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now

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wow

so

mr patterson yes

i'm weber the house proctor

yeah

in 22 years i've forgotten how cold it

gets up here in the morning

there's a fire in the library mr

patterson do you remember the way oh yes

i do if you'll excuse me

andy

hello chad

huh your hands are cold

what about some tea

no no no no thanks

a wild idea initiation of sunrise isn't

it not so wild

the early brothers sailed on the dawn

tide

they were tough birds in those days

you're tougher than you give yourself

credit for

sunrise in a few minutes gentlemen

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so

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so

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and

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you

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mr patterson philip everest dunning mr

chad harmon mr dunny

mr dunning

the articles and letters of the

brotherhood

do you swear

that having been entrusted with these

articles and letters

since midnight this night

that you alone read them

and did not communicate their content

to any person whatsoever

i shall swear

having such sworn

are you not prepared to go forward

i am prepared

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uh

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hmm

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mr dunning for over 200 years

brothers of the bell have been initiated

before the spell

and in the same ceremony

at sunrise 22 years ago mr patterson

stood due east in your place

and i became his senior

as mr patterson

is now yours

one day mr patterson will stand

due

south and he will induct a brother of

the bell

and you will become senior say in this

fashion does the brotherhood express its

continuity it will continue

long after all of us are dead

but that continuity depends

upon one thing

obedience

absolute obedience

if and when you are ever called upon by

mr patterson to pay your due bill

you must comply

whatever is asked of you

or that bill may come due tomorrow

in 20 years or never

it will not be a matter of money

it will be an act of fielding

of loyalty to the brotherhood of the

bill

now if you require anything at all get

in touch with your senior and he will

see to it

that it's a range for you

are you ready for the oath

i am

the oath gentlemen

i chatted

absolutely

that i shall reveal no secret

of the brotherhood of the hell

that i shall respect my brothers

that i will act

as they desire

secure their interests as if

they were my home

and i pledge this

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my honor

my fortune

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and my life

so

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andy

are you spending the day in san

francisco oh no i have to make the

afternoon flight home it's a pity really

thought we might have lunch together

open the way

drop in

at this address before you leave

oh excuse me

it's gonna take some getting used to

what

i mean being a brother

oh you have my home and office number

don't you

you know i still find it incredible that

that i could get anything i want

anything a man could get with money

privilege

and the best connections

you know it just occurred to me that um

we're part of the establishment now

not part

the

establishment

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my name is patterson i believe i'm

expected

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you have a car

a card

this address was written on the back of

it

oh yes

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an assignment from the bell for you

this has materials which will assist you

in the completion of that assignment

open at any time one hour after you've

left here

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andy

i'm delighted you could have lunch with

me before leaving

third sit down

will he will drink before lunch and sir

no thank you

have a margarita

paul does it very well

on second thought perhaps a straight

scotch

no thank you

we're having sand dabs today

a small salad with lemon and oil

dressing yes all right that'll be fine

thank you

andy calm oh no

do you know what my assignment is

mr patterson it will be your

responsibility to see that dr

constantine horvathy declines

the position of dean of the college of

linguistics that has been offered to him

hmm

the bell must want that post for someone

else

well i understand that

then why the frantic phone call

i thought from your manner that the bell

has has asked you to murder someone

they have

the bell has given me this file on dr

horvathy that contains the names

addresses and descriptions of every

person that assisted him to defect two

years ago

this file is the death sentence for over

30 human beings if i sent it to his

country's embassy i presume dr harvatha

will see that as quickly as you so you

needn't you need news to dicey at all

do you think i could send it if he

refused to step down do you

andy your presence at the initiation

this morning was no accident it was a

reminder of your vows of obedience so if

it comes to that you will yes

but why look at the worst of it

do you know dr harvathy well

yes vivian and i were among his first

friends when he came to work at the

institute well then put it on a personal

basis persuade him that it would be in

his best interest to stay where he is

the climate is good

the institute is congenial he likes his

associates there stress all the positive

elements sandy

look what uh

what happens if he gets kind of curious

and says why are you so interested huh

what do i tell him then this discussion

is becoming burdensome

you have already broken one of our rules

by discussing this assignment with me

but i will pass that now

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you were given an assignment and the

