The Dressmaker Page #6

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in her witness statement.

I...suspected as much.

If you doubted her, you... you...

you should never

have sent me away.

You had no... you had no right.

And he... he had no right

to send me away.

He had... a right.

What does that mean?

He had a parental right.

What?!

Evan Pettyman is your father.

What?

MARIGOLD:
Murderer!

- (GUESTS EXCLAIM)

- (MARIGOLD SOBS)

Marigold! Don't make a scene,

for Christ's sake!

Jeez, Marigold, don't...

I didn't do it.

- People are staring!

- Murderer!

You get away from her,

you b*tch!

- (GUESTS EXCLAIM)

- ALVIN:
Teddy! No!

Teddy! Teddy, calm down.

Calm down.

Tell her it isn't true!

That l... l didn't kill her son.

I...I couldn't have.

And this... this statement

is just a pack of lies!

She's mad!

Look, you... you believe me.

You tell them!

Tilly, it doesn't matter

what I believe.

I investigated the incident.

I talked to everyone... everyone here.

Everyone was accounted for -

at home, in the pub, with friends.

It is true, Tilly.

I... I wish it weren't.

But the fact is...

you were the only one there.

I want to press charges.

You shut your mouth, Pettyman,

or I'll break your neck.

- Alright?

- Come on, Teddy.

EVAN:
You hit me, McSwiney.

TEDDY:
Tilly!

Till.

BARNEY:
Tilly!

Tilly, you moved!

You moved, Tilly.

Why... why...

why didn't you tell me?

Why?

You should never have come back.

BARNEY:
But she moved!

You moved, Tilly!

- You moved!

- Shut up, Barney.

No! She moved!

I saw him! I saw him!

He done it himself! I saw!

- She moved, Teddy.

- I'm sorry, mate. Sorry.

- No.

- Come on, calm down.

- What are you trying to say?

- He done it. I saw.

I saw him done it, Teddy.

TEDDY:
Hey, you've gotta

calm down, alright?

BARNEY:
She moved.

At the school, she moved.

I saw, Teddy. I saw him.

She moved.

Don't. Stop.

(SQUEALS)

(SOBS)

TILLY:
Stop!

Let go!

Teddy, Stop it!

Stop it!

Wait!

Stop it.

Stop it, Teddy. (PANTS)

He cornered you like this, didn't he?

Made sure you couldn't scream.

And then he said something to you.

What did he say?

"Stand... stand... stand

really, really still, Dunnybum,"

"or I'll come around

to your house tonight"

"and kill your mother, the slut."

"And then, when she's dead..."

"I'll get you."

And he let you go,

but you didn't run.

You just closed your eyes

and stood there. Why?

TILLY:
Um... (WHIMPERS)

I was waiting.

TEDDY:
For what?

What were you

waiting for, Myrtle?

Um...

To die.

To die.

Stewart used to run at kids

like he was a bull. You remember?

He'd run at them

with his head down,

ram straight in their gut.

Aargh!

(GROANS)

Not this time.

This time, it was just you and him.

(WHIMPERS) Yeah.

(WHIMPERS)

You were gonna die,

but you didn't. Why?

(WHIMPERS)

I moved.

- You moved.

- I mo... l moved!

Barney saw the whole thing

from on top of the silo.

Stewart hit the wall full pelt

and broke his own stupid neck.

(TILLY WHIMPERS)

TEDDY:
He didn't tell anyone

because...

he was afraid they'd say he was lying

and send him away again.

(TILLY SOBS)

Instead, they sent you away.

Hey.

You didn't kill Stewart Pettyman.

He killed himself.

(TILLY SOBS SOFTLY)

I suppose we should

get married now.

Why not?

It's what they'd hate most.

Have a big wedding in Dungatar,

rub their noses in it...

then move away.

Oh...

- To where?

- A better place.

Where there's no Elsbeth or Beulah

or Councillor Pettyman.

No hate or revenge.

Better Saturday night dances.

What about my mad mother?

Will we take her too?

Yeah. Why not?

We'll even take my slow brother.

Ohh.

Yes, Barney.

