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A young woman very pretty is walking along Lexington Avenue carrying a shopping bag. Her buoyant stride and radiant face suggests she has just bought a new dress. She seems oblivious to her surroundings as carefree as if she were strolling through a meadow on a fine spring day. She approaches 49th Street, looking straight ahead. She begins to cross against the light. Suddenly struck down, her reverie of a moment before shattered like a glass figurine under the wheels of a taxi cab. Oh my, hey, is she dead? Don't move her, don't move her, somebody call an ambulance. Be wild, you step off of the car. Oh jeez. She don't look good. She ain't movin'. Odents are not unusual in New York. Hundreds happen every day. Yet this one, as we shall discover, is different. It is just the beginning of a mysterious series of events. Events that will be felt, but perhaps never explained or understood. Radio Theatre, a new adventure in radio listening. Five nights of exceptional entertainment every week. 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Yes, I remember now. It was a dress. I just bought that lavender dress. Don't tire yourself, my dear. What you need now is sleep. Plenty of time later to think about what happened. Doctor, I can't remember anything. You're a very lucky young lady. It's a miracle you weren't killed. Killed? Yes, my dear. By rights, you should be dead. Dead people don't talk, so be a good girl and go to sleep. I'll check in on you later. The hospital lasted almost two weeks, but it seemed like a lifetime. Although my memory gradually returned, I still couldn't recall the accident itself. The mind has been known to block out traumatic events. Perhaps it was this defense mechanism that was working within me. Finally, I was released and allowed to return home to my apartment. The day after my return, I received a telephone call from someone whose voice I didn't recognize. Is this the lonely Lydia? Who is this? Last Lydia, I've been phoning for days. You never seem to be in. I've been away. Please, who is this? Do you remember the old farmhouse on Deerfield Road in Cornwall? Why, yes. That's where I spent summers as a child. But how do you know the house? My name is Alexander Pluto, but my friends call me Alex. I bought the house two years ago from that farmer. What was his name? Riska. Yes, Bill Riska. He bought the farm from my father. He was going to give it to his son when he was old enough to farm it himself. Well, old man seemed relieved to be rid of the place, almost as happy as I was to find it. You see, I'm a sculptor, and I've been searching for just the right place to work. The farmhouse would be too remote for most people, neighbor is three miles down the road. Then it hasn't changed. Not in the least. I'm glad to hear that, Mr. Pluto. Yes, well, I've often wondered what became of the place. I'm not surprised Billy didn't want to stay in the sticks. He was kind of a wild kid. It's good to know the house belongs to someone who cares for it. Well, it was very thoughtful of you to call and tell me... That's not quite the reason I called. Oh? I don't suppose you believe in spirits. You mean ghosts? It makes me think of Hobgoblins and Halloween and Casper, that ridiculous little cartoon character. No, what I'm referring to is the spirit or presence, if you will, of an actual person. There's one living in this house. Mr. Pluto. Alex. I really have a time for ghost stories today. It's been nice talking with you, but I must go now. Aren't you just a little bit curious to know who the spirit haunts this house? All right, who is the ghost? What are you saying? At first, it was just a feeling like when you sensed there's someone in the room with you. I can't believe I'm hearing this. Then you began to appear to me in a more human form. Human form? I don't really have a... What am I saying? This is insane. Listen, I'm sure you didn't call just to upset me. If this is some kind of joke, it's not very funny. 