means

do it andrew

do it

and be grateful more isn't asked

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andy i'm in the kitchen

yes dad and you just got home oh i don't

know some alumni meaning or something

like george did i tell you about the new

tennis trophy

hideous hi darling smooth trip

listen dad uh andy looks hungry

okay

yes i will not dear

hi

love darling

listen i'm gonna go wash up and then

i'll have something to eat oh don't be

silly watch here and tell me all about

the old school

all right

voila

well that's fancy

leftovers from this afternoon's bridge

game

well how was the old saint george

well the same

oh i know what i forgot to show you i

got the sketches for the new tennis

trophy

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uh professor horvath please

oh

when did he leave

i see

um

no there's there's no message

no no just uh thank you very much

andy

i can't find him hey listen i gotta go

to a briefing tonight something about

micrographics or i don't know you're

kidding well jerry fielder would like a

full turnout seeing as you know i'm a

senior staff member i sort of have to

i'll go put on my faculty wife oh honey

you don't have to go i know what they

otherwise think of me and um i think i

just may show up tonight in shock

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hi

good evening connie i'm so glad to see

you thank you thank you connie

can i speak to you for a minute

you guys gonna come back in time to hear

carlos yes we'll be right back

i am going to miss you all

terribly

for wylie

yeah

andy you are a good friend dear friend

you know

for a man of my age

european

it is almost impossible to make a new

friend seriously

that is why i prize you so much

you know you have told me at least a

dozen times how much you like the

institute you like the climate you like

the the staff the surroundings please

i mean you're not gonna like it back

east i mean it's not like you're you

know you're trying to prove anything

i mean you're an established figure in

linguistics

there is nothing you have said that i

have not said to myself a thousand times

or mercy i said

you are an old fool

how many times have the roots of your

life been torn up

in the 20s

the depression

unrest

evolution

in the 30s

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fascists

nazis

in the 40s

the more

and in the 50s

the communists

come

let's go back inside constantine

listen

as a vital personal favor to me

pass up the appointment

what pass it up

i promise you'll have a more important

opportunity

do you realize what you are saying

there is nothing more important

please i beg you

why does it matter to you so much

why are you begging

i can't i can't tell you

it

please on

faith please trust me no

reasons

reasons

you have given me no reasons yet

where did you get this

if you fail to turn down that

appointment

that list will be sent to people who

will use it

do you realize what you are saying

these are men

and women

will be shot

they will be taken to dungeons under the

police stations

tortured killed

i'm not going to use it

but there are those at will

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who are you

how much did they pay you for this

oh you don't understand now please

please don't make up your mind right now

think about it

are you all right

yes

are you sure

the field as you're expecting by dinner

with me you you go on with them

i can't

you saw dr horvathy it wasn't good

spirits oh mister i don't know

the poor man's entire family was

murdered in a concentration camp

he didn't have anybody in the world

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what isn't what happened he wouldn't

tell me anything until you came down we

were told that you knew dr horvathy very

well

what do you mean knew him

he was found dead this morning

what happened

you spoke to dr horvathy last night

didn't you yes i i

yes

what did you talk about wait wait

we talked about his leaving his did he

look forward to that job yes did he

complain of bad health oh you didn't i

never knew a man who complained less

about anything in my life he had no

enemies that you know of of course he

had enemies he was very outspoken

politically political enemies you mean

in europe he was a very brave man

is that all

yes thank you professor patterson

have you any idea why

he left a note

i have no place left to go it is too

late to start again

i can't believe it

i can show you the file they sent me

i don't i don't mean i doubt you i

i just can't believe that you could keep

a secret like that person i have no

reason to tell you until now

now i'm a

murderer oh andy please don't say that

don't please

and i'm gonna tell the police

tell them what

about the bell about your membership i'm

gonna tell them what i told you but you

can't do that

you said they had a rule about keeping

silent

i don't know what you should do anymore

you throwing so much at me

i really wish you wish your father were

here don't you

i didn't say that that isn't what you

said but that's what you meant

if that's meant to be sarcasm then just

remember that

you lied to me for 12 years

by a mission if nothing else

oh i didn't mean to say that

listen andy dad is not a child

he's a man of wide experience and

you respect him don't you

i know he respects what do you want me

to do

tell him what you told me

if you don't like his advice just do

what you think is best

i have as much as steak as you do

harry

hi i gotta talk to you vivian all right

i know she's fine she's fine oh why

don't you walk around with us

no not now

okay

sorry gentlemen you'll have to forgive

me next week perhaps right now what is

it health money not a divorce no none of

those

but it can't be anything too serious sir

what did you do with those papers

oh i have them right here with me

i'm gonna turn them over the police

look if this fraternity is as big and

important as you say and i'm not

doubting you andy believe me

wouldn't you do better to go to the

federal government i mean rather than

some local police department i have a

friend in the federal security service

um

well i hadn't thought about that

that you're right

i have a good idea from time to time

listen

harry

i got to tell you something you know i i

know that in the past uh vivian's the

baby in our family

i expect she'll go on turning to me when

the pressure's on as she has done since

the day a mother died

but i don't want to get in your way

handy truly i never have wanted that

you see i i don't blame her you know for

not trusting me

because i haven't really been

completely truthful about the bell

but you see now she's got to share the

result of whatever happens

what will happen i don't know

i know the brothers of the bell will

punish me

see they have unlimited powers

forgive me andy i don't think unlimited

powers are so easily used these days not

by governments or organizations

but

you wait here i'll go and call my friend

or ask him if i can see him this

afternoon i'll ask

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dad my son-in-law andrew patterson

