Between Two Worlds Page #7

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IT'S OVER.

RESIGN MYSELF...

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

WHAT DOES:

IT MEAN TO YOU?

ALL THE THINGS:

I'M GIVING UP,

THINGS I'LL

NEVER SEE AGAIN.

AH, GET OUT OF HERE.

LEAVE ME ALONE.

WE MUST DO SOMETHING,

HIRE THE BEST BRAINS,

THE RIGHT MEN FOR THE JOB.

I'LL PAY ANY SUM.

REVEREND, LISTEN TO ME.

I'VE BEEN THINKING

OF IT FOR SOME TIME.

I WANT TO MAKE:

A DONATION-100,000.

LISTEN, I'LL GIVE YOU

A MILLION.

NO, NO, MR. LINGLEY.

WE MUST DO SOMETHING.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING

TO BE DONE, SIR.

I MUST GET OUT OF THIS!

I MUST!

THAT'S WHAT ALL OF THEM

START BY SAYING, SIR.

BUT BELIEVE ME,

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

THE ONLY THING:

YOU CAN DO NOW:

IS JUST GO ON AS THOUGH

NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.

VERY SIMPLE.

YES, SIR. SIMPLE.

ONCE YOU MAKE UP

YOUR MIND TO IT,

YOU'LL FIND EVERYTHING

QUITE SIMPLE, QUITE NATURAL

UNTIL IT COMES:

TO THE EXAMINATION.

WHAT EXAMINATION?

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

IS THERE AN EXAMINER?

A PERSON WHO COMES

AND ASKS YOU THINGS?

IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING, MA'AM, YES.

QUESTIONS...HE'LL ASK

ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS.

WE SHALL BE JUDGED...

BALANCE SHEET,

THE RECKONING.

OF COURSE. HE'LL SET US

UPON OUR DIFFERENT ROADS...

FOR ETERNITY.

MY DEAR, THAT DRESS YOU HAVE ON

- YOU BETTER CHANGE.

IT WON'T DO, NO FOR THE EXAMINER.

I DON'T CARE

ABOUT THE EXAMINER.

I'M NOT GOING

TO SEE HIM.

OH, BUT YOU MUST,

MY DEAR.

HE'LL MAKE YOU SEE HIM

IN SPITE OF YOURSELF.

HE WILL? THEN LET HIM.

YOU THINK THIS DRESS

IS SOMETHING?

I'VE GOT A LITTLE NUMBER

DOWNSTAIRS IN MY TRUNK

THAT WILL KNOCK:

HIS EYE OUT.

THE EXAMINER!

WHAT DO I WANT HIM FOR?

WHAT CAN HE DO FOR ME?

WHAT CAN HE BRING BACK?

WELL, WHA ARE WE TO DO?

WHAT? WHAT?

I DON'T KNOW,

REALLY.

NOTHING.

I KNOW.

I WANT A PRAYER.

A PRAYER?

YES. WE'RE IN

THE NIGHT, AREN'T WE?

WE'RE HELPLESS.

WE'RE LOST.

PLEASE, YOUR REVERENCE, IF YOU WILL...

MY PRAYERS?

I'VE LEARNED SO MANY OF THEM,

MEMORIZED THEM ALL,

AND YET NOW, HERE,

NONE OF THEM SEEMS TO FIT.

YOU OUGHT TO PRAY FOR

US, YOUR REVERENCE.

IT'S YOUR DUTY.

YOU THINK SO?

FORGIVE ME THEN,

FOR I CAN'T.

WAIT...

YES, THERE IS ONE...

ONE THAT MEAN SO VERY MUCH TO ME,

THAT WAS TRUE.

GENTLE JESUS,

MEEK AND MILD,

LOOK UPON A LITTLE CHILD.

CHILDREN,

PARDON OUR SIMPLICITY,

SUFFER US TO COME TO THEE.

GOD BLESS FATHER AND MOTHER,

HARRIET-SHE WAS MY NURSE-

ALL KIND FRIENDS

AND MAKE ME A GOOD BOY.