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And ebony. There's a known to be eccentric, but even allowing for artistic temperament, Alexander Pluto seemed an unusually odd sort of man. There was something about his voice. It gave me an eerie feeling, and I couldn't stop thinking about the strange things he'd said. How did he know so much about me? And what was it he wanted? The next day he phoned again. And again the following day. Hello? Calling me. What do you want? All I want is... What do you mean? I am home. This is where I live. Look, Mr. Pluto, that's your home now, not mine. Yes. Hanging up. Please don't call me again. No, I've been... Yes, yes, I've been away. I'd like you to fill a prescription for me. Sure thing, be glad to. Let's see what we've got here. Tranquillizers, huh? Yes, I haven't been sleeping well. Oh, that's a common ailment in this city. I'd say half the people that come in here are looking for a way to get a good night's rest. Will it take long? What? The prescription. Will it take long? I'm kind of in a hurry. No, no, no, won't take but a minute. I'll just type this up for you. Oh, you managed to get away, huh? Away? Yes, away from our fair city. You're tripping. Oh, yes. Where'd you go, the Bahamas? No, I went to visit a friend in Philadelphia. Philadelphia? No, that's not my idea of a vacation. No, if we could afford it, me and the Mrs. we'd go to those Bahamas. Plenty of sunshine, miles and miles of white powdery beaches. Please, I really am in a hurry. Oh, sorry. I guess I got carried away. I thought that it's kind of a dream of ours someday. Forgive me for saying this, but you don't seem quite yourself. Is something troubling you? No, no, of course not. It's the lack of sleep. It makes me a little tense, that's all. Are you sure that's all it is? Yes, of course I'm sure. All right. Here are your pills, Miss Stevens. Shall I put this on your account? Yes, thank you. You'd better take one of those right away and calm those nerves of yours. You'd think somebody was after you or something. You knew the drug is meant well, but I just couldn't take his chatter or his prying. I had to get back to the solitude of my apartment, where I'd be safe from questions I couldn't answer. That blasted key. Coming, I'm coming. Ah, here it is. You've got to stop this. If you don't stop bothering me, I'll call the police. Go away and leave me alone. No phone calls, nothing. Maybe he'd finally given up. One morning I was talking on the phone to Sheila, my closest and dearest friend. You should call the police, just in case he's still hanging around. No, they'd think I was crazy. Just another neurotic female who's scared of her own shadow. You have to get killed before the cops will help you. Oh, Lydia, this guy, most snaps are harmless, but you never know. I'll do it for you. No, please, Sheila. I want to put all that behind me. I want to forget. I've been like a prisoner in this apartment. It's time I got out and back to work. I want to feel like a normal person again. Oh, it's good to hear you talk like that. But I still wish that... Sheila, please. All right, all right. Can we get together for lunch soon? I'd love to. How about Wednesday? Wednesday. Let me think. Oh, yeah, that'd be great. Let's go to that little omelet place where we already... Hold on a sec, Sheila. There's someone at the door. It's probably the boy of the groceries. It's you, killer man with graying hair, dressed in a worn cardigan and corduroy trousers. His intense, slate blue eyes seem to penetrate right through me, holding me transfixed, unable to speak or to move. Hello, Lydia. I've come to take you home. After this message from your local station. When you're looking for the dog food used by most professional dog owners and breeders, you're looking for Wayne dog food. The minimum protein levels in Wayne dog food are higher than most other dog foods. Because of this, you get an excellent protein balanced dog food. 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Marshall, your host for these hour-long dramas of suspense, adventure, and the macabre. Heard seven times a week on most of these stations. Here's a sample of what we mean. Hush, my dad. Your mother is taking care of all of you. You have nothing to fear. And those who move against us learn to power and terror. And those who rule the night are with the power and the glory. You will inherit the world. And I am your queen in whatever guy I choose to cook myself. Listen here for CBS Radio Mystery Theater seven times a week on most of these CBS radio network stations. As it lasts, come face-to-face with the voice on the telephone. Drawn by some unknown force as powerful as love itself, she's compelled to go with this stranger. What is the power he has over her? And where is this place he calls home? Don't be afraid, Lydia. I'm an excellent driver. You! I came for you. But I don't remember. There's nothing to remember. All that matters is that you're here now. Where are you taking me? I told you, Lydia, I'm taking you home. You mean