A Stolen Life

EXCUSE ME.

WOULD YOU MIND:

TELLING ME:

WHEN THE NEXT BOA GOES TO THE ISLAND?

7:
00.

TONIGHT?

NOPE, MORNING.

OH. COULD I HIRE

A BOAT?

DON'T KNOW OF ONE.

WELL, SURELY THERE

MUST BE SOMEONE:

WHO'S GOING OVER TO

THE ISLAND TONIGHT.

I'D ASK THAT BOY IN

THAT LAUNCH DOWN THERE.

OH...

THANK YOU.

I BEG YOUR PARDON.

ARE YOU GOING TO

THE ISLAND TONIGHT?

I BEG YOUR PARDON.

ARE YOU GOING OVER

TO THE ISLAND TONIGHT?

I MISSED THE STEAMER.

THAT'LL TEACH YOU

NOT TO BE LATE.

COULD YOU TELL ME

WHETHER OR NO YOU'RE GOING

ANYWHERE NEAR IT?

I'M GOING TO

THE ISLAND,

BUT I DON'T TAKE

ANY PASSENGERS.

IT'S AGAINS THE RULES.

OH, I'D BE VERY INDEBTED TO YOU.

MY COUSIN'S EXPECTING ME ON THE STEAMER.

PLEASE, I PROMISE I

WON'T BE ANY TROUBLE.

CAN'T YOU SEE

I'M FULL UP?

LET GO OF:

THOSE LINES, TOM.

I'M NOT VERY LARGE.

WELL... OK, HOP IN.

OH, THANK YOU!

DID YOU SAY SOMEBODY WAS SUPPOSED

TO MEET YOU AT THE STEAMER?

YOU'D BETTER TELEPHONE AHEAD,

LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY.

HEY, GEORGE!

WILL YOU PHONE:

THE ISLAND FOR ME?

FRED LINDLEY! HE'S

RENTING THE CRAVEN COTTAGE!

YOU GOT THAT?

THE CRAVEN COTTAGE.

TELL THEM:

I'M BRINGING THE GIRL.

SHE MISSED THE STEAMER.

OK, BILL!

I'VE NEVER BEEN

TO THE ISLAND BEFORE.

YOU'LL LIKE IT.

HOW LONG A TRIP:

IS IT?

OH, ABOUT TWO HOURS.

COULD I USE A PIECE

OF THIS PAPER?

SURE. HELP YOURSELF.

THANK YOU.

YOU LIKE THE SEA,

DON'T YOU?

MM-HMM. I GUESS I COME BY IT NATURALLY.

ALL MY ANCESTORS WERE

WHALERS FROM PORTLAND.

MAINE OR OREGON?

TO A YANKEE, THERE'S ONLY ONE PORTLAND

- MAINE.

WELCOME TO:

NEW ENGLAND, YANKEE.

HOW ABOUT LETTING ME SEE

WHAT YOU DID THERE?

WELL, I'M NOT THE WORLD'S GREATEST.

HEY, THAT'S GOOD.

YOU MAY HAVE IT,

IF YOU LIKE.

WELL, THANKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU CAN SEE:

THE ISLAND NOW.

EBEN FOLGER,

SHE'S PULLING IN!

WELL,

HERE YOU ARE.

HIYA, BILL!

HI.

HEY, THE PORTUGUESE ARE REALLY

WHOOPING IT UP TONIGHT, HUH?

TONY PIERRE IS GOING

TO GET MARRIED TOMORROW.

YEAH. HEH HEH!

OH, THANK YOU.

HERE YOU ARE.

IT WAS VERY NICE OF

YOU TO BRING ME OVER.

OH. YOU KNOW, YOU MADE THE

TRIP MUCH MORE PLEASANT.

THANK YOU.

HERE, TAKE IT, BILL.

WHO ARE YOU?

I'M KATE BOSWORTH.

WELL, HE AIN'T SUPPOSED

TO CARRY PASSENGERS.

YOU AIN'T RUNNING

NO FERRY, BILL.

