All language subtitles for The Fugitive Kind.1960.720

Tell the clerk your name.

Xavier.

With an "X" or an "S"?

I told you before,
but you just don't remember me.

I remember you though,

you're also known as Snakeskin.

Now, Xavier, will you give, uh,

an account to this court
of the precise offense

that led up to your arrest, huh?

Well,

my, uh,

my guitar was in hock,

down at the South
Rampart street pawnshop.

It was on display in the, uh,

in the loan shark's window.

And, uh,

you know,
it's my life's companion.

And... Are you drunk?

No, just...

I'm tired.

You want to rest for 6 weeks
in the house of detention?

No, sir,
I don't want to do that.

My, uh, guitar was in hock,

and... and it was
the first time in my life.

And,

uh, you know,
it gave me a real bad feeling.

And

I... I can't explain it to you,
but everybody has something

that's very important to them.

With me, it's my guitar.

And, uh, you know it was a...

A... a gift from a very, uh,
very great man, Leadbelly.

I ain't asking no questions
about your guitar.

What happened the night
before the party was raided?

Well, I had to find some way to,
you know, get my guitar out of hock.

So, uh,

I ran into Charlie 5.

Charlie who?

Uh, his, well, his name is, uh,

Cinque, Charlie cinque,
but they call him Charlie 5

because "cinq"
means 5 in French,

and you can hit on him for $5
if you really need it.

And, uh,

so, he came up to me and approached
me in the Starlight Lounge.

It was, uh,

about 6:00 that day

in the p.m.

And, uh,

he came up and approached me
and, uh, offered me the job.

What job?

Oh, I thought you already
knew about the job.

You know, the court
could hear you better

if you'd hold your head up
when you talk.

I am.

What did he ask you to do?

He... he asked me to, uh,

well, he wanted me
to entertain at this

party and I told him
my... my guitar is in hock.

He says, "It doesn't matter,
you don't need your guitar."

And, uh,

he says, "All you got to do is just,
you know, be part of this,

you know, party."

Hmm, he offered to pay you
for taking part in this party,

which was raided the night on
the premises of Bourbon street

over at the Club Rendezvous,
huh?

Is that it?

Yeah.

And you started this
disturbance at this party, huh?

Yes, sir, I did.

I just, uh, I was fed up.
I got disgusted.

I was sick and, uh,

I felt like my whole life was,
uh, something sick on my stomach

and I just had to throw it up.

So, I threw it up,

and, uh,

I started to bust up the joint.

You smashed up the place?

Yeah.

Well, Snakeskin,
if I let you go,

how soon can I expect you
back here again?

Oh, I'm never coming here again.

I'll never be down here again,
your Honor.

Uh,

it's about time for the, uh,

the pawnshop to open there on South
Rampart street, and I'm going down there

and get my guitar out of hock and
I'm going to split out of this city

and... and, uh, go for good.

And all that, you know,
bunch, all the people

that know me or
thought they'd known me,

they're never gonna
see me again.

And, uh,

well, and I'm...
I'm all through with those parties, too.

And that's the truth.

That's the truth.

Eddie!

Ed!

Oh.

I... I thought you were that boy
that broke out of the lockup.

No, ma'am.

My car quit on me down the road

and this is the only
lighted window I seen and...

Well,
my husband's Sheriff Talbot.

He's out with the posse
trackin' down that poor boy.

Yes, ma'am.

Your car quit on you?

That's right, ma'am.

Come in.

Well, I...

I don't know
who to call at this hour.

Well, I, uh,

I'm just lookin'
for a little dry place to sleep, ma'am.

I don't need a bed or nothin',

just a little... little dry place.

If-if it wouldn't
make you too nervous,

you could sleep in the lockup.

Um, I don't want to put you
to any trouble, ma'am.

Oh, no.
No, it's no trouble.

Did somebody break out
of here tonight?

Yes. Eddie.

I'm rarely disappointed
when I put trust in people,

but I was this time.

Tonight,
when I brought him his supper,

instead of puttin' it
through the slot in the door,

I unlocked the door of the
lockup and he just... He just...

He just shoved past me
and he ran out.

And he...

He said, "Excuse me."

I think they got him.

Stop now.

It's all over, ma'am.

Um, I... I...

I think I'd like
a cup of coffee.

Would you care for a cup?

Yes, ma'am.

I've been paintin' all night.

There's nothin' more exhausting

than that kind of work
on the face of the earth.

It just leaves you
burned out inside.

Still, but when you're
finished with a picture,

you... you feel

elevated.

Is this the picture?
Yes.

Yes, that's the Church
of the Resurrection.

The church supposed to be blue?

No, that-that's how I felt it.

I...

You see, I paint a thing
how I... I feel it.

Thank you, ma'am.

You know, uh,

you know what I mean, Mr...

Yes, ma'am.
Xavier is my name.

Valentine Xavier.

Oh.

Are... are you a... a musician,
Mr. Xavier?

Well, I used to be
a sort of entertainer

in nightspots in New Orleans.

Oh.

Oh.

Well, if you're lookin'
for that kind of work,

you won't find that kind
of work around here.

No, ma'am,
I quit it. I'm...

Today's my 30th birthday,
and I...

Thank you.
Here.

That's nice.

I'm not young anymore.

Oh, you're young at 30.

Well, you're not young at 30 if you've
been on a party since you were 15.

You mean that, uh,

that you want to turn over
a new leaf in your life?

That'd suit me perfectly.

Well,

if you're sincere,
and you're really through with night places,

I think I could
help you to find a job.

Well, what kind of work would that be?
It'd be clerkin'.

That's at the
Torrance mercantile store.

Jabe Torrance is coming home from
the hospital in Memphis tomorrow.

But they say he won't be
well enough to handle

the work by himself.

Would that kind
of work suit you?

Well, I'd be happy to try it,
ma'am.

Oh.

Well, I'll speak to Lady,

that's Mrs. Torrance,
when she brings Jabe home tomorrow.

Well, if you're sleepy, maybe you
could go on down and bed down there.

Well, I sure appreciate it.

Well, that's all right.

Mmm, man,
all I want is somethin' hot to drink.

A cup of coffee or a shot of whiskey.
Huh, Jordan?

Ooh, I'm soaked clear through.

Look at that gun. It's going to
take me 2 weeks to get that clean.

Why'd you leave
the cell door open, Vee?

Howdy, Mrs. Talbot.
Howdy.

I put my trust in Eddie.

Yeah, you put your
trust in him, all right.

Give me some of that.

Who's the boy you got sleepin'
down there now?

