The Three Lives of Thomasina Page #8

has been saying so.

Would he be

a friend of yours?

He's no friend of mine, sir.

Hughie Stirling's

a bit of a fool, sir.

Everybody knows that.

would you do something

about the circus animals?

Aye, I, uh,

I Will when I can.

Well, uh, run along now,

all of you.

He won't do anything.

He wasn't even listening.

Yes, he was.

He said he'd go when he can.

He doesn't care

about those animals.

Well, we can't do

any more, can we?

Yes, we can. We've got to. Hey, Geordie.

We could tell the witch

about it - Lori.

The witch?

Aye, why not?

You say you're not

afraid of her.

You could tell her.

Me?

She'd maybe put a spell

on those gypsies,

Turn that big one into a horse

or a bear and learn for himself

What it's like

to be badly treated.

I bet she'd do it.

Go and tell her, Geordie.

Go on. I dare you.

Why, Geordie,

hello there.

I came to ask you

something, please.

Will you come in, then?

It's better if I do.

I brought you a present

if you'd like it.

It's because

you cured my frog.

Oh, Geordie, you didn't

have to do that.

How is your frog?

Och, he's fine.

This is my present.

I made it myself.

What a beautiful

pipe rack.

Thank you, Geordie.

It's just what I need.

I thought you might.

I was -

we were wondering

If you'd do something else

with magic.

Another frog?

Och, no.

There's a gypsy circus

down in the Glen

With all kinds of animals

and a bear,

And the people are

awful cruel to them,

Beating them and that,

and they're half starved.

Have you told the police?

Aye, and Mr. Macdhui,

But they won't do

anything about it.

Mr. Macdhui won't?

No, we asked him,

and he said so.

We thought maybe

you could put some magic

On the gypsies to stop them.

Would you, please?

The bear's got

an awful sore foot.

I'll go and see what I can

do, anyway, I promise you that.

I knew you would.

Oh, thank you.

I have to go now.

She's going to do it!

She's going to put a spell

on the gypsies!

You cannot stay in here

all day and night

Torturing yourself, man.

You've had no rest,

no food.

Rest? What rest can I have?

Strathsay says

she's no longer fighting.

It's as if she's lost

the Will to live.

Where is Strathsay?

He said he'd be back by now.

He said the fever

must run its course.

There's no crisis yet.

He's done what he can

for Mary.

We're all of us

praying for her.

Praying?

I humbled myself

and prayed, too.

I'd crawl on my hands and knees if

begging for her life would save it.

She's lost and hurt, angus.

I can make no contact

with her.

I wonder...

Perhaps someone

who has the gift

For hurt and lost creatures

Could unlock the child's mind.

You mean Lori Macgregor?

I do.

Then ask her.

Bring her here.

She's unlocked your mind

enough to make you realize

You're not sufficient

yourself.

Stay here

with the child, Angus.

Lori?

Lori!

So one night

the man came again...

Lori!

...But this time

he looked helpless

And lost

And frightened.

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Now let's get the bear out.

We'll have him on next.

Wait a minute.

What are you doing

in there?

She's the witch

the women speak of.

Come on out, you!

If you're in charge here,

you should be ashamed.

Your dogs are sick,

these horses past work.

The bear is... You're breaking my heart.

All right, then,

you dance, witch.

you do

the bear's act for him.

Come on.

it's the witch.

no! Aah!

Let -

Let me go!

Let me go!

Andrew!

you dance

for the bear.

Look at him!

Look at Mr. Macdhui!

Who's in charge here?

I am. King Targu.

What right have you

to knock about my people?

What exactly

were you doing?

Driving out the witch who

set the evil eye upon us.

Evil eye? I've heard about the evil

you do with these wretched beasts.

What do you want here?

I have the power to close down

your show for cruelty to animals.

That's what I'm going to do.

You'll pay for this.

Get him, and the witch!

Behind your back,

Mr. Macdhui!

I'm not standing

for this. Come on!

Get the boys out of here.

Keep clear of this.

ooh.

Form a water chain! Quick!

Lori, get those children

out of here. Quick!

Macquarrie, take that man in

charge for cruelty to animals.

Here, give a hand here!

Try to hold still.

The bleeding has stopped, but it's

an awful deep cut you have there.

Lori, Will you listen

to me?

I've told you I'll not till

I finish dressing this wound.

You should have gone down to

Inveranoch with the others,

To a doctor, and not come up here to me.

Stop! Listen to me, m...

I am listening, Andrew.

I'm a wee bit scared not to

when you're so fierce.

I was afraid of you

down there in the fightin',

And afraid for you.

I came up here

looking for you,

Just like the other strays

and the lost that come to you.

Why?

My daughter is sick

with pneumonia,

And I need your help.

I want you

to come to her with me.

To your house?

Please come.

Why me?

Well, you have a

- a kind of a magic for the hurt and the sick.

I've hurt the child so much that

her sickness is the worse for it.

You have? How?

Well, she had a pet that

she loved more than anything.

I had to have it destroyed.

I didn't realize how much

it meant to the child,

But in-in doing

what I did, I...

I betrayed her trust in me.

I killed something in her.

Lori, you prayed yourself

once, didn't you?

And you said

that my coming here

Could be the answer to

the prayer. Aye, it was.

Well, I prayed, too, and your coming

with me now could be the answer to that...

For me, for Mary.

Will you come, please?

So... He brought you.

What have you

been doing, man,

To get in that state -

brawling somewhere?

How is she?

The same.

What is this?

Mary?

Mary Macdhui.

Do you hear me?

Andrew,

may I take her?

Do what you Will.

What does this woman think

she's doing? Let her be.

Andrew, there's

so little of her left.

When the man took Lori away

and they left me alone,

I was frightened.

I had to be with somebody.

The feeling grew stronger

And stronger.

Suddenly, like the lightning

flash that split the tree,

Everything -

My other lost life -

came back to me.

I knew where I belonged.

I had to go home.

Home.

Home.

Home!

Thomasina!

Can't be.

It's my Thomasina.

Yours?

I found her sick

and nursed her.

Is she hers?

Is that the pet?

Thomasina! Thomasina!

Lori, call her!

Make her come in.

No, you must.

She must come to you.

Thomasina.

Don't you see

that if Thomasina

Is the love

your child has lost,

Only you can give it

back to her.

Call her. Make her come.

Thomasina.

Come to me.

For the love of God,

come to me.

I knew him now...

Macdhui, my murderer...

And he needed me.

Without me, he was lost.

So this was my Chance,

The moment of truth

for both of us.

Thomasina.

Come to me.

Yet, because of my

second life with Lori...

Thomasina...

...Because of what

I'd learned from her,

I didn't want revenge.

I wanted to come home.

Mary.

Mary...

I brought Thomasina

to you.

She's come back

to life again.

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