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father are you

asleep where is she in her room I expect

I haven't seen

her what time is it shouldn't you it's

5:30 I'm on my way to pick them up is it

still raining no F it's l up for a

while take care Alex drive carefully I

will now you go back to sleep

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hold it hold it let me get this out of

your

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way okay come ahead

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hey Alex

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Alex Alex Morgan how are you Ted Lindsay

it's Dr Lindsay now I'd heard you come

back I couldn't believe it it's been a

long time nine years but it's just for

the holidays not for good even so the

fact you come back at all after what

happened means this Old Town can breathe

a little easier

your uh sisters are coming too or so

they say who are they doctor the town

just town talk Alex and if there's one

thing the good people of Kenyon like to

talk about it was the Morgan

Family your sisters are coming aren't

they I'm on my way to the airport to

pick them up now they should be arriving

at 6:15 unless the plane's held up by

this weather that's why I'm hurrying

it'll be a race back to Father's before

the road washes out still mothering him

to death huh I'll tell them you said

hello

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let's go get a drink

before we catch pneumonia Fredy you

drank enough on the plane to last you

through New Year's Eve come on Chris

help me with the luggage no you've been

stolling too long unless you tell me

exactly what this family crisis is you

can drive me back to the airport please

Joe what's wrong Alex's father

ill he's

dying is that the only reason you made

us come

back he is our father

I swore I would never set foot in that

house again not even to have the

pleasure of seeing his coffin

closed if he were just dying I'd say let

his new wife bury

him but I I couldn't ignore

this what does it say one line my wife

is slowly poisoning me to

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death we may not not care whether he