Mr. Xavier.

His car broke down.
He's a musician.

Yeah, I'm sick of you makin'
a fool of yourself over every

stray tramp that wanders
into this county.

A musician.

What you gonna put on the coroner's report,
sheriff?

Killed, attempting escape.

That boy said, "Excuse me,"
when he broke out.

That makes it fine, now,
don't it?

They'll give him
a crown in heaven.

What time is it?

About 1:45 a.m.

What's that boy's name again?

Xavier. Valentine Xavier.

Not that boy, you fool.
The boy who broke out.

Pull it tight, now.
Real tight.

I want it tight, now.

Cannonball's comin'
into the depot.

Pee Wee!
Dog!

Pee Wee, get on down to that depot.
Cannonball's comin' in!

Hurry up, you two.

Pee Wee, get a move on.
You can move faster than that, I've seen you.

Come on, Dolly.
We got to fix the buffet.

Hi, Mrs. Talbot.
Where's the sheriff?

Oh,
he's gone down to the depot to meet Jabe.

That's where we're goin' now.

Hey,
Snakeskin!

Snakeskin!

Thank you, Uncle Pleasant.

Beulah, I'm sorry.
I never can remember your last name.

My name's Binnings,
Beulah Binnings.

Get him out of here!
Get him out of here!

He's gonna mark my baby.

Oh, shoot, Dolly.

It's just that crazy conjure man

that sells trinkets
on the turnpike.

What have you got here, Uncle?

It's a bone of some kind.

Well, it's just a bone.

No.

It's just a bone.
Please get him out of here!

It's a bone!

Now, I'm gettin' mad!

Uncle Pleasant,
you take this bone

and you leave it on a bare
rock in the rain and the sun

till every sign of corruption
is burned and washed away.

And then it will
be a good charm.

You know,
they say that if you, uh,

break the heel of your
slipper in the mornin'

that means you'll meet the
love of your life before dark.

Of course, it was almost dark when
I broke the heel of my slipper.

I suppose that means I'll meet the
love of my life before daybreak?

Somebody don't seem to realize
this store is closed.

Oh, she's a Cutrere

and thinks she can
do as she pleases.

Why are you pretending
not to remember me?

Well, it's hard to remember
somebody you never met.

Are you afraid I'll snitch?

Snitch?
Hmm?

About what?

Can I see your wristwatch?

Well, that's all right.
I saw it already.

It is my cousin Bertie's
Rolex Chronometer.

Of course, it doesn't matter.
I won't tell anybody.

But I can prove that I know you,
if I have to.

It was, uh,

last new year's eve
in New Orleans,

and you were providing
the entertainment.

Mmm-hmm.

In the Club Rendezvous,
or was it the Music Bar?

Miss Carol, Mr. Xavier wants
to turn over a new leaf...

As a matter of fact,
you told my cousin Bertie and me about, uh,

this lady osteopath that you
met somewhere in your travels.

And you said,
anytime you were broke...

You said,
anytime you were broke,

you could wire this
lady osteopath collect.

And no matter how far...

Hmm?
How far away, how far away you were,

Or how long it had been
since you had seen her,

she would send you
a money order for $25

with the same sweet message,

"I love you.
When will you come back?"

Why are you so anxious
to prove that I know you?

'Cause I'd like to know
you better and better.

Oh, I think they're coming!

If Lady catches
you two old maids

snooping around upstairs,
she'll let you have it.

Oh, they... they got separate bedrooms,
not even connected.

Take it easy, Jabe.
I'll help you.

Here, lean on my arm.

Good morning, Jabe.
Take it easy.

Watch your step.

Attaboy.

I'll just go open the door.

Does he look good, Dog?

Here, watch your step now, Jabe.

Attaboy.

Dolly! Beulah!
We're home. Jabe's here.

Oh, he's back!

Oh, you look marvelous, Jabe.

Oh, stop it, Eva.

It's so wonderful to see him!

Look at that color on his face.

I don't think he's been sick.

I think he's been to Miami and
got himself a Florida suntan.

You see, Jabe, we've got a reception
committee here to meet us.

They've prepared
a buffet supper.

I see there've been
some changes made here, huh?

Yes.

How come the shoe department
is back there now?

Well, Jabe,
we... we always had a problem

with lights in the store.

So you put the shoe department
further away from the window.

That's sensible.

That's a very intelligent
solution to the problem, Lady.

Yeah, tomorrow, I'll, uh,

I'll get me some men and help move
the shoe department back front.

Ok. It's your store.

Glad you reminded me of it.

That man'll never
come down those stairs again.

Never in this world, honey.

He has the death sweat on him.

Hmm, yellow as butter.

Sister, sister!

Lady?

No, thank you.

I don't suppose you feel
like talkin' about it?

But Dog and me are so worried.

Pee Wee and me was
worried sick about it.

About what?

About Jabe's operation
in Memphis.

Ha.

Was it successful?

Was it too late for
surgical interference?

We hope and pray
it ain't hopeless.

I'm sorry.

I've got to go up.
Jabe's knocking for me.

I'll speak to Lady upstairs.
Lady. Lady!

Speakin' of knocks,

I've a knock in my engine.

It goes knock, knock
and I say, "Who's there?"

I don't know whether I'm in
communication with some dead ancestor

or my motor's about to drop out

and leave me stranded
on the Dixie highway.

Do you have any knowledge
of mechanics?

Well, I'm sure you do.

Would you like to be sweet and take a
ride with me so you can hear that knock?

Look, I'm, uh, waiting
for a job in this store. So...

Well, I'm offering you a job.

Yeah,
but I want a job that pays.

Well, I expect to pay you.

Maybe sometime tomorrow.

I can't stay overnight
in this county.

I'm ordered to stay out
by the sheriff

and paid to stay out
by my brother.

What are they sayin' about me?
That I'm degraded?

Is that what you're
sayin' about me?

That I'm corrupt?
Degraded? Hmm?

I'll be waitin'
outside in my car

if you decide
to change your mind.

There is something definitely
not normal about that girl.

She'd better stay out
of this county.

Absolutely degraded.

Absolutely.
Now, since you're a stranger here,

I think we ought to tell you
a little bit more about her.

We don't want you
to think that...

Hey, Snakeskin, give me a hand.

Miss Cutrere,
you ain't allowed to drive in this county.

I'll drive you.

Move over.

Just get your legs on the
other side of the gearshift.

Both of them.

Well, here we are.

I've got to call Cousin Bertie

and tell him I'm irresistibly
detained on the Dixie highway.

