 The curtain rises on act two of surrender is farewell starring Gloria de Haven as Carol Although her hand is trembling and her eyes are misty with tears Carol forces herself to go on with her letter the personal account of a woman's struggle for happiness. I Should have known better than to try and fight you Linda. I didn't have your weapons Your control over Roger's life had its roots in years of dominance My power they own me and my love and so the days lived into weeks and everyone brought with it new humiliations I Remember one evening two weeks ago Roger yes You'll be happy to know that I found those grace way choose the mine I was looking for this morning That's fine Linda. I'm glad and I found them in Carol's closet Can you imagine it perhaps Carol could explain how I can't stand it any longer. I can't go on like this Carol There's not a thing wrong with the Roger. She's merely clamoring for attention. No, no, Roger Look, I don't know what to do darling. You've changed so much I was wondering when you'd finally see it stop it stop it stop it please Carol and you asked me what's wrong Are you completely blind Roger? Roger? Don't listen to her leave me. I've tried to be a good wife But what's the good of trying when she's living here? What are you saying? I'm saying that Linda's the one behind this. Yes, Roger your precious sister Linda She deliberately set out to break up our marriage with her lies and her implications and her tricks Roger are you going to sit by and connect her to talk about your own sister like that, but it's true And you can't deny it and but she's my sister Carol. I yes, yes, and I'm your wife That is if you call this state of an existence of marriage. I refuse to listen to anymore. Are you cunning Roger? Very well Can't we get away from here? Can't we just start all over again? My business is here. I just can't walk out on Linda after all she's done for me. All right then If you won't walk out on Linda, I will. Oh, you can't mean that to me. What's the use of pretending? Look, I don't know what to say. I I can't take much more of this. Maybe she was right Maybe I am ruining your life Just so confused Darling, let me feel your forehead Just tired, but you're burning up with fever Roger darling Oh What have you done to him? He fainted. We must get a doctor. This is your fault Carol if you had never never minded that now Remember can't you see he needs help? He's resting quietly now, but they won't be able to make a definite diagnosis until morning Very easily turned into pneumonia He's apparently been into some great strain because his resistance is a very low You can be sure doctor that he'll get the very best of care here Well, I'll leave these pills with you, Mrs. Cameron one moment, doctor. I'll take those but I Well, all right, you have to watch him closely if his temperature goes any higher you call me then I'll stop by Good night doctor Well, are you satisfied Carol? I hold you responsible for this. I Want you to stay away from Roger while I nurse him back to health. You can't ask me to do that Roger needs no stop deluding yourself. I've tolerated a lot from you Linda I've taken your sarcasm in your humiliations and your cheap tricks But I will not let you keep me away from Roger at a time like this. You'll do as I say Carol We'll see I'm going into him now, and you can't oh And I'll slap you again if you persist in disobeying me During the next two days you never left Roger's bedside blocking me whenever I tried to see him For the first time I began to doubt myself Was it true that Roger no longer needed me on the third evening. We had our first hope that he might recover It was a black stormy night, and you were just starting up the stairs to Roger's room Carol Linda, huh? What is it? I don't know For a moment. I was going to faint. Oh, and it's no wonder you haven't slept for two nights It cuts right across my eyes. You worked until you're ill. I'm going to put you to bed No, I must go to Roger. Don't worry about that. I'll take you to your room, and then then we'll call the doctor come on Just a few more steps and we'll be at the top wait wait. Let me rest a minute. They are just lean against me Carol Don't let me fall Fall you would fall if I let go an Accident come on Linda Roger is medicine. I'll take care of that. You're going to your room. Yes Yes, you take care of it Carol here. We are not not try to stand while I open the door There over to the bed now. I want to sleep. You're going to be all right operator operator operator Linda the storm must have blown the lines down. I'm going out to get the doctor I can walk it's only two miles. I Ran down the stairs put on my coat and started out the door Then I realized I Was the only one the only one who could help you No one would ever blame me if I didn't go out on a night like that It was my one chance to get you out of my life my one chance for a happy marriage with Roger Why should I sacrifice my whole future for a person who had given me nothing nothing but pain I? hesitated a moment longer and Then I made my decision She's going to be all right. Mrs. Cameron Well, if you hadn't come for me when you did she might not have lasted until morning. Yes, doctor I know you better get to bed yourself young lady Running around on that storm couldn't have done you any good. No No, I'm all right How's Roger completely out of danger? I'm so glad Well, I'll be running along. I I hope your sister-in-law realizes she owes her life to what you did tonight. I Should have known Linda that nothing could ever straighten out that strange warp in your mind But I did