Premature Burial
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Good afternoon, Miss Gault.
Good afternoon, Judson.
I'd like to see...
Hello, Kate.
What do you want?
Will you tell Guy that
I would like to see him?
I'm afraid he doesn't
Wish to see you.
I shall have to hear
that from Guy himself.
Oh, really, Kate,
don't you think...
at least I deserve
an explanation?
Very well.
Will you please wait here?
I'm sorry.
Guy does not wish to see you.
I told you I'd have to hear
that from Guy himself.
Guy?
Emily.
Emily, you...
you shouldn't have come here.
So I understand.
But, Guy, don't you think
I deserve something...
a little more than a letter?
Look at me and tell me
you don't love me.
My darling,
I do love you... very much.
That's why I sent you
that letter...
because I do love you.
Now, darling, please go away
and forget you ever met me.
I know what happened, Guy.
My father told me.
Did he tell you why?
Despite what he thinks...
I didn't run away from what
Was inside that coffin...
but from what I knew
to be inside me.
L... I don't understand.
If you do understand,
then you'll realize...
Come with me.
Where does this lead?
Below.
Are you all right?
Yes, I... I think so.
Do you want to go back?
No. No.
to meet the rest of my family.
Well, here they are...
all my ancestors,
famous and infamous...
laid here to...
What is the term?
To rest.
From the beginning,
death has come...
to the Carrells
like an assassin...
but the least fortunate
of all was my father.
How did he die?
Like a single candle
in a dark and airless room.
Emily, my father...
Guy.
Kate, why are you here?
It's time for your medicine.
Oh, yes. I'd forgotten.
I'm sorry. Thank you.
What medicine?
Laudanum.
Guy, is this the cause of...
No. Not a cause. An effect.
Without it, I couldn't sleep.
Guy, tell me.
With your father...
that night.
I'm interested only
in private research.
I can never forget
that poor wretch...
Whose grave they robbed.
His staring eyes...
his clutching hands...
his fingernails
broken and bloody...
from the vain attempt
to claw away...
the lid of that coffin.
You see, all this has
a special meaning for me, Emily.
For years,
I've lived in dread...
The unendurable
oppression of the lungs...
the stifling fumes
of the damp earth...
the rigid embrace
of the coffin...
the blackness
of absolute night...
and the silence...
like an overwhelming sea.
And then,
invisible in the darkness...
but all too hideously real
to the other senses...
the presence
of the conqueror worm.
Guy!
I'm sorry.
These are just morbid fantasies.
I'm afraid not.
Every member of my family...
has met with a violent
and horrible death.
I now wait my turn.
How did your father die?
Catalepsy.
Do you know what that is?
When it strikes...
outward sign of being dead.
But he's not dead. He's alive.
I was barely 13
When my father was stricken.
Doctor said
it was a heart attack...
and there was a funeral...
and he was sealed in this vault.
That night...
a pitiful, desperate cry.
I begged with them.
I pleaded with them.
"He's alive.
He's alive," I said...
Because it wasn't true.
It was!
I heard him.
In your mind.
No, Kate.
It would be easier
for me to accept that.
But I know the truth.
God help me,
I know the truth!
My father's inheritance
and my wedding gift to you...
catalepsy.
Now you know why
I asked your forgiveness.
There's nothing to forgive.
But you must understand...
I understand
that I love you...
and that I want
to be your wife.
Miss Gault...
My brother is ill.
back to health.
Emily...
Guy, if you love me...
if you really love me...
you won't shut me out
of your life.
You'll let me share it with you.
You want that?
After what you've heard?
More than ever before.
Tell her, Guy.
Tell her.
Kate...
you've been most considerate...
and you've always
thought of my welfare.
That is true.
But in some things,
I must make my own decisions.
Of course.
Then I take it you have
made your decision?
I have.
Then let it be
on your own head.
Do you, Guy...
take Emily to be your
lawful wedded wife...
for better, for worse,
in sickness and in health...
So long as ye both shall live?
I do.
Do you, Emily, take Guy...
to be your lawful
Wedded husband...
for better, for worse...
in sickness and in health...
So long as ye both shall live?
I do.
If there be any here
Who know just cause...
Why these two should
not be joined together...
in holy matrimony...
let him speak now
or forever hold his peace.
The ring, please.
Repeat after me.
With this ring, I thee wed.
Then I do pronounce you
man and wife.
Champagne, Lady Catherine?
Thank you.
Oh, yes, a beautiful ceremony.
A toast... to the most
beautiful bride...
and the most fortunate
groom who ever lived.
May they be happy
to the end of their days.
No, Guy. Not in front
of everyone.
Well, then, you'd better
go and play something...
before I lose control
completely.
Isn't she beautiful?
Very.
Are you enjoying
yourself, father?
Hmm?
Don't stop playing, Emily.
It's lovely.
I want to wish you
every happiness.
Thank you, Miles.
You're going to Venice...
for the honeymoon, I understand.
What was that? L... I'm sorry.
I inquired if you were going
to Venice for your honeymoon...
and I'm not accustomed
to people...
Carrell!
Forgive me, please.
What the devil's
the matter with the fella?
- Emily.
- Yes, darling?
That melody you're playing...
What is it?
"Molly Malone. "
Don't you like it?
No. Please stop playing.
But it's a charming melody.
I said please stop playing it!
I'm sorry. I...
Is there anything I can do, Guy?
No, nothing.
I'll come with you, Guy.
All of you,
leave me alone, please!
Guy. Guy, darling.
Please wake up.
They've all gone now.
Yes, Emily.
Are you feeling better?
I think so.
What's the matter, Guy?
What happened to you down there?
I can't remember, exactly.
I was talking with
your father, and then...
And then what?
The music.
Something about the music
you were playing.
What was it about the music?
It was the tune
he was whistling that night.
Who was?
There were two of them.
Sweeney and Mole
Were their names.
Oh, filthy,
disgusting creatures.
They were the ones
Who opened the grave...
and all the time whistling
that loathsome tune.
Darling...
Now we're alone.
Alone.
Just the two of us.
Together.
What was that?
I don't know.
It sounded like a scream.
Stay here.
King.
King, old fellow.
He is dead.
It must have been the lightning.
We'll bury him.
As you wish.
Now let us go in
out of the rain, Guy.
Why, he was only stunned.
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