Weird Woman Page #5

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She made you drive

my husband to his death.

So you could get ahead faster.

You're both murderers.

I've had enough of this.

Exactly what do you mean?

You tried to get that old thesis

by Gregory Towne from the library

so you could prove Millard

stole it to write his book.

But Ilona warned him.

He knew you'd expose him.

And he couldn't stand it,

the disgrace.

He told me so

the night he died.

I never saw any thesis.

I had no idea that

Millard hadn't written

every word of his book.

Why didn't you

tell me this before?

You would have spread it all

over town. Ilona said you would.

Ilona.

Oh, so Ilona warned him.

Ilona's back of all of this.

No!

It's Paula, with her

witchcraft and her island magic.

You're wrong.

Can't you understand?

Ilona planted the fear

of disgrace with Millard,

led you to believe that Paula and

I were responsible for his death.

She poisoned the minds of

Margaret Mercer and David Jennings.

This whole tragic scheme of things

points toward no one but Ilona.

No one but Ilona!

No. Don't answer it.

It's the death prayer music.

What do you know about this music

that comes over the telephone?

This death chant?

Ilona found out about it

from your book.

She had some records made

so she could frighten

Paula into leaving.

Did you hear that?

Now we know who our enemy is.

Now we know whom to fight.

Answer it.

You've got to overcome

this horrible fear.

Won't you please try?

Hello?

Yes, Ilona.

Oh.

What did she say?

David Jennings just died.

Oh, Norman, when you burned

everything, you left us helpless.

The forces of evil

are still at work.

Yes, but now it's evil

that we can understand.

We know how to combat.

Evelyn,

I have to prove that David

Jennings came to the gymnasium

intending to kill me.

If I can't,

I'll be charged

with manslaughter

or murder.

Will you help me?

What's happened, getting me

out in the middle of the night?

I had to talk to you.

Look out. There it is.

Don't move.

What on Earth is it?

Where did it come from?

I don't know. That's what

makes it so terrifying.

I had this dream.

What dream? Millard

came and stood over me.

He looked dreadful, black as a storm.

I never saw him look like that before.

He said, "I am dead

because a woman lied. "

"A woman lied. "

"A woman lied. "

Ilona, I never

lied to Millard.

I drove him too hard, I know

that now, but I never lied.

This thing, it's voodoo.

Ilona, he said the woman

who killed him must confess.

Nobody killed him.

He killed himself.

But he kept saying he did it

because a woman lied.

Ilona, he can't mean me,

can he?

Can he?

How do I know?

He said she must confess,

or she will die.

Oh, you're crazy.

Soon, he said, soon. In 13

days, one minute after midnight.

All this time, standing over

me, he said these things.

Nightmares.

Then all of a sudden, he had this

horrible little figure in his hand,

just like this one.

He said,

"This is the woman who lied. "

Then he took the thread and he

wrapped it around the thing's throat,

and he pulled it tight.

Then he pressed one of

the tacks into its head.

Then he started to move away,

and he said,

"Go down and you will see. "

And I came down, and there it was.

The same thing that Millard held.

It's insane. Imagination.

This isn't imagination.

This is the woman who lied.

This is the woman who's going

to die. It's here in front of us.

Burn this thing.

I'm afraid!

Afraid.

"The woman who lied,"

he said. I didn't lie.

"In 13 days," he said.

"The woman who lied... "

Stop that! Stop that!

The Monroe College student body

will be excused from classes tomorrow

to attend the funeral

of David Jennings,

who died yesterday morning

from a gunshot wound received...

No one knows

how long this may last.

So take advantage

of this new offer,

and remember, only eight

more days left to get your...

Miss Carr, I'd like to ask you

about the reference cards.

Don't do that!

Five,

four,

three,

two...

One.

One. One. One.

One. One. One.

Why do you want

to destroy Paula?

Why do you hate me?

Why did you kill David?

Why did you kill Millard?

One.

Why did you kill Millard?

One.

Why did you kill David?

One.

Ilona, what's the matter?

Septimus, I'm dying.

They're driving nails into

my head, and I can't breathe.

It's getting tighter and tighter.

Hush, dear, you've just had a nightmare.

I'm dying, I tell you!

Shall I call a doctor?

I don't want a doctor.

Get me to Evelyn Sawtelle,

quick! Now, now, now.

Now try and relax.

I'll get the doctor.

Who is it?

Evelyn, you've got to help me.

I've been expecting you.

I'm dying, Evelyn. You've

got to give me that figure.

Why? Only the woman who lied is in

danger. The woman who killed Millard.

She will die one minute

after midnight, he said.

One minute after midnight.

Where is it, Evelyn? It's

an evil thing. Where is it?

Don't let it kill me. Don't,

don't. It was I who lied.

Then it was you

who killed Millard,

frightened him with your lying

tongue into taking his own life.

Yes. Now give it to me.

And David Jennings. You killed him. No.

You filled his jealous mind

with your lies, too.

You knew he'd make an attempt

on Norman Reed's life.

All right, yes, I did.

With my lies.

Now give it to me.

Give it to me!

Why, it's only ashes.

It's been ashes ever since the

first time you saw it, Ilona.

You're a victim

of your own fears.

We heard what you said about

David and Professor Sawtelle.

You. You tricked me. Your

guilty conscience tricked you.

You tricked me!

Ilona.

Ilona!

One minute past midnight.

And she's dead, strangled.

Just like the dream

I told her.

Only there was no dream,

just a fantastic story.

It's a bright new day, Paula. We'll

forget all our fears and start fresh.

You know, all of the magic

that you or anyone else needs

is a generous heart

and a steady mind.

Paula, will you try

to believe that?

Yes, Norman.

Are you happy?

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