lives or dies but we can't let that

woman get away with murder again

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put your bags

down now hurry up get your coats off

father's very anxious to see all of

you here Freddy let me help you Alex

let's have a drink first it's been 9

years not

now do we have to see him this very

second please he's so desperate

what a night let's get it over with Joe

he stays in the study now you can't take

the stairs anymore come on

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we haven't met

I know you each have your own idea about

me I won't try to change those opinions

but I do hope that while you're here we

can all at least be civil to each other

your father when he used to be in the

mood to talk went on at Great length

about each of you it was talk of the

past of course but I still feel I know

you

well but he's in there waiting

I would have liked to have welcomed you

properly when you arrived but this

moment belongs to him he's long for it

for many

years too

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many good Lord

when I think of

her sleeping in the same bed mother

deding Freddy please don't think about

that I can't help it I just can't help

it mother was so

beautiful and he killed her she killed

herself father merely gave her 2001

reasons all legitimate that makes him

responsible for her death now he's

asking us to save

him he's our father and he's

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waiting shut the

door that woman has ears that can hear

Sunshine so you came you all came

Christine you were so young when you

left is it graduate school that you're

in now or haven't you started yet no I'm

in my the first

year

Joe I stopped counting the husbands

after the third so did I after I found

out you didn't have to marry them to

sleep with them as I remember it you

found that out in junior high

school Fredy R poor

Freddy is it pills or alcohol this time

or

both please isn't it enough that I came

you think

so after 9 years my loving daughter you

keep taking those pills and one night

you'll go like your mother

did well shall we talk about what we're

supposed to be here for she's out there

listening if she hears one word of this

your lives won't be worth a red scent no

she's gone out

it looks like she's heading towards the

barn uh shall I keep the door open so we

can hear her just in case she tries to

sneak back in my fears amuse you am I

amused the old man is imagining things

is that what you we all imagine

somebody's out to murder us at one time

or another she is slowly poisoning me to

death is that such a hard thing to

believe she's murdered before hasn't she

we didn't come all the way up here to

decide whether or not she killed her

first husband the point is Father

believes she's trying to kill him but

you don't believe it none of you do I

believe it yes you must even you Alex

even you would never have come home if

you thought I was dying of natural

causes and your wife knows this she

knows why we're here no she thinks you

came home because I begged you

to I told her I needed your

forgiveness and you needed my money

well I hope she believed you for our

sakes you haven't accused her have you

to her

face she called me a scile old fool and

even offered to phone sheriff Nolan for

me maybe that's what we should

no don't you understand Freddy the

people of this town have been waiting

exactly 10 years for something like this

to happen our father would rather be

murdered than laughed at the righteous

don't laugh they

cluck I believed in her

innocence I believed

her I was wrong what do you want us to

do save my life the question is how do

we save it she knows you won't let us go

to the police so we can't threaten her

with that just what exactly do you want

us to

do get rid of

her

how killer

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don't be so

ridiculous really Joe couldn't you see

the humor that the one thing I have

never seen in our father is a sense of

humor I was going to say the humor he's

in it was only his way of making a

strong

point he wasn't asking us to literally

commit murder I'm not so sure about that

don't be

ridiculous excuse

me

ready I'll get her a cup of coffee

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hello

Christine I came to get a cup of coffee

it's for Freddy well let me fix it for

you sit by the stove this weather chills

right through the walls

please does Mrs Killian still work for

my father

Yes yes but she's been ill she cooked up

the basics of a Christmas Eve dinner

last night

she kind of expected she wouldn't be

well enough to come in today but how she

walks through those boards even when

she's feeling her best I'll never know

they scare me to

death I've got dinner in the oven but

it'll be a good while before it's

ready there's some nice cheese if you

need something to hold

you no thank you I'll just get Freddy

her coffee she's not feel feeling very

well yes I understand from your father

that she also takes

pills if that's the case she shouldn't

be drinking so much

alcohol she shouldn't be drinking any at

all it's heartbreaking girl so beautiful

and so

young I overheard Alex telling your

father that freda's never gotten over

your mother's

death what it's done to her

does fredrica still blame your father

for your mother's death I think

so

yes most of us can never accept the

terrible fact of

suicide but I suppose drinking a little

too much is better than going a little

too

mad as I did

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your coffee's

ready than

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you you

know she knew he was carrying on with

that

woman

why why did he do it

did he think she was going to give him

the son's mother

couldn't

that

murderous oh

Chris sweet

girl you didn't know what was going on

in this house you were just a child I

remember he'd leave

mother crying in her room while he drove

across town to see her

her Elizabeth

Hall Elizabeth Hall Morgan

now mother would have left a note not

for him for us she loved us she loved

us I haven't been loved since the day

she

died of a broken heart didn't she CH

didn't she die of a broken heart didn't

she die of a broken heart yes Freddie

yes I guess you

did look Freddy why don't we get dressed

in something nice and come on downstairs

to dinner it's almost

ready I'm having my dinner

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oh how Christmasy you'd really think we