hope I hoped and prayed the things would be different Only to have those hopes smashed when I overheard you and Roger talking this afternoon Simply can't be serious about this Linda not after what's happened We shouldn't have waited this long if you weren't such an idealist you'd understand well I don't understand I simply don't understand what the two of you can't live together in the same house You know how it's been since the day Carol arrived. I tell you the situation is impossible But it isn't fair of you to expect me to treat somebody I love in that fashion mine mine's made up Do you want me to tell Carol? I Don't know. I don't know what you'll think that makes no difference. This is for your own good Roger. I Turned away then and walked slowly to my room There was a hard choking lump in my throat, and I suddenly wanted to rush screaming from the house But I didn't I left very calmly and quietly So quietly that even as I write this you probably don't know I've gone Yes Yes, I've given up the fight Linda and my surrender is farewell Oh Roger Roger darling Roger What are you doing here when I found your clothes gone? I figured you'd be here at the station Carol, please please come home with me. No Roger. I can never go back. Why darling? Why are you running away? It will always be the same in that house Roger. Oh once I hope That Linda would change But then I heard the two of you talking this afternoon. I was going to tell you about that you don't have to now But I still can't understand why you feel that you must leave just because Linda's leaving because Linda's leaving But I thought it seems that Linda's done a lot of thinking since the night of her collapse Now she has the idea it would be better for us if she left. I Just can't believe it. Naturally. I was upset. She's my sister and I Love her said her mind was made up. Oh, Roger Will you come home with me, please? Yes, darling? I will I will you know Linda wanted to see you before she left Maybe maybe I misjudged Linda. Maybe we could be friends Darling, I was hoping it say that let's hurry darling. Yes. Yes, of course. I'll take your bags down. Yeah What's that you've been writing there here? Oh Nothing Roger nothing at all. I was just doodling The curtain falls in the final act of surrender is farewell Our star Gloria Dehaven will return for a curtain call after this timely message from Wendell Niles High school graduates now that you're leaving high school Aren't you going to kind of miss it or are you anxious to get started in the career? Well either way the US Army has a great offer for you You can continue your education in the army while preparing yourself for a worthwhile career in service or in civilian life later Yes, there are plenty of opportunities for education through the Armed Forces Institute or the many other available facilities At the same time you'll receive a vocational training worth thousands of dollars and will be paid for it at the same time And here's a special offer just for you high school graduates You can select the type of training you want even before you enlist That's right. You aren't required to enlist until you have been accepted for the Army Technical School of your choice Get complete details at your nearest recruiting station right away And all back at the microphone our star Gloria Dehaven and our producer We bring our star Gloria Dehaven before the footlights for a well-deserved curtain call I want you to meet her as she is in real life The mother of two wonderful children the wife of John Payne and a very busy motion picture star One can be very busy with just two children, especially now at their age is CP Oh, let's see Kathy's about two and a half now and Tommy's about four months. Yes, that's right And little Kathy is already a ham. That's tradition setting in Gloria You mean with distinguished grandparents who trod the boards to fame and two wonderful parents both stars in their own rights The theater is their heritage. Well, whether they go into show business or not They both love an audience. I know Gloria the audiences love you and John I suppose both of you have been busy at your studios. Yes, we have John has just completed the charming Matt Saxon at Universal International And is already at work on another and you have finished summer holiday at metal golden mare all wrapped up and ready for release You know CP there are so many fine stories being made or getting ready for production that we really look forward to each new picture I believe too that theater goers are finding it true that better pictures are being released daily And that makes us happy it has all to do with our future outlook if you know what I mean Well, Gloria, thanks for being with us and speaking of pictures. What does your next radio production have in store for us? He'd be next week. We present Richard Conti who stars in a fast-moving comedy marry me not It's a story about a wealthy bachelor who would rather gamble his chances against a forest fire than a designing woman Oh, he'll be wonderful in the part. I'll be listening. Goodbye, CP. Goodbye. Thanks for joining us Join us next week won't you ladies and gentlemen when we present Richard Conti in a comedy titled marry me not Till next week. This is CP McGregor saying thanks for listening and cheerio from Hollywood Story by Harry Treleman Jr. Program is rebroadcast the armed forces overseas through the worldwide facilities of the armed forces radio service Remember probably we hail next time presents Richard Conti This program is transcribed in Hollywood for at least at this time Wendell Niles speaking