1 00:00:55,958 --> 00:00:57,542 It's Sanskrit. 2 00:00:58,917 --> 00:01:01,083 "The black death 3 00:01:03,625 --> 00:01:05,333 is upon the house... 4 00:01:06,792 --> 00:01:08,250 Is upon the house." 5 00:01:11,583 --> 00:01:12,958 That's enough for this evening! 6 00:01:21,792 --> 00:01:23,333 How do you feel? - Fine. 7 00:01:23,375 --> 00:01:25,750 Would you assist me? Your husband needs to rest now. 8 00:03:54,917 --> 00:03:56,417 You look rather fatigued. 9 00:03:59,250 --> 00:04:02,375 I've told you, you ought to stop with these séances. 10 00:04:03,375 --> 00:04:05,792 They excite you and drain your energy. 11 00:04:05,833 --> 00:04:07,958 You need all your strength to get well. 12 00:04:07,958 --> 00:04:10,167 Don't talk nonsense, I beg of you, Charles. 13 00:04:11,292 --> 00:04:13,542 I can't do without these séances. 14 00:04:13,792 --> 00:04:16,792 They help me penetrate the mysteries of another world. 15 00:04:17,750 --> 00:04:19,083 A world 16 00:04:19,708 --> 00:04:21,292 to which I feel 17 00:04:21,833 --> 00:04:22,958 I already belong. 18 00:04:23,042 --> 00:04:25,042 You'll never recover if you carry on like this. 19 00:04:25,250 --> 00:04:26,292 Good! 20 00:04:26,333 --> 00:04:27,875 All I desire is death! 21 00:04:27,917 --> 00:04:29,375 Quickly! Immediately! 22 00:04:31,208 --> 00:04:32,250 No! 23 00:04:32,750 --> 00:04:34,875 John! Have you lost your mind?! 24 00:04:43,625 --> 00:04:44,833 It's pointless. 25 00:04:44,875 --> 00:04:46,708 Why don't you let the poison 26 00:04:46,917 --> 00:04:48,417 do its work? 27 00:04:48,958 --> 00:04:50,750 John, drink the antidote, quickly! 28 00:04:51,708 --> 00:04:53,292 Come on, swallow! 29 00:05:02,708 --> 00:05:03,833 Why... why? 30 00:05:03,875 --> 00:05:05,833 You gave me a terrible fright. 31 00:05:14,083 --> 00:05:16,167 Don't you realize that you must recover? 32 00:05:16,208 --> 00:05:17,458 It's your duty! 33 00:05:17,708 --> 00:05:20,375 Not just to yourself but to science, to humankind! 34 00:05:20,667 --> 00:05:24,458 Your extraordinary cure could one day restore millions to full health! 35 00:05:25,500 --> 00:05:26,500 You're right. 36 00:05:27,042 --> 00:05:30,292 I shouldn't forget that this is an arduous battle for you as well. 37 00:05:31,250 --> 00:05:34,250 It's a grave responsibility for a doctor 38 00:05:34,917 --> 00:05:36,708 to agree to administer 39 00:05:37,208 --> 00:05:38,958 two poisons to a patient. 40 00:05:39,042 --> 00:05:40,625 Yes, it's true, they're poisons, 41 00:05:40,625 --> 00:05:43,625 but they will bring your limbs back to life, I am certain of it! 42 00:05:44,167 --> 00:05:46,958 Thank you, Charles, for the courage you give me. 43 00:05:47,333 --> 00:05:49,417 And if one day you should change your mind, 44 00:05:50,208 --> 00:05:52,375 you can always get rid of me. 45 00:05:52,958 --> 00:05:55,167 All you need do is miscalculate the dosage 46 00:05:55,167 --> 00:05:56,958 or not give me the antidote. 47 00:05:57,125 --> 00:05:58,792 Who would ever know? 48 00:06:00,875 --> 00:06:03,875 You already have a declaration written in my own hand 49 00:06:04,208 --> 00:06:06,708 that you are only carrying out 50 00:06:07,792 --> 00:06:09,292 my orders. 51 00:06:09,542 --> 00:06:11,292 Enough of that kind of talk. 52 00:06:18,542 --> 00:06:20,625 Do as I tell you, try to get some rest. 53 00:06:25,958 --> 00:06:27,417 I have to go to the hospital. 54 00:06:27,833 --> 00:06:29,208 I'll see you this evening. 55 00:07:04,875 --> 00:07:06,500 Come here, Catherine. 56 00:07:23,417 --> 00:07:24,917 Pour me a glass of gin. 57 00:07:25,667 --> 00:07:27,458 - I don't know where it is. - It's over there! 58 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:28,875 Hidden behind the books! 59 00:07:55,958 --> 00:07:57,750 More. More! 60 00:07:57,750 --> 00:08:00,167 But the doctor said that alcohol is bad for you. 61 00:08:00,167 --> 00:08:01,583 To hell with the doctor. 62 00:08:16,458 --> 00:08:18,333 The mistress is returning. 63 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,375 You're late. 64 00:09:36,083 --> 00:09:38,792 You stayed in the garden longer than usual today. 65 00:09:39,750 --> 00:09:41,292 Forgive me, dearest. 66 00:09:41,625 --> 00:09:44,292 How could I not? It was such a lovely day. 67 00:09:45,208 --> 00:09:46,292 Don't apologize. 68 00:09:50,917 --> 00:09:53,792 It makes my infirmity weigh upon me even heavier than usual. 69 00:09:56,167 --> 00:09:57,250 John... 70 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:01,542 Please... 71 00:10:02,708 --> 00:10:04,208 Don't be so bitter. 72 00:10:08,417 --> 00:10:10,250 It's hard to resign oneself. 73 00:10:14,125 --> 00:10:15,667 I saw you out there in the garden 74 00:10:16,625 --> 00:10:17,833 with Charles. 75 00:10:19,750 --> 00:10:22,625 You were so distant, so far away from me and from everything. 76 00:10:23,250 --> 00:10:24,792 You looked so happy, 77 00:10:25,083 --> 00:10:26,417 perhaps because I wasn't there. 78 00:10:27,542 --> 00:10:30,792 It's true, I was happy because Charles told me you were improving, 79 00:10:30,833 --> 00:10:33,750 slowly, but enough to hope for your recovery. 80 00:10:34,250 --> 00:10:36,292 Good old Charles. 81 00:10:37,417 --> 00:10:39,917 The suave Doctor Livingston. 82 00:10:40,875 --> 00:10:42,708 An angel of goodness 83 00:10:42,833 --> 00:10:44,333 and a faithful friend. 84 00:10:45,167 --> 00:10:47,375 If you're jealous of him, you only need change doctors. 85 00:10:47,417 --> 00:10:48,917 He's not the only one in the country! 86 00:10:48,958 --> 00:10:49,958 No! 87 00:10:50,833 --> 00:10:52,208 But he is the only one 88 00:10:52,458 --> 00:10:53,875 who agreed 89 00:10:54,125 --> 00:10:56,333 to test my cure on me. 90 00:10:58,625 --> 00:11:00,667 So all the care I display for you, 91 00:11:01,750 --> 00:11:04,083 the tenderness that I show towards you, 92 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,292 the love I give you, 93 00:11:06,458 --> 00:11:08,792 mean nothing to you? 94 00:11:09,542 --> 00:11:10,583 Hm? 95 00:11:13,167 --> 00:11:14,208 I beg you, 96 00:11:14,542 --> 00:11:15,833 let us change the subject. 