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Good evening.

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This began when someone asked me

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if I wanted to go into
the advertising business.

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I always imagined it had
more dignity than this.

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Of course, the term "sandwich
boards" intrigued me too.

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Little did I know that

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I would serve as
the, uh, bologna.

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As for bologna, more
of that in a moment.

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The possibilities of this type
of advertising are limitless.

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I understand they are
putting advertising

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on the inside of
reading glasses.

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This is excellent for people

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who frequently
stare off in space.

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I know I shall like it, because
now I can sit down with a book

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without having the feeling
I am wasting my time.

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Tonight's story is
called "Relative Value."

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But first, some of that meat
I mentioned a little earlier.

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A hundred pounds?

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It's out of the question.

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And I'm astonished that you're
having the nerve to ask for it,

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on top of this.

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John, don't you realize

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that your signing my name
to a check is forgery?

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You needn't blame me for that.

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I wouldn't have done it
if I'd had any alternative.

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Alternative, my dear boy?

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There are plenty
of alternatives.

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Settle down to a steady job,

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give up this racecourse
and nightclub existence

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if you really want
an alternative.

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(knocking)

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Come in.

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Oh, good evening, Mr. John.

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Evening, Betts.

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I brought your warm milk, sir.

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Oh, Mr. John, there's
some cold lamb

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and a bit of that
Stilton you like, sir.

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That was thoughtful
of you, Betts,

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but I'm just
leaving, I'm afraid.

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Oh, then I expect we shan't
be seeing you for a bit.

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Mrs. Betts and I are going
on our holiday soon.

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Margate as usual?

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Yes, sir.

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Well, that sounds jolly.

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When do you leave?

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On Thursday.

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Well, who's going to look after
my cousin while you're gone?

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Oh, Mrs. Simpson of the village

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is going to come
in by the day, sir.

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I see.

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Well, have a good time.

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Thank you, sir.

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I'm sure we will.

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Is there anything else, sir?

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No, thank you, Betts.

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You can turn in now.

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Goodnight, sir.

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Goodnight, Mr. John.

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Goodnight, Betts.

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Well, I've just got time
to get the last train.

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Might as well get
back to London.

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Might as well have stayed in
London, for all your generosity.

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Why won't you realize

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it isn't a matter of
generosity or otherwise?

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I simply haven't got the money.

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Oh, don't tell me that, Felix.

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I saw Uncle John's will.

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Yes, you saw the will,

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but you didn't see the list
of debts that went with it.

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Well, perhaps you'll realize,
when it all comes to you,

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how little is left.

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That won't be long
now, I expect.

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That doesn't work any
longer, either, you know.

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Trying to play on my sympathy
by telling me how ill you are.

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You're as well as I am, and
you'll probably outlive me.

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You seem determined not
to believe a word I say.

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Well, I suppose it's useless
trying to convince you.

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Yes, it is.

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I see.

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Very well.

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Listen to me, John.

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If there is another check
like this, another forgery,

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I shall have to prosecute.

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Do you understand?

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Yes, I understand.

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I'm sorry, but you
give me no choice.

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Good night, Felix.

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(frogs ribbeting)

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(whistling)

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(cars beeping)

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(knocking)

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Hello, Benny.

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Mr. Manbridge!

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What a nice surprise.

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Well, I was just on my
way to the city, Benny,

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and I thought I'd drop in.

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Oh, splendid.

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Would you like a cuppa?

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Um, no, thank you.

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Benny, what are the
odds on Lady Jane

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at the 4:15 at Sandown?

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Oh, they're very
good on her, sir.

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I can give you four to one.

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Well, I'm afraid that's
not quite good enough.

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Well, perhaps there's
something else you fancy.

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How about Misty Moon
in the fourth?

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I can give you a very
good price on him.

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Yeah, well, I'm not surprised.

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He ran wide last time out.

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Well, if you change your mind,
you can always ring me up.

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Yes.

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Benny, that...

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that check of my cousin's
I gave you yesterday,

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you've put it
through, I suppose?

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That's right.

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That's what you said, if
I didn't hear from you.

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Mmm.

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Well, you'll know by Thursday
if it bounces, won't you?

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I'll know tomorrow, sir.

