Rosemary's Baby Page #2

I hope it works.

It's a beautiful charm, though.

I've never seen anything like it.

European.

The Castevets are the most wonderful

people in the world, bar none.

They picked me up off the sidewalk, literally.

You were sick?

I was starving and on dope

and doing a lot of other things.

They're childless, though.

I'm like the daughter they never had.

At first I thought they wanted me

for some kind of a sex thing...

but they've turned out to be

like real grandparents.

It's nice to know there are people like that...

when you hear so much about apathy...

and people who are afraid of getting involved.

I'd be dead now if it wasn't for them.

That's an absolute fact.

Dead or in jail.

You don't have any family

that could've helped you?

A brother in the navy.

Why, it's impossible

to be a hundred percent sure.

If you want my opinion,

we shouldn't tell her at all.

- That's my opinion!

- That must be the partition.

It's the back part of the original ten

with a dining room.

And there's...

there's a closet over here...

and then there's a closet over here.

- What floor?

- Seven.

Stay back, will ya, lady?

Get back, now, will you, please?

Get back. There's nothin' to see.

- Oh, my God!

- Get back, will you, please?

Jesus!

- Get back!

- We know her.

- What's her name?

- Terry.

Terry what?

Ro?

What was her name again?

Terry what?

Uh, I don't remember.

An Italian name.

She was staying with some people

named Castevet. 7-A.

Yeah, we got that already.

Short and sweet. She stuck it

to the windowsill with a Band-Aid.

- Theresa Gionoffrio.

- Move on!

Move on!

- You knew her?

- Only slightly.

- Come on, Ro. Let's go.

- Oh! Here they come.

You folks the Castevets on the seventh floor?

We are.

You have a young woman named

Theresa Gionoffrio living with you?

We do. What's wrong?

Has there been an accident?

You'd better brace yourself for some bad news.

She's dead.

Jumped out of the window.

That's not possible.

That's a mistake.

Artie, want to let these folks

take a look, please?

I knew this would happen.

She got deeply depressed

every three weeks or so.

I told my wife about it,

but she pooh-poohed me.

Well, I... It doesn't mean

she killed herself.

She was a very happy girl

with no reason for self-destruction.

She... must've been cleanin'

the windows or something.

- She wasn't cleaning windows at midnight.

- Why not? Maybe she was.

Is that her handwriting?

- Yeah.

- Definitely. Absolutely.

Thank you. I'll see this gets back to you

when we're done with it.

I don't believe it.

I just don't believe it.

- She was so happy.

- Who's the next of kin?

Ah, she was all alone.

She didn't have anybody. Only us.

- Didn't she have a brother?

- Did she?

She said she did... in the navy.

- It's news to me.

- Do you know

where he's stationed?

No, I don't.

She mentioned him to me in the laundry room.

- I'm Rosemary Woodhouse.

- Uh, we're in 7-E.

I feel just the way you do,

Mrs. Castevet.

She seemed so happy and full of...

She said wonderful things about you

and your husband, how grateful she was.

Thank you.

Know anything else about this brother

except he's in the navy?

- No, I don't.

- It should be easy to find him.

- I'm so stunned and so sorry.

- Yeah, it's such a pity.

Well, thank you.

Sometimes I wonder how come

you're the leader of anything!

Please don't tell me

what Laura-Louise said...

because I'm not interested!

If you'd listened to me,

we wouldn't have had to do this!

- We'd have been all set to go now instead

of havin' to start all over from scratch!

- Shh!

I told you not to tell her in advance!

I told you

she wouldn't be open-minded!

I told Sister Veronica about the windows...

and she withdrew the school

from the competition. Otherwise...

Hello. How are you?

- Fine. May I come in a minute?

- Yes, of course. Please do.

I just come over to thank you for saying

those nice things the other night.

- Oh, no, please...

- Poor Terry.

We thought maybe we failed her some way...

though her note made it crystal clear we hadn't.

You'll never know how helpful it was

in such a shock moment.

So I do thank you. Roman does too.

Roman's my hubby.

You're welcome.

I'm glad I could help.

Yeah. Well, she was

cremated yesterday.

Now we gotta forget and go on.

It won't be easy. We don't have children

of our own. You have any?

- No, we don't.

- No? Well, there you...

Oh! That's a nice...

Look how you put the table!

Isn't that interesting?

- I saw it in a magazine.

- Oh, my.

Nice paint job. Oh.

Oh. Oh, that's nice. What is that?

That's the TV room?

Well, only temporarily.

It's going to be a nursery.

- Oh, you pregnant?

- No, not yet.

- I hope to be as soon as we're settled.

- Wonderful.

Well, you're young and healthy.

You ought to have lots of children.

We plan to have three.

Dying to see what you did to this apartment.

The woman who had it before

was a dear friend of mine.

- I know. Terry told me.

- Oh, did she?

- You two had some long talks together

in the laundry room, huh?

- Only one.

Oh, my goodness!

Ah, it looks so much brighter.

What do you pay for a chair like that?

Uh... Oh, I'm not sure, really.

I think about $200.

What does your hubby do?

He's an actor.

I knew it!

I said it to Roman yesterday.

He's so good-Iookin'.

What movies was he in?

No movies.

He was in two plays...

called Luther and Nobody Loves An Albatross...

and a lot of television and radio.

Listen, Rosemary,

I got a two-inch-thick sirloin steak...

sittin' defrostin' this minute.

Why don't you and Guy come over and have

supper with us tonight? What do you say?

- Oh, no, we couldn't.

- Why not?

- No. Really, that's very kind of you, but...

- It would be a real help to us.

First night we'll be alone since...

Are you sure it wouldn't be

too much trouble for you?

Honey, if it was trouble, I wouldn't ask you.

All right. You go ahead and count on us.

I'll have to check with Guy, though.

Listen, you tell him

I won't take no for an answer.

Oh, here's your mail.

Nah, ads.

Thank you.

Yoo-hoo!

Donald Baumgart got that part.

It's a bad play anyway.

Even if it folds out of town,

it's the kind of part that gets noticed.

Mrs. Castevet was here...

to thank me for what I said about Terry.

She is the nosiest person I've ever seen.

You know she actually asked

the prices of things?

- No kidding.

- Mm.

She invited us to have dinner with them tonight.

I told her I'd have to check with you

but that it'd probably be okay.

Oh, Jesus.

We don't have to do that, do we, honey?

I think they're Ionely.

We get friendly with an old couple like that,

we'll never get rid of them.

They're right across the wall.

I told her she could count on us.

- You don't have to sulk about it.

- I'm not sulking.

I see exactly what you mean.

- Hell, we'll go.

- No, no. What for?

- We'll go!

- No, we don't have to if you don't want to.

That sounds so phony, but I really mean it.

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