97 00:11:31,958 --> 00:11:33,583 Don't worry, Catherine. 98 00:11:33,625 --> 00:11:35,583 I will serve my husband his tea. 99 00:12:00,875 --> 00:12:02,125 Here you are, my dear. 100 00:12:13,375 --> 00:12:14,625 You aren't going to finish it? 101 00:12:15,208 --> 00:12:16,417 No, thank you. 102 00:12:39,917 --> 00:12:41,208 No, John! 103 00:12:46,292 --> 00:12:48,375 You should have let me do it. 104 00:12:49,042 --> 00:12:50,958 I already belong to death. 105 00:12:52,417 --> 00:12:53,458 Please, 106 00:12:53,708 --> 00:12:55,000 don't say such things. 107 00:12:56,875 --> 00:12:58,833 One day, you will perhaps regret 108 00:12:59,417 --> 00:13:01,417 preventing me from killing myself. 109 00:13:02,458 --> 00:13:04,083 Who gave you that gun? 110 00:13:06,333 --> 00:13:07,583 Was it Catherine? 111 00:13:07,792 --> 00:13:08,792 No. 112 00:13:08,917 --> 00:13:10,625 I have always kept it hidden 113 00:13:10,875 --> 00:13:12,458 here among my books. 114 00:13:19,958 --> 00:13:21,542 Did you call, madam? 115 00:13:21,750 --> 00:13:22,792 No. 116 00:13:23,333 --> 00:13:24,917 Prepare the master's bed. 117 00:13:31,542 --> 00:13:32,542 Come. 118 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:35,583 Come. 119 00:14:51,375 --> 00:14:52,458 Charles... 120 00:14:52,958 --> 00:14:55,542 Please, help me put an end to this nightmare. 121 00:14:55,833 --> 00:14:57,750 I can't, truly I can't. 122 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,000 I can't continue acting out this farce! 123 00:15:00,292 --> 00:15:02,417 Pretending to be a devoted wife... 124 00:15:03,083 --> 00:15:05,708 Even... even touching him disgusts me. 125 00:15:05,917 --> 00:15:08,042 If you only knew how much I hate him. 126 00:15:08,542 --> 00:15:11,333 Please, help me free myself from him! 127 00:15:18,667 --> 00:15:20,125 No, it's not possible. 128 00:15:20,792 --> 00:15:22,167 And you know it as well as I do! 129 00:15:22,958 --> 00:15:24,500 I thought that you loved me. 130 00:15:25,708 --> 00:15:27,958 That you would do anything for me. 131 00:15:28,917 --> 00:15:30,125 Yes, anything. 132 00:15:30,458 --> 00:15:31,542 But not that. 133 00:15:31,833 --> 00:15:33,875 But don't you see that he's getting better?! 134 00:15:33,917 --> 00:15:35,167 Only superficially. 135 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:38,417 Yes, the cure stimulates him and gives him occasional bursts of vitality, 136 00:15:38,458 --> 00:15:40,583 but it can't halt his illness. 137 00:15:41,167 --> 00:15:43,750 You'll see, my love. We won't have to wait long. 138 00:15:44,417 --> 00:15:45,667 No, I don't believe you. 139 00:15:45,708 --> 00:15:47,917 You said he could stay like this for years and years. 140 00:15:48,667 --> 00:15:50,250 And now you're trying to trick me. 141 00:15:50,292 --> 00:15:52,958 Don't you understand that I can't take any more?! 142 00:15:53,208 --> 00:15:56,083 Yes, I know, it's different for you. You can come and go as you please, 143 00:15:56,125 --> 00:15:58,250 forget all about it, even leave me-- 144 00:15:58,250 --> 00:15:59,750 I will never leave you. 145 00:16:00,375 --> 00:16:01,875 Then free me. 146 00:16:05,333 --> 00:16:08,625 Remember, Charles, that if you don't do it, I will! 147 00:16:08,958 --> 00:16:10,750 No, I don't believe it! 148 00:16:11,208 --> 00:16:13,167 - I'll do it. - Margaret! 149 00:16:13,250 --> 00:16:14,917 I swear it. 150 00:17:27,250 --> 00:17:28,292 Do you remember? 151 00:17:28,667 --> 00:17:30,667 That restaurant in Copenhagen? 152 00:17:31,833 --> 00:17:34,708 When we dined together for the first time? 153 00:17:35,917 --> 00:17:37,208 So many years ago. 154 00:17:38,542 --> 00:17:39,833 You do remember, don't you? 155 00:17:40,208 --> 00:17:41,417 Yes, my dear. 156 00:17:42,958 --> 00:17:46,500 The waiter insisted that we drink 157 00:17:47,167 --> 00:17:49,500 that Dutch gin of his. 158 00:17:52,583 --> 00:17:54,875 I was a real man back then. 159 00:17:56,167 --> 00:17:57,333 A doctor. 160 00:17:58,125 --> 00:18:01,292 Full of high hopes and grandiose ideas. 161 00:18:01,667 --> 00:18:02,875 And you... 162 00:18:03,667 --> 00:18:05,958 You were a beautiful young woman 163 00:18:06,750 --> 00:18:08,875 without a penny to your name. 164 00:18:20,208 --> 00:18:21,917 How drunk we were. 165 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:26,083 We were like two students on holiday. 166 00:18:31,125 --> 00:18:33,542 Keep still, my dear. I don't want to cut you. 167 00:18:45,083 --> 00:18:46,583 Pour me a drink. 168 00:18:47,417 --> 00:18:48,750 You know you shouldn't drink. 169 00:18:49,208 --> 00:18:51,375 In memory of days gone by. 170 00:19:37,875 --> 00:19:39,667 It helps me remember. 171 00:19:50,333 --> 00:19:52,375 Good evening, dear Reverend Owens. 172 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:54,875 You are a picture of health! 173 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,583 Good evening, Mrs. Hichcock. 174 00:19:56,833 --> 00:19:59,292 You too look marvelous, my friend. 175 00:19:59,625 --> 00:20:01,208 You look much better today. 176 00:20:01,292 --> 00:20:02,500 Do you really think so? 177 00:20:02,583 --> 00:20:05,458 I undoubtedly owe it to my darling wife, 178 00:20:05,833 --> 00:20:07,750 to the good Doctor Livingstone, 179 00:20:07,875 --> 00:20:09,583 to Dutch gin, 180 00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:12,750 and the happy memories evoked by an old waltz. 181 00:20:13,250 --> 00:20:17,042 Very well, seeing as you are in excellent humor this evening, 182 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:20,417 I can hope that you will have the patience to hear me out. 183 00:20:21,292 --> 00:20:24,250 Oh, no thank you, doctor. I never drink. 