Black Moon Page #2

- I do, do I?

- Goodnight, honey!

- Goodnight, Daddy!

Goodnight!

Ruva!

Oh, Nita!

Oh, darling...

This is Ruva, the nurse who raised me

when I was a little girl.

Nita, I'd like to see you in the

library for a moment.

Yes, Uncle.

And now Juanita, will you

explain what you're doing here?

I've come to pay you a visit!

Didn't Macklin give you a message

from me before he was killed?

- Why no!

- I ordered the papers from New York.

This says he was in your house

You're lying, Juanita.

Yes.

I lied.

Don't you realize what it means...

...not only to you, but to your

husband and your child?

- But my husband urged me to come!

- But he doesn't know!

Nonsense! The past is dead!

- The natives have forgotten long ago.

- The natives never forget!

Alright, I'm here. I'll go back again!

Have you forgotten the 3 night

sacrifice during the full moon?

No, I'm not interested!

There will be a full moon again

in 3 weeks.

The boat will sail before.

Promise me you will sail on her!

Alright, Uncle. Don't be so upset!

If it makes you happy,

I'll sail on her!

- How can you treat Kala that way?

- You refuse to leave as you promised!

You know that no natives except the

servants are allowed into the house!

He's a holy man! A priest!

Their leader!

He's above any servant!

I've known him since I was a child!

Let him stay in the hills

where he belongs!

If I find him in this house again,

I'll have him whipped!

Then maybe you will have trouble

next week...

...during the full moon.

It's my affair!

There goes the schooner we were

supposed to have sailed on.

There's something going on

under the surface...

I don't like the looks of things around

here, Anna. I don't like it at all.

That Macklin murder is tied in with it

somewhere.

What does Mrs. Lane say about it,

or the doctor?

Nothing.

I wish Mr. Lane were here!

He will be.

I've just sent him a wireless asking

him to come.

Oh Anna, Anna!

Look what I can do!

Nancy!

How many times have I told you to

stay with me?

You leave such things alone!

You mind your own business!

Don't, Anna!

You must be more careful.

Now listen, sweetheart...

You run into the house like a good

little girl...

...and Gail will be here in a minute.

- Will you play house with me?

- Yes, I'll play house with you.

And I'll be your little girl!

Alright, run along now.

The idea!

Giving her knives to play with!

She might have cut her foot off!

That old woman! Following her around

like she was the child's nurse and not me!

Yes, Anna. I know.

Mrs. Lane, excuse me...

- Could I talk to you?

- Well...

I'm worried about Nance. That woman

Ruva has been following her around.

She gave her one of those native

knives to play with!

You're being perfectly absurd!

- If anything should happen to her...

- What could happen to her?

Well, nothing. That is if we had sailed

on that schooner this morning.

You can leave any time you want to!

As a matter of fact, when the schooner

returns Mr. Lane will be on it!

- What? - I've sent him a wireless

urging him to come.

How dare you without consulting me?

The wireless operator!

- Good afternoon, sir!

Enjoying your trip? - You bet!

Where are you from?

Georgia, sir.

My name's 'Lunch' McClaren.

From Augusta.

- What are you doing way down here?

- Georgia got a little too small for me.

What kind of an island is

San Christopher?

Oh, a nice island.

Gotta learn to like it though.

Same thing all the time.

Same thing gets tiresome all the time.

I got a good job.

I runs my boat and...

...good eating.

Store-bought clothes once in a while.

Got a nice little gal too!

- 'Course she's a monkey-chaser.

- Monkey-chaser?

What's a monkey-chaser?

Just a nickname they give the n*ggers

down there.

The natives are like coconuts,

the same as the monkeys do!

So they chase the monkeys,

and get the coconuts!

That makes them monkey-chasers!

I loves the gal though.

Dr. Perez's a nice man to work for,

long as you don't bother nothing.

Mind taking the wheel a minute? I've

got some business up here.

Mrs. Lane is very sorry that she

couldn't come to meet you.

- Anything wrong?

- No, no. Nothing wrong.

She'll be waiting for you at

the house.

- Mr. Lane, I'm so glad you've come!

- Gail, how are you?

Excuse me for not meeting the boat, but

I've been looking for Nancy.

- She's not with her mother or Anna?

- No. I can't find Anna!

I've seen Nancy a few hours ago.

She must be around here someplace.

There she is now!

- Daddy, Daddy!

- My darling little girl! Where you been?

My darling!

I'm so glad to see you!

I haven't seen you in 100 years!

Yes, you have! It's only been

It seemed like 100 years!

How's Gus? Where is Gus?

In the house! I'll go get him!

- I must talk to you right away!

- I would like to talk to him first...

since you were so foolish to endanger

our lives by sending that radiogram.

- I must insist Mr. Lane.

- Here's Gus!

Gus hasn't changed a bit, has he?

Excuse us, Gail?

Please tell Anna not to let

the child go out to the garden!

What did you mean the radiogram

endangered our lives?

It had to be sent through

my native operator.

All the blacks on the island know that

we're trying to send my niece back.

What difference is it to the natives

whether my wife goes or stays?

Listen...

The sun is just setting.

- What is it?

- Drums. Rada drums.

Blood worship.

Sacrifice to the black gods.

- You call it "voodoo".

- What does it mean?

Who knows? But this I do know...

Never have the drums beat so on

San Christopher without trouble.

With the natives?

Nobody can listen. Please...

Something is happening. You ask me what

and I can only say I do not know.

Consider this:
we are 5 whites...

one is a helpless child.

Around us are 2,000 blacks!

Fully 3/4 of these are hill bandits.

Fugitives from Haiti!

If you knew this danger existed, why

did you allow Juanita to stay here?

- Juanita would not leave.

- Why not?

I don't know. But if you love her,

persuade her!

Somehow take her away from here!

Stephen!

Hello, darling!

What are you doing here when

you promised not to come?

- I'm here to take you home.

- Home? I don't understand.

You Uncle says it's dangerous.

The natives are restless.

Oh, you've been listening to Uncle

Raymond! He's afraid of ghosts!

Of natives he's whipped and killed!

There's no danger.

I know the natives.

Nothing's going to happen.

This place is part of me, Steve.

Every path of the jungle.

Every shadow!

There's music you've never heard!

For the first time in years...

I'm at peace.

Pardon me. Where's Dr. Perez?

- He went out that door a moment ago.

- I've got to find him!

- What's the trouble?

- I found Anna.

- Something horrible has happened!

- What?

We've got to find Dr. Perez!

Look!

Anna!

- How could it happen? - She may have

been walking and fallen in. But...

But what?

A dozen whites have been found in

this lava pit.

They all had interfered

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