AW, TAKE IT EASY,

EBEN.

OH, DON'T BLAME HIM.

I MADE A NUISANCE

OF MYSELF.

I WAS VERY GLAD:

TO DO IT FOR YOU.

YOU AIN'T GOT NO RIGH TO BE GLAD ABOUT NOTHING.

THANK YOU:

VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

SO LONG.

BYE!

DON'T YOU LET EBEN FOLGER

BOTHER YOU NONE, MISS.

HE AIN'T AS CUSSED

AS HE SOUNDS.

WHO'S EBEN FOLGER?

HE'S A LIGHTHOUSE

KEEPER ON DRAGONHEAD.

DRAGONHEAD?

BEEN THERE:

21 YEARS.

DOES THE BOY THA BROUGHT ME OUT ON THE BOA LIVE THERE, TOO?

BILL?

RIGHT NOW HE DOES.

KATE!

KATE!

FREDDIE.

HELLO, FREDDIE.

AM I GLAD:

TO SEE YOU!

WELL, WHAT HAPPENED

TO YOU?

YOU GAVE ME:

AN AWFUL SCARE.

THE STEAMER CAME IN

AND NO SIGN.

I'M SORRY, FREDDIE. I MISSED

THE STEAMER BY ONE MINUTE.

OH, HAVE I HAD

A TIME OF IT!

I'LL CARRY THOSE BAGS, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAD SOMEONE:

TELEPHONE YOU.

DIDN'T YOU GE THE MESSAGE?

WELL, OF COURSE I GO THE MESSAGE EVENTUALLY,

AFTER I'D PACED

BACK AND FORTH:

ON THIS CURSED DOCK

FOR HOURS.

IS PAT HERE?

YES, SHE'S HERE.

YOU'LL BE HAPPY

TO KNOW, KATE,

THAT I'VE BEEN

SCOUTING AROUND:

FOR LIKELY SUBJECTS

FOR YOU TO PAINT.

OH, THAT'S

VERY SWEET OF YOU.

FREDDIE,

WHERE'S DRAGONHEAD?

DRAGONHEAD? WELL, THAT'S

A MILE AND A HALF OFFSHORE.

WHY DO YOU ASK THAT?

OH, THE DRAGONHEAD

LAUNCH BROUGHT ME OVER.

DO YOU KNOW:

THE KEEPER?

WELL, I'VE SEEN HIM,

BUT I'VE NEVER MET HIM.

NOW, YOU MUST TELL ME WHA YOU'RE GOING TO DO TOMORROW, KATE.

DOES HE COME ASHORE

EVERY DAY?

HE WHO?

THE LIGHTHOUSE:

KEEPER.

WELL, OF COUR-MAYBE-

I DON'T...

KATE, YOU DO HAVE

A STUBBORN STREAK.

COME ON, COME ON.

HURRY UP, MIND YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

MORNING, MARTHA.

MORNING, EBEN.

I'M AIMING TO TAKE A LOOK

AT THIS HERE SHIP MODEL.

YEAH?

I WAS SORT OF TOOK ABACK

WHEN I HEARD IT WAS FOR SALE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

FOR SALE, EBEN.

NOW, MARTHA, YOU KNOW DRUSCILLA

ALWAYS SAID I WAS TO HAVE IT.

I DON'T KNOW

ANY SUCH A THING.

YES, YOU DO,

MARTHA,

IF YOU SE YOUR MIND TO IT.

NOW, GO ON,

SET YOUR MIND.

DRUSCILLA'S SISTER WRI ME RIGHT AFTER THE FUNERAL

THAT I WAS TO SELL EVERYTHING,

LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL,

THE BEST PRICES:

I COULD GET.

AND THAT'S WHA I AIM TO DO.

TARNATION, WOMAN,

YOU'RE HOLDING ME UP.

HOW MUCH YOU ASKING

FOR IT?

150?

I'LL GIVE YOU

$50 CASH.

YOU'RE ONLY

WASTING YOUR TIME.

THE PRICE IS 150.