were home for the

holidays sit

down are we going to wait for she's

drunk I was going to say our intended

victim sh keep your voice down

Joe good evening good evening good

evening would one of you like to say

grace thank you Lord for this food that

has set before us and hold us all of us

close to thee amen

I was so hoping your father could join

us for

this the Christmas Eve dinner is one

tradition he's always found the strength

to uphold well last year he had a very

high fever he was down with something Dr

Lindsay called Galloping old age and

what does Dr Lindsay call my father's

present condition your father has

forbidden me to call in Dr

Lindsay or any

doctor why well some men are too proud

to die of old age so they convince

themselves it isn't

happening or else blame it on something

else or someone else father may be too

proud but he's not paranoid all men are

paranoid that's why some of them finally

do get murdered I mean a wife can take

just so much can't

she you sound like you've been married

more than once but then I always had

Alex to run home to when things got

crazy La so I never had to resort to

murder well nor have I Heavens I I hope

you don't think I was implying I'm quite

aware of the

implication uh did they ever find out

who did Poison your husband or the two

of you were alone in the house that

evening according to the papers that is

yes the two of us were

alone and wasn't it in something he

drank just before going to bed

the hot tardy that I made for him just

as I did every

night maybe he did it

himself you're the first person that's

considered that

possibility aside from the Grand jurry

and myself of

course oh well it's all in the

past I'd hardly ever think of it at all

if it weren't for the people in this

town who still enjoy treating me as if I

were a cold blooded

murderers I still remember it

though the long days in that cold prison

cell the months looking for

someone Fearless enough to give me a job

and a place to

live it was like a nightmare that didn't

seem like a nightmare until I woke

up screaming in an

asylum I will tell you this if a

nightmare like that should ever happen

again if for some evil reason I'm ever

accused by anyone of

killing the next

time I will not be the one who wakes up

screaming

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she's in the sewing

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room block that

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Freddy so

beautiful why die why dead Freddy please

let us help you drop that glass

Freddie killed

murdered murderer no suicide no no no

suicide he killed her Freddy you're

going to bleed to death

death Death who will care about

me for

me mother will me CU mommy loves me me

Mother's gone Freddy

no no not gone not gone I I I feel her

I've seen her I I see her I see

her I see her I see her come on Freddy

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this door was locked how did you get in

here I have no idea

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I'm not running out on you Alex if I'm

running out on anyone it's father

because whether he dies of arsenic or

Galloping old age simply doesn't matter

to me anymore it may have once but no

more whatever he may have been or done

he's still our father look who's talking

who wanted us to leave him in the first

place well I never considered him guilty

for mother's death morally or otherwise

she was Badd from the day Chris was born

as Badd as poor Freddy is now what a

Charming way to talk about your family

Alex I'm a big girl now stop treating me

like a child stop playing big sister I'm

sorry you know I once told Chris that I

felt we were your emotional prisoners

and she said wouldn't it be funny if it

was the other way around if you were our

emotional prisoner are you

I'm sorry if I made you feel like a

prisoner Joe but please don't take this

moment to make your Great Escape we need

you doesn't it matter to you that we

need you don't try and give me the

guilts I Am the first to admit I am no

good at family crisis but not bad at

causing them I didn't cause this one all

right but something has to be done about

it about her and I can't do it alone

it's Freddy in that state and Chris

Chris is just a baby B I need your help

Joe to do what exactly I don't know all

I know is we can't let her kill

father you really believe him don't

you don't

you I can't explain it Alex but the

first moment you showed me his letter I

had this Eerie feeling we were being

tricked into coming

here why would he do

that okay suppose she is trying to kill

him

why well I guess she can't wait to he's

already told her we're back in his will

now that all's forgiven so she can't

possibly hope to get the whole thing for

herself anyway there are other motives

besides profit countless some people

kill just for the thrill of it does

Elizabeth Hall Morgan strike you as the

kind of woman who's searching for

Thrills maybe she's just looking to be

free

what was that expression you used

emotional

prisoner Alex I'm

going and it's still raining you can't

fly in this

weather I better call and make sure

there'll be an evening train I've

already called but I'll need to borrow

your car I have the keys they're in my

bag Joe how how are you going to explain

your leaving to Father he'll never

believe you're going home he'll think

you're going for the sheriff if I miss

the last train I just

might

Chris Chris I'm ready to leave

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I must have left the keys in the

car what's the matter I I can't face

Freddy when she's like that and she's

liable to make another scene say goodbye

for

me please

Joe okay I'll say goodbye to her

Alex what do I tell father that he'll

believe I mean let me handle

it it could be months before he even

notices you're

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gone ready

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aren't you going to tell him no Alex is

handling

it leave with me Chris why oh Joe that

don't starts spooking me with your Eerie

feelings oh baby don't you be the one

who wakes up screaming

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hey

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kid hi hi hi I was just in the

