Dementia 13 Page #2

I'M ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED.

AND I'M GOING

TO GET MARRIED.

MOREOVER,

I'M GOING TO MARRY KANE.

OH, MOTHER,

KATHLEEN'S DEAD.

SHE'S BEEN DEAD

FOR SEVEN YEARS.

YOU NEVER TALKED SO MUCH

WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD.

AH.

WELL, I CRIED A LOT,

DIDN'T I?

AFRAID I MIGHT BE

DOING THAT AGAIN

IF YOU FRIGHTEN HER AWAY

FROM ME.

YOU WANT ME TO INCLUDE HER,

TO TALK TO HER?

YES.

YES, I DO.

VERY WELL. I WILL.

I'LL TELL HER I DON'T CARE

FOR HER.

MOTHER!

YOU HURT HER,

AND I PROMISE YOU

I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

THOUGHT YOU SAID

YOU DIDN'T RIDE VERY MUCH.

[ CHUCKLES ] I DON'T.

I'M JUST SHOWING OFF

'CAUSE I FINALLY GOT YOU

TO MYSELF.

GOOD MORNING.

OH, GOOD MORNING, LOUISE.

IT'S NICE TO SEE HER ENJOYING

HERSELF FOR A CHANGE.

THE MOOD AROUND THIS PLACE

ISN'T GOOD FOR HER.

AH, SHE MAY BE RIGHT.

ESPECIALLY:

AN AMERICAN GIRL.

YOU CAN TELL SHE'S BEEN RAISED

ON PROMISES.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO

ABOUT THAT?

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO

ABOUT THAT?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

[ CHUCKLES ]

I SAW YOU SQUIRMING

WHEN MOTHER READ THE WILL.

YOU GAVE JOHN ENOUGH DIRTY LOOKS

TO GIVE HIM A HEART ATTACK.

DON'T JOKE ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW:

HE HAS A BAD HEART.

[ CHUCKLES ]

BUT I KNOW YOU DIDN'T MEAN

ANYTHING BY IT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU OUGH TO SPEND MORE TIME

WITH YOUR WIFE-TO-BE.

YOU'RE AN INTELLIGENT WOMAN,

LOUISE.

YOU NOTICE THINGS,

SIZE PEOPLE UP.

YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE HAPPY

AND KNOW WHEN SOMETHING'S

BOTHERING THEM.

I WANT YOU TO DO ME

A LITTLE FAVOR.

OF COURSE.

KEEP THAT MICROSCOPE YOU'VE

GOT BUILT INTO YOUR EYE

OFF OF ME.

I'LL SEE YOU.

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

THIS WILL TAKE YOU IN,

ALL RIGHT.

OH, THERE'S PLENTY OF VIEW

FROM UP THERE.

MUST BE VERY INTERESTING

TO KNOW ABOUT ALL

THE SECRET PASSAGEWAYS.

OH, I KNOW THEM ALL.

I'VE BEEN HERE 20 YEARS.

20 YEARS?

HOW WONDERFUL.

AH, WELL,

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.

YOU GET USED TO A FAMILY

AND YOU GET TO LIKE YOUR ROOM

AND YOU GET TO KNOW THE RUN

OF THE HOUSE.

AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT,

THERE YOU ARE -- 20 YEARS.

YOU MUST HAVE:

BEEN HERE, THEN,

WHEN, UH,

THE LITTLE GIRL...

AH, YES.

THAT WAS A SAD THING,

THAT WAS.

LORD HALORAN:

WAS A MUCH-LOVED MAN,

AND HE INVITED ONE OF

THE COUNTRY FELLOWS

UP HERE FOR HIS WEDDING.

OH, A BIG WEDDING

THAT WAS --

A BIG BANQUET,

AND EVERYONE INVITED.

SHE WAS ALL DRESSED UP

AS THE BRIDESMAID,

RUNNING ABOUT TO HER HEART'S

CONTENT ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN A WEDDING

HERE SINCE.

WHAT ABOUT KANE:

AND RICHARD?

WELL, IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS,

BUT I WOULDN'T BE BETTING

YOU'D SEE ANOTHER WEDDING HERE.

WELL, I MUST GO BACK

TO WORK.

[ FROGS CROAKING ]

[ OFF-KILTER

WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING ]

Kane:
BILLY? BILLY?

BILLY, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

OH, HELLO, KANE.

OH, SURE, SURE, I'M -- I'M FINE.

I WAS JUST REMEMBERING

ABOUT KATHLEEN.

KATHLEEN?

OH, YES, THE LITTLE GIRL.

RICHARD TOLD ME:

ALL ABOUT HER.

WE USED TO PLAY TOGETHER

RIGHT HERE.

SOMETIMES I THINK I CAN STILL

HEAR HER LAUGHING,

JUST LIKE THEN.

IS -- IS THIS

THE POND WHERE...?

YES.

SHE WAS MISSING ALL NIGHT.

MOTHER WAS FRANTIC,

ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE.

THE NEXT MORNING,

WE FOUND KATHLEEN FLOATING

IN THE WATER RIGHT OVER THERE.

I'M SORRY, BILLY.

NO, KANE, I'M SORRY.

I'M NOT ALWAYS SO MORBID.

IT'S JUST THAT THE FUNERAL

CEREMONY IS TODAY.

IT'S A VERY

BEAUTIFUL POND.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL JUS EXACTLY LIKE I IMAGINED

IRELAND WOULD BE.

IT RAINED THE DAY

OF THE FUNERAL.

WE STOOD AROUND HER GRAVE

UNDER BLACK UMBRELLAS,

AND THEN WE THREW FLOWERS

UNDER HER LITTLE HEADSTONE.