You get us a booth
and setup, Snakeskin.

Tulane-0374.

How about some spareribs?

Hey, Bertie.

Hi, Doll. What happened?

Did you trip over somethin'
when you picked up the phone?

I thought I heard a crash.

Oh, Bertie, guess what?
I got my allowance back.

Yeah. On condition I stay forever
away from Two River county.

What?

You with that gal, buster?
The one on the phone, huh?

Yeah.
We come in here together.

Well, she's been
eighty-sixed out of here.

Get her out.

But you come back
alone sometime. You hear?

Oh, Bertie, guess who's with me.

No. You'll never guess.
Well, you remember last New Year's eve?

Mr. Cutrere. Mr. Cutrere.

No, not that one. The good looking boy.
Your sister's here.

You remember the one in the
snakeskin jacket with the guitar.

Your sister's here.
Well, he's with... What are you doin'?

They want us out of here.

What? Who?

You!

You take your hands
off my sister.

I'm trying to get her
out of here, Mr. Cutrere.

I'm going. I'm going.

There are plenty of other
juke joints on the highway.

Mr. Xavier,
would you like to go jukin'?

Come on.
Let's you and me go juke.

What you mean, go jukin'?

Jukin'?

Aw.

Well, that's when
you get into a car,

which is preferably open
in any kind of weather,

and then you, uh,
drink a little bit,

And you drive a little bit,

and then you stop and you dance
a little bit with a juke box.

And then you drink
a little bit more,

and you drive a little bit more,

and you stop and you dance a
little more to another juke box.

And then you stop dancin'
and you just drink and you drive.

And then,

you stop drivin'

and you just drink.

And finally, you stop drinkin'!

Well, what you do then?

Well...

Well, that depends on
who you're jukin' with.

What's the matter,
can't you see he's drunk?

He can take care of himself.

He can't take care
of anything. Come on.

This country used to be wild,
but now it's just drunk.

Why do you... Why do you make
such a crazy show of yourself?

'Cause I'm an exhibitionist.

I want people to know I'm alive.

Don't you want people
to know you're alive?

I just want to live. I don't care
whether they know I'm alive or not.

Well, I want to be noticed,
and seen, and heard, and felt.

I used to be what they call

a church-bitten reformer.

You know what that means?

Uh-uh.

Well, that's a kind
of benign exhibitionist.

I used to make stump speeches.

Oh, and I wrote letters
of protest against

the gradual massacre of the
colored majority in the county.

And you know,
when that Willie McCoy thing came along,

poor man got sent
to the chair, you know,

for havin' improper relations
with a white slut.

Oh, I made a fuss about that.

I put on a potato sack

and I set out on foot
for the Capitol.

And you know how far I got?

6 miles out of town.

I was hooted and jeered at and even
spit on every step of the way.

Then I got arrested.

And you know what for?

Lewd vagrancy.

Oh, me!
That was a long time ago.

And I'm not a reformer anymore.

I'm just a lewd vagrant.

And I'm gonna show 'em.

And show 'em all just how lewd,
a lewd vagrant can be

when she puts her whole heart into it,
the way I do mine.

Hey, turn off here.

You live around here?

Nobody lives around here.

This is the local bone orchard.

You hear
the dead people talking?

Dead people don't talk.

Sure they do.

They chatter away like birds
here on Wisteria Hill.

But all they can say
is one word,

and that word is "live."

Live, live, live, live, live.

That's all they know.

That's the only advice
they can give.

It's simple.

It's a very simple instruction.

Please. Let me, let me.

Who are you trying to fool,
besides yourself?

What is this?

A human wrist with a bone?

Feels like a twig.

I could snap it with 2 fingers.

Little girl, a man
holdin' himself against you

would break you like
a bundle of sticks.

Let's go.

What are we doin' here?

I'm gonna see about that job.

You won't drive on
with me to New Orleans?

That's where I come from.
It's not where I'm goin'.

Hello?

Hello. Get me the drugstore,
will you?

I know the drugstore's closed.

This is Mrs. Torrance.
My store's closed, too,

but I got a sick man here
just back from the hospital.

And...

Oh, please, wa... Wake up
Mr. Dubinsky, huh?

Keep ringing till he answers.

Keep ringing till he answers,
yes.

I wish I was dead.

Dead.

No, you don't, ma'am.

Who are you?
What are you doing here?

Didn't, uh, Mrs. Talbot
talk to you about me?

What?

Mrs. Talbot brought me here
when you got back from Memphis.

You've been here all this time?

No. I went out
and came back.

What for?

Well, you know that, uh, girl that was here?
Hmm.

Carol Cutrere. I know her.

Well, she, uh,

she told me that she... she had
somethin' wrong with her car

and could I fix it.

Did you fix it?

Well, that wasn't her trouble.

No? What was her trouble?

Oh, she made a mistake about me.

What kind of mistake?

Well,
she thought I had a sign hung on me.

"Male at stud."

She...

Hello?

Hello?

Oh, hello, Mr. Dubinsky.
Yes, this is Mrs. Torrance.

I'm sorry to wake you up,
but I just brought my husband back

from... from the Memphis hospital.

I left my box of
luminal tablets in...

Well, I got to have some.

I haven't slept for 3 nights.

But...
Then bring them yourself!

Yes, because I'm going
to pieces right this minute!

Ok. Thank you.

I'm shivering.

It's cold as an ice plant
at night in this store.

What... what do you want?
I got to go up now.

Here, ma'am.

Why don't you just
put this on you, ma'am.

Hmm? How's that?

What is that? Snakeskin?

Mmm-hmm.
That's what it is. Snakeskin.

What are you doing
with a snakeskin jacket?

Mmm, it used to be
a trademark. I was a...

I used to be an entertainer
in New Orleans.

It feels warm, all right.

Probably warmth from my body.

You must be a warm-blooded boy.

What are you looking for
around here?

Well, some work.

Mrs. Talbot said that you
might have some work for me.

Mmm.

Boys like you don't work.

What do you mean,
"Boys like me"?

Ones that play the guitar

and go around talking
about how warm they are.

That happened to be the truth.

You know,

my temperature's always a
couple of degrees above normal.

The same as a dog's.

Hmm.

You don't believe me?

I have no reason
to doubt you. Believe me.

Well, uh,

I couldn't hire no stranger

with a snakeskin jacket
and a guitar.

And a temperature
as high as a dog's.

Keep it on, ma'am.

No, thank you. I got to go up now.
You better go.

I got no place to go.

Well, everyone's got a problem.

That's yours.

