What happens
Neil Wilson, general manager of a company, meets Muriel Jones at the firm's annual picnic and quickly falls for her. He lives with his aunt Alice, who raised him after his parents died, and she grows suspicious of the new relationship when Neil brings Muriel home. Neil and Muriel begin to talk of a life together, and Neil must decide how far he is willing to go. The story is told in this episode from the Suspense series, first broadcast on August 26, 1948, with Van Heflin in the lead role.
A city office and the home of Neil Wilson and his aunt, Alice Chambers, in an American city in 1948.
Characters: Neil Wilson, Muriel Jones, Aunt Alice Chambers
Listen for: Aunt Alice's record of a sad old song and the story she tells after dinner.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.