we're going to Cornwall to the farmhouse? That's right. Oh. There's nothing to be afraid of. I assure you, Lydia, I won't harm you. Now it's a long drive, so why not just sit back and relax? It's plenty of time for a nap if you'd like. There's a pillow on the back seat. I'm not tired. As you wish. I just want you to be comfortable. Comfortable? Is this your idea of comfort? First you terrorized me on the phone for days, and now you... you kidnapped me. If you don't intend to harm me, then what do you want with me? Nothing more than what I've already told you. You must trust me. Trust you? Yes. Everything's going to be fine. Just fine. Everything would be fine. How I wished I could believe that. I tried to make sense of what was happening, but my head was clouded with fear. Sheila was right. I should have called the police. You warm enough, Lydia? This heater doesn't work very well, I'm afraid. Yes, I'm fine. Are you sure? There's an afghan on the back. Thank you. I'm not cold. You know, I tried to think of everything. I so wanted this to be a pleasant trip, but the weather isn't cooperating, is it? This time of year, I suppose we should be grateful it's not a snowstorm. I haven't put the chains in the trunk of this old jalapie yet. I've been so wrapped up in my work, I've lost all track of time. Your work? Yes, I guess you forgot, and I'm a sculptor. For this past month, I've been working on something terribly exciting. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever done. That is, it will be when it's finished. I am so anxious for you to see it. Is that why you kidnapped me? I do wish you'd stop using that word. It sounds so villainous. I mean, it makes me feel like a common criminal. Well, aren't you? Hardly. I'm afraid I've never been common anything. There wasn't time. As an artist, my life has been devoted solely to the quest for beauty. A beauty that is as timeless as love. Did you know that true beauty, like true love, is a vision of the eternal? You see, Lydia, there are other planes, other dimensions of existence. If we don't fear them, they reveal themselves to us, just as your spirit has revealed itself to me. I don't understand any of this. Well, perhaps you will when we get to the farmhouse. We're almost out of gas. There's a station around the next bend. Yes, there it is. Yes, fill it up, please, regular. Winter's coming, all right. She's been pouring down like this most all day. Don't look like she wants to let up, neither. Your folks come far? Now we're driving up from the city. City folks, eh? And don't get down to the city much myself. The wife and I, we make a trip into Hartford about once a year before Christmas. The wife likes to shop in them fancy stores for the grandkids. Do you know them stores, ma'am? No, no, I don't. You, uh, you're feeling all right, ma'am? You look kind of pale. Yes, I'm fine. Alex, if you don't mind, I'd like to go to the restroom. Can't wait till we get home. You said I should trust you. Can't you trust me? I want to, Lydia. Can you tell me where your lady's room is, please? Right round back, ma'am. You can't miss it. Oh, you'll be sulked. Clear through. Ah, women. You're all alike, eh, mister? Can't go to a gas station without paying a visit to the ladies. Let me to police and hurry. What city? Any city. There are a lot of police. We have to know which one you want. But I don't know. Yes, I am. Then look on the phone book. It should tell you what city is closest to you. Phone book. Yes, here it is. New Milford. It's New Milford. Thank you. One moment, please. I'll connect you. Please, hurry. McConnell speaking. I'll take that phone, lady. Hello? Anybody there? I did want to trust you, Lydia. In silence, I slumped down in the seat. My forehead pressed against the cold window. I stared out at the gray, rain-swollen sky. The bleak November landscape flashing by. My mind and body were drained. I was unable to struggle further against a force I couldn't understand. Enveloped by a sense of foreboding, I awaited my fate as the car moved northward through the rain toward, toward what? That afternoon, the car finally turned off the main highway onto a narrow dirt road surrounded by dense woods. We're almost home, Lydia. About three miles further on, we came to a clearing. There, on a knoll, set back from the road, beneath the protective branches of two ancient elm trees, stood the farmhouse. When the car arrived in front of the house, the rain suddenly stopped and the sun broke through the clouds. Vapors of steam curled upwards