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trance, my powers are always weak.

We'll try again at your

regular time next Monday.

I'll be looking forward to it.

I am so anxious to know about Arthur.

Come in Sgt Johnson, Sgt McManus.

She's psychic.

Yeah, especially when the law's around.

Twenty bucks your regular fee, Liane?

I have no fee. I accept

only goodwill offerings.

Did you gentlemen wish something?

Just wanted to tell you not to steer

your clients into any phony deals.

Oh, I never advise my clients.

I only tell them what I

see in the crystal ball.

You tried that excuse on a

Denver Judge and got three years.

Or have you forgotten?

Is this a pitch?

No... just a warning.

You boys don't have to worry about me.

Goodbye.

I wouldn't mind going into

a trance with her myself.

If I wasn't married of course.

Come in.

Hello Princess.

Been a long time, hasn't it?

Not long enough Mr Weldon.

Uhuh. Not Weldon. The name

is Wells. Anthony Wells.

What will it be tomorrow?

Do me a favor Mr Anthony Wells... blow!

Liane, I'm terribly sorry about

that little unpleasantness.

The time you had to go to prison.

You'll not that make friends and

influence people by discussing prison ..

With someone who's

recently been in one.

Especially since you

should have been there too.

I said I was sorry.

Don't be.

The prison diet agreed with me.

Everybody says I have

a lovely figure now.

Goodbye.

Well... I see you've

finally made the big league.

Crooning over a crystal-ball, huh?

Playing around for

peanuts in a dingy walk-up

I make a living.

Oh, you're not really satisfied with

nickels and dimes. you deserve much better.

Listen, do you know

what I could do for you?

Alright, spill it. Let's

stop kidding each other.

I need your special talents.

I have a proposition that's worth a

great deal of money. Are you interested?

How much is a great deal? Sit down.

Two million dollars.

Alright... let's hear about it.

Good evening sir.

Table for two please.

Right this way, sir.

Say, what about the booth

in the corner? Surely.

May I start you with a cocktail?

Yeah, a couple of Martinis... very dry.

Thank you sir.

Do you realize this is the first date

you haven't broken in the past two weeks?

But what about all the dates you

broke, because of your "career"?

Are you still jealous of my career?

Oh, how could I be?

The last time I went to see you in

a picture, I went out for popcorn ..

And missed your entire performance.

Grace, honey.

If I can crack this case,

I'm a cinch for promotion.

Your salary has nothing to

do with our getting married,

If that's what you're driving at.

Oh I see.

You... you haven't time

for marriage right now.

There's something in

you that has to come out.

You have to express yourself.

What's the use, it's ..

It's just that creative

people have to ..

Well, they have to create, that's all.

Oh, that will look great in print.

Yeah, I can see it all now:

"Grace Bradshaw, rising young

screen-star says, quote..."

"Creative people have

to create." Unquote.

Thank you.

Advice on love, business

and personal problems?

Maybe we ought to ask the Swami?

That's all I need. Will set

back my promotion ten years.

Swami Kohlikhan. His real name

is Drake. Strictly a phony.

He's over there.

Well, get a load of that, will you.

One faker having her fortune told

by another. Now I've seen everything.

The change will be very soon.

Very soon... now?

Hey, what do you know?

Drake's leaving with her.

Maybe they have a

date? Is that illegal?

No.

But I bet what they're

thinking about is.

Now that you've seen the place,

let's get down to business.

Our organization will be

known as the "Rama Society".

R-A-M-A. Devoted to the

science of the occult.

Liane here will be in charge.

You'll address her as "The Princess".

Where are you going to be?

Reed will know where to contact me.

What about the scenery? We're going to

have to dress this place up a little.

It's on its way.

Any suckers that you

trim are your own affair.

I'm only interested in Mrs

Jessica Royce. Do you understand?

And Drake... I want you

to be extremely careful.

What's the next move?

I have all the information I need on

Mrs Royce but not enough on her son.

So all of you get busy. We

already have competition.

Who? I'll tell you later.

Just a minute Tony

You haven't answered my question.

Where are you going to be?

Don't worry about me.

I'm not worried about you.

If anything goes wrong, I'm not going

to stand by and take another rap for you.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Aren't you a maid at

the Royce home? Yes.

Oh that poor woman. I read when they

finally brought her son's body home.

The paper said such

nice things about him.

And he deserved them. He

was such a wonderful boy.

Oh, you knew him?

I was his governess.

He was such a little doll. I can

remember as if it was only yesterday.

The first time he tried

to say his mother's name.

He couldn't say "Jessica". All he

could say was "Sicca". He was so cute.

No, that section is not for sale.

That belongs to Jessica

Royce. Jessica Royce?

Oh she must be the woman who's son

came home with some war decorations?

Mmm, that's right. That's Philip.

When he was killed at Normandy, a lot of

us felt like we'd lost a boy of our own.

Sounds like he was a

fine chap. Oh he was.

I remembered about the time

he started to go to school.

He... he used to ride his bike

down that hill right out there.

He hit a train once, and he wouldn't let

his mother watch the Doc's sew him up.

He said it would hurt her

worse than it hurt him.

And then I remember another time.

The day we heard he'd been killed we felt

as sad as if we'd known him personally.

Oh... then you really

didn't know Phillip Royce?

No, but Mrs Royce was so proud of him,

she told us everything he'd ever done.

Like the story of his first allowance.

He spent it buying ice-cream

for the neighborhood kids.

He told his mother that being

happy by yourself was no fun.

So he just bought a lot of

happiness and spread it around.

Then another time he ..

Fine... good work.

You have more information on Mrs Royce

and her son than she knows herself.

How do we steer her into coming here?

What about the competition

you said we had?

I'm working on both those items.

Our competition is Dr Largo.

Dr Largo? Who's he?

Well, here he's know as

a Consulting Psychologist.

In Cincinnati, St Louis and Points

West, he uses the name of Mike Finlayson.

The only psychology Mike Finlayson

knows, is how to evade the Police.

And Jessica Royce is

one of his best patients.

And he'll never let you

take a sucker away from him.

You're right Annie... that's

where you come in Reed.

Well Largo doesn't know you. You're

going to become a patient of Dr Largo.

Hello Doctor. I'm very glad you

were able to see me so quickly.

Sometimes, mental distress is more vital

to our well-being than physical ailments.

I'm glad you appreciate

that fact Doctor.

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