1 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:31,030 Good evening, Mr. and Mrs., um, "Occupant." 2 00:00:31,060 --> 00:00:34,660 Tonight’s story is called "Strange Miracle." 3 00:00:34,700 --> 00:00:36,930 And I consider it first class. 4 00:00:36,970 --> 00:00:39,530 Before I’m permitted to deliver it, however, 5 00:00:39,570 --> 00:00:42,300 there’s a certain gentleman with another message 6 00:00:42,340 --> 00:00:45,770 which I can only say is in a class by itself. 7 00:00:45,810 --> 00:00:48,210 I have attempted to dissuade him 8 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,910 but neither snow nor rain, 9 00:00:50,950 --> 00:00:55,050 nor any amount of acrimony can stay this eager courier. 10 00:00:56,180 --> 00:00:57,620 Here he comes now. 11 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:33,720 -[train tracks clattering] -[hammering] 12 00:01:41,530 --> 00:01:43,800 [ambulance siren] 13 00:01:54,110 --> 00:01:55,540 [steam hissing] 14 00:02:04,250 --> 00:02:06,520 [man thinking] Is that my hand down there? 15 00:02:08,590 --> 00:02:11,460 Should I try and move? 16 00:02:11,490 --> 00:02:13,060 Can I move? 17 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:20,970 Hand can move... 18 00:02:21,070 --> 00:02:24,210 [straining] Water... 19 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,610 Señor, water please! 20 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:29,140 Water! 21 00:02:33,650 --> 00:02:35,480 [groans] Ah...! 22 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:53,700 [woman] Wait here. 23 00:03:16,260 --> 00:03:17,590 Oh! 24 00:03:17,630 --> 00:03:18,730 [crying] 25 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:20,300 Oh, you’re alive! 26 00:03:20,330 --> 00:03:22,530 -Thank God-- -[shushing] 27 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,830 Darling, I’m-I’m all right. [shushing] 28 00:03:25,870 --> 00:03:28,300 What did the doctor say? 29 00:03:28,340 --> 00:03:30,310 Darling, tell me the truth. 30 00:03:30,340 --> 00:03:34,210 I-I... I don’t have any pain, I-I’m lucky. 31 00:03:35,580 --> 00:03:37,380 You’re going to... 32 00:03:37,410 --> 00:03:39,210 to walk again, aren’t you? 33 00:03:39,250 --> 00:03:42,420 It’s... it’s just a nerve, something in, in my back 34 00:03:42,450 --> 00:03:46,390 but let’s not talk about that anymore, huh? 35 00:03:46,420 --> 00:03:48,560 I-I like that dress. 36 00:03:49,660 --> 00:03:51,860 I like the way it fits. 37 00:03:51,890 --> 00:03:53,400 [shushing] 38 00:03:53,430 --> 00:03:55,100 Well, I’m your husband. 39 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:56,500 I can notice, can’t I? 40 00:04:01,770 --> 00:04:04,910 Can’t you move your legs at all? 41 00:04:04,940 --> 00:04:06,940 Not the tiniest bit? 42 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,050 Stop thinking what you’re thinking! 43 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:12,180 I love you! 44 00:04:12,210 --> 00:04:14,420 I’m going to be well! 45 00:04:14,450 --> 00:04:17,190 In two weeks, I will be home and 46 00:04:17,220 --> 00:04:19,650 I will walk in that door! 47 00:04:43,580 --> 00:04:45,650 [car approaching] 48 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,090 Señor? 49 00:04:54,420 --> 00:04:57,760 Do you know where, uh, Sr. Sequiras lives? 50 00:05:03,230 --> 00:05:05,370 Drive up a little closer. 51 00:05:13,510 --> 00:05:16,280 -Is he still paralyzed? Yes, señora. 52 00:05:16,310 --> 00:05:19,810 -But he can be cured? -The doctors have tried all they know, señora. 53 00:05:19,850 --> 00:05:22,420 I am an insurance adjuster for the railroad company. 54 00:05:22,450 --> 00:05:26,220 I assure you your husband will receive compensation for the accident. 55 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,220 [piano playing] 56 00:06:11,900 --> 00:06:14,740 Did you lock the shutters? 57 00:06:14,770 --> 00:06:17,570 [woman] No, I just closed them. 58 00:06:17,610 --> 00:06:21,040 But I asked you to lock them. 59 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,310 The door is locked, why should we bother? 60 00:06:24,350 --> 00:06:27,120 -Because I want them locked! -[piano playing stops] 61 00:06:37,460 --> 00:06:39,160 I’m tired. 62 00:06:41,060 --> 00:06:42,660 I’m going up to bed. 63 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,440 It’s a very attractive dress. 64 00:06:54,380 --> 00:06:57,150 Thank you for wearing it for me tonight. 65 00:06:58,480 --> 00:06:59,810 You’re welcome. 66 00:07:05,620 --> 00:07:06,920 [chuckles] 67 00:07:07,020 --> 00:07:09,890 Darling, I’m so tired. 68 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:11,690 I have to go to bed. 69 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:18,070 Goodnight, Lolla. 