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Philomel Cottage

Suspense · October 7, 1943 · 29 min · 3,806 words

The transcript of “Philomel Cottage”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast October 7, 1943. 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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with us again as star as Mr. Orson Well, in the third of all successive appearances for the suspense of audience and sharing honors with Mr. Well this evening the lovely and distinguished Hollywood leading lady, Miss Geraldine Fitzgerald. Our play tonight is from a short story by Agatha Christie and so with Villamel Cottage and with the performances of Geraldine Fitzgerald as Alex Martin and of Orson Well

Well that's a boat in ice and Gerald. They again hope to keep you in. A spend. What's that, Alex? I'm just reading the sign over the gate.

What does Silomile mean? You jokey. No, really. You little cockney. You've been here for three weeks and you still don't know. Silomile is another name for the birds. It's supposed to be seeing only for lovers.

You've been hearing it every twice. Oh, Nightingale. Of course. That sign, Silomile Cottage, The main reason I wanted to fake for it. I'm glad you bought it. Hello, this is a 50-50 investment in you.

No, it's 50-50-1,000 pounds for me and two from the other. What else could we do? You couldn't touch any more of your capital the time and... Well, when you find a country caught in the combined old world charm with new world plumbing, you want to grab it.

And we did have to have this place, didn't we? Yes, we did. I've often wondered if you went a bit lonely. Lonely? With you? After living the city or your life, pretty much to ourselves, you know, two miles from the nearest neighborhood.

The nearest eavesdropping, you mean? Eh? Well, then, after the hopeless romantic time there. When you can't get out of it now. Oh, Gerald, you know what day to day is? Today is the 13th. It's our anniversary, darling.

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