Ma'am, I do all kinds
of electrical repairs.

I... I do odd jobs and
I... I need the work real bad.

What's the matter
with your guitar?

Are you tired of it? Hmm?

No, ma'am.

That's my life's companion,

but I had to hock it once and I
don't want to do that anymore.

I need a steady job.

What's all that writing on it?

Huh?

Well, that's, uh,

all that's...

All that's autographs
of famous jazz musicians.

See this name here?

Leadbelly.

That was the... That was the greatest
man that ever lived on 12-string guitar.

He played that thing so good,
he... he broke the stone heart

of a Texas governor and won
himself a pardon out of jail.

His name's written in the stars.

This one here.

Jefferson.
Blind Lemon Jefferson.

Is his name written
in the stars, too?

Yeah.

His name's written in the stars.

You're a peculiar
somebody, all right.

You got any
character reference, hmm?

Uh, yes, ma'am, I do.

I got this letter here.

Let's see.

Right here.

"This boy worked for me 3
months in my auto repair shop.

"And he's a real
hard worker and he's honest.

"But he's a...

"He's a peculiar talker

"and that is the reason
I got to let him go.

"But would like... Would like to

"put him, uh,

would like to keep him.
Yours truly."

Is that... Is that what it says?

Yeah. Some reference.

I guess it ain't.

However, what people say
about you don't mean much.

Oh, that's the sandman
with my sleeping tablets.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Waking up people
in the middle of the night...

No. I'm very sorry
to wake you up.

I'd like to get some sleep, too.

Yes, I know.
You're right.

But, uh,
that's a little difficult.

You know, I told you that
I haven't slept for 3 nights.

What a miserable man.

You ever have trouble sleeping?

No.

I can sleep or not sleep for as
long or as short as I want to.

I can sleep on a concrete floor.

Go without sleepin'
for 48 hours without even feelin' sleepy.

And I can hold my breath for 3 minutes,
not even blackin' out.

I made a bet once for $10 that
I could do it and I did it.

I see.

I see what that auto repairman

was talking about when he said,

"This boy is
a peculiar talker."

Well, what else can you do?
Tell me some more about your self-control.

Hmm?

Well, they say that a woman
can burn a man down, you know?

Mmm.

But I can burn a woman down.

I'm sayin' that I could.
I'm not sayin' I would.

What's the matter?
Have they tired you out?

Uh-uh.

I'm not tired.

I'm just fed up.

You're right.

You know, Lady,
there's people bought

and sold in this world
like carcasses of hogs

in butcher shops.

You might think that
there's... there's many...

There's many kinds
of people in this world.

But there's only 2 kinds.

The buyers and the ones
that get bought.

No.

There's another kind.

What kind?

It's a kind that don't
belong no place at all.

There's a kind of bird

that don't have any legs
so it can't land on nothin'.

So it has to spend its whole
life on its wings in the air.

I seen one, once.

It died and fell to earth.

And

its body was light blue colored.

And it was just as tiny
as your little finger.

And it was so light
in the palm of your hand

that it didn't weigh
more than a feather.

And its wings
spread out that wide,

and you could see
right through them.

That's why the hawks
don't catch 'em

because they don't see 'em.

They don't see 'em way up in
that high blue sky near the sun.

What about in gray weather?

Well, they fly so high.
In gray weather, the hawks, they'd get dizzy.

See, these little birds
don't have no legs at all

so they have to live
their whole lives on the wing.

And they sleep on the wind.

That's what they do, they just...

They just spread their wings out
and go to sleep on the wind.

And they only land
on this earth but one time,

it's when they die.

I want to show you something.

Come with me.

Come.

You see?

This is going to be
the confectionary.

It's going to open
in a short while.

I'm going to compete for the
nightlife in this county.

The after-the-movies trade.

It's going to be like
an orchard in the spring.

My father...
My father, he had an orchard on Moon Lake.

He made a wine garden of it.

They burned it up one summer.

Who burned it up?

Take this dollar,

go to eat,

and come back tomorrow morning.
I'll put you to work.

Maybe when the new confectionary will...
will open,

you can sing, you can play
the guitar in there,

who knows, huh?

Take it.

Ok?

Let's get one thing straight.

What thing is that?

You don't interest me no more
than the air you stand in.

If that's understood,
we will have a good working relation.

Otherwise, trouble.

Oh, can I...

Could I leave this here?

Your life's companion?

Yeah, my life's companion.

Leave it here, if you want to.

Thank you.

You know, I, uh,

I don't know much about you,

but I think that
you and Mrs. Talbot

are just about the nicest
people that I ever run into.

And I'm going to be steady

and honest and hardworkin'
to please you.

And if you... If you ever have any
trouble sleepin', I know how to fix that.

You see, I...

I met a lady osteopath one time

that taught me how to make little
adjustments in the back of the neck

and spine.

Give you a sound, natural sleep.

Ok?

Hmm, goodnight.

Goodnight.

I don't believe I care
for this pair of shoes.

I'm coming, Jabe.

What you want, Jabe?

Hypo.

Jabe, I can't do it.

I can't.
You ought to have a nurse.

What in hell can you do?

I run your store for you.

I thought you hired a boy
off the road to run it?

He's not a boy. Val's 30.

And how come you never brought
him up here for me to look at?

He been here 3 weeks now.

You never asked me.

I'm asking you now.
Go get him.

Not now. I'm not dressed.

Don't you want him to see you
in that new silk wrap?

I know your plans.
I know what your plans are, Lady.

But before I die,
you'll be too old for a lover.

Time will be past for you
to work out your plans.

Stop it! Don't do that, Jabe!
You're still my wife!

You're not my widow yet!

Stop it!
It makes my skin crawl.

Did it used to?

It did.

Always.

Mr. Xavier,
where have you been keeping yourself?

You ought to show yourself around more.
Janie!

Shoot, Connie.
Mr. Xavier understands.

Don't you, Mr. Xavier?

Yeah, I understand.

Ok, Val, I'll take care of them.

What is it?

I believe we have
changed our minds.

That's fine.

What did they want? Hmm?

What did they want?

Well, they said they were
in the market for some shoes.

But I guess they weren't
in the market for shoes.

What then? Thrills?

No, it's nothing
to bother about, Lady.

No?

Thrills are not marketed
in this market.

Your shoes squeak.

Pick up that match.

Pick up that match.

Why do you move that way, hmm?
Why do you walk that way?

What way?

What way?

Everything you do, it's like...

What?

You know you are...
You know what I mean.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

Val, what are you doing?

I'm giving you back your suit
you gave me to work in.

