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I mean, she even gave me

a phone number and address.

Now, what was her name...

...this girl I was supposed

to be with?

I just kept seeing you

with this girl.

Oh, Hugh.

I want to go home.

I want to go to Green Cove.

- Can we both go?

- Of course.

- Can we go together?

- Yes.

- Right now?

- In a few days.

I have to square things away,

and then we'll go, all right?

Listen, listen.

There is no one else.

There is only you... Just you.

Come here.

Give me a kiss.

Give me a kiss.

Cathryn?

Cathryn? Jesus Christ!

What's the matter, baby?

Are you all right?

What happened?

You scared the sh*t out of me.

Are you all right, baby?

- What happened?

- No, I just have...

What are you yelling so for?

- I just had a dream.

- A dream?

What kind of dream?

Cathryn, I have got

to know what's happened.

- Leave me alone!

- All right.

- I don't know!

- All right.

All right.

Now, I'll call George.

You just stay there and rest.

I'll call George, and he'll

take care of everything.

Then we'll drive out

to Green Cove.

It will take us

a couple of hours.

We both need a rest.

The beginning.

"Long, long ago"...

wrote Ancient,

the wise historian...

...in big, slow, spidery writing...

"the most heavenly spirit

of the universe...

"tossed from her finger

like an emerald...

"the fair land of Umberny.

"Very far down through

the reaches of the sky...

"it fell...

"to sink into the heart

of the great continent.

"To Umberny's north lay Goll.

"To Umberny's south lay Gonn.

"To east and west...

"to east and west...

"a great many other lands lie...

"but none is as fair

as the land of the Umbs."

It's beautiful.

I love it here.

There's a covey of quail

down there.

Right down there,

between those trees.

Umbs, as you probably know...

...are very small people...

quarrelsome, peaceful,

jealous and kind...

...cowardly, brave,

happy and sad...

...as man-children have been

since the dawn of time.

They live in caves or little,

stone, conical houses...

wear thick, furry bearskins...

...hunt and fish and farm...

...and paint wonderful things

on the walls of their caves.

But one thing you can never

tell about an Umb is his age.

Some are born looking old...

...others you'd think

are 5 or 12...

...can very well turn out

to be 300.

And as nobody in Umberny

can count...

...nobody bothers a bit.

"I do believe...

I do believe I can begin"...

...the wise old historian

muttered...

...and he shuffled across

to a shelf stacked up...

with pieces of fresh bark...

...and pots and pots

of mammoth blood...

...shuffled back

with his fresh sheet...

...and dipped his quill again.

"In 59310,

here at the Umbs'...

"spring had fallen overnight...

"rushing from beyond

the ends of the Earth."

You don't mind

going down alone, do you?

- No.

- Light a fire.

I won't be long.

You've got the keys, don't you?

Cathryn.

Who's up there? Who is it?

Hugh.

Hugh?

Hugh?

Hugh, the chim...

Hugh, the chimney's on...

Cathryn?

Jesus Christ, Cathryn!

Open the flue!

You didn't open the flue!

Turn off the gas.

Turn it off!

Have you... Turn it off.

It's not off.

Wait. Here, Cat.

Let me... There.

Open the window.

Here, let me get that.

Jesus Christ.

Were you upstairs just now?

- What?

- Were you upstairs?

Of course not. Why?

Why did you ask me that?

I must be imagining things.

I just thought...

I heard somebody moving about.

It's impossible.

Hugh, I did hear something.

What are you trying to do...

smoke him out?

I heard something, anyway.

I'll have a look.

Maybe some animal got up there.

Cathryn.

Got him.

Got him.

What a chase...

down the hall...

...into the bathroom,

into the bedroom...

...then the linen closet.

That's where

I first saw the spoor.

A couple of elves

riding his back.

Got them, too.

Two in 1 shot.

We'll bury them

after dinner in the back.

What's for dinner?

Spaghetti and salad.

Spaghetti.

Forgot the wine.

I put out 4 bottles

of the whiskey.

I know.

I was using them

with the fruit and the cheese...

...in a setup.

Forgot them.

It doesn't matter. You can

get some when you go into town.

Spaghetti without wine...

...is like a ship

without a rudder...

...and tomorrow is another day.

Wait a minute.

Good.

Gonna try for those birds

one more time.

Hugh, didn't we have a colander?

- A what?

- A colander.

You know, that pan

with the holes in it.

Strainer!

Did you take that home?

No. I've got one at home.

You mean, we own 2 colanders?

Find it?

No, but you'll never guess

what I did find.

What?

This must have been here

since last summer.

Valpolicella.

Remember when John and Sherry

came up for the week...

...and brought

a whole case of it?

Now, that's really the luck

of the gods, isn't it?

Where did you find it?

Behind the deep freeze.

Did you find the colander?

- Do you really need it?

- What?

The strainer thing.

I'm sure glad

you found the wine.

Like I said...

...spaghetti without wine...

...is like a ship

without a rudder.

Hugh?

What?

What?

Will you be long?

Oh, my God.

And Hero saw...

...a perfectly oval,

sea-green stone...

...no bigger

than a linnet's egg.

"Oh, my goodness!

It can't be," he cried.

But it was.

Thinking stones...

...even in Umberny...

...are terribly rare

and hard to find...

...for they are magical.

They can help you

in the smallest ways, like...

...like reminding you how many pies

you had for tea or...

Things really don't change,

do they?

You always looked

on the dark side of life.

Or where you left your spear.

Who is he?

Your husband?

Or with big things

like dreaming up a poem.

What's his name?

Henri? Duc?

Bravo.

Or did you

find another French lover?

This is not happening.

This is not happening.

I will not let this happen.

He has taught you games.

Like you used to say...

...or tell myself...

"I'm not really

making love with him.

"That will make

everything all right."

You are dead...

...and you have been dead

for 3 years.

You can't be here.

I won't let this happen.

Do you know...

...every time we meet,

you actually used to act...

...like it was the first time...

...and I could never

have made love to you.

Cathryn...

Shut up! You're dead!

I am a ghost.

Do I scare you?

My God!

You weren't on that plane.

You weren't

in that crash.

Somebody took your place.

Somebody else died, not you.

You put me on the plane,

remember?

You stood behind a post

and blew me a little kiss.

You were afraid

someone would see you...

...and it would get back to him.

Why did you do it?

Die?

Die?

All right.

Hugh will be here

in a moment...

...and then we'll see

who's here and who isn't.

He will think you're crazy...

...if he comes in and hears you

talking to yourself.

Come on.

Come on, Cathy.

Let's go upst...

Oh, God!

My, my, my.

The ghost bleeds.

What did you do that for?

You could have killed me!

Again?

Oh, my God.

Did you bleed like that

on the plane?

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