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Nothing wrong with it, is there?

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Of course not.

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The other one was
all right, wasn't it?

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Yes.

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I'd not have taken this
one if it hadn't been.

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You can be sure of that.

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I must say, you, you bookmakers
are a very suspicious breed.

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We've been made so.

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Goodbye, Benny.

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Goodbye, sir.

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(indistinct conversations)

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Hello, Tom.

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Good evening, sir.

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Thanks, Bert.

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Thanks a lot.

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I'll have a small
whiskey, please, Tom.

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Right-o, sir.

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(indistinct chatter)

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Last orders, gentlemen, please.

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-There you are, sir.
-Thank you.

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Oh, by the way, Tom,
you didn't happen to find

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a small brown paper parcel about
the size of a shoebox, did you?

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No, sir, not that I can recall.

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Oh, it was just a little
present for my cousin.

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You know Felix
Manbridge, I believe.

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Oh, yes, sir.

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I'm sure you didn't
leave it here, sir,

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but I'll ask the missus
tomorrow to be certain,

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but I know if she'd found
it, she'd have let me know.

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Well, of course she would.

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Here, drink up,
please, gentlemen.

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Time, please, time.

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Good Lord, is that clock right?

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Yes, sir.

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Felix will be wondering
what's become of me.

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It will take me, what,

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three quarters of an hour
to walk to his house?

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Oh, yes, all of that, sir.

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Well, I better be on my way.

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All right, come on,
gentlemen, hurry up now.

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-Goodnight.
-Goodnight, sir.

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Come on, now.

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Drink up, now.

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Glasses here.

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That's it.

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(crickets chirping)

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(water splashing)

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(knocking)

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*

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(crickets chirping)

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So that we can say to those of
you who have written to ask us,

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life insurance is the
application of insurance

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to loss or injury
caused by death.

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A contract under which one
party, called the insurer,

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in consideration of certain
stipulated payments

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termed premiums,
agrees to pay to another

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a moneyed benefit upon the
happening of a contingency

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dependent on the
duration of a human life.

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The person whose life is the
subject of the contingency

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is termed the insured,

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and the party receiving the
benefit, the beneficiary,

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while the benefit itself is
called the insurance money.

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In practice, the contingency
involved is either the death

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or the continued
survival of the insured.

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The life or mortality table

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from which the premiums
must be determined,

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is at the foundation
of the business.

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Such a table, in
its simplest form,

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consists of the number
surviving at each age,

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from which the
number of deaths

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and probability of mortality
are readily determined.

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The three requisites of such
tables, for insurance purposes,

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are that they should be
safe, properly graduated

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and fairly comparable to
the mortality to be expected.

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The premiums for life
insurance are computed

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from the risk of death, as
shown by the mortality table.

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And since the former
are usually fixed sums,

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while the risk
increases with age,

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it is necessary to charge
more than the actual cost

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in the early years, in order
to offset the deficiency.

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*

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*

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*

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(paper rustling)

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*

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*

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*

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*

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(thumping)

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*

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(books crashing)

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*

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(frogs ribbeting)

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*

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*

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(whistling)

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*

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*

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(knocking)

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*

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Felix, are you there?

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*

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(whistling)

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*

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Felix, are you there?

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What's going on here?

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00:14:18,850 --> 00:14:20,190
Who is it?

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It's the police, sir.

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Oh, Mr. Manbridge.

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What seems to be
the trouble, sir?

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Constable, I'm glad you're here.

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My cousin asked me
down for the weekend.

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I just walked up from
the, from the station.

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I can't seem to be able
to make him hear me.

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I can't understand it.

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I know he's expecting me.

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*

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You wait here, sir.

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I'll take a look around.

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*

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*

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(crickets chirping)

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*

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*

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You'd better come in, sir.

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(crickets chirping)

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Is anything wrong?

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Yes, sir, I'm afraid there is.

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What is it, man?

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For Heaven's sake, tell me.

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Well, is he--

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Yes, sir, he's dead.

275
00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,690
How did it happen?

276
00:16:38,730 --> 00:16:41,300
I don't know, sir.

277
00:16:41,330 --> 00:16:43,630
It's a queer business.

278
00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:45,400
Look at this room.

