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recently entombed husband.

I asked her to

describe the circumstances

surrounding cort's death.

Jim had been

feeling very bad.

We didn't know why,

and our family doctor

Suggested that he undergo

a series of tests

at the frasier clinic.

That's when

we discovered

he was suffering

From a terminal

disease of the brain

called pick's disease.

I've heard of it.

There's no cure,

there's no treatment,

And he- I don't know,

Jim just seemed to

change almost overnight.

He was confined

to a wheelchair,

would no longer work.

He even had me

board up his studio.

He wouldn't even

talk about his work.

Was he at all involved

with the supernatural?

Yes, he was.

And it started

just before his death.

Tell me about that.

I'd arranged an exhibit

of jim's sculptures

At the langdon gallery,

And he met a woman there

named madame jeckiel.

She owns an antique shop

here in san francisco,

And part of her business

involves the occult.

In what way?

She deals with objects

That are supposed to

have occult power.

She even claims

to cure the sick,

and jim believed her.

Hmm. No doubt asking for

a lot of money, too.

No. No, she didn't.

As far as I know,

jim never gave her a penny.

Not even for that ring.

What ring?

An egyptian scarab.

Something to do

with the god osiris.

Osiris is

an egyptian god

Involved with

the doctrine

of immortality.

Yes. The ring was

part of an agreement

he made with her.

You use the word agreement.

What kind of agreement

did they have?

I wish I could tell you.

I can't.

All I know is jim

accepted that ring

In return for

some kind of promise.

He refused to discuss it.

Where's the ring now?

Do you know

where it is?

Yes.

It's in his coffin.

His coffin?

Jim even specified

that he was to be

buried with that ring,

That it be

kept on his hand.

And his body

is in the crypt

On the grounds

of the estate?

That's where

his body should be,

But after

what I saw last night,

I don't know anymore.

The next afternoon,

I had lunch with marsha,

Who was taking

a flight to new york.

She was quite worried

about her sister.

You know I'm not

easy to panic.

And when ellen phoned me,

I knew she was desperate.

I suggested

she talk to you.

Actually, we haven't

been close for over 3 years

Since she married

that james cort.

Why, didn't you

get along with cort?

No, I didn't.

And when ellen married him,

it affected our relationship.

We just haven't seen

very much of each other.

And now,

when she really needs me,

I can't be here.

How long do you

have to be in new york?

Well, only a few days,

But I felt that

we should talk before I left.

It's important.

If she says that

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