from the roof toward the brightening sky. The house glistened like a memory. Come on, get out of the car, Lydia. Everything. It's all just as it used to be. Do come and have a look around. Yes, all right. The moment I forgot my fear, in my joy at seeing again my beloved childhood home, I wandered over the property, fond memories returning as I rediscovered familiar places. As if I never left. There was the vegetable garden, all tilled and ready for winter. And the apple orchard, even the old ladder, resting against the same crooked tree. But the biggest surprise was my swing. I ran toward it as eagerly as if I were greeting an old friend. How I used to love that swing. I'd sit for hours, just swinging back and forth, looking out over the trees across the road, dreaming of the places I was going to go, the people I'd meet someday. Sometimes I'd see a storm coming way off. Then suddenly it would be there and I'd run for dear life to the potting shed. The potting shed. I wondered if it was still there behind the house. It was unchanged. I pulled open the rickety door and went inside, just looking around. Of course you were. There's so much to see, isn't there? Yes. It's also familiar. I know. It's just as you remembered it. Exactly. It's all exactly the same. I can't believe it. Believe it, Lydia. It's as real as you or me. But I still don't understand. Why have you brought me here? You'll know soon enough. It's not something I can tell you. You must discover it for yourself. Let's go inside. I have a surprise for you. What's the best way to save on new clothes? Sew them. Start by saving $40 on a Kenmore sewing machine at Sears with a convertible free arm for narrow sleeves, cuffs and legs, a built-in button-holer, even six stretch stitches. This free arm Kenmore, just $199.95 and save $30 on a wood veneer sewing cabinet. Sail ends March 31st. Prices and dates may vary in Alaska and Hawaii. Available at most Sears retail stores. Kenmore. Solid as Sears. Isn't the wedding lovely? I'm talking about your dress. It's a soft and breezy spring. Soft dressing is what spring is all about. Her dress is from Sears Expressive collection of dresses and skirt sets. 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As the door closed behind me I was plunged further into a world which unlike Alice's Wonderland was uncanny in its familiarity. It was as if the past 20 years never existed and I was once again a child of ten. The kitchen was my favorite room, always so warm and cozy. What good times we had there. The huge stone fireplace, the Dutch oven, the yellow dotted Swiss curtains at the window. On the table with a wooden bowl that looked like the one mother kept filled with fruit. Only now it held red pomegranates. How does it look to you? It hasn't changed. It's a wonderful room, don't you think? There's so much of you in it. I feel as if I'm dreaming. As though any minute I'll wake up and I'll be back in my apartment and none of this will have ever happened. You're not dreaming, Lydia. But this can't all be real. I assure you it is. Now, come along. I want you to see the rest of the house. This is incredible. The living room, it's the same. Even the furniture. Where did you get this furniture? It was here when I bought the place. But it looks so new. Yes, it does look nice, doesn't it? This furniture belonged to my family. I know. You know, how could you know? I just know. Everything was in exactly the same place. The dining table, the couch under the window, the cobblers bench Papa bought for a coffee table and a chair. I like that chair myself. It's quite pleasant to sit there in the evening and read. No. Know what? How did you know where everything went? I told you. I just know. That clock, where did you get it? Which one? The one that just chimed. There on the mantelpiece. Oh, that one. A beauty, isn't it? I'm not with them when they sold the house. Why is it here? Please, Lydia, no more questions. There seems to be a chill in the house. I'll make a fire. Thoughtless of me. I should have warmed the house while you were outside looking around. Yes, it would have been nice and warm by now. Please, won't you tell me what this is all about? What do you want with me? Nothing. I want nothing. And why? Why what? You mustn't try so hard to understand. Some things can't be explained. They... They just happen. Happen? Yes. As I told you in the car, there exists a dimension other than the one we're accustomed to. Some people would call it supernatural. But I disliked that word. I prefer to think