184 00:20:25,875 --> 00:20:29,500 In truth, what I have to tell you, dear friend, is rather embarrassing. 185 00:20:30,208 --> 00:20:32,292 Pray proceed, what does it concern? 186 00:20:32,833 --> 00:20:36,083 Have you come to inform me that townsfolk still gossip 187 00:20:36,125 --> 00:20:38,625 about the devilish rituals which are carried out 188 00:20:38,667 --> 00:20:42,167 in the ill-famed house of the wheelchair-bound Dr. Hichcock? 189 00:20:42,375 --> 00:20:45,083 Please, don't joke about a matter of this sort. 190 00:20:58,917 --> 00:21:03,792 Are you also convinced that I am in the habit of summoning the Devil, Rev. Owens? 191 00:21:03,792 --> 00:21:08,208 The Devil is more real than our modern world can believe, I guarantee it. 192 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:12,625 I beg you, give up these experiments. 193 00:21:12,667 --> 00:21:15,167 I appeal to you as a man of science! 194 00:21:15,167 --> 00:21:18,792 As such you should be the first to scorn these superstitions! 195 00:21:18,833 --> 00:21:20,917 They are not superstitions, I assure you. 196 00:21:21,125 --> 00:21:23,042 There is a scientific basis for all of it. 197 00:21:23,917 --> 00:21:25,750 I warn you, Dr. Hichcock, 198 00:21:25,792 --> 00:21:28,917 that you are playing with forces which would be better left alone. 199 00:21:29,125 --> 00:21:33,917 I implore you to limit your studies to normal scientific research like this! 200 00:21:33,958 --> 00:21:35,375 No, don't touch that! 201 00:21:36,417 --> 00:21:38,208 That vial contains curare, 202 00:21:38,792 --> 00:21:40,500 one of the most lethal of poisons. 203 00:21:41,750 --> 00:21:43,958 If you had a tiny scratch on your hand 204 00:21:44,375 --> 00:21:46,458 and a drop of that liquid came into contact with it, 205 00:21:46,917 --> 00:21:50,458 you would undoubtedly end your days in a wheelchair like me. 206 00:21:51,583 --> 00:21:53,208 Curare can kill. 207 00:21:53,833 --> 00:21:56,417 And in small doses, it paralyzes. 208 00:22:00,458 --> 00:22:02,083 Forgive me, I didn't know. 209 00:23:12,625 --> 00:23:14,167 I love you, Charles. 210 00:23:14,458 --> 00:23:15,917 I will love you forever. 211 00:23:56,333 --> 00:23:58,292 Forgive me, Charles, just one moment. 212 00:23:59,083 --> 00:24:00,375 Move the queen 213 00:24:00,833 --> 00:24:02,750 to H7. 214 00:24:07,167 --> 00:24:08,375 Checkmate! 215 00:24:08,458 --> 00:24:09,667 Exactly! 216 00:24:10,667 --> 00:24:13,417 If the doctor wasn't here ready to give you your injection, 217 00:24:13,458 --> 00:24:14,833 I'd challenge you to a rematch! 218 00:24:15,417 --> 00:24:18,458 I think it's time we all went home, 219 00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:22,833 otherwise I'll be accused of neglecting my duties as chief of police 220 00:24:23,083 --> 00:24:27,542 and causing a dramatic rise in criminal activity in the county! 221 00:24:28,583 --> 00:24:30,250 Don't forget that envelope. 222 00:24:30,250 --> 00:24:32,792 Don't worry, I won't. 223 00:24:33,833 --> 00:24:35,000 Until tomorrow? 224 00:24:35,042 --> 00:24:36,250 Of course. 225 00:24:36,667 --> 00:24:38,542 If there is a tomorrow for me. 226 00:24:39,583 --> 00:24:42,042 Once, in Africa, a witch doctor said to me, 227 00:24:43,125 --> 00:24:47,875 "The day will come when the sun no more shines on the forest." 228 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:52,042 If these medicines give you such gloomy thoughts, 229 00:24:52,250 --> 00:24:53,833 I recommend throwing them away. 230 00:24:53,833 --> 00:24:56,333 Personally, I don't believe in medicines. 231 00:24:56,375 --> 00:24:58,000 I think they're worthless concoctions. 232 00:24:58,167 --> 00:24:59,500 You never know. 233 00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:04,708 The wonders of modern science are infinite and mysterious. 234 00:25:04,792 --> 00:25:07,250 Perhaps so, but I still don't believe in them. Goodnight! 235 00:25:07,542 --> 00:25:08,708 Goodnight. 236 00:25:09,708 --> 00:25:11,167 - Until tomorrow. - Goodnight. 237 00:25:55,958 --> 00:25:57,208 I feel unwell. 238 00:25:59,542 --> 00:26:00,542 Hurry! 239 00:26:00,583 --> 00:26:01,875 The antidote, hurry! 240 00:26:03,375 --> 00:26:04,958 What are you waiting for, Charles?! 241 00:26:05,500 --> 00:26:07,042 Give me the antidote! 242 00:26:08,708 --> 00:26:09,792 Hurry! 243 00:26:11,542 --> 00:26:12,542 Hurry! 244 00:26:13,542 --> 00:26:14,792 I'm suffocating! 245 00:26:37,875 --> 00:26:40,042 It's been over an hour since I gave him the injection. 246 00:26:40,708 --> 00:26:42,167 There's nothing more to worry about. 247 00:26:56,958 --> 00:26:59,833 If you are waiting for the master, I'm afraid he won't be coming down. 248 00:27:00,250 --> 00:27:04,167 I'm sorry, it's my fault. He told me to tell you he would be eating in his room. 249 00:28:07,708 --> 00:28:08,792 He's dead. 250 00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:15,625 He's been dead for around an hour. 251 00:28:24,083 --> 00:28:26,458 The Lord is my shepherd. 252 00:28:26,833 --> 00:28:28,292 I shall not want. 253 00:28:28,917 --> 00:28:32,792 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 254 00:28:32,833 --> 00:28:34,792 I will fear no evil 255 00:28:35,750 --> 00:28:38,458 for Thou art with me. 256 00:28:38,583 --> 00:28:42,125 Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me. 257 00:28:42,708 --> 00:28:46,958 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. 258 00:28:47,542 --> 00:28:51,375 Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 259 00:28:51,667 --> 00:28:55,958 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life 260 00:28:56,500 --> 00:29:02,042 and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever. 261 00:29:02,292 --> 00:29:03,792 Amen. 262 00:30:04,292 --> 00:30:06,417 No, please, not now. 263 00:30:06,667 --> 00:30:08,042 Don't be upset. 