75, THEN. IT'S HIGHWAY ROBBERY, BUT-

ALL RIGHT, MARTHA, IF

THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT IT,

YOU JUST KEEP:

THAT MODEL.

BUT YOU LET ME:

TELL YOU SOMETHING.

IF'N YOU EVER SELL THA TO ANYONE ELSE AFORE I DIE,

I'LL HAUNT YOU

INTO YOUR GRAVE!

MR. FOLGER!

PLEASE, COULD I ASK YOU

SOMETHING?

I AIN'T TALKING

TO NO ONE.

WOULD YOU SI FOR ME?

SIT FOR YOU?

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

I MEAN, COULD I PAINT YOUR PORTRAIT?

I AIN'T SETTIN'

FOR NO ONE!

I'LL PAY YOU

ANY AMOUNT YOU WANT.

IF YOU WAS PAY ME $50,000,

I WOULDN'T BE FOUND DEAD

A- SETTIN' FOR NO

TOMFOOL PORTRAIT!

NO VISITORS!

NO VISITORS:

ALLOWED!

THIS IS GOVERNMEN PROPERTY!

NO VISITORS!

NO VISITORS!

I SAID NO VISITORS.

I KNOW YOU DID.

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WANTED

TO PAINT ME, AIN'T YOU?

THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, I TOLD YOU THEN I

DIDN'T HANKER AFTER IT,

AND I DON'T NOW.

OH, BUT YOU SEE,

I CAME FOR:

A DIFFERENT REASON.

WELL, TALK.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE AN

EXPERT WITH SHIP MODELS-

IN FACT, THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS

WHETHER THEY'RE GENUINE OR NOT.

DON'T MAKE SENSE.

I KNOW IT'S A GREA IMPOSITION, MR. FOLGER,

BUT, YOU SEE, I DON'T KNOW

A GREAT DEAL ABOUT ANTIQUES,

AND I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA

THAT I MAY HAVE BEEN ROOKED.

WELL, I DON'T RIGHTLY

KNOW AS I'M A JUDGE.

OH, WON'T YOU LOOK AT IT,

MR. FOLGER?

I UNDERSTAND:

IT'S PART OF A SET.

MAYBE.

EBEN...

WELL, HELLO.

WHY, HELLO.

OH, YOU BE THE ONE HE

BRUNG FROM THE MAINLAND.

YES.

YOU SEE, MR. FOLGER, I

WANT TO START A COLLECTION.

I GOT THE REST OF

THE SET, SO...

NOW, YOU'RE PRETTY

SMART FOR A WOMAN.

NOW, JUST A MINUTE!

JUST WHAT ARE YOU AIMING FOR OUT HERE?

LOOK OUT, EBEN.

SHE'S A YANKEE.

HA HA! I WANT TO STRIKE

A BARGAIN WITH YOU.

WHAT KIND?

I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU IF

YOU'LL DO SOMETHING FOR ME.

WHAT?

I WANT YOU TO POSE FOR AN

HOUR EVERY DAY FOR TWO WEEKS.

NO.

YOU CAN SET THE TIME.

HE WHO HESITATES

IS LOST, EBEN.

YOU'RE GETTING TOO BIG

FOR YOUR BRITCHES, SON.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU BE HERE EACH DAY

AT 4:
00.

BUT NOT SUNDAYS.

SUNDAYS, TOO.

SUNDAYS, THEN,

DOGGONE IT!

TOMORROW AT 4:
00 SHARP,

BUT SPANG ON 5:
00 WE QUIT!

HE'S A TOUGH

CUSTOMER.

YOU'RE PRETTY

SLIPPERY YOURSELF.

HA HA! I KNOW.

WELL, NOW THAT I'VE

LURED HIM INTO POSING,

I GUESS I'D BETTER GO.

YOU'RE BUSY.

YES. I'VE GOT A COUPLE

OF HOURS' WORK LEFT.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE.

WELL, SEE YOU

TOMORROW.

SURE THING.

SO LONG.

BYE!

MR. FOLGER, COULDN'T YOU

STOP FIDGETING?

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