andy

thaddeus burns

how do you do how do you do well

washington doesn't waste money on office

decor

this is a cover office after we go no

one knows why we've been here sit down

professor thank you eric thank you

tell me about this secret society you

belong to

well

they uh call themselves the brothers of

the bell

i was recruited when i was a senior at

saint george

it's a very

old organization and i must be home i

think it's about 200 years old

founded in massachusetts in

massachusetts bay colony to be exact

these two founders were jonathan bridger

and caleb hampton

you know about it

would you excuse us harry

shall i wait

listen harry i want to thank you for

everything you've done it's anything i

can do to help anything at all call on

me thanks a lot

what did the bell have to do with

constantine horvathy's death

you know about that

we know they wanted that job for a

brother hormothy had to be forced to

withdraw

how was he forced

well i blackmailed him how

with this list

who gave it to you i don't know the man

never saw him before in my life

you were simply told to go to an address

yes

and there you were given two envelopes

one containing your assignment and the

other the means of executing that ascent

yes but organizations as old as the bell

develop patterns

then hormoth's death

was suicide

was murder

and i was responsible

we don't deal with moral judgment

professor

technically you could be charged with

blackmail

unlawful possession of government

documents

conspiracy criminal cynicalism

but i don't think my office will make

any recommendation to the attorney

general in your case look i i don't

understand if if you

if you have the bill under investigation

you

we'll recommend indictments when we have

a solid case against them

stuff like this and a deposition from

you will get us there

in time

i'm gonna ask you to go home professor

continue with your normal affairs

we'll be in touch with you to get your

deposition but until we instruct you

otherwise

say nothing

do nothing

publicly or privately

or you'll compromise our investigation

do you understand

yes yes

i understand

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professor

if it's any comfort to you if this list

hadn't stopped horobethy

the bell would have stopped him more

painfully

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no one told me you were going to paint

my office didn't know about myself until

last night professor but for pete's sake

marge march where's my secretary she's

on vacation

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jerry

excuse

look me i'm a senior

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i'm a senior member of the department

and i'm unaccustomed to having my

secretary sell on vacation my office

closed without my knowledge and

permission well i'll get you another

girl in another office that's not the

point what about my my papers my files

andy ask me anything don't ask me to

fight painting schedules take the week

off

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andy what are you doing home

excuse me

andy what's the matter

what are they doing out there keep your

voice down you're the committee to the

junior league ball

are you serious i do it every year

i don't understand you

i really don't understand you there's a

man dead just two days he's dead because

i killed him and you're out there

worrying about who's gonna sit next to

you at some silly country club dance

what else do you want me to do well i

sure don't expect us to go on living the

empty life we have been living this for

sure you went to the institute to work

today i went there because i want to get

out of the house and not think so i just

didn't want to think oh i see you want

me to sit here and think

what do you want me to do

i've known these people all my life

do you want me to go in there and tell

them why i can't pay attention to the

junior league

darling professor horvathy was a dear

sweet

man and i'm sorry he's dead

but i can't accept the idea that it was

your fault

and i won't accept the idea that it was

mine look i i know it's not your fault

i know that

i guess i can't expect you to not go on

living your life the way you always have

but i

can't don't you see i i just can't

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excuse me isn't that the fecal security

off no no they're on the first floor no

we just don't have an agent by the name

of thaddeus burns in this office

i don't understand that i spoke to him

here right

when you say here what exactly do you

mean uh was it on this floor no it was

on the on the third floor yeah did you

but it was in this building or did you

go through a receptionist to get to him

no no i didn't it was what they call it

a cover office

what kind of office

a cover office it's an office you use

when you want to talk to people who

don't want to be seen coming into

government buildings huh

well when we use offices like that uh we

don't put them in federal buildings and

we don't we don't call them cover

officers

uh this is this is my id card now this

identifies me as a special agent for the

federal government did he show you a

card like this no he didn't

well what makes you think he was an

agent

my father-in-law told me he was he

introduced him to me as though he were

an agent i talked to him

as though he were an agent who was your

father-in-law

uh harry masters

maybe you know he's president of the

pacific realty investments mm-hmm

excuse me

uh yeah could you get me a hold of a mr

harry masters of pacific realty

investments

that's right

right thank you

you don't doubt me do you

no no you could have the wrong name yeah

um

could you describe him for me

well i can see

what i remember he was um

i think he was about six feet tall he

had

i think he had brown eyes

sort of you know kind of stocky like and

very

authoritative manner

about that's about all i can remember

i'm sorry

excuse me

uh yes mr masters this is agent shepard

of the uh federal security service

yes i have a gentleman in my office here

by the name of andrew patterson

mr patterson tells me that you brought

him here to see an agent by the name of

thaddeus burns mr shepherd

my son-in-law has been terribly upset

about the death of a colleague of his

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yes

no see

yes

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well thank you very much i i don't think

it'll be necessary for you to come by

here um

i think you've helped us a great deal

and thank you

uh professor professor patterson yes

have you ever heard the name professor

harbathy

he was one of my very

very best friend

and i was responsible for his death

sir do you mind if i

suggest that you just go on home and

forget all about this

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forget

there's no thaddeus burns and we have no

record of you ever having even been in

this building before today

what did my father-in-law say to you on

the phone

said that you were under considerable

emotional stress lately and he thought

you could use some

rest and relaxation

i see

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will you kindly tell me what in the hell