264 00:30:08,708 --> 00:30:10,250 It's all over now. 265 00:30:10,667 --> 00:30:11,958 Forever. 266 00:30:17,167 --> 00:30:19,167 That creature's howling will drive me insane! 267 00:30:19,208 --> 00:30:20,667 You must control yourself, Margaret! 268 00:30:20,917 --> 00:30:22,375 Don't lose your head. 269 00:30:22,625 --> 00:30:25,042 You're finally free. Was that not what you wanted? 270 00:30:25,167 --> 00:30:26,667 Yes, it was. 271 00:30:29,583 --> 00:30:31,958 Make it be quiet, I beg you! Make it be quiet! 272 00:31:21,708 --> 00:31:22,958 Charles... 273 00:31:46,583 --> 00:31:47,750 What is that? 274 00:32:48,458 --> 00:32:49,833 Margaret. 275 00:32:51,708 --> 00:32:52,958 Margaret! 276 00:32:55,792 --> 00:32:56,958 Mar... 277 00:32:57,958 --> 00:32:59,042 ...garet... 278 00:33:24,375 --> 00:33:27,125 The mistress sends her apologies. She will be with you in a moment. 279 00:33:27,292 --> 00:33:28,417 How is she? 280 00:33:28,417 --> 00:33:30,375 In truth, not too well. 281 00:33:30,625 --> 00:33:33,917 It's odd, I would never have thought her so sensitive. 282 00:33:34,125 --> 00:33:36,875 She was so brave throughout his illness, 283 00:33:37,292 --> 00:33:39,917 but Mr. John's death shook her 284 00:33:40,167 --> 00:33:42,375 and she has fallen prey to a terrible despondency. 285 00:33:43,458 --> 00:33:46,375 I beg you, doctor, don't abandon this house for the moment. 286 00:33:47,250 --> 00:33:48,958 The mistress needs you. 287 00:33:49,333 --> 00:33:50,583 Yes, I give you my word. 288 00:33:56,167 --> 00:33:57,667 Good day, gentlemen. 289 00:33:58,958 --> 00:34:00,667 Forgive my lateness. 290 00:34:17,417 --> 00:34:21,875 As you know, I had occasion to see poor Dr. Hichcock 291 00:34:22,250 --> 00:34:24,167 a few hours before his death. 292 00:34:24,292 --> 00:34:25,917 He was deeply troubled, 293 00:34:26,375 --> 00:34:31,583 and before our usual game of chess, he dictated to me a new will 294 00:34:31,625 --> 00:34:34,042 which obviously replaces any previous wills. 295 00:34:38,917 --> 00:34:42,958 "Dowbridge, the 14th of November, 1910. 296 00:34:43,833 --> 00:34:45,583 I, John Hichcock, 297 00:34:45,708 --> 00:34:48,542 being of sound mind, 298 00:34:49,250 --> 00:34:51,917 hereby dictate to my lawyer, Mr. Fisher, 299 00:34:52,458 --> 00:34:56,417 my last will and testament as follows: 300 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:01,750 First, my current home and all its contents 301 00:35:01,917 --> 00:35:06,333 become the property or my wife, Margaret Hichcock, née Whiteman, 302 00:35:06,542 --> 00:35:10,500 as a tangible demonstration of my immense gratitude 303 00:35:10,792 --> 00:35:12,417 for her loving care, 304 00:35:12,458 --> 00:35:18,375 but on condition that she keeps in her service for the rest of her natural life 305 00:35:18,375 --> 00:35:21,208 my housekeeper, Catherine Wood. 306 00:35:21,542 --> 00:35:26,083 Second, that two-thirds of the contents of my safe 307 00:35:26,125 --> 00:35:29,958 in stocks, jewelry, cash and bank deposits, 308 00:35:30,542 --> 00:35:33,833 thus two-thirds of what I have accumulated over my lifetime, 309 00:35:34,167 --> 00:35:38,292 goes to the orphanage directed by Reverend Owens 310 00:35:38,958 --> 00:35:41,833 as an expression of my profound gratitude 311 00:35:42,292 --> 00:35:45,583 for the comfort that his words as a man of the cloth and a friend 312 00:35:45,958 --> 00:35:49,042 often managed to give to my unquiet soul. 313 00:35:49,625 --> 00:35:51,750 The remaining third of my possessions 314 00:35:52,250 --> 00:35:55,958 goes to my wife, who may make what use of them she sees fit. 315 00:35:56,458 --> 00:35:57,667 Third, 316 00:35:57,708 --> 00:36:01,583 all the books and documents regarding my studies 317 00:36:02,208 --> 00:36:06,000 are to be donated to the Academy of Metaphysical Sciences in London." 318 00:36:06,708 --> 00:36:07,708 That's everything. 319 00:36:07,750 --> 00:36:13,042 And now if Mrs. Hichcock would be so kind as to open the safe in my presence. 320 00:36:31,333 --> 00:36:34,083 Ah, the key is in a drawer in that desk. 321 00:36:34,542 --> 00:36:36,583 Would you mind getting it? 322 00:36:48,292 --> 00:36:50,542 There's no key here, Mrs. Hichcock. 323 00:36:53,583 --> 00:36:54,875 That's odd. 324 00:37:14,917 --> 00:37:17,042 Catherine, do you know where it might be? 325 00:37:17,375 --> 00:37:18,667 No, madam. 326 00:37:18,667 --> 00:37:21,708 But I remember that the master always kept it in that drawer. 327 00:37:29,208 --> 00:37:33,250 There's no hurry, madam. Look for it in your own time. 328 00:37:33,958 --> 00:37:36,750 Reverend, given that you are the main beneficiary, 329 00:37:36,792 --> 00:37:40,000 you may, if you wish, put a seal on the safe. 330 00:37:40,042 --> 00:37:44,125 Oh no, Mr. Fisher, I trust Mrs. Hichcock implicitly. 331 00:37:44,125 --> 00:37:47,750 In that case, madam, please inform me as soon as you find the key. 332 00:37:48,333 --> 00:37:52,375 In the event of it not being found, I will be forced to contact the magistrate 333 00:37:52,583 --> 00:37:54,833 who will authorize having it forced open. 334 00:38:43,958 --> 00:38:45,750 - Well? - Nothing. 335 00:39:01,708 --> 00:39:04,042 But it must be somewhere! 336 00:39:28,292 --> 00:39:29,875 No... No... 337 00:39:31,042 --> 00:39:32,542 Stop! 338 00:39:50,250 --> 00:39:51,625 What is it, Catherine? 339 00:39:52,542 --> 00:39:54,667 I wanted to tell you something, madam. 340 00:39:55,125 --> 00:39:59,250 The master sometimes liked to keep the key on his person. 341 00:39:59,542 --> 00:40:02,708 And I remembered seeing him put it in his pocket 342 00:40:02,833 --> 00:40:04,708 several days before he died. 343 00:40:05,167 --> 00:40:07,250 In that case, it should be in his jacket pocket. 344 00:40:07,583 --> 00:40:09,208 Yes, certainly. 