279
00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,070
But, I mean, what
happened to him?

280
00:16:51,070 --> 00:16:53,740
Well, that remains
to be seen, sir.

281
00:16:53,780 --> 00:16:55,780
He seems to have
been dealt a blow.

282
00:16:55,810 --> 00:16:59,750
Maybe he smashed himself
on the fender over here.

283
00:16:59,780 --> 00:17:05,290
But it's queer because, you see,
I found this note over here.

284
00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:10,460
(paper rustling)

285
00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:20,070
"I, Felix Edward Manbridge,
being of sound mind,

286
00:17:20,100 --> 00:17:25,040
solemnly declare that I
am dying by my own act."

287
00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,840
*

288
00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,910
"I have taken poison and--"

289
00:17:29,940 --> 00:17:36,820
*

290
00:17:36,850 --> 00:17:38,820
Well, sir, this was
my first day here,

291
00:17:38,850 --> 00:17:42,090
and I didn't know Mr. Manbridge
too well, you understand,

292
00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:45,960
but as far as I could tell,
everything was normal-like.

293
00:17:46,060 --> 00:17:47,300
Mmm-hmm.

294
00:17:47,330 --> 00:17:52,830
And you saw nothing peculiar
about his behavior?

295
00:17:52,870 --> 00:17:53,570
No.

296
00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,200
Nothing out of the way, sir.

297
00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,410
And you left about 8:30 you say.

298
00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:59,570
-That's right, sir.
-Uh-huh.

299
00:17:59,610 --> 00:18:01,410
Well, you can run along
now, Mrs. Simpson.

300
00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,040
I'm sorry we had to
bring you out so late

301
00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,110
and thank you for
being so helpful.

302
00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:06,150
Oh, not at all, sir.

303
00:18:06,180 --> 00:18:08,280
I'm glad to be of any help.

304
00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:09,150
Mmm-hmm.

305
00:18:09,180 --> 00:18:11,220
-Longdon?
-Yes, sir?

306
00:18:11,250 --> 00:18:14,020
You will see Mrs. Simpson
safely home, won't you?

307
00:18:14,020 --> 00:18:14,690
Yes, sir.

308
00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:15,890
Oh, no, that ain't necessary.

309
00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,060
Thank you very much, I'm sure.

310
00:18:18,090 --> 00:18:19,290
I'll just nip out the back way.

311
00:18:19,330 --> 00:18:21,300
It's only a step to my house.

312
00:18:21,330 --> 00:18:22,060
Goodnight, sir.

313
00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:24,100
Goodnight, Mrs. Simpson.

314
00:18:43,820 --> 00:18:45,350
What about Mr. Manbridge, sir?

315
00:18:45,390 --> 00:18:46,550
Mr. John Manbridge?

316
00:18:46,590 --> 00:18:47,420
Where is he now?

317
00:18:47,460 --> 00:18:48,890
Outside in the entry hall.

318
00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,960
We'll let him stay where
he is for the moment.

319
00:18:51,060 --> 00:18:52,690
(knocking)

320
00:18:52,730 --> 00:18:54,060
Come in.

321
00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,570
Well, how about it?

322
00:19:06,610 --> 00:19:09,380
Well, it was just
as he said, sir.

323
00:19:09,410 --> 00:19:11,010
Both the ticket
collector at the station

324
00:19:11,010 --> 00:19:12,680
and Mr. Crocket at
the Four Feathers

325
00:19:12,710 --> 00:19:15,720
both remember seeing
him quite clearly.

326
00:19:15,750 --> 00:19:18,220
He was asking about a parcel,

327
00:19:18,250 --> 00:19:20,420
and he left the Four Feathers
with just time to reach

328
00:19:20,460 --> 00:19:23,730
the bridge where Longdon here
saw him lighting his pipe,

329
00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:25,490
and it was him, all right.

330
00:19:25,530 --> 00:19:29,160
Oh, here's the match
ends that I found, sir,

331
00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,900
and they're those
little wax kind.

332
00:19:30,930 --> 00:19:32,400
They're not very
common hereabouts.

333
00:19:32,430 --> 00:19:33,340
Oh, yes.