you told shepard hello andy

want a drink

no i don't want a drink

doctor this is my son-in-law professor

patterson dr louis bower glad to know

you professor what did you tell shepard

we've been talking about you son

you wouldn't be a psychiatrist now would

you

as a matter of fact i am well i can save

you the time and trouble i'm not insane

no one suggested you were

now what did you tell shepard

i told him nothing more than i've told

you already that i considered the story

bizarre and wild

i also said that i thought you needed

rest

perhaps psychiatric care but you didn't

tell him that the agent you took me to

see did not find the story bizarre

as a matter of fact he took the file i

had to use his evidence andy

i thought you'd understood from mr

shepherd that there was no agent named

burns

you did confirm that much

didn't you professor

who's the man you took me to see

i never took you to see any man

you're a damn liar harry

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are you crazy

your father took me to the federal

building in los angeles to meet an agent

named thaddeus burns

now we talked for about 20 minutes i

gave him the file i had along with my

instructions from the bell you already

told me that your father now flatly and

absolutely denies he ever took me into

any federal building in los angeles or

that he ever knew any agent by the name

of thaddeus burns what he didn't lie

only to me he lied to the agent i went

to see later on andy i don't understand

what do you want i said your father lied

why should he i don't know

yet

either he's a a brother of the bell or

he's under their control

but he lied

you want to know who i believe

yeah

that's about it

andy you're my husband i have to believe

you that's not part of the wedding

ceremony you're being impossible i said

i believed you what more do you want

look

maybe i want a little more conviction

right

72 hours ago you opened a secret part of

your life and told me a wild story

ever since then it's been one thing

after another now you call my father a

liar

and you

accuse him of being part of a conspiracy

all right maybe he is

andy you've got to give me a chance to

adjust myself

i can't make instant changes in the way

i think can feel

time that's all i ask

yes

this is andy

i can't talk to you now i'm swamped

listen jerry i i have kind of a problem

and i'd like i'd like to discuss it with

you i'm gonna have to cut you off i have

a desperate situation here come on get

me off the box and pick up the phone i'm

in trouble i want to talk to you

i'm sorry andy we've been going very hot

and heavy here but i'm not going to be

able to talk to you until tomorrow i

have to be firm about that and i mean

rock firm

in the morning late morning and practice

being brief i'm sorry i don't mean to be

sure with you andy kiss miv for me

that's not like jerry at all

honey there's something going on i don't

know what it is it's

something's happening

something

you know it's like like fog going around

the corner building at night you know

it's there but you can't

you can't see it

something strange is happening vivian

something

very strange

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i'm sorry that i was so abrupt last

night andy we were on the panic button

here

panic

the fact is i was being evasive because

i was stalling in the hope that the news

would be better

what are you talking about

the ewing foundation has taken a brutal

20 cut in our funds

who's going

they insisted that we let your

department build first

that's a bit of an overkill isn't it

considering that i'm the only one

they're out to get

my dear andy a normal amount of vanity

is essential i think you're going a

little bit far

trustees of the foundation unfortunately

are very often arbitrary but

i don't think for one minute that they

cut our budget to get rid of professor

andrew patterson oh that's what you like

the world to believe but i know better

oh i think they'd dismiss 41 people

to cover my dismissal you're really an

earnest aren't you

you honestly believe that the foundation

is out to get rid of you

you see i'm not guessing anymore

i know

the question though is how deeply are

you involved

are you a brother of the bell

what

what college did you attend

i've heard of non-sequiturs just just

answer my questions did you attend the

college of st george

i've attended over six colleges andy

as an undergraduate and as a

postgraduate both here and abroad

i think that you'll find those academic

affiliations in my biography in any

recent edition of who's who i don't

think that you'll find the name of saint

george on the list i don't care what it

says and who's who

i think you're lying

i think you're just as guilty of dr

horvathy's death as i am

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andy

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i've talked to your father-in-law and

he's told me about your feelings

i think

may i recommend a good psychiatrist

how many does it take to have me

committed

one

two

well i'm not about to let that happen

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why are 41 innocent men and women being

punished along with me

what about some hot chocolate man you

realize you've destroyed their their

lives their homes their friendships it's

really quite good

isabel so callus it really doesn't care

now people generally

generally find a way of mending their

lives one way or another

it really doesn't matter to the bell

does it

well i resign from the bell

no andy you had your option 22 years ago

and you elected to come in we accepted

you granted you all the benefits of the

brotherhood benefits

i never asked for anything are you truly

ignorant of what the bell has done for

you

you know that first bid your father's

firm one what about it a little piece of

a big highway yeah

won by a small contractor that's right

the start of paterson engineering

international yes

the bell gave your father that contract

yes

in 22 years your father has become a

multi-millionaire

thanks to the bell in 22 years

mike paterson's company has never lost a

bid a contract a negotiation

you think that was all good luck just

brilliance on his part and you andy

you have received every option

every fellowship every post you've ever

wanted

i competed for them if you prefer to

believe that

i look i know what i earned myself i

know what i owe the bell what i don't

owe the bell believe me andy

you have never competed

for one thing

in the past 22 years since you first

took the oath at sunrise

i paid my due bill

constantine horvathy's not going to

accept the appointment

that was my bill and i paid it but you

did break the silence didn't you

well i'm giving the bell fair warning

if they try to harm me or my family

i'll break this island so hard it'll be

heard halfway around the world

no andy you won't be speaking louder and

louder

in fact i am certain we shall be hearing

less and less from you

as time goes

on po

my father in yes

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you're telling me that i didn't build