I'll change my pants in there.

Oh, please, no. I'm sorry.

You hear me?
I said I'm sorry.

I didn't sleep well last night.

Listen, Lady...

Lady! Lady!

Lady!

Lady, can I use your telephone?

Carol Cutrere's making a big
disturbance at our service station.

She's demanding service.

I'm gonna call her brother and tell
him to get her away from my station.

Helen,
give me the Cutrere place.

Oh, anybody there.
David Cutrere.

Or... or... or, if you can't get him,
give me Sheriff Talbot.

Miss Cutrere,
I ain't gonna serve you.

Now get out of here!
Mike, get this car out of here!

My money's as good as anybody's!

Oh, don't hurt her!

Let go of me!

Don't hurt her!

Ow!

Don't hurt her!

Come on. Here.

I woke up thinkin'
about you last night in New Orleans.

I tried to pour oblivion out of a bottle,
but it wouldn't pour out.

So, finally,
I just got in my car

and I drove 80 and 90
and 100 miles an hour

because I was afraid you'd
be gone before I got here.

Hello, Carol.

Hello, Lady.

Is there anything you want?

I have to give him a message.
Can I see him alone, please?

Her brother's comin' to get her.

David Cutrere is...

David Cutrere is not
coming to my store.

Why, Lady,
I thought you'd forgotten

that old flame.

Listen, your brother's plantation
is 10 minutes from here.

I won't let him
come in my store.

I don't even want his hand
to touch the door handle.

Give the message.

But when your brother comes,
I want you away from here,

like a shot from a pistol.
That fast.

Give the message now.

Come on.

Come on.

Now you're being kind.

I suspect that's
your true nature.

What's the message?

Ashes on your shirt.

Is that the message?

No.

That was just an excuse
to touch you.

The message is...

I'd love to hold something
the way you hold your guitar.

That's the way
I'd love to hold something,

with such tender protection.

I'd love to hold you that way.

With that same
tender protection.

'Cause you hang the moon for me.

I'm done with
the crowd you run with,

and the night places you run to.

Well, now you're not being kind.

Why?

Haven't I always
been very kind to you?

Did I even snitch when I saw
my cousin's watch on you?

Well, you take
this Rolex Chronometer.

It tells the time of the day,

and the days of the week,

and the month,

and all the crazy moon phases.

I haven't stolen nothin'
before I stole this.

And when I stole it,
I knew it was time to get off the party.

So you take this to Bertie.

That's my message to you
and the pack you run with.

I run with nobody.

I hoped I could run with you.

You are in danger here,
Snakeskin.

You've taken off the jacket that said,
I'm wild, I'm alone,

and you've put on the nice
blue uniform of a convict.

I hoped you'd hear me

and you'd let me take you away
from here before it was too late.

Fly away.

Fly away, little bird,

before you get broke.

Carol!

Snakeskin!
Carol!

Carol.

You broke our agreement.

Now, come on,
and I'll drive you over the river.

Snakeskin, you're in danger here.
Shut up and come on.

Wait, please.

Hello, Lady.

Carol.

Wait for me in the car.

I told you once to
never come in this store.

If your wild sister
comes here again,

send somebody else for her.
Not you.

Not you.

I hold hard feelings.

And don't pity me, either.

I haven't gone down
so terribly far in the world.

I got a going concern
in this mercantile store.

And back there is the confectionary
which will open this spring.

It's going to be like
the wine garden of my father.

You remember the wine garden
of my father?

You remember those
wine drinking nights

when someone loved you better
than anyone's loved you since?

I don't remember anything else.

No, wait.

I have something to tell you
I never told you before.

I carried your child in my body

the summer you quit me.

I didn't know.

No. I didn't write you
no letter about it.

I was proud then.

I had pride,

that summer they burned
the wine garden of my father.

And you, you...
you washed your hands clean of any connection

with a
dago bootlegger's daughter.

And took that society girl

that... that restored
your home place

and gave you
such wellborn children.

I didn't know.

And now you do know.

You know now.

I carried your child in my body

the summer you quit me.

But I lost your child.

I wanted death after that.

But that don't come when you want it,
you know.

So I took the next best thing.

You sold yourself.
I sold myself.

You was bought and I was bought.

Sold and bought like
things in this store.

Lady, please.

Get out of here!

Get out!

I just wanted to tell you
my life ain't over.

You all right, Lady?

I made a fool of myself.

I threw away pride.

Jordan. Jordan.

Come on, Vee.
Jordan.

Jordan, you'll have to help me with the
floating island... May I help you, Mrs. Talbot?

Oh, uh,

thank you, Mr. Xavier.

I brought this new paintin'
to hang in Jabe's bedroom.

Hey, ma!
Come on up here.

I'm comin'.

What's that boy like, Jordan?

He's a beauty, Jabe.
A real beauty.

When you go out,
you take another good look at him, will you?

Why don't you take
a look at him, Jabe?

Go ahead. Call him up here.

Take a look at him.

There you are, ma'am.

I tell you, Mr. Xavier,
since I took up my paintin',

my whole outlook is different.

I can't explain it.

Well, you don't have to explain it,
I know what you mean.

It's like me when I'm...
When I'm playing my guitar.

I guess, when,
before you started painting, it just...

It didn't make sense.

What didn't?

Um...

Existence.

No.

My existence didn't make sense.

You lived in Two River county

and you've seen
some terrible things.

Awful things.

Lynchings?

Yes.

Beatings?

Yes.

Yeah, you've been
a witness and you know.

Yes, I've been
a witness and I know.

We've both seen these things from
seats down front at the show.

You made some beauty,
Mrs. Talbot

out of this dark river country.

Hello. Uh...

Torrance mercantile store.

Why don't you come to my room,
so I can have a look at you?

I ain't met you yet.

Who's... who's... who's talking?

It's your boss, Jabe Torrance.

Your boss upstairs.

I... I hope Jabe
likes this paintin'.

I... I want to see that poor
sick man brought back to Jesus.

I brought Jabe some
floatin' island for supper.

Mmm-hmm.

You fit the description.

What description is that?

I heard you were good-lookin'.

And sales have been pickin'
up since you took over down there, boy.

Yeah, business has been
pretty good.

I bet most of
this lively new business

comes from women, don't it, huh?

The older ones?

Older ones are buyers.

They got the money, Jordan.

They sweat it out
of their husbands

and throw it away.

Doggone it,
if that ain't the truth.

Stay here, Lady.

I'm tired, Jabe.

You're not gettin'
enough help down there?