AMEN.

THAT'S IT, HENRY. THAT'S

IT. YOU'RE DOING FINE.

THE TABLES:

ARE ALL MOVED.

THE CHAIRS ARE IN PLACE.

THE ROOM HAS BEEN PREPARED.

YES.

EVERYTHING IS READY.

WHAT IS IT, ANN?

YOU'RE STARING

AT ME.

THE LOOK:

ON YOUR FACE...

IT'S NOTHING, HENRY,

NOTHING.

IS IT BECAUSE I'M

HELPING THE STEWARD?

THAT IS STRANGE.

I'M HELPING HIM.

I DON'T KNOW

WHY MYSELF.

IT JUST SEEMS SO...

SO NATURAL,

SO RIGHT.

YOU MUSTN'T WORRY,

DEAR.

I DIDN' SOMEHOW BEFORE.

BUT NOW I'M SO...

SO UNCERTAIN.

MY MIND IS FULL OF ALL

SORTS OF VAGUE FEARS,

PREMONITIONS,

REGRETS.

WHY, HENRY, WHY?

I DON'T KNOW.

SEEING THEM ALL:

FIGHTING SO HARD,

WANTING WITH ALL THEIR

MIGHT TO HOLD ON TO LIFE,

A LIFE:

I TOSSED ASIDE,

A LIFE I MADE YOU

THROW AWAY, TOO.

NO, DEAR, YOU DIDN'T.

I WANTED THAT.

I WANTED:

TO GO WITH YOU.

STEWARD.

YES, MA'AM?

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE

YOU MADE THIS TRIP?

HOW MANY TIMES?

OH, 5,000, 10,000.

TRIPS:

WITHOUT NUMBER.

WITHOUT NUMBER...

I WAS LOST YOUNG,

YOU SEE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

LOST YOUNG?

TELL ME.

PLEASE TELL ME.

HOW DID YOU DIE?

IT'S TIME, HENRY.

THAT'S THE LAUNCH-

THE EXAMINER.

HE'LL BE HERE

IN A MOMENT.

IF YOU PLEASE,

WILL YOU ALL TAKE SEATS?

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD OF YOU.

I READ A GREA EPITAPH ONCE.

I'M GOING TO

STEAL IT FOR MYSELF.

SIR?

HERE LIES PRIOR,

DIED A BACHELOR-

WIFELESS, CHILDLESS.

WISHED HIS FATHER

HAD DIED THE SAME.

SIR, I'M SO

DEEPLY TROUBLED.

WHY, YOU'LL BE

ALL RIGHT, MADAME.

OH, IT'S NOT ME. IT'S

THE YOUNG ACTRESS LADY.

SHE WON'T COME UP.

SHE WON'T EVEN

LET ME TALK TO HER.

THERE'S

NO NEED TO WORRY.

MRS. MIDGET, WHY

DON'T YOU SIT HERE?

YES, WITH US,

DEAR MRS. MIDGET.

HAPPY DAYS.

PLEASE, PLEASE,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

LISTEN, NOW THA WE'RE ALL TOGETHER,

WHILE THERE'S

STILL A MOMENT-

WHAT'S THAT?

THE LAUNCH, SIR.

IT'S APPROACHING THE SHIP.

QUICK, THEN, I'VE

THOUGHT OF A PLAN,

A METHOD:

OF PROCEDURE.

YOU MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO

SLIP THE GUY A COUPLE OF BUCKS?

OH, PLEASE.

IT'S ALL IN THE WAY

A THING'S APPROACHED.

I'VE DEALT WITH BIG

PEOPLE ALL MY LIFE.

I SUGGEST...

WITH YOUR PERMISSION, THAT I

REPRESENT YOU, SPEAK FOR US ALL.

EXCELLENT.

IT WILL SAVE TROUBLE,

UNNECESSARY PRYING.

THANK YOU.

THE REST OF YOU:

NOW-SOMEBODY-

MR. MUSICK,

DO YOU AGREE?

LET ME ALONE.