this company you remember what you told

me when you sent me off to college know

the right people and you can go anywhere

and the right people send their sons to

saint george well that was only an

expression no you were right

well you are absolutely right because

that is the place where you joined the

bell the bell made you a millionaire

well this generation gap is too much for

me i'm accustomed to kids who hate the

world they didn't make but you're

telling me that i didn't make it

that you had it made for me as if i was

some sort of a zombie or if i were the

son and you were the father look i don't

mean to put you down or demean the work

you put into this firm but the male made

this family rich and the bells out to

destroy me

you don't believe me do you i'll come

off of it andy

if i ever doubted your honesty

your sanity perhaps but you wouldn't lie

to your old man

unless you were crazy

are you

do i look it

no

no you don't

but you're putting a powerful strain on

my mind

well you've heard of insiders dealing

with each other haven't you

well sure i have

and i've seen it

can you imagine

the amount of smug

self-satisfied

fat cat feelings they must enjoy to have

a gall to tell us what to do

well i'll see him in hell before i let

him get away with this what are you

gonna do well i've helped in the

election of a couple of congressmen and

a senator too they'll find out they're

not dealing with shoe clerks now wait a

minute you won't know who you're talking

to

i haven't figured out yet how to fight

them but i know i can't play their game

all that behind-the-scenes influence

you see it's just too powerful

but believe me i'm going to fight them

and i'd like you to

sort of stand by and be my reserve i

suppose that's a polite way of telling

me not to stick my nose into it and

without let my irish carry me away

my flesh

my blood

my fight

yes

but let me start

and if i need help i'll call on you if

you need help you call on me

but don't try to fight them alone

because i know them better than you do

there is an existence in this country

a secret organization known as the

brotherhood of the bell

i was a member of that organization for

22 years

and as a member

i was ordered to blackmail professor

constantine horvathy

an act which i'm

i'm ashamed to say i committed

now as a result of that blackmail

professor horvathy

committed suicide

so you see i was really an accessory to

the crime of murder

now i

i accuse as my accomplices

chad harmon of san francisco

and the brothers of the bell i stand by

coming up on two in two seconds one two

take it cue harold professor patterson

would offer no names except his own and

financier chad harmon

district attorney avery hazelton was

interviewed by ed larksburg of the six

o'clock news if the blackmail took place

if dr horvath's death was a result of

such blackmail

we'll uh present the facts of the grand

jury and make a suitable indictment but

you have professor patterson's own

confession

i've been a police officer and a

district attorney for many years

lots of people confess to crimes of

which they're not guilty then are you

suggesting that professor patterson is

not responsible for what he's saying all

i'm saying is the existence of a

super-secret organization the kind of

white anglo-saxon protestant mafia of

rich influential men is a bit lurid for

my taste cue harold meanwhile in san

francisco financier chad harmon named by

professor patterson as co-conspirator in

the alleged secret society was asked

about his alleged connection in the

brothers of the bell but you did attend

the college of st george sure 40 years

ago one semester and i am a member of

beta epsilon lambda

and i have been in the so-called secret

chamber at the bell now this is a room

which contains some priceless antiques

you see saint george's

is one of of 18 chapters

and i i don't know really what the total

membership is 40 000 members nationally

well

anytime 40 000 people can keep it secret

for 22 years i would consider that

something of a miracle wouldn't you

professor patterson does not say that

all members of the fraternity are

brothers of the bell he claims the

brotherhood is a very small highly

selective secret organization of which

you and he are members well it must be

terribly secret because i wasn't even

aware i was a member

professor patterson claims that you

accompanied him to the federal security

service i did not the government will

confirm that i believe they already have

what did you do when you heard your

son-in-law's account of the conspiracy

of the bell i consulted with a reputable

psychiatrist to discover it and we

needed help

well at least that part of it is true

how many times did the police say to let

it ring before we answered it four times

gives the police a chance to monitor the

call

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hello

oh hi dad

it is fine

yes he is you want to talk to him hold

on look i don't want to speak to your

father

it's your father

hello well your friends appear to have

started work on me

at least they're trying but trying what

i'm up to my neck an accountant and

lawyers and internal revenue agents

there's considerable talk around here

about income tax frauds and federal

grand jury indictments right out of a

blue sky

what we were conducting in the routine

audit when all of a sudden the irs

accountants seem to have found some

invoices that we've never seen

the only reason we're not yelling

forgery is thor wants to give us a

reasonable motive for creating such

fortune the bell has a reason that has a

good reason

the fight is on my end of the field and

i will not back away and i'm not asking

for help yours or anyone else's what are

you gonna do you let me handle this son

maybe they won't be bothering either one

of us when i get finished

mike

what are you doing here

harry

would you do me a favor and see that we

aren't disturbed

will you lock that door now

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harry

let me tell you something

i don't call press conferences like my

son

i've had men crowd me before when i was

a ditch digger and i use my fists and

i'm not above using them now

if you like you crazy don't

misunderstand me harry i'm not talking

about a beating i'm talking about a

killing with my two hands harry you see

i believe my son there is a bell and

whatever you call your little boy's club

it doesn't exist you are gonna get on

that phone and call your buddies and

tell them to call it off now you're here

now

i can't just

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unless you make that call

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so

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i'm andrew patterson how's my father