What was it that you wanted
to see me about, Mr. Torrance?

I just wanted to see
who is working for me.

Ok, boy.

You can go on back
down there now.

All right.

Bye.

How much am I payin' him?

Hmm?

I said,
how much am I payin' him?

$37.50 a week.

Gettin' him right cheap,
ain't I?

Aren't you satisfied?

What about you?

Are you satisfied, Lady?

Or are you dissatisfied?

Which?

Would you drive me someplace?

Sure, I will.

This is where all the young
couples would come to make love.

They'd come here,
in the wine garden.

And you?

Me?

Well, me,

I would sing with my father.

We'd wander among
the white arbors.

Him with a mandolin,
and me singing.

My voice is cracked now.

Maybe the face is cracked, too.

I don't know.

But then...

Then...

How did it happen to burn?

My papa made a mistake.

One night, one summer,
he sold liquor to negroes.

You heard of the vigilantes?

Yeah, I heard of them.

They took action that summer.

They rode out here
with gallons of coal oil,

and set the whole place on fire.

Vines, arbors, fruit trees.

The whole sky lit up with it.

And all the way
across this lake,

you could hear my papa calling.

Nobody answered the call.

My papa took
a blanket by himself,

run up in the wine garden
to fight the fire all alone

and he was burned alive.

He was burned alive in it.

I'm full of hate.

Whenever I look at a man in this county,
you know what I wonder?

I wonder if he was one of the
vigilantes that burnt my father alive

in his wine garden.

I'm full of hate.

I'm...

Hmm.

Uh, hi, Lady.

Hi, what do you want?

Uh, Jabe called about his car.

He, uh, said somebody
stole it away from the store.

But you see it was me.

Yeah, well, he... he said,
he'd seen 2 people go down to the garage.

A woman and a man.

That's right, a woman and a man.

Better go.

Well, see you tomorrow, Lady.

Where do you stay nights?

I stay over at the...

Wildwood tourist cabins.

You like it there?

Well, it's all right.
Yeah, it's nothin'.

Want to save money?

Save money?
Mmm.

I never could save
a cent in my life.

You could,
if you stay in the place.

What... what place?

This place.

You mean his... Here?

Mmm-hmm.

Here.

Where could I stay?

Well, back of that drape.

A nurse slept there when Jabe
had his first operation.

And I'll get a plumber to...
to put in a hot and cold shower.

I'll fix it up nice for you.

Well, I...
Take... take a look at it,

and see if you like it, hmm?

Ok, I'll look.

Ok.

Well, go on.

You mean now?

Wh-why don't you look at it and
see if it suits you or not?

All right.

I... Ok. I'll take... I'll take...
I'll take a look at it.

Well, is it ok or what?

I like that picture in there.

That's... that's... that's
a famous picture.

I might have a little trouble sleepin'
with that

naked lady hangin' over me.

You know, it might
keep me awake nights.

You with... with
your dog's temperature

in your... your... your
control of all your functions,

it would take more than
a picture to keep you awake.

Lady.

Why do you want me
to stay here, Lady, huh?

I told you why.

Why, 'cause you feel
nervous alone here at night?

Naturally, no.

Jabe sleeps with
a pistol next to him.

But if somebody
broke in... into the store,

he couldn't get up.

What do you feel, hmm?

Your hand.

That's right.

The size of my knuckles,

and the heat of my palm.

What are you demonstrating now?

That's how well
we know each other.

All we know is just the
skin surface of each other.

Why do you say
these things to me tonight?

Because nobody ever
gets to know anybody.

We're all...

We're, all of us,
sentenced to solitary confinement

inside our own lonely skins for
as long as we live in this earth.

Not to me.

I'm... I'm not a big optimist,

but I can't agree
with... with something so sad.

I'll go up and get some clean
linen to make up your bed.

Here you are, honey.

Well, that's it. We're done.
Right there.

Come on. That's it.

- How's it comin', Snakeskin?
- What are you gonna shoot?

Well, I'm swinging like a gate.

It's that jacket.
You know, honey.

That snakeskin jacket,
it's spooky, man.

Ok, 50.

Good.

Come on.

Who's going to shoot the moon?
How about you, big boy?

I'll follow you.
Get on with it, snake.

I'll take 20.
Hey, that's a lot of loot.

Give me 20.
I got a few cents.

Baby needs carfare.

I'm cuttin' out tonight
and wide.

You're gonna lose, baby!
You're gonna lose.

Ok.

♪ Last night

♪ I crossed the river

♪ With a heavy blanket roll

♪ I took nobody with me

♪ Not a soul

♪ I took a few provisions

♪ Some for hunger

♪ Some for cold

♪ But I took nobody with me

♪ Not a soul

Who's that?

It's me.

You scared me.

You didn't expect me, did you?

No.

Take the light
out of my face, please.

You've been in a fight, hmm?

Fight? No.

Your mouth looks bloody.

That ain't blood.

Lipstick.

Yeah. I guess so.

You even got some on your shirt.

Did I?

Yeah. Mmm-hmm.

You had yourself a good time,
huh?

Yes.

Why did you open the cash box?

I opened it twice tonight.

Once before I went out,
and again when I come back.

Hmm, why?

Because I wanna
cut out of this county clean.

I don't wanna go away with nothin'
I didn't come here with.

And tomorrow you...

You're gonna get yourself a brand
new boy because I'm quittin'.

I got what I
should have expected.

You robbed me while I was upstairs
getting linen for your bed.

But...

I guess I'm a fool to
even feel disappointed.

You're disappointed in me?
Hmm.

I'm disappointed in you.

Come here!
Mmm-mmm.

Come here.
Where?

Here!

Come here. See that?

There wasn't no bed in here
when I came to work here.

It was there.
No, there wasn't no bed.

There was no bed here
the day before yesterday.

You put it there.

It was there,
folded behind the mirror.

Folded behind the mirror? No.

Yes.

No, no, no, you're lyin'.

You're lyin' and I
see through you, Lady.

I see through you.

What do you see?

You'd like me to tell you?

I'd love for you to.

I see a not so young,
not so satisfied woman

who hires a guy in off the highway,
to do double duty

without even givin' him
overtime for it.

Being a store clerk by day,
and by night, you know...

Whatever you wanna call it.

You cheap...

Hmm?

Who do you think you thought was cheap?
You cheap. You cheap.

Who are you callin' cheap?

Who are you callin' cheap?

Get out.

Why did you come back?
Why?

To put back the money I took.

So you wouldn't remember me as

not being honest or grateful.

Don't!

Don't!

Val.

Val, don't go.