70 00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:19,770 Goodnight, dear. 71 00:07:38,650 --> 00:07:40,960 I’m sorry you’re tired tonight! 72 00:07:43,490 --> 00:07:47,560 It was nice of the father to come and see me, wasn’t it? 73 00:07:51,530 --> 00:07:53,130 [Sequiras] Lolla! 74 00:07:53,170 --> 00:07:55,070 Didn’t you hear me? 75 00:07:59,170 --> 00:08:01,210 Yes, I heard. 76 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,680 When we get the money from the railroad, 77 00:08:04,710 --> 00:08:07,750 we can buy an automobile. 78 00:08:07,780 --> 00:08:10,090 You can drive me all over! 79 00:08:11,890 --> 00:08:14,420 We could even buy this house! 80 00:08:17,390 --> 00:08:22,230 Please don’t talk anymore, I want to get some sleep. 81 00:08:22,260 --> 00:08:26,030 We could go to Acapulco! 82 00:08:26,030 --> 00:08:29,040 Yes, yes. 83 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,540 Would you like that, Lolla? 84 00:08:31,570 --> 00:08:33,580 Yes. 85 00:08:33,610 --> 00:08:35,040 Go to sleep! 86 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:13,520 Pedro, you can walk! 87 00:09:13,550 --> 00:09:14,880 You’re cured! 88 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:16,790 Of course not! 89 00:09:19,620 --> 00:09:22,060 I am incurable, 90 00:09:22,090 --> 00:09:23,020 understand? 91 00:09:26,730 --> 00:09:29,660 Incurable! 92 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:34,640 The great specialist who came all the way from Mexico City to examine me, 93 00:09:34,670 --> 00:09:37,640 the one the railway paid especially, 94 00:09:37,670 --> 00:09:40,040 said I’d never walk again. 95 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,950 But then... you have cured yourself? 96 00:09:44,050 --> 00:09:45,780 Of course not. 97 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,720 I keep telling you, I am incurable. 98 00:09:52,590 --> 00:09:55,660 And I intend to remain incurable until they pay up, 99 00:09:56,830 --> 00:09:59,290 and they will pay up plenty. 100 00:09:59,330 --> 00:10:00,430 I can tell you that. 101 00:10:04,100 --> 00:10:05,500 But it’s wrong! 102 00:10:05,530 --> 00:10:06,740 It’s cheating! 103 00:10:06,770 --> 00:10:08,340 Don’t you understand? 104 00:10:08,370 --> 00:10:11,670 I have fooled them all, all those people at the hospital. 105 00:10:11,710 --> 00:10:15,010 We need only to be patient and the money will roll in. 106 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,850 We’ll have enough for the rest of our lives. 107 00:10:19,610 --> 00:10:22,020 [whispering] Oh, darling. 108 00:10:29,190 --> 00:10:31,930 What’s the matter, Lolla? 109 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,030 Are you sure they won’t find out? 110 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:52,310 [piano playing] 111 00:11:08,430 --> 00:11:09,500 [piano playing stops] 112 00:11:09,530 --> 00:11:12,170 Where’s that bankbook? 113 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,070 Let’s have another look, eh? 114 00:11:23,550 --> 00:11:25,680 Ah. 115 00:11:25,710 --> 00:11:27,720 Isn’t that pretty? 116 00:11:27,750 --> 00:11:30,090 Hmm. 117 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,490 Every morning I lie in bed counting all the zeros, 118 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:36,890 and then I worry a little. 119 00:11:40,430 --> 00:11:42,000 Stop worrying! 120 00:11:46,870 --> 00:11:48,600 We better go for our walk. 121 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,910 It’s time to make your daily appearance. 122 00:11:57,510 --> 00:11:59,010 Let’s go. 123 00:12:00,580 --> 00:12:02,320 I don’t wanna go. 124 00:12:03,550 --> 00:12:05,050 You have to! 125 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:09,690 I can’t stand looking at that wheel chair anymore! 126 00:12:12,130 --> 00:12:13,430 What do you want to do? 127 00:12:13,460 --> 00:12:16,160 Walk out and lose all the money? 128 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,270 It’s easy for you to talk. 129 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:20,270 You don’t have to sit in a wheelchair for the rest of your life! 130 00:12:20,300 --> 00:12:22,940 You think I like to wheel you every afternoon? 131 00:12:22,970 --> 00:12:26,210 You think I wanted to get rid of the maid so she wouldn’t find out the truth? 132 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,640 No, but you like money, too! 133 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:30,080 Oh, be quiet! 