cause i was telling mr masters here tell

me

father's had a stroke

technically a cerebral hemorrhage

how bad

his comets was mr patterson

now he wouldn't recognize you but if you

want to see him

wait here

what happened dad

i don't think andy wants to know of

course he does

do you

well i can guess

he came to get the bell off our backs

i blame you for this andy your new roses

drove him to this

you get out of here

you get out of here now

whatever you may think andy i didn't

want this to happen truly

i hope he recovers

call me if you want me

mr patterson

just mr thompson's face

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so

so

so

hello

oh hello andy

how is he

well there's no change he

they don't know when he's coming out of

the coma

if he does you sound exhausted

well

it's just that i

i feel so responsible for what's

happened

darling please don't talk like that

do you want me to come back to the

hospital oh no no no vivian

i'd like to be alone with him

i know it sounds like i'm i'm shutting

you out but don't explain to me i

understand

just stay with him

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what's that what happened oh

nothing darling the light just burned

out in the kitchen i i was a little

surprised

i feel a little foolish standing here in

the dark well you're not alone are you

and this isn't margaret's night off now

darling please don't fuss i'm perfectly

all right

i have neighbors on both sides and i'm

i'm a grown woman and i i don't frighten

easily

just stay with him

i'm sure

we all work honey

okay

bye

so

so

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1.44

so

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i'm andrew patterson

are you all right

did they identify the man who is he he's

a

baxter

mr pat mr pax extra

you mean our next door neighbor

evidently your neighbor thought there

was a prowler in the house

i was using a flashlight when the lights

went out you remember i was i was

talking to you on the phone when it

happened

oh thank god i didn't kill him i was one

of those mix-ups good thing it didn't

turn out any worse

are you satisfied with baxter's story

of course it happened that way

well let me ask you is there any reason

why we shouldn't be satisfied there's an

organization known as the brotherhood of

the bell that's out to harm me and my

family please don't go into that

it happened exactly the way the police

said it did it was a mistake

it was a mistake on my part

and it was a mistake i miss mr baxter's

part

andy

couldn't you sleep

i'm trying to retrace baxter's movements

what for

well maybe the police believe him but i

don't

i believe it mandy

why did you panic why did you shoot

because a month ago i wouldn't have

because a month ago i wasn't afraid to

be alone in this house and because a

month ago my life was not a recurring

nightmare i'm sorry

i don't know how i'm gonna face people

it was an accident all right i'm ashamed

to go to town

i was born and raised here my family my

parents my sister all right all right

andy wait to the fourth ring

who might be the hospital

you see it was

can you imagine what they're gonna say

when when they find out about poor mr

baxter

i'm gonna say well

i'm just crazy as you are

doesn't matter what people are gonna say

i mean really

i'm not as strong as you are andy

i don't want to hear them say oh

oblivion master she's gone ape just like

her husband

do they still call you vivian masters

after 12 years

did you

don't psycho analyze me

it's cheap and it's easy to call me

hysterical just as it's cheap and easy

to call me a nut

i never have

oh darling

please let's just let's just sell the

house we'll

sell a house and we'll go someplace

somewhere together just the two of us

until this all disappears oh we can sell

the house but all this isn't gonna just

disappear you know

what do you mean

well i have a i have a couple of

television and radio interviews i'm

gonna give

why well because is there anyone left in

the civilized world who hasn't heard

about the bell

the brothers of the bell

i owe constantine horvathia you don't

owe him anything i paid

you want me to pay for the rest of my

life

i shot mr baxter

what do i owe him that was an accident

he bled didn't he

is his blood or his flesh any less

precious

well there's a difference

i don't understand the difference

oh you don't

well there is

andy this

this obsession of yours is destroying us

isn't it clear that everyone who has

heard you doesn't believe you

and even the people who believe you

don't care look all i know is that i

want to hurt them

vivian i want to hurt them bad

i want to hurt them but how will you

know when you have no i want to it

doesn't bleed it doesn't cry out it

doesn't it it doesn't fight back don't

try to stop me vivian

just don't try i will try

because i won't allow this to continue

it's going to stop here and it's got to

stop now because otherwise i'm leaving

you

right now

and i won't be back

all right go ahead you lousy creep

yes doctor

i i know you did the best you could

i know

uh

uh listen um um i make the arrangements

you know all the necessary

arrangements

all right

so

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if you come to apologize forget it

andy why must you be so stubborn

my father can get you another job if

that's what's worrying you

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look what you caused with all your

hysteria

two men

that i love are dead

not because of my hysteria you you call

it

but

because i bought a lie

the lie that you can get something for

nothing

well you can get nothing for nothing

not even you

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you were given to me just like