I need you

to live.

To go on living.

Val.

These phony grapes
got that bird fooled.

Listen, Lady.
You know, you didn't think about something.

One hard rain or windstorm will wreck
this place completely, out here.

I know.

I want to give you something.

What's that?

It's a Palm Sunday branch.
It's blessed.

Mr. Xavier,
did Mrs. Torrance get back yet?

Uh, not that I know of, ma'am.

You're lyin'.

I heard her.
She's down there.

He didn't hear me.

She heard me.

I got a spy in the house.

Well, maybe it'd be better...

Better for you,
if I went away for a while.

Just for a while.

No, even a while
would seem like forever.

But suppose I had to go?

Don't.

Hear y'all! Hear y'all!

Lady's Confectionary
is openin' tonight.

Tonight's the gala openin'
of Lady's Confectionary.

Lady's Confectionary
on Main street.

My wife...

My wife sounds
happy these mornin'.

Shall I tell her
you're comin' downstairs?

No, sir.
I want to surprise Lady.

Come in, Mrs. Torrance.

He wanted to surprise you.

I told him I thought I ought to tell you
what was going on, but he wouldn't let me.

Dressed?

He put on his Sunday suit and
now he's bound and determined.

He's going downstairs
and open up the store himself.

You never expected me to come
back down those stairs, eh?

I'm going downstairs
and take inventory.

You can't do that.

I know what I can do.
I'm gonna do it.

Come on, Miss Porter.

I'm right behind you,
Mr. Torrance.

Take it easy.
Take it easy now.

Easy now, Mr. Torrance.

Val. A chair.

I'm all right.
Let me go.

I don't want a chair.

I wanna take a close look
at this confectionary.

Yeah, take a look at it, Jabe.
I'm real proud.

Well, isn't this artistic.

Artistic as hell.

I never seen anything
like it before.

Nobody else did, either.

Who done these decorations?

I did it, all by myself.

I'm real proud.

What do you know?

It sure is something artistic.

Is there a carnival or
a circus in the county?

You mean that calliope?

No.
That's no circus calliope.

That's announcing the gala
opening of the confectionary.

What did you say?

It's announcing the opening
of the confectionary.

Make
straight for the gala opening

of Lady's Confectionary.

Opening tonight.

The grand opening tonight
of Lady's Confectionary.

Come one, come all!

Grand opening of Lady's
Confectionary on Main street.

Back of
the Torrance mercantile store.

Main street, the gala opening...

The air's a little too cold
for you, Mr. Torrance.

Lady.

Shut the door!

Boy, I married a live one.

How much did that cost me?

It don't cost much.

She got it for a song.

You sung for it, did you?

What dago song did you sing?

Miss Porter,
it's better you take him back.

O sole mio!
Is that what you sung for it?

Boy, I sure married
a live one, didn't I?

Didn't I?

Sure did marry me a live one.

Her daddy, the wop, was just as much
of a live one before he burned up.

Yeah, he burned up.

'Cause he made a mistake
sellin' liquor to niggers.

Will you stop it?
Will you stop it, please?

So we had to take action.

Oh, we took action.
Orders were given.

We rode out there in 16
automobiles loaded with coal oil.

We set the whole place afire.

We burned him out.

Burned down his house
and his orchard.

Not a single fire engine moved
out of the place that night.

Jabe, did you say "we"?

I...

I got kind of a...
Kind of a cramp.

I think you're getting yourself all excited,
Mr. Torrance?

I better take you back upstairs.

Yeah, let's... let's go.
Better go upstairs.

Jabe, did you say,
"We... we did it?"

You heard me. I said "we"!

No!

One step at a time,
Mr. Torrance.

Careful now.

Papa.

One step at a time.

Val.

Val.

My patient's hemorrhagin'.

I shouldn't believe it.

He's bleedin'.
Call the doctor.

Call Dr. Buchanan.
My patient's hemorrhagin'.

My patient's hemorrhagin'.
Somebody got to help me.

I'm gonna take him up.

Well, the hemorrhagin'
seems to have stopped.

She still out?

Yeah, she is.

Been on a whole
lot of cases in my life,

but I never seen
a wife behave like this.

Ah, oh...

Somebody help me.

Oh, I can't see.

Oh.

I... I...

I had a vision.

I knew a vision was comin'.

Let me help you,
Mrs. Talbot.

Vee. Vee.

Vee.

Let go of her.

No.

Don't move.
I'm comin' back.

I'm not goin' anywhere.

Just see that you don't.

Pee Wee,
stay there with that boy.

Hey, Dog, what's going on?

Sheriff caught the store clerk messin'
with his wife.

Stand back under that light.

I wanna look at you while I run
through some photos of men wanted.

I'm not wanted.

A good-looking boy like you
is always wanted.

How tall are you, boy?

I never measured.

How much you weigh?

Never weighed.

You got any scars or marks of
identification on your face or body?

No.

Open your shirt.

What for?
Open his shirt for him, Pee Wee.

All right, boy. Come on.

What did you do before?

Before what?

Before you come here?

I traveled and played.

Played?

Played what?
With women?

I played the guitar and sang.

Where is that guitar?

In the store.

You want me to get it for you, Jordan?
Uh-uh.

Don't you ever touch that.

That's all right, Pee Wee.

Uh, why don't you and Dog go over there
and leave me straighten this boy out?

Go on.

All right, boy,
I ain't gonna touch your guitar.

I'm gonna tell you somethin'.

There's a certain county I know of
that's got a big sign that says:

"Nigger, don't let the sun go
down on you in this county."

And that's all it says.
It don't threaten nothin'.

It just says, "Nigger, don't let

the sun go down
on you in this county."

And, son.

You ain't that nigger.
This ain't that county.

But I want you
to just imagine that

you seen a big sign
that said to you:

Boy, don't let the sun
rise on you in this county.

I said rise, not go down.

Because it's too close to sunset for you
to get packed and move on before that.

And I think if you
value your safety here,

you'll simplify my job by not allowin'
the sun tomorrow

to rise on you in this county.

Now, you understand,
don't you, boy?

Uh-huh.

I hope so.

'Cause I don't like violence.

Hey, be careful with that stuff.
You hear me, ha?

I said be careful.
What's the matter with you today?

Lady, they're callin'
for you again.

Now!

That's better, huh.

Jabe's a very sick man, Lady.

Ain't you got no concern?

Ok.

That's ok. No, no more.
I have no concern.

Come on, boy! Hurry up!

Put everything back there.

Carol, this place ain't open.

I have to stay here for a while.

