The Time of Their Lives Page #4

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I'd know it anywhere.

Look at the artist's name:

Stuart.

So? And that harpsichord.

That note "A."

It always did stick.

Hmph.

This is the original too.

I-I can't be wrong.

Do you realize what this means? It means

they were stuck with a lot of old furniture.

Don't be so stupid. It means they

found all the original furniture.

Perhaps in this house, at this very moment,

is your letter from George Washington.

My letter?

From George Washington?

Horatio, if we find it... It'll

prove that we're not traitors.

Then we'll be able to get away from this

place at last. Where'll we look first?

In the library, of course.

That's where Tom had it.

Come on. Let's search the library.

Nora! It won't be long now!

Melody, when you said "secret

compartment," you meant secret.

I can't find a thing.!

Melody, do I have to do

all the work around here?

Oh, my,

wasn't I lovely, Horatio?

Course, I'm in the wrong place.

We're both in the wrong place.

If we don't find that letter,

we're never gonna get out of here.

Be patient with me, Horatio. Be patient.

Do you realize that my girlfriend Nora...

has been waitin' for me

for 165 years?

And a girl will only wait so

long, and no longer. All right.

Let me see.

Desk, books, chair.

Clock. Have you searched

the clock, Horatio?

The clock? Melody, in my day, I

was the best tinker in the Colonies.

There's one thing I know absolutely: No

one ever put a secret door in a clock.

We simply gotta find that

letter. Please help me?

Come on.

I don't seem

to remember this piece.

Uh-oh!

Oh!

Okay, Phantom,

we gotcha covered!

Stick up your hands.

And this time, don't try disappearin'or

we'll fill ya full oflead.

Mister, whoever you are,

don't get violent.

There's his little playmate over there.

Get your hands up, sister.

Come on. Get 'em up.

Better get 'em up.

They sound awful mad.

Okay, Phantom, we wanna know

who tipped ya off. Start singin'.

I'm... I'm not

in good voice tonight.

You heard

the boss. Sing.

Come on now. Sing.

Drink to me

Only with thine eyes

And I will

Cut the stallin'.

Pledge.

Pledge with mine

What's that?

The cops.! Blow.! Everybody, blow.!

Go on, boys.

Let 'em have it.!

Melody. Melody!

M-Melody!

M-Melody! Don't ever

leave me alone!

Oh, be calm.

Be reasonable.

Sounds like the radio. Well, it

can't be the Revolutionary War.

Listen again tomorrow

night to The Phantom Hour.

How does the Phantom

and his lady escape?

Like this.

Wait... Wait for me.

And now, Midnight Dan brings you

a half hour of popular dance tunes.

Oh, the idea of Shelly playing

the radio this hour of night!

I can't understand it. I tell

you he's off the beam again.

Shelly! Well, that's a

fine place to take a nap.

Shelly. Shelly!

Darling.

Oh, Millie, he's hurt.

Call Ralph, quickly.

Dr. Greenway. Dr. Greenway.

Dr. Greenway. Dr. Greenway.!

Emily... E-Emily, for heaven's

sake, turn off the radio.

Oh, darling, what happened? Oh, my head.

Oh! Let's get him into the library.

I'm all right now, dear.

Thanks.

Oh. Oh, there you are.

For once, you'll really come

in handy. They're in there.

It's stuffy in here.

Talk plainer. I can't. You

got your foot in my mouth.

Come on out, Horatio.

It's all right now.

Look.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Let's look for the letter

tomorrow night. I'm tired.

But this is our perfect chance. They're all in

the library. We can search the whole interior.

Yeah. You take the up-terior,

and I'll take the down-terior.

Be calm. Be reasonable.

Oh, stop it, all of you!

I keep telling you

I didn't make this mess!

The radio woke me just like it woke the

rest of you. I came down here to turn it off.

When I reached for that doorknob, something,

some invisible force, yanked it open,

and then I was met

by that gust of icy wind.

Don't get excited.

I'm not excited!

I keep telling you

there was nobody there,

and I got bopped on the head

with this candlestick.

Moving under its own power.

Wait a minute, Mildred!

Millie. I'm telling you

exactly what happened.

Don't stand there lookin' at me as if

I'm crazy. I'm just as sane as Ralph.

That's what I'm afraid of. You're

overwrought. You're imagining things.

No, he's not. It's them, all

right... the ghosts from the well.

They're up to their old

mischief, throwing things around.

Oh, there's a curse

on this house, all right.

Ghosts! They must've been a couple of interior

decorators looking for a little overtime.

If I were you, I wouldn't make

fun of them. They don't like that.

Really?

Maybe she's right. There are many

strange legends about this house.

Couldn't it be possible that some

forces from the world beyond...

Oh, let's stop all this.

It's nothing but hysteria.

Sheldon had another one

of his sleepwalking spells.

He came downstairs

and turned on the radio.

Now doesn't that sound like

a sensible explanation, Ralph?

Well, I, uh... It was the

ghosts. I know they were here.

And so does Dr. Greenway.

I think we all need a stimulant.

Where's the brandy, Emily?

In the living room.

I'll get it, I'll get it.

Cuthbert!

Come on!

I tripped you.!

I tripped you.!

Why...

Why, I just...

I just swore I...

No. No, this can't

happen to me.

No, it's impossible.

It's a trick

of my subconscious mind. I...

I-I-It's all wrong.

It just can't be. It...

Oh.

Now be calm.

Ralph. Ralph!

Be calm. Be cool. Uh...

Don't get excited, Ralph.

E-Everything is all right.

These things can't be.

It's, uh...

Thank you.

But, darling, I told you 50 times,

I wasn't... Sheldon! Sheldon!

Ralph! Ralph!

What's the matter?

You're a bad boy.

I'm sorry? I knew you were up to something.

Now you run along.

We have to find that letter.

All right.

Well, go on!

I'll go.

Go on. Hurry up.

Hurry up. I'm

going upstairs again.

Mistress Melody, I'll go down into

the cellar, and... Mistress Melody.

Mistress Melody!

No tricks! No tricks!

Ahh.

Oh, ifTom

could only see me now.

Come on, Ralph.

Be calm. Be reasonable.

Ohh!

Keep 'em away! Keep 'em away!

They've got a grudge

against me. Ohh!

Come on, Ralph.

Tell us what happened.

Oh, bottles floating through space,

glasses filling up by themselves,

and somebody tooted

in my stethoscope.

See, you didn't believe me. Maybe now you're

willing to concede there's something odd going on.

No, I'm not, Shelly. You've merely

communicated your hysteria to him.

Yep, yep, yep, I hear ya.

- Oh, get her.

- I hear ya callin' me.

Ghosts of the well,

lead me to you.

Wait a minute. Better leave that here.

We need it much more than the ghosts do.

The ghosts of the well? Why

should they want to persecute us?

Maybe they got an eviction

notice and want to move in on us.

Well, you people can stay up

all night babbling about ghosts,

but the charming Mrs. Dean is gonna hit

the sack, and I'll take my spirits with me.

Hello.

Millie.!

Millie! Millie,

what's the matter?

Oh! Oh, Shelly, help me get

her into the living room.

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