everything else

now i have to give you back and i don't

care i just don't i

i don't want you anymore

i don't know what you're talking about

just get out

just

get out

well one of you and professor patterson

decided bob

barth this is a cheap cop-out

i'm sorry i sue him for every nickel

he's got look i changed my mind take it

easy what do you mean take it easy i

didn't sign anything did i

bob

why don't you sit down and rest your

ulcers huh

so now two and a half hours before show

time

professor

i want you to tell me why you don't want

to appear on my program

and you can level with me

i don't get upset like my producer does

i came down here and i saw what i was

getting into

that's why i know i conduct a sideshow

but that's where i get my audiences from

it's my rating

if you've watched the show over the last

few years i've seen some very important

people have not been afraid to appear

with me

a couple of ex-presidents of the united

states some candidates were pretty high

office a supreme court justice or two

i will pass over that

i'll tell you something i don't think

you realize

your whole story about the brothers of

the bell or whatever you call it

is not newsworthy anymore the story's

pretty well kicked

nothing new has happened to make anybody

sit up and take notice

so if you want attention you're gonna

have to be pretty persuasive

you see the difference now professor

is that i don't have to compete with

another show for you

you're gonna have to convince me that

you're worth putting on my show

you know your father's company's in big

trouble

what did the sec decide about paterson

international stock bob

they've suspended trading

pending the trial for the indictment on

income tax fraud the word's around that

your house is up for sale is that true

or false

yes i i i put it up for sale now that

your wife has left you because she

thinks you're a kook

well we're we're separated

the reasons

are our business nobody else's

ah professor professor yours

got a rain barrel come on

here i am trying to convince myself

to give you 30 minutes of air time

which should be worth its weight

platinum to you

so that you can stand up and speak out

because if you tell the truth this tv

lens will show it

but nothing shows up a phony quicker

than this tv lens either professor

now if you believe in what you say

you can make a million people believe it

too

this organization was responsible for

the death of constantine horvathy it was

responsible for my being dismissed from

the institute and it was responsible for

the indictment against my father mike

patterson and you persist in these

accusations despite the fact that you

haven't come up with one shred of heaven

wait a minute now and as far as the

indictment about my father's concern

there was evidence that there was

forgery in some of those those documents

whose forgery in some of those documents

thank you professor i think we've heard

quite enough of your story and now we're

going to open up the forum anybody can

step down the little red box and ask any

question he likes we have a gentleman

there

chief of what

in the land from which i was brought i

was of a clan of

chiefs your pardon chief

uh do you have a question for professor

patterson no question but an observation

the microphone is yours chief this

organization which the gentleman

describes is not secret at all it is

well known to every black man woman and

child is that a fact

yes mr harris this is the white power

structure of the united racial states of

america

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the united what

racial or racist mr harris there's only

one thing that unites the white people

in this country and that is their racism

and the organization which the gentleman

describes is well known to us

really

yes really mr harrison you need not take

that sarcastic tone with me i beg your

pardon i wouldn't upset you for the

world i'm awfully sorry now i take it

that you understand all about the

professor's organization the brothers of

the bell is that correct sir they can

call themselves anything they want

but we know essentially what they are

they are the enemies of my people of my

blood

and they have not been a secret to me mr

harris not for 600 years

thank you very

you may sit much

all right

anybody else for the forum huh ah here

comes a young lady

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may i have your name

mr harris

may i ask a question of your

distinguished guest well certainly you

may but what's your name well mr harris

uh for reasons which will become evident

to you shortly i i cannot give you my

full real name well we're going to have

to call you something now aren't we

darling

could you call me simply

a patriot certainly we can

mrs patriot

i mean simply patriot oh you're not

married

all right simply patriot proceed

professor pattison

is it not a fact that your real name is

not

andrew patterson but

abraham warsaw

my name

is andrew patterson

now that's my name of course

i expected you to deny it mr abraham

warsaw

i have here documentary proof that this

man is really named abraham warsaw and

that he's a jew

we're here to ask questions about his

organization isn't that so

well it certainly does exist

it's an organization of secret

international jewry oh it's been fully

described in many books

documented records a lot of which i'm

sure you picked up in berlin huh

well i'm not going to reveal my sources

to you naturally

i mean after all these people are out to

kill anyone who would expose them

but if you desire i could give your

viewers a post office box in pasadena

where they can get literature that

exposes this organization of jews and

their hirelings

it's post office box

that's a no-no you really wouldn't do a

dirty thing like that to a nice town

like pasadena would just dump all that

garbage on him come on you don't live

there do you if you want to give him an

address give him the address of the last

cookie farm you are

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couldn't they write to me care of you

bart

it cost me money to handle my mail

darling it would cost me more to handle

yours no thank you i would think you

would contribute it as your patriotic

american duty bart well i gave at the

office last week dear thank you step

down

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all right quiet down a minute i want to

say something

you want to hear a thought that just

occurred to me

i don't think our professor patterson is

part of a jewish conspiracy

or part of a white power conspiracy

but he is part of a conspiracy

the brothers of the bell i am certain in

my mind that this moment

is

in fact

an underground catholic organization

formed

by the secret college of cardinals in

rome

formed to seize political economic and

religious control of the united states

of america

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about the bell all right

we refer to the bell

as

the great bell of saint peter's in rome

therefore

we are not dealing

with a jewish plot

or a white power plot

but

a catholic plot

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but thank you for your observation mrs

