh, Gwen, that was a wonderful meal. Last one, I'll get like that for a while. Thank you, sir. Have you really got to go tonight, Ted? Can't you take a day or so?

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