neighborhood and I thought I'd drop by

and say Merry Christmas come on

in what is it open

it

Ted oh it's lovely glad you like it

oh this is so nice of you I'm sorry but

I don't have anything to give you well

how about letting me get warmed by the

fire I'm freezing oh sure come on

in tell me what's a nice sane man like

you doing all the way out here on

Christmas morning had to stop in look at

M Killian oh how's she doing she's doing

much better good anyway being as I was

so close I couldn't help but stop by and

take a fresh look at someone who

secretly worshiped me when she was all

of 16

well guess I wasn't being as secretive

as I thought your face was never a very

good place to hide

things you're not

married why do I look not married yeah

how

come well truth is I scare them off

how I don't know I I have a habit of

needing too much well that's not a habit

that's a way of life

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well as much as I hate to I better be

heading back to town am I scaring you

off no you're not scaring me

off uh if your father found out I was

here he might be very upset he gave his

Morgan strict orders did she tell you

that didn't have to I was standing right

outside the door H it myself

Ted could you tell just by looking at

him tell what what's the matter with

him come

on yeah uh can't throw me out for just

wishing him a merry

Christmas Dr Lindsay just wanted to wish

father a Merry

Christmas he's sleeping

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look I know what's bothering you but

unless your father would allow me to do

the lab test it would be his word

against mine and hers well how do you

know did Alex show you the letter

no well father wrote her that Elizabeth

was trying to poison

him that's

funny because it was

Elizabeth who asked me to come here it

was about a month

ago she told me that he'd accused her of

trying to

poison she was hoping that I'd be able

to prove to him that he was just

imagining

things oh no she she wouldn't have done

that if she weren't

innocent or

clever look if the roads AR clear

tomorrow why don't I stop in again you

think there'd be a wash out hard to tell

the river's still Rising

in any case call me if you have a sudden

need to hear a friendly

voice keep it that way till I get

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back see you later

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what's the matter Dar can't you sleep

Alex what are we going to

do well I'm going to get a good night's

sleep and then I mean about Elizabeth

well in the morning I'm going to talk to

her calmly and

reasonably what are you going to

say I'm going to ask her to leave

quietly Alex

this is her house if she's innocent why

should she just give it up and walk away

without a fight if she's

innocent you really think she might

be she might be oh Lord how naive you

are don't you ever get tired of being so

eternally

childish I'm sorry Chris I didn't mean

to say that just

that well it's been a hard day for me

too

it's just that it never seems to change

I feel like this whole thing's on my

shoulders but he runs to her bottles and

pills Joe runs to her

parties I'm still

here don't mind me it's the storm it's

getting on my nerves good night Dar good

night it's cold in this house do you

have enough blankets yes I'm fine thank

you

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all of us seem to be having trouble