334
00:19:33,370 --> 00:19:35,770
And he had a box of
them in his pocket.

335
00:19:38,940 --> 00:19:44,910
Well, that seems to give
him an alibi, doesn't it?

336
00:19:44,950 --> 00:19:47,450
But, it still looks

337
00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,350
very odd to me.

338
00:19:49,380 --> 00:19:52,220
What does, sir?

339
00:19:52,250 --> 00:19:54,060
Well, look about you.

340
00:19:57,890 --> 00:20:00,800
We're supposed to
believe that a burglar

341
00:20:00,830 --> 00:20:05,170
or some other mysterious
intruder was here.

342
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,400
That Felix Manbridge
surprised him,

343
00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,470
and in the ensuing struggle

344
00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:12,770
this mysterious visitor
killed him with a poker.

345
00:20:15,210 --> 00:20:17,150
Let's try something, hmm?

346
00:20:20,950 --> 00:20:24,020
We don't, at the moment,
have the poker, of course,

347
00:20:24,050 --> 00:20:26,690
but these will do.

348
00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:28,290
Now, Sergeant, we'll
make you the intruder

349
00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:29,260
because you're the taller.

350
00:20:29,290 --> 00:20:31,090
That'll give you every chance.

351
00:20:31,130 --> 00:20:32,530
Thank you, sir.

352
00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:33,190
Longdon.

353
00:20:33,230 --> 00:20:33,900
Yes, sir.

354
00:20:33,930 --> 00:20:37,270
Turn around, remove your helmet.

355
00:20:37,300 --> 00:20:39,470
Now, Manbridge was
killed by a blow

356
00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:42,170
delivered from above and behind.

357
00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:43,570
Very well, go
ahead and struggle,

358
00:20:43,610 --> 00:20:48,610
and see if you can possibly
deliver that kind of a blow.

359
00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,550
My helmet.

360
00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:55,320
Oh, come on, boys, come on.

361
00:20:55,350 --> 00:20:57,320
You can do better than that.

362
00:20:57,350 --> 00:20:59,250
(grunting)

363
00:20:59,290 --> 00:21:00,320
Longdon, Longdon!

364
00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:01,290
Yes, sir.

365
00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:05,230
Well don't make it
too difficult for him.

366
00:21:05,260 --> 00:21:07,560
Longdon.

367
00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,730
I just don't think
it can be done, sir.

368
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:10,830
I agree with you, Sergeant.

369
00:21:10,870 --> 00:21:11,900
I agree with you entirely.

370
00:21:11,930 --> 00:21:13,640
Now, Longdon, sit down
in that chair, will you?

371
00:21:13,670 --> 00:21:15,070
-Yes, sir.
-Mmm-hmm.

372
00:21:15,070 --> 00:21:17,670
Now, Sergeant, could
you come over here?

373
00:21:17,710 --> 00:21:19,270
Over there.

374
00:21:19,310 --> 00:21:19,840
That way.

375
00:21:19,870 --> 00:21:21,240
That's right, there.

376
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,180
Now, how about that?

377
00:21:23,210 --> 00:21:24,510
Yes, sir.

378
00:21:24,550 --> 00:21:26,080
That would do it.

379
00:21:26,110 --> 00:21:29,980
You mean, he was sitting there
like that when he was struck?

380
00:21:30,090 --> 00:21:32,090
He was already dead.

381
00:21:32,090 --> 00:21:33,860
I'm convinced of it.

382
00:21:33,890 --> 00:21:35,660
Yes, but who would
do such a thing?

383
00:21:35,690 --> 00:21:38,860
Only someone who
thought he was asleep,

384
00:21:38,890 --> 00:21:40,960
had already made careful
plans to kill him,

385
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,970
including a careful alibi.

386
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,100
Mr. John Manbridge.

387
00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:50,140
But how could it
have been him, sir,

388
00:21:50,170 --> 00:21:52,170
when he didn't even
get here until I did?

389
00:21:52,210 --> 00:21:53,710
When I was the one
that let him in?

390
00:21:53,740 --> 00:21:56,010
Well, I don't know,
but he did somehow,

391
00:21:56,110 --> 00:21:58,350
because he had this
letter in his pocket.