345 00:40:09,333 --> 00:40:11,625 But it was the jacket he was buried in. 346 00:40:24,250 --> 00:40:25,250 Magnificent! 347 00:40:25,292 --> 00:40:26,917 John's final prank. 348 00:40:28,292 --> 00:40:31,167 Do you realize that there are hundreds of millions in there 349 00:40:31,167 --> 00:40:32,792 in bonds and jewelry? 350 00:40:33,542 --> 00:40:35,083 And to think that two-thirds of it 351 00:40:35,125 --> 00:40:38,292 will end up in the greedy hands of dear Reverend Owens. 352 00:40:38,667 --> 00:40:43,542 John must be very amused to know the risks we took. 353 00:40:44,458 --> 00:40:46,542 One could die laughing! 354 00:40:49,625 --> 00:40:52,042 Don't you find it very amusing, too, Charles? 355 00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:53,500 Stop it, Margaret! 356 00:40:54,625 --> 00:40:56,500 Margaret! Margaret! 357 00:40:57,917 --> 00:40:59,167 What an idea! 358 00:40:59,167 --> 00:41:01,208 Having himself buried with the key in his pocket! 359 00:41:01,250 --> 00:41:03,250 Can't we break the safe open? 360 00:41:03,292 --> 00:41:06,000 No, but we can still get hold of the key. 361 00:41:08,167 --> 00:41:10,333 Charles, I want it. 362 00:41:10,583 --> 00:41:12,958 I want that key, at any cost. 363 00:43:45,167 --> 00:43:46,958 It's the effect of the injections. 364 00:43:47,583 --> 00:43:49,833 The poison accelerated the decomposition. 365 00:44:12,792 --> 00:44:14,292 Here's the key! 366 00:44:41,500 --> 00:44:42,750 Come along. 367 00:45:13,167 --> 00:45:14,917 Margaret, be brave. 368 00:45:15,958 --> 00:45:17,083 Margaret! 369 00:45:17,958 --> 00:45:20,167 We have the key, that's the important thing. 370 00:45:20,250 --> 00:45:21,500 Come, dear. 371 00:45:21,833 --> 00:45:24,292 Be strong, it has to be done. 372 00:45:35,292 --> 00:45:36,833 Madam? 373 00:45:37,375 --> 00:45:39,708 Go and stop her. She mustn't come in! Hurry! 374 00:45:43,583 --> 00:45:44,750 Madam! 375 00:45:50,542 --> 00:45:51,625 - Madam? - Yes? 376 00:45:51,625 --> 00:45:53,292 - Pardon me, I wanted to-- - Argh! 377 00:45:53,792 --> 00:45:56,500 You poor thing, what a fright! What happened? 378 00:45:58,167 --> 00:45:59,417 Are you badly hurt? 379 00:45:59,667 --> 00:46:01,167 No, it's nothing. 380 00:46:02,208 --> 00:46:03,625 What was it you wanted? 381 00:46:04,042 --> 00:46:05,667 Is Dr. Livingstone upstairs? 382 00:46:05,833 --> 00:46:07,208 Yes, why? 383 00:46:07,250 --> 00:46:09,792 He's wanted at the hospital. An urgent case. 384 00:46:09,875 --> 00:46:11,417 Very well, I'll tell him. 385 00:46:12,583 --> 00:46:14,500 May I help you, madam? 386 00:46:14,542 --> 00:46:15,583 No. 387 00:46:19,708 --> 00:46:20,917 You may go. 388 00:46:22,083 --> 00:46:23,500 Let me help you. 389 00:46:23,625 --> 00:46:24,833 No. 390 00:46:33,375 --> 00:46:34,625 Charles? 391 00:46:35,708 --> 00:46:37,042 You're wanted at the hospital. 392 00:46:41,333 --> 00:46:42,417 What's the matter? 393 00:46:43,375 --> 00:46:44,667 There's nothing in there. 394 00:46:47,750 --> 00:46:48,958 What? 395 00:47:00,042 --> 00:47:01,542 I told you, there's nothing there! 396 00:47:01,583 --> 00:47:03,333 Only letters, papers, and trash! 397 00:47:03,333 --> 00:47:04,875 No, no! 398 00:47:06,667 --> 00:47:07,917 No! 399 00:47:09,042 --> 00:47:11,292 Stop it, Margaret! 400 00:47:11,875 --> 00:47:14,125 Don't shout! Stop it, Margaret! 401 00:47:14,500 --> 00:47:15,583 Stop it! 402 00:47:19,542 --> 00:47:21,042 Do you want everyone to know? 403 00:47:21,542 --> 00:47:22,708 Calm yourself! 404 00:47:27,417 --> 00:47:28,750 Calm yourself. 405 00:47:29,417 --> 00:47:30,875 Come, calm yourself. 406 00:47:31,500 --> 00:47:32,958 Come here. 407 00:47:36,917 --> 00:47:38,750 We'll find it all, sooner or later. 408 00:47:39,542 --> 00:47:40,667 Sit down. 409 00:48:08,208 --> 00:48:09,875 I'll throw the key in the lake. 410 00:48:20,333 --> 00:48:21,542 I must go now. 411 00:49:58,417 --> 00:49:59,917 Charles, is that you? 412 00:50:32,375 --> 00:50:33,375 John! 413 00:51:31,208 --> 00:51:32,250 I saw him... 414 00:51:32,625 --> 00:51:33,875 I saw him! 415 00:51:40,750 --> 00:51:41,875 He was there. 416 00:51:42,542 --> 00:51:43,792 Behind that curtain. 417 00:51:44,083 --> 00:51:45,292 And he was walking 418 00:51:45,792 --> 00:51:46,958 towards me! 419 00:51:49,208 --> 00:51:50,208 Yes... 420 00:51:50,208 --> 00:51:52,208 I shot at him four or five times, 421 00:51:52,458 --> 00:51:53,875 but he kept walking towards me. 422 00:51:55,042 --> 00:51:56,292 It was horrible. 423 00:52:59,208 --> 00:53:00,417 Listen! 424 00:53:24,917 --> 00:53:26,083 It's blood... 425 00:53:30,375 --> 00:53:31,417 It's blood! 426 00:53:31,875 --> 00:53:34,917 Let me go and check. There must be some explanation. 427 00:53:36,292 --> 00:53:38,500 No, Charles. You can't leave me here! 428 00:53:38,542 --> 00:53:39,958 But I must. I'll be right back! 429 00:53:40,125 --> 00:53:41,417 I'm afraid, Charles! 430 00:53:41,542 --> 00:53:42,625 I'm afraid! 431 00:55:57,917 --> 00:56:00,042 Why must you always creep up on me? 432 00:56:00,375 --> 00:56:01,875 Forgive me, madam. 433 00:56:01,917 --> 00:56:04,042 Reverend Owens is downstairs. 434 00:56:04,083 --> 00:56:05,542 He wishes to speak with you. 435 00:56:07,167 --> 00:56:08,250 What does he want? 436 00:56:08,458 --> 00:56:11,167 I wouldn't know. Naturally, he didn't tell me. 437 00:56:44,333 --> 00:56:46,167 - Madam. - Good morning. 438 00:56:48,417 --> 00:56:49,625 Please have a seat. 439 00:56:55,500 --> 00:56:57,208 Oh, forgive me, madam. 440 00:57:02,625 --> 00:57:06,292 I was very sad that you were absent this morning. 441 00:57:07,083 --> 00:57:08,958 Certainly it can't have been forgetfulness 442 00:57:08,958 --> 00:57:10,250 that prevented you from coming. 443 00:57:10,667 --> 00:57:13,333 - Where? - To your husband's funeral service. 