I don't have a license, you see.

My license has been revoked
and I have to get somebody

to drive me across the river.

Call a taxi.

I hear that boy who works
for you is leaving tonight.

Who said he's leaving?

Sheriff Talbot.

He suggested I get him
to drive me over the river

since he'd be crossing it, too.

Heh. You got so much
wrong information, darling.

Mighty wrong.

Why do you keep coming back
here bothering that boy, hmm?

He doesn't care about you.

My brother and sister-in-law have
made a marvelous offer this time.

That's fine.

Almost limitless funds,
unceasing horn of plenty.

Providing I go and stay gone,

across at least one ocean
and not just one river.

Can you hear me?

Who are you talking to?

The offer's very explicit.

It includes such items
as a Mediterranean villa,

perched like the nest
of a sea bird over that coast

they call the divina costiera,

where it's springtime always.

Are you listening to me?

Of course, I'm listening to you.

Did you think
I was talking to you?

No.

You are my sister.

You found out what I know.

That there is nothing on this earth,
you can do on this earth

but catch at whatever comes
near you with both your hands

till your fingers are broken.

There's somethin' still wild in the country,
somethin' free.

I'll be waitin' outside
in my car.

The fastest thing on wheels
in Two River county.

Ain't you going with her?

I'm not going with her.

Ok.

Now, get in your white jacket.
I need you tonight in the confectionary.

I want to talk to you.
No, I have no time. Please!

Yes, you take time, Lady.

You can't open a night place
here this night.

You bet your
sweet life I'm going to.

No, you're betting
my sweet life.

Ok, I'll bet my life on it.

Sweet or not, I'm going.
Let me go. No.

You don't get the point.

There's a man up there

that set fire to
my father's wine garden.

I want that man to see the
wine garden come open again

while he's dying.

Tonight, nothing can stop it.

It's just something got to be
done to square things away.

To be not defeated.

I won't be defeated,
not again, in my life.

You get me!

Not again!

Val.

Val,
that's not your white jacket.

No, it's not, Lady.

I have to go now.

"Go," did you say?

Yeah.

I got to take the 9:15
southline bus out of here.

At least as far
as the county line.

No.

Yeah.

I got myself into
a situation here, Lady.

No,
you're not fooling me, mister.

Hmm?
She's waiting for you outside.

No, no, no.
In her car, yes.

No, no, no, Lady.
I want you to understand. What?

I got myself into a situation
here that I can't get out of.

Not in a town like this.

I've been threatened with violence
if I stay here through the night.

How about me, hmm?

Let me go!

Lady, listen.
Let me go.

Listen. I could... I could have
cut out of here before. Let me go.

But I wanted to tell you something
that I never told anybody.

Never.

I feel true love for you, Lady.

No. Don't talk about love.
Not to me, please.

It's easy to say,
"Love, love, love"

with fast and free
transportation waiting for you.

Let me go.

Let me go, Val!

Lady,
open.

No, not now! Later!

Later.

Val, come on.

Listen.
I want you to listen to me.

You haven't understood
one thing that I've told you.

No. I don't care.

You will care.
No.

My life has been
threatened here.

You know what that means?
My life, too.

I will wait for you.
I will meet you

as soon as I cross the state...
I don't believe you.

You're lying!

Don't you tell me I'm lying!

You listen to me, now.

You've been acting crazy
since this morning.

Longer. Longer than morning.

What was I going to do,
in your opinion?

Stay on here while
you go without me?

You hear him?
Death's knocking for me.

Ask me how... how it feels to be
coupled with death all those years

and I can tell you,
but I stood it.

I stood it!

I guess my heart knew

that somebody
must be coming here

to take me out of this hell.
You did it!

Now, look at me.
I'm... I'm alive once more.

Listen, Val,

everything in this
rotten store, it's yours.

I don't give a damn... Everything that
death scraped together down here,

but death must die
before we can go.

You got that memorized now?
You got that?

Tonight is the gala opening
of the confectionary.

All right, Lady.

I'll call you as soon as
I cross the state line.

Smash me against a rock,
I'll smash your guitar! Stop it!

Stop it!

You're leaving?

I know what you mean,
Mrs. Torrance.

Yes, I've given
Mr. Torrance medication.

I'll be back at 10:30.

No, don't.

Don't be back at 10:30.
That's all.

Don't come back.

I'm always discharged
by the doctors on my cases.

Well,

this time you'll be discharged
by the patient's wife.

I don't think
you belong as a nurse.

And you have cold eyes.

I think you like to watch pain.

I know why you
don't like my eyes.

You don't like them because
you know they see clear.

Why are you staring at me?

The moment I looked at you,
when I was called in on this case,

I knew you was pregnant.

I also knew the moment
I looked at your husband,

that it wasn't by him.

Oh.

Thank you.

Thank you for telling me
what I hoped for is true.

Why don't you get the calliope

and the clown to
make the announcement?

Is it true, what she said?

True as God's words.

You should have told me.

When... when a woman's
been childless

as long as I've been,

it's hard to believe that
you're still able to bear.

Oh.

Oh, Val.

Oh, Val.

You know,

we used to have
a little fig tree

between the house
and the orchard.

It never bore any fruit.

We said it was barren.

But one morning in spring,

I discovered a small
green fig on that tree.

It seemed such a wonderful thing

for the little fig tree to bear

that it called
for a celebration.

I ran...

I ran to a closet of Christmas ornaments,
I took them out.

Glass bells, glass birds,
and icicles, and... and tinsel.

And I hung the little
fig tree with them

because it won the battle

and it would bear.

Oh.

Oh, Val.

Oh, Val, unpack the box
of Christmas ornaments

and put them on me.

Glass bells, glass birds,
and icicles,

and tinsel.
Put them on me, Val!

Put them on me, Val.

Oh.

I'm celebrating,

I'm celebrating.

Oh.

My life beginning again.

Val.

Val.

Lady, Lady.

The clerk is robbing the store!

He's burning it!

Help! Here! the clerk
is robbing the store!

Get out of here.
No!

Go on!

Jabe! Jabe, no!

Jabe, no.

Jabe, no.

No, Jabe!

Snakeskin!

Snakeskin, don't go back!

Please, don't go back!

Release the pressure, now.

Pressure, release the pressure.

Val.

Val.

Lady.

Lady.

Lady.

What have you got there, Uncle?

I'll give you
a gold ring for it.

Wild things leave
skins behind them.

They leave clean skins,
teeth, white bones.

And these are tokens,
passed from one to another.

So that the fugitive kind
can follow their kind.