Yeah, we'll take Barney.

That a yes?

- So, Till.

- Mm-hm?

You see any spacemen

or rocket ships?

Nuh.

Teddy, look!

It's a bird!

It's a plane!

It's Superman!

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

It can't be. He's right here.

With powers and abilities

far beyond those of mortal man.

(SIGHS)

Fearless.

Fearless.

What about my curse?

I told you - I don't believe in curses.

I'll show you.

What are you doing?

Oh, you...

you aren't seriously thinking

of jumping off this silo in the dark?

No, of course not.

That's for foolish little boys.

Jumping into the silo - that's for men.

What?!

No, don't...

No. Don't... (CHUCKLES)

No, don't.

- What if it's empty?

- Nah, it's full of wheat.

Trucks loaded in this morning.

- Are those mice?

- Yep.

Please, Teddy, don't.

No, look, Te... No, no.

No, no, no, no, no, Teddy.

- D-don't. Don't.

- Say, "I am no longer cursed."

- Don't, please...

- Say it.

Don't.

- Teddy...

- You didn't say it.

No. Wait. Ted...

(MUFFLED THUD)

Teddy?

(SIGHS)

That's very funny.

Teddy.

Alright, I'll say it.

Teddy...

I am no longer cur...

I am no longer cursed!

There is no curse, Teddy.

Teddy?

Teddy?!

Somebody...

Teddy?!

Somebody... help me...

Teddy! Teddy!

Help me, somebody!

(DISTRAUGHT) Teddy!

(MACHINERY CLATTERS,

MEN SHOUT IN DISTANCE)

(SIGHS)

BARNEY:
(CHUCKLES)

What's Teddy done now?

(CHUCKLES)

They cut a big hole in that silo, Ma!

(CHUCKLES)

Look at the wheat flying! (CHUCKLES)

It's not wheat, Barney. It's sorghum.

Nah, Teddy wouldn't jump

into sorghum.

You know that.

No. He'd...

No, Teddy wouldn't jump into that.

(CHUCKLES UNCERTAINLY)

You can drown in sorghum!

Teddy?!

Mate?!

Barney, why don't you take the littlies

for a walk down by the creek?

Your dad and I have gotta have

a talk with Sergeant Farrat.

(CAR DOOR OPENS)

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

FARRAT:
It took them three hours

to cut a hole in that silo.

(SIGHS)

Oh...

He was trapped in there too long.

(SOBS)

He suffocated.

No.

Teddy.

(SCREAMS) Teddy!

(WAILS)

No!

(SCREAMS)

MAE:
(m DISTANCE) Teddy!

No!

(SCREAMS)

Teddy!

(SOBS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(DOOR OPENS)

Funeral's on Wednesday.

I couldn't ask his dad or...

any of the kids to help me.

Didn't want none of that...

town lot touching him.

Come on, then. We'll wash him

and we'll put him in his suit.

My beautiful boy.

(SNIFFLES)

FARRAT:
Fear no more

the heat 0' the sun...

(MUFFLED) ..nor

the furious winter's rages.

All your worldly tasks are done...

(VOICE FADES)

(SHEEP BLEAT IN DISTANCE)

(FLY BUZZES)

(BIRDS WARBLE)

- She murdered him!

- She's cursed.

She got it from her mother.

Well, I think she pushed him in.

Sergeant Farrat should lock her up!

(WALKING STICK THUDS)

It was you lot killed Teddy.

He died trying to prove his love for her

was stronger than your hate.

Anyone would die trying to prove that.

- Free, is it?

- ALVIN:
10 shillings.

12 shillings.

(COINS JINGLE)

As soon as she's able...

I'll see to it she finishes

what she started.

Because Teddy was wrong.

You can't be left to yourselves.

Or to fate!

You're the curse.

And you've got to be stopped.

Oh.

What's this?

"Summer Eisteddfod -

Winyerp versus Dungatar."

"Best play, best set design, best..."

"costume."

I wonder who Winyerp will get

to do their costumes.

Thank heavens you have Una.

MOLLY:
You're gonna make me

something. Why not?

You make frocks for them.

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