444 00:57:13,875 --> 00:57:16,792 This is a small community and your absence-- 445 00:57:16,792 --> 00:57:18,958 I thought you had come for the key. 446 00:57:18,958 --> 00:57:21,208 No, for something much more important. 447 00:57:21,208 --> 00:57:25,875 Dr. Livingstone's presence in this house was necessary when your husband was alive, 448 00:57:25,875 --> 00:57:27,833 given the medical attention he required. 449 00:57:28,042 --> 00:57:31,875 But now... Please forgive my frankness, 450 00:57:32,083 --> 00:57:34,875 but a beautiful young widow 451 00:57:35,125 --> 00:57:38,833 should not have a man in her house, 452 00:57:38,833 --> 00:57:41,250 even if he is a dear family friend. 453 00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:45,333 Reverend, are you perhaps trying to imply that Dr. Livingstone 454 00:57:45,833 --> 00:57:46,958 is my lover? 455 00:57:47,042 --> 00:57:48,833 By no means, Mrs. Hichcock! 456 00:57:48,875 --> 00:57:51,042 The thought hadn't occurred to me! 457 00:57:51,208 --> 00:57:54,625 I simply wished to advise you not to fuel this hateful gossip. 458 00:57:54,875 --> 00:57:57,083 Let them gossip all they want. 459 00:57:57,542 --> 00:57:59,625 I have more important things to worry about. 460 00:57:59,958 --> 00:58:02,417 I am speaking only in your best interest, Mrs. Hichcock. 461 00:58:02,792 --> 00:58:04,542 I am absolutely certain of it. 462 00:58:05,292 --> 00:58:06,792 Good day, Reverend. 463 00:58:10,792 --> 00:58:11,958 Good day. 464 00:58:32,708 --> 00:58:35,417 - Have you lost your mind? - Charles! 465 00:58:35,458 --> 00:58:38,542 First you forget to go to your husband's memorial service, 466 00:58:38,792 --> 00:58:40,958 then you throw the reverend out of your house. 467 00:58:40,958 --> 00:58:42,667 Don't you realize how insulting that was? 468 00:58:42,958 --> 00:58:46,625 Don't you see that it was he who insulted me? He dared to imply that... 469 00:58:46,667 --> 00:58:48,708 He implied the truth, Margaret. 470 00:58:48,750 --> 00:58:51,167 And people mustn't discover the truth, as you well know. 471 00:58:51,500 --> 00:58:53,250 I was wrong, but what else could I do? 472 00:58:53,250 --> 00:58:55,167 Act a little more sensibly. 473 00:58:56,625 --> 00:58:58,792 We are playing a very dangerous game. 474 00:58:58,833 --> 00:59:01,750 You know as well as I do that once false move could undo us. 475 00:59:03,042 --> 00:59:04,750 You speak to me as if I were your enemy-- 476 00:59:04,750 --> 00:59:06,792 You know very well that isn't so! 477 00:59:07,042 --> 00:59:09,542 If I didn't love you, I wouldn't find myself in this situation. 478 00:59:09,583 --> 00:59:11,833 And you wouldn't have forced me to become your accomplice. 479 00:59:11,875 --> 00:59:13,625 Forced you?! 480 00:59:14,083 --> 00:59:15,833 It was you who killed him! 481 00:59:16,083 --> 00:59:18,750 Never say anything of the kind again! Do you understand? 482 00:59:19,208 --> 00:59:21,083 Let go, Charles, you're hurting me! 483 00:59:21,083 --> 00:59:23,583 You wanted him dead. You obliged me to kill him! 484 00:59:42,500 --> 00:59:44,208 Ignore what I said. 485 00:59:45,208 --> 00:59:46,958 My nerves are in tatters, too. 486 00:59:48,708 --> 00:59:51,458 Your husband reappearing between these walls 487 00:59:52,875 --> 00:59:55,458 has come between us more than he ever did in life. 488 00:59:57,083 --> 01:00:00,333 Every hour, every instant, I feel his presence behind me. 489 01:00:01,500 --> 01:00:04,250 Sometimes I turn around, certain to find myself face to face with him. 490 01:00:06,917 --> 01:00:10,083 And it's not just the imaginings of a... 491 01:00:14,042 --> 01:00:15,208 Margaret, 492 01:00:16,375 --> 01:00:19,208 remaining united is our only hope. 493 01:00:21,750 --> 01:00:24,500 I had better go to my room and try to sleep. 494 01:00:27,917 --> 01:00:29,292 Remember, darling. 495 01:00:29,917 --> 01:00:31,458 We must be very careful. 496 01:00:31,708 --> 01:00:33,083 They'll be watching us. 497 01:00:34,917 --> 01:00:36,250 In fact, it would be a good idea 498 01:00:36,458 --> 01:00:39,125 if you went to pray at your husband's tomb today. 499 01:00:39,542 --> 01:00:41,125 Take some flowers 500 01:00:41,500 --> 01:00:43,458 and make sure people see you. 501 01:00:45,292 --> 01:00:46,833 Very well, as you wish. 502 01:00:47,458 --> 01:00:49,208 I say it for the good of both of us. 503 01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:36,958 You should try to eat something, madam. 504 01:02:36,958 --> 01:02:39,875 It isn't good for you not to eat for days on end. 505 01:02:42,833 --> 01:02:44,292 Take it away. 506 01:02:58,167 --> 01:03:01,042 Should I wait until the doctor returns before I clear the table? 507 01:03:03,167 --> 01:03:05,500 Do you think the doctor will be dining here this evening? 508 01:03:08,875 --> 01:03:09,958 Do you hear it? 509 01:03:11,750 --> 01:03:13,958 - Do you hear it, too?! - Hear what, madam? 510 01:03:15,917 --> 01:03:18,667 You can't expect me to believe you don't hear the music box? 511 01:03:20,167 --> 01:03:21,417 I can't hear anything. 512 01:03:21,458 --> 01:03:23,125 You're lying, Catherine! 513 01:03:23,208 --> 01:03:25,292 Madam! Madam, what's the matter? 514 01:03:25,458 --> 01:03:27,833 Where are you going, madam? Madam?! 515 01:05:27,167 --> 01:05:28,500 Here, madam. 516 01:05:28,500 --> 01:05:30,333 It was the master's snuffbox. 517 01:05:30,417 --> 01:05:32,875 I found it in Dr. Livingstone's room. 518 01:05:48,542 --> 01:05:49,958 Now I remember. 519 01:05:50,333 --> 01:05:53,125 I was close by the safe when Catherine called me. 520 01:05:59,917 --> 01:06:01,375 And I left him there on his own. 521 01:06:05,417 --> 01:06:06,958 No, it's not possible. 522 01:06:08,500 --> 01:06:09,917 And yet the snuffbox 523 01:06:10,167 --> 01:06:11,958 must have been in the safe. 524 01:06:15,292 --> 01:06:16,917 What a fool I've been! 525 01:07:01,417 --> 01:07:06,542 I know what you seek, Margaret. 