392
00:21:58,380 --> 00:22:00,280
It's from his cousin.

393
00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,080
It's addressed to him.

394
00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:04,120
It was sealed but not stamped,

395
00:22:04,150 --> 00:22:06,450
so he couldn't have
got it in the mail,

396
00:22:06,490 --> 00:22:07,820
but it is dated today.

397
00:22:07,860 --> 00:22:11,130
Which means that he must have
been here at least six or seven

398
00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,700
minutes before you
saw him light his pipe.

399
00:22:14,730 --> 00:22:16,060
What's in the letter, sir?

400
00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:18,170
For one thing, he says
his doctors told him

401
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,500
he has no more than
three months to live.

402
00:22:20,540 --> 00:22:24,510
He has no wish to prolong
his existence in this world

403
00:22:24,540 --> 00:22:27,340
and is hastening on to the next.

404
00:22:27,380 --> 00:22:31,510
He's leaving his life insurance
and all his worldly possessions

405
00:22:31,550 --> 00:22:36,220
to his sole surviving
relative, his cousin, John,

406
00:22:36,250 --> 00:22:38,350
and he mentions a forged check,

407
00:22:38,390 --> 00:22:40,090
which he has told
his bank to honor.

408
00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:41,760
(knocking)

409
00:22:41,790 --> 00:22:43,790
That'll be the
coroner's men, I expect.

410
00:22:43,830 --> 00:22:44,990
Mmm-hmm.

411
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,670
Sir, you don't
think Mr. Manbridge

412
00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:53,000
might have got in quite
innocently somehow,

413
00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:56,300
before I saw him, and
found his cousin dead

414
00:22:56,340 --> 00:22:57,910
and found the letter,

415
00:22:57,940 --> 00:23:01,740
and not mentioned it because
it might look bad for him?

416
00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:04,180
I don't think there's
a chance of it.

417
00:23:04,210 --> 00:23:05,850
He meant to kill his
cousin, all right,

418
00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,420
whether we can ever
prove it or not.

419
00:23:18,460 --> 00:23:19,460
Well, sir, I don't rightly know

420
00:23:19,490 --> 00:23:21,560
what'll be done
about it officially,

421
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,530
but I certainly feel a lot
easier in my own mind.

422
00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:28,940
I can tell you, when I
finished with the telephone

423
00:23:28,970 --> 00:23:34,310
and turned to find Mr. John
Manbridge dead in the armchair--

424
00:23:34,340 --> 00:23:36,710
Fancy my giving him a
glass of the same whiskey

425
00:23:36,750 --> 00:23:38,850
his cousin had
put the poison in.

426
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,620
I was only trying to revive him.

427
00:23:40,650 --> 00:23:46,350
*

428
00:23:46,390 --> 00:23:50,090
Might call it an act of
God, mightn't you, sir?

429
00:23:50,090 --> 00:23:51,630
Yes, Longdon,

430
00:23:51,660 --> 00:23:53,860
you might call it just that.

431
00:23:53,900 --> 00:24:04,610
*

432
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,410
That is the fate
of anyone so callous

433
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,750
as to kill a man
who's already dead.

434
00:24:11,780 --> 00:24:14,920
I wouldn't care if
Felix had been living,

435
00:24:14,950 --> 00:24:18,320
but to strike a
defenseless corpse

436
00:24:18,350 --> 00:24:22,060
is simply not my
idea of fair play.

437
00:24:22,060 --> 00:24:24,060
Speaking of fair play,

438
00:24:24,060 --> 00:24:28,330
I'm afraid it's my
beloved sponsor's turn,

439
00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:32,170
but he assures me that I
shall have the last word.

440
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,610
On that note of triumph,

441
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,540
we conclude this
evening's activities.

442
00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:45,280
Next week, we shall
have another story,

443
00:24:45,310 --> 00:24:47,480
and, of course,

444
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:51,320
more advertisements.

445
00:24:51,350 --> 00:24:53,090
I almost forgot to tell you.

446
00:24:53,090 --> 00:24:57,990
I finally leased the advertising
space on my backboard

447
00:24:58,090 --> 00:25:00,700
to my insurance agent.

448
00:25:00,730 --> 00:25:02,730
Goodnight.