sleeping

tonight would you like some of this what

is it warm milk and

honey I made some for your father

earlier but I don't suppose your sister

allowed him to drink

it why don't don't you get yourself a

mug and have

some no thank you I never need anything

to help me

sleep just

Restless yes I guess that's

it I

understand good night good

night did you know the telephone was out

yes I did from the storm I would imagine

wouldn't

you yes

h

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oh

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a w a

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she's

dead what's happened what's going on up

there stay with father

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please tell me what's

happened

Freda has killed

herself

oh God forgive

her poor

Frederica she has finally done

it it could have been accidental I saw

some pills on her dressing table and I

warned her that mixing alcohol with

barbituates can easily be

fatal were you in her room last night

yes why her crying Disturbed me I

brought her something to help her get

some sleep milk and honey and she drank

it you mean after you'd warned her about

me I don't think any of them believed

you Ben I know Joanna didn't even so she

did not drink it oh

how do we know that because I drank it

myself you'll find the empty mug on my

bedside table still unwashed Sheriff

Nolan should have no trouble analyzing

what's left in the mug nor my

fingerprints do you know I wouldn't let

him call the

sheriff well they couldn't even if they

wanted to the phone is dead and it

rained heavily all night the roads are

bound to be washed out we are trapped

here

there's no way back until the river goes

down

again now you'd better get back to bed

before you catch your death there's no

mug on your

table there's no mug and there are no

pills or vials in Freddy's room

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come on

Chris Freddy doesn't need us

anymore but we may need each other

I think I'd better look in on Daddy you

fix some coffee we need something in our

stomachs Alex I don't want to be alone

it's all right darling uh she's in her

room I'll leave the study door open so I

can hear you if you

call it's still dead

Alex it could have been accidental

Freddy's death novad do sa

vodka yes but if she was taking sleeping

pills where would you get them don't you

think I took that

precaution after she cut her wrists I

searched her room her medicine cabinet

her

handbag besides there was nothing in

that milk why get rid of the mug

darling can't you understand Elizabeth

is afraid that we're going to take all

this away from her was not just the

money and the property but well this is

her

Sanctuary so she's going to kill all of

us how can she hope to get away with it

it's insane of course it's insane she's

insane well then why didn't she try to

stop Joe

maybe she didn't know Joe was

going just be thankful that she got

away at least if anything does happen to

us there'll be someone to see that she

doesn't get away with

it what are we going to do just sit here

and wait for it to

happen what would you suggest the roads

are washed out the telephone lines are

down it's 10 Mi to town can you walk 10

mi in this weather or have you forgotten

Joe took my car no but I can walk one

mile to Mrs Killian's

house what could she do an old woman

sick in bed I don't know maybe her phone

is working Alex I know I'm grasping it

straws but I can't just sit here and

wait to die what do you think will

happen to you if you get lost in those

woods Alex I know those woods inside and

out every tree every P it was 9 years

ago you think everything stays the same

don't you nothing ever changes nothing

ever will until I do I'm going Alex

Chris you listen Chris

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he

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he

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he

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what

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where

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on

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w

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oh

Christine I'm was so worried I wouldn't

find you

Al

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Alex

Alex Alex

Alex she the ftin

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Christine

Christine where are

you Christine

you're safe now darling

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Christine I know you're here

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for

father he's dead

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C come

back come back

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help me help me please help

me Alex Alex Alex father's dead and she

killed Joe I ran to the house I was

looking for you and She chased me and I

found father I managed to get out of the

house I I just

ran I know Chris I I knew you'd come to

me you all always came to

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me Alex she would have killed me if I

hadn't gotten

away she wouldn't have killed you

Chris she didn't kill

Joe she didn't kill

Freddy she didn't kill father

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Alex

why I Want to Be Free of you

all Al you you could have left any

time no not

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really not

emotionally you're

your helpless little faces would have

followed me wherever I

went sooner or later I'd have come

running back because somebody needed me

even father after all these years even

father Alex Alex please please

Alex now none of you will ever need me

again please Alex

oh

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head Alex what happened D They're All

Dead

Joe and Freddy and father They're All

Dead what Mrs Hall killed all of

them I I was going to help I thought

Chris would be safe we we thought we

locked her out of the house we locked

every door then then when I was gliding

away I I looked back and I saw Chris

running out of the house running for her

life oh she was she was wearing that

that little blue Park I gave her for her

bir birthday she must have been

frightened out of her mind I called to

her she couldn't hear me she just kept

running into those God for and

woods let me take you back to town we'll

take your car no I've got to find Chris

she's all I have left she's in there

somewhere she may be

hurt do you think you can get back to

town

alone you

mean you mean

you you look for her I think I have a

better chance on foot than you have yes

I suppose so take the main road they've

got part of it cleared now tell Sheriff

Nolan to get some Troopers in there to

back me up it'll be morning before I'll

be okay you just come back here with the

sheriff tell him everything show him the

letter the letter Chris told me your

father wrote you and what he

said how could Chris I stopped by

Christmas morning

oh oh yes I forgot I saw your car I I

was busy taking care of Freddy you can

find the main Highway can't you you

won't get lost again no hurry Alex

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my father's in the

study and Joe's body's over there behind

the barn

and your sister's

body upstairs in the

bedroom thank you I'll show you

Alex I found

Chris I put her in

there Sheriff I have to call the Corner

well before you do I have a few question

questions

oh oh my poor baby

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oh

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a

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for

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take care of her I

will Chris

all

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oh

a

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