526 01:07:07,417 --> 01:07:09,042 But it isn't here. 527 01:07:09,583 --> 01:07:10,958 It isn't here. 528 01:07:12,208 --> 01:07:13,333 John! 529 01:07:20,125 --> 01:07:21,500 You will find it 530 01:07:22,125 --> 01:07:23,208 in 531 01:07:23,542 --> 01:07:25,208 my tomb. 532 01:07:28,167 --> 01:07:29,792 Directly beneath 533 01:07:31,167 --> 01:07:32,542 my 534 01:07:33,583 --> 01:07:34,917 coffin, 535 01:07:35,625 --> 01:07:37,292 there is 536 01:07:37,667 --> 01:07:39,375 a safe hiding place 537 01:07:40,958 --> 01:07:42,833 for the jewelry 538 01:07:43,750 --> 01:07:44,875 you so 539 01:07:45,917 --> 01:07:47,250 covet. 540 01:07:48,500 --> 01:07:50,208 If you are courageous enough 541 01:07:50,792 --> 01:07:52,083 to profane 542 01:07:52,667 --> 01:07:55,042 my tomb once again, 543 01:07:56,292 --> 01:07:59,208 all that immense fortune will be yours. 544 01:08:00,250 --> 01:08:01,250 Just 545 01:08:01,958 --> 01:08:03,083 as 546 01:08:04,042 --> 01:08:05,792 you have always desired. 547 01:12:41,667 --> 01:12:42,792 You! 548 01:12:43,292 --> 01:12:46,042 How dare you spy on me! 549 01:12:46,208 --> 01:12:47,917 It is wrong of you to treat me in this way. 550 01:12:53,083 --> 01:12:55,500 Who came here before me? 551 01:12:55,625 --> 01:12:56,875 Who was it? 552 01:12:57,083 --> 01:12:58,250 Who was it?! 553 01:12:59,333 --> 01:13:01,292 It's not difficult to guess. 554 01:13:01,958 --> 01:13:03,917 Who else could have known apart from you? 555 01:13:04,333 --> 01:13:06,375 Someone who lives in the house 556 01:13:06,375 --> 01:13:08,083 and who is very close to you. 557 01:13:10,542 --> 01:13:12,917 No, no, it can't be! 558 01:13:12,917 --> 01:13:16,250 And yet it is, even if you don't want to believe it. 559 01:13:50,292 --> 01:13:52,500 - What are you doing? - Margaret, I'm leaving. 560 01:13:54,042 --> 01:13:55,750 So suddenly? Why? 561 01:13:56,958 --> 01:13:59,333 Because I have realized that everything we once dreamed of 562 01:13:59,375 --> 01:14:00,917 is gradually being destroyed. 563 01:14:01,417 --> 01:14:04,292 Even if we found the money and left, it would already be too late. 564 01:14:04,917 --> 01:14:07,208 We would only torment one another. 565 01:14:08,250 --> 01:14:09,583 That is our punishment. 566 01:14:10,417 --> 01:14:12,792 Perhaps there is someone waiting for you? 567 01:14:12,833 --> 01:14:14,583 Another woman you love more than me. 568 01:14:15,458 --> 01:14:16,792 Don't talk nonsense. 569 01:14:16,917 --> 01:14:19,417 Don't you realize that it's precisely because I still love you 570 01:14:19,542 --> 01:14:21,958 that I fear remorse will one day make us enemies? 571 01:14:22,542 --> 01:14:25,417 How is it that your conscience has so suddenly reawakened? 572 01:14:26,250 --> 01:14:28,750 Ask me rather why it kept silent until now. 573 01:14:29,125 --> 01:14:31,958 I must have been in the grip of madness to do what I did. 574 01:14:34,708 --> 01:14:37,333 No, Charles, I beg you. You can't leave me. 575 01:14:37,875 --> 01:14:39,917 Please, don't insist. I have made up my mind. 576 01:14:41,042 --> 01:14:42,167 Listen. 577 01:14:42,208 --> 01:14:45,083 I didn't shrink from any act in order to have you for myself. 578 01:14:45,208 --> 01:14:47,583 I've never wanted anything else in my whole life! 579 01:14:47,667 --> 01:14:49,500 What will I do now, alone? 580 01:14:49,917 --> 01:14:51,792 Don't you understand that we are already alone? 581 01:14:51,958 --> 01:14:54,125 No bond can ever again unite us! 582 01:14:54,375 --> 01:14:56,667 Living together would truly be a nightmare. 583 01:14:57,042 --> 01:15:00,458 But I love you, Charles! I can't live without you! 584 01:15:00,458 --> 01:15:02,833 At one time, you loved your husband, too, 585 01:15:02,833 --> 01:15:04,667 but that love soon faded. 586 01:15:05,333 --> 01:15:08,250 You'll free yourself of my memory the way you freed yourself of him! 587 01:15:08,292 --> 01:15:10,042 It's not true! Don't leave me! 588 01:15:30,500 --> 01:15:32,917 To think that I didn't want to believe it... 589 01:15:34,208 --> 01:15:36,750 I refused to believe my own eyes. And instead... 590 01:15:36,792 --> 01:15:38,292 How can the jewels be... 591 01:15:38,583 --> 01:15:39,583 You can't think that I-- 592 01:15:39,625 --> 01:15:42,375 What am I supposed to think? It's all so clear now. 593 01:15:43,042 --> 01:15:45,708 I should have realized it that day when you wanted 594 01:15:45,750 --> 01:15:48,042 to be alone with the safe! - Have you lost your mind? 595 01:15:48,083 --> 01:15:50,875 You're a thief! A thief and a murderer! 596 01:15:50,958 --> 01:15:53,083 You stole the jewels, that's why you're running away! 597 01:15:53,125 --> 01:15:54,333 I'm not-- 598 01:15:54,375 --> 01:15:56,292 - Murderer! - Quiet, Margaret! 599 01:15:56,333 --> 01:15:58,667 Thief! Thief! Thief! 600 01:16:00,417 --> 01:16:01,583 You lied to me! 601 01:16:01,625 --> 01:16:03,708 You've been lying to me the whole time! 602 01:16:05,167 --> 01:16:07,500 Margaret, no! Have you lost your mind? 603 01:16:10,750 --> 01:16:13,167 I swear it had never crossed my mind to steal from you. 604 01:16:15,042 --> 01:16:17,000 In any case, it's better this way. 605 01:16:17,792 --> 01:16:20,708 At least you'll be persuaded we should never see one another again. 606 01:17:05,875 --> 01:17:07,167 No! 607 01:17:10,708 --> 01:17:11,875 No! 608 01:17:15,208 --> 01:17:16,458 No! 609 01:17:36,667 --> 01:17:37,708 No! 610 01:26:30,333 --> 01:26:31,833 Why are you trembling so? 611 01:26:59,625 --> 01:27:01,458 Are you so very moved to see me again? 612 01:27:01,917 --> 01:27:04,500 You ought to be used to me returning. 613 01:27:11,333 --> 01:27:13,583 This time, though, it is really me. 614 01:27:14,583 --> 01:27:16,375 In the flesh. 615 01:27:23,875 --> 01:27:25,917 Do you feel how strong my hands are? 616 01:27:27,917 --> 01:27:29,792 But I'm not going to kill you. 617 01:27:30,917 --> 01:27:33,083 No, I'm not going to kill you. 618 01:27:38,458 --> 01:27:40,542 That would be too merciful of a punishment. 