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you dum-dums really believe what i just

told you

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well i've got one real opinion anyway

that is that our friend the professor is

an idiot

like all you idiots who stumble down to

that stupid red box and proclaim

conspiracy everywhere you look

the truth of the matter professor is

that you lost your job your wife ran out

on you your father's company faces

financial ruin and your father had to

die to escape a jail sentence isn't that

right all those

all those things are the work of the

bell oh sure they are anytime anybody

lowers the boom it's somebody else's

fault

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you better watch out for them

those vilifications don't answer any

points i made somebody's gonna drop the

net on you you creep

i can understand why those meatballs

believe in you because they're sick

and ill-educated and stupid and they

haven't got a single word of believing

when somebody is well educated as you as

fat as protected as privileged as you

are starts to your conspiracy you make

me sick this country gave you everything

you ever had and you want to get that on

your knees and thank god for every day

of your life rather than throwing

garbage on the flag and the government

and the decent people who are trying to

do what they can to keep it there oh my

goodness

how much did you have those brothers pay

you to do this or are you a brother too

did you go to the comments and say

george you answer that question these

are accusations you're making these are

accusations i haven't lost a slander

suit yet did you graduate from the

college of st george answer that

question

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i want this whole thing on tape

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patterson

you posted my bail

yes

i pulled some strings to get you out an

hour earlier the newspapers are gonna

get a picture of you sooner or later i

thought you might look more presentable

later on come on

i don't know anything about you dr

fielder

this is a photostat of my academic

history

you won't find any mention of the

college of st george

i posed two possibilities to myself

one

that the cut in funds made by the

foundation was completely arbitrary

and two that it was not and had a hidden

purpose

the purpose was to get rid of me yes i

agree

ewing foundation told me

that the cut in funds was made at the

direction of their bank

and the bank told me that it was against

their policy to disclose who decided

what they did

however i threatened to make an issue

out of it tell me something

how many members of the investment

committee

were alumni of saint george

one

the chairman

i don't think that constitutes real

proof

but i began to get other signals

such as

i felt honor bound to help all those who

had been separated as a result of the

cut to get comparable at better jobs

i succeeded in every case except except

mine

it was as though your name was on an

invisible national blacklist it is

you're two gonna be up till all hours so

i'll say goodnight

andy why don't you sleep here oh no

listen betty if i stay in this house

it'll bring you nothing but trouble you

and your family it's just not good

you're staying no

jerry agrees with me see you in the

morning

andy

what it boils down to is this

can you get somebody to stand up with

you and say yes i'm a brother of the

bell too

i suppose i found them what could were

to do why should they believe him they

didn't believe me

well

i don't know if it'll work but

it's one of those strange quirks of

human psychology

what you hesitate to believe from one

person you will believe from two

especially if the second person has

nothing to gain from helping the first

if i just has some place to begin

some

a clue

come on why don't you get some sleep we

can do this again in the morning

come on

um

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of course

oh of

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you won't be course

louder and louder andy this obsession of

yours is destroying us

i am certain we shall hear less and less

from you

my flesh

my blood and even the people who believe

you don't care

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so

please

i i just want to talk to you that's all

now you're going to come forward

and you are gonna identify yourself as a

brother of the bell and you're gonna

tell the whole world what you know about

it

wait a minute

listen

now i'm gonna give you a chance that i

never had

a chance to see what your due bill is

gonna be before you take anything from

them

now that do bill is a blank check

phillip

that's something they don't tell you

and on that check they can write his

payment your father's life

your marriage

your reputation anything and everything

it's a blue sky payment phillip

and you've agreed to meet it

you agreed once

and if i'd known this

when i was your age i would have told

them to go to hell no matter what they

offered

because whatever i have

i can persuade myself i could have

gotten without their help or i didn't

need it

see i i didn't call on them

they called on me and they will call on

you philip

and remember whatever they ask

you are gonna have to deliver

have they told you why they're out to

destroy me and everyone around me

have they

oh no it's not because i refuse to make

the payment

i made it

at the cost of a man's life

and then i sickened it but i said no

this is not gonna go on i'm gonna stop

it

i'm gonna break it

i'm at war with him phillip

you see that's that you either gotta be

at war with them or you're in their

service they won't allow anything else

they won't allow you know any

kind of in-between ground

all right well now i won't allow it

as long as i last i'm your friend i'm

your ally i'm your way out of the bell

you see you don't owe them anything all

that mumbo jumbo spoken downstairs

that doesn't make you a brother

they've done nothing for you

and you've done nothing for them

and now you can escape them

you can escape them using me

me is your way out philip

but when i'm gone

there'll be no escape

come with me

and you're free of the brotherhood

you won't owe them anything

we'll catch the noon plane

you know to los angeles you and me

you're my last chance philip

and i'm your last chance

do you know what what i'm saying

what i'm

what i'm what i'm offering you what what

that freedom is worth

oh my god

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um

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hey

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so

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you