The Invisible Ray Page #4

The counteractive

is still effective.

And Diana?

Oh, she is well.

She has become

Lady Arabella's secretary.

She and Drake

plan to marry, of course?

They are in love,

but she declares

she will do nothing

until she hears from you.

She will hear of me,

shortly.

I will not stand in the way

of their happiness.

This is

very fine of you, Rukh.

[Snickers]

Well, I must leave you

to your ministrations.

You see, I was right, Rukh.

Your discovery is too great

for one man to control.

Some day you will realize

that you haven't even

scratched the possibilities

of Radium X.

And I am still the only man

to control it fully.

[Speaking French]

Yes. You'll do.

Same height, same width.

[Speaking French]

What do I want?

I want to do you a benefit.

[Speaking French]

[Speaking French]

Yes.

The greatest benefit

one man can do another.

[Speaking French]

Those who have never seen

the moonlight

over the African veldt

have missed

a thrilling vision

which can be witnessed

in no other land.

A lion caught

in the thorn bush and...

Milady.

Briggs,

you have been instructed

never to interrupt me

when I am at dictation.

But the paper, milady.

The papers?

You know I never read them.

This is important.

Oh, very well.

What is it?

[Church bell tolling]

##[Organ playing]

"With all my worldly goods

I thee endow."

With all my worldly goods

I thee endow.

Whom God

hath joined together,

let no man put asunder.

Goodbye, dear.

Goodbye, darling.

Ronnie, dear.

Goodbye, dear.

I'm sure you'll both

be very, very happy.

(man)

Au revoir.

(Mr. Stevens)

Goodbye, my boy.

(Drake)

Goodbye.

Six.

Six of us.

Are you the manager?

Yes.

Have you a room vacant?

A front room?

A room?

Providentially, sir, I have.

Step this way, sir.

It's Mrs. LeGrand, sir,

I'm British to the backbone,

though misfortunes

and a French husband

has brought me

to Paris lodgings.

You'll like the room.

It's a lovely fireplace

and it don't smoke,

and the bed is excellent.

Me poor husband,

he died in it so comfortable.

I'll take the room.

And I'd like the Paris Herald

every morning.

Yes, sir.

That will be, uh,

50 francs a week, sir.

Huh? Oh, oh.

Thank you, sir.

Sir Francis Stevens:

Thief.

Have you ever seen anyone

so incredibly happy

as Diana and Ronald

when they started

on their honeymoon?

I hope they will be happy.

We should be late

if Francis doesn't hurry.

Go to Sir Francis' room

and tell him Dr. Benet and I

are waiting.

Poor dear.

When he came

from his lecture tonight

at the University,

he was so utterly exhausted

that I told him to lie down.

He is feeling better

since we returned from Africa?

Oh, yes. He has even forgotten

to complain about his ankles.

[Celeste screaming]

What's that?

[Sobbing]

[Pierre chattering]

[Sighing]

[Sobbing]

Celeste. Celeste.

[Cries]

Speak, you fool.

What is it?

[Screams]

Dr. Benet, come up, please.

At once.

Pierre.

Sir Francis.

Sir Francis.

[Gasps]

Oh.

This is awful.

Look at his eyes.

What hideous thing

did he see, do you think?

The police must be sent for

at once.

But before they come,

I would like to try

an experiment.

It must be done

before the eye tissues glaze.

Have I your permission?

Yes.

Is there

an ultraviolet camera here?

Yes. I'll get it for you.

Please.

Rukh.

I knew it.

[Glass shattering]

[People chattering]

[Newsboy shouting]

...ln New York, in Rome...

[knocking on door]

Come in.

Good morning, sir.

Good morning,

Mrs. LeGrand.

Oh, there's more excitement.

Yes.

What has happened

across the street?

Vandals, sir.

They come in the night

and they smashed

the entire one

of them figures.

They didn't leave nothing

but a little pile

of melted stuff.

But that's impossible.

That's what everybody says.

But a fact's a fact, sir.

If you'll excuse me, sir,

I'll just pop across

and see what the latest is.

Yes, Mrs. LeGrand.

Do come back

and tell me more.

Well, I'll find out, sir.

Won't be a second.

I'll find out all I can.

Lady Stevens:

Matchmaker.

Radium X claims third victim.

Paris edition

of the New York Herald.

Radium X claims third victim.

[Speaking French]

(newsboy)

Radium X claims third victim.

Radium X claims third victim.

Radium X claims third victim.

No, please.

It will be better, I think,

if you take Diana away.

I will answer

any questions.

We'll be downstairs

if you do need us.

Now I will explain

why I insisted

the Medical Examiner

and his assistants

wear insulated gloves

when they touch the body.

Will you turn out

the lights?

Look closely

at the neck of the victim.

Lights, please.

You observe

those finger marks

cannot be seen

in the light.

It is phosphorus,

possibly?

No.

Radium X.

Inflicted by the grasp

of someone contaminated

by the poison.

Do you know such a person?

Only one, he is dead.

But there Is a story

behind all this.

And I am going to ask you

to listen to some facts.

There's some curse.

Diana, my dear, there are

no such things as curses.

[Sobbing]

Well, they needn't look

any farther for the murderer.

Here she is.

Stop it!

I won't let you

talk like that.

If I hadn't left him,

they would all be alive today.

Janos, Sir Francis

and Arabella.

Stop it.

We loved each other.

We belong to each other.

You never belonged to him.

And no law of nature or man

can make it anything

but right to do what we did.

He shan't

reach out of his grave

and spoil our lives.

I'll fight it.

But what are you

going to fight?

Something you can't see?

Something you can't reach?

Something you can't touch?

Oh, darling.

Hold me tight.

We're going to need

each other so very much.

Yes, I have feared

something like this

ever since the day

he left my laboratory.

And I always

doubted his death.

So now, you know all

I have to tell you.

You believe that the man

who was buried as Dr. Rukh

was not Dr. Rukh?

Yes.

I believe that Rukh is alive

and in Paris.

I believe that this city

is at the mercy of a madman

whose body is

an engine of destruction.

I talked to his mother

on the telephone

a little while ago,

and it is also her belief

that Rukh is alive.

We will take immediate steps

to locate him.

Gentlemen.

A figure melted

while a crowd of people

watched.

Only one element on Earth

could have done it.

Diana and I were married

at that church,

and there were six of us

in Africa.

Do you suppose

Rukh's crazy brain

drew some analogy

between that fact,

and the six figures

of the saints on the church?

He killed two of us

and destroyed

two of the six figures.

A man and a woman

in each case.

You and your wife must go

into seclusion immediately.

Also you, Dr. Benet,

while we comb Paris

for this madman.

It might be simpler

to get him to come here.

How do you propose this?

Ask him for dinner?

No, not quite.

But that's the general idea.

Let the newspapers

give out a story

that the three

remaining survivors

of our African expedition

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