I GOT NOTHING TO SAY.

REVEREND.

RUBBISH, LINGLEY.

UNDIGNIFIED, UNHOLY RUBBISH.

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING

TO DO, LINGLEY?

HIDE YOUR OWN SINS?

LOSE YOURSELF IN A CROWD?

THAT'S EASY

FOR YOU TO SAY.

YOU DON'T CARE WHA HAPPENS TO YOU.

YOU'VE NOTHING

TO LOSE!

YOU NEVER HAD ANYTHING

IN THE FIRST PLACE!

THE ADVANTAGES:

OF A MISSPENT LIFE.

YOU HEAR THAT, LINGLEY?

IT'S LATE,

LATER THAN YOU KNOW-

DOGS BARK, CHILDREN SCREAM,

MOTHERS WEEP.

THIS IS THE JUDGMENT DAY.

WHAT'S THE USE OF HITTING

YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL?

I'M AFRAID.

I'M NOT.

YOU, TOO, BOY.

NO, NO,

HE SAID IT FOR ME.

I GOT NOTHING TO LOSE.

RED ROVER, RED ROVER,

LET LINGLEY GO OVER.

I GOT NO WORRIES.

NO, YOU FEEL THE SAME

AS THE REST OF US,

FOR ALL YOUR:

LIVELY CHATTER.

I'M NOT AFRAID.

QUIET!

STAND UP!

EVERYBODY, STAND UP!

HELLO, HELLO, HELLO!

SIT DOWN. DON'T BE EXCITED.

REST EASY.

HELLO, SCRUBBY.

REMEMBER HOW I USED TO COUGH TO

LET THEM KNOW I WAS COMING IN,

BUT IT ONLY FRIGHTENED

THEM ALL THE MORE?

WHERE'S BERNIE?

GOOD...

WELL, IT'S THOMPSON.

TIM THOMPSON.

HOW ARE YOU, BERNIE? I

SAW YOUR NAME ON THE LIST.

TIM THOMPSON:

SAME AS EVER.

LOOKING LIKE:

A CHARACTER:

THAT STEPPED RIGHT OU OF THE MIDDLE AGES, EH?

OH, YES. FERGUSON

SAID THAT ABOUT YOU.

WHAT DID YOU SAY? "LE HIM GO RIGHT BACK."

DID I SAY THAT?

YOU CERTAINLY DID.

GLUM LOT, AREN' YOU? CHEER UP.

NOBODY WANTS:

TO BITE YOU.

WELL,

HOW IS FERGUSON?

WHAT? OH, YES.

HE'S BEEN MADE A BISHOP.

UH, HE WOULD.

WHAT BECAME OF MALTBY?

TELL ME EVERYTHING.

I'M BURSTING FOR NEWS.

TIM...THOMPSON,

OF COURSE, I'M VERY

GLAD TO SEE YOU,

BUT WE'LL-WE'LL

TALK AFTERWARDS,

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW

YOU JUST CAN'T IMAGINE

HOW TERRIBLY UPSET I AM.

UPSET?

UPSET ABOUT WHAT?

WELL, THIS PERSON

- WHOEVER IT IS WHO'S COMING TO EXAMINE US.

THE EXAMINER? OH,

DON'T WORRY ABOUT HIM.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I'M THE EXAMINER.

YOU? YOU'RE

THE EXAMINER?

A NOBODY. AN ANTISOCIAL NOBODY.

THAT MAN PROBABLY NEVER

EARNED MORE THAN 300 A YEAR.

I KNOW HOW TO:

HANDLE THAT SORT.

THOMPSON-

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

YOU'RE THE EXAMINER.

WELL, I'M ONE

OF THEM ANYWAY.

WE'VE GOT DOZENS

ON THE JOB.

NOW LOOK HERE, BERNIE,

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGH OFF YOU'VE GOT TO CHANGE.

CHANGE?

YES. ADJUST YOURSELF.

YOU'VE GOT TO GET OU AND AROUND UP HERE,

SEE THINGS, MEET ALL

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