619 01:27:41,042 --> 01:27:44,000 And I have something better reserved for you, 620 01:27:44,042 --> 01:27:46,083 which is the result of your own actions. 621 01:27:46,333 --> 01:27:49,542 You cut yourself when you were lifting out the treasure casket, 622 01:27:50,042 --> 01:27:51,125 didn't you? 623 01:27:52,333 --> 01:27:54,375 I had coated it with poison. 624 01:27:54,875 --> 01:27:56,125 Curare. 625 01:27:56,500 --> 01:27:58,250 Did you know that curare paralyzes? 626 01:27:59,167 --> 01:28:01,375 From now on, that chair will be yours, 627 01:28:01,583 --> 01:28:04,667 while I will go far away to enjoy my wealth. 628 01:28:04,875 --> 01:28:07,417 The wealth that you and that poor soul, Charles, 629 01:28:07,917 --> 01:28:10,667 so desperately sought in vain. 630 01:28:11,958 --> 01:28:15,917 Ah, I almost forgot to tell you that you were wrong about Charles. 631 01:28:16,250 --> 01:28:18,417 He hadn't stolen that jewelry. 632 01:28:18,458 --> 01:28:20,958 It was Catherine who put it in his valise. 633 01:28:21,750 --> 01:28:23,708 He truly loved you, and you... 634 01:28:23,750 --> 01:28:25,792 - George... - I had foreseen it all. 635 01:28:25,792 --> 01:28:28,542 It was also Catherine who loaded the revolver with blanks 636 01:28:28,583 --> 01:28:30,208 when you shot at my ghost. 637 01:28:31,042 --> 01:28:33,458 And then, while you were unconscious, 638 01:28:33,917 --> 01:28:36,083 I fired some real bullets into the wall. 639 01:28:36,792 --> 01:28:39,000 And you both lost your minds with terror. 640 01:28:39,875 --> 01:28:42,333 Just think, it all began the night I realized 641 01:28:42,625 --> 01:28:44,417 that I truly was getting better. 642 01:28:45,958 --> 01:28:48,208 I came to give you the good news... 643 01:28:49,625 --> 01:28:51,833 And found you in Charles' arms! 644 01:28:51,833 --> 01:28:54,000 You had decided to free yourselves of me! 645 01:28:55,292 --> 01:28:57,417 But I exchanged the curare 646 01:28:57,792 --> 01:28:59,333 with a substance capable of 647 01:28:59,542 --> 01:29:01,708 giving me the appearance of death. 648 01:29:02,958 --> 01:29:06,583 I put another body in my coffin 649 01:29:07,208 --> 01:29:10,542 and sent you on an exhausting hunt for the inheritance, 650 01:29:10,917 --> 01:29:14,208 persecuting you incessantly day and night. 651 01:29:16,833 --> 01:29:20,375 Appearing to you as a ghost 652 01:29:21,792 --> 01:29:24,125 was actually very simple. 653 01:29:24,833 --> 01:29:26,083 Isn't that right, Catherine? 654 01:29:27,125 --> 01:29:29,875 Is everything ready for our departure, Catherine? 655 01:29:29,917 --> 01:29:31,458 - Yes, sir. - Very good. 656 01:29:31,458 --> 01:29:33,750 Thank you for all that you have done for me. 657 01:29:34,250 --> 01:29:36,333 You have been truly invaluable. 658 01:29:36,583 --> 01:29:38,375 - You are too kind. - Go now. 659 01:30:05,125 --> 01:30:07,167 I'm sorry, I had no choice. 660 01:30:07,583 --> 01:30:09,417 You were the only witness. 661 01:30:22,500 --> 01:30:24,250 I have to ask you 662 01:30:24,750 --> 01:30:26,917 one final favor, Margaret. 663 01:30:29,125 --> 01:30:32,083 Your fingerprints on the pistol. 664 01:30:32,208 --> 01:30:33,375 There we are! 665 01:30:34,417 --> 01:30:37,667 That way it was you who killed her, too. 666 01:30:41,042 --> 01:30:42,833 Poor Catherine. 667 01:30:43,875 --> 01:30:47,458 When she contacted the police just now, as I had told her to, 668 01:30:47,500 --> 01:30:51,625 she certainly didn't imagine that as well as reporting you for Charles' murder, 669 01:30:52,042 --> 01:30:53,750 she would be accusing you 670 01:30:54,417 --> 01:30:56,167 of her own death as well. 671 01:31:00,458 --> 01:31:01,708 Soon 672 01:31:02,875 --> 01:31:05,792 you will be totally paralyzed. 673 01:31:18,167 --> 01:31:19,417 The police. 674 01:31:20,958 --> 01:31:22,333 They're already arriving. 675 01:31:23,250 --> 01:31:26,375 That obliges me to leave you earlier than I had planned. 676 01:31:27,458 --> 01:31:28,667 I'm sorry. 677 01:31:28,792 --> 01:31:30,458 I'm very sorry, my dear. 678 01:31:33,958 --> 01:31:35,125 Ah! 679 01:31:37,333 --> 01:31:39,917 My trusty old gin! 680 01:31:42,333 --> 01:31:45,458 I see you are taking up all my old habits! 681 01:31:45,458 --> 01:31:47,958 You'd poured yourself a glass. 682 01:31:48,750 --> 01:31:50,542 To your good health, my dearest! 683 01:31:50,958 --> 01:31:53,375 Or rather, to your infirmity... 684 01:31:54,750 --> 01:31:58,208 And to the sweet memories of Copenhagen. 685 01:32:09,542 --> 01:32:14,583 What a pity you didn't know there was a secret passage in this room. 686 01:32:14,958 --> 01:32:17,417 We could have met now and then. 687 01:32:21,667 --> 01:32:22,792 Help! 688 01:32:22,792 --> 01:32:24,250 What's happening to me?! 689 01:32:25,583 --> 01:32:26,833 I don't feel... 690 01:32:27,542 --> 01:32:28,958 I don't feel well... 691 01:32:29,125 --> 01:32:30,958 I can't breathe! 692 01:32:41,458 --> 01:32:42,792 That bottle over there! 693 01:32:43,083 --> 01:32:44,125 On the table! 694 01:32:45,792 --> 01:32:47,167 Give me that bottle! 695 01:32:48,000 --> 01:32:49,250 It's the antidote! 696 01:32:50,667 --> 01:32:52,458 We can still save ourselves! 697 01:32:54,583 --> 01:32:55,917 Help me! 698 01:33:02,250 --> 01:33:03,333 I beg of you! 699 01:33:03,375 --> 01:33:04,958 Give me the antidote, Margaret! 700 01:33:07,625 --> 01:33:09,167 The antidote, quickly! 701 01:33:16,667 --> 01:33:17,875 Here. 702 01:33:18,917 --> 01:33:20,208 We'll be saved... 703 01:33:21,042 --> 01:33:22,375 Both of us... 704 01:33:26,292 --> 01:33:27,750 Come closer... 705 01:33:27,792 --> 01:33:28,833 Here. 706 01:34:05,625 --> 01:34:07,042 Take her away. 707 01:34:42,542 --> 01:34:44,708 I told you, Dr. Hichcock. 708 01:34:45,125 --> 01:34:48,208 The Devil is more real than people think.