MOTHER LOOKED:

AT THE FLOWERS,

AND THEN SHE COLLAPSED.

EVERY YEAR:

IT'S BEEN THE SAME --

THE UMBRELLAS, FLOWERS...

AND MOTHER'S COLLAPSE.

BUT THAT WAS YEARS AGO.

WHY DO YOU KEEP HAVING THE SAME

CEREMONY OVER AND OVER AGAIN?

THERE'S SOME THINGS

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, NOT YET.

MOTHER'S PROBABLY WAITING.

IS RICHARD READY

FOR THE CEREMONY?

I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK HE'S IN HIS STUDIO.

HE SAID HE HAD:

A SUDDEN INSPIRATION,

SOMETHING ABOUT WANTING

TO FINISH A STATUE BEFORE --

ALL RIGHT, SIMON,

I'VE SEEN YOU.

COME OUT OF THERE NOW.

[ Irish accent ] I GIVE UP.

YOU CAUGHT ME FAIR AND SQUARE,

MASTER BILLY.

I GIVE MESELF UP.

SO, IT'S POACHING AGAIN,

ARE YOU, SIMON?

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU --

YOU JUST ABOUT SCARED THE WITS

OUT OF POOR MISS KANE HERE.

SHAME ON YOU, SIMON.

SHAME ON YOU!

'TWAS ONLY

OLD BUSHY TAIL I'M AFTER,

MAY HIS SOUL ROT.

I SWEAR BY THE SHADE OF

FINN McCOOL, MASTER BILLY.

I'M NOT POACHING

YOUR LEGAL GAME.

NO, 'TWAS ONLY THA NO-GOOD RABBIT-STEALING FOX

WHICH BRINGS ME HERE.

PLEASE, MASTER BILLY,

FOR THE MEMORY OF

YOUR LATE, GREAT FATHER --

GOD REST HIS SOUL --

DON'T TURN ME OVER TO THE BULLS.

OF COURSE NOT, SIMON,

BUT DON'T LET ME CATCH YOU

RUNNING AROUND THROUGH THE BRUSH

AGAIN LIKE THIS.

NOW OFF WITH YOU.

OH, GOD BLESS YOU, MY BOY.

IT IS A TRUE SIGN OF THE LATE,

GREAT LORD OF THIS ESTATE,

YOU ARE.

FORGIVE ME, MISS.

THE LAST THING IN THE WORLD

OLD SIMON WOULD WANT TO DO

IS TO FRIGHTEN:

A FRESH YOUNG BEAUTY...

LIKE YOURSELF.

BYE, SIMON.

OLD SIMON LIKES TO THINK

OF HIMSELF:

AS THE LAST OF THE GREA IRISH POACHERS.

ISN'T THAT DANGEROUS, RUNNING

AROUND WITH A GUN LIKE THAT?

I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN FIRED

FOR 30 YEARS.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE

IT'S LOADED.

WELL, THEN HOW DOES HE CATCH

ANYTHING, OR DOES HE?

WELL, HE SETS OUT SNARES

FOR RABBITS,

AND WHEN HE:

FINDS THEM EMPTY,

HE BLAMES I ON OLD BUSHY TAIL.

OLD BUSHY TAIL'S A FOX,

OR AT LEAS SIMON THINKS SO.

NOBODY'S EVER SEEN

OLD BUSHY TAIL,

AND I DON'T THINK

SIMON HAS, EITHER.

[ MOURNFUL MUSIC PLAYING ]

[ BELL TOLLING ]

[ SCREAMS ]

PLEASE, LET ME HELP.

HAVE LILLIAN:

PREPARE HER ROOM.

I'LL TAKE CARE OF HER.

WHAT HAPPENED?

ONE OF THE FLOWERS DIED

WHEN IT TOUCHED HER GRAVE.

[ BREATHES DEEPLY ]

[ MOANS ]

Shhhhh.

REST.

THERE'S SOMETHING

IN THIS HOUSE,

LIKE MUSIC:

IN THE HALLWAYS...

LIKE A CHILD'S MUSIC,

ASKING ME SOMETHING,

BUT MORE LIKE BEGGING ME.

BEGGING FOR WHAT?

BEGGING FOR HER MOTHER

TO LISTEN TO HER.

YOU KNOW?

I'VE HEARD HER.

SHE ASKS FOR YOU.

POOR TINY THING.

SHE WANTS YOU TO LISTEN

TO HER,

TO WATCH FOR HER SIGNS.

OH, I DO TRY.

DO YOU KNOW:

WHAT SHE WANTS?

SHE'LL TELL ME.

I PROMISE YOU.

SHE'LL TELL ME.

[ EXHALES HAPPILY ]

NOW REST.

SHE'LL GIVE US A SIGN.

I PROMISE YOU.

Shh.

[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

[ TOY WHIRRING ]

[ WHIRRING STOPS ]

[ BALL THUDS ]

[ GASPS ]

[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYING ]

[ TOY WHIRRING ]

[ WHIRRING STOPS ]

[ WHIRRING RESUMES ]

[ WHIRRING STOPS ]

[ WHIRRING RESUMES ]

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

ARE YOU LOST?

NO. ARE YOU?

I THINK YOU'LL FIND THA YOU'RE IN QUITE THE WRONG PAR OF CASTLE HALORAN

TO FIND YOUR ROOM.

GOOD NIGHT, LOUISE.

GOOD NIGHT.

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING ]

[ FROGS CROAKING ]

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMAXES ]

AAH!

[ GASPS ]

[ SCREAMING ]

[ GASPING ]

[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYING ]

CONSIDER YOUR MIND AS A BIRD

IN YOUR HAND.

WHEN IT'S RELAXED,

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