A radio play in twelve parts by Peter Cresrwell founded on the novel Romance ' by Joseph Conrad and F. M. Hueffer
6 —'The House of Death '
Other parts played by Ella Milne , Susan Richards , Gladys Spencer , David Kossoff , and Ronald Sidney
Produced by Frederick Bradnum
At the Casa Riego John Kemp finds that Don Carlos Riego is dying. He learns how O'Brien, who has been made Judge of the Supreme Court in Havana, uses the Rio Medio pirates to further his own ends. From Seraphina, John hears that many of the great household act as spies for O'Brien, whose shadow, owing to his influence with the aged Don Balthasar, lies heavy and threatening over the Riegos. Kemp's betrothal to Seraphina is solemnised at the bedside of Carlos and he swears his undying loyalty. O'Brien, returning from Havana, is defied by Kemp; late at night O'Brien visits Kemp in his room at the Casa Riego.