134 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,090 Let’s go! 135 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,460 [chattering] 136 00:13:19,630 --> 00:13:21,730 Maria, I’m glad to see you. 137 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:23,730 And I’m glad to see you, father. 138 00:13:24,830 --> 00:13:26,370 Who’s the girl? 139 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,900 She lives out in the country. 140 00:13:28,940 --> 00:13:31,240 She comes every market day. 141 00:13:31,270 --> 00:13:34,480 The blanket, is there something wrong with her? 142 00:13:34,510 --> 00:13:37,350 She’s paralyzed. 143 00:13:37,380 --> 00:13:38,310 He’s calling us. 144 00:13:46,090 --> 00:13:47,990 Sr. Sequiras, 145 00:13:48,090 --> 00:13:50,460 a very dear friend of mine, Maria. 146 00:13:50,490 --> 00:13:53,560 Maria, like you, sir, bears affliction with grace. 147 00:13:54,630 --> 00:13:56,630 What else can we do? 148 00:13:56,670 --> 00:13:58,000 We are in God’s hands. 149 00:13:58,100 --> 00:13:59,500 I have hope. 150 00:13:59,530 --> 00:14:01,940 -[Sequiras] Hope? -Maria goes every year 151 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,040 to the shrine at Nogales. 152 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:05,410 -Really? -[Maria] Yes. 153 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,180 I pray for a miracle. 154 00:14:07,210 --> 00:14:09,780 And each year I try to make the pilgrimage. 155 00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:12,750 Are you making the pilgrimage this year? 156 00:14:12,780 --> 00:14:15,320 No, not this year. 157 00:14:15,350 --> 00:14:17,590 This year she hasn’t the money. 158 00:14:17,620 --> 00:14:19,420 Maria supports herself by knitting 159 00:14:19,450 --> 00:14:22,060 and things haven’t been going to well. 160 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:24,490 But I have hope. 161 00:14:26,630 --> 00:14:29,760 Father, you have shown me a wonderful example. 162 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,770 I, too, shall try to live as cheerfully as Maria. 163 00:14:35,170 --> 00:14:36,600 Goodbye, father. 164 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,150 We met a young girl just now. 165 00:14:52,190 --> 00:14:54,560 She’s paralyzed, too. 166 00:14:54,590 --> 00:14:56,090 But she never complains. 167 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,260 Has she received any treatment? 168 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,600 The priest says she goes every year to Nogales to try for a miracle. 169 00:15:06,330 --> 00:15:07,570 Well... 170 00:15:09,370 --> 00:15:12,110 I brought your final payment. 171 00:15:12,140 --> 00:15:15,080 And a statement for you to sign. 172 00:15:15,110 --> 00:15:18,780 You know, more pilgrims are going to Nogales every year to be cured. 173 00:15:20,450 --> 00:15:22,050 Ah, here it is. 174 00:15:24,620 --> 00:15:26,520 You may sign it now, 175 00:15:26,550 --> 00:15:29,120 or show it to your attorney and sign it later. 176 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,760 Because I must point out to you, 177 00:15:31,790 --> 00:15:33,700 that once you sign this, 178 00:15:33,730 --> 00:15:36,560 your claim is settled once and for all. 179 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,500 You realize that? 180 00:15:38,530 --> 00:15:39,870 I realize that. 181 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:42,900 But I’ve had a fair settlement. 182 00:15:42,940 --> 00:15:45,570 Speaking of Nogales. 183 00:15:45,610 --> 00:15:49,340 There is a convent there and in the courtyard is a fountain. 184 00:15:50,980 --> 00:15:54,880 And on the fountain is a statue of the Virgin. 185 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:58,320 the waters from that fountain, they say, have miraculous powers. 186 00:16:00,690 --> 00:16:03,690 You mean cripples are actually cured? 187 00:16:03,730 --> 00:16:05,860 [Vargas] So I have heard. 188 00:16:05,890 --> 00:16:08,930 You mean somebody like me can get well? 189 00:16:09,030 --> 00:16:12,030 Well, I would not say that, señor. 190 00:16:12,070 --> 00:16:14,040 One has to have great faith. 191 00:16:25,710 --> 00:16:26,920 And this check is for you. 192 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:36,460 Well, 193 00:16:36,490 --> 00:16:38,590 that concludes the business here. 194 00:16:42,460 --> 00:16:44,100 Sr. Sequiras. 195 00:16:46,530 --> 00:16:48,700 -Thank you, señor, goodbye. -Goodbye. 196 00:16:48,740 --> 00:16:49,940 Señora. 197 00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:03,020 You had better know my plan. 198 00:17:03,020 --> 00:17:07,090 It might be a good idea if you started talking about it in the neighborhood. 