- Michael Anthony: [Anthony enters the Tipton estate garden to find Tipton seated in a high backed rattan wicker chair, holding a sea shell] You sent for me, sir?
- John Beresford Tipton: Know what this is, Mike?
- [Tipton offers the shell to Anthony]
- Michael Anthony: It's a sea shell, of course.
- [Anthony inspects the shell closer]
- Michael Anthony: Chambered nautilus, isn't it, sir?
- John Beresford Tipton: Well, it was. Now it's only the empty shell - the house in which the nautilus once lived. Here's how the house of nautilus looks inside.
- [Tipton offers the house to Anthony]
- Michael Anthony: [Anthony examines the house] A long corridor of separate chambers.
- John Beresford Tipton: No one quite knows why, as the nautilus grows, it moves forward into a new chamber and seals off the past room in which it lived - locks the door and moves into the future. Some people live like that, Mike: keep their past in an airtight compartment, locked away.
- [Tipton hands over envelope to Anthony]
- John Beresford Tipton: Our next millionaire.
- [Anthony bows and departs]
- Michael Anthony: [to the viewers] My name is Michael Anthony. For many years, I was Executive Secretary to the late multibillionaire John Beresford Tipton. Among my duties was the unique job of delivering $1,000,000, which Mr. Tipton frequently gave away, tax-free, to a total stranger. From his fabulous 60,000-acre estate Silverstone, Mr. Tipton carried on his study of human nature. Every subject in his vast storage of knowledge was material for close analysis, and it was always related to the behavior and destiny of man.
- Michael Anthony: [Cathy Burnett answers the front doorbell ring of Anthony] Mrs. Burnell?
- [She nods]
- Michael Anthony: I wonder if I might see your husband for a moment?
- [Phillip appears]
- Michael Anthony: Mr. Phillip Burnell?
- Phillip Burnell: Yes.
- Michael Anthony: Can I speak with you a moment? It's quite important.
- Phillip Burnell: Certainly. Come in.
- [Anthony enters]
- Phillip Burnell: Sit down, please.
- Michael Anthony: [Anthony opens his briefcase] I have a gift for you.
- [Displays check to the Burnells]
- Cathy Burnell: What's that? A discount coupon?
- Phillip Burnell: [Accepts the check] What do I do with this, Mr. Anthony? Take it to the nearest grocery store and they'll give me two cans of peanut brittle at half off?
- Michael Anthony: No, but if you take it to the bank, they'll give you $1,000,000.
- [Getting a bit indignant]
- Michael Anthony: It's a cashier's check. It's yours to do with as you wish. And the tax on it has already been paid.
- Phillip Burnell: Now you go around ringing doorbells and giving out checks for $1,000,000?
- Michael Anthony: That is an agreeable part of my job, yes.
- [Retrieving document from his briefcase]
- Michael Anthony: Now if you'll just agree to this one condition...
- Phillip Burnell: And you just happened to come here and give us a check for $1,000,000?
- Michael Anthony: You see, my employer, who must remain anonymous...
- Phillip Burnell: What kind of firm do you work for?
- Michael Anthony: It's not quite like that, Mr. Burnell.
- [Getting flustered]
- Michael Anthony: In fact, I can't explain it.
- [Offers document]
- Michael Anthony: If you will just sign this paper agreeing never to reveal the amount of the gift or the circumstances under which you received it...
- Phillip Burnell: Yes, I'll sign the paper.
- [Grabs document and reads aloud with Cathy, sitting beside him, also reading over his shoulder]
- Phillip Burnell: 'I promise never to reveal the exact amount of this gift or the circumstances under which I received it. If I violate this pledge, any portion of the money still in my possession will be reclaimed by the donor's accredited agent.'
- [Anthony offers a pen, which Burnell accepts. To Cathy]
- Phillip Burnell: It couldn't be, could it?
- Cathy Burnell: [to Phillip] It could be.
- [Phillip signs the promise]
- Michael Anthony: [Accepting the agreement and placing it into his briefcase] Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Burnell. Good luck and good bye.
- [Prepares to depart]
- Phillip Burnell: Would like a cup of coffee. Can I drive you back to town?
- Michael Anthony: No, thank you, I have a car.
- [Departs]
- Michael Anthony: [to the viewers] Phillip Burnell was away on his honeymoon. A second honeymoon, but not in the sense that is generally used. He had just married for the second time. His first wife, Monica, had died.