of it as a spiritual thing. Not in the religious, but in the mystical sense. Mystical? Yes. Something that can't be explained rationally or scientifically. Like... Spirit? Precisely. Now that's better. Do come and warm yourself, Lydia. When... When does my... Spirit appear to you? Different times. Most often while I'm working, it has to do with creativity. It makes one more receptive. It makes one more receptive. It makes one more receptive to other levels of awareness. Other levels of... Awareness, yes. It's very simple, really. Like being tuned into a different radio station. Has anyone else ever seen this... Spirit? No. Even if there were others here, chances are they wouldn't notice anything unusual, not being tuned in properly. One has to be on the right frequency to glimpse the world beyond. Beyond? Beyond. That means beyond life, doesn't it? That's right. That's what I don't understand. How can there be a spirit if the person isn't dead? Would you like some tea? I would. I'll go put the kettle on. Won't be a minute. Do get closer to the fire, Lydia. You'll look chilled to the bone. I'm afraid it's locked, Lydia. The front door is never used. If you come with me, there's something I want to show you. I... I'd rather just sit here by the fire if you don't mind. Please, Lydia, this is very important. There's nothing to be afraid of. Please, I'd rather stay here. You must learn to trust me. Now come along, it's in the cellar. In the cellar? Yes. Follow me, I'll take your hand if you like. No, no, I'll come. There's my girl. I really must get oil on this door. Keep forgetting. Ah, there it goes. Mind your step. Now these stairs are a bit steep. Dark, I can't see. Your eyes will adjust in a moment. There's a light switch down at the bottom. Be light. You see now? What's that? That thing with the cloth over it. That's my surprise. Come closer, Lydia. Come stand where you can see when I take the cover off. There, that's right. Are you ready? Yes, I guess so. Mind it's not quite finished yet. I'm feeling the surprise. With the marble figure of a woman. She was delicate and graceful. With the translucency of alabaster. She looked like a Greek statue. She looked like a Greek statue. She looked like a Greek statue. She looked like a Greek statue. And yet, something about her was strangely contemporary. Well, what do you think? She's, she's beautiful. I knew you'd like her. When she's finished, she'll be my most exquisite creation. Tell me, do you recognize her? I, I don't think so. Now look carefully. Can't be me. How could you have known? I mean, but, but she's so, so beautiful. That's how I see you, Lydia. It's a lovely Persephone. Persephone? The loveliest of goddesses. Not even Aphrodite could hold a candle to her, to either of you. Lydia, would you be kind enough to do me a favor? What is it? Would you pose for me? There's one area that's giving me trouble around the eyes. Your eyes were never quite clear when you appeared before. If you, you just stand right where you are and tilt your head a little bit to the left. That, that, that's it, that's it good. Now, this will only take a moment or two. There's a, a poem by D. H. Lawrence. Let me see if I can remember how it goes. Let me, let me guide myself with the torch of a flower down the darker and darker stairs, down the way a Persephone goes, just now in first frosted November. Propriet, don't you think? I, I don't know. Oh, I think I've got the essence. She, she just needs some refining to live up to her model. You, you can move now. And if you'll excuse me, I, I must continue working if I'm to finish today. Why don't you go upstairs and have a look at your room? My room? Yes, it's right where it was. Just up the stairs and to the left. Oh, and Lydia? Yes? Do forget about trying to escape. It's not possible. Almost in a state of shock after the day's bizarre events, I left the dank enigma of the cellar. As it's drawn by a magnet, I climbed the stairs to the second floor. I walked down the hallway to where my room used to be, then hesitated, unsure of what I might find inside. I took a deep breath and opened the door. The room was just the way I left it over 20 years before. I stood there in the doorway and gazed into the past. There was my white canopy bed, my dresser, a stuffed animal collection on the blue chair in the corner. Even my treasured copy of Black Beauty on the little pine desk papa made for me. I couldn't believe my eyes. I thought I must be losing my mind. 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