199 00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:08,460 What do you mean? 200 00:17:11,090 --> 00:17:14,400 We are going to travel, you and I. 201 00:17:14,430 --> 00:17:16,530 Where on earth can we go? 202 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,130 The police will always find us. 203 00:17:19,170 --> 00:17:21,100 We are not going to hide. 204 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:22,800 Quite the contrary. 205 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:26,040 I want our neighbors to know that we’re going to Nogales. 206 00:17:26,070 --> 00:17:28,710 There I will suddenly find my legs. 207 00:17:32,850 --> 00:17:35,350 Just another of the famous miracles. 208 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:39,520 [water running] 209 00:18:11,050 --> 00:18:13,090 [chattering] 210 00:18:36,510 --> 00:18:40,180 Now, do not help me. 211 00:18:40,220 --> 00:18:42,950 I am going to drag myself to the fountain. 212 00:18:46,690 --> 00:18:48,420 [whispering] The nun is watching. 213 00:18:49,790 --> 00:18:52,390 When the clock strikes 5:00, 214 00:18:52,430 --> 00:18:55,600 I will dip my hand into the water, 215 00:18:55,630 --> 00:18:58,330 and then I will stand. 216 00:18:58,370 --> 00:19:02,000 -Let’s do it tomorrow, please. -[whispering] Be quiet. 217 00:20:20,550 --> 00:20:22,920 [bell tolls] 218 00:21:22,740 --> 00:21:24,080 A miracle! 219 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,250 -[pilgrims] A miracle! -A miracle! 220 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,080 [pilgrims] A miracle! A miracle! 221 00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:39,790 My legs! 222 00:21:39,830 --> 00:21:42,230 My legs! 223 00:21:42,260 --> 00:21:44,600 I cannot move them! 224 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,650 Father, there is something I have to tell you. 225 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,280 What is it my child? 226 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,490 I know you won’t believe me but please hear me out. 227 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,860 Of course I’ll hear you out. What’s the trouble? 228 00:22:06,890 --> 00:22:09,060 It happened yesterday, 229 00:22:09,090 --> 00:22:11,230 exactly at 5 o’clock. 230 00:22:11,260 --> 00:22:13,060 Mother had gone to market 231 00:22:13,090 --> 00:22:15,460 and I was alone in my room. 232 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,800 I suddenly had the impression 233 00:22:17,830 --> 00:22:20,300 it had become very dark. 234 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:21,300 And then, 235 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:23,640 in the corner of my room, 236 00:22:23,670 --> 00:22:26,740 over the statue, there was a sudden light. 237 00:22:26,780 --> 00:22:29,080 And I heard the Virgin’s voice. 238 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,650 -My dear child, you must not-- -No, no! 239 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,280 She spoke to me! 240 00:22:33,310 --> 00:22:35,780 She said, "Maria, 241 00:22:35,820 --> 00:22:40,360 I have taken from someone a pair of useless legs 242 00:22:40,390 --> 00:22:44,390 with which you will be able to walk perfectly well." 243 00:22:44,430 --> 00:22:49,100 And when I stared at the statue, she smiled, and said, 244 00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:51,500 "Stand up, Maria. Stand up and walk." 245 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,100 You had a dream. 246 00:22:56,100 --> 00:22:58,440 -It was a dream. -No, father. 247 00:22:58,470 --> 00:23:01,440 It wasn’t a dream. Look! 248 00:23:34,710 --> 00:23:36,140 [clock ticking] 249 00:23:36,180 --> 00:23:38,080 I shall see you in a moment. 250 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:42,750 I have orders to get this package to the address with all possible speed. 251 00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:45,990 Yes, I haven’t much time. 252 00:23:49,790 --> 00:23:51,960 Well, I delivered my package. 253 00:23:51,990 --> 00:23:54,460 [explosion] 254 00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:57,100 It’s a shame I didn’t give it to the right person, 255 00:23:57,100 --> 00:23:58,900 but there wasn’t time. 256 00:23:58,930 --> 00:24:01,940 The important thing is that someone got it. 257 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,670 After all, the mail must go through. 258 00:24:04,710 --> 00:24:06,840 That’s all for tonight’s delivery. 259 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,310 Next week, I shall have some more, until then, 260 00:24:09,340 --> 00:24:11,150 goodnight.